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How SIP Trunk Channels Revolutionize Video Communications — Inside the Office and Out
By Evan Wade - Contributor
There's a reason session initiation protocol trunking — typically known as SIP trunking — has grown in popularity and enterprise saturation year over year since its inception: It provides a simple, robust way for organizations to send voice calls "over the firewall." Companies with complex phone systems have long used technologies that leverage the protocol to simplify, expand, and empower their communications capabilities, all while decreasing the prohibitive long distance fees presented by their landline phone systems.
With SIP trunk channels, communicating with your remote workers is more affordable and easier than ever before.
But SIP trunk channels don't just offer simplified calling structures and vastly reduced long distance bills. The protocol is also a powerful tool in the modern communications structure, offering businesses an easier way to introduce or expand a suite of unified communications tools. Here's how SIP connections, cloud-based video tools, and their distributed and nontraditional organizational structures work together to make your business's services stronger.
SIP Trunk Channels: The Basics
Does your organization still rely on a traditional private branch exchange (PBX) for most of its calling activity? Have you recently — or not so recently — ditched the PBX in favor of something newer, sleeker, and cloud-based? Either way, with the cost and general difficulties of the PBX, there's a good chance your memories of the technology aren't so fond.
SIP trunking takes an organization's communication activity and sends it over a data connection — which means it has several advantages over the plain old telephone service. Not only does it slash or completely get rid of long distance bills, many providers allow businesses to maintain a virtual presence via the phone numbers they utilize, freeing organizations from the area codes and prefixes of their geographic region. That makes running a multi-location business easier than ever, since SIP trunking handles an organization's communications as a single entity with account administration and billing managed centrally.
Compared to managing a complex PBX or web of regional providers, this basic simplification can create huge efficiencies for the client organization. Technical concerns, line additions, and even minor feature additions become much easier when every line on the company's bill is under a single umbrella.
Combined with the other unified communications formats SIP trunking can help support, you'll build a versatile, flexible, and highly scalable tool that can handle just about anything.
Enabling the Future of Communication
A SIP connection's capabilities shine in a modernized, multi-format communication structure. With the financial and production efficiencies it creates, thousands of organizations have spent less money and effort on their most valuable communication tools — all while adding capabilities that employees, clientele, and partnering organizations need to communicate at their best.
Just consider the complexity of the standard PBX setup. Even for simple voice calling, the technology requires an extensive amount of hardware at each linked location, with additional hardware needed every time a new line or basic feature is added. Features like videoconferencing, instant messaging, and shared work spaces have to be handled through a separate service — there's no easy way to link these capabilities to a landline.
But SIP trunk channels work over a data network. Since the protocol is designed to facilitate a broad, constantly evolving variety of tasks, the same tools that require individual appliances can be carried over the same network. There's no need for individual circuits for calling and videoconferencing.
The savings this introduces are attractive enough for single-location businesses, but the advantages really shine for distributed organizations. Instead of installing specialized hardware and circuits for each location that needs a videoconference connection, the business saves with each unit of the organization it adds to its collection of SIP trunk channels.
Compared to the standard PBX setup, SIP trunking decreases complexity for IT teams, providing critical functionality needed to have truly unified communications. Rather than assembling multiple tools in a piecemeal fashion, the protocol's universal approach to communication formats carries all the data it supports over a single connection.
Supporting the Remote Workforce and Business Growth
Of course, branch offices aren't the only form of distribution in contemporary business. With working from home moving from a rare perk to a baseline expectation, and smartphone- and laptop-equipped employees able to work anywhere they choose, any technology that extends the organization's video communications outside the normal four walls is a welcome addition.
SIP trunking is an ally for a growing business. Instead of hardwired connections, new channels can be added with a few clicks of your mouse. Devices used by remote employees can be added with little effort. In practice, this means roving sales agents, field-based employees, work from home professionals, and anyone else can maintain the same video presence as the employees at the office.
These strengths are just a small part of the utility SIP trunking offers an organization. Combined with the other unified communications formats it can help support, you'll build a versatile, flexible, and highly scalable tool that can handle just about anything.
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The ultimate pattern we will all fit into is the Absolute.  Much of 4Q is concerned with placing the temporal patterns we fit into-- such as marriage, family, nationality--into a perspective that takes into consideration that ultimate pattern. Words happen in succession in a poem, yet none of them has its complete meaning until it fits into the pattern of the complete poem.  If each has its proper place, then the stillness is achieved.  Then the first word has meaning because of the last word. Before the beginning of the poem and after the end, the poem exists in its timeless pattern, so the last word can affect the meaning of the first word.  Nevertheless, we experience the poem as realized in time, and there, the first word does precede the last, and we can speak of the last word of the poem being "in the future" as we begin the first word.
Eliot applies the same understanding of reality to the pattern of western literature in its entirety. As an example, Eliot's intertextual forays into the Divine Comedy and the Vita Nuova of Dante make these into different works.  Eliot has changed the pattern in which they exist; they belong to a context of meaning that now includes Eliot's works.
It does, indeed, "tease us out of mind."
the Absolute, hence they are "in the future."


SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Nov. 22, 2011 — The Port of Los Angeles is working with the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) to develop incentive program strategies to participate in the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) Program starting in 2012. ESI is an international web-based ship-rating system ports can use to promote clean ships by rewarding operators whose vessels exceed current environmental performance standards and regulations. Port staff presented an outline of the program to the Board of Harbor Commissioners last week and expects to submit recommendations for participation in the program to the Board by early 2012.
The announcement comes on the fifth anniversary of the Port's adoption of the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP), a landmark pollution reduction initiative whose measures have helped to cut harmful air emissions from port-related sources in the San Pedro Bay by as much as 76 percent. The CAAP was designed as a blueprint for charting a permanent course for the Port of Los Angeles to operate the cleanest, most environmentally sustainable port. In 2010, the Port reaffirmed its commitment to the CAAP by expanding its programs and setting more aggressive targets with near-term goals through 2014 and long-term objectives through 2023.
"The Port of Los Angeles continues to be a world leader in combating pollution," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "We've had five years of extraordinary success with the Clean Air Action Plan and now we're looking at the next generation of strategies for running the cleanest possible port and improving air quality in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California."
"The Port of Los Angeles is looking forward to being part of these international standards and setting the stage for North American ports to follow suit and reward operators for greening their fleets," said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D. and IAPH president. "As participation grows, the benefits increase for carriers and communities."
The Port of Los Angeles adopted the CAAP to help tackle harmful emissions in the South Coast Air Basin. After launching the CAAP in 2006, the Port has met or exceeded nearly all its goals for reducing air pollution from port-related sources. Ships remain the toughest challenge, as they are regulated by international convention and represent the single largest source of air pollution from port-related operations.
The ESI identifies voluntary engine, fuel and technology enhancements ships can use to exceed current environmental performance standards. The ESI targets primary pollutants, which include nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and diesel particulate matter (DPM). The program also contains a component to help reduce greenhouse gases. The index was developed by some of the world's major ports collaborating under the World Ports Climate Initiative, a project of the IAPH.
Nine European ports in the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Belgium and Italy have signed on to participate in the ESI and either have current programs or are in the process of developing programs to offer financial incentives to reward operators whose ships outperform environmental standards.
The Port of Los Angeles is America's premier port and has a strong commitment to developing innovative strategic and sustainable operations that benefit the economy as well as the quality of life for the region and the nation it serves. As the leading seaport in North America in terms of shipping container volume and cargo value, the Port supports more than 830,000 regional jobs and $35 billion in annual wages and tax revenues. A proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles, the Port is self-supporting and does not receive taxpayer dollars.


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Feliks Glücksburg (duń. Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian; ur. 22 lipca 2002, Kopenhaga) – hrabia Monpezat, wnuk królowej Danii, Małgorzaty II. Jest drugim synem księcia Danii, Joachima Glücksburga, oraz jego pierwszej żony, Aleksandry Manley. Obecnie zajmuje ósme miejsce w linii sukcesji do duńskiego tronu – za swoim starszym bratem, Mikołajem, a przed swoim przyrodnim bratem – Henrykiem.

