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Brandwatch Legal
Privacy Documents
Security Documents
The Brandwatch Security Programme
1. Programme Overview 2. Data Centres and Third Party Hosting 3. Access Control and Data Protection 4. Device and Network Security 5. Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and SLAs 6. Security in Development 7. Vendor and Contractor Security 8. Data Breach Notification 9. Compliance 10. Vulnerability Disclosure 11. Feedback
1. Programme Overview
Update, November 2022: We are excited to announce that Brandwatch has completed the annual third party audit of our Information Security Management System (ISMS) and has achieved the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for all our SaaS products. ISO 27001 is an industry standard for information security. This also means that we have discontinued pursuing our SOC2 type 2 and Cyber Essentials certifications. The British Standards Institution has affirmed that whichever Brandwatch product you use, this will be in compliance with ISO 27001:2013. For our customers, this means that the products you use are safely operating under the requirements of ISO 27001 and that all data is processed accordingly. In case of questions regarding this kindly reach out to your customer success manager.
Brandwatch maintains a comprehensive security programme to support regulatory compliance, preserve customer trust, and safeguard the security, privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems processing confidential information. The Brandwatch security team is staffed by dedicated professionals reporting directly to executive management and our board of directors. All Brandwatch products are ISO 27001:2013 certified. We engage a third party to audit our adherence to these standards at least annually. Our current ISO 27001 certificate is available upon request.
Brandwatch provides a suite of products and services under two solution groups, on one hand Consumer Intelligence, that includes our flagship product Consumer Research, Vizia and Brandwatch Reviews, and on the other hand Social Media Management which is comprised of Publish, Listen, Audience, Engage, Measure, Advertise, Benchmark and Influence.
All Brandwatch employees receive information about our policies and procedures as they relate to security and data privacy. Brandwatch employees must review and sign an Acceptable Use Policy and undergo security and data privacy training upon hire and at least annually thereafter. Brandwatch performs background and/or reference checks for all new hires according to local laws and regulations as a condition of hire.
2. Data Centres and Third Party Hosting
The different components of the Brandwatch product suite are hosted across a variety of services in order to take advantage of the benefits of different classes of infrastructure and ensure continuous, uninterrupted availability of the platform. Each of these service providers are held to the same standards we hold ourselves, and we assess their security practices annually.
We make extensive use of Amazon Web Services (AWS). For BCR, raw data ingestion, indexing, analysis, and storage takes place in AWS in the US. AWS is certified to a wide range of compliance and security standards, available for review here.
The BCR frontend applications and Vizia components are hosted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Europe. As with AWS, GCP has a variety of certifications, viewable here.
Analysis results and customer metadata are stored in colocation facilities in the UK. The primary data centre is in Hayes, UK, with services provided by Virtus DC. The backup data centre is in Maidstone, UK, with services provided by Custodian DC. Both data centre providers manage Tier III or better facilities with 24/7 on-site security personnel and extensive physical security controls.
The Falcon platform is hosted in AWS and GCP in the EU (see links above for compliance information) except for the infrastructure used to support the Listening product which is hosted in the US and the UK, but contains public information only (public Tweets, blog articles, Facebook posts etc.)
Paladin is hosted in Heroku and AWS in the US.
We supplement the above services with small presences in Linode and Aiven.
3. Access Control and Data Protection
Platform access control
We have implemented strict user roles in our products to allow our customers control and flexibility over what features their users can access. We believe it is necessary to give all of our customers this level of flexibility, as the requirements for access control are different in every organisation.
Users of the Consumer Research and any of the products in the Social Media Management solution with the Admin user type can manage all user roles and permissions for their teams. For more detailed instructions regarding user permissions within our applications, please refer to the Brandwatch Help Center and the Falcon Help Center.
Internal access to customer data
We limit customer instance access to only Brandwatch Group employees who require access to service a given customer account, such as account managers and customer support personnel. We audit all access monthly, quarterly, or annually depending on the level of access and the sensitivity of the data involved.
Remote access to server infrastructure is limited to engineering personnel with a demonstrated business need for access using the principle of least privilege. Access requests are ticketed, reviewed, and approved by senior management and the security team, and then reviewed quarterly. In order to access systems containing customer information, Brandwatch employees must authenticate via a VPN, and provide a physical access token as a second factor.
Physical access control
As mentioned, Brandwatch does not rely on physical locations to process customer data. However, we have implemented a series of controls to manage physical access to our offices. Where possible, our offices have front desk personnel assigned to monitor access. All visitors must check in and out, and be accompanied by a Brandwatch employee throughout their visit. All Brandwatch employees have keycards to access offices. Where front desk personnel are unavailable, entry doors to office space are kept locked.
Separation of platform data
The Brandwatch Group's products are multi-tenant SaaS applications. We logically separate customer data through database design, coding standards, and thorough code reviews. Each user and piece of data within the products includes a unique identifier. We bind every user session to a user identifier, which is then used to retrieve data. Each user is granted a set of permissions, which then dictates access within the product(s). We never use customer data during our development or testing processes (with the exception of Influence, which is moving away from this soon). The production environment is logically segregated from all non-production environments.
We encrypt all Brandwatch Group issued employee computers with the full disk encryption offered by the operating system used. Windows machines use Bitlocker, Apple devices use Filevault 2, and Linux devices use dm-crypt with LUKS.
We encrypt all customer uploaded data and login credentials in transit. All communication with the Brandwatch Group's products occurs over HTTPS. The products support TLS 1.2, and 1.3 protocols and use TLS 1.2 by default for all data in transit over HTTPS for browsers that support it.
Custom uploaded data and related backups are encrypted at rest using Server-Side Encryption with Amazon S3-Managed Keys (SSE-S3). Physical backup tapes from our data centres are encrypted with AES-256.
Additionally, all data in the Falcon platform and Paladin is encrypted at rest.
Data retention and deletion
Unless otherwise noted in your contract, if you terminate your contract with Brandwatch, we will retain your data for a maximum of 30 days. After the 30-day window, with the exception of any information that we are legally required to retain, an automated process deletes or anonymizes all data in the platform related to the expired contract.
Single Sign-on, Password Security, and MFA
For Brandwatch Consumer Research, Single Sign-on (SSO) via SAML 2.0 and Google Authentication are offered to certain customers as a premium feature. Both types of SSO offer configuration settings to authenticate via SSO only, or the ability to authenticate via SSO or standard email and password authentication. At the present time, we do not offer account provisioning via SSO BCR. All accounts must be created through the administration area.
Passwords are one-way hashed and salted using bcrypt. Our minimum requirement for passwords is 8 characters, 1 numeric and special character. The platform features optional Automatic Password Expiry. With Automatic Password Expiry enabled, users will be required to change their password every 90 days. Users are restricted from accessing the platform if they fail to enter the correct password 10 times in a row.
The products in the Social Media Management solution support a wide range of authentication methods to keep your social media content safe and secure. In addition to email/password, two-factor authentication (2FA), single sign-on (SSO) through Google, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, we allow our customers to use their own Identity Provider (IdP) to authenticate their users. The external providers supported are SAML and OpenId Connect. This is included with no additional costs.
For these products, passwords must be at least 8 characters, it must not match any of the last 3 passwords which were created for that user, there are no minimum requirements for a particular character type and the password must not consist of a word, phrase, or sequence which is too generic or common.
Access to Influence is protected by complex password controls and two-factor authentication.
Brandwatch employees must use a password manager and generate unique, sufficiently complex passwords for all services accessed. We do not currently place any further restrictions on passwords as recent guidelines (see: https://github.com/usnistgov/800-63-3) advise against overly complex requirements.
For service accounts, we do not generally use passwords and instead rely on other methods for access (SSH keys, MFA, hardware tokens). We require the use of multi-factor authentication for all Brandwatch Group employee user accounts. We do not currently offer MFA for end users.
4. Device and Network Security
All endpoints are protected by Endpoint Detection and Response software. Brandwatch employees do not receive privileged access to their machines unless there is a clear business need for them to have it. Employees with elevated access must commit to additional security requirements in order to receive this level of access.
Devices are monitored and managed using a mobile device management (MDM) system. All company laptops and phones may be remotely wiped in the event they are lost or stolen. Brandwatch employee devices all use the native full disk encryption available for their operating system: FileVault for Mac OS, BitLocker for Windows 10, and LUKS for Linux.
Company wireless networks do not provide access to sensitive systems.
Server and network security
Brandwatch Consumer Research and Social Media Management servers are managed via configuration management software, and changes to configuration standards are monitored and audited periodically. Physical servers in our colocation centres are hardened according to a security checklist during provisioning. Cloud instances are monitored using cloud monitoring tools designed to detect anomalous activity and deviation from standards. All hosting infrastructure is only available from through a VPN, requiring MFA for authentication.
We use honeypots and other network monitoring tools to detect and prevent intrusion or other unwanted behaviour. Server logs are shipped to a central logging service and managed by a dedicated monitoring team. Logs are retained for 2 to 6 months depending on their purpose. Log files contain a wide variety of information, including but not limited to privilege escalations, actions taken as root, and user access patterns.
Audit logs that keep records on who performed an action on which entity and when are made available to customers for Social Media Management, please refer to this page for more information. Logs are kept for the duration of the client's contractual agreement.
Brandwatch Influence currently runs on manually configured servers but we are working on implementing Infrastructure as Code best practices.
5. Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and SLAs
Brandwatch does not rely on physical locations to provide services, therefore our exposure to most threats of disaster is minimal. However, we do have an extensive business continuity policy and incident response procedure for most of our products (Consumer Research, Audiences and Vizia). This policy includes established roles for incident response and a dedicated emergency response team made up of high-level employees from across the organisation and our geographic locations.
We have informal processes and procedures for all other products which we are working on formalising.
All critical infrastructure components are redundant. For cloud services on most of our products (Consumer Research and Social Management Suite), we load balance our servers across multiple availability zones and our databases live in multiple availability zones. Cloud data backups are stored in separate doomsday vault accounts. For physical infrastructure, we maintain two data centers and perform daily backups. Weekly backups are also taken and stored by a third party service provider in the form of encrypted backup tapes.
Our engineering teams maintain documented standard operating procedures and runbooks to address a variety of scenarios. Engineering teams run backup restoration tests for critical services at least annually. We have also implemented an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 coverage of our systems in the event of an incident.
For more information on our uptime commitments, please review our Service Level Agreement document.
Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)
Brandwatch Consumer Research systems have an RPO of 24 hours maximum, meaning that at the worst case, no more than 24 hours of data are lost and valid backups are taken at least every 24 hours. Specific products may have shorter duration RPOs depending on backup practice and/or technology choice. RPO may be as little as a few seconds in the case of some critical systems.
Recovery Time Objectives (RTO)
The majority of Brandwatch Group products have an RTO of less than one business day. There are two potential exceptions to this RTO:
Ongoing and critical failure of any of our critical services vendors. It could take up to a month to await system recovery or switch to an alternative vendor, however, contingency plans in place can bring the business back to an operational status in 24 to 48 hours in the absence of one of those systems.
Complete loss of primary social media archives. In the event of such a failure, minimum functionality could return almost immediately, with coverage expanding rapidly. However, given the amount of data involved in rebuilding these archives, full recovery could take days, if not weeks.
6. Security in Development
Quality control and change management
We follow a strict quality protocol during the development, testing, and deployment of our software updates. During the design phase of all Brandwatch Group features, stakeholders from various departments examine detailed test cases to make sure that the feature will meet the necessary requirements. We also incorporate user testing whenever possible to ensure that our product most accurately meets the needs of our customers.
All code released to production has been reviewed and tested by our Quality Assurance teams or automated tests and by senior engineers who did not directly work on the code in question. We use git for version control, and GitHub for source code hosting. All releases follow a specific protocol and all actions taken during a release are logged to GitHub and relevant internal documentation channels.
Engineers are provided security training and documentation on a regular basis, including periodic refresher training on the OWASP Top 10.
Vulnerability and penetration testing
We perform vulnerability testing at least monthly, and engage a third party to perform intensive manual and automated penetration and web application testing annually. Our most recent test results are available on request under a Non Disclosure Agreement.
7. Vendor and Contractor Security
Our security, IT, and privacy teams review all vendors prior to purchasing software or services, and annually or upon renewal thereafter. Reviews include an assessment against security standards, data handling and privacy requirements, and suitability for business use.
Brandwatch uses contract employees for two primary purposes: foreign language social media support and software development services. In the former case, contractors are required when a customer requests data or reports in languages not directly supported by Brandwatch employees. In the latter case, the Brandwatch Group has maintained long-term relationships with small groups of contract software developers. These contractors provide feature development support and are fully integrated into our secure development lifecycle. All contractors sign non-disclosure agreements and our acceptable use policy. Contractor access to customer data is limited to the minimum access required to perform their duties.
8. Data Breach Notification
The Brandwatch Group commits to notifying affected entities without undue delay and in any event within 36 hours after becoming aware of a data breach (as defined in Data Protection Legislation requirements).
For details regarding how we fulfill our data privacy, legal, and regulatory compliance obligations, please visit the Legal and Privacy sections of this website.
10. Vulnerability Disclosure
We do not have an official bug bounty programme (nor do we expect to create one in the near future). This means we do not have standing financial or personnel resources dedicated to handling unsolicited bug reports. That said, we are happy to accept and triage submissions to [email protected], and we may choose to provide compensation for these submissions where appropriate. Vulnerabilities found are not confidential, but we would ask that you not publicly disclose the things you find without giving us time to remedy any issues. We will do our best to provide valid findings with appropriate compensation. However, please keep in mind that our assessment of what's appropriate may differ from yours, and we unfortunately cannot negotiate reward amounts.
We capture customer concerns and feedback within all of our products using Intercom (www.intercom.com). You can get in touch with the Brandwatch Product Support team via the Brandwatch Help Center (support.brandwatch.com). To access either Intercom or the Brandwatch Help Center, you must be logged in to the product. Customers may also contact their Customer Success Manager directly.
If you would like additional information on the features and functionality of Brandwatch, please reach out to our Sales or Services teams. For specific security, privacy, or compliance related issues, please contact [email protected] or [email protected].


