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Two laborers die from hydrogen sulfide exposure in a confined space at an organic waste recycling facility
Download a PDF to print this report: Two laborers die from hydrogen sulfide exposure in a confined space at an organic waste recycling facility (11CA008, PDF)
Two laborers, 16 and 22-year-old brothers, died while cleaning the drainage system of an organic waste recycling facility. Both were exposed to excessive levels of hydrogen sulfide. The brothers were part of a three-man crew that was flushing out the drainage system consisting of 24-inch diameter underground pipes accessed by approximately 14 manhole shafts. While using a high-pressure water hose to flush residual compost, the 16-year-old was overcome by hydrogen sulfide and fell to the bottom of a 10-foot shaft. The 22-year-old collapsed at the bottom of the shaft after attempting to rescue his brother. Contributing factors identified in this investigation were the high concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the shaft, failure to implement a confined space and hazard communication program, and the age of the youngest victim. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent exposures to hydrogen sulfide while cleaning out drainage systems, employers should:
Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive confined space program.
Develop, implement, and enforce a hazard communication program.
Hire only employees aged 18 or older for any work tasks that may involve confined spaces.
On Wednesday October 12, 2011, at approximately 11:30 a.m., a 16-year-old Hispanic laborer working in an organic waste recycling facility died from asphyxiation when he was exposed to high levels of hydrogen sulfide. His 22-year-old brother, who was also exposed, died two days later. The CA/FACE investigator received notification of this incident on October 17, 2011, from the Richmond office of the California Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Branch. Contact with the employer was made on October 19, 2011, and the investigation took place at the incident site on Friday, October 21, 2011. Company managers, supervisor, co-workers of the victims, and employees involved in the incident were interviewed. Pictures were taken of the incident scene and copies of the police, coroner, and fire reports were also obtained.
The employer of the 16-year-old victim was a family-owned company that had been in business for 51 years. The company owned, operated, and managed an organic waste recycling facility, two biomass-fueled power plants, and a disposal plant. The organic waste recycling facility, where the incident occurred, had 125 employees and produced soil enhancement material by composting organic waste from multiple sources including green waste, produce from grocery stores, and urban tree trimmings.
The employer of the 22-year-old victim was an employment agency that specialized in fruit and machine harvesting and contracted its employees as laborers and skilled workers to local farmers, ranchers, and businesses. They had been in business since 1985 and employed 250 people.
The organic waste recycling facility engaged an outside safety contractor to supply them with a written safety management manual, hazard communication program, injury and illness prevention program (IIPP), and training. The IIPP contained elements that included hazard assessment, hazard correction, and job training. The IIPP did not contain a permit-required confined space program, nor did it identify the drainage system as a permit-required confined space. Although the employer stated that training was provided to the employees, records were not provided for verification. The labor contracting company had an IIPP but did not provide specific training to their employees.
The victims were brothers who came to the United States from the Mexico two years prior to the incident. The 16-year-old victim had been employed by the recycling company for three months. He presented identification that stated he was born in 1981 and was 30 years old. The employer submitted the information the victim provided to the Social Security Number Verification System (SSNVS) and the data submitted was verified as matching Social Security Administration records.
The 22-year-old victim initially went to work with his mother harvesting produce in the fields. The brothers then moved to live with other relatives and the older brother got a job with the crop harvesting company that contracted with the recycling company.
The weather on the day and time of the incident was clear with no wind and a temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless, flammable, extremely hazardous gas with a "rotten egg" smell. It occurs naturally in crude petroleum, natural gas, and hot springs. In addition, H2S is produced by bacterial breakdown of organic materials and human and animal wastes (e.g., sewage). Industrial activities that can produce the gas include petroleum/natural gas drilling and refining, wastewater treatment, coke ovens, tanneries, and paper mills. H2S can also exist as a liquid compressed gas. H2S is heavier than air and may travel along the ground. It collects in low-lying and enclosed, poorly-ventilated areas such as basements, manholes, sewer lines, underground telephone vaults, and manure pits.
The primary route of exposure is inhalation and the gas is rapidly absorbed by the lungs. Absorption through the skin is minimal. People can smell the "rotten egg" odor of H2S at low concentrations in air. However, with continuous low-level exposure, or at high concentrations, a person loses his/her ability to smell the gas even though it is still present. This can happen very rapidly and at high concentrations; the ability to smell the gas can be lost instantaneously. In addition, H2S is a highly flammable gas and gas/air mixtures can be explosive. It may travel to sources of ignition and flash back. If ignited, the gas burns to produce toxic vapors and gases, such as sulfur dioxide.
H2S is classed as a chemical asphyxiant, similar to carbon monoxide and cyanide gases. It inhibits cellular respiration and uptake of oxygen, causing biochemical suffocation. Symptoms of a low exposure of 0-10 parts per million (ppm) include irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat. Moderate exposure of 10-50 ppm can result in headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, coughing, and breathing difficulty. High exposure of 50-200 ppm causes severe respiratory tract irritation, eye irritation, acute conjunctivitis, shock, convulsion, coma, and death.
The incident occurred on a multi-acre organic waste recycling facility where organic materials from commercial and residential sites were turned into compost. Organic materials were piled into large wind rows (a long row) and treated with water and chemicals to speed biodegradation. A storm drain system below ground carried water and debris to a catch basin on the property.
The drainage system consisted of 24-inch diameter drainage pipes strategically angled beneath the soil and 14 vertical shafts (manholes) ranging in depths of 4 to 10 feet and 36 inches in diameter. Each of the vertical drainage shafts was covered with a solid metal plate. The vertical shaft involved in this incident was 10 feet in depth, six feet in diameter at its base, and had three drainage pipes leading in and one pipe exiting toward the catch basin.
The day before the incident, the two victims and another employee were assigned the task of flushing out the drainage system. This was an annual job assignment done in the fall season. The instructions given to the workers by their supervisor were to shovel off any debris on top of the shaft covers, remove the shaft covers, and then deluge the shafts with low-pressure water from a 3,000-gallon-capacity water truck. If this process didn't remove all the debris, then they were to use the high-pressure water hose on the truck to remove the unwanted debris.
On the day of the incident, the workers were taking turns spraying water from the high pressure hose. All three took turns sitting on the edge of the shaft and directing the water stream to the bottom of the shaft. This proved unsuccessful in cleaning out the hole, so they placed an eight-foot ladder into the shaft. The 16-year-old victim was standing on the ladder inside the shaft to aim the spray of water. The 22-year-old victim witnessed his brother collapsing into the shaft, went down the ladder to rescue him, and then was overcome himself. The third employee looked down the shaft; saw both co-workers unresponsive and called for help. The fire department arrived at the incident scene and determined that hydrogen sulfide was present. The rescue team entered the shaft wearing self-contained-breathing-apparatus (SCBA) to rescue the victims. The 16-year-old was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, and the 22-year-old survived for two days before he was taken off life support.
Occupational injuries and fatalities are often the result of one or more contributing factors or key events in a larger sequence of events that ultimately result in an injury or fatality. The CA/FACE team identified the following items as contributing factors in this incident that ultimately led to the fatality:
Lack of training in hazardous substance identification and confined space procedures.
Presence of hydrogen sulfide gas.
Lack of ventilation.
The age of the younger victim.
The cause of death (for both victims) according to the death certificate was hydrogen sulfide intoxication.
In order to prevent exposures to hydrogen sulfide while cleaning out drainage systems, employers should:
Recommendation #1: Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive confined space program.
Discussion: In this incident, both workers were overcome by dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide. California OSHA's Confined Space Standard contains specific requirements for identifying, monitoring, and entering confined spaces. If employees must work inside a permit-required confined space such as a drainage system, the required confined space procedures should always be followed. Permit-required confined space procedures should always include the following:
Air testing, monitoring, and documentation.
Mechanical ventilation as feasible.
Proper respiratory protection.
Proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
Communications protocols.
Medical surveillance.
Proper rescue and retrieval procedures.
Before entering areas where H2S may be present:
The air must be tested for the presence and concentration of H2S by a qualified person using air monitoring equipment, such as hydrogen sulfide detector tubes or a multi-gas meter that detects the gas. Testing should also determine if fire/explosion precautions are necessary.
If H2S gas is present, the space/area must be ventilated continually to remove the gas.
If the gas cannot be removed, the person entering the space/area must use appropriate respiratory protection and any other necessary personal protective equipment, rescue, and communication equipment. A level of H2S gas at or above 100 parts per million (ppm) is immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH). Entry into IDLH atmospheres can only be made using:
A full face-piece pressure-demand self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) with a minimum service life of thirty minutes, or
A combination full face-piece pressure-demand supplied-air respirator with an auxiliary self-contained air supply.
If H2S levels are below 100 ppm, an air-purifying respirator may be used, assuming the filter cartridge/canister is appropriate for hydrogen sulfide. A full face-piece respirator will prevent eye irritation. If air concentrations are elevated, eye irritation may become a serious issue. If a half-mask respirator is used, tight-fitting goggles must also be used. Workers in areas containing hydrogen sulfide must be constantly monitored for signs of overexposure.
Although the shaft and drainage system were permit-required confined spaces, this was not identified by the employer and therefore no permit confined space procedures were in place. Had the employer identified the shaft as a permit-required confined space with a hazardous atmosphere containing high levels of H2S, and had they provided the proper training, tools, and equipment to their employees to work safely, this incident might have been prevented.
Recommendation #2: Develop, implement, and enforce a hazard communication program.
Discussion: The employer had a written hazard communication program but did not have any specific information about the hazards of composting (including hydrogen sulfide dangers). The victims most likely did not know that one of the dangers of composting is the production of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas that can build up to lethal concentrations in shafts and drainage systems. Hydrogen sulfide production during composting is well-recognized within the industry. The employer did not have any training or education program for their employees in hazard recognition specific for hydrogen sulfide. Under California law, all employers must provide information and training to their employees about the hazardous substances to which they may be exposed in their work area through a hazard communication program. This training must be provided at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new hazard is introduced into their work area. The information and training should include:
Any operations in their work area where hazardous substances are present.
The location and availability of the written hazard communication program, including the list(s) of hazardous substances and material safety data sheets.
The methods and observations used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous substance in the work area.
The physical and health hazards of the substances in the work area, and the measures needed to take to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous substances such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and the PPE to be used.
An explanation of the labeling system and the material safety data sheet, and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.
Had a hazard communication program been developed and implemented by the employer, the employees might have recognized the foul odor of H2S and taken the proper precautions, thereby preventing this incident.
Recommendation #3: Hire only employees aged 18 or older for any work tasks that may involve confined spaces.
Discussion: Confined space hazards are a danger to workers of all ages, and require detailed training, personal protective equipment (PPE), and attention to procedures under the existing regulations. In general, workers less than 18 years of age are particularly vulnerable in this type of situation. They do not possess the experience, or physical and emotional maturity of older workers. In some states, child labor laws do not permit children less than 18 years of age to work in many hazardous environments or perform activities considered to be too dangerous for their age. This is based on evidence that youth are at greater risk for injury or exposures and their effects for a variety of reasons. In particular, they are not fully developed neurologically to manage complex situations and have limitations of certain problem-solving abilities. Young workers may feel invulnerable and are more likely to engage in high-risk activities. Young workers may not have developed adequate judgment to determine if a particular activity is hazardous.
In this case, the 16-year-old victim was given the task of cleaning a permit-required confined space where hydrogen sulfide was present. A 16-year-old is particularly at risk of injury or death if they lack the experience to recognize the symptoms of toxic exposure or minimize the possible effects or symptoms of toxic exposure; lack the ability to report adverse symptoms; or have limited options for refusing to perform the work. It is also known that due to differences in how substances are metabolized among different age groups, children and adolescents may also have greater impacts of chemical exposure at lower levels than adults. In this incident, it is not known exactly why the 16-year-old brother descended into the shaft. However, he may not have understood that a life-threatening hazard was present, felt relatively invulnerable, or he may have wanted to perform well in front of his peers. If the 16-year-old had not been assigned to perform this task, both brothers' deaths might have been prevented.
Exhibit 2. The shaft opening.
Exhibit 4. A close-up of the shaft opening.
Exhibit 5. The ladder found in the shaft opening.
Exhibit 6. The wind rows of compost at the recyling compound.
HYDROGEN SULFIDE (CASE No. 7783-06-4) In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), June 2003. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC
TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR HYDROGEN SULFIDE
U.S Department of Health and Human Services -Public Health Service Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry July 2006
YouthRules! - U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division website with information pertaining to child labor laws
DOL [February 2013]. Child Labor Requirements in Non-Agricultural Occupations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, WH-1330. Child Labor Bulletin No. 101.
Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States / Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine. 1998 DOL [July 2010].
Fact Sheet #43: Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act for Non-Agricultural Occupations (PDF) - U.S. Department of Labor.


