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"International experience is a positive criterion for recruitment."
Interview with Gerd Hartwig, Personnel Director at Claas, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery
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Münster University sees itself not only as being rooted in the local region, but also as having an international orientation – in teaching, in research, among students and among its administrative staff. Using reports, background information, portraits, facts and interviews, we will be showing just how wide-ranging the issue is.
On the basis of discussions with students, we know that they often wonder whether, and to what extent, international experience is an advantage for their later careers. In this series of interviews, personnel managers from various companies located in the Münsterland provide answers to these questions.
Gerd Hartwig gets the ball rolling. Hartwig is the Personnel Director at Claas, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery located in Harsewinkel, near Gütersloh, in eastern Westphalia.
What are the three most important criteria for your company when it selects new staff?
We attach great importance to specialist knowledge, commitment and curiosity. In other words, we look for people who distinguish themselves by actively progressing our company through their specialist knowledge. Commitment is another important criterion. It demonstrates to us that new staff want to develop themselves here, that they want to achieve things and make a contribution. Also, curiosity is something that is relevant in many ways. Firstly, in order to identify quickly with our company and our products, as well as to recognize and understand technical innovations. And secondly because curiosity about foreign countries and cultures is important for international collaboration that is flexible and team-oriented.
When you recruit people, how important for you is international experience, for example in the form of work placements, voluntary work abroad or a semester spent at a foreign university?
International experience is very helpful. We very much like to see evidence of it, in whatever form –work placements abroad, a semester spent at a foreign university, voluntary work, or even holidays spent in distant lands. All these things leave their mark on your personality. Today the world is globalized and transparent, and people are more mobile than ever before. And Claas is a company heavily involved in international business, which means we have dealings with people from all over the world. That's why international experience is a positive criterion in recruitment.
In what other ways can young graduates score with you?
What we like to see is when students get involved in things in addition to their studies – for example, through voluntary work in a student organization, as a student assistant or as a member of the students council. They can also score with us by being involved in various kinds of voluntary or social work, for example in a sports club. Young people can show that they get involved and take on responsibility, and that during their studies they have learned to work in teams.
What status does internationality have in your company as regards your staff, your business and your corporate culture?
About half of the more than 12,000 employees we have work outside Germany. Our work and our thinking stretch from the USA and Canada to India and China, and our products can be found in almost every country in the world. As a result, there is a very strong international influence on our corporate culture. For anyone who really enjoys working with people from many different countries and who also likes the idea of working in these countries, Claas is just the company for them, a place where they can put this into practice.
Do you think that in future international experience will play an even greater role than today? And how should universities react to this?
We live in a globalized world, our thinking and our lives are international. So we welcome this idea of internationality being put across to students while they are still at university – whether in intercultural seminars, international courses, semesters spent abroad or through international exchanges between partner universities. Universities can promote internationality and they can, and should, create the conditions for young people to gain international experience during their studies. Work placements abroad can be arranged in collaboration with companies. Claas wants to give students the opportunity to gain intercultural and practical experience to complement their studies, which will prepare them for the best possible entry into the global world of work.
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ART CRITICISM, THEORY AND HISTORY
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Paperback, 6 x 9 in. / 423 pgs / 15 bw.
Artists Talk: 1969-1977
Edited by Peggy Gale. Foreword by Paul Greenhalgh.
An essay by Peggy Gale introduces this transcription of historic talks by internationally known artists, recorded some 30 years ago at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Included are talks by Vito Acconci (1977), Carl Andre (1969), Joseph Beuys (1976), Daniel Buren (1973), James Lee Byars (1970), Paterson Ewen (1976), Robert Filliou (1973), Dan Graham (1973 and 1977), Douglas Huebler (1973), Joseph Kosuth (1969), Sol LeWitt (1970), Mel Ramsden for Art & Language (1972), Alan Sondheim (1973) and Lawrence Weiner (1972). These transcriptions are all collected for the first time in this volume. An important resource for contemporary art and its attendant issues, Artists Talk: 1969-1977 reveals artists' concerns during a period bracketed by Conceptual art and an international restructuring of power and influence in the art world.
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THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF JON THOMPSON
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MEDIUM OF CONTINGENCY
Introduction by Robin Mackay. Text by Reza Negarestani, Elie Ayache, Matthew Poole.
DAWN ADES: WRITINGS ON ART AND ANTI-ART
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LAWRENCE GOWING: SELECTED WRITINGS ON ART
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TICIO ESCOBAR: THE INVENTION OF DISTANCE
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In 1996, on Princeton's 250th anniversary, President Harold Shapiro broadened the scope of our informal motto to include not only service to this nation but also service to all nations. Since that time, our University community has devoted considerable thought and energy to giving substance to these words in the belief that we can only remain an outstanding American university, to say nothing of a worldclass institution, if we imbue our educational mission with a truly global perspective.
At the risk of stating the obvious, this is because our world is growing smaller by the day, thanks to the Internet and other technologies that have altered our relationship with time and space in ways that would startle even Albert Einstein. Moreover, as the scientific and technical prowess of countries such as China and India grows, together with their economic power, decisions taken, products made, and ideas developed abroad will increasingly affect us. We can no longer assume that the finest students and faculty in the world will automatically gravitate to American institutions. Whether the measure is patents issued or papers published, the United States is losing intellectual "market share" to other countries, which means that we must establish two-way bridges of understanding and co-operation, bringing the world to Princeton and Princeton to the world.
None of us—and certainly not American colleges and universities—can afford to view the world through a purely domestic lens; Princeton has an obligation to create learning and teaching opportunities that will help us to understand how other polities and cultures tick and how we, in turn, are seen by them. To realize this objective, Provost Christopher Eisgruber '83 and I established a special faculty committee last year to advise us how to strengthen Princeton's international dimension without compromising our powerful sense of place. Headed by Jeremy Adelman, chair of the Department of History, and Anne- Marie Slaughter '80, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School, the committee formulated a set of guiding principles and a number of practical recommendations designed to "fully realize our aspiration to be an American university with a broad international vision." In October, the provost and I endorsed this blueprint in a report to the University community entitled "Princeton in the World" (available at www.princeton.edu/pr/reports/int/).
The committee argued, and we agree, that the internationalization of Princeton should be broadly conceived, "nimble and flexible," faculty- and student-driven, and strongly supported both administratively and financially. In other words, we should avoid the temptation to concentrate our international activities in specific geographical areas or in specific disciplines. We should develop fluid international partnerships and networks—the unobstructed inflow and outflow of people and ideas—"bottom-up," so that they are anchored in the scholarly priorities of our faculty. And, finally, we need to develop an administrative structure that will give our international activities the centrality and impetus they need to flourish, as well as a solid financial footing, in part through the creation of "Global Initiatives Funds"—one of the goals of our newly launched campaign.
Within this framework, the committee made a number of concrete proposals, including the creation of a new cadre of visiting faculty, to be known as "Global Scholars," who would come to Princeton on a recurring basis to teach and pursue their research, forming strong connections between our campus and foreign centers of excellence. The committee also stressed the importance of facilitating international travel and research on the part of graduate students, both our own and those from other countries. To oversee our international initiatives, the committee called for the creation of a faculty Council on International Teaching and Research, as well as the appointment of a senior administrator to ensure that these initiatives are carried out with maximum effectiveness. Another key recommendation calls for establishing in Frick Hall (once the Department of Chemistry moves out!) a physical "hub" for international activities such as the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and an expanded Office of International Programs for students who wish to study or work abroad.
The critical role that the latter programs play in undergraduate life was not directly addressed by the committee. This is because the provost and I had already asked Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel and Associate Dean of the College Nancy Kanach to recommend how Princeton could significantly expand its current opportunities for undergraduate study and research abroad, as well as our support for international internships and employment. They argued that "global competence—defined as a combination of substantive knowledge about international matters, an empathy with and appreciation of other cultures, foreign language proficiency, and a practical ability to function in other cultures—should be a part of every Princeton undergraduate's education." We agree and recognize that we must create a much wider range of options for students to study abroad during term time, as well as in the summer, and to find summer employment, including meaningful public service internships. Most importantly, we must lower the institutional barriers that have stood between Princetonians and the opportunity to incorporate an international experience into their education.
I have every confidence that in the coming years Princeton's faculty and students will make the world their oyster and that they will do so in a way that preserves the unique qualities of this great American university.
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Running a welfare state can be great fun, except for dealing with all those people you have to lord over. You just can't trust what they'll choose to do with their monies not confiscated by their government.
Getting money in a paycheck may indicate a steadier income gain, especially if recipients see it as a permanent middle-income tax cut — as the Obama administration wants it to become eventually. "Spending something that's going to be a monthly or weekly flow would be the rational thing to do," said Matthew Shapiro, a University of Michigan economist who studied the 2001 and 2008 stimulus packages.
Consumers might connect a relatively large, single check in the mail to a credit-card debt or other loan that needs to be repaid. Or they could realize the need to save money in a downturn or in response to lower housing or investment values. That is what appears to have happened last year, when then-President George W. Bush's $152 billion stimulus package gave most Americans checks of $300 to $1,200. About a third was spent over the course of a year, while the personal saving rate shot up from zero in April 2008 to 4.8% the following month when the checks hit mailboxes.
The Obama administration is betting that an extra $8 a week in most Americans' paychecks will boost consumer spending and help pull the U.S. out of its downturn.
One piece of the $787 billion economic recovery package, which President Barack Obama plans to sign Tuesday in Denver, is an experiment in consumer behavior. The $116 billion in tax credits for 95% of Americans will come largely through reduced tax withholding from paychecks, over two years, rather than one-time payments.
The idea: let money trickle out to consumers so it feels like a permanent income boost.
The tax break, one of Mr. Obama's campaign pledges, will provide up to $400 per worker or $800 for couples filing jointly. The credit begins phasing out for individuals making $75,000 a year and couples earning $150,000, eliminating 2% of income above that level from the tax break. That means that for every $1,000 over the cap, $20 of the credit is subtracted.
For example, someone earning $40,000 would receive the full $400, while someone who makes $85,000 would get $200, and a worker who earns $95,000 would receive nothing.
The first payments are expected to start hitting paychecks this spring, once the Internal Revenue Service releases new tax tables for employers to adjust payrolls. While the benefit for individuals amounts to $7.69 a week, the tax break for most workers this year should be about $12 to $14 a week to make up for the early months of 2009. Taxpayers who don't receive the break through employer payrolls can claim the credit as a refund on their 2009 taxes or by changing their quarterly withholding.
Whether the tax break boosts the economy in the short run depends in part on how stretched households have become and how consumers see the tax credit.
At the time, consumers also were facing skyrocketing fuel prices as gasoline topped $4 a gallon. For many consumers, the government stimulus payments went largely toward offsetting the higher fuel bills, providing only a modest cushion to consumer spending as the economy continued to weaken.
"I don't care how you give it to me as long as I get money," said Matt Randolph, 26 years old, who is in the U.S. Navy. Last year, he and his wife, April, received a $1,200 check and said they used it to pay off credit-card bills.
Some economists are less optimistic than the White House about the boost from the stimulus. The personal saving rate in December jumped to 3.6% from 0.4% a year earlier, and Americans could decide to let the smaller payouts pile up.
"Because the economy is so much worse now and people are so much more panicked now, I do think it's more likely we'll get precautionary saving," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com.
That's what Madeleine Leach plans to do with her money. Ms. Leach, a vice principal in the Newark, N.J., school district, says the weak housing and job markets have made her wary of spending too much. "You can't just go on spending money because you never know whether you're going to be employed," she said. Ms. Leach, 34, plans to save the money for her wedding next year.
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Changes appear to be coming for how wind and solar arrays are sited in Illinois
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A bill awaiting Governor JB Pritzker's signature will set statewide standards for wind and solar farm siting.
Until now, counties have enjoyed wide latitude in setting the rules for where wind and solar energy arrays can locate. The new law would preempt local ordinances more restrictive than the new state standards.
Jen Walling is executive director of the Illinois Environmental Council. She said some county requirements were so restrictive that they were essentially bans on clean energy developments.
"A number of these counties weren't representing their constituents and were taking away individual property rights," she said.
Wind arrays in particular have created controversy, usually from landowners of properties neighboring those participating in the projects. The state law would create a setback requirement of 1.1 times the maximum blade tip height of the wind tower to the nearest point on the property line of nonparticipating properties, or 2.1 times for nonparticipating residences.
The law also requires occupied community buildings or nonparticipating residences not experience more than 30 hours of shadow flicker per year. Those are the moving shadows created by moving wind turbine blades at certain times of the day.
The Illinois Farm Bureau was opposed to House Bill 4412. Director of state legislation Kevin Semlow said the group finds the legislation lacking in some areas.
"Some of the setback distances within the legislation need to be adjusted to better reflect a much safer and adequate way that those facilities should be sited," Semlow said.
The Farm Bureau also wants the Illinois Department of Agriculture and local counties to have more authority in the legislation to enforce agricultural impact mitigation agreements, and more language addressing drainage issues from the developments.
Walling said the legislation doesn't take counties out of the process. She said the law still require public hearings, building and road use permits, and other ways for the public and local government officials to participate in wind and solar array siting.
"There are standards that are set in the bill that are used in a number of different counties that have successfully had wind projects that are supported by the county and supported by the neighbors. So, we put in some some of those things that have worked in a number of counties throughout the state," she said, noting the standards do take various environmental and ecological factors into account.
State senator Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) was a co-sponsor of the legislation. He said it's a good compromise measure.
"I think that this is a good attempt to kind of strike a balance between a state standard and local control," he said.
Walling said environmental groups worked closely with Gov. Pritzker's office on the bill, and she expects it to be signed into law.
"Ultimately, the climate crisis is hitting us and we need to see these," said Walling. "I think there's also a real challenge in downstate Illinois, with economic development, where we're seeing jobs and factories closed, not related to anything that has to do with environmental protection. That has to do with the economy. And the more that we can bring property tax dollars into distressed communities, the better off we're going to be as a state."
Gov. Pritzker pledges to convert Illinois to 100% clean energy by 2050.
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Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of international brands across spirits, wine and beer, is a proud sponsor of the Washington Redskins.
As an industry leader in promoting responsible drinking by those adults who choose to drink, Diageo has leveraged its partnership to promote various responsible drinking initiatives since 2002.
Among those were the appointment of Redskins' Director of Responsibility, Ken Harvey, charitable donations to Washington Regional Alcohol Program's (WRAP) SoberRides program and most recently, its proactive support of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) anti-underage drinking campaign, We Don't Serve Teens.
In order to bring responsibility programs directly to the community at large, Diageo worked with the Redskins to create the landmark front office Director of Responsibility position, which is filled by four-time Pro Bowl selection Ken Harvey. Not only does Harvey work across the Redskins' organization as a resource and advisor in the development of responsibility initiatives, but he also serves as a consultant to the players, the organization and the community.
In conjunction with Ken Harvey's efforts to spread the important message of social responsibility, Diageo actively supports and promotes We Don't Serve Teens, the FTC's anti-underage drinking campaign.
Throughout the season, Diageo, alongside the Washington Redskins, will recognize FedExField employees who are committed to serving Redskins fans and encouraging responsible behavior, further contributing to the prevention of underage drinking.
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I will review my selection of Dobbs and Hayden's Torts And Compensation, Personal Accountability And Social Responsibility For Injury (hereinafter "the Dobbs casebook") for use in my year-long first-year torts class. My review will focus on the third edition and will note changes made in the fourth edition, which came out recently. My hope is to tell you a little about the Dobbs casebook and a little about why I thought it would suit my incoming first-year students and my style of teaching. When selecting a casebook I have four main concerns: What is the coverage? Does the casebook employ the traditional case method, a problem approach, or some combination? What is the balance struck by the authors between exploring policy and explaining black letter law? Is the casebook student- and faculty-friendly? The short answers to these questions are that the Dobbs casebook's coverage focuses on personal injury, it uses predominately the traditional case method, it stresses black letter law over policy, and it is extremely student- and faculty-friendly.
Susan M. Gilles, A Review of Torts and Compensation: Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury, 25 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 115 (2001).


