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Food for All, Health for All, Training for All.
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Nicaraguan Network of Community Commerce – Red Nicaragüense de Comercio Co-munitario (RENICC)
The Nicaraguan Network of Community Commerce (RENICC) is a national network composed of 62 organizations that in-clude cooperatives, networks of rural women and female en-trepreneurs, consumer networks, and non-governmental orga-nizations (NGOs) dedicated to agriculture and crafts activities. RENICC works to create political and economic lobbying op-portunities to encourage the adoption of laws and alternative commercialization channels into public policy. The network also coordinates efforts in 18 farmers' markets where more than 500 women currently sell their products directly to the public. The main areas of work for RENICC are the social economy, food security, rural women's access to land, free trade agreements, and the efficacy of development cooperation.
Partners: Cooperatives, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), rural women networks, female entrepreneur networks
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Local, Year-round Sustainable Agriculture
Local, Year-round Sustainable Agriculture is a start-up initiative dealing with proven technological advancements in sustainable agriculture for adoption into local communities worldwide. It fo-cuses on renewable, low energy input / high output systems that are resilient to the effects of severe weather, pests, grid failure, and nuclear fallout. The initiative will result in local food safety and security, water quality improvement and conservation, zero toxic waste output, and high quality, nutrient-dense fresh fruits and vegetables. This initiative also proposes to provide, educa-tion on symbiotic relationships, research opportunities, employ-ment, and education on the importance of biodiversity, ecology, sustainability, and connection to the earth.
Partners: Yhcrana Organics, CY-OP, Inc., Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, We Are The Villagers
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Creating and nurturing vibrant partnerships to achieve the sustainable development goals in tribal regions of Western India
The Voluntary Association of Agriculture, General Development, Health and Reconstruction Alliance (VAAGDHARA) will create and nurture vibrant partnerships with community institutions working on behalf of the poor in tribal regions of western India, with the aim of inculcating appropriate scientific and indigenous technology and knowledge to achieve sustainable livelihoods and realization of true childhood for their children.
In order to achieve the sustainable development goals by 2030, VAAGDHARA has a strategy to promote and nurture vibrant in-stitutions working on behalf of the poor such as self-help groups (SHG), SHG federations, farmer producer organizations, etc., who will be sensitive towards child development and can also work on livelihood, education, health, and nutrition. These institutions will be the key for the sustain-ability of interventions. VAAGDHARA will play the role of a catalyst and facilitator for institutions and networks of communities in remote and resource fragile regions so they start their journey towards sustainable development.
Partners: VAAGDHARA, community-based organizations, federations
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Global Education First Initiative (GEFI)
Despite the urgent need for investments in education and their clear returns, progress on education has stalled in recent years. The cost of leaving millions of children and young people on the margins of society is far greater than the funds required to jump-start efforts to reach international goals for education, which had shown considerable promise. The Education First ini-tiative aims to accelerate progress towards the Education for All goals and the education-related Millennium Development Goals by: 1) Rallying together a broad spectrum of actors for the final push to 2015; 2) Putting quality, relevant and transfor-mative education at the heart of the social, political and devel-opment agendas; and 3) Generating additional and sufficient funding for education through sustained global advocacy efforts global movement for education – by 2015 and beyond.
Partners: Partners include UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, UN Special Envoy for Global Educa-tion, World Bank, Global Partnership for Education, Educate A Child, Education International, Global Campaign for Education as well as philanthropic and business institutions.
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
GIRLS! Project
The GIRLS! Project utilizes a public health approach to early grade literacy as a tool to reduce the social determinants of health such as poverty, education and health inequities, and gender discrimination. GIRLS! Project provides new books that meet common core standards to girls in targeted age ranges from birth to third grade/class three.
The GIRLS! Project approach improves core foundational skills in the four areas of the English language (reading, writing, lis-tening, and speaking), Braille books and materials are provided for visually impaired girls. Guided reading workshops and "15
Minutes Read Aloud Moments" are conducted to improve comprehension and oral reading fluency (ORF) in third grade/class three. Group reading instruction provides differentiated teaching that sup-ports early grade reading proficiency. The GIRLS! Project approach promotes differentiated instruction to allow girls to focus on their specific needs and accelerate their progress.
Partners: Schools Without Borders, Inc.
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Mediterranean Water Knowledge Platform
The establishment of a Mediterranean Water Knowledge Plat-form is a prerequisite to the development of sustainable pol-icies for integrated water resources management and climate change adaptation. The platform aims to provide a common basis for the development of national water information sys-tems in four pilot countries, and to deliver an assessment of water resources management and use (i.e., drafting of a white paper) by collecting and exploiting data of these systems. It will allow for an evaluation of best practices, joint management of transboundary resources, and follow-up on regional or sub-re-gional projects and policies in the Mediterranean region, all on a voluntary basis.
Partners: International Office for Water, Institut Méditerranéen de l'Eau, Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System (EM-WIS), Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations, United Nations Environmental Programme Mediterranean Action Plan
(UNEP-MAP), Arab League Center for Water, Ministry of Water and Irrigation (Jordan), Ministry of En-ergy and Water (Lebanon), Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment (Morocco), Ministry of Agriculture and water resources (Tunisia)
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Solar Empowered Schools
Solar Empowered Schools is an initiative that uses sustainable energy to improve academic performance in primary and sec-ondary rural schools in Africa by providing students who lack access to electricity with solar lanterns so that they can extend their study time.
Solar Empowered School (SES) identifies schools located in rural communities around Africa that are hindered by availability of artificial lighting. SES then distributes solar lanterns to students, and trains them on how to improve their academic performance and on how to maintain the lanterns given to them. Training on improving study habits is held in the communities where the lanterns are distributed, and it teaches children how to improve their academic performance by reading extra hours in the evening. SES har-nesses the "mentor-your-junior" model to facilitate learning from the community's brightest student to ensure the rest are well brought up.
Partners: Africa Sustainable Energy Association, Nigeria Alternative energy Consortium, Southern Af-rica Alternative Energy Association
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Bridge Initiative for Youth Employment
The Bridge Initiative envisions a world where all youth are active participants of the social and economic development through relevant education and decent work. To achieve this, the initia-tive will focus on Sub-Saharan African countries, starting with the Democratic Republic of Congo, by conducting research projects on the skills, education and opportunity gaps dividing youth from the job market. Evidence-based interventions will then be implemented in the form of training and education op-portunities, skills development on workplace behaviours and entrepreneurship, and volunteer and internships placements with partner organizations in order to increase youth employability.
Partners: Young African Leaders Initiative, Congo Leadership Initiative, United States Department of State, SNV (Netherlands Development Organization, DRC), United Nations Volunteers, Clinton Global Initiative
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
CIFAL Global Network: Supporting Local Actors to Achieve Sustainable Development
The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) is the UN training arm for social and economic development, environmental services and multilateral diplomacy. The Global Network of International Training Centres for Local Actors (CI-FAL) are hubs for capacity building and knowledge sharing be-tween government authorities, international organisations, the private sector and civil society. UNITAR and its affiliated global network, CIFAL, organise around 400 training activities yearly, reaching out to some 25,000 beneficiaries.
For its local development work, CIFALs use the knowledge management methodology that consists of various processes of self-assessment, distillation and transmission of experiences and good practices in order to improve the performance of an organization. It also includes several tools that provide a com-mon language for the evaluation, exchange, and adaptation of the experiences shared by participating cities, as well as a roadmap for action and progress. The pro-cess aims at optimizing peer learning between local government officials and key stakeholders. Partic-ipants share knowledge, experiences, good practice and lessons learned, in order to build a strategic action plan integrating international conventions into local development programmes.
Partners: United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR), Federation of Industries of the State of Parana (Brazil), Airport Group of the South of Mexico (ASUR), International Peace Foundation (ROK), Kuala Lumpur City Hall Training Institute (Malaysia), Regional Cooperation Office for City Infor-matization (China), Moray Council (Scotland), Municipality of Plock (Poland), City of Antwerp (Belgium), Municipality of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), E-thekwini Municipality (South Africa), Decentralized Government of the Province of Pichincha (Ecuador), Ministry of Interior and Local Authorities (Algeria), Vice presidency of the Republic of El Salvador, Kennesaw State University (USA).
