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Shopee Supports Eco-Friendly Brands in Time for Earth Day
Shopee shares how Messy Bessy, Unilever, and Klean Kanteen Philippines advocate for a sustainable future through different initiatives
Every year, people celebrate Earth Day to raise global awareness and inspire millions of individuals to take action to protect the environment. As part of the international efforts to drive action among the community, Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, launched Shop Green to encourage Filipinos to support sustainable products through Shop Green, an online sale from April 19 to 25.
In 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which listed responsible consumption and production, climate action, and sustainable cities and communities as part of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, most nations are still far from reaching these goals, with the Philippines ranked 99th out of the 166 countries in terms of progress towards achieving these objectives.
Committed to creating a sustainable future, brands like Klean Kanteen Philippines, Messy Bessy, and Unilever are pushing for sustainable operations and actively choosing to use organic materials as steps towards building a better and healthier planet. Therefore, Shopee launched its Shop Green campaign to support these brands in their advocacy for a more sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle.
Klean Kanteen Philippines
At Klean Kanteen Philippines, environmental responsibility is an ongoing journey that involves constant research on how to source better and more eco-friendly materials. The brand's mission is to create durable, versatile, and affordable products for its consumers, and encourage the switch to drinking bottles that are more environmentally sustainable. Klean Kanteen Philippines saw Shopee's extensive growth as a testament to the platform's commitment to innovate and adapt to changing consumer needs. Through Shopee, consumers can easily purchase their favorite Klean Kanteen bottles and join the movement to stop single-use habits.
According to Klean Kanteen Philippines, "We don't just make bottles. We create solutions for social change. We work hard to design durable, versatile and affordable products that can last a lifetime and replace mountains of single-use waste. Our partnership with Shopee allows us to tell our story and start important conversations with more consumers."
Klean Kanteen Philippines is committed to donating 1% of their annual sales to organizations they believe in every single year.
Messy Bessy
Messy Bessy is a line of plant-derived home and personal care products. The social enterprise aims to change the world, one sustainable product at a time. By developing eco-friendly products made from organic ingredients, the brand creates sustainable livelihoods for Filipino students, at-risk youths, and abused young adults to help stop the cycle of poverty. All of their products make use of cleaning agents that are found in nature, such as deriving ethyl alcohol from sugar cane. Their surface cleaners, all-purpose scrubs, and liquid detergents also do not have harmful chemicals.
The company is growing at a rapid pace and there is a demand for more convenient access to their products. By partnering with Shopee, Messy Bessy was able to reach more buyers nationwide, especially those looking for affordable, easily accessible, and effective environmentally friendly products.
Krie Reyes-Lopez, CEO and Founder of Messy Bessy, said, "We believe that being mindful of the environment and its sustainability is important. Partnering with Shopee truly helped us expand our e-commerce business and allowed us to reach people nationwide. With Shopee's coin cashback and free shipping promotions, our clients find it easier to purchase our refill bottles and this allows us to use less plastic bottles. Currently, we have collection points in our Metro Manila kiosks for these bottles since we are able to recycle and reuse them."
Unilever's Love Beauty & Planet
In 2019, Unilever brought its Love Beauty & Planet initiative to the Philippines, in line with its commitment to do small acts of love to make consumers and the planet a little more beautiful, everyday. With Shopee, Unilever could reach more consumers, convincing them to be more eco-friendly and pro-planet with their products. Shop Green is aligned with Love Beauty & Planet's purpose of enabling consumers to do more for themselves and the planet by providing a convenient platform to make more sustainable choices when purchasing products.
Isab Galang, Assistant Brand Manager for Love Beauty & Planet, Unilever Philippines, said, "Shop Green sheds light on how easy it can be to do more for the planet. Being a part of this campaign solidifies our brand's commitment for a better, greener and more sustainable planet. Through this initiative, Love Beauty & Planet can reach more Filipinos and help them create #smallactsoflove with just one click."
Shoppers can also look forward to brands like Forever 21, P&G's Herbal Essences, and Colgate-Palmolive. To find out more about the campaign and to show your support for sustainable brands, visit https://shopee.ph/m/shop-green from April 19 to 25, 2021.
To enjoy more discounts on your eco-friendly purchases, you can top up with ShopeePay and get free shipping with a minimum spend of ₱199, while getting 8% cashback with a minimum spend of ₱1,000.
Download the Shopee app for free via the App Store or Google Play.
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Q: Data synchronization from an android content provider to my remote server I'm developing an app (Android 4.0) which relies on a background service to sync specific data from probably sqlite to a remote mysql database.
I am pretty new to Android dev (but not programming) and hence am still struggling with where to begin and how to construct the system. I am planning on leveraging:
"Developing Android REST client applications" by Virgil Dobjanschi (2010)
as a starting point. What he demonstrates is a high level approach to developing such a system which is excellent.
My question is, in two years or so has anything changed, or would this still be considered a viable approach? Any other help you can give having gleened my situation will help me immensely.
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Use an Intent Service to get off the main thread for your requests.  If you want more info about services refer to this.
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World Cup Journeys: Can Mesut Ozil the pass master assist Germany to a defence of its title?
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Mesut Ozil is the master of the assist. But can he stand up to be Germany's star man in defending a World Cup title? (ABC News: Tim Madden)
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Since 2006, the German football team has done more than most to embrace the changing face of modern Germany, and no player represents that more than Mesut Ozil.
In a country that has seen millions of migrants take up German citizenship, Germany has fielded an increasingly multicultural team at each successive World Cup since hosting the event in 2006.
Alongside the likes of Sami Khedira (who has a Tunisian father), Jerome Boateng (Ghanaian father) and Marko Marin (Bosnian-Serb heritage), Ozil is a third-generation Turkish-German, who says his ancestry comes from north-western Turkey. He credits his style of play to his heritage, but his attitude to his country of birth.
"My technique and feeling for the ball is the Turkish side to my game. The discipline, attitude and always-give-your-all is the German part."
A devout Muslim, Ozil will often be seen standing by himself reciting a passage from the Quran before entering the field of play. During the German national anthem, Ozil is often silent, or silently reciting the Quranic passage to himself.
Ozil's mix of creative flair, vision and eye for a pass has seen him labelled as world football's king of the assist, making him one of the sport's most fascinating players to watch.
His professional career began at Schalke 04, coming through the Bundesliga club's youth system to make his debut in 2006, before a falling out with his coach saw him move to league rivals Werder Bremen in 2008.
There, the young playmaker proved he could replace Brazilian star Diego, fuelling his burgeoning reputation as the "next big thing" with a German Cup triumph and guiding Die Werderaner to the last-ever UEFA Cup final, which they lost to Shakhtar Donetsk.
It was just over a year before the 2010 FIFA World Cup that Ozil, aged 20, would make his full German international debut. And from there, it was obvious that Die Mannschaft had a star on their hands. To the rest of the world, Australia included, Germany's midfield maestro was still Michael Ballack. But a new prince was moving in, and it showed on a wintry night in Durban in 2010.
Mesut Ozil grabbed an assist and was everywhere in midfield for Germany as it torched Australia 4-0 in South Africa. (Reuters: Paul Hanna)
Fuelled by ill-advised confidence following news Ballack had been ruled out of the entire 2010 World Cup, Australian fans felt buoyant over their chances of getting something from their match against Germany in South Africa.
Socceroos fans chanted "Where's your Ballack?" — to the tune of Basement Jaxx's Where's Your Head At — to German supporters on their way in to the Moses Mabhida Stadium. Little did they know that Ballack's 21-year-old replacement would help rip the Socceroos to pieces in a 4-0 trouncing, from which Australia's campaign never recovered.