Sunfoil Platinum is a premium triple refined, 100% pure sunflower seed oil preferred by Chefs. It is fortified with approved antioxidant and anti-foaming agents for extended frying life, increased yields and reduced food costs. Platinum is the ideal solution for cooking, baking, frying and use in sauces. It is high in polyunsaturated fats and naturally cholesterol free.
Sunfoil Platinum is approved by the heart and stroke foundation South Africa and tested by the South African Frying Oil Institute (SAFOI) at the University of Free State to ensure product quality and authenticity. The innovative packaging features a tamper and leak proof lid with an anti-glug device, for easy use in any busy kitchen. Sunfoil brand consultants offer added value through technical training and support.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa has awarded Willowton Group the manufacturers of Sunfoil, the Platinum Seal of Appreciation in the fight against cardiovascular disease. Willowton Group is the leading donor of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, founding the research fund to fight cardiovascular disease.
Willowton Group opened its doors 46 years ago and has grown to become South Africa's largest sunflower seed crusher as well as one of the leading competitors in the South African FMCG market. The group operates across South Africa with manufacturing facilities in Pietermaritzburg, Johannesburg and Cape Town. A wide range of well-known cooking oil and margarine products include brands such as Sunfoil, Sunshine D, D'lite, Crown, WoodenSpoon, Nuvolite and most recently, Allsome rice. The group operates manufacturing facilities in Pietermaritzburg, Johannesburg and Cape Town.


