A Japanese restaurant made headlines when the owner posted a sign at the front door. The unsual sign made many people curious.
Although the sign has been up for three years, it was recently replaced with a larger version that more people are starting to notice. So much so, they keep sharing images of it on social media every day.
Many think it's great while others think it's outrageous!
Since Tanaka's restaurant offers hibachi-style seating, patrons often share tables with strangers. He wants his customers to be respectful toward each other.
He added the marijuana smell to the sign because as recent as last week, customers have complained about it from other patrons.
"We have to turn them out because we don't like that in our establishment," he said.
Some people have interpreted the sign as racist.
"It looks like they are trying to say something about some kind of race," said one nearby resident who refused to share their identity.
Others are happy about the sign.
Tanaka says the sign has nothing to do with race and he always gives offenders a second chance. But if they don't fix the problem, he politely asks them to leave.
I agree! Saggy pants looks so gross! And some people do not smoke cigarettes or marijuana so the smell bothers them! And phone conversations should end when you are out for dinner! No one wants to hear your conversation!
America was a "free" nation at once, but not anymore. Personally, I beleive in a free country you should be able to DESCRIMINATE (not always a bad word) for any… I say ANY reason!!! It's your store or place of business, anyone who doesn't like how you descriminate can boycott your place and go somewhere else. I'm fine with the government rewarding what they perceive as proper behavior, but don't believe they have any right to punish people who don't. If I want to bake cakes for only people over six feet tall and from Texas, that's my business and nobody elses!
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Indian sports news wrap, January 18
Here are all the major developments in Indian sports on January 18, 2023.
Amandeep Drall in action. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Amandeep shares lead with Pranavi on Day 1 of 2nd leg of Hero WPGT 2023
Amandeep Drall dropped two late bogeys on the back nine but still had a share of the lead with Pranavi Urs at the end of day one of the second leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2023 on Wednesday.
The duo shot 1-under 69 each at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club and were one ahead of Mysore golfer Disha Kavery (70), who is only in her third season as a pro.
Two amateurs, Vidhatri Urs (71) and Nishna Patel (72), were third and fourth, while Vani Kapoor, who will shift her focus to the Ladies European Tour next month, carded 73 after a rough front nine of 3-over.
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She shot 3-over 73 as did Asmitha Sathish and Afshan Fatima.
Four others -- Sneha Singh, Lakhmehar Pardesi, Khushi Khanijau and Ananya Datar -- were tied ninth with 75.
Amandeep, playing for the first time since the season-ending events on the LET Tour in 2022, had an early bogey on the second but three birdies in a row from sixth to eighth and another on the 11th saw her go 3-under. She then dropped shots on the 14th and 17th to finish at 69.
In contrast, Pranavi, who is likely to play on the Epson Tour in the US this season, birdied the first and fourth but dropped a shot on the ninth to reach the turn in 1-under. She parred each of the nine holes on the back-nine to finish at 69.
Disha Kavery had one bogey on the front nine and another on the 12th, but back-to-back birdies on the 14th and 15th, saw her card even-par 70.
Last week's winner Seher Atwal had a difficult day with 7-over 77. She bogeyed three in a row from eighth to 10th and then a double bogey on Par-3 13th added to her woes as she finished bogey-bogey for a 7-over card. She was lying tied 15th.
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Ridhima Dilawari had an even worse start at 9-over 79 with six bogeys and a triple bogey, and was tied 19th.
-PTI
Sharma looks for good start to 2023 season in Abu Dhabi
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma will be hoping for a good start to the season when tees off at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships here on Thursday.
At 26, Sharma is already feeling like a veteran as he begins his 11th year as a professional here. Entering the paid ranks at 16, he rose very fast. By 2018 he was on the DP World Tour and had two wins in matter of four starts around the turn of 2017-18.
On Thursday, he will start his first round with Finland's Tapio Pulkkanen and Englishman Matthew Southgate from first tee, while Belgian Thomas Pieters, targeting back-to-back wins on the Yas Island, is paired with two other past champions Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood from the 10th tee.
Sharma will also try and prove once again that nice guys do win. In his years on DP World, he has earned praise not only for his game but also his great demeanour.
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Pieters, the defending champion, said, "Shubhankar (Sharma), he's one of the nicest kids I've ever met. His dad, as well. Always saying thank you, please. He is very well brought up. He's just a really nice kid. He's well-mannered. There's nothing to dislike about him." On Sharma's game, Pieters added, "He's got a very good golf game obviously. I think he hits really good stretches where he putts it well and drives it well, and then he goes off and has a couple months or half-year that he doesn't really perform. But that's golf and that's just a part of growing up and dealing with those kind of stretches. Everybody has them." Sharma has kept his card since, but has not been able to convert close finishes into wins.
Two of those excellent performances came in 2022, one a runner-up finish at this very tournament and at the same Yas Links and then there a third place at the Nedbank Challenge, the penultimate event of 2022.
"I had a great start and then it was a lull in the middle for various reasons – some club issues, a niggle in the back and then Covid. There were Top-15s in Kenya, Dutch Open and Singapore, but towards the finish was strong with third place in Nedbank in South Africa," Sharma said, recalling last season. "At the DP World Tour Championships I did just enough finishing in mid 40s but that helped me finish the year in Top-30 on the DP World and secure a place for the 2023 (British) Open. So, I would call the year a mixed bag." Sharma, who has played at Abu Dhabi every year since he came on the Tour fully in 2018, loves the place.
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"It is a great place. Great places to go to and see. I went to the Ferrari World (across the Yas Links) here and I have great memories from the tournament last year. The elite Rolex series events in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are a great way to start the year.
"I played with Viktor Hovland and Rafa Cabrera Bello last year in the final and ahead were Shane Lowry and Thomas Pieters. It was really close. A late bogey cost me a chance to get into a play-off." Séamus Power makes his tournament debut following his appearance in last week's Hero Cup. The Irishman also won his second PGA TOUR title at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in October last year and currently leads the FedExCup standings.
There are 19 members from last week's Hero Cup teams, including the 2021 winner Tyrrell Hatton, as well as Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald and his vice captains Thomas Bjørn, Nicolas Colsaerts and Edoardo Molinari.
$40,000 ITF women's tournament
Ankita Raina fought her way past Ekaterina Maklakova of Russia 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in the first round of the $40,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the Arera Club on Wednesday.
In the pre-quarterfinals, Ankita will challenge the second seeded Joanne Zuger of Switzerland, who beat Ekaterina Yashina in straight sets.
Karman Kaur Thandi beat Daria Kudashova of Russia 6-3, 6-3 to make the second round. She will face fifth seed Anastasia Tikhonova of Russia in the second round.
The only other Indian player to progress to the pre-quarterfinals earlier on the opening day, Rutuja Bhosale will face sixth seed Ekaterina Makarova of Russia.
