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Irauçuba är en ort i Brasilien.   Den ligger i kommunen Irauçuba och delstaten Ceará, i den östra delen av landet,  km nordost om huvudstaden Brasília. Irauçuba ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Irauçuba är varierad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Serrote Pelado,  meter över havet,  km nordost om Irauçuba. Det finns inga andra samhällen i närheten.

Omgivningarna runt Irauçuba är huvudsakligen savann. Runt Irauçuba är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Savannklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är oktober, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är april, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är april, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

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Seasonal cycle of averages of nitrous oxide and ozone in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere polar, midlatitude, and tropical regions derived from ILAS/ILAS-II and Odin/SMR observations
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2008
Northern and Southern Hemispheric monthly averages of ozone (O(3)) and nitrous oxide (N(2)O) have been suggested as a tool for evaluating atmospheric photochemical models. An adequate data set for such an evaluation can be derived from measurements made by satellites which, in general, have a high spatial and temporal coverage. Here, we use measurements made by the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometers (ILAS and ILAS-II) which use the solar occultation technique and by the Odin-Sub-Millimetre Radiometer (Odin/SMR) which passively observes thermal emissions from the Earth's limb. From ILAS/ILAS-II and Odin/SMR observations, 1-year data sets of monthly averaged O(3) and N(2)O, covering a full seasonal cycle, were derived for the latitude range between 60 - 90 degrees N and 60 - 90 degrees S, respectively, by partitioning the data into equal bins of altitude or potential temperature. A comparison between both data sets in this latitude region shows a good agreement and verifies that limited sampling from satellite occultation experiments does not constitute a problem for deriving such a full seasonal cycle of monthly averaged N(2)O and O(3). Since Odin/SMR provides measurements globally, a 1-year data set of monthly averaged N(2)O and O(3) is reported here for both the entire Northern and Southern Hemispheres from these measurements. Further, these hemispheric data sets from Odin/SMR are separated into data sets of monthly averaged N(2)O and O(3) for the low latitudes, midlatitudes, and high latitudes. The resulting families of curves help to differentiate between O(3) changes due to photochemistry from those due to transport. These 1-year hemispheric data sets of monthly averaged N(2)O and O(3) from Odin/SMR and ILAS/ILAS-II as well as the data sets of monthly averaged N(2)O and O(3) for the specific latitude regions from Odin/SMR provide a potentially important tool for the evaluation of atmospheric photochemical models. An example of how such an evaluation can be performed is given using data from two chemical transport models (CTMs), the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS) and the Karlsruhe Simulation Model of the Middle Atmosphere (KASIMA). We find a good agreement between Odin/SMR and the CTMs CLaMS and KASIMA with differences generally less than +/- 20%.
F. Khosrawi
R. Müller
M.H. Proffitt
Joachim Urban
Chalmers, Institutionen för radio- och rymdvetenskap, Global miljömätteknik
Forskning Andra publikationer
Donal Murtagh
R. Ruhnke
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
J.-U. Grooß
H. Nakajima
National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan
Journal of Geophysical Research
01480227 (ISSN) 21562202 (eISSN)
Vol. 113 D18
Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning
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The Administration for Community Living (ACL) was created around the fundamental principle that older adults and people with disabilities of all ages should be able to live where they choose, with the people they choose, and participate fully in their communities.
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Mr Abhinandan, who believes in sustainability to the core is a great promoter of the same too. He believes in following before preaching. As a first step, he started with composting and working as a part-time volunteer to promote composting too. Eventually, he was convinced to go for Solar on his rooftop to not just make his electricity bills zero but also with an intention to save the resources for the next generation.
Considering all the requirements of the complete house a 3kW solar rooftop system is proposed. In order to optimize the system for maximum energy solar modules are installed using Enphase Micro Inverters. An elevated structure with corrugated was made and using Jurchen structure modules are installed on top of it. With an elevated structure, Mr Abhinandan is planning to use that space for organic gardening.
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Regional State Administrative Agencies: Restaurants and coronavirus
email: koronainfo@avi.fi
Questions and answers about restaurant closures at the website of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
The Government has submitted a proposal to Parliament on the temporary closure of restaurants and other food and beverage service businesses to customers for three weeks. The act would enter into force on 8 March 2021 and remain in force until 28 March 2021. During that time, meals could still be sold to customers for takeaway and delivery. The closure would apply to food and beverage service businesses in areas where the COVID-19 epidemic is in the acceleration or community transmission phase. Separate provisions on the areas of application will be laid down by government decree.
Staff restaurants and site canteens
Updated 7.4.2021
Answers are available at The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
Setting up a staff restaurant
Can the restaurant of a petrol station be made into a staff restaurant for the employees of a nearby construction site?
The establishment or opening of new staff restaurants (or takeaway restaurants) has not been restricted.
According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, what is decisive when assessing whether the operations can be considered to be staff restaurant operations permitted in legislation is whether the restaurant is open to outsiders or only to a limited group of people. Staff restaurant operations mean meals organised for the community's own personnel or a group of people that is limited in some other way. For example, a staff restaurant is a restaurant serving the personnel of a certain workplace or parties limited in some other way and it is not open to outsiders. A limited group of people has not been defined in more detail in legislation. Therefore, a limited group of people may as a rule also consist of the personnel of several workplaces as long as the restaurant is not open to outsiders.
More answers are available at The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
If the restaurant/petrol station has a separate space/room that is reserved only for a specific group (for example, people working at a certain workplace), this space/room can be considered a staff restaurant. Most importantly, it must be possible to minimise contacts that cause a risk of infection as much as possible. A staff restaurant cannot be open to outsiders and the use of the facilities must be clearly restricted from other customers of the petrol station. Restaurant keepers must decide themselves how sufficient restrictions will be carried out.
If the restaurant is also open for takeaway customers, it is not a staff restaurant.
The operator should contact the food control authority in the municipality to inform the authority about continued operations in the emergency conditions.
Can I prepare take-away meals for sale to consumers in my home without a food premises notification while the state of emergency is ongoing?
If you prepare meals for sale in your home, you need to file a food premises notification to your municipality's food control authorities informing of the food establishment operation. After filing the notification, food inspectors may visit to provide advice and instructions or supervise the operation if necessary. As a rule, such operations are subject to the same requirements as other food premises.
Food handling and information to be provided on food
Due to the ongoing state of emergency, however, the food premises notification need not be filed until four weeks after starting the operation. The operation can start immediately after filing the notification.
Why are there plexiglass screens at checkouts in some grocery stores?
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (TTL) has issued instructions on avoiding infection in customer service situations, including installing plexiglass. The instructions are available on the TTL website. The instructions issued by TTL apply to all service sectors that involve close contact with customers, not only grocery stores. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health instructions for service sectors.
Can the COVID-19 coronavirus be transmitted through surfaces or utensils?
In most cases, the virus transmits between people through droplets in close contact. The virus may last on surfaces, and infection is possible also through contact with surfaces such as door handles or utensils that have been contaminated by droplets coughed by an infected person. However, this is not considered to be the main mode of transmission. For more information on enhanced cleaning of customer premises, visit the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health website.
Customer premises
Surfaces touched by customers (door handles, railings, chairs, tables, payment terminals, toilet and bathroom facilities, etc.) must be cleaned carefully and as often as possible. Buttons and handles that come into contact with customers must be cleaned more frequently than normal.
More information: Regional State Administrative Agencies
Can pick 'n' mix sweets be packed into bags on store premises?
