YouTube has great embedded and online help. Using edc, we imagined how we could take it one step further. In this article, we show you how you can harness user data to design personalized embedded software help. We've used the example of YouTube help and designed embedded help that is individualized based on user login data.
YouTube is owned by Google, a company that knows how to use data to personalize user experiences. Based on personal online activity, Google feeds us relevant ads, predicts our search needs, and almost seems to know more about our browsing patterns and preferences than we do ourselves.
In YouTube, Google tracks viewing history and offers recommendations that are personalized to each user's viewing habits.
This personalization is possible because Google knows how to use the data it gathers to 'get to know us' and offer content we may want or need.
Our last post goes into more detail about ways to harness login data to design personalized user experiences using access management.
YouTube has a comprehensive help system. Depending on where you are in the product, YouTube offers related help topics when you click the Help icon. That's what we call contextual help.
We wanted to know if YouTube contextual help could become more personal. And knowing the power of user data and how much of it Google collects, we used a bit of imagination to show how it could be possible.
Using edc to design contextualized embedded help, we imagined how YouTube could further personalize the user experience based on user login data. We designed molecular content in edc that could be offered to users based on personal YouTube usage.
If you follow edc, you know the importance we place on creating detailed user personas. Personas are the first step to understanding user context.
We could use any variety of stored user data to develop user personas. In this example, we decided to keep it simple. Login data can provide basic user information, including activity history, which can inform user personas based on the level of user experience with the product.
This user arrives at youtube.com and is not logged in. We called her Alice. YouTube offers Alice the option to log in or create an account. Alice does not have an account and will set one up for the first time.
This user, whom we named Franck, recently created a YouTube account but has no activity yet. Franck needs to learn how to get the best YouTube experience.
This user has had a YouTube account for at least six months. In our example, her name is Toni, and she logs in at least twice a week. The user's viewing activity shows that a high percentage of her viewing activity includes videos about boating. She also watches v-bloggers who cover a range of subjects.
Using the existing YouTube contextual help, we mapped relevant content to each persona.
Alice, who doesn't yet have a YouTube account, gets information about how to create a new YouTube account.
Franck, who has a new YouTube account, is offered information on how to navigate YouTube with Getting Started content.
The experienced YouTube persona, Toni, gets personalized content that takes into account her viewing history and suggests she create a personal channel and her own v-blog, perhaps on boating.
One of the most simple and effective ways to personalize content is to call users by name. Once users have an account and are logged in, this level of personalization is simple to implement.
In addition to basic help content, we can further personalize the help with some conversational content.
We took the existing YouTube help and broke the content into molecules. We use the terminology molecular content to refer to modular content that is minimal and can be amalgamated to design personalized embedded software help. Molecular content allows the help system to determine what content to deliver based on the user persona.
In edc, we can link related online content to the personalized embedded software help. So, that's what we did with this YouTube example. We added YouTube Help articles in edc and linked related content to the personalized content.
This means the user gets a personal experience and has the option to view more information if she needs or wants it.
When we have access to stored user data, we can personalize content based on the user's context. In software, as we did for YouTube, that means first identifying user personas.
Once you've created personas, you can map content to each persona. In edc, we use molecular content so the information is flexible and can be reused and amalgamated to create a personalized experience for each user.
Further individualize content by adding conversational and transitional content. Call users by name. Recognize their preferences and usage patterns. Triggers can also be used to deliver the most personalized user experience.
Personalized embedded software help. That's our goal at edc.
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Perfect addition to your home or office. A multifunctional workstation - lap table for work in bed or sofa, laptop gaming desk, snack tray for watching TV or breakfast in bed tray!
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Large table surface fits any laptop with up to 17" screen and mouse pad next to it. Practical student lapdesk for placing books and notebooks. At 11.8" (30 cm) high, the Table Mate is designed to have enough space to comfortable wiggle your feet around. No more muscle cramps while you are working!
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Silicon padded feet & non-adjustable height of the legs make the Table Mate extra sturdy. It can support up to 88 pounds / 40 kg. Weighing only 6.8 lbs / 3.1 kg, it's light and easy to carry. Use red carry strap to bring everywhere! It also works great as breakfast couch tray.
Open table legs to use. No assembly required. Open drawer to store items or stand your iPhone. Take out Book stand with fold out legs from dedicated slot underneath the table. Save storage space by folding legs & slide under couch or bed.
Im in love with this thing! Its part desk, part tray table, part work station, all perfect.
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The table is large enough to hold my 15 inch laptop and my Logitech Wave keyboard, if I put the keyboard partly over the laptop keyboard. There is a little room left over on the table on either side of the computer. If I use just the laptop, there is plenty of room for a notebook.
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council intends to prepare a Local Area Plan for Dundrum from 2019-2025.
A Local Area Plan (LAP) is a statutory document prepared by the Planning Authority in accordance with the requirements of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended).
If you would like to make a submission click here.
The LAP will set out a land use strategy for the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. It will consist of a written statement and maps indicating objectives for purposes such as the zoning of land; the phasing of development; economic and community development; residential development; heritage and culture; open space and recreation; transportation and infrastructure; urban design; and environmental protection.


John Kerry and his cadre of Demo-gogues endeavored mightily to portray themselves as "uniters" at their recent Party confab.
Of course, any time you see a motley crew of Demos claiming to be uniters, you can be sure it's a ruse, a canard, a fable, a falsehood, a mendacity, a deception, a prevarication, a falsification, a misrepresentation – a lie.
Despite their considerable effort to feign the spirit of unity, Democrats rely almost completely on the politics of disunity in order to sustain their power. Indeed, the Left's political playbook has only one chapter defining their modus operandi – "Divide-n-Conquer" – no wonder their national leadership calls itself the DnC.
Translation: Bush v. poor (but capable) hyphenated black folks.
Indeed, Kerry-Edwards and their Demo-ilk are in full swing with their tried-and-true messages of disunity, endeavoring to rally the Demo's aggrieved "victim" and special-interest constituencies, and then conquer Republicans by promising Nanny-State protections and handouts to counter the legitimate conservative solutions of individual responsibility and private-sector hand-ups.
The Kerry-Edwards campaign has structured its "ends justify the means" strategy entirely around the theme of discontent. As always, they'll appeal to the legions of lemmings who've been conditioned by generations of pseudo-intellectual "progressives" to believe that they have no responsibility for their own circumstances and that the government will ultimately be their salvation. Do-gooders like FDR and Kennedy created an enormous welfare-state, and today phonies like Kerry and Edwards (modern wealthy elitists who portray themselves as "men of the people") distribute this inheritance of welfare-state co-dependants into special-victim classes united mostly by their hatred and discontent.
The fact is, most Kerry-Edwards supporters fall into one of these Demo-constituency groups, and they're motivated by a hatred for one or more of the following: patriotism, the military, American autonomy, free enterprise, the Constitution, God, Christians, the Pledge of Allegiance, white folks without NAACP cards, gun-owners, school-voucher advocates, home-schoolers, rural folks, the South, independent thinkers (especially conservative blacks), SUV-drivers, heterosexual males, anyone who threatens Leftist eco-theological idolatry, traditional marriage and families, abstinence, unborn children, entrepreneurs, small business owners, large business owners (stockholders), nuclear energy, oil exploration, global warmers, anyone who listens to talk radio, anyone with authority, anyone advocating individual responsibility, anyone who reads The Patriot, et cetera, et cetera ….
Most of all, though, they hate haters – a "hater" being defined as anyone who dares challenge their Demo-constituency agenda. They are united in their hate for George W. Bush.
Thus, regardless of when the Johns overflow about unity, they've clearly built their house on a foundation of disunity. It's a house whose symbolism seeks out the very worst elements in human nature; a house whose demagogic style far outshines its legitimate substance. Of course, on the Left, symbolism always trumps substance.


