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OMB: UI Fraud Helped Drive FY2021 Improper Payment Rate to 7.2 Percent
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said in its annual report on governmentwide improper payments – defined as payments that shouldn't have been made or were made for incorrect amounts – jumped to 7.2 percent in Fiscal Year 2021 with the increase driven in part by soaring rates of unemployment insurance fraud during the coronavirus pandemic.
The 7.2 percent improper payment rate for FY2021 represents a 32 percent jump from an estimated 5.6 percent improper payment rate for FY2020.
The OMB report released Dec. 30, 2021, "underscores the depth of the problems facing states that were in many cases overwhelmed by the unique and compounding challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic," the agency said.
OMB explained that the increase in improper payments between FY20 and FY21 was due in large part to the growth rate in the improper payment rate in the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. The UI program totaled an 18.7 percent improper payment rate, which is roughly five to eight percentage points higher than during a non-pandemic 12-month period. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a surge in UI claims which overwhelmed state-run agencies responsible for administrating UI benefits.
"Data was not collected during the middle of 2020 as a result of the chaotic challenges state-run UI systems faced, so this is our first full-year look at UI errors during the pandemic," OMB said in a blog post. "And, we know that problems accumulated from early in the pandemic are still being discovered and will take a long time to clean up."
Congress and the Biden administration have taken steps to modernize UI systems, fight fraud, and improve oversight, including providing support grants in the American Rescue Plan Act to the tune of $2 billion, establishing a new data-sharing agreement between states and the Department of Labor (DOL) inspector general (IG) to prevent multi-state fraud, and launching the Initiative on Identity Theft Prevention and Public Benefits to finalize a set of recommendations and reforms next year to address challenges.
"President Biden has been very clear that this Administration will take decisive action to ensure our government delivers results for the American people in the most effective, equitable, and accountable way possible," wrote OMB. "That means committing to facing the real challenges of combatting payment errors and making government work better. Sharing this data transparently and being direct about the challenges we face are part of that commitment."
Jordan Smith is MeriTalk SLG's Staff Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.
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WAUWATOSA -- The Wauwatosa Police Department released dashcam video on Thursday, March 21 which shows intense moments during the pursuit of a stolen vehicle in January. Officers deployed stop sticks twice during the pursuit -- which is what ultimately stopped the suspect's vehicle and ended the chase safely.
Dashcam video shows the moments officers on patrol spotted a stolen vehicle on Burleigh near the Mayfair Collection. But when the officers tried to pull the vehicle over, the driver sped off.
The driver, 17-year-old Rezhun Scott, eventually sped westbound on Burleigh at 80 miles per hour, while swerving around vehicles.
"Other officers try to anticipate where the car might be heading to," said Capt. Brian Zalewski of the Wauwatosa Police Department.
One of those officers deployed a stop stick at 92nd and Burleigh -- which struck the passenger side tires of the speeding vehicle.
"It's very dangerous for them to be ahead of a high-speed chase and put themselves at harm's way in order to get these devices in the roadway," Zalewski said.
Scott continued to speed away -- running a red light and nearly hitting another vehicle on the Menomonee River Parkway.
Additional stop sticks were deployed at 104th Street -- hitting all four tires. Scott sped 65 miles per hour as all the tires were deflating. The pursuit ended one-and-a-half hours later -- at Mayfair and Auer.
"Initially, it's almost that verbal shock that the suspects need at this point, like, 'Hey, this is real,' and it worked. They were compliant," Zalewski said.
No one was injured in this pursuit.
Scott is due in court on March 28.


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Nokia To Leave Out Chennai Factory From Sale In Microsoft Deal
Nokia is fighting a legal battle against Income tax department in India regarding the tax issue. Nokia requested the court that it would pay a deposit 22.5 billion rupees ($368 million) into an escrow account, so that they can continue the Microsoft deal including the factory sale. While the issue is still in court, Nokia decided to shut down the factory and offered VRS to its employees. Now, Nokia has confirmed to Bloomberg that they are excluding the factory from this deal which will be completed tomorrow.
"We are leaving out the plant because of the tax issues," Poonam Kaul, a Nokia India spokeswoman, said by telephone today. The plant, one of the Espoo, Finland-based company's largest phone factories, will make products for Microsoft as part of a servicing agreement, according to Kaul.
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Built in the "Pineta dello Scarbaglio" Scarbaglio Park pinewood in the village of Milo, the "Parco Avventura Etna" consists of a series of acrobatic paths in height made by suspended passages between the trees, which differ in height, difficulty and effort required. A skill path hanging in the air, which shifts from logs to wooden walkways, from Nepalese bridges to ropes connecting one tree to the next.
All paths are equipped with a continuous lifeline or Clic-it smart carabiners, the only ones among the smart carabiners to be equated with a continuous lifeline according to the new legislation on adventure parks.
The sports-recreational paths are in complete autonomy and safety under the constant vigilance and indications of the instructors, where to test their balance, speed, the ability to overcome obstacles and the desire of adventure.
It's a new way to spend a day outdoor, combining fun and physical exercise with nature and the experience of be immersed in the wood. Book your adventure experiences with us! The Parco Avventura Etna is about 20 minutes drive away from all our Villas.
The Parco Avventura Etna is the largest adventure park in Southern Italy with 15 paths, plus various individual attractions such as Top Climbing, Boulder, test areas etc. To the paths are added 2 climbing walls (soon a third will come): one of bouldering for children and teenagers to do without harness and the other 13mt high to do with harness and automatic safety that also offers the adrenaline possibility of a launch into the void.
15 paths full of exciting and unique challenges, as well as 2 baby trails suitable for the youngest explorers, under 4 years old. Parking is available, as well as a picnic and barbecue area.
Booking with us your perfect day in touch with nature and experience the emotion of be immersed in a wood and have fun with your family!