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Q: How to protect FeatureModule with guard condition using Guard In an Angular-13 application I have these roles:
Roles: Admin, Principal, Teacher and AssistantTeacher
The users can have only one role.
I have these guards:
export class AuthGuard implements CanActivate {
  constructor(private authService: AuthService, private toastr: ToastrService, private router: Router) { }
  canActivate(
    route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
    state: RouterStateSnapshot
  ):
    | Observable<boolean | UrlTree>
    | Promise<boolean | UrlTree>
    | boolean
    | UrlTree {
    if (!this.authService.isLoggedIn()) {
      this.toastr.info('Please Log In!');
      this.router.navigate(['/auth']);
      return false;
    }
    this.authService.isLoggedIn();
    return true;
  }
}

export class AdminGuard implements CanActivate {
  checkStatus!: boolean;
  constructor(private authService: AuthService, private toastr: ToastrService, private router: Router) { }

  canActivate(
    route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
    state: RouterStateSnapshot
    ): Observable<boolean | UrlTree> | Promise<boolean | UrlTree> | boolean | UrlTree {
    return this.checkStatus = this.authService.isAdmin();
  }
}

export class PrincipalGuard implements CanActivate {
  checkStatus!: boolean;
  constructor(private authService: AuthService, private toastr: ToastrService, private router: Router) { }

  canActivate(
    route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
    state: RouterStateSnapshot
    ): Observable<boolean | UrlTree> | Promise<boolean | UrlTree> | boolean | UrlTree {
      return this.checkStatus = this.authService.isPrincipal();
  }
}

AuthService:
  public isAdmin(): boolean {
    if (localStorage.getItem("role") === "Admin") {
      return true
    } else {
      this.toastr.info('Forbidden!');
      this.router.navigate(['/auth']);
      return false;
    };
  }

  public isPrincipal(): boolean {
    if (localStorage.getItem("role") === "Principal") {
      return true
    } else {
      this.toastr.info('Forbidden!');
      this.router.navigate(['/auth']);
      return false;
    };
  }

I have several Feature Modules, such as AdminModule, TeacherModule, ...
Below is my app-routing.module:
const routes: Routes = [
  {
    path: '',
    redirectTo: 'auth',
    pathMatch: 'full'
  },
  { path: 'server-error', component: ServerErrorComponent, data: {breadcrumb: 'Server Error'} },
  { path: 'not-found', component: NotFoundComponent, data: {breadcrumb: 'Not Found'} },
  {
    path: 'admin-dashboard',
    canActivate: [AuthGuard, AdminGuard],
  loadChildren: () => import('./feature/admin/admin.module').then(m => m.AdminModule)
},
  { path: '**', redirectTo: 'not-found', pathMatch: 'full' }
];

From the above code, I want to protect the  AdminModule (admin-dashboard) with AuthGuard and AdminGuard or Principal. That means, the user must have the role of Admin or Principal in order to access it.
That means AuthGuard && (AdminGuard || Principal)
How do I modify

canActivate: [AuthGuard, AdminGuard]

to achieve this?
Thank you

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Marek Bujak (* 15. Mai 1969 in Kędzierzyn-Koźle) ist ein deutscher Badmintonspieler polnischer Herkunft.