Singles (first round): Nigina Abduraimova (Uzb) bt Emily Welker (Ger) 6-1, 6-0; Ekaterina Reyngold (Rus) bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-4, 6-2; Karman Kaur Thandi bt Daria Kudashova (Rus) 6-3, 6-3; Anastasia Tikhonova (Rus) bt Sharmada Balu 6-2, 6-0; Irina Khromacheva (Rus) bt Sravya Shivani 6-1, 6-2; Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Funa Kozaki (Jpn) 6-0, 6-4; Valeriya Savinykh (Rus) bt Zeel Desai 6-0, 6-2; Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz) bt Ziva Falkner (Slo) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4; Mana Kawamura (Jpn) bt Saki Imamura (Jpn) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Gozal Ainitdinova (Kaz) bt Carole Monnet (Fra) 6-2, 6-4; Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt En Shuo Liang (Tpe) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Ksenia Zaytseva (Rus) bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) 6-1, 7-6(6); Ankita Raina bt Ekaterina Maklakova (Rus) 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4; Joanne Zuger (Sui) bt Ekaterina Yashina (Rus) 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) & Rosalie van der Hoek (Ned) bt Ekaterina Maklakova & Ksenia Zaytseva (Rus) 6-4, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Arjun Kadhe in doubles quarterfinals
Arjun Kadhe in partnership with Fernando Romboli of Brazil beat Ivan Marrero Curbelo and Hillel Rousseau 6-1, 6-2 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €118,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Tenerife, Spain.
€118,000 Challenger, Tenerife, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Fernando Romboli (Bra) & Arjun Kadhe bt Ivan Marrero Curbelo (Esp) & Hillel Rousseau (USA) 6-1, 6-2.
$40,000 Challenger, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Krittin Koaykul & Jirat Navasirisomboon (Tha) 6-3, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF men, Doha, Qatar
Singles (first round): Mukund Sasikumar bt Mashari Nawaf (Qat ) 6-0, 6-1; Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Tibo Colson (Bel) 6-4, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF men, Jakarta, Indonesia
Singles (first round): Sidharth Rawat bt Karan Singh 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(3); Hong Kit Wong (Hkg) bt Rishab Agarwal 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(3); Niki Poonacha bt M Rifqi Fitriadi (Ina) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Duckhee Lee (Kor) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-3; Arthur Weber (Fra) bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(5).
National shotgun trials
Prithviraj Tondaiman beat Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendirata 32-30 to top the second National shotgun selection trials in trap at the New Moti Bagh Gun Club on Wednesday.
Qualification topper and winner of the first trial, Zoravar Singh Sandhu topped qualification with 121, but ended up third ahead of Anirudh Singh in the medal round.
Lakshay Sheoran, Rayyan Rizvi, Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Aryavansh Tyagi were eliminated in the semifinals.
In women's trap, Shreyasi Singh prevailed 29-25 over Sabeera Haris, while the topper of the first trial, Preeti Rajak, ended third ahead of Snehlata Rajawat.
Rajeshwari Kumar, Kirti Gupta, Nilaa Baalu and Neeru got eliminated in the semifinals.
Men: 1. Prithviraj Tondaiman 32 (20) 120; 2. Bhowneesh Mendiratta 30 (21) 114; 3. Zoravar Singh Sandhu 23 (20) 121; 4. Anirudh Singh 11 (22) 113.
Junior men: 1. Aryavansh Tyagi 112; 2. Bakhtyar Uddin Malek 111; 3. Vivaan Kapoor 111.
Women: 1. Shreyasi Singh 29 (19) 103; 2. Sabeera Haris 25 (19)103; 3. Preeti Rajak 18 (22) 109; 4. Snehlata Rajawat 8 (20) 104.
Junior women: 1. Preeti Rajak 109; 2. Sabeera Haris 103; 3. Nilaa Baalu 102
NEROCA FC stun TRAU 3-1, move up from relegation zone
Jourdain Fletcher scored a brace as NEROCA FC came out of the relegation zone with a come-from-behind 3-1 win over local rivals Tiddim Road Athletic Union in an I-League match at the Khuman Lampak Stadium on Wednesday.
Fletcher struck in the 37th and 90+1st minute, while Michael Kporvi fired in another in the dying minutes to hand NEROCA full points that took them to the 10th spot with 11 points from 12 matches.
The win also avenged the first-leg defeat to their arch-rivals who remained at third place from 12 matches. Ten minutes into the game, trying to clear a cross from the right by TRAU's Salam Johnson Singh, NEROCA captain and defence mainstay David Simbo headed it on to TRAU's lone striker Komron Tursunov, who calmly chested it down and put it into the net with his right foot.
Till the half-hour mark, TRAU kept attacking and looked like scoring at any time but coach Leimapokpam Nandakumar Singh's tactical display kept them at bay.
NEROCA came back into the match with the equaliser when Paogoumang Singson crossed from the left and Jourdain Fletcher scored a world-class goal with a side volley.
TRAU had the chance to go up once again just before the breather when they were awarded a penalty but Fernandinho's low left-footer was saved by Soram Poirei.
TRAU came close to scoring twice in the second-half but could not convert their chances.
NEROCA coach Wangkhem Khogen Singh's decision to replace Kamo with Michael Kporvi in the 87th minute proved to decisive.
His precise pass across the field to Fletcher caught the TRAU defence napping and hand them the lead.
TRAU were still trying to salvage a point, but the counter-attack settled the result as Kporvi made it 3-1.
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The appearance will be captivated 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 30 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Plattsburgh Accompaniment Field House.
"We capital to beset the accomplished as able-bodied as accessible people's eyes to what is out there new," said Vickie Johnston, appearance chair.
Nearly 300 traditional, art and avant-garde quilts will be apparent and for bargain by brotherhood members.
The appearance appearance a raffle quilt, Quilter's Corner assignment shop, Fabricated by Us Gift Shop, Latte Lotto (silent auction), Entertainer's raffle basket, Fat Quarter raffle bassinet and a host of vendors for every fiber-art need.
"We accept a lot of alfresco guilds advancing in as board for the show," Johnston said.
She was aggressive to accompany the brotherhood afterwards the 2015 show.
"The better affair that afflicted me back I abutting was the bulk of association account that this brotherhood absolutely does," Johnston said.
Show exhibits accommodate "Common Sense & Pin Money: The Material Culture and Legacy of Lula Annie Butler 1909-2009," which was a 2015 exhibition curated by me at the Fiber Arts Center of the Eastern Shore in Denton, Maryland.
There will additionally be a baby affectation of the Caroline County batt block, which was additionally created by me and Mary Lou Beauharnois, Anne Gillette and Sue Minnie for the 1864 Annapolis Emancipation Proclamation Adventure Quilt.
Kerry Sanger will host "Sit and Sew," area attendees can duke quilt. Mary Fauler will host batt tying.
The "Underground Railroad Quilt," fabricated by Deborah Duquette, appearance blocks fabricated by Nancy Dayton and Diana Archambault.
In the "Block of the Month Display," Victoria Evans recounts a adventure and created a block, apery a suffragette, to adore the bazaar of the women's appropriate to vote in New York state.
Quilt appraiser/historian Barbara Stadnicki will affectation a arrangement of aged quilts and advise attendees how to actuate a quilt's age.
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"Then, I accept quilts all the way up to the 1940s. I will be assuming the aberration in batt styles."
Attendees can booty handouts, one that lists accepted styles during altered actual periods, and addition one on batt care.
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At the Vermont Batt Festival, she took her aboriginal chic on dating quilts.
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Strauss abstruse about this brotherhood and assertive her mother to join.
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How will tech's appetite for office space change downtowns?
