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namespace BlogBundle\Controller;

use BlogBundle\Entity\Post;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Method;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;

/**
 * Post controller.
 *
 * @Route("post")
 */
class PostController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Lists all post entities.
     *
     * @Route("/", name="post_index")
     * @Method("GET")
     */
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $posts = $em->getRepository('BlogBundle:Post')->findAll();

        return $this->render('post/index.html.twig', array(
            'posts' => $posts,
        ));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new post entity.
     *
     * @Route("/new", name="post_new")
     * @Method({"GET", "POST"})
     */
    public function newAction(Request $request)
    {
        $post = new Post();
        $form = $this->createForm('BlogBundle\Form\PostType', $post);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $em->persist($post);
            $em->flush($post);

            return $this->redirectToRoute('post_show', array('id' => $post->getId()));
        }

        return $this->render('post/new.html.twig', array(
            'post' => $post,
            'form' => $form->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
     * Finds and displays a post entity.
     *
     * @Route("/{id}", name="post_show")
     * @Method("GET")
     */
    public function showAction(Post $post)
    {
        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($post);

        return $this->render('post/show.html.twig', array(
            'post' => $post,
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
     * Displays a form to edit an existing post entity.
     *
     * @Route("/{id}/edit", name="post_edit")
     * @Method({"GET", "POST"})
     */
    public function editAction(Request $request, Post $post)
    {
        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($post);
        $editForm = $this->createForm('BlogBundle\Form\PostType', $post);
        $editForm->handleRequest($request);

        if ($editForm->isSubmitted() && $editForm->isValid()) {
            $this->getDoctrine()->getManager()->flush();

            return $this->redirectToRoute('post_edit', array('id' => $post->getId()));
        }

        return $this->render('post/edit.html.twig', array(
            'post' => $post,
            'edit_form' => $editForm->createView(),
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a post entity.
     *
     * @Route("/{id}", name="post_delete")
     * @Method("DELETE")
     */
    public function deleteAction(Request $request, Post $post)
    {
        $form = $this->createDeleteForm($post);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $em->remove($post);
            $em->flush($post);
        }

        return $this->redirectToRoute('post_index');
    }

    /**
     * Creates a form to delete a post entity.
     *
     * @param Post $post The post entity
     *
     * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
     */
    private function createDeleteForm(Post $post)
    {
        return $this->createFormBuilder()
            ->setAction($this->generateUrl('post_delete', array('id' => $post->getId())))
            ->setMethod('DELETE')
            ->getForm()
        ;
    }
}

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AIB was formed In 1966. It brought together three Irish banks. These were the Provincial Bank, founded in 1825, The Royal Bank, established eleven years later, and The Munster and Leinster, the largest of the three banks with the most extensive branch network which was formed in 1885.
AIB implementation is built around default ISO schemas. Most of the business rules are derived from EPC implementations guides.


If you've never made an icebox cake, you MUST try it! An icebox cake usually consists of layers of cookies alternated with layers of pudding, whipped cream or whipped topping. As the 'cake' sits overnight the cookies soak in some of the moisture from the whipped layer resulting in a soft cake-y texture.
This icebox cake recipe uses instant pistachio pudding combined with whipped topping to create a super simple and delicious treat! It will take you less than 10 minutes to put this dessert together and no baking is required making it the perfect make-ahead summer dessert! If you line your pan with foil first it's easy to remove the cake and slice it into squares.
If you've never made an icebox cake, you MUST try it! An icebox cake usually consists of layers of cookies alternated with layers of pudding, whipped cream or whipped topping.
Line an 8×8 pan with foil and set aside.
In a large bowl whisk together milk & pudding mixes for 1 minute. Refrigerate 5 minutes.
Remove 1 heaping cup of whipped topping and set aside. Fold remaining topping into pudding until combined.
Layer 6 crackers in prepared pan. Top with half of pistachio mixture. Repeat layers ending withy crackers. Top with reserved whipped topping.
Refrigerate overnight, cut into squares and serve.
Nossa muito lindo esse site e a receita vou tentar fazer aqui em casa.