Pick 'n' mix sweets can be packed into bags for sale to customers in grocery stores. Bagging sweets can be performed by food industry employees, such as the store's staff or the sweet manufacturer's employees. The following issues should be kept in mind when bagging sweets:
include the activity in self-monitoring
remember good hand hygiene
bagging sweets should be done in the store's back room using clean utensils
bag sweets from containers that have not been out in the pick 'n' mix counter and within reach of customers
take steps to prevent contamination by allergens
when bagging sweets for immediate sale to speed up and facilitate sales, give the following information on the bag: name of the food, ingredients, country of origin (if other than Finland) and necessary instructions on use and storage. It is also possible to provide the information verbally if it is indicated by a sign or similar manner in the vicinity of the non-prepacked items that the information is provided by staff upon request.
when bagging sweets for non-immediate sales, all mandatory labelling (in Finnish) on the sweets must be provided to customers.
Things for restaurants to consider if they deliver prepacked lunches or other ready meals to be sold in stores or over store's service counters
If a food establishment's operations change, they should consult the following instructions from the Finnish Food Authority and contact their municipality's food control authority
Restaurants can deliver meals and food to stores for sale. Supplying foods containing animal products must comply with the quantitative limits set in Regulation 1258/2011. (Government decree on activities with low food safety risks).
Particular attention should be given to temperature control:
If the food is delivered to the store cold, the food must be refrigerated at the restaurant to +6 degrees within four hours, and the food must remain cold until it reaches the consumer.
If the food is delivered to the store heated, food temperature must remain at least +60 degrees at all times until the food reaches the consumer.
It should be noted that reliefs on regulations on food labelling that were applied during the Corona pandemic have been removed since the beginning of 2021.
Name of the food
List of ingredients with emphasis on ingredients and products causing allergies and intolerances (in Finnish)
The quantities of specific ingredients or groups of ingredients (where appropriate, but usually where the consumer's choices are relevant, e.g., The meat content of meat balls, quantity of fish in fish soup)
Content quantity (= weight)
Maximum shelf life (best before date) or expiry date
Name, business name or auxiliary business name and address of the food business operator
Country of origin or place of provenance (country of origin of meat such as beef, pork, lamb, goat, or poultry)
Storage instructions (if necessary) (e.g., perishable foods should not be stored above 6 degrees)
User guide (if applicable)
Nutritional information (optional)
Foods prepared in restaurant premises but which are delivered to a store for sale to consumers are considered to be prepacked foods (sales units).
The following information must be provided on prepacked foods:
In addition, if necessary:
- Batch code (if the product label has a date that indicates to the nearest day and month, it replaces the batch code), and on ready meals, a declaration on the salt content if the level of salt is more than 1.2% by weight.
Mandatory labelling on prepacked foods must be provided in Finnish and Swedish for food sold or delivered in a bilingual municipality.
If a restaurant sells non-prepacked food to be sold at a store service counter where the food is dispensed from the container that the food was delivered in, the store must be informed of at least the following:
Ingredients (including ingredients causing allergies or intolerances (in Finnish))
Necessary instructions for use and storage
Sales times for products should be kept short (max. date of manufacture + two days thereafter) unless the restaurant has commissioned shelf life studies for the food.
If food is sold to consumers at a service counter by the store's staff, the minimum requirement is to include a sign near the counter instructing customers to "ask a member of staff about allergens and other information". Staff members must be able to provide consumers with the food's name, list of ingredients, including ingredients that cause allergies and intolerances, the country of origin if necessary, and instructions on use and storage.
Things to note about packaging materials
Only packaging materials that are suitable for contact with food should be used. Packaging suitable for food contact can, for example, have a cup and fork symbol to indicate compatibility with food products, or their suitability for food use is stated in the name of the packaging material or elsewhere on the label.
Packaging materials must be stored in a protected and a clean space.
How should employees take care of hygiene when working in premises used for handling food?
When working at a food establishment, it is particularly important that hands are washed with water and soap thoroughly and frequently. Avoid touching your face. Always wash hands after coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose. Follow the Finnish Food Authority's instructions on washing hands. Be sure to also read the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare's handwashing instructions.
Remember to only handle food, cooking utensils and serving dishes with clean, healthy hands.
Using disposable gloves when handling food
The purpose of protective gloves is to protect food from dirt and microbes passed on by touch. Gloves are often used to cover the hands when handling food. If protective gloves are used, their hygiene must be ensured and the gloves must be disposed and replaced sufficiently often, particularly to prevent cross-contamination. Protective gloves must be used particularly when handling non-prepacked food if you have an infected wound in your hand or use artificial nails or jewellery. Regardless of whether protective gloves are used, you should wash hands regularly.
If you do not have access to your usual type of disposable glove and need to switch to a new product, be sure to check that the new gloves are suitable for their intended use in handling food. The suitability of disposable gloves for their intended use should be ensured particularly if the gloves are used to handle greasy and/or hot foods. To check whether the gloves can be used in handling food, see the print on the packaging or look for a symbol of a wine glass and a fork. The packaging should also indicate if there are limitations on use of the gloves for handling food, such as the characteristics of the food being handled or limits on contact time. The law requires that the packaging for vinyl PVC gloves not suitable for handling greasy foods must include the disclaimer "not suitable for handling greasy food" or an equivalent phrase. However, as the labelling of vinyl gloves is often incomplete in this respect, you should check suitability with the supplier when necessary.
Good food hygiene must always be followed in food production in order to ensure that the food is safe, healthy and clean. Employees may not come in sick even when only experiencing minor flu symptoms. All members of staff should be reminded of good hygiene practices at work. Any temporary workers should also be trained on workplace hygiene. Your occupational healthcare provider is responsible for instructions related to employees' health.
When can a food industry worker returning from abroad return to work at a restaurant?
The Government has decreed that Finnish citizens and permanent residents returning from abroad are instructed to remain in quarantine-like conditions for two weeks. Employees returning from abroad must agree on the date of returning to work and the two-week absence with their employer.
Further information is available on the Finnish Institution of Occupational Health website
In other words, restaurant workers coming back from abroad cannot work in a restaurant for two weeks after returning to Finland.
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Becoming a mom is a life-changing experience! Between the hormones of pregnancy, the physical trauma of birth (no matter how you did it), and the tortuous sleep deprivation of having a newborn, the initiation into motherhood can take a serious toll. Without proper knowledge, support, and care, your mental health can be affected before you even notice! Here are my tips, learned from experience, on how to care for your mental health after having a baby.
I had a rough pregnancy that completely upended my life (read more about it here). And after I gave birth, I needed another surgery three weeks later from being in extreme pain! Combine that with nursing, not sleeping, and living with relatives… I was a mess. My depression and anxiety were back, and as a result, I wasn't taking care of myself nearly enough. I felt isolated and like I had to do everything on my own. My mental health after having a baby was in shambles. And the worst part is, I only realized it more than a year later, when I was coming out of the baby fog looking backwards! I can now think back and see what I did wrong that caused me so much difficulty, and what I will do differently if we have another.
I was never diagnosed with postpartum depression, and I never saw a professional about how I was feeling. That's a big regret of mine – learn from my mistake! If you believe you're suffering from postpartum depression, please reach out to a qualified medical professional for help. I'm not a medical doctor or mental health professional (see my full disclaimer here), so the advice in this post should not be taken as medical or mental health advice. In other words, the following tips are not a substitute for mental health counseling!
It's natural to want to spend the first few weeks with your baby at home, alone, getting to know each other and find your rhythm together. And that's perfectly fine! But don't push away others at this critical time. You need to call and chat with your friends. Let your mom tell you all about what she did when you were a baby. Stop and talk to that lady in the grocery store who wants to make funny faces at your brand new babe. Human connection with people other than the ones you live with will help keep you sane!
When you're struggling, speak up! Tell your husband, best friend, or close relative that you need help to get everything done. This can be really hard to do! It's scary and shameful to admit that you're not superwoman. But why have we set this impossible standard for new moms to keep? Ask for help when you need it. You'll have less to juggle, and you'll be able to focus more on your mental health after having a baby!