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Floralia 2017 Line Up Release: Week 8
Danielle Kaplan
In anticipation of Floralia's 40th Anniversary, SAC released one act from the 2017 line up every week of the spring semester thus far. Be sure to follow SAC on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to get all the latest Floralia news and updates.
The eighth artist to be released is Coin! This American indie pop band first came to be five years ago in Nashville, Tennesee. Chase Lawrence is on lead vocals and synthesizers, Ryan Winnen is on drums, Joe Memmel is lead guitarist and back-up vocalist, and Zachary Dyke is on bass.
"Talk Too Much" is the first single Coin released from their second album in May 2016. It was their first song to chart on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. In February of this year, the band released "I Don't Wanna Dance" as the first single from their upcoming album "How Will You Know If You Never Try". This new album will be released this April on the 21st, right in time for Floralia!
Check this band out on Youtube, Apple Music, and Spotify before they come to our very own Conn stage next month!
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Danielle Kaplan is a senior from from Westwood, MA, studying economics and dance at Connecticut College. She is the in-house designer and Instagram contributor for Her Campus Conn Coll. In addition to Her Campus, Danielle spends most of her time rehearsing for several on-campus dance performances. Following graduation, she hopes to work for a non-profit organization related to incarceration and/or at-risk youth. But most of all, Danielle's true passions lie in avocados, dark chocolate, and cereal.
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Serious skin problems among machine operators and the resulting high level of sick leave gave those responsible at Weber-Hydraulik GmbH considerable cause for concern. The culprit was the use of unstable coolant. Working with the experts from Blaser Swisslube, they switched the coolants B-Cool 755 and Synergy 915, which allowed the company to kill two birds with one stone: Skin problems are a thing of the past, while coolant life has increased more than fivefold and costs have been reduced by 75 percent.
Weber-Hydraulik GmbH is an international expert in custom-made and reliable hydraulic solutions. For more than 80 years, the innovative Swabian family-owned company, based in Güglingen, Germany, has been offering sophisticated, application-specific system solutions according to customer requirements. They develop highquality cylinders, control blocks, steering and suspension systems, valves and aggregates for mobile machinery, commercial vehicles and machine tools as well as rescue equipment and components for renewable energy. Founded in 1939, the company is 100 percent family owned and has a turnover of around 300 million euros with more than 1,700 employees. The Weber-Hydraulik Group has seven locations worldwide. The company offers a wide range of manufacturing processes at the Güglingen, Germany location which includes both soft and hard machining as well as electroplating.
Four years ago, an unstable coolant caused problems in the production plant in Güglingen. The sump life of the emulsion was very short at three to five months. The biggest challenge, however, was the serious skin problems among the machine operators, which led to a high level of sick leave. The works council and management were informed and the search for a reliable coolant partner began.
The Güglingen, Germany location of Weber-Hydraulik GmbH offers a wide range of manufacturing processeswhich includes both soft and hard machining as well as electroplating.
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Seek, and ye shall find: After initial discussions with the coolant experts from Blaser Swisslube, our Regional Sales Manager, Jochen Rühle, examined the production processes at Weber-Hydraulik. "Numerous factors play a role in selecting the optimal coolant solution, ranging from the manufacturing processes through the processed materials to the water used. If the coolant is ideally matched for all conditions, it becomes a liquid tool, which increases efficiency and productivity," explains Jochen Rühle. After a comprehensive analysis, it was recommended to use B-Cool 755 – a coolant containing mineral oil, which is characterized by optimal rinsing behavior, good resistance to the growth of microorganisms, clean machines and low top-up rates.
In a first test phase, B-Cool 755 was put to the test on a Gildemeister lathe for four weeks, after which further tests in the entire piston rod production were ordered. Since the tests were very successful, all machines were gradually converted to Blaser coolants. In addition to B-Cool 755, Blaser coolants Synergy 915 and Blasocut GR were used for grinding and deep-hole drilling.
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Since switching to B-Cool 755, the skin problems among employees have become a thing of the past, which is an immensely important improvement. At the same time, the coolant service life has increased from three to five months previously to more than two years. The coolant costs were reduced by an impressive 75 percent.
Vincenzo Trivigno, Production Manager at Weber-Hydraulik, reports: "We've solved the health problems of our employees! Since we started working with Blaser Swisslube, we also no longer have rust on the piston rods during the summer months. We were able to greatly reduce rework costs and increase delivery reliability!"
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I am a HUGE fan of Nalini Singh, without a doubt she is one of my favourite paranormal romance authors and if you've ever read any of her Psy-Changeling or Guild Hunter books then I'm sure you'll understand exactly why that is! Nalini actually started writing contemporary romances though and she's returning to those roots with her upcoming release. As soon as I heard she was writing a NA rock star series I added Rock Addiction straight to the top of my wish list and I can't tell you how excited I am to read this novel! Luckily I don't have too long to wait because it is being released on the 9th of September and I'm very happy to be able to share the cover and blurb with you here today.
Doesn't it sound fabulous? And what do you think of that cover? Zachary Fox is a hottie isn't he!! I can already tell that Molly is a lucky, lucky girl LOL.