His performances at the 2010 World Cup, crowned with a peach of a goal against Ghana in the group stage, earmarked Ozil as one of the world's stand-out young talents, earning him a move to Spanish giant Real Madrid.
In his first season at the Bernabeu, Ozil racked up 25 assists, the highest for any player in Europe that season.
He made the shortlist for the FIFA Ballan d'Or during the 2011-12 season, laying on 17 assists in La Liga to help Real Madrid to a record-breaking league title, in which it amassed 100 points on the league table.
The following season saw the arrival of Luka Modric at Real Madrid, signalling the beginning of the end for his time at Los Merengues, yet he still chalked up 29 assists in an otherwise poor season for the club.
Then came his move to Arsenal — a deadline-day transfer which made him the most expensive German footballer of all time as he parachuted into the north London club.
His time at Arsenal has proved frustrating, with no league titles, but he has been part of three FA Cup winning teams. During that time, talk about whether he is a big-game player or not has surrounded the German, dividing pundits on his influence on the game.
In many ways, Ozil is reflective of the modern footballer in how stats-driven player analysis is nowadays. Rather than a raw goals count, Ozil's fans and detractors alike will pore over his assists, his chance creation, and expected goals from those chances.
Ozil's almost disinterested body language has seen him labelled as lazy, so much so that even then Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had to come out in defence of his player.
"He is a guy who works much harder than people think, but his body language goes against him sometimes," Wenger said.
His backers will bring out the statistical guns, showing his distances covered — he has consistently ranked among the hardest-working runners at Arsenal — and of course, the sheer volume of chances that he creates.
In the past nine seasons for club and country, Ozil has racked up 138 assists (source: WhoScored.com). Since making his Premier League debut in 2013, he has created 476 scoring chances and 50 assists, according to Opta — more than any other player in the competition.
No league titles have come from Mesut Ozil's Arsenal move, though he has won the FA Cup three times. (AP: Tim Ireland)
In the big five European leagues, he has created over 1,000 goal-scoring chances since his 2006 league debut, also leading this metric.
A deceptively quick player, Ozil's style of play is founded on his creative streak and vision. Playing as an advanced playmaker, Ozil can be found either behind the striker or on the flank as a "central winger", who plays as a central midfielder but drifts wide on the flanks, allowing other wingers and full-backs to overlap him.
He is an extremely reliable set-piece merchant, with plenty of chances provided (and scored) from free kicks, while he is becoming particularly prolific with a signature bounce-ball move. He has scored and assisted a number of goals for club and country with a move that sees him deliberately bounce the ball into the turf first, then up over advancing keepers and through gaps in defence to disguise through-balls and shots on goal.
Mesut Ozil (L) scores against Algeria during Germany's 1-0 win in the 2014 World Cup round of 16 clash. (Reuters: Leonhard Foeger)
During his time at Arsenal, Ozil was a member of Germany's triumphant team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. But played out of position through much of the tournament — Marco Reus's injury meant Ozil was afforded a starting role, but on the left wing — his influence flickered, more than ignited, in Germany's romp home.
Now 29 years old, a senior player and with trophies under his arm, Ozil has the chance to be Germany's main man, the heartbeat of the side, as it looks to become the first team to defend a World Cup title since 1962.
Can he shed the "lazy" label and star for Germany in a wonderfully balanced team? The 2018 FIFA World Cup could provide answers, or further muddy the ongoing debate surrounding the gifted technician.
Germany 0-1 Mexico: Ozil goes cold for poor Germany
Mesut Ozil failed to add any life to a listless German performance. (Reuters: Carl Recine)
The Germans stunned the world in their first game of the 2018 tournament, but not in a good way. Few could believe how sluggish, disorganised and lifeless the reigning champs were.
Ozil was not the worst of the bunch — for the most part he was neat and tidy, and moved the ball and his opponents around smartly enough — but he was completely unable to inspire any magic for his side on a day they really could have used it.
And replays of Hirving Lozano's winner for Mexico will not be kind on Mesut, as the PSV winger skipped effortlessly past Ozil — who put his hands in the air and pulled out of any subsequent challenge — before blasting the ball past Manuel Neuer.
It was the closest Ozil came to a defining moment in a game that past him and his team by.
Germany 2-1 Sweden: Dropped, unsighted but not downbeat
A quiet game against Mexico saw Ozil relegated to the bench for Germany's crunch match against Sweden, and it was there where he would stay.
As an unused substitute in a massive World Cup game, you could forgive Ozil for being a little peeved — but if his social media reaction is anything to go by, he took the bad news well.
Germany is still alive at this tournament, and Ozil surely will still have a role to play.
Germany 0-2 South Korea: Ozil tries hard but Germany tumble out
Mesut Ozil had a good game, but it mattered little as Germany lost. (AP: Lee Jin-man)
Statistically, this was quite a good game by Ozil. But it's likely to be a day he will want to forget.
Restored to the starting line-up, Ozil had 110 touches, seven shot assists and a passing accuracy rate of 85 per cent from 95 passes across the 90 minutes.
But it wasn't enough as Germany was eliminated from the World Cup group stages for the first time.
The frustrations from a poor tournament played out after the game, with images emerging of Ozil arguing with German fans in the stands.
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Fairmount, Philadelphia facts for kids
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
From the 11th floor deck of 2601 Pennsylvania Ave, Overlooking 26th and Aspen Streets intersection
Fairmount is a neighborhood within the Greater Center City District of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its boundaries are north of Spring Garden Street, west of Broad Street, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.
While this may be the most common demarcation, the area's boundaries fluctuate depending on how you define the neighborhood and several subdivisions exist within these boundaries including: Spring Garden, Franklintown and Francisville. Also, Fairmount is sometimes referred to as the "Art Museum Area," for its proximity to and association with the Art Museum.
The name "Fairmount" derives from the prominent hill on which the Philadelphia Museum of Art now sits and where William Penn intended to build his manor house. Later, the name was applied to the street originally called Hickory Lane that runs from the foot of Fairmount hill through the heart of the neighborhood.
A handful of European settlers farmed the area in the 17th century, 18th century and early 19th century, when Fairmount was still outside Philadelphia's city limits. Prominent city families established countryseats there as well, including Bush Hill, White Hall, and Lemon Hill, the last of which still stands overlooking the Schuylkill. Fairmount was originally in Penn Township, which was subsequently divided, putting the future neighborhood in the newly created Spring Garden District until 1854 when it was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia.
During the American Revolution, British soldiers occupying Philadelphia built defensive works starting on the hill of Fairmount and continuing several miles along a line just south of present-day Fairmount Avenue to the Delaware River. Their purpose was to prevent American troops under George Washington from attacking them from the north - the only side of the city not protected by water.
Signs of urban expansion appeared in the early 19th century, when three large, innovative, and internationally recognized institutions were located in the district. The first of these was the Fairmount Dam and Water Works at the foot of Fairmount hill. Beginning in 1822, the Water Works used waterpower to pump water from the Schuylkill River into reservoirs on the top of Fairmount hill, from where it flowed by gravity into city homes and businesses.
An engineering wonder, it was also an architectural and scenic attraction. Its buildings, which included a restaurant, are among the earliest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the United States. Protection of the municipal drinking water that the Water Works pumped was the impetus for the purchase of lands along the Schuylkill that later became Fairmount Park, one of the world's largest municipal park systems. Charles Dickens listed the Water Works as one of the two things he particularly wanted to see while in Philadelphia.