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Q: eclipse - plugins wrongly removed from disk I was searching to delete the plugins related to org.eclipse.cdt, cause I no longer use C/C++.  The org.eclipse.cdt weren't listed under Installation Details> Installed software, so I decided to directly delete the files from the /plugins folder. Now, Eclipse returns these error logs at startup.

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*How can I fix the problem?

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*Is it safe to assume that no other plugins uses the deleted ones? (I'm mostly using Android, Genymotion, Tomcat, Apache, JBoss, Hibernate, Spring)

*What is the right way to delete a plugin (both from eclipse ide and from disk)?

A: Here's how to uninstall a plugin in Eclipse:

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*Go to "Help" menu and select "About Eclipse". Alternatively, if you use MacOS X, you should open the Eclipse menu and select "About Eclipse".

*Click on the "Installation Details" button.

*In the "Installed Software" tab, select the plugin you would like to remove and click on the "Uninstall" button.

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*Try to follow above instructions and see if it can uninstall CDT properly.

*It depends on the plugins you have installed.

*Check above instructions.

A: As you've learned, it's a bad idea to mess around with Eclipse's /plugins directory (or any other internal state); dependency management is a fairly complex task and Eclipse has components specifically designed to do it, so just deleting plugins from the file system will screw things up.
My advice is to install a new copy of Eclipse and point it to your existing workspace. Doing so will restore the IDE without losing your projects or workspace settings. You can even install other plugins that you might have installed before easily, via File > Import... > Install > From Existing Installation.

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Nobody knows who invented the snubnose revolver. That little data bit is lost in the foggy recesses of time. Some cowboy, sheriff, or bad-guy hit on the idea that if he sawed off the barrel of his revolver, it would come out of the holster a whole lot faster and maybe he'd get the first shot off. It would also be easier to conceal. So the snubnose revolver was born in a blacksmith shop whose name is forever lost. Some great ideas just happen like that, and there aren't any archetypal stories to tell about them.
We can say that it was some time in the 19th Century, most likely in the American West, but most importantly, that wherever it started and whoever had the idea aren't near as important as the fact that it's still around, still doing it's job, still trusted by more people for self defense than any other firearm design that's ever been thought of.
That's what this site is about: The snubnose revolver.
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Represented the State of Connecticut's Office of Policy and Management (OPM) in the acquisition of the project site from United Technologies Corporation and the subsequent development of the 40,000 person Stadium for the University of Connecticut's (UConn) Division 1-A football program and other events. The firm also represented OPM in the negotiation of the architect and construction management agreements for the construction of the Rentschler Field sports stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut. The firm also negotiated a Parking Lease Agreement with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) to use approximately 6,500 parking spaces on the UTC campus, which is adjacent to the stadium site, and subsequently the acquisition of additional land for access and parking.