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May 2018 archive
LIFEL1K3 (LIFEL1K3 #1) by Jay Kristoff
By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Post-Apocalypse, Science Fiction, Young Adult
For real, that was less Romeo & Juliet meets The Terminator, as the blurb says, than it was Westworld meets the Russian Revolution (with heavy Tank Girl influences.) It was crazy, in the best possible way. I was genuinely intrigued by Jay Kristoff's narrative choices throughout the book, and tho I didn't necessarily like the …
Doreen, Jay Kristoff, Post-Apocalypse, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/30/lifel1k3-lifel1k3-1-by-jay-kristoff/
The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles (Warlock Holmes #2) by G.S. Denning
By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Horror, Humor, Mystery
I seriously underestimated my reading load (again) and spent the last few chapters of this book in a reading panic. Fortunately, it's a good, fun read, tho I feel that the last half of the book, a mash-up of The Hound Of The Baskervilles and Warlock Holmes' origin story, suffered from the same flaws that …
Doreen, G.S. Denning, Horror, Humor, Mystery
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/26/the-hell-hound-of-the-baskervilles-warlock-holmes-2-by-g-s-denning/
Furyborn (Empirium #1) by Claire Legrand
By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Fantasy, Young Adult
You know there's a problem with a book when you get to the end, find out it's the first in a trilogy and groan out loud. I mean, the prologue essentially tells you the main plot of not only this book but the next (and who even knows, maybe the third given how dragged out …
Claire Legrand, Doreen, Fantasy, Young Adult
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/23/furyborn-empirium-1-by-claire-legrand/
A Study in Brimstone (Warlock Holmes #1) by G.S. Denning
By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Horror, Humor, Mystery, Short Stories
Weirdly, given how I love and devour mystery novels, I have never really been into reading Sherlock pastiches. For that matter, I've never been a huge fan of the source material, having read the originals only insofar as they were available to me in the library of a paternal uncle whom my family visited in …
Doreen, G.S. Denning, Horror, Humor, Mystery, Short Stories
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/23/a-study-in-brimstone-warlock-holmes-1-by-g-s-denning/
An Interview With Roger Levy, author of The Rig
By Doreen Sheridan in Author Interview, Doreen, Religion, Science Fiction
Q: Every book has its own story about how it came to be conceived and written as it did. How did The Rig evolve? A: It came very slowly. I was processing a lot of things in my life while completing Icarus, and The Rig came in fits and starts. I wanted to say something …
Author Interview, Doreen, Religion, Roger Levy, Science Fiction
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/21/an-interview-with-roger-levy-author-of-the-rig/
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Science Fiction
Loads of fun, in large part due to the main character/narrator of Murderbot. That isn't actually Murderbot's name, but it's what our narrator chooses as a self-referential, and to tell you why would possibly tell you too much about this novella. Murderbot is a Security Unit, a half-machine half-organic being created solely to protect humans …
Doreen, Martha Wells, Murderbot, Science Fiction
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/20/all-systems-red-the-murderbot-diaries-1-by-martha-wells/
Dread Nation (Dread Nation #1) by Justina Ireland
By Doreen Sheridan in Alternate History, Doreen, Dystopia, Feminism, Horror, Race, Racism, Young Adult
Wow, I didn't even know about the firestorm over this book and the author and her Twitter use until after I'd read and thoroughly enjoyed Dread Nation. It's a really terrific novel: what if zombies rose after the Battle of Gettysburg, and American history took a decided turn to deal with this new existential threat? …
Alternate History, Doreen, Dystopia, Feminism, Horror, Justina Ireland, Race, Racism, Young Adult
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/19/dread-nation-dread-nation-1-by-justina-ireland/
Mani: Travels in the Southern Peleponnese by Patrick Leigh Fermor
By Doug Merrill in Doug, Eastern Europe, History
Mani grew in the telling. Patrick Leigh Fermor meant it "to be a single chapter among many, each of them describing the stages and halts, the encounters, the background and the conclusions of a leisurely journey … through continental Greece and the islands." He undertook the journey, "to pull together the strands of many previous …
Doug, Fabulous Ones, Greece, History, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Travel
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/14/mani-travels-in-the-southern-peleponnese-by-patrick-leigh-fermor/
Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons Series #2) by Marie Lu
By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Graphic Novels, Thriller, Young Adult
As hoped, it was better than the first in the DC Icons series, Wonder Woman: Warbringer. Maybe that's due in large part to the fact that Batman as a mortal character needs to have his origin updated for each leap in technological progress: it's absurd to think that this iconic character, dependent as he is …
Doreen, Graphic Novels, Marie Lu, Thriller, Young Adult
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/14/batman-nightwalker-dc-icons-series-2-by-marie-lu/
The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine — Halftime Report
By Doug Merrill in Biography, Doug, Eastern Europe, Fabulous Ones, History, Politics, Premature Evaluation, Religion, Russia
One of the unexpected pleasures of The House of Government is Yuri Slezkine's occasional playful way with words. Given the subject matter, and particularly given Slezkine's argument that Bolshevism can best be understood as a millennarian sect that gained control of the state, a reader would be forgiven for thinking that his prose would range …
Big Honking History, Communism, Doug, History, History Has Its Eyes On You, Liquidation of the Kulaks as a Class, Religion, Russia, Russian Revolution, The Five-Year Plan in Four, What Is To Be Done, Yuri Slezkine
Permanent link to this article: https://www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2018/05/12/the-house-of-government-by-yuri-slezkine-halftime-report/


I am a local resident to the proposed Covanta power station in Stewartby Bedfordshire.
I would like to know if I will be able to claim for compensation under the Land and Compensation act 1973.
This law basically covers home owners for loss of value to their home caused by building of new amenities like roads, hospitals etc.
We provided S51 advice to Mr Collier that he would need to take his own legal advice if he wishes to make a claim for compensation.


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Sinister motive in TNA ombud move?
By SAPA Mar 4, 2015
Johannesburg - The decision to withdraw from the Press Council's ombudsman process was not taken lightly, The New Age newspaper said on Wednesday.
"We confirm notifying the Press Ombudsman of our decision to withdraw The New Age from the jurisdiction of the Press Council," chief executive Nazeem Howa said in an sms to Sapa.
"This decision was not taken lightly but followed much internal debate. Our reasons are a matter for discussion between the ombud and ourselves."
Howa said The New Age was appointing an independent ombudsman to deal with complaints against the paper.
"We have asked the Press Ombudsman to forward to the paper all existing complaints and will ensure that they are dealt with through an independent third party," Howa said.
New Age pulls out of ombuds system
"We will naturally stand by that ruling and invite the DA to forward its complaint to us."
The Democratic Alliance complained to the ombudsman on February 3 about a front-page article that defended what the party argued was the government's disproportionate advertising expenditure on The New Age.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Press Council said The New Age had pulled out of the council's ombudsman system.
"The New Age was one of the publications that have been using our system without being members of Print & Digital Media SA (PDMSA), so they are not members (of the council) and therefore are not automatically members of PDMSA," director Joe Thloloe said.
"What happened in their case is our rules say if we get a complaint against a publication that is not a member of any of our processes, then we should write to the editor of that publication and ask if they want the complaint handled by the Press Council."
If so, that makes the publication automatically members of the Press Council, and not PDMSA.
"Now, when we got the complaint about The New Age from the DA, The New Age was quite reluctant to respond to the complaint and when we contacted them, they sent a note stating they are pulling out of the system," he said.
"Almost all publications in the council are subscribed to our system."
On Wednesday, Democratic Alliance spokesman Gavin Davis said the publication's pulling out of the system meant it was no longer possible to hold the newspaper accountable for the fairness and accuracy of its reporting.
"The timing of The New Age's withdrawal is interesting," he said.
"After missing a series of deadlines to respond to the DA's complaint, the CEO of The New Age, Nazeem Howa, wrote to the ombudsman on 25 February to 'confirm the withdrawal of The New Age from the Press Ombudsman processes'."
Davis claimed the article about the advertising spend breached the Press Code and said it was likely that the DA's complaint would have been upheld.
"So it appears that, to avoid the embarrassment of apologising and retracting the story, The New Age decided to withdraw from the ombudsman process altogether," he said.