Along bustling Westlake Avenue, running up a gentle incline from South Lake Union to the highrise heart of Seattle, about half the lunch-hour pedestrians and patrons sitting on café patios sport the distinctive blue lanyard and badge of the Amazon.com Inc. employee. The world's preeminent digital retailer and cloud services provider employs more than 30,000 people spread over 30 buildings here. And its presence is growing, in size and visibility. Between two of its newest office towers, Amazon is building a glass-walled conservatory in the shape of giant golf balls where employees will be able to hold meetings or just chill out, surrounded by tropical foliage. What the company is doing has generated so much curiosity that, in 2016, it began offering public walking tours of select buildings twice a week.
Faced with a space crunch in 2009, tour guide Allison Flicker explains, founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his team explored the option of relocating to the suburbs where Amazon might build its own campus in the fashion of its information technology peers like Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. But they decided to stay and grow in the central business district. The feedback from employees was that they overwhelmingly preferred to work downtown. It was easy to get to, especially for the 55 per cent of staff who didn't drive to work. And it just had a better atmosphere, tied into a neighbourhood with a variety of restaurants and other amenities instead of sequestered in suburban isolation.
Today Amazon is by far the largest private-sector employer in Seattle. The company issues maps to employees to help them find their way to its various buildings. Thanks to its policy allowing staff to bring their dogs to work—more than 2,000 dogs are registered—canine grooming salons dot the neighbourhood. And though this is downtown, spotting someone wearing a tie on the street or in an elevator is a rare occurrence.
Amazon is by no means the only technology player transforming the downtown of a major city. In San Francisco, Salesforce.com will move into an eponymous 61-storey tower, the tallest in the city, in the spring of 2018. LinkedIn Corp. recently relocated its head office from Mountain View, California, to another new skyscraper by the Bay. Uber Technologies Inc. is also building a San Francisco headquarters, this one a midrise, but still 420,000 square feet. Zappos.com is almost single-handedly trying to revive the dowdy downtown of Las Vegas.
The tech takeover has been observed beyond North America, too, in cities including London and Berlin. It's even happening in China. Tencent Holdings Ltd., which developed the world's premier messaging app, WeChat, is building side-by-side towers connected by walkways that will provide workspace for 12,000 employees in Shenzhen, just inland from Hong Kong. Perhaps not surprisingly, the complex is designed by the same architecture firm responsible for Amazon's Spheres.
The phenomenon is also happening in Vancouver, subtly changing the character of the city's downtown in the process. Last year Microsoft Corp. took over two floors of the Nordstrom block anchoring the Pacific Centre mall. Where shoppers once browsed the aisles of Eaton's (then Sears's) B.C. flagship, today coders sip lattes and nibble healthy snacks between sessions working on OneNote, MSN and Skype for Business. Another 3.5-acre floor of the same building is occupied by animation and digital effects house Sony Imageworks. And with 1,300 staff filling a former fashion warehouse in nearby Yaletown, SAP is among the largest employers on the downtown peninsula, period.
Information technology and digital media companies accounted for 36.7 per cent of the demand for office space in downtown Vancouver in the second quarter of this year, according to leasing company Colliers International (down from 42 per cent a year earlier). They already occupy 21.8 per cent of downtown office space, putting tech in league with finance and professional services as an occupant of space. That's up from virtually nothing 20 years ago.
The dot-com boom of the late 1990s was largely a suburban business-park phenomenon. Its nodes included Redmond, Washington (home of Microsoft), Burnaby (where Electronic Arts Inc.'s largest video-game studio has its own soccer pitch) and, for that matter, all of Silicon Valley.
Many of these leafy redoubts remain tech hotbeds, but the industry's recent expansion has almost all been in the centre of the city. Twitter Inc. set a Bay Area trend in 2012 when, upon going public, instead of decamping to the Valley as expected, it doubled down on San Francisco's central business district. It took advantage of city incentives to spruce up a vacant art deco landmark on Market Street, the city's distressed main drag. Twitter's move wasn't an unmitigated success; beset by earnings misses, the company is reportedly subletting 30 per cent of its space. But other tech companies, large and small, followed its geographical lead.
Whereas the first tech firms to venture downtown came for character properties around the fringes with their bare brick walls and timber beams overhead, today's downtown nouveau riche favour custom-built or -renovated AAA space. In Vancouver, IT firms have engaged in a kind of turf war, each looking for that iconic space and location that will appeal most to talented young hires. "I don't think there's a space like this in Vancouver," boasts Edoardo De Martin, director of the Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre above the Nordstrom store. He cites the things millennial employees appreciate: good transit access, city amenities and, within the space, an open, collaborative environment where they're not chained to a desk. "This space is more amenable to the demographic we're hiring," De Martin says.
When SAP Labs Vancouver (which was founded as Crystal Services and has gone through a series of owners including Seagate Software, Crystal Decisions and Business Objects) set up shop downtown in the 1980s, it was an anomaly in IT, recalls managing director Kirsten Sutton. But even then the location "was a huge attractor of talent," she says. It just made life simpler for young programmers who already gravitated to apartment living in the city. Many of those early hires now have families and live in the suburbs, Sutton says, but even for them the company's Yaletown site is accessible by transit at all hours. As for more recent hires from the millennial generation, the central location is pretty much expected. Only 16 per cent of employees at SAP Labs drive to work. Many, especially the younger ones, don't own a car at all.
SAP just renovated the space over the past two years and signed a new 10-year lease. Instead of building a cafeteria, as the German multinational has done at most of its other offices around the world, SAP Labs Vancouver runs a program called Lunch on Us whereby employees receive a gift card they can use at any of 52 restaurants in the surrounding neighbourhood. "When a new restaurant opens in Yaletown, right away they are knocking on our door wanting to be on that card," Sutton says.
But there are reasons to believe tech's urban invasion will be permanent, and transformative to the city landscape. In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote a much-shared op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal that expounded his view of "Why software is eating the world." IT developers were devising new ways to deliver goods and services to customers that would see them take over swaths of the economy, Andreessen argued, using the examples of Amazon, Netflix and Apple's iTunes. (Uber wasn't even around yet.) Instead of working in factories, in the future people will increasingly work in offices developing the software to run the robots that do the factory jobs.
Six years later, Andreessen's scenario appears to be playing out. Conventional revenue figures tend to underestimate the impact of the technology industry, partly because many players are in the pre-commercialization stage. But The State of Canada's Tech Sector, 2016 by the Brookfield Institute, a Toronto-based think tank, uses some different methodology to show that technology is a far greater force in the Canadian economy than widely thought. Tech represents $117 billion in gross domestic product, or 7.1 per cent of the overall economy, the report states, putting it fifth among all industries—after real estate, manufacturing, mining/oil and gas, and construction. Its 71,000 firms (6.1 per cent of all companies) employ 864,000 people (5.6 per cent of the national labour force) and account for the lion's share of private sector research and development, at $9.1 billion. In Vancouver and Halifax, tech is second only to retail trade as a source of employment.
What Andreessen and other heralds of the tech takeover didn't anticipate, or were less interested in, was just where this new post-industrial workforce would want to be located. And make no mistake, some notable non-technology companies—McDonald's Corp. and Kraft Heinz Co. in Chicago, General Electric Co. in Boston—have also been making the trek downtown from the burbs. North American downtowns are generally cleaner, safer and more appealing to all kinds of enterprises and their workers than they were a few decades ago. But these other industries don't have the same potential as technology to transform the urban landscape, for a couple of reasons. First, technology was never downtown in a big way before now. IBM Corp. was founded in upstate New York; Hewlett-Packard Co., in a Palo Alto garage. So the industry's incursion into downtown office space is unprecedented.