"The level of alarm is extremely high," said the head of the World Health Organization on Thursday, describing the spread of Zika virus around the world.
As well it should be: The disease, which seems likely to be causing birth defects, could affect millions of people in several dozen countries.
And the virus may be on its way into the US As of Friday morning, no fewer than five New York residents have been diagnosed as Zika positive.
But New Yorkers, like everyone else in the United States, can take solace in two simple facts. The first is that Zika virus can't easily be transmitted from one person to another.
The second is that the bugs that carry the disease—in particular, two species of mosquito,Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus—are not very active in the winter, and do not pose a major risk in communities with ample screens and air conditioning. According to the commissioner of New York's Department of Health, "There is virtually no risk of acquiring Zika virus in New York State at this time." Other experts, too, have told Americans that there isn't cause to panic.
So what's this hotness in my face, this shortening of breath? It's not panic, I assure you. It's more like rage. I'm angry at this Zika epidemic, starting with the ratty little flavivirions that are doing so much harm. But to rail against the virus doesn't make much sense.
It has no animal intentions; it isn't even quite a full-fledged living thing. My wrath is focused on a different target—not the virus but the vector. I hold a special reservoir of bile for the flying hypodermic needles that harbor this pathogen, the flies that shuttle it from one country to another, spreading bioterror in their wake. I'm mad at the mosquitoes, and it's time to give 'em hell.
Who would stand against me? Events of recent years—outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya, the continued devastation of malaria—have not done much to burnish the mosquito's already-suspect brand. Indeed, these sweat-sniffing, bloodsucking parasites might reasonably be counted among the greatest fiends in human history.
Zika isn't the first disease mosquitos have carried to humans. Here a child gets an injection as part of a malaria treatment.
You might've thought that news about the Zika outbreak would have convinced humanity to crush the mosquito. But all we keep hearing are proposals to take the battle to the virus, not its host. We're told that scientists must work hard to find a new vaccine, as if that would be the best solution to the problem. The hunt for a Zika cure could take a decade—and in the meantime we're left to wait and watch swarms of evil on the wing, mating in midair, and landing on our shores. An enemy has made its way to the nation's borders. Now is not the time for soft responses.
It's time to kill all the mosquitoes. It's time for mass mosquito-cide.
It's true that we already try to keep the critters in control. We spray their breeding sites with pesticides. When the bugs are in their larval stage, we try to poison them with bacteria. If they make it to the pupal stage, we can suffocate them in a film of oil. But each of these modes of warfare leaves room for activism and dissent.
The chemicals may drift into areas where humans live, or else they do their job too broadly and too well, killing species that we actually like. Public health officials have their own technocratic way of describing all this collateral destruction, worrying over problems such as "adulticide drift" and "nontarget insect mortality."
So they hedge their bets and do their best to strike a balance between mosquito death and ecosystem health. They use what's called "Integrated Mosquito Management," a euphemism for doing lots of little things at once: keeping track of where mosquitoes breed, spraying them with chemicals, fixing broken drains and picking up discarded tires, eliminating swamps. It's all quite responsible and safe. One might even brand it ecologically correct.
But the recent spread of arboviruses has me convinced that we can't win this fight with our repellent-coated hands tied behind our backs. Enough of the politeness: The ugly situation on the ground does not call for Integrated Mosquito Management; it demands a program of Total Mosquito Destruction. And here's the thing: For the first time in human history, that dream could be realized. We have a better way to kill mosquitoes—a nuclear option—but up until this point we've been too afraid to use it.
The approach I'm thinking of has its origins in the 1930s, when a man named Edward F. Knipling had an idea. Faced with the problem of a deadly cattle pest, the screwworm fly, the US Department of Agriculture researcher thought to turn the bugs against themselves. By breeding and releasing sterile males into the wild, he figured that he might interfere with screwworm breeding and shrink their numbers.
"The general reaction ranged from skepticism to ridicule," he later wrote. But in 1953, Knipling used an Army X-ray machine to sterilize some flies and released them on Florida's Sanibel Island. The experiment worked. Then it worked again, on the island of Curaçao. Within a few months, Knipling had exterminated the island's native screwworm population—a full-blown screwworm massacre. By 1959, the fly was gone from all Southeastern states. Not long after that, it had disappeared from the US as a whole.
Knipling won the World Food Prize for his work and was named to the Cattlemen's Association Hall of Fame. His "sterile insect technique" appealed not just to ranchers but to environmentalists. In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, her epochal broadside against the chemical industry.
In the final chapter of that book, called "The Other Road," Carson singles out some "new, imaginative, and creative approaches to the problem of sharing our earth with other creatures." Chief among those was Knipling's method—"a triumphant demonstration of the worth of scientific creativity," she wrote, "aided by thorough basic research, persistence, and determination."
So why haven't scientists tried to use the same approach in the fight against mosquitoes? Actually, they have. The problem was that mosquitoes proved too fragile for the X-rays: Instead of turning sterile, the bugs just died. But in recent years, the sterile insect technique has been revived.
One researcher, Luke Alphey, used genetic engineering to design a sterile strain of Aedes aegypti mosquito—the kind that carries Zika, dengue, and yellow fever. Alphey's technique is very clever: The bugs hold a gene that kills them at the larval stage, unless they're reared in the presence of tetracycline, a common antibiotic. That means it's possible to breed large numbers of the flies in the lab, but when they're released into the world, they cannot reproduce.
In 2002, Alphey founded Oxitec, which would become the first company to deploy genetically modified mosquitoes as a weapon.
Since 2010, the firm has performed field evaluations in Brazil, the Cayman Islands, and Panama. The treatment works like this: Oxitec employees drive a van around mosquito-ridden areas at five or 10 miles per hour. A bladeless fan propels genetically modified males out through a plastic tube, and then the bugs seek and interbreed with wild females. (At a test site in Brazil, Oxitec released 800,000 flies per week, for half a year.) According to the company's head of field operations, Andy McKemey, each of these field evaluations has resulted in at least a 90 percent decrease in the local population.
Gleyse Kelly da Silva holds her daughter Maria Giovanna as she sleeps in their house in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.
Officials in the US would like to test the Oxitec approach. An incipient attempt in the Florida Keys, however, has run afoul of some locals, who worry over being guinea pigs in a Frankenfly experiment. Oxitec counters that its technique is both highly targeted (only one species of mosquito is affected) and self-limiting (if you stop releasing the GM mosquitoes, they quickly disappear from the ecosystem).
Both sides of this debate seem wrongheaded. The risks posed by Oxitec's mosquitoes are likely very modest, and in any case they must be weighed against the risks of spraying tons of poison. Then again, the alleged "benefits" of Oxitec's approach—its specificity and its brief course of action—come off as yet another example of mosquito-friendly overcaution. When the field evaluations end, McKemey told me, the mosquitoes start "bouncing back" within six months. They may have been suppressed for a time, but they were not wiped out.
Why not use the tools of biomedicine to launch a final, fatal blow? In 2007, Caltech's Bruce Hay came up with a far more potent weapon: the gene driver. His approach would seed the local population of mosquitoes with lab-grown ones that contain a clever set of "selfish" genes, which tend to spread themselves and kill competitors. A technique like this could, in theory, overturn a wild population within a handful of generations, replacing every single native organism with one from the genetically modified strain.
And that GM strain could also be engineered to have resistance to the malaria parasite, or the Zika virus, or any other pathogen that a given species of mosquito spreads. Or it could be engineered to have a special vulnerability. Then the engineered mosquitoes would die off all at once, in response to some external signal—a rise in temperature, perhaps, as winter turns to spring.
A man and his son stand outside their house while a health ministry worker fumigates to kill mosquitoes during a campaign against dengue and chikungunya and to prevent the entry of Zika virus in Managua, Nicaragua January 26, 2016. The Government of Nicaragua announced a plan in order to stop the Zika virus from arriving in the country.
Another research group's version of the gene-drive method, still in development, has even more dastardly potential. It's a reverse Children of Men approach: The engineered mosquitoes carry a set of genes that shred the X chromosomes in sperm. They can reproduce, but all their offspring will be male. "It's a very exciting idea," Hay told me. "In every generation, it's males creating males. Eventually the population runs out of females, and you're done."
These gene-drive techniques are so potent—so vast in their destructive potential—that it has been very hard for scientists to test them, even in large outdoor field enclosures. The concern is that a selfish gene will not just rampage through a local population but will spread to other areas, in the same way that GM crops have escaped into the wild. A poorly run experiment could decimate global populations, or even make them disappear. Instead of killing off some Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, you'd have killed them off around the world.
Let's imagine, for a second, that we could totally eliminate a species of mosquito—or even all 3,500 species that flit about on Earth. Would the global ecosystem shatter?
The honest answer is that no one really knows for sure. There's little evidence, though, that mosquitoes form a crucial link in any food chain, or that their niche could not be filled by something else. When science journalist Janet Fang spun out this thought experiment for Nature in 2010, she concluded that "life would continue as before—or even better."
I arrived at the same answer when I looked into the same question for a piece published three years later. "There's no food chain that we know of where mosquitoes are an inevitable link in a crucial process," one mosquito-control expert told me.
No food chain really needs mosquitos.
We've wiped out lots of species in the past, of course, through our blithe indifference to the natural world. It's tragic that we have no more passenger pigeons, or Tasmanian tigers, or quaggas. But the sky has not (yet) fallen. Ecotragedies should be weighed against their benefits—and the benefits of mosquito-cide would be enormous. Whatever its unintended consequences (and there are always unintended consequences), the elimination of mosquitoes would save billions of human lives and trillions of dollars, in the decades to come. It would end untold suffering among the world's poorest people.
And that's just the most extreme scenario. The gene-driver methods only work on individual species, anyway, so let's imagine that we could wipe out just a handful of mosquito breeds—the most unpleasant ones. What if we could press a button to destroy an invasive, deadly species like Aedes aegypti?
What about the awful Anopheles mosquitoes, which transmit malaria and seem to have evolved as human parasites? If we got rid of these disgusting critters, wouldn't everyone be better off? No one bit their nails when we cleared the world of polio and rinderpest. Should mosquitoes get special treatment just because they're insects?
"I think you may be an outlier," Bruce Hay told me when I shared my thoughts on mosquito management. "I don't believe people are willing to take that step, even in principle." He's no fan of Aedes or Anopheles, he says, "but you can break the cycle of infection through reasonable public health measures."
Bah humbug. I put the same idea to Luke Alphey, the founder of Oxitec. "I am enough of an ecologist to be queasy about the idea of eliminating a species," he said. Besides, these gene-driver approaches are still a long way off. "They're really only lab models." But what if we went after one of those species of Anopheles that thrive in human settings and seem to live to spread disease? "This would not be an unreasonable thing to consider," he said at last, once I had badgered him sufficiently. Now, all we need to do is translate that not-unreasonable consideration into mosquito-destroying action.


Book Lakeside cottages sleeping 2-4 people online with Lakelovers for a romantic cottage holiday or small family getaway.
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Popular family friendly Lake District attractions, such as the Lakes Aquarium and Lakeside Railway are nearby. Windermere Lake Cruises are right on your doorstep from Lakeside and ideal for first-time holidaymakers to the area.
Leave the car behind, and enjoy a relaxing cruise to Wray Castle, Ambleside or Brockhole. Where there are family friendly cafes and activities as well as quiet spots for couples.
The off-road Windermere West Shore Cycle Route is ideal for all cycling abilities. The first part is accessible for prams and wheelchairs.
Holidaymakers choose Lakeside as an upmarket holiday choice in peaceful lakeshore setting. 1 bedroom cottages with gorgeous double room and generous living space are perfect for both couples and young families. Or, for larger groups or if you'd like spread out, choose a 2 bed – ideal for long stay holidays and for groups of 4.
As well as offering extras like high chairs and travel cots, don't forget to invite the whole family. Dogs stay free with Lakelovers.
A self-catering cottage in Lakeside is an idyllic choice, with luxury fixtures and fittings. WiFi, log burner and often within walking distance of a local pub. All making for a superb base for a relaxing cycling and walking break.


In this paper we study the nonsmooth semi-infinite programming problem with inequality constraints. First, we consider the notions of local cone approximation $Lambda$ and $Lambda$-subdifferential. Then, we derive the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker optimality conditions under the Abadie and the Guignard constraint qualifications.


