On October 17, 2017, the Puerto Rico Secretary of Labor ("Secretary") issued Opinion No. 2017-001 regarding the payment of salaries for days not worked by employees due to the passing of a hurricane.
Regarding non-exempt employees, the Secretary's Opinion reiterates that employers do not have to pay for work not performed due to the passing of a hurricane. However, employers are required to pay their non-exempt employees for time the employer required the non-exempt employee to work; time in which the employer allowed the non-exempt employee to perform work that benefits the employer, even when not requested by the employer; any hours worked outside the regular site of employment; and waiting time, or time in which a non-exempt employee is required to remain in a specific place available to the employer, and is restricted from using said time for personal matters.
With regards to exempt employees, the employer is not required to pay for any workweek in which the exempt employee performed no work, even if the employee was ready, willing, and able to work, if the business was closed for the entire workweek. If the exempt employee was ready, willing, and able to work during part of the time the business was closed and/or performed any work during such workweek, even if for a few minutes on a particular day of the workweek, the exempt employee must be paid in full his/her guaranteed salary, with no salary deductions for idle time.
In the absence of an employment policy or contractual restriction, the employer may allow the exempt employee to charge the idle time to his/her accrued and unused vacation leave.
The Secretary's Opinion also explains how exempt employees must be paid when they are absent due to personal reasons, while the business is open and the exempt employees have been called to work.
The Secretary's Opinion calls for employers to consider awarding their non-exempt employees more benefits than required by law, such as paying the salaries of non-exempt employees even for days not worked due to the passing of a hurricane without charge to vacation leave; or if that is not possible, crediting toward their vacation accruals the time not worked due to the passing of a hurricane.
The Secretary also recommends employers to pay their exempt employees their salaries in full, even for workweeks in which the business remained closed, and if that is not possible, to charge the exempt employee's idle time to a vacation leave. Moreover, the Secretary invites employers to grant their employees additional compensation to help them obtain supplies needed after the hurricanes. You may refer to McV's Tax Alert on Tax Relief for Employer Assistance to Victims of Hurricane Maria.
In any case, the Secretary's Opinion cautions employers that Company policy, employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements may require them to pay for time not worked due to an emergency or natural disaster, for which reason all such documents must be reviewed before a final decision is made on this matter.


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NEWCOMERS WOLVES TARGETING HKFC CITI SOCCER SEVENS TITLE
Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Ed Francis believes the English Premier League side can become HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens champions at the first time of asking as they prepare to make their debut at Hong Kong Football Club.
The Midlands club are one of three newcomers to the annual seven-a-side tournament alongside fellow English team Fulham and Portugal's Portimonense, and they have been drawn in Group D with 2018 runners-up Rangers, hosts Hong Kong Football Club and HKFA Red Dragons.
Wolves arrive on a high after many of the players in Hong Kong were part of the side that lifted the Premier League 2 title in England this season, while their senior side produced a superb first season back in the top flight, finishing seventh in the Premier League and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
"We're definitely confident we can win it, we had a good end to the season by winning the Premier League 2 so we're on a real high from that and have lots of confidence going into this," said Francis.
"I'm very excited to be here and so are the rest of the lads; it's a new culture, with beautiful buildings and it's a great place, somewhere not many of us have been to and maybe wouldn't have if it wasn't for this.
"It's definitely very warm and the first seven minutes will be tough, but once we get used to it, I think we'll be alright. We're all fit lads and ready to go."
Portimonense will become the first side from Portugal to take to the field at Happy Valley as they prepare to face fellow newcomers Fulham, HKFC Captain's Select and two-time runners-up West Ham United in Group A.
"We are very excited, very grateful for the invite and so happy to be here because it's a beautiful city," said Portimonense forward Fali Cande.
"It will be tough to play in this weather but we come from Portugal where it's hot too – in England it's not so hot, so for us it's not so bad.
"We feel proud; it's a good thing to be the first Portuguese team, so we will be doing our best to represent our club and our country."
Defending champions Newcastle United, meanwhile, have been drawn in Group C alongside Brighton & Hove Albion, Asian champions Kashima Antlers from Japan and Hong Kong's Kerry Yau Yee League Select.
Newcastle are aiming to become only the second team to be crowned HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens Main Cup champions three times having also lifted the trophy in 2012, with Aston Villa out in front on six titles.
"Last year was a great experience and hopefully we can do it again," said Matt Longstaff, whose brother Sean played for Newcastle's senior side in the Premier League this season having previously featured at the HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens.
"We have a younger squad with us and a few of the players that did well last year are not here with us. We still have a strong enough team to do well, although we're not putting any pressure on ourselves. But we've got to be confident we can defend the title."
Group B, meanwhile, features six-times champions Villa, two-time winners Leicester City, Singapore Cricket Club and Kitchee, who were the last team from Hong Kong to lift the trophy when they won the title in 2011.
In the Masters tournament, defending champions TDW Discovery Bay are in Group A alongside two-time champions Citi All Stars, Nottingham Forest Mobsters, HKFC Chairman's Select and Singapore Cricket Club Masters.
Group B, meanwhile, features playonpro, English side Wallsend Boys Club and Hong Kong trio Eleven FC, HKFC Masters and KCC Veterans.
"This is the fifth or sixth time I've been here, and it's always a nice email to receive when you're asked to come back," said Citi All Stars goalkeeper Alan Fettis.
"It was disappointing last year, but Discovery Bay beat us in the semi-finals and they were the outstanding team. I've still got that competitive spirit, we all have, so we all want to succeed and win the tournament."
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Have you woken up and felt helpless with your freaking frizzy hair? Actually, for some of us, frizzy hair might be an occasional problem but for many others, it is like a daily battle. You wake up and you have to do a plenty of things to deal with your hair, which takes a lot of time and also makes you feel annoyed. Do you know the main cause of frizzy hair and how to solve it from inside? If not, let's stay with Effective Remedies to see many natural home remedies for frizzy hair.
First of all, let's investigate what causes frizzy hair before going to solve it. According to hair experts, there are many factors leading to this hair issue, actually. One of them might be your shower routine. Many people have a habit of taking an extra hot and long shower, which might cause frizz. Instead, you should take a shower with lukewarm water. Otherwise, your hair will be stripped of natural oils, which in turn makes you failed to lock shiny and lush as well as keep frizz at bay.
Another bad habit that might cause frizzy hair is using a hairdryer in a wrong way . If you often set the hairdryer at high heat level and do not use a diffuser, your hair might be frizzy. Besides, your flat iron is also another enemy for your shiny and silky hair.
Either shampooing too much or brushing your hair wrongly also makes your hair frizzy. However, they are not the main core factor. Actually, frizzy hair is caused by a lack of moisture. Therefore, if you want to treat the problem, you need to moisturize your hair well.
Now is the time to look for different natural home remedies for frizzy hair that you should be aware of. Let's see how we can deal with this annoying problem.
Besides seeing as a refreshing beverage, carbonated water also has other benefits. In this article, we would like to recommend it as one of the best home remedies for frizzy hair.
Actually, carbonated water is created by dissolving CO2 in water under pressure. The carbonation process will create the product with low pH levels, which is the main feature that helps you to battle frizzy hair. Everything you need to do is to rinse your hair with this water after shampooing as usual. The process will help to soothe and tame your fizzy hair effectively. However, you are required to perform the method on a regular basis for a certain period of time. Carbonated water is among the best home remedies for frizzy hair, as said. You, therefore, can rely on it to keep the frizz at bay.
Not as simple as carbonated water, almond oil together with eggs can create another perfect solution for frizzy hair. Regarding hair care tips, almond oil and egg are known as common ingredients of many hair masks. As one of the best natural home remedies for frizzy hair, you can follow our method to stop this freaking situation.
In fact, almond oil, on the one hand, acts as a natural conditioner and emollient for hair, which yields many extra benefits. On the other hand, eggs can repair the hair damage thanks to the high protein content it carries. Once both of them combine with each other, the effect will be enhanced completely and become a perfect treatment for frizz. Let's see the process.
Next, another of natural home remedies for frizzy hair is avocado. Actually, avocado itself can help you take care of your hair very well. This wonderful fruit can be used as a hair mask for frizz. However, to make the effect more significant, you should combine avocado with yogurt. A high concentration of vitamin B and E in avocado can not only nourish your hair but also repair the damage perfectly . Along with that, the perfect support from yogurt makes it become a good cleanser and conditioner for your frizzy hair as well. Why don't you put some effort and time to invest in these inexpensive and simple home remedies for frizzy hair?
As mentioned, to treat frizzy from the inside, we need to moisturize it well. Vitamin E and coconut oil are famous for their moisturizing effect. Especially, a concentration of antioxidants is found in vitamin E, which makes it able to combat free radicals and prevent hair damage. Furthermore, coconut oil can act as a deep conditioner for your hair thanks to its penetrative properties.
Note: Depending on the length of your hair, you can decide the amount of each ingredient.
Note: You can mix a large amount and store it in a jar or a bottle.
One of the best natural home remedies for frizzy hair is apple cider vinegar. The acidity of the vinegar will help smooth out your frizzy hair, add shine, and say goodbye to the dull hair. Using apple cider vinegar is safe for your hair as well. Like carbonated water, you can use vinegar to rinse off your hair after shampooing it. However, remember to dilute apple cider vinegar in water in order to reduce the acidic property. Also, don't wash your hair with vinegar too frequently. An application every two weeks is proper.
Moreover, according to Medical News Today, apple cider vinegar is also useful for hair growth .
In addition to apple cider vinegar, beer is also another of the best home remedies for frizzy air. Perhaps, many of you have heard about the moisturizing effect of beer as well as its nutrient contents. Especially, beer contains a huge amount of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants necessary for your hair. Darker beer is highly recommended in this method.
In one way, you can coat your frizzy and dull hair with beer and let it stay for a while before rinsing off with cold water. The direction should be applied twice per month for the best results. In another way, you also can mix beer with your shampoo and conditioner. Then apply the mixture to your hair and use a comb to brush it. You need to maintain for a few minutes before washing off with cold water. Like other home remedies for frizzy hair listed above, this recipe should be used twice per month to recognize the effects.
A natural hair mask with mayonnaise can help you battle with frizz. This kitchen staple can work effectively to add shine to your dull and dry hair, nourish and strengthen it as well. Importantly, mayonnaise can provide an extra layer of moisture so as to treat keep frizz at bay. Don't skip one of the amazing home remedies for frizzy hair like mayonnaise!
There are many natural home remedies for frizzy hair, banana is among which. This sweet fruit can take a good care of your hair as an amazing conditioner. It is all thanks to a high concentration of natural oils, vitamins, carbohydrate, potassium, and so on.
Banana has such a great moisturizing effect, which will be enhanced significantly when combined with honey and almond oil or coconut oil as well. Here is another hair mask for frizz. Very simple, don't skip it, guys!
If your hair is extremely frizzy and dull, use it once a week.
If you prefer the combination of banana with yogurt along with olive oil than the previous one, you can seek the following recipe.
Regarding natural home remedies for frizzy hair, we cannot skip the great use of coconut milk. Maybe, you often use hair care product with the extract from coconut milk but never make use of the real coconut milk. Why did you ignore such a great ingredient for hair? In fact, coconut milk works perfectly as a light protein and moisturizer for frizzy hair. This property was displayed through a study published in 2012 . The method is so simple that you can do it yourself quickly and effectively.
Frizzy hair always needs to be well moisturized. Natural oils are well known for that effect, which can lock moisture and add shine to the dull and dry hair. Olive oil is also among these outstanding home remedies for frizzy hair. Needless to explain more, olive oil can help seal the moisture and act as a deep conditioner as well. If you feel interested, you can follow our recipe below.
Lemon together with honey is well known for its health benefits . Do you know people also use this perfect combination for frizzy hair? While lemon is loaded with essential vitamins and minerals for healthy hair, honey, as mentioned, can act as an amazing natural moisturizer and possesses the powerful antibacterial property, according to a study in Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, published in 2011 . Therefore, the mixture of both is considered as one of the best home remedies for frizzy hair.
As appearing in previous recipes, eggs can contribute as another of home remedies for frizzy hair as well. Actually, egg yolk is so high in fat and protein content. In addition, egg white has a high concentration of enzymes that can remove excess oils from your scalp and kill bacteria as well. All these benefits make it great to be a natural frizzy hair treatment. Without any extra ingredients, you can battle the frizz merely with eggs. Yet, if possible, why don't you mix it with olive oil to enhance the effect?
Finally, wash your hair thoroughly with lukewarm water and a rich nourishing shampoo. Remember to condition it.
Besides honey with lemon, you totally can replace lemon with yogurt for better effects. Both of them are wonderful natural home remedies for frizzy hair. Especially, this mask has a powerful moisturizing property that will return your shiny smooth hair.
To complete the list of natural home remedies for frizzy hair, we would like to show you the great use of Aloe Vera as a deep moisturizer.
We have shown you 14 natural and effective home remedies for frizzy hair. Do you find out your own solution? However, due to the difference in each person's hair and scalp, the effect of these remedies will differ from one to another. Therefore, you should try and select the most proper mask for your hair. If you have any trial result or feedback, you can comment in our post to share with other members.
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Stephen Chappell is the pastor of Coastline Baptist Church in Oceanside, California. Having a burden to see people saved and churches planted on the West Coast, he and his family moved to northern San Diego County in July of 1998 to begin the work. The Lord is using this ministry to make an impact in their community.


