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08 Dec What To Expect Under a Trump Presidency When It Comes To Recruitment, Taxation and Immigration of Talents
Posted in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Immigration, Northern California, Recruitment	by	Dennis
The victory of president-elect Donald Trump stunned all sides of the political spectrum not only in the United States but globally as well. As a result, many in the electorate are now grappling to imagine the U.S. under his governance. Global mobility specialists in particular are asking, how will this new administration bode for their sector, especially when it comes to recruitment, taxation, and immigration?
Lisa Johnson, a global practice leader for Crown World Mobility's Consulting Services, gives the four areas global mobility specialists and their partners should look at: globalization, immigration, tax, and corporate global citizenship.
Globalization: The Harvard Business Review reminds us that Trump opposed globalization because it supposedly threatened U.S. industries and the employment of millions of Americans who are also wary of the way technology is automating their jobs, predominantly the manufacturing sector.
In his campaigns, the president-elect had promised to impose taxes on countries with whom the U.S. has the largest bilateral trade deficits. After his win, he has mentioned imposing a 45% tariffs on imports coming from China, and 35% on some products from Mexico. Multi-national companies — both U.S. companies doing business on foreign soil, and foreign companies which have established a base in America — will be caught in the crossfire of the tensions that are sure to arise from these new arrangements.
Possible effect on global mobility: If the organization you work for has businesses with the countries that Trump has targeted, regularly check the flow of business, the dynamics of future transactions, and the quality of the relationships. A rise in tensions might mean a freeze of assignees coming from that country, as well as expansion of your organization's business in their shores.
Immigration: The president-elect had been vocal about building a wall — symbolic and/or physical — across the U.S.-Mexican borders that would prevent immigrants from crossing. He also promised to be more stringent on the immigration of Muslims to safeguard the U.S. against terrorism. Another hardline approach was to deport undocumented immigrants, especially those with criminal records, which the current administration estimates at 1.9 million. Again, all these promises were to secure employment for Americans who, rightly or wrongly, believe that jobs were going to foreign workers.
Another area that may be affected is the HB-1 or work visa, which permits qualified foreign talent to fill in work that supposedly are in shortage or could not be supplied by the locals. While U.S. companies require proof first that it had tried to hired an American before requesting an HB-1 visa for a foreign talent, companies now may think twice about renewing this type of visa, if it will cause a problem with Trump's administration.
Cherlynn Low, a Singaporean who carries such a visa is one of those who are worried about this scenario. Certain things can allay that fear: If Trump's own companies also use the HB-1 visa in hiring other employees in his many corporations on top of the international treaty, the General Agreement on Trade and Services, that still requires 65,000 HB-1 visas to be processed a year at the risk of penalty.
Silicon Valley, the center of technological innovation, will be directly hit by any squeeze on foreign hiring. Bloomberg estimates that two-thirds of its leading talents in mathematics and computing have been born outside the U.S. Two of its powerhouses are led by immigrants: Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corp. and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google. It's not clear if Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon was referring to them when he reportedly suggested that there are too many Asian CEOs in the US in this report.
Possible effect on global mobility: It is prudent to watch and wait to see how things unfold right now. The enforcement of any limitation on HB-1 visa still deserves to be seen. However, better prepare for it by doing your homework to see which states are fueled by immigration — and thus will have a greater incentive to appeal against any restrictions when the time comes. One example is Northern California, a state that welcomes diversity and whose assignees are regularly supported by community organizations like churches, schools, embassies, relocation companies, and firms that supply furnished apartments like California Corporate Housing.
Yes California, a grass-roots organization, has in the past been trying to urge Californians to take up the cause of secession which gained another leash on life after the elections. However, it seems implausible given that it would require two-thirds of the House and Senate plus the 38 state legislatures to approve it.
Tax: Expect a lot of changes to taxation, says the Global Tax Network. Trump's proposed changes will cut down income tax rates and remove four tax brackets from the current seven. Tax reimbursement policies will also be affected and can be unpredictable; Americans working in high-tax countries like Germany can experience higher taxes while those in low-tax nations like Singapore may experience tax reductions. KPMG cites as an example high-earning American citizens living and working in Australia — the net investment income tax (NITT), also known as Obamacare tax, could be repealed, and along with it the 3.8 percent additional tax paid by these Australian-based Americans on their income tax.
Possible effect on global mobility: Study the tax laws of your assignees, based on their country or region of origin and how the new laws will apply to them. Get additional consulting from a financial expert, if possible, to make matters more clear to him. The last thing your assignee needs is to panic, about his income, financial security, and professional standing. Find the silver lining in each situation, and always reiterate your organization's support for him.
Corporate global citizenship: Johnson voices her concern that Trump may not abide by previous U.S. commitments such as climate change, pro-diversity employment policies, and gender equality. This might lead to U.S. organizations with set policies on these matters either alienated from the current administration's new direction, or in direct or indirect conflict.
Possible effect on global mobility: Changes do not happen overnight. Have your corporate lawyer go through the legalities, especially when it comes to agreements with your assignees. Soberly address if any of the past policies can be changed quickly, and by what mechanism. Determine the adjustments, if there are any. If there are none or the wheels of change are proceeding on a snail's pace, then adhere to the standards your organization has set, with your usual consummate professionalism.
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No question it's tough to keep our cool when our children are unraveling. It's especially a challenge when our children are rattled and over-run with anxiety. I partner with parents on a weekly basis who feel their children are anxious. All of us want support in knowing just what TO DO in helping our children thrive while also not letting them suffer.
Modeling Matters: If a parent struggles with anxiety—get evidence based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment with an adult anxiety specialist. Caring for your own anxiety will limit how your child models undesired behaviors.
Intervene early and effectively! If your child shows signs of anxiety that is causing distress and/or interfering with functioning, seek CBT treatment with a child anxiety specialist. Don't wait years for help because untreated anxiety can lead to problems including possible school refusal, lack of friends and opportunities to develop social skills, limited development of independence, healthy sleep patterns, lack of involvement in activities outside of the home, substance use and depression as one's life shrinks with loneliness, low self esteem ("I can't handle this") and lack of building mastery. Anxious children often don't get the help they need and when they do, they have often already suffered for years, other problems have developed, and they often don't get the most effective, evidence based behavioral treatment.
Acceptance and Empathy: Accept if your child is "wired together" to have more anxiety and be empathic, rather than invalidating, of their experience. Taking the moment to accept their feelings (even when they seem outlandish!) will allow you to both acknowledge and then support your child more effectively.
Don't Permit Avoidance: It is really hard to see your child suffer and parents often, meaning well, allow their child to escape and avoid anxiety provoking situations. As a parent, it is important to learn to tolerate this distress, remain calm and know that permitting escape and avoidance and providing excessive reassurance only strengthens anxiety, reinforces your child's thoughts that the world is a scary place and the belief that they aren't capable of coping effectively. This is an important dance parents often do with their anxious children and it is critical to change this pattern.
Reward Brave Behavior: Instead of paying attention to anxious behavior, reward use of anxiety management skills (recognizing when anxious, which situations trigger anxiety, what happens in your body, what are your thoughts, calming your body, challenging unrealistic, catastrophic thinking with checking the facts to develop more realistic thinking along with coping and calming thoughts, and approach feared situations in a gradual, manageable, step by step fashion). We are asking our children to do what terrifies them so provide them with empathy, support, skills and coaching so they overcome anxiety by facing their fears and learning that they can, in fact, do this, nothing terrible will happen, and they can live a full life that is not limited by anxiety. Rewarding use of skills and facing fears (known as exposure) helps your child do what is challenging. Exposure is the most important ingredient in effective treatment of anxiety.
Be Involved in your Child's CBT Anxiety Treatment: Parental involvement is critical for many reasons including learning about anxiety disorders and their treatment, learning which parenting strategies increase and which decrease child anxiety, learning to coach your child in use of anxiety management skills in challenging moments, not permitting the dance of avoidance, modeling use of skills and brave behavior, learning to tolerate when your child is experiencing distress and responding with empathy and approach, providing many opportunities for exposures and rewarding brave behavior. Parents can also use their understanding of anxiety disorders and their effective treatment to communicate important information with schools, coaches, grandparents and other involved caregivers and settings.
I'm curious about how to judge between "normal" nerves/anxiety for a 4 year old and when I should recognize I have an anxious child. So far my child does avoid participating in activities but she does express worries about not wanting to go beforehand. The other component is that I know I have anxiety issues and am in CBT for it. I guess I'm having trouble navigating my child's emotional landscape right now.
I don't want to avoid something I should try to help with or and create an issue where there isn't one.
You wrote that you meet with a group of parents of anxious children it sounds like to brainstorm. Is that a resource you can share?
There are groups that convene with children for anxiety.
Date and time: Tuesdays from 5–6 p.m.
I applaud that you are learning CBT anxiety management strategies. You can apply the same principles and strategies that you are learning to help with your possibly anxious child. I also want to share some recommended websites and books that you and other parents might find helpful.
Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism: Practical Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking, McHolm, Cunningham, & Vanier, 2005.
My only comment is that even in Seattle, a large city,it is very difficult to get in to see a child psychologist for CBT. We had to go out of network so our insurance covers very little of the hourly fee. And the place we went to (and are still going to) has a 5-month wait list.
It would be ideal if any child with a serious illness could be seen by a child psychologist at Seattle Children's during (and after) their treatment. I feel like this is in place for cancer care as part of the protocol, but not for other chronic conditions or serious conditions that contribute to anxiety.
Mental health parity with physical illness is wonderful to have written into the law, but until the healthcare capacity catches up to the need, it isn't something happening in actuality, I feel.
Thanks for your comment — so thoughtful and such an incredible idea. Will ping some folks on the psych team and see what they can provide regarding standards for therapy and options for psychological support before/after procedures, etc.
In outpatient Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine clinics, we do prioritize seeing patients who are treated at Children's for serious and/or chronic medical conditions.
Dr. Swanson, I think so highly of you and agree with you more often than not. I think I just don't understand what kind of 'anxiety' you are writing about here. I cannot believe what torture you are advising parents to put these poor children through. If they really have this disease of anxiety, it's something they cannot control, since its a chemical imbalance in their brains.
I don't recall if I had it as a child, however, I do recall my first attack at 25. It seemingly came out of nowhere. As I was driving down an uncrowded suburban street, suddenly I felt like my head was exploding, with springs shooting out of it. I was shaking uncontrollably and could only hold the wheel tightly, turn the radio on VERY loud and sing with it at the top of my lungs, and get to home as fast as possible. Once there, I went to bed and waited, curled up, until it passed, which took about an hour, and then I slept for 2 hours. I was misdiagnosed with depression and put on various meds which never helped. I have now been properly diagnosed, and properly medicated, for the last 12 years and life is finally, happily, worth living.
Children can be afraid of many things and I do believe in education(CBT is what you call it, I guess), and lots of hugging, loving acceptance. Just remember, with anxiety disease, there are times when it's too overwhelming for them to bear and holding them until the episode is over is what's needed.
Do you ever advise medication for the children? Like diabetics need to know how to use insulin for their well-being, isn't there something for anxiety-cursed children?
Are we talking the same language of 'anxiety' or have I missed it completely?
I suffered with mine, un-medicated, for too many years and I am so saddened seeing the children go through it.
Hi Meredith. The treatment for anxiety that we discuss on the podcast (and tips from Dr Melman that I highlighted on the blog post here) are the gold standard for children with anxiety. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and exposure therapy guided by a psychologist and supported by parents and families who help children learn to cope with anxiety and situations that provoke feelings of anxiety in their lives.
What you describe in your comment may be panic attacks — something we didn't address in the podcast.
And yes, sometimes children are also given medicines for anxiety. Low dose fluoxetine is a common treatment, in combination with psychologist support.
I used to read your blog post, most of the time and it helps to gain more knowledge not just in health stuff but also in psychological matters. Can you post an article regarding on hearing loss and why some aging adults are experiencing it. Thanks you much. Best regards.


