The restaurant chain is showing signs of recovering from its nightmarish start to the year — after a string of high profile food poisonings — left it without customers.
Surveys of customer perception, and data on foot traffic at the chain indicate that Chipotle's business is picking up.
It's early days, and not yet clear how much this is a product of an aggressive promotions, but June 2 poll of consumer perceptions by YouGov revealed positive feelings for Chipotle. That was soon after the first outbreak of E.Coli poisoning.
By the time it was all over — regulators gave Chipotle an all clear in February of this year — 55 people had been sickened after eating at Chipotle locations in 11 states, and sales were in free fall. In the first quarter, revenue plunged and the shares have crashed from pre-crisis levels.
YouGov BrandIndexYouGov BrandIndex has measured Chipotle's 'Buzz score' daily, since January 2015.
As perception improves, there's also signs that ustomers are returning.
While Chipotle declined to provide any data on foot traffic or sales, holding out till the company's next quarterly earnings report in July, location-based marketing company xAd revealed that Chipotle's share of foot traffic is growing compared to Taco Bell.
Anecdotal evidence of Chipotle locations once again filling up with lines have been published in Seeking Alpha, appeared on social media, and observed in Business Insider's own visits to New York City restaurants.
This is the first time in a year Chipotle's been busy…what the hell?
Since February, when the crisis was declared over by federal investigators, the company has focused on implementing preventative measures to make sure the chain never faces a similar crisis again and promotions to bring customers back to the chain.
Chipotle has rolled out new safety measures and hired food safety experts to guard against further health scares. The company spent $70 million on promotions, something that contributed to the drop in sales in the first quarter.
The changes did not immediately have the impact Chipotle would have liked. In April, Chipotle reported that comparable-store sales, or sales at locations open for at least one year, fell nearly 30% in the first quarter — an even greater loss than analysts had anticipated.
told investor social network SumZero, last month.
While some investors, like Tseng, are convinced of Chipotle's comeback, many investors haven't yet noted the rise in foot traffic and growing positivity from customers..
Chipotle stock was trading at $415.79 when the market closed on Thursday, still well below their levels before the outbreak. The stock's all-time high of $758 was set last August.
There are still many questions as to when Chipotle will return to its previous heights — if ever.
Menu fatigue may ultimately be a bigger problem for the brand than E. coli. According to analysts, chain's simplistic menu contributed to to sales growth contracting even before the outbreak, which emerged in the fourth quarter of 2015.
The comeback is proving costly as well. The company spent roughly $70 million on promotions between February and May 15 — about 16% of Chipotle's total sales last year.
Even as the promotions shift to by-one, get-one offers, and with the hope that customers continue to come back and actually pay for burritos, that's a lot of money to earn back.


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Nighthawks fall in inaugural contest
23 Aug Nighthawks fall in inaugural contest
National Park ran up against a steamroller in its inaugural women's soccer contest Sunday afternoon at Tommy J. Holt Memorial Field at Joe C. Reese Stadium, falling 7-0 to the Trojans of Seminole State (Oklahoma).
The Nighthawks drew the top team from the NJCAA Division I Region 2 for their first-ever contest, and despite a one-sided match, head coach Kevin Tello said that he saw some positives.
"We knew that kind of going into it, so we kind of had a game plan to prevent it getting ugly," he said. "We're still a new team. None of them have chemistry together, and we told them, we're gonna fix it. When is kind of their decision — if we fix it next game or three games on the road or next year. But we're definitely have the core group that next year or later on the season, we could definitely put on a performance for some some fans here."
The Nighthawks got the opening kick, but the Trojans, who returned 13 from last year's squad that reached the NJCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship tournament, quickly turned up their offense, taking two quick shots in the first three minutes before sophomore forward Mahayla Benedict, in the seventh minute, corralled the ball around 10 yards from the goal and tapped it over the head of NPC goalkeeper Brooklyn Thormann, who was sliding forward for the stop.
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The Trojans continued to press, allowing the Nighthawks less than a minute on the Seminole State end of the pitch before the officials stopped the clock 16 minutes into the match to allow the players a water break due to the excessive heat.
"It was hot out here, and I mean, all of the girls on both sides gave good effort, did a good job, played hard and very clean game," said Trojans head coach Dan Hill. "You know, both teams, I'm sure, want to clean some things up and play better, but it was definitely, you know, exciting to be here."
