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Three names and 40 million wounds
Disappointment. Jug of cold water. blow. Indignation. Failure… There are many names used to describe Barcelona's virtual elimination from the Champions League after the unexpected draw against Inter and it will have its consequences, at a sporting and also an economic level. The fateful marker generated an earthquake in the box and in the stands, which puts various protagonists of the culé squad under scrutiny. The first of them is Xavi Hernández. The hit weakens his project in the eyes of the fans and also on the main floor of the Camp Nou. «Xavi is the most responsible. They have made him a team tailored to him and with all the signings he has wanted. He has a great team and is responsible for making that line-up, for his game system… », accused Julio Salinas during the usual 'Desafío Nacex' before each classic. Laporta, outraged after the game, wanted to go down to the dressing room area. Well advised, he waited to calm down. He met with his coach and his assistants to ask for explanations. He avoided stepping into the locker room, where he would have crossed paths with Piqué and Busquets, two of the players he already pointed out in the Assembly, in which he made them ugly by not wanting to help the club by reducing their salary. Precisely, the two captains were the other greats pointed out in the fateful final draw, by Xavi and by the popular accusation. "Unforgivable and serious defensive errors have been made," said the coach in the press room and in the talk he had with the team yesterday he criticized them for two individual failures that ruined all the work. He was referring to Piqué, portrayed in two Inter goals, and to Busquets, substituted with half an hour to go. It is true that he encouraged them ahead of the classic ("Let's go for the League, we can have a great season if we win it," he harangued them), but the reality is that he punished them by canceling the holiday they had today. There is concern in the Board, which has personally endorsed to be able to make the current squad, and discomfort in the coaching staff. Xavi left very upset, gesticulating and had a hard time falling asleep. «Last year the team did not give us, but this course have been our mistakes and it hurts more. It is a blow, cruel to us », he repeated to himself. Sergio Busquets mixed self-criticism with a message to the box and coaching staff: "It seems that when they score a goal for us, it's chaos. We were not well positioned tactically. It was a difficult group, but we had to aspire to more, after the signings that have been made." Related News standard No Soccer – Champions League Xavi: "This Champions League is being cruel to us" Sergi Font standard No Barcelona 3-3 Inter Barça saves the Champions League by a miracle Salvador Sostres The elimination in the Champions League will also have a serious impact on the attempt to relaunch the club economically and in full search of investors and sponsors. Overcoming the group stage was equivalent to 9.6 million and being in the quarterfinals was another 10.6 million. To this we had to add the items corresponding to the 'market pool' (distribution of sponsors and television among the Spanish clubs) and the collection of two games at the Camp Nou theoretically against great rivals. That is to say, close to 40 million euros that will not enter the club's coffers despite already appearing in a "conservative budget", as described by the economic vice president, Eduard Romeu, last week. Barça had 20.2 million in their accounts to reach the quarterfinals that will no longer arrive. Barcelona would have to win the Europa League to wipe with the total prize (14.4 million) part of what was budgeted for this year.
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Xiaomi Mi 9 goes official with a smaller chin and the fastest wireless charging support
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The much-awaited Xiaomi MI 9 is official, and it's good. This phone packs the Snapdragon 855 SoC, a Samsung made Super AMOLED display, 48MP primary sensor and one of the fastest wireless charging on a phone. The only thing this phone doesn't have is water resistance, and maybe the battery, at 3,300mAh, that might not satisfy everyone.
The Mi 9 gets a 6.39-inch AMOLED display with an FHD+ resolution. It covers 103.8% NTSC spectrum, can reach up to 600 nits of brightness and a contrast ratio of 60000:1. Screen to body ratio hovers at around 90.7% and the bottom bezels have been reduced by 40%, which now stands at 3.5mm. And all this is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 6.
The device is powered by a Snapdragon 855 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM and 64/128GB of storage. Xiaomi also included the Game Turbo mode, which tunes the CPU and GPU for better gaming performance. The device has a 3,300mAh battery, with support for up to 27W wired charging, and up to 20W wireless charging (fastest on a smartphone).
The phone has three cameras on the back. The first is a 48MP sensor (Sony IMX586) with a Quad Bayer filter. Aperture stays at f/1.8 and the pixel size is a large 1.6um Superpixels. The second 16MP f/2.2 sensor is an ultra-wide lens with a 117-degree FOV. The last 12MP telephoto camera works as a depth sensor with support for 2x optical zoom.
The whole back is guarded by Gorilla Glass 5, apart from those camera lenses, those are protected by a scratch-resistant Sapphire glass for extra protection. Video capabilities cap out at [email protected], with support for [email protected], [email protected]/120/240fps, and [email protected]. As for selfies, a 20MP f/2.0 selfie camera with 0.9um lens takes the responsibilities.
The same front camera is also in charge of unlocking the phone, aided by AI. The AI also helps out to reduce distortions on photos produced by the ultra-wide camera. Apart from the face unlock, you also get an in-display fingerprint reader. That and the NFC chip allows you to use Google Pay for secure transactions. Furthermore, the phone also features a dual-frequency GPS and an IR Blaster.
Like the last time, there will be a transparent variant of the device. That one will come with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and will cost you CNY 3,999 or about $595. The normal 6/64GB variant costs CNY 3,300 (approx $495), the 8/128GB costs CNY 3,500 ($525) and the 8/256GB is priced at CNY 3,700 ($550). The phones are available in Lavender Violet, Ocean Blue, and Piano Black colors.
Xiaomi MI 9 Specifications:
Display: 6.39-inch AMOLED 19:9 aspect ratio (1080 x 2280px) panel, HDR10, DCI-P3
Build: Gorilla Glass 6 (front), Gorilla Glass 5 (back), 7000 series aluminum frame
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC (7nm)
CPU: Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 485)
RAM: 6GB, 8GB, 12GB
Storage: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
Back Camera: 48 MP, f/1.8, 1/2″, 0.8µm, Laser/PDAF; 16 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide); 12 MP, 1.0µm, (telephoto), Laser/PDAF; Dual-LED flash; [email protected]/60fps, [email protected]/120/240fps, [email protected]
Front Camera: 20 MP, [email protected]
Dimensions: 155 x 75 x 7.6 mm
OS: Android 9.0 Pie, MIUI 10 on top
Color Options: Lavender Violet, Ocean Blue, Piano Black
Battery: Li-Po 3300mAh, 27W wired fast charging, 20W fast wireless charging
Price (6/64GB): CNY 3300 (Approx. $495)
Price (8/128GB): CNY 3500 (Approx. $525)
Price (12/256GB): CNY 3999 (Approx. $595)


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Enter the Nick Jr. Make It and Bake It competition here! Want to get crafty and messy with fun makes and bakes? Check out the videos and activities on the Nick Jr. site!
Turn your plain tortilla into Peppa, in this video tutorial from the series Peppa Pig!
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L'Agrupació Excursionista de Granollers és una entitat excursionista que va ser fundada oficialment el dia 7 de març de 1928. Ha estat des d'aleshores dedicada a la divulgació de l'excursionisme, en els vessants esportius i culturals. Té com a principals objectius el foment del muntanyisme, l'espeleologia, l'escalada, la bicicleta tot terreny i el contacte amb la natura.