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TraderNewsWire.com Exclusive: First Released Pictures of BDCI's Drying Facility, Equipment and 1400 acre plans for 2019
a) 15-acre industrial hemp farm will begin harvesting in October.
b) Cannabis Consortium finished construction on its drying barn
c) giving the company the ability to plant 1400 acres in 2019.
d) finalizing the agreement for an additional 800 acres
Cannabis Consortium recently announced its 15-acre industrial hemp farm will begin harvesting in October. The harvesting and drying will take place in October and the sale will take place in November. Cannabis Consortium finished construction on its drying barn that will be used to house the plants on poles while they dry after being harvested. We were able to get a sneak peak at the progress of their much-anticipated drying barn, as you can see from the pictures below.
The next harvest is roughly weeks away from harvest and just over 2 months from being sold. 3rd solid revenue stream for BDCI which will show on the 4th Qtr Report. Most interesting, Cannabis Consortium revealed that it is in the final stages of finalizing an agreement to acquire an additional 800 acres, as CEO Matt Dwyer explains,
Cannabis Consortium is finalizing the agreement for an additional 800 acres about 10 miles away from its 600-acre site giving the company the ability to plant 1400 acres in 2019. Both farms will have the same yield of $100,000 per acres planted. Once Cannabis Consortium installs a Distillate system for Hemp the yield per acre could climb to a multiple of 3."
As with the first farm after a soil test is completed a small crop will be planted to test the viability of the land then a larger section will be planted. The key benefit of the second farm is the ability to plant all year round. The pictures below show an updated picture of the crops with their newly purchased watering and planting machines.
This comes after a recent press release in which Mr. Dwyer gave details on the next harvest, and when we can expect the sale of the harvest to take place.
Global currently has two buyers lined up to purchase the Bio-Mass for a minimum of $1.5 million and as much as $3 million exceeding the initial estimate per acre. The difference in sale price is dependent on the final weight of the plants after the harvest. Global and Green Matter will split the proceeds 50/50 once the Bio-Mass is sold in November. For Global this test proves the land is viable and profitable while providing a third stable revenue stream for BDCI. By the time of the sale in November Global will have consolidated the farm into BDCI and the revenue and income will appear on the 4th quarter report for BDCI. BDCI will rely on its accounts to guide them on how best to flow the various revenue streams into the parent Company and maximize its net income.
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Arctic Council Working Groups ACAP, AMAP, CAFF and PAME are all meeting this week in Tromsø, Norway. To mark the occasion, we're highlighting a series of projects from their portfolios. This article focuses on the CAFF project "
The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council, released the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) at the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May 2013. This report, informed by traditional ecological knowledge, contains the best available science on the status and trends of Arctic biodiversity informed by traditional knowledge as well as policy recommendations for biodiversity conservation.
The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna's assessments provide vital descriptions of the current state of Arctic biodiversity. These efforts create scientific baselines which inform regional and global assessments, and provide a basis to guide future Arctic Council work.


