On behalf of Tydavnet Area Committee we would like to congratulate Marian Boylan & Aodhan McQuaid (Manager & Volunteer) and their team: Amber Sherry, Cassie McGinnity, Ava McDonald, Beth Bennett, Aine McElwain, Fay Sherlock, Emily Kate McKenna, Abbie McCormick on their County Final win against Inniskeen on Tuesday 9th April in Ballybay Community Centre. The team will represent their County at Ulsters on Saturday 4th May in Magee University in Derry. Time of game TBC.
Also well done to the Under 13 Girls Indoor Soccer Team who were runners up and Silver County Medal winners on the same night: Ruth Bennett, Evelyn Clerkin, Shannon Boylan, Amy Rafferty, Kate McKenna, Melissa Mulligan, Shannon Corrigan and Sarah McCormick. Thanks to the parents for their support throughout these competitions.


Hannover airport half day suspended work because of the incident with the car.
The car nearly rammed 15.40 leading to the airfield gate, then went to the site for maintenance of aircraft at the airport of Hannover.
Police detained the driver-offender. It is reported dw.com, indicating that after the incident, the takeoff and landing of planes at the international airport Hannover-Langenhagen was suspended for a few hours.
Just after 20.00 local time, the airport has resumed. In fact the incident police started an investigation. As noted in the law enforcement Agency, the driver not only got on the field, but reached the runway. The driver some time on the car moved over the landed plane.


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I may have done a reckless thing.
It's been an age since I've sent my fiction to anyone for critique. At least this time I'll get notes back from the judges.
And this time, I'll be making extra sure that I format my entry correctly! This thing cost me enough, I'm not getting disqualified for something silly.
Wish me luck! I'm off to read that commencement email.
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Good luck! I did it one year and had a blast, even though I did not make it past the first round. My only issue was I never heard from them again, no feed back, nothing. So just make sure you get your money's worth and hound them for the critique if you don't get it, and once again good luck!


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Evanston Pride, Inc. reviews needs assessment survey in first town hall
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Evanston Pride, Inc. board members spoke with Evanston residents on Tuesday to learn more about how residents hope the organization can support LGBTQ+ residents through programming and events.
Ilana Arougheti, Copy Chief
Evanston Pride, Inc. board members and residents discussed ways to reach a larger and more diverse audience within Evanston's queer communities at the organization's first virtual town hall Tuesday.
The group, which has supported the LGBTQ+ communities in Evanston since 2019, recently distributed a Community Gathering and Needs Assessment Survey to identify the issues LGBTQ+ residents felt were most important. The survey was reopened after Tuesday's meeting in order to collect more responses.
Board Secretary Rada Yovovich said the 118 residents who completed the survey expressed the most interest in programming surrounding race and intersectionality, followed by inclusive spaces and peer support groups.
"We got a whole lot of really beautiful data giving us really awesome insight into what really matters to them and how they feel about LGBTQIA+ inclusion in Evanston," she said.
Yovovich said bisexual, non-binary and gender non-conforming residents comprised 11 percent, 6 percent and 12 percent of survey respondents, respectively, which she said was "a pretty strong showing." However, there was low racial and ethnic diversity among respondents, she said.
Evanston Pride hopes to partner with local organizations serving specific marginalized communities, Yovovich said. The organization's goal is to improve outreach and build intersectional trust among LGBTQ+ residents.
Evanston and Chicago groups — including the Evanston Running Club and Greenlight Family Services, a Chicago agency focused on helping LGBTQ+ couples navigate adoption — expressed interest in collaborating with the organization.
"(We) hope that as we reach out to folks that they respond, that they share their voice and that they connect us with other folks in their communities," Yovovich said.
Gerald Johnson, an Evanston resident and gay man who worked on the original Pride Parade Organizing Committee, said he wants to see a greater number of residents get involved with Evanston Pride.
"I would love to see how our group will grow," said Johnson. "It would be nice to find out how many of us there are in Evanston."
Resident Kellye Fleming asked about the board's plan to expand its leadership and include more diverse perspectives. Board President Jackson Adams said the group was extremely interested in diversifying its board of directors and is currently soliciting volunteers.
Based on survey responses and Tuesday's town hall, board members will reconvene to plan additional programming. Adams said the organization plans to host community events in the upcoming months, dependent on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Evanston Pride will also sponsor a Pride month window and porch decorating campaign, Adams said, which is inspired by Mardi Gras porch decorations in New Orleans.
For Fleming, who is queer and has lived in the city since the 1990s, any new programming that provides a gathering point for LGBTQ+ residents is progress.
"My experience in Evanston has been, you form a little group of your friends, and you go into the city," Fleming said. "There was never anything to really do here in Evanston, partially because of the size. So I'm excited."
Correction: A previous version of this story misspelled Rada Yovovich's name. The Daily regrets the error.
— Evanston Pride, Inc. to build community, education for city's LGBTQ+ residents
— Pandemic Pride: Amid COVID-19, inaugural Evanston Pride Parade postponed to 2021
— In D65, LGBTQ+ curricula faces pushback
Evanston Pride Inc
Evanston Running Club
Greenlight Family Services
Jackson Adams
Katherine Gotsick
Kellye Fleming
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Q: Jmeter Ant Task - Producing an .xslt report from .jtl file So I wanted to produce a .xslt file from a .jtl file in order to generate a summary report
This is the jmeter Ant project I am using:
https://github.com/jfifield/ant-jmeter
From what I understand with jmeter ant, I need to provide a .jmx file to produce a .jtl file. The jtl file that is produced looks similar to a .xml

By default, Jmeter does not structure their .jtl like this. So when I try to generate a report summary, I get a "content is not allowed in prolog" issue, whereas if I provide a .jmx file, every works as expected. The reason why I want to generate a report summary based on only a .jtl is because my .jmx works for multiple scenarios which I need to pass as an argument, so I've only got .jtl files to work with.
Let me know if I can clarify on anything, I feel like I've done a poor job on explaining this issue lmao.
Thank you!

A: By default JMeter stores its results in CSV form which is suitable for generating HTML Reporting Dashboard, it might be the case you will find it more informative/usable.

If you still want to proceed with the Ant XSLT approach you need to change JMeter result file format to XML, it can be done by adding the next line to user.properties file:
jmeter.save.saveservice.output_format=xml

you will need some more default configuration amendments:
jmeter.save.saveservice.assertion_results=all
jmeter.save.saveservice.bytes=true

This way JMeter will produce the .jtl result files in the format the Ant task will be able to consume and you will be able to perform the XSLT transformation.
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*Apache JMeter Properties Customization Guide

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To quote/ "I may have a hammer, but it doesn't mean every problem is shaped like a nail". There is so much Mark says that I agree with, but surely he has approached his readers with an argument that belittles their intelligence and experience.
"Conceptualising a country as if it were a brand is stupid" – quite right. And the spurious application of "Brand Energy" or "Nation Branding Index" matrices and the like, is insulting to individual countries and their peoples.
However, there is a need for countries to communicate their unique and compelling stories, across sectors from tourism to investment, from their social policies to their economic vision. The reality of our all-pervasive and politicised media is that the shouters are heard, and the conversations, about real people, their lives and their issues, are lost.
It's no coincidence that in any country ranking, "first world" nations will outrank "third world" countries: if you write the rules, you will favour yourself. It's plain human nature as any bookie will tell you.
But the very principles of ranking are flawed, note Standard & Poor's re-ranking of economic powerhouses following the meltdown. It was not all that it seemed, and I know from personal experience as a London-based Irishman, the despair at the clay feet that supported the Celtic Tiger.
And I agree this simple approach to "branding a country" is lacking in respect and cultural sensitivity. But, the process of analysing, evaluating, positioning and communicating a country's cultural, historical and economic assets is a valuable and necessary step in building and consolidating a reputation beyond simple stereotyping.
The Good Newspaper does not exist, hence it is necessary for countries to balance the prevailing winds of scandal, corruption and backstabbing that occupy the headlines. They need the tools to do this, and I find no rationale for not helping to do this, and getting paid for my time and energy.
Perhaps those of us who work in this area need to be more responsible in our language – after all, a country is not a box of soap powder, and we do have a responsibility to our clients and our businesses to address our poor communications skills in this compelling sector.
Finally, I really hope people travel to South Africa for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. It is a great and beautiful country; it has its challenges, as do we all, but its people have the strength and character to change and develop their country for all their children's futures.
Technology firm Xbridge has recruited former match.com marketer and managing director Jason Stockwood as its new CEO.
The spoof ad is not a new concept but its use by the three main political parties has given it a high currency and pushed it up brands' campaign agendas. Here, those that have mastered the technique advise on the process – and the pitfalls.