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Q: Differential integrator vs standard I want to integrate/amplify a very small signal (relatively short pulses of 100ns to 4ms, necessitate high-bandwidth components minimum 40MHz+). The capacitors will be switched (shorted) when not in use, and unshorted at the right moment to integrate a pulse (finite time).
I wonder if there's any benefits to use a differential integrator topology like this (or on the contrary if it's not more error prone in the presence of mismatches):

Or integrate the differential signal directly using a single capacitor op-amp integrator like this:

Is it bad practice to use analog differential integrators considering capacitor mismatches are very likely to happen, even with C0G for example (tolerance +/- 1%)? Are there products on the market (for example "matched" capacitors) to overcome this potential issue?
Since an integrator output depends on time, I suppose the mismatch error will only grow as time goes by.
Yet, I suppose this topology (dual capacitors diff.) has some advantages since it is somewhat common.
Thanks in advance for any insight.

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Q: kmer counts with cython implementation I have this function implemented in Cython:
def count_kmers_cython(str string, list alphabet, int kmin, int kmax):
"""
Count occurrence of kmers in a given string.
"""
counter = {}
cdef int i
cdef int j
cdef int N = len(string)
limits = range(kmin, kmax + 1)
for i in range(0, N - kmax + 1):
    for j in limits:
        kmer = string[i:i+j]
        counter[kmer] = counter.get(kmer, 0) + 1
return counter

Can I do better with cython? Or Can I have any away to improve it?
I am new to cython, that is my first attempt.
I will use this to count kmers in DNA with alphabet restrict to 'ACGT'. The length of the general input string is the average bacterial genomes (130 kb to over 14 Mb, where each 1 kb = 1000 bp).
The size of the kmers will be 3 < kmer < 16.
I wish to know if I could go further and maybe use cython in this function to:
def compute_kmer_stats(kmer_list, counts, len_genome, max_e):
"""
This function computes the z_score to find under/over represented kmers
according to a cut off e-value.
Inputs:
    kmer_list - a list of kmers
    counts - a dictionary-type with k-mers as keys and counts as values.
    len_genome - the total length of the sequence(s).
    max_e - cut off e-values to report under/over represented kmers.
Outputs:
    results - a list of lists as [k-mer, observed count, expected count, z-score, e-value]
"""
print(colored('Starting to compute the kmer statistics...\n',
              'red',
              attrs=['bold']))
results = []
# number of tests, used to convert p-value to e-value.
n = len(list(kmer_list))
for kmer in kmer_list:
    k = len(kmer)
    prefix, sufix, center = counts[kmer[:-1]], counts[kmer[1:]], counts[kmer[1:-1]]
    # avoid zero division error
    if center == 0:
        expected = 0
    else:
        expected = (prefix * sufix) // center
        observed = counts[kmer]
        sigma = math.sqrt(expected * (1 - expected / (len_genome - k + 1)))
        # avoid zero division error
        if sigma == 0.0:
            z_score = 0.0
        else:
            z_score = ((observed - expected) / sigma)
            # pvalue for all kmers/palindromes under represented
            p_value_under = (math.erfc(-z_score / math.sqrt(2)) / 2)
            # pvalue for all kmers/palindromes over represented
            p_value_over = (math.erfc(z_score / math.sqrt(2)) / 2)
            # evalue for all kmers/palindromes under represented
            e_value_under = (n * p_value_under)
            # evalue for all kmers/palindromes over represented
            e_value_over = (n * p_value_over)
            if e_value_under <= max_e:
                results.append([kmer, observed, expected, z_score, p_value_under, e_value_under])
            elif e_value_over <= max_e:
                results.append([kmer, observed, expected, z_score, p_value_over, e_value_over])
return results

OBS - Thank you CodeSurgeon by the help. I know there are other tools to count kmer efficiently but I am learning Python so I am trying to write my own functions and code.


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At Buzz, our dream job is building high-quality fences that satisfy our customers. But if we had to do something else, our second best dream position would have to be that of fence viewer. A fence viewer is a city official who administers fence laws and mediates fence-related disputes. This lucky individual inspects new fences and sorts out problems caused by escaped livestock trespassing on somebody else's property (Hint: If your livestock keeps escaping, you need a better fence). This week we'll look at the history and scope of this illustrious position.
New England Roots
Like so much in America, the fence viewer has roots in New England. In fact, this was one of the oldest appointed positions, with the term "fence viewer" appearing as early as 1661. Back then, New England farmer chic consisted of walls built with stones and boulders left behind by retreating glaciers. Some of these picturesque walls still exist. But when these early farmers moved or modified their walls, shifting the property lines, this was a serious offense. A case for the fence viewer!
In Massachusetts, a 1693 statute first established the position of fence viewer. Over the years, the state developed some nifty ways to ensure that fences were kept in good repair. For example, if one farmer neglected his fence, a neighbor could make the repairs and send the offending farmer a bill for twice the cost. If he refused to pay up? He got slapped with a hefty 12 percent interest.
As white settlers moved westward, they brought the important role of fence viewer to new states.
Fence viewers today
You don't hear so much about fence viewers today. But the position is still on the books of many states, including Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maine, Massachusetts and Minnesota. Their powers vary from state to state, having been watered down in some places. However, sensible states, such as Delaware, still have strong laws. "The fence-viewers shall be the sole judges of the sufficiency of any fences, of the charges of making or repairing partition or other fences, and how borne, and of damages by animals trespassing," says the law of that wise state.
Fence viewers, like aspiring actors, are prudent not to quit their day jobs. Delaware pays "$8.00 per day and 7 cents per mile for travel to and from the point of dispute. The chair shall receive in addition to fees received by other members the further sum of $1.00 for each day as stated."
In Maine, a fence viewer's wallet is even emptier: "Each fence viewer shall be paid by the person employing the fence viewer at the rate of $3 a day for the time employed. If the party liable neglects to pay the same for 30 days after demand, each fence viewer may recover double the amount in a civil action." Uh, that's still only six bucks.
Avoid Disputes
Texas doesn't appoint fence viewers. But if you're having any trouble with your fence, you can call on your friends at Buzz. We can repair your fence or design one so gorgeous that your whole neighborhood will rejoice. Or, if your horses or dogs keep escaping, we'll devise a better containment strategy. Call us today and we'll arrange a time to come view your fence.
The terms "permit" and "variance" can be confusing, as they're sometimes used interchangeably. Both refer…

