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Q: Parent Child Relation using CTE Sql Server I need to create a CTE script to be able to select employees under one specific employee and be able to include the parent in the list as well.
For example I have Employee 123 has three employees under him, 111, 222 and 333, I have a three view already created with the hierarchy, the user clicks on 123 and should be able to see information for 111, 222 and 333, I also want to include the information of 123 as well.
I should be able to get this information starting from any node down, my issue is to include the starting node as well.
Here is the code:
declare @Personnel AS TABLE
(
   child_id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
   parent_id INT
);

INSERT INTO @Personnel(child_id, parent_id)
   SELECT 111, 123 UNION ALL
   SELECT 222, 123 UNION ALL
   SELECT 333, 123

;WITH ChildsCTE(child_id, parent_id) AS
   (
      SELECT child_id, parent_id
        FROM @Personnel
       WHERE parent_id = 123

       UNION ALL

      SELECT Curr.child_id, Curr.parent_id
        FROM ChildsCTE AS Prev
             INNER JOIN
             @Personnel AS Curr
             ON Curr.parent_id = Prev.child_id
   )
   SELECT C.child_id, C.parent_id
     FROM ChildsCTE AS C

I want to be able to retrieve:
child_id    parent_id
111         123
222         123
333         123

plus the parent in some way like this:
child_id    parent_id
111         123
222         123
333         123
123             123 (or NULL)

The parent is not the top level employee, could be any one and of course could also be the top level one.

A: You just have to start with child_id = 123 as the starting node. Please see the SQL Fiddle here.
;WITH ChildsCTE(child_id, parent_id) AS
   (
      SELECT child_id, parent_id
        FROM @Personnel
       WHERE child_id = 123

       UNION ALL

      SELECT Curr.child_id, Curr.parent_id
        FROM ChildsCTE AS Prev
             INNER JOIN
             @Personnel AS Curr
             ON Curr.parent_id = Prev.child_id
   )
   SELECT C.child_id, C.parent_id
     FROM ChildsCTE AS C;

If the parent_id (123)'s parent_id also will be the same, then, please use the following query. Both the child_id and the parent_id are used in the joins (SQL Fiddle).
;WITH ChildsCTE(child_id, parent_id) AS
   (
      SELECT child_id, parent_id
        FROM @Personnel
       WHERE child_id = 123 and parent_id = 123

       UNION ALL

      SELECT Curr.child_id, Curr.parent_id
        FROM ChildsCTE AS Prev
             INNER JOIN
             @Personnel AS Curr
             ON Curr.parent_id = Prev.child_id AND Curr.child_id <> Prev.parent_id
   )
   SELECT C.child_id, C.parent_id
     FROM ChildsCTE AS C;


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By Wallace Stegner, Page Stegner (Introduction by)
Wallace Stegner weaves together fiction and nonfiction, history and impressions, childhood remembrance and adult reflections in this unusual portrait of his boyhood. Set in Cypress Hills in southern Saskatchewan, where Stegner's family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920, Wolf Willow brings to life both the pioneer community and the magnificent landscape that surrounds it.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Wallace Stegner was born in 1909 in Lake Mills, Iowa. The son of Scandinavian immigrants, he traveled with his parents and brother all over the West-to North Dakota, Washington, Saskatchewan, Montana, and Wyoming-before settling in Salt Lake City in 1921. Many of the landscapes he encountered in his peripatetic youth figure largely in his work, as do characters based on his stern father and athletic, outgoing brother. Stegner received most of his education in Utah, graduating from the University in 1930. He furthered his education at the University of Iowa, where he received a master's and a doctoral degree. He married Mary Stuart Page in 1934, and for the next decade the couple followed Wallace's teaching career-to the University of Wisconsin, Harvard, and eventually to Stanford University, where he founded the creative writing program, and where he was to remain until his retirement in 1971. A number of his creative writing students have become some of today's most well respected writers, including Wendell Berry, Thomas McGuane, Raymond Carver, Edward Abbey, Robert Stone, and Larry McMurty.
Throughout his career and after, Stegner's literary output was tremendous. His first novel, Remembering Laughter, was published in 1937. By the time of his death in 1993 he had published some two dozen works of fiction, history, biography, and essays. Among his many literary prizes are the Pulitzer Prize for Angle of Repose (1971) and the National Book Award for The Spectator Bird (1976). His collection of essays, Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs (1992), was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle award.
Although his fiction deals with many universal themes, Stegner is primarily recognized as a writer of the American West. Much of his literature deals with debunking myths of the West as a romantic country of heroes on horseback, and his passion for the terrain and its inhabitants have earned him the title 'The Dean of Western Letters'. He was one of the few true Men of Letters in this generation. An historian, essayist, short story writer and novelist, as well as a leading environmental writer. Although always connected in people's minds with the West, he had a long association with New England. Many short stories and one of his most successful novels, Crossing to Safety, are set in Vermont, where he had a summer home for many years. Another novel, The Spectator Bird, takes place in Denmark.
An early environmentalist, he actively championed the region's preservation and was instrumental-with his now-famous 'Wilderness Letter'-in the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act. Honest and straightforward, educated yet unpretentious, cantankerous yet compassionate, Wallace Stegner was an enormous presence in the American literary landscape, a man who wrote and lived with ferocity, energy, and integrity.
Page Stegner is a Professor Emeritus of American Literature at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: December 1st, 2000
Series: Penguin Classics
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History / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
Literary Collections / Canadian
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Last weekend I saw him at Lakewood for the umpteenth time. That's an exaggeration. I have missed him a lot of times because he always seems to be playing at the same time as whatever team I've been working for has been at home, this year wasn't any different but I made it happen anyways. Like I said -- my obsession with DMB.
I mentioned in my Thursday Things last week that I love the lawn at Lakewood for the purpose that no one gets in your space -- so obviously some outrageously drunk teenagers had to prove me wrong. That's also an exaggeration. They were probably in their twenties but were acting like teenagers + that's just as bad. Yes -- this show was sold out -- but was there a reason for them to sit so close to us one of them kept touching my leg? oh absolutely not. They also kept trying to start the tomahawk chop which I also take issue with -- we're not at the Braves game -- don't be that guy.
Linking up with Sarah + Whitney today! Happy happy Friday everyone!!
Ugh! I'm so jealous of you and everyone else who went! Guam never has anything epic like that. Well, we do - Sublime is playing this coming weekend, actually - but I won't be able to go on account of my son's 5th birthday party. Damn kids. Hahaha.


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Helgi Jónsson (Reikiavik, 1867 -1925) fue un botánico, y algólogo islandés.

Algunas publicaciones
 1912]. . The Botany of Iceland, edited by L. Kolderup Rosenvinge & E. Warming, J. Frimodt, Copenague, and John Wheldon and Co., Londres; Vol. 1, Part 1, 186 pp.
 1911. The marine Algae of East Greenland. 4 pp.
 1907. Bygging og líf plantna: Grasafraeði (Construcción y vida de las plantas: Botánica). Editor S. L. Möller, 300 pp.
 1904a. The marine algae of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 30: 1-73
 1904b. A contribution to the knowledge of the marine algae of Jan Mayen. 2 pp.
 1903. Marine Algae of the Faeroes. Con Frederik Boergesen. Edición reimpresa. 496 pp.
 1902. The marine algae of Iceland. Botanisk Tidsskrift 25: 378—380. 1902-1903

Eponimia
Diatomea
 Navicula jonssonii Østrup
Fanerógamas
 (Myrtaceae) Myrceugenia jonssonii Kausel
 (Orchidaceae) Microcoelia jonssonii Szlach. & Olszewski

Referencias

Botánicos de Islandia
Algólogos de Islandia
Profesores de Islandia
Escritores en inglés
Escritores en islandés
Islandeses del siglo XIX
Nacidos en Reikiavik