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Community Health: Age-adjusted percentage of adults with physician diagnosed diabetes: 2008 - 2009
This chart shows the age-adjusted percentage of adults with physician diagnosed diabetes. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and annually updated to provide data for over 300 health indicators, organized by 15 health topic and data for all counties, regions and state. To show only certain counties in the chart, enter the names of the counties in the county filter under the Filter tab. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
PA: Percentage of Births that are Preterm Trending by County: Beginning 2008
This chart shows the trend in percentage of preterm births for Albany county. It also shows the 2024 objective. To view the chart for a different county, create a new chart under the "Visualize" tab. This chart is based on the Prevention Agenda Tracking Indicators county level trend data set posted on this site. Each dataset consists of county level data for 68 health tracking indicators and sub-indicators for the Prevention Agenda 2019-2024: New York State's Health Improvement Plan. A health tracking indicator is a metric through which progress on a certain area of health improvement can be assessed. The indicators are organized by the Priority Area of the Prevention Agenda as well as the Focus Area under each Priority Area. Each dataset includes tracking indicators for the five Priority Areas of the Prevention Agenda 2013-2018. The most recent year dataset includes the most recent county level data for all indicators. The trend dataset includes the most recent county level data and historical data, where available. Each dataset also includes the Prevention Agenda 2018 state targets for the indicators. Sub-indicators are included in these datasets to measure health disparities among socioeconomic groups. For more information, check out: https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/prevention_agenda/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
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Community Health: Age-adjusted percentage of adults obese (BMI 30 or higher): 2008 - 2009
This chart shows the age-adjusted percentage of adults who are obese (BMI 30 or higher) by county. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and annually updated to provide data for over 300 health indicators, organized by 15 health topic and data for all counties, regions and state. To show only certain counties in the chart, enter the names of the counties in the county filter under the Filter tab. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Percentage Premature Deaths - Aged < 75 years by County Map: Latest Data
This map shows the percentage of premature deaths of individuals less than 75 years old by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of premature deaths. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of premature deaths. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Asthma Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 - Aged 0-17 Years by County Map: Latest Data
This map shows the asthma hospitalization rate per 10,000 for ages 0 to 17 by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have lower asthma hospitalization rates. The darker shaded counties have higher asthma hospitalization rates. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Percentage obese (95th percentile or higher) - All students (elementary, middle and high school) Map: 2010 - 2012
This chart shows the percent obese of all students in elementary, middle, and high school for the time period of 2010 to 2012. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of obese students. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of obese students. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
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Community Health: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults with Physician Diagnosed Diabetes by County Map: Latest Data
This map shows the age- adjusted percentage of adults who have physician diagnosed diabetes. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have lower age-adjusted percentages of adults with physician diagnosed diabetes. The darker shaded counties have higher age-adjusted percentages of adults with physician diagnosed diabetes. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset..
Home Care Registry Training Map
This map shows the locations of personal care or home health aid training programs approved by either the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) or New York State Education Department (NYSED). The map provides training information extracted from Home Care Registry (HCR) application. HCR is a web-based registry of all personal care and home health aides who have successfully completed a personal care or home health aide training program approved by either the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) or the New York State Education Department (NYSED). The training functionality serves in a sense as the central repository of the individuals who have successfully completed State approved education or training programs for Home Health Aides and Personal Care Aides. The Training Programs are the sources for most of the training information available in HCR. This data is refreshed on monthly basis. For more information, visit
https://apps.health.ny.gov/professionals/home_care/registry/home.action. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
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Creating Healthy Places Child Focused Interventions and Student Weight Status County Map
This layered map shows the locations of Creating Healthy Places interventions that are targeted towards children and the percentage of students (elementary, middle, and high school) who are obese (95th percentile or higher) by county (source: Student Weight Status Category Reporting System). The purpose of the Creating Healthy Places initiative is to implement community level interventions to promote healthy lifestyles to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of obese students. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of obese students. This map can help identify areas that could benefit from more community level and school level interventions like the ones implemented through the Creating Healthy Places Initiative. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
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Influenza Laboratory Confirmed Cases Reported to NYSDOH by Week and Type: 2018 - 19 Season
This chart shows the number of laboratory confirmed cases of influenza reported to NYSDOH by week and type of influenza. The chart includes clinical laboratory confirmed cases of influenza that meet the New York State Department of Health's (NYS DOH) case definition of a positive result on any of the following influenza laboratory tests: Rapid antigen detection test (RAT), Viral culture, Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, Direct immunofluorescence antibody staining (DFA) test, and Indirect immunofluorescence antibody staining (IFA) test.
The default view of the chart shows laboratory confirmed cases of influenza for the 2018-19 influenza season. Please see the overview document in the "About" section for more details about NYS DOH's influenza case definition. The cases are reported weekly during the influenza season, which runs from October through May. For more information check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/influenza/surveillance/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Tags community health and chronic disease flu influenza surveillance
Community Health: All Cancer Incidence Rate per 100,000 by County Map: Latest Data
This map shows the incidence rate per 100,000 for all cancer types by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have lower cancer incidence rates. The darker shaded counties have higher cancer incidence rates. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Age-adjusted Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 by County Map: Latest Data
The maps shows the age-adjusted cardiovascular disease hospitalization rate per 10,000 by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have a lower age-adjusted cardiovascular disease hospitalization rate. The darker shaded counties have a higher age- adjusted cardiovascular disease hospitalization rate. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Diabetes mortality rate per 100,000: 2009 - 2011
This chart shows the diabetes mortality rate per 100,000 by county. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and annually updated to provide data for over 300 health indicators, organized by 15 health topic and data for all counties, regions and state. To show only certain counties in the chart, enter the names of the counties in the county filter under the Filter tab. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Healthy Neighborhoods Program, Funded Counties by Funding Cycle
This filtered view of the dataset is a list of the county health departments that were granted funds to implement the Healthy Neighborhoods Program (HNP) during each of three funding cycles (2006-2009, 2009-2014, and 2014-2019). The list of county health departments differs across funding cycles. For example, Albany County received funding from 2006-2014, whereas Clinton County has received funding continuously since 2006. It is important to be aware of the funding history for each county when looking at trends in housing demographics and conditions. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
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Community Health: Age-adjusted Percentage of adults eating 5 or more fruits or vegetables per day: 2008 - 2009
This chart shows the age-adjusted percentage of adults eating 5 or more fruits or vegetables per day by county. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and annually updated to provide data for over 300 health indicators, organized by 15 health topic and data for all counties, regions and state. To show only certain counties in the chart, enter the names of the counties in the county filter under the Filter tab. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Age-adjusted percentage of adults overweight or obese (BMI 25 or higher): 2008 - 2009
This chart shows the age-adjusted percentage of adults overweight or obese (BMI 25 or higher) by county. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and annually updated to provide data for over 300 health indicators, organized by 15 health topic and data for all counties, regions and state. To show only certain counties in the chart, enter the names of the counties in the county filter under the Filter tab. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Percentage of Premature Births with <37 Weeks Gestation by County Map: Latest Data
This map shows the percentage of premature births with less than 37 weeks gestation by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of premature births with less than 37 weeks gestation. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of premature births with less than 37 weeks gestation. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Lung and Bronchus Cancer Incidence Rate per 100,000 by County Map: Latest Data
This map shows the incidence rate per 100,000 of lung and bronchus cancer by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have lower incidence rates of lung and bronchus cancer. The darker shaded counties have higher incidence rates of lung and bronchus cancer. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 8 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Percentage obese (95th percentile or higher) - All students (elementary, middle and high school): 2010 - 2012
This chart shows the percentage of students (elementary, middle, and high school) that are obese (95th percentile or higher). New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and annually updated to provide data for over 300 health indicators, organized by 15 health topic and data for all counties, regions and state. To show only certain counties in the chart, enter the names of the counties in the county filter under the Filter tab. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Age-adjusted Percentage of adults who did not participate in leisure time physical activity in last 30 days: 2008 - 2009
This chart shows the age-adjusted percentage of adults who did not participate in leisure time physical activity in the last 30 days by county. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and annually updated to provide data for over 300 health indicators, organized by 15 health topic and data for all counties, regions and state. To show only certain counties in the chart, enter the names of the counties in the county filter under the Filter tab. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
Community Health: Chlamydia Case Rate per 100,000 Females - Aged 15-19 years by County Map: Latest Data
This map shows the chlamydia case rate per 100,000 females age 15 to 19 by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have a lower chlamydia case rate. The darker shaded counties have a higher chlamydia case rate. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties,11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
All Payer In-Hospital/30-Day Acute Stroke Mortality Rates by Hospital (SPARCS): Beginning 2013 (Chart)
The dataset contains hospital stroke designation and Coverdell registry participation status, acute stroke discharges counts (numerators, denominators), observed, expected and risk-adjusted acute stroke in-hospital/30-day post admission mortality rates with corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Mortality rates risk adjustment was based on the methodology developed by the New York State Department of Health.
The purpose of this data set is reporting of hospital-specific risk adjusted acute stroke mortality rates (RAMR) to inform hospitals, to aid initiatives to improve hospital quality performance and measurement, and to identify performance outliers for public reporting. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
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Community Health: Diabetes Short-term Complications Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 - Aged 18+ Years by County Map: Latest Data
This map shows the diabetes short term complications hospitalization rate per 10,000 for individuals age 18 and over by county. Counties are shaded based on quartile distribution. The lighter shaded counties have lower diabetes short - term complications hospitalization rates. The darker shaded counties have higher diabetes short term complications hospitalization rates. New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS) were developed in 2012, and are updated annually to consolidate and improve data linkages for the health indicators included in the County Health Assessment Indicators (CHAI) for all communities in New York. The CHIRS present data for more than 300 health indicators that are organized by 15 different health topics. Data if provided for all 62 New York State counties, 11 regions (including New York City), the State excluding New York City, and New York State. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.
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KBR acquired 3 subsidiaries of Chematur Engineering
Texas, United States: KBR, Inc., a global technology, engineering, procurement and construction company announced to acquire Weatherly Inc., Plinke GmbH, and Chematur Ecoplanning from Chematur Technologies, whose parent company is Connell Chemical. Acquisition's transaction price stood at USD24.5 million. Weatherly is a North America-based company that has been offering nitric acid and ammonium nitrate (nitrogen fertilizer) related proprietary technologies and services to the fertilizer market, Plinke is a Germany-based company that has been offering equipment for the purification and concentration of inorganic acids and Ecoplanning is a Finland based company that specializes in proprietary evaporation and crystallization technologies and equipment for weak acid and base solutions. Post-acquisition, Plinke and Ecoplanning's plants and solutions would be added to the technology portfolio of KBR. On the other hand, Weatherly is expected to support KBR to become a top global provider of fertilizer technologies and life cycle services along with ammonia solutions.
TechSci Research depicts that this partnership would enable KBR to expand its consulting and technical services to improve plant performance as well as serve fertilizer related complex solution requirements for North America and overseas clients.
According to a TechSci Research report "Iran Fertilizers Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2020", demand for fertilizers in Iran continues to be dominated by nitrogen fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate and urea, among others. Due to the abundance of natural gas resources across the country, Iran has emerged as prominent producer of urea and other nitrogen fertilizers.
Asia Pacific Industrial Gloves Market Product Type (Disposable Gloves, Re Usable Gloves), By Type (Nitrile Rubber, Latex(Natural Rubber), Vinyl Rubber, Neoprene Rubber, Polyethylene, Butyl Rubber, Others), By End User (Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverages, Manufacturing, Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Mining Including Oil & Gas, Others), By Purpose (Multi-Purpose, Cut Protection, Oil Repellent, Thermal [Arc Flash] Protection, Special Protection, Others), By Country, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities,
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Surging awareness regarding the safety of workers is expected to drive the growth of Asia Pacific industrial gloves market
Global Biomedical Refrigerators and Freezers Market, By Product (Pass-Through, Explosion Safe, Flammable storage, Combo/Dual Temperature, Ultra Low freezers, Plasma freezers, Others), By Storage (Blood, Vaccines, Plasma, DNA, Flammable chemicals, Others), By Temperature (RNA & DNA (-70°C to -80°C), Vaccines (-30°C to -40 °C), Others), By Capacity (138L, 169L, 221L, 230L, 426L, 690L, Others), By End-user (Hospitals, Pharmacies, Diagnostic Centers, Research Laboratories, Blood Banks), By Region, Forecast & Opportunities, 2025Dec, 2020
Global Tubular Membrane Market By Product Type (Metal Organic Type and Inorganic Type), By Application (Membrane Bioreactors, Reverse Osmosis, Nano Filtration, Micro Filtration, Ultra Filtration), By End-Users (Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Food & Beverage, Energy & Power, Electrophoretic Coating, Leather, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles, Others), By Region, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, 2025Nov, 2020
Saudi Arabia Oilfield Chemicals Market to Reach $ 1.1 Billion by 2025
Recovering crude oil prices, increasing oil & gas exploration & production activities in Saudi Arabia coupled with rise in demand for crude oil and natural gas from Asian countries to drive Saudi Ara
INEOS Acquires BP's Petrochemicals Business for USD5 Billion
BP sells its petrochemicals business as energy sector takes a financial hit amidst COVID-19 outbreak
India Crop Protection Chemicals Market to Witness Significant Growth through 2025
Need to enhance crop productivity is expected to drive the growth of India crop protection chemicals market