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The new Core XJ-V1 projector makes it easy to take a first step into the world of daylight projectors. The projectors in this series use the revolutionary laser and LED hybrid light source and are available at affordable prices. The environmentally friendly light source saves energy, reduces operating costs and ensures a long service life.
Lamps can blow, if you need your projector working and can't afford down time, you may need to keep a spare lamp. The replacement projector lamp for the Casio XJ-V1 is the No Replacement.


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Trump calls for Biden to reinstate a foreign travel ban to 'keep our country safe from radical Islamic terrorism'
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Former president Donald Trump said in a statement on Monday night that the travel ban should be reinstated to keep the US safe from radical Islamic terrorism.
Trump called for Biden to reinstate the travel ban to keep the US safe from radical Islamic terrorists.
Biden revoked Trump's travel ban, which primarily affected predominantly Muslim countries, on his first day in office.
Trump did not name the countries he thought should be subject to the travel ban.
Former President Donald Trump is calling on Biden to reinstate his travel ban to keep the US safe from "radical Islamic terrorism."
In a statement released on Monday night, Trump advocated that the controversial policy, which mostly affected those traveling from predominantly Muslim countries, should be put back in place.
"If Joe Biden wants to keep our country safe from radical Islamic terrorism, he should reinstitute the foreign country travel ban and all of the vetting requirements on those seeking admission that go with it, along with the refugee restrictions I successfully put in place," Trump wrote.
He then added that "terrorists operate all over the world and recruit online."
"To keep terrorism and extremism out of our country, we need to have smart, commonsense rules in place so we don't repeat the many immigration mistakes made by Europe, and the USA prior to 'Trump'," he wrote.
Trump did not outline in his memo which countries he specifically thought should be banned at this juncture, but most people from Syria, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, North Korea, and Venezuela were prohibited from traveling to the US in 2017.
The list was broadened in 2020 to include immigrants and those traveling from Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.
It is not clear what vetting requirements Trump was referring to in the memo released on Monday, but the former president did outline early in his presidency what he called an "extreme vetting" process for immigrants, which included a values test for whether immigrants' views on gay rights, gender equality and religious freedoms, among other things, aligned with "non-extremist views."
Biden overturned the travel ban on his first day in office, issuing an executive order to revoke the Trump-era policy.
Insider reported in March that the State Department will now allow those who were earlier denied entry into the US as a result of the travel ban to either re-apply for entry or appeal to have the decision reconsidered.
NOW WATCH: We combined Trump and Biden's separate town halls so you can watch an actual debate between the presidential candidates
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Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC
PPP Loan Data — Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC, Richardson, TX
ALERT: There are 2 PPP loans for a total of $49,332 in our database for businesses with the name "Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC" in Richardson, TX. This this is typically due to the same business receiving both first and second-draw loans, but may also include similarly named but unrelated businesses, multiple branches of the same business, mistaken multiple applications, or potential fraud. Click each loan below to see full details.
$20,832 Loan - Limited Liability Company (LLC) - February, 2021
Lender: Grand Bank
$28,500 Loan - Limited Liability Company (LLC) - April, 2020
Lender: Pinnacle Bank
Industry: Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
Location: Richardson, TX
Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC is a limited liability company (LLC) located in Richardson, Texas that received a Coronavirus-related PPP loan from the SBA of $20,832.00 in February, 2021.
Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC in Richardson, TX received a Paycheck Protection Loan of $20,832 through Grand Bank, which was approved in February, 2021.
This loan's status is reported by the SBA as "Paid in Full", which includes both loans repaid and those fully forgiven from repayment under PPP guidelines. The loan's status was last updated by the SBA in November, 2021.
On the PPP application, Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC reported intending to use the proceeds of their PPP loan for the following expenses:
Business Information - Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC in Richardson, TX
Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
Collin County, TX — SBA Office 0610 — Congressional District: TX-03
Similar Companies near Richardson
In the Richardson area, 3 businesses in the "Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling" industry received a PPP loan. These local businesses reported an average of 4 employees (compared to this company's 1) and received an average PPP loan of $34,204 (compared to this company's $20,832).
Buchanan Volleyball LLC
Data Specialists Inc
Nationwide, 5,240 businesses in the "Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling" industry received a total of $531.02M in PPP loans. This industry in total received less than 1% of the total PPP funding distributed.
PPP recipients in this industry report an average of 9 employees, 800% higher than Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC's reported 1 employees, and received an average PPP loan of $101,339, 386% higher than this company's loan of $20,832.
Industry: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)
Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC is a limited liability company (LLC) located in Richardson, Texas that received a Coronavirus-related PPP loan from the SBA of $28,500.00 in April, 2020.
Likely Employment Reduction3
Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC in Richardson, TX received a Paycheck Protection Loan of $28,500 through Pinnacle Bank, which was approved in April, 2020.
The size of company's PPP loan indicates that the number of employees on payroll during the eligibility calculation period (typically 2019) was higher than the 1 jobs reported as retained on the PPP application3. This could be caused by a reduction in employment since 2019, due to Coronavirus or other factors.
The minimum number of employees this company must have had in 2019 to qualify for the loan range received is 1. This estimation is accurate if all employees were paid at or over the $100k PPP salary eligibility cap.
Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)
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In the Richardson area, 81 businesses in the "Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)" industry received a PPP loan. These local businesses reported an average of 6 employees (compared to this company's 1) and received an average PPP loan of $78,283 (compared to this company's $28,500).
Sleeptrends Scoring LLC
Advanced Obgyn Associates
TSC Surgical Group, PLLC
Women's Health Associates Of Richardson, PLLC
Richaradson, TX
Neighborhood Adult Healthcare PA
North Dallas Ear Nose & Throat PA
L & W Orthopaedic Associates
Texas Center For Hip & Knee Replacement Surgery PLLC
Garland Anesthesia Consultants, PA. DBA Mesquite Anesthesia
Nationwide, 176,427 businesses in the "Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)" industry received a total of $21.05B in PPP loans. These businesses account for 2% of total PPP applications submitted, and received 3% of the total PPP funding allocated.
PPP recipients in this industry report an average of 11 employees, 1000% higher than Sturgeon Marketing Group LLC's reported 1 employees, and received an average PPP loan of $119,313, 319% higher than this company's loan of $28,500.
3. Since the PPP eligibility will include a maximum of $100k in salary expenses for each employee in the qualifying period, the minimum number of employees required to be eligible for a given PPP loan amount can be calculated by the following equation: ((LOAN AMOUNT/2.5 months) * 12 months) / 100k max salary. If a company reports fewer employees than this amount on their PPP application, it is likely because they had more employees on payroll during the qualifying period.
Source: www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/sturgeon-marketing-group-llc-richardson-tx


Dutch duathlete Thomas Bruins was victorious once again after winning the Powerman Asia Duathlon Championship – Malaysia for the second year in a row.
It was the Dutchman's third successive Powerman victory this series, after winning the inaugural Powerman Thailand in January and Powerman Indonesia last month.
28-year-old Bruins devastated the field in Putrajaya, clocking 2'33:57 to win the 80km race – consisting of a 10km run, 60km of cycling and another 10km run.
He won the race by an impressive four minutes, as second-place Matt Smith from Australia came in at 2'38:47 and third-place finisher Emmanuel Commendador from The Philippines at 2'48:36.
Bruins said "I'm so happy not only because I have defended my title, but also clocking a better time," after he clocked 2'35:53 to win the race in Malaysia last season.
"I'll definitely return next year to bid for a three-peat. But after today's race, I will be taking a month break and continue with my preparations for the 2017 Zofingen ITU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Championships in Switzerland," said Bruins.
In the women's elite race, the title went to Hungarian Annamaria Eberhardt-Halas, who ran 2'52:05 to win by an even greater margin of 12 minutes from Monica Torres of the Philippines.
The race, completed on 07th March, attracted a record-breaking 3,500 registrations.
The Asia Championship race will return to Putrajaya on Saturday and Sunday, 3 and 4 March 2018.


