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5-yen-myntet är ett mynt som används i Japan. Myntet är det enda japanska mynt som saknar arabiska siffror. Den nuvarande designen präglades för första gången 1959 med de japanska förenklade tecknen, Shinjitai. Myntet präglades också mellan 1949 och 1958 med den äldre formen av Shinjitai.

5-yensmynt har präglats sedan 1870. Yen hade då ett betydligt högre värde, varför mynten präglades i guld.

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Det japanska uttrycket "fem yen," go en (五円) är en homofon med go-en (御縁), där "en" är ordet för en tillfällig bekantskap och "go" är ett respektfullt prefix. Det har gjort att myntet kommit att användas som rituell offergåva vid shintotempel. Femyens-myntet läggs också gärna först i en ny plånbok, när den ska tas i användning.

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Fysikerna Masuchika Kohno och Yoshinobu Koizumi visade efter kärnkraftsolyckan vid Tokaimura 1999 hur myntet kan användas för att uppskatta neutronförekomsten genom att mäta myntets zink-isotoper. På det viset kunde myntet vara en indikator på strålningsspridningen..

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Tanzania Arrests 800 Sex Work Suspects in Prostitution Crackdown
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A prostitute waits for customers in Shanghai, China, June 7, 2003. Tanzania has launched a crackdown on sex workers and their clients. Claro Cortes IV/Reuters
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Tanzanian authorities are holding some 800 people suspected of involvement in prostitution as the East African country cracks down on the sex industry.
Around 500 suspected sex workers and almost 300 alleged customers have been arrested as part of a police operation launched earlier in March, the deputy police commissioner of Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam told the BBC on Tuesday. Deputy police commissioner Simon Siro said that the first suspects would start appearing in court on Wednesday.
Prostitution is illegal in Tanzania but young women selling sex are a common sight in Dar es Salaam, where prostitutes ask for as little as 10,000 Tanzanian shillings ($4.58) from their clients. As part of the new crackdown, Tanzanian authorities are targeting men who pay for sex from prostitutes as well as the women selling it, according to a report by German broadcaster DW.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who was elected in October 2015, has tackle corruption in the country and uphold law and order. Tanzania's foreign ministry rubbished a report carried in a Kenyan newspaper in January that Magufuli had banned the wearing of miniskirts in the country, though it did state that the president and his government are "strong proponents of decent dressing."
A 2010 report by the Protection Project, a U.S.-based anti-trafficking initiative, said that Tanzania serves as "an origin, transit and destination country for human trafficking" and that women and children were trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
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Which of These is 2020's Greatest "Crime against Humanity"
From The Savvy Street.com
By Vinay Kolhatkar
Article 7 of the Rome Statute states:
For the purpose of this Statute, 'crime against humanity' means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack [emphasis mine].
The acts in themselves include many crimes including murder, enslavement, enforced disappearance, etc. and also "other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health."
The U.N. adds:
In contrast with genocide, crimes against humanity do not need to target a specific group. Instead, the victim of the attack can be any civilian population, regardless of its affiliation or identity.
Systemic crimes by communist regimes, such as the Holodomor (the famine manufactured by the Soviets in Ukraine) and the Great Leap Forward (Chairman Mao's "reconstruction" that killed 45 million) have been described as "crimes against humanity."
The Quintessential Nature of Humanity
Human beings are organisms capable of directing themselves, governing and even manufacturing, their emotions. They can also modify, physiologically, the very source of directedness and emotion (i.e., the brain) with purpose and practice (neuroplasticity).
This self-directedness (autonomy), is a primal source of joy, creativity, and productivity. It does not follow that we must each secure knowledge in every field from cooking to medicine to virology. In a world full of specialization, we can decide to follow experts we choose to trust. In a free-speech world, we may make errors in seeking and following experts that turn out to be wrong, but reality promptly corrects wrongheaded science. Science, when unhindered by willful mind-criminals, never goes backward.
It's thus a "crime against humanity" to force humans to act against their better judgment, to coerce them into accepting the rule of "wise men." It's even worse to hoodwink them into thinking that the unbiased counsel of experts is freely available to citizens via governments, and by those who have assumed the responsibility of holding governments to account (the media). So deceived, humanity, willingly but unknowingly, acts against its own interest.
I submit to you, the reader, that there is no greater moral crime than this deception.
The Year 2020's Most Egregious Crimes against Humanity
Our foundation laid, we are now in a position to call out the worst abuses of this calendar year.
A caveat, here. Much of this foundation was laid across several essays that were published on Savvy Street through 2020, and like the paragraph on autonomy above, are summaries of longer arguments. Hyperlinks are provided for those who wish to dig deeper.
1. Green Ideology Murdered People, Destroyed Property, and Burned Livestock
The year 2020 erupted with monstrous bushfires in Australia. The bulk of these, it was determined, did not have a natural cause such as lightning strikes (for which advanced meteorology keeps an accurate tab on locations and timing), but arson.
By the end of the northern summer, the western United States, too, was engulfed by record-breaking but preventable mega fires that claimed or destroyed human lives and other species. As children and their grandmothers were burned alive, mass media peddled the false narrative of the primary cause being "climate change."
2. Was It Criminal Negligence or Design? China and the Virus
Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist, was involved in investigating the first reported outbreak of COVID-19 in the world in Wuhan. In April 2020, she fled China and came to the U.S., where she sought refuge.
She later claimed, on several U.S. channels including Fox News that the COVID-19 virus was engineered in a lab—that the genome fingerprint reveals a manufacture—"a cow with a deer's head, a rabbit's ears, and a monkey's hands cannot arise in nature [minute 2.30 to 2.40];" that the wet market origination story was a smokescreen. Dr. Lan also asserted that the World Health Organisation (WHO) was complicit, courtesy China's intrusive domination of many developing countries via strategic lending (the Belt and Road Initiative) and its subversive machinations.
Dr. Lan's claims may be false. But they are being suppressed by mass media despite other virologists making similar claims. Google raises only the dismissals to the top of its search engine; its algorithms, it appears, are designed to promulgate the establishment narrative.
Even if the virus was lab engineered, its escape into the world may have resulted from negligence rather than intent. But, at the very least, in the initial phase of the pandemic, China actively suppressed information that could have saved countless lives—this is not disputed. That suppression of vital information alone marks it as a morally heinous crime.
3. WHO, CDC, and Public Health Agencies' Crime against Humanity
What if the virus arose in nature and escaped China inadvertently? The public health agencies are not exonerated by that hypothesis.
Early in 2020, there were plenty of signs of asymptomatic carry and a cure as the immune system overcame the virus, and also evidence that certain treatments, if given in the initial stages of the disease, were extremely effective.
But health agencies actively pooh-poohed studies of antibody testing and refused to engage on the cardinal numbers that really mattered. Hospitals inflated deaths by COVID to get access to more funds and the agencies turned a blind eye. Fraudulent studies that demonized HCQ were published in the world's most prestigious medical journals.
4. The Enablers: Mass Media and Academe's Capitulation Is a Crime
The neo-Marxists long march through our institutions began nearly a century ago. The critical capture was of academe, and then, media.
Economics was an easy prey once Keynes published his outlandish departure from logic. The humanities were re-erected with "grievance studies," a scientific hoax. Mass media's shift away from objectivity toward leftist advocacy masquerading as journalism was predicated on the falsification provided by "peer-reviewed" journals, which, in the humanities, had become subtle advocates for unreason.
Restrained by the First Amendment in the U.S., mass media used European regulation to strangle the multinational tech giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google (owner of YouTube). Inventing pseudo-objective paradigms like "fake news" and "hate speech," they succeeded in flooding the social media public square with neo-Marxist bias.
Let's recall the Rome Statute's key criteria for labeling a wrong a "crime against humanity":
Intentionally causing great suffering, an attack that is widespread or systematic, and directed against any civilian population at large.
Which of these four, do you, the reader, believe to be the most egregiously heinous criminals against humanity of the year 2020?
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Birthdate: October 10, 1961
Birthplace: New Orleans, La.
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Family: wife, Nicole; children, Albert III and Greta
Stall's biggest moment as a trainer came in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic, when Blame beat the previously undefeated and extremely popular Zenyatta by a nose. Both went on to end-of-season honors, with Zenyatta being voted Horse of the Year and Blame champion older male.
Stall's father and grandfather were breeders and owners. His father, Albert M. Stall, is a member of the Hall of Fame at their local track, Fair Grounds, and was chairman of the Louisiana Racing Commission for 28 years.
Al Jr. worked at the track as a teen. He earned a bachelor's degree in geology from LSU, and worked for the Pel-Tex Oil Company while in college and after graduation. When the company sold, he went back to racing. Among his tutors were Hall of Famer Jack Van Berg, and longtime Clairborne trainer Frank Brothers. When Brothers retired late in 2007, Stall became the primary trainer for the legendary Central Kentucky Farm.
Other notable horses trained by Stall include Tom's d'Etat, Apart, Vexed, Departing and Central Banker.
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From left, Kenyan fans John Githaiga, of Kenya, and Penny Waweru and Frank Githinji, of Lowell, cheer as Edna Kiplagat crosses the finish line to win the women's race. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
The runners were still miles from the finish line — somewhere between Hopkinton and Copley Square — but a group of Kenyans at the finish line had a good feeling.
"I'm feeling positive," said Harrison Maina, of Malden, vice president of the New England Kenyan Welfare Association. "Marathon running is a very huge sport in Kenya, very popular. It's associated with people who are back in the village — it's one of the easiest way to make money ... running and winning a marathon."
Historically, Kenyans have dominated the Boston Marathon. Over the last three decades, Kenyan men have won 21 races, while Kenyan women have won 12. But Ethiopians have been more successful in recent years.
"It looks like they're giving the Ethiopians a run for their money," Maina said early in the race. "The Ethiopians are the ones to beat."
For many of the state's roughly 5,500 Kenyans, seeing their compatriots rule one of the most important sporting events in Boston is a huge thrill.
"They have come all the way from Africa so we have to come and support them," said Penny Waweru, who's come from Lowell to watch the race the last five years. She's part of a group of Kenyans who take in the race at the intersection of Exeter and Boylston streets. Waweru feels their presence is vital to the success of the runners.
"We are determined to come so that we can give them courage, and we motivate them so they can continue."
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"We are determined to come so that we can give them courage, and we motivate them so they can continue," she said.
Many Kenyans grow up running. Frank Githinji, of Lowell, says there are so many good runners in Kenya that some could give the marathoners a run for their money — if only they had passports, and the desire to race professionally.
"Every morning you go to school running," he said. "So it's like something that is inborn to us."
"Most of the good runners, they are still back in the village," Githinji added with a large grin. "If they were here they would break many records, and maybe nobody would ever break them again."
This group of fans waved the Kenyan flag and posed for photos as the elite runners headed for the finish. First it was 37-year-old Edna Kiplagat, who crossed the finish line almost a minute ahead of her closest competitor to win the women's race. About a half hour later, 24-year-old Geoffrey Kerui finished first in the men's race with 21 seconds to spare.
"Go Kenya!" shouted Moses Mathenge, who came to the race wearing a brilliant dashiki. He was so pumped up on the victory of two Kenyan runners that his body was shaking.
"I feel like a Kenyan," he said. "Proud to be a Kenyan today."
It's a pride he says he feels every day, but today — like many Kenyans in Boston and around the world — he's elated.
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Plagiarism is a problem – you can't deny it. The roots of it can be traced probably to the earliest days of humanity, but one of the oldest issues remains to be a big headache today. In this article we discuss written plagiarism. Undoubtably it is most prominent in article writing and of course, schools/universities. Teacher, professors and organisations invest into anti plagiarism tools, but which of them actually work? Let's narrow down the issue – what is the best way to detect and prevent plagiarism?
Actually, the answer is quite simple. The name of the problem solver is 'Anti plagiarism tool'. What is it? Software, usually available online, dedicated to spot and mark plagiarised pieces in a document. How does it do it? By combining clever algorithms with immense databases, antiplagiarism check services determine whether the content uploaded matches something it has indexed online or stored somewhere. If it is a match – your document is marked at least somewhat plagiarised, if not – congratulations, your paper is ready to be handed in or published!
Modern anti plagiarism tools are used everywhere. Schools, colleges, universities, businesses and even individuals put them to good use. Since some of them can be accessed and used for free, more and more users are trying it out for themselves. After seeing the many great benefits, they choose to opt for premium memberships. It is a very wise investment for those who tend to do a lot of writing or look/evaluate many documents over periods of time.