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FAST TWITCH VERSUS SLOW TWITCH: DOES FIBER TYPE PREDICT ATHLETIC SUCCESS?
By David Robson May 14, 2016
Ever noticed how certain training protocols work wonders for some folks but leave others with more problems than solutions? While long-distance, endurance-focused sessions, for example, may encourage positive training adaptations for one person, the same workload may compromise another's progress, rendering them worse off than when they began. Though the variables which influence and ultimately determine athletic performance are many and varied, one important physiological determinant can be counted upon to predict the training success which underpins high-level sporting accomplishment: muscle fiber composition. Indeed, the degree to which various training methods can be employed to reveal athletic potential is heavily influenced by the way in which we are able to maximize the recruitment of specific muscle fibers. Where and to what degree various types of muscle fiber are situated on our bodies can greatly influence how we may adapt to a specific training regimen. Furthermore, how these muscles respond to a given training stimulus is often contingent upon their inherent characteristics. Therefore, when planning our training to elicit maximum results we must have a broad understanding of what we are dealing with in the way of the different muscle fiber characteristics and which kinds of fibers are likely to advance, or restrict our individual performance. By training the wrong way for our unique muscle fiber distribution we may negate our gym efforts while failing to achieve our training aims; however, by activating one system over the other we can both increase our chances of overcoming genetic limitations and achieve our training objectives.
FURTHERMORE, HOW THESE MUSCLES RESPOND TO A GIVEN TRAINING STIMULUS IS OFTEN CONTINGENT UPON THEIR INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS
Fast-twitch versus slow-twitch
Most lifters with a modicum of training experience will have heard of fast and slow twitch muscle fibers and may even have a rough understanding of the distinctive qualities of each. What is not so clearly understood is how we may determine what percentage of each we possess and how we might best train to accommodate our unique composition. So what exactly are fast and slow twitch fibers and why might forming an understanding of their complexity be important in the first place? Because we are either fast or slow twitch dominant or, more rarely, possess a balanced combination of both types, it makes sense to know more precisely how we may design our training to target the further development of those that will enable us to achieve sporting success. Moreover, should we be deficient in one type yet aspire to achieve physical excellence in line with the unique functions of those we are short of we can also, through determining our distribution, decide upon which training methods to steer clear of and which to include.
EACH FIBER TYPE DETERMINES HOW OUR MUSCLES USE ENERGY TO POWER PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE
Though our muscle fibers are often thought to comprise two types (Fast Twitch and Slow Twitch) they are actually classified into three categories: Slow Twitch (ST or Type I), Fast Twitch Type IIA (or FT-A), and Fast Twitch Type IIB (or FT-B). Each fiber type determines how our muscles use energy to power physical performance, the kinds of activities an individual may best be suited to, the various ways in which muscles respond to training, how our muscles function, and, of particular relevance for bodybuilders, how large and strong our muscles may ultimately become.
SLOW TWITCH (ST or Type I)
Slow Twitch fiber activation is fully on display whenever we witness an ultra marathon runner pounding away for impossibly long periods of time. Slow Twitch fibers govern all low-impact activities of an aerobic nature that demand minimal force production. Identified by their slow contraction time and high resistance to fatigue, ST fibers are smaller in diameter than their FT counterparts and a smaller motor neuron facilitates the degree of contractility they possess. The larger mitochondrial and capillary density of ST fibers is largely involved in supplying these fibers with large amounts of oxygen and blood to ensure a steady supply of energy over long distances. These fibers' high concentration of the iron and oxygen-binding protein myoglobin allows ST dominant individuals to work at high levels of exertion for long periods. Low in glycogen and the high-energy substrate creatine phosphate, ST fibers are, instead, saturated with an abundance of triglycerides (stored fats) to provide a more sustained energy output. Finally, ST fibers include a preponderance of enzymes needed to facilitate the oxidative process – by carefully controlling enzyme activity our cells can control what reactions are supposed to take place; the types of reactions catalyzed by enzymes are unlikely to happen spontaneously – and few of those involved in glycolysis (the exclusive domain of the FT fibers).
THE FT FIBERS ARE IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE ST FIBERS, BOTH IN APPEARANCE – WITH FEWER CAPILLARIES AND LESS BLOOD REQUIRED TO CARRY OXYGEN TO THEM THEIR COLORING IS WHITE, WHEREAS ST FIBERS, REQUIRING MUCH OXYGEN, ARE RED – AND FUNCTION.
FAST TWITCH (FT: IIA and IIB)
While FT IIA and IIB fibers are similar in nature, the differences between them warrant their sub-categorization. As a grouping, the FT fibers are in stark contrast to the ST fibers, both in appearance – with fewer capillaries and less blood required to carry oxygen to them their coloring is white, whereas ST fibers, requiring much oxygen, are red – and function. The fast-twitch dominant athlete is not likely to excel in long distance running or activities of an otherwise aerobic nature. Rather, due to their fast contraction time and low resistance to fatigue, FT fibers tend to be more widely distributed in individuals who are better-suited to engaging in explosive activities such as sprinting and Olympic lifting. The quicker contractility of FT fibers can be explained, in part, by the activity of an enzyme called myosin ATPase – it is the role of Myosin ATPase to break down ATP inside the myosin head of a muscle's contractile proteins. The faster ATP – the energy-source which powers muscular contraction – is liberated, the more rapidly we are supplied with the energy needed to complete short-burst activities. Because FT fibers are larger in diameter and have greater growth capabilities than ST fibers, a larger percentage of FT fibers are preferred by those looking to build more muscle.
FT IIA fibers feature characteristics of both ST and FT fibers, but at the lesser end of the two extremes. Though they are larger in size and have a large motor neuron, FT IIA fibers also contain higher mitochondrial activity and capillary density than do FT IIB fibers. Though high in glycogen and creatine phosphate they also contain triglycerides and moderate myoglobin levels, compounds found abundantly in ST fibers. FT IIA fibers kick in when we attempt activities of a predominantly aerobic nature that require a degree of explosiveness and relatively high force production: an ultra high rep set or a 400 meter race, for example. In contrast, FT IIB fibers are used for short-burst anaerobic activities requiring a high degree of force; pursuits that leave our lungs gasping for breath and our muscles packed to capacity with that metabolic by-product of anaerobic metabolism, lactic acid. Though FT IIB fibers contain an abundance of glycolytic enzymes and much creatine phosphate and glycogen, they are low on oxidative enzymes, triglycerides, capillary density, myoglobin and mitochondria. They are built for speed, not endurance.
Are you FT or ST?
So important has the distinction between FT and ST fibers when considering athletic performance become that many athletes are now regarded as being either FT or ST dominant. A lean and lanky MMA fighter may choose to grind on an opponent for three rounds, gradually sapping the strength from his adversary and turning the bout into a test of endurance. Another fighter, more compact and muscular, may prefer to blitz his opponent with a vicious onslaught of kicks and punches from the opening bell in an attempt to overpower his opponent early and gain the fast finish. This example may be used to illustrate – without attempting rigorous strength testing or, for a more thorough determination, performing a muscle biopsy – the differences between how a fast twitch (the latter) and slow twitch (the former) athlete is likely to perform and how their physical characteristics may differ. In a crude sense we can get a general idea of whether we are faster or slower twitch by the activities we are likely to excel in and how our body responds to various types of training. Packing on muscle fast and exploding up massive training poundages, yet lagging on long distance runs and suffering on the treadmill to nowhere might point to a greater distribution of FT fibers; being less muscular in build and better suited to triathlons than high intensity tri-sets may point to the physicality of one who is ST dominant.
While invasively plunging the depths of our muscles and snipping a few fibers to be examined under a microscope may prove the most accurate way to directly determine FT/ST muscle fiber composition, most people are in no position to undergo such muscle-biopsy treatment. However, there is an effective, less complicated, method of testing for muscle fiber distribution: the good-old one repetition max (1RM) test. Used to gauge strength in order to determine the amount of weight required to complete certain rep-range protocols, the 1RM test determines the maximum poundage a person can lift once. Say we wish to assess the degree to which fast twitch fibers comprise the leg muscles, in particular the quads and hams (and such testing can only be done with muscle groups not individual muscles). To do this we would take a weight 80% of the 1RM for the squat and complete as many reps as possible. If the legs tire before seven reps we might conclude that they have a greater proportion (more than 50%) of FT fibers; if over 12 reps can be achieved then more than 50% ST fibers are likely to be responsible (less than 12 and more than seven reps suggests an equal number of FT and ST fibers due to excessive lactic acid accumulation, the FT fibers' inability to go the distance on this occasion is not down to their strength levels. On the other hand, the faster lactate clearance and more consistent energy production of the ST fibers enables the set to be continued in excess of 50% longer than that of the FT fibers. Along with such 1RM percentage testing, we may also closely monitor our own performance both in the gym and when playing sports. The aforementioned traits indicative of a greater degree of explosiveness combined with pronounced power output may suggest more FT fibers are at play; more staying power, but less overall size and strength, may suggest greater ST recruitment.
IN A CRUDE SENSE WE CAN GET A GENERAL IDEA OF WHETHER WE ARE FASTER OR SLOWER TWITCH BY THE ACTIVITIES WE ARE LIKELY TO EXCEL IN AND HOW OUR BODY RESPONDS TO VARIOUS TYPES OF TRAINING.
Training for your fiber type
When training for a specific sport it is imperative to know what methods must be employed to recruit the maximum number of muscle fibers responsible for maximizing success. Though certain athletes will genetically be better suited to specific pursuits this does not mean those with fewer of the requisite muscle fibers cannot attain similar levels of achievement with the right training protocols in place. While an athlete with a greater percentage of FT fibers will excel in running short sprint intervals and in lifting maximum weights explosively this is not to say they cannot work to further build and improve the performance of their ST fibers. Thus, for an FT dominant athlete wanting to complete a marathon, for example, more specific long-distance aerobic-style training is in order and less anaerobic work should be performed to maximize the development of the ST fibers while promoting an atrophying of the FT fibers (a kind of selective-hypertrophy effect). In contrast, trainees with more ST fibers need not write off hopes of becoming a champion powerlifter, or bodybuilder. With more heavy, intense training such an athlete may change the composition of their muscles: whereas before they may have had a 70/30 percent distribution of ST to FT fibers this same ratio will remain largely unchanged but, instead, the cross sectional area of the muscle most activated is increased thus bringing the total cross-sectional area of both muscle types to a 50/50 ratio. While the endurance capabilities of the ST fibers will have declined due to their reduced size, the strength capabilities of the FT fibers (though smaller in number) will have increased. Vice versa for the power-oriented athlete who wishes to be a better triathlete.
FT FIBERS CANNOT BE TRANSFORMED INTO ST FIBERS NO MATTER HOW MANY LONG-DISTANCE SESSIONS WE COMPLETE AND ST FIBERS CANNOT TAKE ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FT FIBERS REGARDLESS OF HOW BIG AND STRONG OUR MUSCLES BECOME.
Though we cannot change our FT/ST muscle fiber composition we need not be limited by our present distribution. Indeed, even among predominantly FT or ST athletes there is greater disparity in the exact ratio of muscle fibers each possesses; thus, we will never realize our full potential in any sport until we train appropriately for that sport for a decent length of time. That said there can be no inter-conversion of fibers: FT fibers cannot be transformed into ST fibers no matter how many long-distance sessions we complete and ST fibers cannot take on the characteristics of FT fibers regardless of how big and strong our muscles become. What can however occur with the right training is a transformation whereby FTA fibers can adopt some of the strength and power qualities of the FTB fibers and FTB fibers can take on some of the endurance characteristics of FTA fibers. This modification along with the increased cross-sectional area of a specific muscle fiber type is the closest we may come to changing our genetic propensity to excel athletically.
Ingjer, F. Effects of endurance training on muscle fibre ATP-ase activity, capillary supply and mitochondrial content in man. J Physiol. 1979 Sep; 294: 419–432.
Karp, J. Muscle Fiber Types and Training. [Online] www.coachr.org/fiber.htm retrieved on 9.4.15
Pipes, T.,V. (1994). Strength training and fiber types. Scholastic Coach, as referenced in Muscle Fiber Types and Training, by Jason R. Karp, Track Coach #155.
Thayer, R., Collins, J., Noble, E. G., Taylor, A. W., A Decade of Aerobic Endurance Training: Histological Evidence for Fibre Type Transformation. Journal of Sports Medicine & Phys Fitness. 2000 Dec; 40(4).
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How Elizabeth Holmes Went From $4 Million To Her Fortune
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Elizabeth Holmes Went From $4 Million
It's hard to imagine now, but a few years ago Elizabeth Holmes was little more than a computer science grad student. She had quit her job and was living off the money she'd made from an invention she'd made while at Stanford. Fast-forward to today, and Holmes is worth an estimated $4.7 billion thanks to her eponymous company, Theranos. In this blog post, we will explore the incredible journey that has taken Holmes from Stanford student to one of the richest women in the world. We will take a look at her early days, her invention and how it led her to become one of the most successful founders in Silicon Valley history.
Elizabeth Holmes' Early Life
Elizabeth Holmes was born in 1984 in a small town in Missouri. At the age of 20, she dropped out of college to start a business that would make her one of the youngest self-made millionaires in history. Her company, Theranos, was a digital health technology company that promised to revolutionize blood testing. However, Theranos' high-tech lab equipment was not up to par and its claims of being able to run tests quickly and accurately were false. In October 2015, after years of investigations by the media, regulatory bodies, and shareholders, Holmes was charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She is currently awaiting trial.
The Scandal That Brought Down Elizabeth Holmes
The scandal that brought down Elizabeth Holmes is one that still resonates today. Holmes was the founder of Theranos, a company that promised to revolutionize health care with its innovative blood testing technology. However, after several reports revealed that the technology wasn't actually as advanced as Holmes had claimed, her empire began to crumble. In 2017, she was indicted on charges of fraud and conspiracy, and later settled out of court for $500 million.
Holmes's fall from grace has had far-reaching consequences for both her company and herself. Theranos's reputation was severely tarnished, and the company lost millions in value. Holmes also suffered significant personal losses: Her net worth plummeted from $4 billion to just over $1 billion. Today, she is working on a new project called Wellthoq Ventures, which aims to help improve medical care around the world.
The Startups She Bought and Sold
In 2011, Elizabeth Holmes was a young woman with her eyes on the future. She had just graduated from Stanford University and was fresh out of college, ready to make her mark in the world. But what would ultimately make her one of the wealthiest women in the world?
It started with three startups: Theranos, Invidia, and Calico. All were promising companies that were changing the way we interact with technology. Holmes brought great energy and conviction to every one of them, convinced that they could be huge successes. And she was right – all three went on to become highly valued companies.
But it wasn't easy getting there. Theranos was dogged by allegations of fraud, Invidia faced stiff competition from established rivals, and Calico struggled to find an audience for its innovative approaches to healthcare. It seemed like everything was going against Holmes – until she hit upon a genius idea.
She decided to sell her stake in each of her startups – not just because it would give her more money but because it would show investors that she was serious about building these businesses into successful businesses. And it worked: within two years of selling off her stakes in each company, she had made an astonishing amount of money . . . andTheranos turned out to be nothing but a fraud after all!
All in all, it's been a pretty remarkable journey for Elizabeth Holmes – from fledgling startup investor to billionaire powerhouse. Here are some of the key lessons she's learned along
The Radically New Business Model That Made Her Millions
Elizabeth Holmes is a young woman who made her fortune by creating a radically new business model. Her company, Theranos, was able to revolutionize the way we think about blood testing.
Theranos allowed customers to self-test their blood for many diseases and conditions, without having to go to a doctor or lab. The company claimed that their technology could save people money on their health care bills.
However, after years of scrutiny from regulators and competitors, it was discovered that Theranos' technology was not as reliable as they had claimed. In 2016, Holmes was indicted on charges of fraud and conspiracy. She has since been banned from operating any businesses that deal with medical products or services.
What Happened To Elizabeth Holmes After Her Arrest?
After being arrested and charged with securities fraud, Elizabeth Holmes was forced to step down as CEO of her company, Theranos. The fall from grace caused her wealth to evaporate, and she now lives in a small apartment in Palo Alto, California. Holmes has also been banned from the Silicon Valley business community and is currently under house arrest.
How Elizabeth Holmes Made Her Fortune
Elizabeth Holmes is the founder and CEO of Theranos, a technology company that has come under fire for allegations of false advertising and misleading investors. Holmes was born in 1984 and raised in Palo Alto, California. She dropped out of Stanford University in 2004 after two years to start her own business. She founded Theranos in 2003, and the company grew rapidly as it developed innovative blood testing technology. The Wall Street Journal estimated that Holmes' net worth was $4.5 billion as of September 2017. However, the company's reputation began to unravel in 2016 when reports surfaced that the technology behind Theranos' tests had not been fully developed, and that the company had exaggerated its abilities. In response to these allegations, Holmes stepped down as CEO and handed control over to her former head of R&D, John Shwartz. In early 2018, Holmes was indicted on charges of fraud by a federal grand jury in San Francisco. She has since pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains free on bail pending an upcoming trial scheduled for December 2018.
Elizabeth Holmes is an incredible success story, and her journey from bankruptcy to being worth over $4 billion is one that any entrepreneur would love to follow. In this article, we will take a closer look at Elizabeth's story and see how she was able to achieve such great results. From starting out as a computer scientist with no business experience, Tectful Solution Elizabeth has now become the founder of two industries — wellness technologies and biotechnology. We can only wonder what else she has up her sleeve!
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Q: Merging 2 Lists in LINQ I have two Lists of custom objects:
List1: Year, Month, ValueA
List2: Year, Month, ValueB