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Using the right one is critical to your success. It's what allows you to scale your operations and grow.
We've had some questions lately around what solution provides the best enterprise platform: Magento Enterprise Edition (EE) or Shopify Plus?
Looking at the platform market share stats, Magento Enterprise Edition is clearly the market leader for enterprise-level solutions. Though Shopify is listed, it is not differentiated between Shopify and Shopify Plus.
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Shopify Plus integrates with USPS, UPS and Fedex as default options, but does not integrate with DHL.
Make sure you have clearly outlined the providers you must integrate with before choosing a solution. Missing the mark on this integration could be a frustrating and costly oversight.
With more than 30,000 sites being hacked everyday, safeguarding your website and customer data is of utmost importance to running an ecommerce business. The last thing you want is your customer's details getting stolen and putting your brand at risk.
For this reason, the tech platform you use should be able to encrypt data, be protected with firewalls and antivirus software, regularly monitor and test networks and maintain an information security policy. Your ecommerce website is only as secure as it's weakest link, so you want to make sure all the 'links' in the chain are strong.
Magento Enterprise is traditionally a 'self-hosted' platform, which means you have the additional responsibility of ensuring that the data on your hosting provider's server is secure. This involves additional time and money to be invested, and also transfers the risks of security breaches entirely onto you, the merchant.
Although Magento EE does ensure you're PCI compliant (a measure to ensure you're securing customer data) by offering integrated payment gateways. These gateways transmit payment information without actually retaining any data on the Magento application server (source), which prevents the risk of credit card fraud and other payment data related issues, mainly at checkout.
On the other hand, Shopify Plus has more advantages for maintaining security. All Shopify Stores now use SSL encryption (source) everywhere on the site, not just at checkout (which is where it was earlier used). Shopify Plus takes care of hosting for you, and being Level 1 PCI DSS compliant, it basically means all your data is protected with the same level of security provided by a bank (source).
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Clearly, Shopify Plus can help you get started faster, in a safer environment compared to Magento, unless you make additional investments in Magento to customise security requirements to suit your needs and have the willingness to take the risks associated with being responsible for security breaches.
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You must make sure you choose an ecommerce platform that best supports SEO optimization, by integrating well with search engines and helping with displaying search relevant pages on your site to your consumers.
If your platform does not give you control over the "SEO aspects" of your ecommerce store, it can make SEO a painstaking process. For instance, most platforms automatically generate product pages, page titles etc. once you add products to your portfolio. This means automatically generated text, which may not be relevant to your customers' searches online. You need to be able customise and tweak these aspects, in order to remain relevant to customer searches.
The one major benefit Shopify Plus offers is if you're migrating platforms, you're able to use the "Traffic Control App" to redirect traffic you've built on your previous platform, without compromising on SEO rankings. This can be a lifesaver for your ecommerce business, as you'd normally lose some of your organic traffic when migrating to a platform like Magento.
Some ecommerce companies have reported major increases in sales by migrating from Magento Enterprise to Shopify Plus and using it in combination with a product review service called 'YOTPO'. This creates 'rich snippet listings' in search engine results (like the one below) which boosts click through rates and search engine rankings.
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It's important for your marketing team to be able to use your ecommerce platform with ease. Given that most marketers come from a non-tech background, the easier the platform is to use, the more likely it is that marketers will optimize the results from their efforts.
Your platform needs to make it easy to execute tasks like creating product descriptions, website copy, customer forms, etc., which help in attracting and engaging your audience, and eventually boosting sales.
(4) Marketers can use apps like Klaviyo and Rare.io to integrate the platform with targeted email marketing campaigns using Aweber or Mailchimp (Source).
Magento does not have the default functionality of creating conversion pixels to track campaigns. Instead, a developer must create them. This can make marketers dependent on developers, which can be very time consuming. It also does not allow marketers to customize the appearance of the website as quickly in order to A/B test campaigns or pages. No social media features are included by default, but you can integrate just about any social media app. A unique feature on the Magento platform is the built-in newsletter subscription management tool which also integrates with coupon codes (source), although most users opt for a platform like Mailchimp or Infusionsoft to do this.
Magento 2 is certainly an improved version, giving marketers the benefit of faster page load times and a friendlier backend UI, all of which enhance the customer experience. This version also allows marketers to use referral and affiliate marketing extensions, that help drive more traffic to your site leading to more sales. Clearly, there are significant improvements compared to the first version.
Although Shopify Plus supports B2B ecommerce, it does this through 'add-on' apps in addition to the original version, adding to the costs of using the platform. Both Magento 1 and 2, on the other hand, offer greater customizability and support greater complexities of B2B ecommerce, making it a better choice.
Choosing a platform with a well established ecosystem of third party providers and supporters goes a long way to ensure you're well looked after when things get rough with technology.
The Magento ecommerce platform serves more than 200,000 merchants around the world and is supported by a global community of solution partners, merchants, forum moderators and developers (Source). It has online forums where the entire community supports each other with any questions they may have and also holds 'meetup' groups for anyone affiliated with the platform. Clearly, the amount of support is enormous, and you'll never be left in the dark.
There is only one concern that does cause some anxiety in the Magento community: the development of the Magento platform. Magento 2 was recently released, and though there are major benefits, many feel the release was too drawn-out and that the new version is actually not a viable upgrade from previous Magento versions. You can read more on that here: "Is Magento Dead? The Pros & Cons of Magento 2".
Shopify now serves more than 150,000 merchants in over 150 countries. (We're unsure of the breakdown between Shopify and Shopify Plus.) It makes it really easy to download and run third party applications, which makes Shopify Plus an attractive option for developers as well as merchants. Having grown rapidly in market share since Shopify went public, Shopify Plus is definitely the more cost effective option, with the plethora of third party apps available in the ecosystem.
Both Shopify Plus and Magento Enterprise offer great benefits to ecommerce business owners. If you've got the resources to invest in development of a highly sophisticated ecommerce platform, or if you deal in complex B2B ecommerce transactions, Magento Enterprise may be the way to go.
If on the other hand, you're looking to launch faster, have an openness to utilizing third party applications and prefer a more user-friendly user interface, Shopify Plus is the better option. Your decision depends on your company's unique circumstances and overall business goals.
Akshay is a passionate marketer providing innovative & valuable insights to our blog. He loves to explore new ways of growing businesses & learning all about entrepreneurship. Interests that excite him include innovation, startups, health & fitness, meaningful experiences, golf & meditation.


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Carter Edwards' work has appeared in Mathematics Magazine, Hobart, The New York Times, and others. His debut collection of fiction, The Aversive Clause, won the 2011 Hudson Prize and was published by Black Lawrence Press. His debut collection of poetry, From The Standard Cyclopedia of Recipes, was released last summer, also from Black Lawrence Press. He is a 2014 Poetry Fellow of the New York Foundation of the Arts, attended the graduate writing program at The New School in New York and lives in Brooklyn.


The Clinical Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital are accepting applications for a General Obstetrician Gynecologist. The Obstetrics & Gynecology Department presently consists of 4 OB/GYN'S and provides service to the City of Medicine Hat and surrounding communities. We provide specialized care in all aspects of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Obstetrical services include Maternal Fetal Assessment clinic which provides high risk care by the obstetricians, and a low risk obstetrics program provided by local family physicians. Gynecology services currently being provided include gynecology oncology and REI services.
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The successful applicant shall have or be eligible for certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.