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Jarius Wynn (né le ) est un joueur américain de football américain. Il joue actuellement avec les Bills de Buffalo.

Enfance
Wynn fait ses études à la Lincoln Country High School où il figure dans les équipes types des saisons au niveau district et local.

Carrière

Université
En 2006, il est nommé capitaine de l'équipe et effectue lors de cette saison vingt-et-un tacles dont deux sacks, permettant quatre fumbles. En 2007, Jarius apparait dans treize rencontres et fut le meilleur tacleurs de l'équipe de la saison avec soixante-sept tacles. En 2008, il apparait lors des treize matchs et réalise cinquante-quatre tacles.

Professionnel
Lors du draft de la NFL de 2009, il est drafté lors du sixième tour, au  par les Packers de Green Bay. Durant la saison 2009, il ne joue aucun match avec les Packers et il n'est pas retenu dans la liste des joueurs pour la saison 2010. Il est sollicité par les Seahawks de Seattle mais il ne signe pas. Les Packers contactent Wynn pour lui proposer un nouveau contrat après la blessure de Justin Harrell contre les Eagles de Philadelphie lors des premiers matchs de la saison 2010. Il réalise sa meilleure saison en 2011, où il cumule 19 tackles et 3 sacks et est titulaire lors de quatre matchs.

Pour la saison 2012, il signe avec les Titans du Tennessee. Il ne joue pas titulaire, et cumule 6 tackles et 2 sacks.

Pour la saison 2013, il signe avec les Chargers de San Diego.

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Naissance en août 1986
Joueur américain de football américain
Joueur des Packers de Green Bay
Joueur des Titans du Tennessee
Joueur des Chargers de San Diego
Joueur des Cowboys de Dallas
Joueur des Bills de Buffalo
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Joueur vainqueur du Super Bowl

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I started writing this post on the top marketing trends to expect in 2014 but after going through the data, I realized I needed to rethink what I was doing. Along with the predictable things like 'inbound marketing continues to proliferate' and 'mobile will surpass desktops as predominant internet surf platforms', towered the importance of content marketing.
By now you've probably heard about Google's most recent algorithm update and if you are like many people, maybe you feel as though it's going to be another round of you making adjustments to your online marketing strategy. You most likely have heard some of the reasons why Google came up with Hummingbird, but have some questions about it.
Web-logging or as it has now become 'Blogging' was a trendy thing to do in the 1990's when people did it as a way to interact online. We wrote about hobbies and philosophies, recipes and the like - it was a way to socialize on line.
The periodic desire to redesign a company website is natural and often inescapable. We just get fed up with the way our sites look or function over time: what used to be trendy and appealing, has become tired looking and out of date. The more artistic one is, the shorter the interval between rounds of website redesign. You should, by all means, feel free to re-design your site, but go into the project with your eyes open and a plan to succeed.
Google Duplicate Content Penalty - Who Cares?
To me it seems sort of a slam dunk when it comes to copying other people's work, I mean, everyone must have learned why it's wrong to do this in grade school, right? Well, the reality is that not everyone gets it and if you were a search engine like Google with responsibility to go out and index all the sites on the internet on a regular basis, you would probably get stumped when running into pages with duplicate content. As a search engine, you don't want to serve up multiple versions of the same thing to your users.
Google Plus Buys Fridge - Watch Out Facebook!


Latin Soul Fiesta 2019 promises to be one of India's premier Latin dance events. After 2 years of successful events, the LSF team brings to you our best lineup yet.
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Come join us and be part of one of the best Latin dancing events of the season.See you in Pune.


A true first in medical communications, we created this immersive mixed reality (MR) experience to offer HCPs a new perspective on cardio-renal science and its impact on patients. Mixed reality combines live video with virtual reality (VR) to blend the real and digital worlds. We brought to life a mural of MiRA (mixed-reality avatar) for a one-on-one conversation with booth visitors at ASN 2018.