I hope you have that woman in your life who you can talk about absolutely anything with! It doesn't matter if it's silly or R-rated, she's up to the task and has been through it before. Talk to her about everything right now! All the gross and uncomfortable stuff that's going on in your body. The things your baby produces from both ends. And the thoughts that go through your head! Find someone who understands and will listen nonjudgmentally, because she'll make you feel better in the end!
This is the biggest reason I think moms don't get help when they should. We're afraid that if we talk about how we're really feeling, what we're truly struggling with… People will think we're bad moms. I experienced the same thing. I convinced myself that I had to do every single thing, from feeding, to rocking, to putting to sleep. Granted, I was the best at it, considering I had the milk! Emma and I are very close now, of course, but I'm still recovering from not taking good care of my mental health after having a baby. Now, I can only imagine how much easier my life as a new mom would have been if I had let go a bit, been honest, and showed how I was really feeling.
How did you take care of your mental health after having a baby – and what are your tips? Share with other moms in the comments!


I'm delighted to have one of my favorite bloggers, Ava Jae, visit the lecture hall this week. Aside from her usual great advice and perspectives on writing, she holds a monthly giveaway for a first page critique (similar to my Real Life Diagnostics without the question), and today she'll share some insights and tips gleaned from her Fixing the First Page series.
Ava is a YA and NA writer, an Assistant Editor at Entangled Publishing, and is represented by Louise Fury of The Bent Agency. Her YA Sci-Fi debut, BEYOND THE RED, is releasing March 2016 from Sky Pony Press. When she's not writing about kissing, superpowers, explosions, and aliens, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, nerding out over the latest X-Men news, or hanging out on her social media sites.
Oftentimes, first pages are referred to as the most important 250 words of a manuscript—something that I tend to agree with. First pages hold a lot of responsibility—they need to hook the reader in, whether that reader is an agent, an editor, or someone holding your book, debating whether or not to buy. And while the first page may just be 250 words, those words are used, consciously or not, to judge the rest of your book.
Is this first page intriguing? Is the voice engaging? Do I like the writing style? Do I want to keep reading? These are all questions that readers ask as they sample that first page, so it's your job as a writer to write an opening that doesn't disappoint.
This is probably my #1 critique with openings, and 9/10 times it's because the story is starting too soon. A book should open shortly before the inciting incident, which is the event that kicks off the protagonist's journey. Oftentimes, however, I find that many writers start their books well before the inciting incident—for example, they take readers through the protagonist's whole uneventful day before getting to the event that changes everything. Instead, it's much more effective to start just before the event, so that the pacing doesn't lag right in your opening pages.
By "writing issues" I mean sentence-level stuff. Wordiness. Filter phrases. Show vs. tell. Lack of grounding details. The good news is these are pretty easy to weed out once you realize they need fixing—the bad news is the sentence-level issues present on the first page are generally a good indication of wide-spread manuscript issues. If there are a lot of filter phrases ("I see," "I think," "I wonder," "I smell," "I feel," etc.) on the first page for example, I know to expect to see plenty peppered throughout the manuscript.
This is an issue I see most often when reading YA and NA (especially the former). Both YA and NA have very particular voice types—they need to sound like they were narrated by protagonists of the correct age group (so roughly 15/16-18 for YA and 18-mid twenties for NA). More times than not when there are voice issues, it's because the voice sounds too old (again, especially with YA). This is tougher to fix, because voice is conveyed through every word—so, for example, just a couple words peppered throughout the first page that a teen wouldn't regularly use can throw the whole voice off.
On the flip side, I also frequently see voices in YA that sound like an adult attempting to sound like a teen. Major tip-offs include exaggerated teen angst, relying on clichés, and using outdated slang.
In the end, the best way to get a feel for YA voices is to read a lot of YA. I highly recommend I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson, Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, and Half Bad by Sally Green for great voices, specifically.
Backstory is tricky, and as a general rule, shouldn't be on your first page. While it's important to have some contextual information sprinkled in so readers aren't totally lost, the first page is not the place to dump a bunch of information about the character's backstory or circumstances leading up to the opening. Doing so brings the pacing to a grinding halt and can frequently be overwhelming to readers who haven't had a chance to ease into your story yet.
So before you prepare your manuscript for submission, I encourage you to take a good look at your opening (or have critique partners do so) and see if you can spot any of these issues. Because while one of these issues alone may not automatically disqualify a submission, the best submissions are ones without any problems to distract from the story.
First pages can be really tough to get right. I don't know if you have any critique partners, but if you do, they can be essential to figuring out where to start and how well the writing is working (or not).
Great stuff, as always. Thanks for the tips!
This is an interesting article, Ava. I've never heard of NA before. I protagonist is 26 at the beginning of the story. Is this NA. Also, what does NA stand for.
As far as putting in backstory, I had learned in a free workshop that it should be put into a story on a need-to-know basis. What's your feelings on this?
As far as backstory goes, I agree it's definitely a need-to-know basis. Put in the backstory readers need to know to understand the story (and do it gradually, throughout the manuscript rather than all at once), but don't give any more than they need. It can be a tricky balance, but critique partners definitely help figure out where the line is.
Really interesting stuff, thanks for sharing.
Hi Ava. Is it possible to have your "backstory" infused with enough tension and conflict that it becomes worthwhile? I have 150 pages that happens before the inciting event but I wonder if it is novel worthy and not an info dump. Is that possible or am I dreaming (I can take it.).
Thanks for the article and advice.
My gut instinct is that if it takes 150 pages to get to the inciting event, you have too much backstory (or your inciting event isn't what you think it is, and the story actually starts much earlier on).
You *can* have compelling backstory, but if it's taking that much space it sounds like it does sound like it's its own novel.
Wow! I feel bad for not seeing these last couple comments earlier. So sorry!
I totally agree with Janice, though. If it takes 150 pages to get to what you think is your inciting incident, it sounds like it's already taken a story of its own (in which case, that later incident probably isn't the inciting incident...or its the inciting incident of another story?).
But generally inciting incidents need to be at the very beginning. After all, they're the incident that should be kicking off the rest of your story.
I hope that helps! Good luck with your writing!
Just starting to edit my novel for children and came across your blog. Filter phrase issue is really helpful as I am just about to start first round of editing.
People like me cannot thank you enough for your time and advice.
Most welcome, glad you find the site useful :) That's why I do it.


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More pictograms than you can shake a javelin at
brand / news / Simon Manchipp / SomeOne / UK Althletics
It's been suspiciously quiet on the SomeOne front so far this year after a flurry of big launches at the back end of last year. But concern yourself no more brand fans, they're back with a bang and an explosive new identity for British Athletics.
Seizing on possibly the highest profile UK Athletics has enjoyed in many a year, what with those few weeks that happened in the summer and that, they identified a need to create a more consumer-focused identity that was able to attract and engage with new participants of the sport as well as those already familiar with athletics and the UK Athletics body. SomeOne seemed like a good fit, having won much acclaim for their Olympic pictograms.
As athletic organisations logos are often worn, on event clothing as well as training kit, the existing UK Athletics logo approach was felt better represented by a badge. A badge of athletic pride. As SomeOne co-founder Gary Holt states "A badge was created to bring together all of the diverse athletic disciplines. Something that could come to represent quality, confidence, expertise and pride – in all things athletic".
The branding device of the badge is designed to work at both small sizes where the illustration makes a crest-like shape — and at large sizes where each of the sporting figures can be more clearly read. The leading symbol is detailed, but is designed to retain primary elements even at small sizes and in challenging applications such as stitched shirts and digital branded environments.
Individually these pictograms can be picked out in colour for each specific discipline, or even used as patterns themselves – increasing pride and relevance to all of the types of athletics, as well as building a broader brand world for all communications and events.
