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Cosmetics have been in use since ages for improving the appearance of the person wearing them. Beauty cosmetics can make a drastic change in a person's options, as they enhance one of the best features and cover the blemishes.
Folks use lotions and lotions to cleanse the skin deeply. This shouldn't be potential with common soap and water. Deep cleansing opens the skin pores and removes other undermendacity pollutants. Blocked pores lead to the formation of acne and sweetness cosmetics forestall this from happening.
On the similar time, we can not remove some imperfections so easily. Blemishes and dark spots are very common on most people's skin. The use of makeup, akin to a great concealer can effectively cover up the imperfection. This results in a skin, which looks flawless. Makeup foundation may be very helpful in covering up imperfections, while giving the skin a smooth finish on the similar time.
Makeup is a department of cosmetics that deals with colored products that beautify an individual's options or occasionally change them, comparable to in theatre. Totally different makeup is available for different parts of the face. Nevertheless, typically, an alternative product provides the same effect. For instance, a lady could use lipstick rather than blush to obtain a better definition of the cheeks.
Eye makeup is a very important part in any type of makeup. Highlighting the eyes is often the only cosmetic procedure adopted by women. This is very true for girls, who lead busy lives. Defining the eyes alone can lighten up the face.
Eye makeup products embody mascara, eyeliner and eye shadow. Sometimes, ladies additionally use makeup on their eyebrows. Folks use mascara to elongate and give volume to their eyelashes. Eyeliner, on the other hand, defines the form of the eyes. Eye shadow puts emphasis on the eyelids. Defining eyebrows usually utilizes an eyebrow pencil. Your complete thought of eye makeup rests on the premise that larger eyes make the particular person look more youthful.
Lipstick defines the form and the quantity of the lips and a lip plumper provides an illusion of more volume. Powder works like a concealer, except that it may additionally give the particular person a fairer appearance. Other beauty cosmetics embody nail polish, blush, and rouge and so on.
Individuals use makeup, because it gives them a better look than natural. This will increase their confidence and allows them to hold themselves confidently.
Makeup is safe so long as one applies it safely. Particularly with eye makeup, one needs to take nice care, as eyes are extremely delicate and sensitive. So long as the application is correct and the product is safe, the person will not have any problems with makeup.
Thus, cosmetics are an necessary part of a contemporary particular person's life, as it provides him/her a safe various to surgery with a view to enhance the facial features. With the application of cosmetics, one can easily achieve smooth options and thus, really feel more confident in each sphere of life.
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5 Tips for Cleaning & Organizing Your Garage 5 Tips for Cleaning & Organizing Your Garage
While spring cleaning can seem like a daunting task, nothing comes anywhere close to the challenge of cleaning out a dirty and unorganized garage. One statistic estimates that only thirty percent of us actually park our cars in our garages. For most, the garage goes from a place to park your car to pretty much only being your family’s storage unit.
1. Take everything out.
Yes, everything. This is going to be the worst part, especially because it is the first step you have to take to start. However, taking every last item out of the garage is going to be the best way to clean it efficiently.
2. Sort everything.
This one is a bit easier because you can do it while you are taking everything out of the garage. A good system for any type of major cleaning and reorganizing is the “keep, donate, sell, trash” strategy. On top of that, you can split your “keep” pile into two, one for things that will stay out in the open in the garage, and one that will get stored away in boxes or cupboards. Considering donating anything you will not use to thrift shops or other places that will take your donations. If you decide to make a “sell” pile, schedule a garage sale for the next weekend or as soon as possible so you don’t forget it. Be sure to dispose of any chemicals, batteries, etc. correctly.
3. Clean the garage.
It does not even have to be a full cleaning of the garage, simply sweep out any dirt or dust that has accumulated in your garage before you start putting stuff back. It may seem like a small thing, but it will make the entire garage feel a lot cleaner if there isn’t dirt and cobwebs everywhere.
4. Consider storage options.
These are great for organizing your stuff, which will in turn make it a lot cleaner in your garage. Shelves, storage bins, bike racks, drawers, tool boxes, etc. can all be amazing things to add to your garage in order to save space. Think about it: The garage is pretty much the only place in the house that we simply leave everything out. Fill bins with items that are similar to one another so that the organization makes sense. For example, all holiday decorations should go together, tools in a separate place, etc.
5. Consider hiring a junk removal company.
This is what junk removal companies are made to do, and it makes cleaning and organizing so simple. All you have to do is point to what you want thrown away and everything else will be handled for you by them. When professionals are cleaning, you do not have to worry about items being too heavy to lift, dangerous, etc. The workers are trained to remove items without damaging them or your home. They will also dispose of chemicals, batteries, etc. safely and legally.
Garage cleaning can be a very daunting task, but if you tackle it with a bit of strategy, it can make things a lot more manageable.
If you have a need for junk removal and hauling in Temecula or anywhere in Southwest Riverside County or North County San Diego, you can count on JHaul to get the job done quickly at a fair price. We serve the cities of Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, Perris, Wildomar, Winchester, Hemet, San Jacinto, Moreno Valley, Corona, Oceanside, Escondido, Vista, San Marcos, Carlsbad, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, Poway, Rainbow, Bonsall, and Fallbrook.
For junk that needs to go away for good, contact JHaul today at 855-908-5865 (855-908-JUNK)!
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Lac La Biche County is completing shoulder pulling in the Normandeau Area. The County presently has grader and rototiller crews working.
Roads planned for shoulder pulling in this area over the next few weeks are as follows:
Township Road 651: From Range Road 160 to Range Road 123 Range Road 130: From Elinor Lake Road south to the dead end Range Road 125: From Elinor Lake Road to Township Road 651 What is shoulder pulling?
Shoulder pulling programs are completed to enhance the longevity of gravel roads. With time and use, the surface material of the gravel road gets spread out onto the roadside (shoulders), until the crown of the road is essentially squished out from the center to the sides. Shoulder pull maintenance brings the gravel material back onto the main road surface and returns the road to its proper crown, reducing road rebuilds, repairs on trouble areas, re-graveling costs, and grader passes.
“Shoulder pulling is a maintenance procedure that takes place throughout the year, mostly in the early spring and in the fall on gravel roads,” Lac La Biche County stated. “When the shoulders of a road are too high and water sits on the roadway, the County pulls the shoulders to allow the water to drain properly into the ditches.”
What can residents expect?
Residents can expect temporary delays and sometimes temporary road closures and traffic disruption in construction areas due to this maintenance program. Residents are asked to watch for construction warning signs.
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Technological advancements are kind of like dog years: there’s so much change every 12 months, that a decade often feels more like a century.
“We rely on the Internet for more and more every year,” says Mike Yawney, Canadian tech expert and ‘Gadget Guy’. “I did a quick check in my home and was surprised we had more than 50 Internet connected devices. The more connected devices you have, the more important it is to have a symmetrical, fibre-to-the-premise Internet connection that can handle the constant upload and download of information and keep up with family and household demand.”
There’s only one major provider offering a 100 per cent fibre network in Western Canada, and that’s TELUS. Only TELUS PureFibre provides symmetrical upload and download speeds surpassing 1500 Mbps — that’s upload speeds 15 times faster than other providers.
“Just because an Internet service provider calls their service fibre, doesn’t mean you have a true fibre connection right to your home. It’s important to do your research,” Yawney says. “Whether you realize it or not, you’re using the Internet differently than you did a decade ago, and a 100 per cent fibre network makes a huge difference to your speed, bandwidth and Internet stability.”
Here are eight everyday things that now need a blisteringly-fast Internet connection:
Virtual work and schooling:The pandemic turned education upside down, and even though many students have returned to in-school lessons, hybrid learning is likely here to stay. A true fibre connection ensures you can deliver that big work presentation from your home office while your grade-schooler finishes their online school work in the next room, at the same time. Phone calls:The rise of video calls for everything from storytime with your grandkids to meetings with your coworkers means your connection is constantly uploading. With the symmetrical upload and download speeds offered by a pure fibre connection, your clear audio and video will make you feel closer to your loved ones, and will prevent the dreaded Zoom freeze. TV:Are your favourite shows on streaming platforms? Does your family stream more than one show at a time on separate devices? “Popular streaming services first expanded into Canada in 2010, and as picture resolution continues to improve, you’ll need faster upload speeds to get the most out of your streaming experience,” Yawney says. The thermostat:Smart-home devices make our lives more convenient, from adjusting the temperature before you walk in the door, to dimming the lights with the touch of your smartphone. For a truly connected home that you can manage from anywhere, your products need the backbone of a symmetrical Internet network. Home security systems:“Home security used to run off your phone line, now it runs off the Internet,” Yawney says. Today’s packages include smart doorbells, virtually controlled locks, motion sensors, flood detection, cameras and more — all of which are connected to Wi-Fi and controlled through a simple app. Appointments:Remember when the only way to meet with your accountant, doctor, or physiotherapist was in-person? Virtual appointments have become more popular than ever during the pandemic. Whether you’re talking finances or refilling a prescription, a reliable fibre Internet connection will ensure your virtual appointments run without interruption. Your favourite tunes:In 2010 we were still using iPods and CDs to listen to music. Remember discovering new artists on the radio? Now your tunes are streamed online, and you can listen to your favourites or discover new playlists and radio shows from around the world. Video games:Downloading has replaced discs, so you’ll need a fast Internet connection to play with friends and get the latest games and patches. “During the pandemic, video games have been one of my favourite ways to socialize with friends and escape the day-to-day,” Yawney says. When you’re competing online, a blistering fast upload speed can help you secure the win!
TELUS PureFibre is offering groundbreaking new speeds for home Internet in Western Canada. The 1.5 Gigabit service is available in connected communities throughout Alberta and BC; to check the availability of PureFibre in your area, visit telus.com/purefibre. For more information, follow TELUS on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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TODAY WE WILL TALK about stage women’s life many people disdainfully call the «ripe old age.» During this stage, many women’s only see women’s wrinkles, gray hair and certain sense of suffering from life’s burdens.
However, ironically, when referring to older men, people say they have a special attraction and a charm that makes them more masculine—same age, but different comments about this reality. That’s the way humans are: contradictory. Now, regarding you, dear friend, and away from what others may say or think, how do you view this stage in life? There are women who live this stage as the best and most productive years of their lives. 1 have called this time of life “the golden years,” based on the premise that, during this period, women have a precious treasure of accumulated experience, and this, not only makes us beautiful but abo wise. This accumulated treasure is worth sharing with the young women who come behind us.
It also shows out progress and personal development. If long ago, you passed the age of fifty, don’t settle for being called pre- menopausal, menopausal or postmenopausal.
What for many people is synonymous of old age and unproductiveness, for you it may be the best stage in life to become a new woman in Christ. Don’t feel like you are outside side the game of life, because you aren’t, and don’t wrap yourself in a shroud of discouragement and inactivity. This time of life can be as rich and productive as you wish with God’s help and the proper use of your abilities.
In His Word, the Lord says, “I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread” (Psalm 37:25).
A woman’s attractiveness isn’t determined by her age, but by her attitude she assumes when facing challenges that she finds along the way; by the character she has been able to develop; by the way she relates with others; by the strength and faith her presence emits.
Remember: every stage in life is a blessing and is uniquely beautiful. Do something really won while this time.
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COVER LETTER
A good cover letter is crucial for demonstrating your experiences and abilities in this ever changing information technology and system field. Your cover letter will be a strategic tool in proving you are a competitive candidate for specific job openings.
Your cover letter should combine and demonstrate your ability to analyze and build information systems
and your business administration experience–recruiters want to know that you can use technical resources to support effective and efficient decision making.
Your cover letter needs to include the following points:
• What positions are you applying for? In what contexts, organizations, or business areas are you interested?
• What are the information related skill sets you have for this position? Your skill sets should be relevant to the job posting.
• What relevant business experiences do you have? They do not have to be in the same or similar industry as the job postings, but you need to have some understanding of basic business structures and relationships.
Some resources:
• Ashford University’s Career Center has many resources to aid your job search and help compose your cover letter.
In your initial post,
• Search for a position that you are interested in from job search sites such as www.indeed.com, www.monster.com, and www.craigslist.com. Identify the job title, job description, and the required skill sets. (TIP: Social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and meetups are common sources of job openings. These sites are not purely personal–they provide professional and reliable job-related information.)
• Create a three to four paragraph cover letter that connects your skill sets to the job requirements. Your cover letter should be specific enough to fit the job you identified.
• Post the job description and your cover letter to the discussion forum as an example of understanding job requirements and personal qualifications.
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Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. In this fatwa: 1- Muslim couples should not follow dubious and doubtful methods to solemnize marriage contracts. 2- They should get the marriage done by following the proper procedures recommended in Islam At the same time, we should fully conform to the legal requirements of the country where we perform the marriage.
In responding to your question,
Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and an Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states; Correct Procedures of Marriage
I do not advise anyone to follow dubious and doubtful methods to solemnize marriage contracts. Marriage is a solemn social contract that should be performed by following correct procedures of Islam while duly endorsed by the laws of the land.
Marriage in Islam is essentially a social contract,. So long as it conforms to the stated requirements, it shall be deemed valid. The presence of an Imam at the function is not at all one of the stated requirements. However, the marriage should be solemnized by a person who is authorized to perform marriages.
The stated requirements of marriage in Islam are as follow; full consent of both partners to the marriage contract; expressing the above consent through
ijab (offer) and qabul (acceptance); finally, the presence of two reliable witnesses.
Furthermore, according to most schools of jurisprudence, a guardian’s consent is very essential for the validity of the marriage. Imam Abu Hanifah, however, is of the view that a mature woman is fully capable of contracting her marriage. Thus in his view, marriages finalized without guardian’s consent shall be as valid so long the woman has chosen someone who is compatible.
Publicizing Marriage
Furthermore, scholars are also in general agreement to the fact that marriages should not remain a secret affair; rather they should be publicized. Another essential integral of marriage is the bridal gift, although it is not necessary to stipulate it in the marriage contract. Nevertheless, it must be paid either before the consummation of marriage or after.
Now coming to the issue of contracting marriages in a society where Islamic laws are not recognized, it is also highly crucial to get the legal papers before the marriage contract. So, to satisfy the legal requirements of the land, the marriage must be solemnized by a marriage officer. That is the only way to protect the parties involved in the event of a dispute.
Although some people may consider legalization as being not so crucial, I would, however, insist that it is quite vital and essential; it is not advisable for anyone to marry without legal papers.
Marriage: A social contract
We can easily recognize the importance of the above conditions if we consider the fact that marriage is primarily a social contract.
Apart from this, Islam teaches us to do what we do as efficiently, methodically and professionally as we can. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
“Allah loves you to do your work as best as you can.” (Al-Bayhaqi, As-Suyuti and others)
In conclusion, I would advise the parties to get the marriage done by following the proper procedures, recommended in Islam – while fully conforming to the legal requirements of the country where it is performed.
Almighty Allah knows best. Source: www.askthescholar.com
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Some things are timeless and hardwood flooring is on that list. It provides a timeless look to just about any space and, as we've discussed in prior articles, can add value to your home. In addition, it is easy to clean making it great for those that suffer from allergies. And, unlike other types of flooring, cared for properly, hardwood flooring will last a lengthy time. While hardwood flooring is a great solution for most flooring complications, it's very important to shop carefully since there are lots of variables to consider so you select the best kind of flooring for your individual needs.
Hardwood floors can be a huge investment based on the type you select and also the place where it will be utilized. It's our goal here at Floor Sanding Barnes To arm you with sufficient information for you to create an educated and intelligent decision regarding your flooring choices.
Hint 1 -- Establish a Budget.
Like every significant purchase, you would like to begin with a funding when purchasing flooring. The fact is, there are several different options there's something for every budget. In Floor Sanding Barnes professionals will allow you to make the best decision for your individual conditions. They'll also discuss matters like warranty, installation options, different sub-floor options and whatever else you should know about in regards to your flooring project. Quite often it's not what you know that drives a project over budget but exactly what you were unaware of.
Hint 2 -- Different flooring types may be necessary for different areas of the house.
This might be evident in regards to the kitchen and bathroom areas. Obviously, wherever there is water or moisture you will want to utilize an appropriate kind of floors. What might not be obvious are self explanatory areas like hallways. In areas where there is an inordinate quantity of traffic, you'll want to use a more durable hardwood flooring type that's scratch resistant. Irrespective of where there floors is going to end up, there is a"hardwood for that".
Tip 3 – Carbon Footprint.
Among other things, today consumers seem to be more aware of how their decisions impact the environment. There has been a time when a person searching to get"green" flooring had hardly any choices. Today, because of consumer demand, there are lots of alternatives from the environmentally friendly class. From cork to reclaimed hardwood and everything in between, there's something for just about every taste and budget.
Hint 4 -- Setup Considerations.
All floors aren't created equally and to complicate things, almost every different kind of flooring demands individualized setup. Unless you've installed floors before and understand what it is you are doing, it's advised that you employ a specialist. Many flooring types need technical tools, sheets, and sub-flooring. Furthermore, if the floor isn't installed properly it may negate the guarantee. There are many factors involved with the installation of floors, it's ideal to acquire an experienced professional installer to perform it.
Hint 5 -- Do a little digital shopping .
It is not always easy to stop at the regional flooring store. Frequently time the hours they're available aren't conducive to a program. Additionally, based on the shop, they could have a limited quantity of stock to reveal you. For all these reasons it's advised that shopping online or in magazines is a fantastic place to get started. Discover the large number of possibilities before making a choice. That way you're less inclined to become disappointed since you discover a floor sort you had been previously unaware of.
Tip 6 -- Can the flooring come with a guarantee?
If you've never bought flooring before, you may not be aware that most quality flooring includes a guarantee just as with other products. Ensure to read and understand the guarantee before you buy it. If you don't understand it, have your salesperson describe it to you.
Tip 7 -- Flooring should not be an impulse buy.
Whatever you decide to buy when it comes to flooring, chances are you are going to have to live with it some time. Because of this, do not rush into making a decision whether it's about colour, flooring kind or cost. Since you are probably making a large investment, you should speak to flooring professional and have all your questions answered before you. The right flooring individual will cause you to feel completely comfortable about your flooring options.
Hint 8 -- Phone a friend
If, after exercising caution and doing the requisite research, you are still unsure about your flooring choice, speak with a couple close friends which have different tastes to receive some feedback. A good friend will be honest with you and since they have no"skin in the game" will likely point out issues that you hadn't believed.
Hopefully, these tips result in a successful flooring buy. If you are still on the fence about your flooring, feel free to call us at 020 3151 0895 or stop by the Floor Sanding Barnes.
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Whether it be young people selling sports shoes, or carers looking after the elderly, workers in the UK are increasingly being forced into zero-hour contract, writes Prof Jill Rubery. But this hasn’t happened by accident: it is a product of many years of moving towards a ‘flexible’ labour market, one that in practice means more […]
Small area data has lots of potential uses, writes Dr Nissa Finney; by healthcare or education providers to tailor their services, by the local authority in forecasting, or for academic research. But under money-saving proposals currently being considered, the Census as we know it – and the subsequent availability of these data – may disappear. […]
Post written by Colin Talbot for The Conversation. The idea that competition is better than monopoly provision in public services is now established wisdom among the British political elite. Since the advent of something commonly called “New Public Management” in the early 1980s, privately managed organisations have been taken to be more efficient and innovative […]
Geoff Mulgan’s book on ‘The Art of Public Strategy’ is an riveting read, fizzing with insights and ideas. Mulgan played a big role in the Blair government, as a policy adviser and Head of the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. He also has a strong history as a think-tanker and author, so his writing is full […]
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This week, customer Hele surprised herself. As she is near her goal, she expected her weight loss to slow down, but this week she has lost another 3 pounds, taking her loss to 86lbs in 30 weeks. This week was all about being prepared! Watch her video to get her advice and check out more details below. How this week […]
Customer Hele reveals that after 23 weeks into her TFR weight loss journey, her weight has stayed the same this week. However, her change in mindset has allowed her to handle this with a totally different attitude. My meals plans I love the routine I have with The New You Plan. It is not the usual and boring routine but […]
Can’t get your head in the game? Check out these 11 reasons why you are struggling to be 100% on your TFR diet and what you can do to get re-focused. 1. Your head is elsewhere You’re not focused on your journey. You need to realise that whatever other crap is going on in your life, YOU need to be your […]
Being on a VLCD Diet can be easy or hard. Sometimes nothing has to change in life for you to feel better or worse…. the number one thing that will influence how you feel about anything is YOUR PERSPECTIVE. The people who find doing a VLCD diet easy – have a good perspective about it… ✔ Woohoo – I am […]
Reservations about starting your New You Plan journey? Whatever concern is holding you back from getting started, we have the answer, which is backed up by our customers. Check out these common concerns and put your mind at ease thanks to comments from real customers! “I won’t like the meals” – FALSE At The New You Plan, our range includes over […]
The New You Plan is a Total Food Replacement Plan, which promotes fast, safe weight loss* via a process called ketosis. So how exactly do you know when your body is in this fat burning state? Here, our Customer Transformation Coach Candida looks at the symptoms of ketosis. You have made that fantastic life changing decision to make a stance, […]
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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Abigail Van Buren
Parenting is one of the buzzwords of the twenty-first century. So obsessed are people with this concept that new, never-heard-before professions have sprung up over the last few decades to cater to their concerns. To some extent, these concerns are not misplaced. In an age as competitive as ours, it is but natural for parents to want their children to excel in their studies and extracurricular activities. It is both hard and unfair to blame someone for wanting their kids to stay ahead of the pack.
That being said, things do get slightly complicated when children begin to drift apart from their parents and succumb to the three vices that come easy in their age, namely insolence, taking things for granted, and bad company. In such cases, whether or not they meet their parents’ academic expectations tends to take a backseat. And this is arguably the biggest test for any parent – teaching their young ones to stay grounded.
A time-tested method for doing so – one that has been around forever – is to entrust children with some responsibility. This parenting philosophy is driven by the notion that responsible children make for responsible adults. After all, how can a kid, whose shoulders have never been trained to lift the burden of responsibility, grow up to be an accountable human being? Now, this definitely does not mean overburdening their young shoulders with more responsibility than they are designed to handle. It is paramount for our kids to be only entrusted with tasks that they can easily complete, for such tasks aid their balanced growth as responsible, committed individuals.
Erstwhile American radio show host, Pauline Esther “Popo” Phillips, who was more popularly known as Abigail Van Buren, once made a well-known comment in this regard: “If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”
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The current criminal sanctions for possession, distribution, cultivation, and use of weed seeds throughout the rest of the country vary by state or territory. For example, in South Australia, you will find the most relaxed penalties of any state in the country.
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Possessing, Using, and Selling Marijuana Seeds or Flowers: What Does Australian Law Say?
As for the
fine print — be aware that buying cannabis seeds from seed stores in Australia (except ACT) and then getting caught possessing, using, or selling cannabis is illegal as per the federal government. Always review the local laws where you live to ensure you understand the potential repercussions of non-compliance.
Continue reading below for an in-depth guide on the legal aspects of marijuana and marijuana seeds in Australia.
Once you plan these three factors — all you’ll need to do is kickstart your cannabis seeds and let the Australian sun (or artificial lighting) do its trick!
Fines issued for cannabis-related offenses typically must be paid within 28-60 days to prevent further legal repercussions. Should you be particularly unlucky and be sentenced to imprisonment for a simple (small quantity for personal use) cannabis offense, the maximum sentence is two years in most territories, three years in Queensland.
Illegal planting of cannabis is punishable by a sentence of two years imprisonment . You can also get a fine of up to $100000. The punishment is varying from who the cannabis supplier is selling. Selling cannabis will also affect your job and travel opportunities . Australia has an assumption that anyone that plants over 20 plants of cannabis has the aim of supplying.
Some states in Australia allow the planting of cannabis for medical purposes. As a farmer, you need to buy have the best cannabis seeds. There are different stores in Western Australia where you can purchase. The cannabis law in west Australia has different states that have cannabis laws. Some regions allow the purchase of cannabis seeds; while others are do n allowed it.
The law about the legalization of cannabis keeps evolving around the globe. Cannabis has proven to have more medical benefits. This benefit has given cannabis approval in different states. Under the misuse of drug act 1981 , planting of cannabis to sell or supplying is illegal.
Cannabis Seeds Western Australia
Using
cannabis for recreation purposes is illegal through the Narcotic drug amendment 2018. There are many cannabis strains, but the cannabis plant consists of two significant pieces. The strains are either pure or hybrid plants, which are the genus of the cannabis plant.
Although the law is against the planting of cannabis, a person or company can apply for a cannabis planting license. Even if cultivating cannabis is not legalized, planting less than five cannabis plants for personal use. Western Australia is looking forward to legalizing two plants of cannabis for personal use .
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The price of Ether (ETH) is lagging Bitcoin's (BTC) price action by 13% in October, but is this relevant? To date, the altcoin has still outperformed BTC by 274% in 2021. However, traders tend to be short-sighted and some will question whether the Ethereum network can successfully migrate to proof of stake (PoS) validation and finally solve the high gas fees issue.
Moreover, the increasing competition from smart contract networks like Solana (SOL) and Avalanche (AVAX) have been worrying investors:
One big problem with the “ETH is ultra sound money” meme is that EIP-1559 only limits the supply of ETH if Ethereum continues to have lots of transactions. It’s just as possible that people will tire of $80 gas fees and opt for one of numerous alternatives (SOL, AVAX, etc).— dennis in SF // OP_CTV (@pourteaux) October 8, 2021
According to Cointelegraph, the recent speculation over the possible approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) raised traders' appetite for BTC. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to announce its decision on multiple ETF requests over the next couple of weeks. However, it remains a possibility that the regulator will postpone these dates.
Pro traders are unfazed by the recent price stagnation
To determine whether professional traders are leaning bearish, one should start by analyzing the futures premium — also known as the basis rate. This indicator measures the price gap between futures contract prices and the regular spot market.
Ether's quarterly futures are the preferred instruments of whales and arbitrage desks. These derivatives might seem complicated for retail traders due to their settlement date and price difference from spot markets, but their most significant advantage is the lack of a fluctuating funding rate.
The three-month futures typically trade with a 5% to 15% annualized premium that follows the stablecoin lending rate. By postponing settlement, sellers demand a higher price, and this causes the price difference.
As depicted above, Ether's failure to break the $3,600 resistance has not caused a shift in pro traders' sentiment because the basis rate remains at a healthy 13%. This shows that there is no excessive optimism at the moment.
Retail traders have been neutral for the past five weeks
Retail traders tend to opt for perpetual contracts (inverse swaps), where a fee is charged every eight hours to balance the leverage demand. To understand if some panic selling occurred, one must analyze the futures markets funding rate.
In neutral markets, the funding rate tends to vary from 0% to 0.03% on the positive side. This fee is equivalent to 0.6% per week and indicates that longs are the ones paying it.
Since Sept. 7, there hasn't been any real indication of high leverage demand from either bulls or bears. This balanced situation reflects retail traders' lack of appetite for leverage long positions, but at the same time shows little panic selling or excessive fear.
Derivatives markets show that Ether investors are not worried about the recent underperformance versus Bitcoin. Furthermore, the lack of excessive long leverage after a 274% gain year-to-date should be positively portrayed.
By leaving some room for bullishness without compromising the derivatives market structure, Ether traders seem prepared for a rally above its all-time high, especially if a Bitcoin ETF is approved.
The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk. You should conduct your own research when making a decision.
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We are suffering: According to the Center for Hate and Extremism, Black people are the most hated race in America. Combine this experience with over 400 years of racism, discrimination, and second class citizenship along with the various forms of social control used to attempt to subjugate Black people (e.g., lynching and mass incarceration) and you have a race of people who have endured chronic generational trauma. The ongoing experience of chronic hate and generationally transmitted trauma have negatively influenced the physical and psychological health of Black individuals with many studies suggesting a strong link between chronic illness and racial trauma. We should go to therapy because we got a lot to talk about. We are resilient: Encoded in the DNA of every Black individual is the resourcefulness, strength, and connectedness that was needed to survive a metaphorical “splitting of self.” The Africans transported across the Middle Passage essentially had their cultures forcibly removed from them and had to recreate a sense of self from nothing with only memories and stories to guide them as the generations progressed. However, out of this process arose a Black culture that has been revered for its authenticity, creativeness, and ability to give voice and connect others. The process of therapy can help Black people to rediscover their resiliency. We get better: Although, Black individuals are the least likely of any racial group to seek out therapy services, we get better at rates equal to or greater than our counterparts when we engage in therapy. Recent research has found that around 80% of Black individuals who participate in therapy report a significant reduction in distress. Our natural way of being as a culture supports this process through our emphasis on relationship building, narration and verbal communication, emotional expression, and process orientation. Essentially, who we are as a people helps us get better through the process of therapy.
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Tecmundo reported a few days ago the discomfort that electric cars are causing in drivers in the United States, to the point that 20% of them return to gasoline models, according to research done by the University of California. The cause of this headache would be the delay in charging time for electric vehicle batteries (EVs).
As a comparison, an ordinary Ford Mustang takes three minutes to fill the tank and runs 480 kilometers. An electric Mach-E, on the other hand, needs to stay connected to a domestic outlet for an hour to run just five kilometers. The report also clarifies that the standard for North American residential outlets is 120 volts of energy, called “Level 1”. Ideal for recharging EVs are “Level 2” connections, with 240 volts – something that more than 70% of users do not have access to, at home or at work. Tesla’s Supercharger stations, on the other hand, provide 480-volt power outlets, in which the batteries take just over an hour to reach 100% charge.
On the other hand, this week was announced by Volkswagen – the world’s largest vehicle producer – to end production of gasoline and diesel cars, turning its investments to electric cars. It is worth remembering that Audi, which belongs to the Volkswagen Group, had already made the same announcement recently.
In an interview with Automobilwoche, Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of Volkswagen, said that the German automaker will continue to update and revise the current gasoline and diesel combustion engines to make them more efficient. Everything indicates that this transition should happen in the next ten years, until 2030 – the year in which the automaker wants half of its sales in Europe to be of EVs.
Infrastructure challenges
Electric enthusiasts, like me, find themselves in a dilemma when following this contradictory news: if not even the United States can provide an efficient network of electric stations to provide a recharge, how can large automakers plan to abandon combustion cars?
Once again, the heart of the matter lies in the need for investments in infrastructure. And when considering cases from countries where the modal is working, like Portugal. In Lisbon, electric cars occupy recharging spaces on the streets, being supplied with public energy. The code for that place then arrives at the driver’s residence or business point, as a kind of “EstaR” or “Zona Azul”.
The governments of Paraná and São Paulo have also been dedicated to this issue, with tax exemptions and reductions aimed at promoting electric vehicles. We can also mention Copel’s electrovia, with a network of electrophores that is creating a smart grid in our region.
Returning to the case of Volkswagen, one of the challenges for the implantation of electric cars are countries like Brazil, with preliminary incentive actions for the adoption of these vehicles. Even with the setbacks, the German giant plans to launch in the country, by 2023, six models of electric or hybrid cars – like the eighth generation Golf, in the GTE hybrid version.
Experts heard in Tecmundo’s report reinforce that the tendency of discomfort in the recharging of trams, if maintained, may hinder the transition not only in the United States, but in other countries. “It should not be assumed that, given that a consumer purchases an electric, he will continue to own one,” write Scott Hardman and Gil Tal, researchers at the University of California.
Without investments, there is no possibility of evolving in this mode, despite the sustainable advantages that we have already addressed in other opportunities in this column. And the same is also true when urban and governmental planning of cities and states encompasses cycle paths and modes of active mobility.
In the same way that, in the past, there was a joint effort by the government and private initiative to popularize and make the national road network for combustion and diesel cars viable, we are facing a historic moment of investing heavily in gas stations efficient for recharging electric vehicles.
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Beto Marcelinocolumnist TecMundo, is an agronomist, founding partner and director of government relations at iCities, a company of projects and solutions in smart cities, which organizes the Smart City Expo Curitiba, the largest event in Brazil on the theme with the seal of FIRA Barcelona.
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A few days ago, I threw my back out. I think a 12-pack of pop was the culprit. Of course, it’s not the weight, it was some tiny mistake I made in moving to pick it up, twisting in just the right way to make standing back up difficult and ouch-filled. By now, it’s just a dull ache as I sit here typing and sniffling a bit from allergies. If it sounds like I’m complaining, I don’t mean to be. Actually it just leads me to my topic – this Thankful Thursday I’m thankful for good health.
Literally. I mean, I count myself lucky. As someone now over half a century old, if occasional back pains and sneezing bouts are all I really have to be bothered by, I am entirely lucky. By now, I’m at the age where I’ve had friends I went to school with pass away from horrible ailments. I see people who look somewhere around my age hobbling through stores lugging oxygen tanks they need to breathe. Each week now, I’m driving an older brother-in-law to doctor’s appointments to try and remedy some weird illness that caused him to basically lose the ability to stand or walk for a year or more. (Now he can do both, but is needing a walker to go more than a few feet.) Some people in my household have diabetes; others, chronic knee pain. Not to mention my dear dad who passed away this year from a heart attack, months after his wife died from a myriad of problems tied to diabetes but best described as “old age.” And of course, the elephant in the room, this awful new disease inflicted upon the world last year that’s killed more people in this country than the entire population of Memphis or Miami. I’ll take an occasional feeling of a jolt of electricity when I pick up a package wrong or a bit of a runny nose until the allergy pill kicks in any day. With good grace.
I try to make a point to walk; I could still do more. I try to eat fairly healthy foods; I could eat more fruit and a sandwich or two less. But I never take being healthy for granted. Money, toys, respect… all fine things. But they don’t mean much at all if you don’t have your health. If you’re feeling good today, say ‘thank you’ to God, Mother Nature, karma or whomever you choose and keep a bounce in your step.
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Back in 1948, Don Callender started his business Marie Callender’s—named after his dear mother—to sell pies, wholesale, to restaurants. Eventually, of course, he turned it into a chain of restaurants and finally into some of the finest frozen food you can buy for less than two dollars. Indeed, Safeway has all of their Marie Callender’s dinners on sale for $1.89. I couldn’t pass up that deal, so I bought a couple. As I was microwaving this dining delight[1}, I noticed something: the picture of the woman and child cooking on the back.
Of course, it is kind of funny in and of itself. It is almost as though the makers are saying: this is the culture that we are proudly destroying with our products! But there is something more. I know from years of looking at models pretending to be Marie Callender, that the woman in this picture is supposed to be Mrs. Callender. That’s why it isn’t
really funny that this frozen dinner has a picture of people actually cooking as opposed to mindlessly scooping potatoes out of a dish while they watch reruns of The Biggest Loser; it’s a picture of Callender doing the home cooking that we all are just too busy to do.
But let’s move in a little closer on this pretend mother of Don Callender:
Note anything strange? The hair looks okay: sort of “active person’s gray.” But her face! She’s younger than I am! She can’t be more than late thirties! I guess it is no longer true that sixty is the new forty. Now eighty is the new thirty.
I am now determined to die old, just so I can get as ugly and old-looking as possible. If I get the money, I’m going to start my own old-person’s network where people look their age and don’t give a damn. And we’re going to stage demonstrations against Marie Callender’s and anyone else who pretends to be old. There are
so many great things that go along with getting old. One of them is becoming knowledgeable. A world run by 80-year-olds wouldn’t need over a gram of salt to make frozen food taste better than cardboard.
Long live the old, and anyone under thirty is best neither seen
nor heard! 1What was this dining delight? It is hard to say. I could read what it says on the box, but they are all pretty much the same. There were mashed potatoes, some kind of meat product thing, and then a vegetable medley that was mostly corn. And 1.09 grams of salt, which I think is your recommended monthly allowance.