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Promoting Social Accountability to Empower Local-level Community for Improved Service Delivery and Democratic Governance in East Africa
The goal of this initiative is to strengthen capacities of citizen groups and government to work together in order to enhance quality of public services delivered to citizens. It seeks to give voice to the needs and concerns of all citizens on the delivery and quality of public services. Africa Youth Movement (AYM) will facilitate the implementation, guidance and supervision by a steering committee formed of representatives of citizens, government, and civil society. AYM will be responsible for the coordination and provision of capacity development, training,
technical guidance and support to partners to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the initiative.
Partners: APRM, IGAD, AU, youth organizations, youth clubs, Civic organizations, youth networks, UNDP, Africa Governance Initiative, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, UN Youth, governments Sector Min-istries, Network of Social Accountability Associations, Global partnership for Social Accountability, World Bank, DFID, African youth, universities, research institutes, politicians, elected councils
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Upgrading the Slums in Abuja, Nigeria
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Hab-itat) in Nigeria has stated that about 80 million Nigerians, rep-resenting 79 per cent of the population, are living in slums. The growth of informal settlements around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has largely been as a result of inadequate and non-affordable housing. The challenge of securing land tenure for the teeming populace, the high cost of building materials, inaccessible mortgage mechanisms for the poor as well as the high rents of urban accommodation has been responsible for many of the city's suburban slums. This partnership aims to sup-port the development of human settlements around Abuja by transforming slums and unhealthy environments through collaboration.
There is adequate arrangement for transfer of capacity and technology by involving slum dwellers actively in all stages of the project. Initiative for the Support and Promotion of Human Shelter (ISPHS) is also creating a link between slum dwellers and civil authorities as well as relevant stakeholders, for proper engagement.
Partners: Initiative for the Support and Promotion of Human Shelter (ISPHS), Federal Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development, Shack and Slum Dwellers Association, Nigeria, Gwagwalada Con-cern Youth Forum, Lugbe Community Development Association, Institute for Housing and Urban De-velopment, Federation of Urban Poor (FEDUP)
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
The Sustainability Literacy Test (SULITEST)
The sustainability literacy test (SULITEST) is an online multiple choice question assessment that evalu-ates, in 30 minutes, the minimum level of knowledge in economic, social and environmental responsi-bility, applicable all over the world, in any kind of higher education institution (HEI), in any country, for students from any kind of tertiary-level course (bachelors, masters, MBAs, PhD).
All of the questions in this assessment will ensure that future graduates have basic knowledge on sustainable development and both individual and organisational sustainability and responsibility. For this purpose, the scope of this assessment covers 2 types of question:
Questions on challenges facing society and the planet i.e. general knowledge on social, environmental and economic issues, basic understanding of the earth e.g. water and carbon cycles, greenhouse effect, etc.
Questions on an organisation's responsibility in general and on corporate responsibility in particular i.e. questions on practices for integrating social responsibility throughout an organisation, and questions on the responsibility of individuals as employees and citizens.
Partners: Senior Advisors: UNESCO, UNDP, UNEP, UN DESA, UN PRME, ULSF, CEEMAN, MEDIES, GRLI, ARIUSA, AMFORHT, HEASC, WFCP, GUPES, IDDRI, IAU, Copernicus alliance; Regional-Nation-al Expert Committee: RAUSA, ACTS, PRME Chapter Brazil, CGUN, Red Campus Sustentable, RCFA, REDIES, RAUDO, PRME national Chapter for Middle East and North Africa, CGE, CPU, REFEDD, CIRS-ES, HKSCC, APSCC, CAS-Net JAPAN, CRUI,INAECU, PRME national Chapter UK & Ireland, EAUC, AASHE, DANS; Partners Council: ONET, LVMH, CGE, Kedge, University of Paris Seine, Grenoble Ecole de Management, EAUC, PRME national Chapter UK & Ireland, University of Gothenburg, Des Enjeux et des Hommes
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*
Paris Pact on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Basins of Rivers, Lakes, and Aquifers
The purpose of this "Paris Pact" is to provide recommendations of actions that should be undertaken without delay at the most relevant scale for water management adaptation to climate change – i.e., the basins of lakes, rivers, and aquifers. The Pact also calls for actions of basin organizations and other relevant institutions (e.g., governments, international organizations, do-nors, local authorities, civil society and companies). Such actions will contribute to reach target 6.4 to 6.b of the SDGs.
The "Paris Pact" synthesizes the already existing solid knowl-edge base on adaptation for climate change in basins, and in particular:
A platform of experience sharing between pilot projects on climate change adaptation in trans-boundary basins
A book collecting examples of experiences and good practices for climate change adaptation in transboundary basins (both developed by the International Office for Water and its partners – UN-ECE among others).
Partners: International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) with the support of its regional components (ANBO, LANBO, CEENBO, MENBO, EURO-INBO, NANBO, EECCA-NBO, and other core partners, including UNECE, the World Bank and UNESCO.
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Our Oceans Challenge
The Our Oceans Challenge (OOC) partner network consists of influential companies committed to generating innovative business models that promote clean and healthy oceans, not only by providing financial support but by sharing expertise and know-how with entrepreneurs and start-ups.
OOCC provides an online co-creation platform for entrepre-neurs, offshore experts, scientists and those who care for the oceans to share and enrich ideas for a clean and healthy ocean. After a selection made by our partners, OOC provides the means to realize these ideas by connecting entrepreneurs and start-ups with corporations their financial resources and expertise, thus shortening the time to market of ocean ventures while tackling some of our most pressing environmental and social challenges.
Partners: Heerema Marine Contractors, Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), KPMG, Out-side, Inc., Willteco, Innovation Factory, NIBC Direct, VU University Amsterdam, World Ocean Council, Jules Dock
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Ibis Rice Initiative
Ibis Rice was launched in 2009 to promote and market wild-life-friendly rice grown in the communities located in areas pro-tected for their biodiversity value in Cambodia. Its work links wildlife conservation to improving livelihoods of villagers whose opportunities are limited by the constraints of living in a remote area with little opportunity to expand their farms and limited market access. Ibis Rice buys paddy at a premium from village marketing networks, whose members are made up of farmers who are often not food secure and rely on forest resources for income. Ibis Rice has worked to market wildlife-friendly produce that is produced by local communities in the Northern Plains.
Target buyers include domestic tourist hotels and restaurants, food retailers and potentially, interna-tional markets.
Partners: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Sansom Mlup Prey , Accounting for International Devel-opment (AfID) , Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
National Coordination on the Implementation of SDGs (NACOS INITIATIVE)
The NACOS initiative seeks to ensure that there is a coherent, coordinated, and all-inclusive participatory approach to the ef-fective localization, implementation, and coordination of the Agenda 2030. It is through such initiatives that the agenda will be effectively realized.
The first stage of the initiative has been the setting of the stage for implementation by the "Beyond 2015 Campaign", which has for three years built momentum for implementation by engag-ing all relevant stakeholders, especially those most affected by poverty in awareness building and participation. In Zimbabwe this step has been concluded through the successful establish-
ment of the Beyond 2015 Zimbabwe National Hub, the building of public-private partnerships, and the launching of the NATIONAL COORDINATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGs (NACOS). The final step of the first phase has been the formation of partnership frameworks leading to the devel-opment of a concept paper and a full project proposal with a comprehensive implementation and ac-tion plan. This last step has been carried out but the process of scoping and creating new partnerships is an ongoing process that will take place throughout the life of the project. This step will be concluded by a launch meeting for continued work for the implementation period of 2016 – 2030 after the 70th session of the United Nations' General Assembly.
Partners: Save Matabeleland Coalition, Beyond 2015 Zimbabwe, Regional Centre for Social Responsi-bility (RCSR), Footnote Consultancy, Stop to Start International, Habakkuk Trust
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Global Partnership for Sustainable Data
The Global Partnership for Sustainable Data is global network of governments, NGOs and businesses working together to strengthen the inclusivity, trust and innovation in the way that data is used to ad-dress the world's sustainable development efforts. It works to bring the resources of national governments, independent non-profits, and private companies to bear on the world's development data poverty.
Official statistical systems are the building block for understand-ing poverty and how to address it. The global partnership seeks to map data gaps at a national level, the channel funding to strengthen those systems. Thus, the partnership aims to bring the best data, analytical skills and ideas to solve data problems
from using satellites capture to monitor agriculture efforts, to citizen engagement tools to understand sanitation requirements in villages in remote parts of the world. It works to ensure that governments are given the tools they need to ensure they leave no-one behind in these development efforts.
Partners: Global network of governments, NGOs and business-es working together
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Whats better than hot girls in bikini's fighting with ice cream?
New law, if two girls want to fight, they must strip down to their undergarments first. For safety reasons.
I hope this guy enjoys jerking off because that's all he will be getting for the next month.
Looks like he won't have to get that bikini wax anymore.