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A real estate purchase agreement contract does not actually transfer title of a home, building, or lot. Instead, it provides a framework of the rights and responsibilities of each party before the legal transfer of title can occur. The best time to back out of a real estate purchase is before youve signed the purchase agreement. After that, youre under contract, and you may be penalized if you back out for reasons that arent stipulated in the purchase agreement. A joint venture agreement is legally binding in most jurisdictions and can be used in court to seek damages if either party reneges on the terms of the contract. When drafting a withdrawal clause that includes the option of sale of shares to a third party, pre-emption rights may be applied to the transfer of the shares. Pre-emption rights give the shareholders of the company the right to be offered the transfer shares before they are offered to a third party who isnt already a shareholder of the company. Pre-emption rights are normally contained in the companys articles of association. The third party who purchases the joint venture shares is usually required to enter into a shareholders agreement or deed of adherence to an existing shareholders agreement that includes an obligation on the third party to comply with the terms of the joint venture agreement (https://project-ile.net/lulu/blog/2021/04/13/supplemental-agreement-to-joint-venture-agreement/). When looking for applicable regulations relating to quality-technical agreements, it is important to note that explicit references to such agreements do not always exist. It is, therefore, necessary to look for other terms, such as contract manufacture or outsourced activities. A quality agreement is a comprehensive document that outlines both specific quality parameters for a project and which party is responsible for the execution of those parameters. The level of detail in a quality agreement will be different depending on the developmental stage of the project qta quality agreement. The written RCTI agreement between the recipient and the supplier must contain: (f) have either a written agreement with the supplier that meets the requirements of Clause 8, or a written agreement embedded in the RCTI that meets the requirements of Clause 9. Requirements of a written agreement with the supplier 9. The embedded agreement in the RCTI that the recipient has with the supplier must contain the following statement: (iii) the supplier acknowledges that it is registered for GST when it enters into the agreement and that it will notify the recipient if it ceases to be registered for GST; and The recipient and the supplier declare that this agreement applies to supplies to which this tax invoice relates http://sskopava.ic.cz/?p=17369. There is a rule of thumb that the Department for Transport asks you to adhere to, this is that 50% of the bike's use is for a work-related journey. That means if you use the bike 15 times in a year, approximately 8 of those journey's should be connected to your commute or work use. Of course, this is just an approximation – if you are riding to work 4 days and week and then also riding your bike in the evenings and weekends this is absolutely fine. The idea behind the scheme is to create avid cyclists, not penalise those who live in the saddle. In essence, your employer buys a bike for you to ride to work and you hire it through salary sacrifice (which is where you save by not paying tax and National Insurance contributions on the monthly fees) (http://wordpress.lidenfilm.se/2020/12/06/cycle-to-work-lease-agreement/). You will need a reseller agreement whenever you are producing goods that another company or business is purchasing to sell to the public or other businesses. For example, if Party A produces goods of some description such as dresses, and Party B owns a shop and wishes to sell those dresses, then the two parties would come to an arrangement as the terms and conditions under which this would happen. This could include an agreement that Party B would not undercut Party As prices, or sell the products on certain formats such as online auction sites. These conditions are often established to protect the reputation and intellectual property, or designs of the initial producer, in this case, Party A. It also formally confirms the authority of Party B to resell the goods in question. In the unlikely event that the disputes regarding the use of the designated parking spills over to the courtrooms, the agreement yet again comes in handy. It may be used as an exhibitor affidavit to vouch for the claim to park in that area. The section titled Term will make up the second article of this agreement. We will use this area to define when precisely this agreement is effective and, thus, when the vehicle may be parked in the space being rented. The first calendar date of this lease should be produced utilizing the three blank spaces that follow the term Shall Begin On The. Keep in mind this must be reported as a calendar day, then month and year where requested sample parking spot rental agreement ontario. In Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court discussed, at length, the difference between a lease and a license in Millennium Park Joint Venture, LLC v. Houlihan, 241 Ill.2d 281 (2010). First, the court emphasized that the principal difference between a lease and a license is that a lease confers the right to exclusively possess and control property, whereas a license merely confers the right to use property for a specific purpose, subject to the licensors control. It is the degree of possession and control that determines whether a contract is a lease or a license. Furthermore, the court identified the following elements of a lease: (1) the extent and bounds of the property; (2) the term of the lease; (3) the amount of rent; and (4) the time and manner of repayment view.
Once the landlord/agent has deposited the bond, Fair Trading will send you a deposit notice and a rental bond number. Keep these in a safe place with your tenancy agreement. Landlords are required to give their name and a way for their tenant to contact them directly, even if they use an agent. The landlords contact details can be a telephone number or other contact details such as an email address. A landlord cannot nominate their agents contact details instead of their own. CCIs decision The Commission held that such agreements were in the nature of exclusive supply, exclusive distribution agreements and refusal to deal under Section 3(4) of the Act and hence the Commission had to determine whether such agreements would have an AAEC in India. VERTICAL AGREEMENTS- Vertical agreements are those agreements which are entered into between two or more enterprises operating at different levels of production2. For instance between suppliers and dealers. Other examples of anti-competitive vertical agreements include: HORIZONTAL AGREEMENTS- Horizontal agreements are arrangements between enterprises at the same stage of production anti competitive agreements ppt. This Staffing Agency Agreement is intended to be used between a company and a staffing agency for part-time or freelance employees. Any [GREEN] highlighted language is intended to be filled in by the user. Any [YELLOW] highlighted language is considered optional or conditional by the attorney community. Consult with an attorney before using this document. This document is not a substitute for legal advice or services. Refer to our Terms of Service for more details. This Staffing Agreement (Agreement) is entered into by and between ___________ (the Company) and ___________ (Agency). This form has been prepared for general informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice, advertising, a solicitation, or tax advice. Transmission of this form and the information contained herein is not intended to create, and receipt thereof does not constitute formation of, an attorney-client relationship here. Here are some useful definitions for the legal language commonly used in lease and rental agreement forms: According to the terms of this Agreement, Tenant agrees to rent the Rental Property from Landlord for residential use, together with the following furnishings and/or appliances [FURNISHINGS]. Rental of the premises also includes the following ancillary use [OTHER USE]. This Agreement, including all attachments (if any), constitutes the entire agreement between the parties supersedes all previous negotiations, agreements and commitments whether written or oral with respect to this tenancy. Any modification of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be signed by each party rent agreement between two parties. Horse owners may find themselves with a horse they have outgrown but which they dont want to sell. In these situations, loaning may be the ideal solution as it allows the owner to maintain ultimate control over the horses future while somebody else takes over the day-to-day work and cost involved in caring for it. Loaning can be beneficial for the both the loanee and the owner. Buying a horse or pony can be expensive so many people look to loaning a horse instead as it removes the initial expense but does come with many of the same responsibilities as owning a horse. Loaning is a less permanent arrangement than purchasing and it can be a fantastic first step towards having a horse of your own. Loaning a horse can be too many horse owners sometimes even more important than selling or purchasing (agreement). As a general rule, you must have an employment agreement with a company registered in Denmark to be able to apply. However, there are certain exceptions, e.g. if you work for a foreign company that provides services in Denmark. Bland and Altman make the point that any two methods that are designed to measure the same parameter (or property) should have good correlation when a set of samples are chosen such that the property to be determined varies considerably. A high correlation for any two methods designed to measure the same property could thus in itself just be a sign that one has chosen a widespread sample. Verbal agreements rely on the good faith of all parties and can be difficult to prove. An agreement of sale is also known as the contract of purchase, contract for sale, contract agreement or sale agreement. 34.1 It is the intention of the parties to settle amicably by negotiation all disagreements and differences of opinion on matters of performance, procedure and management arising out of this Agreement. Accordingly, it is agreed that the procedure set out in this clause 33 shall be followed before the serving of written notice terminating this Agreement, or in relation to any matter of dispute between the parties concerning performance, procedure or management. There is no specific format that a contract must follow. Generally it will include some terms, either expressed or implied, that will form the basis of the agreement. Absolutely. Some finessing of their schedule may be required, but most properties who have an active trapper working on them are also hunted by other individuals. The Aylmer District Trapper's Council vehemently supports the Ontario Fur Managers Federation's stance that natural spaces can be enjoyed by all. Of course you can. The Aylmer District Trapper's Council recognizes every opportunity to discuss potential trapping opportunities as an act of stewardship and education. 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Initial hires in startups operate on below-market salaries. Acknowledging their contributions by offering equity is an economic alternative to cash compensation. However, companies may run the risk of overvaluing sweat equity in the early stages. As a result, they might face a share deficit for later-stage investors. It is important for startups to know how to calculate sweat equity as it lays a strong foundation among stakeholders for building value in the business (here). Mutual recognition agreement (MRA) Apart from ACCA, the Institute has also signed an MRA with CPA Australia. Under the MRA, the Institute recognises the professional examinations of the other body. Members of the other body are exempted from the module examinations of the Institutes QP, but need to sit and pass the final examination of the QP and satisfy the Institutes practical experience requirements for membership admission. However, ACCA has not procured a mutual recognition agreement with any accountancy body in Australia, unlike CIMA and CIPFA which are recognized via MRAs with CPA Australia. ACCA and FINSIA have a separate global partnership. Under the agreement, students and members of ACCA may obtain advanced standing in the Institute examinations link. Pease M, Shostak R, Lamport L: Reaching agreement in the presence of faults. J ACM 27(2):228234 (1980) Hadzilacos V, Halpern JY: Message-optimal protocols for byzantine agreement. (forthcoming 1990) This paper presents a new Byzantine agreement protocol that tolerates t processor faults using 3t + 1 processors, t + o(t) rounds, O(t2) total message bits, and O(t) maximum message size, for any > 0. The protocol is optimal or near optimal in all cost measures: the number of processors is optimal, the message bit complexity is optimal, the number of rounds exceeds the lower bound by o(t), and the maximum message size exceeds the lower bound by O(t) http://www.bynumbuilds.com/update/2021/04/10/message-complexity-of-byzantine-agreement/. When you sign a lease, you are usually committing to pay rent for the entire lease term, at a fixed amount per week or month. Under Federal law, if you are called up for military duty, you are allowed to break the lease to start active military duty, or if your orders take you farther away than approx 50 miles. This federal protection applies to people in the armed forces, the activated National Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Public Health Service. The following chart summarizes Colorado's lease and rental agreement laws. Co-founders should keep their initial legal agreements pretty simple, bearing in mind two key numbers: As the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, the Founder Institute looks to help solve problems for entrepreneurs that threaten innovation. BOTTOM LINE: Clear legal agreements help minimize the chances of litigation, which can quickly exhaust the companys monetary resources and distract it from what really matters building a business. These agreements also help attract investors, who are more likely to invest in a company if they see that the company has taken the right steps to protect its intellectual property. The Project is just another way of saying your startup. In this section, youll want to a sentence or two describing what youre doing here. I took up the case with the dealership, and a trainee sales manager responded to say that the trade-in price was an estimate, subject to review and not binding because Subbadus Toyota hadnt yet been evaluated at the time. But Van Vreden confirmed to me that as both Subbadu and a dealership representative had signed that OTP, it was binding on both parties. An auto purchase contract — also known as the bill of sale — must contain certain elements to be legally binding (agreement). The terms of the conditional sales contract may require the purchaser to pay the full balance upon default. The seller has the right to reclaim the items if the buyer defaults and sell them to recover the debt. The conditional sales agreement may also include wording allowing the seller to retain the right to sue for a deficiency judgment, if the proceeds from a sale to the do not satisfy the outstanding balance. A credit sale agreement takes a similar legal form as a conditional sale agreement. However, under a credit sale agreement the buyer of the goods will immediately become the owner of them. This is often seen as a buy now, pay later situation whereby the buyer will take ownership of the goods and then pay the price by instalments. The purchaser can take possession of the property as soon as the agreement is in force, but does not own the property until they have fully paid for it, which is usually done in installments http://dev.fabapps.com/wpshop3/2021/04/conditional-sale-agreement-for-company/. Before your payment plan request can be considered, you must be current on all filing and payment requirements. Taxpayers in an open bankruptcy proceeding aren't generally eligible. You must specify the amount you can pay and the day of the month. You should base your monthly installment payment amount on your ability to pay and it should be an amount you can pay each month to avoid defaulting. Your payment date can be any day from the first to the 28th (irs installment agreement phone number hours).
All use of any Resources from A Cup of French, regardless of the license is purchased by you, transferred to you, purchased for you as a gift or on your behalf by a third party, or if it is a free Resource, is subject to this License Agreement. You need to purchase an additional license for each additional person/educator using the Resource. Each License is for use by one specific person/educator only. Maintenance, if included in the purchased software, starts from the date your order is processed and the license file generated. You will receive (a) support for your software and (b) any updates, improvements or improvements contained or defined in maintenance policies. Software updates cannot be applied to software with out-of-date maintenance (license agreement en francais). *Both Ohio and Virginia have conditional agreements. If an employee lives in Virginia, they must commute daily to their work in Kentucky to qualify. Employees who live in Ohio cannot be shareholder-employees with 20% or more equity in an S corporation. You won't pay taxes on the same money twice, even if you don't live or work in any of the states with reciprocal agreements. You'll just have to spend a little more time preparing multiple state returns and you'll have to wait for a refund for taxes unnecessarily withheld from your paychecks. Use our chart to learn which states have reciprocal agreements. And, find out what form the employee must fill out to request you withhold from their home state: Reciprocity agreements mean that two states allow its residents to only pay tax on where they liveinstead of where they work reciprocal agreement between md and pa. Just like the aunt in our imaginary scenario, you are probably better off documenting an agreement in writing. Something as simple as a Promissory Note detailing the nephews promise to pay his aunt back could have prevented any disputes about their agreement. After all, its less awkward to ask family members for a written loan agreement than it is to take them to court. If you want an airtight contract that is legally-binding, it should be written and signed by all parties. A signature proves that the signer accepted the terms of the contract view. With the move to central and local bargaining, our Collective Agreement is now in many parts. Both the Central and Local Collective Agreements together make up the complete new set of conditions. In addition to these documents, there is now the Extension Agreement and the Bill 115 Remedy Agreement. We are working on putting these together to make one document but it is a moving target. There is the Central Collective Agreement which has contains the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS), the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) and the Articles. The Central Collective agreement (Part A) was negotiated by our provincial representatives, OPSBA and the Ministry of Education. The Belfast Agreement is also known as the Good Friday Agreement, because it was reached on Good Friday, 10 April 1998. It was an agreement between the British and Irish governments, and most of the political parties in Northern Ireland, on how Northern Ireland should be governed. The talks leading to the Agreement addressed issues which had caused conflict during previous decades. The aim was establish a new, devolved governmentfor Northern Ireland in which unionists and nationalists would share power (https://cannonball101.com/2021/04/09/good-friday-agreement-wikipedia/). No really though, maybe something along the lines of manipulative, deceptive, conniving? What most people think is 'passive-aggressive' is actually 'covert-aggressive' & those words would be great synonyms for it. Yes, yes; that is the diagnosis, « personality pattern disturbance with schizoid features and passive-aggressive tendencies. » We ask for nothing but passive co-operation–that is, a free passage for our troops. When he was at an end of the reading, he regarded the passive woman at the desk with a new respect link.