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Counterfeit electronic devices, especially mobile phones, have plagued African markets but now countries are taking a stand.
Your package has finally arrived. It's the Samsung Galaxy S5, brand new and you got it for a bargain. But something doesn't look quite right… Maybe the phone's home button is placed a little further than where it's supposed to be, or the brand's logo is slightly raised, as if it were a sticker. Like so many other unsuspecting consumers, chances are you've just purchased a fake smartphone.
Scammers have become masters at fooling the public into buying knock-off, counterfeit devices, and while some people will still consider it a bargain either way, consumers who choose to buy a smartphone from unauthorised dealers place themselves at risk of losing out.
Not only that, there is also a physical danger attached to using fake handsets, according to Liron Segev, tech analyst and founder of two businesses in the field of mobile application and development.
'The devices are not subject to quality control or tested for electrical safety standards, and offer no warranty protection to consumers,' he says.
'There is no assurance of the quality of the device nor its battery. Therefore you run the real risk of holding a device to your head that could literally explode.'
In the end, however, the trickery damages the real manufacturers. 'These phones are dressed up to look exactly like the genuine branded phones and sold with the sole aim of duping the public into parting with their money,' says Segev.
'When these fake devices fail, the unsuspecting purchaser is very quick to jump onto social media and aim their frustration at the brand, which causes damage to the company's reputation, even though they are not at fault.'
This is not a new thing. Counterfeit electronic devices have been making their way onto African soil for years. Kenya has had an especially tough time with these devices and was one of the first East African nations to crack down on fake mobile phones.
While some people will still consider it a bargain either way, consumers who choose to buy a smartphone from unauthorised dealers place themselves at risk of losing out
In 2012, when the country had around 30 million mobile subscriptions, its Communications Commission put the number of users who had counterfeit phones at approximately 2.3 million. This, as industry estimates suggest, equates to around US$35 million a year being lost, in the form of missed import duty and VAT income due to counterfeits across the various sectors.
In an online This is Africa report, Abdulla Hasayen, Nokia brand protection manager for India, the Middle East and Africa, says: 'Across East Africa, the availability – and use – of counterfeit mobile phones is widespread, and has reached the extent where potential mobile phone buyers cannot immediately tell whether they're purchasing a genuine or imitation handset.'
He adds that 'the region could be losing up to US$200 million to counterfeit products, threatening the spirit of East African Community's economic growth as a trading bloc'.
In September 2012, Kenya took steps to counter this – its Communications Commission performed a nationwide switch-off of all counterfeit mobile phones by using the International Mobile Equipment number. Subscribers were given time beforehand to replace their phones, but mobile networks were forbidden to activate any fake devices from that point onwards.
Nokia and Samsung also did their bit to assist in the disposal of these knock-off phones. With the help of a local recycling company, they supplied 100 recycling points across the country for citizens to safely dispose of their counterfeits. At the same time, according to IT Web Africa, Samsung ran its Give up the Fake campaign, which encouraged subscribers to hand in their fake devices in return for a genuine mobile phone at a starting price of US$16. According to the International Telecommunication Union, Kenya has since managed to phase out nearly 2 million counterfeit phones.
Meanwhile, Hasayen says there has been a drop in market share. 'To date, an estimated 67% of Kenyans now have access to mobile phones, while it is also estimated that the counterfeit market share dropped by almost 6% as a result of this bold move.'
However, that hasn't stopped counterfeiters completely. Last November, the Kenya Anti-Counterfeit Agency unearthed a massive mobile-phone syndicate – around 1 000 fake Samsung devices worth KES40 million were seized, resulting in three arrests.
Shortly after Kenya took action, Uganda followed suit. With roughly 30% of the country's 17 million mobile phones being cheap knock-offs, the Uganda Communications Commission prompted a region-wide clampdown, similar to Kenya.
MTN Uganda assisted by warning subscribers of the impending counterfeit-phone shutdown on social media sites, including Facebook, notifying them that they had until March 2013 to register their SIM cards with the regulator. Invalid device were disconnected between July and December of that year.
While Nigeria's strategy in combating counterfeit mobile phones was akin to that of Uganda and Kenya's, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says a constant flow of fake ICT products (including phones) continues to infiltrate the country's market.
The West African nation currently has a GSM subscriber base of nearly 127 million – 10% of which are using knock-off devices, according to Joseph Odumodu, director-general of SON. He adds that in 2013 alone, more than NGN5 billion was spent on the importation of substandard mobile phones.
Odumodu argues that once more countries disconnect these illicit phones, the people behind the scourge will continue moving to regions that have yet to adopt a solution, hence the need to address the situation on a global scale.
Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia and have all initiated the same procedure – the first steps in providing a continent-wide solution. It's relatively early days yet and, while the results so far have been mixed, it marks the beginning of a long-term clampdown.
By Melissa Le Roux
Image: Gallo Images/AFP/Simon Maina


Our colorful winter squash are a beautiful indicator of the end of our growing season here at Durst Organic Growers. We grow several popular varieties of winter squash including butternut, acorn, spaghetti, delicata, and more. We also encourage experimentation and trials of squash by friends of ours like those at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, whom we work with to create the amazing squash mountain featured each year at the Heirloom Expo every September. Starting in the early summer, our winter squash mature over months of warmth and sunshine, ripening up in the beginning of fall--just in time for squash soups, pies, and Jack-o-lanterns. If you are interested in having a school group visit the farm for a pumpkin harvest, get in touch with us.
Winter squash is a great storage vegetable. Out of direct sunlight in a cool, dry spot, squash can be stored at room temperature for up to 6-9 months. Once cut, we recommend storing it in the refrigerator, wrapped in plastic wrap or inside a storage container.