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FG’s mass metering programme to generate 500,000 jobs, says expert
A power expert, Mr Kola Balogun, says the Phase One of the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) can create 500,000 jobs for Nigerians.
Balogun, who is the Chairman, Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL), made the assertion on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
NAN reports that the Federal Government launched the Phase Zero of the NMMP in respect of which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in October 2020, issued the Framework for Financing of National Mass Metering Programme.
He appealed to the CBN to create easier access to Forex by local meter manufacturers to source for raw materials ahead of the programme.
Balogun noted that the phase zero of the NMMP recorded the desired success of installing meters for about one million customers.
According to him, under the phase one, about four million prepaid meters were targeted for installation which has a huge potential for job creation.
”President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration must be commended for initiating the NMMP because there is an urgent need to bridge the metering gap in the power sector.
“I want to appreciate the government because the intervention that came to manufacturers under the phase one was a huge success.
“It gave manufacturers the opportunity to have a tested process in place to know their capabilities and capacities and what they can give to the market.
The volume given to us was tested against the equipment, manpower and why we need to upscale further.”
Balogun said there was the possibility of local meter manufacturers increasing their employees and trainees in order to meet the volume required of them under the phase one of the programme.
“We need to employ more engineers on how to handle and service the machines, how to do coding and programming and also installers that will be going into the field.
“I am appealing to them that as the phase one is coming in that they should strengthen local manufacturers.
“There should be an opportunity for more funding to upscale our production and train more hands to ensure its success.
“It is a better way for the government to utilise its Forex by supporting local manufacturing instead of capital flight through the importation of meters.”
Balogun said the CBN needs to have a comprehensive list of local meter manufacturers and give them the necessary Forex support so that the phase one commencement would not be delayed.
He said there was a need to increase the local content compliance in meter manufacturing from 30 per cent to about 70 per cent to create more job opportunities for Nigerians.
NAN reports that the programme is aimed at meeting the target of closing the metering gap in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry by December 2021.
It would assist in reducing collection losses, while at the same time, increasing financial flows to achieve 100 per cent market remittance obligation of the DisCos.
Part of the objectives also includes the elimination of arbitrary estimated billing, improving network monitoring capability and provision of data for market administration and investment decision-making.
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A thought that I often wrestle with is the idea that I should be “trying harder” or “pushing myself.” Although I know that it’s not true, I sometimes question whether it’s my fault that I’m not getting better or am disabled. There’s a common “no pain no gain” narrative that gets applied to many aspects of our lives, and although it doesn’t apply when your body’s energy production system is broken, it still impacts how I view myself. I think the promotion of miracle cures also leads to a sense of “I’m not doing enough” because they suggest that if you just did xyz you’d easily be cured!
When I see other people with ME/CFS going for walks, I think “Maybe I should be trying harder to do that?” When I take rest days, I feel guilty because I could be getting more done in the short run if I just pushed through. When I leave the pharmacy with four prescriptions, I sometimes feel like it’s a personal weakness.
But what would “trying harder look like for me?”
-Not using my wheelchair would leave me unable to leave the house independently without making my condition worse and potentially doing long term damage.
-Trying to “get in shape” would leave me with severe post-exertional malaise symptoms that I may not ever fully bounce back from ( pain, extreme weakness, and fatigue, brain fog, lack of coordination, insomnia, etc.). Pages 3 & 4 of this pamphlet actually outline all the abnormal effects of physical activity on people with ME.
-Cutting down on my plethora of prescription meds would make it harder to function due to brain fog, sleep deprivation, and depression.
-Trying to cook all my own meals from scratch would leave me too tired to do anything else in the day.
-Going on a strict elimination diet would just leave me with more stress, less energy, and wouldn’t actually cure me ( While I know it helps some people, I’ve given a few decent trials and haven’t noticed any results).
Ultimately, the modifications I’ve made to my life are ones I need to make and if you’ve made changes, it’s probably for the best. Everybody is different and two people with the same diagnoses may have completely different needs. You do you and do what you need to do for your mental and physical health. 🙂
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One of the companies standing out the most when considering cloud services and colocation is C7 Data Centres. This company, a leader in the provision of disaster-safe Iaas (Infrastructure as a Service) and colocation services for small to medium sized businesses, recently announced FuseAp, a new virtual colocation service generation. FuseAp enables companies to manage IT infrastructures remotely while being assured that data and systems remain secure in high performing redundant virtual environments.
Delivering a full set of robust services, FuseAp includes virtual appliance templates to provide rapid deployment; private virtual colocation suites and a pre-built cloud server library. It also offers hybrid colocation-cloud solutions and migration planning. Set-up services are provided free of charge for new FuseAp clients by C7.
The safety of systems and data is assured by the fact that FuseAp is located in specific purpose-built and audited outsourcing facilities for data. C7 Data Centres operates these facilities in Utah, which is ranked by FEMA to have the lowest potential for disasters in the state. Considering the increasing frequency of natural disasters around the world - brought on primarily by no longer deniable changes in climate - this, of course, is in itself a major bonus.
By using FuseAp to virtualise their colocation footprints, as opposed to regularly paying out large amounts in order to operate, maintain and refresh hardware, businesses can save substantially on capital outlay. Including affordable BGP connectivity - providing unlimited high quality data transfer - the new FuseAp also enables companies to configure and manage infrastructures without having to worry about downtimes, overages, penalties or vendor lock-in.
As options within the colocation and cloud services industry are continually increasing, experts recommend that consumers should do thorough research and select reputable, well-established companies like C7 Data Centres or the equally outstanding ViaWest, both of which are proven to not only be trustworthy, but also sound in technological terms.
High quality, technologically sound services, excellent customer service and support combine with an ideal geographic location and affordable pricing to make C7 Data Centres the logical choice for companies seeking to virtualise their IT infrastructures.
Any small to medium sized company looking for quality, safe and reasonably priced cloud services and colocation options would definitely be served well by choosing C7 Data Centres' new FuseAp virtual colocation service. Quotes for these outstanding services can be obtained via telephone or online and are certainly worth checking out.
Truth be told, it’s difficult for a web application that doesn’t have some kind of identification, even if you don’t see it as a security measure in and of itself. The Internet is a kind of lawless land, and even on free services like Google’s, authentication ensures that abuses will...
MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database, which was born in 2007 in California as a service to be used within a larger project, but which soon became an independent and open-source product. It stores documents in JSON, a format based on JavaScript and simpler than XML, but still with good...
Although data persistence is almost always a fundamental element of applications, Node.js has no native integration with databases. Everything is delegated to third-party libraries to be included manually, in addition to the standard APIs. Although MongoDB and other non-relational databases are the most common choice with Node because if you...
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Kenya’s integrated telecommunications firm Safaricom has been confirmed as the country’s top taxpaying company for the fifth year running in the annual awards for top taxpayers from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).
Safaricom was among ten top companies that in total contributed KSh115 billion (US$1.3 billion) to the exchequer, making up 17 percent of the total tax collected.
Safaricom still holds the lion’s share of the market at 64 percent, according to the latest statistics. Non-voice products such as M-Pesa, SMS and broadband earn the company 27 percent of its revenue, which the financial report for the year 2011/2012 showed totalled KSh107 billion (US$1.2 billion).
During the release of the report, Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore said: “Safaricom operates in an increasingly tough environment characterised by low voice tariffs, intense inflationary pressure, high borrowing costs and foreign exchange fluctuations.”
This trend of being the highest taxpayer is one that is set to continue should the government go ahead with plans to tax mobile money transactions to raise more money for the revenue authority.
With the occurrence of workers in various sectors taking to the streets to demand more pay, the government had to look for ways to raise the deficit to cater for doctors and teachers and one way that was proposed was to impose a tax on mobile payments.
Before this was revealed, Airtel had announced that they would make mobile money transfers free for customers.
This move was yesterday criticised by the Finance Minister Njeru Githae, who stated that the government would be forced to set a blanket minimum transaction fee on mobile money transactions.
The issue of mobile termination rates (MTR) still hangs in the balance. A lower MTR would be a good thing for the customer, although it could see revenues for the telecommunications sector dwindle.
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To ensure safety throughout the supply chain and in the patient’s home, providers are adopting tamper-evident products for intravenous home infusion.
To better understand the steps home infusion providers are taking to ensure safety, Becker’s Hospital Review recently spoke with Neil Colby, RPh, an infusion pharmacist and Director of Infusion Pharmacy Services for CDRx Infusion
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and American Nurses Association estimate that 10% of health care workers experience substance abuse, given the access to medications in health care institutions. One report estimates that, in 2019, 148 million medication doses were diverted by health care employees.
the record $7.75 million penalty for allegations of inappropriate pharmacy operations involving drug diversion. The Investigation by Drug Enforcement Officials uncovered irregularities concerning the distribution, dispensing, and record keeping of controlled substances…
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It has been about five days since I posted an entry. This week, up until now, there did not seem to be much to say. I have been busy preparing my first lecture to the second year students on “Clinical Optometric Procedures.” I have been settling in to a routine, doing my work.
Here on the equator in the highlands of Western Kenya, the sun rises at 6:45, the sun sets at 6:45. The day starts out sunny, clear and cool at around around 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees F) and warms to about 26 C (80 F) in the afternoon. We are in the late summer rainy season. I wake up, shower, and have a breakfast of instant coffee, oats, and fruit. The local fruits of oranges, banana, and mango are plentiful and cheap. It is also common to see apples and tangerines in the high end grocery stores and they are more expensive. Yesterday, I asked a grocery clerk, “Which of these coffees is the best Kenyan instant coffee?” “Nescafe,” he answered. There is an assumption among locals that the big international companies have higher quality food, but there was no way I was going to buy Nescafe. I vaguely remember an incident that happened years ago where Nescafe initiated an advertising claiming that their baby formula was more nutritious than mother’s milk, leading to infant malnutrition and deaths. I went for Gibson’s brand which is made in Kenya, and I have no details about how ethical Gibson’s has been over the years, but have not tried it yet. I once bought Dorman’s brand and it was good.
I ride my bike to work through the back roads. There is a side entrance at the University, closest to my place, that allows bicyclists and pedestrians to enter. I enjoy greeting the security guard with a “Jambo” or “Habari?” As I ride, I frequently hear locals say or sometimes yell “
Mzungu!” as I ride by. The look at me and laugh, putting an elbow into their neighbor’s side. “Hey, look at that. There’s a mzungu on a bicycle.” As I have mentioned before, bicycles are for poor people here, and they assume that a mzungu is wealthy. While I have no complaints, and I am still not receiving a salary, I certainly do not perceive myself as wealthy by American standards. I am wealthy by Kenyan standards, however.
As I ride I hear “How are you?,” every few minutes. I am trying to learn Swahili, and will sometimes answer “Mizuri sana,” which means “I am fine.” Oh, they do not like that at all. If someone yells, “How are you?” they want to hear, “Fine, thank you.” So now I say, “Fine, thank you, and you?” as I ride by.
Most mornings I arrive to work and find a place to sit and work. I have no office here and neither does the other full-time faculty member, Richard Donkor, OD, from Ghana. We often sit in the consultation room in the clinic where it is clean, quiet, and there is an electrical outlet to power our laptops, charge our phones. Telecommunications in Kenya are excellent, at least through the company I use called Safaricom. My mobile phone acts as a hotspot, is inexpensive, and reliable. I buy data packages as needed, use it a lot, and have purchased $20 in data so far in my three weeks here.
Lately, I have been working on my lectures. I am partly employed by the Brien Holden Vision Institute out of Australia and have access to their online teaching materials, either in pdf or Powerpoint format. They have extensive teaching materials available and I have enjoyed reviewing their Clinical Optometric Procedures I and II series, which is one of the classes I teach. I have not found any contact lens or visual neurology lectures on their website. For the contacts lectures, I have joined the International Association of Contact Lens Educators
(IACLE) group and should have access to their teaching materials soon. I have purchased a neuro-ophthalmology text but it has not yet arrived. That will help me with those lectures.
Lunchtime here is 12:30 to 2:00. Usually, I start getting lightheaded around 11:30 so often reach into my bag for a snack, often peanuts. I always carry my backpack, which contains my laptop, charger, notebook, rain jacket, some cash, and passport. I carry water, and have unfortunately become dependent on bottled water. I must come up with a better solution than buying all that plastic. Sometimes I do not bring my passport, but only a copy of it. It depends on whether or not I might need it for some administrative task. I always carry tissues or toilet paper. The only restroom on campus I have found that has toilet paper is the optometry clinic, so I often use that. The rest, for example, the restroom near the Department of Optometry and Vision Science has no paper products and no way to wash my hands. An individual sized alcohol hand cleaner is helpful.
Most Kenyans bring their lunch, and some seem to not eat lunch at all, as far as I can tell. I get on my bike and ride the 7 minutes off campus to a local restaurant that has a lunch plate with drink for 550 Kenyan Shillings (Ksh), or $5.50. I often get the chicken curry with rice. Another place called Garden View, and a bit further away, maybe 10 minutes, has the same thing for 360 Ksh. I mentioned this to Jennifer, who is the receptionist at the optometry clinic, and she said that was expensive. I have been doing quite well spending about 10,000 KSh a week ($100,) but that includes several items I have needed to purchase but did not have such as an electrical outlet adapter, towel, place mat, and laundry soap. Perhaps by American standards that is reasonable, even frugal, and by Kenyan standards I am wealthy and extravagant. I am living on savings.
I head back after lunch riding my bike on a pedestrian and bicycle path next to the main road. As I ride, I repeat the mantra “Stay left, stay left.” This helps me to remember to ride on the correct side of the road. If I have to ride on the road, as many bicyclists do, I will be passed by motorcycles and cars just inches away. Drivers here are quite good, and used to all sorts of obstacles including cattle and human-drawn carts loaded ridiculously high with all sorts of materials. Today, heading down the pedestrian/bicycle path, I dodged a herd of twenty cattle led by a Maasai caretaker. It seemed perfectly normal to me.
Once back at the department or clinic I work away on one project or another. As the afternoon wears on the skies begin to darken. Usually, around 4 pm, the wind picks up and I hear thunder. It will start raining in about 10 minutes. I continue working until the rain has passed. Today there was half-inch hail mixed in with the rain, which plinked off the metal clinic roof.
For the last couple of days we have enjoyed the company of a visiting optometrist from Ghana, Dr. Angela Amedo. She helped us out with oral qualifying examinations, a right of passage for fourth year students. We spent all day Wednesday as a panel, quizzing the students, one by one, on all things optometry. Drs. Okenwa-Vincent and Donkor, in conjunction with the Brien Holden Vision Institute, have been taking every opportunity to tighten the standards, make the program more rigorous. They have worked tirelessly to increase the quality of instruction and clinical experience, and their work has been nothing short of heroic.
Having said that, currently, the level of optometric knowledge and skill is still fairly basic. For example, while the students attend lectures and gain book knowledge, the clinic volume is very low, between zero to five patients a day. In fact, and more importantly, the clinic construction and outfitting was just completed in July of this year. It has 9 rooms, 8 functioning lanes with instruments. We still don’t have any frames on the frame board or a way to grind lenses. An optometry clinic without a way to fabricate spectacles is like a pharmacy without medicine. As a result, the students have little experience with actual patients. There is something called “attachment” where the students spend time in optometry offices and ophthalmology clinics around the country, but the quality of the experience varies greatly.
The Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) offers a four year Bachelor’s of Optometry degree and has over 120 students in the program. Despite all of the challenges I have mentioned, this institution offers the highest quality optometry program in Kenya and the Eastern Africa region. I will be the third faculty member, and responsible for teaching, clinic duties, and mentoring Jr. faculty from Kenya that have recently graduated. We are encouraging and mentoring the Kenyan faculty to obtain a higher degree so that they can run their own department in the coming years.
Another important factor is that optometry is not regulated in Kenya. Anyone can open and optician or optometry office. All they would need is some money to buy an autorefractor, some frames, lens blanks and an edger. You see places advertising “Computerized Eye Exams,” and that means using an autorefractor to determine the needed prescription, then making and dispensing spectacles. As a result, whether the student graduates or not, does well or not, they can still open an office. MMUST offers a bachelor’s degree program so they should not call themselves a doctor of optometry, but many do. Even if they do not finish the program, the student will have had much more experience than most. You can imagine, as the head of the department, trying to reign in 30 students per class, many exhibiting the normal arrogance of youth. The head, or faculty member, has very little real influence over the students. If Dr. Okenwa-Vincent, in consultation with Dr. Donkor, decides to fail a student, what real consequence will that have, except for enraging the parents who spent a lot of money to send their child to the University?
Having said that, Kenyans in general show the great respect towards educational systems. The students, for the most part, want to study and do well. The overwhelming majority want to become competent optometrists. The students who work hard often get the best jobs in hospitals, clinics, or working with an ophthalmologist.
For those of you reading this who are not optometrists, it might be helpful to mention the role of optometry and how the profession has developed. Opticians make glasses, and are good at what they do, but have limited knowledge of optics and the human visual system. Say, a hundred years ago, when it became possible to reliably polish glass and put the lenses into metal spectacle frames, opticians had very little idea on how to match the spectacles to the patient. Imagine a table in an open air market or small jewelry shop offering a variety of spectacles. People would try them on, take a look around. If they seemed to help, they paid the requested fee and walked away.
Ophthalmologists specialize in medicine and surgical treatment of eye disease. Many, and there are clear exceptions to this statement, have limited knowledge of optics and vision. They are highly trained, so there are relatively few ophthalmologists. Access to care, especially in rural areas, can be an important limitation.
Optometry has developed to fill a need, an important role in today’s society where vision is so crucial for optimal function. We are primary eye care practitioners, and can handle the majority of the common and routine ocular and visual conditions. We help to educate and prevent eye problems, such as recommending sun protection to prevent cataracts. We can recommend spectacles, fit contact lenses, treat the majority of red and irritated eyes, and remove superficial corneal foreign bodies. Optometrists are trained in providing magnifiers and other optical aids to people with visual impairments, an area we call low vision.
I have no doubt that optometry in Kenya, and the rest of the developing world, will progress as it has in Britain, India, Asia, most of Europe, and the United States. The need has already been recognized, that is why optometry is here. The quality of education will continue to increase. Within the next decade, optometry will be regulated in Kenya as it is currently with medicine and dentistry. It is just a matter of time. The generation that we are training now are the pioneers of Kenyan optometry, and optometry in Africa in general.
As I have settled into my routine here in Kakamega, Kenya, there has been one overlying issue that has not been resolved. Concerning the job appointment, we have run into an important administrative issue. While I have my official transcripts from the University of California, Berkeley that verify my educational credentials, MMUST and the Kenyan government do not recognize transcripts. I do not know why. As I mentioned, they do not recognize optometry licensure in Kenya, so the hard copy of my Arizona license to practice optometry was not recognized. While my colleagues and coworkers know me and know my work, Kenyan government and university officials do not.
I have been informed they will only accept hard copies of my optometry and doctorate diplomas, and I did not bring those. To make matters worse, I seem to have lost them. I know that might sound odd to many, but as I progressed through the educational system there were many moves, many boxes to pack and unpack, and timetables to keep. For example, I finished the Ph.D. at UC Berkeley on December 21, 2001, and my diploma was not ready. I moved to Tucson over the holidays, and started work at the University of Arizona on January 4, 2002. I provided the University with an official, stamped and signed piece of paper that stated I had finished the requirements for my degree. They accepted that as proof, and I went to work. That was over thirteen years ago. My friend Carl Jacobsen, O.D., who lives in Berkeley is currently checking to see, if by some miracle, they have my diploma sitting an a file somewhere. If not, the Ph.D. diploma and O.D. diploma will have to be ordered and signed and that takes a couple months.
In the meantime, I cannot be hired here at MMUST, and cannot be paid. Working without a work permit in Kenya is a serious offense, punishable by fine or even jail time. Interestingly, this administrative snafu has opened up an opportunity for me. Kesi Naidoo, from the Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI), has arranged a 4 week teaching tour including visits to Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa to give lectures and an practical training sessions on slit lamp examination and ophthalmoscopy. The BHVI accepted my proof of academic credentials long ago and will be able to pay me a portion of the income stream. I will leave in a week for one of those places, then visit Tucson for a few days to visit friends and take steps to getting the paperwork issue cleared up. There is another issue that has arisen with my mortgage. It seems my mortgage company sold the mortgage to another company and the details of monthly payment need to be worked out. It will be best done from Tucson.
After the Tucson visit I will head to the American Academy of Optometry and Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) meetings in New Orleans, where I will obtain valuable continuing education credits to maintain my license, as well as see friends and colleagues. Then there will be the long flight back to Nairobi, followed by a continuation of the teaching tour to the remaining two African countries. This means that you, the readers, will have plenty of adventures to follow over the next month or so, provided I have the time to write. And I will make the time.
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Over the last several decades, young adult literature has been growing in popularity. In 1997 there were a total of 3,000 young adult books published. In 2009 that number jumped to 30,000 with sales exceeding $3 billion (Brown The Atlantic). Today, Generation Z is the target young adult genre audience. Members of Generation Z are ages 12 to 17, or people born between about 1995 and 2009. This generation is accustomed to and grew up with ready access to technology. In order to garner the attention of this generation, marketers have to be more creative and focus on storytelling in their digital marketing methods. In a field saturated with titles, what methods do publishers use to distinguish their titles from others? In this thesis project I examined what visual and rhetorical elements marketers are using to draw in the young adult crowd. Visually, I utilized the criteria outlined by Dr. Frank Serafini in his book Reading the Visual. Rhetorically, I utilized the concepts of logos, ethos, pathos, and kairos. I conducted a visual and rhetorical analysis of the marketing methods implemented by young adult publishers on their young adult web platform, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and on the physical book. I selected 5 novels based on webpage placement, i.e. which novels were placed furthest up the webpage, to the left, and the largest. The webpages I examined were the ones used by the Big Five publishing houses, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Macmillan, and HarperCollins, to push out their young adult titles. Based on placement my novels were Morrighan: A Remnant Chronicles Novella by Mary E. Pearson, Other Broken Things by C. Desir, A Gatlin Wedding by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit, and Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard. This study found that pathos, or emotionally charged language, is the most utilized rhetorical technique. A lot of the time these emotional appeals centered on nostalgia, as 4 out of my 5 novels were part of a series. In addition there was a lot of language evoking feelings of female empowerment. Visually, all of the covers featured objects instead of people. This way, larger portions of the target audience can associate with the main character and envision themselves in that role. Finally, 2 out of the 5 books were novellas, which are companions to a series and available exclusively electronically. This shows that marketers are in some cases choosing to push out cheaper, novellas. Future studies could look at which marketing technique, since each platform varied in its medium focus, yielded the most sales. This would help marketers tailor their future efforts to Generation Z. For example, what yields more sales focusing on Twitter or Facebook? In addition, studies should look at why there is such a push for female empowerment. Since male members of Generation Z are not the target market on the publisher's website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and physical book, where are they being targeted? It is important to figure out how teenage boys select their books, as well.
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First of all, it’s time to stop trying to make open, shared work spaces happen. A comfortable work space is an incentive, and employee incentives build trust between employers and employees that translates into improved products and stellar customer service. Why? Extensive research has shown that office design truly does affect employee productivity and performance. It also improves workplace communication by reducing the number of forced, obligatory interactions. Is your workforce’s productivity lagging? A happy workforce is a productive workforce. It helps them feel dignified and valued. Flexible work arrangements can improve work-life balance by reducing commute times and increasing the ability to focus. And if workspace privacy is something Vice Presidents and CEOs want, why wouldn’t your entry-level employees want it as well? You should see a welcoming space that gives each employee a private working area with multiple lighting options, comfortable furniture, and pleasant colors. You can tell from the first glance if it’s an inviting and productive space to work in. Also avoid covering walls in garish or unpleasant colors, such as pea green or rusty orange. How working in the office vs working from home affects productivity, innovation, culture and engagement Details Written by Aditi Sharma Kalra ... highlighting the need for office space. And as we know, the more productive that staff feel they are, the more likely they are to be happy – while the happier employees are, the more productive they will be. And what effect does office space have on productivity? If there are problems with your office space itself, employee incentive programs may not be entirely effective. It also, by reducing the number of forced, obligatory interactions. How office space affects productivity? Email [email protected] Businesses have chosen fluorescent lighting because it’s cheap, but it can make the environment mentally stressful and increase eye strain. The office environment can have a direct impact not only on workplace productivity, but employee wellness. In turn, you’ll deliver projects on time, hit targets sooner, and do even better business. Here are some benefits of a clean office space… No one wants to feel like they are staring at the person sitting across from them, or feel like they themselves are being watched. Try adding accent lighting that employees can dim or control. Posted on July 9, 2019 by Indoff Office Furniture. The most-engaged teams are the most productive. Set the Environment. Building productive office spaces is something I have a lot of experience in. To a hard-working employee, the office can feel like a second home. Or asked employees if they enjoy working in the space you’ve created? And make sure office furniture is comfortable. How Office Design Affects Productivity? What are the Most Innovative and Effective Employee Retention Strategies? They thought gaining the ability to watch employee activity would increase productivity by pushing employees to stay on-task. Give your employees as much privacy as your office space allows. One of the most noticeable effects of a fresh-looking and polished office space is increase in office productivity. Here at Inproma, it is our mission for everyone to enjoy coming to work. Extensive research has shown that office design truly does affect employee productivity and performance. Productivity is best when the work place is kept around 71-72 degrees Fahrenheit. So, now you know how office space affects productivity. build trust between employers and employees that translates into improved products and stellar customer service. The layout of your office also plays a huge part in workplace productivity. Choose an office space with windows. And isn’t feeling comfortable, valued, and motivated in the workplace necessary before any real productivity can happen? The layout of your office influences employee performance. And in order for people to be highly productive, they can’t waste time constantly feeling self-conscious. Perhaps one of the largest factors of well-being is the physical workspace. With tools like Microsoft Teams, your people can communicate as easily as if they were all at their desks, while also being able to tune out to concentrate. If you take anything away from this article, make it this. In fact employees’ work performance can increase by upwards of 70% according to a Harvard study. In his spare time, he’s a family man who plays rugby for his local club and is occasionally known for his DIY endeavours!
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Two affluent suburban towns, 130 miles apart. Each on the fringe of an old industrial city. Each celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year.
Our sort-of-sister-city is Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb on the East Side of Cleveland. If you’ve never been there before, you could find yourself in a very familiar environment.
Shaker Heights grew up at the end of a trolley line, just as Mt. Lebanon once did. And both towns grew spectacularly in the 1920s and 1930s with the advent of automobile commuting. Both are loaded with neighborhood after neighborhood of gorgeous textbook examples of the Tudor and Colonial revival styles that characterized the best residential architecture of that period.
Both have street patterns of curving, sometimes winding streets that are landscaped to delight the eye.
Both have top-tier schools, plenty of sidewalks, plenty of opportunities for walking and jogging, lots of ball fields and playgrounds, exceptional public services, exceptional public libraries, top tier schools and even collections of quaint shops and restaurants within the town or very nearby.
And both have a long tradition of good public services and good zoning and planning.
Just about the only differences are the racial make-up of the towns (see box) and the extent and reach of Shaker Heights’ laws affecting residential properties. These are undoubtedly among the most stringent municipal codes anywhere, both from a historic preservation perspective and a maintenance perspective.
Most Mt. Lebanon residents are accustomed to thinking our town is very strictly regulated. “Oh, you can’t do that in Mt. Lebanon,” is a sentiment you hear all the time. But a close look at Shaker Heights will most likely astound you. And therein lies a story.
Shaker Heights was developed in the teens and ’20s by two brothers —O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen—who not only laid out lots and streets and places for schools (both public and private) but also built a trolley line into the center of Cleveland to serve the new suburb.
They then set out to tell any and every lot buyer just exactly what kinds of houses could be built there and how the homes should be maintained.
They identified three approved types of houses—Tudor, Colonial and French styles—and even built large and fancy models to demonstrate the styles. (These big, original “models” are historic landmarks in the town today.)
Lot buyers could hire their own architects, but plans had to be personally approved by the Van Sweringen brothers. The brothers were quite picky. Tudors had to have dark trim; only Colonials could have white. They permitted tile roofs for some styles but never for Colonials, since original Colonial-style houses in the U.S. never used tile, they claimed. Buff colored brick and certain colors of mortar were forbidden.
While most subdivisions in Mt. Lebanon—even before there were zoning laws—specified setbacks from the street and distances between houses, only one of our subdivisions—Virginia Manor—was laid out with significant architectural restrictions. For Virginia Manor, developer James Duff hired Thomas Garman, a young architect out of Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon) to supervise and approve all designs.
Lot buyers in Virginia Manor had to agree to submit their house designs for Garman’s approval. If they disagreed with him, the deeds named two prominent Downtown architects of the day whom they could appeal to. It’s not known if anyone may have done that, but it is clear that Garman enforced a pattern on the Manor, and not surprisingly, he designed many of the houses himself.
His original restrictions required, among other things, stone or brick construction and slate or tile roofs and mandated that all garages be at the side or rear of the houses. As in Mt. Lebanon, Shaker Heights wasn’t designed exclusively for the upper crust. The Van Sweringens provided for apartments near the trolleys, offered both large and smaller lots, and even made spaces for double houses.
Mt. Lebanon has several beautiful double houses on Cochran Road that look a lot like single-family homes. Shaker Heights has several blocks of theses. One row is so remarkable that it is today its own local historic district.
The Van Sweringens also established a strong tradition of household maintenance and architectural standards—and this is one area where Shaker Heights goes beyond Mt. Lebanon. Here, inspectors may cite residents about residential problems in response to a complaint or if they notice a violation while in the neighborhood. In Shaker, the exeriors of all residences are inspected every five years. Cracked driveways and walks (if they exceed a certain size crack) have to be replaced; crumbling steps must be rebuilt, sagging gutters, rotting decks or railings and any peeling paint have to be fixed.
Mt. Lebanon has no similar regulations for existing single family or double homes, although like Shaker Heights, Mt. Lebanon does inspect the inside and outside of apartment buildings regularly. (The fire department conducts these inspections, making fire prevention the main goal but also looking for other conditions that might make a building hazardous.) Interestingly, some towns near us, such as Carnegie and Castle Shannon, inspect residents’ houses—though only when a house is sold. Castle Shannon, for example, requires that before a house can be sold, all windows must operate, steps must be safe, a fire-rated door must be installed between basements and integral garages, and smoke detectors and ground-fault interrupter electrical outlets must be installed at appropriate places, among other things.
In a referendum nearly three decades ago, Mt. Lebanon voters rejected such a point-of-sale inspection code, so there is no municipal inspection when houses are sold, although private point-of-sale real estate inspections are typical these days. Private home inspectors always recommend bringing a house up to code; whether that actually is done, however, is up to the agreement between the buyers and the sellers.
Mt. Lebanon has a historic preservation board that makes recommendations to the planning board and commission regarding design standards and also is available to talk informally with residents about significant architecural alterations they may be considering. Shaker Heights takes this a step farther with an Architectural Review Board that must approve any changes to the exterior of a house. The board discourages replacement windows and regulates windows that need repair. Cheap glass sliding windows may not be installed in any traditionally styled house there, and vinyl windows are frowned upon.
Architectural and maintenance restrictions apply to all houses, but some, either because of their architecture or the history of people who lived in or built them, are considered landmarks—and the town has a separate landmarks board to regulate those. If they owners wants to change a landmark, they must get approval from the architectural review board and then the landmarks commission! And all assumes they’ve met the basic zoning requirements in the first place. In Mt. Lebanon, there are only the basic zoning regulations to contend with (and there is an appeals procedure through the zoning hearing board.)
It is costly to enforce the strict regulations Shaker Heights employs. Still, with a quality school system like Mt. Lebanon’s, Shaker residents pay some of the highest property taxes in Ohio, and their property values held up well during the recession, despite plummeting values in the Cleveland area. Values also held steady in Mt. Lebanon; however, that was true of the Pittsburgh area generally. Both towns are thriving at 100. But as Mt. Lebanon continues to mature, some of the lessons from Shaker Heights might be worth considering here. mtlwriter@mtlebanon.org
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This was the year I was finally going to visit Scotland, having convinced one of my best friends to join me on one of my bucket list vacations.
My original dream many years ago was to take a year sabbatical to write quirky mystery novels while living in a small country home in Northern England, and having an abundance of time to explore England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. I figured a year wouldn’t be enough, but I wouldn’t be greedy.
When I realized my sabbatical dream was not a practical reality
yet, I decided to start planning vacations to visit each area, one by one, probably over the course of five to 10 years, or until the sabbatical was back on the table.
First stop: Scotland! In December and January, the excitement of planning a vacation set in. Coordinating schedules, discussing must-see highlights, planning as many hikes as possible, fine-tuning the budget, and outlining possible itineraries.
2020 had other plans!
But, life goes on. Things may not play out the way we want, but we often can make the best of them. This is not
everything has a silver-lining jargon. It by no means is a miraculous recipe to alleviate trauma, illness, or other serious challenges. It is, however, a mindset that can help us get through, and even thrive, during difficult times.
So, in the spirit of making the most out of these bizarre times, I decided to schedule a few long weekends and scattered days off to enjoy the second half of the year — using my PTO to the max — hiking, cooking, baking, reading, writing, spending time with family, taking online courses, and setting aside me time!
Everyone enjoys life differently. I’m looking forward to better days for us all, but let’s make the most out of what we can till then. Discover what you love — what makes you happy and keeps you grounded — and do more of it, especially now, when our lives have been turned upside down.
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NSW Commercial Lighting Subsidy
How Does Commercial Lighting Subsidy Works? Is NSW Commercial Lighting Subsidy benefiting business?
NSW Commercial Lighting Subsidy – The way commercial lighting works is that the lights that are placed in certain locations and are used for specific purposes will be charged different rates. This is different for each type of commercial light, so it’s important to understand what exactly is happening. Even though the commercial lighting subsidy is designed for the benefit of businesses, it can mean big savings for you, the consumer, if you know where and how to find them.
For businesses, there are two types of lights that they may be interested in using.
One type is designed to light their building and the other is designed to provide general light throughout the area in which the business is located. The rates that will be charged for either type of light will be dependent upon a few factors. Luckily, understanding how new commercial lighting subsidy works can help you take advantage of this special pricing.
The first factor that will play a large part in the amount that you will pay for commercial lighting is the location of your business. If you are planning to have a wide variety of tenants walking through your doors at all times, you are going to want to place a high concentration of lights in key areas. However, if you only plan to be open to a select number of hours each day, it will be less expensive to simply leave some of the lights turned off in those areas.
The second factor that will play a role in nsw commercial lighting is the purpose of the lights. Some businesses like to use the lights to create a festive atmosphere, while other businesses need the lights to light up the interior of the building. Of course, if you are placing lights in your establishment for the purpose of improving customer safety, you may also want to use a more direct approach. Either way, if you have questions about how the charges will be applied, you will probably be better served talking with a tax expert or a business planning consultant. These consultants can often help to create an accurate computation of how much the lights will cost to run.
Final information that would be considered for Commercial Lighting Subsidy
The final component that will be considered when you are asking how does commercial lighting subsidize your business will be the type of lights that are used. There are several different types of lights that can be placed in the various spaces within your establishment. Most lights are going to be placed in areas where the light will provide plenty of illumination for customers as well as a way to deter thieves from entering your building. Of course, in many cases, a less expensive option will simply involve placing lights outside of the building that will provide more visibility to potential customers as well as allow you to attract new business.