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Urodził się 22 lipca 2002 roku w szpitalu Rigshospitalet w Kopenhadze jako drugie dziecko księcia Danii, Joachima Glücksburga, oraz jego pierwszej żony, Aleksandry Manley. Po swoich narodzinach zajął czwarte miejsce w linii sukcesji do duńskiego tronu – za swoim stryjem, ojcem i starszym bratem – Mikołajem.

Został ochrzczony w wierze luterańskiej 4 października 2002 roku w kościele Møgeltønder. Jego rodzicami chrzestnymi zostali: hrabia Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, Oscar Davidsen Siesby, Damian Sibley, Martina Bent i Annick Boel. Niecałe trzy lata później, 8 kwietnia 2005 roku, jego rodzice rozwiedli się.

29 kwietnia 2008 roku Feliks otrzymał tytuł hrabiego Monpezat. Zaledwie miesiąc później, 24 maja 2008 roku, jego ojciec ożenił się z Marią Cavallier. Z tego małżeństwa książę ma przyrodniego brata, księcia Henryka, a także przyrodnią siostrę, księżniczkę Atenę.

28 września 2022 roku ogłoszono, że od początku następnego roku Feliks straci swoje prawo do posługiwania się tytułem Jego Wysokości księcia Danii. Zamiast tego będzie nazywany Jego Ekscelencją hrabią Monpezat. Decyzja królowej Małgorzaty II w tym zakresie była podyktowana jej chęcią "stworzenia ramy, dzięki której czwórka (jej) wnucząt będzie mogła w znacznie większym stopniu kształtować własne życie". Spotkało się to jednak z dość ostrą reakcją matki Feliksa – Aleksandry Manley – która stwierdziła, że decyzja była "jak grom z jasnego nieba" i spowodowała, że jej dzieci poczuły się "wykluczone" i "nie mogą zrozumieć, dlaczego odbiera im się ich tożsamość". W odpowiedzi na to rzeczniczka rodziny królewskiej, Lene Balleby, poinformowała, że debata nad odebraniem tytułów książęcych dzieciom księcia Joachima trwała od maja 2022 roku, a sam książę "był zaangażowany i w pełni informowany na każdym etapie tego procesu".

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22 lipca 2002 – 29 kwietnia 2008: Jego Wysokość książę Feliks

9 kwietnia 2008 – 1 stycznia 2023: Jego Wysokość książę Feliks, hrabia Monpezat

od 1 stycznia 2023: Jego Ekscelencja Feliks, hrabia Monpezat

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Linki zewnętrzne
 Feliks na oficjalnej stronie duńskiej rodziny królewskiej

Glücksburgowie
Urodzeni w 2002
Duńczycy pochodzenia francuskiego
Ludzie urodzeni w Kopenhadze