Precedents d'entitats excursionistes a Granollers
Pels volts de l'any 1920 es crea els Ginesters, el primer grup excursionista reconegut com a tal. Hi ha constància, però, d'un altre grup organitzat vers el 1916 que rep el nom de Centre Excursionista de Granollers (CEG), que publica un periòdic mensual amb el títol El Cingle, que surt fins l'1 de març de 1917. El grup Ginesters es reunia al local de l'Orfeó Granollerí al carrer Josep Umbert. Centren les seves activitats excursionistes al massís del Montseny. És justament a la muntanya del Sui que, l'any 1928, es decideix formar l'Agrupació Excursionista de Granollers. Formalment, la nova associació va ser presentada en societat el 23 de juny de 1929 amb una conferència de Joan Montllor, president del Centre Excursionista del Vallès, de Sabadell.

Primers temps (1928-1936)
Sota la presidència d'un jove Salvador Llobet es posa en marxa l'Agrupació Excursionista de Granollers, que fa servir el mateix local social que havien ocupat abans els membres dels Ginesters. En els seus Estatuts de l'any 1935, l'AEG es fixa com a objectius el foment de la cultura i la divulgació de l'excursionisme i de l'esport en general. A més, remarca que la seva llengua oficial és el català i que l'entitat seria aliena a tota organització política, religiosa o de classe determinada. Ben aviat Salvador Llobet i Alexandre Pinyol i Llop van fer un curset de "tasques excursionistes" en el qual es podia aprendre geografia, topografia, primeres cures i altres temes d'importància per als consocis.

Van ser membres fundadors de l'AEG, entre d'altres: Salvador Llobet, Magí Gabarró, Josep Viñas, Jaume Cunill, Josep Casademunt, Eduard Corbera... Més endavant en van ser membres persones rellevants o conegudes: Josep Estrada, Antoni Cumella, Feli Miyares, Jacint Bellonch, Josep Garrell Alsina, Francesc Parellada, etc. Salvador Llobet va ser-ne president durant dos mandats: 1928-1929 i 1930-1936.

L'any 1931 es creen la Secció Fotogràfica, la Secció d'Estudi, que s'encarrega de les tasques relacionades amb l'arqueologia i les excavacions, i la Secció Feminal. La Secció d'Arqueologia, sota el guiatge de Josep Estrada, inicia les excavacions al poblat romà del Coll. L'any 1932 es posa en marxa la Secció d'Atletisme, que entrenarà en els terrenys del Granollers Sport Club. L'any 1933, l'Agrupació Excursionista de Granollers s'adhereix a la Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya. Aquest mateix any trasllada la seva seu a un pis del carrer Joan Prim. També el 1933 s'amplien les seccions de l'AEG amb la d'Esports d'Hivern i la Infantil. Comptava aleshores amb 205 socis. Amb l'inici de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939), les activitats de l'Agrupació Excursionista són pràcticament nul·les.

L'AEG durant la dictadura franquista (1939-1975)
A inicis de l'any 1940 s'inicia lentament un període de recuperació de l'entitat, presidida per Josep Torruella. Tornen a funcionar les seccions Femenina, d'Esquí i d'Atletisme. En anys immediatament posteriors es reprèn la publicació d'un butlletí d'activitats, ara en castellà, que tindrà una vida intermitent. L'any 1944, Antoni Jonch és nomenat president de l'entitat, càrrec que abandonarà el 1958 per fer front a la direcció del Zoo de Barcelona. En el seu llibre Memòries del Zoo. Entre l'anècdota i la Història conviuen homes i animals (1995)  explica què va significar per a ell l'Agrupació Excursonista de Granollers. El 1946, l'AEG impulsà campanyes arqueològiques pel Vallès i la serralada de Marina. Aquell mateix any es localitzaren 2 dòlmens i 5 poblats desconeguts i s'inicià l'estudi de diverses vil·les romanes.

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Entitats de Granollers
Clubs excursionistes catalans