The other was Eastern State Penitentiary, less than half a mile away on Fairmount Avenue. The prison opened in 1829 , the first prison in the country built specifically with the intention of reforming rather than simply punishing criminals. The prison's hub-and-spoke layout was also a first, and became the model for hundreds of prisons around the world (it was often called the "Pennsylvania Model"). Its unique system of solitary confinement for all prisoners did not, however. Intended to provide prisoners relief from the overcrowding and squalor of other prisons and give them time to reflect on their crimes, it led instead to intense despair and sometimes insanity among the inmates and was roundly condemned by Dickens when he visited.
In 1831, these two innovative institutions were joined by a third: Girard College. This school was founded in accordance with the will of Stephen Girard, possibly the wealthiest man in America at the time of his death. Himself an orphan, he wanted to create a model institution for educating poor orphaned white boys at a time when universal public education did not yet exist.
The executor of Girard's estate was another prominent and wealthy Philadelphian, Nicholas Biddle, former US Secretary of the Treasury, who commissioned the building of Founders Hall in honor of Girard. The Hall is the first example of true Greek Revival architecture in the United States and is, like both the Water Works and Eastern State Penitentiary, a National Historic Landmark. In 1968 Girard College entered the nation's awareness again when the United States Supreme Court altered Girard's will by striking the words "poor, male, white, orphan" and set a major precedent for equal access to education for all Americans.
These three institutions were built when Fairmount was still a rural suburban district of Philadelphia. Beginning in the 1830s, the city itself began to grow beyond its original boundaries, and a mixture of homes and factories sprang up on the district's southern fringes. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, the nation's largest maker of locomotive engines, was located on the southeastern edge of the future Fairmount neighborhood and was a major factor in development of the neighborhood south of Fairmount Avenue in the 1840s, 50s, and 60s.
Fairmount is near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, its famous "Rocky Steps" (immortalized in the 1976 Academy Award film, "Rocky") and its new Perelman Annex. Fairmount is located at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a broad 1.5-mile tree- and flag-lined avenue that connects City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This stretch is known as the "Museum District" since most of the city's cultural attractions and museums are located here. Along the Parkway are the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia's Central Library, the Franklin Institute of Science, the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Barnes Museum.
Based upon the famous Champs-Élysées in Paris in its design and owing to its ability to hold vast amounts of people, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is also where most of Philadelphia's large outdoor events, parades, concerts, and races are held.
Eastern State Penitentiary located on Fairmount Avenue has become another main draw for the neighborhood. Tours of this historic 1829 facility, now abandoned, are offered. It is also annually converted into a haunted house during the Halloween season and, because of its resemblance to the Bastille, it is part of Philadelphia's Bastille Day celebration.
Fairmount Avenue is the dividing line between Fairmount and the Spring Garden neighborhoods. Spring Garden has many large houses built for the managers of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, other professionals, and brewery owners which date back to the 1840s.
Fairmount's homes were generally smaller row or town houses and the residents were generally working class. Row houses were interspersed with lumber yards, coal yards, lime yards, iron foundries, bakeries, dry goods stores, as well as several wagon works and stables. Many of these were built in the second half of the 19th century to support small factories and later the large breweries that were
Fairmount enjoys a multiethnic mix from all socioeconomic strata. Its southern half has become increasingly gentrified in recent years, with newcomers to the city settling in the neighborhood for its proximity to Center City.
As of the 2000 census, the racial makeup of Fairmount, Spring Garden, and Francisville is 65.23% White, 24.24% African American, 3.93% Asian, and 4.09% from other races. 7.63% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The population of Fairmount grew by 3% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses.
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El Fedjoudj () ist eine algerische Gemeinde in der Provinz Guelma mit 7.473 Einwohnern. (Stand: 1998)

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El Fedjoudj wird umgeben von Héliopolis im Osten und von Guelma und Ben Djarah im Süden.

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Martin Roberto Zúñiga Hernández better known as "El Pulpo" Zúñiga (The Octopus), was born in Tampico (Mexico) and is a Mexican former goalkeeper. He is most recognized for his involvement in 1st division Mexican Soccer or Liga MX and Major League Soccer also known as MLS. He was capped with the Mexico national football team.
Martin made his debut in the 1992-93 season, on March 13, 1993 for Club Tigres UANL in a match against Deportivo Toluca. In the 1995 season he was moved to the Chivas de Guadalajara where he would win the summer of '97 championship and obtain a sub championship in the winter of '98. Being part of the national elections, Martin helped Mexico obtain 3rd place in the 1997 Copa América. After many seasons with the Chivas de Guadalajara, Martin joined Chivas USA in the MLS to end his career.
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Former Spain National Team Beach Soccer Player
Juan Manuel Martin Lima also know as Juanma, was born in Marbella (Malaga) where he started playing beach soccer. He became an important player for over 15 years for the Spain National Beach Soccer team serving them as their team captain. He has gone through such clubs as AC Milan Beach Soccer, AS Roma Beach Soccer and FC Barcelona. In this sport, he has been European Beach Soccer Champion with the Spanish National Team in 2008, 2009 and 2014.
He has also been World Runner-up in 2016, and the Spanish Beach Soccer Champion with the Andalusian National Team several times and runner-up of the European Beach Soccer League in 2014.
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Former Malaga CF. Player
Manu Sánchez was born in Fuengirola (Malaga). He was a well-known central midfielder throughout all the Spanish divisions. After growing through the ranks of Real Madrid's C and B teams, Manu joined Malaga CF where he played professionally in 1st division for 6 years helping Malaga CF qualify for the UEFA Cup quarter-finals by scoring the most important goal of his career against AEK Athens FC.
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Former Getafe and Dep. Coruna Player
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Former U.S National Team Player
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Former Nigeria National Team Player
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Former USA National Team Player
Eric Wynalda was one of the first Americans to play professionally in Europe before returning to his home country in 1996 to play in Major League Soccer (MLS) and scoring the first goal in the league's history. Until 2008, he was the all-time leading goalscorer for the United States national team where he participated in three World Cups, one of only three U.S. players (the others being Tab Ramos and Marcelo Balboa) to have earned that honor at that time.
Wynalda retired from the U.S. National Team as its all-time leading scorer with 34 goals in 106 appearances. He was the sole owner of the record until 2007, when Landon Donovan tied the record with a penalty kick goal against Mexico in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final.
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Former Rayo Vallecano and Valencia CF Player
Javi Guerra was born in Vélez-Málaga, Andalusia. After beginning professionally with lowly Motril CF in Segunda División B, he appeared sporadically for neighboring Cádiz CF in the following season, after which he moved to La Liga with Valencia CF as a forward.
He added 112 matches and 40 goals in La Liga, with Valencia CF and Real Valladolid. After playing for many years in Spain, Javi Guerra signed with Premier League club Cardiff City for one season and returned to Spain to finish his Soccer Career in Málaga and Rayo Vallecano. Javi Guerra's twin brother, Emilio, was also a footballer and a forward.
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Martin "Pulpo" Zuñiga was a leader in and out of the field
Christian Marin (Left) with Martin "Pulpo" Zuñiga (Right) working at a Soccer Event
Pulpo Zuniga during a match in the Liga MX
El Pulpo in action during a Liga MX with Puebla
El Pulpo showing leadership while representing Las Chivas
Martin "Pulpo" Zuñiga in action with Chivas de Guadalajara in Mexico
Juanma Spain beach soccer national team's captain
Juanma during the kick off representing Barcelona CF
Christian Marin with Juanma Lima
Romario Faria (Left) controls the ball next to Spain's Juan Manuel Martin Lima during their FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup match on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro May 10, 2005
Juanma Lima receiving the MPV award and the Euro Cup Championship trophy
Juanma Lima during a Beach Soccer Tournament
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June 18, 1995. USA players, John Harkes (6), Thomas Dooley (middle) and Eric Wynalda (11) celebrate Wynalda's goal against Mexico at RFK Stadium in Washington.