Rockwall's Justin Foley, winner of 1310 The Ticket's "Brewer for a Day" contest during NTX Beer Week worked on two "pro-am" beers during his day with Cody Martin and the crew at Martin House. Those beers, Smokey D. RIPA and Kumite, will be released during the regular tour at Martin House this Saturday, February 8. Brian Brown has all the details. Justin also shared some more about the beers on BeerAdvocate.
Read more "Martin House pro-am collab with homebrewer Justin Foley to debut this weekend"
If you've ever enjoyed a burger at East Dallas' Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House, you've likely been disappointed to discover it wasn't open for lunch. Not even on weekends. But no more!
Read more "Goodfriend now open for lunch…as in, right now"
If you've ever purchased a six-pack of craft beer in can form, you've likely encountered the mighty PakTech Can Carrier Handle Solution, otherwise known as those solid plastic disc six-pack holders.
Brady White at The Beer Diaries made some bold picks for this year's Super Bowl — craft beers you might like to explore from our two Super Bowl competitors' home states, Colorado and Washington.
Read more "Enjoy Super Bowl XLVIII with Seattle and Denver craft beer picks"
Read more "Buzz Bike starts pedaling this week, but…has rules"
Tickets have been on sale for Big Texas Beer Fest for a good while now. So it's about time you got around to purchasing them, especially because the VIP is already almost sold out!
Read more "Buy your tickets for Big Texas Beer Fest 2014 now"
Nacho Punch, a YouTube comedy group, saw fit to create this "Hipsters Love Beer" video to mock us beer snobs for our crazy beer orders and the commentary we often give after trying a new brew.
Recognize anyone in this video? Or…do you need a mirror?
North Texas Beer Week 2013 is in the books. Over. Done. But it seems like it was only yesterday.
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Why Brazilian farmers are watching the exchange rateWhy Brazilian farmers are watching the exchange rate
Some South American producers move up fertilizer buys, anticipating price increases.
James Thompson
With no rain in the forecast, Brazilian farmer Jose Sholz expects a poor second-crop corn yield this year. Jose Sholz
Brazil is under nationwide quarantine, but farmers like Jose Sholz aren't being asked to stop their activities on the farm. Each morning at six, Sholz checks a cell phone app for soybean prices: the Chicago price and, based on that, his local price in Toledo, Parana. The next thing he does is check the exchange rate between the Brazilian currency, the real, and the U.S. dollar.
The exchange rate is likely not one of the calculations you have to make, but it's crucial to Brazilians, Argentines and Paraguayans producing corn and soybeans. And Sholz, with about half of his 2019-20 bean crop sold, and the other half set aside "for speculation," is keeping a close eye on the markets, looking for any upward bump so he can move the rest of his crop.
Second-crop corn
Twenty percent of his 865-acre property is set aside by law, and the rest this season was planted in soybeans, which have been harvested. Some 70% of his place is now struggling to produce second-crop corn despite the lack of local rain. While he got about 52 bushels per acre of corn last season, his thirsty crop this year will likely come in at something closer to just 20 to 30 bushels per acre. And, he adds, "there's no rain in the forecast."
Sholz' yields may be down, but don't judge the entire Brazilian crop by bad weather that's localized in Parana state and hitting Rio Grande do Sul state hard. After all, an agency of Brazil's agriculture ministry has pegged national 2019-20 corn production, over two crops, at 100,08 million tonnes, which would be a record.
Speeding up inputs buys
Sholz, like other farmers I've been talking to this week, says he's moved up his acquisition of some of the inputs he'll need for the 2020-21 campaign: In Sholz' case, that means chiefly fertilizer, whose price he says he knows will climb before September planting to accompany the rising value of the U.S. dollar.
"I normally apply a 2-30-10 fertilizer," he says. And I've ordered it now (from the local cooperative) at about $126 per acre."
That amount, he indicates, is about the same as he spent in the current 2019-20 season. But neighbors who didn't move up their purchases are likely to shell out more as inputs prices are likely to rise.
Now, this is just hearsay and I haven't seen data to back it up. We'll have to wait a bit before official numbers come out. But, to put it into perspective, Brazil's a big fertilizer buyer. At least one Brazilian analyst told Globo Rural, a Brazilian farm publication, that the country's 2020 fertilizer imports would come to 37 million tonnes, up from 36.1 in 2019.
The opinions of the author are not necessarily those of Farm Futures or Farm Progress.
James Thompson grew up on farms in Illinois and Tennessee and got his start in Ag communications when he won honorable mention in a 4-H speech contest. He graduated from University of Illinois and moved to Tocantins, Brazil and began farming. Over his career he has written several articles on South American agriculture for a number of publications around the world. He also edits www.cropspotters.com, a site focusing on Brazilian agriculture.
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Working in the construction sector all of her career, Judith started and operated contracting firms in four states and now holds multiple state licenses in Florida. While still running the occasional day-to-day operations at e-construction group, she devotes all of her free time as a cooperative developer building the platform for cooperative economics, a passion that is shared by the broader community in St. Petersburg.
Jonathan F. Rodriguez recently moved from Puerto Rico to Florida. He studied Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. As a Cooperative Business Developer for the "Liga de Cooperativas de Puerto Rico" he helped developed hunderds of successful co-ops in various economic sectors including Agriculture, Food, Health, and Manufacturing, among others. Passionate about healthy finances he became a Certified Personal Finance Counselor helped him develop hundreds of co-ops inside schools in Puerto Rico.
Dr. Amy Sauers is an Associate Professor of Marketing in the College of Business at St. Petersburg College. She specializes in relationship marketing and market research/data science and advocates for a greater role for cooperatives in business. She is honored to be joining the Board of Florida-CEED.
Leigh K. Davis comes to the board of FL-CEED with an interest in creating housing co-operatives in Pinellas County. She has over 20 years experience in communications and community relations for non-profit arts, higher education, city government and cable television. Her consulting work has focused on art advocacy in the areas of special events, public affairs and talent relations. Ms. Davis has a BA in Theatre from Emory University. One of her favorite possessions as a child was a coin pressed with the words "LEIGH IS COOPERATIVE."
Rohland Bryant helped establish the Public Works Academy at Pinellas Technical College (PTC ) and worked at the college for nearly four decades. He is Supervisory Committee Chairperson on the board of Achieva Credit Union.
Rick Smith has been active in labor, politics, and social movements since 1972. He's recently retired from the Florida Public Services Union where he is consulting particularly on projects of economic democracy.