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Woman Subjected to Cavity Search Claims Phoenix Police Are Withholding Records
Investigation Clears Arcadia High School Coaches Accused of Racial Bias
'Nation's Only Female Chain Gang' Apparently Disbanded
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Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone
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Meg O'Connor | May 2, 2019 | 7:30am
When Paul Penzone replaced Joe Arpaio as Maricopa County's Sheriff, he reversed several of Arpaio's more outrageous and abusive practices, like keeping inmates in outdoor tents and forcing them to wear pink underwear. Sometime in the past year, Penzone appears to quietly have done away with another of Arpaio's programs: chain gangs.
In 1995, Arpaio brought back chain gangs, a practice of chaining detainees together and forcing them to perform menial labor that had long been abandoned across the United States. A 1999 documentary by ABC Australia features Arpaio bragging about starting the only female chain gang in America.
"I take some heat on it, but I also take the credit," Arpaio said as women wearing black-and-white striped uniforms shuffled behind him under the hot Arizona sun, chained together by their ankles. In the video, the women were forced to dig a grave for a homeless person who had been struck by a car. "Some people don't like it. The civil liberties union, Amnesty International, the Justice Department. But it's been here three years and it'll be here as long as I'm the sheriff."
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Penzone, who denied Arpaio a seventh term in the November 2016 election, was still hesitant about getting rid of the chain gangs 10 months after assuming office.
In an interview with Police Magazine dated October 14, 2017, Penzone was asked whether there was "any positive aspect of the previous administration" that he planned to continue.
"There are many areas that are positive," Penzone replied. "It's just that, you know, can you improve on them and see if the value still continues. So, what was termed in the past as the 'chain gang,' I'm still, you know, thinking about.
"Do we just change the name?" Penzone asked, appearing to backtrack from an earlier promise published by the Associated Press in November 2016, in which he said he would "dramatically scale back the chain gangs by only using them in places such as parks."
Today, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office website still boasts that a "unique feature" of the county's Estrella Jail is that it is home to "the nation's only female chain gang."
MCSO's website boasts about Estrella Jail's chain gang.
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
The website was updated in June 2018 to remove a section describing the Tent City facility, but the line about the "nation's only female chain gang" remains to this day.
Asked whether the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is still using chain gangs, when and where the chain gangs are used, and whether the detainees are still chained together, the sheriff's office said things have changed.
"Both male and female MCSO inmates are eligible to volunteer for the Inmate Labor Detail," said Michael Cavaiola, director of communications for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. "This requires an interview and qualification process of the inmates, and there is currently a waiting list to participate."
"As of June 2018, both the male and the female work details work only in and around MCSO facilities," Cavaiola said. "They are not chained together during their work."
Arpaio
Maricopa County Craziness
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Meg O'Connor is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times. She previously worked for the Miami New Times.
Twitter: @megoconnor13
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Grassley opens hearing as Christine Ford appears in public for first time to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault
Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley kicked off Thursday's highly anticipated hearing before the panel as Christine Blasey Ford appeared in public for the first time to describe her allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Grassley, R-Iowa, opened his remarks by noting past FBI background checks of Kavanaugh turned up no evidence of any wrongdoing.
"Nowhere in any of these six FBI reports, which committee investigators have reviewed on a bipartisan basis, was there a whiff of any issue," Grassley said.
Thursday's hearing comes after days of negotiations between Senate Republicans and Ford's attorneys – and amid more lurid last-minute allegations from other women who have accused Kavanaugh of improper sexual behavior in high school and college.
Kavanaugh has emphatically denied all the allegations. Kavanaugh, in his prepared testimony released ahead of Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, is expected to say, "the truth is that I have never sexually assaulted anyone – not in high school, not in college, not ever."
The stakes for Kavanaugh could not be higher: Key swing-vote senators have said Thursday's hearing presents a pivotal opportunity to assess Ford's credibility and determine whether to advance Kavanaugh to the nation's highest court.
The proceedings began with opening statements from Grassley and will continue with remarks from ranking committee member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
"I understand that both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh have been through a terrible past few weeks," Grassley said. "They and their families have received vile threats. What they have endured is unacceptable and a poor reflection on the state of our politics."
Feinstein, who first received a letter from Ford detailing her allegations in July, defended her decision not to turn over the accusations earlier to the FBI and other lawmakers.
"She reiterated that she wanted it to be held confidential, and I held it confidential up to a point where the witness was willing to come forward," Feinstein said of Ford.
After taking an oath, Ford will deliver the prepared remarks she has already provided publicly, according to a schedule provided by the committee. Each senator on the committee will then be afforded a single five-minute round of questions, with the opportunity to ask questions alternating between Democrats and Republicans.
Republicans have retained Rachel Mitchell, an experienced sex-crimes prosecutor, to handle some of their questioning, saying it will help avoid an overtly political atmosphere.
According to her prepared testimony released ahead of the hearing, Ford plans to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee that Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her in the 1980s in a drunk high school party.
"Brett's assault on me drastically altered my life," Ford will say. "For a very long time, I was too afraid and ashamed to tell anyone the details."
The proceedings have been jolted by late-breaking developments: In a statement released Wednesday evening, Judiciary Committee Republicans revealed that on Monday, they have conducted interviews with two separate men who claim they, and not Kavanaugh, had the encounter with Dr. Ford in 1982.
Ford has previously said there is "zero chance" she would have confused Kavanaugh for anyone else.
In response, an aide to Democrats on the Judiciary Committee reportedly unloaded on Senate Republicans, accusing them of "desperately trying to muddy the waters."
Ford first brought her allegations to the attention of Feinsteinin July, but Feinstein didn't disclose the allegations to her Senate colleagues or federal authorities until days before a crucial Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation earlier this month. Republicans have accused Feinstein's office of compromising Ford's anonymity by sitting on the allegations until she could deploy them for maximum political gain.
The hearing, which for days had been in doubt, is the first chance for the public to see Ford, in person, explain in detail what she claims happened at the Maryland house party in 1982 where Kavanaugh allegedly jumped on top of her and tried to muffle her screams — and why she didn't tell anyone about the episode until 2012.
According to her prepared testimony, Ford will tell senators that she "thought that Brett was accidentally going to kill me," and "I believed he was going to rape me."
She will explain that she remembers "four boys" being at the party, including one "whose name I cannot recall." The people she did name — Kavanaugh and his classmates Mark Judge and P.J. Smyth — have denied under penalty of felony knowing anything about the alleged episode.
Ford will also describe one girl, "my friend Leland Ingham," as also in attendance. Ingham, in a previously released statement, has also denied knowing Kavanaugh or having information about the alleged assault.
Ford's letter to Feinstein in July, however, gave a different tally, saying that the gathering "included me and 4 others."
Additionally, in a handwritten statement she provided the former FBI agent who administered her polygraph exam in August, Ford wrote "there were 4 boys and a couple of girls" at the party — again apparently contradicting her letter to Feinstein.
Republicans, through Mitchell, are expected to question Ford on the apparent discrepancies.
Ford is also expected to tell senators that she finally decided to disclose the alleged assault during a therapy session in 2012 because during a remodeling of her house that year, she insisted on installing a "second front door" — leaving her husband and others wondering why.
Republicans, including President Trump, have repeatedly pointed out that none of the sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh has first-hand corroboration. In The New Yorker on Sunday, former Kavanaugh classmate Deborah Ramirez claimed that Kavanaugh had exposed his penis to her at a party decades ago, even as her close college friend denied ever hearing about the episode and suggested she was making the claim for political reasons.
Ramirez has acknowledged not being sure whether Kavanaugh had assaulted her until last week, after she spent days consulting with her attorney.
Additionally, questions have surfaced concerning the credibility of some of Kavanaugh's other accusers, who will not be present Thursday.
Julie Swetnick, who emerged Wednesday to accuse Kavanaugh of participating in "gang rapes" and rape "trains" in the 1980s, had a restraining order filed against her by an ex-boyfriend, Politico reported.
Swetnick is represented by anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti, who has refused multiple requests by the Senate Judiciary Committee to interview her in the past week. On Wednesday afternoon, 60 men and women who attended Kavanaugh's high school or sister schools signed a letter saying they had never heard of Swetnick or anything like the overt, systemic gang raping that she described.
Several other allegations emerged this week. On Tuesday, a constituent told the office of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., that in 1985, two "heavily inebriated men" referred to as "Brett and Mark" had sexually assaulted a "close friend" on a boat.
The constituent, whose name was redacted in a document release by the Judiciary Committee but uncovered through tweets cited by the committee, recanted the claim Wednesday night on Twitter — but several media outlets continued to report the allegations for hours afterwards.
In a separate case, Kavanaugh was asked by GOP investigators this week specifically about a new claim in a letter received by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., from an anonymous individual apparently in Denver, alleging that Kavanaugh "shoved" someone up against a wall "very aggressively and sexually" during an outing in front of four witnesses in 1998. Gardner's office received the letter on Sept. 22.
"We're dealing with an anonymous letter about an anonymous person and an anonymous friend," Kavanaugh told committee investigators asking about the alleged episode. "It's ridiculous. Total Twilight Zone. And no, I've never done anything like that.
"It's bad — it's doing damage to the Supreme Court," Kavanaugh added. "It's doing damage to the country. It's doing damage to this process. It's become a total feeding frenzy, you know? Every — just unbelievable."
Fox News' Gregg Re contributed to this report.
Alex Pappas is a politics reporter at FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter at @AlexPappas.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government fought an uphill battle Wednesday to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies.
Cigarette makers told U.S. District Judge Richard Leon at a hearing that they can't be forced to spread the government's anti-smoking advocacy with "massive, shocking, gruesome warnings" on products they legally sell. Attorneys for the Obama administration countered that the photos of dead and diseased smokers it wants on all cigarette packs are "factually uncontroverted."
Leon has already ruled that the cigarette makers are likely to succeed in their lawsuit to stop the requirement, which was supposed to go into effect next year. Leon blocked the rule from taking effect until after the lawsuit is resolved.
Leon found in his earlier ruling that the nine graphic images approved by the Food and Drug Administration in June go beyond conveying the facts about the health risks of smoking or go beyond that into advocacy — a critical distinction in a case over free speech.
Leon also ruled the size of the labels suggests they are unconstitutional — the FDA requirement said the labels were to cover the entire top half of cigarette packs, front and back and include a number for a stop-smoking hotline. The labels were to constitute 20 percent of cigarette advertising, and marketers were to rotate use of the images.
The judge showed no sign that he was changing his position in favor of the government after the hour-long hearing Wednesday. "It sounds like they are headed to a place where you have to watch a 10-minute video before you can even buy a pack of cigarettes," he said.
The packaging the government wanted to require included color images of a man exhaling cigarette smoke through a tracheotomy hole in his throat; a plume of cigarette smoke enveloping an infant receiving a mother's kiss; a pair of diseased lungs next to a pair of healthy lungs; a diseased mouth afflicted with what appears to be cancerous lesions; a man breathing into an oxygen mask; a cadaver on a table with post-autopsy chest staples; a woman weeping; a premature baby in an incubator; and a man wearing a T-shirt that features a "No Smoking" symbol and the words "I Quit"
The Obama administration has appealed Leon's preliminary injunction stopping the rule from taking effect. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is scheduled to hear the case April 10.
Attorney Mark Stern, representing the government, told Leon they don't expect he'll change his mind after siding so strongly with the tobacco companies in his initial ruling. But he said the government disagrees and argued the images factually show what can happen to smokers. "This will kill you," Stern said. "This will kill your baby."
Tobacco lawyer Noel Francisco said the government is free to try to tell Americans how to live their lives, but not to require cigarette manufacturers "to serve as the government's unwilling spokesman in that paternalistic endeavor."
Congress instructed the FDA to require the labels by a wide bipartisan majority, following the lead of the Canadian regulations that require similarly graphic images on cigarette packs. But Leon said Wednesday "there's just nothing — nothing — on the record" to indicate lawmakers consider the First Amendment implications of compelling commercial speech.
The cigarette makers that sued the FDA are R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem, N.C., Lorillard Tobacco Co. of Greensboro, N.C., Commonwealth Brands Inc. of Bowling Green, Ky., Liggett Group of Mebane, N.C., and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. of Santa Fe, N.M.


