A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Penn's commitment to local engagement and trailblazing role in procurement is cited.
The governor had bad news: The state budget was in crisis, and everyone needed to tighten their belts. High taxes threatened "economic ruin," said the newly elected Ronald Reagan. Welfare stood to be curbed, the highway patrol had fat to trim. Everything would be pared down; he'd start with his own office. California still boasted a system of public higher education that was the envy of the world.
Undergraduates Tom Catullo, Alex Crits-Christoph, Jonathan Dubin and Reed Rosenbluth are featured for creating "Brand Killer" at the PennApps Winter 2015 hackathon.
Undergraduates who are in the United States illegally face numerous challenges in their pursuit of a higher education, including anxieties about paying for college, fears of deportation, and worries about being accepted on campuses, according to a report released on Monday by the University of California at Los Angeles.
Dean John Jackson of the School of Social Policy & Practice writes about his experience as a black college professor.
Charles Pollack of the Perelman School of Medicine is mentioned for leading a study about reversing the effects of Pradaxa.
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Why that corn-syrup-and-autism study leaves such a sour taste
By Emily Willingham on Apr 23, 2012
Autism is a hot topic these days, and not even peer-reviewed journals can evade being drawn into its gyre. The real reasons for the growth in autism prevalence are related to expanded diagnosis, greater awareness and recognition, and shifts from other special education labels to autism. That hasn't stopped some researchers and peer-reviewed journals from using autism as a way to grab headlines, and it doesn't stop anyone from linking just about anything to autism.
Last week, Grist contributor Tom Laskawy took a recent "study" alleging a link between high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and autism and highlighted it, calling it "suggestive research" that shifts the HFCS debate in an "unexpected and troubling way." The paper Laskawy wrote about is troubling, but not in the way that he argues.
Problem No. 1: This isn't a study. It is, as the abstract itself says and as the journal, Clinical Epigenetics, has labeled it, a review. That means a review of existing literature, not a study, with no original research presented, much less "suggestive" research. In other words, all those headlines — including Grist's original one, which has now been rewritten — blaring about a "study" finding a "link"? There is no study, and there's no link or association or relationship established in this paper between autism and HFCS consumption. In fact, as you will see below, the two don't even share a trend.
The paper's authors — at least one of whom has laid his colors bare when it comes to the debunked link between vaccines, mercury, and autism — wave several red flags of pseudoscience in their article, which is packed with imprecise, only vaguely scientific terminology. An example is their use of "mercury" as a monolithic threat, writing as though the mercury consumed in fish and linked to cognitive effects — methylmercury — is the same as elemental mercury, the kind that they assert via self-citation to be associated with high-fructose corn syrup.
These forms of mercury, along with ethylmercury, all behave very differently in us, but the paper authors either willfully or ignorantly overlook that well-established fact. For example, we don't intestinally absorb much ingested elemental mercury but readily take up methylmercury consumed in fish, and the latter has known negative neurological effects if eaten. They also conflate fructose and high-fructose corn syrup in their writing, not seeming to understand the distinction between the two.
The authors go on to describe what they call a "model," one based on a previous conceptualization they introduced called the "mercury toxicity model." Again, they seem to have little grasp of the differences among the different mercury-containing compounds, lumping them all together into one giant mercurial threat.
In this review, they expand their "model" to include HFCS. Unfortunately, their assertions of mercury intake via HFCS are also based on their own previous work testing for mercury in HFCS-containing foods, an extremely poorly executed study with gaps so large that even my nonmajors science classes easily identified them. Indeed, an independent assessment from a Duke toxicologist of actual samples of HFCS for mercury, done in response to that study, found "no quantifiable mercury in any of the samples tested" [doc]. In other words, one of the cornerstones of the authors' argument — mercury in HFCS — is arguably nonexistent.
The house of cards this paper constructs so carefully is a Rube-Goldbergian monstrosity (see their "Revised Mercury Toxicity Model" for an example) that would collapse utterly were a single component removed. But beyond the questionable HFCS-mercury link, let's take two of the simplest, most obvious, and most necessary of these components, pull them out of the fragile edifice, and watch as it all falls to the ground.
First, the authors devote a great deal of time to presenting special education data for 2005 to 2010, presumably to demonstrate that autism is increasing and, as a corollary that "We don't know why!" These data are not the best proxy for autism prevalence as they lowball reality, but let's run with it. The authors claim, based on a basic analysis of these primitive data, that the number of children receiving special education services for autism has increased by 91 percent from 2005 to 2010. The absolute numbers (not prevalences) they give us are 193,637 in the autism category in 2005 and 370,011 in 2010, for a total increase of 176,374 in those five years.
What they fail to note is that much of the increase in autism rates and students receiving services for autism is the result of shifts of students from the intellectual disability and speech disorder categories to autism. Indeed, according to the authors' own data presented in their paper, a total of 67,000 students shifted out of receiving speech services over that time frame. The authors do not provide data on students receiving services for intellectual disability, even though those data are available from the source they used.
So I obtained those data. From 2005 to 2010, the number of children ages 6 to 21 receiving special ed services for intellectual disability fell by 88,532, from 533,426 in 2005 to 444,894 in 2010. The grand total of the decrease in speech and intellectual disability services: 155,532, or 88 percent of the total added to the autism category. Add the fact that these are absolute numbers and that the U.S. population itself grew by more than 4 percent from 2005 to 2010 and we've got a pretty good idea of where much of that increase in autism special ed services came from, and it doesn't appear to be high-fructose corn syrup.
This entire house of cards rests, though, on an assumption that consumption of HFCS is linked to increasing autism rates. The springboard for any such assumption should be data suggesting that the two increase together or in tandem with each other. Using the data source the authors cited for HFCS in the U.S. over the years (which are economic data), I have created a graph showing the trend for that consumption and the trend for autism rates (via Autism Speaks and the CDC) covering the same period (for this comparison, I multiplied prevalences by 100-fold so that the HFCS and autism data could share the vertical axis).
As you can see, even as U.S. HFCS consumption in pounds per capita peaked in 2001 and then fell, autism prevalence continued to climb. The authors don't even have a fundamental mutual trend between autism and HFCS consumption rates on which to base the rest of their generally unsupported assertions. The house of cards on which the authors' "model" relies lacks a foundation.
Another feature of their "model" is that different populations have different autism rates because of differential dietary exposure to HFCS. They take Italy as an example, claiming that Italians consume very little HFCS and, as a result, have low autism rates. What they don't mention is that Italy has lacked a specific code for autism [PDF] and any agreement on classification and diagnostic tools, which makes teasing out actual prevalence a little difficult.
Let's look at the known data for some countries regarding HFCS consumption and autism rates. A thorough South Korean study identified autism prevalences more than twice than in the latest U.S. data. Yet, 2005 data suggest that South Korean HFCS consumption is considerably less than that in the U.S. Autism prevalence in Japan is consistently reported as higher than in the U.S., yet their HFCS consumption is also considerably less than that reported for the U.S. Finally, autism prevalence in the U.K. is about the same as the latest data in the U.S. at 1 percent, yet HFCS consumption in the U.K. is also reportedly lower than in the U.S.
This paper begins with a fallacy — an autism "epidemic" — and unfolds an extraordinarily unscientific and fragile argument in an attempt to link autism and HFCS. I don't even need to get into addressing their claims about HFCS here because the data suggest no reason to do so. The authors' review and their model are both based on air.
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Lesser Hummer EV trims arrive for the 2023 and 2024 model years.
Edition 1 starts at $112,005 and goes on sale before the end of 2021.
General Motors has pulled the wraps off the 2022 GMC Hummer EV, an electric full-size pickup with crazy power, a removable top, moonscape-themed details, and a price of $112,005 for the high-end Edition 1 trim that's set to go on sale before the end of 2021.
We know, it's a lot to unpack.
Let's start with this: It is real. Sure, the Hummer EV Edition 1 in these photos is more of a show car, but it still shows off the forthcoming production pickups that are due to roll off the line at GM's retooled Detroit-Hamtramck plant.
Despite pulling the cord on the Hummer brand approximately a decade ago, GM is revitalizing the name as a model under its GMC brand. It seems the company hopes to cash in on Hummer's brand cachet while also attempting to exorcise it from the negative environmental reputation of the old gas- and diesel-drinking models.
While GMC will offer the Hummer EV in a number of different trims, the brand will initially sell the vehicle solely in Edition 1 guise. As such, all 2022 Hummer EVs are painted white and black, the former of which is limited to the area above the beltline. As the highest performing variant of the Hummer EV, the Edition 1 comes standard with three electric motors, two of which power the rear axle (the third provides grunt to the front). As such, the truck features standard four-wheel-drive and a torque-vectoring rear end—a setup GMC dubs e-4WD.
The brand claims the truck's powertrain generates more than 1,000 hp. All that grunt means this big EV is capable of sprinting to 60 mph in 3.0 seconds, per the company.
2022 GMC Hummer EV: The Price of Excess
The Hummer EV Edition 1 will continue into the 2023 model year, at which point it will be joined by the 3X trim, which is due to go on sale before the end of 2022. Like the six-figure Edition 1, the Hummer EV3X has three motors and torque vectoring, however, it starts at a more reasonable (well, relatively speaking) price of $99,995. In 2023, GMC plans to add the two-motor 2X trim to the line, which starts at $89,995. The base Hummer EV2 goes on sale in 2024 with a starting price of $79,995. All subsequent variants will offer a full rainbow of available colors, however, all Hummer EV trims sport black-paint above the beltline as part of the model's signature look.
Predictably, the Hummer EV Edition 1 comes very well equipped and includes off-road-oriented kit such as 18-inch wheels wrapped in 35-inch Goodyear Wrangler tires (the truck, however, can accommodate 37-inch rubber), rock rails, an adaptive air suspension, four-wheel steering, and special badging on the dash and startup screen.
The word "Hummer" is emblazoned across the front of the vehicle in a clear lens and there are two exterior lights up top. The lamps both provide additional lighting and show the vehicle's state of charge, per Hummer EV chief engineer Al Oppenheiser, a man who spent most of his career at GM developing the Chevrolet Camaro. Oppenheiser was asked to inject some of the Camaro's pizzazz into the Hummer EV, a vehicle that will serve as the halo for GM's electric truck program.
"Mr. Camaro" as he is known, also serves as a canary in the coalmine. "I've got petrol in my veins," he said. He knows if GM could convince him that EVs can be exhilarating, then the company's battery-electric models ought to win over any skeptic.
2022 GMC Hummer EV: Charging and Driving Range
The Hummer EV has a projected driving range of more than 350 miles on a full charge, per GM. It works with either 400-volt or 800-volt DC fast chargers and is reportedly able to add 100 miles of range in 10 minutes. The exact charge time from depletion is not known, in part because GM has yet to build vehicles for real-world testing.
Strapping batteries to GM's existing truck platform would have limited the Hummer EV's potential, according to Oppenheiser, as GM needed an architecture that both allowed his team to fit battery packs with enough capacity to meet the company's targeted driving range while also ensuring the pack was properly protected from potential damage during off-road excursions. With its adaptive air suspension, the Hummer EV offers an Extract mode that lifts the suspension height by approximately six inches, which allows the truck to clear hurdles such as boulders or ford up to two-and-a-half feet of water. Don't get too excited, though, as Extract mode will not be available until sometime after launch. Additionally, the Hummer EV will offer the latest version of GM's Super Cruise driving assistance system.
2022 GMC Hummer EV: Off-Road-Ready Performance
With approximately 13 inches of suspension travel front and rear and approach and departure angles of 44 and 34 degrees, respectively, in its Terrain mode (Extract mode increases the approach angle to 50 degrees), the 2022 GMC Hummer EV promises to live up to the off-tarmac performance expectations associated with the Hummer nameplate.
Like the Chevrolet Bolt, the Hummer EV offers one-pedal driving. Additionally, the person in the Hummer EV's driver's seat can use the truck's steering wheel paddle to increase the force of its regenerative braking system—a boon for those looking to slowly inch the GMC electric truck through tough trails.
Four of the Hummer EV's 18 cameras are positioned underneath it and essentially act as virtual spotters. Furthermore, the live feed to the dash-mounted screen also shows the position of the truck's wheels. A "wash" function ensures the cameras remain clear of dirt and mud, while each is packaged in such a way so as to avoid getting damaged by tough terrain.
And yes, Oppenheiser assured us the Hummer can catch air and land deftly. The first prototype to roll off the line is heading north for winter testing, but according to Oppenheiser, the next two Hummer EV prototypes are set to hit the trails and deserts.
Additional off-road-friendly items include a four-wheel steering function, which allows the rear wheels to turn by up to 10 degrees. The rear wheels can even steer at the same angle as the fronts at low speeds, enabling a "CrabWalk" function that GMC thinks will help Hummer EV drivers scuttle over off-road obstacles.
2022 GMC Hummer EV: WTF Drive Modes
Alongside the aforementioned Terrian and Extract drive mode, the Hummer EV also offers more typical Tour, Off-Road, and Tow-Haul settings. There's also an Adrenaline sub-mode, otherwise known as launch control, which includes a theatrical Watts to Freedom (WTF) experience. It primes the driver and passengers for the Hummer EV's epic acceleration as the truck's air suspension lowers its body and the electronics condition the powertrain and battery pack for optimal performance.
Like the pre-ride buildup on a roller coaster, the Hummer EV's WTF function includes kitschy details such as special graphics on the gauge cluster and infotainment screen, sound effects from the speakers, and seats that vibrate in anticipation of the truck's launch. Once the signal is given that the truck is armed and ready, the driver loads the accelerator pedal, dumps the brake pedal, and…blast off! A graphic of the truck from behind displays on the center infotainment screen to complete the experience.
2022 GMC Hummer EV: The Inside Story