I am the Trickster Tasio and I am here to help you Due to help from a mischievous trickster, Eric is stranded in a world where monsters and magic are as common as homework and hotdogs While he struggles to adjust he recieves an offer that will set the course of his life a job in a mercenary guild Between training and missions he s unaware of the forces at work in hi I am the Trickster Tasio and I am here to help you Due to help from a mischievous trickster, Eric is stranded in a world where monsters and magic are as common as homework and hotdogs While he struggles to adjust he recieves an offer that will set the course of his life a job in a mercenary guild Between training and missions he s unaware of the forces at work in his life All of them have a stake in his quest to acquire A Mage s Power A Mage s Power is the debut novel for Brian Wilkerson The third edition was published in August 2013.
A fabulous YA fantasy adventure! Wilkerson masterfully combines threads reminiscent of Manga/ Anime hits Naruto, Fairy Tail, with bits of Bleach tossed in for fun.Read full review in the 2014 March issue of InD'tale Magazine.
I don't think this book was as much a bad one as it was wrong one. This book is quite unapologetic level-up story in a world that seems to be built giving homage to Japanese spin of Western fantasy stories. It's not really for me, but I could see that at one time, it could have been.
Great book, can't wait for book 2! Basically about a "wimp" who asks for help, and gets more than he could wish for! Lots of things going on with good character development.
The author Brian Wilkerson did an excellent job in bringing you into a world that is similar to ours so we could relate but different enough to feel like your in a fantasy world. The book was filled with spell casting, intrigue, subplots and adventures. Peppered with humor the main characters were believable. I look forward to reading more of his books.
Tasio was most annoying. He pissed me off before I got 4 pages into the story. It may have been wonderful 3 pages later, but I am not interested in pursuing it.I am sure there are others that like this character, and I wish the author well.
Leaving this as a DNF for now. couldnt get into it, the start was just way to weird.