Today we're announcing the Fleet Telematics API that gives access through just one service call to all features and functions that were previously accessible through the separate Platform Extensions.
We launched our first Platform Extension in 2015 as a way of providing a more customized experience for business applications. Since then, we've continued to extend our portfolio of Platform Extensions to meet the location needs of our partners and developers. With the launch of the Fleet Telematics API we continue this evolution by providing a rich set of new algorithms that were built to support some of the more complex fleet management use cases. This new service will allow developers to integrate our services faster and more efficiently while minimizing the service calls needed for certain responses.
With Platform Extensions you would've made separate API calls when combining certain features (eg, calculating routes with rest times while utilizing custom routes, calculating the toll cost for a route that is optimized based on the sequence of waypoints). With the new Fleet Telematics API you can get access to all the features and functions through the same service, and sometimes one API call, when these features needs to be combined into your application. In addition, it provides the extended flexibility to utilize and combine feature sets in various ways without significant limitations.
Innovation demands iteration and requires constant change. And while we know change is never easy, we believe this new service will allow for a more innovative and robust development and application environment for our developers and partners. Stitching up APIs and combining features sets effectively can significantly impact development costs but can also have a tremendous bearing on the robustness of an application. The Fleet Telematics API solves all these challenges, and in addition, allows applications to achieve a faster time-to-market by giving access to a comprehensive list of complex location algorithms that are intelligently built and ready-to-use.
What are some of new key features provided through this service?
If you're already using our Platform Extensions, you can continue using the features as they are. If you want to take advantage of the new service and its enhancements, please check the Fleet Telematics API documentation and make any necessary adjustments to your service calls.
If you'd like to start using this service but have never used the Platform Extensions before, sign up for a Freemium license on this site.
Over the coming months, we will continue to add new features and capabilities to the Fleet Telematics API to allow applications to make the most out of our location technologies and support your evolving needs. Stay tuned.