According to a report recently published by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), only 13% of companies are fully confident that they have the skills to successfully compete in a sustainable economy.
IEMA published its findings as it launched its new campaign, 'Preparing for the Perfect Storm – Skills for a Sustainable Economy', which hopes to shine a light on the transition to a sustainable economy and to catalyse action to address the skills deficit.
The report states that the global economy is heading towards a perfect storm of pressure on all fronts and by 2020, the world economy could be facing a supply deficit driven by global mega-trends, including population growth, increasing demand for natural resources, soaring costs of energy – together with the impacts of climate change and degradation of the ecosystem. According to the new report, all are combining to pose significant challenges to the long-term success of business and the global economy.
On launching the campaign, Tim Balcon, Chief Executive of IEMA, said sustainability should no longer be considered as a "bolt on" for businesses, but should be embedded into their DNA if they are to tackle the risk posed by potential resource shortages in the 2020s.
Unfortunately, the report, 'Preparing for a Perfect Storm', which looks at results of a study of over 900 organisations, offers some rather bleak reading.
As well as organisations admitting they don't possess the necessary skills to successfully compete in a sustainable economy, there appears to be a leadership gap with only 25% of leaders and 20% of senior managers fully capable of addressing the sustainability agenda.
While lacking the skills is clearly a serious problem, there are ways to address these issues, including providing staff with expert training in the relevant areas. However, in 72% of organisations, investment in environment and sustainability skills is less than for other disciplines, with 63% of organisations spending less than £100 per head on environment and sustainability training each year.
Two thirds of businesses also admitted they have yet to conduct a strategic review of the skills they will need to tackle environmental challenges over the coming years.
"Across the EU, green sectors account for as many as 3.4 million jobs, while the green economy is already providing nearly one million jobs in the UK; with significant Government investment in renewable energy, and increasing demand for 'environmentally friendly' products. Managing Directors with the ability to observe and exploit the green niches that are now opening up, stand to gain significant competitive advantage. Organisations such as International Workplace can assist senior management in meeting the challenges and maximising the opportunities of greening of the UK economy."
Skills for leaders to integrate sustainability into long-term decision making.
Enhance skills and capability for environment and sustainability professionals so they can integrate sustainability throughout their organisations and value chains, building in foresight and horizon scanning and creating the business case.
Increased environment and sustainability knowledge and understanding for all workers.
Environment and sustainability must be integrated into the national curriculum, ensuring that young people entering work are able to play their part at the start of their careers.
Skills gaps at all levels need to be filled, from apprenticeships to those in leadership and managerial roles.
IEMA urges that investing in these new skills will enable businesses and economies to prepare for the perfect storm and turn these challenges into opportunities to survive and prosper.
While we have mainly looked at the negatives of the research thus far, there are also positives which should be mentioned.
IEMA revealed that there are businesses out there that are recognising the challenges and grasping them and its new campaign has brought together a growing number of businesses, organisations and individuals to raise awareness of this issue including BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, EDF Energy, EY and Saint-Gobain to collaborate and catalyse action on this issue.
The report includes case studies of organisations that are demonstrating great commitment and benefitting from investment in environment and sustainability skills.
Concentrating on the case study surrounding Rolls-Royce, the report reveals that the famous firm has a three-pronged environment strategy which focuses on supporting customers to reduce their environmental impacts; developing low emission products; and reducing the company's own impacts. Rolls Royce recognises the importance of environmental and sustainability skills and the Revert programme is an example of the benefits of this. Revert is a closed loop recycling project and has saved the company 20,000 MWh of energy each year – enough to power 1.8 million homes for a day.
This is just one example of the great work some companies are currently undertaking, but more organisations need to invest in environment and sustainability skills to ensure that challenges presented by the global mega-trends mentioned earlier can be overcome.
In presenting this detailed report, IEMA also provided a fact sheet looking at the key facts relating to the global issues of not investing in environment and sustainability skills.
World population of 7.2bn in mid-2013 is projected to increase to 8.1bn in 2025, and to rise further to 9.6bn in 2050 and 10.9bn by 2100. Population growth is clearly a huge international issue as the increase will lead to a rise in global demand for resources. It has been estimated that demand for food will increase by 50%, water by 30% and energy by 40%.
Worryingly, a global survey of 1,000 CEO's revealed that 68% do not believe that the global economy is on track to meet the demands of a growing population, while just 33% feel that business is making sufficient efforts to address global sustainability challenges.
According to a joint report from CDP, AECOM and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) published earlier this year, climate change poses a physical threat to 207 of the world's largest cities, affecting 50% of the world's population and putting 80% of global GDP at risk.
Portraying how a disaster in one part of the world can have such overwhelming effects on the rest of the world, IEMA's fact sheet looked at the floods that engulfed Thailand is 2011. It states that these horrific floods demonstrated how climate impacts in one region can devastate global supply chains.
Nearly 10,000 factories were forced to close, reducing the country's output by approximately 40%. At the time, nearly half of the world's hard drives were manufactured in Thailand and the floods resulted in the price of drives doubling. It was estimated that manufacturer, Western Digital, suffered losses of $235m. On top of this, disruption to supply chain reduced production of Honda vehicles in North America by 50%, while Nissan reportedly spent $67m on supply chain flood recovery.
Climatic threats such as this these will of course be repeated in the future and be compounded by resource scarcity. Most UK businesses are simply not currently preparing themselves for the stresses to come. A 2013 report from the Carbon Disclosure Project — based on a survey of 260 firms in the FTSE 350 index — revealed that while 86% of companies are conscious of climate risk, their level of understanding of and ability to manage this risk, particularly in supply chains overseas, is far lower. Almost half of companies do not engage with suppliers on emissions or climate change and the majority of emissions from companies' value chains are not measured.
As a result, the demand for sustainability training should be on the rise to ensure that organisations are better equipped and have the knowledge and skillset to deal with adversarial situations.
The benefits are not just centred on improving the skills of organisations' personnel though - by employing skilled and qualified environment and sustainability professionals and taking action on resource efficiency, many businesses are achieving significant financial rewards.
A survey of 500 IEMA members revealed that one in five practitioners working in very large companies reported their organisation has saved more than £1m a year by improving their resource efficiency.
In addition, more than 20% of large firms reported savings of more than £100,000 a year, while nearly 70% of all companies surveyed reported annual savings of more than £10,000.
These figures suggest that annual savings of more than £108m have been achieved by organisations that employ environment and sustainability practitioners.
Further backing up the importance of looking to employ environment professionals or train staff in the area, Defra calculates that businesses adopting resource efficiency measures with less than a one-year payback can save £23bn. Defra adds that when the payback time is longer than 12 months, the savings almost double to £55bn.
"The economic argument for enhancing environmental and sustainability skills in the workforce and integrating these skills into business management is both compelling and critically important if businesses are to survive and flourish.


In applied psychology studies, students can learn about the practical application of psychological methods for the improvement of the well-being and mental health of people throughout the different developmental phases.
This MSc programme aims to provide an advanced understanding of current research in psycholinguistics and is aimed primarily at students who are considering advanced research in the area. You will develop an up-to-date knowledge of a broad range of areas of the psychology of language and acquire the statistical and methodological skills that allow you to conduct novel research in the field.
This programme examines the wide landscape of issues that arise where the philosophy of mind meets the study of psychology, linguistics, and cognitive science. In particular, the programme links these issues with the growing body of work in embodied cognition, one of the most exciting areas of contemporary research in the philosophy of mind.


UX designers are being involved far too late in the sales process. I've even heard clients told "you'll have a chance to talk with a UX designer at the first kickoff meeting" – as if that will make the client feel better. A lot can be lost if they have design questions that won't even get addressed until after the team is assembled.
The problem is there's a level of context that's lost. It's essential to have a UX specialist with the experience and depth of knowledge involved as soon as you're discussing requirements in the initial scope of work, even if they are not going to be the full-time designer on the actual project.
1. Having a "UX tax". Due to a lack of context, designers now pad their estimates. They don't know what the design problem is that they're getting into, so they feel they need to allow for extra time to catch up. The bottom line: There's more effort expended and more costs incurred than are necessary by being brought in later in the conversation.
2. Adding irrelevant features. People often get attached to an idea and hold onto it through the initial sales process, which makes it into the proposal. You typically end up with features that people thought they needed to be successful, but have no data or use case to back it up. Had a UX designer been involved earlier, they could have pointed out if it wasn't a good fit.
3. Having hostility between UX and pre-sales. UX often feels excluded because they weren't involved in identifying the goals and critical requirements for the project and now the designers have to live with someone else's choices.
Can you believe that it's even worse when individual sellers unwittingly misrepresent UX capabilities? These issues just scratch the surface. As it turns out there are myriad benefits to having UX designers involved early on in the sales process.