Obviously, the cheaper option is going to cost less money to implement and will likely appeal to more customers. Of course, this is not to say that you should not consider the more expensive options either. Your business needs to have adequate lighting in order to effectively run and serve customers. However, most experts recommend that the commercial lighting scheme that you choose to be about 40% more expensive than the average. This is simply due to the fact that it is easier to implement and will ensure better results in the end.
Considering various commercial lighting subsidy options
When you are considering how does commercial lighting subsidy work, it is also important to consider the various options that are available. Obviously, some businesses will benefit from having more lights installed than others. Of course, this will be based on the location of the business as well as the amount of money that you are willing to spend on this project. In addition, if you are interested in installing new lights, then you should make sure that you are working with a qualified and reliable company. Ask your potential supplier or electrician to give you references and to talk with others who may be able to provide you with further information and assistance.
Save money by opting for NSW Commercial Lighting Subsidy Type of illumination plan can be implemented for many different businesses and industries.
The next time that you are thinking about how does commercial lighting subsidy work, it will help to do so with a clear idea of the financial benefits that can be gained as well. It is important to remember that when you are working with a reputable supplier or electrician, they will ensure that you receive an accurate quote. Additionally, they will talk you through all of the options that are available and explain all of the details of how this type of project can be completed. As long as you are prepared to invest some money and learn some important details, you should have no trouble finding the right commercial lighting scheme for your business needs.
How to Avail NSW Commercial Lighting Subsidy Do you know how to avail Commercial Lighting Subsidies?
These are the funds released by the government for the business establishments for installing good quality commercial lights. A well-built and attractive building adds to the overall outlook of the locality, which helps in the development of the economy as well. Therefore, everyone wants a well-managed and properly lit building for his or her everyday work. And this can be achieved with the help of new commercial lighting subsidies.
Basically, what is meant by commercial lighting is anything that is used for the general public. This includes streets, roads, gardens, manholes, bridges, buildings, etc. That means lights such as street lights, manholes, walkway, etc. are all included in the concept of commercial lighting.
There are many advantages for installing good quality commercial lights.
It not only increases the safety and security for the public but also makes the business premises more appealing to the eyes of the customers. As a result, more customers to visit the business premises since the lights enhance the looks of the commercial buildings. This not only increases the productivity of the businesses but also increases their revenue. But the key to all this is proper management of the lights and other related expenses incurred.
Understanding how NSW Commercial Lighting Subsidy is availed
In order to understand how to avail nsw commercial lighting subsidies, one must first of all understand how these funds are released by the government. Generally, there are two sources for these funds. The first category of the funds goes to the local government units and the second category to the private entities that install and maintain the lights. The government units mainly provide the funds for improving road networks. Thus, if you have a well-maintained road network, you will get a rebate on your commercial lighting expenses every year.
On the other hand, the private companies have to make their businesses more competitive by providing better services and products at lower rates. The best way to increase the sales and keep a firm grip over the customer base is to introduce more innovative light fittings. This will attract more customers to visit the establishments in the commercial hub. For instance, if you own a small hotel, you can install fittings such as under-counter lights, skylights, etc. to ensure that your clients have optimum lighting during all hours of the day. If you own a shopping mall, you can also offer better lighting services such as dimmers and automatic light fittings.
Criteria that you need to fulfill if you want to avail these rebates.
First, you must be a licensed holder of the light industry. Second, the light fittings that you are going to install must meet the current market demands. The three categories of commercial lighting that are categorized according to the country are general, specific and special.
General commercial categories are placed in different places in the world such as public buildings, airports, railway stations, etc. They provide general light to the place. On the other hand, the specific category of light fittings includes those that are installed for specific purposes in specific areas. They are used in areas such as hospitals, restaurants and shopping malls.
On the other hand, the special category of commercial lighting involves technical modifications to certain structures or parts of the building. They are mainly used in skywriting, theatres, schools and other public places. If you want to know how to avail NSW commercial lighting subsidies, you should contact your supplier. They will help you choose a suitable fixture for your commercial establishment. After you have made this decision, you can order it online.
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Most workplaces want to retain the team of staff they have trained for a long time. Still, Beco, a sustainable and social organisation soap brand headquartered primarily in the United Kingdom, urges various other companies to steal them.
While this may appear weird but the thought process behind it is heartfelt. Since 80% of Beco’s outstanding workforce is disabled, the brand must improve the portion of the job for disabled employees.
Over 1.1 million disabled persons are unemployed in the United Kingdom. So, Beco created an exceptional marketing campaign called #StealOurStaff to increase awareness of the ‘Disability Employment Gap’ and switch employers’ conventional attitudes regarding persons with disabilities.
To reach potential employers, it began publishing its employees’ CVs on the soap’s packaging and making them available in more than 500 shops all around the country.
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Alexis de Toqueville once observed that a key feature of American government was the decentralized character of administration. “Written laws exist in America,” he wrote, “and one sees the daily execution of them; but although everything moves regularly, the mover can nowhere be discovered. The hand which directs the social machine is invisible.”
1 Toqueville could easily have been describing the state of affairs in the health-care industry before the advent of government regulation and corporate reorganization during the 1970s and 1980s.
Under the old regime, physicians were virtually immune from outside scrutiny. Doctors policed their own by means of local institutions they controlled. The hand that regulated the health-care industry, as well as the quality and provision of medical services, was invisible. Under the new regime, physicians were accountable to employers or third-party payers of medical services, such as HMOs or government agencies. External scrutiny became the norm, rather than the exception. Dependent on the professional monopoly for support, the framework for self-regulation eroded, giving way to government and corporate oversight. Inexorably, the visible hand of corporate management replaced the invisible hand of professional self-regulation.
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The emergence of modern state medical boards in the 1980s was but one of a series of events that reflected the decline of the former self-governing professional order. Government subsidization of health care through enactment of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the 1960s enhanced access to medical services and attracted commercial investors who reaped profits from health-care facilities and new technology. During the 1970s and 1980s costs of health care increased as well as complaints for medical malpractice. The former strained the ability of government and employers to balance budgets and satisfy expenses; the latter led to crises in the availability and affordability of medical malpractice insurance. While efforts to contain costs through prospective payment, utilization review, and market competition altered traditional means of financing and delivering medical services, efforts to curb lawsuits for malpractice focused attention on the lack of medical discipline.
Public pressures to contain costs and improve quality politicized the disciplinary process. Application of federal antitrust to the medical field undercut private means of enforcing professional norms and values and of adjusting complaints that patients filed against their physicians. Grievance committees of state and local medical societies and peer review committees of community hospitals operated at their peril in the absence of “state action immunity” or statutory protection. The medical profession’s model for resolving complaints, which emphasized collegiality, informality, and confidentiality, became impractical for expediting cases, satisfying requirements of due process, and disclosing information on physician performance.
State governments, courts, consumers, and the press further widened the scope of conflict over medical discipline. Responding to crises in medical malpractice, states placed consumers on board panels, curtailed the authority of medical societies to select physician members, and gained oversight of board operations through budgetary practices and reporting procedures. As in other sectors of the economy, consumers organized to protect their interests and pressed boards to resolve complaints for incompetence and professional misconduct. In the event that boards ignored their concerns, courts, the media, and law enforcement agencies offered alternative means of achieving satisfaction.
But boards would not respond overnight. Organized medicine resisted external oversight, as physicians did any threat to their professional autonomy. State governments had neither the resources nor the scientific basis to mount an attack; the best they could do was impose medical discipline through layers of bureaucracy.
For boards to advance, physicians had to reconcile their interests with those of a pluralist society. The unrelenting demands of new stakeholders challenged traditional mechanisms for resolving disputes. Drastic improvements in case management were needed to satisfy the public’s interest in efficiency and neutrality. Physicians in the 1980s were more willing to change board practices and procedures. Unlike their colleagues from earlier generations, they regularly assimilated practices from the business community, including the formalization of professional controls. Unlike their colleagues from earlier generations, they did not resist centralized management and reporting so long as resources and funds flowed in their direction.
The modern state medical board that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s reflected the long-standing struggle among contending forces seeking to privatize and socialize conflict. Physicians comprised a majority of each board but delegated much of their authority over routine matters to an operating core consisting of investigators, administrators, and case managers. Lawyers, medical consultants, and hearing officers rounded out the picture, giving boards the ability to resolve difficult and complex cases through settlement agreements or adjudication. Physicians remained in charge, but they shared authority with government bureaucrats, and their principal theater of operation was in the public, not the private, sector.
Since the 1970s, state medical boards had narrowed the gap between the profession they protected and the public they served. But few outside the medical community and the consumer organizations that monitored their performance proclaimed their social worth. The conquering heroes of corporate medicine and the prognosticators of medicine’s future viewed boards as irrelevant, at best, or as obstacles to a fully integrated health-care system, at worst.
THE ECONOMIC MODEL AND PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
According to health analyst Mark Peterson, 1994 was a watershed year for the nation’s health-care industry.
3 A political cartoon appearing in the New York Times on Sunday, November 26, 1996, crystallized the situation: two years after the defeat of the Clinton plan, most consumers, including the fictional characters Harry and Louise who had been featured in television ads against the plan, were in an HMO. The accompanying editorial indicated that where politicians failed, private industry succeeded in cutting costs by closing hospitals and by restricting consumers’ right to choose their physician. The failure of the Clinton plan did not reflect support for the old status quo. Rather, Peterson claimed that federal inaction “unleashed a private sector initiative that literally transformed the status of patients, the physician-patient relationship, interactions among different types of providers, the meaning and role of insurance, and the very structure of health delivery and financing institutions.” 4 What did the success of corporate medicine mean for state medical boards? Who would police managed-care organizations?
Corporate integration of the health-care industry created multiple levels of accountability, from managed-care plans to institutional providers to individual physicians.
5 Traditional means used to regulate physician behavior, such as licensure, peer review, and malpractice litigation, were inadequate to gauge the performance of the emerging corporate sector. Efforts to monitor individual performance failed to account for institutional performance; efforts to achieve the best outcomes for individual patients led to large disparities in diagnosis and treatment. 6
Just as state medical boards struggled for years to devise a proper formula to evaluate physicians’ performance, so corporate providers searched for appropriate criteria to judge their own performance.
The essential difference was that HMOs had not taken the Hippocratic Oath. Proponents of managed care viewed the provision of medical services from the standpoint of enrolled populations, not individual patients.
7 Free to follow their own path, proponents supported a different model of medicine that rested on “systematic, replicable, statistical research,” rather than “internalized, intuitive professional judgments.” 8 Science-based medicine, they asserted, could provide sufficient criteria for choosing among health plans, physicians, and treatment regimens. Accumulating data on medical outcomes in large patient populations supported the development of practice profiles or report cards that allowed comparison among managed-care organizations. 9
But there was more to evaluating medical practice than furnishing information to consumers about different health plans. Science-based medicine laid the foundation for a corporate culture that regulated physician performance.
10 Just as codes of ethics and disciplinary rules were tools of the professional order, so treatment protocols and practice guidelines were tools of the new corporate regime. According to health economist Alain Enthoven, a high-quality organization “monitors physicians’ performance with accurate data on clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. It develops ways to help physicians improve. It adjusts physicians’ tasks to their current competencies. And it is able and willing to take corrective action if performance turns poor or physicians become impaired.” 11
This corporate environment that Enthoven described eschewed a role for outsiders, particularly government. Claiming that governments worked by “coercion and punishment,” Enthoven asserted that they hindered quality improvement and the ability of managed-care organizations to adjust to market demands. Governments’ role, he stated, was to aid in developing appropriate criteria for quality assessment and performance and to report these results to purchasers and consumers of medical services.
12 The federal government, a strong supporter of efforts to control costs, basically adopted the approach of Enthoven and of other economists. Not only did the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research pursue medical outcomes to advance treatment protocols, but peer review organizations shifted their focus from discipline to quality improvement. According to Mark R. Yessian, Regional Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspection, in the Boston office of the US Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General, the move toward continuous quality improvement was the reason PROs sanctioned so few physicians. 13 Unless health-care fraud was at issue, the federal government rarely took punitive action.
In truth, the roots of continuous quality improvement (CQI) lay outside the health-care industry. For years, Japanese and some American manufacturers had applied the technique to increase productivity among their workers. The idea, in essence, was that efforts to improve work processes rather than solve problems would promote teamwork and unity. Searching for outliers, or bad apples, was counterproductive. Fear of discovery encouraged workers to defend themselves, as opposed to taking corrective action.
14 To many physicians, this approach was enticing. They welcomed collegial efforts to enhance performance. 15 But CQI operated within an institutional, not a professional, framework. It stressed the solving of problems through an interdisciplinary perspective and was a significant “departure from the culture of fee-for-service solo practice.” 16 CQI was further proof that the new corporate culture reduced the ability of professions to protect their turf.
Corporate medicine and the economic model that it promoted threatened to dismantle the existing regulatory structure that included state medical boards. Boards were now out of step in that they punished physicians for a variety of transgressions. The doyens of CQI suggested that some government regulation was necessary, but they limited it to the most serious offenders, not those who required monitoring and education to improve their performance.
17 Efforts of boards to regulate the quality of medical care through disciplinary actions seemed at cross-purposes with the approach of CQI. Restricting the role of government in policing the emerging health care system made boards gatekeepers and little more.
Corporate leaders also opposed attempts by boards to monitor the utilization review activities of HMOs. Although state laws gave boards the power to regulate the practice of medicine, HMOs argued that boards had no authority over their internal affairs. This assertion had far-reaching implications, particularly since efforts to standardize medical practice through treatment protocols and similar procedures fragmented responsibility for patient care. By requiring approval of treatment decisions before providing insurance coverage, HMOs could override examining physicians. If managed-care organizations successfully prevented boards from scrutinizing patient-care decisions of their medical personnel, then the future of state medical boards in the emerging health-care system appeared rather dim.
Another problem for boards was growing emphasis on technology, teamwork, and use of paraprofessional workers to reduce costs and promote quality. Some physicians, like Lawrence Weed, recognized these trends and called for sweeping changes in the nature of medical decision making. Weed observed that the practice of medicine had become so complex that it had outpaced the capacity of individual physicians to integrate new information and to manage a diverse patient population. Specialization, he argued, was not the answer because specialists often overlooked diagnostic and management options outside their narrow fields. The failure of physicians to rely on external aids and involve their patients in treatment decisions, according to Weed, had contributed to excessive costs for medical care and to an epidemic of medical injury.
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The Pew Health Profession’s Commission echoed Weed’s call for the reform of medical practice. Among its recommendations were the “redesign” of the workforce to favor primary care, downsizing or “rightsizing” the health-care professions, and revising the tools of professional accountability. These market-driven changes that the commission envisioned struck at the heart of professional sovereignty. As part of the old power structure, state medical boards fared poorly in the commission’s analysis. Although limitations on scope of practice were of primary concern, the commission also reaffirmed the perception that physician-controlled boards were “largely unaccountable to the public they served.”
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The Pew Commission’s assertion foretold the uphill battle boards faced for credibility in the new corporate order. Boards were rarely, if ever, mentioned by those searching for ways to hold managed-care organizations accountable for poor performance.
20 Many, of course, justifiably believed that the focus of boards on physician licensure and discipline made them poor candidates for policing institutional providers. 21 But those who argued that boards were unsuited to the task because of lapses in performance or adherence to outmoded norms and ethics overlooked the progress that boards had made over the past fifteen years and their legitimate role in regulating medical practice, however conceived. Public concerns about organized medicine when it controlled health care now applied to corporate medicine. As Schattschneider keenly observed, “organization is itself a mobilization of bias in preparation for action.” 22 Proponents of corporate medicine were also capable of creating a self-governing order that served their interests. BUILDING A NEW REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Corporate domination of American medicine was a gradual process that began long before the appearance of powerful HMOs in the 1980s and 1990s. Changes in American society predisposed the development of institutions that supported for-profit medicine, just as they did those that bolstered the medical profession. Paul Starr’s study of organized medicine demonstrated that cultural authority was “antecedent to action.”
23 Medical schools, hospitals, medical societies, and medical boards did not appear overnight. Broad social, economic, and political forces preceded them, including industrialization, urbanization, and specialization. Physicians’ claim to superior knowledge and expertise sustained institutions that converted cultural authority into professional dominance.
The rise of corporate medicine also rested on broad currents in American society that undermined the professional order. Some called it the “deprofessionalization,” others the “proletarianization,” of the medical workforce. Marie Haug, the principal proponent of deprofessionalization, pointed to trends that had reduced the “knowledge gap” between physicians and consumers, such as rising levels of education, greater availability of information through use of computers, increasing complexity of medical practice, and a growing number of paraprofessional workers. Individual physicians no longer monopolized a specific body of knowledge, Haug asserted. Consumers collaborated with physicians in their care and treatment.
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Proponents of the proletarianization thesis also identified societal trends supporting their position that capitalist expansion had caused a decline in professional autonomy.
25 These trends included corporate consolidation of the health-care industry, increased numbers of salaried physicians working in large organizations, and the rise of intermediaries who dictated the terms of the doctor-patient relationship. Managed-care organizations embodied these trends, bolstering the notion that large organizations, not consumers, were the central players in the emerging system.
However characterized, corporate medicine gained a foothold because government and physicians failed to control costs.
26 During the 1970s policy makers turned to market competition as the mechanism for containing costs and allocating services. They also reversed prior trends through deregulation of highly regulated industries. Deregulation typically involved relaxation of government standards, making it more profitable for companies to compete. This was the case in transportation where economists claimed laws stifled market competition, but not in health care where the medical profession regulated entry, price, and delivery of services. To overcome the institutional and legal barriers that medicine had erected, the federal government passed laws to protect the development of corporate medicine and authorized federal agencies to break up the medical monopoly. Whereas the former self-governing order opposed lay control over professional judgment, commercial exploitation of medical practice, and conflicting professional loyalties, the emerging regulatory framework encouraged managerial oversight, market competition, and integration of insurance and provider systems.
Managed-care organizations benefited from the widening scope of conflict in health care. Behind the shift in power from providers to payers of medical services was a corresponding shift from local to national and from decentralized to centralized controls. Pressures to increase profits as well as reduce costs fueled the effort. As Mark Peterson observed, “a decentralized system with myriad local- or state-based carriers and providers is being supplanted by giant regional and national enterprises in search of a profit.”
27 Many predicted continued integration of group practices, insurers, hospitals, and HMOs, and some even suggested that only a handful of conglomerates eventually would assume control of the entire system. 28
If true, this had serious implications for the future regulation of the practice of medicine. Because HMOs created financial incentives to underserve, the dilemma for physicians was potentially profound. Physicians’ fiduciary duty to their patients conflicted with the financial arrangements that managed care imposed. Providers and payers did not play by the same rules. Efforts by HMOs to retain premium dollars gave rise to multiple compensation schemes, including capitation, pay withholds, bonuses, and penalties, that forced physicians to share in the risk of treating sick patients. According to Deborah Stone, many physicians resented sick patients because of the drain on their income.
29 Although the economic model looked attractive on paper, market-based incentives skewed relations among physicians and their patients. Physicians required guidance in discerning conflicts of interest, and consumers required protection from the excesses of managed care. Science-based medicine and quality improvement were welcome additions, but oversight of managed-care plans was needed to correct the imbalance. 30 THE PLACE OF BOARDS IN THE NEW CORPORATE ORDER
This study has viewed the struggle for power in American medicine as largely the attempt by special interests to capture the regulatory apparatus of government.
31 So long as organized medicine dominated the health-care industry, government worked to its benefit. Courts, legislatures, and state medical boards largely sanctioned the policies of the medical profession. As political scientist Corinne Gilb observed when writing in the 1960s, “government, for the stronger professional associations, is a continuum, a matter of continual interaction between private and public governments.” 32 Boards were part of this continuum.
Those who controlled the regulatory apparatus often succeeded in keeping conflict private. For weaker interests to prevail, they had to politicize the struggle by widening the scope of conflict. In the case of state medical boards, consumer groups, the media, and malpractice insurers persuaded courts, state agencies, and state legislatures to enhance medical discipline for public protection. But it took much more to alter old patterns. The changing contours of medical discipline reflected an ideological struggle between the profession of medicine and the business of medicine. In this power struggle, government took center stage because of the enormous costs of health care. Government’s solution to the problem of rising costs, market competition in the health-care sector, precipitated the entry of new forces, as well as the realignment of old ones.
Corporate integration of the health-care industry had distinct advantages over traditional fee-for-service medicine, among them better coordination of medical services, the development of practice guidelines, enhanced accountability, and cost savings. There was no turning back. Recognizing the situation, physicians responded through closer oversight of their colleagues. Medical groups collected information on practice patterns of individual physicians.
33 Hospitals and professional associations incorporated IPPs, formal peer review, and continuous quality improvement. The AMA expanded existing databases and formulated new ones to increase physician accountability. 34 The bureaucratization of medical practice, characterized by hierarchy, formality, and standardized procedures, occurred at all levels in all professional institutions.
State medical boards, for their part, sought to survive by improving case management and reporting procedures. For a market-oriented approach to succeed, consumers needed reliable information based on quality and cost to aid in choosing among providers. Boards were key to quality control: they were the primary mechanisms for disciplining physicians for substandard care, drug abuse, sexual misconduct, and a variety of other offenses. Moreover, they were the only ones responsible for telling the public about it. No other entity seemed interested in ridding the medical profession of the poor practitioners. As James Winn, executive vice president of the Federation of State Medical Boards, observed, “corporations aren’t very good about exposing themselves to potential litigation or bad publicity. If they’ve got a bad doctor, they’re going to quietly show him the door. They’re not going to tell the medical boards about it.”
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Attempts to reform the disciplinary process by consolidating state licensing boards, as the Pew Commission suggested, would likely fail in the current climate and in the foreseeable future. State medical societies, a potent force in state politics, have historically resisted measures designed to upset the status quo. State medical boards are also in a better position to protect their power base and membership. Their staffs have grown considerably during the 1960s, they have established regional and national alliances, and they have become information centers for government, consumers, hospitals, and managed-care entities. Indeed, state medical boards have distanced themselves from other licensing boards. Most are self-funded entities, able to function on their own. Tying them to other government agencies might rekindle old budgetary constraints.
For several reasons, boards’ overall responsibility for public protection is expanding, not contracting, in a managed-care environment. Responsibility for health policy and planning devolved to the states after Congress failed to enact the Clinton administration’s proposed model for health-care reform.
36 Now more than ever, states need boards to police the practice of medicine. While old problems persist, new ones emerge. The conversion to for-profit medicine has increased opportunities for fraud and abuse. Reliance on low-cost providers has led to some questionable medical practices. Financial incentives to underutilize medical services have raised concerns about substandard care.
In 1994 the General Accounting Office estimated that as much as 10 percent of total health-care costs were lost to fraud and abuse each year.
37 Federal efforts to curtail the problem led to the enactment of laws prohibiting physicians from soliciting, offering, or receiving kickbacks, bribes, or rebates as well as those prohibiting physicians from referring patients to ancillary health-care facilities in which they had an ownership interest. 38 Passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in 1996 expanded federal oversight in this area. 39 The new law called for closer coordination among federal, state, and local authorities and the formation of another federal database to track fraud and abuse activities. The amount and type of information that federal authorities required from state medical boards under the new law was greater than in the past. 40
For-profit medicine also advanced trends toward alternative care. To be sure, conventional medicine did not have all the answers. Many patients who suffered from chronic pain or disease turned to alternative therapies when conventional ones failed. As in the past, nonphysician providers, such as chiropractors, promised relief from some symptoms. But unlike in the past, alternative therapies received support from the new status quo. In 1996 Oxford Health Plans, a major HMO, offered coverage for nontraditional care, including acupuncture, chiropractic, and naturopathy. Maintaining customer satisfaction was a reason for an expanded list of providers, but some HMOs viewed alternative medicine as an opportunity for cost savings on conventional care. Boards monitored these developments closely, poised to take action should physicians venture too far.
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Few of these activities were particularly controversial. The architects of the emerging order agreed that it would be a mistake to abandon surveillance and discipline of “the truly avaricious and the dangerously incompetent.”
42 But boards were not content to stand on the sidelines, disciplining the castoffs from managed-care organizations. Inspired by their leaders, many signaled their intentions to become central players in the quality assurance debate. 43 Regulating the utilization review activities of HMOs as in Arizona was one example; monitoring quality assurance programs of hospitals and other health-care facilities as in Massachusetts was another. Some also suggested that boards promote policies to bolster the status of salaried physicians. 44
Boards faced many obstacles in these new endeavors, including the capacity for such initiatives. According to Mark Yessian, identifying patterns of substandard care “is the most difficult challenge, for it pushes boards into new directions involving the extensive examination of medical records, the use of statistical sampling and analysis, and the interpretation of evolving medical practice guidelines.”
45 HMOs viewed boards as infringing on their decisions. Others suggested that boards were not right for the job because they focused on individuals, not integrated systems. 46 At the heart of the matter was the struggle for control of the evolving regulatory structure. Managed care sought to keep boards at bay. Boards sought to expand their authority.
If not boards, then who? What other state agencies existed to curb the abuses of managed care? The answer was that there really were none, despite all the rhetoric. State insurance departments seemed likely candidates because they regulated the insurance industry, but studies showed that their ability to monitor quality was quite limited.
47 Faced with a consumer backlash against managed care, thirty-seven states passed protective legislation in 1996, ranging from minimum hospital stays for maternity patients to specific quality assurance standards. 48 Although few health care experts supported such legislation, arguing that these laws stifled growth and creativity in the private sector, the size and scale of the undertaking signaled widespread discontent. 49 For many Americans, doctor-patient relationships and community hospitals symbolized a health-care system devoted to compassion and altruism. 50 They perceived that managed-care organizations undermined these core values and institutions.
State medical boards offered an effective check on the emerging health care industry. Although many dismissed boards as candidates for public protection because of their past and continuing affiliation with organized medicine, protecting the public required balancing norms and values of business and of profession. One way to achieve this balance was to secure a role for the medical profession in the ongoing struggle. Boards provided the medical profession with an important voice in the governing process.
For many years political scientists have debated the extent to which responsiveness to political authority should supersede the norms and ethics of professionals working for American government. Fueling the debate were political initiatives, such as those in the area of family planning and abortion, that compromised professional ideals. Although politicians often voiced their concern that bureaucrats threatened majority will, others expressed the belief that, in certain instances, professional standards and values should have priority. As political scientist Francis Rourke proclaimed, “The public itself benefits from having professionals within bureaucracy speak out strongly against policies that violate the ethical or technical canons of their own calling, since these canons are often designed to advance and protect the public interest, and are not solely intended to protect the interests of the professional groups themselves.”
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Just as professional values acted as checks on political authority, so they also protected the public from the excesses of managed care. Efforts by HMOs to maximize profits by introducing incentives to underutilize medical services tested the allegiance of physicians to their patients. Disciplinary rules and professional ethics governing doctor-patient relations potentially conflicted with corporate norms of behavior. Whether corporate enterprise develops adequate mechanisms to ensure quality in the face of economic incentives to cut costs and maximize profits remains to be seen. The current challenge to state medical boards is maintaining professional accountability within a diffused corporate hierarchy driven by multiprofessionals and profit motives.
Reprinted with permission from the book
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Amidst the spiraling inflation, the government sprang into action to contain the rising prices approving a relief package worth ten billion rupees to provide some immediate relief. The economic challenges have increased burden on the country and the common man is been squeezed. The federal cabinet approved a subsidy of Rs2 billion per month for a period of five months to the Utility Stores Corporation for the provision of edible items and groceries at affordable rates. The government is concerned over the rising prices realising a fallout could have adverse economic and political costs. The export of sugar has been banned and a regulatory duty imposed after a mismanaged fiasco last month, while a report is being sought against those responsible for the wheat flour crisis. The PTI government has targeted the lower segments of society for the relief package. This is rather insufficient and will not last for long as the number of those affected is huge and only a fraction will benefit. The relief package worth Rs10 billion is insignificant for a nation where still one-third of the population lives below the poverty line. The compassion for the common man is appreciated but the government should not resort to tokenistic and short-term measures. The inflation rate has reached a nine-year high and the prices of essential items continue to rise making even basic commodities such as flour, sugar, and pulses beyond the reach of the common man. The nation is undergoing tough economic challenges and escalating debts but the efforts to reduce the public’s suffering are certainly inadequate and only temporary. Since economic initiatives are not delivering the desired results, the government should focus on social issues. The financial inclusion Ehsaas Program is only benefiting 4.3 million women and should be expanded, while the number of shelter homes and langar provision schemes should be increased. Most importantly, the government should take action against those responsible for the price hikes. The rising inflation, poverty and unemployment rates have given the opposition any opportunity to criticise the PTI government. Prime Minister Imran Khan may have evaded any corruption allegations or scandals for now, but the economic situation may lead to his own doing. The prime minister’s economic team has an even great responsibility to ensure this does not spill over into a political crisis.
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What is the best lotion to use during pregnancy? Healthline Parenthood’s picks of the best stretch mark creams for pregnancy Mustela Stretch Marks Cream. … Earth Mama Belly Butter. … Glow Organics Belly Butter. … Burt’s Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter. … Bio-Oil Skincare Oil. … Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Massage Lotion for Stretch Marks. … Munchkin Milkmakers All-Natural Belly Balm. Can Body Lotion be used during pregnancy?
Products such as shampoos, hair sprays, soaps, lotions and deodorants
have not been shown to be harmful during pregnancy. Using these products are generally safe. What lotion is not safe for pregnancy? Beauty Products and Skincare Ingredients to Avoid While Pregnant Retin-A, Retinol and Retinyl Palmitate. These vitamin A derivatives and others can lead to dangerous birth defects. … Tazorac and Accutane. … Benzoyl Peroxide and Salicylic acids. … Essential Oils. … Hydroquinone. … Aluminum chloride. … Formaldehyde. … Chemical Sunscreens. When should I start putting lotion on my pregnant belly? First Trimester Once that pregnancy test comes back positive, start moisturizing the areas where stretch marks are most likely to develop—your belly, lower back, breasts, and hips. Which oil is best for stretch marks during pregnancy? Some of the best choices for stretch marks include: Argan oil. Argan essential oil is a popular natural product for skin and hair care. … Bitter almond oil. … Bitter orange oil. … Lavender oil. … Neroli oil. … Patchouli oil. … Pomegranate oil. … Frankincense essential oil. Is Vaseline lotion safe for pregnant? Moisturize regularly. A product like Vaseline® Jelly is great if you’re experiencing dry skin when pregnant as it creates a sealing barrier to lock in moisture. This is great for protecting your skin against the elements – dry air from cold weather conditions can make dry skin worse. What soap is safe for pregnant?
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dish soaps are perfectly harmless, and you shouldn’t have a problem using them while pregnant. A few, however, contain an antibacterial agent called triclosan, which has been found to disrupt the metabolization of estrogen, which is necessary to help the development of a fetus. Is Nivea lotion safe for pregnancy?
What NIVEA body products can be used safely during pregnancy to massage stretch marks? Due to its high amount of caring oils, NIVEA Q10 Firming Body Oil is
ideally for massaging the belly during the pregnancy. Furthermore, it provides a soft feeling when massaging stretch marks. What beauty products are safe for pregnancy? Pregnancy-safe skin care brands Belli Skincare. Earth Mama® Organics. Erbavia Organic Skincare. The Spoiled Mama. BeautyCounter. How can I prevent my belly from sagging after pregnancy? Here are some things you can do to help firm up loose skin. Develop a cardio routine. Cardio exercise can help burn fat and tone your muscles. … Eat healthy fats and proteins. … Try regular strength training. … Drink water. … Massage with oils. … Try skin-firming products. … Hit the spa for a skin wrap. Can my baby feel it when I rub my belly?
Sensation. After around 18 weeks, babies like to sleep in the womb while their mother is awake, since movement can rock them to sleep. They can feel pain at 22 weeks, and
at 26 weeks they can move in response to a hand being rubbed on the mother’s belly. Is coconut oil good for pregnant belly?
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helps relieve morning sickness, heartburn and constipation (three icky side effects of pregnancy). Other women swear the super-moisturizing oil even prevents stretch marks when it’s rubbed on the belly on a regular basis.
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Some riders love motorcycles because it gives them a short escape from their partner, but riding as couples could have more advantages, including better sex!
Motorbike Writer psychologist Sharon Ledger says sharing your motorcycling passion could lead to more passion in the bedroom.
“By all means, go for a ride with your mates, but also go for rides that include your partner as it will increase your intimacy,” she says.
Sharon and her husband, Brien, not only share a passion for riding, but also Indian motorcycles. Sharon rides a Scout Sixty and Brien a Chief Vintage.
“It is important to have some balance in your riding life,” she says. “If you only ever went riding with others, it could cause resentment in your partner.
“Sometimes it’s good just for one of us to go and bond with our friends. Guys need ‘bloke time’ to talk about bloke stuff and women need ‘girl time’.
“You need time together and time apart to keep things interesting.”
Whether you each ride, or one of you is the dedicated pillion-in-a-million like Mrs MBW, there are many healthy attributes of couples riding.
10 REASONS RIDING COUPLES LAST LONGER
1 BEING POSITIVE
It’s difficult for riders to be negative when they are riding. And studies in this article have shown that couples who have a positive attitude have a healthier marriage.
2 TIME TOGETHER
Couples may live in the same house, but their time together can be limited by TV, social media, household duties and other distractions. When you ride together, you are sharing focused, qualitytime. University studies have shown that couples who share their hobby have a happier marriage.
3 SHARED FRIENDS
If you ride with a group of friends or in a club, you are sharing your social circle which can be healthy for a relationship. However, be warned that some studies have also shown this can lead to unhealthyresults such as jealousy. So, don’t always ride with your club. Enjoy some time riding just as a couple.
4 ECONOMIC BENEFITS
If you have different hobbies, it can be expensive. But if you share the same hobby, you can share costs. Although, if you both have a bike, it can also double costs!
Following on from the above, your priorities become identical, so there is less chance of fighting. If you are both striving to get the housework done so you can go riding, you’ll no doubt work together. There is also the benefit of having a common goal toward saving for a bike, gear or a riding holiday, which is a healthy bonding experience.
6 PRESENTS AND GIFTS
You will never again be at a loss for a gift to buy your partner for their birthday, Fathers/Mothers Day, Christmas and/or Valentines Day. Just hit your local motorcycle store and get some bike accessories or gear for your partner. Or book a combined riding holiday.
7 SHARED MEMORIES
Growing old together is about sharing memories of family, friends and events. If you share your major pastime, you will have so much more to share.
8 COMMUNICATION
The home is not a conducive environment to communicate because of the tensions that may live there. Getting out on the bike and talking at your favourite cafe stop puts you in a more conducive environment for good communication. Also, modern Bluetooth intercoms allow you to continue to chat while riding, pointing out things you see as you go and discussing issues without arguing. It’s hard to argue when you’re having such a good time riding.
9 TALKING TOPICS
Have you ever seen the couple sitting in a restaurant, not saying anything? Sharing a hobby and a ride give you so much more to talk about.
10 BETTER SEX
We saved the best for last. Sharon says being a pillion develops intimacy by constant touching. But even riding on separate bikes is good because it is a mental and emotional build-up to a physical bonding at the end of the ride. “Men just have to think about sex and can have it, but women need time to build up. Riding together can be part of that build-up to a more physical intimacy. Even talking and sharing the emotional experience of a ride can put women more in the mood for sex.”
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Made from chickpea and maize flour, Vegan Easy Egg is a kind and healthy egg replacement, full of fiber and protein. … One pack is equal to 15 eggs. Stock up on Vegan Easy Egg and find out how to make a vegan omelet, quiche, or frittata.
