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WPI Research Shows How Earthquake Damage Can Impact Building Fire Safety Performance
A Groundbreaking 2012 Study of the Earthquake and Fire Performance of a Full-Scale Building Identifies Several Areas of Concern
Damage to building structural elements, elevators, stairs, and fire protection systems caused by the shaking from a major earthquake can play a critical role in the spread of fire and hamper the ability of occupants to evacuate, and impede fire departments in their emergency response operations. These are among the conclusions of a groundbreaking study of post-earthquake building fire performance conducted in 2012 by researchers in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
Read about WPI's post-earthquake fire research in U-T San Diego, the daily paper covering the San Diego area; Listen to a report on the WPI study on San Diego PBS affiliate KPBS.
"When the ground stops shaking after a major earthquake, the damage may have just begun," said Brian Meacham, associate professor of fire protection engineering at WPI and principal investigator for the post-earthquake fire study. "Historically, post-earthquake fires have been as devastating if not more devastating, than the seismic events that preceded them. In fact, the largest peacetime urban conflagrations (in San Francisco in 1906 and in Tokyo in 1923) were post-earthquake fires. More recently, fire caused significant damage following the 1995 Kobe, Japan, earthquake."
While the danger of widespread quake-related fires is well-known, much less is known about how earthquakes affect the ability of individual buildings to withstand fire or how building fires evolve and spread in the minutes and hours after a quake strikes, Meacham said. "Although considerable research has been undertaken with respect to the performance of structural systems in quakes, research aimed at understanding and quantifying the performance of nonstructural systems and post-earthquake fire performance of buildings has been severely lacking."
To help close that knowledge gap, WPI spent last year participating in an unprecedented study of the effects of earthquakes and post-earthquake fires on a full-scale building. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and a host of industrial partners, and led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), the study centered on a five-story building constructed atop the world's first large outdoor, high-performance shake table, located at the Englekirk Structural Engineering Center at UCSD. A principal focus of the study was the performance of critical facilities, including hospitals and data centers.
Watch a video about the NSF-funded earthquake and post-earthquake fire study.
The building was outfitted with a working elevator, a full-size interior staircase, heating, ventilating and air conditioning system components, electrical equipment, fire protection systems, and a mock medical suite, intensive care unit, medical storage room, server room, and residential space. The third floor was configured for fire testing, including complete partition walls and ceiling systems, firestop materials at joints and through partitions, a fire door, a fire sprinkler system, and a smoke detection system.
The researchers subjected the building to a series of simulated earthquakes, ranging from 6.7 on the Richter scale (the magnitude of the 1994 quake in Northridge, Calif.) to 7.9 (representing the 2002 earthquake in Denali, Alaska), while a team of engineers from UC San Diego monitored the building's performance through more than 500 channels of data from a wide range of sensors. After each simulated earthquake, Meacham and his student researchers entered the building to document the state of the active and passive fire systems and to conduct pressure tests to determine if the shaking compromised the integrity of the third-floor rooms, possibly creating openings that could allow smoke and flames to move between compartments.
After the seismic testing was complete, the WPI team conducted a series of six live fire tests in four spaces on the third floor. They ignited pans of heptane, a liquid fuel that burns hot enough to simulate a fully engaged compartment fire. Using temperature probes and video cameras, the researchers assessed how damage from the simulated earthquakes affected the ability of the active and passive fire protection systems to contain fires and prevent the spread of smoke.
Here are some of the impacts on fire and life safety systems that Meacham and his team documented following the largest earthquake motion and post-earthquake fire tests:
Structural damage on the second and third levels was significant; while the building didn't collapse, it had to be shored up to support gravity loading prior to the fire testing.
Damage to the building's interior and exterior wall and ceiling systems created openings through which smoke and flames could spread; debris from the walls and ceilings became obstacles that would have hampered the evacuation of occupants or the movements of firefighters.
A number of doors were unable to be opened or closed (open doors allow fire to spread; stuck doors can cut off escape routes or hinder the movements of first responders).
Access to the upper floors was cut off when the staircase became detached from the landing and distortion of the elevator doors and frame on some levels made the elevator unusable. During the fire tests, smoke and hot gasses entered the elevator shaft through the open doors, spreading smoke to other floors and raising temperatures to dangerous levels.
Most of the active and passive fire protection systems, including the sprinkler system, the heat-activated fire door, fire dampers, and fire stop materials, performed well.
"We are pleased with what we were able to learn in this initial full-scale test of post-earthquake fires," Meacham said. "Through this research, we have begun to build a base of knowledge that will allow us to design more resilient buildings and building systems, and provide better protection to people, property, and mission. But there is much more to do and a lot more we can learn in subsequent studies."
Meacham said he would like to conduct additional laboratory and large-scale studies that will broaden the base of knowledge, encompassing, for example, different construction techniques and different glazing systems; that will gather additional types of information, including heat flux, flow velocity, and visual records of smoke movement and fire growth; and that will compare fire performance before and after earthquake damage.
Read the complete report on the post-earthquake fire tests and learn more about this research project.