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Rivière-Éternité is a municipality, being part of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, located in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, Canada.

Geography

Rivière-Éternité is a small village in Quebec set in the valley of the Éternité River.

It is crossed by route 170.

Toponymy
The Commission de toponymie du Québec writes about it: "The name of this municipality of Saguenay, officially created in 1974, was borrowed from the river that flows there. However, the reason for the designation of this tributary of the Saguenay River, collected between Cape Éternité and Cape Trinité, is unknown. Without doubt, the proximity of Cape Eternity, which evokes the beyond, played a role in the choice of this name which alludes to the absence of beginning and end of the existence of God. Before making us think of the beyond, the term evokes a very long duration. "

She continues: "The landscapes seem to have been fixed there forever and forever, majestically. This name, in addition to identifying the post office established in 1933 and the parish of Notre-Dame-de-l'Éternité erected canonically in 1967, covers the municipality located between Saint-Félix-d'Otis and L'Anse-Saint-Jean. It is the gateway to Saguenay National Park. The presence of water and impressive capes gives the eternity decor a magnificent magnificence in accordance with the extent of the territory which occupies an area of almost 500 km². The specific Eternity appears in documents written since at least 1824, according to the captain Louis Sivrac, and  indicates the cap Éternité, in 1880. "

History

 July 20 1974: Constitution of the "municipality of Rivière-Éternité" from unorganized territory.

Demography

The 2016 census counted 413 inhabitants, 13.1% less than in 2011.

Administration
Municipal elections are held as a block for the mayor and the six councilors.

Attractions
One of its attractions is the Eternity Bay sector of the Saguenay Fjord National Park where the fjord reaches its maximum depth. The Cap Trinité path which leads to the statue of Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay offers one of the best views of the fjord.

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Carl Ferdinand Rhode (* 1802 in Hamburg; † 5. November 1872 in Leipzig) war ein deutscher Kaufmann und Mäzen.

Ferdinand Rhode kam im fortgeschrittenen Lebensalter nach Leipzig. Sein im Stadtgeschichtlichen Museum vorliegender Reisepass ist 1847 in Hamburg ausgestellt. In den Leipziger Adressbüchern taucht er erst 1857 auf. Er wohnte zunächst im Großen Blumenberg, von 1859 bis 1866 in der Central-Halle und danach am Roßplatz.

Fünf Jahre vor seinem Tod begründete er die "Stiftung für die Stadt Leipzig", in die er sein gesamtes Vermögen von über 1,2 Millionen Mark einbrachte. Die jährlichen Zinsen waren für Ziele der Stadt und wohltätige Zwecke zu verwenden, darunter die Pensionsfonds des Theaters und des Stadtorchesters, der Ankauf von Gemälden für das Bildermuseum, Freistellen am Konservatorium sowie verschiedene Kranken-, Witwen- und Sterbekassen. Aus der Stiftung steuerte die Stadt 1902 10.000 Mark für die Errichtung des Goethe-Denkmals auf dem Naschmarkt bei.

1883 ehrte ihn die Stadt mit der Benennung der Ferdinand-Rhode-Straße im Musikviertel.

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Charmaine Turner prepare to enter a viewing her for 8-year-old daughter Secoriea Turner, who was fatally shot in Atlanta on July 4th near the Wendy's site where Rayshard Brooks was killed the previous month Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in South Fulton, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police have accused a suspect of felony murder and aggravated assault in a shooting that killed an 8-year-old girl near the site of an earlier police shooting.
Police said Wednesday that they issued warrants a day earlier for 19-year-old Julian Conley in the slaying of Secoriea Turner.
Conley's attorney, Jackie Patterson, said Conley turned himself in Wednesday.
Patterson says Conley was peacefully protesting and witnessed the shooting but did not open fire himself.
Secoriea was fatally shot on the Fourth of July while riding in an SUV with her mother and another adult near the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed by a white police officer on June 12.