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Q: ANOVA error on R I get this error when I run an ANOVA on R:
Warning messages:
1: In model.response(mf, "numeric") :
   using type = "numeric" with a factor response will be ignored
2: In Ops.factor(y, z$residuals) : '-' not meaningful for factors

I don't really understand what this means and haven't really found any explanation online for it. Here's what my ANOVA is:
fit <- aov(PC1 ~ Type, data=dffinalSep)

And here's the str() for my data frame:
'data.frame':   44 obs. of  4 variables:
 $ Name: Factor w/ 22 levels "REVICF1","REVICF4",..: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
 $ Type: Factor w/ 2 levels "N","S": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
 $ PC1 : Factor w/ 44 levels "-11.230081419753",..: 31 44 36 35 27 2 17 16 32 38 ...
 $ PC2 : Factor w/ 44 levels "-110.874127803912",..: 1 12 25 29 8 13 42 43 22 26 ...

I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong. The data frame contains two variables from a PCA using prcomp and then the Type variable which contains two different values (N and S). Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

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Punta Angamos es un cabo ubicado en el extremo de la Península de Mejillones, en la Región de Antofagasta, Chile. Es principalmente conocida porque en ella tuvo lugar el Combate de Angamos el 8 de octubre de 1879, durante la Guerra del Pacífico y que resultó en la captura del monitor Huáscar por la Armada de Chile y la muerte del héroe máximo de la Marina de Guerra del Perú, Contralmirante Miguel Grau Seminario.

Geografía de la Región de Antofagasta
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Background: Pressure ulcers' treatment imposes a considerable cost on health system and patients. Electrical stimulation has already been introduced as an effective method for promoting wound healing. This study was conducted to determine the impact of interferential current (IF) on healing of pressure ulcers (grade1 and 2).
Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 23 patients (12 as cases and 11 as controls) were recruited. The study group was treated with IF daily for 10 days. IF current was applied via isoplanar current with a sweep frequency of 30–99 Hz and with tolerable intensity for 15–20 min. Before intervention, condition of the wounds was assessed and recorded. Routine characteristics of the ulcers in both groups were recorded before intervention (first day) and on the fifth and tenth days after intervention. SPSS (ver. 13) with paired t‑test and Fisher's exact test was also used to analyze the data. A P-value of 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: According to one‑sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, demographic characteristics, features of ulcer, as well as the intensity of pain were not significantly different between the study and control groups. All patients in the control and study groups were complaining of pain (7.25 ± 1.21 in the intervention group vs. 6.35 ± 1.28 in the control group). Ulcer size decreased significantly in the study group (P = 0.012) with a significant reduction in pain intensity (P = 0.000), amount of discharge (P = 0.008), and level of edema (P = 0.000), compared to controls.
Conclusion: As a first study in this field, the results showed that the use of IF current can accelerate pressure ulcer healing and reduce its size. As IF current can be considered as a deeper form of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), it seems to be a safe method with no side effects.