Banglasongbad: The Dhaka Central Jail has become a safe haven for drug trade, thanks to a nexus between a section of prison officials and inmates.
Drugs like heroin, Yaba and cannabis are all available inside the jail if one has the connections and money. And the business is booming, as a large number of its inmates are accused or convicted in drug-related cases.
About 65 percent of some 7,500 prisoners in September last year were accused or convicts in such cases, according to Senior Jail Super Farman Ali.
Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin, inspector general of prisons, admitted that some prisoners were involved in drug trade inside the jail.
"About two-thirds of the inmates are on trial and they have to appear before courts almost regularly. They often bring unauthorised and illegal goods when they return to the prison," he told The Daily Star.
According to prison sources, some inmates bring in drugs hiding those in their shoes and purses. Others get those with foods and other supplies from friends and relatives.
"The inmates even roll cannabis into small balls, wrap those with plastic and swallow [on the way to and from courts]. In the prison, they bring out the balls along with faeces when they go to toilets," said the prison boss.
Hannan, a drug peddler at Karwan Bazar who is frequently arrested and sent to jail, says cannabis balls of three sizes are sold in the jail for Tk 100 to Tk 500.
"The ball costing Tk 100 makes only one stick," said Hannan, now on bail after four months in prison.
The price is five times that at Karwan Bazar, he added.
Prices of Yaba, heroin and other drugs are almost double inside the jail, which makes the business highly profitable.
The money to buy drugs also makes its way into the jail through a secret and secured channel.
"On the very first day of their prison life, the newcomers are briefed as to how luxuries can be bought inside," says Hannan.
According to him, prison guards are part of the trade and they disguise themselves as visitors and take the money from relatives visiting the inmates.
The jail guards keep 20 percent in commission and hand over the rest to the inmates, who would use the money to buy drugs.
He claimed relatives of one of his friends managed to smuggle in Tk 30,000 in two months with the help of prison guards. "The whole amount was spent to buy drugs."
His friend, Habib, is an accused in a case over drug trafficking.
A prison source said top terrorist Arman and his accomplices serving different terms controlled the drug trade with the help of a section of the jail officials.
"To keep the business running, those accused in drug-related cases are brought to Dhaka Central Jail," added the source, requesting anonymity.
The IGP prisons said he heard about Arman's involvement in the illegal trade. "We are trying to destroy the network of these top terrorists and convicts by sending them to different jails."
He added he had plans to send a proposal to the home ministry for installing luggage and body scanners at some of the jails to check smuggling of drugs.
Deputy Inspector General of Dhaka Central Jail Golam Haider said security on the court premises should be tightened to stop inmates from getting supplies from their accomplices.
Both the officials suggested psychological treatment of the addict inmates.
"A number of NGOs have offered help to this end. The World Bank has also contacted us regarding a proposal for dealing with drug and HIV problems inside the jail," Iftekhar added.
On the prison guards' alleged involvement in drug trade, Iftekhar said he had warned all concerned of tough action.
He also cited the suspension of the chief prison guard of Bogra jail on January 29, as he had asked the guards not to check a bag that contained a liquor bottle and was being smuggled in the jail.