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Since I've been asked, I've done a short video showing how to open an Android mini PC, namely Droid Stick A2. As most casings are based on similar design the same method can be used for many other mini PCs that comes with a plastic casing. Some other mini PCs with a metallic casing, such as Hi802, need to be opened with a different, and IMHO easier, method as you just have to remove 2 screws.
For Droid Stick A2, all you need is a flat head precision screwdriver. First look for small spaces between the two parts of the casing, insert the screwdriver where the largest space is, and gently lift it up. Watch the video below for a demo.
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Section 7.1 of this Espressif datasheet provides data on current consumption. These data are based on 3.3V supply, and 25C ambient, using internal regulators. Measurements are done at antenna port without SAW filter. All the transmitter's measurements are based on 90% duty cycle, continuous transmit mode.
In deep sleep mode, the ESP8266 maintains its RTC but shuts everything else off to hit about 60 µA. Respectable, if not MSP430 levels. It can pull upwards of 200mA while it's transmitting, and I usually measure an average of about 75mA in normal operation. In deep-sleep mode I can get the ESP8266 Thing down to about 77µA.
There is a modification to be made – both in hardware and software – to get current consumption low. On the firmware end, the Espressif SDK has made a systemdeepsleep([uint32t timein_us]) function available, which puts the ESP8266 to sleep for a specified number of microseconds. When it wakes up, it begins running the user program from the very beginning. If you're using the ESP8266 Arduino IDE, they've wrapped that function and another into a very nice ESP.deepSleep([microseconds], [mode]) function. Here's a quick example Arduino sketch for the ESP8266 that blinks the on-board LED 10 times, sleeps for 60 seconds, then repeats.
Ticker blinker;         // Ticker object called blinker.
int ledPin = 5;         // LED is attached to ESP8266 pin 5.
Configures chip for deep-sleep mode. When the device is in deep-sleep, it automatically wakes up periodically; the period is configurable. Upon waking up, the device boots up from userinit.
Hardware has to support deep-sleep wake up (XPDDCDC connects to EXTRSTB with 0R).
deepsleepsetoption(0): Radio calibration after deep-sleep wake up depends on init data byte 108.
deepsleepsetoption(1): Radio calibration is done after deep-sleep wake up; this increases the current consumption.
deepsleepsetoption(2): No radio calibration after deep-sleep wake up; this reduces the current consumption.
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Allen Memorial Art Museum. The Allen Memorial Art Museum is located in Oberlin, Ohio, and is run by Oberlin College. It was founded in 1917. The collection contains over 15,000 works of art. The AMAM is primarily a teaching museum, and it is aimed at the students, faculty, and staff of Oberlin College as well as the surrounding community. Notable strengths include seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish art, nineteenth and early twentieth-century European and contemporary American art, and Asian, European, and American works on paper. The collection is housed in an Italian Renaissance-style building designed by Cass Gilbert and named after its founder, Dr. Dudley Peter Allen, a graduate and trustee of Oberlin College and the first husband of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, whose bequest as Mrs. F. F. Prentiss included parts of her art collection started during her first marriage. Purchases made through the Mrs. F.F. Prentiss Fund include a Henry Moore sculpture and other objects. In 1977, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown designed an addition that represents one of the earliest examples of postmodern architecture in the United States. In 2011, the historic museum underwent a two-year retrofit; after which it was awarded with USGBC LEED Gold certification. The Allen Memorial Art Museum has an collection of more than 12,000 objects-including paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, drawings and photographs-that provide a comprehensive overview of the history of art from a variety of cultures. The collection has a focus on European and American paintings and sculpture from the 15th century to today, and also has holdings of Asian paintings, scrolls, sculpture and decorative art, including a large group of Ukiyo-e prints. Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, African and Pre-Colombian art is represented. The museum also houses the Eva Hesse archives, which includes the artist's notebooks, diaries, photographs and letters, and oversees, along with the Art Department, Frank Lloyd Wright's Weltzheimer/Johnson House. At the beginning of every semester students camp out in front of the north gate of the museum to get first pick of original etchings, lithographs and paintings by artists including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso. For five dollars per semester, students can hang these works on their dorm room walls. The program was started in the 1940s by Ellen H. Johnson, a professor of art at Oberlin, in order to develop the aesthetic sensibilities of students and encourage ordered thinking and discrimination in other areas of their lives.
Allen Memorial Art Museum holds Lucretia (c1525)
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The Android N developer preview is out and it is as good as anticipated. Google has though surprisingly released its Android N developer preview much earlier than expected. The major reason behind it is to incorporate the suggestions of the developers in the final version of Android N. This OS is compatible with Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Nexus 9, and Pixel C. For these devices one can easily install the developer preview and also from this year onwards the updates to the developer preview shall be pushed over the air just like the stable builds. Google did not fail to mention that the released features are not the only features in this version of Android and more features will be added over the time.
Amongst the changes in this version of Android, we have first of all the "direct reply notification", wherein the developers can allow the users to reply to the messages straight from the notifications. Earlier, on receiving a notification you had to go to the particular app in order to reply to the message but now you can easily reply to the text from the notification bar itself. Android N also provides the feature of bundling together the features from the same App, together.
After Windows and IOS, Google has finally stocked its Android N version with the split screen view. This feature in the developer preview works mostly with the Google Apps. This feature isn't that useful on a Smartphone, however it can work very well on a tablet.
Further with Android Marshmallow, Google has introduced an improved doze feature, wherein the background activities are stopped when the display is off even if the device is not stationary. Amazing feature! Isn't it? Thus this feature has been enhanced to save more and more of battery power. Another important feature which the developers can look forward to is the improved Java 8 language support.
The settings app has also undergone some advanced changes. All the main menu items have a description below, so the battery menu will show you the remaining battery, the storage menu will show the remaining storage. There are some new options also available, such as the data saver, which reduces the consumption of the data for the background apps when one is using data pack instead of using Wi-Fi.
At the end with all the new amazing features and the features that are yet to be added to this version, the major surprise is still that what funky name does the N stand for, hopefully nothing too sweet this time.
How do content and digital media build up a brand?
It is rightly said that "content without strategy makes the web lame." While creating killer content which is clear, compelling and concise is the key but without proper tactics of digital marketing this key won't be able to unlock the door to reach a wider audience. Writing compelling, visual content that not only appeals to the reader but also speaks out an informative story is very much required for its virality. It is of great importance to focus on the content that draws the maximum amount of traffic to the website, but with the correct marketing tactic because if content is the queen then marketing is the king to the kingdom of your business. Hence killer content and Digital Marketing go hand in hand. The following points demonstrate how compelling content with the proper methodologies of the digital media drives businesses forward digitally.
For example, say if you have an online portal to provide used medical equipments on sale or lease, then through the following points we shall demonstrate that how content and digital media will help you grow your business.
SEO KEYWORDS – With powerful content which is inclusive of SEO keywords you can reach your target audience and thus increase your reach and popularity. So considering the example of a portal that sells used medical equipments online, SEO keywords, such as 'used medical equipments', 'medical equipments for sale', 'medical equipments for lease' are effective keywords which need to be formulated into the content so that whenever the user types such keywords on the available search engines he is able to reach to your site.
RELEVANT CONTENT – If you produce and post content which is relevant in a manner that it is both entertaining and informative, on the various social media marketing (digital )channels then it will not only increase the number of people reaching your website but also will be a great boost to your ROI. Here taking the example of our portal of used medical equipments, one needs to write content which revolves around the healthcare industry and informs the individuals about the technological innovations, advancements being done in the industry or the market of used medical equipments in India.
ENGAGING CONTENT – The digital marketing tools or channels are a great option to market your brand and reach audiences worldwide. If you produce engaging content then these channels can be easily used to increase the number of likes and shares on your posts and drive the traffic to your blog or website. For our used medical equipments portal the content should be so compelling that it engages the targeted audiences by presenting info and data of their interest.
PLANNED POSTING OF CONTENT – If strategically engaging and entertaining content is replaced over with the old content in a time period which is pre decided then it manifests itself into a plan for digital marketing through content strategy. Your readers will know when the next post is likely to be updated and shall wait for it eagerly if you produce content that not only is well written but also use graphics to make the post visually appealing.
VERSATILE CONTENT – For a powerful content strategy which you wish to implement through digital marketing it is absolutely necessary to produce versatile content. Producing and posting the same type of content will not enhance your customer reach however if you produce variety of content on social media marketing channels it will increase your reach and create a brand name for you. Even when it comes to our example of used medical equipment's portal, posting the content of the same type every time will not drive new visitors, however a content which talks about all the areas of the Healthcare domain from time to time shall drive varied interests of all people and hence more traffic.
VISUAL CONTENT – A survey revealed that content which has more visuals, pictures and graphical information is more likely to get viral on social media as well as is more engaging to the user. A study reveals that the no. of retweets of tweets containing graphic images is more than those containing just texts, though the latter is 7% more in use than the former. So if we only post content of used medical equipments online and do not post any pictures it will not have so much reach but if a no. of pictures of the equipments is posted then it shall encourage more people to visit the site.
USE OF HASHTAGS – Introduction of hashtag has made it possible to track an activity across various social media platforms and hence it can be used as an effective way to help users find our content through hashtags when it comes to digital marketing. Here in our example of the online portal use of hashtags such as #healthcareindustry # usedmedicalequipments shall be useful.
BACK-LINKS – Adding back-links to your content helps your blog visitors to visit your website and thus indirectly increase the traffic in your website.
Thus both, illuminating content and the advanced field of Digital Marketing can help you grow your business by ten-folds and build-up a brand name for your business. Thus to produce engaging content and to direct it to the target audience is instrumental to draw the attention of the reader and establish a successful marketing strategy.


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Today, the 17th of Iyar, is the yahrzeit of the Degel Machaneh Ephraim.
Today is the yahrzeit of the tzaddik that I consider to be "my Rebbe" even though he passed away 172 years before I was born. This tzaddik was the rebbe in my family's shtetl and his sefer is my conduit to the past and path of my ancestors.
"...and I wrote this for perhaps Hashem will provide that one of my sons or my students will come and understand and expound upon this."
I am still working to receive the second brocha of understanding. Each day, without fail, I continue to learn a bit of the tzaddik's sefer. Today, on his yahrzeit, I completed it for the third time and started back on the first page for the beginning of the fourth cycle. If each time I complete it I understand 1% more, I need to go through it at least another 96 times.
* The Degel Machaneh Ephraim is buried next to his grandfather, the Baal Shem Tov. On the 27th of Tammuz 5761, my wife and I both left a kvittel on kever of the Baal Shem Tov asking that Hashem bless us with our first child. We found out that my wife was pregnant on the third night of Chanuka that year.
The brocha of parnossa that I received provided a salary that continues to enable my wife to stay home to this day, thank G-d.
Note: It is a little known fact that April 30, 1945, the day Adolf Hitler (may his name be blotted out) committed suicide, corresponded to the 17th of Iyar on the Jewish calendar. Perhaps it was the merit of this tzaddik that rid the world of Hitler.
Had I known you when you visited the kever, I'd have asked you to "put in a good word for me, too!"