I want to get a third List with a merge between the two:
List3: Year, Month, ValueA, ValueB

Is there any elegant way to perform that in LINQ VB.Net?
Example:
List1:
2010 - 6 - 2
2010 - 7 - 5
2010 - 10 - 3

List2:
2010 - 7 - 2
2010 - 8 - 1
2010 - 10 - 2

List3 (result):
2010 - 6 - 2 - 0
2010 - 7 - 5 - 2
2010 - 8 - 0 - 1
2010 - 10 - 3 - 2

Thanks in advance.
Solution
VB.Net translation of the solution :
Dim ListA = From a In List1
    Group Join b In List2
    On a.Year Equals b.Year And a.Month Equals b.Month Into bGroup = Group
    From b In bGroup.DefaultIfEmpty()
    Select a.Year, a.Month, a.Value1, Value2 = If(b Is Nothing, 0, b.Value2)
Dim ListB = From b In List2
    Group Join a In List1
    On b.Year Equals a.Year And b.Month Equals a.Month Into aGroup = Group
    From a In aGroup.DefaultIfEmpty()
    Select b.Year, b.Month, Value1 = If(a Is Nothing, 0, a.Value1), b.Value2
Dim List3 = ListA.Union(ListB)

A: Sure, you're looking to perform a Full Outer Join on the data, which doesn't exist in LINQ, so we fake it with two unioned Left Outer Joins:
var A = from a in List1
    join b in List2 on new { a.Year, a.Month } equals new { b.Year, b.Month }
        into bgroup
    from b in bgroup.DefaultIfEmpty()
    select new { a.Year, a.Month, a.ValueA, ValueB = (b == null ? 0 : b.ValueB) };

var B = from b in List2
    join a in List1 on new { b.Year, b.Month } equals new { a.Year, a.Month }
        into agroup
    from a in agroup.DefaultIfEmpty()
    select new { b.Year, b.Month, ValueA = (a == null ? 0 : a.ValueA), b.ValueB };

var List3 = A.Union(B);

Many apologies for the C#, I could not get my VB.Net example to work for the life of me. You need two left outer joins to be unioned to produce the correct answer. None of the code converters I tried worked either.