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Camera: the next smartphone interface
By Harshjit Sethi
The future of mobility lies in constant innovation of the smartphone experience. Nine years since the dawn of the iPhone, some may argue that the best days of mobile innovation are behind us.
However, in India the opportunity lies in the emerging scale of the platform together with meaningful advances in reducing the price of technology. As more Indians get a smart device that has the computational power to do more, many large scale problems can be solved from civic governance to B2B commerce.
Dreaming about the future, one key aspect of the future of mobility will be the interface of human interaction: what medium will users use to provide input to their device, and what new use cases can that enable?
The smartphone has four primary interfaces: text (keyboard), touch, voice and visual(camera) with different apps using different interfaces depending on the use case.
An app's choice of interfaces in many ways is influenced heavily by what existed before the smartphone. The computer keyboard, the point-and-shoot camera and the mouse have all shaped our thinking of what an app's interface should be: a chat app will use a keyboard as a hangover from our instant messaging days, while a music app uses touch for controls to emulate a mouse click. However, such anchoring in the familiar might often constrain creativity and prevent smartphone-specific innovation.
Of the smartphone interfaces, I believe the camera has been the most underrated input medium since its use cases have most heavily mimicked the same applications that existed for the Kodak camera from decades ago.
However, when teams expand the definition to think of a smartphone camera as visual input that can processed by a computer connected to a network 24x7, some truly transformational smartphone experiences can be created.
Three of the most popular smartphone applications from the past few years have been created by having the camera replace another more conventional means of input:
Snapchat [keyboard -> camera]: Snapchat's unabated popularity in its initial years was led by teenagers while most adults didn't understand how to use the app to chat. A migration from PCs meant many people thought of chat on the phone also as text. But as a generation that has grown up with smartphones has shown us, communication is richer, personal and more fun when it uses photos
FaceTime [voice -> camera]: One of the iPhone's most popular features is FaceTime. As Apple so successfully demonstrated in its marketing campaigns, the ability to feel closer to your loved ones, to always be there – to see and hear – was something that was enabled by adding a visual dimension to auditory telephonic communication and was unique to a smartphone.
Pokemon Go [touch -> camera]: Pokemon Go is the fastest app to get to 100 million downloads in the world, and has enabled a paradigm shift in gaming. Most mobile games before Pokemon largely relied on touch or motion as a means of input, and were played in a 2D world on a users 4-inch screen. However, by using camera as a primary means input, the game has made the entire physical world a gaming arena - and with it shown the power of artificial reality (AR) in creating magical user experiences.
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The camera will continue to be more important in the evolution of the smartphone, enabled by two specific technology trends: AR and deep learning.
With AR, a new virtual dimension can be added to our physical world. Imagine going sightseeing and have an architectural expert point to all the facets of the Taj Mahal or being able to see exactly how a new haircut will look on you while sitting in a hair salon. Similarly, progress in deep learning and image processing can enable new use cases with no new infrastructure – imagine a doctor taking a photo of a patient's CT scan and a computer on the backend scanning hundreds of thousands of similar scans to aid the doctor's decision-making.
As the camera use cases move away from simple photography to providing visual input and context, we might be looking at a new wave of smartphone innovation.
At Sequoia::Hack, Sequoia India's annual hackathon, to be held in Bengaluru next month, a few hundred of India's smartest developers will gather to spend 24 hours imagining and coding the future. Participants work on a wide-range of ideas, from building a tele-medicine virtual reality (VR) app to re-implementing Unix system calls. To facilitate collaboration and competition, participants elect to compete in tracks that are broad topics, either encapsulating a new technology trend or use case.
Come show us what ideas you have for innovations using the camera at Sequoia::Hack on September 10-11!
(Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of YourStory.)
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Tri-Success Management Institute, Inc. President Ylonda Glover, WHEDA Executive Director Wyman Winston and Rep. David Bowen talk after the economic development forum, "The 30th Street Corridor Like You've Never Seen It Before." Photo by Naomi Waxman.
Cheryl Blue, interim executive director of the 30th St. industrial corridor and BID 37, wants northwest side neighborhood residents to participate in a plan to restore the long-blighted industrial corridor to its former glory.
"There are many people in this neighborhood…that need to be engaged in this process as well so that it's not just people from outside of the neighborhood determining what's going to happen," she said in an interview. Blue believes it is important to have neighbors engaged at every level in the process.
Boasting the highest per-capita income for African-Americans in the country in the 1970s, the neighborhood around the 30th St. Industrial Corridor earned the moniker "Blackfish Bay," according to Blue. Residents of the area were left jobless after companies left in the 1990s. The region's economic troubles were further compounded by the 2008 recession.
After years of decline, the area has begun to attract investment.
Joe Peterangelo, Andrew Haug and Bart Griepentrog take in the view from the roof of Century City Tower. Photo by Naomi Waxman.
The U.S. Forestry Service has awarded the NWSCDC a $200,000 grant, according to Joel Parker, an environmental engineer who played a key role in revitalizing a post-industrial space now known as Chevy Commons in Flint, Mich.
"There's a place for an epicenter, a nexus of storm water technology incubation, and why not here in Milwaukee on the northwest side? It's a perfect setting," said Parker.
He noted that local institutions such as the Milwaukee Department of City Development and Employ Milwaukee have demonstrated commitment to the project and said he sees potential for universities and professional societies to serve as anchor institutions.
"All the planets are well aligned for success, working and collaborating well together," Parker added.
Parker was the keynote speaker at a recent economic development forum, "The 30th Street Corridor Like You've Never Seen It Before." Hosted by the Northwest Side Community Development Corp. (NWSCDC), the forum brought together members of the public, private and nonprofit sectors to recognize recent accomplishments and hear from community leaders about plans for environmental development in the area.
This development may lead to new lines of business, according to Andrew Haug, a resource manager with NWSCDC. "We want this site to be like an urban playground where people can see green technology in action," Haug said.
Commissioned by NWSCDC's Executive Director Howard Snyder, a video created by local videographers WC Tank and Adam Carr highlighted the perspectives of local residents about the past and visions for the future of the northwest side.
The forum, at the Century City Tower in the new Century City Business Park, also featured a panel of Milwaukee business leaders collaborating to increase the area's economic prosperity. Earl Buford, CEO of Employ Milwaukee, Rocky Marcoux, Milwaukee's Department of City Development Commissioner, Wyman Winston, executive director of Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority and Kevin Shafer, executive director of Metropolitan Milwaukee Sewerage District, expressed optimism about the partnerships and the positive impact the project is expected to have on the northwest side and the city as a whole.
"We have the ability to actually do something that an American city has not done: [putting] people back to work, growing neighborhood prosperity, repairing our city and providing an example for this nation," Winston said.