Inside, the Hummer EV includes a large 12.3-in digital gauge cluster and an even bigger 13.4-inch dash-mounted touchscreen infotainment display. The latter system offers three partitions of customizable information, while its navigation application includes tools to help drivers get to and from trails and locate charging stations en route.
Faux leather covers the seats and steering wheel—a decision made to promote sustainability and avoid the use of animal hides. Additionally, a number of space-themed Easter eggs dot the Hummer EV Edition 1's cabin and include the likes of floors grained to look like the surface of the moon, the moon's Sea of Tranquility etched into the speaker grilles, and more. Each is a nod to the fact the Hummer EV was deemed a "moonshot" given the short development time of the vehicle—half the usual time of a typical GM product.
2022 GMC Hummer EV: Raising the Roof
Arguably one of the Hummer EV's coolest features is its Infinity roof, which is comprised of four removable transparent roof panels, as well as associated bars that connect the panels together. With both the panels and bars removed, the Hummer EV offers a convertible-like open-air experience. Further adding to the vibe is the truck's power-operated rear window that drops into the body to bring even more fresh air into the Hummer EV's cabin.
Each roof panel weighs about 25 pounds and all four can be stored in the frunk, or front trunk, in a set of standard vinyl storage bags. While the Edition 1 also comes standard with a power rear tonneau cover, lesser Hummer EV models will feature a cheaper vinyl unit. As expected of a GMC truck, the Hummer EV includes the brand's innovative MultiPro tailgate.
Unfortunately, GMC has yet to release payload or towing figures for the Hummer EV. That said, we expect the brand to share this information in the coming months, possibly before it pulls the wraps off of the forthcoming Hummer EV SUV.
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It's just over a week until the general election and at this stage you'd be forgiven for feeling sick and tired of it. There is, however, an interesting bit of maths behind voting that is fun to think about.
One thing that makes this general election different from most of the ones that came before it is that there are more than two parties prominently involved. A hung parliament seems likely, which is why smaller parties may be needed for a coalition. That's a rather unusual situation because the UK has a first-past-the-post system: everybody has one vote, in every constituency the candidate with most votes wins, and the party that wins the majority of constituencies goes on to form the government. Under normal circumstances, when there's a bigger difference between the two main parties, smaller parties don't get much of a look-in. Many people are unhappy with the post-past-the-post system and point to the various alternatives that exist. So is there a perfect voting system?
That's the interesting result: mathematically speaking, there isn't. (We already explored this back in 2010, but the maths hasn't changed, so the following is an updated version of the 2010 article.) To see why perfect voting is mathematically impossible, let's remind ourselves of what an election is actually trying to do. There is a population of voters, each of whom, if pressed hard enough, can come up with a preference ranking of the candidates: whom they like most, whom they like least, and everything in between, with some candidates possibly occupying equal position. Ideally, a voting system should take these millions of preference rankings as input, and return a single ranking of candidates that makes reasonable democratic sense. The government can then be formed on the basis of this single ranking.
In the 1950s the economist Kenneth Arrow asked himself whether there can be a voting system which satisfies these pretty minimal criteria. He added one slightly more subtle condition: in the final result, whether one candidate is ranked above another, say Ed Miliband above David Cameron, should only depend on how individual voters ranked Miliband compared to Cameron. It shouldn't depend on how they ranked either of the two compared to a third candidate, for example Nick Clegg.
For example, suppose that Miliband has just won the election, having come top of the final ranking, when Clegg becomes embroiled in a scandal, which sees him slide to the bottom of all voters' preference rankings. Then this should not have any effect on the fact that Miliband was more popular than Cameron: a re-run of the election should still return Miliband as the winner, as long as voters didn't change their relative rankings of Miliband and Cameron. Arrow called this condition independence of irrelevant alternatives. In our example, poor Clegg has become irrelevant (some would say he already is), but this shouldn't effect the contest between Miliband and Cameron. Independence of irrelevant alternatives is an important condition because non-compliance of a voting system means that the ranking of outside candidates can have an effect on the outcome.
Or do you prefer him? Image: Department of Energy.
Then Cameron (42%) wins over Miliband (41%) with Clegg coming third (17%), and Bennett last (0%). So even though no voter has changed his or her relative preference of Miliband versus Cameron (58% still prefer Miliband to Cameron) Cameron has beaten Miliband to the top spot.
An alternative to first-past-the-post which does satisfy independence of irrelevant alternative is to have candidates battle it out in pair-wise contests. In a three candidate election with Miliband, Cameron and Clegg, you first pit Miliband against Cameron: if there are more voters preferring Miliband to Cameron than Cameron to Miliband, then Miliband is ranked first, and vice versa. Then you pit Cameron against Clegg to find the relative ranking of these two, and finally you pit Clegg against Miliband. This is arguably more democratic than first-past-the-post, as any winner would be preferred to the other candidates by a majority of the electorate.
Then the Miliband-Cameron battle is won by Miliband (67% of the electorate prefer him to Cameron) and the Cameron-Clegg battle is won by Cameron (67% prefer him to Clegg), so the ranking should be [Miliband, Cameron, Clegg]. However, the Miliband-Clegg battle is won by Clegg (66% prefer him to Miliband), so Clegg should really come above Miliband. What we have here is called a Condorcet cycle: Miliband beats Cameron, Cameron beats Clegg, but Clegg beats Miliband. There is no way of coming up with a definite ranking, and a majority of the electorate will be unhappy no matter who is chosen as winner, because they preferred someone else. This system violates our third condition of universality.
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Fugitive slave catchers were people who returned escaped slaves to their owners in the United States in the mid 19th century. Slaves who managed to free themselves from their owners had yet another worry: fugitive slave catchers. The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law, the latter enacted pursuant to a specific provision contained in Article IV of the United States Constitution, created the Fugitive Slave.
At the time of Fugitive Slave catchers the North was moving more in the direction of abolition. The South wanted runaway slaves caught and brought back to their owners and they activated this by means of Fugitive Slave catchers. The Fugitive Slave Law stated that every citizen was responsible for helping to recover and return fugitive slaves; so any white person from the North or South could be, and was expected to be, a fugitive slave catcher. (See also Indiana in Slavery).
The Northern states, however began giving more freedom and rights to black people; as a result many slaves from the South fled north where they thought they could live with more opportunity for freedom. It was possible for them to be citizens in the North, and not live as slaves.
White abolitionists from the North and anyone else aiding in freeing or hiding of slaves were punished for their efforts. One account of drastic fugitive slave catching was approximately 200 U.S. Marines escorting one fugitive slave back into the custody of his owner. As laws even in the North punished both the people who helped slaves escape as well as the fugitive slaves, many fled to Canada where slavery was illegal.
With the North becoming increasingly opposed to the idea of fugitive slave catchers they adopted "anti-southern" views. Several northern states passed new personal liberty laws in defiance of the South"s efforts to have slaves captured and returned. If the slave catcher fell in love with the slave, the slave and the slave catcher would run off together and make their own lives.
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BUSINESS CONFERENCES RETURN IRL
By: Mark Hamstra, Contributor, US Chamber of Commerce
Beginning in August, the Small Business Expo will return to live in-person events, aiming to bring along new best practices that were learned through virtual events. —
Why it matters:
Businesses are eager to return to face-to-face networking, although they remain cautious about their safety.
Some conference organizers are confident that precautions will keep their attendees safe, while others are relying on hybrid or virtual events.
Nearly nine in 10 events were canceled, postponed or held virtually last year.
Businesspeople are eager to get back to having face-to-face meetings as traditional conferences resume with a focus on in-person —versus virtual — gatherings.
"We are obviously super excited about getting back to live shows," said Zachary Lezberg, founder and CEO of the Small Business Expo, which holds regional conferences around the country for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
In March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, the Small Business Expo canceled all remaining conferences for the rest of the year and hosted virtual events instead. This actually enabled the company to expand the reach of its events, Lezberg said.
"Instead of doing what a lot of companies did, which was take a step back and slow down because of COVID, we actually sped up," he said. "We decided to use this opportunity to our benefit, to try and expand quicker and get in as many cities as possible."
The company ended up staging 45 different virtual shows — more than double the number of in-person events it held in 2019.
This year the Small Business Expo series is returning with 15 regional in-person events beginning in August, and Lezberg said both the conference and the attendees are ready to return to business as usual.
"We're trying to promote normalcy in our shows," he said. "Obviously we're taking the safety precautions that the CDC and the local ordinances recommend, but we want to actually promote networking. We want to continue to help small businesses get back to business. They've been through a very, very rough time for nearly 18 months."
The International Congress and Convention Association reported that out of 8,409 planned events for 2020 that the ICCA examined globally, about 14% were canceled and 44% were postponed, and another 30% were conducted virtually. The rest were either unaffected (9%), hybrid virtual/in-person events (2%) or relocated (1%).
Conference organizers are eager to get back to hosting in-person events because of the revenues they generate, ICCA said.
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Bringing best practices from virtual events to in-person conferences
"In the future, meetings are likely to include elements and best practices from virtual and hybrid events," said Senthil Gopinath, CEO of the ICCA, in the report.
Lezberg said he expects that some Small Business Expo attendees may still be cautious about coming to live events, and it's in the process of formulating a plan for telecasting its workshops and seminars.
As far as the content of the presentations at the Small Business Expos, he said presenters have been told to steer away from pandemic-related topics and focus on the tools small businesses need to be successful going forward.
"I feel personally that people are just sick of hearing about COVID," he said. "We're trying to get businesses back to the way they were and focus on the things that they need to learn about, whether it's marketing, how to build an e-commerce store, how to drive more customer loyalty and things like that."
Obviously we're taking the safety precautions that the CDC and the local ordinances recommend, but we want to actually promote networking. We want to continue to help small businesses get back to business. They've been through a very, very rough time for nearly 18 months.
Zachary Lezberg, founder and CEO, Small Business Expo
In fact, the Small Business Expo has added a new component to its shows for 2021 focusing specifically on e-commerce, based on the increased demand for online ordering that escalated in 2020.
The pandemic has also prompted the Small Business Expo to become more digitally focused and incorporate more features into its mobile app, including digital show guides and social media feeds.
The shows will also now feature touch-free registration and contactless business card exchanges. Attendees can register using their phone, and then scan a QR code to print their badge, or use the badge that will be housed in the app, along with the built-in-scanner, to exchange contact information with other attendees using the app.
"There are a lot of cool new technologies we're able to take advantage of that actually help promote the safety precautions, and that also make it easier for everybody," said Lezberg. "The break we had from doing the live shows during COVID gave us the time to get those things ready."
The National Confectioners Association plans to bring back its in-person Sweets & Snacks Expo with almost no changes from the way the event was previously held. — National Confectioners Association
Pandemic-informed business insights to 'help attendees navigate shifting retail landscape, evolving consumer needs'
Meanwhile, the National Confectioners Association is bringing back its Sweets & Snacks Expo this year with almost no changes from the way the event was previously held, said Christopher Gindlesperger, senior vice president of public affairs and communications at the NCA. The Sweets & Snacks Expo is scheduled for June 23 to 25 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
"If anything, the virtual-centered lifestyles we've all experienced this year make our industry even more excited to come together in person," Gindlesperger said. "The Sweets & Snacks Expo won't have any virtual components this year because we are confident that we can host a safe and successful live event with our partners in the city of Indianapolis."
Gindlesperger said that after the cancellation of last year's show, the association's manufacturer members are eager to showcase two years' worth of product innovation in person to potential buyers.
"There is a significant amount of pent-up demand for in-person events and engagement within the industry heading into the back half of this year," he said.
The association added a Supplier Showcase to the event that's scheduled the day before the Expo opens. The Supplier Showcase is designed to connect the association's supplier community with their manufacturer partners.
Unlike the Small Business Expo, which Lezberg said will steer away from pandemic-related content in its educational presentations, Gindlesperger said the Sweets & Snacks Expo will offer a variety of education tracks designed to provide insights into the impact that the pandemic had on the industry, and to "help attendees navigate the shifting retail landscape and evolving consumer needs."
Education session topics will include consumer and shopper trends, retail and category trends and business disruptions, he said.
Gindlesperger said the Expo is expecting more than 450 exhibitors, along with thousands of retail attendees representing about 1,800 banners across multiple classes of trade.
Not all trade groups have embraced the return of in-person events, however. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores, which canceled its Total Store Expo conference last year but had been preparing to stage it live in Denver this August, recently said it would instead transition it to a virtual event.
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"The current realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel policies of many NACDS members dictate that in-person conferences remain impractical for the immediate future," said Steven C. Anderson, president and CEO of NACDS, in a statement.
The association pledged to provide 100% refunds to members for all attendance fees already paid.