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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr eBook Download Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book, National Book Award finalist, more than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller list From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure's reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry wh...
The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi
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The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi eBook Download A sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends—one struggling to survive the human slave trade and the other on a mission to save her—two girls whose lives converge only to change one fateful night in 1993. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes has come of age to fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute. In an attempt to escape this legacy that binds her, Mukta is transported to a foster family in Bombay. There she discovers a friend in the high spirited eight-year-old Tara, the tomboyish daughter of the family, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to a different world—ice cream and sweets, poems and stories, and a frie...
Small Country by Gaël Faye
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Small Country by Gaël Faye eBook Download A prize-winning bestseller in its native France, a vivid and evocative coming-of-age tale, set against the backdrop of the Rwandan genocide and the civil war in Burundi, of a young boy's childhood innocence shattered by the brutal tides of history. In 1992, Gabriel, ten years old, lives in Burundi in a comfortable expatriate neighborhood with his French father, his Rwandan mother and his little sister, Ana. In this joyful idyll, Gabriel spends the better part of his time with his mischievous band of friends, in a tiny cul-de-sac they have turned into their kingdom. But their peaceful existence will suddenly shatter when this small African country is brutally battered by history. In this magnificent coming-of-age story, Gael Faye describe...
My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
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My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith eBook Download When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and no other cars available it looks like Paul is stuck at the airport. That is, until an enterprising stranger offers him an unexpected alternative. While there may be no cars available there is something else on offer: a bulldozer. With little choice in the matter, Paul accepts and so begins a series of laugh out loud adventures through the Italian countryside, following in the wake of Paul and his Italian...
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The Leavers by Lisa Ko eBook Download One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an "all-American boy." But far away from all he's ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with his mother's disappearance and the memories of the family and community he left behind. Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid and moving examination of borders and belonging. It...
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa Palombo
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The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa Palombo eBook Download A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family's favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici's glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence―most notably the rakish Giuliano de' Medici―become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strike...
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
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Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan eBook Download When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside--but he's not alone. It seems the entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe, ostensibly to care for their matriarch but truly to stake claim on the massive fortune that Su Yi controls. With each family member secretly fantasizing about getting the keys to Tyersall Park--a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore--the place becomes a hotbed of intrigue and Nicholas finds himself blocked from entering the premises. As relatives claw over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by his ex-wife--a woma...
Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan
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Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan eBook Download A sweeping, unforgettable novel from The New York Times best-selling author of Maine, about the hope, sacrifice, and love between two sisters and the secret that drives them apart. Nora and Theresa Flynn are twenty-one and seventeen when they leave their small village in Ireland and journey to America. Nora is the responsible sister; she's shy and serious and engaged to a man she isn't sure that she loves. Theresa is gregarious; she is thrilled by their new life in Boston and besotted with the fashionable dresses and dance halls on Dudley Street. But when Theresa ends up pregnant, Nora is forced to come up with a plan—a decision with repercussions they are both far too young to understand. Fifty years later, Nora...


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After another good night's sleep all round, my auto alarm woke me up at 7 so that we could be at breakfast by 8 and on the road at nine(ish). We did not have far to go, just a quick drive to the Eriosyce (Thelocephala) napina location at Huasco, where we would meet Brendan & Lucy Burke (S2891).
Just as I was explaining what cacti we would see to JYC, Brendan & Lucy arrived. They had a nice big 4×4 Nissan, one size up from ours, a bit like our Dodge Durango from the first three weeks. They had never been to this spot before, even though Brendan had been visiting Chile longer than I had, his emphasis had always been on Copiapoa and because they tended to visit in January, when the Thelocephala were mostly asleep, they had never bothered with this stop. JYC was hugely excited by the clumps of C. fiedleriana, the Eriosyce (Thelocephala) napina and the E. (Neoporteria) villosa, Eulychnia breviflora and Oxalis gigantea, in flower.
Brendan & I spent much too much time chatting, catching up on various points but eventually had enough images so we headed for Quebrada Mala, now a convoy of 3 cars – 6 people. After a km or so Brendan flashed me and warned that my rear tyre was low. We had our first puncture – the huge nail was clearly visible. Fortunately a 'Vulca' (tyre repair place) was just around the corner and the guy had us quickly back on the road for the princely sum of 3,000 Chilean pesos – about £3. Before making him the man of the moment in resolving this incident, I have to acknowledge contributions by JYC and Brendan in liberating the spare tyre from the luggage compartment and removing the punctured tyre and replacing it with the spare before I drove the car to the Vulca.
Back on the road we took the turning in Huasco Bajo for the beach (Playa). We're all going on a summer holiday….(Cliff Richard song). At Quebrada Mala (S2892), JYC was keen to key out the next Copiapoa into his App but came up empty – no wonder, C. echinata was not recognised as a good species in the NCL, so had not been included in the App. While looking at C. echinata we were distracted by another cactus, although not a Copiapoa: Eriosyce (Thelocephala) odieri. Several small plants were found, together with a few rabbit and guanaco droppings for good measure. I then pointed JYC to the bottom of an arroyo which had its sides covered with more Copiapoa that easily keyed out to C. dealbata on the App.
And so we drove on to Carrizal Bajo (S2893 – no cacti photographed) where I recounted some more cactus folklore about our crossing of the sandbank back to town when the tide was in, in 2001.
This time we elected to take the new main road and cross the stream over the new bridge and drove another 12 km for another population of C. dealbata (S2894) that included some very nice crests spotted here earlier with Angie.
Before moving on we surprised Brendan & Lucy with the the remains of the peach cake that we had bought yesterday – surely that is how all cactus parties enjoy a snack on their trips? Then it was on to the Llanos de Challe National Park S2895) where we wanted to see Eriosyce napina spp. challensis. At the foot of the hill was another Copiapoa that was new to JYC: C. echinoides – another triumph, as it keyed out OK in his App.
Time was ticking on and Lucy & Brendan still had to find beds for the night, so Bart & Marijke decided to spend some time on the beach while Brendan & Lucy chose to follow our car as we went looking for a new road to Maitencillo. First SatNav took us right up to Minas Collorados, as new mine to us, but one that seems to be very busy. It turned out to be a dead end at the mine. We followed the track through to R5 where after about a km. we found another track, signposted to Maitencillo, 12 km away. The area was very barren and we did not see any Copiapoa, so nothing too excited.
I was remarkably tired when we got back to the hotel. Unfortunately there were no rooms for Brendan & Lucy here tonight but they found another hotel nearer the centre of town.