Karriere
Marek Bujak startete seine Karriere bei Odra Kędzierzyn-Koźle unter Trainer Tomasz Zioło. Er gewann in seiner Heimat Polen mehrere Silber- und Bronzemedaillen bei den nationalen Titelkämpfen. Als Junior wechselte er nach Deutschland und gewann auch dort mehrere Medaillen bei den deutschen Meisterschaften.

Sportliche Erfolge

Referenzen

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NCAA Division II Passes New Legislation
At the 2015 NCAA Convention held over the past weekend, the NCAA Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) proposed and approved...
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Isabelle Stadden swept the backstroke events and led off Cal's winning 200 medley relay. She is #3 in the NCAA this season in the 200 back.
Sullivan swam faster today than she did at NCAAs last year. She now has the #1 time in the NCAA by over two and a half seconds.
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At the 2015 NCAA Convention held over the past weekend, the NCAA Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) proposed and approved four different rules that affect the playing and practice season rules at all Division II institutions.
Though the initial meeting of the NCAA Division II SAAC was back in November of 2014, the NCAA Convention was an opportunity for the proposals to be approved by all institutions.
The first playing and practice season rule change involves allowing coaches in sports other than football a maximum of two hours of team activities per week throughout the academic year. This would be part of the eight permissible hours of countable athletically-related activities that can occur outside of the playing season.
This is particularly important in the swimming and diving world as it is considered an individual sport by the NCAA. During the off-season student-athletes are allowed six hours of strength and conditioning work and two hours of skill instruction/team activities.
Because of the individual sport designation from the NCAA, during those two hours only four student-athletes from the same sport are allowed at one time. So technically any group practice done during the out-of-season time period is an NCAA violation. With this new rule change the entire team will be able to practice together during that time in other sports as well.
The second rule change allows student athletes that compete in NCAA designated fall sports that also complete their championship segment in the fall will be allowed to return to campuses on June 1 to begin working with strength and conditioning staff members.
The committee supported this proposal because it would give student-athletes who compete in fall championship sports similar preseason workout opportunities to those in winter and spring championship sports, such as swimming and diving.
Previously the rule was that there could not be any practices that were paid for by the institution (i.e. paid strength and conditioning staff) prior to 17 days before the Thursday before September 6 or, 5 days before the institutions first day of classes for fall sports.
The third rule change regarding playing and practice seasons centers on the start date for spring sports. When Feb. 1 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or Monday, the regular season in baseball, golf, lacrosse, rowing, sand volleyball, softball and tennis can begin on the Friday preceding Feb. 1.
The fourth proposal by the SAAC was to allow two events in baseball, softball, soccer and women's volleyball to be allowed to be exempt if part of a conference challenge event. This was squashed as many thought it went against the Division II ideal of "Life in Balance" by allowing these sports to compete in more events and in turn miss more classes.
For a complete look at all the legislation passed on the Division II level, you can find it here.
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Q: Executing a command in every eloquent connection I just found I need to execute the following command
'SET ANSI_NULLS, QUOTED_IDENTIFIER, CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL, ANSI_WARNINGS, ANSI_PADDING ON'

in every connection to my MSSQL server. Otherwise, I get errors.

QueryException in Connection.php line 624: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General
  error: 7405 General SQL Server error: Check messages from the SQL
  Server [7405] (severity 16) [(null)] (SQL: select dni from
  tableCont WHERE lngNumeroFixe = 428224)
in Connection.php line 624
  at Connection->runQueryCallback('select dni from tblCont WHERE lngNumeroFixe = 428224', array(),
  object(Closure)) in Connection.php line 580
      at Connection->run('select dni from tableCont WHERE lngNumeroFixe = 428224', array(), object(Closure)) in Connection.php
  line 297
      at Connection->select('select dni from tblCont WHERE lngNumeroFixe = 428224')

Where should I do that? Of course I can overwrite the connection function in vendor\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\SqlServerConnector, and force there execution before returning the connection. Of course that's ugly and dangerous.
But where else?


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#define topicCellTextY 56.0
#define topicCellMaxPictureHeight 800.0
#define topicCellPictureBreakHeight 250.0

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    QCTopicTypeAll = 1,
    QCTopicTypePicture = 10,
    QCTopicTypeWord = 29,
    QCTopicTypeRecord = 31,
    QCTopicTypeVedio = 41
}QCTopicType;

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Always work from the outer edge of the spill so that it does not spread.
Alcohol, Coffee, Liquid Foods, Perfume, Tea, Wines, Urine [urine often doesn't come out!].
Immediately blot up the spill with a paper towel or cloth. With a spoon, go into the pile and draw out any excess liquid.
Then, use the Detergent/Vinegar Solution above.
Ammonia Solution above. Blot dry.
Scrape up excess with a spoon. Use d ry cleaning solvent followed by Detergent/Vinegar Solution above. Blot dry.
Blood, Chocolate, Egg, Fruit, Glue, Grass, Gravy, Ice Cream. Scrape up excess with a spoon. Use detergent solution starting at the outer edge. Blot dry.
Follow with Ammonia Solution above. Blot dry.


We are dedicated to teaching Christian truths as taught in the Bible and to serve families of our congregation and community as a source of early childhood education. Loving children through the love of Jesus Christ, teaching them the art of obedience, to relate to others, and to help others will instill attributes that last a lifetime.
A variety of enrollment options are offered for children 2 1/2 to 5 years of age. During the school year, September-May, classes are offered two to five days a week, 9:00 - 11:30 AM, with an extended day option until 1:00 PM.
A non-refundable registration fee is payable upon application for enrollment.
Click HERE for the 2019-2020 Calendar.
Click HERE to download an application form for Fall 2019.
Please call to confirm that there are openings available before submitting any application fees.
Please contact us to meet with the director or to take a tour of the preschool.
Our classrooms are divided into carefully planned learning centers that provide a wide range of learning experiences and materials. Class sizes are no larger than ten to twelve students. With our student groups at this size, we are able to have one-on-one teaching and training with your child. This allows us to develop curriculum that is more suitable for them.
The curriculum includes weekly themes, Bible stories, letters, numbers, colors, and shapes which are enhanced with art and music opportunities. Our goal is to provide appropriate activities and materials that stimulate spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and intellectual development. We hope to encourage a love for learning, knowing that each child grows through developmental stages in their own unique way and at their own pace.
Throughout the year we will have special programs and community visitors at our preschool. The children will enjoy visits from area groups and professionals that will be educational and entertaining.