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Oslo woman 'cut up frozen mother with a saw'
The Local - [email protected] • 22 May, 2015 Updated Fri 22 May 2015 22:35 CEST
A 62-year-old woman in Oslo has been charged for leaving the body of mother outside until it was frozen solid and then attempting to saw her legs off.
The macabre event took place in 2011, when a neighbour called the police after spotting the then 58-year-old woman attempting to saw through the frozen corpse in her garden at about 1pm in the afternoon.
"Because of the injuries on the deceased woman, the woman's daughter was taken in for questioning," police inspector Hanne Kristin Rohde said at a press conference according to Norway's Aftenposten newspaper. "A forensic examiner has investigated the woman and says that the injuries have likely been sustained after the woman's death."
According to Rohde, the accused woman has claimed that she desecrated the body to honour her 86-year-old mother's dying wish to be buried in her own garden.
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Born in Mumbai in 1974, Payal received her first National Art Scholarship in 1990. She is a fashion graduate from SNDT in Mumbai. Amongst several awards for Illustration, Design and Construction she also won 'Designer of the Year' in a nationwide competition held by ShoppersStop in 1994. In 1995 she moved to New York to pursue Fine Arts. She graduated in 1999 with honors, with a BFA from the Parsons School Of Design. Whilst in New York she worked with designer Sandy Dalal, CFDA's winner of the Perry Ellis Award for menswear in 1997. She also has a diploma from Metafora, an international workshop for Contemporary Art in Barcelona, 2005 and in 2007 she received Society Magazine's Young Achievers Award in the Fine Arts category.
After a decade of exhibiting her art extensively in Mumbai, Delhi, New York, London, Barcelona, Tokyo and Singapore, she launched her eponymous clothing label in 2012. In 2015 she launched a brass and leather accessories line called Tachi. She was featured as one of the five names to watch out for from India, in Vogue Italia's September 2012 issue and has also been listed on Not Just a Label's coveted Black Sheep list. Most recently she was the first runner up at the prestigious Vogue India Fashion Fund 2015 and the winner of the Peroni Award for the same.
The label has two flagship stores in Mumbai and is available at several stockists across the country.
'As a painter, colour and proportions have always been central to my story telling. I approach clothing much like my art. The prism with which I see fashion is therefore distinctive. To me dressmaking is simply a shift in canvas. I orchestrate colour and textures to create layered separates that are dramatic yet minimal, with subtle attention to detail. Relying on a reductive method of pattern making I apply geometry, using simple beginnings; squares, rectangles, circles and manipulate them to create our signature silhouettes. I further drape, twist, loop, pleat and tuck to sculpt the clothing around the body. My background in fine arts and fashion, coupled with my cultural influences, growing up in Mumbai, schooling at Parsons, NYC and in Barcelona has given me an inimitable perspective. My sensibility intuitively marries all these references to create an aesthetic that is deeply rooted in India but with a spirit that transcends geographical boundaries.
As a philosophy the clothing is certainly not about trends, and perhaps not even about fashion. How the clothes make you feel is always more important, than how they make you look.
The emphasis is on shape, but proportions are paramount. Architecture is always central to the design process but not in an obvious way. The silhouettes have a structural quality, but are fluid to accommodate the human form. The clothes marry menswear essentials with more feminine elements to create a design voice that is neither overtly masculine nor feminine. They are made for a woman with a refined sense of luxury, but one that will not sacrifice her comfort for it. Immersed in our rich legacy of colour, natural fabrics allow the skin to breathe in silhouettes that maximize all shapes and textures that float around the skin with ease so the body can relax.


There is no Dojo listed in Bodelwyddan. This page shows 20 Martial Arts Schools found within 15 Miles of Bodelwyddan. Based on the information available from these Dojos, Kick Boxing, Karate, Shito Ryu Karate, Shukokai, Jiu-Jitsu (Jujutsu/Jujitsu), Brazilian Jiu-jitsu & Tai chi are the most offered Martial Arts in Bodelwyddan area. Most of these schools offer self defense classes for men, women and children near Bodelwyddan.
Chart based on information available from Martial Arts Schools in Bodelwyddan area.
Distance is shown approximately from the downtown area of Bodelwyddan. For a list of Martial Arts Schools near you, Search with your complete address. Click on a Dojo name to view details. Clicking on 'Map' next to a Dojo will show the school on the Map.
See Martial Arts Schools in places nearby Bodelwyddan: Rhuddlan, Saint Asaph, Rhyl, Abergele & Dyserth.
Are you associated with a Martial Arts School, Club or Dojo in the Bodelwyddan area? Please make sure it is listed with dojos.co.uk.


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Q: How to create a div in the same size as the contained image. Both should be responsive I am creating a mobile e-mail template (means no javascript) which has to be responsive.
I want to place several images inline, which are scaled down as the screen gets narrower. I did this by using css table and table-cell, and let the image scale. No problem so far.
However, since images are often blocked by e-mail clients, I was requested to create a kind of placeholder in grey, showing the image "alt text" when the image is not loaded. I want this placeholder to be of the same size as the contained image, and to scale at narrower widths too.
I got quite far, as you can see in the following fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/ow7c5uLh/29/
HTML:

CSS:
.table {
    display: table;
    table-layout: fixed;
    width: 100%;
}

.table-cell {
    display: table-cell;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 0 5px;
    border: 1px dotted black;
}

.placeholder {
    max-width: 120px;
    max-height: 60px;
    margin: auto;
    background-color: #505050;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

img {
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
}

However, there are two problems:

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*As the screen gets narrower and the images are scaled, the background-color pops out from under the image. The placeholder-div is scaling just as the image, but its height is calculated (by the browser) to be some 5px more then the image height. Where does that difference come from?

*When the images are not loaded (try in the fiddle by just making the image URL invalid) then the placeholder-div's height collapses. How can I make it keep the correct height?

FYI: The actually used images won't always be of the same size, but I will know their dimensions and can calculate their aspect-ratio. I would write those values (like 120px) inline instead of in a separate css-file like in the example.
Thanks in advance for any help!