Second, where companies in other industries might just locate head-office functions such as finance, legal and marketing in their highrise urban HQs, tech companies bring the people who actually create the core product or service. Amazon expects to have 50,000 employees in Seattle by 2026—more than aerospace titan Boeing Co., long the metropolitan region's leading employer, ever had in suburban Everett, Washington. Indeed, it foresees a day when it will outgrow the city, floating a plan to establish a second headquarters in another North American city. It's as if North America's industrial heartland is increasingly accessed by elevator.
ing and retaining companies at every stage of their development. Research by urban theorist Richard Florida indicates that San Francisco now attracts more venture capital investment than all of Silicon Valley, while New York City has in recent years emerged as a leading startup hub. In a paper published this year, Startup City: The Urban Shift in Venture Capital and High Technology, the University of Toronto professor found correlations between VC investment and social diversity—the prevalence of gay people and immigrants, for example—but not with some assumed lures, such as medical centres and universities, more commonly found in outlying communities.
Earlier generations of coders were content to drive 45 minutes or more to a suburban campus, but the millennials that companies are hiring today prefer to live and work in the city, leasing agent Carlson says. They want easy, 24-hour transit access and amenities such as restaurants, bars and fitness clubs in close proximity. Tenants in IT commonly ask for things like secure bike storage and showers, along with large floorplates amenable to collaboration. Compared with finance or professional services tenants, they fit more workstations in a given area yet also demand more amenity space.
More than just landlords are having to adapt to the tech industry's arrival. The influx of technology workers has Dunn's Tailors selling more casual shirts and pants than it used to, says Jordan Smith, general manager of the 81-year-old downtown Vancouver haberdashery. "IT guys aren't suits," Smith says, though he's had people run into his shop in a panic saying they have a meeting in Toronto the next day and need to buy one.
If there's a problem, it's that a few tech-happy cities like Vancouver and Seattle may get too much of a good thing and lose some of their diversity and vitality as a result. It wasn't just the employees' preference that prompted Amazon to stay downtown back in 2009. CEO Bezos had his own reasons: he thought the suburban option would stifle workers' creativity and disconnect them from their customers. "Jeff believed that, working in a city, they are more vibrant and engaged because they are not surrounded by folks who are working at Amazon. They are around people who work at other companies who have many other different kinds of jobs," tour guide Flicker says.
Amazon's current expansion plans, however, call for this one company to occupy more than a fifth of Seattle's downtown office inventory (some 10 million square feet) by 2019. As the ever-larger tech industry clusters in urban cores, the people tech workers encounter on the street and in the elevators may stop looking so diverse and start to look increasingly just like them.
With just one click, Amazon.com Inc.'s request for proposals for a new headquarters triggered what may be the biggest corporate relocation lottery in history.
At press time, Vancouver and more than 100 other Canadian and U.S. cities were vying for the coveted prize. The Seattle-based retail giant will announce the lucky winner next year. With its high housing costs and tight land supply, what are Terminal City's chances of playing host to an 8.1-million-square-foot HQ teeming with some 50,000 employees?
Add Canadian selling points like multiculturalism and government-funded health care, and Vancouver could have a significant edge on U.S. rivals. Amazon has 5,000 openings for software developers, according to commercial real estate firm Colliers International. "You're not going to fill that immediately anywhere so being able to source globally is probably a very important issue," says Craig Hennigar, director of market intelligence, Canada, with Colliers, adding that Vancouver's openness to immigration is attractive.
Although currency exchange differences could reduce the company's costs, one of the biggest savings for businesses in Canada is on health care. "There's huge issues in the United States for health coverage—government health care just isn't there for the masses like it is here," notes Anthony Ariganello, president and CEO of Chartered Professionals in Human Resources B.C. & Yukon.
Among the obstacles for Vancouver is finding a suitable site. Although there are some in the region (see below), municipal governments would need to allow significant density. The entire downtown core has only about 22 million square feet of office space.


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Freshman running back recognized by Athlon Magazine
December 19, 2013 | News, UToday
By Paul Helgren
University of Toledo running back Kareem Hunt has been named second-team Freshman All-America by Athlon Magazine.
Hunt rushed for 866 yards and six touchdowns on 137 carries this season.
His average of 6.3 yards per carry was second among Mid-American Conference running backs, trailing only teammate David Fluellen.
Hunt stepped in for Fluellen when the senior suffered an injury late in the season. He gained more than 100 yards five times, including a 186-yard effort in a 51-41 win over Buffalo Nov. 12.


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Woman who fell into manhole now suing PUB for $5 million, adds schizophrenia to injuries
Madam Chan Hui Peng fell down a manhole in 2015. TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
She is adding schizophrenia to her list of injuries after initially claiming $20m in damages for 2015 accident
A woman who sued national water agency PUB after she fell into a 1.8m-deep manhole five years ago has added her diagnosis of schizophrenia in February this year to the list of injuries she allegedly suffered as a result of the accident.
Madam Chan Hui Peng, 47, believes her husband was an evil spirit and that laser beams were being shined into her condominium unit, her lawyer told the High Court yesterday.
Mr L. Devadason also told the court that his client, a chartered accountant, is no longer pursuing her initial claim of $20 million, which was based on the report of an accounting firm. She is now seeking about $5 million in damages.
She has submitted thousands of pages of medical reports and clinical notes in a bid to show that, apart from a fractured ankle and scrapes, the accident also caused her to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and schizophrenia.
PUB has accepted 70 per cent of the liability for the accident, but disputes her claims for items that include loss of future earnings and future medical expenses.
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Lawyer K. Anparasan, acting for PUB's insurers, argued that Madam Chan "has a proclivity to obtain and amend medical evidence to her satisfaction".
He said the defendant's experts will testify she did not suffer from PTSD and that "there might have been a degree of embellishment".
"(Madam Chan) has made a mountain out of a molehill and has seized the opportunity to capitalise on the injuries she allegedly sustained because of the accident."
He also noted surveillance by private investigators showed she could carry out daily activities, including walking up to 3.5km a day.
But Mr Devadason said Madam Chan was seeking "just compensation" for her physical and psychological injuries to "continue her diminished existence with at least some measure of dignity".
The court heard that on the morning of Dec 1, 2015, Madam Chan exited Kovan MRT station and was walking towards a row of shops to collect some birds' nest she had pre-ordered.
She did not see an open manhole near Kovan Residences and fell in feet first, landing on her buttocks. Mr Devadason said a tree had cast a shadow over the manhole and there was no cordon or signs around it.
Three PUB officers who were standing near the manhole helped her out and drove her to seek medical help.
Madam Chan spent five days at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and was diagnosed with trauma, bruises on her hip and an ankle fracture.She then spent four months rehabilitating at Ang Mo Kio Hospital.
Yesterday, Madam Chan spoke softly but was composed when she was cross-examined on the stand.
Mr Anparasan contended she was not working at the time of the accident and had concocted evidence to justify her claim for loss of earnings.


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Stuck in St. Louis due to blizzard, Chaminade will get house
"Can I tell you my story?"
West Hills Chaminade Excessive boys' basketball coach Bryan Cantwell was telling a flight agent about attempting to get his gamers and fellow coaches house for Christmas after touring to St. Louis final week for a match. They have been stranded due to the various flight cancellations attributable to the blizzard and different issues.