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Jenny Putzi
Jenny Putzi is an associate professor of English and Women's Studies at the College of William and Mary, and has been associate chair of the Department of English from 2011 - present. Her academic interests include "American literature to 1900, women writers, [and] American silent film" [1]
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An overview of body style descriptions: nomenclature.
ALL WEATHER or ALL WEATHER TRANSFORMABLE (British) – a term used in the twenties and rarely in the thirties for a Cabriolet. In England it can denote a four door CONVERTIBLE SEDAN.
ALL-WEATHER PHAETON or AWP – a convertible body style which offered adequate protection for driver and passengers even in the most inclement weather.
BARCHETTA (Italian) – "Little boat", a small, lightweight, two-seater roadster with flowing lines. Any small, envelope-bodied car with no top or window fittings.
In the early motoring days, when series production did not yet exist, the process of acquiring a new vehicle was more complex, as rolling chassis provided the basis for different coachbuilding scenarios. One approached a motoring brand, who used to deliver to the customer only the rolling chassis, comprising: chassis, drivetrain (engine, gearbox, differential, axles, wheels), suspension, steering system and radiator. Subsequently the customer approached a coachbuilder, requesting a personal body design to be fitted on the rolling chassis. Sometimes a coachbuilder himself ordered or got assigned a series of chassis, on which basis he designed and manufactured the new coachwork to his own creative ideas and inspiration. Sometimes the customer delivered a complete factory car to the coachbuilder with the request to change the entire coachwork or modify certain elements.
There is no strict definition of "Special Coachbuilding". However, following generally accepted considerations and discerning manufacturing trajectories, a good set of rules and conditions can be extracted to define which cars can be considered "Special Coachbuilt" and which not.
Read more: Definition of "Special Coachbuilding"
After WW II automotive mass production soon became mainstream, ending the era of separate manufacturing of chassis and tailored coachworks. Many coachbuilders went bankrupt, were bought by manufacturers or changed their core business to other activities.


What does Jesus mean when he talks about 'undoing' the ego and how does this relate to having peace?
Until we let go of the ego thought system, we will not experience peace of mind because the ego thought system is conflicted. It is the thought system of attack and rejection, separation and abandonment, judgment and hate. It is at war with God, trying to be the opposite of Love's oneness. No wonder when we identify with this thought system we feel depressed, lonely, lacking and fearful.
The only way out of this is to reverse our thinking and let go of the whole ego thought system. We do this by letting the Holy Spirit decide for God for us. The Holy Spirit speaks for our right mind, which remains in peace as God created it. When we accept the Holy Spirit into our mind, we are accepting God's peace into our mind. If we wholly desire peace, we will have it and extend it because peace has never really left us. We will be brought "toward the unified perception that reflects God's knowing." (9:1) With this unified perception, we see as Holy Spirit sees, which is that we are all united in the one Mind of God.
Why does having go hand in hand with giving?
Jesus returns to the first lesson of the Holy Spirit, "to have, give all to all." As we let go of the ego thought system, we let go of the concept of getting. We start to understand that having goes hand in hand with giving, which seems totally upside down to the ego. To the ego, when we give something away, we no longer have it ourselves. Because the Holy Spirit knows we are one mind, He teaches us that the opposite is true. When we share a thought, we still have the thought, but it is strengthened in the sharing.
What is the Holy Spirit's one answer when we are suspicious of another's intentions?


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Kleos Scouting Mission Launch Put Back to October
Published on Monday, 22 Jul 2019 18:27 by ED
Andy Bowyer, CEO Kleos Space; Credit: Kleos
Kleos Space S.A., space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider, has announced that it has been informed by launch provider Rocket Lab that the Kleos' Scouting Mission launch period has been extended to October 2019.
Kleos' CEO Andy Bowyer said, "The Kleos Scouting Mission launch is dependent on parties outside of Kleos control. Notwithstanding that our team has ensured that our satellites are mission ready, but we cannot launch without a vehicle. Due to Rocket Lab's manifest requirements and their evolving production schedule, Kleos' next available launch opportunity has been extended beyond our contractual launch period ending August 2019 to no earlier than October 2019. We have been advised that Rocket Lab is doing everything possible to minimize schedule movements and launch the Kleos satellites as quickly as possible."
Rocket Lab Chief Executive Peter Beck said "Following six successful orbital missions since January 2018, Rocket Lab is rapidly scaling production and launch operations to meet growing market demand. We look forward to launching Kleos satellites in the coming months as we continue to increase our launch cadence."
Kleos' CEO Andy Bowyer continued, "Kleos is prepared for this situation as launches are exceptionally complex and often prone to delays. The team will use this time to expand the number of customer contracts secured, to continue to develop our data products, and rapidly progress the second generation of satellites. The planned 2nd mission will be focused on delivering enhanced coverage of the Earth closer to the equator, increasing our revenues and our customer base. Developing the second-generation satellites at this early stage will allow us to gain advantage following the successful launch of the Scouting Mission and allow us to stay on schedule for the overall business growth. As a responsible and highly focussed Space business we are constantly aware of the complexities of the space industry and we are prepared to take advantage of unplanned opportunities. Kleos is doing everything possible to minimize schedule movements and launch the Kleos satellites into Orbit as quickly as possible."
The multi-satellite Scouting Mission system will form the foundation of a constellation that delivers a global picture of hidden maritime activity, enhancing the intelligence capability of government and commercial entities when AIS (Automatic Identification System) is defeated, imagery is unclear, or targets are out of patrol range. The first scouting mission is made up of 4x nano-satellites built by GomSpace in Denmark, each the size of a shoebox.
Luxembourg to Contribute €198.5m to ESA in New Space Science, Technology National Action Plan
Luxembourg Invests in Space Technology Venture Capital Fund
US, Luxembourg Strengthen Space Collaboration with Two Additional Agreements
Luxembourg, NorthStar to Create Centre of Excellence for Clean Space
Luxembourg Exoplanet Named Peitruss, Star Named Lucilinburhuc


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Anaplan Enhances Executive Leadership Team
New appointments in Finance, Human Resources, Legal, and Strategy join existing leadership team
San Francisco, California (December 1, 2022) — Anaplan, the business planning and decision-making platform leader, today announced the appointment of several new members to the company's Executive Leadership Team (ELT). Joining existing ELT members Bill Schuh, Chief Revenue Officer; Fares Alraie, Chief Technology Officer; and Rohit Shrivastava, Chief Product Officer are Brian Kober, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff; Carey Pellock, Chief People Officer; Greg Giangiordano, General Counsel; and Hemant Kapadia, Chief Financial Officer. All members of the ELT will report directly to Anaplan's new Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, Charlie Gottdiener. Carey Pellock started on November 14th, and Charlie, Brian, Greg, and Hemant will start on December 1st.
"It's an honor to welcome these proven leaders to Anaplan," said Charlie Gottdiener. "Together with the current leadership team, they will deliver an exceptional experience to our customers and partners, accelerate our strategy, and empower and support our employees as we work to achieve profitable growth."
As Chief Strategy Officer at Neustar, Brian Kober led the development of corporate and business-unit strategy, drove key transformation initiatives, and partnered with the company's leaders to develop and implement strategic priorities that delivered long-term growth. He has a track record of delivering profitable growth across a diverse set of global businesses including Komatsu and Motorola by delivering insights, optimizing processes, enhancing operations, and orchestrating next-generation growth in sales and services. Kober is based in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Carey Pellock also joins Anaplan from Neustar where, as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, she was responsible for talent management, organizational effectiveness, compensation and benefits, and change management. In addition to her 10 years at Neustar, Pellock spent over 13 years at Sallie Mae. A passionate advocate of enhancing the employee experience and a champion of diversity, Pellock's work at Neustar had an indelible impact on the company's culture. She is based in Sterling, Virginia.
Joining Anaplan as General Counsel, Greg Giangiordano most recently spent nearly 20 years at Infor, a Koch Industries company and global leader in industry-specific business cloud software solutions. At Infor, Giangiordano oversaw all legal affairs of the company, including advising senior management and the Board of Directors; managing compliance, data privacy functions, dispute resolutions, and litigation; protecting intellectual property, and overseeing multiple financings and acquisitions. Giangiordano is based in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hemant Kapadia joins from Sirius Computer Solutions where, as Chief Financial Officer, he helped drive the business to more than triple equity value in approximately two years, by driving revenue growth, M&A, margin expansion, and a relentless focus on cash flow. He previously held CFO positions at Mark Andy Inc. and SunEdison Semiconductor. With over 30 years of experience, Hemant also held various senior finance roles at United Technologies and General Electric. Hemant is based in San Antonio, Texas.
"I'm excited to see Charlie make an immediate impact," said Charles Goodman, Anaplan's Chairman. "These seasoned leaders will complement and amplify the existing Anaplan leadership team as they advance the company's vision and transform to profitable growth."
About Anaplan
Anaplan is a transformative way to see, plan, and run your business. Using our proprietary Hyperblock™ technology, Anaplan lets you contextualize real-time performance, and forecast future outcomes for faster, confident decisions. Anaplan enables connected strategy and planning across your enterprise to move your business forward. Based in San Francisco, Anaplan has over 200 partners and more than 2,000 customers worldwide. To learn more, visit www.anaplan.com.