Eric Wynalda during a FIFA World Cup match representing USA
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Javi Guerra (Rayo Vallecano) fights a 50-50 ball with Alvaro (Getafe)
Javi Guerra fighting for a ball at a Premier League match with Cardiff City
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Javi Guerra at a Premier League match with Cardiff City
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New book examines history of the death penalty in Ireland
An Irish writer has written a book examining the history of Ireland's justice system and its relationship with the death penalty.
Sentenced To Death Saved From the Gallows was written by Galway-born author Colm Wallace and explores the history of the death penalty in Ireland.
Here is the foreword for the book, written by the author:
Ireland has had a bitter history of capital punishment. Long before we became a nation, the British had used the death penalty to quell the dissent of the Irish population. Padraig Pearse, James Connolly and Robert Emmet are among those Irish heroes who were hanged, shot or beheaded by the British Government. It is not therefore surprising that the Irish had planned to abolish the hangman, the original draft of the constitution even prohibiting the death penalty. However the bloody and divisive Civil War soon changed minds. Many Irish citizens still viewed the punishment with distaste, nevertheless, and an Irish hangman was never used. A succession of English hangmen, most notably the Pierrepoints, were employed to perform the grim task, and were often met off the boat by large jeering crowds.
Between 1922 and 1990, a huge number of people convicted of murder had the death sentence imposed on them by the Irish State. The motivations for the murders varied from lust to greed, jealousy to hatred. The result of each case however, was the same. All of the protagonists were found guilty, given a date of execution and banished to a condemned cell in Mountjoy prison. A number of the unfortunate individuals met their fate at the end of the rope. The majority, however, had their sentences commuted, many just hours before they were due to be hanged. This book examines the stories behind thirty of these reprieved murderers.
In the book, Wallace examines the Irish mentality and conscience regarding capital punishment. As he points out, so many of the country's leading figures had their lives ended early after being sentenced to death for their actions, many driven by the desire for Ireland to achieve independence.
Perhaps the executions of these nationalists throughout history gave Irish people a moral stance that made them unable to accept the death penalty in any circumstances.
However, on the other hand, the Civil War saw Free State officials sentence their former comrades to death following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty by Michael Collins and Arthur Griffiths. As the newly formed Free State government tried to establish their control of Ireland, they had dozens of members of the anti-treaty IRA executed.
Those executed by the Free State included Rory O'Connor. His execution order was signed by Kevin O'Higgins. O'Connor had been best man at O'Higgins wedding less than a year earlier.
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Stanford men's tennis duo teams for doubles title
Playing together for only the second time this season, Stanford's Tom Fawcett and Maciek Romanowicz captured the Sherwood Cup doubles title on Monday morning in Thousand Oaks.
Fawcett and Romanowicz defeated USC's Max de Vroome and Roberto Quiroz, 6-4, in the championship match. The Cardinal duo also teamed up at the No. 2 spot against UC Davis last week, booking a 6-4 victory.
It was the second title at the event for Romanowicz, who teamed up with John Morrissey to win the 2014 event. Fawcett claimed his first career doubles crown, to go along with his USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships singles title back in October.
Stanford returns to action on Saturday, facing South Carolina in Gainesville, Fla., when ITA Kick-Off Weekend gets underway.
Stanford's Ivana Hong was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week, as announced by the conference Monday.
Hong scored a collegiate-best 9.950 on bars and a 9.900 on beam to earn a pair of individual event victories. Her performance on beam was crucial to the team's success because it came after a missed routine by a teammate. Hong's score on beam was just 0.025 off from her career best.
Hong's score of 9.950 on bars helped Stanford generate a score of 49.475 – the team's highest score in the event since 2007.
It is the second Pac-12 weekly honor of the season for Stanford after Elizabeth Price was named the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 12.
Men' volleyball
he No. 12 Stanford men's volleyball team dropped a 25-16, 27-25, 25-19 decision at fifth-ranked USC on Monday in the Galen Center.
The Cardinal (1-1, 2-3) hosts Long Beach State in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest on Wednesday at 8 p.m., to be aired on the Pac-12 Networks.
As a team, USC hit .371 while holding Stanford to a .165 clip. The Trojans posted a side out rate of 73 percent, 16 points higher than the Cardinal's 57 percent. USC also outblocked Stanford 8 1/2 to 6.
Stanford was led by redshirt senior Daniel Tublin, who tallied a match-high 11 kills and two service aces. True freshman Evan Enriques totaled a match-best eight digs to go with two kills and three blocks. Junior middle blocker Conrad Kaminski finished with six kills and five blocks.
Junior setter James Shaw turned in 26 assists, four digs and two kills for the Cardinal while guiding the offense. Senior middle blocker Spencer Haly hit .600 (6-0-10).
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John Thompson will focus on outside service work, production and technical engineering.
ADG Solutions appointed John Thompson to serve as the company's new technical and service manager. ADG Solutions helps companies process hard-to-recycle plastic waste from industrial, commercial and postconsumer sources.
According to an ADG Solutions news release, Thompson will manage the outside service, production in the Atlanta facility and technical engineering at the company with a focus on PLC work and programming.
Thompson recently held the position of maintenance manager at Fiberon Decking and prior to that was the senior electrical technician at Galvan Industries.
According to an ADG Solutions news release, Thompson has several certifications, including a North Carolina electrical contractor license, certified reliability leader, Siemens S7 introduction, Six Sigma green belt, Studio 5000 Logix designer level 1 and Studio 5000 Logix designer level 2.
Material recovery facility (MRF) operators discuss changes they have made to single-stream recycling in recent years.
Pictured above: Mark Badger, Canada Fibers, presents on challenges with single-stream recycling today.
Single-stream recycling is a collection method where households can put everything in one container at the curb. During Recycling Today's Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago, Nat Egosi, president of RRT Design & Construction, said this method is nothing new, but only about half of the recycling programs in the United States do single-stream recycling at all.
Egosi said there are some clear benefits to single-stream recycling collection.
Several material recovery facility (MRF) operators shared their experiences with single-stream recycling, explaining the pros and cons to it, as well as changes that they have made to it with stricter contamination requirements.
Since the National Sword policy was first implemented, Bob Cappadona, vice president of recycling at Casella Recycling, Boston, said Casella has had to move materials to secondary markets such as Indonesia and Thailand. With stricter goals for contamination and the state of Massachusetts requiring recycling, Cappadona said Casella had to make some operational adjustments at its MRFs this past year.
Cappadona said the company has added retrofits where needed to reduce contamination down to 2 percent prohibitives. He said the company has added OCC screening retrofits in order to capture smaller boxes and achieve better value for cardboard. The company will also consider adding optical sorting in future upgrades to clean out fiber products.
Another key to improving single-stream recycling is education—Cappadona said education could help to reduce contamination from coming into MRFs. To date, he said some of the worst contaminants he has seen at MRFs include plastic bags, film plastics, lithium batteries, clothing, cords, ropes and food waste.
Cappadona said Casella launched a #RecycleBetter campaign to educate community members on what is recyclable to reduce contamination levels at MRFs. The campaign has been promoted on social media, the company website and in print ads.