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Sherry Washburn, Supplies Business Unit Manager at Videojet Technologies, takes a closer look at the green aspects of industrial printing inks and asks: can they ever be truly green?
Industrial printing inks are increasingly being billed as 'green', but what does that mean in reality? How does being green identify with industrial fluids? And are these claims simply paying lip service to those looking to make a positive impact in terms of the inks and make-up fluids they use? There is no clear definition or standard on what it means to be a 'green' ink.
Manufacturers, in order to keep up with demanding production schedules, require fast dry times and excellent adhesion, which involves the use of solvents such as ketones and alcohols. These fast-drying industrial solvents are flammable, volatile, organic compounds (VOCs); therefore, industrial inkjet inks are starting out with a hazardous material that is not necessarily in keeping with the notion of being 'green'. VOCs are heavier than air, contribute to ground level smog, and some VOCs participate in photochemical reactions in the atmosphere that cause damage to the ozone layer.
Even though VOCs are hazardous, they are everywhere – including in gasoline, ethanol used in vodka, and even isopropanol (IPA) in medical wipes. Anything that evaporates and contains carbon is classed as a VOC and so we are all in contact with them in some form or another throughout the course of everyday life.
What can be done to make inks 'greener'
There are three approaches to making a 'greener' ink; water-based, safer solvent, or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals. The first approach is using water, which is VOC-free. However, water evaporates so slowly that the dry time experienced on production lines will be longer than manufacturer requirements. If there isn't sufficient time available during the coding and marking process, then the ink would need drying assistance. Additional energy would be consumed with this approach which negates its 'green' benefits.
If a water-based solution is not feasible, a second approach would be to utilize a safer solvent, acetone, which is exempt from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Air Act. Acetone does not participate in photochemical reactions in the upper atmosphere; therefore, it does not deplete the ozone layer. Another option is to formulate with ethanol which has low odor and frequently found in the food and beverage industry. Ethanol has been used throughout human history safely for a variety of applications.
The last approach involves ink formulations which meet company CSR goals such as no carcinogens, mutagens, reproductive toxins (CMRs), food contact materials, or controlled substances.
If we break inks down into their constituent parts, there are areas that can be targeted in terms of making them less of a 'toxic' fluid. Manufacturers should review ink constituents for all hazards, particularly CMRs. It can be desirable to remove ink constituents that are classified as CMRs and to replace them with an alternative, and it is possible to do this without having an impact on application performance.
Videojet has a long-standing policy not to use CMRs in its new development process. Environmental, health, and safety reviews are completed on every ink constituent before it is allowed to be used in new ink development. The inks and fluids we produce do not contain CMRs and could be deemed to be 'greener'. The issue here is that there is no concrete definition as to what 'green' means; therefore, our own preference is to not use the term at all. Rather, we prefer to promote the fact that we are able to help our customers reach their own respective goals in terms of CSR.
Manufacturers should look to expert suppliers of inks and fluids that work closely with customers to learn what is important to them with respect to their CSR goals. Most commonly, we are asked for no MEK, low odor, and inks that are suitable for food packaging. In order to make these more easily identifiable, they have been classified under iQMark™. The proliferation of requirements that customers have to consider continues to grow exponentially, and we see it as our responsibility as a supplier to support them as closely as possible where CSR and compliance are concerned. iQMark simplifies the way supplies are ordered in terms of how they fit in with individual CSR goals and makes the process of identifying and selecting inks as seamless as possible. In addition, the ink delivery method of certain systems can contribute to CSR goals. Empty Smart Cartridges are not only recyclable, but they also are no longer hazardous materials.
Data sheets are readily available that enable the regulatory landscape to be factored into the selection process. Legislation such as the Swiss Food Packaging Ordinance, the Clean Air Act (US), and a number of similar acts implemented globally can be quickly identified and assurances provided that the ink is in compliance.
The question is not, is it green?
When considering the best possible industrial inks for a production line, the question of whether that ink can be considered green is always going to be vastly open to interpretation. If an ink is marketed as 'green' then there are other questions that should follow. What is its composition? Does it contain a VOC? If not, will it be suitable for the line speeds required? Will drying assistance be necessary?
As we have mentioned, the word 'green' is open to interpretation. Therefore, it is far better to select inks and fluids based on how they integrate with a company's own CSR goals and strategies, coupled with regulatory requirements. Through working with an expert supplier, every element that feeds into those CSR frameworks can be closely scrutinized and the best possible outcomes delivered.
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Servicing your car regularly helps you to know that your car is safe and efficiently running. It will save you money as we can tailor your service to what you would like looked at and is better for the environment.
A regularly serviced car performs better and reduces wear on engine components and ultimately saves repair costs and the inconvenience of having the car off the road for repairs. Yearly servicing also helps to maintain the resale value of your vehicle. We will stamp your service book to keep it up to date.
Different vehicles require different servicing levels depending on the age, make and model of vehicle; please refer to your manufacturer's handbook for detailed information.
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Oil Service: Oil Servicing is ideal for vehicles used for short, mainly urban journeys or for those who wish to service vehicles doing very high mileage more regularly. This comprises of a 45 point check including a full tyre and brake inspection. An Oil Service every 6,000 miles or 6 months helps keep your car safe and roadworthy between full services.
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If your vehicle is still under warranty, you may be still be able to have your vehicle serviced by Top Tread, as all of our parts are equivalent quality to the original manufacturer to comply with the Block Exemption Regulations 1400/2002. However, customers with vehicles still under warranty are advised to check with the warranty provider if in doubt.
Why have your car Service at Top Tread?
We order genuine parts matching the quality of the manufacturer's original equipment plus the engine oil specific to your car.
Our mechanics are specially qualified to use the latest electronic diagnostic equipment.
The Top Tread Service Check covers the majority of checks included in most manufacturers' service schedules.
Appointments for a service are 2-3 days in advance over the 6 days that we are open.
Top Tread MoT Centres are approved and regularly inspected by the Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA).
Help to reduce the Carbon footprint that that driving adds to the atmosphere by having your car serviced regularly.
What is the difference between an Oil Service and a Full Service?
Full Service: A Full Service is ideal for an annual maintenance programme for your car and this comprises of a 50 point check including a full tyre and brake Inspection and is recommended every 12,000 miles or 12 months – whichever is sooner. Some manufacturers may recommend more frequent checks, if you are in doubt when your vehicle was last serviced, we would always recommend this type of service.
Why are there different types of engine oil?
Each engine takes a different engine oil specific to the car type make, age and model. We are able to recommend an oil equivalent to the manufacturer's specification and as recommended by Exxon Mobil.
Furthermore, in some cases you can choose to upgrade your oil from semi-synthetic to "specialist". We are also able to provide "specialist oil" which your manufacturers specify may optimise the engines performance.
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Dinos Score Early Against Bison
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An early goal by the Calgary Dinos would end up being the game-winner, as the Manitoba Bisons took their second loss of the year in a close 1-0 game on Sunday, September 23 at the West Turf Field (U of M campus).
Bison goalkeeper Madison Wilford and Dinos goalkeeper Lauren Houghton traded crucial saves in the first five minutes of the game, in what looked to be a well-contested game between both sides. It wasn't much longer until Dinos forward Maddison Fritze put the ball in the bottom right corner of the Bisons' net to take control of the game.
Calgary came out aggressive on the offensive end, controlling the ball for most of the first half, but Wilford and the Manitoba defence managed to hold them to just one goal. Head coach of the Bisons Vanessa Martinez Lagunas said that the play of Wilford helped "bring more momentum and pressure into the second half." Wilford would finish with six saves on seven shots on goal.