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Being Greek: using photographs as a means of exploring cultural identity
Skiftou, Vicky. 2009. Being Greek: using photographs as a means of exploring cultural identity. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London [Thesis]
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This thesis addresses the relations between social memory, family photographs and the contemporary construction of Greekness. The empirical focus of the thesis is how Greek participants remember and experience particular social and cultural practices such as national commemorations, ritual ceremonies and lifecycle events through the photographs contained in their family albums. I use the approach that photographs can stand as a means of exploring the merging of the personal and the familial with the public, in order to describe the ways in which people create and construct their sense of Greekness. My research further explores the ways in which memory works in relation to the prompts elicited by a photographic image, and illustrates how memory contributes to a cultural identity that is grounded in the habits, details and performances that emerge in mundane social interaction. Furthermore, I investigate how such experiences are reproduced at the very moment that my informants remember and recreate their sense of Greekness. The argument I develop suggests that the notion of experience does not necessarily have an 'anchor'; rather, it is reproduced through spontaneous, momentary flashes that appear in participants' embodied memories.
The concept of 'cultural nationalism' is developed in my research in terms of a historical message that can emerge from the traditions, rituals, folksongs and cultural practices. Symbols, myths, geographies and histories act as inseparable pieces of what Greek participants themselves termed the cultural dimensions of their national identity. The way people perform, celebrate and use such dimensions - and generally their culture – forms and helps to create and sustain the nation itself. I chose to investigate how this kind of national iconography - especially that which forms a part of national commemorations, ritual ceremonies and lifecycle events - forms a sense of belonging and Greekness, produced not only through the normative cultural conventions that construct part of the nation, but also through a complex mixture of cultural ingredients that involve the experiential, the mundane and the everyday. This is what I call the 'mythistorical' narration of cultural identity: where myths, symbols and signs of social and cultural practices come to embody particular styles of national belonging in Greek participants' memories.
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https://doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.00028998
Greece, photography, cultural identity, national identity, Greekness
https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/28998
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There are loads of ruins that are easily accessibly, even if you only have a small amount of time in the park.
There are petroglyphs to take a gander at.
The last 17 miles of the road into the park is not paved, and the last 12 miles is not gravel. That last 17 miles takes a good 45 minutes if you're not in a 4-wheel drive vehicle.
There is camping, but only a few spots. I think we'd like to go back and do some camping.
Dogs are allowed in the park, but not at any of the archaeological sites, which means they're not allowed on most of the trails.
Chaco Canyon is a dark site, and they have astronomy programs April-October. This was the main reason we went, but Xavier started shutting down as it was getting dark, so we left before it was full dark. Luckily for us, we had that hour long trip back to the main road, so we stopped at the end of that, got out and enjoyed the stars for a few seconds (it was cold!) before we got back on the road home.
This is the same outfit he wore the last time we were at this restaurant.
This house looks like it is a face.
See the tiny people dressed in brown in a sea of brown? Those are my people.
The intrepid explorer. A couple years ago, he wouldn't have even bothered trying to come up here. It doesn't look like it, but the canyon wall just falls away about a foot in front of him.
This may be my favorite color combination.
See? Side of the canyon.


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University supporters commit more than $200 million in 2017-2018
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Case Western Reserve's contributors outdid themselves in the final full year of the Forward Thinking capital campaign, contributing a record-breaking $208 million in gifts and pledges—and setting more than a dozen more all-time highs in individual categories.
"The generosity of our alumni and friends, as well as the significant support of foundations and other organizations, is astounding, humbling, and inspiring," President Barbara R. Snyder said. "Our gratitude knows no bounds, nor does our dedication to realizing the potential that these donations make possible."
The total for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, represents the first time in university history that annual attainment broke the $200 million mark—more than double the amount raised in the 2008 fiscal year and more than triple the figure for FY 2007.
In addition, this year's tally is $27 million—or 15 percent—higher than in the 2017 fiscal year, which at the time itself stood as an all-time best.
Other fundraising records broken in 2018 include:
Case School of Engineering ($51.4 million);
College of Arts and Sciences ($37.7 million);
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing ($8.9 million);
School of Medicine ($72.9 million)
Scholarships: $30.5 million
Annual Fund: $11.6 million
From Alumni: $82.3 million
Launched publicly in 2011 with a $1 billion goal, the Forward Thinking campaign has broken all-time annual giving records for eight consecutive years. In 2014, campaign giving passed the $1 billion threshold, 2.5 years ahead of schedule. University leaders elected to increase the goal to $1.5 billion, and extend the campaign's end date by two years, to Dec. 31, 2018.
Case Western Reserve's supporters then took the campaign past its 50 percent higher goal in the summer of 2017. As of Aug. 31, the campaign's total was just shy of $1.72 billion.
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$1.5 million undergraduate scholarship fund established in honor of engineering alumnus James P. Buchwald
Kelvin Smith Library launches the Arnold Hirshon 25th Anniversary Excellence Fund
"From Cambodia to Cleveland: A Discussion of Global Hindu Traditions"


Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA (13), Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev speaks about her curatorial practice and plans for dOCUMENTA (13) as part of the International Lecture Series of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto, Canada.
Prior to her appointment as Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA (13), which will take place from June to September 2012 in Kassel, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev was the Chief Curator at the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art in Turin from 2002 to 2008 and the Artistic Director for the 16th Biennale of Sydney (2008). From 1999 to 2001 she was Senior Curator of Exhibitions at PS1, New York. Christov-Bakargiev is also an accomplished writer with a background in both literature and the history of art.


At exactly 10 a.m. tomorrow, about 5 million people in Southern California will drop to the ground, take cover under a sturdy piece of furniture and hold on at the same time. Radio stations and school p.a. systems will play a sound track of rumbling and crashing, along with a man's voice declaring, "If this were the magnitude 7.8 earthquake we're practicing for today, you would be experiencing sudden and intense back-and-forth motions of up to 6 ft. per second. The floor or the ground would jerk sideways out from under you. Look around and imagine."
If this sounds weird, it's because it is. The Great ShakeOut, as it's being dubbed, is the biggest public emergency drill in U.S. history — and as such, it is a radical idea. Normally, large-scale disaster drills, which happen weekly across the country, are designed for professional rescuers, emergency managers and politicians. Not for you, and not for me. In fact, the people who matter most in a real-world emergency — the neighbors, office workers and students who do the majority of the lifesaving during big disasters — are almost never invited.
California's drill, too, originally was scheduled as an exercise for only emergency officials. That exercise, called Golden Guardian, will involve about 5,000 officials, from the local police to the U.S. military, all pretending they are responding to a major quake along the San Andreas Fault.
But in this case, California decided to invite the people too. Schools, offices and random Joes have been registering for the drill over a span of months. (In the two days after the 5.4-magnitude Chino Hills quake in July in California, 57,000 people registered.) Every city employee in Pasadena supposedly is participating, which should make for an interesting scene at City Hall come 10 a.m. You can already play a game to see if you know how to survive an earthquake. (I scored only 9 out of 14 on the first try, but now I am totally rocking an 11.) You can download audio to accompany the drill. You can watch a YouTube video about what would happen to California in such a quake. And, starting at 10:02 a.m. on Thursday, you can play a sprawling, multiplayer collaboration game called After Shock to see what happens on the other side.
Behind all this flash and exuberance is a stark reality. The southern section of the San Andreas Fault hasn't moved in about 300 years. We know it moves about every 150 years. So California is overdue for a major quake. In April, a new report concluded there is a 99.7% chance that a magnitude 6.7 or stronger quake will shake California within the next 30 years.
But most Southern Californians cannot readily imagine a quake of that scale. They haven't experienced one before, so they don't know how the g-forces will feel. The intent of the ShakeOut drill is to hijack the imagination. "Time and again, we've heard that there is a weak link between the scientific understanding of quakes and the ability of the public to pay attention and change their behavior," says Mariana Amatullo at the Art Center College of Design, one of the organizers of the event. "The goal was to find new opportunities for the public to be a little more resilient and empowered."
In earthquakes, most people do exactly the wrong thing. "Unfortunately, adults fail miserably when it comes to quake-safe actions," says Inés Pearce, a spokeswoman for the Earthquake Country Alliance, the umbrella group for all the organizers. They run outside or inside. Or they run to a doorway, which is no longer considered wise. Most injuries occur when people try to move during the shaking. It is much safer to drop, cover and hold on close to wherever you happen to be standing. Children actually are much better at this — because they have regular drills in school.
So populist drills like this can save a lot of lives. As things stand now, if Thursday's "quake" actually happened, about 1,800 people would die and 53,000 would be hurt. Damages would reach an estimated $213 billion. Most people would be without electricity, clean water, ATMs, YouTube videos and multiplayer collaboration games for weeks or months.
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Who are you and what do you do? I am the owner of Nature's Child Photography, and I "catch" all those special moments you just don't want to lose with the passing of time.
Why do you do what you do? I'm a firm believer in memories. But, we're human. Our minds play with us. We forget, until there's a trigger that's pulled. A smell, a taste, a simple photograph found in an old attic box, or hopefully, an album. Sitting on the couch with your kids, your parents, your loved ones, pouring over the images, telling stories of way back when…THAT'S why. Family connections rule.
How do you work? I'm pretty goofy, and I know it. I can be serious when the moment has to happen, and I'm always professional when it boils down, but the best smiles come from real laughter…and if I have to stand on my head to get that, I will!
What's your background? I come from a pretty artsy family. Mom and dad were hands on artists with wood, glass, fabrics, you name it, they created it. It seems like I've always had a camera in my hands from the day I could afford one. I took a few classes back in college (film days, so I'm totally dating myself!), and have just been on a "roll" ever since…lol, pun intended. You're welcome. (oh, photographer humor).
What has been a seminal experience? I decided to make this a business after my mom passed. I suppose the "wake up" moment (where I made a push to have others in front of the camera, AND myself) was going through my mom's picture box…and there were barely any of her. She never let herself be on camera. You know the drill..."when I'm less heavy", "when I'm wearing something nice", "when my hair is done". Here's a secret from someone who's lost someone…those left behind don't care if you're having a "fat" day, or if there's a hair out of place. Take that photograph and embrace it for who you are. You're you, and you're beautiful.
Explain what you do in 100 words: I guess, in essence, I TRY to (and hopefully succeed) capture who you are, what you're about, and the memory behind the image taken to the best of my ability. I want you to be on that couch, 40 years from now, laughing about the time Uncle Jimmy passed gas during the wedding party photo, or even tearing up about the last birthday party had for Aunt Marge. Memories matter, and I want to capture them for you.
What work do you most enjoying doing? I LOVE birth photography. LOVE IT. To see the emotions flying during the eons of waiting in the hospital room from mom, dad, nurses, doctors…and then the moment of birth. BEAUTIFUL, and to be there DURING a new life entering the world? Chokes me up every time. When mom gets to hold that baby the first time? When dad cuts the cord? THOSE are priceless times you NEVER want to forget.
What's your strongest memory of your childhood? I grew up on a farm with 5 brothers and sisters, so SO MANY MEMORIES! My mom having bread rise on the wood stove, helping daddy by taking off those durn potato bugs in the garden, swimming in the creek, summers at my grandma's farm…good stuff.
What's your scariest experience? I would say it was while I was shooting at a beautiful swampy pond. I heard an alligator hiss, so I stepped back…right onto a limb going across the path. I rolled my ankle and CRACKED MY CAMERA LENS (yes, that was worse than the ankle roll).
What jobs have you done other than being an artist? I taught preschool for umpteen years, directed and managed a preschool summer camp for same amount of years, and was in the Air Force as well.
What memorable responses have you had to your work? I watched a photo video I had made of a birth story with the parents. We all held hands, cried, and hugged it out. It was a beautiful, wonderful, real moment that I will hold FOREVER.
What food/song/drink inspire you? COFFEE. ALL OF THE COFFEE.
What do you like about your work? Pretty much EVERYTHING. I love meeting new people, making the new friends that actually winds up happening, the locations I get to go, the events and celebrations taking place, the memories you see happening right in front of you, and knowing you get to be the one helping them remember it for the rest of their lives. Yup, I kind of have the perfect job.