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Fluoride and endosulfan together potentiate cytogenetic effects in Swiss albino mice bone marrow cells.
Author: Sharma A, John P, Bhatnagar P.
Journal Name: Toxicology and Industrial Health
Publish Date: December 16, 2020
Volume/Page: 748233720979423.
Type: Animal Study
Categories: Bones/Joints, Bone Cells, Chemical Co-Exposures, Genotoxicity, Endosulfan
In this study, the cytotoxic potential of fluoride and endosulfan in combination was investigated in Swiss albino mice bone marrow cells using the chromosomal aberration (CA) and micronucleus (MN) test systems. Fluoride (25.1 mg kg+1 body weight [bw] in water) and endosulfan (1.8 mg kg-1 bw by oral intubation) were administered orally alone and in combination (fluoride 25.1 mg kg–1 bw + endosulfan 1.8 mg k-1 bw) to male Swiss albino mice daily for 30 days. A significant (p < 0.01) increase in micronuclei (MNs) induction and decreased ratio (p < 0.01) of polychromatic to normonochromatic erythrocytes (indicators of cytotoxicity) were observed compared with saline controls when animals were given the combination of fluoride and endosulfan. A significant (p < 0.01) increase in MNs induction and no change in the polychromatic erythrocytes to erythrocyte ratio were also observed when endosulfan was given alone. CAs such as gaps, breaks, fragments, rings, exchanges, and polyploidy were recorded in the bone marrow cells. The mean percent frequency of CAs was increased (p < 0.01) in all the treated groups compared with the control saline group. In the combination group (F + E), the percent frequencies of CAs were significantly higher (13.875%) compared with those in the individual treatment groups of fluoride (4.375%) and endosulfan (6.25%). The mitotic index was calculated as percentage of dividing cells. A significant (p < 0.01) decrease in mitotic index was observed in all treated groups compared with controls. In the combination group (F + E), mitotic index was significantly less than (p < 0.01; 4.1 ± 0.49) the saline control (10.8 ± 0.98). These results indicated that repeated intake of endosulfan through various sources in fluoride affected areas resulted in increased cytotoxic effects. The greater effect in the combination group indicated additive interaction of fluoride and endosulfan in inducing cytotoxicity in Swiss albino mice.
*Original abstract online at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0748233720979423
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Silencing GSK3ß instead of DKK1 can inhibit osteogenic differentiation caused by co-exposure to fluoride and arsenic.
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Fluorosilicic acid induces DNA damage and oxidative stress in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
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"Pre-Skeletal" Fluorosis
As demonstrated by the studies below, skeletal fluorosis may produce adverse symptoms, including arthritic pains, clinical osteoarthritis, gastrointestinal disturbances, and bone fragility, before the classic bone change of fluorosis (i.e., osteosclerosis in the spine and pelvis) is detectable by x-ray. Relying on x-rays, therefore, to diagnosis skeletal fluorosis will invariably fail to protect those individuals who are suffering from the pre-skeletal phase of the disease. Moreover, some individuals with clinical skeletal fluorosis will not develop an increase in bone density, let alone osteosclerosis, of the spine. Thus, relying on unusual increases in spinal bone density will under-detect the rate of skeletal fluoride poisoning in a population.
Fluoride & Osteoclasts
It is well established that fluoride exposure can increase bone formation by increasing the proliferation of osteoblasts. Less clear is fluoride's impact on bone resorption and the cells (osteoclasts) that resorb bone. Many have assumed that fluoride's main effect on bone resorption and osteoclasts is an inhibitory one (i.e., less
Fluoride & Osteocytes
The osteocyte is a type of bone cell which is increasingly believed to play an important role in repairing defects that arise in bone, thereby maintaining the bone's structural integrity. Because osteocytes are engulfed in fluoride-rich bone mineral and help resorb the bone as part of the remodeling process, they
Skeletal Fluorosis: The Misdiagnosis Problem
It is a virtual certainty that there are individuals in the general population unknowingly suffering from some form of skeletal fluorosis as a result of a doctor's failure to consider fluoride as a cause of their symptoms. Proof that this is the case can be found in the following case reports of skeletal fluorosis written by doctors in the U.S. and other western countries. As can be seen, a consistent feature of these reports is that fluorosis patients--even those with crippling skeletal fluorosis--are misdiagnosed for years by multiple teams of doctors who routinely fail to consider fluoride as a possible cause of their disease.
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As noted by the National Research Council, "[p]erhaps the single clearest effect of fluoride on the skeleton is its stimulation of osteoblast proliferation." (NRC 2006). Osteoblasts are bone-forming cells. "Stimulatory effects of fluoride on osteoblasts result in formation of osteoid, which subsequently undergoes mineralization." (Fisher RL, et al. 1989). If the new
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Black and Gold may also refer to:

 Black and Gold (book), a 1987 book by Anthony Sampson
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What a lottery!
I need your help; somewhere in North West Hampshire, someone has been designated a "National Lottery Community Outlet" and Camelot won't tell me who.
Let me explain. In my postbag every day are letters from people called Government Relations Managers. These are well-paid people, whose job it is to enlist the support of Members of Parliament for whatever product or service their employer is selling. The letter pays tribute to the hard-work of the local MP in some particular field, explains how the company has exactly the right product/service to meet the need that keeps the MP awake at night; and suggests a lunch with the aforesaid Government Relations Manager at some congenial watering-hole near Westminster. Most go straight into the waste paper basket.
A letter dated September 20th which arrived from the Government Relations Manager from Camelot Group plc escaped this fate. It brought welcome news. "I am pleased to advise that a National Lottery retailer in your constituency has recently been designated a National Lottery "Community Outlet."
As "the identification of Community Outlets plays a significant role in maximising the returns to the Good Causes whilst maintaining accessibility to the National Lottery" I want to visit the outlet, accompanied hopefully by the diligent photographer from the local paper, and play my part in keeping the show on the road. The letter ended with a warning that, if sales don't exceed a given amount, "terminals may be relocated to another outlet."
I wrote on September 26th to the Government Relations Manager asking for details. Where was this enterprising shop that had recently received this accolade?
There was a long delay, during which time the winning ticket I might have bought from the outlet missed 3 Saturday draws. And then the reply arrived in a letter dated October 21st. I quote from the letter, because otherwise you would not believe the message it contained.
"Unfortunately, as a result of the Data Protection Act, I am unable to provide further details of the Community Outlet mentioned in my letter of 20 September."
So I need your help. Somewhere, there is a Community Outlet which would hopefully want to welcome its MP, appear on his website –www.sirgeorgeyoung.org.uk – and sell him a ticket or two. A small percentage of the proceeds would go to Camelot Group plc, in turn enabling the Government Relations Manager to write more letters to local MP's, enabling them in turn to write articles about the Lottery.
But I don't know where it is. Could someone let me know? And then I will ask the Data Protection Registrar if its OK to go there with the photographer from the local paper.
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If you're experiencing a loud whirring noise soon after you turn on your Mac computer, you're likely hearing the computer's internal fans kick in. The fans are there to help keep your computer cool -- and often turn on when you're doing tasks that are especially intensive. But if your fans are turning on soon after your computer is turned on, chances are you haven't had time to get too deeply involved in intensive work. In that case, a number of things may be causing your fans to turn on.
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Sometimes an errant program may be running in the background, causing your CPU to work overtime and your fans to turn on. To check whether any programs are taking up excess CPU, you can use a handy tool installed on your Mac. In the Finder, enter "Activity Monitor" without quotes, press "Enter" and then click on the Activity Monitor icon to open it. Then check the percentage of CPU that each individual program is using. To make it stop, you may have to perform a force quit. Click on that program's title in the list and then click "Quit Process" from the top of the Activity Monitor. Then confirm that you want to perform either a "Force Quit" or simply "Quit" the program in the popup window.
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Leeds could find Patrick Bamford alternative in Che Adams
by Daniel Emery share
Leeds United scrapped their way to survival in the Premier League last season as they stayed up on the final day of the campaign.
Jesse Marsch replaced Marcelo Bielsa and led the team to safety as Burnley, Watford, and Norwich dropped back down to the Championship.
Scoring goals was an issue for the Whites as their starting number nine – Patrick Bamford – was restricted to nine appearances due to injury. Raphinha (11) and Jack Harrison (eight) were the only players with more than six top-flight goals, with the former since moving on to Barcelona.
Rodrigo and Dan James, who filled in up front at times, managed 10 goals between them and this suggests that the club lack a good alternative option to Bamford – particularly with the aforementioned duo being attacking midfielders/wingers by trade.
Leeds are "interested" in "unique" £2.5m "fighter", he could be Marsch's own Robertson - opinion
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Journalist Craig Hope recently named the Whites as one of the teams keen on a deal to sign £52k-per-week Southampton striker Che Adams, alongside Nottingham Forest, Wolves, and Everton.
By snapping him up in the coming weeks, Leeds could land a dream signing to compete with Bamford for the number nine position.
Ralph Hasenhuttl once dubbed the Scotland international a "ketchup bottle phenomenon" because of his hotstreaks in front of goal, with a burst of goals after a barren run.
In the Premier League last term, he found the back of the net seven times and set up three. All seven of those strikes came within a 14-game spell, with no goals either side of that in his 30 appearances.
This came after he managed nine goals and five assists in the top-flight in 2020/21. He scored five of those in the first 11 matches and enjoyed a run of four goals and four assists in nine outings later in the campaign, which points to the accuracy of his manager's comment.
What month did Marcelo Bielsa's tenure come to an unfortunate end?
Whilst he may not have the consistency to do it regularly over the course of an entire season, Adams has proven that he can score and assist goals in the Premier League.
He is a natural number nine, unlike Rodrigo and James, and would come in as a player who knows exactly what it takes to perform at this level. The gem can score goals, even if they come all in one go, and that is why he could be a dream alternative option to Bamford.
Bringing Adams in would mean that an injury to the former Chelsea man would not leave Marsch scrambling around at the top end of the pitch, as he would have a player who has proven that he knows how to find the back of the net.