The new British Athletics logo is made up of 14 different "pictograms" each representing a different discipline within the sport and as Sophia Warner, British Athletics Commercial Director explains, the unique design has been created to reflect the diverse nature of athletics.
'The development of the British Athletics brand gives the sport something really exciting and unique to work with, and opens up a world of opportunities for us to develop and increase the profile of the sport.'
As usual, read more words, see more pictures on this project here.
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ELMHURST – The 15th biennial Zoroastrian Games, also known as Z Games, are coming to Elmhurst.
From June 30 to July 4, members of the international Zoroastrian community will be arriving in Elmhurst to participate in a long weekend of competitive sports.
According to the Zoroastrian Sports Committee website, Zoroastrianism is a religion that was founded circa 1500 BC. It is one of the oldest monotheist religions known.
In 1988, a group of Zoroastrians, also known as Zarathustis, decided to hold the first Z Games in Los Angeles. The idea was to gather members of the community from the United States, Canada, India, Iran and other countries around the world to promote unity and friendly competition.
The games are held July 4 every other year. The last games took place in 2014 in Los Angeles.
The Zoroastrian Games, besides encouraging participants to lead healthier lives by making exercise part of their routines, allow people from all over the world who share the same belief system to meet each other and form long-lasting friendships.
The games are open to adults 16 and older and children from 7 to 15 years old.
Adults can participate in team sports including basketball and volleyball, as well as individual sports including tennis, table tennis, track, swimming and golf. There are also team relay events for swimming and track.
Children can participate in basketball, track and swimming.
Housing for the 2016 Zoroastrian Games will be in Stanger Hall at Elmhurst College, which will allow athletes to stay close to where the games will take place.
There also will be three activities for people to socialize and enjoy time off from competing. The weekend of fun will kick off July 1 at the Mediterranean restaurant Reza's, 40 N. Tower Road.
There will be a tour July 2 that will include attractions in Chicago as well as local Zarathusti landmarks.
The weekend ends with the Red Carpet Banquet, an evening of dining and dancing to celebrate the games.


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This article covers the process of planning for and having a First Sync Meeting for Full Sync to QuickBooks Desktop.
The goal of a sync meeting is to get a customer's financial data from CoreBridge to QuickBooks. If the sync is successful with no errors we will have accomplished the task.
Once the sync is successful the customer may have questions that are more or less accounting-related than sync-related. We can offer basic support if the accounting question is related to the sync but the customer should rely on their CPA for accounting-related questions.
There are sync requirements noted in the setup articles that must be met before a customer gets sent the meeting scheduling link. Unless there is some exception, their system should have the following so that there is meaningful financial data to sync, to discuss, and to be sure that the accounts are working as expected.
Definition: A service inside of QuickBooks where you log in to your bank and QuickBooks pulls in bank transactions.
It's like getting your bank statement daily instead of at the end of the month. People like bank feeds because it allows you to have your bank account(s) in QuickBooks up to date on a daily basis which is more current than once per month. Manually recording transactions against your bank account will provide the same results but the bank feed makes that task easier. Since CoreBridge payments will be syncing along with the bank transactions, the same payment will be in QuickBooks twice. The customer needs to know how to properly use the bank feed feature so they don't end up with duplicate money showing in their bank account.
Deposits made from CoreBridge payments will appear in the bank feed but they can't just be added to QuickBooks. Recording a bank feed deposit without matching it to the corresponding synced payment(s) will give you duplicate numbers in QuickBooks. The deposit should either be (1) matched to the CoreBridge payment(s) or (2) excluded from the list if you can't get a match.
Since the bank feed is a service provided by QuickBooks the customer should learn how to use it by getting help from QuickBooks support or their CPA. If the customer needs help with bank feeds on a sync meeting, it should be saved until the end of meeting after the sync is completely successful with no errors. Since a sync meeting should be no more than one hour you may need to end the meeting and suggest they contact QuickBooks support or their CPA. If they still have questions after contacting QuickBooks support or their CPA a CoreBridge Accounting Specialist can meet with them.
The accounting specialist assigned to the sync ticket will work with the customer as much as possible before a meeting is scheduled to ensure that the sync is 100% successful with no sync errors and to make the meeting as simple as possible. There are instances where the time spent emailing back and forth to get everything perfect is time better spent at the beginning of a meeting to get every sync issue addressed. That's where meeting notes come in.
The accounting specialist assigned to the ticket will usually create meeting notes. If there are no notes be sure to make them so nothing is forgotten that would give the customer bad sync results. That only creates headaches for them and more tickets for us. We are primarily concerned with things that would specifically affect the sync. If there are other things that don't affect the sync specifically but may affect their books in a bad way, it's a good idea to be helpful and bring those things up.
Over the course of the ticket, it's possible that answers to the sync questions change over time, esp. if a customer takes several months. When making notes, always look for the most recent answers.
Copy and paste any of the questions that may impact the sync.
If customer took over an existing system, they need to provide the date where transactions are theirs are not from the prior owner. That will be the sync start date.
Part of the sync process is reviewing customer's Chart of Accounts. After a review, if any accounts have issues, the agent will highlight accounts on a spreadsheet and send the spreadsheet to the customer. The highlighted accounts should also be added as a ticket note.
If there are no accounts with issues, we tell the customer that and there will be no notes to add to the ticket. Since no accounts have issues there is nothing to add about accounts to meeting notes.
If there are accounts with issues, they must be added to the ticket notes. If they were not added prior, open the spreadsheet that was send to the customer and add only the accounts with issues to the meeting notes.
e.g.: This is what should be part of the meeting notes.
If it's a new system, find the date of the earliest order.
If it's an existing system, customer will need to provide the date.
If they won't be starting on either of those dates, they need to provide the date. Some customers wait a while for the sync and have already manually entered data into QuickBooks.
Review the meeting notes prior to the meeting.
Join the meeting about 2-3 minutes prior to the start time in case the customer is early.
If the customer does not show up at the specified time, email the meeting information right away.
The information can be copied directly from the goto meeting app while it's running.
"Hi, this is _ _ _ _ _" / "Thank you for scheduling a sync meeting", etc... / "The other agents in the meeting are _ _ _ _ _"
Usually the sync meeting is with one person. Could be the owner or maybe the center's CPA that isn't located onsite in the store.
Sometimes it's two or more people, one of which will probably be the center's CPA.
You may need to wait for additional meeting participants if the person there doesn't need to know the details you will be sharing. Just ask if they want to wait.
"To share your screen I will send you 2 buttons to click."
There is no need to send an audio pin unless customer is having problems.
"The first one will allow me to view your screen. Just click Share My Screen."
"The second one will let me control the mouse."
"We can't see the GOTO MEETING app on our side. If you can see it please click the arrows to minimize it since it will get in the way during the meeting. Or if you have multiple monitors you can move it to a different monitor."
"Please open CoreBridge and sign in."
"Please open the QuickBooks company you are syncing to and log in as an ADMIN user."
"To confirm, is this the QuickBooks company you will be syncing to?"
"And are you signed in to QuickBooks as an ADMIN user?"
We want to have all this stuff taken care of before the sync actually happens.
It's faster if we fix things but better if you can you walk the customer through any adjustments so they learn instead of just watching.
"Before we actually run the sync, we need go over some information."
We only need to discuss questions with specific answers. Those answered are noted below along with the questions. If they gave a different answer than is noted, just skip that part.
"First, we will review the questions that were answered previously."
"To confirm, is QuickBooks running on Windows or Mac?"
"Our software that controls the sync isn't supported on a hosted computer. We can try to sync and see what happens. We have seen success before but if the sync software won't work we won't be able to move forward."
"You noted that bank transactions are being entered into QuickBooks. Are those your CoreBridge payments?"
YES - "The sync will be giving you CoreBridge payments in QuickBooks so the ones that have been entered will need to be addressed so that you don't get duplicate data in QuickBooks."