What is the best vegan egg? Here’s a quick rundown of the best plant-based eggs, with a few of the more traditional vegan-friendly egg substitutes also included below. #1. Vegan Egg by Follow Your Heart. Leaf Score: … #2. JUST Egg. Leaf Score: … #3. The Vegg Scramble (and the Vegg) Leaf Score: … #4. Eggcitables. Leaf Score: … #5. Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer. How much do vegan eggs cost?
The company told VegNews that it is planning to reduce the price of JUST Egg by 35 percent—which, for retail consumers, would mean a 12-ounce bottle will be offered at a suggested retail price (SRP) of $4.99 as opposed to its current SRP of
$7.99. What do vegans substitute for eggs? The 10 best vegan egg alternatives for eggless baking and cooking Apple sauce. Using apple sauce is a fat-free way to replace eggs in baked goods. … Aquafaba. … Black salt (kala namak) … Egg substitute powders. … Flaxseed (aka linseed) … Ripe bananas. … Silken tofu & firm tofu. … Tapioca starch. What do vegan eggs taste like?
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taste like an egg. Texture is pretty close to an egg and once you top it with black salt I think us vegans may be able to fool the vegetarian or omnivore that they are eating eggs :D. Mission accomplished. Does Walmart have vegan eggs?
Vegan JUST Eggs will soon be available at select locations of Walmart. The cruelty-free, plant-based eggs are high in protein and contain no cholesterol. Vegan JUST Eggs will soon be available at select locations of Walmart, the largest retailer in the world.
Why are vegans against eggs?
Why don’t vegans eat eggs? Vegans do not eat
eggs because their production involves the exploitation of the reproductive systems of hens. Female chickens are bought and kept so that farmers can profit from the eggs they lay. Do vegans eat cheese or eggs? Vegans avoid meat, eggs, dairy, and animal products. This includes animal byproducts, such as gelatin and honey.
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Democrats introduced legislation to reverse Trump-era SEC regulations that limited small stockholders’ ability to offer proposals on environmental, social, and governance issues, such as executive pay or climate change risks.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown’s Congressional Review Act resolution, unveiled Thursday, seeks to repeal proxy rules that the Securities and Exchange Commission completed in September under former Chairman Jay Clayton. The rules raised the criteria—such as the value of stock holdings—that shareholders must meet in order to submit or resubmit proposals that investors vote on at companies’ annual meetings.
“By raising eligibility and resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals, the rules take away an important tool to push for better corporate governance, increase transparency, and address the gender pay gap,” Brown (D-Ohio) said in a statement. “Congress must repeal the rule, and we need to find ways to increase shareholder participation and to make executives more accountable.”
Companies pushed for the Trump-era changes as a way to curb dissident stockholders, arguing that such proposals abused the system. But investor advocates opposed the regulations, saying they would unfairly silence shareholders.
Acting SEC Chair Allison Lee, a Democrat, voted against issuing the rules when Republicans-leaning commissioners controlled the agency. The regulations helped “put a thumb on the scale for management in the balance of power between companies and their owners,” Lee said at the time.
A representative for Lee declined to comment.
The 1996 Congressional Review Act allows Congress to repeal a regulation within 60 legislative days of its enactment with simple majorities in both houses and the president’s signature.
Brown also offered a CRA resolution to undo the Trump administration’s “true lender” rule from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Thursday. Democrats have claimed the OCC regulation permits predatory lending through “rent-a-bank” schemes.
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Congress ought to require a brand new investigation by the State Division’s arms compliance workplace into the doable function of China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology within the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by two former State Division officers says.
The Biden administration earlier this yr canceled a probe begun underneath President Trump into the virus’s origins by State’s Bureau of Arms Management, Verification and Compliance, often known as AVC, that additionally investigated Chinese language violations of a treaty banning organic arms, mentioned former State Division arms management leaders Thomas DiNanno and Paula A. DeSutter.
“The Biden administration’s ‘don’t ask, don’t act’ coverage serves solely to empower our enemies, and the State Division paperwork has raised the bar so excessive above the legal ‘cheap doubt’ commonplace that holding our adversaries accountable is now practically not possible,” Mr. DiNanno and Ms. DeSutter wrote in a brand new report revealed by the Hudson Institute, a conservative assume tank.
“Within the case of the WIV, the preponderance of circumstantial proof is compelling and can’t be ignored,” the report acknowledged.
China engaged in “blatant violations” of the World Well being Group’s Worldwide Well being Laws and acted in suspicious and opaque methods relating to the phrases of the Organic Weapons Conference’s (BWC) peaceful-purposes clause,” the report mentioned. Consequently China gave up a management place on the world stage and inside organizations such because the WHO and the BWC and “must be held to account.”
China has rejected costs that the COVID virus originated within the Wuhan lab and leaked into most of the people in late 2019, setting off a world pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands. Researchers are divided over the origins of COVID-19, with many contending it occurred naturally and handed from an animal host to people.
Mr. DiNanno is presently knowledgeable employees member of the Home Everlasting Choose Committee on Intelligence and took half within the canceled probe as performing assistant secretary of state for the AVC bureau throughout the Trump administration. Ms. DeSutter held the identical place on the State Division underneath President George W. Bush, and likewise served as knowledgeable employees member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The report was revealed previous to a joint U.S. intelligence group evaluation into the virus origin that exposed spy businesses divided over how the pandemic started and had been unable to say conclusively whether or not the pandemic began from a virus that escaped from a Chinese language laboratory or emerged naturally from contaminated animals.
The Protection Intelligence Company, based on U.S. officers, believes the virus almost definitely started from an accident or different sort of mishap in a Chinese language lab. Different spy different businesses imagine the virus emerged from an animal host to contaminate people, an unclassified abstract of the intelligence evaluation concluded.
The virus has killed an estimated 4.5 million individuals worldwide, together with over 660,000 People.
Critics say China’s authorities has sought to hide its mishandling of the illness’s outbreak that started in November 2019. Beijing officers have denied the virus got here from one in all its laboratories, regardless of revealed analysis indicating in depth work on making bat coronaviruses, just like the viruses behind COVID, extra infectious to people.
The canceled AVC investigation was launched by the State Division underneath then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2019 and sought to reply the query of what function the Chinese language authorities virus analysis program performed in Beijing’s organic weapons program.
The investigation additionally sought to find out if China’s virus analysis program and the unfold of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, represented violations of China’s dedication to the Organic Weapons Conference, which bans analysis and improvement of germ weapons.
Mr. DiNanno and Ms. DeSutter mentioned Congress ought to request that AVC resume its investigation into the origin of the virus that was interrupted by Mr. Biden’s order in Might that intelligence businesses ought to conduct a three-month assessment.
“In distinction to the U.S. [intelligence community], the [AVC’s] sole perform is to evaluate different nations’ compliance with their worldwide arms management obligations and, furthermore, has the authorized mandate to take action,” they acknowledged.
Moreover, AVC ought to make public all info and intelligence on the COVID-19 origin to raised assess Chinese language compliance with its arms management commitments.
The American intelligence group, based on the report, largely adhered to the speculation that the virus originated from animals.
“This will partly be the results of briefings to [intelligence agency] components carried out by specialists promulgating and advocating that the origin of SARS-CoV-2 was the results of a zoonotic origin,” the report mentioned.
Chinese language civilian and navy organic analysis is a “complicated internet” reflecting Beijing’s civil-military “fusion” strategy, one which requires sharing all civilian analysis with the Folks’s Liberation Military.
“In reality, it will be tough to say if such a factor as a civilian program as we perceive it exists in right now’s China,” the report mentioned.
Within the fall of 2020, the AVC bureau investigated whether or not China’s dual-use actions probably violated the organic weapons settlement.
Consequently, the annual State Division arms compliance report acknowledged that “obtainable info exhibits China engaged in actions that increase issues with regard to its obligations underneath Article I of the BWC, which requires States Social gathering ‘by no means in any circumstances to develop, produce, stockpile, or in any other case purchase or retain …[m]icrobial or different organic brokers, or toxins no matter their origin or methodology of manufacturing, of sorts and in portions that don’t have any justification for prophylactic, protecting, or different peaceable functions.’”
The report additionally notes that the newest compliance report produced by the Biden administration mentions issues about China’s toxin work however omitted earlier report language on issues about virus analysis.
“This omission serves as a sign to China and different adversaries and to our allies that the USA will not be involved concerning the probably harmful dual-use analysis that was being carried out on the WIV and its affiliated services,” the report mentioned.
The AVC bureau “should decide the extent of potential Chinese language weaponization of viruses,” the report notes.
The report notes that profession officers on the State Division dismissed the 2019 AVC investigation as probably “opening a can of worms” by pursuing query about Chinese language arms compliance “when troubling details started to emerge in [U.S. intelligence] reporting that SARS-CoV-2 could have the truth is emanated from the WIV,” the report says.
By shutting down the inquiry earlier this yr, the query of Chinese language violations of the Organic Weapons Conference remains to be unanswered, the report says.
A State Division truth sheet on WIV made public in January disclosed the existence of secret navy applications contained in the WIV.
Moreover, statements by Chinese language officers up to now have referred to the pursuit of offensive organic capabilities.
“For instance, in 2015, then-president of the Academy of Army Medical Sciences He Fuchu argued that biotechnology would develop into the brand new ‘strategic commanding heights’ of nationwide protection, starting from biomaterials to ‘mind management’ weapons,” the report says.
Former Director of Nationwide Intelligence John Ratcliffe additionally has mentioned that U.S. intelligence info has revealed China “carried out human testing on members of the Folks’s Liberation Military in hope of growing troopers with biologically enhanced capabilities.”
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What Is BioFit Fat Burner?The combination of specifically selected probiotics turns your metabolic rate into a heater. You will certainly burn extra calories in your relaxing state than you would certainly during an energetic exercise. There are numerous official probiotic supplements on the market, yet BioFit has a special method towards providing to anti-obesity residential properties due to the components designed to interrupt digestive system disruptions that torment those that struggle with harmful consuming practices, medicines with side impacts or excess gas and also stubborn belly bloat. As the claiming goes, individual results will vary when making use of BioFit, yet the probabilities may get stacked in the weight management enthusiasts favor due to the Nature's Formulas powerhouse probiotic, BioFit Keep away from the affordable and fraudulent Amazon listings or Ebay, and with the free perks, 6-month refund home window and also a transparent company with over two decades of natural health supplementation proficiency, it is an easy decision if you made it this much on whether or not the BioFit probiotic for fat loss weight management advantages is best for you today. What Is BioFit?BioFit is a natural supplement that does not utilize any type of chemicals, fillers, stimulants as well as synthetics to draw out its benefits and, due to this really factor, it is extremely unlikely to cause any type of adverse effects. Provided the current lifestyle of modern life which is loaded with unhealthy nutritional habits as well as little to no exercise, the threat of excessive weight is greater than ever before. Individuals in our time are so active in their lives that they seldom have time to spend in their health. In such circumstances, conventional weight-loss procedures, which include restrictive nutritional strategies and also stringent workouts, are out of the concern, since they need consistent time and also effort. In such scenarios, we require something that can normally activate weight management but need minimal initiative from the users. This is why the So many weight-loss products get on the marketplace. Nonetheless, one trouble with this market is that it consists of so lots of comparable products that it can end up being confusing to choose which one to pick. Now, with BioFit pills, the video game has actually changed. Is BioFit FDA-Approved?BioFit is created in a GMP-certified and also fda-approved facility, with each of its products developed adhering to the highest high quality requirements. BioFit probiotic supplement is verified to be safe. Can You Buy BioFit In Stores?No. BioFit is just offered at the main BioFit site. This site links to it. BioFit may appear comparable to other probiotic supplements offered at high-end prices today, the fact is that there has never ever been a probiotic weight loss formula that has actually elicited so much excitement in the hearts of weight loss enthusiasts around the world. The official BioFits website specifies that every little thing you consume comes to be BioFit as a result of its unique capability to balance your digestive tract bacteria. By taking BioFit, you can shed a significant quantity of weight just by eating your favored food as well as staying clear of workout. BioFit is a probiotic that flushes your digestive tract with excellent germs to offer support for weight-loss, food digestion and also immune function. It is a probiotic formula with numerous strains that functions likewise to various other probiotic prescriptions on the market, as well as it is consisted of in Canada as well as the USA. After taking one capsule of BioFit, you can lose a great deal of weight in a very short time. New BioFit customers in the USA and also other eligible countries can take advantage of this limited-time discount offer on BioFit tablets. BIOFIT for weight reduction can be purchased online, at a pretty reasonable expense. No requirement to spend thousands of bucks to get your desire body; this a weight-loss remedy is easy to pay for without putting holes in your pockets. The auxiliary all-natural weight management strategy decreases many wellness dangers associated with a sluggish metabolic system. Does BioFit Have Side Effects? biofitBioFit has no side impacts. BioFit intends at the underlying reason of weight gain. The official web site of BioFit probiotics has actually launched an in-depth checklist containing information concerning all its components as well as the potential systems through which they are likely to generate weight loss.
How Does BioFit Work? biofitBioFit exploits a blend of 7 components from gut-optimized probiotic strains that have been shown in researches sustaining a healthy digestion system, which leads to efficient food digestion, weight loss, much better sleep, as well as various other advantages. BioFit, a probiotic weight loss supplement assists maintain healthy and balanced digestive tract mucosa and also assistance. BioFit claims that the extra probiotic components go into the gastrointestinal system, the extra protective they are, making them a reliable weight loss help.
This video explains the importance of healthy gut bacteria in weight loss. Let’s Look at all the BioFit Ingredients Bacillus Subtilis Does Coconut Oil Raise Triglycerides
This microbial strain normally exists in the GI system of every human being. It is also discovered in the atmosphere around you, specifically in dirt. In general, it is a mild bacterial strain that has no adverse effects in both animals and also humans. Its addition in the BioFit pills is owing to its residential or commercial properties that can lower inflammatory degrees to improve a slowed-down metabolic process.
Lactobacillus Casei
This is another kind of bacteria that is generally discovered in the intestines as well as the mouth of human beings. It is particularly renowned for the function it plays in controlling lactose intolerance. When you supplement BioFit, your body tons up on this probiotic, which aids in the digestion of all intricate food particles which might or else be impossible to damage down. Furthermore, Lactobacillus Casei likewise improves defecation which is why it is a typical component in lots of anti-diarrheal supplements also.
Lactobacillus Plantarum
This specific BioFit active ingredient is very resistant and can endure in all harsh environments because of its huge genomic framework. It is typically located in pickled vegetables, sourdough, and also various other fermented foods. As quickly as this lactobacillus strain gets in the body, it begins working to eliminate contaminants while killing any type of harmful bacteria that could be negatively impacting the digestive system processes.
Lactobacillus Acidophilus Does Coconut Oil Raise Triglycerides
Lactobacillus Acidophilus is an instead prominent bacteria located in the human gut which assists transform lactic acid into lactase. As an essential element of BioFit pills, it stops foreign germs from expanding inside the intestines. This stops multiple issues.
Bifidobacterium Longum
Bifidobacterium Longum is specifically well-known for lowering the levels of oxidative stress inside the body. It additionally aids strike a balance between the bacterial strains in the bowels.
Bifidobacterium Breve
This probiotic strain jobs by strengthening your body’s immune system so that the body can safeguard itself from hazardous virus. In addition, it reduces fat, improves the health of hair and skin, boosts respiratory health and wellness, as well as shields against yeast infections.
A great deal of individuals naturally do not have Bifidobacterium Breve in their body which is why their health and wellness can experience. With appropriate supplements with BioFit, all such problems can be addressed.
Bacterium Lactis
Germs Lactis is the last strain of probiotic germs added to the BioFit supplement with the objective to eliminate anxiety and clinical depression while controling the rest cycle.
MCTs
BioFit pills also include medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). These fatty acids are compounds with high absorbability have been related to weight management in countless scholastic, federal government, as well as corporate research studies. Undoubtedly,, professionals believe that consuming them constantly will lead to fat burning without requiring to customize your diet or exercise routine whatsoever.
Among plenty of weight loss supplements, some natural and also others filled with chemicals, BioFit probiotic has actually arised as the most reliable one, due to completely created synthesis of metabolic boosters. You can likewise check out BioFit independent testimonials as well as see what weight loss benefits this probiotic supplement offers to its customers.
BioFit manipulates a blend of 7 components from gut-optimized probiotic stress that have actually been shown in researches sustaining a healthy and balanced digestive system, which leads to effective digestion, weight loss, much better rest, as well as various other benefits. BioFit, a probiotic weight loss supplement helps keep healthy and balanced intestinal tract mucosa and assistance. BioFit declares that the extra probiotic components get in the digestive tract, the a lot more protective they are, making them an efficient weight loss help.
How Often Will I Need to Order BioFit Probiotic?
You ought to take one capsule of the BioFit probiotic supplement a day. If dealing with biohm discrepancies and also digestive issues, you will certainly need to take a BioFit every day, which equates to thirty BioFit a month.
Is BioFit a Scam?
With just a little bit of study as well as monitoring devices, one can see the steady rise in the BioFit probiotic need is speedy. Given the in-demand nature of BioFit weight loss item by Nature’s Formula, These certainly will be unethical scammers that try to draw in and take benefit of consumers that have not done the correct due persistance in order to recognize how to shield themselves. Fortunately, any individual reading this will be much better situated to make certain not only their best client security, however the finest prices and also easiest way to order BioFit As Chrissie Miller directs out throughout the main GoBioFit presentation for the BioFit probiotic, the only method to acquire BioFit is at GoBioFit.com where the product has been rigorously evaluated and authentically sourced.
Who Makes BioFit?
Nature’s Formulas manufactures BioFit probiotic supplements in an FDA approved, state of the art center. While these dietary supplements are one of their more current productions, Nature’s Formulas has a long background of establishing and also making ingenious superfood pills for more than 25 years. Chrissie Miller formulated BioFit. She is a master nutritional expert and physical instructor that gained weight after her maternity. She created BioFit to use herself. It functioned so well that she determined to share it with the globe. They count on creating all-natural supplements using numerous substances as a more secure option to intrusive surgical treatments and also medicines. Similar is the situation with the BioFit supplements. They aim to help you slim down without extreme diet regimens, exercises, or weight-loss surgical treatments. Chrissie Miller is a mastermind behind these probiotics supplements, an agent for Nature’s Formulas. Unlike other supplements on the marketplace that are frequently promoted by guys that’ve never endured any kind of weight gain issues, BioFit is offered naturally’s Formulas’ Chrissie Miller at GoBioFit.com, that is a actual as well as middle-aged female much like the remainder of us. The 43-year-old has 3 children and also put on weight after each youngster’s birth. She tried 19 various diets to aid her reduce weight, however even after sticking to them for three months, she had the ability to see no outcomes. Eventually, she came across some study on probiotics supplements and how reliable they can be to maintain digestive tract health and wellness, weight loss, and overall body wellness. That’s where the concept for BioFit came from. After further research and also screening, they were able to establish the weight-loss tablets, whereby Chrissie had the ability to lose about 3 pounds each week. All while still eating her preferred foods. Chrissie is not a nutritionist or a physician however assisted assemble the BioFit pills after fighting with weight-loss herself. She is just one more individual who was having a hard time with weight-loss, similar to many individuals in culture.
Biofit How Long Until I See Results?
The weight-loss procedure that BioFit causes starts immediately. You will certainly see cause three weeks. BioFit offers you the active ingredients your gut needs to support food digestion and extract nutrients from food without damaging down the food you consume, unlike other probiotic supplements. This procedure begins immediate as you take BiFit. Not only does the product not have specifically seven probiotic pressures as well as optimal dosages, yet it likewise creates severe negative effects and unfavorable adverse effects in the body unlike less expensive fake strains that need to be taken in to heal the intestine, reinforce resistance, drop weight as well as smooth acid indigestion with the BioFit formula. BioFit is a probiotic dietary supplement whose nutrient material aids to support the body in all facets of the health of the body, consisting of weight management. The keynote behind the dietary supplement is to harness the most effective microorganisms in the intestine to live. BioFit assists males and also females maximize their metabolic efficiency by introducing numerous substantial probiotic microbial stress which make it a giant for weight reduction for the intestines. Available evidence recommends that the main healthy and balanced pressures of microorganisms consisted of in BioFit can help customers lose even more weight than they might on their very own. It is necessary to allow the body do what it does best as well as not try to change or promote it while working to sustain healthy and balanced fat burning (reducing weight via unnecessary fat and also non-essential nutrients) since it does not give up the lost skin or assists to form the torso right into a V shape. Age is not a reversible thing as well as there is no chance of giving a total metabolic boost to the body with a probiotic formula such as BioFit or diet pills. This implies that people can achieve as well as maintain a healthy and balanced weight through long-term probiotic consumption, nutrition and also supplementation with BioFit.
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What Is BioFit Fat Burner?There are many official probiotic supplements on the market, yet BioFit has a special technique in the direction of providing to anti-obesity residential properties due to the ingredients designed to interrupt digestion disruptions that pester those who experience from unhealthy consuming behaviors, drugs with side effects or excess gas as well as belly bloat. Keep away from the affordable as well as deceitful Amazon listings or Ebay, and with the free perks, 6-month refund home window and a transparent company with over 2 years of natural wellness supplementation proficiency, it is an easy decision if you made it this much on whether or not the BioFit probiotic for fat burning weight loss advantages is appropriate for you today. What Is BioFit?BioFit is an all-natural supplement that does not utilize any type of chemicals, synthetics, fillers and also energizers to bring out its advantages as well as, due to this very factor, it is very not likely to cause any kind of side effects. In such conditions, we need something that can naturally cause weight loss yet need marginal effort from the customers. Currently, with BioFit tablets, the game has actually changed. Is BioFit FDA-Approved?BioFit is produced in a GMP-certified as well as fda-approved center, with each of its items developed following the greatest quality standards. BioFit probiotic supplement is verified to be secure. Can You Buy BioFit In Stores?No. BioFit is just available at the main BioFit internet site. This site web links to it. Although BioFit might appear similar to various other probiotic supplements cost high-end rates today, the truth is that there has actually never ever been a probiotic fat burning formula that has elicited so much interest in the hearts of weight-loss enthusiasts around the globe. The main BioFits web site specifies that everything you consume comes to be BioFit because of its special ability to balance your intestine germs. By taking BioFit, you can shed a significant amount of weight merely by consuming your favorite food as well as avoiding exercise. BioFit is a probiotic that purges your gut with great microorganisms to provide assistance for weight loss, food digestion and immune function. It is a probiotic formula with numerous pressures that functions in a similar way to other probiotic prescriptions on the marketplace, and it is consisted of in Canada and the USA. After taking one capsule of BioFit, you can shed a great deal of weight in a very brief time. New BioFit consumers in the USA and also other qualified countries can benefit from this limited-time discount deal on BioFit pills. BIOFIT for weight-loss can be acquired online, at a rather practical cost. No requirement to spend thousands of dollars to get your desire body; this a weight-loss service is very easy to manage without putting holes in your pockets. The additional natural weight loss technique minimizes many health risks related to a sluggish metabolic system. Does BioFit Have Side Effects? biofitBioFit has no side effects. The natural components are in harmony with all food and also medications. The expertly picked, all-natural active ingredients make it outstanding and also worth attempting. Without any adverse effects to worry about, there is not a reason not to attempt this weight reduction ingredient. BioFit focuses on the underlying root cause of weight gain. Generally we put on weight due to a slow metabolism. Biofiit increases your metabolosim with a procedure that has actually been, accepted by researchers and also described in a number of main research study studies. The official internet site of BioFit probiotics has launched a thorough checklist having details concerning all its active ingredients and also the prospective devices where they are likely to cause fat burning. A large component of this list includes probiotics that function naturally and also harmlessly inside the body to not just create fat burning but boost total health. Additionally, the item likewise consists of Medium-chain triglycerides in little amounts, which further affects its weight management capacity.
How Does BioFit Work? biofitBioFit functions by itself. There is no requirement for extensive diet regimens or exercises. Third-party laboratory records reveal that BioFits probiotic ingredients are one of the most reliable means to drop weight. BioFit Probiotics from Nature Formula are created as a weight-loss supplement to improve the body's metabolic process, boost digestive tract health, equilibrium metabolic shipment, as well as improve food digestion and metabolism throughout the body. BioFit manipulates a mix of 7 ingredients from gut-optimized probiotic stress that have actually been confirmed in studies supporting a healthy and balanced digestive system, which brings about reliable food digestion, weight loss, far better rest, and various other advantages. Due to the fact that it the 7 special stress of probiotics it manipulates have been confirmed as the ideal gastrointestinal aids ever, the Nature Formula declares that BioFit functions. BioFit, a probiotic weight-loss supplement helps preserve healthy intestinal mucosa and assistance. There have actually been some questionable vendors trying to trap innocent customers by using similar appearing, yet inferior products with the exact same trademark name and logo. BioFit Probiotic Pills' fat burning and weight loss benefits are best for you today. BioFit gives your intestinal tracts the active ingredients it needs to support digestion by drawing out nutrients from the foods that break down the food you eat. By raising the quantity of leptin, a hormonal agent that ends up being more immune to fat loss, probiotics such as Lactobacillus acidophilus can assist lower leptin hormone degrees and increase weight management in the body. As such, these probiotics can aid reduce fat as well as provide other advantages to the body, even with the tiniest modification or change in diet plan. It is a probiotic dietary supplement whose nutrition content helps with all aspects of body wellness consisting of weight loss as well as the basic idea behind the nutritional supplement is to use the excellent germs that are existing in the intestine and also live normally. These germs are there for a reason to help the body in various methods. BioFit claims that the more probiotic ingredients get in the digestive system tract, the much more protective they are, making them an efficient weight reduction help.
This video explains the importance of healthy gut bacteria in weight loss. Let’s Look at all the BioFit Ingredients Bacillus Subtilis Probiotics Danger
This bacterial strain naturally exists in the GI system of every human. It is also discovered in the environment around you, specifically in soil. As a whole, it is a moderate microbial stress that has no side results in both human beings and also animals. Its incorporation in the BioFit tablets is owing to its properties that can reduce inflammatory degrees to boost a slowed-down metabolism.
Lactobacillus Casei
This is one more sort of microorganisms that is generally discovered in the intestinal tracts as well as the mouth of people. It is specifically famous for the duty it plays in managing lactose intolerance. When you supplement BioFit, your body lots up on this probiotic, which assists in the digestion of all complex food molecules which might otherwise be difficult to break down. Additionally, Lactobacillus Casei additionally enhances defecation which is why it is an usual ingredient in lots of anti-diarrheal supplements too.
Lactobacillus Plantarum
This particular BioFit active ingredient is exceptionally durable as well as can survive in all severe settings as a result of its big genomic structure. It is frequently found in pickled veggies, sourdough, and various other fermented foods. As quickly as this lactobacillus pressure goes into the body, it begins working to remove contaminants while killing any kind of hazardous microorganisms that could be negatively affecting the digestive processes.
Lactobacillus Acidophilus Probiotics Danger
Lactobacillus Acidophilus is an instead popular bacteria discovered in the human intestine which assists transform lactic acid right into lactase. As an essential element of BioFit capsules, it stops foreign microorganisms from expanding inside the intestinal tracts. This prevents several issues.
Bifidobacterium Longum
Bifidobacterium Longum is especially famous for decreasing the degrees of oxidative stress inside the body. It likewise helps strike an equilibrium in between the microbial pressures in the bowels.
Bifidobacterium Breve
This probiotic stress jobs by enhancing your body’s body immune system so that the body can protect itself from unsafe microorganisms. Furthermore, it lowers fat, improves the health of hair and skin, boosts breathing health, and also safeguards against yeast infections.
A great deal of people naturally do not have Bifidobacterium Breve in their body which is why their wellness can endure. With proper supplements with BioFit, all such troubles can be fixed.
Bacterium Lactis
Bacterium Lactis is the last stress of probiotic microorganisms added to the BioFit supplement with the objective to relieve anxiety and depression while controling the rest cycle.
MCTs
BioFit capsules also have medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). These fatty acids are substances with high absorbability have actually been linked with weight management in numerous scholastic, government, as well as business research study studies. , professionals think that consuming them regularly will lead to fat burning without needing to change your diet or workout regimen in any means.
Among numerous weight loss supplements, some natural as well as others filled with chemicals, BioFit probiotic has actually arised as the most effective one, due to completely developed synthesis of metabolic enhancers. You can likewise examine out BioFit independent reviews as well as see what weight loss advantages this probiotic supplement provides to its customers.
BioFit manipulates a mix of 7 components from gut-optimized probiotic stress that have actually been proven in research studies sustaining a healthy and balanced digestion system, which leads to efficient food digestion, weight loss, better sleep, as well as other advantages. BioFit, a probiotic weight loss supplement aids keep healthy intestinal tract mucosa and also support. BioFit declares that the extra probiotic ingredients enter the gastrointestinal tract, the extra safety they are, making them an effective weight loss help.
How Often Will I Need to Order BioFit Probiotic?
You need to take one pill of the BioFit probiotic supplement a day. If dealing with biohm inequalities and digestion troubles, you will certainly require to take a BioFit every day, which equates to thirty BioFit a month.
Is BioFit a Scam?
The BioFit fraud story online is coming to be prominent, as well as permanently reason. With just a bit of research study and monitoring tools, one can see the steady surge in the BioFit probiotic need is speedy. Given the in-demand nature of BioFit weight loss product naturally’s Formula, These surely will be deceitful scammers that attempt to entice in and also make use of customers who have refrained the proper due persistance in order to recognize exactly how to protect themselves. Fortunately, anybody reading this will certainly be much better located to make certain not only their finest client security, however the finest pricing and also easiest way to order BioFit As Chrissie Miller explains throughout the official GoBioFit presentation for the BioFit probiotic, the only method to obtain BioFit goes to GoBioFit.com where the product has actually been rigorously tested as well as authentically sourced. Every one of the intermediaries are prevented too for much less fees, offering consumers the greatest cost savings with the cheapest price possible. To cover it off, the VIP-level assistance group is there to respond to any kind of concerns and all questions prior to making an order. In addition to the 3 totally free benefits in addition to the industry-leading 180-day money back guarantee if the 7-strain probiotic BioFit do not benefit you.
Who Makes BioFit?
Nature’s Formulas produces BioFit probiotic supplements in an FDA authorized, state of the art facility. Unlike other supplements on the market that are frequently advertised by guys who’ve never ever suffered any weight gain issues, BioFit is presented by Nature’s Formulas’ Chrissie Miller at GoBioFit.com, who is a genuine and also middle-aged lady simply like the rest of us. Chrissie is not a physician or a nutritional expert yet aided put with each other the BioFit tablets after struggling with weight loss herself.
Biofit How Long Until I See Results?
The weight-loss procedure that BioFit activates starts instantly. You will discover cause three weeks. BioFit gives you the ingredients your digestive tract requires to support digestion and also extract nutrients from food without breaking down the food you consume, unlike various other probiotic supplements. This process starts immediate as you take BiFit. Not just does the product not have precisely 7 probiotic stress and ideal dosages, however it likewise triggers serious adverse effects and negative negative effects in the body unlike less expensive phony strains that need to be consumed to recover the intestine, enhance resistance, slim down and smooth acid indigestion with the BioFit formula. BioFit is a probiotic nutritional supplement whose vitamins and mineral content aids to sustain the body in all facets of the wellness of the body, including weight-loss. The keynote behind the nutritional supplement is to harness the very best bacteria in the gut to live. BioFit assists ladies and also men optimize their metabolic efficiency by introducing several significant probiotic microbial pressures that make it a powerhouse for weight reduction for the intestinal tracts. Readily available proof recommends that the main healthy strains of bacteria contained in BioFit can assist customers lose even more weight than they can on their very own. It is very important to allow the body do what it does ideal as well as not try to transform or advertise it while working to sustain healthy and balanced weight loss (losing weight with unneeded fat and also non-essential nutrients) since it does not surrender the lost skin or assists to form the torso into a V shape. Age is not a relatively easy to fix thing and there is no chance of providing a total metabolic increase to the body with a probiotic formula such as BioFit or diet regimen tablets. This suggests that people can achieve as well as keep a healthy weight with lasting probiotic intake, nutrition and supplements with BioFit.
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Are you tired of managing your IT budget and constantly feeling a target on your back?
Anybody who has ever managed an IT budget knows there is a target on their back; a financial target that is. An IT department’s budget is often viewed as exorbitant and therefore easy to slash in order to create more company profits.
You are often asked to defer or cancel maintenance, sweat assets beyond their useful life, reduce your capital budget and maybe even defer projects that do not directly benefit revenue growth. This may be acceptable in the short term, but over the mid and long term it will likely:
Introduce security risks as systems become unsupported by the manufacturers Cause lost productivity for employees because old technologies don’t have the performance to efficiently run the more demanding new applications Reduce the reliability of systems because they fail more frequently as they age Increase labor costs because older technologies will demand more attention to keep running Result in brain drain because employees will leave to go to companies where they can keep their skills current
Don’t you think it would be more valuable to focus on generating long term value instead of short-term savings?
I have found a more successful approach which is to
proactively promote and sell new technologies to the C-Suite. Partner with the businesses to find ways IT can grow the top-line for the company and improve the customer experience. This will make IT a value-added service instead of a cost center. In addition, this drives employee engagement higher as they consult with businesses, implement new technologies and become leaders in their field. I have also found that partnering with the CFO is key. Every asset in the IT budget has a useful life. This is not about the number of years it will depreciate/amortize or how long until you sweat it to death. This is about finding the point in the assets’ life where the cost to run it is more than the cost to replace it. With the help of the Finance team, you can determine the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) which should include items such as: Electricity to run it HVAC to cool it Cost for its data center U’s Cost per Incident and the number of Incidents Cost per Change and the number of Changes The business labor cost for using the technology Depreciation/Amortization Maintenance Cost of cloud and SaaS services
Once you have the TCO, calculate the same for the new technologies/solutions that are available. More often than not the CFO and I have found that there comes a point in time where replacing the asset is more cost effective than continuing to sweat it. With these details you can build a Business Case with a positive ROI and the CFO’s backing to sell to the C-Suite to secure the funding needed to replace the asset. In addition, this also drives employee engagement higher as they see they are on a winning team, implementing new technologies and becoming leaders in their field.
Are there more ways to save money without painful sacrifices? Absolutely, contact me and I’ll be happy to discuss how.
Regards,
Andy
Written by Andy Smith, asmith@penonpartners.com, Practice Leader – Global IT Operations Excellence Consulting at Penon Partners
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Faced with historic injustices that often spilled into violence, Asian-American students at UC Berkeley–buoyed by the support of other student groups–went on strike in May 1968, demanding more diverse curricular representation. Later, leaders like Grace Lee Boggs and Larry Itliong would force a greater reckoning with the country’s past in order to extract social, economic, and legal change for their communities. Join MTV News correspondent Yoonj Kim and National Museum of American History Curator Theodore S. Gonzalves as they pick out lessons for the equally fraught landscape we face today.
Antlions will hide under the sand, undetected, and then emerge to ambush a nearby insect. But it’s the sheer nonchalance with which they discard the corpse afterwards that is especially chilling.
Depending on the species and where it lives, the larva either conceals itself under leaves, debris or pieces of wood, hides in a crack or digs a funnel-shaped pit in loose material. As ambush predators, catching prey is risky because food arrives unpredictably and, for those species that make traps, maintaining one is costly. The larvae therefore have low metabolic rates and can survive for long periods without food. They can take several years to complete their life-cycle; they mature faster with plentiful food, but can survive for many months without feeding.