To sift or not to sift, that is the question.
In our opinion, a compost sifter is an absolute must if you're an avid gardener or generate a lot of compost. There is no comparison between unsifted and sifted composted in terms of aesthetics and functionality. Sure, you can get by without one, but why would you when they're so easy to build (see plans below). When we first saw our first pile of freshly screened compost, we were ready to drool.
A compost sifter can also be called a compost screen; however, the term "screen" is often used when describing commercial-sized units (as seen in the video).
Why Use a Compost Sifter?
A sifter (or compost screen) allows you to separate the coarse, unfinished compost ingredients from the finished compost. A sifter also creates an easy means of separating out the trash, stones, and debris from your pile before using your compost in your gardens, lawns, or fields. If you've ever picked up the free compost offered by your municipality, you'll know all about the need to sift your 'post.
As we mentioned on our composting equipment page, sifting your compost is an absolute must if you're going to be using it to topdress your lawn.
By screening your compost, you'll create a product of uniform consistency that works wonderfully as a mulch. We've also been known to mix in a little sand to our screened compost, and use it as potting soil. Try it! You're potted plants will love you. Or try sprinkling a some screened compost on top of your houseplant's soil - the uses are endless.
If you've searched the Web, you've see that there are several options for building your own compost sifter. Below, we discuss a couple of those options including the basic sifter, sliding sifter, and the trommel sifter. We've also highlighted a couple options if you're looking to purchase a simple backyard sifter.
Do you only have a little bit of time and money to devote to a sifter? Here's the plan for you.
This basic sifter uses very little material, can be made in a couple hours, and won't break the budget. Quite often, people start with this type of simple screen and then graduate to one of the models below when they want to increase their efficiency.
There are two limitations to this type of sifter. The first is its size. Since it's quite small, you will only be able to process a small amount of material at a time. The second is its energy-consuming operation. Because you need to lift and shake the sifter in order to screen the materials, you will require a decent amount of arm strength and energy to process your compost.
We were also thinking that one of the simplest ways to create a compost sifter would be to use a Rubbermaid container (you pick the size). Cut the bottom out of the container, leaving a lip of about 1-2". Place some screen mesh (chicken wire works) inside the container so it's resting on the lip. Then drill a couple holes in the lip. Finally, use zip-ties to secure the mesh to the lip. Now sift away!
Here is a really neat invention. Rob, the gentleman in the videos, has tweaked a few other sifter plans and created this masterpiece for screening compost. Isn't it ingenious? We think so. We also think he should start looking into manufacturing it. Thanks Rob. You're brilliant!
A trommel by definition is a revolving cylindrical sieve used for screening or sizing rock and ore. In our case, we're using it as a compost screen.
Below is an example of a trommel that Lloyd built. It's quite impressive, isn't it? Lloyd operates a small, commercial-sized compost operation, so don't think the trommel that you build has to be as sophisticated.
We'll soon be providing you with our plans (including a free downloadable pdf) for an easy-to-make compost trommel; however, for the time being, we suggest you check out these plans shown on the Instructables site.
Have a comment or question about a compost sifter? We'd love to hear it!


This post is dedicated to Ole Miss haters worldwide.
The other threads are closed. So, I will put it here: It's been a year since John has died. Still feel terrible about it. He was such a kind man. If there is a heaven, John is there….