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Old Salem Museums & Gardens tells us in its series Seeds with Stories: Wisteria that depending on who you talk to, it is a beautiful, fragrant bloom or an unstoppable, invasive curse that is devastating to gardens & the grounds around them.
The most common varieties are wisteria sinensis, introduced from China in 1816 & wisteria floribunda, introduced from Japan in 1830. These highly invasive varieties were sought after for the larger size of their blooms compared to the native wisteria frutescens, which has smaller, slightly less fragrant blooms.
The introduced varieties offer 2 weeks of blooms in April & May while growing aggressively in sun or shade, up to 25 feet per year. Fuzzy seed pods are often carried by birds to unsuspecting & unprepared innocent landscapes. These varieties can choke out all other plants.
The vines climb on the ground as well as up trees, fences, & woods girdling the trees until they die to get more sunlight to the vines growing upon the ground, which then pushes up more flowers to seed.
If you admire these introduced varieties but don't want your landscape overrun perhaps the native variety, wisteria frutescens may work. Despite its quick growth, 15 feet per year, it is often considered the dwarf wisteria, because the leaves & blooms are smaller in size.
The fragrant flowers range from purple to blue. The individual flowers resemble pea flowers. This super pollinator blooms on new wood from May to July & can be trained to grow in tree form or on a trellis by astute pruning in the winter.
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This question sent me hurtling through Amazon's massive fake-review economy — a journey that included private Facebook bazaars, thousands of fraudulent sellers from Tianjin to Tennessee, and an encounter with a morally righteous bodybuilder who is trying to deadlift a broken system.
At a time when faith in our government, media, and even the very foundations of American democracy are at an all-time low, 65% of us trust online reviews.
Some 82% of American adults check product reviews before making a purchase — but the way we evaluate these reviews and determine the trustworthiness of a product is alarmingly simplistic: Research shows that we're more swayed by a simple star rating than what reviewers actually write.
With e-commerce, we can't see products in person before we buy them. Our leading indicator of quality — and our guiding light of trust — are the stars.
Amazon understands this and capitalizes on it accordingly.
And there are a lot of stars in the Bezos galaxy: According to one e-commerce metrics firm, Amazon hosts 1.8m vendors and sellers who hawk nearly 600m items that generate ~9.6m new product reviews every month.
Amazon likes to think of its marketplace as a merchant meritocracy where the best products get the best reviews by virtue of quality and honest consumer feedback.
But the vast size of the platform, coupled with a ferocious competition among sellers to get higher product rankings, has spawned a problem: A proliferation of fake reviews.
But the ensuing rush to the marketplace has spawned thousands of indistinguishable goods (chargers, cables, batteries, etc.). And it has prompted sellers to game the system.
One day in 2015, a bodybuilding enthusiast named Tommy Noonan was perusing testosterone boosters on Amazon and noticed something strange.
Noonan was no newb to fake reviews: Years earlier, after paying $60 for a workout supplement that gave him the runs, he'd founded supplementreviews.com, a site that became a hub for non-biased sports nutrition ratings.
The Amazon testosterone sent him down a rabbit hole; he began to find phony-looking reviews on nearly every product he saw. So, he taught himself how to code and built a tool (based on 12 tests, explained here) that could be used to gauge the authenticity of any Amazon product's reviews.
To date, his site, ReviewMeta, has analyzed 203 million Amazon reviews and found 11.3% (22.8m) of them to be untrustworthy. (A similar site, Fakespot, places this figure at around 30%).
Amazon has stated that "less than 1%" of its reviews are ingenuine, and has cautioned against taking these sites' data at face value.
Noonan is the first to admit that this sample and his website are not definitive, but recent tests he's run point to an undeniable surge in fraudulent review behavior.
Though the inner workings of Amazon's product-ranking algorithm are unknown, items with 5-star ratings and lots of reviews tend to float to the top.
In a spot check run prior to the publishing of this article, I confirmed Noonan's findings: 10 of the 22 first-page results on Amazon for "iPhone charger" were products with thousands of 5-star reviews, all unverified and posted within a few days of each other.
Under federal law, the practice of exchanging free products or payments for favorable reviews without disclosure (a practice called incentivized reviews) is illegal.
Amazon belatedly banned incentivized reviews on its platform in 2016, as part of a well-intentioned effort to maintain trust. Earlier this year, the FTC also made headlines by prosecuting a first-of-its-kind case challenging undisclosed paid product reviews.
But Amazon's move has sparked a counter-attack: Sellers have continued to rig reviews, but do so more furtively, resulting in even less transparency for prospective shoppers.
They've migrated to secretive enclaves, where they entice reviewers with a free assortment of slipshod objects and a couple of bucks.
But the favored hunting grounds for sellers on the prowl is Amazon's fellow tech behemoth, Facebook.
In a recent two-week period, I identified more than 150 private Facebook groups where sellers openly exchange free products (and, in many cases, commissions) for 5-star reviews, sans disclosures.
A sampling of 20 groups I analyzed [which I've posted publicly here] collectively have more than 200,000 members. These groups seem to be in the midst of an online Gold Rush: Most are less than a year old, and in the past 30 days have attracted more than 50,000 new users.
Honesty and "no scamming" are touted as group rules — but a look under the hood reveals a potpourri of foul play.
I gained access to 4 of these groups, posing as an interested reviewer.
Within minutes, I was barraged with a flurry of private messages from vendors hawking a tour de force of tacky capitalism: Water flossers, supplements, dog grooming tools, fanny packs, screen protectors, pillows, seat belt cushions, light-up headphones, watches, body hair removers, and an encyclopedic array of cell phone cables.
These sellers hope that taking a loss in the short-term will pay off once their products have a sizeable number of reviews and a favorable position in Amazon's rankings.
"It's part of a promotion…it's a long-term process," Kash Corp, a seller of hot pink women's leggings, told me. The company offered me a $6 commission to post a pre-written review. It didn't matter, they added, that I'm a man.
When confronted in private messages, sellers openly admitted that what they are doing is deceitful and illegal, but position it as a necessary evil.
The majority of sellers' personal profiles (though likely burner or alias accounts) place them in industrial Chinese cities, at the epicenter of Amazon's recent listings growth. The goods they sell are fungible: At one point, I was in communication with 4 sellers all offering indistinguishable cables, down to the pattern on the nylon braiding.
But buyers seem eager to partake in these transactions.
"It's nice to try out free things, that's how I look at it," said Zach Miller, a former Piggly Wiggly cashier (and frequent 5-star dispenser) from Elm, Texas.
Most reviewers stick to 3 or fewer positive reviews per week to avoid suspicion from Amazon. By exercising caution, some users have been able to make a consistent side income from the commissions.
One stay-at-home mom from Kentucky told me she makes $200-300 per month leaving positive reviews for things like sleep masks, light bulbs, and AV cables.
"Do you actually like the products?" I asked.
Late one Tuesday night, I found myself backroom dealing with Lien Xi, an apparent power-seller from Guangzhou, China.
Her phone charger, she claimed, was of the "highest quality" — and it could be mine for free. I'd pay $13.99 on Amazon for the 3-pack bundle and send her a copy of the confirmation; she'd refund me, then give me another $10 after the review.
On Amazon, the product was the #3 result for "iPhone Charger", boasting nearly 4,000 5-star reviews. It had been knighted with an "Amazon's Choice" label and qualified for Prime shipping.
Two days later, a blue packet arrived in the mail. The cables were a tangled bouquet of polyethylene and plasticisers. I unsheathed one, popped it into my phone, and — snap!
The second cable fared no better: Plugged in, it sent my phone into a spastic freakout and made it hot to the touch (likely, I later found out, a voltage irregularity that can permanently damage electronic devices).
I was hesitant to see what the third cable had in store, but for the sake of science I popped it in. Miraculously, it appeared to function.
It's sad to imagine how many shoppers spotted this $13.99 charger pack on Amazon's first-page results and fell for the thousands of positive reviews and the algorithmically-generated endorsement from a platform that people trust more than religion.
And it's hard to reason how such a product, peddled by a ragtag troupe of e-commerce scammers, managed to game one of the world's premier technology companies.
Some have suggested that Amazon, a for-profit company, has an incentive to allow this behavior: The cut it takes from sellers and vendors varies, but e-commerce experts say the median is around 15% — and studies have shown that large volumes of reviews translate to more sales.
Amazon did not respond to our request for comment. But days after The Hustle sent emails to the company, thousands of the fraudulent reviews were taken off the site.
Among them were the 3,971 5-star reviews for the charger I purchased. The product now has 11 reviews and holds a rating of 2.5 stars.
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Unaccompanied kids fleeing from violence to the U.S.: A morning in NJ's Immigration Court
Bill OrrJuly 10, 2014Uncategorizedasylum, children, comprehensive immigration reform, featured, immigration, Newark Immigration Court, unaccompanied kids fleeing violence
While comprehensive immigration reform is flailing in the murky waters of midterm congressional elections and Republican intransigence, the humanitarian concern for unaccompanied children escaping from violence in northern Central America and seeking refuge in the U.S. has captured the attention of many. Since October according to Homeland Security there have been 52,000 unaccompanied minors crossing the Mexican border into the U.S. – double the number from last year.
The kids are generally first sent to detention centers where they are screened and catalogued and then dispersed throughout the country to family members, foster care or other facilities. According to a law signed by President George W. Bush those who come unaccompanied from countries not contiguous to the U.S. such as Central America can not be immediately returned to their land of origin. Instead they are entitled to a hearing before an immigration judge and an opportunity to seek asylum – a drawn-out procedure with no public defender, a confusing legal system, and slim chances for gaining legal status.
Some of the children end up in New Jersey where there are two immigration courts but only one with a juvenile docket. It is in Newark on the twelfth floor of the Federal Building on Broad Street. I spent a few hours at the court, passed through slow, rigorous security at the entrance, talked with several of the children (I speak Spanish), and at one point was ordered by a judge to appear before him to explain who I was and why I was taking notes. But this is a story about the shy, quiet, and nicely dressed kids appearing before judges who have the authority to deport them back to a tumultuous, dangerous existence.
The court area occupying an entire floor is air-conditioned and quiet like a calm sea. In the individual court rooms the judges who wear no robes speak in soft voices. There is a waiting area with adjoining private rooms where lawyers can meet with clients. Here one can pick up an updated local legal services provider list. In a vacant court room an individual gives a video presentation of advice in Spanish on frequently asked questions. There are currently only five judges in this immigration court. In each court room there is a judge, a clerk, a Spanish language translator, and a Homeland Security prosecutor. In many of the cases the youth defendant has no lawyer. The hearings I witnessed yesterday did not involve detained minors nor were they deportation hearings, but rather the laborious steps leading in that direction.
The first teenager, who I will call Pablo, told me he spent almost two months traveling from political and gang violence in El Salvador and is now living in NJ with his aunt. The judge and translator spent about two minutes at this preliminary hearing explaining his rights (including to seek asylum, to have a lawyer at his own expense, and to file an appeal after a deportation ruling) and his obligations (to appear at the next hearing and to inform the court of any change of address). He seeks asylum and was provided a complex 12-page legal questionnaire with a 13-page instructions sheet all in English to complete within one year of his arrival. He has no lawyer and speaks no English. His aunt despairs of achieving success. His next hearing is set for January 15, 2015.
Another youth, who I will call Javier, has been to court before and has been in the U.S.A. for over a year. As he just turned 18 and is no longer a juvenile the judge transfers his case to another judge. He comes from Guatemala and is enrolled in school. He has a lawyer present and is told to appear before an unnamed judge on January 15.
A third younger child just recently came from Guatemala on what he said was a 15-day dangerous trip during which he was assaulted. He said he is afraid of returning to Guatemala. He seek asylum, has no lawyer and was told to return in January. He was accompanied by a young adult who said he was paid by a parent to escort the kid to court because the parent had to be at work.
I listened to eight rather similar hearings before two different judges. The scared but respectful children in all cases limited themselves to saying yes or no and agreeing that they understood their rights and obligations, even though at their young age they must have been bewildered by the process. When asked if they had questions they all said no.
The lengthy delays from one hearing to the next and the speed of each hearing speak to a federal court overwhelmed by kids fleeing into an American system where there are not enough judges, ancillary staff, funds, or lawyers knowledgeable about youth immigration. If federal courts provide judges and prosecutors for these vulnerable minors they should also provide public defenders. The few defense lawyers in attendance seem harried. And as to the youth, they are referred to in documents as an "alien" – a term often used to denote things that are disturbing, distasteful, or even extraterrestrial. In reality they are just kids seeking safety.
As a side note: I was not surprised that the Judge asked me to appear before the bar as his clerk first came and wanted to know why I was in the room taking notes. Then the two stepped out for a few minutes, and then I was summoned. I explained why I was there and that I would maintain the confidentiality of these minors. The judge agreed I had a right to be there, so I sat through a few more hearings and left feeling sad.
dbkurz415 July 10, 2014 at 5:57 pm
This piece is fantastic and demonstrative of the amazing role online publishing provides to the public. Thank you so much Bill for your efforts!