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Initial autopsy report from Marysville shooting states suspect died of 'multiple gunshot wounds'
By Jake Abbott / jabbott@appealdemocrat.comApril 11, 2018 GMT
An autopsy report for a man killed Friday by law enforcement officers said he died of "multiple gunshot wounds," according to the Yuba County Sheriff's Office. They were not more specific about the number of shots.
Jonathan Erick Alexander, 26, was killed in Marysville following a high-speed chase starting in Wheatland and after he drew a gun and fired shots, wounding a police dog.
Information on how many times he was wounded and where will be available once a written autopsy is fully completed, said Leslie Carbah, spokeswoman for the Yuba County Sheriff's Office.
Carbah said the investigation into the officer-involved shooting remains active. The sheriff's office and Marysville Police Department – which both placed personnel on paid administrative leave following the shooting – are conducting an administrative investigation to make sure "policies and procedures" were followed correctly, she said.
An official investigation into the shooting is being carried out by an independent party – the Yuba-Sutter Officer-Involved Shooting Investigation Team – which is comprised of personnel from local district attorney offices, as well as law enforcement agencies in Sutter County. The California Department of Justice is assisting with the investigation.
"The investigation is in its early stages at this time, with continued interviews and processing of evidence underway," Carbah said in a press release.
Alexander, in the early morning hours of April 6, was initially stopped by a Wheatland Police officer. The officer reportedly smelled alcohol coming from the vehicle as he approached. After providing his identification, Alexander reportedly fled the scene. Alexander's vehicle made it all the way to Marysville, and crossed spike strips, before coming to a stop at an intersection downtown.
After failing to abide by commands by law enforcement, a Yuba County Sheriff's deputy released a dog into the vehicle to force the suspect out. However, Alexander allegedly shot the dog in the neck, prompting officers to fire back.
Alexander was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to court records, Alexander was arrested in 2015 and charged with two counts of DUI and one count of reckless driving in Butte County. He pleaded no contest to reckless driving later that year and the other charges were dismissed.
The police dog was treated at a local veterinary hospital and released over the weekend. The canine is expected to make a full recovery.


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The Learning Institute's members come from more than 30 units within the City of Corpus Christi and supports the work of over 2,900 professionals with local and national strategic partners. The Institute will help employees achieve their full potential. It will house City wide access to training centers, classrooms, technology, opportunities for employee recognition and performance appraisal initiatives. The institute will support the growth and development of the workforce with interdepartmental synergies, innovative professional development practices, and advanced strategies to measure progress.
Workshops and Conferences: Bring professionals together in conferences, workshops, and in virtual communities.
Instructor Development: Offer professional development opportunities for internal trainers, and those focused on developing our City's talent.
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Serves as the voice of Learning and Organizational Development for the City of Corpus Christi and collaborate with other associations, organizations, and educational institutions to advance the mission.


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The traditional look of a high bowed commercial skiff coupled with the benefits of a positive pressure tunnel hull make the Genesis very unique. Its wide beam creates a very roomy and stable platform. The 30″ wide tunnel, running the entire length of the hull, allows it to run and float shallow and quiet.


This affects School of Medicine faculty and laboratory managers.
The Chemical Safety Committee (CSC) in conjunction with the WFBH Environmental Health and Safety Department are collecting chemical inventories which are now required for all research and laboratory areas where chemicals are present.
In October and December of 2018, information was distributed from the Chemical Safety Committee regarding the requirement that each research laboratory create a chemical inventory. A SharePoint website was developed to store chemical inventories. This SharePoint website will serve as a repository of chemical information for researchers in the School of Medicine and will facilitate collaboration between departments and compliance with the Winston-Salem fire marshal and institutional requirements.
All chemical reagents, solvents, fixatives, and defined chemical substances are to be included within this list. All commercially purchased chemical products need to be listed on the chemical inventory. Novel chemical entities (NCEs) that are synthesized in the course of a research program and biological agents, i.e. antibodies, proteins, enzymes, DNA/RNA, and plasmids are not to be included in the chemical inventory.
· Please send your chemical inventory (Excel spreadsheet) to EHSchem@wakehealth.edu. The deadline was December 31, 2018 so all inventories are past due and need to be submitted as soon as feasibly possible.
· Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) will perform the initial entry of data into the Chemical Inventory SharePoint website and then grant access to contributors for maintenance of chemical inventories.
Questions can be directed to the Chemical Safety Committee (EHSchem@wakehealth.edu) or Environmental Health & Safety (EHS@wakehealth.edu) at 336-716-9375.


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Solar: Save Money, Increase the Value of Your Home
May 28, 2010 | Blog, Solar
I have been going over some of the bills from the last few years. My utility company, San Diego Gas and Electric has been increasing the cost of electricity around 7% annually.
Seven percent per year seems like quite a bit, especially since inflation has been running around two to three percent. The increases of fuel costs and energy products in general have far outpaced inflation. Here are some solar facts:
Based on conditions here in CA state:
The average home owner chooses to install a 4 KW DC photovoltaic system. This generates 4500 to 5000 KWh per year.
With rebates and incentives, the final system cost is about $10-11K.
Over the course of the system life (25 years), the electricity generated will cost $0.09 per KWh. Currently, SDG&E electricity averages $0.158 KWh (increasing at 7% per year).
Without inflation, that equals a savings of $29,000.00.
Also, based on conditions in CA state:
The average home owner chooses to install an 80 SF/80 Gallon solar hot water system. This will supply a family of four with 80% of their hot water annually.
With rebates and incentives that system cost is around $3,800.
Over the course of the system life (25 years), the energy converted by this system will cost $0.03 per KWh. Currently, CA electricity averages $0.158 KWh (increases 7% per year)
Of course, these are long term investments. In order to realize this type of savings, a homeowner will have to stay put for 25 years. That is a rarity these days.
Solar systems retain almost all of their pre-incentive/rebate value when added to a structure as a capital improvement. Here is a list of residential home improvements and the values added to a typical house:
Two story addition: 94%
Bathroom remodel: 93%
Major Kitchen Remodel: 91%
Solar System: 90%
Basement finish/remodel: 89%
Siding: 88%
Roof Replacement: 85%
Deck: 84%
Hot tub: 84%
Family room addition: 82%
Sun room: 75%
Garage addition: 70%
Backup power generator: 58%
Of course, if the rebates and incentives are considered, then the installation of a solar system is cash positive from day one. What this means is the homeowner pays $11-12K but gets $32,000 of additional home value. I can't think of a better deal than that. Go Solar and you will be spinning back to savings…
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Vivaldi updated to latest version 1.5, bringing support for smart-home lighting integration, bulk tab commands, add page screenshots to Notes and more.
The main goal of the Vivaldi project is to make a highly flexible, low on resources and extremely fast web browser software that works across all mainstream computer operating systems including Linux, Mac OSX and Microsoft Windows, a web browser that is rich in functionality and designed for you.
If you looking for other browsers as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Chromium alternative for your Linux desktop, Vivaldi is worth to try.
You can now select multiple tabs, apply commands to them in bulk, and drag the selected tabs into stacks. You can even drag tabs between windows on your desktop.
Notes is a built-in tool that lets you capture your thoughts while you browse. The tool lives in your browser side panel and is the perfect way to grab quotes, screenshots and make note of links without leaving Vivaldi.
Along with performance improvements, accessibility of content according to your reading preferences has also been enhanced by by adding a reader mode button to the address bar.
They are giving users the ability to go beyond the browser and into the smart home by integrating with Hue color lights from Philips.
Selecting which lights Vivaldi should control, the browser will synchronize your physical surroundings with the color of the web.
Anyone who's survived a not-so-fast connection understands the frustration of slow moving updates. This means that the next time you click update, you will only download and install parts of Vivaldi that have changed.
Check out the video below to see Vivaldi in action!
For more details and complete changelog, you can see this page.
What's next? Open vivaldi via Ubuntu unity dash, or similar app launcher like Synapse Launcher.
You can also grab it by head to Vivaldi Offcial Page.