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Be on the lookout for deer as rutting season gets underway
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The Rusa, an introduced species of deer that have gone feral on the Illawarra escarpment. Picture: Museum of Australia
RESIDENTS are being warned to be on the look out for deer as the pest species' rutting season gets underway.
Each year during the rutting season – generally between May and August – the visibility of deer increases as they move down from the escarpment and into urban areas, as the stags compete for herd and territorial dominance.
This is an annual occurrence and we anticipate people are already starting to see deer on a more regular basis around the city," Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said.
"When they're looking for a mate, they roam further a-field. In addition, the bucks are also vying for territory and so people may hear their interactions."
Wollongong City Council has been working since 2010 with a number of key stakeholders, including South East Local Land Services, who facilitate the Illawarra Wild Deer Management Program to reduce deer impacts and population.
By implementing a landscape management approach, the program has been operational across both government and private lands having culled more than 4,000 deer since May 2011.
"During this time of year we work with the community and other stakeholders to gather valuable information about the deer movement that is, in turn, used to support our deer management program," Cr Bradbery said.
"Deer are known to be highly adaptable and will modify their behaviour to threats, this poses a very real challenge for those trying to reduce their numbers in a safe and sustainable way."
Deer sightings can be reported using the FeralScan website or by giving the Council a call.
"That way, we can get the most up to date data of their movement through to the appropriate people," Cr Bradbury said.
Council has information on its website on how to reduce the impact of deer on properties including using motion sensor lighting, and watering systems. For more information visit here.
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Around 20% of all NHS expenditure now goes to non-NHS bodies to provide care. Thousands of contracts exists between the NHS and these providers in addition to the contacts which underpin the NHS internal market.
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The designers of the flagship T20 in-ear headphone, RHA, have been hard at work designing a solution for music lovers who like big sound without the big price. It is called the S550i and we're hoping its sound delivery is every bit as impressive as its model name.
What we know so far is that these earbuds come in a lightweight aluminum housing with micro dynamic drivers. "By developing a micro dynamic driver that can offer exciting, full range sound reproduction and using aluminum alloy housings, we've been able to make the product incredibly small and lightweight," says Lewis Heath, the Product Director at RHA.
The S550i will also come with a three-button remote compatible with all Apple devices, a tangle-resistant fabric cable and seven silicone ear tips to give you the perfect fit. These will be premiering at the Berlin consumer trade show next month (September), but everyone else will get the opportunity to sample one through Apple stores worldwide in October.
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Crystal Valley Cemetery is located on the south side of Manitou Springs at 502 Plainview Place. To reach the cemetery, take Manitou Avenue west and turn left onto Crystal Hills Boulevard, right at Poplar Place, and right at Plainview Place. The cemetery is located at the end of the street. According to GPS-derived geolocation (accurate to within 10 meters), the cemetery's coordinates are 38°51'08.5"N and 104°54'15.1"W. The city of Manitou Springs maintains both the records and grounds of the cemetery. The Sexton's Office is located at 101 Banks Place, Manitou Springs, CO 80829; telephone: (719) 685-4156. The summer weekday hours of the cemetery are 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Winter weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On weekends, the cemetery is unlocked by the Manitou Springs Police Department. If the gate is not unlocked on the weekend, call the police at 685-5407 for access.
According to The Springs of Manitou by Bettie Marie Daniels and Virginia McConnell, the original Manitou Springs Cemetery was located on Pawnee Avenue, across the street from the present-day public library. However, by the early 1880s, the City of Manitou was becoming a boom town for health-seekers and tourists, which prompted the owner of the property, Dr. Isaac Davis, to replat the area. As a result, the cemetery was moved to Crystal Valley following an arrangement with the City of Manitou Springs to exchange the original graveyard site for the present property. The removal of bodies from the original location began in 1885. That year, the first monument erected at Crystal Valley was commissioned by Dr. Davis in memory of his mother, Hannah. The 11-foot sandstone shaft surrounded by a four-foot wall is still present today. Although fire destroyed many of the early records, it is evident that by the early 1890s private ownership of the cemetery had ended and the city had taken claim of the land and management of burials.
Several prominent individuals are buried at Crystal Valley Cemetery. General Charles Adams negotiated for the release of captives during the infamous Meeker Massacre in Colorado. His headstone is inscribed "Rescuer of the Meeker women after the Indian massacre at the Colo.White River Agency - Sept. 29, 1879." He also served as U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia and upon retiring to Manitou Springs, General Adams was instrumental in organizing the Manitou Springs Mineral Water Bottling Company.


P-DTR® is a revolutionary technique used to diagnose and treat various issues related to dysfunction of the nervous system. Most other therapy techniques deal with the "hardware" issues of body (massage, chiropractic, joint manipulations, etc.), often failing to consider and assess how the nervous system is affecting the body. Often times, faulty "software" is overlooked when dealing with the issue, whether it is pain or difficulty with movement.
P-DTR® addresses issues at the level of the brain and its sensory receptors. This work recognizes that proprioception (sensation of touch, pressure, hot, cold, pain, etc.), and the way the body processes the information from these receptors, is paramount in determining neuromuscular responses throughout the entire body. These receptors all send information to the brain for processing and the brain takes this feedback into account when making decisions regarding our movement. If this information is incorrect, as is often the case, the brain is making its decisions based on bad information. Pain and dysfunction frequently result.
Motor function is not just determined by the motor system, but rather is modified by the inputs of these sensory receptors. If the information or signaling is faulty, it often results in movement dysfunction, muscle tension and soreness, limited joint mobility and range of motion, aberrant posture, and many different presentations of pain.
Using a comprehensive system of muscle testing and neural challenges, dysfunctional receptors can be located and normal function can be quickly restored. Most physical therapy and other therapeutic modalities deal with the "hardware" of the body, neglecting the fact that much of the pain and dysfunction we experience is often actually a problem with our "software".
P-DTR® uses neural challenges specific to the involved receptors combined with proper stimulation of the deep tendon reflex to make immediate and lasting advances toward restored function.