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Benfield v. Wells
749 S.E.2d 384 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013)
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Benfieldv.Wells
Court of Appeals of Georgia.Oct 2, 2013
749 S.E.2d 384•324 Ga. App. 85•
No. A13A1157.
BENFIELD v. WELLS, III et al.
Joshua Andrew Millican, Atlanta, for Appellant. Thomas Dean Bever, Thomas Bruno Bosch, Jeremy Patrick Burnette, John K. Larkins Jr., Todd Philip Swanson, Atlanta, James Timothy Mast, for Appellees.
MILLER, Judge.
Sharon Benfield, a shareholder in SunTrust Banks Inc., appeals from the trial court's dismissal, pursuant to OCGA §§ 14–2–744(a), of her shareholders' derivative suit alleging breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, and waste of corporate assets by current and former members of SunTrust's Board of Directors ("the Board") and executive officers. Benfield contends that the trial court erred in failing to find that material questions of fact remain regarding the independence of the Demand Review Committee ("DRC") that was authorized to investigate Benfield's claims and to determine whether it was in SunTrust's best interest to maintain an action on its behalf. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Defendants also moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim and on the ground that some of Benfield's claims were barred by the four-year statute of limitation set forth in OCGA §§ 14–2–831(b).
A motion to dismiss a shareholder's derivative action pursuant to OCGA §§ 14–2–744(a) is essentially a hybrid summary judgment motion for dismissal. See Thompson v. Scientific Atlanta, Inc., 275 Ga.App. 680, 683, 621 S.E.2d 796 (2005); Millsap v. American Family Corp., 208 Ga.App. 230, 233–234(5), 430 S.E.2d 385. (1993). Accordingly, we may look beyond the pleadings to the evidence in the record to resolve the appeal. We review a trial court's order dismissing a shareholder's derivative action, however, only for an abuse of discretion. See Stephens v. McGarrity, 290 Ga.App. 755, 761(2)(a), 660 S.E.2d 770 (2008); Goldstein v. Wells, 295 Ga.App. 870, 673 S.E.2d 325 (2009).
So viewed, the record shows that in February 2011, Benfield, a SunTrust common stockholder, sent SunTrust a shareholder demand letter pursuant to OCGA §§ 14–2–742, requesting that the Board "take action to remedy breaches of fiduciary duty, abuse of control, gross mismanagement and unjust enrichment by current and former officers and directors from late 2004 to the present." SunTrust responded to Benfield's demand requesting clarification of her position and contending that the underlying issues in her demand letter were the subject of a detailed and lengthy independent investigation by DRC in 2008.
The 2008 DRC consisted of three independent directors—Alston D. Correll, David H. Hughes and G. Gilmer Minor III. The DRC was established to investigate, review and analyze allegations made by other shareholders. The 2008 DRC concluded that no evidence substantiated the allegations and submitted a written report in August 2008. See Mannato v. SunTrust Banks, Inc., 308 Ga.App. 691, 708 S.E.2d 611 (2011).
Rather than responding to SunTrust's request for clarification, Benfield filed this action in September 2011. In October 2011, the Board authorized the 2008 DRC to investigate, review and analyze the facts and circumstances surrounding Benfield's claims and to determine whether it was in SunTrust's best interest to maintain an action on its behalf.
The 2008 DRC subsequently concluded that the allegations in Benfield's complaint while similar to those previously reviewed, were sufficiently different, especially in terms of the seven-year time period covered by the complaint. The 2008 DRC reported to the Board at a February 2012 meeting that reconstituting the DRC with new members who had not served on the Board during most of the time-period covered in Benfield's complaint and were not named as defendants therein would best ensure that there would not be any appearance that the DRC was not appropriately independent.
Accordingly, on February 14, 2012, the independent Board members appointed SunTrust directors Kyle P. Legg, William A. Linnenbringer and David M. Ratcliffe as the new DRC members (hereinafter collectively the "2012 DRC"). The 2012 DRC members had joined the SunTrust Board in 2010 or 2011, and none of the members had previously served as an officer or employee of SunTrust or any of its affiliates. The independent Board members designated the 2012 DRC to investigate the allegations in Benfield's complaint.
The DRC, with the assistance of its counsel, investigated the allegations in Benfield's complaint. The DRC's counsel reviewed SunTrust's SEC filings, documents submitted to bank regulators, and the minutes from the Board, and its Risk, Audit and Compensation Committees from 2004 through 2011. The DRC and its counsel also interviewed current and former SunTrust officers and directors, and other individuals with knowledge relevant to the investigation. The DRC reviewed the 2008 report, but conducted its own investigation and did not rely upon that report.
The DRC's review was conducted by both its 2008 members and those appointed in 2012.
The DRC's counsel included its contracted counsel and other lawyers employed for their expertise in bank regulatory law, federal securities law and internal corporate investigations, including state and federal prosecutors.
The 2012 DRC issued a detailed and documented 178–page report, which described the review process conducted by the independent members of the Board and its counsel, including an investigation of Ratcliffe, Linnenbringer and Legg's backgrounds and qualifications to ensure that they were independent. The Board's counsel considered applicable Georgia statutory and caselaw requirements, had each 2012 DRC member complete a prepared questionnaire concerning factors that might impairtheir independence, and determined that there were no factors suggesting that the 2012 DRC members were not independent within the meaning of that term under applicable law. Additionally, all three 2012 DRC members submitted affidavits in this case confirming their independence.
Although both the 2008 DRC and the 2012 DRC reviewed and investigated the allegations in Benfield's complaint, the DRC's report was prepared and issued by the three members of the 2012 DRC, Ratcliffe, Linnenbringer and Legg.
The 2012 DRC's report concluded that: the defendants named in the complaint acted in good faith and in accordance with the duties of due care and loyalty to which they are subject; there was no credible evidence of any breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, mismanagement, or other violations of the law alleged in the complaint; the defendants acted in accordance with the applicable business judgment rule standards; and no corrective measures were required. The 2012 DRC further concluded that maintaining the suit was not in the best interests of SunTrust and its shareholders because the claims raised would ultimately prove unfounded. Accordingly, the 2012 DRC instructed SunTrust to seek dismissal of Benfield's suit.
In response to SunTrust's motion to dismiss, Benfield claimed that the 2012 DRC lacked independence due to Ratcliffe's connections with certain defendants. Following a hearing, the trial court dismissed Benfield's complaint, finding that Ratcliffe's connections with the defendants were insufficient to create a material issue of fact regarding his independence, and the defendants carried their initial burden pursuant to OCGA §§ 14–2–744 of showing the independence and good faith of the 2012 DRC and the reasonableness of their investigation.
Benfield did not challenge Legg or Linnenbringer's independence.
In her sole enumeration of error, Benfield contends that the trial court erred in failing to find that material questions of fact exist as to the 2012 DRC's independence under OCGA §§ 14–2–744(a). We disagree.
OCGA §§ 14–2–744 provides in pertinent part:
(a) The court may dismiss a derivative proceeding if, on motion by the corporation, the court finds that one of the groups specified in subsection (b) of this Code section has made a determination in good faith after conducting a reasonable investigation upon which its conclusions are based that the maintenance of the derivative suit is not in the best interests of the corporation. The corporation shall have the burden of proving the independence and good faith of the group making the determination and the reasonableness of the investigation.
(b) The determination in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be made by:
(2) A majority vote of a committee consisting of two or more independent directors appointed by a majority vote of independent directors present at a meeting of the board of directors, whether or not such independent directors constitute a quorum;
(c) None of the following shall by itself cause a director to be considered not independent for purposes of subsection (b) of this Code section:
(1) The nomination or election of the director by directors who are not independent;
(2) The naming of the director as a defendant in the derivative proceeding; or
(3) The fact that the director approved the action being challenged in the derivative proceeding so long as the director did not receive a personal benefit as a result of the action.
Pursuant to OCGA §§ 14–2–744(a), the defendants had the burden of proving that the 2012 DRC's members were independent. See Millsap, supra, 208 Ga.App. at 232(2), 430 S.E.2d 385.
The decisions that have examined the qualifications of members of special litigation committees [such as the 2012 DRC in this case] have required that they be both "disinterested" in the sense of not having a personal interest in the transaction being challenged as opposed to a benefit which devolves upon the corporation or all shareholders generally, and "independent" in the sense of not being influenced in favor of the defendants by reason of personal or other relationships.
(Citation omitted.) OCGA § 14–2–744, Code Revision Commission Comments.
Here, Benfield does not contend that the 2012 DRC members had a personal interest in the transaction. She contends only that one member, Ratcliffe was not independent due to his personal relationships.
Here, the defendants satisfied their burden of proving the independence of the three members of the 2012 DRC, Ratcliffe, Linnenbringer and Legg, by supporting their motion to dismiss with a detailed and documented report, including an investigation of the members' backgrounds and qualifications, and a determination by the Board's counsel that there were no factors suggesting that any of the 2012 DRC members were not independent. The defendants also supported their motion to dismiss with affidavits from all three 2012 DRC members confirming their independence. Although Benfield's motion to dismiss
does not technically fit into a category of OCGA §§ 9–11–12(b)(6) nor does it reach the actual merits of [her] claims as would be at issue in the usual summary judgment motion pursuant to OCGA §§ 9–11–56, it should be apparent that, upon the [defendants'] coming forward with a motion to dismiss, supported by [a documented] and detailed report [and affidavits confirming the 2012 DRC's independence], it was incumbent upon [Benfield] to come forward with evidence to support [her] claim of lack of independence of the [2012 DRC] members.
(Citation and punctuation omitted.) Thompson, supra, 275 Ga.App. at 683, 621 S.E.2d 796. This Benfield did not do.
Benfield contends that the 2012 DRC lacked independence due to Ratcliffe's connections with certain defendants. Specifically, Benfield contends that defendant Alston D. Correll approved Ratcliffe's executive compensation at Georgia Power and the Southern Company. Benfield further contends that Ratcliffe served on Georgia Power's Executive Committee with defendant E. Jenner Wood, and Ratcliffe was connected to several other defendants through shared memberships in certain organizations in the Atlanta area. Benfield does not, however, contend that Ratcliffe had a personal interest in a transaction or challenged action. See OCGA §§ 14–2–744, Code Revision Commission Comments.
In dismissing this action, the trial court issued a 15–page order addressing Benfield's contentions regarding Ratcliffe's lack of independence in detail. With regard to Ratcliffe's connection to Correll, the trial court specifically considered Ratcliffe's nearly 40–year career with the Southern Company, and found that Correll's path dovetailed with Ratcliffe's for only a brief portion of the overall timeline. The trial court concluded under the totality of the circumstances that Ratcliffe's business-only connection with Correll was insufficient to render Ratcliffe unable to "base his decision on the merits of the issue rather than being governed by extraneous considerations or influences." The trial court also found that Benfield failed to show how Ratcliffe's connections with the other defendants through various charitable organizations impaired his ability to make an independent decision.
Since Benfield failed to provide evidence to refute the defendants' evidence that the 2012 DRC members were independent, the record supports the trial court's detailed findings that Ratcliffe's limited connections with Correll and the other named defendants did not impair his ability to make an independent decision. Accordingly, Benfield has failed to demonstrate that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing her suit.
BARNES, P.J., and RAY, J., concur.

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How Heavy Are The Weights At Planet Fitness
What is Planet Fitness? It is an American chain that operates fitness clubs in Hampton, New Hampshire. There are more than 21,000 Planet Fitness locations in the United States. It is the largest fitness club franchise with more than two thousand locations. The company is also the biggest. Here are a few reasons to choose Planet Fitness over other fitness club chains:
Low labor costs: Planet Fitness operates with relatively low labor costs because it does not offer high-end services. Franchisees reduce labor costs by eliminating expensive amenities such as juice bars and personal trainers. Other areas are left bare: classes, daycare, and no frills. This reduces costs and maximizes profits. This helps to explain why Planet Fitness has become so popular. Planet Fitness has a reputation of being unfriendly to new members despite its low labor costs.
Planet Fitness offers affordable membership fees. Membership fees range from $10 to $30. Planet Fitness offers low-cost monthly plans and has 200 locations worldwide. A big plus is the friendly and helpful staff. The fitness center has a wide variety of exercise equipment, and many staff members speak English well. People who don't know the language well should consider moving to a different gym. As long as you are consistent, you can enjoy the gyms and workout with your friends.
Planet Fitness water is of the highest quality. The gyms have filtered water stations that can dispense cold water to individual bottles. Filtered water tastes better than water from public fountains and is therefore more refreshing. Planet Fitness facilities offer water for free, but guests are not allowed to use the massage chairs or tanning beds. Non-Black Card members will need to pay $20 for a guest. Within 30 days, the guest fee will be applied to the full membership cost.
Planet Fitness is a gym that caters to non-gym-goers. Planet Fitness' friendly atmosphere makes it a welcoming place for people of all fitness levels. You don't have to be a member to access the facilities at Planet Fitness, but you can get the same amenities. Planet Fitness's prices are very competitive so you don't have to miss out on it just because it's a well-known chain.
What is Planet Fitness? The company is an example of a successful business model rooted in innovation. It's an affordable, convenient gym that caters to new gym-goers. Planet Fitness is one the largest owners of health clubs in America and has one of its most successful business models. Planet Fitness has grown its brand to a global level with over a thousand locations. Planet Fitness is a huge success story with new franchises opening every few weeks.
Planet Fitness is seeing an increase in gym visits, in addition to their gym memberships. Its members are increasingly accepting of the company's health protocols, and they prioritize their fitness. With more than half of the gyms already committed through area development agreements, the company intends to grow to 4,000 by 2021. But that's not the end of the story for Planet Fitness – it's only a beginning. The company's success will depend on the next steps.
The company has become incredibly popular. The company was founded in 1992 and today has more than 500 franchises in the U.S. and has a membership fee of $10. Despite being an extremely popular and successful fitness chain, Planet Fitness offers a unique co-operative ownership model. It's an excellent choice for people who want to stay active and healthy without paying high monthly fees. The gyms sell top-quality brand-name items, including pizza, and are easy to find.
The prices of joining Planet Fitness are reasonable. Planet Fitness members have unlimited access to the gym equipment. Planet Fitness offers several membership levels that allow members to select the right membership for them. You don't have to spend hours looking for deals. They've been in business for nearly two decades and have many happy members. But their low membership costs may have deterred some people. They're not alone. They're not the only ones who love Planet Fitness.
A basic membership costs $10 per monthly and gives you unlimited access to one Planet Fitness club. You get a tee-shirt, unlimited access at one Planet Fitness club, as well as access to training. Upgrade to a black card membership if you want additional benefits. This membership includes unlimited tanning and half-price drinks. Talk to the Planet Fitness staff, or call their Member Services line for more information.
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Many European societal challenges are most prevalent in urban regions; meanwhile, these regions often have the most innovative solutions. Cohesion policy is the EU:s main investment instrument to address common challenges and contribute to local and regional growth.
The Stockholm Region argues that cohesion policy should apply to all regions in Europe. However, the policy must be reviewed and streamlined for the future programming period post-2020.
Regional policy, or cohesion policy, is an investment policy for all EU regions and cities, with the purpose of strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion. Cities and metropolitan regions are key to meeting the EU's economic, social and environmental challenges. Many societal challenges are most prevalent in cities and urban regions, for example challenges relating to employment, climate, social exclusion and migration. At the same time, urban and metropolitan regions often contain innovative solutions to such problems. As a consequence, the EU's long-term budget and cohesion policy must take stock of the experiences and interests of cities and metropolitan regions.
Cohesion policy must focus on efforts that clearly contribute to meeting regional and local needs, as well as the overall EU policy objectives. The Stockholm Region would like to see an efficient and flexible EU budget post-2020 that allows regions and municipalities to tackle unforeseen situations within the framework of cohesion policy. Furthermore, research and innovation should be prioritised, as these are areas where EU funding may provide great added value.
– Promoting a key role for cities and metropolitan regions in the shaping of the future cohesion policy.
– Promoting a more efficient cohesion policy in the period post-2020.