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MIG data in Connecting Care supports better, safer care across the Bristol Area
Access to vital GP and community care patient data via the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) is increasing healthcare efficiency and improving care quality for over a million people in Bristol and its surrounding area.
Starting in 2013, the Connecting Care Partnership has brought together a shared care record from across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Today, it supports 85 GP practices, three community providers, three acute hospitals, a mental health trust and three councils. Connecting Care brings together 20 clinical and social care systems allowing 24 health and care organisations to view the data.
The MIG, from Healthcare Gateway, is a core element of Connecting Care, giving over 6,000 health and care professionals role-based access to primary care and community health records, End of Life Care Plans, clinical letters and correspondence from the three acute hospitals in the region. Presenting information such as patient demographics, medications, diagnoses, prescriptions, warnings and alerts, the MIG's easily-accessible summary views support faster, more informed care decisions that reduce duplication and mistakes, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and increase delivery efficiency.
"Our colleagues in health and the councils now release time to care because they don't have to search around for information anymore," said Fran Draper, Senior Project Manager for the Connecting Care Programme. "Pre-operative assessment used to take around 2.5 hours per person. Now it takes under a minute. Bristol City Council safeguarding team now spend 15% less time dealing with telephone calls from health colleagues with safeguarding concerns about their patients. It also helps reduce hospital admissions if clinical staff can see that there is alternative care in place and unnecessary home visits if staff can see that someone has already been admitted."
"The GP and community care data that the MIG supplies is the bedrock of Connecting Care," said Draper. "Over the last six years, we have gradually expanded the number of MIG views and the amount of data we present."
"The MIG allows us to display information across health and care settings," explained Draper. "GPs and Social Workers can see clinical letters and correspondence including hospital discharge summaries while hospital doctors and consultants can check GP medical histories when caring for new patients. Many GPs like the MIG's summary view because it is so clear and information is easy to find."
Out-of-hours GPs were one of the first groups to benefit when Connecting Care went live in 2013. Before that, endless phone calls and letters were the only way to find missing information.
"We had no idea about past prescribing, recent GP visits, safeguarding, no documents, no results, nothing," said Dr Mike Taylor, Lead GP at the Homeless Health Service. "Without that patient history, extra risk is unavoidable. When Connecting Care became available, it was like the lights going on – it was a massive step forward. You could see that patients had consulted their doctor or that a care plan was in place."
There is now no need to retake patient histories. Any new information is merged with the existing record. Instant access to GP information, End of Life Care plans and clinical documents reduces out-of-hours workload and enables better quality care.
"During out of hours care in the past, if we couldn't get through to a patient on the phone, we had to ask the police or fire brigade to knock the door down and make sure patients hadn't collapsed," continued Taylor. "Now we can see if they were admitted to hospital and can contact the consultant or GP. Connecting Care has saved me a tremendous amount of time and spared a lot of Bristol's front doors!"
Since 2016, Connecting Care has been using a Restful FHIR API to transform structured data into messages that display controlled drug and Opioid Substitution Therapy information to substance misuse workers, GPs and other clinical users.
This plugs a gap and helps prevent duplicate prescribing of opiate substitutes like methadone and subutex – avoiding substance misuse, reducing costs and supporting clinical efficiency. Adopting FHIR messaging represents significant progress in Connecting Care's journey towards open standards.
"Along with allergies, mental health issues and other health conditions, we can see which medication their GP has prescribed which is really effective in avoiding duplicate prescribing," said Zehra Tahtakilic, Recovery Support Worker at Bristol Specialist Drug & Alcohol Service. "Before, we would be calling the GPs right, left and centre so it's definitely saved us a lot of time. We help people who haven't got a GP so MIG data is very useful to find out if they are already registered or not."
Role-based access to Connecting Care data reveals upcoming outpatient and community appointments. Instant record checking out of hours and at weekends now enables the NHS Blood and Transplant team to safely carry out their important work. At North Bristol Trust, two pharmacy staff who used to spend every day telephoning GPs for medication information have more time to spend on core work.
Connecting Care has more partners contributing and viewing MIG data than any other UK interoperability programme, hitting a new peak of 37,500 user views in May 2019. MIG is supporting Connecting Care's use of national interoperability standards, structured data and bidirectional data flows. The latter will help support initiatives like personal health records and future care plans where individuals and healthcare users alike can check and update vital data contemporaneously from any setting.
"One of our most valuable additions via MIG has been the GP journal view, which displays consultation notes," said Draper. "The End of Life summary view was the first time that we used structured data from MIG. It's a great first step to achieving the holy grail of a real-time read / write shared care plan. We and our partners have come a long way together, but there's still a lot more work to do."
Offering sophisticated and flexible "integration technology", the MIG currently connects over 4000 health and social care providers within the UK, sharing a total of 30 million patient records. More are being added all the time.
To arrange an online demonstration or to find out how the MIG is being used in your area, please call 0845 601 2642 or use the contact form here


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Transfer family business power to the next generation effectively
Family businesses are more vulnerable to inadequate succession planning because, understandably, members of every generation involved with the business are likely reluctant to discuss, much less contemplate, the incapacity or death of the current leaders.
FB Roundup: LVMH, EssilorLuxottica, Rockefeller Foundation
Arnault heir joins power trio in charge of Tiffany and Co, Founder Leonardo Del Vecchio steps back in EssilorLuxottica power transfer, Rockefeller Foundation divests $5 billion in fossil fuels.
Arnault heir joins power trio in charge of Tiffany and Co
Alexandre Arnault is being widely regarded as the heir apparent of his father's French luxury goods empire LVMH with his appointment to the new executive leadership of Tiffany and Co.
Arnault (pictured), 28, is the second eldest son of Bernard Arnault (pictured below), 71, the billionaire chairman and chief executive of LVMH. The next-gen led luggage manufacturer RIMOWA since January 2017, after initiating and leading its acquisition by LVMH.
Accessing emerging transition opportunities in private markets
In the midst of a coronavirus pandemic, investors have been exposed to the reality that the global economy can be brought to a halt by a large-scale unpredicted event. A comparison can be drawn with climate change, now widely recognised as a large systemic risk that will affect the global economy, and one which may affect investment portfolios in ways we can't yet fully imagine or predict.
Private markets—an opportunity to support the transition to a low-carbon and climate resilient world, whilst providing financial rewards
Why the climate transition means renewables are here to stay
The carbon emission obligations established under the monumental Paris Agreement of 2015 have gone largely unfulfilled and are at risk of failing. Sensing the urgency to attempt to rectify the situation, countries are now racing to implement mandates for the development of renewable energy assets and the requisite grid enabling infrastructure. These mandates are generating demand for renewable energy infrastructure which, in turn, may lead to an opportunity for investors.
Why investors are on the frontline of Cold War II
World order has never been so complex for investors. The US and China have entered a new phase of long-term strategic global competition. America has moved decisively from engagement to containment of China's technological, economic and military power. Globalisation has created new arenas for renewed 'Great Power' competition: financial markets; cyber and outer space; technology; the corporate world. As world order bifurcates, investors are on the front line.
Clean (tech) profits
As a long-term investment, renewable energy should appeal to families. Despite gloomy reports, there are still great opportunities.
For investors eyeing clean energy, these can feel like nerve-wracking times. The headlines are daunting – solar panel prices plummeting, a steep drop in funds going into renewable energy and the high-profile failure in the US of solar company Solyndra.
Power is not the goal
Leading from within means learning to manage your ego and emotions. That, say successful entrepreneurs, can be the difference between a good company and an economic powerhouse
Reprinted with permission from Knowledge@Wharton, the business news and analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
Private banking: people power
For an industry that makes money from good relationships, the professionals that create and maintain private banking and family business client relationships are key. Melanie Stern examines the sector's frontline
Melanie Stern is Section Editor of Families in Business magazine.
For an industry that makes money from good relationships, the professionals that create and maintain private banking and family business client relationships are key. Melanie Stern examines the sector's frontline
"Our greatest asset is our people" – how frequently we hear this from the business world. Not all the proponents of this popular phrase manage to prove their commitment to it, but for the private banking industry, people are among the greatest assets.