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package gov.nih.nci.cabig.ctms.suite.authorization.csmext;

import gov.nih.nci.cabig.ctms.suite.authorization.SuiteAuthorizationAccessException;
import gov.nih.nci.cabig.ctms.tools.hibernate.MoreRestrictions;
import gov.nih.nci.logging.api.logger.hibernate.HibernateSessionFactoryHelper;
import gov.nih.nci.security.authorization.domainobjects.Privilege;
import gov.nih.nci.security.authorization.domainobjects.ProtectionElement;
import gov.nih.nci.security.authorization.domainobjects.ProtectionElementPrivilegeContext;
import gov.nih.nci.security.dao.AuthorizationDAOImpl;
import gov.nih.nci.security.exceptions.CSConfigurationException;
import gov.nih.nci.security.exceptions.CSObjectNotFoundException;
import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Provides faster versions of some methods in {@link AuthorizationDAOImpl},
 * tuned for the way the suite uses CSM.
 *
 * @author Rhett Sutphin
 */
public class FasterAuthorizationDao extends AuthorizationDAOImpl {
    private SessionFactory sf;

    public FasterAuthorizationDao(SessionFactory sf, String applicationContextName) throws CSConfigurationException {
        super(sf, applicationContextName);
        this.sf = sf;  // not exposed by superclass, so we have to capture it here
    }

    /**
     * This is a copy of the superclass method, modified to be faster for the specific requirements
     * of CCTS.  Changes:
     *

     *
It does fewer separate database queries to load PEs and Privs.  10% speedup.

     *
It uses a simpler query to load the PE-to-Priv mapping.
     *       Specifically, it drops support for hierarchical protection groups.
     *       This gives approximately a 3000% speedup (2500ms to 80ms) in deployments with 100s of PGs.

     *

     */
    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings({ "RawUseOfParameterizedType" })
    public Set getProtectionElementPrivilegeContextForUser(String userId) throws CSObjectNotFoundException {
        Set<ProtectionElementPrivilegeContext> protectionElementPrivilegeContextSet =
            Collections.emptySet();
        Session s = null;

        try {
            s = HibernateSessionFactoryHelper.getAuditSession(getSessionFactory());
            Map<Long, Set<Long>> peIdsToPrivIds = getProtectionElementIdToPrivilegeIdsForUser(s, userId);

            protectionElementPrivilegeContextSet = buildPePrivContexts(peIdsToPrivIds,
                getProtectionElementsByIds(s, peIdsToPrivIds.keySet()),
                loadAndIndexReferencedPrivileges(s, peIdsToPrivIds));
        } finally {
            if (s != null) s.close();
        }
        return protectionElementPrivilegeContextSet;
    }

    private Map<Long, Set<Long>> getProtectionElementIdToPrivilegeIdsForUser(Session s, String userId) {
        Map<Long, Set<Long>> peToPriv = new LinkedHashMap<Long, Set<Long>>();

        Connection connection;
        PreparedStatement ps;
        ResultSet rs;

        try {
            connection = s.connection();
            ps = SQLQueries.getQueryforUserPEPrivilegeMap(
                userId, this.getApplication().getApplicationId().intValue(), connection);
            rs = ps.executeQuery();

            while (rs.next()) {
                Long peId = rs.getLong(1);
                Long privId = rs.getLong(2);
                if (!peToPriv.containsKey(peId)) {
                    peToPriv.put(peId, new LinkedHashSet<Long>());
                }
                peToPriv.get(peId).add(privId);
            }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            throw new SuiteAuthorizationAccessException("Loading the PE-Privilege ID map failed", e);
        }
        // don't close the connection because it is borrowed from hibernate

        return peToPriv;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
    private Collection<Privilege> getPrivilegesByIds(Session s, Collection<Long> privilegeIds) {
        return getAllObjectsByIds(s, Privilege.class, "id", privilegeIds);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
    private Collection<ProtectionElement> getProtectionElementsByIds(
        Session s, Collection<Long> protectionElementIds
    ) {
        return getAllObjectsByIds(s, ProtectionElement.class, "protectionElementId", protectionElementIds);
    }

    private Map<Long, Privilege> loadAndIndexReferencedPrivileges(
        Session s, Map<Long, Set<Long>> peIdToPrivIds
    ) {
        Map<Long, Privilege> privById = new HashMap<Long, Privilege>();
        {
            Set<Long> allPrivIds = new HashSet<Long>();
            for (Set<Long> privIds : peIdToPrivIds.values()) {
                allPrivIds.addAll(privIds);
            }
            Collection<Privilege> allPrivileges = getPrivilegesByIds(s, allPrivIds);
            for (Privilege priv : allPrivileges) privById.put(priv.getId(), priv);
        }
        return privById;
    }

    private Set<ProtectionElementPrivilegeContext> buildPePrivContexts(
        Map<Long, Set<Long>> peIdToPrivIds,
        Collection<ProtectionElement> allProtectionElements, Map<Long, Privilege> privById
    ) {
        Set<ProtectionElementPrivilegeContext> protectionElementPrivilegeContextSet;
        protectionElementPrivilegeContextSet = new LinkedHashSet<ProtectionElementPrivilegeContext>();
        for (ProtectionElement protectionElement : allProtectionElements) {
            ProtectionElementPrivilegeContext context = new ProtectionElementPrivilegeContext();
            context.setProtectionElement(protectionElement);
            Set<Privilege> privs = new LinkedHashSet<Privilege>();
            for (Long privId : peIdToPrivIds.get(protectionElement.getProtectionElementId())) {
                privs.add(privById.get(privId));
            }
            context.setPrivileges(privs);
            protectionElementPrivilegeContextSet.add(context);
        }
        return protectionElementPrivilegeContextSet;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
    private <T> Collection<T> getAllObjectsByIds(Session s, Class<T> entityClass, String idName, Collection<Long> ids) {
        if (ids.isEmpty()) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        } else {
            return s.createCriteria(entityClass).add(MoreRestrictions.in(idName, ids)).list();
        }
    }

    protected SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
        return sf;
    }
}

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Q: how to zoom any class or id in css3 on hover? i am now studying css3 but not working class in css3 any one help me
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>Zoom Hover</title>

is there any way to do this any one assist me please, is there any
website for css3 for learning?