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St Clair Township
An unidentified driver was cited at 9:49 a.m. Friday in the 15000 block of Tractor Supply for expired plates. Police responded to a car alarm going in off at 10:35 a.m. Sunday in the Walmart parking lot. William Pierce was arrested on several active warrants at 4:51 p.m. Sunday in the ...
Lisbon Police Reports
A motorist called police at 5 p.m. Thursday to report a reckless driver was coming into town east on U.S. Route 30. Police located the vehicle and pulled over the driver, who showed no signed of being impaired. The report did not say what the probable cause was to pull over the driver, but he ...
Columbiana County Grand Jury
Matthew S. Cochrane Jr., 21, Youngstown, was served a secret indictment for charges of trafficking in heroin, trafficking in cocaine, possession of heroin and possession of cocaine. The charges contain four specifications for forfeiture of money in a drug case and four specifications for ...
Columbiana County Sheriff
Multiple people were reported fighting at the end of a driveway on South Bandy Road in Knox Township at 12:20 a.m. Sunday. Deputies spoke to Harley Ann Townsend, who said Scott A. Bryant pushed her up against a vehicle. A warrant was issued for Bryant, charging him with assault. An East ...
State Highway Patrol
Matthew T. Vickroy, 47, Hanoverton, was westbound on Haessly Road in Hanoverton at 10:05 a.m. Monday and Richard G. Prendergast, 57, Hanoverton, was eastbound and went left of center and collided with Vickroy. Prendergast fled eastbound and later became disabled. Prendergast was cited for left ...
— Police responded at 2:25 p.m. Saturday to the area of the Wee The People Day Care on West 4th Street for a two-vehicle crash, where both drivers declined medical treatment; however, one of the drivers exhibited signs of possible alcohol impairment and appeared to do poorly on field sobriety ...
Salineville Police Reports
— Officers responded to the BK Market for a reported assault on one of their employees shortly before 5:21 p.m. June 29. — An elderly female had an unknown medical emergency shortly after midnight June 30 in the 500 block of Jefferson Street. — Juveniles were allegedly throwing ...
Highway Patrol/Lisbon Post
— Danielle Weaver, 36, of Bloomingdale was cited at noon June 27 in Center Township with improper starting after a two-vehicle crash. — A Richmond man was injured shortly after 1:52 p.m. June 23 after losing his balance at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Wayne Bridge Road while riding ...
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This review of the 91 English children's services departments with specific policies on bruising in pre-mobile children found a major disjuncture between research evidence and its interpretation in guidance. Many policies require all pre-mobile children found with a bruise to be seen urgently by a paediatrician and in some all bruised children are subject of a formal child protection investigation regardless of the explanations for the bruise or the views of front-line practitioners. However, the research on bruises in pre-mobile children on which these policies were based was found to be limited and contradictory and did not fully support the guidance given. National guidance given by the National Institute for Care and Health Excellence and many policies state that bruising in pre-mobile children is suggestive of physical abuse because accidental bruising is uncommon despite the only longitudinal study of bruising showing 27% of pre-mobile children were bruised over an average of 7.6 weekly observations. The paper calls for an urgent review of these policies and guidance and improved standards for policy making.