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Samsung GALAXY S4: Your Life Companion
Posted: April 29, 2013 in Tech
Tags: 5-inch Full HD AMOLED display, Eric Sulit- SEPCO Business Unit Director for Mobile, Google Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, Samsung Electronic Philippines Corporation (SEPCO), samsung galaxy s4
The long wait is over! Samsung Electronic Philippines Corporation (SEPCO) finally announces the fourth generation GALAXY S hailed as the GALAXY S4. We once have a smartphone that is designed for humans, and now, the new generation is a smartphone that is said to be our life companion.
Nokia unveils the Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 in the Philippines
Tags: Gary Chan- Head of Marketing for Pan Asia, Karel Holub- Country General Manager of Nokia, LiveSight™, Malaysia and Singapore, Mike Smith- Product Manager Nokia Philippines, Near Field Communication (NFC), Nikka Abes- Head of Communication for Philippines, Nokia Lumia 520, Nokia Lumia 720, Nokia Lumia 820, Nokia Lumia 920
Nokia announces the availability of two new smartphones in the Philippines: the Nokia Lumia 720 and the Nokia Lumia 520. With these two new highly competitive smartphones, Nokia is delivering a rich selection of high-end features, familiar from the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, style and innovation to lower price points.
Alcatel marks 20th anniversary, launches latest offerings
Tags: Alain Lejeune- Head of Research and Development for Alcatel One Touch, Alcatel, Alcatel One Touch, Alcatel One Touch Idol, Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD, Android Jelly Bean, one touch idol ultra, TCL Communication
This year, Alcatel celebrates its 20th anniversary in the market. As a part of this big celebration, Alcatel presented the latest devices they offer.
Symantec Mobility Survey Reveals That Good Things Come to Those Who Don't Wait
Tags: Marie Pettersson- Symantec's senior product marketing manager for Mobile and Security in Asia Pacific and Japan, State of Mobility Survey, Symantec Corporation
Two distinct types of organizations emerge from Symantec Corp's. recent 2013 State of Mobility Survey – "Innovators" who readily embrace mobility and "Traditionals" who are reluctant to implement it. Globally, 86 percent of innovators are moving ahead with mobility, motivated by business drivers, and they are experiencing significant benefits. Traditional organizations are implementing mobility more slowly, largely in response to user demand, and are seeing both fewer costs and benefits.
Samsung Transforms the Home Entertainment Experience with Industry Leading TV Technologies and Advanced AV Solutions
Tags: CL Lee- president and Managing Director of SEPCO, Jim paredes, MX-FS8000, new Samsung UHD TV UA85S9, Samsung, Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation (SEPCO), Samsung Smart TVs future-proof TVs, Samsung's DA-F61, Samsung's HT-F9750W Home Theater System, Samsung's HW-F450 AirTrack
Samsung's 2013 Smart TVs and AV lineup offer easier content navigation and premium, connected audio technology
At its 2013 AV Roadshow today, Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation (SEPCO) reinforced its technology leadership through the introduction of its new Smart TV lineup that responds to consumer demand for premium design, smarter features, superior picture quality, and larger screen sizes. Samsung's 2013 Smart TVs allow users to enjoy a more seamless, integrated and immersive entertainment viewing experience.
Samsung also announced the expansion of its digital audio lineup with new devices that easily turn any home entertainment setup into an optimal sound environment and feature a number of wireless connectivity enhancements.
"Consumers are demanding more from TV and AV products in order to achieve the ultimate home entertainment experience," said CL Lee, president and Managing Director of SEPCO. "We're offering a brand new Smart Hub, which offers a simpler, more intuitive way for consumers to discover and organize the content they love. In addition, the new upgradeable evolution kit makes Samsung Smart TVs future-proof TVs."
Redesigned Smart Hub for the Ultimate Lean-back Experience
Samsung is providing consumers with a simpler way to embrace the discovery of new content and experiences with a completely redesigned Smart Hub. The 2013 Smart Hub provides consumers with an easy way to organize and navigate personalized content through an updated interface and dynamic thumbnail previews within three newly designed panels:
Apps: Easily access and edit downloaded Samsung Apps
Photos, Videos & Music: Access personal content stored on various AllShare devices and web storages in one place
Social: View popular video content shared across social channels
The new Apps panel of Samsung's Smart Hub allows users to display up to 30 app icons on one page, which users can customize so that their favorite apps are easy to access. Consumers can easily browse Samsung's Smart Hub through its enhanced Voice Control function, which offers improved usability and accuracy – including the ability to understand about 300 different commands, up from 50 commands in 2012, and to control multiple apps at once. With these improvements, consumers can navigate their entire Smart TV via Samsung's updated Voice Control feature, for a more seamless experience from beginning to end.
Combined with Samsung's enhanced Motion Control – which includes new gestures that allow users to swipe and two-handed zoom in/out while viewing websites and photos, or use a flip motion to easily move between Smart Hub panels – consumers can now have more fun navigating and controlling their TV than ever before.
UHD TV—Ultimate Blend of Technology and Craftsmanship
The stunning Timeless Gallery design of the new Samsung UHD TV UA85S9, sets a new standard for the industry, revolutionizing the conventional TV design aesthetic. The TV appears to be floating within its frame and showcases the juxtaposition of a classic, minimalist concept with a large, 85-inch display. Samsung's design concept includes its One Connect solution to eliminate cable clutter by requiring only one cable to connect to the TV, creating a perfect Clean Back look. The UHD TV's larger screen size is part of Samsung's effort to meet consumer demand for larger-screen TVs – the fastest growing TV segment in the region.
Blending technology excellence with fine craftsmanship, the state-of-the-art UA85S9 offers four times the resolution available on existing Full HD displays to deliver beautiful detail, unmatched clarity and the most vivid picture quality. The UA85S9 UHD also includes Samsung's proprietary up-scaling engine which can up-convert HD or Full-HD to UHD-level picture quality by restoring detail information to create greater precision for real-life picture quality. In addition to the up-scaling engine, Samsung's addressing the current conflicting UHD content industry standards through Smart Evolution, which will have forward compatibility with the latest standards and features. Users will have no difficulties in watching UHD content regardless of future standardizations, which eases purchasing concerns to ensure that users will be able to view UHD content for years to come.
Rounding off the UHD TV S9 is an immersive audio experience to match its screen excellence, with 120-watt array speakers built seamlessly into the frame of the television.
LED TV—The Brightest Picture Available
The F8000 reaffirms Samsung's leadership in the LED Smart TV market by offering brighter, more vibrant pictures with richer colors, deeper black levels and higher contrasts. Its ultra-thin design profile and Arc stand make the TV appear to be floating in the air. The F8000 is also among Samsung's first line of Smart TVs equipped with Intelligent Viewing, which creates an optimized picture quality dependent on the type of content, and a quad-core processor – making it even easier and faster for consumers to toggle between apps, online services and on-air TV. The F8000 will be available this year in 55", 60'', 65" and 75" class screen sizes.
Samsung Evolution Kit—Delivering Real Future-Proof TVs
Samsung is delivering on its promise to offer its customers a way to stay up-to-date with the latest technology. Available on Series 7, 8 and 9 2012 Smart TVs, the Evolution Kit offers both software and hardware updates that include access to the 2013 Smart Hub and other Smart features, and transforms the set's dual-core CPU to quad-core, resulting in faster internal processing speeds. Several of Samsung's flagship 2013 Smart TVs will also be equipped with slots for future Evolution kits.
7.1 Channel Home Theater System—Brilliant, Unprecedented Sound Quality
Samsung's HT-F9750W Home Theater System provides consumers with superior sound quality and a remarkable viewing experience comparable to that of a movie theater. The 1,330-watt sound system features a vacuum tube pre-amplifier and gallium nitride amplifier, which together create a pure, natural sound without distortion. The HT-F9750W also offers a Blu-ray component that allows users to run multiple apps at once for easier access to the latest Smart Hub and AllShare features. The home theater system's powerful sound quality is matched with a premium, metallic finish that is the perfect complement to Samsung's 2013 Smart TVs, including Samsung's UHD TV.
AirTrack—Wireless Connectivity Experience
Samsung's HW-F450 AirTrack is a sound system with a stunningly slim and sleek design created to complement the aesthetic qualities of the Samsung TV. The AirTrack's slimness allows it to lie horizontally, so you can efficiently use the space around you. The simple, wireless feature enables easy setup, delivering a clean and elegant look to your space. Plus, with SoundShare, you can easily synchronize your TV wirelessly via Bluetooth, making the connection clean and effortless. This allows you to showcase the slim and sleek design of each device, while also enjoying the enhanced immersive entertainment experience.
Hi-Fi Component System—Perfect Sound System for Blastng Sound
MX-FS8000 is a perfect sound system for blasting sound with its 2300watts sound output. With the beat waving features of the Samsung Hi-fi Component system, you can feel that you're in the midst of a cheering crowd at a football game or have an opportunity to be a perfect DJ and get your party started. The powerful sound 3D display and beat waving make this system the best out there.
Bluetooth Speaker—Bring your music anywhere
Samsung's DA-F61 is equipped with a Near Field Communication feature which can instantaneously connect with Samsung smartphones without wires. Once in range, SoundRunwill automatically turn on and transfer content, such as music files, within seconds.
Lenovo and Kobe Bryant reveal power and elegance with new smartphones
Tags: A390, A690, A706, K900, Kobe Bryant, Lenovo, Mr. John Rojo- Business Unit Head of Lenovo Mobile Philippines
Accomplishments give a sense of reward greater than anything, and nobody displays the achiever persona more than superstar athlete Kobe Bryant. Just like the world-famous celebrity, Lenovo smartphones let people do more with style. With the launch of their new smartphones the A390, A690, A706 and the K900, Lenovo proves that they can blend two of Kobe's distinct characteristics in their smartphones: power and elegance.
Ascend W1, Huawei's first Windows Phone 8 smartphone now out
Tags: 1.2 GHz processor and Adreno 305 GPU., Huawei Ascend W1, information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, Jerry Bongco- Original Equipment Manufacturer Director of Microsoft Philippines, Johnson Ma- Country Manager of Huawei Device Philippines
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, opens door for more Windows Phone users by unveiling its first Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Huawei Ascend W1.