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Q: Text Classification into Categories - is there any available models which suitable for this in BigQuery ML or Python (Google Colab)? I'm having a database about SKUs in retails which looks like below:

SKU
Category
Sub-Category

brand A UHT milk
Dairy
Fresh Milk

brand B Yogurt
Dairy
Yogurt

Fresh Milk from brand B
Dairy
Fresh Milk

Super Instant Noodle from brand C
Noodle
Instant Noodle

Bacon with love from brand D
Ready-to-cook
Bacon

Best Toilet Paper from brand E
Household
Toilet Paper

At the moment it has more than 100k records, and only 60% of them has category and sub-category data.
As the retailer always tries to look for products from new brand to join in our business with the aim of creating a healthy competitive environment, we usually get around 100 new SKUs per day. Combining with the remaining 40% missing data, we have tons of work to do manually.
I've read about classification model on BQML, but not sure it was the right method.
So here I am, finding a model (or article, paper, Python library, etc. sorry I'm kinda new in this field so I may not have the right keywords to google it) to learn the pattern from fulfilled data then they can detect new SKU's category and sub-category base on SKU name. So with that the staffs can reduce lots of workload, and spend more time on doing something else less boring.
I'm using BigQuery and Colab as my main tools for data manipulating, so it would be great if I can get suggested models from you guys in those IDE. Or from anywhere else it still be fine, I will read all.
Thank you so much for reading :D

A: I think you can use any classification models from BQML (see here for a full list: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery-ml/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-e2e-journey#model_creation_phase)
However, it looks like you have 2 labels: category and sub-category. BQML doesn't support multi-label models. Therefore, I think you may train two classification models, one using category as the label, the other using sub-category as the label.

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New Restrictions for Travel to Nunavik between January 9 and February 8, 2021
Instructions for travel to Nunavik from the South
Step 1: Travel Authorization & Quarantine plan
To allow assessment of your admissibility, please fill the questionnaire below. The questionnaire can be filled as soon as your reservation is made, as long as your plan for quarantine is known. To allow analysis, it must be filled 72 hours or more BEFORE your departure.
https://nunavik.canvas.kc-c.ca/ntaa
An authorization to access the territory of Nunavik (NTAA/AATN) will be sent to you by email following the analysis of your questionnaire.
If you do not have internet access, contact Nunavik COVID-19 INFO-HEALTH line at 1-888-662-7482 to fill out your questionnaire and obtain your authorization to access the territory of Nunavik (NTAA/AATN).
For any other information concerning your trip, contact: covid-travel.nrbhss@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Step 2: Quarantine
Given that quarantine is the most effective method to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the obligation to quarantine applies to all travellers.1 Quarantine may be carried out in the South or in the North (or a combination of both). Quarantine must be for an uninterrupted period of 14 days, apart from the day of travel to Nunavik.
Quarantine: instructions to follow
Quarantine instructions for people travelling to nunavik due to exceptional circumstances
Quarantine instructions for critical workers
Step 3: Screening for COVID-19 before departure
Testing is mandatory only for children aged 10 years and older. Children under the age of 10 years do not need to be tested.
However, ALL passengers must obtain an AATN, including children and babies, regardless of age.
Note that a negative result is mandatory before departure.
For flights departing from the Montréal-Trudeau Airport, starting October 28th, 2020, a COVID-19 screening clinic will be available to offer screening to travellers leaving from Montreal to Nunavik. The screening service will no longer be offered at Montreal airport. Proof of a negative result for a test performed at a designated testing center within 96 hours of departure is also accepted.
The Nunavik travelers clinic is located at:
819 McCaffrey, Ville Saint-Laurent, Qc, H4T 1N3
You must make an appointment:
Call 1-514-341-8888 or 1-833-341-3888 (toll-free)
or by email: rdv-ntc.nrbhss@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
For flights departing from the Jean Lesage Airport in Québec City, no on-site screening for COVID-19 is available. You may visit a designated testing center in your region. Proof of a negative result for a COVID-19 test performed within 96 hours of departure must be presented.
For charter flights, you may visit the Nunavik travelers clinic or a designated testing center in your region. Proof of a negative result for a COVID-19 test performed within 96 hours of departure and a list of passengers must be sent to surveillance.vigie.nrbhss@ssss.gouv.qc.ca before 3:00 pm on the day before the flight. This step is essential for the authorization of the charter flight. This step is required for the authorization of the charter flight.
Step 4: Pre-boarding questionnaire
On the day of the flight, you will need to fill out a health questionnaire. People who have symptoms of COVID-19 and those who are in isolation after close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 will not be permitted to board.
Step 5: 2 ndCOVID-19 screening
Note that a second COVID-19 screening is now required for all travelers coming from the south on the 7 thday following their arrival. It is the traveler's responsibility to make an appointment with the CLSC in their community.
For people travelling to Whapmagoostui and going through Kuujjuaraapik:
Nunavik Territory Access Authorization (NTAA) is required. Fill out the following questionnaire:
No test is required to obtain the NTAA.
Refer to the Quarantine Act applicable to this territory (mandatory self-isolation law):
https://www.cngov.ca/covid-19/#self
Areas of risk: https://www.cngov.ca/covid-19/#risk
The established measures aim to limit the spread of COVID-19 on the Nunavik territory. On behalf of all Nunavimmiut, we thank you for your cooperation.
1 A critical worker whose absence would cause an interruption to an essential service may be authorized to work during his or her quarantine. The organization hiring a worker is responsible for providing instructions adapted to the work in question to minimize risks of transmission (e.g., distancing of two metres, use of a mask and visor, strict hand hygiene, self-monitoring of symptoms). Outside work hours, the critical worker must remain in quarantine.
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《主に米国で用いられる》 (政党の)幹部会 《政策・候補者などを決定する会合; ★【用法】 集合体と考える時には単数,構成要素を考える時には複数扱い》.
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Unknown. One possible source is Algonquin cawaassough or caucauasu ("counselor, elder, adviser"). A popular folk etymology attested in Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896 stated: "In the early part of the eighteenth century a number of caulkers connected with the shipping business in the North End of Boston held a meeting for consultation. That meeting was the germ of the political caucuses which have formed so prominent a feature of our government ever since its organization." American Heritage Dictionary states the term is taken from the Caucus Club of Boston in the 1760s, possibly derived from Medieval Latin caucus, drinking vessel.
(US) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
(US, Canada) A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.
(US) To meet and participate in caucus.
"Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut said yesterday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats in the new Congress, but he would not rule out switching to the Republican caucus if he starts to feel uncomfortable among Democrats."
^ Wilson, James (1999). The Earth Shall Weep. New York City, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 104–105. →ISBN.
^ Edward Sylvester Ellis, et al., eds. Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896: containing the lives of the Republican and Democratic candidates for president and vice-president, biographical sketches of the leading men of all parties ... famous campaigns of the past, history of political parties, lives of our former presidents ..., Chapter I.
^ "caucus". American Heritage Dictionary (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000.
English: jug; keach ("to ladle out")?
A caucus ( Pronunciation (help·info)) is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.