In recent years, Recycling & Disposal Solutions of Virginia has been hit hard with the backlog of paper coming into its MRFs as a result of changing policies and stricter contamination standards. Joe Benedetto, president of Recycling & Disposal Solutions of Virginia, said he thinks the industry is in a part of a 10-year cycle right now.
"It seems every 10 years we have a catastrophe and then recover," he said, adding that there are a few things MRF operators can do when these cycles occur.
He encouraged MRF operators to communicate more with customers through open dialogue when these cycles occur.
Benedetto said Recycling & Disposal Solutions of Virginia is working with municipalities to increase education to community members so that they know what can be recycled. Currently, he said Nos. 3-7 plastics are not recyclable at his company's MRFs, so there has been a lot of education around those items.
As a smaller MRF operator, Benedetto said his company has not invested much in adding new technology to improve contamination rates. However, the company has added more laborers to help with sorting.
Mark Badger, executive vice president at Canada Fibers, Toronto, reported that there are several challenges for today's MRF operators, such as overcoming the addiction MRFs had to sending materials to China.
There are also the challenges of MRF operators determining what materials should be recycled and dealing with high contamination rates coming in, he said.
MRF operators should invest in technology as a way to eradicate contamination and meet the strict purity specifications.
MRF operators should assist municipal customers to reduce confusion on what goes in the curbside bins.
Research and innovation should be done to find new technologies and methods to address challenging waste streams.
There is a need to develop new domestic markets for recovered materials.
MRF operators should communicate with government agencies and lawmakers on ways to drive a more circular economy.
The city of Phoenix is not new to single-stream recycling—Rick Peters, deputy director of public works for the city of Phoenix, said the city has one of the oldest single-stream recycling plants in the United States, which opened more than 25 years ago.
Peters said the city's MRFs are experiencing the same issues with contamination as other MRFs across the U.S. To address those issues, he said the company is focusing on education and infrastructure investment.
To educate community members on what's recyclable, Peters said the city placed "Oops!" stickers on recycling bins when they had contaminants in their bins. He said the first week of this initiative, about 72 percent of people received the "Oops!" sticker. After five weeks, though, he said only 29 percent of people received that sticker.
"We're encouraged by those numbers and will continue to focus on getting quality from the inbound," he said.
Additionally, Peters said the city is looking to invest in optical sorters and other new technology at its two MRFs to reduce contamination.
Closed Loop Partners co-founder Ron Gonen explains his vision to reinvigorate U.S. recycling.
When Ron Gonen co-founded New York City-based Closed Loop Partners in 2014, his goal was simple: help reform the way companies and municipalities recycle.
Gonen, who served as the New York Department of Sanitation's deputy commissioner of sanitation, recycling and sustainability under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, saw an opportunity to streamline and improve recycling operations across the country through smarter investments. Along with co-founder Rob Kaplan, a former director of sustainability at Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gonen created Closed Loop Partners to serve as an investment platform that could help companies and municipalities fund projects aimed at improving recycling rates, reducing contamination and increasing participation that might otherwise have difficulty getting financed.
Through the organization's Closed Loop Fund, Closed Loop Partners deploys no-interest and low-interest loans to help vetted third parties finance their specific initiatives. For their efforts, the company takes a small management fee, while investors expect their principal investment to be returned with a little additional interest.
The organization's fund, which has attracted more than $100 million in co- investment to date thanks to participation of high-profile corporations such as Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, 3M and PepsiCo., has been deployed to help bankroll 38 projects. Last year, the company invested more than $40 million for 17 projects across the U.S. and Canada.
Closed Loop Partners has helped fund a number of auspicious programs in the years following its inception, and while Gonen says all the projects that have been funded by the organization are performing as expected and paying back on schedule, he acknowledges that the recycling landscape has shifted considerably since the organization was first conceived.
Gonen says the need to update MRFs and improve the quality of bales is more pronounced in the face of China's ban of U.S. recycling imports, and in order to meet the increased purity demands of the market, today's companies have to make the decision on whether to invest in new sorting technologies or see diminished end markets for their materials.
Enforcing a higher standard is not just something that should be left unto MRFs, according to Gonen. He says municipalities should be including specific purity rates into their contracts to ensure that recovery facilities are able to process materials in an economically viable way. He notes that bale quality above 90 percent should be the standard, although above 95 percent is the ideal.
Although the China ban has upended business for a number of recyclers, Gonen thinks this disruption can ultimately be a positive one.
Gonen says another positive of the China ban is how it has spurred a massive opportunity to invest in recycling and the circular economy in North America. He says that domestic companies are hungry for recycled materials, and creating more refined recycling streams could help forge in-roads with these major manufacturers.
Through Closed Loop Partners, Gonen says he hopes to act as a conduit to help better connect manufacturers with recycling haulers and processors to generate the right kinds of materials for industry.
Changing the recycling practices in this country requires changing the status quo of how waste has traditionally been handled. With this in mind, Gonen says his organization is committed to working with companies who are more focused and strategic about diverting recyclables from landfill.
Gonen says that supporting innovative privately held regional companies that are approaching recycling the right way (he mentions Lakeshore Recycling Systems, Morton Grove, Illinois; Balcones Resources, Austin, Texas; Pratt Industries, Conyers, Georgia; Recology, San Francisco; and Firstar Fiber, Omaha, Nebraska, as examples) can have a big impact in helping divert recyclables. Because of this, Closed Loop Partners is focused on looking for ways to get these types of companies to a scale where they can better compete for contracts across the country with some of the biggest players in the space.
In addition to supporting more strategic haulers and operators, Gonen says that the importance of recycling and its benefits need to be better communicated to customers.
Part of communicating this message requires cutting down on misinformation about what should and shouldn't be recycled. While some environmental and special interest groups have made headlines decrying plastic waste, Gonen says individuals need to know the nuances between different types of materials and how they affect the recycling stream before they can make educated decisions on what to recycle and what to throw away.
Gonen says producers of some of this hard-to-recycle material, such as plastic bags and straws, should take the current call to ban these items as an opportunity to innovate and figure out how to develop proper sorting technology for the specific type of plastic or product they produce, and to do so in a way that can help develop end markets that pay over $70 per ton.
He notes that the groundswell of companies and municipalities coming out against difficult-to-recycle single-use items is a positive for the industry because it can help start the larger conversation on what types of materials are bad for recycling and which ones, like polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and rigid polypropylene, are of high value to recyclers.
To help manufacturers and recyclers develop solutions to today's recycling headaches, Closed Loop Partners unveiled its Center for the Circular Economy in March. The organization is a research and development (R&D) center where manufacturers, municipalities and investors can come together to foster ideas to move the recycling industry forward.
One of the cornerstone initiatives being undertaken through the center is the push to give paper and plastic cups a second life. The NextGen Cup Consortium, led by Starbucks, Seattle, and McDonald's, Chicago, is committed to identifying and commercializing existing and future recovery solutions for single-use hot and cold paper cups that often end up landfilled.
Gonen says he hopes that the center will serve as a forum for innovative solutions that can be supported by the organization's in-house funding mechanism.
Moving forward, Gonen says he sees a tremendous opportunity for investment in domestic recycling and circular economy infrastructure, but it will take buy in from across the supply chain for these investments to bear fruit. Luckily, he says, the industry has been receptive to working with his team to develop solutions that will allow recycling to find new life in this country after the smoke from the China ban settles.
WSRA awards cover several categories in state of Washington.
Award categories include Individual Recycler, Public Agency, Institution, Non-Profit, Higher Education Institution, Business Generator, Public Education, Youth Education, Innovation, Recycling Business, and the Recycling Hall of Fame.
Criteria for the award categories and nomination forms are available on the WSRA on this page of the WSRA website.