A: Remove:

img {
   height: auto;
}
problem-1 & 2:

    img {
       max-width: 100%;
       max-height: 100%;
    }

A: Add display: block to your CSS img rule to make it a block element instead of inline and you are good to go: Fiddle
Change src="...." of one of them to src="" in the fiddle and you will see the the cell itself already scales.
By adding rule img[alt] { font-size: 2vw; overflow: hidden } to your CSS, the  html alt="text" will scale too. overflow: hidden chops excess text when alt is larger than your 120x60px.
(note: [alt] is called an 'attribute' in CSS, search for 'css custom attribute' should you want to learn to create your own.)
See updated Fiddle
I would advise against loosing the width and height rules of the placeholder, but you could change it to min-height/min-width to show at least that something 'is missing'. Or change to max-width: 100% and remove max-height, but this depends on your requirements. You will need to limit the size of an image somewhere up or down the line (for example giving the table a width in px and it's children a  (max-)width in % ).


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Jos Luis Perales withdraws his songs from the SGAE – La Provincia
The musician José Luis Perales, who will receive the honor prize of the Odeón musical awards next Monday, January 20, has confirmed the withdrawal from its repertoire of the SGAE since the beginning of this year. "Soon I will be able to tell more things, but I can announce that I am one of the musicians who is gone", the author of 'And how is he' said in an interview with Europa Press. The entity has confirmed to Europa Press the progress of Perales, stating that he is" one of the few who has left "and that the" great majority "of the artists stay.
At the end of 2019, it was known that numerous authors and publishers had requested the withdrawal of their repertoire of the SGAE as of January 1, 2020 – among which were Julio Iglesias, Sabina or José Luis Perales himself. However, at the beginning of the year, the entity announced that both publishers and almost all music authors revoked their exit request and would remain in the SGAE.
On the other hand, Perales, who has avoided ruling on politics, has acknowledged that perhaps his way "has been more difficult" precisely because of "not having played anything", unlike other authors. "In my career there has simply been a slower process of recognition and now people value a work of 50 years of work: it seems logical that I have a pedestal," he joked.
Throughout his career, he has written dozens of songs for other artists -'Because you are leaving?' de Jeanette or 'Como una ola' by Rocío Jurado, among others- and Perales himself has explained that he needs to "put himself in the skin" of the singer to compose for others. "It's like undressing the character or writing a script for an actor," he said.
However, he has acknowledged that now I couldn't write a song for Rosalia, for example. "It is so special that I would not know how to make a song for her, nor do I feel strong enough to write it. But that does not mean that it is not a piece of artist that breaks everything and has broken the molds," he said.
The musician He has said that he listens to reggaeton or trap "like any other type of music" and that many times he is "surprised" by the quality of the songs of these styles. "Sometimes I am listening to the radio and I am surprised by a singer, some of them reggaeton. I think it is a genre that is very good and I would love to know how to do it, but I do not know," he said.
Although he has addressed many topics in his lyrics, he has indicated that love has been his favorite, because he is someone who he is "very much in love". "They leave me almost unintentionally, although I also fall in love with them, huh? Some people see talking about love as something I demolished, but I don't think it's cheesy: love for people and life will always be topical," he said humorously .
Although you will be immersed in a farewell tour this last year, Perales has reiterated that "never" music could "go". "It is simply that, although I feel physically well, there comes a time when it is time to rest, just like taking a trip from time to time, having time to write … A tour like this affects you a lot and I do not want so much pressure ", he admitted.
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package org.apache.eagle.security.userprofile.model;

import org.apache.eagle.log.base.taggedlog.TaggedLogAPIEntity;
import org.apache.eagle.ml.model.MLModelAPIEntity;
import org.apache.eagle.security.userprofile.UserProfileConstants;
import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.Array2DRowRealMatrix;
import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.ArrayRealVector;
import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.RealVector;
import org.apache.eagle.security.userprofile.UserProfileConstants;
import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate.JsonSerialize;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

@JsonSerialize(include=JsonSerialize.Inclusion.NON_NULL)
@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class UserProfileEigenModelEntity {
    private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UserProfileEigenModelEntity.class);

    public static MLModelAPIEntity serializeModel(UserProfileEigenModel model) throws IOException {
        if(model == null) return null;
        if(model.user()==null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("user is null");

        MLModelAPIEntity entity = new MLModelAPIEntity();
        UserProfileEigenModelEntity content = new UserProfileEigenModelEntity();
        entity.setVersion(model.version());
        if(model.uMatrix()!=null) content.setUMatrix(model.uMatrix().getData());
        if(model.diagonalMatrix()!=null) content.setDiagonalMatrix(model.diagonalMatrix().getData());
        content.setDimension(model.dimension());
        if(model.minVector()!=null) content.setMinVector(model.minVector().toArray());
        if(model.maxVector()!=null) content.setMaxVector(model.maxVector().toArray());

        RealVector[] pcsInVector = model.principalComponents();
        if(pcsInVector!=null) {
            List<double[]> prcsInDouleArrayList = new ArrayList<>(pcsInVector.length);
            for (RealVector vector : pcsInVector) prcsInDouleArrayList.add(vector.toArray());
            content.setPrincipalComponents(prcsInDouleArrayList);
        }
        if(model.maximumL2Norm()!=null) content.setMaximumL2Norm(model.maximumL2Norm().toArray());
        if(model.minimumL2Norm()!=null) content.setMinimumL2Norm(model.minimumL2Norm().toArray());
        if(model.statistics()!=null){
            List<Map<String,Object>> statisticsMaps = new ArrayList<>(model.statistics().length);
            for(UserCommandStatistics userCommandStatistics :model.statistics()) statisticsMaps.add(userCommandStatistics.toMap());
            content.setStatistics(statisticsMaps);
        }

        entity.setContent(TaggedLogAPIEntity.buildObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(content));
        Map<String,String> tags = new HashMap<>();
        tags.put(UserProfileConstants.SITE_TAG,model.site());
        tags.put(UserProfileConstants.USER_TAG,model.user());
        tags.put(UserProfileConstants.ALGORITHM_TAG,model.algorithm());

        entity.setTags(tags);
        return entity;
    }

    public  static UserProfileEigenModel deserializeModel(MLModelAPIEntity entity) throws IOException {
        if(entity == null) return null;
        String user = entity.getTags() == null ? null: entity.getTags().get(UserProfileConstants.USER_TAG);
        String site = entity.getTags()==null? null:entity.getTags().get(UserProfileConstants.SITE_TAG);