The Bisons came back in the second half playing with a better planned attack that allowed them to put more offensive pressure on a solid Dinos defence. Bisons forwards Nicole Davis and Bruna Mavignier were able to create chances late in the game but, unfortunately, couldn't convert to even the score. Leading the way for Manitoba in shots was forward Hailey Lavarias.
Head coach of the Calgary Dinos Troye Flannery said that his team's success was due to a "balanced and consistent game all the way through." The Dinos will walk away from this weekend with six out of the possible six points, beating both the Winnipeg Wesmen and the Bisons.
When asked what the team needs to improve on for their next match, Martinez Lagunas said, "Definitely better finishing, we had a lot of chances at the beginning of the game that we couldn't capitalize on and it hurt us in the end." Still, she is happy leaving the weekend with three points and is excited to see how her team rebounds in their next match.
With the loss, Manitoba falls to 2-2-2 on the season, while Calgary improves to 5-1-0. Manitoba will look to bounce back against the Mount Royal Cougars next Saturday, September 29 on the road.
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'Can entrepreneurship study? Is it an artwork or a technology? How is entrepreneurship realized? one other masterpiece via the eu masters Fayolle and Klandt, this quantity – in keeping with the 2003 Grenoble convention – might be invaluable for future years, between educators and policymakers alike, specifically these open to the rising paradigm.
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Dallas Removes Statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Park
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15 Sep 2017 Dallas, TX
Dallas officials brought in crews late Thursday afternoon to remove the historical statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a public park.
Around 4 p.m. (CDT), police escorted a heavy-duty Terex crane into Robert E. Lee Park in uptown Dallas. Teams of workers toiled for at least three hours to cut underneath the statue's base. Using a power saw and a crowbar, they dislodged the 14-foot tall, six-ton equestrian bronze statue depicting Lee and an unknown Confederate soldier from its stone pedestal. As they did, crowds of locals grew, many snapping photos with their cell phones. Police surrounded the area.
Minutes before 7 p.m. workers hoisted the statue onto a flatbed trailer and transported it to Hensley Air Field, a city-owned storage facility. The statue, dedicated in 1936 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the Texas Centennial, will remain shuttered until an appointed 20-person Confederate task force figures out what to do with it.
In mid-August, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings announced the formation of the task force in response to violence at a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest. He charged appointees with developing solutions over a three-month period, later advising elected officials on whether or not to remove Confederate monuments. Days later, the mayor, who called the statues "dangerous totems" and "monuments of propaganda," sped up the process. He changed the date council members would vote on task force findings to November 8.
Then, on August 28, three of the four black council members suddenly submitted a resolution to the city, demanding the immediate removal, disposal and/or relocation of all Confederate monuments located on Dallas public land. The document also commanded renaming public parks and streets with any ties to the Old South. It asserted that Confederate figures and symbols "preserve the principles of white supremacy." The resolution altered the roles of task force appointees, too. Council members no longer required input on the sculptures' fates. They wanted suggestions on costs and where to store or relocate downed monuments. Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, who previously voiced support for Rawlings' 90-day process, led the resolution revolution, bumping up the November 8 vote to September 6. The task force met for the first time on August 31.
Last Wednesday, Dallas council members passed the resolution 13-1 with one abstention. Within hours, crews began removing the statue until a federal judge stopped them with a temporary restraining order (TRO). Dallas resident Hiram Patterson and the Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed a lawsuit against the city freezing the statue's removal. The next day, though, the judge dissolved the TRO. He said the plaintiff failed to show it would likely succeed if the case proceeded, a requirement to keep a TRO in place, according to WFAA.
This cleared the way for Dallas city officials to remove Lee's statue. On Sunday evening, an 18-wheeler carried a crane in from Houston. Tragically, a freeway crash killed the tractor-trailer driver and damaged the crane. The Dallas Morning News noted the difficulty of finding another crane capable of moving the massive metal structure as most machinery remained in Houston to aid Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts.
Caraway initially estimated removal and storage costs for two Confederate monuments at $4 million funded by "excess revenue." The price tag on Lee's likeness has fluctuated from $600,000 to $400,000 and back up to $500,000.
Beyond public comments at last week's city council meeting, it appears Dallas taxpayers have had little formal input on this issue. A recent NBC DFW poll showed 79 percent of respondents opposed removing Lee's statue. Only 21 percent agreed. The Dallas newspaper surveyed 503 registered city voters. Only 29 percent called for statue removal. Fifty-seven percent preferred a fictitious alternative plan where statues stayed beefed up by historical facts.
A rally scheduled Saturday to "Save the Monument" will continue as planned at Lee Park. This is Texas Freedom Force (TITFF), a group "committed to protecting Texas and Texas history" organized the event. They have staged similar rallies across the state. Their president, Robert Beverly, told Breitbart Texas, "We are going to demand the statue be returned."
Beverly is a native Texan, a U.S. military veteran, a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, and an area business owner. He believes the city's decision to remove Lee's statue was largely political, questioning why no brouhaha erupted out of City Hall over a downtown Fair Park statue of R.L. Thornton, a past Democrat Dallas mayor and a prominent Ku Klux Klan figure.
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Judge Orders Trump to Pay $2 Million to Nonprofits in Lawsuit
Alex Thomas November 7, 2019, 4:35 pm 18k Views 11 Votes
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A federal judge ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump must pay $2 million after finding that he used his Trump Foundation charity to further his 2016 campaign. Trump is ordered to make the payment to a collection of nonprofits.
The Trump Foundation shuttered in December of 2018 after the New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood began investigating it. The AG said that the foundation operated as "little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump's business and political interests." The nonprofit was opened in 1987.
The attorney general also asked the judge to outlaw Trump from operating a charity ever again but that ban was not implemented, according to the New York Times.
Trump used the foundation to pay for some pretty absurd mementos, including shelling out $20,000 of the foundation's money to buy a six-foot-tall portrait of himself. He also used the foundation's money to buy a football helmet signed by former Bronco's quarterback Tim Tebow.
In a statement, AG Underwood said in 2018, "Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation — including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more"
Trump's lawyers have previously tried to defend the organization as a legitimate nonprofit and on the campaign trail, Trump caught frequent criticism for his nonprofit. During a debate, he claimed, "100% goes to different charities, including a lot of military. I don't get anything, I don't buy boats, I don't buy planes."
The Trump Foundation functioned "as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump's business and political interests," New York's Attorney General Barbara Underwood said in the statement Tuesday. https://t.co/giMA9yuvSd pic.twitter.com/qBehmroNH9
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) December 19, 2018
In the ruling, the judge wrote: "Mr. Trump's fiduciary duty breaches included allowing his campaign to orchestrate the Fundraiser, allowing his campaign, instead of the Foundation, to direct distribution of the Funds, and using the Fundraiser and distribution of the Funds to further Mr. Trump's political campaign."
This is hardly the first time Donald Trump has been handed a loss over one of his schemes. In early 2018, a court approved a $25 million settlement over Trump University.
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Go ahead and clear your weekends for free music – the Levitt Shell has released the schedule for their fall concert series.
If you've never been before, the shows are family friendly and super fun. You're allowed to bring blankets and lawn chairs, and coolers and picnic baskets are welcome. Alcohol is allowed for those over 21, and if you're not into bringing food, there's usually at least one food truck usually on hand.
Most, but not all, of the shows are free.
Saw the Opus One performance featuring John Gary Williams and Percy Wiggins. Way to go ! I and my classmates from BTW were there in support. Keep up the good work. Congrats to MSO for adding Joseph Nelson to their staff. He knows his music and will be a real asset.
I also saw Craig Brewer in the crowd. He helped me to my car. What a nice fellow. He's done alot to put Memphis on the map.
I will be there on Oct. 6th to see Ms. Thomas.