Cable car and Sugar Loaf mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Picture: iStock.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sugarloaf Mountain.
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RAISE A FIST , TAKE A KNEE: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports – by: John Feinstein - is a Must Read – for anyone interested in men and sports. It is also an excellent read for others!
If anyone has any doubts – about this book – watch a video about it – one – interview by Judy Woodruff from the PBS News Hour (9:11) – one example -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT-Ldoag-YU .
Jones ended up making two Olympic teams – the 2008 team and the 2012 team that went to London. He had become the first African American to hold a world record in 2007 (note: men's swimming) … (p.302)
The night after George Floyd's murder, Jones took his dog out for an evening walk. He was staying at his brother's house in Charlotte, North Carolina, because he and his wife were building their own house nearby.
"I'd gone about a block when a police car went past me," he said. "All of a sudden, the car screeched to a stop. The cop made a U-turn and came back to where I was walking. He said, 'Where'd you get the dog?' I told him it was my dog. He said, 'Really? What kind of dog is it? I told him it was a French bulldog and it was seven years old. He lingered a little while longer and then finally said, 'Well, just wanted to make sure everything's okay,' and drove away.
"I was really angry. Do you think if I'm white there's any way he screeches to a halt and turns around to come back and question me that way? No way. He saw a six five Black dude walking in a nice neighborhood and he decided something was up. Did he think I was stealing someone's dog?"
Jones had become a victim of a new phenomenon: WDWB – Walking Dog While Black. (p. 304-5)
In October of my junior year, I was looking forward to Duke's game at West Point against Army… (p.8)
But when I got to the third paragraph in the lead, I froze. "The game turned around when Coach Mike McGee brought black freshman quarterback Mike Dunn into the game."
A "black freshman quarterback"? I was stunned. …
I couldn't believe it. Duke had a start freshman linebacker named Carl McGee. Nowhere was he identified as "Black freshman linebacker Carl McGee." Tony Benjamin, the starting fullback and Troy Slade, the team's best receiver, were never identified as Black.
Forty-five years later, I told the story to Doug Williams, the first African American quarterback to win a Super Bowl. He couldn't stop laughing. "Boy were you naïve," he said. "Back then, a Black quarterback was a big deal – anywhere, anytime. One of the reasons I went to Grambling was because I wanted to go somewhere where they had no choice but to play a Black guy at quarterback – because everyone on the team was Black." (p.9)
George Raveling ... "I know you'll talk to a lot of Black people and you'll learn a lot. But you can never know what it's like to walk in the shoes of a Black man. You just can't" (p.20)
(Note: Brent Musburger in 1968 – regarding Tommie Smith and John Carlos's Olympic medal ceremony protest) "Smith and Carlos looked like a couple of black-skinned storm troopers, holding aloft their black-gloved hands during the playing of the national anthem,"… "One gets a little tired of the United States getting run down by athletes who are enjoying themselves at the expense of their country."
This was 1968, not 1858. Musburger could easily have been a plantation owner who couldn't understand why his "darkies" were complaining about working twelve hours a day in the cotton fields when, after all, he fed and housed them. (p.29)
(Note: Tommie Smith talking with Feinstein when he was researching the current book) "He said,'I had to do it to protect my job, to take care of my family. I had to do it.' I waited for him to say 'I'm sorry.' Instead he came over to me and started crying, put his arms around me and said. 'I had to do it. I had to do it. He never actually apologized, but I still felt sorry for him at that moment. Not for what he did, but for the fact that he had to know how wrong he'd been. To me, the tears were his apology, but he never actually said 'I'm sorry'
"He knew the column was racist; he had to know it. He just couldn't bring himself to say it." (p.31 – note: Musburger refused to be interviewed for the book)
Tapscott, a graduate of Tufts, had been a successful college coach at American University – succeeding future Hall of Farmer Gary Williams – before moving to the NBA, first as the top assistant for New York Knicks general manager Ernie Grunfeld and then as the Knicks general manager.
During his time with the Knicks, Tapscott had an apartment in tony Riverdale, in the Bronx, east of the George Washington Bridge, near the northern tip of Manhattan. …
"Once or twice a year – at least – I'd get pulled over somewhere between the Garden and my apartment," he said. "I drove a nice car, not anything crazy, but a nice car. The closer I got to Riverdale, the more likely I was to get stopped."
Tapscott's crime? Speeding? No. Drinking and driving? Absolutely not. Broken taillight? Expired license plates? Highly unlikely.
No. Tapscott was pulled over for the catchall that most African American men – especially those who drive a high priced car – experience at some point: DWB. Driving while Black.
"Believe me when I tell you. I wasn't just careful, I was extra careful," Tapscott said. "But if a cop caught a glimpse of me, there was a decent chance I was going to get stopped."
Almost without fail, Tapscott would have to wait while the cop ran a check on his plates and on his driver's license. Because he had maintained his residence in Northern Virginia, he was asked, "What are you doing in this neighborhood at this hour?" When he explained that he worked for the Knicks and kept an apartment in Riverdale, he would usually be asked to show some kind of Knicks ID.
One night, when the cop finally told him he could go, Tapscott couldn't resist asking, "Do you think this is fair?"
The copy shook his head and said, "No, it's not fair." (p.63-4)
Fifty-two years ago, when Ozzie Newsome was in eighth grade, he knew he had no chance to play quarterback for a Pop Warner team. Today, Lamar Jackson is quarterback of the team Newsome led for twenty-three years in the front office. It took Newsome – a Black general manager – and a draft in which four white quarterbacks were chosen well ahead of Jackson – to get him there.
In 2019, his second season and his first as the Ravens full-time starter, Jackson became the second player in history to be unanimously voted the league's MVP. The first was Tom Brady.
Not bad for a running back. (p.140)
Thompson though was different. He was, as he often said, big, Black, and angry."
He was frequently labeled a racist by the media. One writer called him "the Idi Amin of college basketball." Most of the time, his team was all Black. In fact, Georgetown had become the school among Black teenagers. There were some who thought it was an HBCU. …
"Tell you what, John," I said. "Let's go outside. If what I've heard about you is true, I'll kick your ass. If not, you'll kick mine. Either way, I'll be famous.
Thompson started at me in disbelief for a second, then burst out laughing. He put an arm around me and said, "You know something, motherfucker, I don't like you. I don't like you at all. But I respect your ass because you're fucking crazy. I'll talk to you when I'm finished." (p.155)
(note: Thompson) "Do you think if we'd played exactly the same way we did in the eighties with a white coach and a lot of white player, we'd have been called the names we were called by the white media? We had three strikes against us every night: we had a loud Black coach, we had Black players, and – worst of all – we won. That combination made a lot of people crazy." (p.206)
(note: Doc Rivers) "Ken Norman [a teammate] had it worse than I did. He stopped to get gas one day; cops pulled up, assumed he'd stolen the car, and threw him across the hood and handcuffed him. He wasn't even Driving While Black; he was Getting Gas While Black.
"Cops are supposed to be there to make sure we get home safely, not to make us worry that they might be the reason we don't get home safely." (p.242)
I remember watching Sanford and Son back in the seventies, and there's a scene where Lamont [the son] is trying to get Fred [the father] to change his diet. He says to him that eating bad food is the number one killer of Black men. Fred looks at him and says, 'Oh really? I always thought it was the police.' (p.245-6)
(Note: Steve Kerr talking about his [Black] assistant coach Aaron Miles )
He said to his dad, 'Does this mean that we can't run in our neighborhood because we're Black?' Imagine having to explain that to your eight-year-old." (p.253)
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, a Republican for most of his life, is also someone for whom Black men - as friends, players, and coaches - have been extremely important. Before the pandemic and the Floyd killing, he was much like Kerr (Note: Steve Kerr), thinking he understood what it was like to be Black.
"I was wrong," he said, shortly before announcing that he would retire from coaching in the spring of 2022. "Really wrong. I wasn't just living in an ivory tower when it came to having a sense of what it was like to be Black; I was living above the ivory tower. If the building was twenty stories high, I lived my life on the twentieth floor." ...
After talking at length with his assistants, Krzyzewski decided to organize two Zoom sessions with his players - past and present. In all, about a hundred players took part.
"It was eye-opening, to say the least," he said. "I asked the guys to be very honest and I think they ere. Some were very emotional talking about their experiences. Some cried. They all talked about systemic racism they'd faced. All of them. It was intense. I'm not going to say there was an aha moment. It was just an education for me. ...
(Note: regarding a 2:47 video Kryzyzeski posted 6/26/20, a month after the Floyd murder)
"This is a problem, a disease, a plague that has been with our country for four centuries." ... (Note: from cadet prayer K had learned 50+ years earlier at West Point) "Help me choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong."
He concluded: "It is time to choose the harder right .... It's time Black Lives Matter." (p.255-7)
(Note: Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDH56J2_ZmI )
It never occurred to Randolph that there would be no next job. ... Jeff Torborg, one of Randolph's predecessors with the Mets, managed fiver major league teams and had a winning record with only one of them... Among the thirty men managing MLB teams at the start of 2021, ten were on at least their second jobs. Only one of those, Houston Astros Dusty Baker was nonwhite. Unlike many of baseball's recycled managers, Randolph had a winning record (302-253), and, as a person, was liked by who ever worked with him. There is also the fact that the Mets had losing records every year from 2009 to 2014 after his departure.
Willie Randolph
And yet, Randolph has only been seriously considered for another managerial job once....(p.274-5)
A little more than a year ago, Varner and his wife, Amanda - who is white - pulled up to the front door of the Greenbrier, a West Virginia resort that annually hosts a PGA Tour even, and were greeted by a valet who said, "Caddies park outside." (p.297)
(Note: regarding Jeff Ward, Black National Hockey League hockey player)
"And then, just like that, I get the chance to win the game. It was an amazing feeling."
The feeling didn't last long. On the plane home that night teammate Jeff Halpern told Ward he was seeing some "really ugly stuff" on social media.
Most of it - though not all - was coming out of Boston. There were the usual "stick to basketball" gems, and the N-word was all over the place. "We don't need a N____r like you polluting our sport" was a familiar refrain. Ward shrugged most of it off - until the threats started. ...
"After the Bost goal, it went to a different level. People weren't just calling me names. They were saying, 'You should be dead.' I couldn't believe it. This was a hockey game. I tried to shrug it off, but there was a point when I couldn't do that, because it was too serious.
"I can tell you exactly when it got really serious: when the FBI called and said they felt I needed protection. That was serious." (p.311)
(Note: concerning protests of South Africa [under apartheid] participation in tennis competition)
In his PhD dissertaiion Lapchick compared apartheid in South Africa to the Nazi movement in Germany. (p.314 ) ...
Shortly before the matches were schedule to be held in Nashville, two men broke into Lapchick's office, pinned hi to the ground, and carved the N-word onto his stomach. Except they misspelled it, and it came out "niger". Although Lapchick says now the word was "more scratched than carved" into his stomach, he spent four days in the hospital with liver and kidney damage, a hernia, and a concussion. (p.316)
Lapchick likes to point out that most of the numbers he and his group have tracked have slowly improved but are still a long way from being close to where they need to be. Almost 50 percent of those who play football at FBS schools are Black; the number in power-five programs is closer to 60 percent. Thirteen of the 130 head coaches are Black. That's 10 percent." (p.322)
(Note: regarding Black (mostly) players kneeling before NFL games)
People said - among other things - that the protesters, who were almost always referred to in an angrily pejorative way, were ruining their enjoyment of football.
How were the protests doing that? None of the protests took place during a game or delayed a single kickoff. There were peaceful and nonviolent. After a while it became clear to me that what upset the white fans so much was that the sight of the protesters force them to think about something they didn't want to think about - or even admit existed. Their lives were unaffected by racism. They didn't have to fear for their lives during a routine traffic stop, and they didn't have to sit down and give their children The Talk so that they would understand that any interaction with police could quickly become dangerous.
Nor did they have to deal with the three letters - DWB - that almost every Black person, but especially men, knows in the same way that we all know DUI. Not one Black person, who I interviewed for this book had not been stopped for DWB at least once; most have dealt with it multiple times.
"And the first question is almost always the same," said Kenny Williams, the executive vice-president of the Chicago White Sox. "Where'd you get this car?"
If you combine being Black with driving a nice car in a nice neighborhood, you will almost certainly be pulled over for DWB early and often. (p.332-3)
The NFL once again sold the bogus notion to the media that the league had wanted to give Kaepernick a chance, but he wouldn't comply with their rules. Shame on him!
There was never any doubt that the workout wasn't going to result in Kaepernick's getting a job. He went along with the workout to try to quiet all the anonymous voices claiming he didn't want to play football or wasn't good enough to play again in the NFL. (p.336)
Not mentioned is Elston Howard, who in 1955 was the Yankees first Black player, someone who went on to win an MVP award and to be selected for nine All-Star Games. My guess is there was no malice in leaving Howard out, but somehow he was left out.
That sort of thing tends to go unnoticed. Most white people would shrug at that sort of oversight and see it as a mistake, nothing more. They would say that to put any racial implication to it is creating an issue where there's no issue.
Which gets to the crux of the problem. As George Raveling point out to me almost at the outset of my research, there was no way - regardless of how many people I interviewed or how sympathetic I might be to the Black experience - that I could truly understand that experience, because I have never lived it. ...
(Note: re: England in the most recent World Cup)
Italy won the penalty kick tiebreaker 3-2. The last three Englishmen to attempt penalties were Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka - all Black. All missed.
Within minutes of Saka's miss, the internet was filled with racist bleatings directed at the three players. A mural of Rashford in Manchester - where he plays for Manchester United - was defaced with racial slurs in what police described as a hate crime. The mural had been placed there to honor Rashford for the work he has done dealing with poverty and hunger among children.
The Football Association of England denounced the racist rants, as did Prime Minister Born Johnson, who called them "appalling."
The incident reinforced what we all already knew: racism is an issue well beyond the shores of the United States. (p.340)
I hope that the quotes above - help give the reader a sense of the fantastic insights and detail John Feinstein has provided! I found this book simply incredible!