Aerotek receives dual designation for second consecutive year and highest NPS/satisfaction rating ever.
Aerotek® Inc., a leading provider of recruiting and staffing services, announced today it was recognized in Inavero's Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Awards. The awards recognize staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based completely on the ratings given to them by their client and contract employees. This marks the second consecutive year that Aerotek has been named Best of Staffing for both client and contract employees, a designation achieved by less than two percent of all staffing companies in North America.
Through direct feedback from more than 33,000 contract employees and nearly 9,000 clients, Aerotek received a high satisfaction score of nine or 10 out of 10 from 66 percent of its clients and 71 percent of its talent. With a Net Promoter® score of 58 percent from its clients and 60 percent from its contract employees, Aerotek far surpasses the staffing industry's average of 4 percent and 21 percent, respectively.
"Staffing firms are giving top companies a competitive advantage as they search for talent in North America," said Inavero's CEO Eric Gregg. "The 2017 Best of Staffing winners have achieved exceptionally high levels of satisfaction."
To find out more information about Aerotek and the services they provide, visit Aerotek.com.
Our people are everything. For more than 30 years, Aerotek® Inc. has distinguished itself as a leader in recruiting and staffing services, by having a deep understanding of the intersection of talent and business. As a strategic partner to more than 17,000 clients and 300,000 contract employees every year, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantages for its clients and rewarding careers for its contract employees. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a network of over 230 non-franchised offices with more than 6,000 internal employees dedicated to serving our customers. Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, a global talent solutions provider. To learn more, visit Aerotek.com.


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Five Lucky Winners of MASSAGE Magazine's December Giveaway Announced
MASSAGE Magazine partnered with Erik Dalton, Ph.D., during the month of December to offer Facebook fans a chance to win an autographed copy of Dalton's latest book, Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques, Second Edition.
MASSAGE Magazine is kicking off its new year by announcing the five winners of its December Facebook giveaway: Adam Whitehead of Nashville, Tennessee; Cecilia Gohlke, D.C., of Houston, Texas; Kim Marie Patey of Tampa, Florida ; Tabitha Reed of Olive Hill, Kentucky; and Jill Weaver of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. These five winners will receive an autographed copy of Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques, Second Edition, the latest book by Erik Dalton, Ph.D.
"I am so very, very excited about receiving this gift from MASSAGE Magazine and Erik Dalton!" said Whitehead. "I am really intrigued by the power of this type of work and I am really looking forward to the honor of having this information and knowledge passed along to me! This is an amazing and wonderful surprise to start off 2011!"
Adds Gohlke, "I am very excited to win Erik Dalton's latest book. I have used some of his techniques with great success in my chiropractic and acupunture practice in Houston, Texas. Patients love these techniques. I am eager to learn more of them!"
Patey added, "I am so excited to have won the latest copy of Erik Dalton's Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques. I often integrate acupuncture and clinical massage, and I know that his techniques will be beneficial to my practice."
Dalton is founder of the Freedom From Pain Institute (http://erikdalton.com), which is dedicated to the research and treatment of chronic pain conditions. His newest book features 344 pages, three new chapters and a new Myoskeletal Glossary of Terms.
"It's an incredible feeling to be able to brighten someone's day and reward him or her for being a part of this healing industry," said Jennifer Whalen, managing editor of MASSAGE Magazine and associate editor of integrated media for www.MASSAGEmag.com. "This gift from Erik Dalton, Ph.D., will inspire these five lucky winners to incorporate the new material into daily practice."
MASSAGE Magazine launched its monthly giveaway Nov. 1, and each month a new prize will be featured. For January, five lucky Facebook fans will win a Biofreeze Sales Starter Kit by Performance Health/Hygenic Corporation.
About the Winners:
Cecilia Gohlke, D.C., is from Houston, Texas and has a background that includes 20 years of horseback riding and related injuries. These experiences led to a practical understanding of how chiropractic, manual therapy, acupuncture and nutrition are essential to pain relief, recovery and rehabilitation. She earned her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Texas Chiropractic College and is board certified in chiropractic by the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners. For more information, visit http://drceci.com.
Kim Marie Patey, A.P., L.M.T., is nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork, as well as in esthiology. She is a member of the Florida State Oriental Medicine Association and American Massage Therapy Association. She specializes in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, nutrition and dietary counseling, clinical/medical massage, Swedish massage and spa services, such as facials and body wraps. She also has additional training in hot-stone massage, clinical aromatherapy, neuromuscular massage and Chinese herbal medicine. For more information, visit www.ahealingarts.com.
Tabitha Reed has been a therapist for six years in Grayson, Kentucky. Although she says the there is only about 6,000 people in the whole county where she resides, she stays busy not only by providing massage, but by selling supplements and offering additional services. Reed says she incorporates her Polarity training, so that she can maintain a busy schedule. For more information, visit www.tabshealth.com.
Jill Weaver, N.C.T.M., owns Body Kneads Therapeutic Massage in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, and practices out of her home. She says she believes everyone is in need of balance and more positive touch in their lives. As long as she can remember, Weaver always wanted to make a difference in people's lives, and because of these beliefs, she chose to retire her heels and business suits, leaving the corporate world after 19 years in the finance and human resources fields to embrace a hands-on profession helping others. She completed more than 600 hours of training as a massage therapist at the Pennsylvania Institute of Massage Therapy. In addition to providing therapeutic, relaxation massage for the general public, she continually pursues additional training, so she can safely and effectively provide massage for seniors, mothers-to-be, athletes, cancer patients, those with fibromyalgia as well as better serve the needs of her current clientele.
Adam Whitehead is a student at Cumberland Institute for Holistic Therapies in Nashville, Tennessee. At 30 years old, Whitehead is caretaker for his 90-year old grandfather. In 2010, he made a choice to follow his heart, get out of his head and let his instinctive touch guide him on his journey through life. He ventured through many paths of education and business opportunities that did not seem to fulfill him. Halfway through his current program of study, he says he is learning and growing in ways he did not expect and is blessed for the experience. He is scheduled to graduate by July 2011 and will be seeking a path that allows him to care for his grandfather, be financially sound and to spread the joy and gift of safe, nurturing and healing touch to others.
About MASSAGE Magazine
MASSAGE Magazine's mission is to provide massage and touch therapists with the tools, information and resources to help them succeed both in their businesses and their session rooms. For the latest massage news, articles, products, videos and more, visit www.MASSAGEmag.com.
Connect with MASSAGE Magazine on Facebook at www.facebook.com/massagemagazine; follow MASSAGE Magazine on Twitter at www.twitter.com/massagemag; or join the magazine's LinkedIn community at www.MASSAGEmag.com/linkedin.
About Erik Dalton
Erik Dalton, Ph.D. is executive director of the Freedom From Pain Institute and developer of Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques. He shares his therapeutic background in massage, Rolfing and osteopathy in his continuing-education workshops, home-study courses, books and videos.
Connect with Erik Dalton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/erik.dalton.
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Reader Expression: Brenda Mento


Ships that supply offshore oil and gas platforms need reliable propulsion systems that do their job even under difficult conditions. The VSP and VIT satisfy these requirements because of their ability to react quickly and with precision to different wind effects and swells. They reduce weather-related outages and waiting times and increase safety.
Precise maneuvering and holding position to the maximum degree: When supplying oil and gas platforms offshore, these two characteristics are the central requirements placed on a ship. Both the Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) and the Voith Inline Thruster (VIT) allow the best possible dynamic positioning (DP) with their fast, precise reactions to the changing conditions of the environment (wind, waves and currents).
This ensures that the safe transfer of personnel to offshore structures is still possible even under extremely adverse conditions. The option of active roll stabilization by the VSP creates a more stable working platform for crane operations and helicopter deployments. In addition, the reduced roll motion of the ship increases on-board comfort and reduces the risk of seasickness.
The low noise level of the VIT increases on-board comfort and allows accommodation to be sited near the bow thruster room. Costly sound insulation is not necessary. The VIT also needs considerably less installation space than alternative propulsion systems.


Children living in Sheffield city centre face a tougher time than other kids because there's nowhere to play out, say local councillors.
Green Party councillors say youngsters in Highfield often live in flats with limited green outdoor space to play. The neighbourhood has one small park with just two swings and broken equipment.
Coun Douglas Johnson said: "Children here are much more isolated and have far less play space. They are really disadvantaged in a way people don't see, it's hidden poverty.
"Children are living in flats and council housing with families on low incomes and there are limited green spaces in the city centre.
Maia Salman-Lord, who works for a number of community groups at St Mary's Church, agrees. She said: "There is very little for kids to do. We have a tiny playground on Duchess Road but parts of that are unsafe, the fencing has had holes in it for years and the wooden railway sleepers have become unsafe and are slippy with holes children can fall down.
Fellow Green councillor Robert Murphy says money from nearby by major developments – known as Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) – should be spent in Highfield.
He said: "There's a new block of student flats which has been built and that's exactly the sort of thing which could fund new play equipment.