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Speaking up about traditional and professionalism-related patient safety threats: a national survey of interns and residents
William Martinez1,
Lisa Soleymani Lehmann2,3,
Eric J Thomas4,
Jason M Etchegaray5,
Julia T Shelburne6,
Gerald B Hickson7,
Donald W Brady8,
Anneliese M Schleyer9,
Jennifer A Best9,
Natalie B May10,
Sigall K Bell11
1 Division of General Internal Medicine & Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3 National Center for Ethics in Health Care, Veterans Health Administration, Washington DC, USA
4 Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
5 The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA
6 Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
7 Quality, Safety & Risk Prevention, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
8 Office of Graduate Medical Education, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
9 Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
10 Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
11 Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Correspondence to Dr William Martinez, Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 Twenty-first Avenue South, 6000 Medical Center East, NT, Nashville, TN 37232-8300, USA; william.martinez{at}vanderbilt.edu
Background Open communication between healthcare professionals about care concerns, also known as 'speaking up', is essential to patient safety.
Objective Compare interns' and residents' experiences, attitudes and factors associated with speaking up about traditional versus professionalism-related safety threats.
Design Anonymous, cross-sectional survey.
Setting Six US academic medical centres, 2013–2014.
Participants 1800 medical and surgical interns and residents (47% responded).
Measurements Attitudes about, barriers and facilitators for, and self-reported experience with speaking up. Likelihood of speaking up and the potential for patient harm in two vignettes. Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ) teamwork and safety scales; and Speaking Up Climate for Patient Safety (SUC-Safe) and Speaking Up Climate for Professionalism (SUC-Prof) scales.
Results Respondents more commonly observed unprofessional behaviour (75%, 628/837) than traditional safety threats (49%, 410/837); p<0.001, but reported speaking up about unprofessional behaviour less commonly (46%, 287/628 vs 71%, 291/410; p<0.001). Respondents more commonly reported fear of conflict as a barrier to speaking up about unprofessional behaviour compared with traditional safety threats (58%, 482/837 vs 42%, 348/837; p<0.001). Respondents were also less likely to speak up to an attending physician in the professionalism vignette than the traditional safety vignette, even when they perceived high potential patient harm (20%, 49/251 vs 71%, 179/251; p<0.001). Positive perceptions of SAQ teamwork climate and SUC-Safe were independently associated with speaking up in the traditional safety vignette (OR 1.90, 99% CI 1.36 to 2.66 and 1.46, 1.02 to 2.09, respectively), while only a positive perception of SUC-Prof was associated with speaking up in the professionalism vignette (1.76, 1.23 to 2.50).
Conclusions Interns and residents commonly observed unprofessional behaviour yet were less likely to speak up about it compared with traditional safety threats even when they perceived high potential patient harm. Measuring SUC-Safe, and particularly SUC-Prof, may fill an existing gap in safety culture assessment.
Twitter Follow William Martinez @DrWillMartinez
Contributors Study conception and design: WM, LSL, EJT, JME, GBH and SKB. Acquisition of data: WM, JTS, DWB, AMS, JAB and NBM. Analysis of data: WM and JME. Interpretation of data and critical revision: all authors. Drafting of manuscript: WM.
Funding American Philosophical Society; National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR000445); The Arnold P. Gold Foundation; Brigham and Women's Hospital; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1K24HD053771); Health Resources and Services Administration (T32HP10251).
Ethics approval IRB at each study site.
Speaking up against unsafe unprofessional behaviours: the difficulty in knowing when and how
Brian M Wong Shiphra Ginsburg
BMJ Quality & Safety 2017; 26 859-862 Published Online First: 22 Jul 2017. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006792