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Q: Cannot Perform Multiple Queries On Firebase Database to Display in RecyclerView I am trying to query the most recent children in my Firebase database and then sort that limit of recent children by a child value. I understand that the Cloud Firestore has recently been released, and that querying features continue to evolve on the Firebase Realtime Database as well.
I am using the FirebaseUI FirebaseRecyclerAdapter, and within that adapter you must enter a query. I am tweaking to add 2 queries to my RecyclerView. I am doing so as follows:
mFireAdapter = new FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<Poll, PollHolder>(
    Poll.class, R.layout.latest_item, PollHolder.class,
    mBaseRef.child("Polls").limitToLast(3).orderByChild("vote_count"))

Unfortunately, it is not working, as it is first ordering the whole database by the child value and then displaying those 5 values. Essentially, the result is flipped in terms of what I am seeking: I want to query by limiting to the most recent X children and THEN sort those by child value. Any ideas where I am going wrong?
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Here is my Firebase Database. Essentially, I want to limit the query to the last 3 items in that database, and then sort those 3 items by vote count. I then want them to populate the RecyclerView accordingly. I am trying to do that in the code snippet listed above, but instead of actually limiting to the last 3 items in the database it is querying the whole database.


It is really not easy to buy a pair of headphones with deep bass for less than $100, probably you will have to spend more to get one like the Beats Solo which costs nearly $200.
Skullcandy Crusher headphone is promised to deliver a powerful and realistic bass that you can feel. Check out our review to see if this headphone really can compete with the expensive ones.
The Crusher features a simple plastic design. The earcups and headband are well-cushioned and covered with leather to create a perfect seal around our ears. You can fold down one earcup and the headphone's size will be reduced significantly. The box also includes a detachable cable with in-line microphone and remote, and a satin travel bag.
Overall, there is nothing special in the design. I can wear it quite comfortably for a couple of hours.
The right earcup is removable and you will see the compartment for one AA battery underneath. The battery is used to power a built-in amplifier that we will mention later. The problem is that it can last less than 3 days in my test. It is very inconvenient as you have to replace the battery twice a week.
You can also see there is a slider to control bass level on the right earcup. This is a very interesting feature because you can adjust the bass depending on the music you are playing.
The unit I got is the black one and this seems to be the ugliest color. You get more choice of colors and they look much better, like the Red or White one. The headphones are available in more than a dozen of colors on Amazon, including black, grey, white, red or blue. Now, take a look at some images of the Skullcandy Crusher.
Before trying out the headphone, I thought that the bass control and the slogan 'the bass you can feel' is just a gimmick . However, it is not. I'm so impressed with the built-in amplifier and its drivers. The amplifier runs on battery but you still can use the headphone without it, of course, the sound will be weaker.
When I slid the bass control to maximum, I easily can feel the headphone was vibrating around my ears. This is actually a very enjoyable experience because it's like you are getting a facial massage. The bass is ridiculously strong, clear and up to par with any headphone priced at $200. If you don't like deep bass, you can turn down the bass level anytime. Therefore, any music listener could find own balance.
The impressive bass helps generate a better soundstage for these headphones, however, I see it is losing some details at high frequencies. The good thing is that there is no distortion at all.
Battery required to power built-in amplifier.
Some details are lost at high frequencies.
In general, the Skullcandy Crusher is really a great pair of headphones for low-budget users.
Well I really love skulcandy products but never own only a single product i.e a normal earphone. The above skull candy crusher headphone looks really awesome.


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As speculation mounts over whether the Wales midfielder will be offered a new deal or offloaded by the Reds, the manager says talks are imminent Joe...
BEN ARFA PLEASED WITH WARM PSG WELCOME
The former Newcastle player featured for the first time in the colours of the Ligue 1 holders as they registered a 2-1 victory, and stated he...
Antonio Conte took charge of his first Chelsea training session
The Blues appointed the 46-year-old as their next permanent manager earlier this year ahead of Italy's Euro 2016 campaign. Conte replaces interim manager Guus Hiddink after...
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MAJOR upsets in New York as the 2022 US Open gets underway
By William Jones / Tennis / Leave a Comment
1 Jack Draper defeats world No 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime
2 Serena Williams upsets World No 2 Anett Kontaveit
3 Galán defeats world No 5 Tsitsipas in round one
Jack Draper defeats world No 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime
British tennis hopeful Jack Draper has booked himself a place in the third round of the US Open in New York after defeating world No 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime on Wednesday night at the iconic hard-court Grand Slam.
Draper who is currently ranked No 4 in Great Britain defeated the Canadian in straight sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) under the lights of the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York. The Sutton (England) born tennis star will enter the ATP Tour's top 50 for the first time in his career. He stated that he 'fears no-one' after toppling one of the world's top 10 players.
Draper will face Karen Khachanov from Russia in the third round. Khachanov will be looking to progress to his first Grand Slam fourth round match since the French Open in May.
Serena Williams upsets World No 2 Anett Kontaveit
On Wednesday evening, 40-year old tennis superstar Serena Williams took to the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York to face the WTA Tour world No 2 Anett Kontaveit in her second round US Open match.
Williams defeated Kontaveit 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2 to book herself a spot in the third round at Flushing Meadows where she will face Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic. Serena is currently ranked 605th in the world after missing the Australian Open and sustaining injuries which resulted in a loss of form. This makes a victory over the world No 2 that much more important for the American.
In early August, the 23-time Grand Slam champion announced in an emotional statement that she would be retiring from tennis at the end of the 2022 season, with the US Open likely being Williams' last tournament. However, even if her singles campaign ends at the third round, fans in New York and around the world will be able to watch Serena Williams and her sister Venus compete together for a final time in the women's doubles tournament which begins on Thursday 1st September. The Williams sisters will face Linda Nosková and Lucie Hradecká from the Czech Republic.
Galán defeats world No 5 Tsitsipas in round one
One of the most surprising outcomes of the US Open so far came in round one when world No 94 Daniel Elahi Galán from Colombia defeated Greek tennis sensation and world No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas by three sets to one (6-0, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5). Tsitsipas' horror run in New York mirrors that of his campaign at Wimbledon where he lost to Nick Kyrgios in the third round.
Stefanos will aim to keep his US Open dreams alive when he pairs up with his brother Petros in the men's doubles competition over the coming days.
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AOL Partners With Hearst's Manilla to Simplify Bill and Account Management for Consumers
Ago 13, 2013 | Informática y Software, Servicios Financieros
Internacional (Marketwired, 13 de Agosto de 2013) Manilla's Award-Winning Platform to Power New Bill Manager Inside AOL Mail and AOL.comManilla, the industry-leading, free and secure account management service wholly owned by Hearst Corporation, today announced a deep custom integration across AOL. Users can now effortlessly manage bills in their AOL Mail inbox and on AOL.com through Manilla for free. The new feature, named AOL Bill Manager, makes it even easier for AOL users to keep their bills and personal accounts organized while also streamlining the paperless process and storing bills and statements for free.
Users can activate AOL Bill Manager with just a few clicks to begin managing all of their bills and personal accounts directly through the custom-designed system, powered by Manilla. Details about the accounts the user has connected to Manilla will then be accessible through the Finance tab on AOL.com and in the AOL Mail experience, as well as in the user's Manilla account.
"AOL Bill Manager, powered by Manilla, allows our users to easily manage their bills through AOL.com or their AOL Mail account," said Francis Lobo, president of AOL Services, who oversees Mail and AOL.com. "This new tool is part of our continuing effort to help create a better Internet experience. There is a massive amount of clutter on the Internet today. Adding this functionality gives AOL users the chance to eliminate the hassle of managing multiple billing accounts across a number of different websites."
Using Manilla's secure email import feature, consumers with multiple email accounts can also automatically scan their Gmail and Yahoo! email inboxes for bills and add them to AOL Bill Manager, enabling them to manage all accounts in one convenient place. The Bill Manager uses the data received from each of a user's linked providers and automatically generates reminders for upcoming bills.
This is the first partnership of its kind for Manilla, which, since coming out of beta in 2012, has been focused on growing its standalone business. The company recently announced it has more than 500,000 activated users and is on track to surpass 1 million users by the end of 2013.
"Manilla is the clear leader in the digital account management space, and our partnership with AOL represents the next step in our continued commitment to reducing paper mail and creating the best solution for our users," said Jim Schinella, CEO of Manilla. "AOL Bill Manager is the result of several months of development on both sides to customize the Manilla experience for millions of AOL's loyal users that visit AOL Mail and the AOL.com service daily, and we're confident it will contribute to our already rapid user growth. This innovative partnership builds on our promise of being able to manage everything in one place by allowing access to all household bills and accounts alongside a user's AOL Mail and content."
AOL Mail users will see promotion of the new Bill Manager service beginning on Aug. 13, which will alert them to the new offering. They can activate the free AOL member benefit with just a few clicks. AOL Bill Manager will launch as a desktop solution, with mobile versions coming soon.
About Manilla
Manilla simplifies and organizes people's lives by providing one secure access point to all household accounts and services. The free service helps consumers manage their household accounts, including financial accounts, utilities, subscriptions, daily deals, and travel and rewards programs, all through Manilla.com. Consumers can also use all of the Manilla features on the go by using Manilla's 4+ star customer-rated Android and iOS mobile apps. Under a single password, Manilla gives customers an automated, organized view of all of their account information as well as text and email reminders to pay bills, renew expiring subscriptions, and manage soon-to-expire daily deals, all with unlimited storage and seamless document retrieval.
Manilla is a company incubated within and backed by Hearst Corporation. Manilla is the recipient of the Webby Award and People's Voice Award for Best Banking/Bill Pay Service and was chosen as ABC News "App of the Week," as one of Money Magazine's "Top Money Apps," and as one of PCMag.com's Top 100 Websites. For more information, please visit www.manilla.com.
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With an increasing number of tech companies showing interest in expanding to downtown San Jose, it's safe to say Google may have started a trend. Towards the end of 2016, the search giant purchased a slew of buildings and vacant lots downtown, and since then, other influential companies have expressed similar interests, including Boston Properties.
According to The Mercury News, Boston Properties has recently been in communication with San Jose planners to discuss the development of three new office high rises on a property currently being used for parking, between downtown San Jose's convention center and the Guadalupe River. Though the company's owned this property for several years now, Google's recent expansion activities may have accelerated Boston Properties' plans to take action towards developing the property.
While Boston Properties' submission to city planners doesn't include specific information about the proposed size of the buildings, there's speculation that the three buildings combined would total approximately 840,000 square feet, based on information that was circulated several years ago via a marketing flyer for the site. In fact, it's estimated that one building will total 320,000 square feet, with the other two being 260,000 square feet.
Interestingly, and possibly resulting from Google's interest in expanding to downtown San Jose, current building values in the area continue rising. As a matter of fact, the July 2017 AEW Capital Management tower purchase for $80.2 million exemplifies a record-high value for an office building in downtown San Jose.
Only time will tell if Boston Properties chooses to lease the new office space to another tech company or use the space for their own operations. Either way, though, it's clear that downtown San Jose is certainly about to become the new home for some of the country's largest companies.
Don't miss out on this chance to be part of a blossoming community in downtown San Jose! If you're thinking about purchasing property in the area, browse our current MLS listings or contact us today for more information.