I have been wanting to show you guys these yarns for SO LONG, but it took a while to get them all up on the website! They are all up now, so I can show you the goodies!!
We had a HUGE King Cole order in August, including a total restock, and new colours in many ranges, like the Neopolitan shade in Splash, which is a really soft 100% acrylic yarn with cute little spots on! Neopolitan is shades of blue, pink and purple, so would work well for either gender. We're always looking for colours that are unisex, as a lot of people don't find out the gender of the baby, so I was very happy to find this one!
We have slowly introduced all of King Cole's Big Value range, after having found Big Value DK to be very popular. We now also have Aran, Chunky and Super Chunky in the same range, and this month extended it even more!
As the Big Value DK has been so popular, we decided to also stock Big Value Baby DK – the baby version, which is SO SOFT I could just sleep in a pile of it!! With this one, we decided to get the more unusual baby colours, as we already have James Brett Supersoft and Sirdar Baby Bonus (currently on sale!) for the pastel shades. That being said, it has been very popular due to how soft it is, so we are thinking of getting it in in pastel shades too!
King Cole have just released a brand new yarn in this range – Big Value Baby 4ply! They have had solid colours in this for a little while, but have just released some new shades, and matching prints and spots to go with them!
It is a gorgeous range, with pink, green, blue and peach, there's something for everybody! They have a really sweet range of patterns too, which utilise the solids, stripey prints and spots for cute quirky jumpers and blankets! I love this range, it's making me rather broody myself, just look at that cute little vest!
And last, buy by no means least, we have restocked Tinsel for all those Christmas makes, and have two new colours in too – Candy and Turquoise. Tinsel is not only popular at Christmas, but all year round as there is a great range of patterns for cute toys – from gingerbread men to owls and even dragons, so there is plenty to choose from!
We have decided to transfer it into two cubbyholes, so it's easier to see all those pretty colours, and I love how it looks!
That's all for today! If you have been looking around the website you might have noticed that pictures of little swatches have appeared on some of the yarn listings – like Splash and Big Value Baby 4ply Prints and Spots. I am aiming to have these pictures on all patterned yarns, so it's easier to see how they will stripe, but it may take a little while so please bear with me!


Woolsie slippers are the ultimate treat for your feet - imagine how your feet would feel all wrapped up in these fluffy, oversized booties - Woolmark certified and care-treated for a smooth, soft feel. They are made of 100% natural Australian merino wool, and are finished with good traction Alcantara soles. Wear these, and cold feet will be a thing of the past, as wool is an incredible insulator: the tiny, curly fibres are twisted together, creating millions of tiny air-pockets that trap body heat and create a buffer against cold air.


Covering Prince Harry's royal wedding, British media flaunt chauvinism for their out-of-touch version of the monarchy.
Though a product of a bygone era, the British monarchy continues to make itself oddly compelling.
Witness Saturday's wedding of Prince Harry and the American actress Meghan Markle. Markle is a divorced, American, biracial older woman. She also — as the British tabloid press has breathlessly reported — comes with a royal coach-load of family baggage.
Not long ago, this would have been unthinkable.
Harry's father, Prince Charles, was all but forced into a loveless marriage to the former Diana Spencer, who was 13 years his junior and probably not ready to make a life-changing decision. As far as the royal family was concerned, she met the two criteria that mattered: She was noble and, most likely, a virgin.
Now we see how far the monarchy has come. It took a small step toward modernity in approving the marriage of the future King William V to commoner Kate Middleton. And it has taken a great leap — a long overdue one — in approving Harry's marriage to Meghan. It should be commended.
The British media, particularly its tabloid press, however, are another matter. They seem to have appointed themselves as the defenders of the disgruntled traditionalists discomfited by the fact that the Windsors are about to commingle their royal blood with that of some American ruffians.
They can't get enough of the fact that Markle's father — who divorced her mother in 1987 — has been behaving erratically, blowing hot and cold over whether he'd attend the wedding and staging a paparazzi encounter in what was apparently a botched attempt to garner sympathy.
One wonders why all this intense criticism. Is it to put these wayward relations in their place? Hardly. Giving them a platform and repeatedly drawing attention to them does just the opposite.
More likely, given the smugness and the judgmental tone, the purpose of the put-downs is to underscore what is undeniable but should be unremarkable: Neither Markle nor her family is perfect.
The tabloid press doesn't seem to understand that many of its readers identify with Markle, maybe even more so after all the reportage. They look at her mixed racial heritage, divorced parents, failed first marriage and dysfunctional family and say — Yes! That's me.
The world is full of people like Markle. They come from broken, blended, reassembled, modern and unconventional families. They may have varied racial and economic backgrounds. And they may have relations they would not want over for Easter dinner.
What they have in common is they know that what matters most is what they make of their own lives.
It's funny how the monarchy, whose primary historical purpose has been to confer status and legitimacy through birth, seems to understand this. It's both sad and funny that the self-appointed guardians of culture that reside in the British media do not.


The holidays are the perfect time to engage your students with activities that you don't get to do during the regular school year. This Christmas STEM activity is a student favorite and perfect for engaging your students in engineering and math skills while also sneaking in some holiday fun.
The focus for this Christmas STEM activity is engineering and math, specifically measuring. You can easily add in a technology component by having the students record their data on a google spreadsheet, video their progress, or complete an online journal entry about the process and what they learned.
There are a few different ways you can incorporate this activity in your classroom. With any engineering activity, you can provide more or less structure and guidelines. You can add in requirements that up the challenge or you can keep it pretty simple. For this particular activity, there are two main choices I choose from: a more advanced version and a "free for all" version.
This version is more advanced and has more guidelines that will require your students to think more critically, do more math, and do more writing. The students must start the task by creating a simple tree with four toothpicks and five gumdrops. They will measure the tree and record the measurement. Then, they will begin the main challenge: to create the tallest tree possible. They will measure their progress three more times: twice during and once for the final measurement.
After completing both challenges, they will calculate the difference between the simple tree height and their final tree height. Then, they will compare and contrast the process of creating the simple tree and the tallest tree.
For this version, there is no simple tree requirement and the students are only instructed to create the tallest Christmas tree possible with the gumdrops. They will measure their progress three times just like in option 1.
Here are some example trees that could be created. I have included printable examples in the download. However, I usually don't give my students any examples at all, so what they come up with is truly creative. What my students come up with is typically better or more unique than any example I could show them.
Click here or on the image to download the printable directions for both options to best help you complete this Christmas STEM activity in your classroom.
This post was created in collaboration with A Stults.
I really want to do this with my students. I see that you said about 40 gumdrops, but did you limit them on the number of toothpicks they could use?
I'm wondering if you gave them a time limit – did I overlook that? I can't wait to try this!