The following is VB.Net that LINQPad chokes on, but every example I can find says should be correct:
Dim A = From a In List1 _
    Group Join b In List2 _
        On New With { a.Year, a.Month } Equals New With { b.Year, b.Month} _
        Into bGroup = Group _
    From b In bGroup.DefaultIfEmpty() _
    Select a.Year, a.Month, a.ValueA, ValueB = If(b Is Nothing, 0, b.ValueB)

Dim B = From b In List2 _
    Group Join a In List1 _
        On New With { b.Year, b.Month } Equals New With { a.Year, a.Month} _
        Into aGroup = Group _
    From a In aGroup.DefaultIfEmpty() _
    Select b.Year, b.Month, ValueA = If(a Is Nothing, 0, a.ValueA), b.ValueB

Dim List3 = A.Union(B)

A: Try with this LINQ Extension
public interface IMerge<out T>
{
    IEnumerable<IMergeMatched<T>> Matched();

    IEnumerable<IMergeMatched<T>> Matched(Func<T, T, bool> predicate);

    IEnumerable<T> NotMatchedBySource();

    IEnumerable<T> NotMatchedBySource(Func<T, bool> predicate);

    IEnumerable<T> NotMatchedByTarget();

    IEnumerable<T> NotMatchedByTarget(Func<T, bool> predicate);
}

public interface IMergeMatched<out T>
{
    T Source { get; }

    T Target { get; }
}

public static class Enumerable
{
    public static IMerge<TSource> Merge<TSource>(this IEnumerable<TSource> source, IEnumerable<TSource> target,
                                             Func<TSource, TSource, bool> predicate)
    {
        return new Merge<TSource>(source, target, predicate);
    }
}

public class Merge<T> : IMerge<T>
{
    private readonly Func<T, T, bool> _predicate;
    private readonly IEnumerable<T> _source;
    private readonly IEnumerable<T> _target;
    private IEnumerable<IMergeMatched<T>> _matcheds;
    private IEnumerable<T> _notMatchedBySource;
    private IEnumerable<T> _notMatchedByTarget;

    public Merge(IEnumerable<T> source, IEnumerable<T> taget, Func<T, T, bool> predicate)
    {
        _source = source;
        _target = taget;
        _predicate = predicate;
    }

    public IEnumerable<IMergeMatched<T>> Matched()
    {
        if (_matcheds == null)
        {
            Analize();
        }
        return _matcheds;
    }

    public IEnumerable<IMergeMatched<T>> Matched(Func<T, T, bool> predicate)
    {
        return Matched()
            .Where(t => predicate.Invoke(t.Source, t.Target))
            .ToArray();
    }

    public IEnumerable<T> NotMatchedBySource()
    {
        if (_notMatchedBySource == null)
        {
            Analize();
        }
        return _notMatchedBySource;
    }

    public IEnumerable<T> NotMatchedBySource(Func<T, bool> predicate)
    {
        return NotMatchedBySource()
            .Where(predicate)
            .ToArray();
    }

    public IEnumerable<T> NotMatchedByTarget()
    {
        if (_notMatchedByTarget == null)
        {
            Analize();
        }
        return _notMatchedByTarget;
    }

    public IEnumerable<T> NotMatchedByTarget(Func<T, bool> predicate)
    {
        return NotMatchedByTarget()
            .Where(predicate)
            .ToArray();
    }

    private void Analize()
    {
        var macheds = new List<MergeMached<T>>();
        var notMachedBySource = new List<T>(_source);
        var notMachedByTarget = new List<T>(_target);

        foreach (var source in _source)
        {
            foreach (var target in _target)
            {
                var macth = _predicate.Invoke(source, target);
                if (!macth) continue;

                macheds.Add(new MergeMached<T>(source, target));
                notMachedBySource.Remove(source);
                notMachedByTarget.Remove(target);
            }
        }

        _matcheds = macheds.ToArray();
        _notMatchedBySource = notMachedBySource.ToArray();
        _notMatchedByTarget = notMachedByTarget.ToArray();
    }
}

public class MergeMached<T> : IMergeMatched<T>
{
    public MergeMached(T source, T target)
    {
        Source = source;
        Target = target;
    }

    public T Source { get; private set; }

    public T Target { get; private set; }
}

Impementation:
var source = new List<CustomObject>
            {
                new CustomObject
                    {
                        Year = 2010,
                        Month = 6,
                        Value = 2
                    },
                new CustomObject
                    {
                        Year = 2010,
                        Month = 7,
                        Value = 5
                    },
                new CustomObject
                    {
                        Year = 2010,
                        Month = 10,
                        Value = 3
                    }
            };

        var target = new List<CustomObject>
            {
                new CustomObject
                    {
                        Year = 2010,
                        Month = 7,
                        Value = 2
                    },
                new CustomObject
                    {
                        Year = 2010,
                        Month = 8,
                        Value = 1
                    },
                new CustomObject
                    {
                        Year = 2010,
                        Month = 10,
                        Value = 2
                    }
            };

        var merge = source.Merge(target, (x, y) => x.Year == y.Year && x.Month == y.Month);

        var toUpdate = merge.Matched((x, y) => x.Value != y.Value)
            .ToArray();

        var inSourceButNotInTarget = merge.NotMatchedBySource();

        var inTargetButNotInSource = merge.NotMatchedByTarget();

        Console.WriteLine("Objects to Update");
        foreach (var mergeMatched in toUpdate)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Source[{0} -{1} - {2} - {3}]",
                mergeMatched.Source.Year,
                mergeMatched.Source.Month,
                mergeMatched.Source.Value,
                mergeMatched.Target.Value);
        }

        Console.WriteLine("In source but not in target");
        foreach (var customObject in inSourceButNotInTarget)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Source[{0} -{1} - {2} - 0]",
                              customObject.Year,
                              customObject.Month,
                              customObject.Value);
        }

        Console.WriteLine("In target but not in source");
        foreach (var customObject in inTargetButNotInSource)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Source[{0} -{1} - 0 - {2}]",
                              customObject.Year,
                              customObject.Month,
                              customObject.Value);
        }

Result:
Objects to Update
2010 -7 - 5 - 2
2010 -10 - 3 - 2
In source but not in target
2010 -6 - 2 - 0
In target but not in source
2010 -8 - 0 - 1