Dr. Brown is a fellowship-trained hand and upper extremity surgeon, applying advanced techniques in both operative and non-operative conditions of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder to minimize pain while restoring function.
Dr. Brown completed his medical degree at the University of Massachusetts and his orthopedic surgery residency at Albany Medical Center in New York. Dr. Brown then completed his hand and upper extremity subspecialty training with the esteemed University of Pittsburgh Fellowship Program.
Dr. Brown has achieved the highest level of certification in hand surgery, having received the Certificate of Added Qualification in the Subspecialty of Surgery of the Hand. This certification is only provided to those surgeons, who by virtue of their added subspecialty fellowship training and a major commitment to the practice of hand surgery, deserve special recognition.
Dr. Brown is Spartanburg's only fellowship trained and CAQ-certified, hand and upper extremity orthopaedic trauma surgeon.


Treat your loved one to a Valentine gift from Anne's, Horesfair News. You can choose from our extensive range of traditional sweets and chocolate.
CINNAMON – Cinnamon comes from the bark of the cinnamon tree and has a sweet nutty flavour. It is used in savoury and sweet dishes, pickles and chutneys and in spiced drinks. The Germans use it in beer soup.
We stock cinnamon balls a popular hard boiled sweet.
CLOVE – Clove is more pungent than cinnamon but has similar uses. It is a tiny dried flower bud picked before it opens. The tree from which it comes grows within 10 degrees of the Equator and clove is at its best near the ocean.
The clove derives its name from the Latin clavus or nail because of its nail like shape. This makes it ideal for studding meat such as gammon. Clove oil contains a mild anaesthetic which can be used to alleviate toothache.
At the shop and online we stock clove rock, old english clove, a boiled sweet and it is also found in winter mixture.
GINGER – One of my favourite spices in the kitchen as it is so versatile. It can be used fresh, dried or ground, pickled and crystallized. It provides health benefits as it has anti bacterial and anti inflammatory properties.
Chocolate coated ginger and crystallized ginger are available weighed out or in gift boxes.
VANILLA – Vanilla is a pod of a tropical climbing orchid. Fresh pods has no smell. They are picked unripe and cured in the sun for up to a year until the vanillin is released and the pod turns black. Originally from Central America the vanilla plant is now also grown in Australia and Africa.Vanilla essence is strong and only a few drops are needed. Vanilla extract is milder and can be added the half teaspoon. Apart from cooking and confectionery vanilla is also used in perfumiery. Properties of vanilla include digestive and as a stimulant.


Hi Lauren, I love your thankful posts. We all need to be reminded that each day is full of special little blessings.
Stopping by from the link-up! Yay for the end of the semester! Love your blog!
Thank you Courtney! I hope you are enjoying my blog. :) Thanks for stopping by!
I'm glad Marci. :) Thanks for stopping by!
yay for only having three finals!! that's a great way to end a semester!
It's always awesome when you can sell something for more than you paid for it! Way to go on that!!!
I agree Laura, especially when you pay the high prices at the campus bookstore! It is always good to be able to sell a textbook for at least half of what you payed for it instead of for a few dollars like most textbooks. Thanks for stopping by!
Just recently found your blog and so glad I did! I loved your writing and can relate to you in some ways. :) I enjoy blogging as well & can appreciate a hard working student and someone who's life was changed by God's grace like mine. Thanks for posting!
I am so glad you are enjoying my blog Bethany! I love finding new people who I can relate to in some way. :) Thanks for stopping by!
Professors who don't give traditional finals are awesome! I always loved the profs who let us do a take-home final, or a final speech or performance, something of that sort. And I did run into those fairly frequently. This is actually the first exam season that I haven't had to worry about finals...I graduated in May!