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By Fred O'Connor
IDG News Service |
Technology companies anticipate that growth will return to that sector in 2011 and have plans to hire the workers necessary to capitalize on that, according to a recent poll of tech CFOs.
With 46 percent of the 100 CFOs polled reporting that their companies will increase staff levels this year, the executives surveyed have a more positive outlook on the IT sector's economic health, said Hank Galligan, leader in the technology and life sciences practice at accounting and consulting firm BDO USA, which conducted the survey in January.
"I'm not saying that tech drives everything, but this group of CFOs is optimistic," Galligan said. "It's no longer batten down hatches and maintain. It's about growth."
Businesses will specifically look to add employees to their sales and marketing staffs, with 48 percent of the respondents planning on hiring in that department, and in their research and development divisions, with 22 percent poised to increase that group's headcount.
Companies are beefing up sales and marketing teams "with the belief that people are going to start buying again," said Galligan. With people making purchases, businesses need to "bolster the research and development group to keep the best product out there."
Even with the U.S. unemployment rate at 9 percent, competition for tech jobs remains strong, said Galligan.
"I think that it's difficult to find the right people," he said, adding some of those without jobs may lack the skills that IT companies need.
"You need people that can actually sell technology. Then the next area is research and development, which needs certain skills. So what I've heard on the street is that there is still a talent war going on for those research and development folks."
Like the technology market, competition for finance and accounting positions also remains robust, according to a survey conducted by the finance and accounting division of staffing firm Robert Half International.
That report, which was released in December, indicated that the U.S. unemployment rate, which neared 10 percent at the time, did not accurately reflect the finance sector's need for college-educated workers with specialized skills. At the time, a Robert Half executive estimated the unemployment rate for the finance and accounting industry at 3 percent to 5 percent.
With the tech space poised for growth, nearly half of the CFOs surveyed anticipate a pay raise, with 48 percent claiming that they expect a salary increase this year. Executive compensation proved controversial to the public during the recession, and the U.S. government responded by including a provision in the Wall Street Reform Act that allows shareholders to vote on executive compensation. Despite this legislation, 94 percent of the CFOs said the law would not affect their pay scale.
CFOs, however, will need to earn those larger paychecks, with 55 percent reporting that their employers will more closely link compensation to performance.
"More and more people are getting pressure from shareholders in that area," Galligan said.
The BDO survey also revealed a continued embrace of cloud computing, with 72 percent of CFOs reporting that their firms are using the technology. This marks a 29 percent rise from the 2010 survey. CFOs ranked better business agility, improved stability and cost flexibility as key factors in adopting cloud computing. Among companies that cloud compute, 55 percent of respondents are looking to ramp up use, an increase of 53 percent from last year's report.
On Thursday actions by Manpower, a global provider of staffing services, and Tampa General Hospital helped validate this finding. Both firms announced that they are jettisoning some of their on-site systems and are adopting Microsoft's cloud computing offerings.
While the companies of most of those surveyed have taken up cloud computing, 28 percent of the CFOs said they avoid the technology.
Security concerns (29 percent), the complexities and cost of moving to the cloud (29 percent), and limited application features (29 percent) proved the main deterrents, according to the CFOs.
While 10 percent fewer CFOs see cloud computing security as a problem compared to the 2010 study, security issues with the technology "have been there for a while," said Galligan.
"It's been a lingering issue," said Galligan, who noted that maintaining privacy and data security are two main concerns. "You're putting out your most important assets with sale force automation."


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SCHOOL TEACHER BEATEN TO COMA BY NAVAL RATINGS IN OGUN
Panic gripped students and civilian employees of the Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Onikolobo, Abeokuta, on Wednesday when six Naval operatives descended on a teacher in the school and beat him to a pulp over a minor disagreement.
The victim, Rashid Ibrahim, who has been teaching Food and Nutrition in the school in the past 13 years, was said to have almost lost his life during the assault.
Ibrahim, who reportedly fainted from the beating, was said to have been rescued by the Commandant of the School, Captain M. A. Olatunji.
The victim, after allegedly sustaining serious injuries in the attack, was first rushed to the school's sickbay before the commandant ordered that he should be taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, for better treatment.
An eyewitness, who is also one of the teachers in the school, said that trouble started for the teacher following an argument which ensued between him and one of the ratings, identified as Aliyu.
The argument was said to have later degenerated into a fight between the ratings and the teacher, who fainted due to the beating he got from the military personnel.
The eyewitness, who craved anonymity, said, "I saw them arguing; they argued for a short time. I thought that it was a minor argument, so I did not intervene. It happened around 7.15am and at that time, I saw Aliyu trying to drag Ibrahim out of his car.
"Oyerinde (another rating) later instructed Aliyu to beat him (Ibrahim) and that was how the thing started. Another officer, Shodiya, came out from his vehicle and joined the other ratings to pounce on Ibrahim. They beat him with their thick belts to the extent that it got torn into pieces. All my attempts to pacify them were rebuffed.
"This was not the first time this would happen; this is the sixth time in two years that civilians working there (Navy school) have been brutalised and nothing has been done."
Speaking on his sick bed at the FMC, Ibrahim said he was attacked by the ratings because one of them had accused him of hurling abuses at him.
Ibrahim said, "When I got to the gate of my office this morning, normally when you get there, a rating checks your car. I waited for them to do this but they didn't come out.
"There were two buses at the gate blocking the entrance. I called one of the ratings, Aliyu, to ask what was going on. Instead, he just flared up and started abusing me.
"Another rating, Oyerinde, who was at the security post, threw a stone at my car. They were later joined by the most senior rating, Shodiya, who ordered that the ratings should beat me up.
"They used their iron belts to beat me, dragged me on the floor, used sticks and every other available thing to beat me up. People who were there tried to stop them but they refused until the commandant came out to stop them and by that time, I had already fainted.
"Almost all the parts of my body are aching. My head and back have been seriously battered, my ribs are affected and I have bruises in my mouth."
When contacted on the telephone, the Commandant of the School, Captain M. A Olatunji, said he was not competent to speak to the press on the matter.
Olatunji, who later visited the victim at the FMC, said, "Before I can talk on any incident, I have to get a clearance from the authorities and I also need to see the person I am talking to."
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Is the end of 'Robbery' near at Bayern Munich?
Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery are both out of contract in June 2018
By Jordan Snyder Dec 15, 2017, 5:30am CET
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Robben and Ribery set for spring talks with Bayern management
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Both Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben will be out of contract in June 2018, and according to ESPN (via TZ), Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed talks toward new contracts with "Robbery" will be scheduled for early next year.
Robben and Ribery were in the same situation last season with their contracts set to expire but both ended signing on for another season.
"They are both institutions at the club. We know what we have in them and they both mean a lot to us," Rummenigge said. "However, it's also important how we proceed with them. We won't decide this any time soon, but we will have serious discussions with them both -- I'd say sometime at the start of spring."
For both players, health will likely be a factor in the upcoming decisions. Robben, 33, is currently dealing with a muscle fibre issue may not see playing time until the new year. Ribery, 34, has yet to play 90 minutes since his return from a knee injury.
"Talking about Ribery, he was injured for a long time and now played 60 minutes in his first game and then 63," said Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes. "He could have played longer but I took him off because usually after the second or third game there is a high risk of re-injuring the ligament. I didn't want to risk that."
Last month, Heynckes tipped Robben for an extension and said that, "He is a great role model for young players who want to make a career, because many have talent, but do not know how to behave professionally."
One of those players who Robben could mentor is Serge Gnabry, who Rummenigge confirmed would be recalled to Bayern after his loan to Hoffenheim ends this season.
"It is not planned that Serge Gnabry will stay at Hoffenheim. We plan to bring him back after this season and then integrate him," Rummenigge said. "Despite the injury he had we are very satisfied with his performances so far. We especially remember his two goals against [RB] Leipzig."
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"Upon stimulation, real time maps of cortical hemodynamic responses can be obtained by non-invasive functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) which measures changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin after positioning multiple sources and detectors over the human scalp. The current commercially available transportable fNIRS systems have a time resolution of 1-10Hz, a depth sensitivity of about 1.5cm, and a spatial resolution of about 1cm. The goal of this brief review is to report infants, children and adults fNIRS language studies. Since 1998, 60 studies have been published on cortical activation in the brain's classic language areas in children\/adults as well as newborns using fNIRS instrumentations of different complexity. In addition, the basic principles of fNIRS including features, strengths, advantages, and limitations are summarized in terms that can be understood even by non specialists. Future prospects of fNIRS in the field of language processing imaging are highlighted."
Upon stimulation, real time maps of cortical hemodynamic responses can be obtained by non-invasive functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) which measures changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin after positioning multiple sources and detectors over the human scalp. The current commercially available transportable fNIRS systems have a time resolution of 1-10. Hz, a depth sensitivity of about 1.5. cm, and a spatial resolution of about 1. cm. The goal of this brief review is to report infants, children and adults fNIRS language studies. Since 1998, 60 studies have been published on cortical activation in the brain's classic language areas in children/adults as well as newborns using fNIRS instrumentations of different complexity. In addition, the basic principles of fNIRS including features, strengths, advantages, and limitations are summarized in terms that can be understood even by non specialists. Future prospects of fNIRS in the field of language processing imaging are highlighted. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
A brief review on the use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for language imaging studies in human newborns and adults
QUARESIMA, VALENTINA;Bisconti, Silvia;FERRARI, Marco