Who's joining the upcoming Black-ish spin-off. Deadline reports Abraham D. Juste has joined Freeform's new TV show Grown-ish.
The comedy will follow "Zoey – Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow's (Tracee Ellis Ross) popular, entitled, stylish and socially active 17-year-old daughter – as she heads off to college and quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest." The cast includes Yara Shahidi, Deon Cole, Chris Parnell, Emily Arlook, and Trevor Jackson.
On Grown-ish, Juste will recur as "Cassius "Cash" Mooney, the top-ranked shooting guard in the nation with a megawatt smile and a freshman at California University with Zoey (Yara Shahidi)." The Black-ish spin-off is slated to debut on Freeform in 2018.
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-call it benevolence, charity, or simply showing kindness and goodwill towards those less fortunate; this is a true account of our MFD firefighters brotherly-love in action.
The name John Connor has been pretty much forgotten, but if you were on the Memphis Fire Department in the 50's, 60's, and 70's you knew who he was. Sometime about 1904, a 9-year-old lad named John Connor wandered into Fire Station 4 on North Main Street. The old 4's was where the Cook Convention Center is today. John stayed for good, and the firefighters took care of him, as John was developmentally handicapped. John took meals with the firefighters and slept in a hose rack padded with straw.
John grew up with the fire department. In later years he was given a uniform, a badge, a hat, and a bed. Each day he made the daily rounds, walking and riding the streetcars (for free). He would stop at Bry's, the Gridiron, and the Little Tea Room and have a bite to eat. They never charged him for the meals. Then on many days, it was off to the Tennessee Brewery for a freshly made beer. John would always stop by Headquarters and Fire Station 2, where the men were always supportive of him. After all, he was the fire department's adopted son.
In the 1920's every intersection downtown had a traffic cop directing traffic. On one occasion the officer at Main and Madison, the busiest business corner in Memphis, stepped away for just a moment. John, wearing his fire department uniform took the officer's position and within minutes had traffic thoroughly tied up for blocks. For that, his uniform and badge were taken away, again. On one occasion, while wearing his uniform he was on the scene of a small rubbish fire and he was yelling "Second Alarm, Second Alarm"! Fire Commissioner Joseph P. Boyle, who did not know John, overheard him calling and the Commissioner turned in a 2nd alarm on a trash can fire. His uniform was again taken away.
In 1949 he was baptized a Catholic and attended regular daily mass at St Mary's. In 1963 when Fire Station 4 was closed and torn down, John was relocated to Fire Station 3 at 200 Linden at Third St. Captain J. E. "Ed" Benson and the firefighters there took care of John. They shaved him, helped him bathe, and washed his clothes. When Station 3 was abandoned, Engine 3 moved to new Station 8 on Mississippi north of Georgia. John was notorious for chasing the station men with a butcher knife and hurling those white ceramic coffee cups if you displeased him, as this was one of his ways of playing. He gave love and was given love by the members of the MFD. On payday, the Battalion Chief would take John around to the fire stations where he was given small change for his personal needs. John was quite a character, so much of one I really don't want to mention all his antics, much of it fire station humor and is sometimes better not to mention in print.
When John died November 8, 1979 all his funeral expenses were paid for by the members of the Memphis Fire Department. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery. We think he was around 84 years old. Fire Station 8 still has a name plate above the bed where he slept, and the station has a display case with many of his belongings.
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Álvaro Siza, Main Entrance, Museu de Serralves, Musea de Arte Contemporânea, Oporto. Photo by Luis Ferreira Alves.
I first met Álvaro Siza in Mexico in 1992 where a group of friends and fellow architects had gathered to look at Luis Barragan's work. A year later I visited him in Oporto, Portugal. I toured Siza's sites in Portugal and then he invited me to visit a building he designed, the Museum for Contemporary Art in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, which was then just two weeks away from its inauguration. That trip was memorable in two ways. We flew a small single-engine plane from Oporto in the middle of a thunderstorm—an experience that left both of us speechless for the whole journey. Then there was the impression that Siza's work left on me—in particular the sensibility with which he handled such a geographically and culturally charged site. Siza's approach to a site is the subject of the following conversation. I asked Siza to illustrate his answers with the Museum of Serralves in Oporto—just being completed—and compare it to what he had done in Compostela. I thought the subject of locality, and thus difference, to be relevant at a time in which globalization seems to lead to homogeneity. Siza's reflections demonstrate a critical approach that calls for the renewal of cultures in which the increasing exchange of ideas and values can be of utmost importance.
Álvaro Siza, Drawing for the Museu de Serralves, Musea de Arte Contemporânea, Oporto.
José Antonio Aldrete-Haas I'd like to begin our conversation by discussing your notable sensibility to both thegeographic and cultural context of architecture, how it relates to your project at the Serralves Museum and, if relevant, to the museum at Santiago de Compostela, as well. How do you take culture and topography into account when you first approach a project?
Álvaro Siza When I begin a project, I feel the necessity above all to immerse myself in the atmosphere of the location. By that I mean its cultural medium, its landscape, its accumulation of architectures. Then, I begin instinctively—as opposed to analytically—to take a sort of stroll. Once the concept matures, the more analytic considerations can be brought in, to become more studied, more precise. For me, the first step is to explore the nature of the form and the organization of the space through the history of the specific city or region.
JA You speak of a "cultural dimension." Can you give a specific example of that? Or is culture the accumulation of everything?
ÁS In terms of architecture, it is above all an accumulation, an assimilation of the forms that give a specific character to the site. It's difficult to define or describe, it's more of an atmosphere. There are no tools we can use to make such an analysis easier. But there are perhaps other ways to locate culture, other means with which to analyze it. It is also very important today to consider lifestyle—this other accumulation of activities, the gathering of various cultures into one place. My work in Holland, for example, was influenced by the enormous concentration of immigrants in that country. The process of taking that into consideration became very important to my perception of the site, to the knowledge I was able to obtain about that site—that country, where there is such a large and complex mix of societies and different ethnic groups.
JA How would that apply to the Serralves Museum in Oporto?
ÁS With Serralves, above all, it was the immense importance of the site the park around it, the historic house, etcetera. Another huge consideration was the atmosphere of fear surrounding any kind of intervention on the site. In this case, it wasn't so much my own fear, but rather the fear of the client—which became almost paralyzing to me. But at the same time, the project was a great challenge both because of the irregular shape of the park—its borders—and because of how enormous the project itself was—14,000 square meters. We ran the risk of creating meaningless residual spaces, illegible spaces, spaces without form. From yet another point of view, the project required a precise definition of interior spaces that would be in constant harmony with the overall form of the site. And then for reasons of methodology, it was necessary to maintain a certain autonomy of space with respect to the exterior volumes of the structures, and then their relationships to the whole project.
In Santiago de Compostela, the situation was reversed. The museum sits along the street, not in the middle of a garden. So there, the problems came out of the relationship the building would have to its neighboring structures, which are landmarks of tremendous historic and architectural value. The museum is situated at one end of a terraced garden that was built around the Convent of Santo Domingo de Bonaval. It is the garden that gives life to the convent and the church. It's agriculturally useful, as well as a place of repose. The path that runs through the terraces makes the shape of a fan surrounding the convent. And I took that as a starting point for the building. The building itself forms the edge of the fan. There I didn't have to worry about formless residual spaces. It was more a question of how to introduce volume into an order that was already established, having been constructed over the last 200 years or more.
Álvaro Siza, Gallery interior, Museu de Serralves, Musea de Arte Contemporânea, Oporto. Photo by James Cant.
JA Isn't there the same sort of relationship to a historic context at Serralves?