Cantwell was the final of the Chaminade touring celebration to reach at LAX on Monday night time through Houston.
"Sir, I'm going to get you on this flight," Cantwell mentioned the United Airways agent advised him.
"She punches it and hands me the ticket and I fall down crying," Cantwell mentioned.
All of it started per week in the past. The journey agent warned Cantwell that there was a "big storm" coming and requested if the staff may depart for house Wednesday.
Cantwell mentioned sure however the staff couldn't discover any flights out of St. Louis to Los Angeles and the gamers weren't allowed to journey by themselves as a result of they have been minors, until it was a direct flight so that they wouldn't be stranded in a connecting metropolis.
One in every of Chaminade's gamers, Bryce Goldman, injured his toe and received a flight house along with his dad and mom. One other participant had household in St. Louis and would have the ability to fly house along with his dad and mom on Christmas Day. On Thursday, all flights have been canceled. On Friday, there have been no flights. On Saturday, gamers and coaches went to the St. Louis airport at 5 a.m. to attempt to fly standby. 4 gamers and one coach made it out on one flight, then two coaches and 6 gamers made it out on one other flight.
Ethan Johnson and supervisor Carly Cosby received on a 3rd flight sprinting to a unique terminal in St. Louis for a direct flight to San Jose. Cosby's father drove to San Jose to drive her house.
Obtained to St Louis airport at 5am
All 3 received on 6am flight to Houston (delayed to 10am)
Corey received on the 12:19pm (sat on the tarmac till 2:01pm, on his method to LAX
Simply put Kahlil on the 3pm to LAX
Started with 22 on Thursday, now simply me.
EXHAUSTED however ECSTATIC. pic.twitter.com/NCt1yboaH4
— Bryan Cantwell (@CCPEaglesHoops) December 26, 2022
Left behind have been Cantwell, his 15-year-old freshman son Kahlil and participant Corey Jones. They spent Christmas Eve at a resort. Cantwell checked out a 40-hour practice experience house or a 26-hour rental automobile as choices. They spent Christmas Day consuming breakfast, lunch and dinner collectively whereas watching soccer on TV.
On Monday, all three went to the airport at 5 a.m. and have been booked by United on a flight to Houston. Solely Corey had a seat on a connecting flight to Los Angeles. After they arrived, Kahlil received a seat because of the agent working whereas the flight was within the air, leaving Cantwell caught in Houston. The one flight out for Cantwell was one to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, however the flight was delayed so lengthy it wouldn't make an 11 p.m. deadline, so Cantwell assumed it might be canceled.
That's when he pleaded with the agent in Houston to seek out one other flight to Los Angeles.
"Excuse me, can I tell you my story," he mentioned. "Can I get on any flight to Southern California?"
The agent received him on the flight. His spouse, Beth, who had picked up their freshman son at LAX and drove him house, then drove again to the airport and picked up Bryan at 10 p.m.
"The people from United were amazing," Cantwell mentioned Tuesday as he ready to ship a letter thanking the brokers for the various hours of labor securing flights for himself and the gamers. "This was a freak occurrence. There was nothing they could do."
Chaminade resumes play Wednesday, although a number of gamers are feeling sick after their memorable journey in the course of the Christmas storm of 2022.
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A Kordofan giraffe in the northern region of the Central African Republic.
The first aerial assessment of the impact of Central African Republic's recent conflict on wildlife and other natural resources in the northern part of the country shows that wildlife populations have been depleted in large areas of their former range, yet there is hope as some populations of Kordofan giraffe, giant eland, buffalo, roan, and other key species that still survive in low numbers.
Newswise — BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (June 29, 2017)—The first aerial assessment of the impact of Central African Republic's recent conflict on wildlife and other natural resources in the northern part of the country shows that wildlife populations have been depleted in large areas of their former range, yet there is hope as some populations of Kordofan giraffe, giant eland, buffalo, roan, and other key species that still survive in low numbers. No elephants or signs of elephant were observed during the survey. Commercial poaching and wildlife trafficking, committed by heavily armed groups moving across borders as well as local actors, has greatly impacted the area. Significant pressures from transboundary pastoralism and local mining were documented. The vast magnificent savanna, forests, wooded savannas, and deep rivers habitats remain largely intact with potential for recovery of wildlife populations if urgent and robust conservation security measures are taken in this strategic area, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), ECOFAUNE+/AGRECO, and the Ministry of Environment of Central African Republic said in a report issued today.
Northern Central African Republic historically supported some the most pristine wilderness and intact and abundant wildlife assemblages in Africa, including species of global importance such as elephant, Kordofan giraffe, hippopotamus, lion, giant eland, and more. The wildlife populations of this spectacular landscape have been subject to heavy poaching during various periods over the past decades, and conservation efforts in the area, carried out thanks to longstanding EU financial support through PDRN, ECOFAC and ECOFAUNE projects, have been negatively impacted by the past three years of armed conflict. In addition to the armed conflict and resulting humanitarian crisis currently impacting the country, widespread natural resource pillaging (specifically mining, wildlife poaching and trafficking, and pastoralist pressures) involving armed groups has been widely reported.
The WCS and ECOFAUNE+ project (implemented by AGRECO) conducted the aerial survey in March-April 2017 (the late dry season) with funding from the Great Elephant Census, a Paul G. Allen Project, the European Union (through Fonds Bekou), and WCS. The aerial survey covered the areas of Bamingui-Bangoran National Park, Manovo Gounda St. Floris National Park, Vassako-Bollo, Gribingui-Bamingui, l'Aouk Aoukale, Yata Ngaya Reserves, Presidential Park Awakaba, and surrounding zones. In addition, the Nana-Barya Reserve and Mbitoye and Moyen-Sido areas were also covered. A combination of aerial survey methods (systematic surveys and recce surveys) were employed with a total of 16,778 km flown (45 hours 44 minutes of flight time) and an estimated 63,657 sq. km surveyed systematically. Two teams of WCS, ECOFAUNE+, and Ministry staff undertook the field work using two WCS Cessna aircraft.
The survey documented the presence of the highly endangered northern giraffe Kordofan subspecies, likely to be the last remaining population in CAR and in danger throughout much of its range in Africa. Giant eland and buffalo were encountered in some limited areas butwere absent from large areas where they have been historically abundant. All large mammal species were found to have experienced dramatic declines compared to the populations levels observed in 2005 and 2010, with the exception of roan antelope and bushbuck which were observed to have remained stable since the last aerial survey. Grimm's and red-flanked duiker were common throughout the landscape while warthog declines were registered in some areas.
No elephants were observed during the survey nor was any sign of elephants (tracks, broken branches, skeletons). Surveys of the area in 1977 estimated 35,093 elephant. By 1985 the elephants had gone through a massive decline due, down to an estimated 4,803, during the massive ivory poaching crisis sweeping Africa. The population continued to be stable at around 4,025 through 1998, and then declined with surveys in 2005 estimating 929 elephants. By 2010 surveys indicated only an estimated 68 elephants remained in the landscape. Heavily armed ivory poachers, mostly from neighbouring Sudan and Chad but with local involvement as well, perpetrated this systematic poaching, and periods of instability further impacted the crisis. These threats continue to plague the region, though poachers have turned to commercial bush meat trade now that elephant populations are very low. Further surveys will be needed to investigate if any elephants remain in this zone or use it seasonally at all.