Back when I took up quilting, I was using invisible nylon thread in the top and cotton thread in my bobbin. Invisible thread solved the issue of what colour to use for quilting on the top side, and hid any little side tracks my needle took that weren't in the plan. The same reasons people use it still.
Now, at the time, polyester invisible thread either wasn't available or I didn't know about it. But the nylon version I used was NOT fishing line, but a reputable brand purchased from the quilt store.
After quilting a couple or so quilts with the stuff, I noticed that when I was back piecing with my cotton thread I was getting a lot of breakage. Upon inspection, my needle clamp on my Bernina 1630 had a groove worn right in it. The cotton thread was now passing along this groove and being shredded. I took the machine to my local serviceman, and he buffed the groove out. Right then and there, I decided I wasn't going to use invisible thread again – a promise I've mostly kept.
Well, actually, yes, I knew that, and followed that religiously. My local quilt shop had taught me all the protocol for using this thread – loosen the top tension considerably, make sure it can unwind and get tamed well before it makes it to the tension disks, etc. But the thread guide on that Bernina directed the thread so it came straight down and close to the needle clamp. No loosey-goosey threads before it went in the needle. A design feature that I think was rather smart.
So a few years passed, and one of the quilts I used the nylon invisible thread on was well-loved and well washed. And I know I put it in the dryer on occasion. Whether it was the dryer that made the invisible thread brittle and break, or if it was the weight of the quilt, my quilting stitches were coming out. This is not a problem I've encountered when quilting with cotton thread only.
Now that's my disclaimer. I don't want anyone to think I'm starting a hate campaign, or trying to draw lines in the sand. That's not really my point. My point is that after Tuesday's success with my New Beginnings Issue, I decided to fix this old quilt's problem. An oldie-goldie problem, as it had been sitting in a drawer for years waiting to be tackled.
I decided that the quilt was not in good enough shape to warrant spending countless hours unpicking the remaining quilting stitches. So I dug out a spool of variegated 30 weight Sulky Blendables cotton thread that matched both the back and front of the quilt, and set up my Elna Excellence 740 for some stitching time.
This was a great opportunity for me to try the integrated adjustable feed (acufeed) ditch quilting foot. Pat A. had used hers just a few days ago, and told me she quite enjoyed stitching with it, so this was my opportunity to put mine through the test.
Boy did that Ditch Quilting foot work well! The guide helps you stay in the ditch. As with all the integrated feet, it fed through quietly and easily. There is no clunk-clunk feel that is to be expected with a regular walking foot. I was rather worried that since the quilt had been through a few washes and was slightly wrinkled, that I might end up with puckers on the back. But no!
The auto-lock feature was also great to use. I wanted to make sure that this bunch of stitching wouldn't come out, so I took a couple of stitches forward, then backward, hit the auto-lock button which sewed in place a few times, and then stitched my row. At the end of the row, I took a couple of backward stitches and again used the auto-lock button. I then pushed the thread cutter button, and I was ready for the next row.
Most of the quilting was done in the ditch, but I also had some free-motion on the border. For this I used the convertible free-motion quilting foot with the open toe. I quite like this foot as well. The height is adjustable, and it is not a hopping foot (where there is an appendage that sits on the needle clamp and goes up and down with the needle motion).
In five hours, I had that quilt completely re-quilted. What a feeling! There is nothing like getting old problems and tasks finished! And now someone can squirrel it away to their bedroom again.
Everyone has one. The quilt with an Issue. I didn't know that this particular quilt actually had an Issue though, until I got it back from Jane, my long-armer. Matter of fact, I believe it was after it was bound ready to be hung in the store that someone pointed out the Issue. That was when my stomach sunk.
Now this quilt had to be hung without delay. I designed it for our Block Bonanza program, and it was now finished – just in time – for its unveiling. Selling finishing kits meant that people needed to see the final product. So up it went in the store, and only a select few knew the Issue. And, thankfully, no customers spotted the problem, or else they were wonderfully polite and ignored it. God bless them.
That was a more than a year ago, and the quilt had come down a few months later. But since it is March and the quilt is done in beautiful spring colours, the time had come to gather up my nerve, and fix it so it can once again be hung in the store, and featured on-line with a real photo, instead of the EQ drawing. So today was the day.
The Issue: There are four blocks all identical in the quilt. However I had turned a half-square triangle upside down in one of them. Now, if this wasn't "the quilt" for my pattern, it wouldn't have mattered as much. But you can't go and design a pattern, and then not sew it up accurately. Anyway, I like my stuff done right, and this was a real needle in my thumb.
I started with laying a thin sheet of onion skin paper over the quilting design that was stitched on top of the nuisance half-square triangle. I traced in pencil the design. Then I unpicked the quilting stitches. I then took a moment to reflect that any step past this point might mean ruining the quilt if I did it poorly. Gathering my nerve, I went underneath a stitch of the square with my Clover thread pic. There was no way I could get my seam ripper in there without cutting the fabric. I pushed the pic until the thread broke. Since I sew with a short stitch length, it was generally easier to take out the stitches with the thread pic than with the seam ripper. Here's a picture of the half-square triangle after most of the stitching has been removed.
I pressed the seams on the half-square triangle flat, and repressed those that needed to be folded under.
I then placed the square back in the quilt – pointing the right way! I used a single strand of matching cotton thread, and with a ladder stitch invisibly sewed the square back in place. I did two rounds, to make sure it was sewn in well. How relieved I was that the square was flat! All that embroidery I did as a kid paid off!
Next I laid the paper with the quilting design back on top of the square. I chose a pink Clover mechanical pencil as the quilting thread had some purples and pinks in it. I poked through the design to the quilt top every 1/8″ or so. Then I removed the paper and connected the dots with the same pencil.
I threaded the machine with the identical King Tut threads used by Jane in the top and bobbin, dropped my feed dogs, and quilted the design.
Once I finished quilting, I buried my threads. Then I used the little brush on my pencil and brushed out any of the pink markings. I lightly misted the spot with water, and then again lightly brushed at the previous quilting marks. Just like that they disappeared, and so did my Issue.
Now with a new Spring in the air, and a rediscovery of hand stitching, this quilt lives up to its namesake, "New Beginnings".


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Breast Cancer Resource Center - TravelStorys
Breast Cancer Resource Center
Nature's healing force is embodied in the countless stories of people whose broken spirits and bodies were mended by being outdoors. Many such stories begin with the work done by the Breast Cancer Resource Center, or BCRC. The BCRC, a program of the Princeton YWCA, provides support services to breast cancer patients and survivors. The center is located in a "warm and welcoming" residence called the Clubhouse, on D&R Greenway's Conservation Campus. It's an ideal location, right on a trail that leads to woods and meadows, because the BCRC encourages women to draw strength from nature's healing power. Paula Flory, BCRC's executive director, says, "We connect people with nature, which is integral to recovery. Feeling the sunshine on your face ...hearing the leaves rustling ...the meditative quality of being completely present while you walk on the trail. All are healing experiences." Paula knows about nature's healing firsthand. She's a breast cancer survivor, too. The disease itself was a frightening, stressful event. But a bigger shock to her system was the treatment. "I was 47," she recalls, "in the best shape in my life -- and I didn't know what cancer treatment would be like. It was a horror story in a way I didn't realize it would be. It messed with my brain -- it made me depressed and hopeless. I was normally an upbeat person. It was a chemical imbalance induced by the chemotherapy. But when I went outdoors, took my shoes and socks off and put my feet in the grass, and lifted my face to the sun, I was filled with hope. Even with all the other resources available to me, including family and friends, nothing was as effective as the healing properties of nature. That moment made me realize that I could feel good every day: I could take walks in the woods." The BCRC encourages women to connect with nature. Staff lead walks and hikes, as well as outdoors activities such as yoga. "Breast cancer patients think they should be down and out," says Paula, "but in most cases they need just the opposite. The best recovery advice given to me was one word. My oncologist said: 'Walk.' " Physical activity is a well-established prescription for cancer patients and survivors that has been shown to improve treatment outcomes and reduce recurrence of the disease. Clinical research is beginning to support the notion that activity outdoors, in nature, further improves people's physical and mental health. Even for people who are unable to walk, being active in nature is healing. The BCRC's location on an accessible portion of the Healing Trail is a gateway to nature's own treatment and recovery center, a health resort that is open to all and free to everyone.