        UserProfileEigenModelEntity content = TaggedLogAPIEntity.buildObjectMapper().readValue(entity.getContent(), UserProfileEigenModelEntity.class);
        RealVector[] principalComponents = null;
        if(content.getPrincipalComponents()!=null){
            principalComponents = new RealVector[content.getPrincipalComponents().size()];
            int i = 0;
            for(double[] array:content.getPrincipalComponents()){
                principalComponents[i] = new ArrayRealVector(array);
                i++;
            }
        }
        UserCommandStatistics[] statistics = null;
        if(content.getStatistics()!=null){
            statistics = new UserCommandStatistics[content.getStatistics().size()];
            int i = 0;
            for(Map<String,Object> map:content.getStatistics()){
                statistics[i++] = new UserCommandStatistics(map);
            }
        }

        return new UserProfileEigenModel(
                entity.getVersion(),
                site,
                user,
                content.getUMatrix() == null? null : new Array2DRowRealMatrix(content.getUMatrix()),
                content.getDiagonalMatrix() == null ? null : new Array2DRowRealMatrix(content.getDiagonalMatrix()),
                content.getDimension(),
                content.getMinVector() == null ? null : new ArrayRealVector(content.getMinVector()),
                content.getMaxVector() == null? null : new ArrayRealVector(content.getMaxVector()),
                principalComponents,
                content.getMaximumL2Norm() == null ? null : new ArrayRealVector(content.getMaximumL2Norm()),
                content.getMinimumL2Norm() == null ? null : new ArrayRealVector(content.getMinimumL2Norm()),
                statistics
        );
    }

    private double[][] uMatrix;
    private double[][] diagonalMatrix;
    private int dimension;
    private double[] minVector;
    private double[] maxVector;
    private List<double[]> principalComponents;
    private double[] maximumL2Norm;
    private double[] minimumL2Norm;
    private List<Map<String,Object>> statistics;

    public List<Map<String, Object>> getStatistics() {
        return statistics;
    }

    public void setStatistics(List<Map<String, Object>> statistics) {
        this.statistics = statistics;
//        valueChanged("statistics");
    }

    public double[][] getUMatrix() {
        return uMatrix;
    }

    public void setUMatrix(double[][] uMatrix) {
        this.uMatrix = uMatrix;
//        valueChanged("uMatrix");
    }

    public double[][] getDiagonalMatrix() {
        return diagonalMatrix;
    }

    public void setDiagonalMatrix(double[][] diagonalMatrix) {
        this.diagonalMatrix = diagonalMatrix;
//        valueChanged("diagonalMatrix");
    }

    public int getDimension() {
        return dimension;
    }

    public void setDimension(int dimension) {
        this.dimension = dimension;
//        valueChanged("dimension");
    }

    public double[] getMinVector() {
        return minVector;
    }

    public void setMinVector(double[] minVector) {
        this.minVector = minVector;
    }

    public double[] getMaxVector() {
        return maxVector;
    }

    public void setMaxVector(double[] maxVector) {
        this.maxVector = maxVector;
    }

    public List<double[]> getPrincipalComponents() {
        return principalComponents;
    }

    public void setPrincipalComponents(List<double[]> principalComponents) {
        this.principalComponents = principalComponents;
    }

    public double[] getMaximumL2Norm() {
        return maximumL2Norm;
    }

    public void setMaximumL2Norm(double[] maximumL2Norm) {
        this.maximumL2Norm = maximumL2Norm;
    }

    public double[] getMinimumL2Norm() {
        return minimumL2Norm;
    }

    public void setMinimumL2Norm(double[] minimumL2Norm) {
        this.minimumL2Norm = minimumL2Norm;
    }
}

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Securing Long Beach Airport
By Greg Hetrick
Located just 18 miles southeast of Los Angeles International Airport lies a hidden gem for Southern California air travelers. Long Beach Airport (LGB), which serves more than 3.2 million passengers annually, has one of the strictest noise-abatement ordinances in the nation for its neighboring residential communities.
Forty-one daily commercial flights and 25 commuter flights provide a steady pace without the overwhelming crowds of the dominant airports to LGB's north and south. JetBlue Airways has established the airport as its West Coast hub, while US Airways, Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines also provide carrier service. Air cargo carriers such as UPS and FedEx transport 57,000 tons of goods through LGB annually. The airport also is home to the production of the Boeing C-17 military transport jet, and maintenance facilities for Boeing and Gulfstream Aerospace.
Touted as one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world, LGB offers a large number of flights that include charter and private aviation, flight schools, law enforcement helicopters, advertising blimps and tow planes with advertising banners.
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Owned by the city of Long Beach since 1923, Long Beach Airport has also been known as Daugherty Field, named after the famous barnstormer, Earl S. Daugherty. LGB has one main terminal, notable for its circa 1941 streamline modern architecture. Today, it is a historical landmark with the original tower and two, small, outdoor baggage claims still in use. A newer, modern control tower overlooks the west side of the field. Due to the airport's age and limited size, its passenger concourse area has recently been renovated.
A new $45 million terminal modernization project began at LGB in late 2010. A modern, inviting and comfortable passenger concourse of new eating and shopping destinations, including an outdoor garden, has been built. The 36,000-squarefoot eco-friendly facility, with rows of palm trees and native plants, is in an open courtyard between the north and south concourse. It is a welcome change to the cramped, temporary trailers that travelers once had to deal with.
In addition to TSA security procedures for passenger traffic, LGB's infrastructure and administrative facilities require complete access control. Commercial Controls of Valencia, Calif., was tasked with being the airport's electrical contractor, specifically for access control and security. For the access control product manufacturer, Commercial Controls selected PCSC.
"It was an easy decision to choose PCSC," said Doug Scripture of Commercial Controls. "We're replacing an outdated system that existed prior to the renovation."
PCSC's line of IQ Series access control panels are used throughout the facility to manage doors, passenger gates, elevators and more. HID Global keypads, along with small dome cameras, are some of the visible hardware seen by the public throughout the terminal's concourse.
The system is securely integrated by PCSC's enterprise-level access control software, LiNC-PLUS.
"We're proud to have our products installed in our own backyard," said Dan Smith, PCSC's western regional sales manager. "PCSC's corporate offices in Torrance, Calif., are just several minutes north of the airport. We're able to stay in close contact with the integrator and the end-user to ensure the system's products meet and exceed everyone's expectations. Security and access control of an airport's facility is a multifaceted situation. It is complex and should always be adapting to the needs and requirements."
The end-user of PCSC's access control software is managed by Long Beach Airport's safety and security operations.
"I don't take securing the airport lightly," said John Blood, chief of security and airport safety. "Security is a high priority here at LGB, and passenger security and safety is taken very seriously."
This article originally appeared in the April 2013 issue of Security Today.
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THEATRE 236: Theatre Production & Design
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Provides an index to thousands of journals in the humanities, plus full text for many articles.
MLA International Bibliography
Large index of journal articles, books, and conference proceedings related to language and literature.
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Primary sources include historical accounts, images, diaries, government documents-- any materials that were created at the time of the events you're studying. These resources will help you find digitized primary sources and artistic representations of costumes, theaters, and productions.
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Primary documents focusing on the history and culture of African Americans, Latino Americans and American Indians.
Early English Books Online has over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
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Is this Windows XP? It's really helpful if you do have some DirectRT sessions that will run on the laptop. The first thing I would do is compare the style files for a session that does work and one that doesn't. Do you see style (.drt) files in each of the folders--i.e., within each of one that does work and within the one that doesn't? If so, open the .drt files and compare the screen resolution that is set under "Options". Different?