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phpMyAdmin is pre-installed on the vm, and can be easily accessed via http://172.22.22.22/phpmyadmin and logging in as zencart/zencart.
For easy importing of .sql files, note that on your host PC there is a habitat/tmp folder. This is shared with phpMyAdmin and makes quick importing of .sql files very simple.
Open phpmyadmin in your browser, select a database, and then click the Import button. There will be a dropdown available with a list of all the .sql files above.
Habitat includes a helper script to help with running unit tests within the Zen Cart testFramework. This depends on having localize_tools: and do_default\_map: set to true in your yaml file. It may encounter some difficulties if the folders:map or folders:to settings have been customized.
Habitat also includes a helper script to generate phpDocumentor output, which will be placed in the DIRNAME/docs/phpdocs folder.
Syntax is similar to the unit-testing above, and depends on the same prerequisites.


One of the primary roles that my position was created to fill is that of Institutional Repository Administrator. Library workers at my institution had researched various platforms with respect to our library's capacity to support them through funding, staffing, and available campus technological infrastructure. When I arrived, I helped to conduct a final evaluation of several platforms. As a result of this analysis, the library decided to purchase bepress Digital Commons in 2016* with joint oversight and funding provided by the Center for Legal Information at the School of Law.
The first step in preparing for the platform was to form a committee of stakeholders from both libraries. This committee shepherded the platform through its design process, deciding on a name (later changed*) and banner design.
I then began to plan for the migration of a large legacy collection of Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs) consisting of 1,500+ documents from CONTENTdm to Digital Commons. I began by designing the metadata schema, trying to ensure that it would map to Dublin Core so that it could be imported easily into our library catalog. In terms of the migration itself, the metadata and documents were easy to export; associating them, however, was less straightforward. I used OpenRefine to reconstruct the public-facing URLs for the PDFs from information in the metadata spreadsheet, and imported all of the non-embargoed ETDs using the Digital Commons Batch Upload and Import File from Remote Site functions. The embargoed ETDs will require some work to retrieve PDFs from physical media and associate them with the metadata records; I'm waiting for a rainy day (or a paid assistant) to work on this project. While I was working on this, our Systems Librarian designed collections for and uploaded two legacy journals to the platform as well.
Once the site was designed and had some content loaded into it, I began to recruit new content. I liaised with different offices and departments at the university in order to discover what content they had that was not currently hosted online, or that needed a new home. This led to the collection of student research and publications, recorded lecture series, oral histories, and materials from partner institutions. In each case, I recruited a collection-level administrator so that I had a main point of contact. This also helped me to institute a train-the-trainer approach to administering a number of different collections. When working with a collection administrator, I focus on training them to use the platform, determining any required metadata tweaks, defining the areas where I can provide support, and setting their expectations regarding what settings we can control. This approach has been beneficial in terms of making connections with various groups, and also because it provides a robust source of user feedback.
The next step in the life of the repository is to make a concerted outreach effort to faculty. I hope to be able to add open access versions of faculty scholarship to the repository in order to increase awareness of open access on campus and to provide an avenue for access to those who need it. The Outreach & Communications Librarian has been instrumental in designing branded informational materials to be used for faculty outreach. I have created the Library Scholarship Collection as a proof of concept, as well as to further promote open access archiving within the profession.
*Please see the poster Flexible Marketing and Outreach: An Institutional Repository Case Study, presented at ER&L with the Outreach & Communications Librarian, for an overview of our post-Elsevier acquisition plans for this platform.


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Have you gone the spirit of Steve Jobs in the last year?
Today marks the first anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs. Many are those who doubt Apple's ability to innovate and suggest that the disappearance of Jobs has left the company without a clear direction. However, the latest news on Apple throws on the floor all these theories.
First, Apple has managed to rise in the last month with the title of "most valuable company in history." Tim Cook was the successor to the 'apple' needed and Jobs was aware of it, so the steering committee recommended that Cook became the new CEO of Apple. Sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs do nothing but increase in each fiscal quarter. Tim Cook has proven to be a great CEO in just over a year.
Despite the great responsibility that was left in their hands, Cook has handled the helm of Apple to take the company to the top. And what is right when he says that "the spirit of Steve Jobs will live". As unveiled in his official biography, Jobs was actively involved in the future plans of the company working hard on the new products Apple will release in the next five years.
No doubt, therefore, that effectively Jobs spirit is more alive than ever.
More- Busting the myth of "this did not happen with Jobs"
Article Have you gone the spirit of Steve Jobs in the last year? has been originally published in News iPhone .


Bread has great symbolic power!
It captures security and responsibility – the bread-winner!
In this article we look at the reality we face each day: Enemy Number One in our world today is Poverty. Jesus said that the poor will always be with us, so we cannot ignore this reality. Proverbs leaves us no option either. Wise people engage with this reality and make a positive contribution. Proverbs generalises the group of folk who, for a variety of reasons, often face being picked on, treated as outcasts, and who feel helpless, as 'the poor'. God says: "Mess with the poor and you mess with me. You bless the poor and I will bless you". Listen to these: "He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their maker" (Proverbs 14:31 & 17:5); He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward him for what he has done" (Proverbs 19:17).
John 6:1-6 (The Message) 'After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews.
The Question Jesus asks us: John 6:5: When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread to feed these people?" He said this to stretch Philip's faith. He already knew what he was going to do.
Poverty levels are rising: There are 39.3 million people below the official poverty level in 1993, which is up from the 1992 level of 38 million! This had risen to 57 million people in 2003, of which 10.5 million were children less than 5 years old.
27 million people die every day of hunger or hunger related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one every three and a half seconds.
The GDP of the poorest 48 nations (25% of the world's countries) is less than the wealth of the world's 3 richest people combined.
Nearly 1 billion people – one third of the worlds population, can read or sign their names.
20% of population in the developed nations consume 86% of the world's goods.
The richest 50 million people in Europe and North America have the same income as 2.7 billion poor people.
In 2004 0.13% of the worlds population controlled 25% of the world's wealth.
12% of the world population uses 85% of its water, and that 12% do not live in the Third World.
Less than 1% of the military spending would have put every child in school by the year 2000, but it did not happen. Now what if we spent just 40 Billion US$ of the money that is spent on weapons and war instead on basic education, water, sanitation, reproductive health for women and basic heath care? There is enough money in the world to solve the world's problems!
The question we ask: 'Is there enough?' A fear-based question: John 6: 7 'Philip answered, "Two hundred silver pieces wouldn't be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece."' Fear drives many of our questions and decisions and is the opposite of love!
What do we have in our hands? What is it that we do have that we can release in love and share?
The question: Do we need to feed every person we see along the way who asks for food?
The Financial Mail states that the unemployment percentage has dropped from 24.4% to 24.2 % in the last quarter of 2009. Whilst this is encouraging, this still means that almost 1 in 4 people are unemployed in South Africa! We believe that there is enough food being generated to feed the hungry. It was Mahatma Ghandi who said that there is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.
Note from this passage how we let Jesus cultivate compassion in us: How do we learn to show mercy and grace to the poor? How can we break out of our isolation and apathy, and expand our hearts to more than those intimately connected to us?
Jesus came to express compassion to the poor and needy, and that includes us! He opened his eyes and saw the crowd and had compassion. Because He saw the need he did something. The boy in our story saw the need, and responded to Jesus. He saw the people first, and was able to take action.
When we drive do we just see the road or do we see the poor, their houses, and even their faces. The only way to grow in compassion, is to keep our eyes open! It is not difficult in our context to see the poor, the weak, the oppressed, the neglected, and the needy. They are in the nursing homes, the hospitals, they stand at street corners, they are in our inner city, they are in the AIDS clinics, and they are at the drug rehab. centres.
Jesus felt this. He felt compassion on the people, and so then moved to action. Believing comes from seeing. He saw and then felt the love that needed to be expressed in action. We need to build a relationship with a poor person first. James 2: 15-16 tells us of the joy of giving. It is better and more wonderful to give than to receive.
We can only do a big outer work, when a greater work is done in us. We need to feel the pain of God for the poor and needy. We need to respond out of the Spirit's work in us. If we do not feel this compassion, then we need to look again at the cross, and acknowledge our indebtedness to God that he had such compassion on us when we were lost and in need!
The principal: What you keep you loose, but what you give you keep. Jesus broke the bread and gave to so many, that there was to spare. Notice how the boy offered what he had. Jesus took what was there and made it very significant.
There are many wonderful stories of those who feed the hungry and I will share about my experiences in another article. My only caution in this is: Do something practical for one project, or one person. Do not try to conquer the world at once. You will get burned out!
Jesus offers the essence of life: John 6:34-35: 'They jumped at that: "Master, give us this bread, now and forever!" Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.' Jesus is the basic essence of life. Bread is the essential part of life (Lev. 26:26; Ezek. 5:16; 14:13); bread and water make up life's two basic staples (Num. 21:5; Isa. 3:1). It is frequently used as a metaphor for food in general (Judg. 13:16; Luke 15:17).
We also acknowledge that Jesus is IN the ordinary parts of life. He is God the true parent who provides the basics for life.
Note who He speaks to and what he does: He speaks to the Father and obeys the Father.
Obedience: Jesus said: "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work" (John 5: 34). Doing God's will is more important than food, and in itself feeds us at a deeper level. Where do we need to be more obedient?
Daily Bible reading: Jesus said: "People do not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4: 4). Reading the Scriptures daily feeds our lives, guides our thoughts, and empowers our decisions.
Sharing in the Sacrament of Holy Communion: Our Lord chose the bread of the Passover to be the symbolic memorial of his broken body.
The Bible abounds with references to bread. Jesus says: "I am the Bread of Life". When we speak of a solution to our problems today we speak of the One who is the Bread of Life!
I quote Rick warren here: The strength of a Church is not in its seating capacity but in its sending capacity. How are we being sent?
Wood, D. R. W., & Marshall, I. H. (1996). New Bible dictionary (3rd ed.) (146). Leicester, England; Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press.
 Peterson, E. H. (2002). The Message : The Bible in contemporary language. Colorado Springs, Colo.: NavPress.