ÁS No, absolutely not. Serralves has been a museum since the '40s—not long after the construction of the house and the park. It was a classic Deco construction, complete with a fruit orchard. By the end of the '80s this landscape already seemed more casual and formless—more the result of the surrounding streets than any internal order. The structure had no conscious articulation to the park. There was no geometric order like there had been in Santiago. So because of the fear I mentioned, as well as the fact that the planning for the museum has changed drastically at various moments—became much larger—the building came to occupy the center of the site and thus had no direct impact on the external area. So in a way, Serralves was built out of fear. One of our strategies has been to suggest and realize only one primary gesture toward the border of the park and that border's relationship to the new construction. This border no longer has any geometrical organization; it's much more organic, curvy. So we've been working with a landscape architect as a kind of reply to the situation now created by the distance, or lack of visual rapport, between the house and the museum, and vice versa. With no obvious visual relationship—and responding, still, to fear the memory of a relationship becomes even more important in order to create a sense of unity. That's why I decided to maintain one or two entrances leading directly from the garden's main gate, which is nowhere near the house. We made an arbor way from the gate and one of the cross paths leads right up to the museum. And, in sequence, another cross path angles off at 90 degrees and leads to the house. There is also a rotunda along the walkway that lies in the middle of the house, to the left, and the museum, to the right. And even though when you are at either the house or the museum you can't see the other, from the rotunda you are aware of the house and you can see the road that leads to the museum, which itself is partially hidden by the trees. So we have effectively created a new articulation between the two structures that also serves to give the right scale and dimension to the new site.
JA Are you saying it was fear that brought you to isolate the museum in the middle of the park and also establish a subtle visual relationship between the house and the museum?
ÁS Well, not my fear. I call it fear, but I really mean abuse. When the plans for the museum were to make it only 4,000 square meters—which was the original idea and what I had recommended—I proposed that the museum be placed very near the house and articulated in response to the house. That created an uproar and wasn't approved. When the plans were changed and the museum grew to 14,000 square meters, I fought it for awhile but then I realized it was an impossible argument. And as the situating of the foundation fell to me, I also had to take into consideration the effect, the impact, of the museum's new scale.
JA Since we have already talked about how you articulate a building both in terms of Serralves and the Santiago de Compostela, I'd like you to talk about the materials you chose, and the solutions you came up with in terms of natural light, and other similar considerations.
ÁS It's important to note that there was fear in Santiago, too. Fear dogs contemporary architecture more than I could have ever imagined. In the case of Santiago, the client wanted to build the museum inside the garden, which I opposed, insisting that it wasn't possible. A museum, a cultural center, has an important responsibility to the life of the city. It has to work in relationship to the beautiful historic buildings that lay around it. We had to bring it closer to the streets and juxtapose it to the façade of the convent. This was a great architectural challenge—a very creative problem that the people of the city eventually accepted. It was the mayor above all who gave us strong support for our approach. In a way, this discussion is an introduction to the issue of materials. I remember that when I began the museum, I had the idea of making it in white marble—for many reasons. One reason was that in Santiago, like all of the cities in northern Portugal and that part of Spain, including Galicia, it is traditional to build everything out of granite. Even the houses that were originally made of stucco have since been replaced with granite, destroying the historical patrimony. In old photographs and in leftover areas of Santiago, you can see how everything was once white. I also thought that there was a case to be made for introducing a non-local material to an exceptional building in an exceptional part of the city. We shouldn't be afraid of that. When a city is developed, or wants to renew its institutions, it makes an open city. And using non-local materials is in a way a reflection of that opening up, to communication, to context of exchange with history. This was my idea, but as you can imagine, everyone was horrified by it. The fact is that I, myself—maybe even out of shyness or a certain sense of responsibility—abandoned the idea that I thought could have been a tour de force. Maybe it was a little too strong for the context, and so I opted for the traditional granite of Santiago. Introducing marble as a contradiction provokes two ideas: communication and a certain kind of newness. In the interior of the museum we used white marble from Greece. And for some reason the interior didn't create any controversy—not to mention the fact that there was a very strong argument for using the marble, which was actually cheaper than using local material. Rather symptomatic of our present time, isn't it?
For the Serralves Museum, here in Oporto, I wanted to use granite as a base—an idea that did not come out of any particular relationship to the city. If had other connotations and references—even to the pavement around the house. And I thought of using yet another stone, probably a limestone for the upper level, making a very tall granite base of about two meters, sometimes even higher. In that way I could both support the structure and protect it from humidity and pedestrian traffic. In the upper parts I wanted a softer material, something fairly neutral, a white limestone. As usual, because of economic constraints, we didn't go with limestone and decided to use stucco instead. That didn't bother me, although I am concerned over the long term about how poorly public buildings are maintained in Portugal. Formally, however, I didn't have any problem with that combination of materials. Specifically, what we've decided to do is to make a frame of white marble around the windows on the same plane as the stucco. You only notice a slight change of texture but the marble serves to articulate the depth of the wall and give it a more precise geometry. We get a very defined opening at 45 degrees from the border of the stucco.
Álvaro Siza, Model, Museu de Serralves, Musea de Arte Contemporânea, Oporto.
JA Isn't this also related to the light, which is so different in Santiago than in Oporto?
ÁS Well, actually, both cities have very similar climates: it rains a lot and there are many days without sun or wind; quite gray. I didn't anticipate any problem with respect to the light. I was more concerned with the formal perception of the building, because it's surrounded by all this vegetation, these trees. The building will never be seen in its totality—it will always appear as a fragment. And I wanted these fragments to have a very precise, keen line in contrast to the nature around it. This is very important, and we'll only really be able to appreciate it in 100 years because the trees are still too small today. The building is quite hard and strong in contrast to the softness of the trees, the eaves, the branches. It is this combination of light and shadow and reflection that I wanted to see through the whiteness of the building.
JA Could you reflect in general terms on the tendency toward homogeneity as opposed to diversity in architecture in a globalizing world?
ÁS In the process of globalization, I see only a few participants: Japan, the United States and Europe—not Latin America or Africa. So globalization still seems far from being a fact. But if globalization means the opening up of countries and regions then I believe it will be translated into greater autonomy as well as the reinforcement of tradition. In order for tradition to thrive, innovation is required. So I don't necessarily see a trend toward homogenization, even if such a process eventually incorporates those who are now excluded. I don't think people are changing much as a result of this trend; rather, they seem to be maintaining—even strengthening—traditional behaviors. People are the ones who make architecture, who build cities.
Álvaro Siza, Museu de Serralves. Musea de Arte Contemporânea, Oporto. Photo by Luis Ferreira Alves.
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Just when we thought of Asia as fertile territory for the monumental interventions of a handful of star architects, Joseph Grima features a few projects that let us in on the true nature of the architecture shaping contemporary China, South Korea, and Japan. Although Grima's methodology, which he calls a "Polaroid of a changing continent," is fragmentary, the result is holistic.
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Q: Setting the height on an element dynamically, in Javascript I am trying to set the height of an element dynamically, so that when the document first opens, the element takes up the whole screen (adjusted for other elements on the screen - not shown in the snippet below).
I am using JQuery in my code, and the code shown below is called after the document is loaded as per the standard JQuery pattern:
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However, I found that the results are the same - with or without JQuery, so for simplicity of the code, I have shown code that using jQuery:

How do I adjust the height of the foo element dynamically? I used both the Height and minHeight attributes, and the results are the same.
In both cases, the elemnt is correctly identified, but the attribute cannot be accessed - Before and After are both empty

A: Since the element hasn't had a height, you'll need to check the offsetHeight. Take a look at Why browser is returning empty string on style.height ? How to get actual height of an element?
Secondly, to set the height of the element, you should include px after 1500: elem.style.height = '1500px';.
An other option is to use: setAttribute('style', 'height:1500px');

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Since you've tagged Jquery, it's height function used the pixels by default, so you could shorten the code to:
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A: 1500 is not a valid value for minHeight on its own - you need to specify the units, eg "px" or "%".
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Modern design bed frame made from American oak and veneer side rails, storage is provided by an ottoman lift, sprung slatted base to give additional comfort.
Slats are the most common type of mattress support system used on bedsteads. A base with sprung slats features curved wooden slats, usually made of beech, which sit within the frame. The natural bounce in the slats means that they will adjust to your profile where you exert the most pressure. A larger bed will have a double spring unit, one on each side, supported by a central rail, which eliminates roll together and ensures you will not be disturbed when your partner gets out of bed.


When the ark of the covenant was carried into the holy of holies, "King Solomon and the entire community of Israel present for the occasion sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen too many to number or count" (1 Kgs 8:5). "The cloud filled the temple of the Lord so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the Lord's glory had filled the temple of the Lord" (1 Kgs 8:10-11). At the ark and the holy of holies, the Lord was present in a most powerful way, and the people responded in sacrifice and worship.
In the new covenant, Jesus' presence in the Eucharist is much more powerful even than His presence was at the ark and the Holy of Holies. Therefore, we have even more reason to abandon ourselves in sacrifice before the Lord and to worship Him in Spirit and in truth (Jn 4:24).
invite at least one person a week to go to Mass with you.
If you love someone, you want to be with that person in the deepest possible way. In the Eucharist, we are so deeply united with Christ that He is in us and we are in Him (Jn 6:56). Center your life on the Eucharist, on Jesus, and on eucharistic love.
Prayer: "Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore! O, make us love Thee more and more."
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By Meagan Simpson Canadian Startup News January 24, 2022
AI drug discovery startup BenchSci scores $63 million Series C round led by Inovia, TCV
Liran Belenzon, CEO and co-founder of BenchSci.
BenchSci says its tech is used by 16 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies.
With an artificial intelligence-powered platform for biomedical research, Toronto's BenchSci has created a name for itself on a global scale, attracting the attention of big pharma companies and major investors.
Sixteen of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies use BenchSci's tech, including Eli Lilly, Sanofi, Moderna, and AstraZeneca.
Now, the startup has secured $63 million CAD in Series C capital to "expedite" the reach of its technology around the world.
"It's very absurd to think that a salesperson has more software tools to augment their work than a scientist that is working on solving the hardest problems known to most people."
The all-equity and primary capital round was led by longtime BenchSci investor Inovia Capital, through its growth fund, and United States-based TCV.
"They taught computer[s] how to be a biologist, to sort through all that information and make this whole industry work better," Inovia Partner Dennis Kavelman said in an interview. "It just resonates so clearly as an application for machine learning and artificial intelligence that you can really see how it's [going to] make things better."
BenchSci uses machine learning to "target inefficiencies and unnecessary spend" in preclinical scientific research, with the goal of helping scientists and pharmaceutical companies to expedite drug discovery. The idea is to use machine learning to help researchers find reliable antibodies based on data from scientific papers.
The company's ultimate goal is to bring novel medicine to patients 50 percent faster by the year 2025.
"Historically no one has invested in technology and software tools for scientists, who we see as heroes," said BenchSci CEO Liran Belenzon.
"It's very absurd to think that a salesperson has more software tools to augment their work than a scientist that is working on solving the hardest problems known to most people," Belenzon lamented. "So we are fixing that."
RELATED: BenchSci raises $29 million CAD Series B round
Belenzon claimed that the industry standard meant BenchSci was helping to create a new category, leading to a hard time raising capital when the startup was founded in 2015.
BenchSci brought in some seed capital shortly after its founding, with Real Ventures and Golden Ventures making early bets on the company. It was after Golden Ventures led a $2.5 million seed round in 2017 that Inovia Capital first came into the picture.
Inovia Capital led a $10 million Series A round in 2018 and, after that, financing and investor interest increased. Google's AI-focused venture fund, Gradient Ventures, also took part in that round. And, like Inovia Capital, Gradient has invested in each round of BenchSci financing since then.
The latest round brings BenchSci's total funding to date to $123 million. In addition to Inovia Capital and TCV, Belenzon told BetaKit that all BenchSci's Series B investors (except for Real Ventures) invested in the Series C round. Those investors include Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) – backed Northleaf Capital Partners, Gradient Ventures, and Golden Ventures.
With a focus on growth-stage companies, TCV has made some notable bets on Canadian tech recently. It led Trulioo to a $2 billion valuation after the company secured $476 million CAD in Series D capital, and TCV led the $114 million round in Wealthsimple that capitulated it to a $1.4 billion valuation (Wealthsimple has since reached a $5 billion valuation).
According to Kavelman, this investment is a doubling down on BenchSci by Inovia Capital. It is a familiar strategy the company has adopted across its portfolio over the past several years.
RELATED: Inovia Capital launches $416 million CAD continuation fund to stick with its winners until IPO
The decision to do so with BenchSci came after Kavelman (a former Research In Motion/BlackBerry exec) joined BenchSci's board of directors last year. The move was part of a 'bulking up' of the startup's board and executive team as it looked to accelerate growth. Other recent board appointees include Gradient Ventures board partner Bonita Stewart, who joined in August.
Kavelman's connection to BenchSci actually dates back to before he joined the board and before Inovia Capital first invested in the company.
Kavelman helped create Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) in 2012, and it was at the accelerator that BenchSci CEO Belenzon first met his co-founders, Tom Leung, David Chen, and Elvis Wianda, in 2015.
What started as Ph.D. students working on a project exploring the use of machine learning to analyze scientific papers has become a 210 employee company, with 4,500 research centres and 49,000 scientists from around the world using its tech.
RELATED: Nicoya raises $10 million CAD to aid drug treatment development
"When we looked at canvassing the landscape in and around the [drug discovery] R&D process, we didn't find … tech solutions as innovative as BenchSci," Matt Brennan, general partner at TCV, told BetaKit. "More importantly, BenchSci starts where it all begins. They enable scientists in the preclinical setting to design and think about what drugs to make and ultimately apply that into experimentation. And it's really an important point to make sure that we get right, because otherwise hundreds of millions, if not billions, [of dollars] can be wasted downstream for some of these pharma companies."
It's that focus on the early stages of drug research that BenchSci sees as its differentiator.
Canada alone is home to notable tech companies in the drug discovery space, including AbCellera and Softbank-backed Deep Genomics, among others. Deep Genomics made its first-ever discovery of a disease treatment and drug candidate using AI in 2019, since increasing that number. While Deep Genomics works closely on that drug discovery, BenchSci does no discovery of its own and sees its platform as a tool for scientists.
"[We are] serving big pharma and biotech by giving them access … in a way democratizing AI to supercharge and augment their science," said Belenzon.
Image courtesy BenchSci.
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LANSING, MI - Local governments would lose the ability to regulate tree and foliage changes on industrial and commercial properties under a package of bills the Senate Natural Resources Committee considered on Tuesday.
The legislation was prompted, said lead sponsor and committee chair Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, by a situation in Canton Township where a pair of brothers cleared land to make way for a Christmas tree farm and ended up facing fines or fees of over $400,000.
Casperson was struck by the issue because of its implications for private property rights. The bills would prevent local governments from adopting and enforcing ordinances that restrict or require mitigation for the trimming or removal of any vegetation other than a heritage tree on commercial and industrial properties.
The provision keeping the ability to regulate heritage trees protects local ability to protect historic trees, Casperson said in an interview Monday.
"Other than that, for the most part, trees are trees. And trying to turn them into some type of a local possession instead of a private possession on private land I think goes too far," Casperson said.
But local government officials and organizations oppose the bills, saying they could negatively impact local development.
Jennifer Rigterink, legislative associate with the Michigan Municipal League, which opposes the bills, said in an interview Monday that local governments often use vegetation requirements to address concerns from neighbors. A row of trees can help reduce noise or light pollution from a commercial parking lot, for instance, she said.
But trees also play an important role in creating "green infrastructure" to help with things like storm water management, she said. Eliminating the ability to regulate that green infrastructure will mean the communities have to build out underground infrastructure, driving costs up.
"This seems like a one-off, a single issue that's driving statewide policy change," Rigterink said.
And it's part of a pattern for local communities that have seen their ability to govern pre-empted in recent years through things like the ban on plastic bag bans and the ban on soda taxes, she said.
"This just seems to be another, again, tying the hands of locals to address issues when they pop up locally," Rigterink said.
An attorney for Canton Township told MLive earlier this year the brothers were specifically told at least twice prior to their tree removal that they needed a permit to complete it and did not get one.
Michael J. Pattwell, an attorney for brothers Gary and Matt Percy in the Canton Township situation that sparked the legilsation, testified at the Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday in support of it.
"This is a very narrowly-tailored piece of legislation that addresses very unreasonable local ordinances that essentially take ownership of a private landowner's trees and either require replacement of a tree for it to be removed or payment into a tree fund," Pattwell said.
He didn't get into specifics about what happened between his clients and Canton Township, other than to cite media reports about the incident.
The Michigan Environmental Council opposes the legislation, said Deputy Policy Director Sean Hammond. He pointed to ways trees benefit the environment, including through helping control storm water, helping with chemical remediation, cooling water temperatures and absorbing carbon out of the atmosphere.
He said that the bill was based off one incident that, if it needs to be addressed at all, needs a metaphorical scalpel. This bill, he said, is "a literal chainsaw."
Grand Rapids Assistant Planning Director Kristin Turkelson said the legislation would have unintended consequences. The city uses vegetation requirements to address the concerns of neighbors when considering new developments, she said, and if the city is not able to address those concerns, some projects will be denied.
"This will have adverse impacts on development," Turkelson said.
The committee did not vote on whether to approve the bills Tuesday but could do so as soon as its next meeting on Wednesday afternoon. The legislation would need to pass the full Senate and House, then be signed by Gov. Rick Snyder, to become law.