After the break, the Nighthawks had another brief glimpse of the far end of the pitch before the Trojans continued their assault, taking eight shots, three on target, before freshman midfielder Kayci Faulkner got the ball past a diving Thormann. The dive led to Thormann being walked off the field, and Yesenia Vargas was moved into goal.
Vargas conceeded a goal in the 31st minute before making three saves in two minutes. A fourth save knocked the ball back into play in the 37th minute, allowing sophomore defender Demtria Wilson to get a foot on the ball and make it a 4-0 match with eight minutes to go.
Vargas made two more saves before Thormann returned to the box for the final four minutes of the half, making one save to bring her first-half tally to five saves.
"I thought the first half was definitely a little bit shocking, and it was shell-shocking for them," Tello said. "At halftime and the water breaks, we made some adjustments, and I definitely feel like the second half, it was, it was a different game. It wasn't exactly how we wanted to end the game, but we set our goals in to get better. I mean, I feel like they definitely accomplished those goals."
The second half was played with a running clock, including the two water breaks, but the Nighthawks took advantage of some adjustments Tello made during the break, keeping the spread unchanged until Benedict picked up her brace in the 57th minute. Benedict powered in another shot from about 12 yards out, a high arcing ball that sailed into the top far corner of the net for the 5-0 lead.
Freshman defender Stormie Ramsey scored the sixth goal from 30 yards out on another high attempt in the top corner, and freshman forward Ayano Wyatt set the final with a 10-yard shot in the 83rd minute.
Hill was pleased with the win, but he said that there is still plenty for his team to improve on as the season progresses.
"We've got, you know, 13 girls back from last year's group, and then we have a bunch of freshmen that are going to play a lot of minutes for us, too. So definitely a work in progress right now, but excited about the potential of the team for sure."
Tello said that while he does not expect to see his team at the top of the table in its first year, he believes there is the potential that they reach the regional tournament.
"I definitely think we can fix a lot of these problems and be a middle-of-the-table team," he said. "I'm not gonna go out and say we're gonna win our region, but we can definitely make the regional tournament if we kind of fix some things here and there. And that's one of the goals that we talked about in there. Like this is the competition that we would play in the regional tournament to make nationals. So if we fix a lot of things next, time we play them at their place, it could be a lot closer game."
The Nighthawks travel to Clarksville Tuesday to face University of the Ozarks at 5 p.m. before both the women and men host Rose State College Thursday at Linden Park starting with the women's game at 11 a.m..

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A Mafia family lives, loves, and kills.
Director Francis Ford Coppola's, "The Godfather," is a sweeping, involving look at the American Mafia. Some have called this the "Gone With The Wind" of mobster pictures. Coppola received a nomination for best directing.


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Managing Culture and Human Resources
Edited by Günter K. Stahl and Mark E. Mendenhall
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Kazuhiro Asakawa is Professor of Multinational Management and Organization Theory at Keio University (Japan)
Aina Aske is the Cultural Heritage Manager of Larvik Municipality (Norway)
Keith Bahde is Director of Business Development at Cooper Lighting (USA)
Shlomo Ben-Hur is Chief Learning Officer at DaimlerChrysler Services Academy, DaimlerChrysler Services AG (Germany)
Ingmar Bj�rkman is Professor of Management at the Swedish School of Economics (Finland)
Susan Cartwright is Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Manchester School of Management (UK)
Saikat Chaudhuri is Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Chei Hwee Chua is a Doctoral Candidate at the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina (USA)
Angelo S. Denisi is Department Head and Paul M. and Rosalie Robertson Chair in Business Administration at Texas A&M University (USA)
Peter J. Dowling is Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Business, Law and Information Sciences and Professor of International Management and Strategy at the University of Canberra (Australia)
Bj�rn Z Ekelund is Managing Director of Human Factors AS (Norway)
Hans-Peter Engeli is Managing Director of I+M Assignments Ltd. And Lecturer of IHRM at the University of Applied Sciences�Solothurn (Switzerland)
Paul Evans is the Shell Chaired Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Devleopment at INSEAD (France and Singapore)
Jean-Pierre Garnier is CEO of GlaxoSmithKline (USA and UK)
Carlos Ghosn is President and CEO of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Pierre-Yves Gomez is Professor of Strategic Management at EM Lyon (France)
Danna N. Greenberg is Assistant Professor of Management at Babson College (USA)
Mansour Javidan is Professor of Strategy and Management, and Director of the International Management Center at Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management (USA)
Mark Jones is Human Resources Director-Asia Pacific with the BOC Group (Singapore)
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Harry Korine is Teaching Fellow is Strategic and International Management at the London Business School (UK) and Senior Research Fellow in Corporate Governance at EM Lyon (France)
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Robert L. Lippert is Managing Director, Schweiger, Lippert & Associates (USA)
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Aims: to think about the different types of books in the Bible.