In 1989, Chef & Foodie Buddy Taylor created the famous Gator Hammock Sauce to spice up some wings for his softball team. Celebrating his 25th year in business this year, Buddy has created a full line of sauces and sprinkles that will satisfy any taste. After years of fine-tuning, taste testing and fiddling around with a pinch of this and a dash of that, Buddy has perfected the right combination of aged cayenne peppers, garlic, vinegar and other special spices. Over the years, he has received many awards from the Fiery Food Industry and been featured on the Food Networks "Food Finds of the Everglades". All products are made with all natural ingredients, NO MSG or artificial substances.


The Greatest Showman is the most inspirational, phenomenal, beautiful masterpiece I have ever seen. This is the movie that I needed to see to remind me why I started my journey to be an actor. It's because I want to touch others the way this film did for me and I want to share stories, share important messages and inspire a whole new generation and people around the world. I have a need to be an actor, not just a desire. A NEED.
This movie is the best movie I have ever seen in my entire life. I am a youtuber and I made a video about it, but I couldn't say everything I needed to say in my video so I'm writing it here.
This film had me in tears from the second it started to the second that it ended. IT was EPIC, it had a beautiful message, a plot, it had the most beautiful music I've ever heard in a movie musical. It restored my faith in Hollywood musicals. It broke my heart, and fixed it. It made me feel better about myself, my career and my life.
This film, taught me that I am important, my voice is important. I may not look like I consider myself a misfit, but I am. I've been rejected by people for being a 'mormon' for being 'different' and the song "This is Me" brought me to sobbing tears. Every time I hear it, I sob.
cos we don't want your broken parts.
I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars, run away they say.
"But I won't let them break me down to dust.
I'm gonna send a flood gonna drown them out.
"I am brave. I am bruised.
Words that I needed to hear for three long years. Three long years of self doubt and fear of failure. Look out, cos here I come.
A million dreams are keeping me awake. A million dreams of becoming the best that I can be as an artist, a person, an actor, a singer, maybe one day a wife or a mother. I don't know what the future holds. I've been reflecting on the past for a long time, and I've realized that starting today and throughout the rest of my life I will stop judging myself harshly and I will stop reminding myself of the cruel words that my previous instructors and 'friends' have said. I will stop letting others' control my dreams.
"They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy.
They can say, they can say I've lost my mind.
I don't care. I don't care so call me crazy.
I can live in a world that I design. I can live the way I want to. I have the strength to chase my dreams and I am SICK of letting others get in the way.
You will see me on the big and small screens and one day on the great white way. Just you wait.
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Orlando Pirates suffered their first league loss of the season in a 1-0 defeat to Bidvest Wits, courtesy of Gladwin Shitolo's own goal at the Orlando Stadium on Wednesday evening, writes MARSHALL GOUTS.
The Clever Boys looked to maintain their perfect record in the 2018-19 campaign after claiming victories against Free State Stars and Kaizer Chiefs. To maintain the continuity, Gavin Hunt named an unchanged lineup from his first two league outings.
Milutin Sredojevic's side were aiming to bounce back from their MTN8 Cup elimination at the hands of SuperSport United. The Buccaneers were in search of their second league victory of the season after being held to a 1-1 draw against Highlands Park and narrowly beating Chippa United 1-0.
The home side started the brighter of the two teams and had an opportunity as early as the third minute, but striker Justin Shonga fluffed his effort from within the area.
Wits almost took the lead through a swift counter-attacking move, but Mxolisi Macuphu's goalbound effort was tipped over the bar by Pirates goalkeeper Siyabonga Mpontshane.
Neither side were able to take a proper stronghold on the game, while a fierce battle ensued in the middle of the park.
Shonga was presented with a golden opportunity to draw first blood, but his effort was kept out by goalkeeper Darren Keet from a one-on-one situation.
Bucs opted for a change in the second half when Thamsanqa Gabuza was introduced for Augustine Mulenga. Pirates sprang to life, with wing Vincent Pule using his pace and trickery to cause his former side a few scares. He almost took the lead in the 53rd minute but his effort cannoned off the upright.
The visitors made two changes in quick succession with striker Simon Murray and midfielder Haashim Domingo replacing Gift Motupa and Terrence Dzvukamanja.
Pirates made another change when Paseka Mako came on for the out-of-sorts Shonga.
Wits took the lead in the 81st minute when Domingo's cross took a wicked deflection off Shitolo to creep in behind the goalkeeper at the near post.
In the end, the visitors did enough to maintain their 100% unbeaten start to the 2018-19 campaign with a 1-0 victory against Pirates.