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Stiffer sentences can be imposed on those found to be excessively speeding.
Speeding drivers are to face tougher penalties from Monday (April 24).
Changes to the sentencing guidelines for offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act mean those caught speeding excessively could face a fine of 175 per cent their relevant weekly wage, up from 100 per cent.
Magistrates will also have the power to ban drivers from between seven and 56 days and slap six points on their licence, up from three.
Bans could be longer in more serious cases.
The change in sentencing powers has been passed to allow courts to mark rising levels of seriousness in speeding cases.
Previously drivers massively exceeding the speed limit could receive similar sentences as those only marginally above, based on sentencing guidelines.
Now, however, a more gradual scale of seriousness and starting points for penalties has been established.
Under the new guidelines those reaching speeds over over 50mph in a 30mph zone can expect the toughest band of fine and face nearly two months off the road as well as six points.
The same punishment could be meted out to those hitting over 101 on the motorway.
Even where speeds fall into a lower category of seriousness, drivers could still face the toughest penalties if they have previous motoring convictions or based on the circumstances at the time.
Those speeding in poor conditions or while behind the wheel of an HGV could see a tougher penalty imposed.
The location, if driving for work or if traffic levels are high will also be taken into consideration.
Likewise those of good character with no previous convictions could see the level of penalty reduced.
Louise Ellman, chair of the Commons Transport Committee, welcomed the change regarding speeding penalties.
"However, for enforcement to be successful, there must be the likelihood that offenders will be caught and prosecuted," she said, adding that a declining number of dedicated road traffic police officers is of "real concern".


Why I am receiving different DAPPER load flow results compared to I*SIM/TMS load flow results in the same project?
Both I*SIM and TMS run an initial load flow study for a particular case. If the DAPPER LF datablocks on the one-line drawing are displayed while running I*SIM/TMS, the datablock will be updated with the new calculated values.
As shown, the DAPPER load flow results and the VD% are different.
The DAPPER load flow module will model the utility/swing generator impedance if enabled.
On the other hand, I*SIM/TMS will not include the utility/swing generator impedance since the software assumes they already have a model.
I*SIM/TMS will include the motor model that is selected from the corresponding dialog page in that Study Case. However, the DAPPER load flow will use the Component Editor page of the motor to model it.
Motors may not be started at t=0 seconds in I*SIM/TMS. In other words, I*SIM/TMS calculations will not see the motors at t=0 seconds. DAPPER load flow will consider the motors in the simulation.
The motors may start at a time other than 0 seconds.
DAPPER load flow and I*SIM/TMS don't use the same model for the motors.
An alternative solution is to deselect the motors from the I*SIM/TMS case menu.


The following examples demonstrate how to use Amazon Comprehend operations using the AWS CLI, Java, and Python. Use them to learn about Amazon Comprehend operations and as building blocks for your own applications.
To run the AWS CLI and Python examples, you need to install the AWS CLI. For more information, see Step 2: Set Up the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).
To run the Java examples, you need to install the AWS SDK for Java. For instructions for installing the SDK for Java, see Set up the AWS SDK for Java.


The media are turning a blind eye to many positive stories about the nation's youth contributing to negative perceptions of young people as a result, the chairman of the Organization of Young Professionals (OYP) is charging.
Valentino Munroe spoke to Guardian Business at a "mix and mingle" of the OYP – a new division of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC). While many would argue the media cater to the interests of their audiences, the chairman told Guardian Business that they make decisions that shape the public's interest.
"Part of [media's] responsibility is to cause a change in public interest. A lot of times the public does not know what's happening and the impact it can have," Munroe told Guardian Business.
Presenting his case, the entrepreneur behind technology company Onit Systems said many corporations have long understood that the public's interest could be influenced by their actions.
"There are some companies that, in spite of what the public wants, chart their course like Apple did, and now the public embraces what they are presenting," Munroe said.
Hosted at the Balmoral Club House last Tuesday evening, the social event attracted about 70 persons in a bid to raise awareness about the group, which launched in July this year. It was also an opportunity for members to draw on the real estate expertise of the host, Jason Kinsale, Balmoral's principal.
While young professionals constitute a significant part of the market the Balmoral targets, Kinsale told Guardian Business, the evening was more about mentorship than marketing for him.
"I wanted to give them access to my view of the industry, and to be there or anyone thinking about possibly developing their own product as well," Kinsale said.
Kinsale fielded several questions about the scope and impact Baha Mar is having on Western New Providence real estate.
Enjoying the full support of the BCCEC, the OYP is the result of the vision of Chamber director Michelle Patterson, according to Racquel Knowles-Farrington. A financial services professional with St. James Bank and Trust, she spearheads the OYP's reach committee.
"As newcomers into the professional realm, we often don't really know how we can become involved," Knowles-Farrington said.
One of the benefits OYP members receive is that they become full members of the Chamber as well, able to access any of the training or other benefits that come with Chamber membership, Knowles-Farrington said.
The OYP is open to people ages 18 to 41, she told Guardian Business. Prior to the event, the OYP had a membership of about 50, according to Knowles-Farrington.


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This 5-story class A office building is the second phase of the Jordan Valley Technology Center. Morgan Stanley is the building's primary tenant. This office complex consists of two office buildings totaling approximately 215,000 square feet.
• 680 W 10000 S, South Jordan, UT
• 215,000 Square Feet
Greg Gardner
Greg Gardner has a diverse development portfolio totaling over 2.5 million square feet. Currently, Greg is the leasing/project manager for several first class office, research, and laboratory facilities along Utah's Wasatch Front. Some of the representative projects include the One Utah Center in Salt Lake's Central Business District, ARUP Laboratories and Myriad Genetics campuses in the University of Utah's Research Park, and the L-3 Communications facility located in the One Airport Center by the International Airport.
43 years at The Boyer Company
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What makes Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems invasible by Bromus tectorum?
Source: Rangeland Ecology and Management. 61(5): 475-484.
Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is the most widespread invasive weed in sagebrush ecosystems of North America. Restoration of perennial vegetation is difficult and land managers have often used introduced bunchgrasses to restore degraded sagebrush communities. Our objective was to evaluate the potential of 'Vavilov' Siberian wheatgrass (Agropyron fragile [Roth] P. Candargy) to establish on cheatgrass-dominated sites. We examined Vavilov establishment in response to different levels of soil nitrogen availability by adding sucrose to the soil to promote nitrogen (N) immobilization and examined cheatgrass competition by seeding different levels of cheatgrass.
Mazzola, Monica B.; Allcock, Kimberly G.; Chambers, Jeanne C.; Blank, Robert R.; Schupp, Eugene W.; Doescher, Paul S.; Nowak, Robert S. 2008. Effects of nitrogen availability and cheatgrass competition on the establishment of Vavilov Siberian wheatgrass. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 61(5): 475-484.