The J.M. Smucker Company will launch its effort in early 2019 with Folgers coffee packaging.
The J.M. Smucker Company, Orrville, OH, announced it has joined the How2Recycle initiative to educate consumers on how to responsibly recycle packaging. The J.M. Smucker Company will launch its effort in early 2019 with Folgers coffee packaging that will feature the How2Recycle label.
How2Recycle aims to promote recycling by reducing confusion through the implementation of a clear, well-understood label that enables companies to convey to consumers how to recycle a package appropriately. The How2Recycle label, which is featured on thousands of products in retail locations across the country, is the only U.S.-based recycling label that is standardized across all packaging types.
Studies and insights show many recyclable products and packages end up in landfills, as many consumers are confused about which items can be recycled and how to sort them.
The How2Recycle label is a project of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Charlottesville, Virginia, and is the first standardized U.S. recycling labeling system designed for consumers.
Today, more than 100 brands and brand owners have added the How2Recycle label to their packaging and many leading retailers, including Walmart, Target and Amazon, are supporters of the program.
Respect for the environment has been a focus of The J.M. Smucker company since its founding in 1897. The company has maintained constant vigilance around its sustainability efforts with continuous monitoring to determine opportunities for improvement, the company says. It has also established specific environmental goals to reduce its impacts related to waste, water and greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, including diverting 95 percent of waste from landfills, reducing water use intensity by 15 percent and reducing greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 10 percent.


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People's Bank of China must find a way to align monetary policy priorities with Xi's ever-expanding regulatory objectives
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping still has big tech regulation in his sights in 2022. Image: Facebook
On January 16, People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Yi Gang voiced optimism that Asia's biggest economy can return to business as usual in 2022. Yet two days later, his boss – Xi Jinping – reminded Yi how hard that might be.
Last Friday, President Xi signaled that the brutal US$1.5 trillion sell-off in tech stocks his industry crackdowns triggered isn't over. Xi's regulators spooked investors with new guidelines for food-delivery platforms, including industry giant Meituan, to cut fees they charge restaurants.
The sudden plunge in Hong Kong's Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks China's top tech companies, reflected fears that Xi may have more broadsides up his sleeve and that they might be fired on markets between now and later this year, when Xi plans to secure a third term as Communist Party leader.
The strong response shows that "market fears over China's regulatory tightening haven't been fully eradicated," notes strategist Daniel So at CMB Worldwide Securities. Generally, he adds, markets had been proceeding as if the "worst of crackdowns must be over."
Not so much, as Xi's team reverts to micromanaging-tech mode. This uncertainty is sure to make for a very busy year for Yi's team at the PBOC, perhaps more than he knows.
"We will keep our accommodative monetary policy flexible and appropriate and increase support for key areas and weak links in the economy," Yi told central bank chiefs and finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations last Wednesday.
Yi noted that turbulence in the global economy will probably require more counter-cyclical adjustments to China's money supply. In the second half of 2021, the PBOC pivoted to easing mode as Covid-19 hit economic growth and Xi's policies to reduce leverage in the property sector unnerved credit markets.
In the October-December period, the Yi team moved forcefully to slash interest rates, cut the amount of cash banks must put in reserve and added liquidity to credit markets. The PBOC did so again in January.
As the year begins, PBOC staff reckon China can expand in the 5% to 5.7% range. This "potential growth rate" is the same one the central bank projects into 2025. Achieving it requires the PBOC to align monetary policy priorities with Xi's regulatory objectives for gross domestic product (GDP) in the short-to-intermediate term.
Yet with Xi's tech crackdown shifting into new gears, the months ahead could require far more assertive PBOC support. The good news is that Yi's team has the latitude to ease.
Though the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan are all at zero, the PBOC's one-year loan prime rate is 3.7%, while its five-year LPR, the reference for mortgages, is 4.6.%.
It helps, too, that both China's factory-gate inflation and consumer price growth cooled in January. The producer price index rose 9.1% from a year ago, below the 10.3% gain in December. "Inflation concerns are unlikely to hold back the PBOC from more policy loosening measures," says Sheana Yue at Capital Economics.
Inflationary alert
Earlier this month, Premier Li Keqiang said as much. "We are confident and capable of tackling inflation, but we must stay on alert," Li noted. "Should inflation occur, it would cause a major impact on society. Therefore, it is crucial to ensure supply and keep prices stable."
Economist Ho Woei Chen at UOB Group says the PBOC is "likely to ease monetary policy further to support growth. Ding Shuang at Standard Chartered Bank thinks the most likely window for major easing is April, after the first-quarter GDP data are released.
Yet a move before then is quite possible.
Economist Iris Pang at ING Bank notes that many believe the "central bank still needs time to see the impact of last month's cuts to gauge the timing of further cuts."
The bottom line, she says, is that "further easing of monetary policy is important as there are more bond defaults coming, and we expect that the PBOC really needs to act proactively to alleviate extra downward pressure on GDP growth."
One problem is the mixed signals coming out of Beijing. In recent weeks, economist Lauren Gloudeman at Eurasia Group wasn't alone in finding great meaning in a People's Daily commentary on "correctly understanding and grasping the characteristics and behavioral laws of capital."
It expounded on Beijing's apparent campaign to counter the idea that Xi's government is, as Gloudeman puts it, "hostile toward private investment and in particular the e-commerce sector."
The commentary argued that Xi's crackdowns "aren't about not wanting capital, but wanting it to develop in an orderly way."
Importantly, it hinted that "initial promising results" from regulatory actions meant China could avoid sweeping new moves. The hope was that e-commerce giants like Alibaba and Meituan could breathe easier. Not so much, though.
The risk now is that the PBOC might need to resort to bigger easing moves. In recent months, stock markets in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong rallied in response to liquidity boosts. Investors assume an upswing in mainland growth would flow through to higher corporate profits in short order.
Xi needs to tread carefully
Reactions have been especially acute in shares of default-plagued property developers like China Evergrande Group, Kaisa Holdings and Sunac China. Yet as time goes on and default risks increase, the PBOC might need to cut borrowing costs in bigger amounts to trigger the intended market reaction.
Xi, however, needs to tread carefully. Just as the PBOC is keeping its eye on potential growth heading toward 2025, Xi's reformers are supposed to be building economic muscle to morph China into an innovative powerhouse by then.
Willing the "Made in China 2025" initiative into existence requires smart regulation. But it also requires predictable regulation and leadership.
That has not been forthcoming. Indeed, Xi's clampdown on Alibaba founder Jack Ma has damaged China's street cred as a capitalist economy over the past 15 months.
In late November, Beijing increased the powers of the State Administration for Market Regulation's antitrust unit. This upgrade in bureaucratic circles increased its latitude and resources to probe industry.
In December, Reuters reported that China's online brokerages may be banned from providing offshore trading services to mainland clients. The rationale is both familiar and vague: concerns over data security and capital outflows.
The bottom line is that even the most bullish of investors "have been forced to consider a series of new regulatory risks over the last year, and those fears are not going to disappear any time soon," says Logan Wright, head of China research at Rhodium Group.
All this "broadens the range of potential regulatory concerns."
And it broadens the range of ways the PBOC might be forced to open the monetary floodgates in the months ahead, with all the related implications for the yuan and mainland credit markets.
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Ralph Cooper bust. A member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Ralph W. Cooper
Executive Career
President of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
President of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IPRFU)
Chairman of the Canadian Football Council
President of the Canadian Football League (CFL)
In 1950, Ralph W. Cooper amalgamated the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats, forming the modern day Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Cooper was a member of the Tiger-Cats' Board of Directors until 1972 and served on the club's Board of Governors from 1973 to 1977.