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Pothole!
April 27th, 2019| Topic: RaMbLeS | 0
Here's one—and the only one—reason not to complain about potholes. A guy now has a pothole to thank for saving his life.
A couple of weeks ago, Gretna Rescue's EMTs, in Gretna, Nebraska (pop. 5,062), were called in to help a 59-year-old man whose heart was racing at his workplace. And he had no history of cardiac problems.
The good paramedics arrived on the scene, and loaded the patient for the 7-mile, 20-minute drive to the nearest emergency room. At one point the guy's heart was beating at 200 beats per minute!
During this ride from 144th Street and Interstate 80 to Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, the ambulance hit a pothole.
Apparently, that the jolt of the pothole converted the patient's racing heart to a normal cardiac rhythm.
Said Dr. Andrew Goldsweig, an interventional cardiologist with Nebraska Medicine (who wasn't on the case but provided his expert opinion):
It's rare, but it's a well-described phenomenon."
That, of course, is not the recommended way to treat cardiac arrhythmias—I'd trust the professionals, not the potholes.
And you can bet insurance is not going pay for cardiac rhythm conversion via pothole.
(Though I wouldn't be surprised if there was a billing code for this somewhere in the voluminous International Classification of Diseases-10. This monster compilation has over 68,000 billing codes for diseases, including "V97.33XD: Sucked into jet engine, subsequent encounter" [i.e., the second time!]; "W55.41XA: Bitten by pig, initial encounter"; "Z63.1: Problems in relationships with in-laws"; and even "R46.1: Bizarre personal appearance!" There ought to be one for said pothole therapy.)
Goldsweig again:
One way to treat that is with an electrical shock. Classically, you'll see it on television. The paddles, 'Clear,' and a big jolt. Turns out, you can do that with a pothole."
The pothole in the right place at the right time with the right depth! Amazing!
Everyone wanted to know where that lifesaving pothole was located. It deserved an award.
But Gretna Fire and Rescue's chief decline to talk about the matter. HIPAA violation of patient's privacy and all that, you know.
Friends of the patient said that our man was released from the hospital the next day. No doubt, he will be seeing potholes a little differently from now on.
The providence of God—special providence (those extraordinary "accidents"), as opposed to his general providence (his constant upholding sustenance of the universe). From the Latin pro (ahead of/before) and videre (to see). God sees ahead … for us!
Case in point: The patriarch Joseph was sold into Egypt by his deceiving brothers. Later, by a series of extraordinary (providential) events, Joseph became the Prime Minister of that land and the prime beneficiary of his family during years of famine. Later the family is reconciled.
Then Joseph said to his brothers,
"… I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.
Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here,
for God sent me before you to preserve life. …
God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth,
and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God;
and He has made me … ruler over all the land of Egypt.
The brothers may have sold Joseph into Egypt. But it was God who sent Joseph into Egypt! The providential supervision of God over everything turning even bad into good!
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good
to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
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Jewelers Poised for a Prosperous, Possibly Supply-Starved, Holiday Season
By Martha C. White | November 08, 2021
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The holiday shopping rush may just be beginning, but jewelers have been preparing for it for the better part of 2021. Shoppers might be looking at their calendars and scrambling to shop for gifts, but for jewelers, this holiday season has been top of mind for months already. "We started [thinking about the holidays] six to eight months ago, which is really early in our world," says Bryan Morgan, chief operating officer at Stuller, based in Lafayette, La. "If you're trying to react right now, you're probably in trouble." Jewelers have two major concerns about potential supply chain disruptions this season: How can they keep a handle on rising costs, and when will shipments arrive? The stakes for getting the answers right are high. When the pandemic curtailed consumers' ability to