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Heading into the second year of dates on their globe-trotting Soul2Soul World Tour, country power couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have revealed rising talents Caitlyn Smith and Devin Dawson as the trek's 2018 opening acts.
Singer-songwriter Smith, whose debut LP Starfire was released in January 19th, will be the tour's featured supporting artist when its new leg kicks off May 31st in Richmond, Virginia. Dawson, who also issued his debut LP Dark Horse on January 19th and currently has a top 5 hit with "All on Me," will take over the supporting role beginning June 26th in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Touted as McGraw and Hill's first joint tour since 2007, the Soul2Soul World Tour began in April 2017 and has since sold more one million tickets. Smith and Dawson opened shows on the first leg as well, but had to share the job with a rotating guest list which also included Brothers Osborne, Needtobreathe, Seth Ennis, the Shadowboxers, Jon Pardi, Chris Lane, Joseph, Midland, High Valley, Charlie Worsham, Lori McKenna, Rachel Platten, Rhiannon Giddens, Maggie Rose, Natalie Hemby, Ben Rector, Brent Cobb, Eric Paslay, Brandy Clark, Cam, Chris Janson, Steve Moakler, LoCash and Margo Price.
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On March 11th, McGraw collapsed onstage during the Dublin, Ireland, stop of the C2C: Country to Country Festival. He was unable to finish the show but later reassured fans the episode was not serious, blaming dehydration brought on by his exercise regime and frequent air travel.
Here's a complete list of dates for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's 2018 Soul2Soul: The World Tour:
May 31 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum
June 1 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston Civic Center
June 2 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
June 5 – Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms Arena
June 7 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
June 8 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center
June 12 – Hershey, PA @ Giant Center
June 14 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 15 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
June 16 – Manchester, NH @ SNHU Arena
June 22 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
June 23 – Duluth, GA @ Infinite Energy Center
June 26 – Bossier City, LA @ CenturyLink Center
June 29 – Springfield, MO @ JQH Arena
June 30 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
July 6 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
July 7 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
July 8 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Sioux Falls Arena
July 10 – Grand Forks, ND @ Ralph Engelstad Arena
July 13 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
July 14 – Eugene, OR @ Matthew Night Arena
July 18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
July 20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Arena
July 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
July 22 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
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From blades to buses
TPI supplements wind energy efforts with electric bus bodies
TPI Composites has continued to expand its green energy efforts with the implementation of a second plant in Newton dedicated to producing zero-emission electric bus bodies.
In November 2017, TPI Composites announced it was entering into a five-year supply agreement with Proterra, Inc. to create up to 3,350 composite bus bodies within that particular time period. The Newton manufacturer, which also produces composite wind blades, opened the bus plant in July 2018, Newton Development Corporation (NDC) Executive Director Frank Liebel said.
TPI Composites successfully shipped its first, composite bus body in August 2018 to a Proterra, Inc. assembly factory in California. To house its composite bus making facility, the Newton manufacturing company renovated Building 142 of the old Maytag Plant 2, which had been out of production for nearly 11 years, NDC said in a newsletter.
NDC expected the bus plant to house 150 employees by the end of 2018 and will likely continue to grow.
In the August 2018 NDC newsletter, TPI Composites leadership said it was "greatly appreciative of the tremendous support" from the City of Newton, NDC and several other groups involved in the "successful start-up of the new bus operations."
Proterra, Inc. designs and manufactures heavy-duty, battery-electric transit buses, the bodies of which are supplied by TPI Composites. The company strives to reduce operating costs "while delivering clean, quiet transportation to local communities across the United States."
The bus composites created by TPI are for Proterra's catalyst battery-electric vehicles. Even after they are fully completed and affixed with their operational equipment, customers can upgrade their buses to "meet changing needs throughout the vehicles' life," according to the Proterra website. They can also choose between two bus sizes and select their energy level and charging solutions.
According to a press release, the composite bus bodies "utilize a combination of reinforcement materials including fiberglass and carbon fiber," making it a fairly lightweight structure. Since the weight of the body has been reduced, the company claimed it now has the ability to use "alternative fuel sources such as electric, hybrid electric or CNG (compressed natural gas)."
In 2017, Proterra CEO Ryan Popple said, "As cities and municipalities throughout North America transition to zero-emission buses, TPI's expanded manufacturing footprint and advanced composites technology will help us to scale the production of our electric buses and cost-effectively serve our California and South Carolina factories in the United States."
TPI Composites is the top employer in town with more than 1,000 workers on staff. The company also manufactures its composite bus bodies in Warren, R.I., in addition to Newton. TPI headquarters is located in Scottsdale, Ariz., and operates factories in China, Mexico and Turkey. Construction of a new India facility was announced in January.
Contact Christopher Braunschweig at 641-792-3121 ext. 6560 or cbraunschweig@newtondailynews.com