It will never make up for the loss but.
What a wonderfully poignant photo. Nothing can replace a loving son but knowing that he has made such an impression on so many and he will never be forgotten for this will bring some comfort.


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National Fertility Awards 2019
National Fertility Conclave
IVF treatments
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IVF experts, stakeholders congregated at ETHealthworld's first edition of National Fertility Conclave
The key experts and stakeholders of the fertility industry shared the platform to discuss the importance of safe IVF treatments and urged on the need for self-regulation ETHealthWorld | October 09, 2019, 18:00 IST
By Prathiba Raju
The maiden edition of National Fertility Awards 2019 was successfully held in the national capital, recently. Nearly 350 top IVF experts and stakeholders from the fertility industry attended the conference awards night.
The event started with a welcome address by Amit Gupta, Business Head, ETB2B, who spoke about the need for curating National Fertility Award. "Infertility is just a disease, and it requires the same kind of attention like any other. With this conclave, our endeavour is to nurture a long-lasting dialogue within the IVF community and we aim to delve into the understanding of future challenges and opportunities in the sector," he stated.
He further elaborated on the need for curating the National Fertility Awards and how ETHealthworld had conducted a conference series with various state governments.
The address was followed by an informative discussion on "Changing Dynamics of Fertility World: Ways in Which the Industry Needs to Adapt." The panel comprised Vishal Bali, Executive Chairman, Asia Healthcare Holdings; Dr Shweta Mittal Gupta, Senior Consultant, Centre of IVF and Human Reproduction, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; Srinivas Madabusi, Director, Fertility, Merck; Dr Kuldeep Jain, Director and Head, KJIVF and Laparoscopy Centre, Delhi; Dr Nandita Palshetkar, President, FOGSI and Sonia Malik, Director and HOD, Southend Fertility and IVF.
The panel members urged that the self regulation and SOPs are a must, and IVF industry should focus on these. Sharing his valuable insights, Bali said, "Self regulation is one that IVF industry should focus on. Consumers are defining the next phase of the healthcare not only in India, but all over the world. So, this sector needs to get more consumer-focused and aligned to good practices." He further cautioned that industry will hurt itself if it is not concentrating on it.
Putting patient-first perspective, Madabusi said, "Whatever we do is always about a single entity i.e patients. So, regulations by the industry and by the doctors community are needed for the IVF industry. Self-regulation is no more an option, but a 'must' which the industry has to adapt."
Malik and other panelists insisted on self regulation to avoid misinformation, being transparent to the patients and practice safely.
After the panel discussion, an informative session by Dr Durga Rao, Co-Founder and Medical Director, Oasis Centre for Reproductive Medicine, highlighted about the bottlenecks of the industry and how it can be tackled with -- affordability, accessibility and awareness.
It was followed by the last panel discussion 'Is digitisation poised to disrupt IVF?' The pertinent topic was discussed where panelists informed that digitisation has transformed the industry through the years and how it is helping the patients. The panelists also pointed out that digital platforms can help in spreading awareness and information and these should be used widely.
Delivering his special address to the august gathering, Shafqat Khan, OSD, Department of Health and Medical Education, Government of J&K, said, "The conference has provided a lot of knowledge about the industry and such a platform is the need of the hour where the IVF experts and stakeholders get together and discuss about the dos and don'ts of the industry and its way forward. Infertility is not just in urban areas, but even in rural areas, a lot of couples require the knowledge and treatment of IVF, but they do not make an effort because of the various reasons like social taboo and affordability. Enough awareness and intervention of government is necessary."
Elaborating on the process of the awards and the jury Dr Sushil Shah, Chairman & Founder, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd and jury chair for the awards spoke about the process of the awards and accoladed the winners.
The partners of the ETHealthworld National Fertility Awards also came forward at the event to address the august audience to keep them updated about their solutions and services for the hospitals.
The ETHealthworld Fertility Conclave maiden edition concluded by recognising excellence in the Indian fertility industry where pathfinders, game changers and frontrunners of the IVF industry and its stakeholders were recognised zone-wise for their incredible efforts and invaluable contributions.
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Back in 2013, shortly after I had moved to Japan, the language school I was attending at the time took us on a class outing to Yumenoshima Park (夢の島) for a sports day (as if we were 10 years old…). Literally meaning "Dream Island", Yumenoshima Park was built on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay using waste landfill.
As well as its sports facilities and waste incineration facility, the part is home to Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome (夢の島熱帯植物館), an impressive botanical garden containing around 1,000 species of tropical and semitropical plants.
There are three enormous interlinked domes – dome A features a rain forest with ferns and waterfall, dome B represents a tropical village, and dome C contains vegetation from the Ogasawara Islands.
A group called Tree Climbing Japan, dedicated to teaching tree climbing for recreation, research and rehabilitation, seem to have a programe for climbing palm trees here.
The path alongside Yumenoshima Marina is perfect for a stroll.
The park is also the final resting place of the Daigo Fukuryū Maru (第五福龍丸, S.S. Lucky Dragon 5), a Japanese tuna fishing boat which was exposed to and contaminated by nuclear fallout from the United States' Castle Bravo thermonuclear device test on Bikini Atoll in 1954.
Aikichi Kuboyama, the boat's chief radioman, died less than seven months later having suffered along with the 22 other crew members of acute radiation syndrome (ARS).
The incident caused a diplomatic spat and served to galvanize anti-nuclear movements in Japan and worldwide.
After being deemed safe for public viewing the boat was preserved and is on display in a large hall along with an exhibition highlighting the global state of nuclear weapons today.