Human activity was quantified and mapped throughout the landscape. Livestock and pastoralist pressures were documented predominantly in the north of Manovo Gounda St. Floris National Park but with pastoralists and their livestock using nearly all areas of the landscape during the dry season. Local hunting camps were common and a network of motorcycle trails is used for commercial bushmeat transport as well as accessing small scale mining areas. It was also reported that within the past three years some armed groups had undertaken systematic bushmeat hunting and export to the north as well as to Bangui to generate revenue. Illegal natural resource exploitation by armed groups (local and transboundary) continues to plague CAR including the northern area surveyed. Important transboundary natural resource and security linkages between CAR and neighbouring Chad and Sudan were documented including transboundary pastoralists and heavily armed groups. Local communities of the area have suffered greatly from this insecurity, armed group threats and abuse, and nomadic pastoralist incursions and pressures on their lands. Actions to improve security for wildlife will also directly improve security for local communities.
Expand anti-poaching and anti-trafficking (core areas, transport routes) in concert with local authorities.
Develop transboundary cooperations and alert systems with conservation and security actors of neighboring Chad, Cameroon, Sudan, and South Sudan.
Coordinate and spatially target security, conflict mitigation, development, and conservation funding support to conservation and NRM programs in Northern CAR to enhance conservation security and protected area management for people and wildlife.
BANGUI, REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE – un recensement aérien a été réalisé pour mesurer l'impact du récent conflit sur la faune sauvage du Nord de la RCA. Les résultats montrent que les populations de grands mammifères ont été décimées dans de larges zones de leur domaine vital. Quelques populations de girafes de Kordofan, d'élans de Derby, de buffles, d'antilopes rouannes et autres espèces phares subsistent cependant en petits nombres. Aucun éléphant, ni trace de présence n'ont été observés durant le recensement.
Le braconnage et le trafic illégal de la faune, impliquant autant des groupes lourdement armés circulant entre les frontières que des chasseurs locaux, a fortement affecté la zone. Une pression significative par les transhumants et par l'exploitation minière artisanale a été mise en évidence. Les vastes et magnifiques savanes, forêts, savanes boisées, galeries forestières de cette zone stratégique restent largement intactes avec un potentiel pour la recolonisation de ces espaces par les populations de grande faune si des mesures urgentes et fortes sont prises pour sécuriser la zone indiquent Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), ECOFAUNE+/AGRECO avec le Ministère de l'Environnement, du développement durable, des Eaux, Forêts, Chasse et Pêche de la République Centrafricaine (RCA) dans un rapport publié ce jour.
La région nord de la RCA est réputée pour l'abondance et la diversité de sa faune sauvage, comprenant les espèces les plus iconiques d'Afrique comme l'éléphant, la girafe de Kordofan, l'hippopotame, le lion, l'élan de Derby et beaucoup d'autres.
La grande faune de ces paysages spectaculaires a été l'objet d'un braconnage intense pendant diverses périodes au cours des dernières décennies. Les efforts de conservation développés grâce à l'appui soutenu de l'Union Européenne au travers du Programme de Développement de la Région Nord (PDRN), puis d'ECOFAC et d'ECOFAUNE ont été très négativement affectés par les trois dernières années de conflit armé. En plus de cette insécurité et de la crise humanitaire qui en découle, des pillages de ressources naturelles à grande échelle (exploitation minière artisanale, transhumance) impliquant des groupes armés ont été largement rapportés.
WCS et le programme ECOFAUNE+ (mis en oeuvre par AGRECO) ont réalisé le recensement aérien en Mars-Avril 2017 (la dernière saison sèche) avec le financement de Great Elephant Census©, financé par Paul G. Allen, de l'Union Européenne (à travers le Fonds Bekou) et de WCS. Le recensement aérien a couvert le parc national du Bamingui-Bangoran, le parc national Manovo Gounda St. Floris, les réserves de Vassako-Bollo, Gribingui-Bamingui, l'Aouk Aoukale, Yata Ngaya, le parc présidentiel Awakaba, et les zones tampons. En sus, la réserve Nana-Barya et les zones de Mbitoye et Moyen-Sido ont également été survolées. Une combinaison de méthodes de recensement aérien a été utilisée (reconnaissance systématique et vols de reconnaissance) pour le survol de 16.778 km (45 heures 44 minutes de temps de vol) et une estimation de 63.657 km2 recensés de manière systématique. Deux équipes de WCS et ECOFAUNE+, appuyé par du personnel du ministère ont entrepris le travail de terrain, avec 2 Cessna mis à disposition par WCS.
Le recensement a mis en évidence la présence de la sous-espèce très menacée de la girafe de Kordofan, en danger d'extinction dans son domaine vital couvrant plusieurs pays d'Afrique. Il s'agit très probablement de la dernière population de girafes de Kordofan en RCA.
L'élan de Derby et le buffle ont été observés dans quelques zones limitées, mais absents des vastes plaines où ils étaient historiquement abondants. Toutes les espèces de grands mammifères affichent des populations en fort déclin en comparaison des données collectées en 2005 et 2010. Seules les antilopes rouannes et les céphalophes semblent avoir des populations stables depuis le dernier recensement aérien. Le céphalophe de Grimm et le céphalophe à flancs roux restent présents dans le paysage alors que le déclin des populations de phacochères est constaté dans certaines zones.
Aucun éléphant n'a été observé pendant le recensement, ni aucun signe de présence (pistes, branches cassées, carcasses) détecté. Le recensement de 1977 avait estimé la population à 35.093 éléphants. En 1985, la population avait chuté à 4803 individus, en raison de l'intense braconnage pour l'ivoire qui avait sévi en Afrique. La population est restée stable avec un peu plus de 4.000 individus jusqu'en 1998, avec ensuite un déclin jusqu'à 929 individus décomptés en 2005. En 2010, le recensement estimait à seulement 68 individus la population d'éléphants dans le paysage. Des braconniers lourdement armés, en particulier depuis les pays voisins du Tchad et du Soudan, avec l'appui de braconniers originaires de la zone, ont perpétré ce déclin systématique, les périodes d'instabilité amplifiant le phénomène. Ces menaces continuent de causer des ravages dans la région, les braconniers se tournant désormais vers le braconnage commercial pour la viande, les faibles populations d'éléphants ne permettant plus de poursuivre le trafic d'ivoire. D'autres recensements vont être nécessaires pour poursuivre l'investigation et déterminer si des éléphants restent présents dans la zone ou, tout au moins, utilisent celle-ci de manière saisonnière.
Les activités humaines ont été recensées et cartographiées dans le paysage. Le bétail et les transhumants ont été observés essentiellement au nord du parc national Manovo Gounda St Floris, avec une utilisation très étendue du paysage par les bouviers et leurs troupeaux pendant la saison sèche. Les campements de braconniers étaient fréquents, tout comme les traces des pistes de moto permettant d'évacuer la viande braconnée ou d'accéder aux zones d'exploitation minière artisanale. Il a également été rapporté qu'au cours des 3 dernières années, plusieurs groupes armés ont entrepris un ratissage systématique pour chasser le gibier et expédier, grâce à des réseaux bien en place, la viande vers le nord ou vers Bangui.
L'exploitation illégale de ressources naturelles par des groupes armés (centrafricains ou étrangers) continue de poursuivre ses ravages en RCA, y inclus dans la zone qui a été recensée. Des liens entre sécurité et trafic illégal transfrontalier de ressources naturelles avec les Etats voisins du Tchad et du Soudan ont été constatés impliquant des transhumants et des groupes lourdement armés.