While with the IPRFU, Cooper was a member of the committee responsible for recommending a draft system for university players. During the 1950's competition for players was fierce between the Canadian and American professional leagues.
In 1955, Cooper led a five-man delegation which negotiated with the National Football League (NFL), and the resulting agreement eased tensions considerably.
In 1960, Cooper, Frank Gibson, and Ralph Parliament devised an interlocking schedule which was implemented for the 1961 season. This season marked the first time that western and eastern teams had competed during scheduled, regular season play.
Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum in 1992 as a builder.
Ken Charlton Ralph Cooper Ellison Kelly Don Sutherin
Bob Hanley Bob Pickens Jim Proudfoot
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Although Summer has decided to make a comeback this week as temperatures soar back into the 90's here in eastern NC, Autumn is right around the corner. Today I would like to share a few simple Fall decorating ideas that will hopefully get you inspired to welcome this wonderful season. Autumn is my favorite time of year by far.
You don't have to spend a lot of money to decorate your home for Fall. One easy way to bring some Autumn decor into your home is to simply fill a glass container with dried black beans. Tuck in a few pine cones and some silk Fall leaves and you have an instant hint of Autumn in your home. Fill a few glass containers and place them on a mantel or table for more impact.
I found a few plain paper mache apples in a discount bin at my local craft store a couple of years ago. I brought them home, decoupaged them with bits of old book pages and sprinkled them with glitter. I use them in my decor all year 'round but they really look great in my Fall vignettes. They look right at home nestled in with orange slices, pine cones and other berry picks from the craft store.
Who says candle holders are just for candles? For a bit of the unexpected try placing faux or even real apples on top of candle holders. Just don't try to light the stems! lol.
A miniature pumpkin bought at the local grocery store fits perfectly atop one of my favorite mercury glass candle holders.
For another simple Fall decorating idea, fill a vase, ceramic pitcher or an other type of container you have on hand with dried wheat stems. You can usually buy dried wheat at your local craft store this time of year. It adds country charm to this mantle when placed on top a couple of wrapped books with some more pine cones.
Pine cones, faux berries and silk Fall leaves should be a staple in any collection of Fall decor. They are really cheap and have the ability to add an instant touch of Autumn to your home by just tucking them in here and there. I hope you enjoyed these simple Fall decorating ideas today. I can't wait to feel the nice crisp air and welcome Fall at my doorstep.


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I started using the ShireFit nutrition programme as I was lacking energy for my workouts and was unsure I was getting the right amount of nutrients to recover from training. With Sarah's guidance, I now know how many calories I need a day and how much protein/carbs/fat I need with great snack ideas and minimal fuss options for busy work days. After 3 months on the nutrition programme, I now understand how to fuel myself better day to day and my training has benefitted greatly.
I bought a beautiful dress yesterday for a wedding we are going to in May, picked it off the rack, it fitted and I bought it...was so stress free, not the usual stress and upset coming home with nothing and worrying about what to wear - so a big thank you for all your nutrition & training support it's making such a difference. I haven't felt this good in years! I know I still have a long way to go, but now I have the commitment to stick at it when I am seeing such good results on the scales and in the gym.
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When you meet your Nutrition Coach they will find out all about your current eating habits, what you like and dislike, what your schedule is like and even more. This allows them to write the perfect plan for YOU.
You'll also have the chance to get any measurements if you'd like to!
After your consultation, you'll be invited to join the ShireFit Nutrium App giving you the opportunity to view your program, follow it every day and keep in touch with your coach.
Then its time to start your plan and chase your goals! Every week you'll check in with your Coach and after the month you'll receive a whole new plan adjusted to how you're finding things.
Start your journey with a consultation!
Our coach will find out all about you and find the best way to optimise your nutrition.
During your meeting, you can also take measurements if you wish to help you track your improvement.
You can book a consultation without doing one of the plans if you wish to receive some simple help.
Receive access to the ShireFit Private Nutrition Facebook Page.
Weekly online form check-ins with your Coach.
Weekly check-ins with your Coach either in person or via a video call.
Live changes to your program based on changes in your schedule.


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We are pleased to announce the release of Academy 5.7, our fourth theme for concrete5 – This bright responsive theme is ideal for educational and non profit organisations. We are currently in the process of implementing a new web site for a primary school locally. Its highly customisable, simple to set up and loaded up with functions.
Visit the live demo of Academy 5.7 for concrete5 or buy it from the c5 marketplace.


Domestic fire alarms systems provide early warning in the event of smoke and fire. Systems are typically installed within the escape routes e.g. hall ways and landings, within the principle habitable room e.g. the living room and a heat alarm is normally fitted in the kitchen.
Other rooms can be included depending on risk.
Carbon monoxide alarms are normally fitted near gas or solid fuel burning appliances such as boilers and wood burners and within any rooms that their flues pass through.
Alarms can be mains or battery powered. It is recommended that they are mains powered with battery backup.


Tom has extensive experience with information technology management at PKF Texas, including the design and implementation of applications and networks focused on security and high availability for the past 15 years. In addition, Tom has technology consulting experience with clients in various industries, dealing with all aspects of technology, including cloud-based providers, financial application providers and third-party administrators. Prior to joining PKF Texas, he managed accounting application implementation projects, which included the design of security and controls.
A Certified Information Systems Auditor, Tom has extensive security experience, IS audit knowledge and skills required to manage vulnerabilities, ensure compliance and institute controls within any environment.
He is also a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with a focus on security. This certification demonstrates his ability to design and build technology solutions, including the security aspect of any Microsoft environment.
Tom graduated with a B.A. in Accounting in 1991 but quickly found that his interests lie with technology. After a few years of combining his accounting background with technology as an accounting software consultant, he moved his focus to technology.
His consulting experience includes SOX compliance, design and implementation of new networks, software selection and implementation and project management.


I am glad to say that I wear compression stockings and am not ashamed. They help with my lower legs to prevent swelling. With this, my fluid is kept away from my knees and I have more enjoyment walking. Even workouts are more fun. Although with my arthritis, I have been considering thigh highs or waist high compression stockings.


Today I have an interesting food portal to be shared with the foodies and that is Food Panda. Being active in 30 countries,this website www.foodpanda.in is an easy and interesting way for ordering our food online. Sometimes when we are not in a mood to cook or go out for a restaurant , there is definitely an alternate way to order food online and that is through Food panda.With just a few clicks you can order from a wide variety of delicious cuisines online. Steaming hot food is conveniently delivered to our home.
It is an online food delivery service . In just few simple clicks , warm and delicious food is delivered straight at our doorstep.Seems like things are going to get more simpler for food lovers with this great idea of ordering food by this website. No longer to search for restaurant numbers or waste our time being stuck in traffic jam,all you have to do is to enter your street and area , this will allow you to have a list of all the restaurant, Meal and finally the payment method, freshly prepared food delivered to our doorstep!
To start off the whole process, you may either order from their website or by the Foodpanda app downloaded on your smartphone.
Choose your city. Enter your location and sub area.
Based on your selection, popular restaurants available in your area will be listed.Build up your meal by choosing from any of your favorite restaurants , browse the menu and select the items you like to order.
Sit back, relax and wait for food to be conveniently delivered to you!
As more food delivery sites are launched Food Panda seems like a promising one.About special offers and combos on weekly basis do check their website, and if you like it, join them on Facebook, or follow them on twitter.