Metro: Exodus was revealed by 4A Games at Microsoft's E3 presser yesterday with an absolutely stunning trailer, but the fact that the game was revealed at the Microsoft event and was such a focal point for the reveal of the Xbox One X won't imply any sort of console exclusivity for any content. Metro: Exodus executive producer sat down for an interview with Geoff Keighley after the E3 presser and spoke about several things, and among them confirmed that the Xbox One family of system won't receive any console exclusive content for the game.
Metro: Exodus is slated for launch sometime in 2018 for the Xbox One family, PS4 and PC, though an exact date is yet to be confirmed. Stay tuned to GamingBolt for more updates.


Izalco volcano was born in 1770 and is the youngest volcano in El Slavador. It formed on the southern flank of Santa Ana volcano located 45 km NW of San Salvador city.
Frequent strombolian eruptions and sometimes lava flows have built a largely unvegetated cone 650 m high which contains a 250 m wide and 50 m deep summit crater.
Volcán Izalco was frequently active between 1770 and 1966, but has been in its longest repose interval of its short history since then.
Similarly to Stromboli volcano in Italy, it acquired the nickname of "El Faro", the "Lighthouse of the Pacific", because of its frequent strombolian eruptions that provided a natural night-time beacon beacon for ships.
Izalco is one of the most frequently active volcanoes in North and Central America.
Current activity of Bardarbunga volcano, Iceland: An intense seismic crisis started at Bárdarbunga volcano on 16 August 2014 and is continuing at the time of writing (23 Aug). It may or may not lead to a volcanic eruption, possibly under the Vatnajökull ice cap.
Follow updates as news come in!
Etna's steam rings: A collection of fantastic vortex rings ("smoke rings") we observed recently on Etna.
Krakatau volcano photos: Hundreds of photos from active Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia. Most of them taken during our various expeditions to this fascinating volcano.


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It's Life in the Fast Lane as Automotive News Speeds Ahead
Here's a range of recent news from Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota City, Japan; Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.; Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.; BMW Mfg., Spartanburg, S.C.; and General Motors (GM), Detroit, Mich.
AWS Publications | June 21, 2021 | Tech and Industries
Welding Digest ► It's Life in the Fast Lane as Automotive News Speeds Ahead
Toyota Developing Hydrogen Engine Technologies
Toyota has revealed that, toward the achievement of a carbon-neutral mobility society, it's developing a hydrogen engine. The automaker has installed the engine on a racing vehicle based on the Corolla Sport, which it will enter in competition under the ORC ROOKIE Racing banner starting with the Super Taikyu Series 2021 Fuji Super TEC 24 Hours race in May.
Lead photo: Toyota is working on a hydrogen engine. To watch a 3D video of this technology, visit (youtube.com/watch?v=O0yM5RlD7Zo). (Credit: Toyota.)
Fuel cell electric vehicles use a fuel cell in which hydrogen chemically reacts with oxygen in the air to produce electricity that powers an electric motor. Hydrogen engines generate power through the combustion of hydrogen using fuel supply and injection systems that have been modified from those used with gasoline engines. Except for the combustion of minute amounts of engine oil during driving, which is also the case with gasoline engines, hydrogen engines emit zero carbon dioxide (CO2) when in use.
The company plans to fuel its hydrogen-engine-powered vehicle during races using hydrogen produced at the Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field in cooperation with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
U-M, Ford Open Robotics Complex
As robots and autonomous systems are poised to become part of our everyday lives, the University of Michigan (U-M), Ann Arbor, Mich., and Ford are opening a facility where they'll develop robots and roboticists.
U-M's Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building is a four-story, $75 million, 134,000-sq-ft complex on the north campus. As the new hub of the U-M Robotics Institute, its first three floors hold custom U-M research labs for robots. The fourth floor houses the automaker's first robotics and mobility research lab on a university campus.
The facility brings together U-M researchers from 23 different buildings and ten programs. Additionally, the facility will allow Ford engineers to explore how their upright Digit robots can work in human spaces. At U-M's proving ground, they will also be able to perform on-road testing of autonomous vehicles taken from robotic computer simulations.
"Autonomous vehicles have the opportunity to change the future of transportation and the way we move," said Tony Lockwood, technical manager, autonomous vehicle research, Ford Motor Co. "As this new technology rolls out, having our Ford team working on campus collaborating with the academic world will help us shorten the time it takes to move research projects to automotive engineering, unlocking the potential of autonomous vehicles."
Alcoa to Supply Low-Carbon Aluminum for Wheels on Audi's First Electric Sports Car
Alcoa is supplying sustainable aluminum for the wheels on the Audi e-tron® GT2, which is claimed to be the first vehicle to use metal from a technology that eliminates all direct CO2 emissions from the traditional smelting process. The company is supplying aluminum to RONAL GROUP for the manufacture of these high-performance alloy wheels, which are produced with a combination of metal from the ELYSIS™ zero-carbon emissions smelting technology and EcoLum™, its low-carbon aluminum brand.
The 20-in. wheels for the Audi e-tron GT2 are made of CO2-reduced aluminum. (Credit: Audi AG.)
In addition, the wheels are weight-optimized with RONAL GROUP's flow-forming technology. They are produced using 100% green electricity in Landau, Germany, and used exclusively for Audi's first electric sports car.
BMW Manufacturing Announces Construction of New Training Center
Officials of BMW Mfg., along with South Carolina Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt, broke ground for a $20 million, 67,000-sq-ft training center on the BMW campus.
The investment is a continuation of the automaker's 2017 commitment to invest $200 million over five years into workforce training. When finished in the summer of 2022, the building will have classrooms for professional development and technical training, an outdoor amphitheater, and an outdoor meeting/workspace with wireless abilities.
"The rapid pace of digitalization, electrification, artificial intelligence, and autonomous driving is transforming the automotive industry," said Knudt Flor, president and CEO of BMW Mfg. "Advancing the skills of our workforce is a priority for BMW. This training center will offer a learning environment that promotes creativity, fosters innovation, and improves technical training skills."
Chevrolet Silverado Electric Pickup and GMC HUMMER EV SUV to be Built at GM's Factory ZERO Plant
GM President Mark Reuss has announced Chevrolet will introduce a Silverado electric pickup truck that will be built at the company's Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Mich. Reuss also confirmed the recently revealed GMC HUMMER electric vehicle (EV) SUV will be built at the factory.
The automaker plans to deliver more than 1 million EVs globally by 2025. With the company's Ultium Platform, virtual development tools, and technology, it has reduced vehicle development times by nearly 50% to 26 months.
"The vehicles coming from Factory ZERO will change the world and how the world views electric vehicles," Reuss concluded.
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Ford Motor Co. is targeting production of 100 million medical-grade masks through 2021, General Motors has received N95 certification under NIOSH, and a partnership between Honda and GM is producing hand sanitizer.
The evolution of electronics and devices must keep pace to meet today's operator challenges. As technology in the electronics industry rapidly advances, electronic devices are getting smaller, faster, and more functional. Advanced printed circuit boards (PCBs) are now double-sided with stacked multiple layers. Thus, they are far more complex than conventional PCB designs and contain more components in tighter spaces, creating high-density interconnect (HDI) PCB configurations.
Hampered by aging robotics and facing production challenges, a small company in Germany overcame its obstacles with newer, more-advanced technology.