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NA'AMAT USA's Western Area will host a special presentation on the scourge of human trafficking, October 1st at Marie Callendar's in Northridge, as the first event in its new speaker series entitled Women Empowering Women.
Ilana Kwartin is an attorney and heads a legal practice near Ashkelon, Israel specializing in labor law, tort law and women's rights. She was born in the former Soviet Union and made Aliyah with her family in 1987.
The Summer 2017 issue of NA'AMAT WOMAN is out!
On Sunday, June 11, NA'AMAT USA Pittsburgh Council held its annual President's Day/Donor Brunch, as a large group of members, family and friends gathered for an afternoon of inspiring stories, good food and lively entertainment.
It was a beautiful spring morning as the Western Area of NA'AMAT USA hosted its first 5K Walk June 4th at Lake Balboa Park in Encino. Dozens of people, ranging in age from babies in strollers on up, walked three times around scenic Lake Balboa to complete the 3.1-mile course.


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Chad Cooke named Saratoga County public works commissioner | The Daily Gazette
Chad Cooke named Saratoga County public works commissioner
By Stephen Williams | December 15, 2020
PHOTOGRAPHER: Erica Miller
Newly appointed Saratoga County Public Works Commissioner Chad Cooke Tuesday
Categories: News, Saratoga County
SARATOGA COUNTY — Someone with nearly a decade of experience inside Saratoga County government has been named the county's new public works commissioner.
The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday named Chad Cooke, who is currently the deputy county administrator, as commissioner of public works effective Jan. 8 — but it happened in a way that showed the political divisions within the county board.
The appointment was originally anticipated to take effect on Jan. 1, but a coalition of supervisors representing the county's larger towns pushed through the postponement until Jan. 8 over the objections of the smaller towns.
Moreau Supervisor Todd Kusnierz proposed the change, saying he wanted Cooke to remain in his current post through the county board's 2021 organizational meeting on Jan. 4. If the board follows tradition, Greenfield Supervisor Dan Pemrick will replace Percy Allen of Day as chairman of the board on that date.
"I think it would be incredibly helpful to have the No. 2 position in the county administrator's office available during the transition," Kusnierz said.
The population-weighted voting system used by the county allows the supervisors representing the towns of Clifton Park, Halfmoon, Malta, Moreau, and Wilton and city of Saratoga Springs to outvote the 15 other supervisors, as they did on Tuesday.
In the final vote, six small-town supervisors voted against the resolution — apparently over the change and underlying board tensions, since all six had voted in favor of Cooke's appointment during committee votes prior to Tuesday. None specifically explained their vote.
The Department of Public Works oversees the roughly 200 employees who plow snow and otherwise maintain 365 miles of county roads and bridges, as well as the county's buildings and grounds.
The department also manages the county airport in Milton and the county's five recycling centers.
The lateral transfer of Cooke, 46, of Clifton Park, isn't as surprising as it might initially look — he is a licensed professional engineer who was executive director of the county sewer district from 2011 to 2015, when he took his current position in the county administrator's office. There, he has overseen the administrator's relationships with department heads as well as having budget duties.
"I had 15 years as a consulting engineer, most on highways, before I came to county, and I now have 10 years of working knowledge at the county," Cooke said on Tuesday in an interview ahead of the vote. "I also recently got my master's degree in public administration."
The county conducted a public search for Manz' replacement and four candidates were interviewed before a search committee recommended Cooke. Cooke will earn approximately the same $139,000 salary he earns now.
Since Manz' retirement early in the fall, the Public Works Department has been overseen by Deputy Commissioner Tom Speziale, a long-time county employee who is expected to return to his deputy role.
Prior joining the county as sewer district director in 2011, Cooke worked for Boswell Engineering and Clough Harbour as a project engineer or project manager. He has a civil engineering degree from Clarkson University as well as the master's degree from Marist College he obtained this year.
At the same meeting, the supervisors named Fist Assistant County Attorney Hugh G. Burke of Clifton Park as temporary county attorney. On Jan. 1, Burke will succeed County Attorney Stephen Dorsey, who is also retiring on Dec. 31. Dorsey has been county attorney since 2010, and was an assistant county attorney for many years before that.
Burke is also a long-time staff member in the county attorney's office. The office oversees all the county's legal business, including juvenile prosecutions in Family Court, preparation of contracts and board resolutions, and legal defense.
In another illustration of the big town-small town split, the larger towns increased Burke's temporary compensation from $79.77 per hour to $87.71 per hour, bringing Burke's pay to the equivalent of the county attorney's annual salary.


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With the Newsletter Widget you can capture the email addresses of prospects as well as the consent of existing customers.
The widget is seamlessly integrated with the [MailBeez Newsletter Module] (/documentation/mailbeez/newsletter), so that you can edit the content for the double-optin and welcome email - possibly with a voucher. If the corresponding submodules are not displayed, please set the option Activate Optin / Confirmation Modules toTrue in the configuration of the MailBeez Newsletter Module.
The integration code can be found under MailBeez > Configuration > SiteBeez - there you can copy the code and paste it into the target system.
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Accounting is an exciting and challenging profession that continues to be transformed by globalization and information technology. Such forces are changing the nature of accounting work but not affecting the large number of job opportunities. Ongoing changes to the regulatory environment, including tax laws, also create wide-ranging opportunities for accountants in a variety of locations across the world.
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Q: Swift's Ternary Conditional Operator returning optional from two non-optional values? I found the results of this code curious
 @IBOutlet weak var firstButton: UIButton!
 @IBOutlet weak var secondButton: UIButton!

    func selectButton(_ selectThis: UIButton) {
        var deselectThis = (selectThis == firstButton) ? secondButton : firstButton
        setButtonSelectionColor(deselectThis, selectIt: false)
    }

The call to setButtonSelectionColor(deselectThis) produces the compile error "Value of optional type 'UIButton?' not unwrapped; did you mean to use '!' or '?'?".
I'm guessing this has something to do with how firstButton and secondButton are declared, specifically that they are @IBOutlets (still have same compile error if they are defined as weak), but the reason is escaping me.

A: @IBOutlets are defined as implicitly unwrapped optionals - that's what the ! stands for at the end of the type. It still is an optional, but you don't have to explicitly unwrap it when used. You could kind of think about this as a promise to the compiler that although this value could be nil at some point, you will use it responsibly and only after it has been set. When inferring the type for deselectThis, the compiler correctly set it Optional<UIButton>, just without the ! (since ! doesn't change the type per-se in this case).
You can either wrap the whole expression in an if let statement or simply provide the explicitly unwrapped typing by doing var deselectThis: UIButton! = ....
Please note that implicitly unwrapped optionals should be used with care and caution. As always - more in the docs.