Lucky is helping me fix up whats already done, then I'll move on to getting all the attract mode done. This is really going to be a laissez faire type situation. I have way to much other real life stuff going on to dedicate a lot of time to this but since I own the pin now I really do want it in color more My highest pin2dmd priority is just killing the last of the Lethal Weapon 3 bugs and finishing converting all the TriBall stuff to Multiball.


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When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
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With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard
The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman
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As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
When the Dark Elves attempt to plunge the universe into darkness, Thor must embark on a perilous and personal journey that will reunite him with doctor Jane Foster.
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Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
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Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson
When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo
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Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
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Marvel's "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man? Written by Jawadjee
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Tony Stark: [Narrates] A famous man once said, 'We create our own demons.' Who said that? What does that even mean? Doesn't matter. I said it 'cause he said it. So now, he was famous and that basically getting said by two well-known guys. I don't, uh... I'm gonna start again.
Tony Stark: Let's track this from the beginning.
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It's time to say goodbye. No, Tony Stark will not get anywhere from us, Iron Man is still at the top of Olympus Marvel. But it will never be the same again, because the cycle of the name Robert Downey Jr. comes to the end. Enjoy the same ellipsis of a beautiful trilogy, worthy of his hero.
The third film turned out to be minimal superhero, but as human as possible. To achieve such an effect was possible because of a change of man in the director's chair - the place of joker John Favreau was taken by Shane Black. The screenwriter of The Deadly Guns received an appointment clearly in an old friendship with Downey. It so happened that the iconic for both "The Kiss" (for Robert to a lesser extent, of course) makes itself felt in the story of the "Iron Man" - if the last two films were simply "not serious", then this time we can safely be called the funniest in the trilogy. In addition to abundant jokes, some plot twists from the duo's past collaborative work are also guessed.
Robert Downey Jr. now spends much less time in a suit. After the events in New York ("The Avengers") he is overcome by panic: and suddenly something like this will happen again, suddenly Pepper will again be in danger. In a suit, fear goes, then he and Iron Man, but the battle with yourself has to lead literally with bare hands. The costume, in turn, does not disappear from the screen, it is multiplied either independently, or under the control of the skillful AI Jarvis, thereby preventing Robert's talent, the flow of which is always a little bit, but restrained by the suit. The screen time and Gwyneth Paltrow increased, for this incarnation of beloved Stark, this is actually also the last fight and this time it gives a light to the old one. With enemies everything is much better than last time. First of all, the mysterious Mandarin. Sir Ben Kingsley and his character is SPOILER riding a spoiler, plus a spoiler and chases. It is not enough, but it surprises him fantastically, for it completely changes the preliminary opinion about the film and from fears that ZhCH3 turned into the fall of the Dark Knight, there is no trace. The second villain went to Guy Pearce. The Englishman goes deeper and deeper into the abyss of extremely negative roles, which, incidentally, is not bad, because the hostage of one role is definitely not about him.
Flashed on the screen by tradition and Stan Lee, without which there would be no comic books about Tony Stark and there would not be anything else. A few months before the premiere of Iron Man 3, the master turned 90 years old.
The funny pseudo-realism Iron Man 3 captivates. With the change of director, the film also changed, which pays more time to Tony Stark, and not to Iron Man. Who knows, Robert Downey Jr. may someday. will return to his main superhero role, but so far the film and he himself hint that it's time to move on. Finally, Marvel gives the audience a cocktail of humor, action and nostalgia, supplemented by a slice of the beloved actor and a piece of the universe after the credits.
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 Уваров Андрій Іванович (1971) — артист балету, народний артист Росії (2001).
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 Уваров Сергій Сергійович — предводитель дворянства Бердичівського повіту.
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Germagnat ist eine Ortschaft und eine ehemalige französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Ain in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Sie gehörte zum Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse und zum Kanton Saint-Étienne-du-Bois.

Mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar 2017 wurden die früheren Gemeinden Chavannes-sur-Suran und Germagnat zu einer Commune nouvelle mit dem Namen Nivigne et Suran zusammengelegt und haben in der neuen Gemeinde den Status einer Commune déléguée. Der Verwaltungssitz befindet sich im Ort Chavannes-sur-Suran.

Geografie
Die Ortschaft liegt in der Landschaft Revermont und wird vom Fluss Suran passiert.

Geschichte
Germagnat war einer der Heimatorte des Adelsgeschlechts Toulongeon, namentlich von Jean II. de Toulongeon.

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Sleeps 4. Offering panoramic views across the English Channel, or should that be La Manche, this traditional cottage retains many character features including its beamed ceiling. Just steps away from a sandy beach, it makes an ideal touring base. Cottage Code: FNM026.


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Tortoise Day. We learn lots about the Galapagos tortoises and are struck by how tourists like us are both a blessing and a curse. The giant tortoises are one of our favorite things on the trip. We laugh at how odd the sight of giant tortoises grazing in fields with the cows are as we drive by. We see the oldest living tortoise at the station, and all the girl tortoises that they are trying to entice him with! We are amazed at how one really large one climbs up a steep set of stairs with more speed than you would ever expect from such a large animal. We can't believe that they let us get up close and personal with them. A truly remarkable experience, and one that we will never forget.
Each night on the boat, we all gather and compare our stories and photos. As I was walking down the hall to my room (camera in hand), a sea lion was walking down the hall to join us in the main room! When she saw me, she then turned around and went back down the hall, muttering (sea lion obscenities I'm sure) all the way.
We end the day with a wonderful candlelit dinner on the back deck and sadly exchange addresses and phone numbers with our new friends. We stay up late into the night watching a pelican dive for fish off the back of our boat under the lights - just don't want it to end.