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Trisha to launch indie
ITV's chat-show stalwart Trisha Goddard is forming her own indie, which could take eventually take over the making of her daytime show.
She has teamed up with former Granada executive Malcolm Allsop, who was responsible for introducing her to UK audiences six years ago, to create Town House Productions. Allsop is currently chief executive of Holland's TeVe Partners.
Trisha's exclusive contract with Anglia TV, owned by Granada, runs out later this year and she now plans to expand her portfolio of programmes into more than just her ITV daytime chat show.
The company will also look to break into the US market after Trisha met with a number of production companies and networks last year.
Allsop said that the company would be creating new vehicles for her talent and has yet to realise her full potential.


Hello All, Has anyone ever seen Damon Howatt Contender 27#@28" 66" target recurve bow? I purchased last year at Rms gear. I'm guessing the year at 1966 serial# A099 MX-750 ???
Never seen one before but it is at least a 1968 or 1969. That is when I believe they started putting AMO on them. Larry Hatfield will tell you about it on Tradtalk or Leatherwall. Looks like a nice bow, pretty wood. How does it shoot?
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Courtesy call by envoy to South Africa: President David Granger was on Tuesday paid a courtesy call by Ambassador Designate to South Africa, Dr. Cecil Kenrick Hunte at the Ministry of the Presidency.
During their meeting, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the President spoke of his Administration's plan to pursue economic diplomacy with a focus on ensuring that its overseas missions become more engaged in trying to market Guyana and Guyanese products.
President David Granger (left) and Guyana's Ambassador Designate to South Africa, Dr. Cecil Kenrick Hunte at the Ministry of the Presidency.


In a study published in the European Journal of General Practice, researchers examined the effects of lifestyle on the emotional well-being of male and female diabetics. The goal was to uncover associations that can help in creating new strategies to manage and improve both lifestyle and Type 2 diabetes.
The cross-sectional study involved 1,085 patients diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes who had previously participated in the e-Vita part of the Zwolle outpatient diabetes project integrating available care (ZODIAC) study.
The researchers obtained information on the patients' lifestyle information, notably, their body mass index, smoking habits, physical activity, and alcohol consumption through self-reported questionnaires.
Using the World Health Organization-5 well-being index (WHO-5), the researchers assessed the participants' emotional well-being.
After the researchers had adjusted for other lifestyle factors, they found that physical activity had the most positive impact on the emotional well-being of both men and women participants.
On the other hand, the consumption of 22-35 drinks of alcohol per week and smoking had the most negative impact on the emotional well-being of men and women participants respectively.
Because of these findings, the researchers concluded that there is a positive but non-clinically relevant association between physical activity and the emotional well-being of both men and women patients with Type 2 diabetes. Meanwhile, there is a negative but non-clinically relevant association between excessive alcohol use and smoking and the emotional well-being of men and women patients with Type 2 diabetes respectively.
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Hosted by Bryan Dowdle, this panel will try out two different game show formats to see which is more fun. The first half will be a "celebrity squares" style game except that not all the squares will be celebrities! The second half will be "Are You Smarter than an 85er?" with trivia questions of escalating difficulty. Winners will get their choice of a free drink ticket (while supplies last), a free badge for PMX 2011, or something from our toy chest of wacky Japanese consumer products.
Contestant name tags (a la The Price is Right) will be available to everyone and if you want to participate, write your name on one half of a carnival ticket and toss it in the box. Names will be randomly drawn whenever the games need a new victim.
To honor the late Carl Macek and 25 years of his greatest creation, the topic for both games will be Robotech trivia. Disclaimer: Robotech is a trademark of Harmony Gold USA, Inc. and this event is not affiliated with them in any way.
In the tradition of the classic Dean Martin roasts, PMX has invited the Anime voice actor community to barbecue one of their own -- although if you do actually smell something burning, it's probably lingering from the Asian Food Challenge a few hours earlier in the same room.
Mr. Reynolds has chosen as his designated charity St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. PMX encourages everyone to consider donating when you get your Anime Nightclub wristband. We will have a special cashbox in Registration for donations only, and a designated internet terminal for going directly to the St. Jude's website and donating via credit card. Proceeds from Anime Nightclub, and the donation cashbox, will be remitted to St. Jude's by the Pacific Media Association, the company behind PMX.