NO - "As long as they aren't from CoreBridge they won't be an issue. We just want to be sure you won't get duplicated in QuickBooks."
"Since the sync will be creating CoreBridge transactions in QuickBooks, whatever has been entered manually will need to be address so that you don't get duplicate data in QuickBooks."
"Since you took over an existing system, we will need to know the exact data where transactions entered in CoreBridge belong to the new owner. That date will be used to tell the sync which transactions to start with based on date."
Yes doesn't matter greatly unless they want to sync multiple systems to a single QuickBooks company. Just need to deal with the CLASS setting.
"Since you have multiple locations, we separate them in QuickBooks by CLASS. There was a step in the setup instructions to enable the CLASS feature in QuickBooks. Was that feature enabled?"
That is addressed on the next question.
This should have been brought up right after the question was answered. If not, we must bring it up now. Syncing multiple systems to a single QuickBooks company is not suggested.
"The sync is designed to sync a single CoreBridge system to a single QuickBooks company. Syncing multiple systems to a single company can be successful but it requires detailed oversight of each individual system to keep from getting sync errors and duplicate data in QuickBooks. Do you want to proceed with syncing to a single company?"
YES - "These are the things to keep in mind."
"Invoices numbers have to be unique on each system. Has that been addressed?"
"CoreBridge payments ID's and Purchase Order numbers can never replicate between or among systems. We would need to manually advance the numbers of those ID's in CoreBridge so that they will always be completely unique in QuickBooks. The first system would get no changes. We may need to advance additional systems by 10,000 or some other number so that they never get duplicated. Has that been addressed?"
"Customer names, vendor names, part names, modifier names, and GL accounts, should always be either the same in all systems or different in all systems."
"If they start off being the same but there is a change in only one system, the sync will update QuickBooks with the change. But when a record needs to sync from another system, the sync will fail for the other system because the that system is looking for what the record was before it was changed on the first system. To get past the error, you will need to determine how to address the failing record in both systems as well as in QuickBooks."
If they start off being different but there is a change in one system that makes them the same, the sync will either fail or send data to the wrong record in QuickBooks. If it fails, to get past the error you will need to address the systems involved as well as QuickBooks to know how to move forward."
"Based on the information, would you still like to sync to a single QuickBooks company?"
"There was a step in the setup instructions instructing what to do in QuickBooks to accommodate the integration. That has to be done so that Sales Tax is recorded properly in QuickBooks. Has anyone performed the actions needed in QuickBooks? "
"Now lets address the accounts that were noted earlier."
"Are there any existing Customers, Vendors, or Employees in QuickBooks?
"If there is a customer in CoreBridge and in QuickBooks, but the names don't match exactly, the sync will create a duplicate customer in QuickBooks. Do you have any questions about how that works?"
"If there is a customer in CoreBridge, and there is a Vendor or Employee in QuickBooks with the same name, the sync will fail. Customers, Vendors, and Employees all need to have unique names. Do you think that will be an issue?"
"Vendors have the same issue as Customers. If there is a vendor in CoreBridge and in QuickBooks, but the names don't match exactly, the sync will create a duplicate Vendor in QuickBooks. Do you think that will be an issue?"
"If you sell to an employee, you will need to add the employee as a Customer in CoreBridge. When that Customer syncs, if the customer name is the same name as the existing Employee name the sync will fail. Customer and Employee names in QuickBooks must be unique. Do you think that will be an issue?"
"Have all settings in QuickBooks been addressed?
"Are there existing invoices in QuickBooks"
"If invoice numbers used in QuickBooks are the same as CoreBridge, the invoices won't sync. Did you confirm they they are different?"
"Are there existing items in QuickBooks?"
"Items are the trickiest part of the sync if you have existing items in QuickBooks so lets talk about what can happen."
"If there is an item in CoreBridge and the same item in QuickBooks, but the name isn't exactly the same, the sync will create a new item in QuickBooks. If you don't care about duplicate items, then there is nothing to worry about."
To not get duplicate items, the name in QuickBooks and the name in CoreBridge must be exactly the same. In addition to the name, the item Type must also be the same. There are 3 item types in CoreBridge and QuickBooks: Inventory, non-inventory, and service. If the item name is the same but the type isn't, the sync will try to change the item type in QuickBooks. Since QuickBooks doesn't typically allow the type to be changed, the sync will fail for that item. To get past the error, the item name can be changed in either CoreBridge or QuickBooks. When that happens, the sync will create a new item in QuickBooks which will give you duplicates.
Are there items in QuickBooks and CoreBridge where the name is the same but the type isn't?
NO - "Then there shouldn't be any issues."
YES - "The only way to fix the issue and not get duplicates is for both the name and type to be the same in CoreBridge and in QuickBooks. The problem you can have with that is the type can't be changed in CoreBridge. We can change it behind the scenes but that has to done by the programmers. That would need to happen before you sync which would require the sync meeting to be re-scheduled. We can continue with everything as-is but there may be items that fail. Keep in mind that if items fails, the related invoices will also fail. Would you like to continue?"
NO - "If you need us to change the item type in CoreBridge for you, we will need to know what the type needs to be. The easiest way to make changes is for us to change all parts and modifiers to the same type, such as Service. If you need individual items to be changed, we would need the part report from CoreBridge along with the new type so the report can be given to the programmers. Which of those two options works best for you?"
"The software that controls the sync is referred to as the "sync tool". It must be installed on the computer where the sync will be run. That computer must also have QuickBooks installed. Has the sync tool been downloaded to the appropriate computer?"
"If Windows User Account Control is enabled, I won't be able to see the popup window. Please click YES if you see the popup."
"Let's review how the Sync Tool works."
"It doesn't start with Windows so when the computer is rebooted you will need to use the desktop shortcut to open it."
"Once it's running, and you close it, it will run in the background."
"When it's running in the background you can't use the desktop shortcut to open it. You will need to open it from the Windows System Tray instead."
"To sync data to QuickBooks, the sync needs to be started manually."
"A CoreBridge user account with permission to run the sync is needed."
"Please enter that Username and Password. The password needs to be entered in the CONFIRM box as well."
"If the CoreBridge password for this account changes, the password will need to be updated manually on the sync tool."
"The TAG and URL should never be changed. They tell the sync tool how to access your system."
"Refunds will post to the bank account set here."
If you see more than one bank account: "Which account is your operating account?"
"The Sync Start Date is the date that tells the sync tool which record to start with based on date."
"Since you are syncing from day one, the date of your first transaction will be used."
"The date we discussed earlier will go here"
"The date should never be changed. You don't need to change it each time the sync is run."
"We will now save the settings. If the sync tool is changed in the future, such as when updating the password, the settings need to be saved again. The first save will also authorize the sync tool with QuickBooks."
"When you save, you need to wait for the save process to finish before moving forward. You will know it finished by seeing the green message and by seeing the activity icon on the mouse pointer go away."
"Before running a sync, QuickBooks must be open and the company must be signed into."
"A message in Green means that the username and password are correct."
"A message in Red means that the username and password are not correct OR that the account doesn't have permission to sync."
Wait for save process to finish.
"I need to close the sync tool then re-open it."
"The Skip QB Preference Step should never be selected. It's only for troubleshooting."
"If your system has purchase orders, they will sync to QuickBooks if the Skip PO step is not checked. Do you want your CoreBridge purchase orders to sync to QuickBooks?"
IF MULTIPLE LOCATIONS: Set A/R account for each location.
AFB is the only franchise that uses a separate A/R account for deposits and credits. For anyone else use the same A/R account in both fields.
"This tab is where your A/R account in QuickBooks is mapped. Clicking the Refresh Accounts link will pull in any A/R account from QuickBooks."
The only thing to address here is "Sync Tax as Line Item".
That is a requirement only if they are using one of the integrations noted.