Different machines help run the operation and production processes in manufacturing facilities. Industrial air compressors often power major operations, as they act as the workhorses without which other equipment can't run optimally. Therefore, any facility manager must ensure that commercial air compressors operate smoothly and efficiently. The reason behind this concern is that if air compressors run without any proper inspection or maintenance, problems ensue, costing the company thousands of dollars on industrial air compressor repair and low production levels. The issue further compounds if the equipment becomes extremely unreliable.
To maintain high safety standards, the government imposes laws and regulations for proper maintenance of industrial equipment. Even the sturdiest machines require regular inspections and repairs due to frictional wear. Here are ways of knowing whether your commercial air compressor requires maintenance.
It's important to understand how your equipment functions. Check how long the manufacturer recommends servicing. In the case of many petroleum-based compressors, servicing is recommended after 500 running hours and 2000 hours for synthetic.
Many industrial air compressors accumulate a lot of moisture when in operation. If you notice too much condensation, then the automatic drain system is clogged with condensation. And if so, it needs to be checked.
For an industrial machine like an air compressor, tripping breakers indicate various problems. However, power circuit should be the first thing to check. If that fails, seek assistance from service personnel.
If there is loss of air pressure, there must be a developing problem. This sign may also mean worn-out components. Or it may suggest a simple technical problem with the compressor.
Creating a preventative maintenance program is the noblest decision a facility manager can make. Clear-cut maintenance programs stretch equipment lifespan, improves productivity, enhances employee safety, and energy efficiency.
Performing frequent inspections and repairs on your industrial air compressor alleviate disruptions. An effective maintenance plan breaks the downtime and repair cycle of any plant. Typically, maintenance works are scheduled, therefore, you can plan for repairs in a manner that hardly interferes with the day-to-day operations. After a long-term, that saves you time and money.
Equipment efficiency and performance are paramount to any production facility. Even so, a preventative maintenance program helps maintain high safety standards at the workplace. Guest and staff safety should be given the first priority in your list. Frequent inspection and repairing detected faults alleviate health hazards, so there's a reduced number of work-related injuries.
An excellent maintenance program provides a working schedule. This dictates specific times when maintenance personnel should be working instead of waiting for the equipment to fail. Besides, that helps a company to save overtime costs by economically utilizing the maintenance department.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, an estimated 350,000 homes catch fire in the country every year. What determines whether the fire will be a small incident handled on time or a significant fire damage disaster is how well you invest in fire alarm, and smoke detection systems. However, it is important to note that a fire alarm system will only be useful in keeping the home safe from fire damage when coupled with a reliable fire alarm monitoring system. A reliable fire alarm monitoring system notices as soon as your alarm is activated and contacts all emergency services. Consider the following factors when selecting a fire monitoring system.
Before installing a fire monitoring system, you should have experts conduct a risk assessment in your building. The primary objective of the evaluation is to help you find out possible fire hazards at the workplace, the people and parts of the building which are most at risk and to offer recommendations on how the risks can be controlled. For instance, the assessment report for a hospital will be different from that of an industrial kitchen because in case a fire broke out in a hospital, some sick people cannot run to their safety, unlike the kitchen where everyone is likely to be awake and aware of the fire. After the risk assessment has been carried out, you will get a comprehensive report, which will inform your decisions when choosing a fire monitoring system.
The initiating device is a crucial part of any number of fire monitoring systems in Houston TX. The initiating device includes components such as the manual pull station, detectors, and other supervisory devices. When choosing and installing the initiating devices, you have to think about positioning them in places that occupants of the building will have an easy time accessing. Some of the best locations for these systems are the designated exit routes from the building.
There are different types of fire alarm monitoring systems in the market. The major categories are heat, flame and smoke detectors. Each class has specific types, and the kind of fire hazard you want to protect against should guide you in choosing your ideal detector type. Heat detectors come in two categories, spot, and line. The alarm has a fixed temperature setting, and when the temperature starts rising at an abnormally high speed, the alarm goes off. Smoke detectors detect fires depending on the quality of the air. The type of fire hazards you are likely to deal with will help you determine the best monitoring system to buy.
The vary of contemporary clockwork and wind up gadgets is increasing to incorporate MP3 players, Bike Lights, LED Torches and Cell Phone chargers. At this level you need to release the keypad cable from its socket – the darkish coloured a part of the socket is the compression tab to locks it in place. Brain makes use of one of many sharp horns on the statue disguise as Gadget falls right on prime of the newly fixed Zeus statue. Quick Publish Gadget : Permits users to avoid wasting and publish pages shortly to a desired production goal. Somebody invented helpful gadgets that can assist you put them on. Among the sock gadgets contain putting your socks on a sort of body, then slipping your foot contained in the sock. The Gadgets sidebar might be proven by clicking on the Present Gadgets button at the prime proper of the screen.
Chat bots may nonetheless be of their infancy, but Amazon is busy blazing a path for helpful-robots-you-speak-to with the Echo, Faucet, and Dot Right now you can chat to these gadgets to get a pizza delivered , order you a cab , or just ask concerning the climate, however Amazon is continuing so as to add functionality.
Users concerned in a particular workflow merchandise can message one another directly contained in the gadget. Computers and Wi-Fi finder gadgets both are capable of scanning the nearby area for Wi-Fi hotspots, and several on-line providers permit you find far-away hotspot places.
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In my opinion it isn't the fault of excessive-tech gadgets that college students worsen grades, it's their duty to pay attention and study on courses – it is their job; in the meantime parents additionally have to keep an eye on their children and their each day routine.
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I do know it can be frustrating when an enormous organization similar to Google doesn't respond to your inquiries. Quick forward ten or twenty years: Now you anxiously await the latest era of your pill, telephone, or wearable tech, scouring ezines and tech guru blogs for hints about what the subsequent model of your pill, phone, or wearable tech will characteristic. Fast Publish Gadget : Permits customers to save and publish pages rapidly to a desired production goal. The Fitbit Zip Wireless Activity Tracker is a clip on gadget that is made out of silicone. Just in case you have not heard, there are reaching, grabbing and extender gadgets in the market.
Usually as a result of these digital gadgets are so fashionable it is often laborious to search out them and get them. The Sylvania netbook mimics dearer netbooks with features such as three USB 2.zero ports, an sd slot, and audio I/. Digital Gadgets cites 802.11b/g wi-fi networking, and adds that the gadget consists of stereo audio system. Listed below are a number of of the straightforward gadgets and items which might be the preferred with kids aged eight-14 going into the 201 vacation season. Geek Out with the most recent desktop computer systems, greatest gaming laptops, best headphones and the most recent gadget information and prime product critiques online. You possibly can upload knowledge onto your pc using the Sensible USB dongle that comes with the gadget. For instance, the eNets requires 80 cents per transactions and while High-up cards can solely be bought on the outlets. A truth is that as human intelligence has advanced, so had been our gadgets and the internet.
Billybuc sure it's so annoying generally, you buy one gadget considering it is the perfect and something else new and even higher turns up!! TVs are large, and clunky, and they have slower replacement cycles than almost any other gadget in our lives.
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One of the things I truly appreciate when I buy an item directly from an indie artist is the care that goes not only into the product, but also the packaging. Many sellers on Etsy and other online venues go the extra mile to make sure the wrapping is just as delightful as the item it contains.
When I package the crochet hook and knitting needle cases from my shop, I carefully wrap each one in handstamped brown paper and use a logo sticker to seal it up. I also include a handwritten note and of course a couple of business cards.
Here are ten more packaging ideas that my insanely talented friends were kind enough to share on my Facebook page.
"Bungalow42's packaging evolved from my penchant for using Kraft paper to wrap gifts which I decorated with stamps. I love stamps. When my oh so talented graphic designer friend created the Bungalow42 logo, we talked about packaging and it was just sort of obvious. Lucky me to have such talented friends!"
"This is an example of free gift packaging I offer for my jewelry, with my business card inside. I hand make the envelope and embellish it with special paper and twine. It's all ready to be given to a loved one by the customer!"
"I use kraft CD envelopes to package my jewelry. I got long stickers printed with my logo, that I use to keep the pocket shut (it almost looks like personalized tape!). I complete the packaging with a ribbon. One of the benefits of this packaging is that it fits nicely in a bubble envelope, which makes shipping very easy."
"I wrap with re-used tissue paper and include a hand stamped thank you card and a little gift card, sometimes an extra gift item."
"Special packaging is always great! I make different kinds of bags or boxes for my dolls"
"We wrap all our treasures with hand stamp tissue paper made with a rubber stamp that we had made of our shop logo. We tie with baker's twine, apply a thank you sticker, and attach a business card."
"This will be my new package from now - I can put it in the envelope in the flat way and people can unfold it and give it as a lovely gift package."
"When I ship jewelry orders I use a mesh gift bag which dresses up the necklace or earrings and makes it more special. Then I ship in a small bubble mailer."
"When shipping pet ornaments I wrap the ornament globe in tissue paper and ship in a sturdy gift box. Sometimes people want the ornament personalized so I write on the ornament insert the message they want. Sometimes they want to send a personal note so I include a small card with the message sent from the purchaser."
"My packaging isn't too fancy, tissue paper, a business card, but I do like to include a random meep (like the yellow guy in the middle) with each order, just to give the recipient an unexpected smile :)"
Indie artists get creative when they package their crafts.