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When our Beloved Respected Marhoom Haaji Bhai Padia Saheb was alive, he used to mention that when he heard the hadith that a time will come when there would be singing and dancing women in every home, he could not understand how this would become a reality. However, in the seventies, when T.V. was introduced as a mass media, Haaji Saheb mentioned that now he understood how this hadith became a reality.
In short, we brought out the rule of Sudul Baab i.e. to close the door to evil that may appear. It is for this reason that our Beloved Hazrat Marhoom Moulana Saeed Khan Saheb would say: "Mufti wo nahi he jo kitab dek kar fatwa de, magar jo anjaam dek kar fatwa de." A mufti is not he who looks at a kitaab and gives fatwa, but he should look at the end result of the fatwa he issued.
A glaring example of making short sighted decisions and rulings is the' permissibility' of photography that sadly even the sanctity of the Haram is no more being maintained or respected by Muslims. Hujjaaj and Mu'tameroon are taking photos of themselves all around the Haram.
Look where we have fallen to, when it comes to womens' voice and the radio stations. Not even a wali can say that these womens' voices is not affecting his heart. Have not these radio stations now fallen into Haraam?
Again, look how beautifully, Hadhrat Moulana Saeed Khan Saheb Rahmatullah Alaih said: "Baatil kabhi haq ki shakal me aaye ga aur har ek oos ko nahi peh chaan sake." Baatil (falsehood) will come in the form of Haq (truth), but not all will recognise it.
Baatil comes in the form of Haq with Islamic names, "Islamic T.V.", "Islamic Radio", "Islamic Banks", "Islamic Finance", Halaal Nail Polish, etc.
Those that desire to be blind shall never see.


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Newington Municipal Center
After nearly 10 years of public debate, the Town of Newington approved a $28.8-million bond for a new Town Hall. Voters favored the project by a more than 2-1 margin. QA+M Architecture led a series of public workshops to develop community consensus and unite the public behind a plan to build a new Town Hall. Site configuration, recreation fields, traffic, walkability, environmental impact, cost and state building aid were among the many concerns expressed by the residents of Newington, who played a key part throughout the bond approval process.
As a result, QA+M Architecture developed its design of the proposed 75,000-square-foot town hall and community center to be built in the upper town hall parking lot. The new building allows for improved resident access to Town Services, an open floor plan, and a reduction of 28,000 square feet from Newington's existing deteriorating and leaky town hall.
The community center space includes two full-sized basketball courts. The plan provides more storage spaces and a discrete entrance for human services and board of education offices with an open floor plan, Town Council chambers, community television and the Transition Academy. In the preliminary plan, the existing Town Hall will remain in operation while construction is going on.
Town of Newington, CT


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For the past decade, lighting and product designer Sebastian Herkner has dealt many cards and proved that he's rapidly becoming a major designer. And today you have the incredible opportunity to get to know him and some of his amazing work. Shall we get to it?
Born in 1981 in Bad Margentheim, Germany, Sebastian Herkner proceeded with his studies in the field of Product Design at the Offenbach University of Art and Design.
Whilst getting his degree, Herkner was already focusing on designing objects and furniture merging various cultural contexts and combining new technologies with traditional craftsmanship. He believed this way he could highlight and enhance the "multifaceted beauty of the materials".
It was also during his college years that Sebastian Herkner had the opportunity to do an internship with designer Stella McCartney in London, which helped to sharpen his feeling for materials, colors, structures and textures.
Finally, in 2006, the designer founded his own studio in Offenbach am Main. Since then, he's been designing for houses like ClassiCon, Dedon, Rosenthal, Gubi and Pulpo, for which he's designed Oda floor lamp collection.
According to Sebastian Herkner's studio itself, "Oda is a reservoir of light". The oversized floor lamp is perfect for an open spaced living room, for example. What Herkner was going for when designing it was "to create a volume or even balloon full with light".
The design was inspired by the amazing pictures of water towers shooted by German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. This made possible to build a simple and elegant metal structure balancing a mouthblown tinted glass globe. Oda.
During his 10-year career, Herkner has also been the recipient of various awards, such as the 2011 German Design Award in the Newcomer category, or the 2015 EDIDA award for Best International Newcomer.
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Juliusz (Julian) Makarewicz (ur. 1854 w Synowódzku Wyżnym, zm. 1936 w Krakowie) – polski malarz, profesor krakowskiej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych, konserwator.

Życiorys
Studiował na wydziale architektury Politechniki Lwowskiej. Dzięki stypendium hrabiego Karola Lanckorońskiego rozpoczął studia na Akademii Wiedeńskiej u Christiana Griepenkerla, potem w Monachium (w końcu października 1880 r. zgłosił się do Akademii Sztuk Pięknych - Naturklasse) i w Rzymie. Podróżował do Grecji, Konstantynopola i Egiptu. Razem z Aleksandrem Augustynowiczem założył szkołę malarstwa dla kobiet we Lwowie. Zamieszkał na stałe w Krakowie, gdzie zajmował się konserwatorstwem. Pod jego kierunkiem odnowiono freski w kaplicy zamkowej w Lublinie, w Kaplicy Świętokrzyskiej na Wawelu, restaurowano malowidła ścienne w krużgankach klasztoru oo. Franciszkanów w Krakowie, w klasztorze Cystersów w podkrakowskiej Mogile i kościele w Czchowie. Przyjaźnił się ze Stanisławem Dębickim, Teodorem Axentowiczem, Julianem Fałatem i Jackiem Malczewskim. Wystawiał między innymi w Warszawie, Krakowie, we Lwowie, Tarnopolu, Poznaniu, Berlinie i Londynie. Malował obrazy olejne i akwarele oraz rysował pastelami pejzaże, sceny rodzajowe i typy ludowe oraz portrety. Zajmował się także malarstwem ściennym, projektowaniem i ilustratorstwem książek i czasopism, a także projektowaniem witraży. Jest autorem polichromii w cerkwi (wówczas kościół greckokatolicki) w Stanisławowie, na Uniwersytecie Lwowskim, w kościołach w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim, Brześciu Kujawskim i Chorzowie. Ostatnią pracą Juliusza Makarewicza była konserwacja fresków odkrytych w katedrze w Sandomierzu.

Spoczywa na Cmentarzu Rakowickim w Krakowie (kw. Hf).

Bibliografia
 Tadeusz Dobrowolski: Historia sztuki polskiej w zarysie, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1962
 Altius, Makarewicz Juliusz – biogram

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
Prace J. Makarewicza w zbiorach Biblioteki Narodowej - wersja cyfrowa na Polona.pl

Absolwenci i studenci Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Monachium
Polscy malarze
Polscy konserwatorzy zabytków
Urodzeni w 1854
Wykładowcy Akademii Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie
Zmarli w 1936
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Rakowickim w Krakowie

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South Florida rap icon Luther Campbell, who came to Jackson with Brunson after being an assistant at three schools previously, resigned as defensive coordinator shortly after the 12-9 upset of Booker T. Washington. Jackson ended its 2017 season with a chance to finish with a winning record, but got squashed 40-0 by Soul Bowl rival Northwestern.
Jackson has not made the playoffs since 2014 and has not won a playoff game since 2012 when it advanced to the state semifinals. The Generals have not won a state title since 1952.
Brunson, 40, made history when she was hired in early 2016 to coach the Generals after 16 years teaching physical education and coaching at multiple schools in Miami-Dade County from the elementary to the high school level.
Brunson had previously coached girls' basketball and flag football at Jackson, and was a track and basketball standout at Northwestern when she was in high school. Brunson continued her athletic career at Tennessee State University and later played football for the Miami Fury in the Independent Women's Football League. There she played linebacker, lineman and fullback.
Herald calls to Jackson athletic director Tonya Johnson haven't been returned yet.