"Since you are using an integration that requires syncing tax as line items, this box must be checked."
"We can now pull in the Tax Group from QuickBooks that was created during setup."
"Since changes were made we need to save again."
"I'll check to be sure everything was saved."
"Do you have any questions before we perform the sync?"
"Before we sync lets discuss the sync process."
"The sync isn't automatic. It has to be run manually."
"There are 2 groups of records that sync."
"Invoices sync once they are marked COMPLETED."
"Payments sync only after they have been reconciled in CoreBridge"
"The Completed Date will be the Invoice date in QuickBooks."
"The sync should be performed at the end of each business day. That will create any new transactions in QuickBooks and update any records that have been changed. If the sync is not performed on a regular basis, the records that change in CoreBridge won't be changed in QuickBooks and that can cause sync errors. Sync errors cause data not to be transmitted to QuickBooks.
"We recommend performing a reconciliation at the end of each business day then running a sync after the reconciliation has been completed."
"Do you have any questions before we run the sync?"
"Since this is your first sync, it can take quite a while for it to finish. Every active customer, active item, active vendor, completed order, and payment will sync."
"Please take mouse control and open QuickBooks."
"Before syncing, QuickBooks needs to be in single-user mode, and all windows inside of QuickBooks need to be closed."
"Accountant's copy restrictions can cause the sync to fail. The only way past those errors is to remove the restriction or wait until the restriction is removed."
"A closing date can also cause the sync to fail. The only way past those errors is to remove the closing date password."
"Please open the sync tool"
"From the HOME tab, click SYNC DATA TO QUICKBOOKS."
"It will run through each of these processes every time."
"The sync is either CREATING or UPDATING records in QuickBooks.
"Check QuickBooks preferences will happen every time."
"When a record in CoreBridge is changed or added, the sync will attempt to change or add the record in QuickBooks."
"If it is successful, it will show as a SUCCESSFUL ITEM. You can click the link to show what was processed."
"Now that you are syncing, if a change needs to be made, the change should be made in CoreBridge and the sync will update QuickBooks on the following sync."
"If a change is made in QuickBooks, the same change must be made in CoreBridge to match or that record will fail on the following sync."
"If everything syncs successfully, FINISH will be displayed."
"If a record can't be changed or added to QuickBooks successfully, it will show as a FAILED ITEM."
"We refer to that as a SYNC ERROR."
"If something fails, you won't get all of your data in QuickBooks so those Failed Items will need to be addressed."
"Failed Items will display in a column next to SUCCESSFUL ITEMS."
"In addition to displaying the Failed Item, a button named TROUBLESHOOT PROBLEMS will appear on the bottom left."
"When you get a failed item, click the FAILED ITEM link to open the details window. If the error makes sense and you know how to fix the problem, go ahead and fix the problem then run the sync again. If the fix was correct the Failed Item will become a Successful Item and the sync will finish successfully."
"If the error doesn't make sense or you aren't sure how to fix the problem, a ticket will need to be opened so that support can troubleshoot the problem. Support will either fix the problem or let you know how to fix the problem depending on the error message. Once the problem is fixed, run the sync again and the sync will finish successfully."
"Do you have any questions"
"For Failed Items, there are 2 ways to open a ticket."
"Open a ticket the same way you do now."
"Click the Failed Item link to open the error window."
"Take a screenshot of just the error window and not the entire desktop."
"Attach the screenshot to your ticket then submit it."
"Click the Troubleshoot Problems button."
"Enter your email address then click Submit."
"That process will automatically submit a ticket for you."
"It will also record the error on your system on the back end."
"When the ticket is received by support, we log in to your system to view the failed item."
"Support will troubleshoot the problem and reply back on the ticket. We will either fix the problem or let you know how to fix it depending on the error."
"Once the problem is fixed, you should run the sync again so that the Failed Item is successful allowing the sync to finish successfully."
If time is running out and there are many records to sync, offer a followup meeting.
"Since it could take an hour or more for the sync to finish, would it be OK to close the meeting and schedule a brief followup meeting?"
"For the sync to finish, QuickBooks should remain open and untouched."
"When the sync finishes, please run it again before reporting any errors. For the first sync, sometimes everything doesn't sync the first time."
"After it finishes the second time, that's when any errors can be reported. Do you have any questions about how to report sync errors?"
"Before closing the meeting, let's discuss a Hard Fail. That doesn't happen often but I still want you to be prepared. A hard fail is where the sync just stops in it's tracks and doesn't keep going to the next step. Hard Fail errors are not reported the same way we talked about earlier. If you get a hard fail, you will need to go to the Sync Activity tab. That's where a Hard Fail error is displayed. We will need a screenshot of any errors from that window in order to troubleshoot."
"When the sync finishes, just close the sync tool by clicking the X in the top-right corner just like any other software"
"Do you have any final questions before the meeting is closed?"
"Now that the sync is finished let's see the results in QuickBooks."
"First, I would like to check the payments."
There may be 2 Undeposited Funds accounts. If the sync created one, it will be "00001" but probably won't be the one that will be used.
Confirm that the sync payments posted to the built-in account.
"Once the sync finishes, the next thing to do is record deposits."
"Deposits need to be recorded to move your payments from the Undeposited Funds account to a bank account."
"In the menu bar select BANKING, then select MAKE DEPOSITS."
"This is the selection window."
"What shows here are the payments that have posted to the Undeposited Funds account but have not yet been deposited."
"Please keep in mind that Refunds post directly to a bank account."
"Once a payment has been deposited it won't show up again in the selection window."
"Once all payments have been deposited, your Undeposited Funds account should have a $0 balance."
"Before we make deposits, please keep the following things in mind."
"The goal in QuickBooks is to be sure that all payments have been deposited."
"And the goal when recording deposits is to have the deposit match what will appear on a bank statement. That will make it easier to perform a monthly bank reconciliation."
Go through at least one deposit with the customer then let them finish.
At this point, the selection window should still be open.
"Are you familiar with making deposits or would you like help to get started?"
"Let's do the first one together."
"You will need to determine which payments to select to match what is deposited."
"When the correct payments have been selected, click OK."
"That brings the payments to the Deposit window."
"Before recording a deposit, you need to select the appropriate Bank account and give the deposit an appropriate date."
"Since your merchant takes out their fee on each deposit, you should record the fee with the deposit so that the deposit matches your bank statement."
"To do that, you will enter the fee in the deposit window on it's own line."
"You will select the appropriate expense account, then enter the fee as a negative value."
"Once everything is set correctly, choose the appropriate button."
"SAVE & CLOSE will record the deposit and close the window."
"SAVE & NEW will record the deposit and bring up the selection window for the next deposit."
This is a function in QuickBooks so we shouldn't spend a lot of time of teaching someone. We can recommend that they contact QuickBooks support or their CPA. Or they can schedule a meeting with the accounting specialist.


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The controversial side of Linturi
By Josephine Njoroge January 10th, 2022 2 min read
Meru Senator Mithika Linturi and his estranged wife Maryanne Kitany. PHOTOS | FILE
Meru Senator Mithika Linturi has on a number of occasions found himself on the wrong side of the law.
The politician was elected to the Senate in 2017 after serving as Igembe South lawmaker for more than two decades.
Here are some of the instances that have placed the grey bearded lawmaker on wrong books during his tenure.
1. Arrested over 'Madoadoa' remarks at Eldoret rally
The lawmaker was arrested over controversial remarks he allegedly made during a rally in Eldoret on January 8. His arrest follows a directive by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji to the Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai to initiate an investigation into the remarks. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) waded into the debate, indicating that the utterances attributed to Linturi could not only bring hate but also likely to affect harmonious coexistence between Kenyan communities.