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Breakfast at the Rainbow Room, in New York City.
Brunch is a Mother's Day tradition, and if you want to do it right, you'll want to find a brunch that's as great as your mom.
OpenTable ranked restaurants across the U.S. to find the top 100 for brunch this year.
To determine the rankings, the online restaurant reservation company used more than 10 million reviews for more than 24,000 restaurants. The results cover 36 different states, and cuisines from the classic American to Creole, French, fusion, Italian, and Mediterranean.
Bloody Mary bar at The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida.
Pies at the Grand Dining Room at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, Jekyll Island, Georgia.
A Bloody Mary at the Hotel del Coronado, in San Diego, California.
At the Rainbow Room, with a perfect view of Central Park, in New York City.
The Restaurant at Burdicks, Walpole, New Hampshire.
For more brunch recommendations, check out T+L's list.


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When COVID-19 closed a mental health facility, a Brainerd woman waited for answers
October 4, 2020 Dovie Salais
A positive COVID-19 test in an employee at Safe Harbor, a residential facility for those…
A positive COVID-19 test in an employee at Safe Harbor, a residential facility for those experiencing mental health crises, meant Fletcher had to return home Sept. 19. Waiting on the results of her own test Sept. 22, the 51-year-old Brainerd woman said she'd been at the six-bed Brainerd site along the river for less than three days when she learned her time there would be cut short.
It was the most recent stay at a mental health facility for Fletcher, who said she suffers from six separate diagnoses — bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia and seasonal affective disorder. She's been medicated in some way for nearly half her life, she said, and these conditions were only aggravated further by the pandemic and all its impacts.
"It's really changed my life. I don't see my friends anymore. I'm lonely. Things are really hard," Fletcher said. "I don't have any social interactions. I barely go to the store because my mom, we live together, and I don't want to get her sick. … Going into a store is scary, even though you kind of stay 6 feet apart, you have to pass other people. … But I don't really have the money to have groceries delivered to my house. Going to the grocery store is the only time I get to see people. And I really miss the connection that you have in the everyday greeting of people, like, 'Hi, how are you?'"
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Fletcher said her state of crisis worsened recently to the point she was having thoughts of suicide. That's when her counselor stepped in and helped get her into Safe Harbor. But three days in, the coronavirus would disrupt Fletcher's life again. Anxiety-ridden at home with her 69-year-old mother, who suffers from dementia, Fletcher worried about whether she caught the virus. What if her mother caught it, too? What if she had to spend weeks closed up in her home, unable to transition to a different residential treatment facility in a time of great need? Or even if it took too long to get her results and someone else filled her spot?
Wednesday morning, Fletcher got the answer she hoped for: a negative test result. Later that day, more good news arrived. A bed was available for her at the New Leaf Healing Center in Cohasset.
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She would be able to continue her healing and recovery — although for a week, rather than the typical 10-day stay. Fletcher said her insurance counted the days she spent at Safe Harbor as part of the length of time the company would cover, despite the four stressful days at home between the stays. Fletcher said she's concerned about whether she'll be ready to navigate day-to-day life when released, and when the pandemic will stop changing everything.
"I talk to people on the phone, but it's not the same as having people in person. It's horrible. It's really horrible," Fletcher said. "I'm just waiting. When is it going to be over? When it is going to be over? You know? There's no activities to go to, nothing to do."
Fletcher is not alone in her negative mental health experience due to the pandemic. Earlier this month, area mental health providers told U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., they've seen needs increase since the coronavirus arrived.
During that virtual conference call, Mary Marana, executive director of the Baxter-based Crisis Line and Referral Service, estimated crisis line calls have risen 25-30% since social distancing measures went into effect and much of the state has been subject to closures.
General Social Survey results out of the University of Chicago revealed roughly 1 out of 10 Americans seriously contemplated suicide in the month of June. More than 1 out of 4 young adults — those aged 18-24 years old — seriously considered ending their life in that time frame. For adults ages 25-44, that number was over 16%.
The drive to serve those who need mental health support is strong for Laura Vaughn, executive director of Northern Pines Mental Health Center in Brainerd, especially as that need grows. Although she and the center's staff were prepared for the possibility of having to make changes at Safe Harbor if the coronavirus reared its head, it didn't make having to close the facility down any easier, she said.
Laura Vaughn, executive director of Northern Pines Mental Health Center. Submitted photo
"I'm positive by nature and optimistic by nature, but the realist in me knows this is not going to be the first time that we're going to have to possibly enact this," Vaughn said. "It was unfortunate that all of our staff were exposed. We had 16 staff at that facility. All of those staff were exposed. And so that's unfortunate. We knew that that was the outside chance. … We really didn't have an option in that. The facility needs to be cleaned and sanitized and we had to be able to do that."
She described what occurred at Safe Harbor as the worst-case scenario in the organization's preparedness plan because of the whole staff being forced to quarantine.
"In our plan, we have like a B team that would be able to go in from wherever. The issue with that is, we have to be able to meet the regulations still for a residential facility, which includes having a team that meets all of that criteria — RN, nurse prescriber," Vaughn said. "And we're maybe not that deep as an organization to get all of those people, and that would pull them off the line for seeing the clients that they currently are seeing to be able to move them in. So we're sort of in a worst-case situation in that all people were affected."
Vaughn said Northern Pines did planning with the clients exiting the program, including attempting to locate an alternative facility to continue treatment and ensuring patients' outside supports were aware.
Crisis response is the area Northern Pines has had to expand the most in these times, Vaughn said, including responding to family crises and relationship issues. The mobile crisis outreach team has assisted law enforcement with relationship-related calls to deescalate, which is a change to responses in the past.
Tami Lueck, adult services supervisor with Crow Wing County, said the Safe Harbor facility is the only residential setting in the county that's closed so far because of COVID-19. She said while larger facilities may have the option to quarantine individuals in a separate wing, smaller residential locations may not have the staff to continue programming.
Lueck said while the county's calls for mental health or substance use services haven't noticeably increased yet, she said staff are preparing for that to happen as time goes on.
"I think we are concerned about what social isolation can do to people and are they getting the supports they need," Lueck said. "We're trying to be really mindful of making extra contacts with people we have mental health services for."
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Do You Own Any of the Most Popular Toys From the Past Two Decades?
By Robin Mei
The Charming Furby
When initially introduced to the market twenty years ago, the Furby toys were a huge hit. Over a million of these cute fluffy creatures were sold that first year, and they instantly made it to the top of children's wish lists.
Furbies were programmed to speak their own language known as Furbish, with the ability to "learn" English and other non-Furbish languages too. It's no wonder why the kids went crazy about these interactive toys across the globe.