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Genetics and Substance Abuse
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The Genes that Make Us
Genetics and Substance Abuse: The Study of the D2 Subtype Gene
Instant Dependence vs. Neuroadaptation
Inheriting an Addiction vs. Inheriting Susceptibility
Genes, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Know Your Family History
Changing the Substance Use Disorder Dialogue
Substance use problems often involve a complicated spectrum of cause and effect, thought and behavior, and actions and repercussions. You may wonder if some people more predisposed to develop an addiction than others. Unfortunately, the answers are rarely simple. Looking at the relationship between genetics and substance abuse helps us to further understand the nature of drug or alcohol addiction.
Genetics is the study of the biological process in which each person inherits certain genes from their biological parents. Genes are cellular building blocks of our bodies, and they carry DNA that offers instructions on how we will appear, grow, and develop. Our parents pass genes down to us at conception, but those genes may appear in a variety of ways.1
The vast array of possible genetic combinations makes us all unique human beings that carry a wide variety of physical and behavioral features and mannerisms. Just as children inherit their parents' eye color, skin color, height, or hair color, they may also inherit the genes that carry the risk of certain diseases or other medical conditions.2
Modern researchers are very interested in the specific biological differences that make a person vulnerable to addiction. They have concluded that there is not one particular gene that will definitely lead to addiction. There are, instead, many gene combinations and markers that make a person more vulnerable to addiction than others. Addiction vulnerability involves a lot of very complex factors that include both genes and life experience.3
For instance, the study of one gene in particular, the D2 subtype, is one of the most studied cases of genetic vulnerabilities.
When a person takes drugs or alcohol, the brain is artificially stimulated to produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter that is responsible for feelings of pleasure and reward in the brain. The D2 subtype responds to the presence of dopamine, so people who do not have this gene have a stronger compulsion for alcohol and will consume alcohol in larger amount when compared to other individuals who do have the gene. This is because people who lack the D2 gene do not feel the effects of dopamine as much as people who have the gene, so they often drink longer and harder to achieve the same buzz.4
The D2 study is just one example of an isolated gene study and further research is still needed. Every person is unique. It is important to know that anyone can struggle with substance use, and it may be difficult to determine which, if any, genes contribute to any particular addiction. One genetic test will not rule out the potential dangers of unhealthy substance use.
Every person's body will react very differently to the effects of drugs and alcohol – some may be hooked on their first shot or smoke, while some people can knock back drink after drink before showing any signs of a problem.
Can people become instantly addicted after one drug use? The jury is still out. Recent research indicates that a number of genetic factors contribute to potential addiction.
For instance, the way a person's brain handles neurochemicals like dopamine may be an inherited trait. Some people appear to be pre-wired for addictive traits, and after one try, they may instantly intensely crave those substances that made them feel more "balanced" or "happy" for short periods of time. This may appear, to an outsider, like an "instant" addiction. Other people build up a tolerance to drugs or alcohol through repeated use. Their brain adapts (neuroadaptation) to the substance and begins to function around it and depend on it, which may lead to addiction.5
Even neuroadaptation may alter a person's gene expression over time. Genes responsible for the development of personality characteristics, mental health, and physical reactions to drugs and alcohol in a system (such as hangovers and impulsive behavior) can similarly influence (but not cause) neuroadaptation in the same way that other genes can influence (but not cause) "instant" dependence.6
There truly is no "X marks the spot" in someone's genetic fingerprint that will point to a future substance abuse problem. No one is born with an addiction. However, it would be much more accurate to say that addiction is certainly influenced by genes, and that makes all the difference in the world.4
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism states that genetics only account for about 50 percent of the chance of alcoholism.7 Further, people do not inherit addictions, they inherit a susceptibility to addictions. It is entirely possible that someone with alcoholic or drug-dependent parents may never have that problem of his own, especially if he avoids substance use or compulsive behaviors entirely. Likewise, a person who does not have a genetic predisposition towards substance abuse can still develop a drug or alcohol habit, and those changes may alter genetic expression over time.6
Some genes are directly tied to substance use and addiction, while other genes influence other factors that may eventually be associated with substance abuse, such as the following mental health conditions:
Depression8
National Institute on Drug Abuse states that pre-existing vulnerabilities in genetics can put an individual at risk for both an addiction and co-occurring mental health disorder or make them susceptible for developing a second disorder after an initial disorder develops.12
No gene (or one set of genes) will directly lead to a person abuse drugs or alcohol. Instead, genes determine the likelihood of such a problem developing, especially when other risk factors are taken into consideration.
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence picks up on that train of thought, explaining that the role of genetics in substance abuse comes into play once a person actually starts abusing controlled substances. For that reason, NCADD declares as a fact that the "single most reliable indicator" of whether or not a person starts to take drugs or alcohol is family history.13
The conclusive research of the effects of a family history of alcoholism is in part why some people opt not to expose themselves to any risk and eschew alcohol totally. Such is the case with Joe Biden, the 47th Vice President of the United States, who explained his lifelong teetotalism as a result of "too many alcoholics in [his] family."14
Genes do matter when it comes to addiction, and understanding the ways they matter (and the ways they don't) is critical to devising methods of education, treatment, and prevention of substance abuse disorders.
People once believed that there were one or two main causes behind addiction. Blame was usually placed on the addicted person, and they were often accused of being of weak moral character. Today, we know that there are many possible reasons why someone might develop a drinking problem. While genetic factors can account for roughly half the risk, the other half is spread out over a number of other concerns, including
Gender: Men are more likely to become alcoholics than women, but women have more unique risk factors.
Psychological factors: These include stress, depression and suicidal thoughts, among others.
Emotional measures: People who are mentally or emotionally distressed may use alcohol or drugs to self-medicate. Likewise, people who have experienced trauma may be prone to substance use.
Frequency: Men who consume alcohol more than 15 times a week, and women who consume alcohol more than 12 times a week will frequently develop a dependence.
Social factors: The culture of alcohol may tip someone over the threshold between responsible alcohol use and problematic drinking.
Genetics is a complicated subject, and people not familiar with the basics might jump to one conclusion or another on how hereditary factors affect the likelihood of a drug or alcohol problem. While the full scope of the relationship may never be explicitly mapped out, we know enough today to say that having a parent with a substance abuse problem is not a guarantee of a future substance abuse problem, but we also know that having a parent with a substance abuse problem brings that danger much closer to home.
Are you struggling with an addiction in your life? If you or someone you care about has a problem with substance use, we are happy to help. Black Bear Lodge offers evidence-based treatment in a comfortable "home away from home" environment. Please call us today at 706-914-2327 to find out how we can help you.
1 Bagley, M. Genetics: The Study of Heredity. LiveScience.com. Feb 2013.
2 What is a Gene? Genetics Home Reference. Apr 2015.
3 Genes and Addiction. University of Utah. Accessed 22 Jan. 2018.
4 Upregulation of Cannabinoid Type 1 Receptors in Dopamine D2 Receptor Knockout Mice is Reversed by Chronic Forced Ethanol Consumption." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Jan 2011.
5 Koob, G. F., Simon, E. The Neurobiology of Addiction: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going. Journal of Drug Issues. January 2009.
6 Ponomarev, I. Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression in the Alcoholic Brain. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews. 2013.
7 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The Genetics of Alcoholism. 2013.
8 Major Depression and Genetics. Stanford School of Medicine. Accessed 22 Jan. 2018.
9 Psychosis Susceptibility Gene ZNF804A and Cognitive Performance in Schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry. Jul 2010.
10 Vann, M. Is Anxiety Hereditary?" Everyday Health. Aug 2014.
11 Bilkei-Gorzo, A., Rácz, I., et. al. A Common Genetic Predisposition to Stress Sensitivity and Stress-Induced Nicotine Craving." Biological Psychiatry.Mar 2011.
12 DrugFacts: Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Disorders. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Mar 2011.
13 "Family History and Genetics." National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Sept 2008.
14 Riding the Rails with Amtrak Joe. The New York Times. Sept 2008.