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Yearly Record
1,000-Point Club
Women's Basketball Works Overtime To Engineer 87-86 Win Over MIT
MIT (0-1) 12 16 25 22 11 86
UMass Dartmouth (1-0) 16 10 16 33 12 87
Pts: Christina Antonakakis - 22
Reb: Jocelyn Luizzi - 14
Ast: Paula Pieper - 6
Pts: Ashley Brown - 25
Reb: Ashley Brown - 9
Ast: Ashley Brown - 9
DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Senior Ashley Brown (New Bedford, Mass.) scored 25 points, including two free throws with six seconds remaining in overtime, as UMass Dartmouth overcame an 11-point fourth quarter deficit to post an 87-86 non-league college women's basketball victory over MIT in the season opener for both teams Friday evening at the Tripp Athletic Center.
The host Corsairs (1-0), who trailed by a 53-42 margin entering the final 10 minutes of regulation, opened the fourth quarter with a 15-4 run capped by a game-tying three-pointer from sophomore Jessica Carroll (Deep River, Conn.) to even matters at 57-57 with 5:33 to play. The visiting Engineers (0-1) responded with a 10-3 run of their own to take a 67-60 advantage on a pair of free throws by sophomore Christina Antonakakis (Holmdel, N.J.) with 2:33 remaining, and MIT held a five-point edge with 25 seconds to play before a Brown lay-in and a game-tying Carroll trey knotted the score at 75-75 just 14 ticks later.
Both teams turned the ball over in the closing seconds of regulation, and after trading the lead twice in the extra session, a three-point play by Antonakakis staked the Engineers to an 86-85 cushion with 22 seconds remaining. Brown was fouled on the ensuing possession on a drive to the basket, and after canning her free throws, the visitors missed a potential game-winning jumper at the buzzer.
Brown just missed a triple double after adding nine rebounds, nine assists and four steals in the victory for UMass Dartmouth, which received 23 points, eight boards and six assists from sophomore Jordan Moretti (Johnston, R.I.). Carroll connected for a trio of three-pointers to finish with a career-high 18 points for the Corsairs, who nine points from senior Kayla McMahon (Hanover, Mass.) along with seven points and five caroms off the bench from junior Lauren Empey (Middleboro, Mass.). The hosts, who led by four after the opening stanza but trailed by a bucket (28-26) at the break, shot 39 percent (30-76) from the field overall and canned seven triples on the night.
Antonakakis paced four players in double figures with 22 points in the setback for MIT, which received a double-double effort of 16 points and 11 rebounds from junior Kylie Gallagher (Upton, Mass.) along with 15 points and five boards from senior Cindy Si (San Antonio, Tex.). Junior Jocelyn Luizzi (Colchester, Conn.) also posted a double-double performance of 13 points and 14 caroms for the Engineers, who shot 42 percent (32-75) from the floor and held a 56-36 rebounding advantage for the contest.
UMass Dartmouth hosts Regis in a non-league outing on Wednesday evening at the Tripp Athletic Center that tips-off at 6:00 pm, while MIT takes on SUNY-New Paltz in opening round play of the Tufts Invitational next Friday evening in Medford, Mass. that tips-off at 5:30 pm.
(Photo Credit: Kris Jean-Francois '23)


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Linnaeus.
Charles Dudley Warner, Editor
This essay is a brief resume of a remarkable man who rose to success and fame ""in spite of crushing poverty, and all the black brood of disappointments and discouragements that ever beset the onway of genius."" At the apex of Linnaeus' achievement, renown for his system of plant classification, ""honors of all kinds poured in on him ... every university wanted him; but he remained true to his own country and his own work."" Muir continues: ""But it is not in methods of classification, technical skill, tireless energy in making books and gathering plants. that we are to look for the secret of the marvelous influence he exerted, and which made him king of naturalists. No. Dry words and dry facts, however clear-cut and polished, will not fire hearts .... In drying plants, botanists too often dry themselves. But Linnaeus loved every living thing as his friend and brother, and his eyes never closed on the divine beauty and harmony and oneness they displayed .... For as a sun, he warmed others and inspired them; and thus warmed and inspired, they radiated like light all over the world .... And so his radiant influence works on, cheering and enlightening the world, and will go on while flowers bloom and birds sing.""
Library of the World's Best Literature. New York: R. S. Peale and J. A. Hill, Publishers, [1896, c. 1896], v. 16
Warner, Charles Dudley, "Linnaeus." (1896). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes. 225.


Another great flavor suggested by one of our customers, you can probably guess her name! Lily's Lemonade is summery combination of lemonade, raspberry and a touch of pomegranate. The fruit is infused perfectly with the lemonade to give you an all day vape that never loses flavor.
I've been searching high 'n low for a good, solid 'lemonade' taste, and haven't found it...till now! No perfumy taste at all, and just a hint of fruity but subtle undertones. If you are wanting a refreshing lemonade vape or just want to add some zing to a tired flavor? Look no further!
I have to admit I'm partial to this flavor since I helped create it but if you want a nice clean all day vape that doesn't gum up your coils than look no further. It starts with lemonade and has a light raspberry finish. I've recently been using a .28 ohm coil at 100w and get great flavor.
Love the lemon, but that's all I taste. Will get some raspberry and mix the two.
Sweet and tangy e juice combination. I have always been a fan of lemonade, but this e cigarette flavor makes all the difference!


Diana Miller (March 18, 1902 – December 18, 1927) was an American actress in silent motion pictures. She had red hair and excelled in playing roles which required delineation of character. She was briefly married director and producer George Melford.
Born in Seattle, Washington, Miller entered movies with assistance from actor Wallace Reid. She worked for five years for Famous Players-Lasky before she lost her job and rebounded with the Fox Film Company. She was almost penniless and took work as an extra. By 1925 Miller had worked in nine Fox films.
Miller's first performance was in Honor Among Men (1924). She played the role of Celeste in She Wolves (1925) before making The Kiss Barrier (1925), which featured Edmund Lowe. Her final film roles came in the mid-1920s in The Fighting Heart (1925), When The Door Opened (1925), and The Cowboy and the Countess (1926).
Miller died at the age of 25 in 1927 in Monrovia, California. The cause of death was pulmonary hemorrhage.


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Man gets 4 years, probation in case of baby reduce from womb
A man was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for obstructing justice in the April 2019 killing of a pregnant Chicago teenager whose baby was reduce from her womb with a butcher knife
CHICAGO -- A man was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for obstructing justice in the April 2019 killing of a pregnant Chicago teenager whose baby was reduce from her womb with a butcher knife.
Piotr Bobak, 44, who was dating the suspect at the time of the killing, received credit for time served and will leave prison in almost four months. He then must serve six months of probation under a plea agreement, court records said.
Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19, was nine months pregnant when she went to Clarisa Figueroa's home believing she was getting free baby items after the two connected in a Facebook group.
Prosecutors said Figueroa's daughter, Desiree Figueroa, distracted Ochoa-Lopez with a photo album while her mother strangled Ochoa-Lopez. Her baby boy, Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, then was reduce from her womb with a butcher's knife.
Hours later, Clarisa Figueroa allegedly came running out of the home claiming she had just given birth to a baby boy and that he wasn't breathing. The boy suffered brain injuries and was hospitalized, but died months later.
Marlen-Ochoa's body was found in a trash bin.
Bobak said at the hearing he was misled by his "then-girlfriend" and her daughter. He said he had no prior knowledge of what the women designed to do, but used "poor judgment" after the fact when cleaning up the crime scene.
The Figueroas both have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, kidnapping, dismembering a body, and concealing a homicide. Their cases are sowever pending.
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