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Q: Does a dual boot with Windows make Ubuntu more prone to "breaking"? I've been using Ubuntu as my primary OS on my laptop, but I've been forced to dual boot it with Windows because sometimes I'm required to use software that only works on Windows. I've had a fair share of problems with Ubuntu (things like invalid arch independent ELF magic, etc.) using this setup. Is the number of problems Ubuntu has somehow related to Windows' presence?

A: Depends what the problem is but very unlikely, as the partitions are separate. I'll assume you installed windows and then installed linux, as it doesn't work so gracefully the other way around with the windows boot loader.


Like in November every year, Sikh Nation is remembering the victims of 1984 carnage by holding blood donation camps all across Canada and the world.
Blood donation camps in Surrey will be held on November 2 and 3, in Vancouver on Nov 3 and in Abbotsford on Nov 17.
In the month of November every year to commemorate the memory of the victims of Genocide 1984, the Sikh Nation started the campaign of blood donation in North America in November 1999.
Till Dec 2011, this campaign has saved more than 67,000 precious lives. Sikh Nation requests all justice and peace loving people of the world to become a part of this humanitarian campaign by donating blood. The aim of their campaign is to highlight the tragedy of 1984, identify the killers and bring them to justice.


According to independent laboratory testing via radio-carbondating, log BC017a has been buried since 620 A.D. It was about 350 years old when it fell and became buried, which means it began growing around 270 A.D., 1746 years ago!
Their dimensions: slab BC017a-01 is 2.25" x 4" to 8" x 90", slab BC017a-02 is 2.25" x 10" to 19" x 158", slab BC017a-07 is 1" x 9" to 12" x 173". Slab BC017a-03 is SOLD, slab BC017a-04 is SOLD, slab BC017a-05 is SOLD, slab BC017a-06 is SOLD.


eUROGEN had a very strong presence at the annual European Association of Urology congress in Barcelona from 16-19 March. Our speciality session on Saturday afternoon included many interesting talks by network members and was featured in the EAU's congress newsletter.
Wout Feitz, Network Coordinator, was interviewed by EAU TV about the aims of eUROGEN, the main focus of the coming months and his role in the EU Protects programme.
All four of our Workstream leaders gave presentations across the congress relating to eUROGEN and the ERNs, and Michelle Battye gave a talk at the Patient Information session, which was also reported in the congress newsletter.
eUROGEN had a booth in the exhibition area throughout the congress, within the main EAU booth, where Darren Shilhan gave live CPMS training and demonstrations, showed the ERN patient information video, and handed out flyers and other ERN-related materials.