A: If you really want to "zoom" an element using CSS you should use a transformation and scale it to the size you want:
transform: scale(2);

This will scale the element and all of its content by a factor of 2.
Here's a fully working example:
CSS
.test {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;

    -webkit-transition: all 2s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 2s ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 2s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 2s ease-in-out;
    transition: all 2s ease-in-out;
}

.test:hover {
    -webkit-transform: scale(2);
    -moz-transform: scale(2);
    -ms-transform: scale(2);
    -o-transform: scale(2);
    transform: scale(2);
}

Demo
Try before buy (using transform and scale)
What you tried to do, was to change the dimensions of an element. That won't actually zoom the element but make it larger. Child-elements are not affected by this. You can achieve this easier by using a transition instead of an animation:
CSS
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FSD Pharma Offers a Compelling Value in Drug Research
The oil industry has been on a rollercoaster ride over the past few years. First, after COVID-19 struck in early 2020, crude oil prices plummeted from $60 to less than $20 per barrel. Then, after the initial demand shock, prices rebounded from around $50 to over $80 in 2021. Supply and demand concerns moved oil to over $90 in early 2022, and of course, the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent prices reeling to $130.
Like many energy companies, InPlay Oil Corp. (TSE: IPO) (OTCQX: IPOOF) struggled to survive demand destruction following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Since then, the company has had a remarkable turnaround and grown production by 80% from 2019 to current levels. This robust production is now yielding solid results as the stock tops its peer group in growth.
In this article, we'll take a closer look at InPlay Oil and why investors may want to take a second look at the stock.
Unique from the Start
InPlay Oil isn't a typical oil and gas business. Before founding InPlay, President and CEO Doug Bartole, P. Eng., ICD.D, ran publicly-traded Vero Energy from 2005 to 2012 where he grew production organically close to 200% and sold it at an opportune time. He also served in management and engineering roles at True Energy, Husky Energy, and Renaissance Energy. In fact, the majority of the company's management team has a strong engineering and technical background, especially with experience in their area of focus.
The company is also focused on becoming an environmental leader with plans to release their inaugural sustainability report this summer. In the past, the company successfully reduced its CO2 emissions by 20% year-over-year in 2021 and estimates similar results in 2022, as well as uses a rigorous pipeline integrity program resulting in no spills in the past few years.
Strong Growth, Low Leverage
InPlay Oil reported record production of 5,768 boe/d in 2021, representing 45% growth over 2020. At the same time, the company's operating income profit margin rose from 40% in 2020 to 64% in 2021, while adjusted fund flows soared 532% to $47 million in that time frame. The best is yet to come when looking at the remarkable results in the charts below. Management expects production to continue growing to 8,900 to 9,400 boe/d in 2022—a remarkable estimated 90% on a debt-adjusted share basis.
The company's operational and technical expertise and high-quality assets also drove top-quartile reserve adds and capital efficiencies throughout the business. And thanks to financial diligence and aggressive deleveraging, its net debt to EBITDA ratio fell to 1.5x in 2021, with management aiming for a further reduction to near zero in 2022.
Given its low leverage ratios, the company evaluated and made accretive acquisition opportunities in recent months. For example, the company's Prairie Storm Resources Corp. acquisition added low-decline production, sizable economic drilling inventories, quick payout inventory, and increased reserve life. The team also made other smaller purchases.
Click here to watch the company's latest webinar discussing these financial results:
The Market is Catching On
Eight Capital Corp. believes that InPlay offers one of the highest debt-adjusted returns with the lowest valuation multiple among its coverage group. According to the analyst, applying a 2x average EV/DACF multiple to the stock would equate to an $8.16 share price—a substantial premium over the current market price.
InPlay Oil Corp. (TSE: IPO) (OTCQX: IPOOF) continues to deliver top-tier organic growth in cash flow among its peers, resulting in the most sustainable and lowest debt position in ist history. Last year, the company broke records with production that was 15% above 2019—its pre-COVID levels. And these trends are just the beginning.
The company's management team is focused on generating strong shareholder returns and believes 2022 will be another record year for the company. With their current, conservative forecast, the company expects to generate 2022 AFF of $141 to $150 million and 2022 FAFF of $83 million to $92 million, resulting in a positive working capital position by year-end.
For more information, visit the company's website or download their investor presentation.
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Walking Through New York
Subways and taxis are common ways to get around New York City. But an ever more common and older method of transportation is walking. There are sidewalks throughout Manhattan and the boroughs. And on these sidewalks are many pedestrians walking to various destinations.
The City of New York Parks & Recreation department has a program called Walk NYC. It "is a free program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Parks will staff locations throughout the city with trained walking instructors to lead one-hour walks." Walk NYC has locations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. There are many parks around New York within which to take a stroll. Central Park, Battery Park, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach are all great parks to take walks through.
Sidewalk Walking
But why drive to a park when you can use the sidewalk right out front and walk around your neighborhood. As noted, there are lots of sidewalks and there are crosswalks at every corner. After Hurricane Sandy took trains out of service due to flooding, a major part of the city's mass transit system, even more people were walking through New York.
This is a good thing right? In New York, walking is a mixed blessing. With all of the cars, trucks and taxis crowding New York streets, pedestrians and bikers must be highly alert to avoid accidents. The New York State Health department states the yearly state average of motor vehicle traffic-related pedestrian deaths is 312. On average 3,446 pedestrians are hospitalized due to motor vehicle traffic-related injuries. And the total yearly emergency room visits due to motor vehicle traffic-related injuries is 12,104 pedestrians.
Bicyclists are also prone to motor vehicle traffic-related fatalities and injuries as well. On average there are 31 deaths, 635 hospitalizations, and 3,209 emergency room visits per year.
Focus: New York City
A team of surgeons, physicians, and researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center tracked admissions at the Bellevue Hospital Center from December 2008 to June 2011. They saw 1,400 pedestrians and cyclists after being in a collision at this one hospital. When they looked at hospital admissions city-wide, they totaled 11,000 pedestrians and 3,500 bicyclists were injured by motor vehicles in 2010. Most of these injuries "occurred in Manhattan and western Brooklyn, stretching along the busiest corridors of a city where street safety and traffic engineering have been trumpeted as defining legacies of May Michael R. Bloomberg's tenure." .
Interesting Results
Some interesting results from this study include:
*About 8 percent of both pedestrians and cyclists said they were injured while using an electronic device, including cellphone or music player. For victims ages 7 to 17, the numbers climbed to more than 10 percent of pedestrians and nearly 30 percent of cyclists.
*About 40 percent of injured [bicycle] riders were bit by taxis, compared with 25 percent of pedestrians.
*More than 80 percent of cyclists rode with traffic flow, but less than a third wore helmets.
*On weekdays, about 60 percent of pedestrians were struck between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., with injuries occurring consistently over what are typically the highest-traffic hours of the day.
(Information taken from New York Times article Crosswalks in New York Are Not Havens, Study Finds)
In addition, 44 percent of injuries occurred when pedestrians used the crosswalk with the signal. And while we like to think sidewalks are safe, about 6 percent of pedestrian injuries by motor vehicle occurred on those very sidewalks.
Walking with your eyes and ears open is great for your health and our environment. But an individual must still be aware. If you have been injured walking on a sidewalk or crossing the street, contact our personal injury attorney to review your rights.
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Marylanders: Urge your legislators to support abolition of the death penalty | Jon Katz, P.C.
Maryland voters: The state finally has a governor, Martin O'Malley, committed so fully to the death penalty's abolition that he is pushing for such legislation in the current legislative session. Please call, write, visit, and camp out at your state senators' and delegates' offices to make death penalty abolition a reality in Maryland. The voting in the state legislature will happen soon.