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Music | December 2, 2021 1:54 pm
Why Do I Feel So Weird About Dave Grohl, Who Isn't Jewish, Doing Annual "Hanukkah Sessions"?
His heart's in the right place, but is the Foo Fighters frontman appropriating the Jewish holiday?
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs at the American Museum of Natural History Gala in 2021.
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By Bonnie Stiernberg @aahrealbonsters
For the second year in a row, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has teamed up with producer Greg Kurstin for "The Hanukkah Sessions," in which the pair cover a different Jewish artist on each of the eight nights of the Festival of Lights. And for the second year in a row, I feel a little weird about the way that Grohl, who isn't Jewish, is going about the whole thing.
Kurstin, it must be noted, is Jewish, and he and Grohl obviously have the best intentions. I'm all for highlighting the rich musical history of the Jewish people by shining a light on their many contributions to pop culture, but thanks to the fact that he's the more well-known member of this interfaith duo, Grohl is undeniably the face of the whole thing, and there's something that feels a little off about the way he's been promoting it on social media.
Take, for example, the tweet from the Foo Fighters' account announcing the series last year. "With all the mishegas of 2020, @GregKurstin & I were kibbitzing about how we could make Hannukah [sic] extra-special this year," it reads. "Festival of Lights?! How about a festival of tasty LICKS! So hold on to your tuchuses…we've got something special coming for your shayna punims. L'chaim!!"
With all the mishegas of 2020, @GregKurstin & I were kibbitzing about how we could make Hannukah extra-special this year. Festival of Lights?! How about a festival of tasty LICKS! So hold on to your tuchuses… we've got something special coming for your shayna punims.
L'chaim!! pic.twitter.com/baTduQYdBW
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) December 10, 2020
Grohl and Kurstin clearly have a sense of humor about the whole thing — the accompanying video opens with them saying "I'm Greg Kurstin, and I'm Jewish" and "I'm Dave Grohl, and I'm not Jewish" — but still, a tweet written in Grohl's voice that has him attempting to squeeze in as many Yiddish words and phrases that he could possibly Google feels … kind of bad?
For the fourth night of Hanukkah this year, Grohl and Kurstin covered Van Halen's "Jump," writing, "Quite possibly the loudest and proudest of hard rocking Jews, David Lee Roth has gone on record crediting his Bar Mitzvah preparation as his earliest vocal training. He became a rockstar the day he became a man: Diamond Dreidel DLR and Van Halen…with 'Jump.'"
Again, no one's accusing anyone of anti-Semitism here, and Kurstin's participation in all of this makes it feel more okay, but there's something about a gentile calling Diamond Dave "Diamond Dreidel" that's always going to feel a little iffy; and Grohl tweeting, "Twitterverse, challah at your boy," while unveiling last year's cover of Drake's "Hotline Bling" feels problematic on multiple levels.
Is Grohl appropriating Hanukkah? I don't know that I'd go as far as calling it that. But does it make me feel a little uncomfortable to see his face Photoshopped onto a dreidel while he posts captions like "Barry Pincus — not only one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th (or any) century, but a mega-mensch to boot!" and "As the only Rock and Roll Hall Of Famers with a lyric about kugel, we thought it would be a shanda to not kick off this party with New York's (and Abraham's) finest"? Yes. It's difficult to see how this kind of thing would fly if he was, say, wearing a dashiki to do "Kwanzaa Sessions," and while that's admittedly not a totally fair comparison to draw here, I still can't help feeling a little conflicted about the whole thing.
On the other hand, Grohl's heart is in the right place, and it sounds like he just wants to bring a little light into our lives by championing some of his favorite Jewish artists. As he wrote on the eighth night of Hanukkah last year, "As 2020 comes to a close and another Hanukkah ends (my first!) I am reminded of the two things that have gotten me through this year: music and hope. This project, which initially began as a silly idea, grew to represent something much more important to me. It showed me that the simple gesture of spreading joy and happiness goes a long way, and as we look forward, we should all make an effort to do so, no matter how many candles are left to light on the menorah."
If he had just said that from the get-go rather than going full Jon Hamm in Curb Your Enthusiasm there'd be no issue at all.
Watch Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover Bob Dylan
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The singer-composer is set to perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at St. Bernadette Parish, 245 Azalea Drive in Monroeville.
He has been traveling across the United States in a concert series titled "A Lifetime of Music and Ministry." But his performance in Monroeville will be his first concert for healing, and it will contain a lot of the same songs.
"I go all the way back to 1976 when I first started in Christian music, and then in 1978 when I became a Catholic," Talbot said by telephone Aug. 23. "I do some songs from my pre-Christian experience, and I do a song called 'Would You Crucify Him?' that still sings well and Catholics really like it.
"It's been fun to take some of those old songs and resurrect them," he said.
Talbot is recognized as Catholic music's most popular artist, with multi-platinum sales and compositions published in hymnals throughout the world. And his 29th book, "Monk Dynasty," was released in February 2016.
Besides his music and writing, he is also the founder and minister general of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, who operate a hermitage in Arkansas and monastery in Texas.
Being a pioneer in modern sacred music, Talbot estimates that he has sung his most requested songs literally 10,000 times. But it feels new every time.
"People ask, 'Do you get tired of doing 'Holy is His Name?' and I say, 'No, I never get tired of doing it,' because it's different every time I sing it," he said, because he feels different, the audience is new and how they all are relating to God is unique.
The ability of music to communicate emotion and draw listeners deeply into the mystical makes it a fitting vehicle for prayer, he said. That is especially needed these days as the Catholic Church struggles with issues related to clergy abuse.
"It's important to remember that this is probably the most significant thing that any of us have walked through or will, God willing, walk through in our lifetime regarding the negative part of the church," Talbot said. "It's important to remember that the church has been through similar or even worse times.
"I always hang on to 'All things are possible with God.' There have been saints who have come from eras of worse confusion," he said.
Talbot is always shocked when people tell him how his music touched them and brought them closer to God.
Tickets to his Sept. 16 concert are $30 for general seating ($35 at the door), or $50 for the VIP package, which includes preferred seating, early admission to the sound check and a complimentary CD.
Purchase tickets in person at the parish office or online at www.johnmichaeltalbot.com/tour. For information, call the parish office at 412-373-0050.


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Q: Search Numbers in Java Project in Eclipse As you may know, in Eclipse, we could search a text, which could be a field name or a method name, within a project or work-space, by using File Search. The results would be all the places that the text in question appears. Now, the issue is, I need to search for a number, i.e., 12. For example, number 12 has been used as a flag indicator in many places (in different java files) in a project, and I would like to find out all the places that this number is used. Is there a way to do this? I have tried to do the search in the same way as searching key word (File Search), but it did not work. Thank you very much.

A: It is perfectly possible to use the text search for numbers.
Search => File
Containing text: 12
File name patterns: Adjust to *.java
Scope: Workspace - for full search

Should work like a charm! :-)

A: Ok..

*

*Type 12 in any file.

*select the text (12)

*goto Search --> Text --> Project

A: Press CTRL+H- A menu pops up.
Select the customize button and in that check File Search field
Then in the  File Search tab define as follow -
In Containing Text Field - type whatever you want to search.
In File name patterns field - provide the files you want to search e.g- *.java will search for all java files.
Finally Hit search. Shall give you the files containing the search number

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Army of Robots
Army of Robots is an Apple AR arcade-style mech shooter in which you must destroy robots that are invading your real world. Those robots came with one attention, to eliminate all humans and take control over our planet. You are the only one who can stop them. An AR game where the real world turns into a huge battlefield.
Army of Robots First Impressions
Article published on September 22, 2017
I am a huge first-person shooter fan and therefore I was eager to see what ideas developers have up their sleeves for this genre. Singergia Studios has just released a new Augmented Reality game for iOS called Army of Robots. For some reason, many of the upcoming games have "AR" in them, although I don't think this one was done intentionally. Anyways, let's check out what this mobile AR game is all about.
Army of Robots is a first-person mech action shooter AR game. In this game, robots have invaded our planet Earth and plan to destroy all humans and take control over it. It's up to you to take control back and eliminate those robots from our world.
The game brings arcade-style gameplay on a large scale. It turns the real world around you into a huge battlefield. Robots can spawn all around you and it's up to you to use your mech to shoot them down. It's a wave-based game where you need to clear out stages and move on to the next one. After each level, you get to see the total score you've got based on your achievements.
The gameplay mechanic is very simple and straightforward, aim at the robots using your iPhone or iPad and tap the screen to start shooting.
I highly recommend checking out the gameplay trailer videos to see what this game is all about. It was so cool seeing those people in the video enjoying the sun and relaxing while this guy is shooting deadly robots all over the place. This is one reason why AR is much easier to sell than VR. At that moment I just felt that I want to grab the game and start shooting robots in my neighbor's backyard, in the supermarket or in the gym. It doesn't matter where you are, you'll find those type of engagements anywhere!
By the way, after seeing this gameplay video, I do wish there was an option for the robots to detect humans in the scene. This way, the robots could actually hit the virtual representation of the real people in the scene and it's up to you to annihilate them before they cause them any damage. Once you do that you could get additional bonus score. I can think about many cool ideas that I can add to this game that will make it even better. The interaction with the environment is something that I think we will probably get to see in the future as ARKit continues to evolve. As for right now, it's just all about positioning the 3D models on physical planes and adding interactivity.
By the way, those robots aren't passive. They will try to attack you back and take you down using their rockets. You can also shoot down those rockets or evade them by repositioning yourself. Some of the robots are small others are much larger in scale; some are on the ground, others in the air. You need to reposition and rotate your iPhone or iPad to get the right angle on the target every time.
The graphics are nice. The mech models are very detailed and I really liked the option where you can shoot certain body parts down. rather than having a single target to shoot at with nobody destruction system at all. For example, you can shoot at the robot's arm, the one with the equipped rocket launcher, and take it down so it can't shoot you anymore.
Army of Robots is among the first FPS games for Apple's Augmented Reality platform. If you ever wondered how a first-person shooter plays on AR, you should certainly get this title and try it out. The game is aimed towards FPS fans and those who like fast-paced arcade-style action games. The game is designed for both iPhone and iPad alike, but it requires iOS 11 or later and is compatible only with ARKit supported devices (iPhone SE, / 6S / 6S Plus / 7 / 7 Plus / 8 / 8 Plus / iPhone X and iPad Pro (all 3 versions), iPad 9.7" 2017 models. For more information visit the official game's page on the App store or iTunes.
I highly recommend checking this game out. One of my favorite AR desires was to be able to fight enemies in my own sorrounding environment, and Army of Robots has just made this come true. There are 12 stages waiting for? Get out there and show those robots who owns this planet!
Image credit: Singergia Studios
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Platforms: Apple ARKit
Tags: Action / Arcade / FPS / Sci-Fi / Single-Player
Announced: August 30, 2017
Apple ARKit: Sep 19, 2017
Developer: Sinergia Studios
Publisher: Sinergia Studios
Headset Compatibility: A headset is not required
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Q: Can Winston Logger be used on the front-end for logging? I am creating full mean stack app with