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How likely is it Boris could catch Covid again?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has fallen into self-isolation after coming into contact with a MP who has since tested positive for coronavirus.
Mr Johnson signed a contract with Covid-19 earlier this year and has spent significant amounts of time in the hospital and in recovery.
This morning, Mr Johnson tweeted that he was "in good health and with no symptoms" after being instructed to self-isolate.
In a video posted on Twitter, he said, "Hi guys, the good news is that NHS Test and Trace is getting more efficient, but the bad news is they called me and I have to isolate myself because someone I was in Contact with a few days ago developed Covid.
"It doesn't matter that we are all social distancing, it doesn't matter that as a butcher dog I am fit, feel great – so many people do this in my circumstances.
"And actually it doesn't matter that I had the disease and that I am full of antibodies. We have to stop the spread of the disease. One way to do this now is to self-isolate for 14 days after we leave Test and Trace to be contacted. "
Danny Altmann, a professor of immunology at Imperial College London, said the rules by which Boris Johnson must self-isolate "probably make sense".
He told BBC Radio 4's Today program that there have been more than 25 confirmed cases of Covid-19 reinfection worldwide but added, "I think most of us think the reinfection rate is much higher, but not enormous. "
Prof. Altmann said, "I think my bottom line is not to be alarming because whatever the risk is, it is low. From some of our data and that of other people, it appears that it is the people who have had the worst and most negligible antibody response the first time and are most at risk of re-infection.
"So that's maybe 10% of everyone out there who got infected in the first wave."
He added, "If we have learned anything since early 2020, this is an incredibly contagious and scary virus and you can't take it too seriously.
"All of the things we know about – masks, well-ventilated work areas – are really important. And if you received a takeaway message from a discussion of new infections, it is not a bubble because you had or think you have had it. "
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Prepare for a slew of death-defying footage from this extreme sports documentary that captures the thrilling adventures of snowboarders living on the edge. Watch as they negotiate gnarly chutes and killer cliffs with nothing but their boards, wits and athleticism to guide them to safety. Breathtaking stunts play out in full color to the strains of thumping music that accentuates the high-octane action.


The Ministry Forum at Grand Canyon University is designed to provoke thoughtful discussion on a variety of spiritual and theological topics.
The 2016-17 offerings should be especially thoughtful — and provocative — with hot-button topics ranging from social justice to religious liberty to immigration.
Organized and managed by the College of Theology, the Ministry Forum meets three times per semester, always at 5 p.m. on a Monday, and is open to anyone on campus. All of this year's gatherings will be in Howerton Hall (except Jan. 23, which will be in the Colangelo College of Business lecture hall). Pizza and refreshments will be served.
"Ministry Forum began almost three years ago as an effort to bring Theology faculty and students together for relationship-building and mutual encouragement," said Dr. Jason Hiles, the Theology dean. "The Forum also helps us connect students with pastors and other Christian leaders who have wisdom to offer on critical topics.
"Over time the gathering has grown in numbers and in strength. Faculty share from their hearts and students interact with them and their peers. At the end of each academic year, we turn it over completely to students and allow them to present original research.
Sept. 19 — God's Concern for the Poor: What's Missing in Social Justice?
The Bible is filled with references to the eternal struggles of the poor and the sins of the rich. This session will look at the vision of God's justice in social systems and how a social order can best implement that vision for the glory of God.
Religious liberty is a foundational freedom of American society, but the cultural climate has become increasingly hostile toward many faiths. The Biblical, historical and practical dimensions of the subject will be explored.
Nov. 14 — Does God Call Women into Ministry?
This topic has caused division in many churches, and it raises an interesting dilemma: What should a woman do if she believes that God has equipped her and given her a passion for service? The discussion will focus on what influences people most when they form an opinion about the subject.
It has been one of the key issues of the political campaigns, but the evangelical church has been relatively quiet about what the Bible says about it. What is the perspective from a Biblical and theological standpoint? Pastors and professors will have an open conversation.
It's a topic that most Christians, let alone most Americans, don't agree on, and the progressive leanings of gender and sexuality attitudes have stirred considerable debate. The session will look at how God's word might illuminate this identity crisis.
Students will write papers presenting an argument on one of these five topics, and the three finalists will get to read theirs aloud for peers and faculty.
"This year's topics are immensely practical and stem directly from theological conversations we hosted in prior years," Hiles said. "Students continue to wrestle with the challenging issues of our day, so we've decided to join the struggle by engaging tough topics. Lord willing, we'll bring more light than heat to potentially contentious issues.


With a scorching August pending, many city dwellers will be retreating to the turquoise east shores for their holidays, so why not take a trip off the beaten track and spend a lazy summer night chilling in the unlikely village of Dherynia? Enjoy great cocktails, food and live music at a bar voted by Time Out 2018 as one of best places to eat and drink in Cyprus for under €20. The bar in question is The Cinnamon Lounge Bar, an unexpected top notch venue close enough to the beach and far enough away from the chaotic local nightlife that it is suitable for all the family.
Cinnamon Bar lives in the sleepy village but manages to function as a funky modern gastro bar with a vintage feel; a place where old Cyprus meets new in a backyard. It's a classy, attractively designed, restored old house.
The bar offers well over 30 (and rising) creatively crafted and presented cocktails; 22 signature and 12 classics. Their most popular cocktail is the Cinnamon, a subtle sweet and sour drink with hints of cinnamon and pink peppercorns presented with dried apple rings and a smoking cinnamon stick in a glass bowl; it's fun having to hold it with both hands! Then there's the Harvest, one of the most impressive presentations I've seen in a while. It comes in a locally handmade wooden box with moss, a slice of dried pomegranate and a smouldering pine cone. The Diplomatico Reserva rum used, is served up in a glass pipe like drinking vessel, it's pleasantly strong and mixed with bitters and pink grapefruit. Wine wise, they offer a small and specific selection of Greek and Cypriot wines.
Despite its focus on design and originality, there's something quintessentially familiar and yesteryear about the place, and there's certainly nothing quite like it for kilometres around. On entering the bar, there are two large rooms with high ceilings, seating 85 people during winter months. To the right, there's a couch stretching along the entire wall, then wooden tables and cushioned chairs dotted around the centre. In the second smaller room, there are high tables and chairs but in summer the action moves outside into the yard surrounded by their homegrown herbs and spices (used in the cocktails and food.) Outdoors is spacious and can seat 95 people very comfortably. The atmosphere is super relaxed and it's a pleasure to watch people of all ages nattering under the stars.
Parking is not easy, however, drive slowly and you'll spot a small car park opposite the bar. It's certainly worth a visit during live events. The strums of acoustic guitars, moonlight and hypnotising vocals, especially of the talented Elena Anagiotou, are an ethereal experience. Different events are posted on their Facebook page and booking is advised. Lounge music is usually played as background when no events are on.