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Björk's hair is tangerine, her cologne is cucumber. Her shoes are madly clacking green sandals she's skanked from a stylist. She's wearing hipsters in a shiny reflective fabric : Karen Millen, right ? "Uh uh," corrects Björk and walks right up close, standing nose to nose, pressing one of her legs inbetween mine to make flesh-contact. "Someone else but similar and very fucking nice, hey ?" When we first meet, she makes this provocative gesture and comes closer than you'd expect or even want. Maybe she thinks this will make her appear more real, but it's the kind of full-on action that only a pop star who senses the extent of her power could get away with. "I don't analyse it much," Björk contends. "Then I start worrying about it and I'll go mad and they'll have to lock me in an asylum. It's a lot to do with the fact that I'm a singer and the fact that I'm a girl. I never set out to be famous. I look at the mission I'm on in the sort of range of Aphex Twin or Black Dog rather than the other front-cover people."
Björk runs with the techno terrorists, the first brand-name globally-recognised pop star to parallel herself with her commercially unviable opposites. When Björk stares into the mirror of her music, her millionselling and industry award-winning career, she doesn't understand why she's alone. "I don't get it. Why don't people get into it ? I was born in 1965, and if you were born around that time and listening to all these noises in your life, you get into electronic music because there's the most freedom there and it's the most experimental. It's nourishing, it's where the risks are being taken, it's happy, it's life, it's fucking living. I just think it's gorgeous."
Why does Björk sell more records than Black Dog ? It's a stupid question. It's one Vivienne Westwood answered years ago when she was judging pop videos on a TV programme and saw Björk for the first time in a Sugarcubes promo. "Who the fuck is that girl ?" she shrieked. "I'd love to have her in one of my shows !"
Björk looks and sings like she was born to be famous, to create a larger-than-life version of herself and set it loose on the planet like a cartoon character. But when she talks about fame, she describes it as if it's an unwanted by-product of her music. Fandom, star-worship and the self-transforming energy of largescale success make her feel sick. "I think it's crap. I never had an idol. I respect people completely and I'm so happy that they exist and they're making all these great things for us, but I never felt like that. It's like a sado-maso thing, innit ? You wanna like humiliate yourself and that's the aspect of it when people come to me, like fans and stuff that I don't like. It's not that I'm too arrogant, more the fact that people are humiliating themselves in front of me and that is embarrassing. I feel like talking to them like my kid ; like stop it, stand up. You have to believe in some sort of human-ness, everybody's fucking equal. Let's communicate on that level, please."
But even as she speaks, she's one half of a celebrity romance that grows larger than life daily, seemingly under its own momentum. That is, the Björk and Goldie link-up which the tabloids drool over like a Charles and Di re-run with better beats. She's made no attempt to hide their relationship. "I don't talk about it but I'm not going out of my way to keep it private. I'd rather keep it to us because it's precious and it's all we've got. You know what love is like, you've got your own lingo, your own little world, so you don't want to share it. That's the nature of a relationship, there's a privacy there, but I'm also not going to make mine and his life a living hell because we're too protective. I'm not going to rent secret hotel rooms to meet him. It has to be natural."
This balance between Björk and Björk The Pop Star snapped last year when she attacked a journalist who tried to interview her son as they arrived at Bangkok airport. She won't admit that she's glad she made this stand, but essentially she was fighting to control just how much of Björk and Björk's life the world can have. And she won't have the cameras turned on her kid. "He has to be recognised for what he is," she says. "I think it's terrible if he's recognised for what I am. That's not fair on him and he will be unhappy if he starts depending on that. I want him to be himself and be recognised for what he does. It's tricky like this Bangkok thing where I attacked this lady, I completely lost my temper. I'm not proud of it, I'll be ashamed of it for the rest of my life, but I was protecting him from my demons, from the silly things that have to do with my job."
This incident crystallised what a lot of people like about Björk : her blood, energy and fire. The same lack of compromise runs through her idea of music ; rainbow-patterned, extreme colours seeping together to make songs that feel like time machines ready to depart for the future. Her favourite band is Black Dog, she loves the record Beaumont Hannant made with Lida Husik, she recently toured with former Black Dog and now Plaid artists Ed and Andy in her band. And she's passionate about Stockhausen, Messaien and Jeff Mills. "What I like about the three of them and what I think they've got in common is that they're innocent enough and open enough to tune into what was going on in the world when they were making their music."
Stockhausen re-shaped the language of classical music with electronic and industrial noise, Messaien with bird song and early synthesisers. "Jeff Mills," she explains, "is celebrating all the machines that we're living with and being brave enough to find them pretty and not slagging them off all the time. It's like all these people who say cars are so ugly, pollution's so terrible—it's true, but if you don't want to live here then move into the forest. And if you are gonna live here, you might as well accept it and make the most out of it."
Björk's two solo LPs, Debut and Post, couldn't have existed without Aphex Twin, Black Dog, A Guy Called Gerald, LFO and all the other producers who reshaped the language of music since 1988. Like them, she generates unknown sound, weird shapes and unexplored atmospheres. She even sings about this new music on Post in a track called Headphones ; an ambient love song not for a lover but to a set of sounds, "abstract wordless moments" that seem to awaken new cells inside her body, send her to sleep, wake her up and save her life. "I've got a studio in my house and I make things in my house. I like honest noises and if I hear a synth noise I'm terribly critical. I can analyse it to pieces and for me it's just emotion, complete emotion. Every noise is different—it's warm, it's cold, it's shy, it's delicate, it's rude, it's pranksterish, whatever—just a synth noise, one note."
This is the language of the '90s : techno, drum'n'bass, ambient and David Toop's Ocean of Sound. She works closely with her collaborators, sharing 12-hour studio shifts with producers and engineers like Nellee Hooper, Howie B and Graham Massey. She tours without a guitarist and writes string-arrangements on her laptop. She seems the opposite of a band like Oasis who discuss songwriting in the context of the past : Bacharach, Lennon-McCartney and tunes the postman can whistle.
"I've got no problems with things you can whistle," Björk contends. "I love simplicity, it's gorgeous. A song that a two-year old and a granny can sing, that's the tops. That's the ultimate. If you make the most experimental song in the world but it will still be pop, completely simple ; that's the ultimate target which I still think I haven't reached. But Oasis just presents stagnation to me. I just don't get it. It's like I think it's very important if you want to enjoy life to have excitement about it, curiosity and appetite for it, and for me to write songs that have already been written... I don't know, it just feels sad."
After leaving indie art-punks The Sugarcubes, Björk's first record used house music, ambient techno and a dissonant brass band as well as sounds from a nightclub toilet and even buses and voices from the city at night. "I don't have to say this, but if I wanted to be famous I would make completely different music. When I brought my demos of Icelandic brass players doing The Anchor Song to my record company, the boss said it was only going to sell a third of The Sugarcubes. It sounds naff to say these things, but it's just a happy accident that people liked it. Debut was meant to be very low-budget, it's just kind of me being selfish really."
The picture of Björk on Debut's cover showed her as a girl with messy hair in a soft jumper, hands clasped with Hindu humility, eyes crying glitter tears. It was a photograph designed to show feeling, pain, intensity. With a couple of exceptions, Debut's songs fell into two types : those where Björk addressed the listener as someone in pain and told them fireworks would light their nights and all would be well. And songs where she sang about her own pain. Listening to Debut was like having a new best friend, it was give and take. "I'm obsessed with communication and my friends say I'm greedy with life. I've got quite a big appetite, I take a lot but I give. I'm very much about that and that's what keeps me going. I need that like a junkie almost with my friends and people I work with."
Some people use the word junkie casually, others know that it implies addiction, desperation and harmful need. When Björk played last year's Reading Festival, her stage set like Alice in Wonderland in ultraviolet, the song Violently Happy hit that cold night like a firestorm. She sang it like she meant it, so happy that it was scary, knife-edge and desperate. "Violently Happy is about when you're a junkie on exchanging emotion, not at one but at the level 200. That thing. And then the person goes away and you really miss someone. When you're with that person you're really peaceful because you get what you need back and you both give everything you need to give. And that person goes away and all that exchange is not there so you get your kicks elsewhere, you end up running on rooftops in blizzards, drinking 97 tequilas just to feel. You know what I mean. So it starts off really happy then the longer the person's away from you, it starts getting self-destructive."
This same psychology feeds the drama in songs from her Post LP ; tracks like Hyperballad where thinking about suicide by throwing herself off a mountain helps Björk or whoever she's singing about truly appreciate being loved. This might be her best song yet ; her light-bearing voice surfing high windless waves of sound, turbulent lyrics, a fractal halo of complications that might go on forever. Can anyone really live this intensely ?
"I wish sometimes," she replies, after a long silence and a couple of false-starts. "I wish I could do things more calmly. I feel naked sometimes, you see... I like when you ask me about the music," she suddenly bursts. "Usually people ask me crap questions about the music but I like your questions. I like it when people talk about the music, it's common sense, it's like bread and butter. You can't live without it. Usually I hate music questions, I change the subject and become the scruffy alien people want me to be."
Björk just came close to saying too much. Sometimes she prefers to let others say it instead by performing cover versions of 1950's show tunes like It's Oh So Quiet. "I still don't know how to write that kind of song and I want to. To write with that kind of lust for life about now, 1996, completely full-on life, saying on the scale of one to ten I'm gonna live life at 17. They've got the joy for it, that fierce love for it, and also the pain." Those old songs, she insists, are just so intense. Back on that word again. "I'm all hyper now," she grins. "Tell me to calm down, I haven't slept in the last three days."
In the last few days, Björk has been in the studio with Howie B. Writing new songs and sleeping a little, running around and living, intensely. Today's been a long day : hours being photographed and a few more drinking red wine and doing this interview. It seems fair to take it easy, unravel her musical history again to ask how she abandoned the past to write 21st Century love-songs on the electronics that Acid House unravelled.
"I actually remember the moment. It was Mixmaster Morris and it must've been like 1989 in this really dodgy party somewhere in suburban London where the sweat is dripping from the ceiling and falling into your eyes. You're completely out of it and in the morning he started doing this set, live mixing, throwing synths and stuff, and it was so alive and so creative, having the courage to face the reality you live in and making it pretty. You know what I mean ? Making you love it. Making you love today."
Pop is supposed to keep absorbing influences, to evolve and deal with reality if it's not going to become a stale and cynical formula to generate cash. Björk's pop screams—just like her vocals—with as much of what she recognises as now as she can squeeze into it. She doesn't, like many, write songs about being a pop star ; she writes about being in love, wanting to be in love, being bored at parties, what music does to her and other intense, unfathomable things. And she writes as Björk, a single mother, pagan rather than Christian, techno-lover (in the broadest sense of the word, from ambient to jungle and trip hop) and allround singular, unique creation.
"We're living in the 20th Century where individuality is like the biggest thing. You can hear it in everything. You can hear it in a pop song on Radio 1 where the bassline is individual, the drum-beats are individual and the melody is individual. We're obsessed with individuals and everyone has to be their own solar system, not because of arrogance or egomania but because that's the theme of the later half of the century. The single parent is the same thing, the fact that you've got the mum and she is how she is, the child is who he is and the dad is who he is. And it doesn't necessarily suit you to live under the same roof or have the same lovers and it's scary as fuck, but that's what we want and we won't sacrifice that individuality for security."
Then Björk's mobile phone rings.
"Hello, how are you ? I'm very funny, I'm a bit slightly tipsy, I'm doing an interview. Yeah, I'm on my way. Nothing really, just pretending I know it all when I don't sort of thing. The grand old dilemma."
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By Jeff Keeling
When you deal directly with potholes, pill heads and peoples' education, political leadership can be difficult. Local and regional leaders haven't the luxury of layers of lesser governments or bureaucracies between themselves and the citizens they are charged to serve. If they do a poor job, act irresponsibly or lack the fortitude to make hard but necessary decisions, the results are readily evident. Schools struggle, social problems such as drug addiction threaten to spin out of control, and health care quality and access suffer, for instance. And in all such cases, a region's economic competitiveness and business climate suffer, too, stifling the potential for growth and prosperity.
When leaders at higher levels of government sling sideshow rhetoric and fail to seek practical solutions to problems such as the nation's decaying infrastructure, a tax code in need of sensible reforms and the future insolvency of entitlement programs, the consequences seem to be far less. Witness the abundance of presidential campaign rhetoric that is long on attacking cleverly constructed straw men and offering vague promises backed up more by personal brand appeal than by realistic policy plans.
Fortunately, I have witnessed several examples lately of local and regional leaders in the Tri-Cities discharging their responsibilities with the kind of diligence and thoughtfulness the citizens deserve. As the issues around which they deliberate and act play themselves out, our region's economy and quality of life should benefit.
In mid-April, members of the Southwest Virginia Health Authority (SVHA) spent hours discussing the proposed "cooperative agreement" that if approved would allow Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System to merge. Five committees are charged with parsing details on how the merger might affect population health, health care access, cost and quality, and competition. Overall, the SVHA will make the call whether or not to deem the systems' application for a cooperative agreement "complete" and send it to Richmond for approval or denial. SHVA also will make its own recommendation on approval or denial of a major proposal that, quite literally, has segments of the whole nation watching because of its potential impact on antitrust issues.
The application is immensely complicated and it's long. The group, comprised of already busy people, could already have moved it along without true due diligence just to avoid the hassle. They could have rubber stamped it out of deference or political expedience.
They're doing nothing of the sort. They met for several hours April 13 – a date on which they could have deemed the application complete – and asked searching, relevant questions about the proposal and how it might affect people and health care facilities in Southwest Virginia. They then peppered Wellmont and MSHA representatives about what they saw as unanswered questions about what might happen to hospitals, employees and uninsured/underinsured patients post-merger. They did their job, considering the SHVA's mandate to "improve quality of life in the region by enhancing, fostering and creating opportunities that advance health status and provide health-related economic benefits for people of all ages." They're representing the interests of their constituents instead of rushing this thing through. Bravo to them.
A week after that experience, East Tennessee State University announced it had state approval to establish an inter-professional research center to focus on prescription drug abuse in the region. The center will build on several years of community-based substance abuse work ETSU has helped lead. Without collaboration among a host of other stakeholders, from law enforcement to local government, ETSU's efforts would be far less effective. But again, here locally where we work, worship, celebrate and grieve with the people who are impacted by the same stiff challenges we are, these efforts have been focused more on solving problems than on casting blame or accruing personal or political power.
The final example came a week later. I met with Lottie Ryans, late of CenturyLink, now director of workforce initiatives for the First Tennessee Development District (FTDD). The FTDD has played a role in the prescription drug abuse battle mentioned above. Now, the agency that represents eight Northeast Tennessee counties has Ryans running the point on an effort to most effectively align regional educational efforts and practices with the needs of the labor market today, but even more importantly, 10 and 20 years from now. Success, as it does in the two previously mentioned efforts, will require a willingness to abandon personal agendas and put egos aside in favor of adopting best practices – even if someone you might face in the football playoffs came up with one of those practices and you didn't. The effort is just beginning, but if it stays results-focused, it's got a shot at helping our region immensely.
The people working on these problems regionally face directly – just as you and I do – the consequences of the challenges remaining unaddressed or ineffectively addressed. Thankfully, they appear to be rising to the challenge. Perhaps our national leaders could take a few cues from them.