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Electric Ford Mustang Mach-E details revealed early in massive website leak, report says
By Gary Gastelu
A fumble at Ford may have spoiled its electric pony party.
The reservation website for the battery-powered Mustang Mach-E apparently went live for a brief period on Thursday night, revealing pricing and performance details ahead of its scheduled debut in Los Angeles on Nov. 17.
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The pages were spotted by a member of the Mach E Forum fansite, who screengrabbed and posted them before they were disabled. Ford has not commented on the mishap, but has also not denied the authenticity of the information, which may not represent the final specifications.
According to the Ford website, the Mach-E will initially be offered in five versions called Select, Premium, California Route 1, First Edition and GT at base prices ranging from $43,895 to $60,500 before tax credits are applied. Ford will begin taking $500 refundable deposits on Sunday, with deliveries of the Mexican-made Mach-E set to start in late 2020 and early 2021, depending on the trim level.
The compact utility vehicle will come in a variety rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive configurations along with two battery packs-- standard range and extended range -- that will provide between 230 and 300 miles of driving between charges. Power for the various models is listed from 255 hp-333 hp and 306 lb-ft-429 lb-ft of torque.
According to the website, the entry-level rear-wheel-drive Select with the standard battery pack is targeting 230 miles of range and a 0-60 mph acceleration time under seven seconds, while the top of the line all-wheel-drive GT with extended battery can go an estimated 235 miles per charge and hit 60 mph in the mid-3 second range. That means the GT is nearly as quick as Shelby GT500 and on par with the performance version of the upcoming Tesla Model Y, which has a range of 280 miles.
The Mach-E models with the longest 300-mile range will be the rear-wheel-drive, extended range battery versions of the Premium and California Route 1, the latter priced at $52,400. Ford says the Mach-E can be recharged at a rate of 47 miles worth of electricity in 10 minutes at a DC fast charging station.
The Mach-E has 29 cubic feet of rear cargo space – 5.4 cubic feet less than the similarly-sized Ford Escape – and a 4.8 cubic-foot water-resistant front trunk with a drain. Photos of the $59,900 First Edition show that it features a full panoramic glass roof, digital instrument cluster and large 15.5-inch central touchscreen display with an integrated knob and Ford's new Sync 4 infotainment system, which is equipped with Alexa, smartphone integration and on-demand SiriusXM.
Details will officially be confirmed on Sunday, but you can read more from the leak at MachEForum.com.
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I have taken different mgs of vitamin D and I got a migraine from it.
Genguru – Not all vitamin D is created equally. Most patients take Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) instead of the more bioactive vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Keeping our D levels in optimal range is important, but overdoing it can cause toxicity problems that can include headache. In fact, it can cause intracranial hypertension which is extremely painful and a serious condition. Do you know your vitamin D levels and the dosage of the vits you were taking? How long were you taking them?