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As the star of two massive blockbuster franchises with major fanbases — Guardians of the Galaxy and Avatar — Zoe Saldana is often asked to take selfies with fans. While she understands the instinct to ask for photos with your favorite celebrities, the actress, 40, says she has boundaries.
Saldana tells PEOPLE she'll "panic" if fans make requests for photos with her when she's with her three children, 4-year-old twin sons Bowie and Cy and 2-year-old Zen.
It can be especially difficult when she and her husband, artist Marco Perego, are teaching their sons about not talking to strangers.
The mother of three has been filming the sequel to 2009's Avatar, which is expected to be in theaters next year. Currently, the actress voices the indomitable and independent Adelina Fortnight, an explorer who accompanies Hugh Jackman's Sir Lionel Frost and Zach Galifianakis' Mr. Link to find Link's long-lost relatives, in Missing Link.
She also stars alongside Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry in the stop-motion film by Laika, the studio behind Coraline and The Boxtrolls.


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Emily L Landon was born in 1835
Emily L Landon was 5 years old when Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
Emily L Landon was 24 years old when Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well. Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation, i.e. separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by means of distillation, typically using a fractionating column.
Emily L Landon was 25 years old when Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of United States. Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
Emily L Landon was 42 years old when Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.
Emily L Landon was 46 years old when The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States. A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.
Emily L Landon was 63 years old when Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. American acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions led to its involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately in the Philippine–American War.
Emily L Landon died in 1903 at the age of 68
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Pre-Announcement: Integrated Approaches to Human Migration/Mobility in an Era of Rapid Global Change
*Fill out the Expression of Interest Form in order to join the Belmont Forum's Migration Hub where communication and workshop activities will be shared.
This announcement is intended to inform interested individuals and groups of the upcoming research funding opportunity focused on integrated systems approaches to accurately characterize migration and mobility and its intersection with Global Change, both closely related and intersecting phenomena. This Announcement outlines the key areas of interest for this Call, the timeline, and presents an opportunity for all to participate in a series of Workshops and Networking activities to prepare strong proposals and Consortia to submit.
This Research Call is being offered by the Belmont Forum, a group of funding agencies from around the world that support transdisciplinary, globally-representative research groups and coproduction/participatory methods to address various Global Environmental Change topics. Topics are addressed through a "Collaborative Research Action" (CRA) and the Migration / Mobility & Global Change CRA is the next research call that will launch. This call is co-branded with Future Earth and managed by the National Research Foundation as the Thematic Programme Office. A partnership with the Global Development Network will offer early opportunities for networking and proposal strengthening before the submission deadline, with a chance for in-depth learning on the goals of the Call, how to meet the Call requirements, what will make Consortia successful, opportunities to identify collaborators and participate in existing Consortia. Awarded projects receive opportunities to participate in coordinated activities throughout the award lifecycle to enhance networks, stakeholder engagement, transdisciplinary, and dissemination of findings.
Theme and Key Areas:
Successful proposals should focus on illuminating the determinants of migration – why people move, do not move, from and to where and when, and on what time scale, in relation to Global Change processes like environmental and climate change, demographic changes, consumption patterns, energy use, and land-use. Exploration of dependencies, linkages, and/or impacts between Global Change, migration and mobility, human constructs, social science, and humanities approaches, and other studies are encouraged. Within this theme, there are three areas to consider including (1) data and methodology, (2) policy, and (3) human-centric approaches that integrate human perspectives and needs in all steps and aspects of a project and beyond.
Migration and mobility inherently involve people and their wellbeing. Early studies have demonstrated a differential impact of gender, geography, and age, on migration and mobility factors which differs in many situations and reduces the ability to predict movement, address negative impacts, and develop sound, well-considered policies. It has the potential to allow people to adapt to global change, and yet global change is expected to create further barriers to mobility among the most vulnerable, leaving people further at risk for displacement or trapped in untenable situations. In this call, we solicit projects that put human well-being at the center of the analysis of migration and mobility determinants, under conditions of Global Change.
Approaches for investigating migration and mobility span environmental and climate science, development studies, political science, international relations, behavioral research, and other social sciences. Bringing together experts from these areas to research the complex system of Global Change and migration and mobility is critical to developing integrated systems approaches that improve evidence production, public and policy debate, and decision-making.
Area 1 involves developing, sharing, and combining innovative efforts for synthesizing, integrating, and supplementing data and models to better understand complex relationships among the many factors influencing migration/mobility and its relationship to Global Change.
Area 2 focuses on studying and creating integrative governance and legal and policy frameworks around migration/mobility and Global Change.
Area 3 focuses on human-centric approaches to studying and integrating data and frameworks on vulnerable communities under a variety of contexts, with perspectives inclusive of the Global South and understudied groups such as women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, Indigenous people, and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
This call will likely be able to provide support for the participation of researchers and stakeholders from around the world. Proposals must be submitted as a group, or "Research Consortium" to be deemed eligible for this call. Research Consortiums require three or more Consortium participants, representing at least three different countries, each requesting support from at least three participating funding organizations (which will be finalized in the coming months). Proposals submitted by a Research Consortia should include a strong and deliberate linkage between the societal and environmental aspects within Global Change to ensure that they meet the Belmont Challenge for international transdisciplinary research by providing knowledge for understanding, mitigating, and adapting to global environmental change. Research Consortia must be truly transdisciplinary, thus including researchers from: a) social sciences/humanities/economics, b) natural sciences/physical sciences/technology, and c) societal partners (i.e. citizens, industry, civil society organizations). Projects should use participatory, co-design, co-development and co-implementation approaches. Successful proposals must address the Call Theme and deliver on at least two of the three Areas, with cross-cutting linkages across all three areas encouraged.
Prepare a strong proposal by attending the Migration / Mobility & Global Change Workshop and Networking opportunities. All you have to do is fill out the Expression of Interest!
Workshop and Networking Activities Beginning Before the Call for Proposal Opens:
The Belmont Forum recognizes that building a Research Consortia that meets all requirements, the Belmont Forum Challenge, and the goals of this research Call will take time to develop. In partnership with the Global Development network, we are offering a series of Migration / Mobility & Global Change Workshops and Networking events tailored towards this call to prepare the community to meet this challenge. This opportunity is open to all individuals looking to find Consortium members, as well as groups that already have established Consortiums. Workshops and networking opportunities will be offered between February and April, 2022, and will include thematic sessions, methodology sessions, as well as sessions on how to create and manage diverse research consortia equitably and successfully. A networking platform will allow interested researchers to identify and know potential partners, or to join existing consortia.
Filling out the Expression of Interest and participating in these activities is not mandatory to submit a full proposal. Those that participate in these activities are under no obligation to submit a full proposal.
To find out more information about the workshops and networking events, fill out this quick Expression of Interest form. Preferential access to the workshops and networking opportunities will be given to those that fill you the Expression of Interest form by February 1, 2022.
Week of Dec 13, 2021
Pre-Announcement published.
Expression of Interest form opens on the CRA Belmont Forum website.
Annexes from each participating funding organization outlining the type of support being offered will be published on the Belmont Forum website. Additional Annexes can be added on a rolling basis.
The full Call Text will be published.
The Call for Proposals will open on BFgo, the proposal submission portal.
The Workshop activities will begin.
April – June, 2022
Workshop and Networking Activities will continue through this time
A Workshop activity will take place at the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress June 20-24, 2022
Full Call for Proposals will close.
Months of Aug – Sept, 2022
Panel of Experts will review proposals and recommended projects will be chosen.
Months of approximately Oct, 2022 – Mar, 2023
Awarded projects will receive funding during this time.
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