Running setup.exe in your CD will install XEM driver and Front Panel software, that's ok for development, but when used on other PCs, that's not necessary(use API). So is it possible to have only XEM3001 driver for Windows 2000?
Good point. I have modified the installer to allow a driver-only installation. This comes with a couple other updates to FrontPanel. Please see the "Software Downloads" section to get it.


IBA is commonly recognized as the premier sell side representation mergers & acquisitions firm in the Pacific Northwest to facilitate the sale of middle market manufacturing companies for premium values employing "best practices" in an environment of confidentiality. The members of our manufacturing sector transaction team are market leaders in terms of knowledge, experience, and professional deal negotiation/facilitation skill set that are sought after by entrepreneurs and the region's attorneys & CPA's to represent their clients. IBA has recently facilitated manufacturing sector transactions for clients who fabricated products for the aerospace, military, construction, technology, food (human & animal), marine, automotive, industrial, printing, and cannabis industries out of metal (steel, aluminum, and stainless steel), plastic, electronic components, textiles, wood, paper, and consumable products. These transactions provided IBA with current market information relevant to pricing, buyer demand, market dynamics, and deal terms that supplied our clients with a competitive edge at time of sale. The manufacturing M&A deal space is sophisticated and currently robust. If you are interested in selling a manufacturing business in 2019, we would welcome the opportunity to provide an overview of the services we offer our clients. All information shared with IBA is held in strict confidence.
Business Valuation – The first step in the sale of a manufacturing company is to determine the price it should be offered to potential buyers. Business valuation is a sophisticated, subjective science that requires an understanding of the accounting models commonly employed by manufacturing firms; the valuation models of privately held companies currently being employed in the marketplace; the market environment for similar companies in the relevant industry niche & geographic area; and the financing conditions that exist to support acquisitions in the manufacturing sector. All four of these factors are critical components to properly valuing a business for sale. Business owners are cautioned against having a party value or represent a business for sale that is not active in the business brokerage marketplace for manufacturing businesses, as lack of knowledge of recently completed transactions, the market conditions created by buyer demand, and acquisition financing availability can result in a business being improperly valued. An improperly valued business traditionally sells at a lower price with a longer time period of exposure on the market. Neither of these outcomes are good for an entrepreneur desiring to sell or the company being sold.
Business owners should also be wary of firms that either outsource their business valuations or take businesses to market without an established value. The best business brokerage firms have the knowledge, experience, and ability to value businesses "in house". A business value needs to be justified & persuasively sold by a business broker to the buyer, their CPA or CFO, their attorney, and bank and/or investors to successfully complete a transaction. A business broker that does not understand the sophisticated intricacies of how & why a specific value was assigned to a specific business will be at a disadvantage when selling the manufacturing company and fail to close potential buyers.
A school of thought also exists in the business brokerage community where businesses are sold in an auction environment without assigning a price to the business. In theory, this can sound attractive to a seller, however it has been our experience at IBA during our 44 years selling privately held companies that this strategy results in lower prices in the marketplace than a value that is established and justified by a knowledgeable mergers & acquisitions intermediary. The reality of this situation is the business is going to be professionally valued by buyers. No buyer is going to make a first offer at the high end of a valuation range. Negotiations are going to occur between knowledgeable, professionally represented parties. A competitive marketplace will always increase the value of a company being sold. The question a seller should ask is do they want to establish the market price or passively allow it to be established by a buyer that has a vested interest in acquiring the business at the lowest possible price.
IBA offers complimentary professional opinions of market values of businesses to potential clients. 100% of IBA's fees are paid on performance upon completion of the sale. This business model encourages an honest assessment of value and makes the business broker accountable for delivering their price in the marketplace. Most businesses sold by IBA sell within 10% of the price we go to market and the final sale price is often in alignment with our precision assessment of value that is a component of our business evaluation. IBA sold manufacturing companies in 2018 for six, seven, & eight figures for clients.
Professional Sales – The successful sale of any product or service requires a presentation that persuasively articulates the attributes & benefits of the item to a potential buyer. Professional representation of a manufacturing company requires an individual that can convey the unique attributes of the business, financial history, market niche, and future opportunities presented for the company. If this cannot be accomplished, the company will not sell or will sell at a value reflective of the amount of information conveyed. It is recommended prior to selecting representation that business owners have the party convey to them an overview of their business model and competitive advantages of their business to assess the level of knowledge and sales skills of the individual. It is also important to select a broker that has successfully completed transactions involving manufacturing businesses and has ongoing engagement with the different demographic groups of buyers interested in acquiring companies in the manufacturing sector. A few of the demographic groups currently acquiring companies in the manufacturing sector include companies increasing market share in an existing niche; companies bringing manufactured components in house to control production schedules and supply; companies desiring to increase domestic production due to political & economic trends; private equity firms, non-profit corporations; and individuals with relevant experience desiring entrepreneurial investment opportunities for direct management. IBA interacts on a regular basis with all of these buyer demographic groups and maintains a database of buyers actively seeking acquisitions in the manufacturing sector in the Pacific Northwest. It is common for multiple offers to be generated in a short time frame for IBA clients from this database in the manufacturing sector. Many of the buyers in IBA's buyer database are only actively engaged in the mergers & acquisitions marketplace in the Pacific Northwest with IBA based on IBA's reputation for confidentiality, integrity, and "best practices" in facilitating the sale of a privately held companies.
Experience – The probability of achieving the successful sale of a business is enhanced with the engagement of experienced representation to value, market, sell, negotiate, and facilitate the transaction process. There is no substitution for knowledge & experience. Business brokerage is a business best learned through action and repetition. No business owner wants to be the "trial client" for a business broker to gain the experience necessary to be successful in one of the most sophisticated sales professions in the business world. All business owners want to employ a firm that has the ability for their broker to reference prior personally facilitated transactions, similar negotiations, professional colleagues that have facilitated similar transactions, and relevant conversations with prior client attorneys & accountants during the sale process.
Resources – An ascent of Mount Everest requires experience, knowledge, a professional skill set, and proper provisions for the journey. The sale of a business also requires the appropriate resources to complete the transaction. Business sale resources are commonly cerebral in nature. They include a business attorney cognizant of the "best practice" legal verbiage components employed in a mergers & acquisitions transaction involving a manufacturing company; a CPA with the ability to mitigate the tax implications of the transaction for their client, facilitate due diligence efficiently & effectively, and have prior experience valuing components like work in process; and bankers at lending institutions actively engaged in acquisition financing in the manufacturing sector. Frequently IBA's clients bring skilled attorneys & accountants to transactions. Equally common are situations where IBA M&A intermediaries are asked for recommendations of legal & accounting professionals with relevant experience related to the purchase & sale of manufacturing companies. We are happy to provide referrals of professionals who have performed at superior levels for their clients in previous IBA facilitated transactions. IBA is also commonly asked to refer bankers experienced with financing manufacturing company acquisitions to buyers. We view this as part of our seller representation role, as a transaction cannot close without sufficient capital. Knowing how & where to access acquisition capital is a valuable resource to completing mergers & acquisition transactions.
The sale of a manufacturing company can be compared to a game of chess. Anyone can sit down at a chessboard and play a game. However, victory at chess is rarely luck. The same is true for selling a business. Anyone can attempt to sell a business. However, only the most experienced, knowledgeable business brokers with the highest professional skill set can consistently deliver premium prices for their clients in a transaction facilitated employing "best practices" while maintaining an environment of confidentiality throughout the sale process. IBA has successfully facilitated 4000 transactions since 1975 for our clients in the Pacific Northwest. Many of those transactions involved manufacturing companies. If you are interested in selling a manufacturing business, we would welcome the opportunity to convey IBA's sales strategy for achieving the best possible outcomes for our clients in a timely manner.