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Recently an agreement has been signed between a section of IPPs and the government towards resolving the undue and high cost of generation charged by the IPPs. Two separate agreements have been made, one with Wind IPPs and the other with Furnace Oil IPPs (FOIPP). There has been a mixed reaction from experts/analysts. The most extensive agreement that has been made is with Wind IPPs and the most egregious and violating tariff has been in this sector as we will see later in this space. First, the major clauses of the agreement with Wind IPPs: debt-tenor to be extended by five years and LIBOR spread reduced by 50-75 points, while KIBOR spread by 100-125 points. Then, O&M expenses reduced by 20-25 percent; and insurance premium reduced in the operational years. Delayed payment interest rate to be reduced. Return on Equity (RoE) during construction to be reduced to 13 percent. There is some confusion about reduced RoE on total investment to 12 percent on foreign equity and 17 percent local equity. For oil and gas plants, verification of thermal efficiency/heat rate is to be there, and any saving would be shared according to a formula. The main corrections that are required are in the area of financing, RoE and interest rates. All costs are translated into these two financial parameters. There is confusion on RoE reduction; some newspapers have reported that RoE would be reduced prospectively by three percent. However, the signed agreement with WPPs does not mention any such reduction. If this is indeed the case, then it may be considered as a significant achievement.
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On the surface, the predicament of skilled labor market in Pakistan is a rather perplexing dilemma. Our universities churn out an ever-increasing number of graduates and post-graduate degree holders every year. They often complain about the lack of job opportunities in the market. On the flip side, those who hire, have the seemingly unsurmountable task of finding competent applicants for most positions. The issue in the country then is not of ‘quantity’, but of ‘quality’ of higher education attainment.
Before I transitioned into my research role at PIDE, I was a Project Manager in another organization. Tasked with setting up a team of qualified individuals to do the job, I naturally put out a job posting. To say that the sheer number of total applicants overwhelmed me would be an understatement.
With a full inbox, I started screening the applications–one by one; I screened through all of them. And in retrospect I can report, most applications were eligible in terms of ‘degrees and qualifications’. But less than 5 percent were worthy of making the first cut. Ultimately, of the ones that were shortlisted only a miniscule number could write even a single paragraph coherently. I am usually not someone who criticizes the general population’s ability to not write effectively. But if those who hold higher education credentials cannot write effectively, it reflects poorly on the state of our higher education system in Pakistan.
Recently, PIDE organized a series of webinars to discuss the issues that afflict the higher education system in the country. Of specific interest was the discussion around the HEC’s role, and how HEC has been unable to uphold quality standards across the university system.
The criteria for faculty hiring and promotions reflects a system that incentivizes arbitrary accumulation of numbers over quality standards. As it stands, the system incentivizes faculty to publish more in often substandard research journals. Arbitrarily defined ‘number of publications’ link to their promotion and professional ascendancy within the system. Instead of conducting research to solve pressing intellectual problems, the focus of research is the accumulation of numbers and publications.
This dearth of innovative quality research and below par faculty eventually trickles down to the students within the system. No wonder why it is so hard for hiring managers, despite the glut of university graduates in the market, to find trained individuals to perform the skilled jobs. In such a scenario, instead of pressing for more regulation and uniformity through an even stronger HEC, perhaps the better course of action would be to reduce the footprint of the HEC and the government on the higher education system in Pakistan. That is not to say that all forms of HEC regulation are counterproductive, but that we should minimize those regulations which unnecessarily meddle with operational running of universities and impede innovative growth.
The prevalent thinking that somehow administrators in the HEC ultimately know more about what is better for a student than the student and their parents themselves needs to change. The decision to pursue higher education is at its core an investment decision; and students are well aware of the costs and benefits involved. The higher education arena is basically a form of a market which can benefit from liberalization in similar ways to how traditional economic markets benefit, i.e. heterogeneity of products up for consumption, quality assurance through market mechanisms and general integration of higher education with the labor market.
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In addition to acoustic wave treatment, Body Balance MD offers PDE5 inhibitors, penile injections, transdermal cream, nutraceuticals, and PT141 peptides that are each uniquely compounded to assist men accomplish and maintain effective erections (many men). During your initial consultation, our providers will thoroughly listen to your issues and objectives to make an expert suggestion as to which treatment or combination of treatments will work best for you. therapy work.
The symptoms of erectile dysfunction stem from an absence of correct blood flow to the genitals and tend to intensify with age. Since erections are the outcome of increased blood flow to the penis, inefficient or weakened capillary can make accomplishing or preserving an erection an obstacle or perhaps difficult for many males. sexual medicine.
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As soon as your complete results have actually been achieved, you will observe extreme improvements to the frequency, duration and firmness of your erections. Clinical studies have revealed that results can last approximately 2 years following the conclusion of your acoustic wave therapy treatments, however individual outcomes can differ. You may duplicate the treatment as essential if aging continues to affect your flow or your symptoms of impotence resurface (numbing cream).
With acoustic wave treatment, we can address your symptoms at their source to improve your blood circulation and your intimate life. Body Proportion provides a range of sexual health treatments for men that can be used to design a tailored treatment plan that represents your needs and goals. acoustic waves. To learn more about acoustic wave therapy, call the Body Balance MD office today at 833-789-2639 to arrange your in-person assessment (therapy work).
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Acoustic Wave Therapy, The Wonder Wave Acoustic Therapy (likewise commonly referred to as Low Strength Radial Shock Wave) provides a non-invasive treatment service that is Conditions treated with The Wonder Wave Therapy: Achilles' tendonitis Adhesive capsulitis Ankle sprain/strain Bursitis Hamstring sprain/strain/tear Jumper's knee Plantar fasciitis Tennis elbow Torn rotator cuff Shin splints Tension fractures And more, Advantages of The Wonder Wave Treatment: Fast and reliable Accelerate Brief Non-invasive with little to involved, Miracle Wave Hip, Miracle Wave Foot, Miracle Wave Neck, Miracle Wave Shoulder, Wonder Wave Knee, On average, each treatment takes about 10-15 minutes and is tailored to each patient's condition - side effects.
Arrange a consultation to discover whether The Wonder Wave Acoustic Therapy is the perfect option for you! Research Study Articles, Check Out the Acoustic Treatment research study posts here (side effects).
Benefits as a Treatment Shockwave Treatment treats causes rather than signs Spontaneous erections are made it possible for 21 days for visible outcomes Clinics have actually proven lasting results Absolutely no negative effects and safe No pain and no invasive procedure is needed for treatment By increasing blood circulation the natural repair capabilities triggered Improves sex with long lasting, strong and firm erections 69-70% Rate of Success Treatments like medications are compatible Acoustic Wave Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction Impotence can cause a host of issues beyond the bedroom; an unfulfilling sex life can affect state of mind and psychological health which can lead to problems at house, in the work environment, and within the social sphere (sexual medicine).
We practice regenerative medicine as a solution to erectile concerns that can grow worse with time as a result of disuse and subsequent loss of function - united states. We take a proactive technique to erectile treatment that quickly and securely deals with the issue while likewise avoiding future issues. The Significance of Early Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction Impotence, like numerous other medical issues, should be diagnosed by a medical professional, and early treatment of ED can assist guarantee the finest possible treatment outcome.
Significant degeneration can limit treatment options and make fixing the problem harder which is why determining the issue at an early stage is important to efficient treatment - pressure waves. Not just does early medical diagnosis permit simpler treatment, however it also assists medical professionals and patients go over a prepare for proactive steps that will reduce the likelihood of future concerns.
Erectile problems become part of a guy's overall wellness, and these concerns can negatively affect numerous aspects of everyday life - united states. Identifying and fixing the reason for erectile concerns at an early phase can lead to a fulfilling sex life and advantage all other places of life. Is Acoustic Wave the Right Choice for Me? Acoustic wave therapy is most reliable for males with moderate to moderate impotence, regardless of conditions consisting of diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, weight problems, or heart problem.
Other treatment choices are also offered for guys who are unable to undergo acoustic wave treatment and those who do not see substantial enhancement - many men. A preliminary medical evaluation carried out by our certified professional is needed before any treatment can be performed. Acoustic Wave and Erectile Issues Among the most typical reasons for impotence is a vascular problem that limits blood circulation to the penis, restricting the body from achieving or keeping an erection from natural arousal.
While the majority of erectile dysfunction treatments look for to create an erection without attending to underlying problems, ED Acoustic Wave Therapy is various. In addition to its usage as erectile dysfunction treatment, acoustic wave treatment has actually likewise been used in various medical fields consisting of urology, vascular medication, and even cardiology. In the exact same method that cardiologists have actually utilized acoustic wave therapy to encourage new cardiovascular blood vessels, we are successfully utilizing the innovation to stimulate capillary development in the penis.
Shockwave Treatment treats causes instead of signs Treating the signs of impotence with pills does not offer a lasting, sustainable option due to the fact that it does not deal with the cause of erectile dysfunction (spontaneous erections). Acoustic wave therapy works by promoting development in the existing damaged or limited capillary that carry blood to the penis.
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Digital marketing is increasingly becoming an important factor in today’s age run by social media. There are more platforms you can use to promote your brand and engage with your target audience.
If you’re still not convinced of incorporating digital marketing into your strategies, here are several benefits you can gain from doing so.
It Gives You a Good Return on Your Budget
Compared to traditional print marketing, you spend significantly less on advertising space. With digital marketing, having your presence on multiple platforms can come free. You can then allocate your digital marketing budget responsibly.
When you invest in other forms of print marketing, you are also at risk of reaching a limited group of people. Newspaper ads, bulletins, tv spots—these all depend on the time at which your audience can perceive it.
It Boosts Your Brand Awareness
You can also gain a wider reach of your audience. Access to social media platforms are completely free, meaning almost everyone can find your brand and interact with you.
Almost everyone these days can access these platforms through their mobile phones or other handheld devices. This means that your content can be viewed by anyone, anytime.
It Helps You Improve Your Campaigns
Most digital marketing platforms have integrated data analytics features to help you know how the audience is engaging with your content. Thanks to these features, you can track your performance.
For instance, you can track audience retention on your Facebook page. You can even track engagement through likes and comments on a specific post.
These are great sources of information to see where you want to improve in terms of content. To create better ad campaigns, know what the audience is searching for and what types of content resonates with them the most.
It Increases Engagement with Audience
There are many ways to produce content with digital marketing. You can create videos, photo edits, press releases, and more. Each of these types of content can go to various platforms. You can maximize your presence on these different platforms to boost your brand awareness.
You have a great opportunity to tell your brand story through this medium. The best part? You can immediately start tracking engagement data as soon as it is posted.
You can take a look at your entire audience at a glance, whereas traditional marketing would take much longer. Data from a newspaper ad would depend on the number of newspaper subscribers, for instance.
It Is a Great Way to Stay Connected
Another useful benefit of digital marketing would be instant connection. You can gain feedback from your audience in a snap, so you know where to improve or not. Glowing reviews from loyal customers will be helpful in boosting your image.
You will also get a chance to address any negative comments quickly. As long as you have a dedicated team that can respond quickly, you can prevent any delicate situations from arising.
Conclusion
Digital marketing is a beneficial asset that will help the brand reach a wider audience. When done correctly, you will gain several benefits to help the business. It is a great investment and something you should consider.
If you’re looking for an e-commerce service to help you achieve this, Nahr Development can help. We are the best e-commerce web development agency in Egypt that can help you improve your image and digital presence. Contact us now to get started on your digital marketing journey.
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This past winter, I took the AWS Developer Associate certification exam because I wanted to gain a deeper understanding of DevOps and the AWS platform. In this blog, I'll cover what the certification is and why a software engineer would want to get it, how I prepared, the most important topics to study, and some interesting things I learned.
For those who are not familiar with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the simplest way to describe it is a cloud-based environment where you can host your website or application along with data and asset storage for things like photos, videos, and documents. And it extends beyond that to services for machine learning, video processing, analytics, and more.
As of 2021, AWS is a very complex set of over 200 products and services. There are DevOps professionals who devote their entire careers just to AWS. But the certification I took is specifically geared towards software engineers who want to incorporate knowledge of AWS and DevOps principles into their everyday software-development work.
So why would a software engineer want to get this certification? Because the paths of a DevOps professional and a software engineer cross when the application built by a software engineer is ready to be deployed. Having knowledge of AWS services allows you to build cloud-first applications and explore different deployment options, which can greatly impact the speed and efficiency of your application and the financial cost of hosting it. And decoupled service-based cloud applications are replacing monolith applications generally, so software developers need to have knowledge of these cloud-based services.
So what is the certification exam? At the time of writing there are 6 general AWS certifications and 5 specialty AWS certifications for software engineers, DevOps professionals, Network security professionals, etc. Each certification has a suggested number of years of experience you should have before taking it. The Developer Associate exam was the best fit for me because I already had more than one year of experience using AWS, and I am a software engineer looking to incorporate the certification knowledge into my everyday work. Engineers with no prior knowledge of AWS could start with the Certified Cloud Practitioner certification and then move up to the Developer Associate certification.
The exam has around 65 questions, all of which are multiple choice (some ask for one answer, and some ask you to select all that apply). The time limit was around 2 hours. You have the option to take the exam at home with a remote proctor who watches you through your camera or in-person at a local testing center. I took the exam during the COVID-19 pandemic, so I was glad they had an online version of the exam. At the time of writing, it costs $150 USD to take the exam (I used my Giant Machines education budget). The certification is valid for 3 years and then it will expire.
Hands-on experience is a must before taking any AWS certification exam. I had on-the-job training, but if your company is not using AWS there are many different courses and workshops available. One workshop a colleague of mine suggested was BackSpace Academy's AWS certification preparation course on Udemy.
Reading the AWS documentation is also a must, but reading through all of it would probably take years and be painfully boring! A great way to know which parts of the documentation to study is to take practice exams on WhizLabs. I purchased the practice exam package. I would take an exam, see which questions I got wrong, and then WhizLabs provided the correct answer and the link to specific areas of the AWS documentation that I needed to study. I also watched this YouTube video by freeCodeCamp.org, but not all in one sitting because it is 12 hours long.
As I mentioned earlier, AWS has over 200 services, but there are only 15 that you MUST know for the exam. These are DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, KMS, CI/CD, X-Ray, SQS and SNS, ECS, Cognito, CloudWatch, Elastic Beanstalk, IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, and R2D2. (Just kidding about the last one—there are so many acronyms!) The service that has the most questions on the exam is DynamoDB, so make sure you are familiar with it inside and out.
The most interesting things I learned while studying for this certification were from the questions that start with the phrases "what is the most cost efficient way to..." and "what is the easiest way to..." Not only did I learn about an AWS service, I also learned about cost-saving techniques where you spin up and tear down services as needed, so you only pay for services that are being actively used. (Businesses love cost savings!) These types of questions also helped me learn to compare the different AWS services and choose those which best fit the needs of the business and the application.
While studying, I also learned some very important application architecture design principles. For example, if you know that your application will need to process thousands of requests per minute, you should set up a Simple Queue Service to hold incoming requests and have the application process a certain number of requests from the queue at a time. This will prevent your server from running out of CPU and crashing because it can't handle the load.
I also learned about how AWS services can be used to support some interesting business models. Take, for example, a company that provides tier-based pricing for their service, meaning that if you want faster service you must pay more. The company set up two Simple Queue Service queues, and the lower-tier requests were sent to one queue and the higher-tier requests to the other queue. The application would then process the items in both queues, but when an item came into the higher-tier queue, it would take priority over the items in the lower-tier queue. As a result, the higher-tier items would be processed faster than the lower-tier items.
My experience getting the AWS Developer Associate certification was a positive one. I feel like it helps me out in my current role as a senior software engineer at Giant Machines because it has given me the ability to make important application architecture decisions. I am also able to provide guidance to clients on how to obtain the best performing and most cost-effective architectural solutions. And having an AWS certification on your resume helps you become recognized as an expert in these sorts of complex architectural and deployment issues.
I would love to hear from readers about your experience studying for and taking AWS (or other cloud providers') certification exams. Please leave a comment with the name of the certification exam you took. And it would be great if you could add a link to the study guide that you used, so others can research these options when they decide to take the exam. Feel free to ask questions regarding the exam as well.
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An insect control specialist may be called a pest control expert, pest controller, or pest control professional. They are additionally sometimes known as examiners. An exterminator goes to companies and consumer homes to look for vermin or parasites. Normally, pest control service technicians then use the right technique to get rid of the parasite, whether it be a poisonous substance traps, or any other technique. A lot of pest control operators are licensed by the state to do company, as well as adhere to rigorous standards set by the state.
If you require help doing away with bugs like roaches, there are contemporary bug control solutions that will certainly pertain to your assistance. If you work with an insect control specialist, they will certainly provide you details on approaches that can aid free you of those annoying cockroaches, computer mice, and various other rodents that reside in your house. Commonly, these services will suggest you on what products you ought to be using around your residence, and also which will work much better than others for doing away with your undesirable family pets. щракнете върху хипервръзка
There are 2 sorts of bug control professionals who can help you. The initial type is one who uses traps; the various other type uses both insecticides and DIY approaches. If you require aid with a pesticide application, a lot of pest control men will certainly know the ideal items to utilize to eliminate the insects in your house. Nonetheless, if you are trying to find DIY techniques, it may be essential to find out how to apply those chemicals in your own residence.
If you need to know more regarding Do It Yourself insect elimination, you might start by searching the web for ideas. Among one of the most commonly found pointers is to use simple products to make your roach pest control operator. Lots of structure owners have actually found that creating a bait catch for cockroaches is among the best approaches to get rid of the insects in your house. Many people have issues with roaches remaining in your home because they feed upon the foods that you serve. Nonetheless, when you utilize this easy bait trap you will have the ability to maintain them out of your structure for as long as you desire. Consequently, you will not have to bother with having to deal with dead pests at the end of the day.
If you are seeking a safer choice for eliminating these pests, you ought to take a look at the chemicals that specialist pest control men utilize. These specialists typically utilize a mix of chemicals and traps to clear your house of roaches, mice, and various other rats. The worst component concerning these chemicals is that they are frequently hazardous to put into your food. Nevertheless, if you select to employ a specialist, you will discover that you do not need to bother with any type of risks at all.
Making use of chemicals to eliminate these insects can cause severe illness for you and your household. Therefore, if you would like to stay clear of these kinds of adverse effects, it is very important that you make the appropriate option when it concerns employing a pest exterminator to take care of your problem. Professional exterminators are less likely to place contaminants onto your food. Rather, you need to concentrate on locating the expert who has the most current items and strategies for pest extermination. By doing this, you can be sure to maintain your home free of roaches and other pests for a long-term. можете да проверите тук
If you have a farm or you have a house, then pest control is possibly a home issue for you. There are numerous types of pests, and several of them are not pleasant to people at all. One sort of bug that can actually take a toll on you and also your crops is the fruit fly. This type of insect lays eggs, called larvae, in the plant and then launches these into your plants, which causes them being ruined.
There are several DIY techniques that you can utilize as a means of protecting your plant and keeping these pesky pests far from your residence. If you have a yard, then there are specific blossoms and also plants that are much more at risk to having these pests destroying them. One such plant is the rose. For that reason, if you desire to shield your roses and also wish to employ a DIY method of parasite control, then you ought to plant the Rose shrub. Nonetheless, prior to you do this, you need to make sure that you have actually acquired enough climbed catches for every plant which you understand how to lure these traps.
If you have a yard that surrounds your house, then you might require to employ a pest control operator to do the help you. The reason you would require to utilize an insect control firm is due to the fact that some pests are extremely difficult. They can hide very well, and they have the dexterity to walk around and go under things. Consequently, it is hard for us to identify their tracks, and if we do find their tracks, then it can be exceptionally hard to get rid of them.
If you are looking for an affordable alternative for removing bugs, then incorporated bug monitoring is the way to go. This is additionally commonly known as incorporated bug control and also is perfect for eliminating a wide range of bugs, including ants, crawlers, and also flies. This is a technique that is based upon the use of toxic and safe chemicals that work together to target the insects. This approach has been proven to be extra efficient and economical than using chemicals alone.
If you are wanting to work with someone to carry out pest control on your properties, after that you can search for qualified service providers in your location. It is constantly vital to ask for references before turning over any kind of money. Furthermore, when employing a person to accomplish pest monitoring, you must ensure that they have all the required accreditation as well as licenses to do so. If they do not have the correct licenses to do the work, after that you will certainly be putting on your own in jeopardy of unintentionally placing these unlicensed people in jeopardy, as they might abuse the chemicals and also damage the inhabitants of your residence. намерете повече информация
A few of the common techniques used to manage pest issues consist of baiting, which implies placing a couple of pesticides inside a lure that will eliminate bugs. Another prominent choice is utilizing chemicals that float on the surface of the water. However, this is just advised if you are using chemicals to eliminate bugs, as using them to eliminate fish would be improper. If you are aiming to hire a person to perform your insect control, then you ought to search for the permit details of the person, prior to handing over any money. Also, you must ensure that the person utilizes eco-friendly chemicals and also insecticides, as chemicals can cause a great deal of damage to the community, if made use of in the wrong way.
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San Francisco is a constantly changing city. In order to make our building construction and renovation as sustainable as possible, codes and policies have been enacted to divert waste from landfills, reduce energy and water usage, encourage alternate modes of transportation, and to improve indoor air quality.
Most of the San Francisco of the future has already been built. Existing buildings are a tremendous resource to our city, and the challenge is to protect our rich history while using fewer natural resources. Energy efficiency, water conservation, stormwater, toxics reduction, and zero waste policies help to improve the performance of the existing stock.
SF Environment’s Green Building Program works hand-in-hand with other teams within the department and the departments of Building Inspection, Planning, and Public Health, as well as the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
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Often we don’t have to reinvent the wheel to learn something new – we can just ask experts in the field who can draw on their experience to enlighten us. Below, we’ve shared insights insiders from various industries have shared with us.
Jackie Crowell | Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist
Most people are unaware they can get physical therapy to address their urinary leakage, constipation or pelvic pain – all ailments that pelvic floor physical therapy can help with. Often women assume they have to just put up with painful periods or pain with sex without realizing pelvic floor physical therapy can help. So many patients come in and tell me that they never knew that there was physical therapy for their bladder, for example. And after a few sessions, depending on the patient and case, they are taken from a world of not being able to hold their bladder to not having to scope out where the restroom is everywhere they go. Read more>>
Dr. Anita “TheGriefDoctor” Green | TheGriefDoctor – Certified Grief Coach and Grief Support Specialist
One thing that I would say is that when we are feeling “some type of way,” about losing someone or something that we’ve been emotionally invested in, then we are grieving. Grief doesn’t just occur when we lose a loved one, but when we lose our jobs, homes, friendships, relationships, our identities and many others. And what happens is that emotional triggers remind us that we are experiencing grief. We want to cry, become angry, feel a sense of loneliness. Grief is all about our emotions and how we process them, with the understanding that everyone grieves differently. Read more>>
Christina Ellenberg | MS, RD, LDN, CSCS
One of the BIGGEST things about my industry that outsiders are unaware of is many people mistakenly use the terms “dietitian” and “nutritionist” interchangeably, when they are in fact, very different. Anyone with an interest in diet or nutrition may call themselves a “nutritionist.” They have no accreditation, licensure and no guidelines for how much or what type of education they need. Read more>>
Sonya Le | Portrait Photographer
I don’t think enough people realize that there is so much work that goes into post-production of photography. When my clients are persistent to ask for updates on when finished photos will be ready after a shoot, I find it necessary to tell them what goes into my process. I may have hundreds of photos that I have to cull through, upload the photos to my digital workspace, get into the creative and technical steps of editing, and with that, may involve indecisiveness and requiring me to walk away from my computer and come back to ensure for a fresh palette of mind and figure out any inconsistencies. Read more>>
Jaquasia Holmes | Hairstylist
The Time Consumption. My industry as a hairstylist is such a time consuming job. Being a hairstylist is like working 2 full time jobs. Especially operating my business in Atlanta, cosmetology is a very popular industry. Because the industry is very saturated, it is a consistent job to stay relevant and up to date on everything in my field. Alot of people outside of my industry thinks that being a hairstylist is easy: play in hair then going home. Unfortunately it so much more than that. When I am not working 8-10 hour days, I am updating my social media, responding to emails/appointments, restocking inventory, and marketing my business. It is a constant job Read more>>
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Pay yourself first is non-negotiable. At the beginning of the month, right after your salary comes in, invest a fixed amount.
Financial independence gives you freedom. Freedom in the form of time, to quit a job you hate or to leave your partner. Whatever you want to leave, or not, money will make the process easier.
The freedom of paying of your mortgage is great! No more monthly bills. But there are some disadvantages of paying off your mortgage.
How and why use a cash book? Take control of your finances with a cashbook. Know where your money is going by tracking it every month.
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retirement is not an age, it’s an amount. Find out what your amount is and start saving! retire early and do what you love to do
All we ever want is more, more, more. More gadgets, more clothes, more money, more house, more cars. More. More. More. Not today. Here is a case for minimalism and Read More
Earlier I wrote this piece about the 4% rule. I received feedback on it, namely the following: ‘If you are alone and want to be able to live on an Read More
Do you dream of financial independence? You can achieve it with the 4% rule.
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The European Commission launched five new EU missions on Wednesday 29, including its mission on 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030. The missions are a new and innovative way to work together and improve the lives of people in Europe and beyond. They aim to tackle big challenges in health, climate and the environment, and to achieve ambitious and inspiring goals in these areas.
The missions, a novelty of Horizon Europe and also an original concept in EU policy, bringing together several Commission services under the authority of nine College members, will support research to deliver on the Commission's main priorities and find responses to some of the greatest challenges we are facing today.
In the mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, selected cities will involve their citizens in drawing up "Climate City Contracts" to help reach climate neutrality by 2030.
The Factsheet for the mission points to five major actions to be undertaken:
The Horizon Europe programme will provide €359.3 million in seed funding during the period 2021-23 to help deliver on the mission; Launch of a Mission Platform to provide technical, regulatory, and financial assistance to cities working on the mission; Cities will prepare, sign and implement Climate City Contracts, co-created with citizens and local stakeholders; Launch a portfolio of research and innovation projects and set up a Global Knowledge Exchange Centre; A network of national, local and regional authorities will support the cities’ transition to climate neutrality.
In the official Communication of the missions, the European Commission described how the missions are a new collaborative approach that provides a mandate to achieve specific goals in a set timeframe. They will also deliver impact by putting research and innovation into a new role, combined with new forms of governance and collaboration, as well as with a new way of engaging with citizens, including young people.
On October 11th, the Smart Cities Marketplace hosts a EUSEW side event discussing the "The one billion challenge" of how to pay for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. Register for that session here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5864410610735512845
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Gloves.com is a market leader in nitrile and disposable gloves. Due to world conditions in 2020 and 2021, they needed to rapidly increase their conversion rate to capitalize on the opportunity. They have a targeted demographic of SMB health professionals who continuously buy from Gloves.com. We were brought on to increase the conversion rate of Gloves.com.
Through heat mapping and user testing, we learned that users that landed directly on the product page were not converting as well as those that start from the homepage. We focused on the homepage for split tests, where we found the most profitable tests for the client.
Businesses like medical spas and dentists require vastly different messages, which was a source of pain for Gloves.com. After testing sliders, different hero images, and featured products, we ultimately found what headlines and product titles gave the highest conversion rate.
As we learned the homepage had the highest end-to-end conversion rate, we focused our biggest test slots there. Our most successful test was a homepage layout test, where we tested what sections needed to be highest in hierarchy of design. This was the biggest needle mover in our entire campaign.
Today, everyone relies heavily on a wide range of different tools to manage social selling campaigns for our clients. As you can imagine, it becomes quite a pretty complicated task once you are managing dozens of different social accounts across many brands. To succeed, you need a suite of online helpers. Out of the more… Continue reading Generate More Leads With These 3 Tools
In today’s advertising market there’s a million-dollar question that everyone has. “How can I increase my sales WITHOUT increasing my ad spend?” Legends say those who are capable of doing this have already ascended to marketing mount olympus and have tea time daily with Russel Brunson and Gary Vee… Seriously though. Especially after 2020, ad… Continue reading How We Added $500,000 In Sales With 3 Stupid Simple Split Tests
If you do a Google search for “PPC agency,” you can find thousands of businesses selling AdWords services. Why? Because Google AdWords is complicated and tough to navigate for new PPC marketers and small businesses. Which is why you might be considering getting a Google Adwords certification. Since Google is the most popular search network on… Continue reading 4 Reasons Why You Should Get AdWords Certified
Have you ever been scrolling through Instagram and been drawn to a product you’ve seen repeatedly? Have you ever felt compelled to stop at the coffee shop with a line out the door versus the empty one around the corner? If you’ve ever experienced a sudden fear of missing out when you see other people… Continue reading How to Use Social Proof to Boost Your Online Marketing
You don’t need a business degree to know that your company needs a marketing plan. Successful startups dedicate months to designing a strategy for conversions and online visibility. They run focus groups and conduct market research to guide their execution, but they don’t stop there. Even niche businesses aren’t so scarce anymore. Everyone has someone… Continue reading What Marketing Competitor Analysis Is and How to Do it
Companies are giving employees more time, money, and flexibility to recognize the new reality of 100% remote work. The future of work is a hybrid solution that will include both remote and in-person work, according to Rhiannon Staples, chief marketing officer at the people management platform Hibob. “There is still value in meeting face to… Continue reading 10 new perks of remote work
Going freelance can be a scary prospect, as there are so many unknowns. Will you find enough clients to keep the wolf from the door? How much will you earn? How often will you get paid? 1. You’re running a business Many people think that switching from being a staff member to a freelancer… Continue reading What they never tell you about becoming a freelance creative
Every blogger wants their blog to rank in the top position in Google search results since users commonly select results contained on the first page, especially those in one of the top 3 positions, as you can see in the graphic below. And, for years, the Google search algorithm made content king. This explains why… Continue reading AI Content Creator: 5 Ways it Helps Your Blog Grow
Managing social media shouldn’t be a pain, and it shouldn’t monopolize your entire schedule. Social media platforms are meant to be a fun new way to engage with others within your network. When you apply the right strategies, you can grow your following organically, which can impact your entire business. It never hurts to have… Continue reading 10 Awesome Social Media Tools to Try This Year
That old piece of trivia that paper money carries more germs than your toilet seat has never been more relevant. Society was already trending away from physical bills, but recent studies have found that 60% of consumers plan to use digital payments instead of physical in the future because of COVID-19. It’s official: cashless and… Continue reading Why electronic payment processing is the future of digital banking
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Companies are having more and more access to data. Data from suppliers, data from intermediaries, data from customers and prospective customers. Traditional companies are not built in a way to make use of all this data. The data has to go through multiple steps and different handlers before business insights can be generated. Typically, the team that handles the data pipeline is buried somewhere under “Engineering” or “Research and Development”. However, the users of the data are spread across every vertical ranging from sales, marketing, logistics and even human resources. Don’t forget the fact that the company itself generates a lot of data everyday from its operations and employees. The crux of the problem with traditional organisation is that data is harvested and probably can be used in most parts of the organisation/ However, not everyone is well-versed with how to play around with data and make sense of it. The whole process of using data to make better decisions isn’t a one-off ceremony. Rather it is a feedback loop of varying cadence that needs close attention.
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K-Pop sensations BTS perform their hit song Permission to Dance in a video produced at the United Nations. The video accompanies the bands remarks at the SDG Moment and is meant to draw their audiences attention to the importance of Keeping the Promise of the Sustainable Development Goals and to inspire action.
What is your promise? - un.cheerity.com/ ------- The SDG Moment serves to place an annual spotlight on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and will be held at the beginning of the United Nation’s General Assembly’s High-Level Week. It takes place as the world experiences a deeply uneven response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which risks creating a two-tier recovery with significant implications for the advancement of the SDGs, especially in developing countries. Convened by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Moment will provide world leaders with a platform to showcase the bold plans, actions and solutions that are needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic and set the world on course towards achieving the SDGs. Held in advance of major meetings on food systems, climate, energy, jobs and social protection, the SDG Moment event is expected to build the momentum needed to deliver on the Decade of Action and Keep the Promise of the SDGs.
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Australia’s forest industries are disappointed that AUSTimber 2020/21 has been cancelled. We do however understand how difficult this was for the organisers who tried so hard to work around the COVID induced difficulties, CEO of AFPA Ross Hampton and CEO of VFPA Deb Kerr said today.
The event was spearheaded by the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) and scheduled for November in Gormandale, Victoria. The four-yearly event, held over several days, usually attracts thousands of visitors to the region and is a fantastic way of showcasing the timber industry and its many innovations.
“This is one of the biggest events for Australia’s forest industries. A lot of hard work has gone into the event to showcase what we do, so we feel for our colleagues at AFCA,” Mr Hampton said.
“The timber industry, like many others, has taken a few big hits with the devastating 2019/20 bushfires and then, of course, the pandemic. This flagship event is not suited to a virtual format. The cancellation is sad but ultimately understandable,” Ms Deb Kerr said.
“We thank the organisers for the hard work they’ve put in and hope that the gap in showcasing our industries can be filled in due course,” Ms Kerr concluded.
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The Joy of Being a Vegetarian
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Joy from restricting your diet? Joy from eating rabbit food?
Being a vegetarian has been disparaged by many people for many reasons.
They are taking humane treatment of animals too far! Meat is expensive! It's a fad! Only religious fanatics are vegetarians!
As the science of nutrition has advanced during the past fifty years, it is becoming increasingly apparent that a vegetarian diet is superior to a flesh diet in many ways. Vegetarians live longer, are less obese, and are at a lower risk for cancer and other deadly diseases. Dr. Philip Chen, PhD also holds that eating healthy foods causes joy from knowing you are doing something good. Because you become more healthy, your life can be more joyous.
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard London | British manufacturing leaders fear an industrial collapse over the winter as spiralling gas and electricity prices overwhelm the country’s energy defences.
Wafer-thin gas reserves have left the British economy almost uniquely vulnerable to an extreme global supply squeeze, and dangerously reliant on cross-Channel interconnectors that may be curtailed if Europe itself faces power blackouts and serious industrial stoppages.
Andrew Large, outgoing chairman of the Energy Intensive Users Group, said: “It is potentially catastrophic. We’re already seeing plant closures at a time of year when the weather is still warm and domestic heating is low. Fast-forward two months and this could be an acute crisis.
“CF Fertilizers have already stopped output and they account for 40 per cent to 60 per cent of the UK supply, which could have disastrous effects on the supply chain.
“The steel, cement, ceramics, glass, industrial chemicals, and the paper sector are all at risk. Individual companies are facing the very serious question of whether they can continue to operate.”
Gas futures contracts on the ICE exchange have risen fourfold over the past year to 165 pence per therm, while intraday electricity prices have become unhinged. Last week, the National Grid was having to pay £4000 ($7575) per megawatt hour to secure back-up electricity at short notice.
The cost squeeze threatens the economic recovery just as the furlough scheme winds down and fiscal stimulus fades.
In a worst-case scenario it could lead to systemic havoc akin to the industrial paralysis of the 1970s – something that no government or prime minister can survive.
Britain has slashed its strategic gas storage to barely 1.7 per cent of annual demand by closing the Rough facility off the Yorkshire coast, subcontracting the costly task of storage to Germany and the Netherlands. Clive Moffatt, a gas consultant and former adviser to the government on energy security, said: “It should be nearer 25 per cent.”
Data from Gas Infrastructure Europe shows that Britain has less than nine terawatt hours of storage, compared with 75 terawatt hours in the Netherlands (with a quarter of the population).