NodeJs , Angular 6 , ExpressJs and MongoDB

I have managed to create a server and its working perfectly, instead of using console.log when logging errors in my app I have decided to use Winston Logger here is what I have now

Server side

var appRoot = require('app-root-path');
var winston = require('winston');

// define the custom settings for each transport (file, console)
var options = {
    file: {
        level: 'info',
        filename: `${appRoot}/logs/app.log`,
        handleExceptions: true,
        json: true,
        maxsize: 5242880, // 5MB
        maxFiles: 5,
        colorize: false,
    },
    console: {
        level: 'debug',
        handleExceptions: true,
        json: false,
        colorize: true,
    },
};

// instantiate a new Winston Logger with the settings defined above
const logger = winston.createLogger({
    transports: [
        new winston.transports.File(options.file),
        new winston.transports.Console(options.console)
    ],
    exitOnError: false, // do not exit on handled exceptions
});

// create a stream object with a 'write' function that will be used by `morgan`
logger.stream = {
    write: function (message, encoding) {
        // use the 'info' log level so the output will be picked up by both transports (file and console)
        logger.info(message);
    },
};

module.exports = logger;

Note: Winston in server side works perfectly

Client-Side

I want to use winston in my client side angular 6 app .
Example: in one of my components i have this.
import * as logger from "winston";
.........
 this.activeRouter.params.subscribe((params) => {
      // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-const
      let id = params['id'];
      this.moviesService.getReview(id)
        .subscribe(review => {
          console.log(review);
          this.review = review;
        });
    });

As you can see I am using console.log(review) , Instead of console log I would like to use Winston .
How to use Winston logger in client-side ?  am newbie to all this stuff any help will be apreciated.

A: Yes - it can (technically) be used in the browser. Should it be? Almost definitely not (sadly). Winston is a fantastic logger for node. But, emphasis on "for node". If you want to use it on the client, you would need to add a bunch of node polyfills in addition to winston itself, which is very large relative to other client loggers. Between winston and those polyfills you are going to significantly increase the size of your artifact. Also, just fyi webpack 5 removed those node polyfills, so you would need to add them back manually.

A: Yeah it is possible, however default transport for browser is very limited. I recommend to use https://www.npmjs.com/package/winston-transport-browserconsole
npm install winston-transport-browserconsole -S
It is easy to use and supports logging json objects:
import * as winston from "winston";
import BrowserConsole from 'winston-transport-browserconsole';

const level = "debug";
winston.configure({
    transports: [
        new BrowserConsole(
            {
                format: winston.format.simple(),
                level,
            },
        ),
    ],
});

winston.debug("DEBUG ", {a: 1, b: "two"});

A: According to this ticket: https://github.com/winstonjs/winston/issues/287 it's almost ready for browser use? Or mostly ready? It sounds like they recently started supporting logging in a browser environment.


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Evidence Strategies and Practical tools for inclusion of social and structural interventions such as housing, employment, and food security in plans to end the epidemic
Policy, Program, Intervention or other types of research evaluation
Scaling up the Role of HIV Housing Providers in Ending the Epidemic: The Getting to 90 Viral Suppression Model
Location: Congressional Room
Primary Contact(s)
Raquel Silverio, BSN
Presenting Author(s)
Eleonora Jimenez-Levi, MS
HOPWA Community Coordinator
Additional Authors(s)
Marlyn Reynolds, MPA, MSW
Program Director HOPWA/HUD/HUD-IPS/HASA
Institute for Community Living
Ellen Wiewel, DrPH, MHS
Director of Research and Evaluation
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Christopher Beattie, MPH
Evaluation Specialist
Yaoyu Zhong, M.S.
Astoria, New York
X. Pamela Farquhar, MPA
Director of Programs
Paul Brown, MA, MPH
Jesse Thomas, BA
RDE Systems
Little Falls, New Jersey
John Rojas, MPA
Deputy Chief Special Services Officer
NYC Department of Social Services
Issues : Following the release of New York State's Ending the Epidemic (EtE) Blueprint—NY State's strategy to end AIDS by 2020—the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) began to explore how to enhance the role HIV housing providers in improving viral suppression outcomes for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PWH) who receive subsidized housing assistance. The NYC DOHMH administers the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA) grant, a federal housing program for PWH. To expand the role of HIV/AIDS housing providers in EtE efforts, the NYC DOHMH launched the Getting to 90 initiative to strengthen the role of HOPWA-funded housing agencies in reducing barriers to viral suppression and improving electronic documentation of viral load outcomes among HOPWA consumers.
Description : Achieving viral suppression is important for both individual and community-level health, as those with very low concentration of HIV in their blood (i.e., viral load less than 200 copies/mL) enjoy better health and cannot transmit HIV to others. By setting a 90% suppression goal, the Getting to 90 initiative delivered a programmatic, data-driven approach to help thirteen (13) HOPWA-funded permanent supportive housing providers and one (1) long-term rental assistance provider introduce changes that would increase viral suppression rates among their consumers. Using consumer-level data from eCOMPAS—an RDE Systems' web-based reporting platform for NYC HOPWA data—DOHMH equipped HOPWA providers with rates of care engagement and viral suppression via quarterly HOPWA dashboards. Over the course of 15 months, HOPWA providers participated in a kickoff community forum to introduce the initiative; attended a two-day eCOMPAS systems training to enhance their electronic documentation of viral suppression outcomes; developed quarterly work plans tailored to address the needs of their unsuppressed consumers; participated in five quarterly phone interviews with DOHMH staff to identify technical assistance needs; and received a total of six quarterly HOPWA dashboards.
Lessons learned : After 15 months of the Getting to 90 intervention, DOHMH found agency-reported HIV care engagement rates increased by 7%, from 88% to 95%. Additionally, documented viral suppression rates increased by 9%, from 73% to 82%. HOPWA providers reported that the HOPWA dashboards played a meaningful role in equipping them with the data necessary to develop targeted interventions that resulted in more actionable measures to identify, connect, and support out of care and/or unsuppressed consumers. Of the 14 participating HOPWA providers, 10 achieved an increase in the proportion of their consumers with documented viral suppression. To highlight the types of activities housing providers can implement, this session will feature the work of Institute for Community Living (ICL), an NYCHOPWA provider who delivers supportive housing services to 25 homeless single adults and families with a history of substance abuse and/or mental illness. With the support of DOHMH, ICL deployed various interventions to improve viral suppression outcomes among their consumers, which resulted in a 32% increase in documented viral suppression, from 48% to 80%. At the session, ICL will showcase their "best practices" on how housing providers can increase viral suppression rates among the consumers they house and serve.
Recommendations : By coupling data with personalized technical assistance, DOHMH's Getting to 90 initiative enhanced the role of HOPWA housing providers in EtE efforts. The HOPWA dashboards served as a catalyst for providers to assess, record and track consumer HIV care and suppression rates. These activities, in turn, informed consumer-level interventions for those who were out of care and/or unsuppressed. The encouraging results from the Getting to 90 initiative underscore how HIV housing providers are strategically positioned to address consumer barriers to care and treatment, paving the way for more providers to get involved in ending the epidemic.
An overview of how housing functions as a structural intervention in the Ending the Epidemic (EtE) framework. Case Study: Getting to 90 Viral Suppression Initiative in New York City
Showcase the collaborative work between a local health department and HIV/AIDS housing service providers.
Suggest how housing providers can get involved in EtE efforts in their communities.