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With tailored, seed-focused content, European Seed offers specialised media that will provide unparalleled value to the industry. Our content is comprised of far more than just articles: it's a total package that fuses current issues with compelling analysis, in addition to an array of digital offerings that take our audience to the heart of the stories that matter. Both the seed industry and world of communications are changing at a rapid pace, and that's why European Seed is committed to being a multifaceted media platform: web, magazine, mobile and video provide multiple channels through which to consume practical information, ideas and solutions that matter to your business.
With strong numbers for domestic markets, seed imports and international seed exports, Europe's seed industry is thriving.
Marcel BRUINS – Editorial Director of European Seed
Marcel Bruins studied Plant Breeding at Wageningen University in The Netherlands, followed by a PhD award on Fusarium resistance in wheat. He worked for 10 years with a vegetable seed company as Manager Plant Variety Protection. He then served for 7 years as Secretary-General of the International Seed Federation (ISF), lead the Secretariat of the International Grain Trade Coalition (IGTC) through a phase of transition and continued working as their Scientific Advisor. Besides being the Editorial Director of European Seed, he also operates as an independent consultant helping out companies and non-profit organizations with their questions on seed, grain, trade facilitation, intellectual property and international outreach.
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Our business has been built on this tagline for 25 years. It is our touchstone for the new ideas we explore and the work we do. Our mission statement has shifted over the years as our company has evolved but this tagline has always rung true. Our business is communications – both print and digital focused – and our audience is you the growing world of seed and agriculture industry professionals, regulators, educators and farmers.


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Champions League: Quarterfinals shootaround and predictions
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The Red Devils have the ability to extend Barca's streak, with a frustrating defense that will clog up the center of the pitch and a counterattacking style that takes advantage of any opportunity.
Champions League Round of 16: Close contests at halfway points
This marks the third consecutive Champions League defeat of Dortmund by Tottenham. Are the Germans simply outclassed, or will Tottenham live up to tradition and blow its lead? If the score was closer, it would be dramatic.
Champions League knockout preview: Holiday edition
Before you settle in for the holidays, get your full preview for the elimination stages. Here are the last 16 clubs in the UEFA Champions League, holiday themed!
Champions League Week 5: The good, the bad and the unexpected
It's hard to play professional soccer, but it's even harder when everything is on the line.
The curious case of Major League Soccer
Precourt's decision to move the Crew isn't controversial so much because of its literal and immediate implications but more because of its lasting impact on shifting the values of America's soccer culture – especially after the U.S. men's national team failed to qualify for last summer's World Cup.
La Liga Midseason Takeaway
For the most part, the history of La Liga has always been dominated by two teams: Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona. Since the start of this century, there have occasionally been teams that have defied those odds and were able to hoist the league trophy. And midway through the
Manchester United match relocation means no financial scoring for UC Berkeley
The relocation of the Manchester United vs. San Jose Earthquakes soccer match relatively late in the game has hurt any chances of UC Berkeley scoring financially by hosting the game at California Memorial Stadium.
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Listening to the cries of my people, I hear them bemoan the loss of coal mining jobs they blame on U.S. President Obama while watching his cronies — Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Jay Z, Beyoncé, Al Gore, etc. — live lavish lives. I can hardly blame U.S. Representative Mo Brooks for speaking to his constituents and saying that Democrats are demonizing white people because perception is reality.
By adopting the conservative thought patterns of my parents and their friends, the feeling of being persecuted by the media is easy to let pass through my visage while watching my elderly cat slowly fade away.
I feel unloved, wanting revenge against death itself but have no relaxing outlet like Netanyahu has Palestinians to slaughter at his leisure.
In moments like this, my internal ugliness, the Berserker of my Viking heirs, picks up this electronic pen and stabs the pages with hateful words.
If celebrities, politicians and captains of industry want to splurge on luxury homes, yachts and multimillion-dollar weddings, then I say let's party till the house of a planet burns down and return this planet to the blue-green algae again.
Eat, drink and be merry for surely tomorrow more than one of us seven-plus billion will die!
← Who repays for the economic losses of the Great Recession?
Why would he claim that we will also have poor people.
" But Jesus knew a gift had happened. 15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.


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var validUrl =  require('valid-url');
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var utils = require('../lib/utils.js');
var parseProductsFromJSON = utils.parseProductsFromJSON;
var prepareParams = utils.prepareParams;
var generateURL = utils.generateURL;

function fixture (name) {
  var fixturePath = path.join(__dirname, '/fixtures/', name + '.json');
  return fs.readFileSync(fixturePath);
}

describe("prepareParams", function() {
  it("is invalid whitout 'query' property", function() {
    expect(function() {
      prepareParams({});
    }).toThrowError(Error);
  });

  it("sets default values", function() {
    var query = { query: 'Star wars poster' };
    var params = prepareParams(query);
    expect(params.query).toEqual('Star wars poster');
    expect(params.filter).toEqual('All');
    expect(params.type).toEqual(1);
    expect(params.page).toEqual(1);
    expect(params.sort).toEqual('Bestselling');
    expect(params.isFrenchLocale).toEqual('False');
    expect(typeof params._).toBe('number');
  });

  it("prepares the query params", function() {
    var query = { query: 'Batman', filter: 'GiftsCollect', page: 2, sort: 'Price: Low to High'};
    var params = prepareParams(query);
    expect(params.query).toEqual('Batman');
    expect(params.filter).toEqual('GiftsCollect');
    expect(params.type).toEqual(1);
    expect(params.page).toEqual(2);
    expect(params.sort).toEqual('Price: Low to High');
    expect(params.isFrenchLocale).toEqual('False');
    expect(typeof params._).toBe('number');
  });
});

describe("generateURL", function() {
  it("returns an URL", function() {
    var query = { query: 'Batman', filter: 'GiftsCollect', page: 2, sort: 'Price: Low to High'};
    var url = generateURL(query);
    expect(validUrl.isUri(url)).toBeTruthy();
  });
});

describe("parseProductsFromJSON", function () {
  it("parse items from results", function () {
    var items = parseProductsFromJSON(fixture('search-result'));
    expect(items.length).toBe(16);
  });

  it("returns empty list when no results", function () {
    var items = parseProductsFromJSON(fixture('search-no-result'));
    expect(items.length).toBe(0);
  });
});