Dutch storage is nevertheless unusually low for this time of the year at 52 per cent of capacity, compared with 85 to 90 per cent normally. The stocks are 113 terawatt hours in France, 148 in Germany and 166 in Italy.
Mr Moffatt said he warned that closing Rough was a dangerous decision in key meetings with British officials, but the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy dug in its heels. “They refused to listen and kept saying that we had diversity of supply: they misunderstood the responsiveness of liquefied natural gas to short-term shocks,” he said.
“We are now extremely vulnerable, and I’m afraid the situation is going to get worse. Prices could go through the roof.“
“You can’t rely on the interconnectors. Contracts can be rescinded and suppliers can declare force majeure: end of story. The EU made this very clear during the negotiations over Brexit,” Mr Moffatt added.
“We could easily see a three-day working week. The government has been playing dangerous games with the grid and has allowed a situation to develop that is outside their control. It’s terribly depressing.“
Gareth Stace, director-general of UK Steel, said power prices had already reached “extortionate” levels and was forcing a partial suspension of operations across the sector. “Even with the global steel market as buoyant as it is, these eye-watering prices are making it impossible to profitably make steel at certain times of the day and night. The situation gets more urgent each and every day,” he said.
Europe is facing its own problems. The Norwegian fertiliser group Yara is curtailing output of ammonia, which relies on gas as a feedstock. Richard Ewing from the Independent Commodity Intelligence Services said the dominoes were likely to fall across the Continent as far as Ukraine, with producers switching to the US wherever possible.
Abundant shale gas in Texas, Pennsylvania, and the Dakotas means that locally consumed US gas costs a quarter of European levels.
A surge in European carbon prices to €60 a tonne – shadowed in Britain with an extra £18 premium – has compounded the shock and accounts for a fifth of the rise in electricity costs.
This is now leading to open political revolt in Spain, Poland and other EU states. The European Steel Association said last week that the bloc risked being priced out of the competitive global market.
Mr Large said it was becoming a question of manufacturing survival in Britain. “The UK has the most expensive industrial energy in Europe. We are running the very serious risk of meeting our carbon targets by deindustrialising the British economy,” he said.
Everything has gone wrong at once for Britain’s energy system. A wet cold spring depleted European gas inventories. The pandemic disrupted global gas output.
Shipping is in convulsion. Exploding Asian demand for LNG has forced Europe to compete for scarce supplies, causing a tripling of spot prices in Europe in the past five months to a record $US22 MMBtu.
Vladimir Putin has taken advantage of the crunch to try to pressure the EU to certify the new Nord Stream 2 pipeline on his political terms, restricting the normal summer top-flows through Poland and the Ukraine needed to rebuild Europe’s stocks. Gazprom is working to rule with minimum contractual volumes.
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Dust Mite Allergy
Managing your allergies can be costly — especially when your daily antihistamine isn’t cutting out all of your symptoms. With so many products that claim to reduce allergy symptoms, it can be difficult to know which are worth the investment. In this blog, read about three of the top allergy products that we find to…Read More
As soon as the weather cools off and activities shift indoors, dust mites smile. Okay, maybe they don’t smile, but they start to populate. It’s their favorite time! As clean as you think you may be, they’re everywhere. Dust Mite Facts Dust mites are eight legged, microscopic creatures. They live in warm areas with high…Read More
There are so many memories from my childhood about ear infections, sinus infections, migraines, hives, stomach aches, and the list goes on. I had friends and cousins with severe allergies who had “traditional” allergy symptoms – itchy eyes, stuffy nose, rashes, etc. But me? No way could my health problems have been allergies. Or so…Read More
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When you have a pest trouble, you require to find a good
exterminator in Millbury, MA. But where do you start?
Locating the best exterminator for your home can be hard. You want a person who is experienced and knowledgeable concerning pests in North Carolina yet also affordable and credible.
Our pest control experts are the service because we provide a platform that links customers with reputable professionals in their area.
Customers can schedule a visit online or over the phone for any type of pest control problem, including spider removal, termite control, bed bug treatment, and much more! We also provide a satisfaction guarantee on every job carried out by our licensed technicians.
Typical Pests We Help You Exterminate
We also look after ants, ticks, spiders, coyotes and also various other wild animals, fleas & ticks (consisting of cat fleas), scorpions, flies and also various other flying insects, centipedes, millipedes, earwigs (and also associated pests), mosquitoes, and other biting flies/insects, bees, wasps, yellow jackets … among others!
Millbury Pest Control Services
If you are trying to find the very best pest control service, we have the ideal service. We offer a comprehensive list of services to assist with your pest infestation needs.
Our team can remove any type of bug that makes you trouble at home or work, from termites and ants to mosquitoes and also roaches. Our pest control solutions we provide are:
Emergency Pest Control Bed Bug Treatment Cockroach Removal Ant Control Rodent control Termite Inspection & Control Residential and Commercial Pest Control Spider Control Mosquito control Wildlife Control Tick and Flea Control And Much More! Effective Pest Control Millbury, MA
If you are taking care of pests in your home or business, we can help you get rid of them without needing to worry about scenting chemicals.
Our pest control specialists utilize different pest control methods, from eco-friendly services to much more standard pesticide treatments relying on the degree of infestation and also pesticides’ impact on individuals who live or work in the area.
We are straightforward, and also we offer the best service in the area. Our Millbury pest control specialists have actually been assisting clients for many years; they’re the ones you can rely on with your pest infestation troubles!
We offer cost effective solutions that are customized for your requirements, so call today!
Do you need an emergency pest control? Call Us Today Bed Bug Control in Millbury, MA
When it comes to bed bug control treatment, you would certainly be wise to take the time to find pest control experts who have appropriate accreditation for your business or home.
Be added cautious in your selection due to the fact that bed bugs are coming to be significantly immune to offered insecticides. They are well-adjusted pathogens that do not appear to have any type of natural predators.
Bed bugs are real, and they have always been a trouble when left untreated. Bed bug control may be rather simple, depending upon the details infestation.
Nonetheless, once you have actually identified an intrusion of these blood-sucking pests, you must take prompt action to stay clear of any unnecessary illness.
Millbury Cockroach Control Service
Do you have a cockroach issue in the house? If so, it’s time to do something concerning it. There are many common misunderstandings concerning what type of pest inspection is needed for roaches.
Our Millbury pest control expert’s advice will help you recognize why our professionals in Millbury are the most effective choice.
Nonetheless, this isn’t constantly required due to the fact that there could be several reasons your home has an infestation that would certainly call for different treatment methods.
As an example, if your food attracts cockroaches, you could require our top quality pest control service like ours to remove them without hurting your household or animals.
As a homeowner, you could assume that practically any exterminator can get rid of cockroaches. This is not always the case since we just utilize professionals who properly eliminate these pests.
Termite Control Millbury Massachusetts
Termites are a genuine risk to homeowners, and also it is very important to take preventative actions. They can cause significant architectural damage that costs hundreds of dollars in repairs and replacements.
Here’s exactly how you can safeguard your home from these pests:
Inspect for termite activity every six months by searching for mud tubes or frass (termite poop) around the structure. Exclude them by loading any type of fractures or holes with steel woollen with caulking and also seal gaps under windows and doors. Repair damaged posts, sills, piers, columns, or various other wood structures on your property since they bring in termites due to their high cellulose content. It would help if you taken into consideration utilizing our Millbury extermination services to get rid of these termite infestations. Millbury Flea Control
Fleas are a typical house pest. They prey on your pet, and they can make you or your child really ill at the same time.
One of the most reliable means to control these pests is by utilizing a professional flea control service in Millbury, Massachusetts.
Our Millbury pest control technicians will certainly provide a preliminary inspection of your property, determine any areas that need special focus, and afterwards apply our exclusive blend of natural insecticides to kill all fleas residing at your home or business location.
Commercial Pest Control Services for Businesses
Pests are an usual problem in numerous commercial spaces. These pests can be destructive, yet they likewise can spread illness and also cause allergic reactions for those that enter contact with them.
Millbury commercial pest control services provide a vital service by ensuring that your room is clean of pests to make sure that you can focus on running your business.
Our Friendly Pest Exterminator in Millbury
Your home or business is the most important point in your life. We recognize that you don’t intend to take any chances with pests invading your space!
Our friendly and also professional exterminators team in Millbury, MA, is ready and waiting to help maintain pests at bay.
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When you have a pest problem in your house, it can be difficult to understand who to call. We all hate bugs and desire them gone, but hiring the wrong exterminator might make things even worse.
It would certainly help if you had somebody that is both professional and trustworthy. We are
local Scottsbluff, NE exterminators with years of experience dealing with pests of all kinds.
Our team has been trained by the best in the industry, so we’re always updated on brand-new methods for every single kind of insect infestation that comes our method.
Most importantly, we make use of environment-friendly products whenever possible because they’re healthier for everybody included!
Typical Pests We Help You Exterminate
We additionally care for ants, ticks, spiders, coyotes and also various other wild animals, fleas & ticks (including cat fleas), scorpions, flies and other flying insects, vermins, millipedes, earwigs (and also linked pests), mosquitoes, and also various other biting flies/insects, bees, wasps, yellow jackets … to name a few!
Scottsbluff Pest Control Services
If you are looking for the very best pest control service, we have the ideal service. We provide an extensive list of services to assist with your pest infestation requirements.
Our team can get rid of any type of bug that makes you trouble at home or work, from termites and also ants to mosquitoes and roaches. Our pest control solutions we offer are:
Emergency Pest Control Bed Bug Treatment Cockroach Removal Ant Control Rodent control Termite Inspection & Control Residential and Commercial Pest Control Spider Control Mosquito control Wildlife Control Tick and Flea Control And Much More! Effective Pest Control Scottsbluff, NE
If you are managing pests in your home or business, we can help you get rid of them without having to worry about scenting chemicals.
Our pest control specialists make use of numerous pest control techniques, from environment-friendly solutions to extra traditional pesticide treatments depending upon the level of infestation and also insecticides’ impact on individuals that live or operate in the area.
We are straightforward, and also we provide the most effective service in the area. Our Scottsbluff exterminators have been helping clients for years; they’re the ones you can trust with your pest infestation problems!
We provide cost effective solutions that are customized for your demands, so call today!
Do you need an emergency pest control? Call Us Today Bed Bug Control in Scottsbluff, NE
When it comes to bed bug control treatment, you would certainly be important to put in the time to find pest control experts that have ideal accreditation for your business or home.
Be extra careful in your choice due to the fact that bed bugs are becoming increasingly resistant to offered insecticides. They are well-adjusted pathogens that do not show up to have any natural killers.
Bed bugs are genuine, and also they have actually always been an issue when left unchecked. Bed bug control might be fairly basic, relying on the certain infestation.
Nevertheless, when you’ve identified an invasion of these blood-sucking pests, you need to take immediate activity to stay clear of any unnecessary health issue.
Scottsbluff Cockroach Control Service
Do you have a cockroach trouble in your home? If so, it’s time to do something regarding it. There are many common misconceptions regarding what type of pest inspection is required for roaches.
Our Scottsbluff pest control expert’s advice will certainly help you understand why our professionals in Scottsbluff are the best choice.
However, this isn’t always necessary since there could be numerous reasons your home has an infestation that would call for various treatment techniques.
For example, if your food attracts cockroaches, you might require our quality pest control service like ours to eliminate them without damaging your household or animals.
As a homeowner, you might believe that nearly any exterminator can get rid of cockroaches. This is not necessarily the instance due to the fact that we only use professionals who effectively get rid of these pests.
Termite Control Scottsbluff Nebraska
Termites are a real danger to homeowners, and also it is very important to take preventative actions. They can cause significant architectural damage that costs thousands of bucks in repairs and also replacements.
Here’s exactly how you can safeguard your home from these pests:
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With the continuous improvement of my country's opening to the outside world, there is more and more cross-cultural and cross-language business cooperation. At present, the requirements for the translation of business contracts in the market are getting higher and higher, so it is necessary to ensure that both parties to the contract fully understand the content of the contract. Commercial contracts are legal documents. Pay attention to the use of adverbs in document translation to make them organized, logical, and concise.
Business translation includes all translation activities in business occasions such as technology introduction, foreign trade, investment attraction, foreign labor contracts, contracts, international contracts, international finance, foreign insurance, international tourism, overseas investment, and international transportation. According to the function of business communication activities, business texts can be divided into business letters, memos, meeting minutes, advertisements, reports, notices, documents, contracts or contracts, various related documents and forms.
For example, business contracts, the provisions of rights and obligations in business contracts are directly related to the economic interests of the parties. The main body and content of business contracts often include regions outside of China. Therefore, business contracts can choose to apply to other countries' laws and regulations and arbitration clauses. In addition, the form of commercial contract, rigorous vocabulary and clear handwriting are not conducive to translation. Generally speaking, the translation of business contracts should follow the principles of accuracy, strictness, standardization and fluency.
Artlangs Translation Company is a well-known supplier of translation and simultaneous interpretation in China. It was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, with branch offices in Beijing, Wuhan, Changsha, Foshan, Pakistan, etc. Since its establishment, Artlangs Translation Company has been committed to providing competitive translation services for domestic and foreign enterprises, institutions and consumers, enhancing customer image and creating greater value for customers. In the past 20 years, our services have spread to more than 30 regions and have helped domestic and foreign customers and partners succeed.
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Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bits are made with synthetic diamond cutters in either steel or matrix body material. PDC drill bits revolutionized the drilling industry with a wide application range and high rate of penetration (ROP) potential. Whether it is the
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Getty Images has released new research on Australians’ perception of the financial services industry.
Released alongside a global white paper, the Financial Services Visual Trends Report, identifying trends in the visual representation of the financial services industry, the findings show that financial services brands in Australia are most effectively visually aligning with the values and interests of Generation Z.
The white paper, produced by Getty Images’ Creative Insights Team, reviewed some of the world’s biggest financial services brands’ visuals strategies, as well as Getty Images’ top selling images and search data.
It found that financial services brands are increasingly choosing a ‘human touch’ in visual communications, incorporating diversity, inclusion and realness in their visual representation.
The white paper identified trends that centred around realness, representation and relatability, indicating that financial services brands are attempting to connect with consumers on personal, human issues that resonate across a broad audience.
Searches for terms like ‘belonging’, ‘inclusion’ and ‘disability’ have risen across the industry in recent years, suggesting a desire to connect with consumers on values and on an emotional level.
The local research, conducted by YouGov, reveals that this approach is particularly attractive to Generation Z, who are more socially driven than other generations.
Forty per cent of Gen Z consumers said they trust financial services brands that represent an understanding of Australian society as a whole and almost forty per cent (38 per cent) said that they would trust a provider that represented their values as an individual.
Getty Images senior manager of creative insights, Kate Rourke said: “Today, Gen Z are mostly teens and young adults.
“But by 2020, as they enter the workforce – their habits, preferences and understanding of the internet of things will change the future of banking.”
She added: “Just think about the huge social shifts in the last couple of decades – Gen Z has experienced the most rapid, dramatic shifts of societal standards.
“They are both more accepting of diversity than any other generation and less tolerant of negative social behaviours and banks need to reflect this visually or miss out on this important spending power.”
Over forty per cent of this consumer group (43 per cent) identifies with Commonwealth Bank as the financial services brand they trust the most.
Commonwealth Bank’s focus on diverse representation incorporates the areas that this generation consider most important, including different races and ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds and differently abled individuals, in its visual communications.
Rourke continued: “Younger customers are digital-banking and mobile-banking natives who are increasingly shifting to financial-technologies like PayPal, Amazon and Apple.
“In order to compete, financial services brands need to craft an approach that connects with this ‘powerhouse’ consumer group, especially as they’re considered to become a larger cohort than both Baby Boomers and Millennials.”
Despite a tumultuous few years for the industry, over half of Australians (52.9 per cent) consider financial services providers to be trustworthy.
In order to continue to develop this trust, financial services providers need to ensure that their campaigns align with what consumers want to see, both representing and resonating with Australians.
Hayley Fisher [pictured] is the AUNZ Country Manager at Adyen. In this op-ed, she discusses the upcoming holidays sales season and explains marketers can help drive sales. Over the 18-months the pace of ecommerce has accelerated to new heights. According to latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), a record $44.2 billion was […]
TPG Telecom has announced it will hold a creative pitch to further develop the Vodafone brand here in Australia. Last year’s merger between Vodafone and TPG brought together a family of brands under the TPG Telecom group, with the creative shift to position Vodafone for the future. While Vodafone’s long-standing relationship with WPP will continue, […]
Following 18 months of intermittent lockdowns across Australia, shopping centre giant Westfield is launching a new service that will tap into the ecommerce boom. The new service, named Westfield Direct, will take on the likes of Australia Post by providing shipping directly to customers. Shoppers will also be able to select items from an online […]
SBS has been recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand’s Most Innovative Companies, in the prestigious annual list published by the Australian Financial Review and Boss Magazine, from over 700 nominated organisations. Ranked third on the Media and Marketing list, SBS was the only media company to make the list, recognised for its growing and evolving multilingual digital services, exemplifying SBS’s innovative culture and strategy. SBS provides multiplatform services in more than […]
Twitter has confirmed it is experimenting with a new ad format which will see ads placed within conversation threads for the first time. The company’s Revenue Product Lead Bruce Falck made the announcement on Thursday. “Starting today, we’re trying something different and testing a new ad format in Tweet conversations,” he posted on Twitter. “If […]
In exciting news today, Mushroom Group is thrilled to announce much lauded Aussie music program The Sound will return to the ABC this November! Celebrating some of our best musical talents since its launch in 2020, The Sound Season 3 will debut on Sunday 7 November at 5.30pm (local time). Viewers can watch The Sound on ABC TV each Sunday afternoon or catch up with the latest episodes via ABC iview. Across Season […]
Strategic design and innovation company AKQA has received the top industry ranking in the 2021 AFR Boss Most Innovative Companies List. This is the third consecutive year the company has been acknowledged by the AFR for its commitment to innovation in the media and marketing category. The Most Innovative Companies Awards were presented via a […]
National news brand, The Australian, has launched a new podcast from Hedley Thomas, Shandee’s Story. Shandee’s Story is the culmination of six months’ work by Thomas, the award-winning investigative journalist behind The Teacher’s Pet and The Night Driver podcasts. The podcast investigates a harrowing cold case. Shandee Blackburn was left to die after a frenzied knife attack as she walked […]
Greater Bank has won a Silver Award at the 2021 Step Two Intranet & Digital Workplace Awards with its Intranet Built on the Elcom Digital Employee Experience Platform. The global awards recognise outstanding contributions to the fields of intranets and digital workplaces, honouring remarkable solutions that deliver business value to their organisations and then share […]
Two new research reports have revealed key drivers for ‘commerce content’ and the massive revenue opportunity it presents for digital publishers and brands. Published by independent media organisations, commerce content allows readers to understand the goods and services promoted by an editorial team. It’s now a major part of the partnership ecosystem, and a way […]
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Corporate accountability on human rights & the environment threatened by trade deals, new analysis finds
Recent momentum in developing corporate accountability laws across the EU is at risk of being undermined by controversial clauses in trade deals, according to new analysis. In a report published today (28 September 2021), the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre exposed how investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses in trade and investment agreements threaten efforts to prevent and hold corporations liable for their social and environmental impact.
ISDS clauses demonstrate the extent to which corporate interests are protected, at the expense of protecting human rights, within trade and investment deals. They provide companies with an avenue through which to sue states if national policies threaten their investment – even if those policies exist to protect human rights and the environment. Corporations have already used the ISDS system to sue states at least 1,100 times in response to laws seeking to raise minimum wages, guarantee affordable water and phase out the use of fossil fuels.
Key takeaways from the report:
EU laws under development seeking to hold companies accountable for their rights abuses could be derailed by claims brought under ISDS clauses. A just recovery from the pandemic could be underminedby international trade and investment agreements, which have played a key role in establishing and entrenching corporate power. ISDS clauses further exacerbate the inequality in developmentbetween the Global North and the Global South.
More than 60% of ISDS cases have been decided in favour of the investor, with an average award of US$125 million. Such cases are conducted through a secretive parallel legal system, separate from national courts and laws, effectively allowing corporations to operate outside the domestic legal system. This has already had a chilling effect on states which have dropped plans for new legislation to benefit social and environmental rights, due to the fear of being undermined by the ISDS system. At the same time, companies have brought persistent challenges to States attempting to enforce existing laws protecting human rights, in an affront to democratic processes.
This presents a real and powerful threat to the incoming EU human rights due diligence legislation, which is designed to hold corporations accountable for their human rights and environmental impact. If such legislation passed- mandating companies to conduct human rights due diligence or change practices that abuse rights- unscrupulous companies could sue the EU for huge sums in compensation, arguing that new legislation damages future profits and violates their right to a stable business environment.
Tom Wills, Project Manager – Corporate Accountability and Trade, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, said: “Governments must be able to implement policies in the public interest. Corporations cannot be allowed to challenge regulations with huge lawsuits, especially where human rights or climate change is at stake. Trade deals must be drawn up in line with countries’ human rights obligations. Failure to do so will make it nearly impossible to achieve a balance between corporate power and human rights, particularly in the Global South.
“When they were created, ISDS clauses in trade deals were justified as leading to greater levels of foreign direct investment. Decades on, there’s no conclusive proof they even do that. In the absence of such evidence, there is no reason for states to support ISDS – a system in which they can only lose. States must recognise the damage which can come from domestic regulations being undermined by trade policy. They must begin looking at their trade and investment agreements and, where possible, terminate or renegotiate any ISDS clauses.”
Thulsi Narayanasamy, Head of Labour Rights, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, said: “While civil society is urging states to introduce new laws to stop forced labour, human rights abuses and environmental destruction, ISDS in trade agreements represents a very real threat to the ability of states to do what they are obligated to – protect rights. When countries like Slovenia try to compel companies to follow basic laws to ensure they don’t destroy the environment and that’s enough to get them slapped with an ISDS case, it’s clear we are reckoning with an extraordinary imbalance of power between big business and people and planet. A system that pits protecting rights against protecting profits simply isn’t compatible with creating the just recovery desperately needed.
“The EU is due to table legislation later this year which mandates companies to conduct human rights due diligence, but there have already been concerns about corporate lobbying efforts to water down the efficacy of the laws so that company liability for abuses is minimal. Bringing in new laws while maintaining ISDS not only demonstrates a failure of policy coherence by the EU, but presents a clear and present risk to EU States’ ability to freely legislate.”
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Note to editors: Case study:In 2020 the UK energy company Ascent Resources brought an ISDS case against Slovenia for requiring it conduct an environmental impact assessment of a proposed fracking project. Community campaigners petitioned the government, concerned about the proximity of the project to the local water source. Ascent calls the requirement “arbitrary and unreasonable” and is suing for €120 million in compensation. The case is ongoing. The Business & Human Rights Resource Centreis an international NGO that tracks the human rights impacts (positive and negative) of more than 10,000 companies across nearly 200 countries. We seek responses from companies when concerns are raised by civil society. Legislative initiativesdesigned to hold corporations accountable for their human rights and environmental impacts are gathering pace in Europe and beyond. An up-to-date picture can be accessed here. There are ISDS provisionsin at least 2,800 trade and investment deals around the world, and these have been used to bring cases 1,104 times. Joint statement of businesses and investorscalling for EU-wide mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation. Media contact: Priyanka Mogul (London-based), Media Officer, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, +44 (0) 7880 956239, [email protected]
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Robust, timely Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is crucial for running effective and efficient programs and projects. But collecting, organizing, and analyzing all the data from a range of sources and formats can be a headache. Creating genuinely useful, user-friendly – and accurate – reports and insights from the raw data requires even more time, effort, and knowhow.
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Black history happens every day, so delegating its celebration to the shortest month of the year is pretty symbolic of how much we respect black culture in the U.S. (Yes, I know it has to do with Fredrick Douglass’ birthday, don’t @ me). Cannabis history has long been connected with our country’s institutionalized racism, and it started long before Nixon’s failed War on Drugs.
Similar to the rest of this country, the hemp industry was built by slave labor. According to writer and cannabis activist D.M. Blunted, “Just before the Revolutionary War broke out, Kentucky was becoming populated with settlers from Virginia, bringing with them hemp seeds and enslaved West Africans. It soon made Kentucky the largest producer of hemp and one of the states with the largest slave populations. Like cotton and tobacco, hemp was a back-breaking crop to produce that paid owners well and continued to fuel the greedy demand for free labor. Kentucky became set as the nation’s leader in hemp for a hundred years until the demand fell during the Civil War in 1861.
“After the South fell to never rise again, Kentucky became the only state with a relevant hemp industry,” Blunted continues in a post on the platform Medium. “That, of course, relied on scamming newly freed black people with sharecropping.”
Cannabis, the kind that gets you stoned, entered the U.S. through two groups: Mexican citizens escaping the violence of the Mexican Revolution, and people immigrating from the Caribbean into New Orleans.
According to the academic paper “High Points: An Historical Geography of Cannabis,” in the 1930s, Harry Anslinger became our country’s first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He was the asshole who said things like “this was a drug black men used to seduce white women” that “promotes interracial mixing, interracial relationships.” Cannabis was officially outlawed in 1937, partly due to the racists in the country who shared these sentiments with Anslinger.
That was only the beginning of racially charged prohibition policies. In 1971, Nixon announced his War on Drugs, a policy designed to disproportionately target black communities, and it created an industrial prison complex fueled by arresting hundreds of thousands of black people for cannabis possession. A study by the ACLU found that in 2010 more than half of all U.S. drug arrests were for cannabis possession only — and despite consuming cannabis at the same rate as white people, black people were nearly four times more likely to be arrested.
Since the criminalization of cannabis has proven to be a weapon explicitly used against people of color, it is important to recognize the difference between equality and equity when talking about healing these communities. Restorative justice is in order, and solutions range from some jurisdictions offering no-charge expungements for those with cannabis related arrests (like the one in Boulder County) to equity programs that include no-interest loans, technical assistance, business incubation and allocating half of new cannabis business permits to equity businesses.
As the cannabis industry grows, we need to prioritize support and inclusion for black entrepreneurs. Despite a playing field that’s anything but level, there are some black-owned cannabis businesses that are thriving.
Still, it’s not enough to make up for the centuries of injustice around cannabis that have destroyed entire communities and laid the groundwork for the social and economic oppression that continue to haunt the modern cannabis industry. Acknowledging the past and implementing social justice programs as a concrete way to support future generations is just the start, but we still have a long way to go.
If your idea of honoring black history involves getting stoned to Wiz Khalifa and tweeting out a few Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. quotes, you’re doing it wrong.
“The best way to celebrate Black History Month is to acknowledge the plights, tribulations, and triumphs of the Black people around you, all 365 days a year,” Blunted writes. “It’s listening to us when we say, we need more support and y’all giving it. It’s hiring black people for their voices instead of taking them for free and acting like you’re doing them a favor. It’s stepping outside of your comfort zone and speaking out for our rights. Overall these are all simple examples, that you can apply to your life as easily as buying black in the month of June.”
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Abstract : There have been many cost overruns, time delays and quality problems reported from geotechnical engineering projects around the world during recent decades. Many of the reported problems are associated with risks related to the geotechnical conditions. READ MORE
Abstract : Requirements engineering (RE) is a well-established practice that is also emphasized in safety standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO 26262. Safety standards advocate a particularly stringent RE where requirements must be structured in an hierarchical manner in accordance with the system architecture; at each level, requirements must be allocated to heterogeneous (SW, HW, mechanical, electrical, etc. READ MORE
Abstract : This doctoral thesis within applied ethics consists of four articles together with a cover essay. All articles concern the ethics of skilled health worker emigration from under-served and resourcepoor regions, often referred to as ‘medical brain drain’. READ MORE
Abstract : Among policy-makers in Europe the modal shift - a shift från polluting modes of freight transport to less polluting modes - has been a popular suggestion for reducing CO2-emissions of transportation. In particular, intermodal road-rail solutions, where a combination of road and rail transport is utilized to move trailers and containers, have been stressed as an important measure to reach de desired reduction in emissions. READ MORE
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Find out which low calorie snacks Dr. Oz recommends.
While the concept of a 100-calorie snack is very tempting, not all snacks are created equal. As food journalist and author Mark Schatzker discovered, highly-processed foods will make you feel hungrier faster than nutritious fiber-filled foods. In some cases, certain snack packs can actually lead to people packing on the pounds, since these pre-portioned treats give the illusion of control and lead to overeating down the road. If you are looking for a healthy snack for minimal calories, follow our formula: protein + fiber and a bit of indulgence. Here are our five picks.
Zucchini Noodles With Cottage Cheese
Want a healthier version of your favorite macaroni and cheese? Try zucchini noodles! Affectionately nicknamed ‘zoodles’, this healthy pasta alternative is full of water and fiber and low in carbs and calories. When you warm the zoodles up on the stove and add ½ cup of protein-rich fat-free cottage cheese to the mix, you will enjoy the same gooey, cheesy taste for way less calories and fat. Feel free to add your favorite hot sauce and other spices to give this dish a kick.
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Many of us do not realize that there are over fifty spices and herbs commonly utilized in Italian cooking. Italian’s use most of these herbs and spices frequently, but most are just not as generally known. Fortunately, many of us can start our personal Italian herb backyard at home to assist us cook dinner some of our most favorite Italian meals. Prior to you can begin any Italian herb garden, you need to know the 5 important herbs. These consist of rosemary, oregano, basil, thyme, parsley, and sage.
The most expensive potatoes arrive from France and are known as La Bonnotte. Cultivation is restricted to the island of Noirmoutier and only about one hundred tonnes are produced annually. Like macadamia nuts, these potatoes are somewhat fussy about the conditions under which they develop; only seaweed serves as fertiliser and they only grow close to the coastline. One kilogram will set you back again about $689.
And if all of these fall short, the final vacation resort is the cortisone shot. Cortisone is a steroid hormone that is very effective in suppressing the immune system which helps to decrease inflammation, swelling and discomfort. It is the fastest reduction for gout discomfort but it is also the one that gives the most severe aspect results. Steroids do not take years to damage your method, long term and crippling damages can happen within months after the therapy started.
Some of the other herbs that you can use in an Italian herb backyard are types like: Allspice, arrow root, bay leaves, capers, caraway seeds, ginger, garlic, fennel, cumin, cinnamon, chives, celery, chervil, cilantro, cardamom, lavender, horseradish, juniper berries, mustard, onion, marjoram, lemon verbena, mint, onion, crimson pepper, poppy seeds, vanilla, turmeric, sorrel, and even Saffron Iran.
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Skim the body fat off the leading of soups and stews. If there is as well much body fat in your soup or stew, cool the dish totally and permit the body fat to rise to the surface area. Place an ice cube in a spoon and rub it gently on your dish. Body fat that collects on an ice dice or a chilled spoon that runs across the surface area of your soup or stew broth will not remove as a lot excess body fat as allowing the dish to completely awesome. You could also use a folded-up paper towel to absorb any excess fat.
Cerulean Metropolis is an important city, as the coach enters and exits the town frequently on his journey, due to the numerous routes and locations it has accessibility to. It is a town of peace and tranquility, despite the reality that it rests on top of a cave that is overrun by extremely strong Pokemon.
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Our colleagues in Rare Disease Ireland (RDI) are currently seeking feedback from people living with rare conditions about their experience of accessing diagnosis, treatment and care in Ireland.
While epilepsy is not rare, there are rare forms of the condition. In addition, epilepsy can also be a feature of other rare conditions.
Examples of the above would be Lennox Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome or Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) disorder.
Therefore, this survey from RDI may be of interest to some of our members, volunteers and supporters.
If you a person living with a rare condition or a family member of a person with a rare condition, you can share your experience by taking the survey below:
Remember if you need any support or advice regarding your or your family member’s epilepsy, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your local Community Resource Officer.
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We are a rapidly growing agric and agric-manufacturing organisation that needs to formalise and document all our organisational processes and procedures. Our core business is the manufacture of poultry feed, with other factories for the processing soybeans and manufacturing high-quality maize flour. We are backward integrated into commodity storage and commercial farming.
The roll/need is that of a business analyst/ procedure writer that can identify and articulate into a list, the processes in the company. Followed by the development, filing and training of the employees.
The need that we as a company have, can be further defined in the following steps:
1) Identify and create a comprehensive list of all business process and procedures across the organisation including those that are currently being followed, those that are immediately required and those that will be required as the company grows or matures. These will likely be categorised by department and subcategorised by team or business unit. For example, the Warehousing and Logistics Department will have procedures that relate to the department as a whole, then procedures that relate specifically to the units within the warehousing department, such as input storage management, stock level control, pest management etc. This list will be created through consultation with all executives and heads of departments of the company.
2) Prioritise this procedure list, identifying the order in which the procedures will be documented or developed i.e. the most important procedures that the company requires to support consistency within its current operations to support growth and efficiency now, will be developed first.
3) Determine and agree the draft, review, approve cycle and identify and determine the review teams for each process or procedure. The individuals within the organisation that will sit with and review the developed procedure and sign off on the procedure once documented or created.
4) Review, update or overhaul the procedure documentation format, creating a standard template for all procedure documents.
5) Determine how the procedures will be stored so that they can easily be searched and retrieved, while also ensuring access control based on authority or management level within the company.
6) Begin the development of the procedures through a cycle of draft, review, re-engineer:
- Ensure the procedures are simple and can be understood by the reader for which it is intended
- Develop the procedure in line with what is desired or required, rather than what may be happening now.
7) Load these to the procedure repository to create the company’s procedure manual and set appropriate access control
8) Perform the required training to ensure that employees are aware and understand the processes and procedures, the support documents, the people or teams involved in the process and where to find the information should they need.
Our long term intention is to fill this position permanently, however in the interim, we seek a freelancer to drive this work stream for a period of 12 months.
The project is further articulated in the attached document.
17 freelances font une offre moyenne de 27 $/heure pour ce travail
I can provide support in documenting As-Is, documenting the current and future procedures in story format and managing them through Sprints, and provide Agile training to the team
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[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 09/980,844 filed Oct. 22, 2001.
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The invention relates generally to offshore platforms and buoys with hull based separator and storage vessels and tanks for containment of hydrocarbon gases and their hydrate forms.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] Deepwater oil discoveries of hydrocarbons coupled with long distances to pipeline infrastructure cause small amounts of associated gas to be an increasing limitation to obtaining offshore domestic energy. Present solutions require installing extensive pipelines in increasingly deep water with very high capital expenditures that frequently prevent projects from going forward, increasing foreign oil import. Solutions in the past allowed reinjection of gas, although this is now not considered a responsible natural resource by operators.
[0006] Regulations in the interest of gaining the maximum value from natural resources and heightened environmental awareness, limit flaring, venting and re-injection of gas and give rise to the necessity of deep water offshore gas compression with storage and transit to the market without pipelines when they are cost prohibitive.
[0007] A solution to this issue would be to utilize economic floating platforms to collect, separate water and condensate, and store the hydrocarbon gas in a pressurized and/or cooled state for transfer by similar means as a mobile shuttle vessel. This approach is commonly used for storage and shuttling of oil around the world via floating storage and offloading vessels termed FSO's or FPSO's with processing facilities as well. Transit ships for compressed natural gas (CNG) storage have been proposed and are being planned. However, the implementation of a fixed floating platform for storage of CNG has not been addressed in the marketplace. A related need is for a platform or facility that permits storage of the solid form of hydrocarbon gases, or their hydrate form as solids, within a floating platform.
[0008] The present invention provides an offshore floating facility for storage of hydrocarbon gas under controlled pressure and temperature and/or for storage of the hydrate form of hydrocarbons gas.