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Jacks of all trades, masters of none: Are the Leafs overdoing it with Swiss Army knife players?
Photo credit: Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports
By Jon Steitzer
Over a stretch in the late 90s, everyone in my family struggled annually with what to get my Dad for Christmas. The solution seemed to be that every year he'd wind up with a Swiss Army Knife, a Leatherman, or some other utilitarian tool that was great for stuffing in a tacklebox, backpack, travel kit, or whatever. These are great tools for when you are in a jam and need to rely on the next best thing to the proper tool, but much like my Dad at the turn of the century, the Leafs are over-encumbered with Swiss Army knives that were a pleasant surprise as a stopgap, but a miserable Plan A for addressing problems.
In the grandest tradition of complaining about the Leafs, I've chosen to wait until after they've had a 5-2 win, featuring a goal from one of those Swiss Army knives, set up by another Swiss Army knife, and the third Swiss Army knife managed a breakaway as well (although that result was predictably underwhelming.) Still, it's worth noting that if we are going with our recency bias on this, Calle Jarnkrok, Pierre Engvall, and Alex Kerfoot all performed well on Saturday night.
Now with recent success acknowledged, let's move onto the overall underwhelming results so far this year…
CF%
xG%
CA/60
Hits/60
PP TOI
SH TOI
Kerfoot
Jarnkrok
It seems that each player is finding a different way to be underwhelming in their role, but it also seems that they continue to remain in the lineup due to the penalty killing factor.
Kerfoot, as the incumbent to the Jack-of-all-trades title, started the year as the 3rd line center. This seems like something that annually works in training camp and the preseason, and immediately comes apart the second the Leafs face regular season intensity and a full NHL lineup. Kerfoot not being able to serve in the role that Leafs needed him in has resulted in him being a staple of the top six left wing spots, generally playing alongside John Tavares, but even seeing time with Auston Matthews. That's where the one goal and six points becomes completely unacceptable.
Kerfoot's ability to carry the puck in and out of zones is strong, and you can see by the differential stats above that the on-ice performance has been there, but the offensive outputs aren't there, and for a player seeing over a minute a night on the powerplay and regularly on a line with two point per game players, this goes beyond snake bitten and into outright ineffectiveness.
Jarnkrok is a player that might have flown under the radar for too long for being ineffective in the Leafs lineup. Jarnkrok by design isn't meant to stand out, but while he's not standing out he should be either putting up favourable on-ice differentials or playing a plethora of hard minutes against tough competition. He hasn't done either, and in fact, he hasn't done much of anything (save for four goals in 19 games isn't a bad pace.)
Jarnkrok, for reasons only known to Kyle Dubas, has the second longest running contract on the Leafs after Morgan Rielly, so if there is one of these Swiss Army players that the Leafs should be trying to figure out, it's probably Jarnkrok. Given that Jarnkrok is the player that does seem to have a bit more offensive success this year, it's somewhat odd that he's sticking to the bottom six while Kerfoot sees time with Tavares and Nylander.
That brings us to Engvall, and it's somewhat scary that somehow Engvall has the highest Hits/60 of this trio. There is clearly some favourable counting going on as Engvall has been nothing short of frustrating in his unwillingness to use his 6'6 frame for anything beyond reach.
Engvall has been the most sheltered of the group, and perhaps the hardest to watch when it comes to the eye test on this trio.
It's quite wild that Engvall has fared so much better than Jarnkrok, and maybe that's a stronger argument for Jarnkrok spending a night in the press box rather than seeing if he can be a fit in other parts of the lineup. There's also something to be said for both of these guys potentially holding back Pontus Holmberg, who looks like he could be the more accomplished (and cheaper version of Kerfoot, Engvall, and Jarnkrok).
There are two primary reasons why Kerfoot, Jarnkrok, and Engvall are so frustrating. The first is their cap hits. With a combined $7.85M between them, it's hard to make a case for any of them living up to their contracts. That money could be better spent elsewhere, and Kerfoot's actual salary of $775k or Engvall's expiring contract at $2.25M should be somewhat movable. Jarnkrok…well, the Leafs will probably need to figure out something with him. The fact that players like Denis Malgin, Pontus Holmberg, Zach Aston-Reese, and Nick Robertson can all provide better value without sacrificing performance in the lineup should put a sense of urgency around clearing out Kerfoot and Engvall. The Leafs wouldn't be giving up much in the way of depth, especially when Adam Gaudette, Joey Anderson, and Alex Steeves are all making cases for getting a look based on their play with the Marlies.
That brings me to the second point here: the Leafs are blocking players from the lineup by keeping "jack of all trades" players around. The Leafs could use some secondary scoring and a good way to see if they can get that is to give Pontus Holmberg some offensive outlets and put Nick Robertson back into the lineup. The Leafs want to be a more imposing team. getting a look at Joey Anderson or Adam Gaudette would be worthwhile, even if hopes aren't high. The Leafs will also want that space for Matthew Knies toward the end of the season.
The continued usage of Kerfoot and Engvall seems like a love letter to the status quo and/or an overvaluation of the penalty-killing specialty. Jarnkrok's addition to this group seems to be an appreciation for what the Leafs got last season when Kerfoot and Engvall were at their best and there was an assumption there was a need for more of the same rather than addressing a specific need head-on.
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B&W PM1 review
These pint-size standmounters are possibly the most engaging and enjoyable speakers we've seen from B&W for years Tested at £1995
By What Hi-Fi? published 13 October 11
Best standmounter £1500+, Awards 2011. Arguably the most engaging and entertaining speakers B&W has made in years
Fast, cohesive and surprisingly full sound
exceptional stereo image
superb integration and timing
top class build and finish
Their size brings certain constraints
What Hi-Fi? Verdict
B&W PM1
Some folk might find the idea of spending £2000 on a speaker barely bigger than a decently sized shoebox a bit odd.
Not us…There's no getting away from the fact that any speaker that stands just 33cm high and sports a single 13cm mid/bass driver is never going to match the bass depth, authority and outright volume of the big boys at this price level.
But it seems nobody reminded B&W's engineers of that.
While the PM1s don't quite manage to slip through a physics loophole, B&W's boffins have managed to eke out a surprisingly bombastic sound from tiny 6.5-litre boxes.
In small- to medium-sized rooms, these standmounters deliver impressive bass power and weight for their size.
That little Kevlar mid/bass driver, along with the company's now-traditional dimpled reflex port, produces low frequencies with plenty of gusto.
Sure, bigger rivals go even deeper, but the B&Ws never sound undernourished or bass-light. That's a massive achievement in something so small.
Big volume from small cabinets
They'll go loud enough for most people, too. Play In the Hall of the Mountain King from the Social Network OST and these standmounters throw out a huge sound, with waves of strong dynamics and plenty of bass.
Push them really hard and things get a little confused, but by that time the speakers are playing way louder than we'd consider comfortable.
Move past the areas where all small speakers struggle and the PM1s set sky-high standards. They sound immensely fast, delivering transients with the kind of cohesion you usually only get with single-driver designs.
Clever crossover network
B&W has put a great deal of work into the PM1s' crossover network, and it shows in the speakers' seamless integration. The electronics are simple, with just three components in the circuit.
Such a design is always hard to get right, despite the use of top quality parts – the PM1 uses a similar grade to those found on the company's range-topping 800 series speakers – but B&W has nailed it here.
The two-driver arrangement looks a lot like standard B&W fare, but there's been a lot of refinement going on. The 25mm aluminium dome tweeter, for example, is reinforced with a carbon ring to improve its frequency range and distortion performance.
The dome sits in the usual decoupled tweeter pod, and a rear-mounted tapered tube absorbs any stray sound waves (see below).
The 13cm woven Kevlar cone now features an anti-resonance plug at its centre.
This plug is made from polymer foam and, as the name implies, cleans up the cone's response with the aim of producing a more transparent sound.
Brace, brace, brace
Of course, neither driver can work well if the cabinet isn't doing a good job.
The PM1's cabinet is surprisingly heavily braced for one so small, giving a rigid foundation for the mid/bass driver to work from.
The curved front moulding looks like a one-piece affair, but is in fact made in two parts and finished to look seamless.
It's shaped to have minimal influence on the sound, and it doesn't hurt if the final result looks as stylish and distinctive as this.
All this careful engineering produces a wonderfully clean sound, one that picks up subtle detail and manages to keep it audible no matter how complex a piece of music gets.
The PM1's insight into recordings is absolutely top class, with the speakers leaving no stone unturned when it comes to digging up low-level information.
These B&Ws, like many small speakers, can also deliver impressive stereo imaging. Listen to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and the PM1s excel with instrument placement and focus, and a beautifully layered and impressively expansive sound stage.
Perhaps most impressive of all is their ability to disappear within the presentation. Close your eyes and it's nigh-on impossible to locate the boxes without looking.
Transparent presentation
That's not where the good news ends. These standmounters time very well, and can convey rhythms excellently. Play the likes of Kanye West's Monster and the PM1s charge along at full throttle when the music demands.
They communicate the sense of drive, aggression and excitement in this kind of music terrifically well and, provided the rest of your system is good enough, these speakers can't help but shine.
As far as kit-matching is concerned, the B&W PM1s will sound perfectly good with the likes of Roksan's Award-winning £1595 Caspian M2 integrated amplifier.
But, such is their transparency that their sound continues to improve significantly as the partnering electronics increase beyond that level.
You'll need the dedicated stands, though. These £400 supports were used during the PM1s' development, and it shows: no other stands we tried (and we have a more than a few on site) gave the same sense of control and balance.
The aesthetics match too, which is nice.
Put it altogether and you have a hugely capable pair of small stand-mounters that work well with all types of music and engage the listener better then just about any B&W speaker we've heard in years.
Sometimes great things really do come in small packages.
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Why Trust is important in your Solar business?
The business processes are changing very fast with the advent of the new technologies which demand the change in the personality traits of the leaders focusing more on the emotional quotient, authentic relationships and the trust in the (solar) business.
I can say that the "Trust" is the strong feeling of predicting the behaviour of a person as per your expectations. You must be a trustworthy person in the eyes of your customer and mere showing it will not serve the purpose. You must have clear set of principles which are designed to offer value to your customers. The selfish motives are often short-lived and can easily be seen by your customers.
Two parties often creates a bond of the Trust, one is the Trustee and other is the Trustor and these two terms are often interchangeable between the two parties. For example when people buy things from you they trust your product; here you become trustee and people are the trustors. When you deliver the product on credit you become trustor your customeris a trustee, you trust him that he will pay you in time.
When both parties play their roles sincerely and effectively, the trust remains and relationship builds up.
When either party stop playing its role effectively, the trust fades out and the relationship ends. Also, there is no trust without risk and when you verify then you are not trusting.
Actually, the level of the trust is the product of your past behaviour. We trust something because of the consistency in the performance of a person or a company. Today, I can eat Cadbury chocolate with my eyes closed because I trust this brand which the company has earned through its consistent performance over the years. A kid can eat anything from his mother's hand because of the trust between them. So the past behaviour helps in building the trust.
(3) How to Trust when there is no past behavior?
Even in the everyday life, one cannot move ahead without trusting each other.
I am eating in the restaurant trusting that it will offer me good food and the same time the restaurant owner is trusting me that I will pay the amount.
You can say in the business terms that it is hard to drive any transaction between the two parties without the element of trust in it.
These initial activities will help in developing the better understanding between both the parties and will create the foundation of the first level of Trust.
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Make your efforts consistent, predictable and well defined, the trust will build up gradually.
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An open letter to the Hartz pet care products company.
I would first like to say that I am EXTREMELY impressed by the efficacy and efficiency of your flea spray. It appears that the adult fleas that were on my cats are all, now, dead.
However, I would like to take a moment and give just a tad bit of feedback because while using your product it has become painfully (I mean that in a very literal sense) obvious to me that no one on your staff has ever had a cat, been near a cat nor, I believe has actually seen a cat in person.
1. Hold bottle upright 6 inches from pet. Direct spray towards pet and spray entire coat, pressing dispenser with quick short strokes. Move bottle to get even coverage of coat until tips of hair are moist.
2. Apply lightly and rub into animal's coat. For longhaired cats, ruffle hair for spray to reach skin.
3. Recommended dosage: Spray 15-25 strokes for a small cat. Spray 25-35 strokes for a large cat. More spray may be needed for longhaired cats.
4. Ticks are tough – spray directly.
5. After 10 minutes, dry cat with towel.
6. Comb and brush coat.
7. Repeat once a week. Use on bedding and other areas as needed.
If your staff has had any experience with cats, I would like to posit an alternate hypothesis you are all (to the last woman, man and child) sadists of the highest order.
Let's start with the obvious: Spray bottles make a hissing noise. This scares the cat. Cats take hisses as a sign of hostility. This makes them try to run. One spray and my cat tried to run. I was forced to drop the bottle and grab the cat and restrain her.
Which brings me to the next issue. I do not know what is in Hartz® UltraGuard® Flea & Tick Spray for Cats, but I can only assume that it is a magic substance… because my fluffy white and black tuxedo cat went from soft and cuddly to being covered in what I can only describe as a sheen of liquid teflon. So, I am now restraining a cat that has been lubricated for someone's pleasure, and attempting to spray her with the product.
Then I learn something else about Hartz® UltraGuard® Flea & Tick Spray for Cats. It makes me slick. It makes the bottle slick. It makes the floor underneath the cat slick. I can only assume that this product underwent lab testing for it's effectiveness as a chemical, that is how things get approved after all. I cannot, however, believe that it underwent any form of consumer testing because of the next fact.
Hartz® UltraGuard® Flea & Tick Spray for Cats comes in a bottle that is shaped, for all intents and purposes, like a bullet. Bullets are shaped like they are because that shape allows them to pass through the air with a minimum of turbulence. It also turns out that this shape allows them to pass through my hands with almost no resistance do to the fact that I am now covered in slick, lubricated poison. The bottle of course goes shooting out of my hand.
My cat and I exchange a glance and she stares at me just urging me to go for the bottle so she could get away. I managed to get the bottle back over to me and not lose the cat, but there is a further problem… The hissing sound the bottle makes now has her laying on one side. I have to now take an angry, wet, teflon coated cat and roll her over to get to the other side of her.
This would not be an issue, really, if it were not for the aforementioned lubrication. This took 10 minutes. Then, when we'd finished that side, my poor moist, slick kitty looked at me piteously as if to ask, "are we done, yet?" That was when it hit me… I still had to do her belly. Another round of squirming and crying (both mine and the cat's) and I managed to get it done. THEN I had to rub it into her fur.
The whole process took me 35 minutes thanks to the lubricating properties of the spray. Honestly, I think this should be marketed to NASA or fire departments that routinely rescue people and appendages from tight spaces.
That, however was the first of three. The first one, I might add, was the smallest and most acquiescent of the three animals.
To that end, as a consumer who has enjoyed your products through the years, I would like to make a suggestion. Take this chemical and impregnate wet wipes with it. This would eliminate the hissing sound of the bottle and allow the cat's owner to pet the cat reassuringly. I PROMISE you that this would be an effective product and would please a great many of your customers.
But, for the love of all that is holy, please don't make that package bullet shaped as well.