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Q: Documents version history no content for SharePoint online (Office 365)? When I right click an item in Documents and select Version History, there come up several major versions of the document and if I select one of them and click View, a dialog box like this shows up.
There doesn't seem to be anything useful other than the title, the buttons for deleting or restoring the version.
How do I view the content of the particular version? Do I have to restore it to view it?
When I check the Library Settings, major versions are enabled for version history of the Documents. But how can I view, or even better, compare the content of a specific version? All I can see there's just a title of the document, NO content. That's weird.

A: How do I view the content of the particular version ?
To view version history for your list or library for a specific item.

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*the following version history dialog will appear to you to see all previous version

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*click on your required version to view only without restore it, or if you need to can restore it or delete it as you like.

Do I have to restore it to view it ?
No, only click on the version that you need to view ,you also have three option view / restore / delete.

Can compare the content of a specific version?
No, you can compare modified by and modified date and size but content compare are achieved manually.
but also there's a workaround to compare office doc from word itself as the following

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*The difference between the Right-click > Save link as and the Left-click is - only that a left click will directly open the associated Office application. Office should detect and automatically opens the file as long as the file type is associated with the application. The link never opens in Office Online.

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How do I start a Career in Communications Management?
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Chirag Mahajan's take!
With 7 years & 1 month of professional experience, Chirag Mahajan understands Communications Management. Chirag Mahajan has worked in Communications Management as Communications Manager in Waste Warriors. In Chirag Mahajan's own words, this is how Chirag Mahajan got into Communications Management: "After graduating in English Literature from UBC, Vancouver in 2011, I worked at CiTR 101.9 FM for 3 years, hosting broadcasts and producing podcasts. I then did a Professional Diploma in Audio Post-Production from Nimbus School of Recording & Media in 2015, and assisted Audio Engineers and Record Producers in Vancouver for a year. I then moved to New York, freelancing as a Multimedia Designer. I left USA in late 2016 to travel across India. I joined Waste Warriors in Dharamshala in mid-2017 as a Project Assistant, then became Project Manager, and finally moved to Dehradun as their Communications Manager in June 2018, focusing on content writing, designing, branding, public relations, and fundraising." I searched Chirag Mahajan on Google and found this profile: https://www.lifepage.in/page/chiragmahajan
Career Video on Communications Management
In a video, Chirag Mahajan has talked about various aspects of a Career in Communications Management. Chirag Mahajan started by explaining Communications Management as: "Communications management is the systematic planning, implementing, monitoring, and revision of all the channels of communication within an organization, and between organizations; it also includes the organization and dissemination of new communication directives connected with an organization, network, or communications technology." The video gave me so much food for thought.
It was a welcome change to see the video touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Communications Management, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Communications Management. Chirag Mahajan touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:
English Literature & Language
Sills and success goes hand in hand. One needs to get a hold of essential skills.
Chirag Mahajan then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Communications Management:
Language Fluency
There are great positives of this Career.
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Creative Satisfaction
Bringing Clarity
Supporting Teams
Challenges are the other side of Positives and this Career is no exception.
And, Chirag Mahajan believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Communications Management:
Creative Block
Delegating Creative Tasks
In the final section of the video Chirag Mahajan talks about How a day goes in a Career in Communications Management. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Communications Management, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20190127-0001
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SepticSmart: Can Michigan Move from Last to First?
Published on September 22nd, 2022 by FLOW Editor - Blog Posts
Editor's note: During SepticSmart Week, which runs through Friday, FLOW is sharing updates on efforts to protect fresh water and public health from uncontrolled septic system waste, as part of an annual educational campaign that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a decade ago, with the State of Michigan, other states, communities, and organizations, including FLOW, as partners and participants. (If you are unsure about what a septic system is or how it works, start here).
Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for the latest articles, videos, and fact sheets. In case you missed it, here is additional coverage this week from FLOW.
For a long time, Michigan was regarded as an environmental leader among the states. We were the first state to ban the pesticide DDT, the first in the Great Lakes region to limit phosphorus pollution to protect sensitive waters like Lake Erie, and the first to create a trust fund from oil and gas revenues to buy public recreational and scenic land.
But there's a big gap in Michigan's body of environmental law.
We are the only state without a sanitary code that applies to septic systems—despite knowing that pollution from failing septic systems is detected in scores of rivers and lakes across Michigan.
Click here to learn how a conventional septic system works. (Click image to see larger version).
The link is clear, said microbiologist Dr. Joan Rose of Michigan State University. She led a study that sampled 64 river systems that drain approximately 84 percent of the Lower Peninsula, looking for E. coli and the human-specific source tracking marker bacteria called B-theta.
The results were clear, Rose said. "The more septic systems in the watershed, the more human fecal source tracking bacteria in the water. If we want to keep E. coli and other pathogens out of our waterways, we need to address the problem of septic systems that may be failing to adequately treat our wastewater."
Closing the gap should be an urgent priority for Michigan policymakers. State law needs to require periodic pumping and inspection of septic systems and replacement of those found to be failing.
But Michigan shouldn't be satisfied with a law that does just the basics. We should add money to a new state low-interest loan program assisting homeowners with the cost of replacing those failing systems. And we should bump up public education so that more Michigan residents know about the problem and solutions.
If we're going to be an environmental leader again, we can no longer refrain from sanitary code legislation.
Learn More about Why Michigan Must Move from Last to First on Control of Septic Waste
Here is today's SepticSmart guidance from NatureChange, FLOW, and partners:
Michigan's Lack of Septic Maintenance Requirements Threatens Public Health (One-minute trailer)
Flushing the Future-The Challenge of Failing Septic Systems (16-minute video)
Tags: great lakes, groundwater, septic code, septic system, SepticSmart Week, Sixth Great Lake
Get SepticSmart to Stop Pollution, Save Money
Published on September 21st, 2022 by FLOW Editor - Blog Posts
Image courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Editor's note: During SepticSmart Week, which runs through Friday, FLOW is sharing updates on efforts to protect fresh water and public health from uncontrolled septic system waste, as part of an annual educational campaign that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a decade ago, with the State of Michigan, other states, communities, and organizations, including FLOW, as partners and participants. Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for the latest articles, videos, and fact sheets. In case you missed it, here is additional coverage this week from FLOW: SepticSmart Week: Progress on Protecting Public Health and Fresh Water and SepticSmart: Leelanau County Board Wisely Votes to Protect Fresh Water and Public Health from Septic Pollution.
Michiganders who rely on septic systems to treat and discharge their sewage don't need to wait for a state law requiring them to maintain those systems. Their voluntary acts and practices can help prevent further groundwater and surface water pollution from failing and malfunctioning septic systems, and save them money and headaches too.
Most importantly, owners of homes with septic systems should have tanks pumped and examined at least once every three years. If the inspection yields evidence of a failing system, the tank should be replaced. Replacing failing systems is expensive – but the cost of not doing so includes risking the health of the household if a drinking water well is in the path of the slowly moving waste. It also puts neighbors and recreational users of contaminated streams at risk from fecal bacteria and household chemicals.
The State of Michigan is launching a $35 million low-interest loan program to assist homeowners in defraying the cost of septic system replacement.
U.S. EPA–Top 10 Ways to be a Good Septic System Owner (Click for larger version).
Top 10 Ways to Be a Good Septic Owner
Other SepticSmart quick tips on protecting your septic system from failure:
Have your system inspected every three years by a qualified professional or according to your local health department's recommendations.
Have your septic tank pumped, when necessary, generally every three to five years.
Avoid pouring harsh products (e.g., oils, grease, chemicals, paint, medications) down the drain.
Make efficient use of water and do not operate several water-intensive appliances at the same time. Doing otherwise can lead to a septic system backup into your house.
Keep the surface over a septic system drain field clear. Roots and heavy objects can disrupt the treatment of waste in the septic system.
For the full list of Top 10 Ways to Be a Good Septic Owner, click here or on the image.
Have your septic tank pumped, when necessary, generally every three to five years. Source: U.S. EPA. (Click for larger version).
If all homeowners with septic systems follow these tips and others, their potential bill for system replacement will be lower, and Michigan's public waters will be cleaner.
Scientific studies have found human fecal contamination affecting 100% of our river systems in the Lower Peninsula and that substandard, failing, or nonexistent septic systems are the primary driver of human fecal bacteria found in our rivers and streams.
FLOW's action on septic system pollution began with our 2018 groundwater report, The Sixth Great Lake, which emphasized that in addition to releasing an estimated 9.4 billion gallons of poorly or untreated sewage into the soil and environment each year, failing septic systems release household chemicals that residents pour down their drains. Our report called for a uniform statewide sanitary code in Michigan.
Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for daily updates. To get you started, here is today's tip from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminding all of us to Protect It and Inspect It!
SepticSmart: Leelanau County Board Wisely Votes to Protect Fresh Water and Public Health from Septic Pollution
Published on September 20th, 2022 by FLOW Editor - Blog Posts
Image courtesy of Leelanau.gov.
Editor's note: This opinion article by FLOW Legal Advisor Skip Pruss was originally published in the Traverse City Record-Eagle on Sept. 4, 2022. During SepticSmart Week, which runs through Friday, FLOW is sharing updates on efforts to protect fresh water and public health from uncontrolled septic system waste, as part of an annual educational campaign that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a decade ago, with the State of Michigan, other states, communities, and organizations, including FLOW, as partners and participants. Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for the latest articles, videos, and fact sheets. In case you missed it, here is additional coverage this week from FLOW: SepticSmart Week: Progress on Protecting Public Health and Fresh Water and Get SepticSmart to Stop Pollution, Save Money.
By Skip Pruss, FLOW Legal Advisor
In August, the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners voted to task the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department with drafting an ordinance requiring the inspection of septic systems upon the transfer or sale of a home. The bipartisan vote endorsing this ordinance came after years of rancorous debate and unsuccessful attempts at passage.
Skip Pruss, FLOW Legal Advisor
The vote was a hopeful sign of progress, demonstrating an understanding that malfunctioning septic systems can affect surface water and groundwater locally and statewide, potentially burdening communities with avoidable harmful economic, health and environmental outcomes.