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Kindergarten Teacher Has 50,000 More Reasons to Love Her Real Estate Agent
Tampa, FL | April 21, 2014
Tampa teacher takes agent's advice and wins Keller Williams "Closer to Home" sweepstakes
TAMPA, FLORIDA (April 21, 2014)– Susan Beran already loved her Keller Williams agent. Susan loves her even more now that she's helped her win $50,000 to move into the home of her dreams.
Susan and her husband, Ken, were renting a home in Tampa while searching for a home to buy. Their trusted Keller Williams agent, Gail Sardegna of the New Tampa market center, encouraged them to download her new KW mobile app and enter the "Closer to Home" sweepstakes. Susan immediately started using the app ("I love the app," she said. "I'm on it all the time!") and immediately forgot all about the sweepstakes. Reached at school, where she was teaching her kindergarten students, Susan couldn't believe her good fortune. "I'm freaking out!" she exclaimed.
The Keller Williams Realty Real Estate Search App is available for free through Google Play and the iTunes App Store. Keller Williams agents can send a link to their clients that seamlessly downloads the agent's personally branded app. With the touch of a button, clients can search for nearby homes and connect with their knowledgeable agent.
"Consumers today have access to more data than ever and there are a lot of different apps," Keller Williams President Mary Tennant said. "What consumers need is help interpreting that information. Your local real estate agent is uniquely positioned to make sense of the market and help you find the right home at the right price. Our app is different because it connects consumers so effortlessly with the agent who can guide them every step of the way."
"We are absolutely thrilled that Susan has won," Director of Marketing Annie Switt said. "We launched the sweepstakes because we were so excited to be the first real estate franchise to provide our associates with their own personally branded app and we wanted to give our associates a great reason to share what we believe is the best real estate app with as many consumers as possible. We simply couldn't have picked a more passionate, gracious or deserving recipient than Susan."
Susan's experience with Keller Williams has made a big impression on her – from her agent's expertise to the technology that powers the KW app to the dozens of associates who showed up to celebrate her big day. Susan is confident that her next home will be purchased with the help of a Keller Williams agent. She's also decided to start taking real estate classes and knows the perfect Keller Williams team to join as soon as she's licensed.
About Keller Williams Realty, Inc.:
Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise company in North America, with approximately 700 offices and 98,000 associates in more than a dozen countries around the world. The company has grown exponentially since the opening of the first Keller Williams Realty office in 1983, and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards associates as stakeholders. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes and commercial real estate properties. For more information or to search for homes for sale visit Keller Williams Realty online at (www.kw.com). For more information about KWWorldwide, please visit kwworldwide.com.
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Responsible for implementing and support total compensation programs, practices, and policies to attract and retain top talent. Activities include analyzing, evaluating, and prepare recommendations to ensure the company maintains a competitive and cost effective position in the markets in which we operate. Assures thorough audits, reports and personal contact that company compensation programs are consistently administered in compliance with company policies and government regulations.
Analyzes new and existing positions and assigns to existing salary grade structures by interpreting published market data and makes sound recommendations by interpreting current pay practices to resolve compensation/grade classification concerns.
Maintains maintaining Job Value Management (JVM) System (i.e. recommends appropriate job titles, job codes, FLSA status, pay grade, incentive target, etc. for new job codes and submits to HRIS Compliance Coordinator for input into HR system.
Counsels Recruitment staff on appropriate job offers and promotional salary increases within guidelines established by JVM.
Performs special compensation, market and internal equity studies by analyzing salary data and work experience of existing employees.
Works with managers to develops business case for any proposed out-of-cycle pay adjustments.
Collaborates with HRIS Compliance Coordinator and Payroll Manager to ensure accurate processing of merit increases and incentive program payments.
Assists in developing salary budget recommendations.
Conducts job evaluation activities to support pricing and administration of exempt and non-exempt pay decisions and develops creative solutions to specific compensation-related programs. Edits, creates or assists in creating new job descriptions or updating existing job descriptions.
Participates in and conducts exempt and nonexempt salary surveys to ensure corporate compensation objectives are achieved.
Conducts internal audits to ensure compliance with Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including but not limited to, Fair Labor Standards Act, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, ERISA, DCAA, and IRS.
Develops and maintains compensation data, tables, and overall set-up in all HRIS systems. Work with HRIS Coordinator and IT staff to maximize system capabilities to administer all compensation programs effectively and efficiently.
Helps to identify trends related to industry and geographic best practices.
Monitors, interprets, and provides recommendations based upon new and changing legislation.
Coordinates applicable adjustments to pay and benefits with the Company's Payroll department.
Develops techniques for compiling, preparing and presenting data.
Tracks trends and provides metrics related to compensation activities at the aggregate and business unit level.
4-6 years' experience in the analysis, design, and/or administration of compensation programs. A Bachelor's Degree and/ or a CCP certification are preferred.
General compensation knowledge required including compliance with the state and federal laws that apply to the plans.
Excellent service orientation service skill set, ability to build strong relationships with HR generalists in field location, strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate leave process and address questions with all employees.
Must work with a sense of urgency and have the ability to handle confidential information in a professional manner. Can handle demands from multiple customers and has the ability to prioritize.
Ability to work collaboratively with multiple teams/organizations with attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
Flexible and has the capability to deliver results in a fast paced, and high volume environment.
Strong computer proficiency and technical aptitude to utilize MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Proficiency with HRIS data management and possess systems aptitude.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with top management.
DIRECTION EXERCISED: May direct the work of a cross-functional project team. Works independently to deliver work products against aggressive deadlines. Escalates complex issues to Sr. Manager Compensation & Benefits as appropriate.
DISCRETION EXERCISED: A degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Employees, Department Managers, HR / Benefit Staff and external consultants as assigned.


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Based on the European Directives 2000/78/EC, 2000/43/EC and 2002/73/EC, the General Equal Treatment Act prohibits discrimination on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age and/or sexual identity in employment and in access to employment. This encompasses a prohibition of discrimination in recruitment processes and chances of promotion as well as in working conditions, including the prohibition of unequal wages. Furthermore, the protection from discrimination has to be guaranteed in access to vocational guidance and vocational training, as well as for members of an employees' or employers' federation.
Within this scope BUG provides legal support in cases of discrimination, such as discrimination on the grounds of a chronic illness or on grounds of religion or lack of religious affiliation.