Les communautés locales paient un lourd tribut à cette insécurité et sont pénalisées lorsque les transhumants envahissent leurs espaces et détruisent leurs cultures, et lorsque des groupes armés les menacent et les rançonnent. Toute amélioration de la sécurité pour la protection des espaces classés bénéficient également aux communautés locales.
Développer des coopérations transfrontalières et des systèmes d'alerte avec les acteurs de la conservation dans les pays voisins du Tchad, du Cameroun, du Soudan et du Sud Soudan.
Évaluer la possibilité d'une chasse de subsistance durable de certaines espèces de petit gibier dans les zones villageoises pour les communautés locales, sans aucune exportation.
Coordonner et cibler spatialement les mesures de sécurité, d'atténuation des conflits, de développement et de financement de la conservation pour les programmes de conservation et de GRN dans le Nord de la RCA afin d'améliorer la sécurité de la conservation et la gestion des aires protégées pour les communautés locale et pour la faune sauvage.
« Je saisis l'occasion qui m'est ici offerte dans le cadre de cette publication sur la grande faune du Nord-de la RCA, pour renouveler mes félicitations à l'endroit du projet ECOFAUNE+/AGRECO et du WCS pour leurs efforts qui ont permis la réalisation de cet important travail d'inventaire aérien de la faune, des habitats naturels de cette partie du pays et des indices de pression anthropique en présence. Cet état des lieux actualisé arrive à point nommé car nous savons désormais vers quelles directions concentrer nos efforts en matière de lutte antibraconnage d'une part et d'aménagement du territoire d'autre part. Je tiens ici à affirmer, le ferme engagement du Gouvernement Centrafricain et de mon Département Ministériel en particulier, d'oeuvrer en synergie avec nos partenaires au développement pour que les ressources fauniques du Nord-est RCA redeviennent comme par le passé une essence de fierté pour le pays et un moteur de développement local ».


For dogs with very short hair such as Mastiffs, Bulldogs, Boxers or Bassett hounds, the best dog brush is called a Rubber Curry. The Rubber Curry brush can be used during the bath or afterward for Desheding.
Dogs like Pugs, Labs, Huskies, Goldens or Shepherds, the best brushes to use are Slicker brushes or FURminator. The thickness of coat determines how long the FURminator should be used for. If the dog has a lot of undercoat, a combination of the Slicker brush and FURminator can be used.
Dogs such as St. Bernard's, Bernese Mountain dogs, Samoyed, Pyrenees or Newfoundland's, the best brushes to use are Pin brushes or a Slicker brush. Pin brushes will cause the least amount of hair breakage. Slicker brushes will cause some breakage but it is more effective in removing the undercoat. It is also possible to use the FURminator on these coat types, but it does cause the most breakage. A combination of these tools also works.
Barking problems are among the most common complaints that dog owners have. Why do dogs bark? Well, for a variety of reasons. Dogs will bark if they feel threatened. They may bark when they play and get excited. Some dogs will bark for attention. Some will bark if they are in pain and they'll even bark when they're lonely, bored or stressed. Certain breeds or breed types are also genetically inclined to bark more than others.
How you'll prevent or resolve your issue with barking will partially depend on what is triggering your dog to bark. For example if your dog is barking or vocalizing because he's in pain, treating the source of his pain would be the obvious solution. If your dog is barking through the front window as dogs pass by your house, blocking off his access to that window is a simple way to help prevent his barking.
Keep in mind that the more your dog practices barking the better he'll get at it. So identifying what is triggering your dog to bark and if all possible, removing the trigger or trying to stop the barking before it occurs is the simplest way to prevent the barking.
Anti-bark collars which use shock are inhumane and are inappropriate for most kinds of barking problems (and often make the problem worse!). With the right kind of help and a strong desire to stop the problem, most pet parents can successfully resolve barking issues in a safe and humane way.
If your dog is barking to alert you to someone or something outside, the answer is quite simple. Remove the source of what triggers his barking. For instance if your dog barks at people as they walk past your home, prevent his access to the window using furniture, closing blinds, blocking off the area with a baby gate or confining him to a room or his crate while you aren't at home.
Fortunately the remedy for the lonely barker is often simple. Try changing your dog's environment a bit. Remember that your dog probably wants to be with people. Dogs who are left outside for long periods of time are often the worst offenders of barking. Your dog needs to play with you and feel like he is a part of the family. Dogs typically don't do well when left alone for long periods of time. Make sure you set aside time for regular walks, playtime – even some training sessions. You'll want to be sure that you give him the social contact that he needs to keep his body and mind occupied.
Barking when left alone may also indicate separation anxiety. If you think that anxiety is the source of your dog's barking, contact a professional dog trainer in your area who specializes in working with anxiety. You may also want to work with your veterinarian to see if medication is necessary to help improve your dog's behavior.
Attention seeking barking is a learned behavior! When your dog brings a toy over to you, drops it on the floor, barks and you pick it up and throw it. You have just taught your dog, "When I bark you play!" Even if you look at him or verbally scold your dog when he barks, you will still be teaching him that his barking is a successful way to get your attention. How can you remedy it? You need to ignore his demands. His barking may initially increase and so don't give in or he will learn that persistence pays off. However, if he barks and you really ignore him or even better if you ignore him and walk away until he is quiet, he will eventually learn that barking doesn't work and it will decrease.
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Progress on the potty! Not much room for vomiting in there but luckily we've got the ocean close by for that. 🤢 Nice to see the interior space coming together. Food goes in on port side and out on starboard side. Easy!


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Watershed year for AGT
Great opportunities exist for Canadian pulses, says AGT president
Canada still exporting lots to China: analyst
U.S. farm income expected to rise in 2019, but only because of government aid
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By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm
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WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – This year has been a watershed year for AGT Food and Ingredients, according to the company's president and CEO Murad Al-Katib, who spoke at the recent Grain World Conference in Saskatoon, Sask.
Earlier in 2019, AGT was delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange, as Al-Katib moved to take the company private after 12 years of being publically traded. The new ownership group is comprised of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited owning 60 per cent of the shares, AGT with 28 and Point North Capital Inc. with 12. Al-Katib said he's the largest single shareholder running the company.
Also earlier this year, AGT opened its new rail consolidation centre in Delisle, Sask.
"It's what we consider to be the largest processing unit for grains, maybe in the country," Al-Katib said during his Nov. 28 presentation.
All of AGT's short-line rail traffic winds up in Delisle where AGT has eight spurs of four kilometres each. The grain cleaning operation there can process a 10,000-tonne train in less than 12 hours, he explained.
"It cleans to less than 0.5 per cent foreign material," Al-Katib noted.
In adding up all of AGT's rail lines, he said the company has become the third largest railway in Canada, behind only the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways.
The company's Churchill port facility was put back into operation, a year after it and the rail line were acquired from its previous owners. Al-Katib said approximately 150,000 tonnes was shipped through the port in 2019, with the goal 300,000 tonnes for 2020. Then in the successive years, he wants Churchill's capacity boosted to 500,000 tonnes per year.
"With icebreakers we can stretch Churchill's shipping season from June to the end of November," Al-Katib stated.