Sixty years after Jacques Cousteau inspired a generation to dip a toe into marine exploration, scuba divers from across Norfolk are still submerging themselves in underwater adventures.
Divers from the East Anglian branch (EAB11) of the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) don scuba suits and air tanks at least twice a week during the summer, heading out into the North Sea from Sea Palling on the east coast.
"If you can dive in the North Sea, you can dive anywhere in the world," said Mike Thomas, the Norwich-based vice-chairman of EAB11.
As a highly qualified and experienced national instructor, 60-year-old Mr Thomas knows what attracts people to scuba and is happy to admit it's an addictive hobby.
"I started diving in 1976 when I was about 23-year-old," he said.
Today, the retired teacher is the chief examiner of the BSAC's advanced instructor qualification –setting the criteria for divers taking the high level exam, overseeing events in the UK and overseas, and awarding qualifications to the successful candidates.
"There is a lot to organise ahead of any dive," he said.
"You've got to find the site and consider the conditions; visibility, weather and the tide which is really the crucial factor for any dive.
The sea fret – a coastal fog also known as a haar – cloaked the Norfolk coast from Hunstanton to Great Yarmouth on an otherwise hot July day and the rescue operation was a stark reminder that divers are vulnerable in open water.
Like mountaineering, hiking or base jumping, the risk is part of the attraction for some. For others it is the chance to discover the unknown, capture the seabed on camera or explore ancient shipwrecks.
For Mr Thomas, who is busy compiling a book on EAB11's history from 1970 to 2013 ready for the branch's own 60th anniversary next year, is it partly the isolation.
One of his favourite dives is off Ascension Island, a volcanic mound in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean.
It is 1,600 kilometres from the coast of Africa, 2,250 kilometres from the coast of South America and feels "a very long way from anywhere", he said.
Closer to home, he is an advocate of diving off Norfolk's shoreline.
"There are probably more unexplored wrecks off the east coast than anywhere else in the UK," he said.
Many Britons have their first taste of diving while on holiday – sampling the crystal clear, and notably warmer, waters of Greece, Egypt, Thailand or the Red Sea.
EAB11, however, run courses for University of East Anglia students and anyone interested in learning is encouraged to get in touch.
As well as North Sea dives, the club organises trips abroad and to sites across the UK. And last week, divers met at Horstead Mill for what has become an annual dip and litter pick.
Among the divers at Horstead, north of Norwich, was 25-year-old occupational therapist Lucy Johnson.
"I started diving in Ko Tao, Thailand, three years ago whilst I was backpacking," she said.
"I am now a BSAC Sports Diver and am looking into the instructor route so I can help out in the confined water dives at the pool as a starting point. I have also started underwater photography.
"Diving is a great hobby, once you get used to being underwater and the amount of kit you need.
"It really is another world to explore and once you've done the training, there are many avenues you can take such as photography, wreck diving, sea search or instructing.


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Cypress Creek opens solar control center in North Carolina
By Kelsey Misbrener | April 26, 2018
Cypress Creek Renewables announced the opening of its solar control center in its flagship Research Triangle Park, North Carolina office. Out of the Cypress Creek Control Center (C4), the company operates 232 utility, distribution and rooftop-scale solar facilities totaling nearly 2 gigawatts in 14 states across the country.
The opening of its new control center marks a significant milestone for Cypress Creek as the company expands its operations and maintenance services for third-party customers and signals its unique ability to operate secure solar sites and maximize production.
"We are thrilled to announce our Cypress Creek Control Center in our flagship Research Triangle Park office," said Matthew McGovern, CEO of Cypress Creek. "Operations and maintenance is an important and growing business for the solar industry and for Cypress Creek. We now have the team, infrastructure and technology to deliver exceptional customer service and system performance."
The C4 is just one of a handful of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) – Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliant control centers in the country operated by a solar-only company. The C4 was designed to meet NERC's most stringent cyber security and reliability requirements. To meet the new compliance level, Cypress Creek hired 22 people over the past three months.
Services offered by Cypress Creek's 60-Person Operations and Maintenance team include:
24/7/365 Operations. The Cypress Creek Control Center is the heart of our operation, ensuring that our solar fleet is diligently monitored at all times. From the C4, operators quickly identify and initiate corrective actions in coordination with our field technicians and operation engineers.
Predictive Maintenance. Dedicated engineers and technicians work to optimize daily performance at sites, utilizing aerial thermography and state-of-the-art technology to identify and correct site level anomalies. Cypress Creek's O&M team has a nation-wide network of technicians and engineers capable of maintaining and repairing solar components.
Vegetation Management. Our team of vegetation technicians and managers work tirelessly to mitigate safety risks while optimizing system performance. Whether the site requires standard grass mowing, pollinator friendly habitats or sheep grazing, Cypress Creek caters to the unique demands of each solar site and region.
"As solar has become a larger part of our electricity mix, we recognized the demand to expand our business," said Joe Brotherton, executive vice president for operations and maintenance. "From deploying the latest technology for asset optimization to strengthening our solar sites against cybersecurity threats, we are proud of the services that we are now able to offer our customers."
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Why D.C. hates Ted Cruz
Molly Ball Jan 26, 2016 2:00 PM ET
Cruz went on to warn his fellow senators that if they voted for the bill, they would imperil their careers. "We know to an absolute certainty that an unfortunately high percentage of those offenders will go and commit subsequent crimes," he said. "And every one of us who votes to release violent criminals from prison prior to the expiration of their sentence can fully expect to be held accountable by our constituents." Essentially, Cruz was saying that the legislation would let dangerous people out of prison, they would commit more crimes, and the senators would be subject to Willie Horton-style attack ads.
Lee, who was sitting right next to Cruz, could not believe what he was hearing. The bill, he responded, wouldn't actually release any violent criminals from prison, and its sentence reduction for gun crimes was to reduce the minimum for felons caught with guns or ammunition from 15 years to 10 years—a provision that had once sent a man to prison for 15 years when he picked up a stray bullet in order to clean a carpet. "It is simply incorrect to say that this suddenly releases a bunch of violent criminals. It is tougher on violent offenders," Lee sputtered. "That statement is inaccurate…. We're not letting out violent offenders. That is false."
Lee's communications director, Conn Carroll, confirmed to me that Lee and his staff had no advance warning that Cruz was planning to brutally attack—and, in Lee's view, misrepresent—his friend's bill. "Going into that hearing, we definitely thought it was in the realm of possibility he would come out against it, just not with that kind of colorful language," Carroll told me. The bill made it out of committee that day, but now it appears to be in trouble, with several other Republican senators taking Cruz's line against it at a Senate lunch last week.
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Your muscles and joints really are stiffer and more sore when you get out of bed. Here's why.
You know the feeling: You fall asleep feeling fine—good, even—and wake up with the sense that it'll take a crane to get you out of bed. Everything hurts in the morning, and it's not just because you slept in a wonky position or on a lousy pillow.
Turns out, our bodies seem to suppress inflammation when we sleep, leading to worse pain when we wake up and the inflammation is, so to speak, turned back "on," according to a new University of Manchester study published in the journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
The researchers examined human and mice cells with the inflammatory disease rheumatoid arthritis. Patients with RA have long known that their symptoms can vary throughout the day, with many afflicted with greater joint stiffness upon waking. But little is known about how our circadian rhythms—our inner clocks that tell us when to go to bed and when to get up—control this swinging pendulum of pain. The UK researchers wanted to figure that out.
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What they found was that when mice were exposed to constant light, their paws were more swollen and there were higher levels of some markers of inflammation in their blood. In darkness, those inflammatory markers decreased. "At nighttime, those inflammatory markers go down but gradually rise up again in the morning," says University of Manchester researcher and study author Julie Gibbs, PhD. She cautions that this particular study didn't examine pain, but if you were to assume that with greater inflammation comes more pain, "you would expect more inflammation in the joints and increased pain levels in the morning," she says.
Very specific proteins in our cells govern the ticking of our circadian clocks, Gibbs explains, and it seems that one of the proteins involved in our inner clockwork, called cryptochrome, also influences inflammation. With more research, she believes experts might be able to predict at what time of day anti-inflammatory meds might be most helpful or even develop treatments that could target this protein to reduce inflammation, although that's still a long way off, she says.
In the meantime, knowing that your circadian rhythm affects pain, the easiest thing to do is work with yours instead of against it, especially if you already deal with ongoing joint pain. "We know in general having a healthy circadian rhythm is beneficial," Gibbs says. Yep, you guessed it: Get yourself on a regular sleep schedule, and stay there. Keep your bedtime and your wake-up time as consistent as you can, even on weekends.
And if you tend to go on early morning runs, give yourself a little more time to warm up, or consider switching to lunch runs instead.
The article This Is Why Everything Hurts In The Morning, According To Science originally appeared on Prevention.