2. Arrested over Sh530 million bank forgery claim
Linturi was on March 2021 arrested over claims he'd used forged signatures to secure a Sh530 million bank loan with properties of his estranged wife as collateral. In a petition filed before the High Court, Marianne Kitany, the estranged wife of the Meru Senator, accused him of forging signatures to secure the multimillion-shilling loan from Family Bank. The DPP recommended his arrest and prosecution for criminal offenses linked to the loans, overdrafts, and other credit facilities from the lender.
3. Child support claims
In April 2013, a woman accused police of not arresting the Meru Senator after he defaulted on a Sh50,000 monthly maintenance as per a court order. The woman claimed police were hesitant to arrest the lawmaker despite instructions from the court. The woman, a dentist, had moved to court in August 2012 after the MP allegedly abandoned her and their three-year-old son. She claimed he evicted her and the child from their house in Kilimani. The woman claimed that she was married to the lawmaker in May 2008 under Meru customary law and the couple was blessed with a son two years later.
4. Charged with attempted rape
Linturi was on September 2021 charged at the Milimani Law courts with attempted rape.
As per the court papers, he was accused of attempting to rape a 36-year-old woman, an incident which said to have taken place in January 2021, at Maiyan Villas Hotel in Nanyuki. Linturi was later released on a Ksh 200,000 cash bail or an alternative of Ksh 500,000 bond by the Nairobi-based court after his lawyer pleaded he be released on reasonable cash bail.
5. Bitter divorce
In 2019, Linturi again treated the public to drama in the courts after her relationship with one Maryanne Kaitany ended in controversy. Kaitany accused him of infidelity and fraud while he denied ever marrying her, claiming he'd invited her to his house as a visitor and she had overstayed her visit.
6. Fake academic papers
The University of Nairobi in 2017 deregistered Meru Senator Mithika Linturi as a law student after it found him guilty of presenting fake papers to get admission.
The university's Senate sat and resolved to de-register him following investigations that revealed that the degree from a university in India that he used to secure admission at University of Nairobi in 2014 was forged.
The development is a blow to senator who was supposed to graduate in December this year.
"Universities admit students on the basis of their qualifications and if it is discovered that you forged your document, then the institution is at liberty to stop you from continuing with your studies," said a senior officer at the university.
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Mr. Kennedy was born and bred in Semaphore and took on a boilermaking apprenticeship after leaving school in Year 11, starting his first subcontracting business and buying his first house when he was aged 20 through sheer hard work.
Staff numbers doubled to about 50 in the past two months, after the Moorhouse Rd. firm won a contract to build 12km of the pipeline that would deliver water from the new desalination plant to the northern suburbs. Mr. Kennedy says working harder and smarter than competitors and treating staff "like family" is the key to his success.
He has up to four apprentices at a time and urges other businesses to give young people a chance.
"Anything that's going to help the younger generation, I'm in 100 per cent for," he says. "My joy is in giving people career paths." Though he says students should ideally finish Year 12, his message to young people is to "get a trade behind you because that can get you into 101 different jobs". "Don't worry about where you begin, it's where you aim," he says.
Mr. Kennedy says ongoing staff training is vital, with a quarter of his workforce on various courses. He will attend Harvard University next year for a six-week leadership course. In the meantime, he's busy with Moorhouse Rd. business Adelaide Ship Construction International, in which he has bought a half share.


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Digital payments systems for universities, public facilities and events, as well as digital security solutions are the core topics that the portfolio companies of SANDPIPER Digital Payments AG deal with. Stock-listed in the segment Regulated Market in Berne and the Open Market in Frankfurt, the company has succeeded in winning 2.5 million customers, such as students and festival-goers, in the past years.
In an exclusive interview with financial.de, the Chairman of the Board Dr. Cornelius Boersch and Managing Director Frank Steigberger explain how they plan to position SANDPIPER in the competitive digital payments market in the future.
financial.de: There have been various changes at SANDPIPER in the past year. Amongst other things, several portfolio companies were sold off. Is that a good or a bad sign?
Frank Steigberger: That is a very good sign! We have aligned our focus even more strongly on an efficient structure of portfolio companies in our segments. Our investment thesis is based on consolidating important players in niche markets to assume market leadership. These are niches, which are not yet in the sights of large payment providers. As a result, we can use the synergy potential of these companies, particularly in customer acquisition, and generate attractive margins, which, in the past, we have already partially been successful in.
In terms of our structure, the year 2017 was a very important year of changes, in that we concentrated on the most relevant and prospectively most profitable entities. This was already reflected in the positive half-year results 2017 and will be carried through in the full year results 2017. In 2017 we have reorganized the balance sheet of SANDPIPER and significantly strengthened its equity. Several loss-making portfolio companies have left the group and the overhead costs of SANDPIPER were markedly reduced.
financial.de: SANDPIPER has certainly built up a large customer base over the past years, especially in the lucrative target market of young adults. From the current starting point, which opportunities do you see to make use of this existing potential?
Dr. Cornelius Boersch: Through organic and inorganic growth, we have built a substantial customer base of primarily tech-savvy "early adopters" in the past few years, in a market in which customer acquisition costs, due to their high profitability, sometimes escalate to absurd heights. We are observing that low to medium three-digit amounts are sometimes paid for the successful referral of individual customers (the "customer acquisition costs"). Therefore, we are assuming the tasks of consolidation and integration for large financial services providers. Here we still see considerable potential.
Frank Steigberger: In addition, there is cross- and upselling potential within the SANDPIPER group, as well as with our numerous large clients in the areas of banking, insurance and mobility. When offering a range of payment systems to a client, it is, for example, an easy step to then also offer the corresponding digital security systems. We are now able to present both offerings within our group of companies.
financial.de: Does that mean that you have concluded the consolidation in your niche markets?
Dr. Cornelius Boersch: No, I would not say that. While we have now set up a good structure in the group, we are, of course, also considering how we can expand our existing business segments. For example, through licensing models or white label solutions. We already gained this experience more than 15 years ago, when my long-term colleague and friend, Manfred Rietzler and I built companies such as ACG and Smartrac through a similar buy-and-build strategy. Of course, this does not preclude an even more international alignment for the company, beyond our home markets of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Benelux.
Frank Steigberger: Next to relevance in terms of size, we also have to ensure that we continue to grow in terms of technology. We are therefore of course intensively examining what relevance topics like, for example, blockchain applications can have in our industry. Here, we are currently in several partnership discussions. A few weeks ago, for example, we announced, that our subsidiary Multicard will be building new technologies together with Rabobank. The past few years were characterized by large investments in technology and products.
financial.de: Now, it was possible to observe how SANDPIPER's share price has suffered severely in the past. Was this due to a business model that is difficult to assess, or did other factors play a role? Perhaps you can also elaborate in this regard on the recent carve out of SANDPIPER from your investment company Mountain Partners.
Frank Steigberger: To answer the first part of your question. In fact, the exact opposite is the case. Through long-term contracts and additional services, our business model provides very stable and predictable, recurring revenues. These currently make up about 60% of our total revenue. In our opinion an additional challenge was the shareholder structure of the company. Through a dominant major shareholder, the amount of freely tradeable shares was severely restricted, which led to a very low trading volume. As a result, the share price was repeatedly significantly impacted by individual transactions. Naturally, this has acted as a deterrent to many potential investors in the past. We are, however, already seeing that the interest of institutional investors in SANDPIPER is growing. With the entry of I|A|F|A Global Opportunities SICAV, a first fund has invested in the company and we expect that further investors will realize that we have a wide customer base, which is worth considerably more than the current market capitalization. We will further illustrate this on roadshows in the coming weeks.