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Food and drink news: Purple Door ice cream sundae kits, Indeed Brewing CBD seltzer
Elaine Rewolinski
Indeed Brewing Company launches CBD seltzer
Lull is coming to store shelves in January as Indeed Brewing Co. begins canning and distributing its hemp-oil-infused seltzer across Wisconsin. The Minneapolis-based beverage company, with a taproom in Milwaukee's Walker's Point, introduced Lull as a taproom exclusive in 2019.
The nonalcoholic CBD seltzer, flavored with Key lime and lemonade, is part of the company's expansion into the beyond-beer beverage industry. Read more at: indeedbrewing.com
Outpost Natural Foods foresees a healthy 2021
It looks like we can expect vegetables and citrus to continue to be in demand for 2021.
Outpost Natural Foods, the local co-op with four grocery stores in the Milwaukee area, suggests foods that promote health, flavor and convenience will be the top consumer choices at the market. Based on a survey by ADM, a food processing and commodities trading corporation, consumers will be reaching for foods and beverages with naturally occurring vitamin C, versatile veggies such as cabbage and chickpeas, as well as local sauces, dressings and marinades.
Check what's on sale, owner specials, and a calendar of events at: outpost.coop
Purple Door Ice Cream home delivery
The Milwaukee-based premium ice cream maker now has three take-home ice cream kits available for contactless home delivery.
The do-it-yourself ice cream kits make from six to 12 desserts, depending on the kit. The sundae survival kit comes with three pints of ice cream and four toppings; the root beer float kit with two pints and four cans of Sprecher root beer; and the ice cream sandwich kit with a dozen cookies and two pints.
Kit costs range from $25 to $32. Delivery is free to residents in Milwaukee County from Thursday through Saturday. To order, visit purpledooricecream.com
BelAir Cantina opening ice bar
An ice bar opening Jan. 22 in front of BelAir Cantina at The Corners of Brookfield features drinks with names such as Icebergs, Polar Plunges and Icicles. The outdoor bar is constructed from 10,000 pounds of ice.
Visitors can also take a seat near one of the heaters and try a mystery shot served in an ice glass, or quaff a tap beer. For dates and hours of operation, visit thecornersofbrookfield.com. The Corners complex is on West Blue Mound Road at North Barker Road.
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Chef Pam's Kitchen is cooking in February
Chef Pam's Kitchen is offering home cooks a chance to improve their skills. Classes in February will focus on New Orleans' cuisine for Mardi Gras, specialty cake decorating classes for Valentine's Day, a lobster night, and a Not Your Wisconsin Fish Fry class for Lent.
Class sizes have been reduced because of COVID-19, and extensive cleaning measures are in place. Participants are asked to wear masks.
Chef Pam's is at 290 W. Main St. in Waukesha. Maximum class size is 12 students, and classes sell out quickly, so call to check current availability, (262) 271-6121, or visit chefpamskitchen.com
Compiled by Elaine Rewolinski. If you have food news to announce, send your press release to: jsfeat@journalsentinel.com


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Investment of £80 million to be made into small-scale waste infrastructure ahead of Green Investment Bank launch
A total of £80 million has been committed to two specialist fund managers to make and manage investments in small-scale waste infrastructure by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
All BIS investments made by the fund manager will be match funded leveraging in at least £80 million more to the projects.
The Government is investing directly on fully commercial terms, ahead of obtaining state aid approval for the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).
An initial fund of £50 million will be managed by Foresight Group and an initial fund of £30 million by Greensphere Capital. The maximum amount of individual investments is not likely to exceed £15 million.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said: "These investments are a landmark moment. They represent a great opportunity to unlock substantial commercial investment in green technologies and infrastructure. The Government has committed to setting the UK firmly on course towards a green and growing economy and today is another important step in that direction.
"Investing directly now shows that we are not just sitting on our hands while we wait for the UK Green Investment Bank to receive state aid approval."
Foresight Group partner and head of environment Andrew Page added: "We have established a position as a leader in environmental investing with a long-term commitment to the sector.
"We are delighted to have been selected by UKGI to invest in UK companies utilising proven technologies to support the development of the waste sector, making the most of the valuable resources within the waste streams, contributing to achieving the UK's environmental targets and creating a substantial number of jobs across the country."
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Zudy is a visionary software company with a breakthrough No-Code App Development platform known as Vinyl. This rapid application development platform enables the delivery of enterprise class applications, in days. All solutions are enterprise ready, powerful, secure, scalable and align without writing any code. Connect to existing backend systems and develop solutions across your entire landscape. Rapidly build apps that work with your data sources including cloud and RDBMS. Build 50+ Apps/yr.
Transforming our business with no code apps!
Pros: This software is very easy to use. We have non-developers creating apps in days. Vinyl has given our business the flexibility to deliver quick solutions to our customers.
Overall: Every request for features that we've suggested has been added into the software platform, so there isn't anything I can say that I like least about it. I honestly like everything about the software.
Pros: Speed of development, Re-use of objects, support.
Cons: Lack of documentation of each individual feature. Even though it can be done, some basic things that I use to be able to code for are not as simplistic to implement within the infrastructure. (ie: changing the background color of a cell containing a checkbox control).
Overall: Have been really able to customize small in house applications very quickly that have significant impact on company and it's process's.
Pros: I like the options that are provided. Rather than looking on the web and hoping you're not stealing someone's copyright.
Cons: Some of the fine lines don't vectorize very well.
Pros: Zudy promises a fast development process with "no code". The team is engaging and friendly, and it all sounds really great!
Cons: "No code" means they later this software on top of your code (or another product). This creates restrictions on how useful it can really be. From a company perspective the team doesn't write requirements, their platform isn't "able to do anything" as it is sold, the team was unable to deliver results. Also it cost a fortune.


Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange, best known under his alias Doctor Strange, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A former neurosurgeon, Strange serves as the Sorcerer Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats. Debuting in the Silver Age of comics, the character has been featured in several eponymous comics series and licensed derivative media including video games, an animated television show, films, and merchandise such as trading cards and figurines. A Marvel Studios live-action film adaptation, starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the titular role, is set for a 2016 theatrical release.


For the second time in history, start of the Tour de France cycling event will be hosted in Brussels.
In 2019, Belgium celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first time Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merckx won the famed race.
"No other capital could say this," said Brussels Mayor Yvan Mayeur. He estimates the event will cost the city a total of €5 million, writes Bruzz.
The last time Brussels hosted the Tour de France was in 1958.


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