Thanks to a project for some four-legged friends, Meghan Dutton has returned to her first love: art. In turn, the art Dutton created for some pooches has been loved by all."I'm excited about the way this turned out," Dutton said of the eight suites she painted for the Julington Creek Animal Walk at 12075 San Jose Blvd. "It was the first time I'd tackled a project that large."A friend urged Dutton to sketch some ideas and submit them to Janis and Eric Winchester, owners of the veterinary practice, dog park, bakery and boarding facility, after they converted a storage garage into eight suites for dogs."I thought they might like one or two of my designs," Dutton said. "I was thrilled when they liked all of them."Dutton spent weekends and evenings working on the murals. When she had time off from her job as warranty manager for Lenar, the 26-year-old North Carolina native painted."I couldn't wait for my mother to come down and see it," Dutton said. "She's my inspiration."Dutton's mother, Margaret Anne Payne, a retired elementary school art teacher, was speechless when she saw what her best student accomplished."She cried," Dutton said. "Knowing my mother and Janis liked what I had done made all the work worth it."What's not to like? With encouragement and input from Janis, Dutton created colorful, whimsical suites depicting outer space, a cabin, a desert, a beach house, an underwater scuba adventure, a princess palace, a jungle complete with a jaguar, and a bark-and-roll room where Elvis sings a welcome.The paintings did more than delight dogs and their people. It confirmed the need for Dutton to return to college and finish a long-neglected task."I'd finished two years but wasn't sure what I wanted to do," Dutton said. "Now I'm back in school and plan to have a degree in graphic arts by June 2010."Dutton said she tried to back off using her talent and try a new career, but she's now more interested in art than ever."I want to do it all," she said.Like her mother, who is a skilled weaver and potter, Dutton has enjoyed both art forms and is now excited about a new challenge."I'm getting ready to learn welding," she said with a smile. "What could be more fun than getting pieces from a junk yard and creating art?"Though Dutton has been in Florida only five years, she's definitely made her mark in Mandarin."I'm basically a small-town girl who is grateful for getting another chance to follow my first love," she said.For more information about Dutton's work, stop by the Julington Creek Animal Walk or e-mail daydream.design@ hotmail.com.Crafty Ladies put a little love in the area's Meals on WheelsThe Crafty Ladies of the Mandarin Garden Club can't let a holiday go by without a project. This Valentine's Day was no exception, as the women, under the leadership of Barbara Price, made Valentine gift bags for distribution to Mandarin Meals on Wheel recipients.Following their work, they made boxes for themselves."They were just like the ones we used to make when we were little in grade school," said club member Diane Frisco.In addition to making holiday gifts for the Meals on Wheels program, the Crafty Ladies stay active making blankets for Project Linus, a mission to provide a sense of love and security to ill children. For more information about the Crafty Ladies, call 262-7078.Send news and tales from Mandarin, Beauclerc and other areas in the 32223, 32257 and 32258 ZIP codes to Rhonda Reese at 737-6727 or e-mail glreese@bellsouth.net. For events, information must be received at least 10 days in advance.