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The iPhone 6 is a gift for Best Buy
by Matt Egan @MattEganCNN September 22, 2014: 12:08 PM ET
How much does your iPhone really cost?
Best Buy investors should consider adding Apple CEO Tim Cook to their greeting card list this holiday season.
That's because the struggling electronics retailer could emerge as one of the biggest winners from the booming sales of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 6. Customers have already purchased 10 million of the new phones since they went on sale Friday.
History shows that Best Buy (BBY) tends to get a bounce in sales after iPhone releases as consumers race to try out the new devices in the showroom and sometimes stick around to buy other products.
"We believe that BBY will remain the greatest non-Apple retail beneficiary," Barclays (BCS) analyst Alan Rifkin wrote in a report on Friday. "The launch comes at a very opportune time with the holiday season fast approaching."
Related: Apple sells 10M iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Pluses
Best Buy is very much aware of the "iPhone effect". In May, the company's management blamed lackluster sales on an overall "lack of innovation" in the consumer electronics industry.
Specifically, Best Buy said it experienced "ongoing softness" in mobile phone sales as "consumers eagerly await highly-anticipated product launches."
That's great news for Best Buy, the preeminent iPhone retailer outside of wireless carriers like AT&T (T)and Verizon (VZ).
Barclays predicted Best Buy will enjoy a bump of 2% to 2.5% to mobile sales this quarter thanks largely to the iPhone. That's nothing to sneeze at.
Should you buy Apple or Exxon?
Related: What will make stocks go even higher?
Best Buy should also benefit from the fact that the iPhone 6 Plus looks and feels different than what Apple customers are used to. The larger screen size will likely lure consumers into brick and mortar retailers like Best Buy rather ordering the new iPhone online, Barclays said.
That increased store traffic should trickle down to the rest of Best Buy, creating positive momentum ahead of the critical holiday shopping season.
Barclays boosted its price target on Best Buy to $40 from $35. That translates to a 15.5% advance from the stock's Friday close of $34.61.
Related: Who's getting rich off the stock market?
Of course, there's no guarantee Best Buy will be able to capitalize on the iPhone 6 boom. Even Barclays, which recommends investors own the stock, believes Best Buy sales will shrink 2% during the second half of the year.
But history does show Best Buy tends to enjoy an iPhone bounce. For example, Best Buy's domestic mobile sales jumped 6.7% during the iPhone 5S/5C launch quarter last September.
Interestingly, Best Buy enjoys a close relationship with Apple despite the fact it's not one of the major retailers supporting the company's new mobile payment system. While Macy's (M), McDonald's (MCD), Subway and Walgreen (WAG) are all supporting Apple Pay, Best Buy and Wal-Mart (WMT) were not included in the September 9 announcement.
Best Buy is not the only company in focus because of its ties to the iPhone. A number of iPhone suppliers like Avago Technologies (AVGO), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) rallied over the summer on the Apple hype. Sprint (S) shares have also popped as the carrier unveiled a monthly service discount for customers who purchase the latest iPhone.
Shares of Best Buy are down almost 14% so far this year, but they have popped 8% in September amid the iPhone 6 buzz. By comparison, the S&P 500 is flat in September.
CNNMoney (New York) First published September 22, 2014: 11:39 AM ET


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The omicron variant of the coronavirus brings more children to the hospital
Pediatrician gives advice on the increase in hospitalization of children due to covid-19 2:15
(CNN) – This month the number of children admitted to pediatric hospitals in New York has quintupled. Almost double the income in Washington. And nationwide, on average, pediatric hospitalizations have increased 35% in the last week alone.
Ómicron attacks children and the figures prove it 0:42
The highly communicable omicron variant is joining the busy Christmas season to infect more children than ever before across the United States, and children's hospitals are preparing to make the situation even worse.
"I think we will have more numbers than ever," Dr. Stanley Spinner, medical director and vice president of Texas Children's Pediatrics & Urgent Care in Houston, told CNN.
"Cases keep increasing because of the Christmas gatherings and we're going to keep seeing more numbers this week because of that," Spinner said in a telephone interview.
"Now we are going to have the New Year on top of that this coming weekend, with more people gathering; more exhibitions and then those numbers will keep increasing," he added.
More children in hospitals
Across the country, pediatricians are preparing for a busy January.
"It's almost as if we can see the train coming down the track and hope it doesn't derail," Dr. Claudia Hoyen, director of Pediatric Infection Control at UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, told CNN.
"It's going to be a very interesting couple of weeks. We just had all these kids mixed in with everyone else over Christmas. We have one more party left with the New Years, and then we'll send everyone back to school," he said. Today in.
"Everyone is waiting, wondering what will turn out in the end."
And while the delta variant infected more children than previous variants, omicron appears to be even worse, Spinner said.
"What's worrying on the (pediatric) side is that, unlike adults, where they are reporting for the number of adults getting infected relatively low numbers of hospitalizations, what we're really seeing, we think, is a growing number of children who are hospitalized, "Spinner said.
"So that's a concern for us, especially with those under 5 who can't be vaccinated or who aren't fully vaccinated or who are eligible but not vaccinated at all. So that's a huge concern."
While Spinner sees little evidence that the omicron variant is causing more serious illness in children than previous variants, he also does not see evidence that it is milder.
"We do everything we can to keep the child out of the hospital. So if they go into the hospital, it means they are sick enough already," Spinner said.
"They need oxygen. They need other types of assistance. Even if they are only very dehydrated and need intravenous fluids, most of the children who are admitted for covid are children who have respiratory problems, who need oxygen and other types of help. So they will be very sick. You don't see children who are not very sick in the hospital. "
Most really sick children are unvaccinated or under-vaccinated, he said. "I can say that practically all of our hospitalized children have not been vaccinated or are not fully vaccinated, they may have received one dose but not the second and they do not have the full protection of the vaccine," said Spinner.
The virus finds a new niche: children
Children are easy targets for the virus, Dr. Juan Salazar, chief physician at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, told CNN.
"It is affecting larger communities and it is certainly affecting children in a way that we have not seen before. And that is new compared to last year," he said. Only a third of eligible children, ages 5 and older, are vaccinated in Connecticut, Salazar estimated.
"Because of that, the virus has found a niche. At least here in Connecticut, it seems that there has been a displacement of infections," he added. Younger children who cannot yet be vaccinated, or older children who have not yet been fully vaccinated or have not been vaccinated at all, are getting infected, he said.
"Maybe it is more widespread now that we have relaxed our social gatherings. Maybe some of the masks have been removed; the families are tired. They are not willing to submit to some of the strict isolation policies of a year ago," Salazar added.
"And that has allowed these new variants to spread further. And for that reason it is affecting children who at the moment are the population most at risk because they are not vaccinated, or many of them are not."
Milder infections for some children, but not all
In New Jersey, most children seem to be mildly ill, according to Dr. Jennifer Owensby of the division of Pediatric Critical Care at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine.
"We definitely saw an increase in children testing positive for COVID, but they don't necessarily come with COVID symptoms," Owensby said. Children come in for some other treatment, he said, and they test positive when tested.
This same effect is increasing the number of cases in Washington, according to Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, chief of Infectious Diseases at National Children's Hospital. About half of the COVID-19 tests done there are positive.
And the affected children are no sicker than when the previous variants were circulating. But there are definitely more children with symptoms than before, he said.
"We just saw a surprising increase in both the volume, the number of positive tests, and the percentage of tests that are positive," DeBiasi told CNN in a telephone interview. "We have had up to almost half of the tests – 48% of the tests – that are positive and that is much, much higher than in previous waves, where it was more on the order of, at most, 17%. And if you look at the gross numbers of positives, in the last wave, we were impressed by about 80 positives a day and we've had almost 200 positives in a few days. So it's very, very contagious. "
These tests include children who come with and without symptoms, community reviews and random testing of patients who come to other types of treatment, as well as staff tests, DeBiasi said.
"If you look at the hospital admissions, they have also been more," he added. "Thus, in previous waves we had at the peak of those waves, a maximum of about 18 children in the hospital." Now, on some days, up to 30 children are admitted, he said.
In New York City, state Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett said pediatric hospital admissions for COVID-19 have increased nearly fivefold since Dec. 11. In the week ending Dec. 11, 22 children were admitted to New York City hospitals, he said. Last week, 109 children were admitted through December 23.
Statewide, during the same period, there was a two-and-a-half-fold increase, from 70 admissions to 184.
Children of all ages are vulnerable
Pediatricians agreed that children of all ages can be affected, from infants to teens.
"We're looking at pretty much every age group. We're looking at babies to teens. It's definitely general," Owensby said.
Owensby is concerned about multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C.
"We can see it in two or three weeks," he said, but most cases start to appear between eight and 10 weeks after children are infected.
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MIS-C is characterized by inflammation of the heart and other organs, and is usually seen in children who were not terribly ill with COVID-19.
"The vast majority are asymptomatic," Owensby said. "What is scary is that before they were totally normal children. They did not have any underlying disease. They were perfectly healthy children who appeared with heart failure and in shock."
The CDC reports 5,973 cases of MIS-C so far, and 52 children have died from it.
"You can have even mild symptoms: a runny nose, a slight cough, or even a fever, like any other respiratory virus," Owensby said. "You have to be attentive to the symptoms: exhaustion, inability to play," he added.
Symptoms can be subtle, but MIS-C is serious.
"That's the thing about children. They are fine until they are not. Then all of a sudden they are seriously ill," Owensby said.
DeBiasi said he has yet to see any signs of an increase in MIS-C cases. "We have not seen an increase in cases of the syndrome, but we did not expect it. It takes four to six weeks after the increase of any new variant," he said.
Parents should watch over their children and take care to protect them, Owensby advised.
"Go back to due diligence. Watch your children's social distancing," he advised. They should wear masks when appropriate, for example when they are indoors with other people they are not related to.
"Masks don't hurt children," Owensby said. Younger kids can have fun wearing face masks and playing superheroes, he said.
"The whole family should get vaccinated if they can," he added. Vaccinated parents and siblings can protect younger, unvaccinated children.
– Virginia Langmaid and Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report.
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1. Build it and they will come.
The technology was hard and only a few understood it. So, if you had a clever enough team to build a website, that was all people needed as proof to buy from you.
Once more people started to appear, we found the sites that won the business were the ones that started demonstrating knowledge with information, explanations and demonstrations. These were text and pictures because there was no video.
Social media is really just an extension of your website – By people that are better at marketing than you. If you have good communication with your customers, that you know what to say and when to say it. You have no need for social media.
The truth is that we are way behind the clever people behind Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Linkedin and the rest. They have much better communication with our customers and prospects then we do. That is why we jump on their systems to take advantage.
Marketing is much more sophisticated, and conversely also easier than before. An advert on TV would hit everyone watching and they would be at all levels of interest, from leaving to make a cup of tea, to just about to go out and buy one.
Now with segmentation, we can look at the actions of visitors to our content. We can give them calls to action and from that determine at one level of interest they are at. Using this information we can then deliver content relevant to their stage in the buying process.
Gone is the one email list. You now need to segment the list into levels at which people are interested. You can then deliver the right message at the right time.
Don't be fooled by flash marketing so-called Guru's. This is not rocket science. If that same customer was in front of you, you would be able to ask questions. You would then know where they were in the buying process and guide them to a purchase decision.
What too many people do is get blinded by the technology, (which is the fault of the technology, not the people) and then quickly give up using it.
I have recently signed up with three leading marketing platforms and was amazed by the training I was given. I really do not think many of the trainers even know what they are talking about. They understand how their product works but they have an inability to relate this to the real world. They are just process driven. They talk about lead pages and tripware offers, but then can not explain how that applies to my business. They expect me to work that bit out!
Everywhere I see people selling done for you templates, systems and blueprints. Now the there are two reasons why you buy done for you templates.
You don't have the time or patience to understand how things work, you just want a system with a track record of doing ok.
We have no idea where to start and so we want a proven system.
The problem with any done for you systems is they were created for somebody else. The closer to what you would need, the more effective they will be. For true effectiveness, somebody has to look at your data, look at your customers and improve the system for your specific needs.
Honestly, most businesses are still between 1 – 2.
Some have moved on to 3 but fail to email regulaly.
Enter the Age of Mentors and coaches.
This is why all the people in the know are either starting up Marketing Agencies or becoming mentors and coaches. The successful ones can take the templates and blueprints and then tweak them for whatever customer they are dealing with.