One of the more popular window types that we sell here at Five Star Windows are fixed casement windows, due to their simplicity, functionality and affordability. Although fixed casement windows are similarly renowned for their simple elegance and timeless, classical style, fixed casement windows differ from normal casement windows in their function. Whereas normal casement windows open to the left or right with hinges attached to the sides of the frame, fixed casement windows are exactly as they sound—they are fixed, meaning they do not open at all. While this sacrifices the operable nature and ventilation properties of a normal casement window, fixed casement windows make up for it with several functional benefits.
The popularity of casement windows in Toronto has much to do with the window's primary benefits when compared to the city's general climate. Even more so than normal casement windows, fixed casement windows are incredibly adept at heat and sound insulation due to their fixed and inoperable nature. Because there are no openings, fixed casement windows are excellent at keeping the inside and outside apart—making it an excellent option for those in need of privacy or for portions of the home that do not require operable windows. Due to the harsh winter months in Canada, many windows in the house see little operational use, as the priority is to keep the warm air inside the home. Despite this, many homeowners would like to have windows that allow more sunlight into the house. This is where fixed casement windows are the perfect option. Fixed casement windows have excellent insulation properties, keeping warm air trapped within the household in the winter months and out during the summer, thereby creating an ideal and comfortable living environment. All the while, fixed casement windows also let sunlight into a room, creating a living space that is pleasant for its occupants. Finally, due to their fixed nature, fixed casement windows are even more affordable than their normal counterparts.
All of this explains the popularity of fixed casement windows in Toronto. For increased sunlight while retaining maximum insulation, there is no better option than fixed casement windows. Five Star Windows has a vast selection of fixed casement windows that is sure to contain the perfect compliment to your home—contact us today and see what we can do for you.
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I was throwing a Purple Pro Buzzsaw. The pin is above the ring finger and the cg is swung out towards my axis. The axis hole is 4 1/4 " from the center of grip it has a little surface on it, but not much.
Walter Ray Williams Jr. used two different Black Hammer 2001 balls. Both balls were drilled the same but used with different surfaces. This layout is a 4 inch stack layout off Walter's axis, which is 6 inches. The pin is next to his ring finger and the cg is next to his thumb. No weight hole is needed because of a starting top weight of 1.70 before drilling.
On the left lane the surface that was used was out of the box, and on the tighter right lane it was 220 sanded and clean and dulled.
Ryan Shafer was using an El Nino X-It with a 5" pin from his PAP and mass bias in the strong position. Medium size extra hole 2" off his axis point on his axis midplane. Surface was Xtras #1 compound - 800 grit and this was the ball he used most of the week. He also used a Super Power with the exact same layout and surface when the heads broke down later in the day.
The pin and cg are stacked under his ring (4 inches from his axis)the extra hole is on his axis taking the ball back to 1/4 negative side, this was for length with a strong even backend.
This one goes long and comes around hard on the back.
This has a negative cg, it also is for length with a strong controlled backend, he switched to a Solid Elite drilled the same way, it reacts a little smoother than the Avenger.


After dropping a debut self-titled EP that Cvlt Nation called one of the "Top 10 Sludge Releases of 2016," GNAW BONE returns with a new slab of blackened metal in "Scorched Earth," their second EP and first with a new trio lineup. Featuring the addition of bass guitar as well as 2 new vocalists, "Scorched Earth" presents a world as bleak as its title, filled with greyscale ruins destroyed by the crushing doom, crust, death, and black metal of GNAW BONE.
Although merely a trio, GNAW BONE lay waste to fuller bands by employing a dense and distorted sonic arsenal comprised of vintage amp walls and cascading stages of distortion and fuzz. The percussion of GNAW BONE is utterly primal - intense and pummeling yet remaining steadfastly in the distance. As a final layer of odious intent, GNAW BONE is fleshed out by vocals delivered from all three members, each featuring a distinct style & timbre ranging from high-pitched shrieks to guttural growls.
The album opens with "The End," a suspenseful introduction that quickly changes course by cascading into a wall of blast beats and black metal progressions beneath ghastly screams describing the instruments of death. Balancing dynamics with fury, the track rises and falls in intensity multiple times before exploding into a mirror image of its opening and evaporating into fog. Like slow-moving tar, "Crown Lust" immediately submerges the listener into a down-tempo pond of murky sludge before finally strangling them with dissonant, angular rhythms and a barrage of call & response vocals. Continuously descending, the track builds in speed and technicality until it collapses into a bottomless pit of tortured howls over glacially-paced chords of pure distortion. "Scorched Earth" offers a slight respite in its extended intro, an epic and darkly-melodic prologue to the carnage of death metal riffing unleashed after it. Emphasizing the unforgiving nature of an obliterated landscape, the track devolves into an atmospheric cloud of noise, providing a soundtrack to the doomsday proclamations emanating through the rubble. After moments of solitude from a sparse acoustic passage, the album climaxes in the utterly pummeling doom of "Fallen Rulers," a trudging tribute to the beasts of past eras.


Pilots airplane to transport University personnel,as wellas coaches on recruiting trips.
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Logs information, such as time in flight, altitude flown,and fuel consumed.
Performs other related duties as required.
Will require late night and weekend trips during certainmonths of recruiting.
Compensation for this position will be determined based on qualifications and includes an attractive benefits package.
Our primary mission is to move forward the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate the citizens of the state of Tennessee, the nation, and the world. As the preeminent research-based, land-grant university in the state, UT embodies the spirit of excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity, outreach, and engagement attained by the nation's finest public research institutions.
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Blur is an inevitable unwanted phenomenon, which is present in all digital images. It results in smoothing high-frequency details, which makes the image analysis difficult. Heavy blur may degrade the image so seriously, that neither automatic analysis nor visual interpretation of the content are possible. If we did not have proper tools for processing and analysing blurred images, many unique images would become useless. Two major approaches to handling blurred images exist. They are more complementary rather than concurrent; each of them is appropriate for different tasks and employs different mathematical methods and algorithms.
Image restoration is one of the oldest areas of image processing. It appeared as early as in 1960's and 1970's in the work of the pioneers A. Rosenfeld, H. Andrews, B. Hunt, and others. In the last ten years, this area has received new impulses and has undergone a quick development. We have been witnesses of the appearance of multichannel techniques, blind techniques, and superresolution enhancement resolved by means of variational calculus in very high-dimensional spaces. A common point of all these methods is that they suppress or even remove the blur from the input image and produce an image of a high visual quality. However, image restoration methods are often ill-posed, ill-conditioned, and time consuming.


We do a lot of things on our smartphones these days, like plan parties, organize our calendars and even read books. In fact, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center study, 64 percent of adults in the U.S. own a smartphone of some kind. It's no surprise then that with online shopping growing exponentially, retailers are also rolling out some very popular shopping apps. According to Forbes, one in every two millennials have downloaded a shopping app. That's pretty crazy, huh? You've probably downloaded one yourself, and it's probably one of these.
1. Amazon: Amazon definitely isn't just shipping books anymore. The online retailer basically sells everything you could need in your life. Add that to a super comprehensive smartphone app, and you've got a force to be reckoned with.
2. ModCloth: ModCloth is the go-to app for cutesy, vintage-y stuff. They sell everything from home goods, like whale-shaped salt and pepper shakers, to '50-style house dresses. Their app is also super easy to use. Not to mention, all of their items have punny names (see what we did there?).
3. Etsy: Do we even need to say anything about Etsy? It's the marketplace for glorious handmade items and other awesome stuff. The smartphone app is just an extension of their site, but even easier to use on your phone.
4. JackThreads: This men's clothing app has some super stylish duds that are also pretty darn affordable. It's no wonder the fellas are huge fans.
5. Wanelo: Wanelo is short for "Want. Need. Love." Pretty cool, eh? When you first log on to the app, you do a Tinder swiping thing for the items you like and dislike. Then, the app will customize a shopping feed for you according to your style choices. Neat!
6. Forever 21: With such a massive, on-trend (+super affordable) inventory, it really should be no surprise that all the millennials (read: 49 percent of women) have this app on their phone. Plus, they just gave the app a hot new makeover to make it even more user friendly.
7. Groupon: With hot, limited-time offers on everything from tech to massage services, it's no wonder millennials, both men and women, love this app. You can customize it to also show you nearby deals and even book vacations — straight from your phone!
8. Starbucks: This app definitely makes life easier for all those coffee-lovers out there. It stores your Starbucks loyalty card info, plus shows you nearby locations, so you can get your caffeine fix. It also introduces all their various menu items.
Do you have any of these apps on your phone? Or do you have suggestions for other ones? Tell us in the comments below.