Dr. Cornelius Boersch: As the majority shareholder, Mountain Partners AG has decided to carve-out its shares in SANDPIPER to its shareholders. This has various benefits. Through this transaction, the shareholders of Mountain Partners AG now receive tradeable shares, which in turn increases the trading volume and free float of shares and should significantly stabilize the stock price in the intermediate term. This will also allow us to attract the interest of institutional investors. For this purpose, we envisage to implement further changes in the supervisory board of SANDPIPER at the 2018 general assembly. We will recommend several renowned industry experts for independent board positions and thereby increase the distance to Mountain Partners AG. We currently see an increased interest in SANDPIPER from industry players, especially from the Anglo-Saxon region. This is not only due to the large customer base, but also due to the payment platform and integrated technologies developed over the years.
financial.de: Finally, what do you specifically plan to do to generate awareness for the SANDPIPER stock and make it more widely known? Which revenue and earnings expectations do you have for 2018 and what does this mean in relation to the previous year?
Frank Steigberger: Let me initially answer the second part of your question: for 2017 we expect revenues of more than EUR 30 million and an increase for 2018. The EBITDA-result is expected to be positive for the first time in 2018, which is unusual for a growing technology company with a considerable customer base.
Dr. Cornelius Boersch: We have started with investor relations measures towards the end of Q1 2018. For example, a first study about SANDPIPER was recently published by SMC Research. (Please find more information HIER); further analyst studies, regular press releases, conference visits and roadshows will follow. We are confident that we can sustainably develop the company and its share price.
financial.de: Thank you for the interview.


MU 114 Marching Band 0.5 cr.
Prerequisite: Open to all students. Placement auditions held during band camp.
Performances at home football games, homecoming parade, December commencement, and other appearances as scheduled. Mandatory one-week band camp prior to start of fall semester.


Executed in 1944. This work is number one from an edition of six.
A. Drexler, "Calder," Interiors, vol. 109, no. 5, December 1949, p. 84 (another example illustrated).
Cambridge, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Calder, December 1950-January 1951 (another example exhibited).
New York, Perls Galleries, Alexander Calder: Bronze Sculptures of 1944, October-November 1969, p. 10, no. 8 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Palm Beach, Hokin Gallery, January-February, 1970 (another example exhibited).
Turin, Palazzo a Vela, Calder: Mostra retrospettiva, July-September 1983, p. 106, no. 80 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Pace Gallery, Alexander Calder: Bronzes, March-April 1987 (another example exhibited).
St. Moritz, Galerie Gmurzynska, Le Cirque Calder Commence, February-May 2008 (another example exhibited).
Zurich, Galerie Gmurzynska, Alexander Calder, April-May 2008 (another example exhibited).
New York, L&M Arts, Calder: The Complete Bronzes, October-December 2012, p. 54-55, no. 19 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A01140.1.
Alexander Calder first experimented with bronze in 1930 in a series of small, toy-like figures, reminiscent of Cirque Calder, 1926-1931. He returned to the medium again in 1944 with a series of twenty-four bronze sculptures. These works, along with their plaster counterparts, were exhibited at Curt Valentin's Buchholz Gallery in New York in the fall of that same year. The Flower, highlights Surrealist influences on Calder in this series, while at the same time, exhibits his customary exploration of balance and movement. It claims its space as an object; standing on three, sharply- pointed splayed legs while a lone blossom perches on one of its upward reaching tendrils. The delicate lines emanating from its raised center of gravity, in contrast to the primitive, organic modeling of its form, engender The Flower with a sinewy vitality as the biomorphic elements culminate in a balanced, abstract whole.
Immediately following his retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in the fall of 1943, Calder began to distrust the ease with which he handled his familiar materials of wire, sheet metal and wood. According to James Johnson Sweeny, "He was afraid this facility would weaken his expression," (Alexander Calder, New York, 1951, p. 59) and he sought a means to disrupt a process that, for him, was in danger of becoming habitual. At the same time his friend, the architect Wallace Harrison, suggested he focus on abstract forms to create large scale, outdoor, concrete sculptures. As Calder recalls, "He (Harrison) apparently forgot about his suggestion immediately, but I did not and I started working in plaster" (Alexander Calder: An Autobiography in Pictures, New York, 1966, p. 195). These events initiated this series of bronzes as a means for Calder to return to the "primitive, rather than decadent art," (in Manuscript), Calder Foundation, New York, 1943); unleashing his creativity in this traditional yet unfamiliar medium.
The sculptures were cast by Roman Bronze Works Inc., of Corona New York, with the help of Sculpture Services, New York, and, indeed, Calder himself. While he found it "disagreeable to have to check the manipulations of some other person working on the objects at the foundry," (Alexander Calder: An Autobiography with Pictures, New York, 1966, p. 195) remarkably, it is Calder's own manipulations that present themselves. The hand of the artist is distinctly present in the modeled and rough surfaces of The Flower. In October of 1968, Calder rediscovered 18 of the original 24 bronzes of the 1944 series in his mother's home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He authorized a strictly limited edition of six numbered, bronze casts, of which, the present work is numbered one. The artist stated, "Bronze, cast, serves well for slender, attenuated shapes. It is strong even when very slender," ("A Propos of Measuring a Mobile" (manuscript), Archives of American Art, 1943) and Calder's The Flower was given new life to be appreciated for its superb balance of strength and delicacy in the medium uniquely equipped to express it.


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Home » Borrello withdraws endorsement of Chris Jacobs for the 23rd Congressional District
Borrello withdraws endorsement of Chris Jacobs for the 23rd Congressional District
The NY State Senator announced his support for Jacobs on May 22
Jacobs support for a federal assault weapons ban creates huge backlash
By Andrew Harris
Ten days ago, sitting Congressman Chris Jacobs was well on his way to being nominated as the Republican candidate for the "new" 23rd Congressional District seat in the US House of Representatives.
NY State Senator George Borrello announced his support for Jacobs bid, bowing out of a race that he was considering himself not long ago. On May 11, we reported his interest in running for the US Congress:
State Senator George Borrello is considering run for 23rd Congressional District
Senator Borrello, along with other potential candidates seemed to coalesce around Jacobs after the new district, which includes much of Jacobs current 27th Congressional district, was finalized by the NYS Supreme Court.
Early this week, in response to the mass shootings in Buffalo and then Uvalde TX, Jacobs apparently changed his longstanding, NRA-approved position on a federal assault weapons ban:
"If an assault weapons ban bill came to the floor that would ban something like an AR-15, I would vote for it," Jacobs stated during a recent press conference.
That utterance may have cost Jacobs his bid to represent the 23rd district in Congress. I definitely cost him the support of Borrello, who just issued this statement:
"Congressman Jacobs is entitled to have a different opinion concerning the regulation of semi-automatic weapons. The GOP is a big tent.
However, I don't agree with his stance that a semi-automatic weapons ban would help prevent tragedies like those in Buffalo and Uvalde. Restricting law-abiding gun owners' Second Amendment rights isn't the answer.
Where we need to focus is on stronger mental health interventions like those in bipartisan legislation I sponsor with Queens Senator Diane Savino. This bill would strengthen Kendra's Law and broaden the standard for involuntary inpatient treatment for the seriously mentally ill.
Because I feel Congressman Jacob's views don't represent those of the majority of people he would be representing in the 23rd Congressional District, I have withdrawn my endorsement. Chris Jacobs is a dedicated public servant and someone I've worked with many times over the years, dating back to when I was County Executive."
The decision by Borrello to pull his endorsement of Jacobs is unlikely to be the last. NYS Republican leadership has already chastised Jacobs and the party chairman is planning a to challenge Jacobs in the upcoming party primary.
Assemblyman Joe Giglio was asked the same question but only offered a brief statement on the question of his recent endorsement of Jacobs:
"Assemblyman Giglio will address this issue when session has concluded."
What this latest twist means for the upcoming election is now anyone's guess. Can Jacobs survive this change of heart? Will Borrello jump back into contention? Stay tuned to the Sun for updates and analysis on the race for the 23rd district.
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