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SENS announcement – Abridged audited results for the year ended 31 December 2011
Posted on 29th March 2012 17th September 2018
Commentary to condensed consolidated financial statements for year ended 31 December 2011
After significant distributions to shareholders in January 2011 arising from the recoupment of value from third parties, the board consolidated the affairs of the company during the year under review. Management continued building shareholder value by investing in the outstanding legal claims against third parties and by investigating various investment opportunities. More importantly, the operational activities during the 2011 financial year had a minimal effect on the net asset value of the company.
As previously stated, the R&E board of directors remains firmly committed to the further recovery of the company's assets, which were lost as a result of the misappropriations during the Kebble era, while always retaining a commercially pragmatic approach. No recoveries were made during the year under review but considerable effort went into the pursuit of various substantial claims.
The company's strong asset base, comprising primarily cash reserves, facilitates the bold and effective pursuit of claims while preserving sufficient critical mass to take advantage of investment opportunities as they arise.
The company's prospecting rights portfolio, which has not materially changed from the prior year, has not shown any potential to accommodate an independent and economically viable mining operation. However, management was able to dispose of certain selected rights, and is in the process of finalising these transactions. Disposal agreements of prospecting rights amounting to approximately R22 million were entered into, of which R10 million was concluded during the year under review and the balance scheduled for conclusion in 2012. Certain other rights are now the subject of joint-venture agreements, in terms of which the operational and funding requirements are the responsibility of our partners.
Statement of comprehensive income
The group results for the 2011 year were positive, showing total profit of R47.7 million (2010: R 741.5 million).This is mainly as a result of profit realised on the distribution of investments to shareholders, the sale of prospecting rights, and interest earned on cash invested. Continued expenditure on consulting, forensic, legal, audit fees and tax advisors was necessary to achieve the desired outcomes.
The major assets of the R&E group as at 31 December 2011 consisted of cash and prospecting rights. The board has adopted a minimum risk approach to protect the group's cash investments, which are monitored daily in conjunction with a specialist treasury firm to maintain optimal returns with minimal associated risks. The group's prospecting rights are stated at cost less impairments as we do not have sufficient geological information to allow us to declare the resources or reserves as stated in previously published competent person's reports. The group intends to retain its prospecting rights unless it is commercially sound to dispose thereof and negotiations in this regard are ongoing. Planned prospecting expenditure on all rights currently held is R20.8 million over the course of the next four years. R&E will progressively review the exploration programme to ensure efficient application of the company's resources.
The post-retirement medical benefit obligation is unfunded and the group continues to fulfil its obligations. However, in managing the liability, we have successfully offered some members of the medical aid scheme a discounted cash amount in exchange for the renunciation of their benefits under the scheme, an alternative that is proving to be beneficial for both parties.
The R&E group has calculated tax losses as at 31 December 2011, but no deferred tax assets were raised as it is not probable that there will be future taxable profits against which to offset the tax losses. Certain tax matters dating back to 1998 that were part of the Kebble legacy have now been laid to rest with the South African Revenue Service.
Statement of cash flows
The group's primary cash inflows were as a result of investing activities, interest earned on cash and the disposal of prospecting rights. The group utilised this cash to fund its operations during the year.
The outlook for 2012 is similar to that for the previous year. Expenditure on litigation and operations is expected to be at a similar level, which is likely to prevail until all claims have been finalised.
DC Kovarsky Marais Steyn Van Zyl Botha
Chairman Chief Executive Officer Financial Director
Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended
Notes R'000 R'000
Revenue 1 826 20 408
Recoveries – JCI – 783 549
– Other – 25 204
Profit on disposal of investments/distribution 6 52 474 2 165
Profit on disposal of prospecting rights 7 9 963 –
Other income 2 688 7 640
Other operating expenses (29 081) (80 826)
Results from operating activities 37 870 758 140
Finance income 8 832 1 519
Profit before taxation 46 702 759 659
Taxation 949 (18 200)
Profit for the year 47 651 741 459
Other comprehensive income
Net change in fair value of available-for-sale investments 6 (9 537) 49 874
Realised gain reclassified to profit or loss (52 474) –
Total comprehensive income (14 630) 791 333
Profit or loss attributable to:
Non-controlling interest – 54
Owners of the company 47 651 741 405
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the company (14 630) 791 279
Basic and diluted earnings per share (cents) 8 66 1 032
Condensed consolidated statement of financial position
As at
Non-current assets 734 782
Plant and equipment 260 308
Intangible assets 474 474
Current assets 213 258 568 291
Trade and other receivables 1 788 2 649
Investments held for distribution 6 – 273 845
Cash and cash equivalents 211 470 291 797
Total assets 213 992 569 073
Shareholders' equity 169 026 174 455
Issued capital 746 748
Reserves – 62 011
Retained earnings/(accumulated loss) 168 280 111 696
Post-retirement medical benefit obligation 39 142 36 429
Current liabilities 5 824 358 189
Tax payable – 11 220
Shareholders for dividend 6 – 338 477
Trade and other payables 5 824 8 492
Total equity and liabilities 213 992 569 073
Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity
Share capital 746 748
Balance at the beginning and end of the year 748 748
Shares repurchased (2) –
Share premium – –
Balance at the beginning of the year – 986 054
Settlement distribution – (803 804)
GFI and cash distribution – (182 250)
Investment fair value reserve – 62 011
Balance at the beginning of the year 62 011 12 137
Realised gain reclassified to profit of loss (52 474) –
Net change in fair value of available-for-sale investments (9 537) 49 874
Balance at the beginning of the year 111 696 (514 787)
Change in fair value of shareholders for dividend 6 9 537 –
Transaction with non-controlling shareholders – 9 074
Shares repurchased (604) –
Settlement distribution – 32 231
Non-controlling interest – –
Transaction with non-controlling shareholders 8 – (171 051)
Dividends paid to non-controlling shareholders – (79 381)
Profit for the year – 54
Dividend per share (cents) 8 – 1 546
Condensed consolidated statement of cash flows
Adjusted for:
Profit on sale of Mineral Rights (9 963) –
Recoveries not settled in cash – (808 754)
Other non-cash items (49 685) 26 420
Finance income (8 832) (1 519)
Dividends received (1 826) (20 408)
Working capital changes (1 775) 41 146
Cash untilised in operations (25 379) (3 456)
Finance income 8 832 635
Taxation paid (10 455) (22 559)
Cash flows from operating activities (27 002) (25 380)
Cash flows from investing activities 11 762 101 752
Dividends received 1 826 20 408
Proceeds from disposal of recovered assets – 27 344
Proceeds on disposal of investment in equity securities – 7 859
Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment 11 –
Proceeds on disposal of mineral rights 9 963 –
Acquisition of plant and equipment (38) (285)
Loan payments received – 46 426
Cash flow from financing activities (65 087) (79 381)
Dividends paid (64 481) –
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (80 327) (3 009)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 291 797 294 806
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 211 470 291 797
Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011
1. Reporting entity
R&E is a company domiciled and incorporated in the Republic of South Africa. The condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2011 include the company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as "the group").
2. Statement of compliance
The condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 have been prepared in compliance with the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (in particular International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting), the AC 500 Standards as issued by the Accounting Practices Board or its successor and the Companies Act of South Africa.
These consolidated annual financial statements were approved by the board of directors on 06 March 2012.
3. Significant accounting policies
The accounting policies applied by the group in these condensed consolidated financial statements are the same as those applied by the group in its consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2010, except for the following standards and interpretations adopted on 1 January 2011:
Revised IAS 24 – Related Party Disclosures
IFRIC 14 amendment – Prepayments of minimum funding requirements; and
Various improvements to IFRSs 2010 – excluding amendments to IFRS 3 Business Combinations and IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements.
There was no significant impact on these condensed consolidated financial statements as a result of adopting these standards and interpretations.
4. Independent review by the auditor
The condensed consolidated financial statements were extracted from the audited annual consolidated financial statements of R&E for the year ended 31 December 2011. The annual consolidated financial statements of R&E were audited by the group's auditor, CH Basson of KPMG Inc. The unmodified audit report is available for inspection at the company's registered office.
5. Segment reporting
The group operates in a single operating segment as an investment holding company with assets in the mining industry.
6. Distribution of 2 270 687 GFI shares and special cash dividend of 90 cents per R&E share
On 30 November 2010, R&E shareholders approved the distribution of R&E's remaining listed investment in GFI (amounting to 3.16193 GFI shares per 100 R&E shares held), as well as a cash dividend of 90 cents per share. These distributions were effected on 17 January 2011. STC was paid on the portion of the distribution not made out of share premium.
As a result of this distribution, the investment fair value reserve at 17 January 2011 of R52.4 million was reclassified to profit or loss.
Investment held for distribution – 1 January 2011 273 845
Value of GFI shares at distribution date – 17 January 2011 (264 308)
Decrease in fair value of investment held for distribution recognised in other comprehensive income 9 537
Investment fair value reserve – 1 January 2011 (62 011)
Realised gain reclassified to profit or loss 52 474
Shareholders for dividend – 1 January 2011 338 477
Remeasurement – 17 January 2011 (9 537)
Distribution 328 940
GFI Shares 264 307
Cash 64 633
7. Profit on sale of prospecting rights
During the year under review, R&E disposed of certain of its prospecting rights which had a nil carrying value to a third party for R10 million (refer to note 10).
8. Earnings per share and dividend per share
Basic earnings and diluted earnings per ordinary share
Basic and diluted earnings for the year (R'000) 47 651 741 405
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue 71 756 219 71 813 128
Earnings per share (cents) 66 1 032
Headline and diluted headline earnings per ordinary share
Headline and diluted headline (loss) / earnings for the year (R'000) (14 786) 754 893
Headline (loss) / earnings per share (cents) (21) 1 051
Reconciliation between basic and headline earnings for the year R'000 R'000
Profit for the year attributable to the equity holders of the company 47 651 741 405
Profit on disposal of available-for-sale investments (52 474) (2 165)
Profit on disposal of prospecting rights (9 963) –
Impairment of investment held for distribution – 15 653
(14 786) 754 893
Tax effect of adjustments – –
Headline (loss) / earnings for the year attributable to equity holders of the company (14 786) 754 893
Dividend per share
Total dividend declared (R'000) – 1 110 050
Eligible shares in issue 71 756 219 71 813 128
Dividend per share (cents) – 1 546
Total dividend payable from R&E's share premium (R'000) – 803 804
Dividend payable to group entities recognised in retained earnings (R'000) – (32 231)
Shareholders for dividend per statement of financial position (R'000) – 338 477
9. Net asset and tangible net asset value and per share
The net asset value per share is calculated using the following variables:
31 Dec 2011 Audited 31 Dec 2010 Audited
Net asset value (R'000) 169 026 174 455
Ordinary shares outstanding 71 585 172 71 813 235
Net asset value per share (cents) 236 243
Net tangible asset value per share (cents) 235 242
The number of shares outstanding at 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011 has been adjusted for the 3 million treasury shares held.
10. Material changes
There have been no material changes to the information contained in the independent mineral asset valuation reports that were disclosed to shareholders in the settlement circular, however, two prospecting rights over various farms (collectively known as the Jeanette Prospecting Right and Weltevreden Prospecting Right) were disposed of during the reporting period (refer to note 7).
11. Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions during the period under review.
12. Events after reporting date
There were no significant events between the reporting date and the approval date of these results.