The UK's first smart meter research facility is set to open at Salford University this Friday.
The 'Smart Meters>Smart Homes' laboratory will be supplying government and consumers with advice and data on smart meters.
The new facility is based at The University of Salford's Joule House which is home to EnergyHouse, the world's first whole building test facility, and the recently-unveiled EnergyHouse 2.0.
The smart meter research facility will also aim to explore how smart meters best work alongside various home technologies such as storage devices, smart speakers, sensors and wearables.
Lead researcher, Professor Will Swan, said: "Domestic energy systems are becoming more complex due to the advent of renewables, time-of-use tariffs, energy storage and a greater fluidity in the customer-supplier relationship.
What is a smart meter?A smart meter is a new type of meter the automatically sends readings to your energy supplier. It is connected to a screen that tells you how much gas and electric you're using and how much this is costing, allowing the homeowner to identify where savings can be made. The meters aim to put an end to estimated bills and help people save money, as well as tackling climate change.
As part of a national scheme, 30 million homes and small businesses are set to have smart meters installed by 2020, however, the campaign has reportedly faced criticism from those who say there has been long delays and increased costs as a result of the installations.
However, according to the BBC, recent figures show that installation rates for the third quarter of the year have dropped by 10 percent, meaning the government may struggle to reach its 2020 target.
The government does however, still insist that this figure will be met.


There was much hype ahead of Too Darn Hot's appearance in Saturday's G3 Solario Stakes at Sandown, and the latest member of the Dubawi/ Dar Re Mi dynasty certainly didn't disappoint as he stormed to a four-length victory.
This was the race won last year by Masar (New Approach), who of course went on to take this year's Derby at Epsom, so little surprise that Too Darn Hot is now a firm favourite to take the 2019 Blue Riband.
Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber's homebred becomes the third Black Type winner by Dubawi out of Singspiel's multiple G1 winner Dar Re Mi, following So Mi Dar (winner of the Musidora and third in the G1 Prix l'Opera) and the unbeaten Lah Ti Dar, who was so impressive when she hacked up in the Galtres Stakes at York last month.
Dubawi's Group winners were not limited to the UK at the weekend, as Ball Of Muscle added a fourth Stakes win and tenth win overall to his record when landing the G3 Heath Stakes at Caulfield in Australia.
Also in Australia, Teofilo's superb flagbearer Humidor added a third victory at the highest level to his CV when flying home late to win the first G1 contest of the season at Caulfield, the seven-furlong Memsie Stakes.
Humidor has now won G1 races from seven to 10 furlongs and was just a neck behind Street Cry's superstar mare Winx in last year's Cox Plate, which is his next intended target.
Teofilo is also sire of fellow Australian G1 winner Happy Clapper this year, while his exciting son Cross Counter (pictured) will also be heading to the southern hemisphere shortly to prepare for the Melbourne Cup.
First-season sire Slade Power recorded his first Group performer in fine style on Saturday, 1 September when exciting colt Bruce Wayne took second in the competitive G3 Round Tower Stakes at the Curragh. Despite this being just his second start, he found only the odds-on favourite Ten Sovereigns too good and was well clear of the rest of the field.
Also on Saturday, Slade Power added a new winner when Jack's Point successfully took on several previous winners at Chelmsford.
The sales action moved to Doncaster last week and saw some strong results for the Darley stallions with their first yearlings on offer.
Brazen Beau, such a success with his first Australian yearlings, saw his daughter out of Royal Blush go to Howson & Houldsworth for an even £100,000.
The following day, Shadwell went to £90,000 to secure his colt out of Eclaircie, from the family of Gold Away.
Outstrip also has his first yearlings selling now and his highest price of the sale was £65,000, given by Ger Lyons for his smart-looking colt out of Miss Vendome (pictured). This is an impressive 13 times his covering fee of £5,000.


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Water quality trading is an innovative approach that offers greater flexibility and efficiency, and allows one source to meet its NPDES obligations by using pollutant reductions created by another source that may have lower pollution control costs while also creating greater benefit for water quality.
Trading examples include temperature: riparian restoration on private land that generates temperature credits; stormwater: improvements in offsite land best management practices (BMPs) that generate stormwater credits for urban developers; and nutrients: improvements in agricultural BMPs that generate nitrogen, phosphorus or sediment credits.
Measuring and tracking these trading actions with the same metrics allows us to embrace the "one water" concept. Sharing the successes and best management practices from water quality trading for stormwater offsets creates an alternative compliance solution for meeting new waste load allocations that is achievable, cost-effective and makes the watershed healthier.
This webcast is available free of charge for one year thanks to the sponsorship of The Freshwater Trust.
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CSS Grid provides a feature that lets you create named grid areas, then you use those names to position items on the grid. First, you'll use the grid-area property to assign a custom name to each grid area. Then you'll use the grid-template-areas property to define how the layout looks, by referencing those custom named areas.
Grid areas are the slots on the grid where grid items are placed.
the layout we created in the previous video is made up of four grid areas.
The header, main, aside, and footer areas.
A grid area is always enclosed by four grid lines, one on each side.
and second row grid lines and the first and third column lines.
five and column lines two and three.
you create named grid areas.
Then you can use those names to position items on the grid.
and footer items using grid template areas.
to assign a custom name to each of the four grid areas.
to define how our layout looks by referencing those custom named areas.
you can just comment them out if you want to use them as reference for later.
Now, we're going to give each selector a grid area name.
inside the header rule, and assign it the name header.
head, hd, or just the letter h.
I'm choosing to identify the area with the name header.
Next, I'll give the main element a grid-area value of main.
Then set aside's grid-area value to aside.
And we'll give the footer a grid-area value of footer.
setting a grid item's size and location within the grid.
that's what we're using it for in this video.
I've also posted resources about the grid-area-property in the teacher's notes.
and footer items onto the grid by referencing their named grid-areas.
we can place on the grid via the grid-template-areas property.
The value for grid-template-areas should be a set of strings.
And each separate string creates a row on the grid.
We need three rows, so let's first create three empty strings.
and you'll see how it's going to help you visualize the structure of your grid.
will place items on the grid based on where you write the names.
how you write them is going to be how they appear in the browser.
by writing the header grid-area name.
from one edge of the grid to the other, by writing header two times.
inside the first column track by writing its named grid-area, main.
Then, we'll place the aside in the second column.
And finally, the footer will span the entire third row.
So just like the header, let's write the footer grid-area twice.
So to recap, each separate string creates a row.
And a column is created for each word or grid-area name in the string.
otherwise, the browser will not recognize the grid-areas.
Let's have a look in the browser.
And just like that we've created our site layout using grid-template-areas.
can display the area names in the grid overlay.
check Display area names, and it will show you the names of each grid-area.
own line gives you a precise visualization of the structure of your grid.
quickly move items around to see where they might fit best.
you can quickly swap the placement of columns like the main and aside items.
spaces by simply repeating its name.
area of the grid, so I'll set the third string to main and footer.
replace the main area and the third string with a period.
leave an empty cell below the aside.
for example, three as long as there are no spaces between them.
Developers often refer to this as the ASCII method of grid layout.
art out of special ASCII characters.
to see how quickly you're able to create different layout combinations.
They're not only useful, but also fun to use.
In fact, I'll create a grid-template-areas practice challenge for you now.
In the index.html file, let's add a new item to the grid container.
So I'll include a nav element below the header.
Then in the grid container rule, add a third column track.
So I'll write 1fr as the first track.
I'll show you my solution in the next video.