Scientific studies have found human fecal contamination affecting 100% of our river systems in the Lower Peninsula and that substandard, failing, or nonexistent septic systems are the primary driver of human fecal bacteria found in our rivers and streams. A study this year found that as many as 27 percent of all septic systems in Michigan households may be failing.
Scientific studies have found human fecal contamination affecting 100% of our river systems in the Lower Peninsula and that as many as 27 percent of all septic systems in Michigan households may be failing.
The Great Lakes surrounding Michigan hold 95 percent of all fresh surface water in the United States and 84 percent of all fresh surface water in North America. Leelanau County, a peninsula within a peninsula, has the most freshwater shoreline of any county in the Lower Peninsula.
Remarkably, Michigan, seated at the very heart of the Great Lakes, is the only state without a state law setting minimum standards for the construction, maintenance and inspection of septic systems. Counties and local governments have had to step up, enacting local ordinances in recognition that a septic system inspection requirement would help identify failing systems, protect groundwater, reduce contaminated wastewater migration to our beautiful lakes and protect property values.
Remarkably, Michigan, seated at the very heart of the Great Lakes, is the only state without a state law setting minimum standards for the construction, maintenance and inspection of septic systems. Counties and local governments have had to step up, enacting local ordinances.
The good news is that, despite daily indications of bitter polarization in our politics, our community's concern for safeguarding our Great Lakes is a deeply shared value, an important area of common ground that bridges the political divide — as affirmed by the vote of the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners. The State of Michigan and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also have proclaimed Sept. 19-23 to be SepticSmart Week and are providing outreach materials encouraging homeowners and communities to inspect and maintain their septic systems.
Michigan Groundwater Table Report, Building Consensus: Securing Protection of Michigan's Groundwater
For Love of Water (FLOW), the Traverse City-based law and policy center, has focused on the protection of groundwater and its relationship to Great Lakes water quality. FLOW's recent work includes creating and moderating the Michigan Groundwater Table, an 18-month collaboration among local government organizations, state agencies, environmental and justice organizations and Michigan's universities to identify key groundwater-protection strategies and make recommendations for their implementation (See related storymap here).
FLOW continues to focus on the protection of groundwater and its relationship to Great Lakes water quality.
Among the findings of the Groundwater Table is that septic system performance writ large is, in fact, an infrastructure issue.
With the influx of state and federal funding targeted at water infrastructure support, this may be a particularly opportune time to revisit statewide solutions, including provisions for low-income assistance to address substandard systems.
Meanwhile, hats off to the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners for recognizing that protection of this extraordinary, globally unique natural endowment that is our Great Lakes is an environmental, economic and public health imperative.
About the author: Skip Pruss is a legal adviser with FLOW and formerly directed the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth. You can reach him at pruss@5lakesenergy.com.
Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for daily updates. To get you started, here is today's tip from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminding all of us: Don't Strain Your Drain!
SepticSmart Week: Progress on Protecting Public Health and Fresh Water
Graphic courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Editor's note: During SepticSmart Week, which runs through Friday, FLOW is sharing updates on efforts to protect fresh water and public health
from uncontrolled septic system waste, as part of an annual educational campaign that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a decade ago, with the State of Michigan, other states, communities, and organizations, including FLOW, as partners and participants.
Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for the latest articles, videos, and fact sheets. In case you missed it, here is additional coverage this week from FLOW for:
An example of a local solution to a state-wide problem, read SepticSmart: Leelanau County Board Wisely Votes to Protect Fresh Water and Public Health from Septic Pollution
Practical tips, Get SepticSmart to Stop Pollution, Save Money
An inspiring call to action, go to SepticSmart: Can Michigan Move from Last to First?
For a much-needed chuckle, watch this humorous Video!: Don't Do it in the River! Why Michigan needs septic regulations
U.S. EPA–Top 10 Ways to be a Good Septic System Owner (Click on image for larger version).
Michigan's lack of a statewide sanitary code ranks the state dead last in preventing pollution from failing septic systems. With an estimated 130,000 failing or malfunctioning septic systems in the state, the status quo is a threat to public health and Pure Michigan. That's why FLOW has been taking action with you and key stakeholders during the last few years to educate and empower the public and key stakeholders and pursue solutions.
This week presents another key opportunity to make a difference. Join FLOW starting today through Friday for SepticSmart Week, an annual educational campaign that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a decade ago, with the State of Michigan, other states, communities, and organizations, including FLOW, as partners and participants.
Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for daily updates.
State of Michigan's 2022 Proclamation on SepticSmart Week 2022 (Click on image for larger version).
Each day this week, FLOW will release SepticSmart Week content, including original articles and videos providing facts, tips, and inspiration to help you be part of the solution to this shared challenge of not only septic system pollution, but also the broader challenge of surface and groundwater contamination in Michigan. (If you are unsure about what a septic system is or how it works, start here).
Slow, But Perceptible Progress on a Septic Code
In November 2019, FLOW and our partners and allies hosted a Michigan Septic Summit, attended by over 150 public health experts, scientists, local government representatives, nonprofit organizations, and interested citizens. We noted that the Summit "underscored a growing resolve in the state to do something meaningful about septic system pollution. Historically, when Michigan's various interests have come together in good faith to solve an environmental problem, they have succeeded."
The Michigan Septic Summit "underscored a growing resolve in the state to do something meaningful about septic system pollution. Historically, when Michigan's various interests have come together in good faith to solve an environmental problem, they have succeeded."
Since then we have continued to educate and empower the public and key stakeholders with the information and impetus to take action on septic system policy in order to protect public health, local communities, lakes, and ecosystems—especially groundwater, the source of drinking water for 45% of Michigan's population.
The Michigan Groundwater Table Builds Consensus on Need for Protection
FLOW in January 2021 created and for a year convened the Michigan Groundwater Table, composed of 22 knowledgeable and influential stakeholders from local government, academia, and regulatory agencies.
The Groundwater Table's work culminated with FLOW hosting a livestream event—Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible on World Water Day & Every Day—last March and then in June with our release of a report, Building Consensus: Securing Protection of Michigan's Groundwater, and accompanying story map. The report contains consensus findings about the status of Michigan's groundwater and also recommendations on how to improve its protection. The Groundwater Table agreed it should be a priority to develop a statewide initiative to enable inspection and repair of septic systems, including funding to empower local health agencies to conduct periodic inspections and facilitate compliance and to assist homeowners in replacing failing systems.
FLOW continues to educate and empower the public on the need for a statewide septic system policy in order to protect public health, local communities, lakes, and ecosystems—especially groundwater, the source of drinking water for 45% of Michigan's population.
Progress on statewide septic policy in Michigan has been slow, but it is perceptible and continues. Acting on a recommendation from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and with the backing of FLOW and many other environmental groups, the Michigan Legislature this year approved $35 million in low-interest loans to help homeowners pay for replacing failing septic systems. It's a down payment on a problem that will require much more investment to fix.
Contact State Representative Jeff Yaroch, a Republican from Macomb County, to express your support Michigan House Bill 6101, which would create a statewide septic code.
Additional progress is the tentative scheduling in Lansing of a September 28, 2022, meeting of the Michigan House Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Committee to consider a proposed statewide sanitary code. Although House leadership to date has not signaled an intent to pass the legislation–Michigan House Bill 6101–this year, its introduction and potential consideration is a recognition that the problem is not going away—and that state level action is vital. Contact the bill's sponsor, State Representative Jeff Yaroch, a Republican from Macomb County, to express your support for a statewide septic code.
FLOW continues to work with the public and partners—community leaders, scientists, public health experts, academics, environmental advocates, realtors, and state and local lawmakers—to seek solutions to unregulated, polluting septic systems. Public education is vital to solving the longstanding problem.
Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for daily updates. To get you started, here is today's tip from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminding all of us to "Think at the Sink!"
Preview: SepticSmart Week Aims to Protect Water Quality and Public Health across Michigan, USA
Photo of the Au Sable River by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
In the Great Lakes State, we sometimes take water for granted. We turn on the tap and expect our drinking water to be safe. We wade or swim in a lake and assume it is clean. And we flush a toilet believing a sewage plant will cleanse the waste before it enters the environment. But sometimes none of those assumptions is true.
Many Michiganders live in residences that are not connected to sewage plants. Approximately 1.3 million residences and businesses in mostly rural areas use on-site sewage systems, also known as septic systems, to treat and release their sewage. Unfortunately, an estimated 10%, or 130,000 of Michigan's septic systems, are malfunctioning or failing, releasing an estimated 9.4 billion gallons of untreated sewage into the soil and environment each year.
Despite the threat to water quality and public health posed by failing septic systems, Michigan remains the only state in the country without a uniform septic code to set basic standards to govern how on-site sewage treatment systems.
Testing has detected the bacteria and chemicals from untreated human waste in groundwater, lakes, and streams in Michigan, and in the drinking water wells of the residents and their neighbors. Despite the threat to water quality and public health posed by failing septic systems, Michigan remains the only state in the country without a uniform septic code to set basic standards to govern how on-site sewage treatment systems are designed, built, installed, periodically inspected, and maintained.
Michigan must do better to protect its residents and freshwater environment from human waste.
SepticSmart Week Starts September 19
Starting on Sept. 19, SepticSmart Week, is an opportunity for all Michiganders to learn about the problem of failing septic systems and solutions in order to protect not
only our waters, but our health. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched the annual educational campaign a decade ago, and the State of Michigan, other states, communities, and organizations, including FLOW, are partners and participants.
Each weekday next week, FLOW will release SepticSmart Week content, including original articles and videos providing facts, tips, and inspiration to help you be part of the solution to this shared challenge of not only septic system pollution, but also the broader challenge of surface and groundwater contamination in Michigan.
Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
FLOW continues to work with the public and partners—community leaders, scientists, public health experts, academics, environmental advocates, realtors, and state and local lawmakers—to seek solutions to unregulated, polluting septic systems. Public education is vital to solving the longstanding problem. Stay tuned during SepticSmart Week to www.ForLoveOfWater.org and FLOW's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Tags: great lakes, SepticSmart Week