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Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Five-year assessment
Under the Water Act 2007 (Cth), the Commission is required to undertake five-yearly assessments of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Basin Plan and water resource plans. This inquiry was the first such assessment.
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/basin-plan
National Water Reform
The Commission was asked to undertake an inquiry into the reform of Australia's water resources sector.
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/water-reform
Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture
This inquiry was asked to consider whether there are opportunities to improve fisheries regulations without compromising fishery policy and environmental objectives.
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/fisheries-aquaculture
Regulation of Agriculture
The Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a 9-month public inquiry into the regulatory burden on farm businesses.
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/agriculture
Natural Disaster Funding
The Australian Government has asked the Commission to undertake a public inquiry into the efficacy of current national natural disaster funding arrangements, taking into account the priority of effective natural disaster mitigation and the reduction
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/disaster-funding
Costs of Doing Business in Australia: Dairy Product Manufacturing
The Australian Government has requested that the Productivity Commission undertake a six month study into the cost structures of businesses operating in the Australian dairy product manufacturing industry, including costs relative to international
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/dairy-manufacturing
Safeguards Inquiry into the Import of Processed Fruit Products
Inquiry into whether safeguard action is warranted against imports of processed fruit products of the Australian Customs Tariff.
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/fruit-safeguards
Major Project Development Assessment Processes
The Australian Government has requested the Productivity Commission undertake a study to benchmark Australia's major project development assessment processes against international best practice.
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/major-projects
Safeguards Inquiry into the Import of Processed Tomato Products
Inquiry into whether safeguard action is warranted against imports of processed tomato products of the Australian Customs Tariff.
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/tomato-safeguards
Rural Research and Development Corporations
This public inquiry will consider the economic and policy rationale for Australian Government investment in rural research and development.
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/rural-research
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Q: how to execute function that dependent on 2 observables I'm having a function that needs to get 2 responses from 2 separate async functions (return observables).
1. Func1 return observable
2. Func2 return observable
They are not dependent one on another - they can run separately.
Func 3 should have some how the result of both Func1 and Func2 to execute.
I'm workign with RXJS, and tried doing it using pipe and flatMap or map, but still - didn't managed.

A: You need forkJoin for this. Here give this a try:
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { forkJoin } from 'rxjs';

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: [ './app.component.css' ]
})
export class AppComponent  {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}

  getGoogle() {
    return this.http.get('https://api.github.com/users/google');
  }

  getMicrosoft() {
    return this.http.get('https://api.github.com/users/microsoft');
  }

  ngOnInit() {
    forkJoin(
      this.getGoogle(),
      this.getMicrosoft()
    )
    .subscribe(
      res => console.log(res)
    )
  }

}

Here's a Working Sample StackBlitz for your ref.

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Roasting seasonal vegetables is something I do at least 4-5 times per week. It's super simple, healthy, and yummy! Roasting to the point of crispy caramelization brings out the natural sweetness in these 2 particular veggies!
A drizzle of olive oil, a sprinkle of s & p, a parchment lined baking sheet, and a pre set oven to 400 degrees….your good to go!


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https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Brown-endures-late-struggles-to-win-Madison-12639501.php
Brown endures late struggles to win Madison Marathon
Published 12:00 am CST, Tuesday, November 11, 2014
MADISON, Wisconsin - It only took Kayla Brown two tries to take her first marathon - but it almost took her in the process.
Brown, 26, won the women's portion of the Madison Marathon Saturday in Madison, Wisc. in a time of 2:56.02. The SIU Edwardsville assistant cross country coach encountered problems late in the race after being the leader of the pack most of the race.
Brown said she experienced dizziness and tingling in her arms and fell four times during the last mile. She collapsed at the finish line and was taken in a wheelchair to the treatment tent. She was treated there for nearly an hour. That treatment included heat packs and liquids.
The temperatures were in the 30-degree range for the marathon, which got started at 7 a.m. Sunday.
Brown said she was encouraged by spectators supporting her in the final mile.
"I would get so dizzy I fell down," Brown told a reporter following the race. "I would get up because my legs felt fine. It was like my body was giving out. This is only my second marathon and I know it's like a learning experience.
"I don't know the full routine yet."
Brown, a graduate of Petersburg PORTA High School, joined the SIUE cross country and track and field programs in August of 2013 as an assistant coach. A former standout runner for the Cougars, she owns two of the top three 6,000-meter cross country times in school history. Her career best 6K was a 21:47 run at the 2009 Bradley Classic in Peoria.
Brown completed her bachelor's degree from SIUE in 2010, majoring in community health education. She is pursuing a master's in exercise physiology/sport and exercise behavior at SIUE.
Since finishing her undergraduate degree, Brown has been busy as a running coach. She was the assistant cross country and track and field coach at Peterburg PORTA from 2010 to 2012. She also worked as the head women's cross country coach at Robert Morris University Springfield in 2012. She worked as a physical therapist at the Springfield Clinic from 2011 to 2013.
In high school, Brown was an all-stater for the Petersburg PORTA teams that won the IHSA state cross country championship in 2004 and was state runner-up in 2005. She was ninth overall in 2004 and 23rd the following year.
The Madison Marathon was only the second marathon for Brown. Her first was last year in Champaign.


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Mr. Usama Chaudhry is an experienced businessman who sits on several public company boards and specializes in executive management services, including corporate development, investor relations, financial reporting, company filings, budgeting and overseeing corporate governance, while achieving company objectives and maintaining internal cost controls. Mr. Chaudhry holds a bachelor of commerce with a major in accounting from the University of Northern British Columbia.
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Tanzania & Gambia ban child marriage, set 18 as the minimum age for marriage
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Tanzania and Gambia have made it illegal for girls and boys who are younger than 18 to marry as both countries have outlawed child marriage. In a landmark decision, the Tanzanian High Court on Friday, July 8, ruled in favour of protecting girls from the harms of early marriage.
The court ruled unconstitutional section 13 and 17 of the 1971 Tanzania Law of Marriage Act, which allows girls to marry at age 15 with parental permission and at age 14 with the permission of a court.
In Tanzania, where the rate of child marriage is around 37 per cent – one of the highest in the world – the move represents a "critical step forward" according to Human Rights Watch. In Gambia, where around 30 per cent of girls are married underage, President Yahya Jammeh announced on Wednesday, July 6:
"As from today, child marriage below 18 years is illegal in the Gambia…If you want to know whether what I am saying is true or not, try it tomorrow and see."
His wife, Madam Zineb Jammeh, has also voiced her strong support for banning child marriage.
"We can't afford to allow child marriage to hold back our beautiful girls any longer," she said in June. "Eliminating child marriages should be our priority, to allow young girls to develop and contribute to development.
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#define CIRCLE_CONTACT_H

#include "../../Common/b2Math.h"
#include "../../Collision/b2Collision.h"
#include "b2Contact.h"

class b2BlockAllocator;

class b2CircleContact : public b2Contact
{
public:
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	static void Destroy(b2Contact* contact, b2BlockAllocator* allocator);

	b2CircleContact(b2Shape* shape1, b2Shape* shape2);
	~b2CircleContact() {}

	void Evaluate(b2ContactListener* listener);
	b2Manifold* GetManifolds()
	{
		return &m_manifold;
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	b2Manifold m_manifold;
};

#endif

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Wilton fatal shooting victim identified as New Sharon man
Michael Reis, 24, was shot at about 1 a.m. in the driveway of a mobile home on Weld Road, and Maine State Police say they have identified the shooter, but are not releasing his name.
By Staff Report
Blood pooled in the driveway at 259 Weld Road in Wilton where police are investigating the shooting death of Michael Reis of New Sharon on Wednesday. Staff photo by David Leaming
Michael Reis, 24, of New Sharon, was shot and killed in the driveway of a Wilton home, Maine State Police said Wednesday morning, but released few other details.
Lt. Brian McDonough of the state police said at a news conference at the scene late Wednesday morning that police have identified the shooter, but didn't release his name. McDonough wouldn't comment on the circumstances surrounding the shooting, but said police don't believe the public is in danger.
Police continue to investigate fatal Wilton shooting
It was the state's sixth homicide of the year, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. Maine usually has between 20 to 25 homicides in a year.
The shooting at 259 Weld Road in Wilton has been under investigation by Maine State Police since early Wednesday morning.
McDonough of the state police said someone made a 911 call from the residence at 12:45 a.m. reporting that someone had been shot. He said there were several people at the residence at the time of the shooting, and they are cooperating with the investigation. Police wouldn't release the names of those who had been at the scene or say what their relationship to Reis or the alleged shooter was.
McDonough said that Reis was taken to the hospital by a friend after he was shot, where he was pronounced dead. McCausland later confirmed that the hospital was Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, about 10 minutes from the scene.
A neighbor, David Crockett Jr., said he woke up around 2 a.m. and saw police next door.
Crockett said he was not sure who lived at the mobile home, though it appeared whoever lived there was moving on Tuesday. He said earlier in the day several truckloads of furniture were being moved from the home.
The mobile home is owned by Alan Magrath, according to town records. It was not clear if Magrath lived at the mobile home or was renting it out.
No one has been arrested or charged in connection to the shooting, McDonough said.
"I don't think anyone else is in danger here," he said. "We're starting to get a feeling of what took place."
McCausland said that an autopsy is underway on Reis at the state medical examiner's office in Augusta.
McCausland said in a news release that "detectives plan to conduct a number of interviews to determine the circumstances of the shooting." He said the Farmington Police Department is helping with the interviews.
A pool of blood marked the dirt driveway of the mobile home and blood spatter was visible about 100 feet down the center of the road toward town at mid-morning Wednesday as state police investigators worked at the scene. McDonough would not comment on the blood.
Weld Road is Route 156, and the area where the shooting took place is outside of town, near the Wilson Lake Country Club — a quiet wooded neighborhood of modest homes about 100 yards apart from each other.
No other information was released at the news conference, and McDonough said there probably wouldn't be any more information available Wednesday. He said investigators would be at the scene throughout the day processing evidence and talking to neighbors.
Lauren Abbate — 861-9252
Twitter: @Lauren_M_Abbate