I still haven't found a good resource for studying for design questions like this one/the other ones I posted. I keep hearing to go to highscalability.com. This is the only resource I've found that might be helpful tbh. The designs were all about scalability/flexibility. This one was more about flexibility in design, and he said he wanted to see SOLID principles. There was little emphasis on OOP design.
The recruiter told me right after I arrived that I would get 3 coding sessions and 2 white boarding for systems design. I did not experience that - I got 1 coding session, 3 systems design and 1 behavior based interview with a manager who quizzed me on experience/asked random tech questions.
Unfortunately they won't tell you where you fail, so although I suspect my weakness was systems design I'm not sure what I can do to improve, and oddly, the internet is NOT full of examples.


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Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science for Athletic Development
Devan McConnell & Justin Roethlingshoefer
Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science for Athletic Development, by Justin Roethlingshoefer and Devan McConnell, takes you inside the world of two strength and conditioning coaches and how they continue to develop a holistic approach to sport science to work with their players to help them achieve their optimum levels of strength, power, and speed. Intent explains the different aspects of sport science to give players an edge and to assist head coaches in planning their practice and game strategies. Strength and conditioning coaches help provide head coaches with a physically and emotionally better-prepared athlete. This book does not talk about a set program but shows different components that enable strength and conditioning coaches to establish individual programming while maintaining team mentality. The methodology shared in Intent can be used from high school to all levels of professional sports. It takes a mindfulness on everyone's part to make the elements of Intent work. It takes intent. When players and coaches are on the same page, that team can reach for the highest rung.
Devan McConnell


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Lexington Nebraska is famous for being a stop along the Pony Express route in the 1860's. Neither sleet, nor snow, nor danger stopped the mail from being delivered by those faithful riders. Now, Thermosoft is delivering something quite different to Lexington Nebraska – namely underfloor heating. Yes, in the heart of the corn belt – in-floor heat is popular and thriving. Recently, D____ Construction performed an entire floor installation of underfloor heating and the customer couldn't be happier. Bedrooms and bathrooms were all covered with Thermotile heated floor mats. Providing comfort that only radiant flooring can provide on those cold mid-western nights, where the winds howl from the north. "There are several reasons our customers choose Thermotile under floor heating over the others," declared VP of Marketing Russ Dunn. "First, our product is manufactured in the U.S.A., which is important to folks. Next, our underfloor heating product has zero EMF – which is also critical to some who consider EMF a health hazard. Thermotile heated floor mats include a commercial grade fiberglass mesh, which lays flat for easy installation, and acts as an anti- fracture membrane. Also, you can install Thermotile heated floor mats under any type of flooring, ceramic, wood, laminates and even carpet! Lastly," continued Russ," Thermosoft offers a lifetime warranty for the floor heating system, it doesn't get better than that!" So, harvest time – or any time – Thermosoft has a bumper crop of reasons why their underfloor heating should be chosen over the rest.


High energy, amazing stunts, and great music all come together in Bring It On! – the Musical. Des Moines Young Artists' Theatre (DMAYT) presents the show starting July 27 in the Stoner Studio Theatre at the Civic Center. The world of competitive cheerleading is set to music, and the new storyline is sure to wow audiences, who will definitely be cheering by the end of the performance!


Google rolled out another broad core algorithm update this week.
It was confirmed on Twitter that this algorithm update was released on Monday, April 16th.
You may recall that Google released a similar algorithm update early last month. Shortly afterward it was explained that a "broad core" algorithm update is something that occurs routinely several times per year.
While many SEOs speculated that this update targeted low quality pages, it was later confirmed the update had more to do with content relevance.
In other words, Google is adjusting rankings to ensure searchers continue to get results that best answer their queries.
Google says most of its algorithm update are related to content relevance, so relevance is likely to be the basis of this month's update as well.
Therefore, if your rankings are affected by this update, it's not necessarily an indication that the quality of your content needs to be improved. Rather, it's more of a sign that your content needs to be more relevant to the audience who is searching for it.


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Q: Is there a way to create a columns that are dependent on one another? I'm very new to R and was wondering if it was possible to create a data frame in which values of columns are dependent on one another. I would like to start with a value of 0 for B, and use this to calculate C and D, then use C and D to calculate the next B value and so on for 51 rows. Code below is just to clarify what I'm trying to accomplish.
df=data.frame(
  "A"=c(0:50),
  "B"=c(B+C-D),
  "C"=c(B*2),
  "D"=c(B/2))

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