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When Love Comes
A Place for ALL of Us . . . Somewhere
By Warren Holleman
Remember the heart-wrenching song from Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's West Side Story? It's the prayer of two star-crossed lovers, unable to be who they were or to love the one they loved. And, of course, the stars weren't the real problem. The real problem was the unmitigated prejudice and hatred of those around them.
Let's Celebrate Marriage AND Marriage Equality
A key ingredient of work-life balance is enjoying the love of family and friends. Traditionally, the institution of marriage has helped solidify these commitments, but not everyone was allowed to marry. Thank God that changed this year, when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that marriage no longer be the exclusive right of one group or another and that gays and lesbians be allowed to experience the joys and benefits of this essential institution.
Just Touch Me
Have you ever heard the gospel hymn, "He Touched Me"? It was written by Bill Gaither and recorded by Elvis Presley. We used to sing it a lot back in the 1980s, at the evangelical church we went to. The chorus went like this:
Lovebirds, or Married to Medicine
For better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health
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Central to the company's philosophy is the practice of working as closely with our business partners and end users as possible, listening to their needs, thoughts and wishes and understanding their markets and requirements. Knowing our business is based on the talent and imagination of numerous individuals, we endeavour to meet as many of them face-to-face as possible. Building the "Robe Family" means that all comments and feedback are welcome.
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Ladislav Petřek had started importing PAR cans, mirror balls and other lighting equipment from Germany, and spotted a growing market for lighting installations opening up post Velvet Revolution.
He then started to design and build sound activated lighting effects, which were marketed through his company ProLux. Josef Valchář was recruited as a Sales Manager. In 1993 they started to design their first Scans.
Valchář had his sights on developing an entire product range and selling into other parts of Europe, and so the two decided to collaborate in this joint venture and Robe Show Lighting was born.
Robe's first Frankfurt ProLight & Sound exhibition scored their first OEM customer – Steinigke Showtechnic GmbH. Robe's initial products were scanners and sound activated fixtures. Also their 'Dominator' effect broke new ground in using the first generation of servo motors, and all Robe products were made DMX controllable from this point onwards.
Rimini 1995 saw the launch of new scanners, using the first generation of stepper motors – upping the success and reliability stakes.
By this time, Robe had expanded rapidly to 25 people and bought their current 1.000 square metre office premises in Hážovice. Manufacturing and administration both moved into that building.
A period of steady and sustainable growth culminated in the next technological breakthrough – the introduction of the 250 Spot and Wash moving heads.
After bringing these products to the market, Robe was approached by Coemar to produce an entire range of products under the TAS brand name, which was launched at PLASA that year as the "Millennium" range. This quality and cost-effective product proved a massive success, and also introduced Robe to a whole new strata of clients.
In 2000 Robe started to work for Movietec (Germany), Starway (France) and Sagitter in Italy.
To produce moving lights for these companies as an OEM manufacturer. The Millennium was an incredible year for Robe and saw the tripling of their previous annual turnover to 20 million DM.
In January 2001, Robe acquired its current factory premises (then 5,000 square metres) in Valašské Meziříčí.
It was completely gutted and modernised and production moved in during November.
The landmark year in which 'Robe' launched as a brand in its own right at the SIB exhibition in Rimini.
PLASA 2002 saw the launch of Robe's latest generation of moving lights – the AT (Advanced Technology) Series which was to become a flagship product during the first decade of the 21st century. Robe's distributor network expanded to include over 50 countries.
Set up to exclusively supply and market the rapidly expanding Robe brand in these regions. Robe's ColorSpot and ColorWash 1200 AT Series was launched and fast became one of its most popular products, and a cornerstone of the AT Series.
Robe S.E.A. was established in Singapore to operate as a sales and support office integrating and co-ordinating Robe's rapidly expanding business in South East Asia.
A 4 Million Euro refurbishment of the factory at Valašské Meziříčí was completed, which saw it expanded to 14,000 square metres, including 6,000 metres of manufacturing and warehouse facilities. Robe also acquired another 13,000 square metre site adjacent to the main building, including 4,000 square metres of production space. Anolis – Robe's architectural LED lighting brand was established.
Robe's largest spot fixture to date. PLASA saw launch of 12 dynamic new products including the StageQube 324 and the 700 Series of moving lights.
May 2007 the new 1,800 square metre R 'n' D Centre was opened at Valašské Meziříčí. At PLASA, Robe Show Lighting became "Robe lighting" and the company was completely rebranded, reflecting the diversification of its product range and markets.
Thinking to the future, and noting the increasing trend of integration between the visual mediums of lighting and video by designers of all types, Robe launched its new DT series of digital moving lights.
This was accompanied by a worldwide roadshow - "The Future is Digital". Robe's R'n'D department was also busy working on the forthcoming ROBIN range of products - the first lighting fixtures in the world to utilise the revolutionary plasma lamp technology.
Robe initiated a substantial expansion programme which included the acquisition of PCB production company Dioflex, its long term electronic parts supplier based in Roznov.
3.5 million Euros was invested in building a completely new Logistics Centre and in doubling its warehouse space to nearly 4,000 square metres. The latest factory expansion project houses a purpose-built Plastics Moulding Centre which covers about 1000 square metres, equipped with all necessary state-of-the-art machinery involved in this process. Frankfurt 2009 saw the preview of the first ROBIN products using the plasma lamp and 5 new ROBIN products launched at PLASA.
The reconstruction of "the old bakery" building in Valasske Mezirici was completed and all Robe offices in Hazovice moved to their new premises.
The whole Robe family is now together in a central location. Robe established a new subsidiary in The United Arab Emirates – Robe U.A.E with a head office in Abu Dhabi.
4th Robe International Distributors Conference held in the Kempinski Hotel Gravenbruch, Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Right before the Prolight & Sound exhibition, was a massive success. Attended by nearly 200 people from over 80 companies representing 60 countries, confirms that the Robe family has healthy growth in all parts of the world.
Robe lighting had their most successful year in the history with a record turnover.
The new showroom in the hospitality facility in Valmez was finished and Robe hosted during the year hundreds of visitors, Lighting Designers and customers from around the world.
In April Robe organised 5th International Distributors Conference in Hotel Radisson Blu, Frankfurt am Main attended by nearly 200 people.
Robe became the main sponsor and co-organiser of the Showlight 2013 conference in the picturesque town of Český Krumlov that falls under UNESCO. Conference and exhibition for more than 350 lighting professionals.
Robe celebrated its 20th anniversary, a massive landmark in the company's history.
This was marked by a special gala dinner staged at the PLASA exhibition in London, attended by staff, a wide selection of distributors and 'friends of the family', who enjoyed an after dinner speech by Patrick Woodroffe.
The expansion of the factory premises in Valmez continued apace driven by the success across the latest product ranges and need to devote more space to the production process.
Robe also acquired over 8000 square metres of land and four large buildings next door to the main factory space.
At the Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt Robe presented its biggest exhibition stand to date occupying almost 500 sq m, which re-created an iconic and 'classical town square' environment, complete with two live show areas.
Robe won a coveted PIPA (Prolight+Sound International Press Award) for the BMFL WashBeam in the 'Lighting' category. The factory premises extension continues with new buildings and extensive refurbishments to the factory area.
Robe lighting announced a new wholly-owned subsidiary - Robe Deutschland GmbH - which will be based in Munich and have a regional sales force covering the entire country.
Robe goes Mega with the global launch of its much anticipated new multi-functional moving light fixture … the MegaPointe! MegaPointe is set to define new standards and expectations in moving light technology ….
ROBE lighting s.r.o. are looking for dynamic people who can work independently and are willing to learn new things. Our main emphasis would be reliability, politeness, loyalty, determination, team spirit and interest in personal and professional growth.


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Plus-Size Modeling
If you're looking for a fun and exciting way to express your style and use your talents, then it's time to consider venturing into the world of modeling. While you may find it a bit intimidating putting yourself out there, there are plenty of types of modeling you can explore. In particular, the demand for plus-size models continues to grow as agencies seek to advertise using models whose bodies more accurately represent actual buyers. Here's what you need to know about getting involved in plus-size modeling.
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Plus-size modeling is an exciting career path to pursue for many reasons. If you've tossed around the idea of being a fashion model but have been worried about the physical demands of adhering to traditional beauty standards, this could be a great opportunity for you.
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Much of the last couple decades of innovation has centered around finding ways to get what we want without leaving the sofa.
So far, online ordering and on-demand delivery have allowed us to largely accomplish this goal. Just point, click, and wait. But there's one catch: Delivery people. We can never all lie around ordering pizzas if someone still has to deliver them.
Enter robots. In tech futurist circles, it's pretty commonplace to hear predictions about how some medley of autonomous vehicles and AI-enabled bots will take over doorstep deliveries in the coming years. They'll bring us takeout, drop off our packages, and displace lots of humans who currently make a living doing these things.
If this vision does become reality, there's a strong chance it'll be largely due to a handful of early-stage startups currently working to roboticize last-mile delivery. Below, we take a look at who they are, what they're doing, who's backing them, and where they're setting up shop.
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2020-2021 (Track A) Support a New Scholar Award
Ida Yoshinaga
Earning her Ph.D. from the University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa Department of English Creative Writing Program, Ida Yoshinaga combines creative writing pedagogy, genre theory, and formal analyses of story development and of screenplay drafting during the screen story production process. In her dissertation, she analyzed the connections between fantastic-genre audiovisual modes, the employment and promotion of minority screenwriters within Hollywood's labor-management relations, and the cultural politics of screen representation as a result of the social stratification of teleplay writers and producers during this Peak TV era. A Disney scholar, she also researches the complex dynamics between labor and leisure within the political economy of transmedial (i.e., "franchise" or "IP") fantastic storytelling, deploying cross-platform narratological analyses to evaluate gender, class, racial, and colonial memes across narrative and non-narrative fantasy media.
I contrast Disney's mass-produced, Big-Data-guided articulations of the fantastic with female consumers' practice of a fantasy imaginary within and outside of Disney's storyworld platforms, including film, TV, fashion, food, and theme parks. Focusing on digital-age technologies of creative-labor extraction by Disney and their relationship to diverse female consumer subjectivities produced through its worldwide fantasy lifestyle empire, I analyze data from passive observation conducted at Disney Parks and Universal Studios Parks (and resorts) alongside those from fieldwork at alternative fantasy franchise and non-franchise leisure sites in the community, framing those findings against the scripted production of fantasy narrative by Disney writers.
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