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Degree In Physics, Master in Science, and Phd. in Physics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Posdoctoral stay at the Laboratoire de Gravitation et Cosmologie Quantiques, Univ. de Paris VI, with Prof. Richard Kerner.
Disordered and Quasiperiodic Systems (DQS), like glasses, alloys, quasicrystals, soft-matter and fluids.
Electronic and thermodynamical properties of DQS, like the glass transition in chalcogenide glasses.
Spectral properties of quasiperiodic and disordered hamiltonians.
Applications of fractals and dynamical systems in solid state physics.
Statistical mechanics of equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems.
Structure and scattering theory of DQS.
"Beyond Phylogenetics: Darwinian Evolution of Actin", Marcelo A. Moret, Gilney Zebende, James C. Phillips, J.Q. Toledo-Marín and Gerardo G. Naumis, Rev. Mex. de Ingeniería Biomédica, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp 1-11, (2019).
"Metal-insulator transition in 8-Pmmn borophene under normal incidence of electromagnetic radiation", Abdiel E. Champo and Gerardo G. Naumis, Phys. Rev. B 99, 035415 (2019).
"Valley engineering by strain in Kekulé-distorted graphene", Elías Andrade, Ramón Carrillo Bastos and Gerardo G. Naumis, Phys. Rev. B 99, 035411 (2019).
"Toward an Accurate Tight-Binding Model of Graphene's Electronic Properties under Strain", Botello A., Obeso-Juridini J.C.,Gerardo G. Naumis, J Phys. Chem. C 122, 27, 15753-15760 (2018).
"Band Gaps and Wavefunctions of Electrons Coupled to Pseudo Electromagnetic Waves in Rippled Graphene", G. G. Naumis, R. Carrillo-Bastos, Physics Statu Solidi (RAPID RESEARCH LETTER), 1800072 (2018).
"Escape time, relaxation and sticky states of a softened Henon-Heiles model: low frequency vibrational modes effects", J. Toledo and Gerardo G. Naumis, Phys. Lett. E 97, 042106 (2018).
"Landauer-Buttiker conductivity for spatially-dependent uniaxial strained armchair-terminated graphene nanoribbons", G. G. Naumis, Pedro Roman-Taboada and Abdiel E. Champo, Physica E, Vol. 102, 123-131 (2018).
"Electronic and optical properties of strained graphene and other strained 2D materials: a review", G. G. Naumis, S. Barraza-Lopez, M. Oliva-Leyva and H. Terrones, Rep. Prog. Phys. 9, 80 (2017).
"Topological flat bands in time-periodically driven uniaxial strained graphene nanoribbons", P. Roman-Taboada and Gerardo G. Naumis, Physical Rev B 95, 115440 (2017).
"Short time dynamics determine glass forming ability in a glass transition two-level model: A stochastic approach using Kraemers escape formula", J.Q. Toledo, G.G. Naumis, J. of Chem. Phys., 146, 094506 (2017).