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Tauy Creek Digest #54: Fire Breathers
The two monsters rose out of the oceans. The one from the Pacific was lizard-like, almost like a dinosaur, reminiscent of what a real Godzilla would look like. The one from the Atlantic was slightly different, more dragon-like than dinosaur. Both were the size of a skyscraper and both were immune to whatever attack humans threw at them. They easily walked off missiles, bullets, and bombs as they caused a path of destruction across the country until meeting in the middle of the country.
The dragon monster made the first strike by shoving the dinosaur into a building, completely knocking it to the ground. The dragon quickly got on top of the dinosaur and they began wrestling, rolling around on the streets of this city. The dinosaur erupted a plume of fire from its mouth, singing the dragon and causing the dragon to push away from the dinosaur. In retaliation, the dragon brought out his own breath of fire, not just burning the dinosaur but also a couple of buildings nearby.
That's then what the fight became. Breathing as much fire as they could in hopes of racking up damage on each other but instead causing damage to the buildings and people around them. People ran in terror, dodging the crumbling buildings, leftover spits of fire, and the feet of the monsters. The monsters didn't even seem acknowledge that there were small, living things in what they were destroying and below them on the streets.
The dragon monster plowed into the dinosaur monster with its head and the two stumbled backward into a skyscraper, bringing it and them down to the street, nearly causing the street to collapse underneath them. The dinosaur monster tossed the dragon monster off of it. It rolled over several buildings, crushing them, people, and the street before catching itself and bringing itself to their feet.
Their fire breath erupted from their mouths and collided as they moved closer to each other. The dinosaur monster grabbed the dragon monster and picked it up, spinning it over its head before throwing it into several buildings. As the dragon monster stood up, wings sprouted from its back and it roared, fire spewing from its mouth. The piercing screech echoed across the country, the eardrums of everyone within fifty mile rupturing.
The military arrived but their bullets and missiles were no match for the impenetrable skin of the monsters and what did get through left no more of a mark than a pin prick on human skin. The monsters continued crushing and destroying the streets and buildings of the city as more of the military arrived. The punches shattered windows and the roads buckled and collapsed into the sewers underneath the city. After almost two hours, the monsters moved out of the city and into the suburbs.
Luckily, most of the residents of the suburbs were evacuated but most of the houses were destroyed. Long after revealing them, the dragon monster used its wings to fly the dinosaur monster into the air and drop him. A sinkhole the size of a small lake crumbled the earth as the dinosaur monster went through the crust. Enraged, the dinosaur monster jumped hard and fast, colliding head first into the dragon monster, launching them several miles before crashing in a field outside of a small city about eighty miles away from where they started.
The dragon monster smashed the dinosaur monster's face into the town's giant concrete grain silo, destroying it like the ocean destroys a sand castle. The dinosaur monster used its tail to trip the dragon monster, sending it hard to the ground. The dinosaur monster jumped on top of the other monster sending them both into the ground causing another sinkhole that swallowed part of the western area of the small town.
For several minutes, nothing moved or made noise. People, military personnel and first responders approached the hole with caution and assumed that both monsters had perished, either due to each other's blows or the pressure near the center of the Earth.
The earth started to rumble and shake, the hole spread, engulfing several people standing near and some more of the town. The dragon monster erupted from the hole, sending rocks and other debris in numerous directions. In its claws, he held the dinosaur monster who was trying to swat the dragon off of it. The dragon threw the dinosaur as hard as it could sending the monster another hundred or so miles away. The dragon quickly flew off after it, finding it came to a rest inside of a sprawling department store in another city.
As the dragon flew closer, the dinosaur spun around and hit the dragon with its tail, sending the dragon into a collection of buildings, starting the rampage and destruction over in a new metropolis.
by Brian Hall at 8/19/2019 12:00:00 PM
Labels: Story Series, Tauy Creek Digest, writing
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MappableAttributesRetriever Interface to be implemented by classes that can retrieve a list of mappable security attribute strings (for example the list of all available J2EE roles in a web or EJB application).
MapBasedAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper This class implements the Attributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper and MappableAttributesRetriever interfaces based on the supplied Map.
SimpleAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper This class implements the Attributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper interface by doing a one-to-one mapping from roles to Spring Security GrantedAuthorities.
SimpleMappableAttributesRetriever This class implements the MappableAttributesRetriever interface by just returning a list of mappable attributes as previously set using the corresponding setter method.
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Lorai: Play to Live is an Indian Bengali sports drama film directed by Parambrata Chatterjee, which stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar and Indrasish Roy in lead roles. The film is produced by Shyam Sunder Dey under the Greentouch Entertainment.The film was released on 9 January 2015.

Synopsis
Sebastian Ryan (Prosenjit Chatterjee), an alcoholic ex-football star, is assigned the task of training the youths of a remote violence-torn village in Purulia. Though he is very sceptical about the task at the outset, circumstances force him to change his perception.

Cast
 Prosenjit Chatterjee as Sebastian Ryan
 Payel Sarkar as Anuradha, Ryan's daughter
 Indrasish Roy as Deep Narayan Chowdhury
 Kanchan Mullick as Doha
 Kharaj Mukherjee as Mukhtar Alam
 Gargi Roychowdhury as Mukhtar's young sister
 Deepankar De as Sports Minister Balai Bhowmik
 Biswajit Chakraborty as Ryan's best friend
 Bharat Kaul as Defence Minister Damle
 Koushik Kar as Chipla
 Rajat Ganguly as Central Home Minister Swapan Maitra
 Alvito D'Cunha (special appearance)
 Apurbo Roy as Haagu
 Parambrata Chatterjee as Naxalite leader Manas (special appearance)
 Joydeep Mukherjee as a member of Indian Army
 June Malia as Ryan's wife

Release
Lorai was slated to release with Ebar Shabor, but the producers of this film backed it by a week to avoid competition.

Marketing
Greentouch Entertainment released the film's trailer on 2 December 2014 at the presence of the lead cast and the director. The film had a grand premiere at INOX of South City Mall.

Controversy
Lorai have run into trouble with the censor board. The board has asked the makers to get an NOC from the Animal Welfare Board of India for a chicken chase sequence. Story goes that the makers had not taken a prior NOC, which is mandatory for censoring a film. Says a source close to the unit, "In the synopsis of the film, there was no mention of the sequence and the Animal Welfare Board has raised an objection to it. The film, starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, is set for release this weekend; we are hoping things will be sorted out soon." A representative from the production house is already in Chennai to do the needful. Says Parambrata, "The review committee will look into the sequence featuring chickens.Hope things fall into place."

Critical response
Reviewer from The Times of India commented Lorai is a good-hearted film that gives us a fair share of drama, humour and, of course, football. And despite our inclination to draw parallels with hits that have similar storylines — like Chak De! India — Lorai still manages to make a good impression.

Neel Dutt of The Telegraph reviewed "Parambrata's choice of genre as well as his concept set me thinking not just about the film but about contemporary Bengali cinema and its new breed of young filmmakers. It's actually a breath of freshness to watch a young filmmaker daring to get away from the glossy plastic world of our city to engulf an earthy India far bigger than our provincial smartphone existence. The charm of the film lies in this rusticity, an essence that's beautifully and painstakingly shot by cinematographer Gopi Bhagat. Kharaj Mukherjee's ever optimistic and pleasing Mokhtar is the actor's most pleasant performance since Patalghar. Just when one stopped expecting anything from Kanchan Mullick, he surprises as the chicken thief. His funny ostrich-like Doa with all its oddities and idiosyncrasies will keep you glued till the end. In fact, Doa's perfectly crafted introduction and climax are two of the most enjoyable sequences in the film.But the surprise of the film lies in its two young actors — Indrasish Roy as Deepnarayan, the rakishly handsome captain of the football team, is stunning. And debutant Kaushik Kar as the quiet and confident Chipla Mahato is brilliant. Both these fine young actors show a lot of promise. I loved the gentle accordion melody accompanied by a stringed instrument used in a couple of scenes after Sebastian Ryan enters Kushumdi."IMDb gave a rating  to the film.

Soundtrack
Music Composer Indradeep Dasgupta was roped in to score the music for the film.

Arijit Singh launched the music of the film was held at a city hotel, with the entire cast and crew in attendance. The soundtrack was ranked Best Bengali Album of March 2015 by Deccan Music

Track listing

References

External links

Bengali-language Indian films
2010s Bengali-language films
2015 films

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On the road with Chris Tomlin
By Lee Lawrence on Monday, December 7, 2015
This spring, CURE International hit the road with board member Chris Tomlin for the "Love Ran Red" tour, with special guests Tenth Avenue North and Rend Collective. We travelled by plane, bus, and automobile to 36 cities across the United States, from the sunny beaches of Miami, Florida, to the coffee mecca of Seattle, Washington. Each event was filled with phenomenal music, but the shows were so much more than that.
We saw the church come together and come alive in worship. Chris Tomlin graciously shared CURE with over 200,000 fans and challenged them to worship with more than their praise by giving of their prayers, time, and resources. Across the nation, fans gave more than $700,000—enough to complete the funding for 700 surgeries for children with disabilities!
These evenings would not have been possible without the help of our incredible volunteers. We would like to extend our special thanks to the 887 people who helped along the way. You guys are the real rockstars!
CURE has been overwhelmed by the generosity of our new friends, and we're excited to be back on the road this month for the "Adore" Christmas tour with Chris Tomlin, Crowder, and Lauren Daigle. Check out christomlin.com/tour for a list of upcoming cities and tour dates.
Interested in volunteering? We still have a few open spaces and would love to have you join us at a city near you! You can sign up to volunteer at cure.org/volunteer, but act quickly. Our remaining slots are filling up fast!
Even if you can't make it to a show, you can still get involved. Chris is using his new Christmas CD, Adore, to help heal kids. It's our gift to you when you give the Gift of Healing!
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About the Author: Lee Lawrence
Lee Lawrence is the Church Engagement Coordinator for CURE. She previously served in CURE's Global Outreach office.
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What are we? Science was young when the ancient Greeks put forward a set of classical elements: from water, air, fire and earth; the Chinese believed in water, fire, earth, metal and wood. Still it was young and naiive. In this age of Large Hadron Collider in Geneva the Physicists would put down matter as made of twelve fundamental particles – quarks and leptons. These have no substructure and cannot be broken down into smaller particles. Quarks and leptons interact via four forces to make the universe we know today.
How these particles work to make matter.
The nucleus and the electrons are attracted to each other, exchanging photons. The force between the nucleus and electrons is the electromagnetic force.
Many atoms constitute objects in our everyday life as well as much bigger components of the universe such as stars and galaxies. The force dominating this level of macroscopic phenomena is gravity.
In an atomic nucleus a proton is made up of two up quarks and one down quark, and a neutron is composed of one up quark and two down quarks. The force that binds three quarks in a proton or a neutron is called the strong force and this force is due to exchanges of gluons. Having said this let us examine force mediator that facilitates exchanges. There are four such mediators the "gluon", "photon", "graviton" and "weak bosons".
An atomic nucleus constitutes an atom together with electrons orbiting around it. The relation between the nucleus and electrons resembles the one between the sun and planets in the solar system.
In the centre of stars, huge energy is generated by nuclear fusion being mediated by weak bosons. This energy makes the universe bright. In nuclear fusion, a down quark is changed to an up quark by the weak force. Stars are luminous because the fundamental building blocks are changing their types and providing energy.
Although most physicists believe that quarks are the fundamental building blocks which make up the universe, no one has observed an isolated quark on its own. This is due to the nature of the strong force.
Like a nucleus and an electron that attract each other due to their electrical charges, quarks are combined together by their color charges.
Many atoms constitute objects in our everyday life as well as much bigger components of the universe such as stars and galaxies. The force dominating this level of macroscopic phenomena is gravity, intermediated by gravitons.
Experiments in 1968 provided the evidence for the quark model. The quark model actually explains the existence of more than 100 particles, all known as "hadrons" (as in Large Hadron Collider) and made up of different combinations of quarks. For example the proton is made of three quarks. If protons are hit hard enough, the strong force can be overcome and the proton smashed apart. With the LHC recently updated is powerful and the scientists are ready to look deeper into the world of quarks.
The Large Hadron Collider, famous for finding the Higgs boson, has now revealed another new and rather unusual particle. Pentaquarks are incredibly difficult to see; they are very rare and very unstable. This means that if it is possible to stick five quarks together, they won't stay together for very long. The team on the LHCb experiment made their discovery by looking in detail at other exotic hadrons produced in the collisions and they way these break apart. All hadrons seem to be made up of combinations of either two or three quarks, whereas pentaquarks as the name suggests are made up of five quarks.