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Little Man (2006)
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Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, the comedy stars Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans.
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Little Man Synopsis
In Revolution Studios' hilarious comedy Little Man, big things come in small packages. DARRYL EDWARDS (Shawn Wayans) is so eager to become a father that he mistakes CALVIN SIMS (Marlon Wayans), a short, baby-faced thief on the lam, for an abandoned toddler. He and his wife take the "baby" into their home while Calvin's partner PERCY P (Tracy Morgan) tries to help him recover a stolen diamond.
After several years in prison, a recently paroled tough-as-nails -- though not-quite-three-foot-tall -- jewel thief CALVIN SIMS (Marlon Wayans) decides it's time to retire from a life of crime, but not before pulling off one last big heist. A notorious crime boss has offered Calvin and his former partner PERCY P (Tracy Morgan) $100,000 to steal the famous Queen Diamond. Because there's a glitch in the jewelry store's security system, Calvin assumes the job will be child's play. But the heist goes bad, and Calvin is forced to drop the jewel into VANESSA EDWARDS' (Kerry Washington) purse. Vanessa and her husband DARRYL (Shawn Wayans) then return to their suburban Chicago neighborhood unaware that they have become pawns in a high-stakes crime.
Darryl and Vanessa are having problems of their own. Darryl is dying to assume the responsibilities of parenthood. But Vanessa, who has just been promoted to vice president at an advertising firm, is worried that having a baby will limit her ability to climb higher up the corporate ladder. She is also concerned that, despite his enthusiasm, Darryl is not ready to be a father.
When they overhear Darryl and Vanessa, Percy and Calvin devise a plan to exploit their insecurities in order to recover the stolen gem. Calvin will masquerade as a "baby," infiltrate their home and sneak away with the diamond. He deposits himself in a baby basket on Darryl and Vanessa's doorstep. Darryl leaps at the opportunity to prove he's ready for fatherhood by caring for the abandoned child for the weekend. To his surprise, Vanessa agrees.
Once inside the Edwards home, the tough, cynical Calvin finds life as a "baby" to be a living hell and retrieving the diamond much tougher than he'd imagined. The Edwards' best friends - GREG & BRITTANY (Lochlyn Munro & Brittany Daniel) and RICHARD & JANET (Fred Stoller & Alex Borstein) -- shower gifts and advice on the new parents, while Vanessa's suspicious father POPS (John Witherspoon) is determined to expose Calvin as a fraud.
Calvin's toughest obstacle, however, turns out to be Darryl, who in his eagerness to prove what a great father he can be, inadvertently sabotages Calvin's plan. The father/son events Darryl schedules are laden with booby traps. A day in the park ends in a high-speed car chase. "Baby's" first hockey game descends into a drunken brawl. With each disaster, Darryl becomes increasingly worried that he is a failure as a parent, despite assurances from Vanessa. In a final attempt to do something good for the "baby," Darryl vows to throw the best birthday party a kid has ever had. And the elusive diamond slips dangerously away from Calvin when Vanessa finds the jewel and assumes it is the engagement ring Darryl had promised her years ago.
While Darryl and Vanessa are out, Pops confronts "baby" Calvin. When they return home, they are shocked to find Pops holding the "baby" in a headlock and he is quickly shipped off to an old-folks home. However, a stuffed bear containing a secret "nanny-cam," reveals the truth, but not before Calvin makes his escape, the diamond safely in hand. The unsuspecting couple now find themselves at the mercy of the crime-boss (Chazz Palminteri) and his goons BRUNO (John De Santis) and ROSCOE (Dave Sheridan).
But Calvin has a change of heart and returns to save the young couple who had taken him into their home and their hearts.
In the end, Darryl discovers that fatherhood may be hard work but it's the greatest job a guy could have, while Calvin finds out what it's like to have someone who will look out for him no matter what.