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Indian couple accused of faking 'record-setting' Everest summit
1:21pm Jun 30, 2016
The couple claimed the "record-breaking" ascent online, but fellow climbers are crying foul. (Facebook)
An Indian husband and wife who claim to have conquered the world's highest peak have been accused of faking the achievement.
Maharashtra residents Dinesh Rathod and his wife, Tarakeshwari – who are both police – are suspected of digitally materialising themselves onto the top of Mt Everest.
Eight fellow climbers have filed complaints with authorities, prompting Pune police and the Nepalese government to launch a probe into the alleged fraud.
On top of the world? Dinesh Rathod. One of the mountaineers on the complaint accused him and his wife of lying about the climb in order to garner more respect at work. (Facebook)
"The pictures are clearly morphed," Anjali Kulkarni, one of the mountaineers who reported the pair, told Mid-Day.
"The couple's Himalayan suit colours and even their boots seem to have been changed at the summit," Kulkarni said, adding that the Rathods turned up at Base Camp very late in the climbing season.
"Both seem to have changed their climbing boots too in separate pictures. Being able to change one's clothes mid-climb and not get frostbitten would be a miracle."
Dinesh Rathod poses at Base Camp. Other climbers have confirmed he was there with his wife. (facebook)
The other climbers bear out Kulkarni's claims, with others saying they did not see the pair – who would be the first Indian couple to summit Everest together – at key points during the ascent.
But perhaps most damning is the charge that this is not the first time the Rathods have been accused of elevating themselves out of turn.
In November 2014 complaints were made against the couple after they claimed to have completed the "Aussie 10" – the highest peak in that heady "challenge" is, of course, Mt Kosciusko.
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Avalanche Bury Predators – MacKinnon Tallies 2
By The Canadian Press November 27th, 2018
NASHVILLE — Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves and the streaking Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Tyson Jost had the other goal for the Avalanche, who have won five straight. Colorado also ended an 11-game losing streak to Nashville in the regular season.
Ryan Hartman and Kevin Fiala scored for the Predators.
With the game tied early in the third period and Colorado on a power play, J.T. Compher slid a pass to Jost in the left circle. He sent a wrist shot through traffic that slipped by Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne.
Hartman scored the game's first goal at 11:07 of the opening period. He sent a wrist shot from the left point toward the Colorado net that went off the skate of Avalanche defenceman Samuel Girard's right skate and by a surprised Varlamov.
MacKinnon tied it 2:03 later with a power-play goal.
Mikko Rantanen sent a cross-ice pass to MacKinnon in the left circle, where he beat Rinne with a wrist shot underneath the left leg pad.
Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
Rinne finished with 22 saves.
Rantanen and MacKinnon combined again at 6:22 of the second to give Colorado a 2-1 lead.
In the high slot, Rantanen found MacKinnon on the right side, and he skated to the lower part of the circle and beat Rinne with a wrist shot low to the far side.
Colorado is 11 for 22 on the power play in its last six games.
Girard, playing against his former team, picked up the secondary assist on both of MacKinnon's goals.
Fiala tied the game 2-all at 9:06 of the second.
From above the left circle, Filip Forsberg sent a pass to Fiala skating through the slot, and he was able to redirect the puck by Varlamov on the glove side just underneath the crossbar.
NOTES: Nashville fell to 13-1-0 when scoring first. … After not allowing a power-play goal in five consecutive games, the Predators have given up three in their last two games. … Colorado has won five consecutive road games. … MacKinnon has points in five straight games (five goals, six assists).
Avalanche: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
Predators: Host the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday.
More NHL hockey: https://www.apnews.com/NHL and https://www.twitter.com/AP_Sports
Jim Diamond, The Associated Press