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'MS firmly told Raina to go back': RP Singh recalls Dhoni losing his cool
Former India left-arm quick RP Singh said he has seen MS Dhoni lose his cool many times. Singh, who is one of Dhoni's closest friends in the cricketing circuit, recalled one such incident when the former India captain made sure Suresh Raina listened to him.
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Updated on Aug 20, 2020 07:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com
Captain Cool is a term that got associated with MS Dhoni in the beginning of his captaincy stint and stayed till the end, but former India left-arm quick RP Singh says he's seen his former captain lose his cool many times. Singh, who is one of Dhoni's closest friends in the cricketing circuit, recalled one such incident when the former India captain made sure Suresh Raina listened to him.
"We were in Sri Lanka and Raina was coming too forward at cover while fielding and Dhoni was warning him not to come too close," Singh told cricket.com. "Few deliveries later, Raina missed a ball and then MS firmly told him to go back as he was instructing. He could be terse and firm when he wanted. Although he was never vocal or scream but he too used to get angry."
Singh, who had made his India debut nine months after Dhoni, went on to play under his captaincy right till the end of his career. Recalling his very first impression of Dhoni, Singh revealed that even though they met during a domestic cricket match, he was aware of Dhoni since he had already started making heads turn.
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"First time we met was in domestic cricket in the Deodhar trophy. He had come since he wasn't part of the playing XI for East Zone. Then, we met in a camp in Bangalore. But I was aware of him because in UP and Bihar there used to be so many unofficial tournaments and he was already a big name when we met in Gwalior for the first time," Singh said.
"He is a very reserved person and is happy with a limited circle of people. He has always loved the quarantine time. It hardly affects him because he would always stay indoors, stay in his own world, play video games etc. He has always been an introvert. He does not believe in having too many friends."
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Along the highway. Near popular beach and diving resorts. Electricity, water, telephone, cable, and internet are accessible. Flat terrain and planted with coconuts. Perfect for your dream home and lush garden with pool.
Negros Oriental, and its capital Dumaguete, lives up to its moniker "the city of gentle people" as US-based Islands magazine listed it as one of the 20 best islands to live on.
Forbes named Dumaguete as top 5 among 7 best places to retire around the world! Forbes is a leading media magazine and is among the most trusted resources for business and investment topics based in the United States.
In addition, the 2014 Retire Overseas Index chose Dumaguete to be one of the 'Best Places to Retire' around the world based on 12 factors, namely climate, existing expat community, cost of living, health care, crime, infrastructure, English spoken, real estate, entertainment, residency options, environmental conditions and taxes.


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Miller-Meeks Ranked as "Contender" in NRCC Young Guns Program
by Luke Martz | Apr 27, 2020 | Congress
Republican Congressional candidate, State Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, has been elevated to "Contender" status, the 2nd of three tiers in the National Republican Congressional Committee's 2020 Young Guns program.
"It's a testament to the strength of the Miller-Meeks campaign that our candidate was able to qualify for the 'on the radar' category in just three months and move into the contender category just three months later," Campaign manager Austin Harris said.
According to the NRCC website, Contender candidates have completed stringent program metrics and are on the path to developing a mature and competitive campaign operation. The site also details that the program requires candidates to work towards specific goals and meet benchmarks throughout the election cycle to ensure their campaigns remain competitive, well-funded, and communicative within their districts.
Miller-Meeks joins Ashley Hinson of the first congressional district and David Young of the third congressional district on the contender list. Hinson and Young were both announced in February. The NRCC's announcement on Miller-Meeks this morning comes on the heels of the release of her first-quarter fundraising numbers. The campaign reported raising $256,374.50 in the first three months of 2020 and that It had $397,324.97 cash on hand as of March 31
Seven-term Democrat Representative Dave Loebsack is vacating Iowa's second congressional district. It's rated a "toss-up" by Cook Political Report and "tilt-democratic" by Inside Elections. Miler-Meeks in one of several Republicans vying for the GOP nomination, but most insiders see the race between her and former Illinois Congressman Bobby Schilling of Le Claire.


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Demand Labor Secretary Acosta Resign for the Coverup of Jeffrey Epstein's Crimes - RESIGNED
UPDATE (07/12/19): Secretary Acosta has announced he will resign effective next Friday, July 19th.
UPDATE (07/07/19): On July 6th, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested upon returning to the United States and charged with sex trafficking of dozens of underage girls in New York and Florida. The arrest comes just two weeks after the Department of Justice refused to throw out the non-prosecution agreement that then Assistant US Attorney Alex Acosta put in place to grant Jeffrey Epstein immunity from prosecution.
In November of 2018, the Miami Herald published a damning story describing how former US prosecutor and current US Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta struck a deal to protect alleged serial sexual predator and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. In 2007, Epstein was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of underage girls, some of whom were allegedly victims of international sex trafficking. Despite the scope and severity of Epstein's crimes, Acosta approved a plea deal that let Epstein off with just two prostitution-related convictions and a mere 13 month prison stay, during which Acosta was given work-release privileges normally not granted to sex offenders. The deal also granted federal immunity to Epstein's accomplices and any unindicted co-conspirators, thus offering sweeping protections to an unknown number of other sexual predators. In an apparent violation of the 2004 Crime Victims Act, the alleged victims of Epstein's predatory behavior never had the chance to face their abuser in court and were not informed of the plea deal before it was approved.
The deal's ostensible violation of the 2004 Crime Victims Act, blanket protection of unknown numbers of other predators, and bizarrely lenient terms for Epstein necessitate robust investigation and call into question Acosta's professional judgment and integrity. Congress must demand Acosta's resignation and join House Democrats and senators from both sides of the aisle in calling for a full investigation of the Acosta-Epstein plea deal.


Alibag is a small town on the coast of the Arabian Sea, with a vast seashore stretching from Rewas to Revdanda. Alibag is famous for coconut and betelnut plantations and a large number of historic places to visit. Lately Alibag has become a preferred weekend holiday destination for people from Mumbai and surrounding cities, looking for a beautiful getaway from the hustle and bustle of urban cities.
Alibag used to be the headquarters of the great maratha Admiral, Kanhoji Angre and has the famous Kolaba fort in the sea. Kanhoji Angre created the town of Alibag towards end of 17th century. Legend has it that a wealthy Muslim named Ali owned many plantations, which gave the town the name Alibag. Alibag is the seat of District Administration of Raigad (formerly Kolaba) district since 1852. The name Kolaba is attributed to a Sea Fort Kolaba built by Shivaji the great, in 1680 to fight the mighty naval prowess of the Siddis (Abyssenians) of Janjira and the British of Mumbai. Kolaba fort is famous for many battles, between Siddis and Kanhoji Angre, the British and the Portugese.
To get away from the Mumbai hustle and bustle for a quick trip, Alibag is the ideal spot.
The Kolaba Fort is accessible only at low tide through a 1km long land strip that is covered during high tide. The fort has a sweet water well in the middle, temples, fortifications and guns facing the sea. Being on the fort gives you a taste of the history of Alibag.
Alibag provides an excellent holiday destination as well as a great place to visit historical landmarks.
Other places of interest are the Vikram Vinayaka temple, Revdanda Port and Fort, Vikram Ispat Factory, Kanakeshwar temple, temples of Sri Datta, Shitala Devi, Hingulja Devi and Sri Rameshwar. Alibag is surrounded by beautiful pristine beaches such as Aakshi, Nagaon (where our cottage is), Kihim, Kashid (white sand beaches) and Murud Janjira.
Drive down the Konkan coast on a gastronomical adventure as you glide on crystal blue waters, past shimmering golden sands and brooding forts, the salt sea air thick with legendary exploits of heroes long gone. A proud land so rich in history and nature's bounty is bound to have a cuisine that is as glorious and exciting.
Alibag produces classic local products like seasonal white onions, tamrind balls, tender coconut, dried fish of tremendous variety, water melons, palm fruit (Tadgola) Jamun, Mangoes of local and Alphonso variety, Flowers with intense fragnance like Sonchampa, Bakul etc. Fresh fish such as Pomfret, Surmai, Ghol, Saranga are also available in the Alibag fish market and can be ordered at our cottage.