Apple today added a new entry-level iMac to its line, pricing it 15% lower than the previous cheapest model but dramatically scaling back the all-in-one's performance.
"There's a lot more attention paid to volume at Apple," said Stephen Baker, an analyst with the NPD Group and an expert on U.S. retail sales. "The earlier MacBook Air price changes, the amount of discounting that's going on with the iPad and iPhones as well, it feels like there's a lot more attention at Apple to getting to more mainstream pricing and more mainstream customers."
The new 21.5-in. iMac is priced at $1,099, $200 less than the still-available earlier configuration with the same-sized screen. Apple retained all other stock models of the iMac, including the two existing 21.5-in. versions -- at $1,299 and $1,499 -- and a pair with a 27-in. display ($1,799 and $1,999).
To get to that lower price, Apple significantly scaled back the new iMac's performance. Rather than use the faster quad-core processors found in the more-expensive iMacs, the $1,099 configuration relies on a dual-core Intel Core i5 running at 1.4GHz.
That's an unusual tack for Apple: Typically it reduces prices as a model ages, but retains the same components, or even improves them with, for example, a boost to the processor.
As others have pointed out, some of the new iMac's specifications exactly match those of the MacBook Air. That lightweight notebook also packs the same 1.4GHz Core i5 processor, and uses the same Intel HD Graphics 5000 chipset.
That won't matter to the customers Apple's targeting, said Baker. "I don't think they'll care," he said. "It's still a Core [processor]."
Instead, those customers care about price. And there, even with the lower cost, Apple is still not competitive with other all-in-ones of the same screen size.
"In the first five months of this year, the average price of a Windows touch-screen all-in-one with the same kind of screen -- 22 inches, 23 inches -- was $770," Baker said. "The average for non-touch Windows all-in-ones was under $500. So Apple's $1,100 is still pretty high."
As Baker noted, Apple has recently cut prices on other Macs. Two months ago, the Cupertino, Calif. firm quietly refreshed its MacBook Air line, dropping prices by $100 on all four stock models and offering a sub-$900 Air to the public for the first time.
Combined with an earlier cut in October 2013, prices for the 13-in. MacBook Air -- the most popular screen size -- have dropped 14% to 17% in the last eight months.
All that fits with the strategy Baker sees at work.
"It's all about how they wanted a lower-priced entry point into the segment," Baker said of the cheaper iMac, comparing the new $1,099 model to the $899 11-in. MacBook Air. While Apple may not expect to sell a large volume of the lowest-priced desktops and notebooks, the new benchmarks are definitely designed to get customers to look more favorably at the more powerful, and pricier, models. It's all about the upsell.
"And will that price point hold?" asked Baker, referring to the discounting that third-party retailers, including Best Buy, now often do to sell more units.
Desktops like the iMac are not on life support, Baker maintained, even though much of the market's attention has turned to thin, lightweight notebooks, various 2-in-1 configurations that mix and match elements of tablets and personal computers, and most of all, to mobile devices, including tablets and larger-screen smartphones.
"There's clearly a market for desktops, all-in-ones and towers," said Baker, of the more traditional form factor, a looming case usually hidden under a desk. "There's still a market for the central computer that everyone in the household might use."
The new 21.5-in. iMac is available immediately at Apple's online store, in its own brick-and-mortar stores, and those of select resellers.


Design process: defining project scope.
classroom and engaging in engineering practices. The components of this core idea include understanding how engineering problems are defined and delimited, how models can be used to develop and refine possible solutions to a design problem, and what methods can be employed to optimize a design.
The "whole building" design approach is intended "to create a successful high-performance building." To achieve that goal, we must apply the integrated design approach to the project during the planning and programming phases.
The web design process in 7 simple steps. Find out how following a structured web design process can help you deliver more successful websites faster and more efficiently.
The modern web design process: defining project scope. Or, how to deal with scope creep, keep your projects on target, and only do the work you're getting paid for.
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1 Introduction to Web Design Process. 2 Record client details. The purpose of the web design process detailed in this template is to provide a common space for the designer This meeting allows for the scope to be defined and understood so that subsequent outline documents can be prepared.


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Android News / Mobile Events News / CES / Western Digital Updates Its Storage Portfolio – CES 2018
Western Digital Updates Its Storage Portfolio – CES 2018
By Daniel Golightly
Citing the advent of technologies such as smartphones, drones, action cameras, and VR goggles, Western Digital has taken to CES 2018 with several solutions to the problems associated with the modern age of digital photography. More specifically, the company took the wraps off of a new voice-activated media streaming experience, the world's smallest 1TB USB flash drive, and several new flash storage devices. Set to be marketed under both the SanDisk and WD brands, the company hasn't provided any details about when, exactly, any of those will be made available or at what prices. However, each should go a long way toward making the management of media, in a world where everybody basically takes pictures or video of everything, a much less tasking experience.
The first new solution is tied in with Western Digital's My Cloud family of devices. For those who aren't already aware, these are internet-connected storage mediums that allow on-the-go access – effectively letting users set up their own Google Drive-like storage at home. The new My Cloud Home takes that concept even further, building on its previously available devices. The most notable new feature is that the new lineup incorporates voice-activated media streaming via other smart home devices and an associated application. For example, users will be able to send media through a Chromecast device or Chromecast-enabled TV with voice controls or via the app. Meanwhile, more traditionally-styled storage is getting an update as well. Western Digital is using CES 2018 to not only provide attendees with a preview of what will be the world's smallest 1TB USB device – which will hook up via USB Type-C. The company also plans to show the smallest ever 256GB USB flash drive, which utilizes USB 3.1 and will be marketed under the SanDisk Ultra Fit branding.
Finally, the company is also releasing two new updates to its My Passport Wireless SSD lineup – each at a different storage capacity. Both will feature one-touch card copy, which the company says will allow for both easy editing and wireless sharing in addition to direct access from inside several third-party mobile apps. The SanDisk brand is getting its own version of that, as well, with the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD.
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Daniel has been writing for AndroidHeadlines since 2016. As a Senior Staff Writer for the site, Daniel specializes in reviewing a diverse range of technology products and covering topics related to Chrome OS and Chromebooks. Daniel holds a Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering and has a background in Writing and Graphics Design that drives his passion for Android, Google products, the science behind the technology, and the direction it's heading. Contact him at [email protected]


For decades, Fort Lauderdale's reputation was built on cheap beachfront motels and raucous college students populating nearby bars. If you haven't been here for years, be pleasantly surprised by the large number of luxury, convention and family-friendly hotels that have replaced shacks by the coast. More are coming. Inclined you will find boutique hotels as well.


Richard Hamilton is Publisher at XML Press. He began his career at Bell Laboratories developing computer software and has worked at AT&T, Unix System Laboratories, Novell, and Hewlett-Packard in jobs ranging from software development to product management to documentation management. In 2008 he founded XML Press, which is dedicated to producing high quality publications for technical communicators, managers, marketers, and the engineers who support their work.
Richard is the author of Managing Writers: A Real-World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation and editor of DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide. He is a member of the DocBook and DITA technical committees at OASIS Open.


Looking for the perfect bridal updo? We have put together a collection of some bridal hairstyle inspiration from over the last few months. Whether you are looking for a loose, bohemian look or a polished, refined style, these are some great options to try out!


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Netflix presents this updated version of the classic sitcom "One Day At A Time" starring the one-and-only Rita Moreno and produced by original series creator Norman Lear.
A newly divorced, Cuban-American, former military mother (Justina Machada, "Six Feet Under") tries to keep her sanity while raising her teenage daughter and tween son and sharing the house with her old-school mother (Moreno).
Please Note: Cameras, cell phones, tablets and/or electronic recording devices of any kind are not permitted in the studio.