[0009] For further understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference should be had to the following drawings in which like parts are given like reference numerals and wherein:
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[0014] PCT international application serial number PCT/US00/10936, entitled “Satellite Separator Platform” describes a floating vessel having a floating hull structure with a center column assembly that is extendable and retractable with respect to the hull structure. PCT/US00/10936, which is owned by the assignee of the present invention, is hereby incorporated herein by reference. That application describes the use of fluid separators within the center column assembly of the platform. In accordance with the present invention, there are provided means within the floating hull as well as atop the hull for storage of compressed gases and solid hydrates. Additionally, such storage may be provided within the center column assembly.
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[0016] The elevation view provided by
[0017] Embodiments of the present invention provide for an offshore floating structure with separators and/or storage vessels for containment and control of gaseous or hydrate forms of hydrocarbons in either the center column assembly
[0018] Additionally, temporary/interim storage of hydrocarbon gases and/or solid hydrates may be accomplished within the context of the present invention within floating platforms having designs other than that of the floating vessel
[0019] In addition, the platform
[0020] The best mode and preferred embodiments of the invention have been described. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited, thereto, but rather is to be measured by the scope and spirit of appended claims.
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A new development of “four or five homes” in a field by a Herefordshire village has taken a step closer to approval, despite more than 40 local objections and opposition from the parish council.
Only “permission in principle” was sought for the plot on the south-east edge of Llangrove, between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth, in a resubmitted application – the difference being that now, “the detailed drainage constraints have been addressed with a positive Habitat Regulations Assessment endorsed by Natural England”, the official planning report said.
Under this route to planning approval, the “permission in principle” stage establishes whether a site is suitable in theory, while a second, “technical details consent” stage assesses the development proposals in detail.
“Other issues will be considered and addressed through the submission of additional information to be required as part of a technical details consent and are not sufficient at this stage to justify withholding permission in principle,” the report said.
The parish council had said the application lacked “any detailed information on the proposed housing design, size and character or even drainage”, without which “no meaningful scrutiny is feasible”.
This site is 800m from, and within the catchment area of, the Garron Brook which feeds into the River Wye, the parish council said.
A recent planning application for another field outside the Llangrove boundary was dismissed at appeal in July, “largely based on the effect on the integrity of the River Wye SAC (special area of conservation) with particular regard to drainage”, it pointed out.
This, it said, “must therefore set a precedent for rejection” of this latest application.
Given the county now has a 6.9-year housing supply, the application “is not therefore required by Herefordshire Council, the Llangarron Parish Council NDP (neighbourhood development plan), by anyone in the parish or in the village of Llangrove”, the parish council said.
“On that basis it should be rejected forthwith.”
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But the officer’s report said that surface water “can be managed through relevant onsite sustainable drainage systems that can be subject to a fully detailed submission at the technical details approval stage”.
It therefore concluded there would be “no adverse effects on the integrity of the SAC; subject to appropriate mitigation being secured”.
Officials also considered that the Llangrove NDP, currently being worked on, “has not progressed to a stage where it can be afforded overriding weight”.
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Give customers the same experience you would expect for yourself: Omar Wala
12 Oct 2021
Omar Wala.
The adage goes, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Omar Wala believes this to be true, offering customers the same experience that he would want for himself.
He offers construction management, development, remodels, and asset-based financing services for the affordable housing sector. Wala has even completed projects such as homeless shelters, and religious buildings for communities that need them.
Overcoming Challenges in Affordable Housing Construction
There are challenges that Wala must regularly overcome in his specific construction niche. Government agencies, in particular, pose one of the biggest hurdles faced by his business.
New programs are constantly being proposed, and implemented at the city and federal levels, requiring Wala and his team to remain up to date on the changes that take place.
He admittedly states that part of handling the sector means embracing the nature and agenda of these programs because they best serve the business and community as a whole.
Like any entrepreneur, Wala was met with challenges when initially building his business. Construction takes a significant amount of initial capital, and capital must be continually procured in order to purchase ‘fix and flip’ sites, development locations, architectural plans, environmental testing, permits, and more.
To accommodate his growing business, Wala was required to take income from several jobs and reinvest it, which then allowed him to make business purchases.
How Omar Wala Attracts Customers
Business owners, especially those in construction, are tasked with not only bringing in new customers, but also retaining existing ones. Wala uses honesty first and foremost with all past, present, and future customers.
Since his company depends on word-of-mouth referrals, it is imperative for Wala to maintain a good reputation in the industry, and with customers. Customers trust him to build the places they live and worship, but behind Wala, is also an entire team that customers trust too.
Wala believes that his business as a whole, is represented by everyone involved, including the construction teams and community. It is this inclusivity that makes them a successful, minority-owned business.
Pioneers of Minority-Owned Development Firms
Customers see Brisa Builders as “Pioneers of Minority-Owned Development Firms.” Part of this definition comes from the dedication that the business has to the communities it serves. Brisa and its team work tirelessly to rebuild Brooklyn and New York City brick by brick, but they also live in these same communities.
The mission that Omar Wala hopes to fulfill is meeting the increased demand for affordable housing in New York, through the development and construction of mixed-use and family buildings. This can be seen in projects like the Ebeneezer Housing Complex in Brooklyn, which offers 176 apartments, proving that the work he and his construction team do is done out of a genuine interest in the stabilization and growth of the community.
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ZOOM WEBINAR: Unbundling, Market Making and University Futures: Audit Culture and the New Academic Capitalism Datum: –16.00 Plats: Via Zoom Föreläsare: Cris Shore, Senior Global Horizons Fellow, SCAS. Professor of Social Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London Webbsida Arrangör: Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) Kontaktperson: Klas Holm Seminarium
Cris Shore, SCAS och University of London, talar på temat "Unbundling, Market Making and University Futures: Audit Culture and the New Academic Capitalism". Seminariet hålls på engelska och följs av en frågestund.
Abstract
In Britain and elsewhere the neoliberal assault on universities has shifted from austerity funding models and New Public Management to the special status of the public university itself. This new phase aims to complete work begun thirty years ago by more fully marketising and financialising universities, starting with ‘unbundling’ and outsourcing, and culminating in new forms of privatisation, rent extraction and re-bundling. In this seminar I will explore some of the agents behind these initiatives by analysing documents commissioned beyond government aimed at creating political momentum for this project. Michael Barber’s (2013)
Avalanche is Coming and Justin Bokor’s (2012) University of the Future are among many ostensibly ‘independent’ reports that capture the spirit of these reform agendas while simultaneously creating the university futures that they portend. One curious yet unexplored aspect of this process is the extraordinarily expansion of external consultants, think tanks and international accountancy firms into the field of higher education management and governance. Drawing on ethnographic examples, I will analyse the market-making work that these consultants perform in reimagining universities ahead of policy reform and in reinventing the public university as a site for rent seeking. I ask, how are these firms embedding themselves in universities? What techniques are they using to cement their expertise, profitability and power? What university futures are these market-making activities creating? And how are academics and other university stakeholders responding to these challenges?
För mer information och webinarielänk, se http://www.swedishcollegium.se/subfolders/Events.html.
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Senate Democrats are expected to force votes on a series of election bills, setting up a showdown with Republicans who are all but guaranteed to block their efforts to enact the most expansive overhaul of the electoral process in a generation.
Democrats have tried for months to pass a sweeping bill, known as the For the People Act. The measure would touch virtually every aspect of the electoral process, curbing the influence of big money in politics, limiting the partisan considerations in the drawing of congressional districts and expanding options for casting a ballot.
But Republicans blocked the bill from debate in June, forcing Democrats back to the drawing board.
Though their latest effort on Wednesday is doomed to fail, that's also the point. They are looking to show that Republicans will not waver in their opposition to voting and election legislation, which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has called “a solution looking for a problem.”
That could help make a case to moderates in the Democratic Party that there is little chance of making headway on a key issue for the party unless changes are made to Senate procedural rules that require 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
“If we think we can do something tonight or tomorrow that moves the ball forward then we are going to do it,” Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said Tuesday.
When exactly the bills will be called to the floor was unclear Tuesday as the chamber slogged through a series of late-night votes that will pave the way for Democrats’ big-ticket spending goals. But Democrats said they nonetheless intend to take action on the measures before lawmakers split town this week for their August recess.
“I assume it's something they think they'll benefit from talking about over the break,” said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. “They still won't get a different result.”
Party leaders have said passing voting legislation is a top priority that would serve as a powerful counterbalance to a wave of new restrictive voting laws approved in Republican-controlled states following the 2020 election.
But the effort stalled out in the Senate months ago.
Liberal activists have advocated for the elimination of the filibuster, though a handful of moderate Democrats, including Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, have rejected such an approach, denying Democrats the votes needed to make the change.
That's where the series of votes on election legislation comes in.
“These are important points to build a case that Republicans are going to filibuster everything and are bad-faith actors on this topic,” said Adam Bozzi, a longtime Senate aide who is now helping lead a $30 million campaign to build support for the bill.
The planned votes also would come as President Joe Biden has faced increasing pressure from the party's base to get more involved in the fight over voting legislation.
Many activists say Biden has only paid lip service to the issue, instead prioritizing a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, which the Senate approved Tuesday.
With that done, they hope he will be more engaged.
“The White House must now prioritize voting rights legislation with the same level of urgency and commitment as the bipartisan infrastructure bill," NAACP President Derrick Johnson said Tuesday. “Time is running out."
Though once an area where there could be bipartisan compromise, election laws have become an increasingly partisan flashpoint after former President Donald Trump falsely blamed voting fraud for his 2020 election loss. Republican and Democratic election officials across the country certified the outcome and Trump's own attorney general said he saw no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
But it's also proven difficult for Senate Democrats to unify their own caucus around the issue. Manchin initially balked at voting for the bill, though he agreed to do so after Senate leaders pledged to work with him to narrow the measure's focus.
After weeks of work, they neared completion of a bill. But that's not what they plan to vote on Wednesday.
Instead, they are expected to take a piecemeal approach. First, Democrats will likely call for a vote on the For the People Act, which they expect Republicans to reject.
Then they are expected to take up popular provisions from the overarching bill, which would limit partisan gerrymandering and force so-called dark money groups to disclose their donors, which will be broken off into two separate bills that Republicans are also expected to block.
“It’s publicly proving that the Republicans are going to obstruct everything,” said Fred Wertheimer, the founder of the nonprofit group Democracy 21, who helped write the initial bill. “It sets the stage for when they come back (from recess) and figure out how to move forward."
Meanwhile, time is of the essence if Democrats want to get the measure signed into law before 2022 midterm elections.
“There is a tight deadline for getting all this done,” said Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.
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One inch long and green. What?
Yup, if there’s any question about what lake flies to use, a friend of mine always says “Try something one inch long and green.”
I like simple flies for a variety of reasons, but even that recommendation is a little too simple for me. It’s like saying – just fish with an Adams.
Here’s my go to fly if I don’t see any hatches popping – Denny’s Stillwater Nymph. The original pattern (above) calls for olive marabou tail and wing case. And I fish that. For some reason, I find the hot orange works better.
I must admit I like fishing rivers better than lakes. I grew up fishing rivers. When faced with fishing lakes, I didn’t know how to “read” the water. I’m still learning. But I’m getting better. And I catch my share of fish.
Years ago, my wife and I took a lake fly fishing class from Denny Rickards of Crystal Creek Anglers (Klamath Falls). I learned the importance of zones and how using the right fly line helps tremendously with keeping your fly in that zone. Denny has developed quite a few of his own patterns and I found them to be VERY effective. I ended up purchasing one of his books entitled Fly-Fishing Stillwaters for Trophy Trout as a class refresher and because of the fly pattern recipes. Besides his Stillwater Nymph, I like and fish Denny’s Callibaetis Nymph and his AP Emerger. It’s a GREAT book!
OK, this wasn’t supposed to turn into a sales pitch for Denny Rickards, but I think the flies I listed are VERY effective! They fit my theory of simple, but effective flies.
Back to the “one inch long and green”.
The statement tells me damsel fly nymphs, leeches, and dragon fly nymphs are important food sources for trout. That’s what I think a “one inch long and green” fly could imitate. And the fish always see these food sources.
In my experience, mayflies, damsel flies, leeches, and chironomids are the most important lake flies (not necessarily in that order). That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be ready for caddis and terrestrial imitations. I just think they aren’t what trout see the most.
I’ve talked about Callibaetis mayfly patterns and Damsel flies in recent blog posts. Be sure to check out those posts if you haven’t already. The other major flies to learn and fish are midges or chironomids. I can’t do justice to them in this post, so you’ll have to wait. In the meantime, here are a couple of pictures of Zebra Midge flies in black and olive for those new to the sport:
And bugger patterns are important to use when no hatches are obvious. Sometimes you have to go deep in the zone. Here are a few examples:
And besides the buggers in the fly box, there are a few dragon fly nymphs as well.
I hope this gives you an idea of the variety of lake flies to use. Ask around and find out what other fishermen are using. Most of them will help you out.
What are your favorite lake patterns?
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A doctor has warned against drinking coffee first thing in an attempt to try and wake yourself up.
Yep, while millions of us like to kick-start our morning with a nice, hot cup of coffee, it could actually be counterproductive if your aim is to feel more energised throughout the day.
Dr Karan Raj, who regularly shares health tips on his popular @dr.karanr TikTok account, appeared on BBC's
Morning Live where he urged people to ditch the caffeine as their morning beverage and instead save it for later in the day.
Speaking to host Gethin Jones, Dr Karan said: "Don't drink coffee first thing in the morning to wake you up."
He then went on to explain the science behind it, adding: "Your body naturally wakes you up with cortisol, you get a cortisol spike in the morning.
"So save your coffee until slightly later mid-morning when your cortisol dips and your energy dips - you'll get a caffeine boost then."
Dr Karan has previously shared a TikTok video in which he shared the above advice alongside two other common early morning habits that might be negatively impacting your energy levels.
In the clip, he said: "Three mistakes you make every morning.
"You press the snooze button. This convinces your body that you are entering another sleep cycle, causing you to release hormones that induce more sleep.
"Then when you do get out of bed, your body is full of sleep chemicals that keeps you tired for another four hours."
He then went on to mention another habit I reckon a lot of us are guilty of - whipping out your phone as soon as you're awake.
"Checking your phone as soon as you wake up," he said.
"When you wake up in the morning, your brain gradually increases your alertness - going from delta to theta to alpha brain wave.
"Looking at your phone skips the theta and alpha brain wave, putting you on edge."
The advice prompted a bit of debate in the comments, with some keen to try and make their morning easier and others firmly in the snoozing/phone checking/coffee drinking camp.
One person said: "But but but Doc... those extra five snoozes are the best part of the morning."
Another joked: "People are not safe around me until I've had my morning coffee."
While a third person said: "Cheers, Doc. Amazing info as always."
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Visiting EU nationals who experience discrimination or racism are encouraged to use our survey to report these incidents.
The Ombud will use the findings from the survey in our work against negative attitudes and actions towards the group.
The survey is anonymous, and will be open until March 2022. It is available in Norwegian, English and Romanian. On the Romanian page, you will also find the survey in Romany.
Click here for the survey. Select language in the upper right corner.
The Ombud will not contact you after you have answered the survey. If you need guidance in a case concerning discrimination and/or harassment, please contact the guidance service.
Research on travelling Roma in Norway is limited. Yet, it reveals that the group is subjected to negative treatment, and perceptions regarding travelling Roma are low.
The Norwegian Human Rights Institution and the Norwegian Church City Mission coordinate a network where the Ombud has become aware of stories from travelling Roma concerning harassment, discrimination and violence.
Our survey will give the group the opportunity to report on what they experience and give us a starting point for further work.
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The Evolving Risk of Reputation The insurance industry has struggled for more than a decade to translate the value of clients’ reputations into meaningful products that result in broad uptake.
Now, intangible assets, especially assets such as brand and reputation, are rising in value. With the reach and ability of social media to quickly spread any type of reputation-damaging news, it is clear the risk to this asset is changing.
Combined with an increased regulatory focus on organizations’ corporate citizenship via ESG (environmental, social and governance) practices, these movements are pushing more client conversations regarding reputation risk management as more companies are forced to look at and, increasingly, report on their activities in these areas.
One valuation service claims intangible assets account for more than 87% of all company value.
Respondents in a 2019 global risk management survey ranked damage to reputation and brand as their second greatest risk.
Reputational risk often refers to a company’s response to a potentially damaging event, not merely the event itself.
Related Content: Insurers Edge Into ESG
While reputation risk is broader than ESG mandates, reputation risk insurance can become an important part of an organization’s enterprise risk-management strategy, a key part of the “G” in ESG.
“These policies get to the governance ‘G’ of superior ESG performance that attracts investors,” says Nir Kossovsky, CEO of reputation risk insurer Steel City Re. “The insurance itself is not the solution; it is the capstone to an integrated solution that authenticates attuned management and dutiful governance. It’s like a warranty stating, ‘Our risk-management program is good enough that someone is willing to insure it, and here’s the policy and the money behind it stating that what we have done is real.’”
Reputation risk policies have changed in the past decade, experts note. But have they come far enough to gain traction among companies that are reconsidering their intangible assets and what might be at risk?
The Rise of Reputation Value and Risk
While it has long been the case that a company’s good name is one of its greatest assets, the migration to digital has made that even more true as brick-and-mortar assets are replaced by software, methods and goodwill. According to intangible-asset valuation service EverEdge, intangible assets, which it defines as ranging from data to brands to information, patents, and industrial know-how, today account for more than 87% of all company value. A 2020 KPMG report found the importance of intangible assets has grown from around 17% of S&P asset value in 1975 to more than 80% today, with reputation and brand identified as one of the most important. A 2019 global risk management survey by Aon found damage to reputation and brand was ranked by respondents as the second greatest risk, after the leading risk of economic slowdown.
“Reputations are like a bank account: you create a store of value in it, and you keep managing it and growing it over time,” says Hampton Bridwell, chief executive of Tenet Partners, a leading brand management company that has worked on the brands of The Hartford, Transamerica and Travelers. “And you then enjoy a strong reputation, if you will, on a balance sheet level. Then, inevitably, something does happen. If you’ve done a good job of building and managing your reputation, you will have something to lean on in a crisis. That often can make the difference of a company being able to survive a crisis or not.”
Kossovsky says one of the most challenging conceptual leaps that those seeking to understand reputational risk must comprehend is that organizational adversity and setbacks do not necessarily lead to reputational damage. Rather, reputational risk often refers to the response—the degree to which organizations have engineered and communicated solutions that limit damages and foster resilience. Thus, even a potentially devastating ESG-related development might
not result in reputation damage—and related stock price, sales and revenue damage—if stakeholders are convinced that an organization is generally managing risk well and will ultimately prevail over current adversity.
The calculus is how far both real and perceived behavior falls short of key stakeholder and general public expectations and how broadly, how deeply, and over what duration such perceived shortcomings reverberate with these groups and harm the organization’s reputation and financial status.
Crisis Communications
Organizations severely affected by reputation-damaging events are daily news fodder. In some cases, damage to a firm’s reputation can prove fatal.
But even more can be learned from organizations that have, to the contrary, successfully managed reputation risk. Many point to effective crisis communications as a key component of a reputational risk-management program.
In fact, Kossovsky says, sometimes organizations with good reputational resilience and communications can actually benefit from seemingly harmful adversity. In June, Fastly, a cloud-computing provider, suffered a content delivery network outage that led its system to crash for nearly an hour, Kossovsky notes. Yet the company’s market capitalization jumped 9% over the next 30 days after it communicated effectively regarding engineering and resiliency steps the company had taken to rapidly restore service, Kossovsky says.
“Many market pundits said that the event was terrible and predicted that their stock price would be punished,” he says. “Yet instead it went up because the market was impressed and positively surprised by their fast reaction. That, too, was a demonstration of real risk management, not marketing. They actually ended up benefiting from this event because, before the event, they could have said for months on end, ‘We have a fabulous risk-management system,’ and nobody would have believed them. It took this event to prove it.”
Crisis communications riders are often included in general liability and cyber-security policies, says Thomas Laughran, senior vice president and partner at global PR consultancy FleishmanHillard. Laughran says it’s important those riders aren’t cut by clients looking for cost savings.
“If you’re looking just to reduce costs on your premiums by cutting riders, it’s an easy thing to delete, but when you need it, it’s a really valuable thing to have,” Laughran says.
Laughran also notes the importance of ensuring the groundwork for activating the plan is laid ahead of time, as timing is critical during a reputational risk challenge.
“It’s important that everybody’s on the same page and that whoever the crisis communications firm is, is lined up ahead of time and is already preapproved by the carrier,” Laughran says. “Then, when the organization pulls the fire alarm, they’re not wasting precious time looking for and vetting a firm that can help them. It is set up in advance, and everybody’s ready to go, allowing everyone to concentrate on the problem and figure out the best response strategy.”
George Beattie, head of incubation underwriting at Beazley, which unveiled its enhanced reputational risk product in February, concurs. “It’s not necessarily what you say to the public when a crisis occurs, it’s what you shouldn’t say that’s most important,” Beattie says. “An executive might have felt they said the right thing by going out and backing up their team or their brand, but their statement can end up resonating badly with the media and actually propagating the crisis. That’s why taking professional advice and having that crisis communications support in place can be an essential component of reputation management.”
New Phase of Reputational Risk Insurance
Reputational risk products usually supplement other lines of insurance, including D&O, E&O, employee practices liability and cyber security, particularly since a breach is seen as a failure of the company to protect its asset value and customers.
But as ESG pressures increasingly force clients off the fence and into ESG-forward positions, insurers and brokerages are moving beyond optimizing existing policy forms to indirectly address reputational risks toward embracing coverage that addresses reputational risk as a discrete peril.
Earlier this year, Willis Towers Watson, for example, paired with Liberty Mutual subsidiary Liberty Specialty Markets to launch a major initiative for reputational risk products. So did London-based specialty insurer Beazley.
Through June, there had been a great deal of interest in such products, says David Bennett, Willis Towers Watson’s director of global markets P&C hub.
Bennett says the current reputational risk insurance marketing effort is likely the largest marketing campaign the company has ever undertaken. “We’ve got something like 5,000 leads globally, of which, to date, 500 are now being qualified,” Bennett says. “And in the March through June period, we have engaged in something like 250 meetings both internally and externally, with client account teams and clients. We have about three clients that are looking to bind in the next couple of months. Our first client is in the leisure hospitality sector.” The firm has sold one reputation-risk policy thus far.
More intense marketing is also attempting to break through to broader client acceptance, says Beazley’s Beattie, noting that intangible exposures have grown so large that a product that may have been deemed superfluous in the past is now worthy of consideration. “This is a really complex topic, and most companies don’t understand the nature of their exposure to intangible risk, because it has really changed in the last 10 years or so,” Beattie says. “The environment for offering this product is similar in a way to the early days of the cyber market. There were early-stage issues with cyber around comprehension and traction. The market really kicked up into another gear when the increasing number of incidents put the risk at the forefront of people’s minds. It remains to be seen whether that will happen with reputational risk products, but we’ve discussed this proposition with dozens of companies, approaching 100 distinct conversations, and I think we are at the stage where people are really interested to understand the product and whether the product can do things beyond what it has done in the past.”
These products differ from those of an earlier generation, Beattie says, “because they are standardized to some degree rather than written on a bespoke basis from the ground up. That standardization, and better underwriting and measurements of reputational risk damage, allow for a less costly version of the product than previous versions,” Bennett says. “I think as little as 10 years ago, when people tried to put something out in the market to cover this off, they were looking at 10% of the rate online, so if you had $10 million of capacity, that would cost you $1 million in premium. We are multiples lower than that now.” Beattie says such policies can cost as little as 1% of the rate online.
What makes a less expensive solution feasible is better tracking of the reputational impacts of adverse events than in the past and the discernment of certain patterns. Both the Beazley and WTW solutions feature Polecat analytics that monitor internet conversations about brand and reputation. Polecat can provide near real-time intelligence on reputational events and can distinguish between the social media reputational attack on the average citizen and one on a superstar with a massive following, as well as between the impact of impressions from
The New York Times versus the smaller impacts created through impressions from a local newspaper.
WTW’s product covers nine named perils from which clients can choose those most relevant to their sector.
The nine enumerated perils comprise sale of harmful products, disease outbreak, bodily injury, animal abuse, employee abuse, customer abuse, active assailant, disgrace of a celebrity endorser, and abduction. The product is designed to provide an infusion of financial support at the nadir of events when time, manpower and money may be in short supply.
“There is a dual trigger,” Bennett says. “So the event happens, and then you have a significant adverse publicity event, which might be a tweet or an article in the press. At this point, the policy covers crisis communications and advertising and promotional costs even without a demonstration of revenue or profit damage. Policyholders would receive up to 10% of the capacity, $5 million of a $50 million capacity maximum, with limits that vary by client size and sector. So you could, if you took all that capacity, have up to $5 million worth of crisis communications.”
Both WTW and Beazley’s solutions involve a payout for demonstrated impact upon revenues. This is based on agreed-upon metrics and allows for ready payment, rather than after-the-fact adjusting, which Bennett and Beattie say would likely result in payments far too late to benefit clients in their hours of need.
Beazley’s Beattie says that, under its product, his company works with the client to establish a baseline anticipated profit margin and an agreed-upon amount by which revenue has to fall for a particular period of time for this component of the policy to be triggered, typically a 10% decline over three-month period. When the policy is triggered, the anticipated profit margin is applied to the difference between actual and estimated revenues to determine lost profit compensated, less certain retentions, under the policy, Beattie says. This approach permits paying insureds business interruption benefits every three months during the dating period, rather than, under a more traditional indemnity policy, appointing the adjuster and then taking as much as 18 months to two years after the fact to determine actual losses incurred and provide payments.
“We used about 10 years of S&P data looking at revenue shocks, for any reason, and looking at companies that hadn’t been affected by revenue shocks,” Beattie says. “We found that the formula that we’ve kind of created is accurate within a percent or two of actual performance. This methodology, which looks back to the corresponding period in the previous year, applies a growth rate to that period in order to calculate the estimated period for the indemnity period. And it is really very accurate.” The total limit for a single employer under the Beazley policy is $25 million.
Beazley’s product takes 15 risks to any company and determines their applicability to a given company operating in a given subsector in a given industry, Beattie says. “For example, we will infer from the research that we’ve done that sexual molestation abuse is a bigger issue for the hotel industry than it is for the restaurant industry, although they both operate in the hospitality sector. When you start to delineate between these perils on that basis, you can segment the opportunity, you can start the price consistently, which is critical.”
Steel City Re’s insurance solutions for boards of directors and enterprises rely upon a synthetic index of reputational value called the RVM Index. Using a seven-million-event experience base, Steel City Re calculates the value(s) of one or more parametric trigger(s) best matching the clients’ choices for risk retention and cost. Its parametric policies pay when the insured’s RVM Index value dips below a trigger value for 20 weeks following a publicly recognized adverse ESG event or, more broadly, after an event in the areas of ethics, innovation, safety, security, sustainability or quality.
Insurance as a Piece of Enterprise Risk Management
Kossovsky emphasizes that, to be effective, reputation-risk insurance must sit on top of an effective enterprise risk-management program. “The most valuable thing clients have from us,” he says, “are the metrics that allow them to reasonably model their potential losses and therefore execute prudent business judgment—not only in designing the insurance coverage but, more importantly, in the managerial and governance processes that are implied by their also having a reinsured captive covering that loss.”
Steel City Re also works with clients to improve their reputational risk controls. “It’s a process of putting the company in a state of reputation resilience, which, after an assessment, begins with augmenting their enterprise risk-management apparatus strategically,” Kossovsky says.
Such policies generally can be a strong tool in negotiations with lenders and institutional investors to demonstrate that governance and other ESG risks are under control, which can be a strong selling point for these policies with clients’ senior organization financial executives, Kossovsky says. It is important for brokers and agents to tell their client-side contacts that reputation risk insurance does not seek to replace their enterprise risk management but, rather, augment its capabilities with hard numbers and data, Kossovsky says.
Europe is generally ahead of the United States in facing pressure to address ESG issues that roughly align with reputational risks. But even in Europe, insuring for reputational risk remains on the cutting edge, brokers say, with most risk-management efforts internalized within clients’ organizations.
“The whole ESG wave is rather new for most of the actors on the risk management/broking scene in Europe,” says Wim Lanclus, director of risk services at Antwerp-based Vanbreda Risk and Benefits. “It’s only a year ago that the first webinars and publications became more common and widespread here on the Continent, driven by upcoming EU legislation.
“Besides some official reactions and statements from some major insurers regarding their underwriting restrictions for some industries, we’ve seen some reactions earlier this year from Ferma [European Risk Managers Federation], outlining their understandings and views on ESG risks.
“Reputational risk is important for corporates and insurers in Europe, but we’re still in the early stages here when it comes to insurance solutions for the related ESG exposures. Some major carriers came up recently with some solutions, but none of these are widespread.”
But that could change, Lanclus adds. “Emerging risks, such as the climate or cyber crime, mean that certain types of coverage from the past are no longer sustainable. Think of a traditional fire or liability policy that used to include a limited cyber coverage almost for free, as an extra. The growing number of cyber risks and incidents has led to the development of separate products.”
That is true for the insurance industry itself. In a recent A.M. Best survey of 97 European and Asia-Pacific reinsurers on ESG factors, corporate governance and product liability, including cyber security, were cited as the most relevant ESG issues for the insurance industry, alongside climate risk.
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Air temperature and humidity affect the sterilization effect of ozone generator
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Update time : 2021-08-03 23:56:02
In general, the ozone disinfection process of the ozone generator in daily use should be isolated from personnel. The ozone disinfection cabinet and disinfection equipment produced by Legia smart disinfect machine and cabient have automatic control function. As long as the customer sets relevant parameters, no one can be on duty, which can ensure the health of personnel.
Ozone disinfection is a disinfection method. The ozone generator is used to extract oxygen from the air, synthesize ozone and mix it into the water, kill all bacteria and viruses in a very short time, and then restore it to oxygen without secondary pollution and residue. It is much better than the traditional chlorine containing disinfectant in sterilization effect, application scope and avoiding secondary pollution. In gas phase conditions, the effect of ozone on killing microorganisms depends on the ozone threshold concentration, that is, when the ozone air concentration meets the concentration requirements, it can have the ability to kill microorganisms. The killing effect of ozone on microorganisms is different. Experiments have proved that ozone has a strong bacteriolytic killing effect on human and animal pathogenic bacteria and viruses.
The environmental factors affecting the germicidal efficacy of air disinfection ozone generator are mainly reflected in air temperature and humidity.
It is understood that generally, the killing effect is good when the temperature is low and the humidity is high. The killing effect can be well reflected when the relative humidity is > 70%. This is due to the increase of relative humidity, which can expand the cell and thin the cell wall, making it more vulnerable to the penetration and dissolution of ozone. When the ozone concentration is 0.02ppm, people with sensitive sense of smell can detect it, which is called the sensory critical value. When the ozone concentration is 0.15ppm, it is the olfactory critical value, which can also be smelled by ordinary people. It is also a health standard. When the concentration reaches 1-10 ppm, it is called the stimulation range. In fact, the safe use of ozone can completely ensure that human health is not endangered.
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The founder of SECORE, an international coral reef conservation non-profit organisation, Dirk Petersen said in 2016 30 percent of coral in the Great Barrier Reef, off north-eastern Australia, died from coral bleaching.
Dr Petersen said with the rapid decline, existing technology for restoring coral was slow and labour intensive.
However, he said the new method could pave the way for large-scale coral reef restoration.
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Depressed commodity prices, oversupply issues in the platinum sector, gold price gains offset by currency fluctuations, and simultaneous increases in costs, have led to leaner operations at many southern African mines.
While this is an understandable reaction to the economic context, the financial benefits of developing smarter mining operations should not be overlooked in the drive to cut costs.
Mining operations are complex and there is often no automated flow of information to a single repository.
This results in a lack of “overall” clarity as to what is happening on the ground across the mining enterprise.
And insightful decision-making cannot take place in an environment where all the facts are not at hand.
Many tasks on mines are spatial in nature (e.g. locating and quantifying resource, planning drill and blast, movement of ore, managing environmental impact, etc.) and a wealth of geo-spatial information is collected in the process of addressing these tasks.
This treasure trove of captured data is usually not mined for additional seams of valuable information.
In addition, the lack of a centralised information portal often leads to data sitting in disjointed data silos in professional fiefdoms where it cannot be accessed for further departmental and enterprise-wide benefit.
Smart organisations are
data driven.
They enable strategic decisions affecting the bottom line to be made based on credible information.
For this to take place in the mining environment there needs to be a seamless flow of data from various sources that can be easily accessed via a single portal.
The solution is a map-driven platform which allows data to be easily visualised, understood and analysed by users.
The data accessed via the platform enables users to make informed decisions regarding tactical day-to-day decisions and overall organisational policy, depending on their level of responsibility, by showing a holistic view of all relevant data related to the operation in a single dashboard.
This real-world “digital twin” enables users to identify unanticipated opportunities to enhance operational functionality.
Interestingly, it is not always the complex data sets which provide the most value to mining enterprises.
Often simply making key data sets readily accessible to users across the organisation reaps the most benefit.
The key to deriving maximum benefit from a central data portal is organisational buy-in.
The benefits of sharing data in this way needs to be communicated with a clear understanding of the value it can provide to mining professionals, departments and the enterprise as a whole.
Users also need to be rewarded for populating the portal with data and for using the data.
Location data is a valuable commodity on mines, and mining organisations should not overlook the role it can play in enhancing safety, productivity, profitability and efficiency within lean environments through its conversion into actionable intelligence.
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The 20 most popular things people are buying right now
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It’s been an unusual time for shopping lately– largely due to the coronavirus pandemic. As people have actually been investing more time in the house and settling into a “new typical,” they’ve been purchasing products that not only help them stay safe during this time, but also products that help them feel more comfortable and keep busy.
Oour objective is to assist individuals buy the very best things, and now, more than ever, we are working hard to assist customers discover the items they require. Since the pandemic started, we’ve continued to see moving habits from our own information of what you– our readers– are purchasing. Based upon what we’ve seen, here are the 20 most popular items that our readers have been purchasing non-stop over the past couple of weeks.
Our brand-new 2021 forecasts are embedded within Mintel’s 7 Pattern Drivers: Wellness, Rights, Worth, Identity, Experiences, Environments, and Technology. They also take into consideration the changes that have been sped up by the COVID-19 pandemic– the subtle yet extensive shifts in consumer thinking and actions from brand names– and attempt to encapsulate the better future that customers, globally, desire, and towards which brand names can build their own strategic visions.
This years’ customer pattern analysis, insights, and suggestions are centered around the ‘now’ (the next 12 months), the ‘next’ (18 months+), and the ‘future’ (five+ years) of customer behaviour:
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Physical separation due to the pandemic, increased requirement for escapism, and improved innovation are driving consumers towards digital experiences.
Sustainable Spaces
COVID-19 has subtly however considerably moved consumer awareness of our relationship with the areas in which we live, speeding up demand for sustainability.
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To succeed in ecommerce, you require 3 things: sought-after products to sell, the abilities to market them, and the drive to be successful. These trending items so far towards completion of 2020 are also seemed to be trending items in 2021.
The trending items can be used to construct brand-new online businesses or, great products to add to an already running organization. Considering that each trending product is indicated for an unique audience, we’re also sharing niche-specific suggestions for reaching brand-new customers.
The products on this list are the leading trending product & categories within the past 12 months on Shopify, Amazon & eBay platforms:
Trending items to sell in 2021.