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TEAM > Ministry Updates > Announcing Our Interim CEO
Carrie Mills
Thank you for your kind words, Doris. We are so grateful for the time you spent serving with TEAM! We…
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TEAM is pleased to announce the appointment of our Interim CEO, Dr. Scott Henson.
Scott joined TEAM in 2003, serving initially as Director of Communications. He launched TEAM's award-winning TEAMHorizons magazine and spent the last decade traveling TEAM's ministry areas, collecting stories of God at work. Over the past year, Scott played a major role in shaping TEAM's future direction and strategies, working closely with the leadership team and the board of directors.
Scott received a bachelor's degree from Gardner-Webb College in religious and Biblical studies (1988). Later, he earned an MBA from Duke University (1992) and a Creative Writing MFA from Queens University of Charlotte (2003), and went on to graduate from Vanderbilt University with a Ph.D in international relations and law (2005).
Prior to his tenure with TEAM, Scott's diverse background included short-term missions in Asia among Vietnamese and Chinese refugees; then serving at various times as a local church pastor, church planter, and missions mobilizer. His multi-faceted professional background spans textiles, publishing, finance, and media. During his career in international business, Scott engaged with churches and cross-cultural ministries in more than 50 countries. Scott also teaches as a professor of international studies at Maryville College and has served as a visiting professor of international law and business at two major universities.
Married to Amy, they have a loving family with seven children. Their oldest child, Anna, is a college student, while Webb is a new arrival, less than two months old! The Henson family makes their home in Maryville, Tennessee where they attend River Oaks Community Church.
Scott's role as Interim CEO is effective as of November 3, 2012, succeeding Dr. Charles Davis who has led TEAM with integrity, faithfulness, sacrifice, passion, and vision for over a decade. We look forward with excitement at what God is doing, opening many new doors for the sake of the gospel!
From Our Board Chair:
On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to express appreciation for the visionary leadership and passionate service of Charlie Davis over the past twelve years. Charlie guided us through many necessary changes and improvements, and because of Charlie's guidance, TEAM is now poised to enter a new era. We are excited to implement some new and innovative plans that meet the challenges of our time, so that God's never-changing Gospel can be spread more effectively.
I am also eager to welcome and introduce to you our new Interim CEO, Scott Henson. Because of his bold and forward-looking vision, along with his passion and expertise, we are convinced that he is God's man for this time in TEAM's history. We look forward to what God has in store for us under Scott's leadership – new opportunities, dynamic partnerships, innovative plans – all for the ultimate goal of reaching more people for Christ.
I admire the unique gifts with which Charlie and Scott have been blessed. Each one has, and is continuing to use, his abilities to serve God with integrity and passion. Please pray for them and for TEAM as we help churches and individuals carry out the Great Commission.
Ralph Friebel
Chairman, TEAM Board of Directors
Board.Chair@team.org
A Personal Note From TEAM's Former International Director, Charlie Davis:
It has been an enormous privilege and honor to lead an organization like TEAM for these last 12-plus years. I have been blessed by being a part of TEAM's ministry around the globe. We have carried the good news of Jesus to the ragged edges of a broken world. What a joy to make disciples, see lives transformed, and watch in awesome wonder as God causes the Body of Christ to grow! New doors continue to open and exciting times are ahead, so let us pray to the Lord of the Harvest to raise up the next generation of workers.
A Personal Note From Scott:
Traveling with TEAM missionaries and sharing their stories has been the most exciting adventure of my life. Making disciples among the nations for more than a century is legacy that I can't fully comprehend, and just the glimpse that I've been able to see is more amazing than anything I could have imagined. Now, I have the opportunity to serve again those that are faithfully and courageously serving in this mission. TEAM has a great purpose and we serve a great God. Together, we have opportunities every day to make an impact for the Kingdom by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth.
On a recent Sunday, while singing in worship with our church, the Spirit renewed my vision for the time when tongues from every nation will proclaim the glory of God. TEAM is engaged on the front lines of a fierce struggle and the enemy does not rest in his opposition, but we already have the victory by faith in our Lord and Savior. I look forward to serving alongside you in this great mission!
125 Years of TEAM: Celebrating Stones of Remembran...
What's So Great About TEAM?
Doris Brougham says:
I'm excited to see all the new ways you are connecting all over the world.
I just attended the 50th anniversary celebration of the TEAM Church and hospital in Taitung Taiwan with Dr. Dennis and other TEAM missionaries.
I went to China under TEAM in 1948 and worked with you for 13 years in China and Taiwan.
We started TEAM Radio in Hualien in 1952.
It is such a joy to see the way the mission has expanded in so many ways.
May God's richest blessing continue to flow through all that you are doing,
Doris Brougham
Thank you for your kind words, Doris. We are so grateful for the time you spent serving with TEAM! We pray that the Lord will bless you abundantly!


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Politics and the biases of media
There are various things about the phenomenon of Corbynism which reflect very badly on the quality of political thought on that part of the Left that likes to think of itself as new and shiny and alternative in a weirdly backward-looking, Bennite kind of way. From a personal but also professional point of view, the one thing that I find most amazing is the way in which this 'movement', from Jeremy Corbyn on down, thinks about "the media". It is evident, and has been since last summer, that they really do believe in 'media bias', based on ideological grounds and intentionally reproduced, and that you can find evidence of it everywhere but especially in the BBC, personified in certain journalists.
There is no denying that Corbyn has had a bad press, but that of course is no evidence of media bias. To suppose that it is might just be a version of denial. And to think that there is such a thing as 'media bias' based on ideological grounds in the way in which the current Labour leadership and their supporters still, today, does is not only to display a basic misunderstanding of how journalism works, how news is made, how Party politics works (i.e. a misunderstanding of the world one is meant to have some grasp of as people working in Party politics), it is deeply troubling for two related reasons:
It indicates a failure to grasp the sorts of 'bias' that might well be at work in the conventions of news-making, biases towards things like narrative, good stories, arresting personalities, sincerity, and the like.
And following from this, what is really most troubling about the 1980s-style media studies view of 'media bias' circulating in strands of left commentary in the UK these last few months is not so much that it indicates a misunderstanding about dynamic world-making media practices, but what it reveals about how this sort of political perspective thinks about the interests of ordinary people.
If, as a politician, you keep publicly saying that your problems are due to the bias of 'the media', then you are demonstrating both a lack of self-awareness and a form of condescension towards people you think should really like you. And these are the sorts of dispositions that resonate quite powerfully in 'the media', irrespective of whether you are being reported on by Laura Kuenssberg or taking part in a fly-on-the-wall documentary on Vice, because they have little to do with 'ideology'.
This entry was posted in Media, Politics, Social Science and tagged Corbynism, Jeremy Corbyn, Media, media and democracy, media bias by Clive. Bookmark the permalink.
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chrishallamworldview on 26 Aug 2016 at 7:13 am said:
Are you seriously claiming that there isn't an overwhelming pro-Conservative bias in the British newspaper media?


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BALL AND BOE: A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, are joining forces once again for a one-off TV special, Ball & Boe: A Very Merry Christmas, due to air on ITV this December.
Taking to the stage, the iconic duo will exhibit both their unique blend of extraordinary talent and infectious humour, as they perform exciting new material alongside some Christmas favourites. Joining Michael and Alfie in this ITV entertainment special will be an array of talented celebrity guests, who are sure to bring an extra sparkle to screens this festive season.
Michael says "It feels like Christmas has come early! Back together for our third TV special, this time celebrating the season of good will with some amazing guests and the best music. All with a sprinkling of tinsel and fairy dust. It's the recipe for a perfect pre-Christmas snuggle...and that's just me and Alfie!"
Alfie says "We're back together...again! We're lucky enough to be hosting another Ball & Boe ITV special, this time with a Christmas twist. It's going to be an evening not to be missed, so get your slippers on, warm up the mince pies and mulled wine and join us. And wait until you see our special guests!"
The show will record on Friday 13th December 2019 at BBC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood. If you would like to join us for this special night, then apply now!