Northbrook MET Costume degree students have showcased their work in an exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.
The exhibition Their Fight, Our Future included nine Victorian women's costumes, designed and created by the students.
The costume designs pay homage to pioneering women of the time, including a social activist, physician, astronomer, explorer and suffragette.
"These were very intricate makes – especially the corset – as there was a lot of pinning, hand-sewing, sewing, re-sewing, unpicking and then sewing again.
After seven intense weeks of pattern cutting, designing, stitching and ironing, the costumes were completed ready for the exhibition.
The costumes will be on display at Brighton Museum's International Women's Day celebration on Saturday.


Say "yes" to these gorgeous bridal looks.
They say that finding the perfect dress for your wedding will probably be one of the most important decisions you'll make, but narrowing down a hairstyle can be just as tough. You'll want to choose a look that complements whatever you decide to wear and select a hairstyle that will withstand the test of time. So, what better way to style your hair than to show off your natural beauty? You can wear it down, pin it up, or add fun accessories. The possibilities are endless. That's why more and more brides are deciding to rock their natural textures as they gear up to say, "I do." If you're thinking about doing the same, keep scrolling to see some inspiring looks.
1. A natural updo can be embellished with a crystal hairpiece.
2. A curly mohawk adds the perfect amount of edge to classic curls.
3. A smooth, voluminous twist frames the front of this bride's afro.
4. A band of fresh flowers turned this half-up hairstyle into a garden dream.
5. A vibrant honey blonde color is the perfect accent to this bride's crisp look .
6. A deep side part and a bejeweled headband make a dynamic combo.
7. A flat twist along the hairline plus a few gold clips amp up the glamour instantly.
8. A crown full of two-strand twists is also a great styling option for the natural bride.
9. A dressy hair clip will add shine to classic French rolls.
10. A head full of twists got a sparkling update with this ornate headpiece.
11. A veil was pinned into this bride's natural updo.
12. A two-sided French roll was perfect for this lucky lady's special day.
13. A fresh flower behind the ear added an enchanting touch to these afros.
14. A sultry red hue makes this twisted updo standout from the crowd.
15. A twisted natural style can be tucked into an encrusted hair accessory.
16. A subtle side part will instantly add flair to curls.
17. A half-up look with a middle part also looks great for that walk down the aisle.
18. And dreadlocks are another stunning style to wear while saying, "I do."


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CWRU researchers to make virtual energy audits a reality
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$1.4 million ARPA-E grant aims to boost energy efficiency nationally
Case Western Reserve University researchers were awarded a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop software to perform virtual energy audits of light commercial buildings.
In addition to audits, the computer program will enable a building owner to assess energy efficiency and elicit the most cost-effective solutions to energy waste.
"Before big data analytics, to pinpoint a building's efficiency problems, we had to walk through a building, read sensors and conduct blower door and smoke tests," said Alexis Abramson, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute at Case Western Reserve. "By analyzing at least two years of whole building energy use data, we can uncover some of the same information."
Large industrial buildings are often wired to provide owners details of energy consumption, but the practice is uncommon in light commercial buildings, particularly older structures.
The national goals of the project are to help ensure that the United States maintains a technological lead in developing and deploying energy efficient technologies, enhance the nation's economic and energy security by improving the energy efficiency of buildings, and reduce energy imports as well as harmful emissions. The funding comes from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program.
Virtual energy audit diagram. Credit: Alexis Abramson.
Abramson and Roger French, the F. Alex Nason Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Case School of Engineering, and Jiayang Sun, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, will work with Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls Inc., a world leader in building-efficiency equipment, controls and services, to develop the software over the next three years. The software will assess and analyze multiple streams of data, including climate, weather, the amount of sunshine each day and utility meter records.
"The data streams are like DNA, which has codes embedded in it. It took us a while to understand what these codes meant," Abramson said. "Similarly, we can find out what's going on inside a building by uncovering the codes in the data."
The researchers are looking for patterns and correlations in the data that reveal if the heating and ventilation systems are oversized or undersized, when the lights come on, if the building needs better insulation and windows, and more. Using this information, a predictive model, developed from the building's data, can then be created and tested.
For example, a building's electric meter may show substantial fluctuation in energy use. If the fluctuation, when tied to many days worth of weather records, is statistically significant, it could signal a leaky building. With that information, the software could build models that would suggest high return-on-investment, energy-efficiency solutions based on predicted performance.
The CWRU project is one of 41 nationally to receive funding under ARPA-E OPEN this year. Following contract negotiations, the researchers begin their work this winter.
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The Department of Health has today made a formal offer to trade unions, ahead of a planned meeting next week, in respect of a pay deal for health and social care staff for 2018-19.
The offer is based on applying this year's English NHS pay settlement to current pay rates in Northern Ireland, and would represent an estimated 3% increase (or just over £60 million) on the pay bill for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
A minimum rate of pay to be set at £16,943 – an increase of up to 15.5% for some of the lowest paid employees - equating to an hourly rate of £8.67.
A 3% increase to the top point of most Bands.
An increase to starting salaries across all bands – for example, the entry point for newly qualified nurses would increase by 4% to £22,795.
The offer has been made possible following the setting of a NI public sector pay policy by the Department of Finance (DoF) today, however formal DoF approval to the full package will be needed.
Department of Health Permanent Secretary Richard Pengelly today said: "Our health and social care system depends on the dedication and expertise of staff, particularly during these times of unprecedented pressure on services.
The proposals would offer around 70% of staff a 3% or more uplift to current pay scales. In addition, eligible staff will receive incremental pay progression - increases that move them towards the top of their pay bands.
The Department is aiming for the increases to be in pay packets in the new year.
Mr Pengelly added: "In common with many other parts of the public sector, health and social care services are facing intense budgetary pressure.
"Nevertheless, a pay settlement that recognises and rewards our hard-working staff has been an important priority, reflecting our determination to build a sustainable workforce.
The Department is also in the process of considering doctors' and dentists' pay awards for 2018/19.
For media queries please contact the Department of Health Press Office team on 028 9052 0575 or email pressoffice@health-ni.gov.uk. For out of hours please contact the Duty Press Officer on 028 9037 8110.