Directors: DC Kovarsky (Chairman)**, M Steyn (CEO)*, V Botha*, MB Madumise**#, JH Scholes** (*Executive, **Independent non-executive)
(#MB Madumise resigned from the board with effect from 23 March 2012)
Secretary and Registered office: Van Zyl Botha, 3rd Floor Sandton Office Towers, 158 5th Street, Sandhurst, Sandton, 2196
Transfer secretaries: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd (Registration number 2004/003647/07) 70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, 2001
Sponsor: PSG Capital
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Emerging Actor Tim Realbuto joins Vivica A. Fox & Taryn Manning cast in 'Bobcat Moretti'
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Actor Tim Realbuto
Tim Realbuto joins the cast of 'Bobcat Moretti'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, November 14, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tim Realbuto, Vivica A. Fox, Taryn Manning, and Oscar Nominee, Sally Kirkland, joins the cast of Rob Margolies's 'Bobcat Moretti"
Tim Realbuto (The Sopranos), Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black), Vivica A. Fox (Independence Day) have joined the cast of 'Bobcat Moretti' written by Tim Realbuto and directed by Rob Margolies. "Bobcat Moretti" is a dramatic tale of overcoming personal tragedy.
Tim Realbuto (known from The Emperor's Club, Yes) stars in this moving portrayal of MS patient, Bobby Moretti, as he takes up his father's sport of boxing to overcome immense personal tragedy and find inner peace. Realbuto is joined by a star-studded cast of Vivica A. Fox (known for Kill Bill and Independence Day), Taryn Manning (known for Orange Is The New Black and Hustle & Flow), Sheria Irving (known for Them and Twenties) Matt Peters (known for Orange Is The New Black and Weeds), Sally Kirkland (known for Anna and JFK), Louis Mustillo (known for One for the Money and The Peacemaker), Jay Hieron (known for The Equalizer 2 and Lethal Weapon) among others.
Realbuto is not new to the entertainment industry, he was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and from an early age, he began performing on stage. His long list of New York theatrical credits include: Oliver Twist in "Oliver!", Edmund in "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" (alongside actress Monica Keena); Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar"; The Minstrel in "Once Upon A Mattress"; Tom Wrench in "Trelawny of the Wells"; Napthali in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"; Billy Crocker in "Anything Goes"; Oscar Lindquist in "Sweet Charity"; The Baker in "Into the Woods"; Louis Ironson in "Angels in America: Millenium Approaches" (directed by Academy Award winner Milton Justice) and the acclaimed Shakspeare in the Park production of "Romeo and Juliet" in which Tim starred as Romeo Montague. Tim is a member of the Screen Actor's Guild and Actor's Equity Association and is the proud recipient of the 2002 Rotary Club Award for Best Teen Vocalist in Brooklyn. His appearances include performances at Carnegie Hall, New York City Opera at Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, and singing the National Anthem for the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team (which aired on Fox sports network). Tim is also a successful writer and director, having co-written and directed the hit musical 'Ghostlight', which premiered at Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre starring Rachel York, Michael Hayden, and Tony Award winner Daisy Eagan. Tim is still acting in various stage productions but is heavily pursuing other writing and directing projects as well. Tim graduated with honors from Five Towns College where he received his B.F.A. in Acting.
Sixteen years ago, NYC stage actor and writer Tim Realbuto's mom was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis, (MS) is a potentially disabling disease of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Since her diagnosis, Tim has been caring for his mom, and he's learned enough to know that there have been many wonderful contributions to the medical management of MS. He's also learned enough to know that sometimes if your head is not in the right space, even the very best of medical progress is not enough. As he researched MS with a mission to help his mother, Tim learned that lack of exercise and obesity can increase your body's risk of developing many potentially serious health conditions, and make it more difficult for your body to fight diseases as well. It's been a long sixteen years, but the lessons he's learned along the way made Tim take a long look at himself and his own struggles with obesity. In doing so, he realized there is a story to be told here. He's chosen to tell that story, and simultaneously live it, in front of a camera. As the main character in Bobcat Moretti, Realbuto with the help of doctors, nutritionists, and trainers he set a goal to lose 100 pounds during the shooting of this film. Half of the film was shot in the fall of 2020, during which time Tim lost 60 lbs. Production film happened over the span of a year in order to give Realbuto time to lose the 100 pounds needed to realistically portray the role. Films that are shot in order to record the progress of a character's life are not new to the film industry. (2014's Academy Award-winning BOYHOOD, filmed over a span of 12 years!) Actors losing or gaining weight for a role? That's not news in the acting world either. What is new and different is the gusto and ambition which Realbuto and co-writer/ director Rob Margolies bring to
the telling of this heartwarming story, and the message that "anything is possible" to the world while raising awareness about obesity and MS.
Tim Realbuto plays the part of a man who loses his family in a tragic accident and comes face-to-face with drug and alcohol abuse in addition to severe weight gain. Through the discovery of his late father's sport of boxing and a tough but caring coach (played by Vivica A Fox), Bobcat Moretti is able to overcome personal tragedy and find inner peace. As he was writing the story along with co-writer and director Rob Margolies, Realbuto whose most recent film "Yes" (based on his Off-Broadway play of the same name) was recently released on all streaming platforms, decided to portray his character as an MS patient in addition to his problems with obesity, drugs and alcohol to honor his mother. In his real life, Tim is working hard to lose weight, achieve the goal and prove "anything is indeed possible" to honor his future health. Bobcat Moretti is being released in 2022 by Different Duck Films and directed by Rob Margolies (She Wants Me; Immortal).
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RELIABLE, REASONABLE, RESPONSIBLE. The 300-megawatt Davao Baseload Power Plant operated by AboitizPower subsidiary Therma South, Inc. (TSI) is home to some colorful avian and marine life. Bird photos used are courtesy of birder Peter Simpson.
The sea, sky, and TSI
JK Huyatid | October 25, 2019
At five o'clock in the morning every day, the engineers aren't the only ones up and about inside the power plant. An unlikely bunch kept them company amid the impressive steel and concrete structures. You would have to pay close attention to notice them because despite being frequent visitors, these winged creatures were often overlooked. The visitors weren't angels — they were birds.
Dawn crawls over the Davao Gulf, onto the jetty that juts out the border of Davao City and Davao del Sur, and the sun rises behind the iconic coal dome. Birds leave their roosts on ladder rungs and electrical lines to forage for a morsel among the pockets of foliage inside the 75-hectare compound of the 300-megawatt Davao Baseload Power Plant operated by AboitizPower subsidiary Therma South, Inc. (TSI).
Flocks of birds, lush greenery, sea, and springs teeming with life — this is not the usual scenery that is associated with a coal-fired power plant. But undoubtedly, it is the scenery that we should see more often.
Davao-based birder Peter Simpson spotted and identified 45 different species inside the plant after three birdwatching sessions — on June 27 and September 24 in 2018 and on June 18 in 2019. He believes that, with a few more sessions, more species may be discovered.
"TSI is a haven for birds because of the great range of habitats; open sea, the beach, grassland, marshland, and freshwater pools. Even the man-made structures offer an opportunity to the birds as evidenced by house swifts nesting on the sides of the coal dome," Simpson shared.
AboitizPower has always strived to provide reliable and reasonably-priced power, making sure that all its business units are operated responsibly. Therma South, Inc. or TSI, under its Coal Business Unit, is a prime example of the lengths a thermal power plant would go to protect the environment.
Proof of this is the thriving avian and marine life inside and around the plant complex. Birds perch on metal trusses and hunt for food in marshy patches of grass and spring water. The power plant provides a unique ecotone for them.
Marine biodiversity also continues to improve throughout the years of TSI's operations. Ridge-to-Reef, a third-party consultancy that conducts quarterly marine biota studies in TSI, has observed that the live coral cover around the power plant increased from 16% in 2013 to 30% in 2018.
If one were to dive under the waters around the vicinity, they could follow schools of fish as they dart in and out of seagrass and coral reefs. In the latest marine biota study, a third-party environmental consultancy was able to profile 22 fish families with close to 5,700 fish individuals. Close to half of these fish individuals are target species or fish that are commercially viable.
Recently, five sea turtle or pawikan nests have also been discovered along the coast of the power plant. From these nests, more than 300 sea turtle hatchlings have made their way into the sea. When these hatchlings reach maturity, they will come back to nest in the place they were hatched and repeat the cycle once more.
The vibrant marine life can be attributed to the fact that the waters around the plant have become something akin to a protected area because it is a no-fishing zone. The host communities of Barangay Binugao and Inawayan are also given pieces of training on sustainable fishing practices, marine protection information drives, and conduct regular coastal clean-ups with TSI.
The power plant ensures that it has minimal impact on the environment by utilizing the Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology, cultivating a culture of environmental stewardship, and going beyond mere compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
To further solidify its efforts for environmental stewardship, TSI was given the Environmental Management System (ISO 14001:2015) certification by international certifying body TUV Rheinland in 2017. The company was recommended for recertification in 2018, along with its certifications in Quality Management (ISO 9001:2015) and Occupation Health and Safety Management (OHSAS 18001:2007).
In AboitizPower, we go beyond environmental compliance, we strive for stewardship, to sustainably operate our power facilities. The avian and marine life present within our facility is proof of this responsible operations.
– Danel Aboitiz, President and Chief Operating Officer, AboitizPower Coal Business Unit
TSI is open for pre-arranged plant tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays to better inform the public of the plant's operations and to give the visitors the opportunity to experience to see the birds, greens, and waters inside TSI themselves. The tours are free of charge. To book a reservation, you may email energyeducationcenter@aboitiz.com.
Therma South, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation. Together with Therma Luzon, Inc. and Therma Visayas, Inc., the three form the AboitizPower Coal Business Unit.
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There are two types of Instagrammers on holiday. Those who take some holiday snaps, post them for friends and family to see, showing the scenery, their dinners, the pool.
And then there are travel bloggers (and their wannabes).
Now, there is nothing wrong with a good Insta-stalk of some amazing places you want to travel to, or a good follow of a 'grammer you like who just knows how to make you green with envy over their adventurous life. Nor is there anything wrong with travel bloggers. Not at all.
But there can be recurring themes. Hundred and hundreds of the same photos, taken by different bloggers because... well, in the words of The Joker, why so serious?
Which is where our new favourite account Insta_Repeat comes in.
"Wander. Roam. Replicate" says the bio of the account -- which now has 218K followers and was created by a 27-year-old anonymous Alaskan woman. The account is "meant to spark critique and dialogue about originality, art, photography and the role of the social media influencer," apparently. And while it does all of that, it's also complete genius and very funny.
So think carefully before you take any shots of people sitting in front of lakes (#blessed) looking out from inside a tent to the landscape beyond (#mothernature), your girlfriend taking in the stunning view wearing a fedora hat or the unattended campfire on national park land -- and don't even THINK about taking that feet hanging off the edge of a cliff shot.
You may also just want to go back through your holiday photos, just in case.
Another new favourite is You Did Not Sleep There, the Instagram account calling out bloggers who insist on posting photos of their tents in precarious positions. Run by Portland woman Luisa Jeffery, the account now has 120,000 followers.
"There's so much false advertising out there with people editing photos and making their lives seem like something they're not," she says, of her selection of snaps that show the most ridiculous sleeping arrangements in the wild.
But don't take our word for it. Check out more of our faves below.