Search the list of trending products in 2020 and 2021 you can use to begin your online organization:.
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You could be forgiven for believing that the spring/summer 2021 collections– and the subsequent raft of spring/summer 2021 trends– were something of a moist squib. Definitely, thanks to the ongoing pandemic, it was a season like no other..
Of the four style capitals, New York and London went with predominantly digital displays, with the odd designer hosting Covid-secure discussions for small numbers of press and purchasers; while Milan and Paris held scaled-back showings with strict social distancing measures in place from a few of its greatest brands. Others still decided to attempt something different. “Different” manifested otherwise as: showing off-schedule, showing by means of movie and in virtual reality, or sending out a replacement for a catwalk experience out to press and buyers in a box. All enjoyed varying degrees of success..
A year that produced no end of surprises, it might appear like recklessness to anticipate what will happen in 2021. We chose to do it anyway.
Our press reporters checked in with their sources to make more than 40 forecasts on the most essential business and issues they cover. We forecast which hot financial technology and open-source start-ups will go public, AT&T’s plans for CNN, Alibaba’s future takeover target and the next “other bet” for Google.
2019 was a record year for ecommerce. More than ever previously, customers were going shopping online and will continue to do so in 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic triggering individuals to stay at home, depending upon the vertical, many ecommerce businesses have actually seen their sales grow to record levels, while other brand names are launching brand-new products to assist support those in need while keeping their service strong..
In 2019, there were a few standout product types that took the marketplace by storm and were high sellers. These include CBD oils, probiotics, environmentally friendly items, and more– much of them within the health, charm, and wellness market. In this post, we’ll look at the eight highest-selling item types of 2019 and take a closer take a look at how they’ll perform in 2020 likewise give ecommerce online shopkeeper product ideas of the latest trending items..
7 high-demand trending products and specific niches of 2021.
Unless you’re running a market, your ecommerce service will likely focus on a single niche products. Whether it’s supplements, apparel, food, or other best selling items or something else, people who visit your ecommerce shop want to know what kinds of products you sell as soon as they arrive at your website.
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1. CBD oils and items (Successful items).
Because the Farm Bill in 2018, CBD items have been flying off the shelves throughout most of the United States with many states now enabling the legal sale of CBD. With the COVID-19 pandemic, CBD services have reported record sales due to consumers focusing more on psychological health, particularly those that offer CBD oil online..
The CBD industry isn’t the easiest organization to start online due to high competitors and policies for delivering CDB oil, but it’s a lucrative company if you can get ahead with this unique product. When researching opportunity, consider your state’s laws and guidelines for CBD items and if you have the ability to reach prospective consumers. Depending on where you are, you might only have the ability to take and satisfy orders for CBD products in your own state. Children Learning Reading Google Images
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ST. LOUIS, December 8, 2020 (Newswire.com) - IN10T ("intent") Inc. announced publicly its development of the IN10T INvision Platform, a customizable, comprehensive agriculture technology solution that delivers well-timed, quality data insights across all aspects of product performance. The announcement comes after IN10T has successfully ingested and processed vast amounts of agronomic and yield data through the INvision Platform for the 2020 season.
INvision is designed to ingest data from nearly all existing monitors, sensors and farm management information systems. The interface provides companies and farmers visibility of demo and trial program information, including map-based field selection, agronomic practices, demographic and environmental data, analytical insights reports and more. Users also have access to a connected mobile application that allows them to track geo-tagged field visits and take photos, all of which is viewable in INvision.
The platform gives a birds-eye view of the entire trial program or demo experience, from farmer enrollment through post-harvest analytics, allowing company clients to drive critical stakeholder behaviors and ensure complete data sets at the end of the season.
"INvision offers the visibility of consistent, high-quality data in a single web-based interface and mobile app. Our unique approach brings together all aspects of a farmer's production process into a scalable system that allows us to process data and deliver useful insights with even more speed and agility, which is crucial in the ever-changing ag environment," said Mike Hartquist, VP of Technology at IN10T.
Several IN10T clients are already leveraging the capabilities of INvision, and the team is advancing and improving the platform's functionality for 2021. The interface is fully configurable based on the clients' needs and preferences, allowing a unique branded experience that aligns with their business and customer objectives.
INvision was built to deliver data insights to clients that enable them to assess product performance and customer experience to drive business decisions for subsequent growing seasons. "Our platform delivers critical information and insights at the right time so businesses can develop the most successful path towards sustainable commercial success for their product," said Kevin Heikes, IN10T co-founder and COO. "INvision offers more than just yield results - it delivers a fully integrated digital experience."
Those interested in learning more can request a demo of the INvision Platform at
https://in10t.ag/invision or contact Thea McLain at thea.mclain@in10t.ag or 888-848-6372. About IN10T:
IN10T is a digital agriculture company founded in 2016 that creates end-to-end, custom digital and data science solutions for customers in agriculture and those investing in agriculture. IN10T helps clients unlock growth by focusing on product performance, farmer experience, go-to-market strategy, and digital innovation. For more information, visit
https://in10t.ag. IN10T and FarmerTrials Network are either registered trademarks or trademarks of IN10T in the United States and/or other countries.
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Sure, as a CIO or IT manager, you know what IT risk management is. It’s all about applying risk management principles to IT, including the adoption, ownership, operation and influence of IT within the larger context of the enterprise but in terms of risk management language, are these principles communicated properly across the organisation?Details
“Here, take my old PC. I’m getting a new one to help meet my advanced needs, but this one will surely do the job for you.” This, in a nutshell, is cascading in IT asset management.Details
On the face of it, it sounds simple. IT strategy should be driven by business requirements.Details
If you’ve archived backups of data for contractual or regulatory reasons, do you also need to back that data up?Details
There is some deeper relationship between IT security and the sea that has yet to be fathomed.Details
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“Our house is still on fire. Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.” – Greta Thunberg Our house is on fire, so how do we build in the face of disaster? Climate change is both an immediate and impending crisis: Under current conditions, we’re bound for 1000-year … [Read more...] about OPTIMIST VIEW: Sustainable Building in a Changing Climate
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Growing up in the rural Sarawakian town of Marudi along the winding Baram River, Sibu-born Anthony Sebastian should have been worlds removed from the fast-changing transformation that was post-independence Malaysia. And in many ways, it was a charmed upbringing, from spending all his time bird-watching to playing in the forest areas with Orang Ulu children from tribes like the Kayan, Kenyah and Kelabit.
But what should have been an idyllic childhood was also marked by a backdrop of escalating logging and deforestation. It would not be far from the truth to say that growing up in logging heartland had a profound impact on Anthony and his career as an ecologist.
“In many ways, I am a product of this whole thing. I lived through it all. I saw it all first-hand, I had trees fall on my house,” he says, “and now I have so many classmates who are heads of some of those companies.”
As a member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International Board of Directors, he now enjoys any opportunity for a get-together to talk, be it with friends or representatives of either side of the controversial industry.
Professionally, Anthony — who is a former president of the Malaysian Nature Society — has worked in most countries in Asia and beyond. His consultancy work in forest management has paired him with local governments, development agencies and, occasionally, large corporations to help them generate sustainability and environmental benefits.
It is no exaggeration to say that Anthony’s heart lies with the Malaysian forest, although he remarks that he does not have the ardour of a tree hugger. As we sit in the PJ Hilton boardroom recently, his stories and insights into our local environmental situation — some of which shall, sadly, remain off the record — and his tireless answers to “why FSC?” over the last decade speak volumes about his passion for the cause.
“It all began in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the problem of mass deforestation was discussed … In fact, Malaysia was one of the countries highlighted as having one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. From there, several global NGOs came together to address the issue,” Anthony says, explaining how FSC came about.
Today, FSC certification has become a “gold standard” for governing anything that comes out of the forest, thanks to its tripartite vision of governance. Its guidelines, crafted by representatives of economic, environmental and social groups with equal voting, have been emulated and borrowed by many other environmental bodies since its unveiling in 1994.
“We’re surrounded by forest products,” Anthony says, commenting on the huge growth in FSC certification in the last 20 years. Unexpected items include clothing material, wild meat and perfumes. “In Europe, up to 70% of products in households can be FSC-certified. Asia is growing with Hong Kong surveyed to have around 28% of products … The 2016 Olympics in Rio reached 100% in FSC status, and now Japan is trying to get its certification for Tokyo 2020. And we’re going to start certifying car tyres made of rubber.”
In 2013, Swedish furniture giant IKEA’s FSC certification was briefly suspended when several violations were discovered, including harvesting old-growth trees. What is interesting here is the level of transparency and accountability in the reports.
“If it was the certificate alone that people wanted, there’s no need for us. You can give yourself a certificate. FSC is really a verification. It is verifying to other people, through other people, that your product is sustainable. So the premise that I can stand up and say my product is sustainable doesn’t work — somebody else has to say it. And it has to be transparent,” Anthony stresses.
This resonates, especially when compared with Malaysia’s dire forest management record — we chalked up the highest rate of forest loss between 2000 and 2012. The estimated area is larger than the size of Denmark, with half of the land converted into oil palm plantations.
Along with several NGOs, Anthony was part of a pioneering group that worked closely with the Malaysian government, from as far back as 1999, to explore stronger guidelines for logging practices here. To their disappointment, the government opted to set up the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS, formerly MTCC), which has been strongly criticised over the years for its lack of adherence to, and loopholes in, its guidelines.
This was a personal blow that prompted Anthony to help set up Forest Stewardship Malaysia in 2007, which he chaired until FSC Malaysia was officially launched in 2014. He then moved to the international office, becoming the first Asian to serve as FSC International chairman in 2015.
“One of the biggest problems for the government is getting the indigenous people, especially in Sabah and Sarawak, to participate in MTCS. The struggle of landownership, claims of their land being forcibly taken, the raping of their women, burning of villages — 99% of which is true — are conflicts that remain until today. Legality is the No 1 and biggest problem for Malaysia,” says Anthony.
He sees the mass conversion to oil palm as a result of weak governance. “To stop rampant deforestation, we must have a thriving timber industry. When there isn’t one, and people don’t see the value in it, they change the land use. The only way to protect and ensure a forest remains one is to put a certification on it.”
With the EU accepting only FSC-certified timber and related products, Malaysian timber is locked out of an important market, which offers a 20% premium and wider reach compared with the countries we currently export to, namely China, Japan, Taiwan and India.
“That we have the best kinds of wood is a bitter pill to swallow for many. When Cengal — or the variety of beautifully veined tropical hardwoods that very few countries in the world have, unlike us — reaches a point where prices go through the roof, say, 100 years from now... we should be doing all we can to hold on to them until then, but we don’t think far ahead enough.”
Nevertheless, FSC Malaysia is determined to persevere. In Peninsular Malaysia, there are two FSC-certified forests, both in Terengganu. In Sabah, over 600,000ha of forestry are now certified by FSC. The organisation is also focused on building awareness among companies and retailers, along with their consumers.
People care more about sustainability today, Anthony insists, which is one of the biggest motivations for companies to get FSC certification. “People may be removed from nature but within the sphere of their control, they care. The question is no longer about whether or not you have a sustainability label but why you don’t have one. People care more about that now in a brand, the image that it is a good company, be it the company’s employees or its customers.”
Despite working tirelessly to build a more sustainable future for the world’s forests, Anthony asserts that he is a bystander when it comes to nature. “Maybe, there is a sense of detachment but it allows me to do my work properly.” When pressed, he says having been to the planet’s remotest places, it is a deeply personal experience to be quietly appreciated and not preached to in discourse.
“Around 2005, I spent 3½ years in [China’s northernmost province of] Heilongjiang, trying to revive one of the world’s biggest wetlands, the size of three countries. It is the home of the Manchurian red-crowned crane. I walked in the footsteps of one of the last Siberian tigers in China — I didn’t see it but it walked right through my area. I experienced temperatures of -48°C, I experienced the vastness of landscape I could not imagine, and a modification of an environment on a scale I equally could not comprehend. It was brutal, different but a beautifully life-changing experience for me. What I’ve learnt is to be humbled in the presence of nature, that it is a very powerful thing. It made me glad to do what I do … but I’m not going back there though,” he recounts, laughing at the memory.
This article first appeared on Apr 23, 2018 in The Edge Malaysia.
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Most popular narratives about climate change are negative, playing off people’s anxieties. In the movie
The Day After Tomorrow, a climate disaster precipitates the fall of civilization. Margaret Atwood's novel MaddAddam is set in a society shattered by an ecological catastrophe. In Aaron Sorkin's HBO TV series The Newsroom, an Environmental Protection Agency researcher proclaims, “a person has already been born who will die due to catastrophic failure of the planet.” The “cli-fi” genre is so popular that the Chicago Review of Books has an entire column (“Burning Worlds”) dedicated to it.
But a group of scholars is trying to resist such negative thinking, even while grappling with serious consequences for both humans and ecosystems. People from government, academia, and nonprofits are joining community representatives as part of the Urban Resilience to Extremes (UREx) Sustainability Research Network to rethink how society envisions and plans for climate’s effects in the decades to come (1). At a 2017 workshop, issues ranging from flooding to droughts to social justice were on the agenda.
“It’s difficult to know where you are going if you don't have a clear vision of what that [future] should look like, in particular, a positive vision that you could get excited about and motivated to really make a transformative change,” says Timon McPhearson, director of the Urban Systems Lab at The New School in New York City. McPhearson and his colleagues at UREx are helping city planners assemble positive, …
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Policy towards private enterprise and competition
2018-19: The government makes some efforts to promote private-sector participation through public-private partnerships. Policies promoting a more competitive business environment are implemented, albeit inconsistently.
2020-22: Liberalisation of markets continues, albeit at a slow pace. The private sector continues to be the dominant driver of economic activity and growth.
Policy towards foreign investment
2018-19: Foreign investment remains concentrated in the telecommunications, banking and textile industries. Investment in the power generation and transport sectors is dominated by Japan and Russia and increasingly by China and India.
2020-22: The authorities boost efforts to attract foreign investment into strategic sectors, including power generation and transport.
Foreign trade and exchange controls
2018-19: Tariffs remain high to protect local producers. Current-account deficits, inflationary pressures and a narrowing interest rate differential with the US will weigh on the taka, but this will not prompt a change in the exchange-rate regime.
2020-22: The government is likely to sign, or at least start pursuing, free-trade agreements with major trading partners as it seeks to increase the size of the external sector as a proportion of nominal GDP.
Taxes
2018-19: Tax revenue growth remains low owing to the postponement of a new, flat rate of value-added tax (VAT) until 2019. The tax system will remain complicated and inefficient by regional standards.
2020-22: Tax revenue as a proportion of nominal GDP picks up gradually as the tax net widens and the authorities decentralise tax collection beyond the two largest cities: the capital, Dhaka, and Chittagong.
Financing
2018-19: Foreign interest in Bangladesh's stockmarket increases in line with improved investor confidence and Chinese part-ownership of the main bourse.
2020-22: The government begins to issue sovereign debt bonds on foreign financial markets but, owing to persistent currency depreciation and a relatively low-interest-rate environment, foreign investor interest in these will be low.
The labour market
2018-19: Some progress is made to improve the protection of workers' rights and safety in the important garment sector. Minimum wages are increased and production costs go up in the industrial sector.
2020-22: Retaining skilled technical and professional personnel remains difficult, owing to ongoing outward migration. Bangladesh continues to send hundreds of thousands of workers to the Middle East to ease labour market pressures.
Infrastructure
2018-19: Despite government efforts to attract greater investment into the power sector, electricity shortages persist. At least one big coal power station becomes operational.
2020-22: The supply of electricity improves as more diverse power sources come on stream, but power shortages persist owing to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. Improvements in road and rail infrastructure benefit trade.
Technological readiness
2018-19: The quality of the e-commerce business environment remains poor. Low internet and mobile-phone penetration are an impediment to businesses.
2020-22: Expenditure on research and development as a proportion of GDP improves but will remain low by international standards.
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Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court for a final rule that limits what scientific research it can use to formulate regulations, claiming the agency lacked the authority to adopt the measure.
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Montana Environmental Information Center and Citizens for Clean Energy allege in a lawsuit filed in Great Falls, Montana federal court on Monday that the EPA unlawfully enacted a substantive rule under a “housekeeping” statute that is not designed to manage regulations of such significance.
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Tight restrictions on travel are needed to curb the spread of Covid-19. But the border controls and quarantine measures are having a severe impact on the economy and on people’s ability to live their lives to the full. The creation of a travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore and the relaxing of quarantine restrictions for local people returning from the mainland are, therefore, welcome measures. Trips to and from Singapore without the need to spend time in quarantine will begin on November 22. At first, the number of people permitted to travel in each direction will be limited to 200 a day, on designated flights. They must take up to three tests at different stages of the trip. The arrangement will be suspended if the average number of untraceable cases in either city rises above five a week. It makes sense to proceed carefully, given the potential for travellers to spread the virus and spark a new surge in cases. But this first step to making foreign travel easier will lift the mood in both cities and give the hard-hit tourism sector a much-needed boost. Hong Kong, Singapore travel bubble to launch on November 22 Hong Kong residents returning from the mainland will no longer need to quarantine. This will provide long-awaited relief for those living across the border. Quotas on the number allowed to travel each day will cause some inconvenience. But it is necessary to take the relaxation step by step to ensure Covid-19 is kept under control. The easing of the border controls is only possible because cases in Hong Kong, Singapore and the mainland have been reduced to sufficiently low levels. The number of new cases each day in Hong Kong has been significantly lowered since the third wave peaked in July. But the city has not yet won its battle with the virus, as this week’s rise in cases and worrying new clusters have shown. Guangdong authorities have not been persuaded it is safe to drop their quarantine requirements for cross-border travel with the city. Hong Kong still has much work to do if the border is to be reopened. The failure to eradicate local cases of unknown origin continues to be a concern and the threat of a wider community outbreak remains. Hong Kong residents returning from Macau, Guangdong will be able to skip quarantine Loopholes in the city’s measures are being closed, including tightening up procedures for certain categories of people exempt from quarantine. Any further loopholes need to be identified and removed before they lead to transmissions of the virus. Meanwhile, all arrivals from outside China, except those using the Singapore travel bubble, must quarantine in hotels rather than at home. The relaxation of border controls whether as part of travel bubbles or arrangements with the mainland is needed to help the economy and bring life back to something approaching normal. But the danger has not passed. A cautious approach must be adopted to the easing of restrictions to ensure the virus is kept at bay.
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Your President, Henn Warwick takes a deep dive into the origins of Black History Month and lets you know how you can celebrate with us at the Students' Union.
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Check out the Black History Month campaign page for everything we've got going on this month.
October marks Black History Month in the UK. The event was officially recognised by the US government in 1976, and first celebrated in the UK in 1987. But what is the significance of the month today?
To understand the importance of anything in life, it’s best to know the historical background of its origins so, how did Black History Month originate?
In 1926, Carter G Woodson sent out a press release to mark the first Black History Week in the US.
“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.”
Carter G. Woodson
Woodson, also known as the "Father of Black History", was born in Virginia in 1875 and was the son of former slaves. Growing up, he had limited access to a good education and job opportunities, but he ended up studying at one of the few high schools for black students after saving money from working as a coal miner.
Over the years, Woodson gained an impressive number of qualifications, including a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He worked tirelessly to promote Black history in schools, leaving a lasting legacy. The event was expanded in 1970, and since 1976 every US president has officially designated February as Black History Month in the US.
Undoubtedly, Black History Month in the UK was inspired by the US, however, Black history in Britain and in America have fundamental differences. The lived experiences of individuals differ greatly based on geographical location, for example, the unique experiences of Britain’s extensive African-Caribbean population.
Black History Month was first celebrated in October 1987, which was the 150th anniversary of Caribbean emancipation. The month was organised by Ghanaian analyst Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, who worked for Greater London Council as a coordinator of special projects and was intended to form part of the African Jubilee year. Clearly, the message caught on and Black History Month spread across the UK.
For far, far, FAR too long, Black history has been ignored and pushed to the back of the queue. This is notwithstanding the appropriation of culture and misrepresentation that has occurred, not only in the UK but across the world. This month-long celebration recognises the events, the activism and the achievements of Black people who have impacted, shaped and continue to shape our society.
Discovering and learning about the past enables us all to see that Black history is our history. Black history, in my view, shouldn’t be restricted to one month, it should be celebrated and recognised all year round. It should be given the representation it deserves and allowed to flow through our curriculum and daily life. The more we all learn about the history of mistreatment of the community, the better we can empathise with and understand each other. It's time to stand up - we cannot ignore the existence of racism.
This month enables everyone, regardless of race/ethnicity, to spotlight and celebrate Black achievements. It’s all too often that conversations involving race lead back to discrimination, harassment and racism. Whilst these topics are crucial and it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure we discuss and enact change, it’s also extremely valuable and relevant to go beyond such topics. Black history goes beyond slavery, it’s important that we, as a student community, gain a broader understanding and appreciate this so that we can be proud and spotlight Black excellence.
For us to understand where we are, we must understand and appreciate our past and how we got here, including the events and Black people who shaped the way the UK stands today.
Well, for all the details you can check out our events calendar. But just to give you a quick insight - myself and the President of African-Caribbean Society (ACS), Shaniya Odulawa have worked hard to bring you a month jam-packed full of events.
Black History Month at the Students' Union is in full swing! So far, we've had a chilled-out evening at The Packhorse, where ACS members sipped 'n' painted whilst catching up with friends and meeting new people. For World Mental Health Day, we put together a personal reflection exercise that allowed you to be more in touch with yourself and recognise how far you have come on your journey.
Coming up, we've got weekly movie nights and discussion events, which provide an opportunity for students to delve into some tricky and challenging topics followed by a light-hearted and fun discussion. Chine McDonald (Head of Community Fundraising & Public Engagement at Christian Aid) is holding a lecture focusing on the topic of her recent book, God is Not a White Man. This session will delve into the deep-rooted whitewashing of religion with a focus on these questions: ‘What does it mean when God is presented as male?’; ‘What does it mean when — from our internal assumptions to our shared cultural imaginings — God is presented as white?’. This lecture includes a Q&A session where you can get involved.
We are really looking forward to the ACS Student Mingle: Rep Your Flag event where we're inviting students to Tommy’s Lounge to get involved in some face painting or to wear a flag sticker to show off their nationality and meet others from around the world!
Towards the end of the month, your very own ACS President, Shaniya Odulawa will be leading a Makeup Masterclass exclusively for students with medium to dark skin tones. More information to come - it’s definitely not one to miss!
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Create, develop and scale location-centric information belongings and services in a single, safe atmosphere. Listed below are 6 steps that logistics corporations should observe to develop a sound advertising and marketing plan. For administration management functions, the standards are in comparison with precise prices, and variances are computed. Sensible Trade systems pre-process and evaluate data in order that designated personnel can have all the details they should make a qualified and quick resolution.
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Crystal healing is often thought of as a magical stone and a spiritual process to self-improvement, but it is more than that.
With the right approach and introducing routines of daily practices with these crystals, one can expect to see improvements in their life and make better connections and relationships with their loved ones or workplace.
Crystal healing can help you stay more relaxed, assist you in aiding your physical health and make you more focused and happy in your life. So let’s learn more about “Crystal healing” and the professionals who can guide you
A Brief Introduction About Crystal Healing:
Crystal healing is simply using crystals and
gemstones semi-precious, raw, and polished to heal one’s mind, body, and soul by either meditating with them or keeping them nearby and making a routine around them.
These beautiful crystals contain energies and power that can help you to:
Reduce stress, depression. Balance your blood flow. Improve your concentration, focus, and creative thinking. Get rid of emotional blockages that are holding you back. Balance your emotions. Increase clarity and give a path to achieve your goals. Deal with anxiety. Promote qualities like Positivity, empathy, self-awareness, etc.
The benefits and reasons to use crystal healing are endless and we will discuss more later in this post, but one of the major benefits it can provide to the wearer is to help
flush out any toxic thoughts, or negative thoughts that hold us back and make us doubt ourselves.
Crystal healing is also known as “Alternate medicine” as the new modern science and application still do not have every answer to human psychology and especially spirituality.
Spirituality is
not that dramatic as people make it to be, it is more about the soul that drives you towards your goals, helps you find your perfect pattern, and is responsible for judging your happiness.
Also, you may have seen these crystals on social media influencers as they use them to get rid of negative thoughts and ensure that they are no obstacle to their goals.
But every now and then we often need
guidance to introduce a new practice in our life, let that be learning to exercise or learning any new skills.
And we need a professional for it as even though we love learning recipes from the internet there is just too much information to apply on our own and in the right manner.
To do this there are people called “Crystal healers”.
These crystal healers are professionals who know a wide variety of crystals that can help you battle your challenges and achieve your goals and aspire to better living.
A crystal healer can help you understand and pick the right crystal for you based on the current problem you are facing.
For example, if you are unable to relax, then the crystal healers will help you pick the right crystals (in this case it could be “Fluorite”) and help you to induce that crystal in your routine.
Here I add my knowledge and experience of almost thirty years and experience, which you can see in the testimonials received by my clients in Crystal Healing, and first study the reason behind your problems.
Then I start with how your problems have been raised and what changes you require in your life, and which Crystal’s will support you in doing so.
We can also teach you how to meditate with these crystals to boost their effects and become more calm and collected.
By approaching the right crystal healer you can eliminate the hours of research and failure to reap the benefits these beautiful crystals can provide.
In fact, a common myth in crystal healing is that “You can pick any crystal and reap the benefits”, you will learn more about myths and misconceptions later in this post.
But for right now let’s learn the benefits and common uses of crystal healing.
Uses & Benefits Of Crystal Healing:
Before we proceed there is one thing you should know.
Each crystal has its own power and uses and sometimes while some of them can have the same effects there is no one crystal or gemstone that can help you get all of the benefits.
With that out of the way here are the uses of crystal healing:
Getting rid of blockage and self-doubt:
Oftentimes the biggest obstacle that is holding us back from living the life we dream is our “state of mind”.
These things can often stop us from accessing the creative sides of our minds and making it hard to deliver our best work.
Mental blockage can stop you from thinking clearly and create imaginary obstacles that can stop you from being productive or being happy.
Crystals like obsidian can help you get rid of this mental blockage and ensure a proper flow of positive thoughts and allow you to be more creative at your work and life.
Dealing with negative emotions:
We get around
six thousand thoughts per day according to one report and so many of them are negative and have doubts that can make you anxious in your personal space.
Therefore it is important to ensure that these thoughts do not get the best of us.
Positive thoughts are not delusional as some might say.
They don’t have to make you think “You can fly” but they can ensure that in your life you can deal better with situations that are either based on professional workspace or personal things like relationships etc.
As getting rid of negative emotions or negative thoughts are not enough you need to fill them up with positive ones.
On the other hand, some crystals like Clear Quartz help people absorb their negative thoughts and ensure a proper flow of positive vibes, and boosts confidence.
Wealth and Success:
Gemstones and crystals can be used to ensure one is set on the path to achieve success and generate wealth in their life.
One of the most common crystals for money is
Pyrite that can attract wealth to the wearer’s life by attracting opportunity and promoting important qualities like Self confidence and decision making.
Pyrite is also a gemstone for the exact purpose of good luck as it can bring good fortune to the wearer.
It is also known as “Fool’s gold” because it is one of the best crystals for money.
Other than that positive mindset also plays a big factor when finding the right opportunity and acting on it, and Pyrite helps promote that kind of mindset,
Along with keeping you mentally stable, encourage you to take risks, give you a better perspective on your situations.
And promoting work skills like Aiding concentration, keeping your memory sharp, providing some sense of intelligence, and enhancing your psychic development.
Attracting wealth is a common dream that can be assisted by crystal healing.
Improving relationships:
As human beings, we are meant to be social creatures and therefore we cannot stay alone and do everything by ourselves.
Therefore relationships are needed for us to ensure a life worth living and life lived with more joy.
But to do that we constantly need to make efforts in improving those relationships let that be office or home.
So crystals like Rose Quartz can assist you to improve your relationships and ensure they are well-nourished from time to time.
Now let’s discuss and learn more about crystals themselves and how you can pick the right one.
Like mentioned before each crystal has its own powers and unique uses.
From crystals to attract money to crystals for the exact purpose of increasing positivity there are lots of crystals as well as their benefits, so let’s look at some of them.
Keep in mind each crystal has
unique abilities and powers; they operate on vibrations so find the ones that you think suit your needs best. Jasper:
Most people look for crystal healing as a way to disconnect from the world and relax better, and Jasper does an excellent job in that.
It is also called “Supreme Nurturer” by professional healers like us, you can get a sense of calmness, and ease feelings in your mind, body, and soul.
You can use this at your workplace, home wherever you find it convenient, and wherever you feel the need for relaxing.
Another reason to keep this at your office is as Jasper helps you think more clearly and can promote qualities like compassion, contentment, completion, and of course nurturing.
All of which you can use to be nicer to your co-workers and lead them well if you are their leader.
Clear quartz:
If you have ever considered crystal healing chances are this is the first crystal you might have ever heard of.
Clear quartz is also known as a “master healer” the particular reason for this is because of its powers and unique abilities, this crystal has a wide distribution and has so many applications from jewelry to technologies.
This crystal can absorb your negative thoughts, regulate the energy and fill your mind with positive thoughts.
Qualities promoted by clear quartz are Concentration, focus, emotional balance.
You can also use this crystal to pair with others to increase their powers.
Tiger’s eye:
Tiger’s eye, besides looking uniquely amazing, is one of the most useful and effective stones that can bring some positive changes in your life.
If you are someone who struggles in finding enough confidence to speak your heart out, this crystal can assist you to accomplish great things.
Tiger’s eye is known to promote qualities like
confidence, boldness, positive mindset all of which can help you make big decisions or tough decisions with less stress.
Another thing we often do when we are about to do something big in our life let that be making career choices or being in a relationship is that we doubt our self-worth and if we are good enough.
Thoughts like these hold us back even if we are confident and we believe in something, so it is important to flush these out, and Tiger’s eye can get rid of self-doubt and self-criticism so that you do not make decisions based on fear of judgment or lack of self-esteem.
If you are about to make some big changes in your life, let that be applying for new jobs or finding a new partner, keeping this stone nearby can give you a quick boost and make you feel more confident in your decision-making process.
Citrine:
The bright and colored crystal lightens your spirits and gives you a positive and fresh perspective in your life.
This crystal can bring joy, enthusiasm, and fun to your day-to-day activities, people who often find themselves uninterested or partially interested in their work can use this crystal to feel more joyful and more productive around their office.
Work takes a big part of our lives so it is important that we find ways to make it fun, as life is a journey and not a destination.
Also Citrine promotes good and helpful qualities like optimism, warmth, and excitement to the wearer. Being optimistic about the future is what gives you a sense of hope and pushes you to move forward in your life so it is important to remember this during tough times.
How To Properly Pick Your Crystal?
Picking your crystals is mostly based on what you are dealing with and how well you feel connected with a crystal.
To do that you can make a list of
things you are currently struggling with and goals you want to achieve.
After that, you can take a look at the crystals we talk about on this website or contact us to help you pick the right one.
On the other hand, as said in the intro of this article, professional crystal healers can properly guide you step by step into introducing crystals in your routine.
This can ensure you do not waste your money buying crystals that do not work for you or buying every crystal based on information on any website.
But to sum up, everything that has been stated so far and make it more effective here is the step by step approach for you to picking up your right crystal:
Step One:
Identify your problems, make a list of the things you are currently struggling with, and what you want better in your life.
This list could contain sentences that look like this:
I need a more positive perspective in my life I need to balance my blood flow better I need more wealth and financial success, I need to improve myself for my relationship
After this read it twice to ensure it has everything then move to the next step.
Step Two:
Do a little research on your own, learn about your crystals by matching them with your needs and goals, and find crystals that can help you with them.
You can use our blog to get educated about various types of crystals and their abilities, or you can take the time of our Master Healer – Mr. Pankaj P Soni by booking an appointment by clicking here
After this, you can contact us to help you find the perfect crystal for you so that you can get one more step closer to your goals.
Step Three:
Treat crystals with respect and clean them often, cleansing a crystal can give you fresh energy and show your approach towards crystal healing which can enhance the effects.
Your mindset is everything, remember, if you show that you are involved and believe in these crystals you can get more out of this process.
You can use cold water to rinse them or if you want to know more or want some help with this you can contact us.
We will let you know when you need to clean the crystals by texting you and share the methods.
Step Four:
Match your mouth with your actions, aka do not just solely rely on crystals to magically do things on their own.
Crystals will assist you, but efforts of doing the work will be from your end, so you need to show commitment and apply efforts to get closer to your goals every day and allow crystals to help you make your journey more cheerful.
Using crystal healing is similar to using prescribed medicines. You do not go randomly to buy medicines you think can heal you, you consult a doctor before, the same goes with crystals.
And this is a common misconception around crystal healing, that they can be easily used by anyone.
This brings us to the next and one of the important parts of the article.
Myths & Scammers To Beware Of:
Lastly, a lot of people are in this to take advantage of your lack of knowledge or experience in new things you want to try, as to what you have been recommended to you and what is required by you.
Oftentimes scammers do tend to target people based on their fears and belfies so it is important to consult professional healers like us before using those crystals.
Here are a few misconceptions and myths to watch out for:
The beauty of crystal and its cost:
The beauty of the crystal you see has no impact on the powers and effects it will have over you.
A lot of sellers try to trick you into buying lab-created more polished crystals which look great but that doesn’t increase their Power’s, in fact, the raw crystals will emit more energy,
But that has to be energized and aligned with you by an experienced professional Crystal Healer, as he will guide you as to how to use those Crystals and how can you start seeing the change in you, and how you have to change your thinking to go on achieving more and more in your life.
So it is important to understand that the only metric to measure here is how well you feel the connection between you and the crystals.
You can visit our resources to check out the crystals and learn more about them.
Crystals are magical items:
The reason to debunk this myth is that this would be one more reason to not believe in crystal healing.
Crystals do not work on magic or practises like that, they simply contain energies and powers that have unique effects on human beings.
The practice of crystal healing has been used for centuries, from simple stones for good luck to introducing crystals in your work routine, all of this has logical explanations.
Skipping medicines:
Lastly, if you are using crystal healing to heal your body do not skip your prescribed medicines and occasional checkups with your doctor.
Crystal healing will work best if you are using both of these medicinal practices.
Crystals and their Energies can or will guide you to a good Doctor or some professional to get you a piece of proper advice, and will help you in releasing those Negative Energies which has got you the disease or unhappiness
Different healing properties:
If you are new to crystals you may think to pick randomly and go with it, but know this, each crystal has its unique properties.
We have mentioned some of them in this post previously, each crystal vibrating at different frequencies contains different powers and has different effects on the wearer.
There are a variety of crystals: crystals for money, crystals for well being, gemstones for good luck, crystals for love, etc
Common tips to avoid being scammed: When buying crystals consult professional healers like us, so that you can effectively reap the benefits crystals can give you. Have a realistic approach and understand that crystals will not magically get rid of your problems in an instant, instead, they assist you with your own applied efforts. Do not buy a crystal based on its appearance. A lot of good-looking crystals may not have the necessary powers that you need, so always be self-aware about what you are struggling with.
If you want more about this topic feel free to check out more in the “blog” of our website.
Thank you for reading!
Crystal healing can help you be calmer, collected and can attract you more wealth, but the crystals can only assist you as you have to apply the efforts to make your dreams come true.
So be educated, avoid things that are too good to be true,
And If you have any more doubts, or are struggling with finding the right crystals contact us at WeRcrystals we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Thank you for reading!
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