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Get drunk on the local police department's dime?
Don't bother applying, though. The Kutztown Borough Police Department posted the Facebook request on Wednesday and was flooded with eager volunteers. On Thursday, the department made it clear that this was a limited-time offer.
"Is there a spectator area?" one commenter wrote.
"Will this count as credit for my community service?" another asked.
Kutztown, located in bucolic Berks county, sits at the intersection of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, with its horse-and-buggy attractions, and state-owned Kutztown University, just outside the borough's boundaries. "Kutztown is a college town, everyone's drunk," one Facebook comment reads.
The sobriety test training won't take place until April, and it's unclear what aptitude test Police Chief Craig Summers will employ to choose from among the volunteers. But, at least for now, it seems that all eyes in Kutztown are on Summers — and the three golden tickets he'll soon hand out.
As far as other sobriety tests, marijuana use is illegal in Pennsylvania. So Kutztown police won't likely be looking for stoned volunteers anytime soon.


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Rare Supercharged British Racer: 1936 2-Litre Alta Sports Car
Ben Branch February 7, 2018
Reading time: about 3 minutes | Written by Ben Branch | February 7th 2018
The Alta Car and Engineering Company was astonishingly far ahead of its time, the company was building supercharged, double overhead cam engines with hemispherical combustion chambers all the way back in the 1920s.
The Alta Car and Engineering Company
Alta was founded by 27 year old Geoffrey Taylor, who planned to develop, build, and sell sports cars of his own design. The first major hurdle he faced was the fact that he didn't have a factory, so he designed and built one with his own two hands, then set about his first automobile production run.
Geoffrey was nothing if not an engineering savant, he recognized the inherent problems with pushrod actuated valve trains and the high centre of gravity most cars of the era had. With his own first car he developed an underslung design, with the axles mounted above the chassis rails on leaf springs rather than over them – lowering the vehicle and its centre of gravity.
A significant amount of time was spend both over the drafting table and in the machine shop developing the final design for the new Alta engine – it was an 1100cc inline-4 cylinder engine with shaft driven double overhead cams, a lightweight aluminum block, and wet liners. Geoffrey also designed and manufactured his own Rootes-type supercharger, which could be ordered as an optional extra – boosting power from 49 bhp to 76 bhp.
Over the next few years additional engine capacities were introduced, using the same basic block, in sizes of 1500 cc and 2000 cc. All engines could be ordered with a supercharger or without, and buyers had the choice of either a four speed non-synchromesh gearbox or a pre-selector unit.
In 1937 Geoffrey introduced a new Alta with independent front suspension, with the highest performance engine option now offering a 0-60 mph time of 7 seconds and a top speed of 120 mph – astonishing figures for the pre-WWII era.
The Alta GP Car – The First British Grand Prix Car After WWII
Another significant claim to fame was the Alta GP – the first Grand Prix car built after World War II. Company owner Geoffrey Taylor had been working part time on racing car designs during the war years, and so once the hostilities ceased he was back in the machine room, and his car was ready before any of the major manufacturers.
Alta designed engines would become quite popular in the 1950s, and they would supply a number of teams including HWM, Connaught, and Cooper. The most significant result being the popular Lance Macklin win at the 1952 BRDC International Trophy race at Silverstone.
The 1936 2-Litre Alta Sports Car Shown Here
The Alta you see here is a remarkable survivor. It still has matching engine and chassis numbers, and it features the very popular 2 litre engine with the original Alta-designed supercharger. It's one of just five original cars produced in this configuration, and it was the only left-hand drive example made.
The reason for the steering wheel being over on the "other" side of the car is because it was ordered by Franz Kitzerau – a German national living in Berlin. Over the course of the next few decades the Alta would start out in England, then move to Germany, then the USA, then eventually it would end up back in England – where it now resides and enjoys full road registration.
If you'd like to read more about the Alta or register to bid, you can click here to see the full listing on Bonhams.
Images courtesy of Bonhams
Published by Ben Branch - February 7th 2018
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