It's our last day of the My Creative Time 56th Edition sneak peeks! Tomorrow is the day you can finally see this awesome release in its entirety and get shopping! But first, we have one last amazing stamp and die set for you to get a glimpse of today. It's called Just a Note, and it includes a darling little folding note die, along with six large coordinating sentiments!
I know I'm going to get so much use out of this set! As a teacher, I am constantly writing little notes to my students, and what I love about this die is that it makes a little note card that self-closes, so there is no need for an envelope! And, you can use your Fun Stitched Edges Dies and More Stitched Edges to trim off the edge to jazz it up! I used the torn paper die from More Stitched Edges on my little card here, and I love the way it turned out. The Stitched Square Dies Inside & Out work great for layering, as you can see here, and my sentiment from Just a Note fit quite well! I finished off this card with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins!
Love the bold sentiment and sequins embellies.
I love the many uses that I have seen so far with this adorable note card set! Your note card set is so pretty, I love that big sentiment!
Great way to send little notes to your students. I like the torn edge look.
Oh Miss Katie....love your cutie patootie note card...love the torn edge die you used!! Great idea with the sentiment on the front...another Miss Katie Awesome Creation!! YOU so ROCK!!
LOVE it!!!! and sequins to boot! My fav!
Love the little card, the edge is awesome, this card die is gonna be a quickie card.
Such a cute note card!! Love the little edge you created along the side!! Just darling!! Thanks!
Katie such a cute note! I agree that we will be able to get a lot of use out of this new set!! Love how you used the stitched square dies along with it as a layer! Love it!
Very cute. I like the star background and the sequins.
this will be a useful set.
These are so fun! Wouldn't it be a fun surprise to tuck a pair of tickets into these? So many great ideas! Love this stamp and die set!
Cute little note card. It's perfect for a fast project.
What a fun little note card! LOVE the sentiment! So cute!
I completely agree that this note card die is so practical,and cute. Kids will love receiving them.
An eye issue + 'doctor's orders' has made computer-time extremely limited this week, but I'm sneaking in to tell you I adore all the showcases you've treated us to this week! Your little note cards, made with your students in mind, is simply wonderful...sweet, thoughtful and guaranteed to bring mega-watt smiles to their faces. I'm a teacher, too, (we're done June 30th) so you can already guess what's on my shopping list! Thank you for the inspiration!
Your students will remember you for years to come after receiving these cute little note cards! I know I would! Just a great idea.
What a cute idea for your students. I loVe how you die cut the torn edge along the side. Thanks for sharing.


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Gaming consoles and platforms
Fortnite: Chapter 2 – Battle Royale Parental Controls Guide
Fortnite Parental Controls
Controls & Settings guide
If your child loves gaming, there's a chance you've heard of Fortnite. Fortnite offers a range of parental controls to help you control what a player can see and do within the game. In addition to the controls within Fortnite, there are additional controls available on Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and iOS.
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The Fortnite game and a Playstation 4
Restrictions you can apply
Calls & Texts
The steps below are for users with Playstation 4. (PS4).
Set Parental Controls
Launch Fortnite on your platform of choice.
Open the menu in the upper right of the screen.
Select 'Parental Controls'.
You will be asked to confirm the email address linked to the account. If no email address is linked to the account you will be asked to link one.
Set a unique six-digit PIN. This PIN will be required to change parental controls in the future, so make sure to set a PIN that is different from other PINs you use and is easy to remember.
You can change the PIN from the account settings, but doing so will require the current PIN.
You will be able to recover a lost PIN by contacting player support.
Set the parental controls that you wish to have enabled or disabled.
Use the 'Save' button to save your selection.
Filter mature language
In Fortnite Battle Royale, players can text chat with friends in their squad when in the home page. In Fortnite Save The World players can text chat with friends in the lobby, and with any other players in a private or public match.
ON: Mature language in text chat will be filtered and replaced with heart symbols.
OFF: Mature language can appear in text chat.
This option lets you filter mature language in the chat, both that you send and receive from others.
Hide names from non-squad members
During a match, the account names of players who are eliminated will appear on the screen. This setting allows you to replace your name with "Player" in these messages for everyone who is not in your squad.
ON: Replace your name to players that are not in your squad with "Player".
OFF: Players that are not in your squad will be able to see your account name.
Parent tip: People in the same "squad" (up to three other players on your team who may or may not be friends) will still be able to see your account name.
Hide non-squad members name
During a match, the account names of players who are eliminated will appear on the screen. This setting allows you to replace the names of other players who are not in your squad with "Player" in those messages.
ON: Replaces the names of players that are not in your squad with "Player".
OFF: You will see the names of players that are not squad members.
Parent tip: You will still be able to see the names of people in the same "squad" (up to three other players on your team who may or may not be friends).
Epic Games also provides privacy settings for users accounts. Friend requests are automatically set to 'Public', however, this can be changed to 'Friends' or 'Private'.
Turning on or off voice chat
While in a party with friends or when teamed up with random players during a match, a voice chat channel becomes available. This setting controls whether or not this account can hear and talk in that voice chat channel.
ON: You can hear your teammates and talk to them using a microphone.
OFF: You cannot hear or talk to teammates.
Parent tip: This setting only disables Fortnite's in-game voice chat. The platform you are playing on may have additional communication features that must be restricted separately. Information on platform-specific controls can be found via the links at the bottom of this article.
Turning on or off text chat
While in a party with friends or when teamed up with random players during a match, a text chat channel becomes available. This setting controls whether or not this account can hear receive or send messages in the text chat channel.
ON: You can send and receive text chat messages with your teammates.
OFF: You cannot send or receive text chat messages with your teammates.
Parent tip: This setting disables Fortnite's in-game text chat. The platform you are playing on may have additional communication features that must be restricted separately.
For information on platform-specific controls please use the "More Settings" button.
Weekly playtime reports
As an optional service, a weekly playtime report can be generated and sent to the email associated with this account.
ON: A weekly report will be sent to the email address associated with this account.
OFF: No reports will be sent.
Parent tip: Click on "More Settings" below to learn about playtime restrictions on your platform.
Reporting on Fortnite
Gamers can become friends with other gamers on Fortnite. You can choose not to receive friend requests in your settings.
If you do become friends with someone on the platform you have three options 'Whisper' which means to talk to the person in private messenger, 'Unfriend' or 'Block'.
Users can also report any other player while playing the game.
Click on the player and select 'Report'. This will bring you to a feedback form, see below.
Users who break the terms and conditions will be banned from the game.
Parental controls for mobile devices
Apple iOS allows you to block or limit specific apps and restrict the settings on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, including for purchases and downloads, access to explicit content, and privacy. For more information, click here.
On Android, you can use the in-game Fortnite parental controls to restrict or allow specific types of behaviour. The Google Play parental controls do not apply to Fortnite. In-game purchasing restrictions for Fortnite on Android are available via a PIN restriction. See here for more information.
Follow these links to learn more or download this information.
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See more resources and articles to help children stay safe online.
Related web links
Fortnite Parental Controls Guide for Smart Devices
Fortnite Community Guidelines
Nintendo Switch Parental Controls
Xbox One Parental Controls
Windows 10 Parental Controls
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