Among the cargo vessels leaving the port were three loaded with durum and one with lentils, destined to the Port of Mersin in southern Turkey, a voyage that takes three weeks, he said.
The last of the four departed Churchill on Nov. 7, which Al-Katib said was very likely the latest a grain vessel left the northern Manitoba port.
"That was the day we were told if we didn't pull out by three o'clock, we might not make the ice in the strait. We left at 11 in the morning," he said.
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I want to share with you the good news – I was accepted to Semmelweis University!
As you maybe remember, we met in March 2018 in a consultation meeting towards studying Medicine in Hungary. At this meeting, you explained to me that if I will study seriously according to your pre-medical school program I will be prepared for the academic year 2018/2019 beginning on September 2018.
As you instructed I participated in your pre-medical program. The program was intensive and it included studying high level materials and practices with very good teachers. I was able to learn complex topics I never learned before. Thanks to your excellent study program I was accepted to the University I wanted most – Semmelweis University, and I believe that I am well prepared for the first challenging year of studying medicine.


Take Johnson Ferry Rd. toward East Cobb and after you cross into Cobb county make a left turn at traffic light onto Paper Mill Rd. You will take Paper Mill Rd for a few miles . It will cross over Sope Creek and at the next traffic light make a right turn onto Shadowlawn. The next left will be Somerset Trace SE- house will be on your right 3275.
Take 120 loop-Roswell Rd toward East Cobb. After you pass the Avenues of East Cobb on your right make a left turn onto Johnson Ferry Rd. (second light past the avenues). Take Johnson Ferry Rd to Lower Roswell Rd and turn right. You will stay on Lower Roswell Rd for a few miles. After you see the large house with Lake ( on the left), turn left at the traffic light onto Shadowlawn. Take Shadowlawn until you see Somerset Subdivision on the right. Turn right onto Somerset Trace SE- house will be on your right-3275.


Last year I went on a cruise with my family through the Alaskan inside passage, and it was nothing short of amazing! I know that when people think of cruising, they typically think of tropical islands, sandy beaches, and sunbathing by the pool.
On the flip side, you might think an Alaskan cruise is chock-full of retire couples going bird watching—not that there's anything wrong with that, of course, but bird watching with octegenarians might not be high on your summer-vacation to-do list.
It's true: on our cruise, we didn't find an abundance of palm trees and hammocks, and the average age on our cruise ship was probably more "mature." But aside from that, my experiences in Alaska were spectacular: Beautiful scenery and adventure on land, combined with the tailored entertainment and convenience we could only find on cruise ships. For us, it turned out to be the perfect summer vacation.
Alaska offers something for everyone.
No matter your activity level, the port cities in Alaska offer many different port excursions, from thrilling to relaxing. Go fishing in Ketchikan, hike to glaciers in Juneau, and ride the train north to the Yukon Territory in Skagway. More adventurous families can take helicopter tours or kayak through rapids. In Juneau we took a 15 minute helicopter ride, landed on a glacier, and went dog sledding. It was absolutely incredible.
Looking for something really low key? In all three ports you can simply wander around the main town, going in and out of shops and restaurants at your own pace. For the ultimate Alaska experience, I recommend taking a "one way" cruise, meaning the cruise travels in one direction, starting and ending in different cities. For a seven night cruise, this means you will see more of Alaska. If you have more time, you can tack on a land excursion to Denali National Park and Anchorage before or after your cruise. This can be planned through your cruise line, or you can contact a travel agency to assist you.
It's a great educational experience for your kids that doesn't feel like learning.
Alaska has a history, ecosystem, and native culture that is very different from most of the continental US. While on our Alaska cruise we toured the totem poles of the Tlingit people, hiked through a rainforest, saw wildlife up-close and from afar (there's nothing like a little seal friend popping up to say hello while you're sitting on your cabin's balcony), and sailed right by glaciers. If you take a cruise that sails through Glacier Bay, you will likely have a naturist board your ship to give a presentation about glaciers that is well worth attending.
Cruising still allows for a "have it your way" style vacation.
Are you into reading quietly in the library? Do you prefer to sit in the sun with an adult beverage? Do the kids want to play in the kids' clubs all day? Are your teens cool with watching movies or playing sports? There's something for everyone on cruise ships. And while it's true you likely cannot sun yourself by the ship's pool, there are still plenty of activities and experiences like trivia, karaoke, and wine tastings. We were never bored on our week-long cruise. Also, if you can swing it financially, be sure to get a cabin with a balcony. The scenery in Alaska is so stunning, you don't want to miss a second of it! Of course, if a balcony cabin is not in the budget, a regular cabin is better than no cabin at all.
One of the best suggestions I received from a friend was to bring packets of hot chocolate (check with your cruise line regarding bringing food on board), a heating pad, and an extension cord. On sea days (days where your ship does not dock in a port), I sat out on the balcony with my hot chocolate—maybe I added a splash of Kahlua—with a heating pad on my lap, looking out at the beautiful snow-capped mountains and watching for seals.
It is sobering to think about how different the Alaskan glaciers will look even just a few years from now. If you've been thinking about visiting Alaska, don't put it off any longer! It will be a vacation you and your family will talk about for the rest of your lives.


"Hepatic, periportal, retroperitoneal, and mesenteric neurofibromatosis" by Kumail Khandwala, Zafar Sajjad et al.
Khandwala, K., Sajjad, Z., Abbasi, S., Tariq, M. (2018). Hepatic, periportal, retroperitoneal, and mesenteric neurofibromatosis in von recklinghausen's disease. Cureus., 28(10).


HÀ NỘI — A public school in Hà Nội has moved into the 21st century and is incorporating online applications into education.
Phan Huy Chú High School used to organise extracurricular activities like many other schools, with school staff proposing a few plans and then all teachers voting on them to decide which activities to run.
But things changed after the school subscribed to the Microsoft Office 365 services and gave all teachers and students accounts.
Nguyễn Thị Châu Loan, a young teacher in the school's information technology support group, told the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper that extracurricular activities could now be chosen via a survey on Microsoft Office 365.
"And it is just a simple tool for the school to reach a consensus in the most accurate and fastest way," she said.
But the school board wanted to push it further to integrate online applications into day-to-day teaching and teacher-student interacting.
Teacher Trần Văn Huy, who monitors the school's online system, said applications like OneNote could help students take notes in their lessons and share them among their classmates while teachers could use Teams to hand out homework.
"If a teacher wants to know how much homework of a particular subject the students must finish today, she can check it in Teams. This allows teachers to adjust their homework assignments so they won't overload the students," Huy said.
Teachers can also answer questions from students in the application, while parents can join the online groups to follow their children's studies.
Phan Huy Chú High School has also turned to popular telecommunication software Skype to diversify student activities and sources of teaching materials.
Huy said students had connected with foreign students overseas for English exchange and attended a discussion with an academic expert via Skype.
The success of Phan Huy Chú High School in online schooling has spread fast in the capital. Huy and his team last month held two sessions to guide teachers and staff from 15 high schools in Mê Linh and Sóc Sơn districts on integrating online applications into conventional teaching.
These guiding sessions were not the first nor will be the last, Huy said.
Literature teacher Nguyễn Kim Anh, responsible for the online teaching curriculum, said she and the team were more than happy to share their experiences and ideas with colleagues in Hà Nội and beyond.
"There are some who don't understand and think that we are wasting time on unpaid work," she said.