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This Week In XR: Why Meta Won't Shut Up, NFT.NYC Parties Like It's 2021, Tim Cook High On AR
There were 15 different NFT-themed billboards in Times Square before an exuberant NFT.NYC came to a close with nary a mention of crypto winter from the 5,500 true believers and influencers who managed to get into the exclusive gathering. 3,000 people on the wait list did not. There were dinners at some of NYC's nicest restaurants, and late-night parties featuring NFT promoting celebrities.
Tim Cook is getting a lot less coy about Apple's AR headset. Apple's CEO told China Daily to "stay tuned and you will see what we have to offer" when asked about the company's upcoming HMD. Cook says he "couldn't be more excited" about AR, despite it being "in the very early innings" of its evolution.
Meta Wallet Launches. In a blog post on Facebook, Meta's commander-in-chief announced the company is setting up a new system for shopping that "lets you securely manage your identity, what you own, and how you pay…. In the future there will be all sorts of digital items you might want to create or buy — digital clothing, art, videos, music, experiences, virtual events, and more. Proof of ownership will be important, especially if you want to take some of these items with you across different services."
All dressed up for Horizon Worlds.
Meta is launching a digital clothing store where you can purchase outfits for your avatar. As if on cue, Meta announced the sale of designer clothing for avatars, something that players in Fortnite have been buying for years. Now, from $2.99 to $8.99 your avatar can be dressed in virtual threads you could never afford in the real world.
Mark Zuckerberg unveils ultra-realistic VR display prototypes. Meta held a presser this week to show off new headset technology the company is working on, most of which is years away. So many years, people have been wondering what motivated the show-and-tell. Zuck, as always, sounded enthusiastic but rehearsed as he revealed the company's progress on the company's new technology. If they did it for investors, it didn't work. Meta is down ten points since they did this on Tuesday.
Meta Publishes New Videos Which Highlight the Possibilities of its Metaverse Vision The company must think last month's thirty minute by Nick Clegg was not enough explaining. Or maybe the Meta movie is too long? They've created more videos that explain The Metaverse.
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China's Tencent Forms XR Unit to Build Its Own Metaverse. The Chinese game giant told employees Tencent Games Global's Chief Technology Officer Li Shen will head a new XR hardware and software team. Supposedly, Tencent founder and chief executive Pony Ma views the XR unit as a passion project. The company is aiming to hire over 300 staff members to fill various XR roles. They are Epic Games' largest shareholder, owning around 40% of the company.
Metaphysiks Raises $2M seed round to develop Full Body Haptics. The company's core technology, MetaTouch, is based on a decade of research by co-founder, neuroscientist Prof. Olaf Blanke, MD. MetaTouch connects the nervous system via the surface of the skin using neuroscience-based thermo-variant & haptic-tactile products, with the end goal of inducing or enriching conscious experiences integrated with digital environments. The round was led by TNF Capital, joined by Logitech, Tej Tadi (founder of Mindmaze), and All Here SA.
Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Unity and others form Metaverse Standards Forum. The Metaverse Standards Forum has been formed to foster the development of open standards to build the open metaverse. Founding members include 37+ standard organizations and top tech companies, including Meta, Microsoft, Epic Games, Adobe, Nvidia, Sony, and Unity. All interested companies are invited to join at no cost.
"Evercoast had the extraordinary opportunity to produce and deliver a seminal moment in volumetric … [+] video with a holographic capture of President Zelensky from Kyiv. This is an incredibly important message from a leader whose country is under siege, and Evercoast is honored to have been a part of this," said Ben Nunez, Co-founder and CEO at Evercoast.
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Watch The President Of Ukraine Deliver A Speech In AR. Volumetric video brings former comedic actor and current Ukrainian President to life on your coffee table with webXR – no app required. All you need is a smartphone with a camera and a browser.
KPMG launches a Metaverse Collaboration Hub in Engage Link. The firm is making a $30 million investment this year in Web3 experiences, of which the Metaverse Collaboration Hub is the signature piece. Upon questioning they acknowledged Engage and the Hub they built there is neither open nor does it use Web3. Nonetheless, KPMG believes their Metaverse Collaboration Hub will be the basis for the education and development of web3 protocols.
Open Builder lets you bring Lowe's furniture and accessories into virtual homes.
Lowe's Opens 3D Product Library To Help Builders.The Home improvement retailer is stepping into the Metaverse by opening its 3D Product Library to help virtual and augmented reality developers – for free. Through Lowe's Open Builder, a new asset hub, more than 500 3D products, including lighting, patio furniture, area rugs, kitchen and bath accessories, will be available for free.
The Star-Wars VR experience "Vader Immortal" is available in the Oculus store for 40% through June … [+] 26th.
Oculus VR games are up to 40 percent off through June 26th. Meta has kicked off a Summer Sale on Quest VR games, and there are over 60 titles on sale. It might be a good time to stock up on games for a Quest 2 headset, especially if you've been holding out on some popular ones like Resident Evil 4, Vader Immortal, or Superhot VR.
This Week in XR is also a podcast hosted by the author of this column and Ted Schilowitz, Futurist at Paramount Global. This week our guests are Andrew Zimmerman, CEO of Journey, a new design agency, and Cathy Hackl, their Chief Metaverse Officer. Last week we also posted a special thirty minute interview with novelist Neal Stephenson and his co-founder of Lamina 1, Peter Vessenes, who have partnered to create a decentralized metaverse that will bring Stephenson's fictional metaverse to life. You can find the podcast on podcasting platforms Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
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Justia US Law US Codes and Statutes Georgia Code 2010 Georgia Code TITLE 40 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC CHAPTER 5 - DRIVERS' LICENSES ARTICLE 3 - CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION, AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES § 40-5-57.1 - Suspension of licenses of persons under age 21 for certain offenses; suspension of licenses of persons under age 18 for certain point accumulations; issuance of new license following suspension
TITLE 40 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 5 - DRIVERS' LICENSES
ARTICLE 3 - CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION, AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES
§ 40-5-57.1 - Suspension of licenses of persons under age 21 for certain offenses; suspension of licenses of persons under age 18 for certain point accumulations; issuance of new license following suspension
O.C.G.A. 40-5-57.1 (2010)
40-5-57.1. Suspension of licenses of persons under age 21 for certain offenses; suspension of licenses of persons under age 18 for certain point accumulations; issuance of new license following suspension
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the driver's license of any person under 21 years of age convicted of hit and run or leaving the scene of an accident in violation of Code Section 40-6-270, racing on highways or streets, using a motor vehicle in fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, reckless driving, any offense for which four or more points are assessable under subsection (c) of Code Section 40-5-57, purchasing an alcoholic beverage in violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 3-3-23, or violation of paragraph (3) or (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section 3-3-23, or violation of Code Section 40-6-391 shall be suspended by the department as provided by this Code section; and the driver's license of any person under 18 years of age who has accumulated a violation point count of four or more points under Code Section 40-5-57 in any consecutive 12 month period shall be suspended by the department as provided by this Code section. A plea of nolo contendere shall be considered a conviction for purposes of this subsection. Notice of suspension shall be given by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested; or, in lieu thereof, notice may be given by personal service upon such person. Such license shall be surrendered within ten days of notification of such suspension. Notice given by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested, mailed to the person's last known address shall be prima-facie evidence that such person received the required notice.
(b) A person whose driver's license has been suspended under subsection (a) of this Code section shall:
(1) Subject to the requirements of subsection (c) of this Code section and except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection:
(A) Upon a first such suspension, be eligible to apply for license reinstatement and, subject to payment of required fees, have his or her driver's license reinstated after six months; and
(B) Upon a second or subsequent such suspension, be eligible to apply for license reinstatement and, subject to payment of required fees, have his or her driver's license reinstated after 12 months; or
(2)(A) If the driver's license was suspended upon conviction for violation of Code Section 40-6-391, be subject to the provisions of Code Section 40-5-63.
(B) If such driver was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or of having an unlawful alcohol concentration and is otherwise subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-5-63, then such person shall not be eligible for a limited driving permit under Code Section 40-5-64, and:
(i) If the driver's alcohol concentration at the time of the offense was less than 0.08 grams, he or she shall not be eligible for license reinstatement until the end of six months; or
(ii) If the driver's alcohol concentration at the time of the offense was 0.08 grams or more, he or she shall not be eligible for license reinstatement until the end of 12 months.
(b.1) In any case where a person's driver's license was administratively suspended as a result of the offense for which the person's driver's license has been suspended pursuant to this Code section, the administrative license suspension period and the license suspension period provided by this Code section may run concurrently, and any completed portion of such administrative license suspension period shall apply toward completion of the license suspension period provided by this Code section.
(c) (1) Any driver's license suspended under subsection (a) of this Code section for commission of any offense other than violation of Code Section 40-6-391 shall not become valid and shall remain suspended until such person submits proof of completion of a defensive driving program approved by the department and pays the applicable reinstatement fee.
(2) The reinstatement fee for a first such conviction shall be $210.00 or $200.00 if paid by mail. The reinstatement fee for a second or subsequent such conviction shall be $310.00 or $300.00 if paid by mail.
(d) A suspension provided for in this Code section shall be imposed based on the person's age on the date of the conviction giving rise to the suspension.