You will need: 'Bible labels' (see Printables) and 66 books.
Divide the children into two teams. Place the 66 books in the middle of the room and ask the teams to stand on either side of the pile. Each team should be about one meter from the books.
Explain that during the game each team will need to build a tower of books. Both towers should be made up of 27 books simply placed one on top of the other. Call out 'go' and encourage the children to build as quickly as possible. The first team to complete their tower is the winning team. Add 12 books to the tower of the winning team and ask them to count how many books they now have.
Standing next to the towers, explain that the Bible is made up of many, many, many books – in fact 'The Bible' means books. Point to the two piles as you tell the children that the Bible can be divided into two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. Place the 'Old Testament' label on the tower with 39 books and the 'New Testament' label on the tower with 27 books. Explain that 39 books were written before Jesus was born and make up the Old Testament and 27 were written afterwards and make up the New Testament.
Explain that the books in the Old and New Testament can also be divided into groups. If you have time, ask the children to help you divide the 39 books into four piles: five books in the first pile, 12 in the second, five in the third and 17 in the forth. Explain that in the Old Testament there are five books about God's laws – place the 'law' label on the first pile, 12 history books – place the 'history' label on the second pile, five poetry books – place the 'poetry' label on the third pile and 17 books written by God's prophets – place the 'prophets' label on the fourth pile.
Divide the 27 books into three piles: four books in the first pile, one in the second pile and 22 books in the third. Explain that in the New Testament there are four books about Jesus' life called the Gospels - place the 'Gospels' label on the first pile, one history book - place the 'history' label on the second pile, and 22 letters – place the 'letters' label on the third pile.
For an alternative activity print the word search (see Printables) and find 12 hidden books of the Bible.
Before the session write the verse on a whiteboard or a large sheet of paper. Draw a stick man and write 'Asaph' beneath. Read the verse aloud and explain that this verse will help us learn more about the Bible.
Underline the reference and remind the children that this verse is part of a psalm, a song written by Asaph. In the first part of the psalm Asaph wrote about a time when he felt sad. In the second part he tells us what he did to feel better – he thought about all the wonderful things God had done. As Asaph remembered what God had done for other people, he remembered that God is powerful and loving – he remembered that God would look after him too.
Ask the children where we can find out about what God has done. Talk about how a long time ago people began to write down what God had done for them. They also wrote down things God told them and they made up songs to him and about him. The things people wrote were copied into books. Eventually (after around one thousand five hundred years) there were 66 books all about God: story books, poetry books, instruction books and letters. The books were put together in one big book; we call the book The Bible. Remind the children that 'The Bible' means books. Today there are millions of Bibles in thousands of different languages all around the world. Some Bible's have different ways of saying things, but they all have the same meaning.
Spend some talking about people writing the words in our Bibles but God helping and guiding each of the writers. Although the Bible was written by around 40 different writers Christians believe that everything in the Bible comes from God. They believe that God guided the writers and showed them by His Holy Spirit what to write. Christians believe that the Bible is a very special work of the Holy Spirit and it says what God want it to say. Because Christians are so sure that what the Bible says is what God wants it to say they call the Bible 'God's Word' or 'The Word of God'.
To the tune 'Found a Peanut'.


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Title: Broken Circle (Sirius' Wolves #2)Author Name & Publisher: Victoria Sue (Dark Hallows Press)Publication Date & Length: July 31, 2015 - 47,000 Words
Blaze, the most powerful werewolf on the planet has found his omega, Aden. Together with Conner and Darric they finally become true mates, fulfilling an ancient prophecy by the goddess Sirius and forming Orion's Circle. The battle against the terrorist group, the Winter Circle, has begun.
Blaze, however, is fighting his own battle. Aden is due to birth a child, and despite Blaze's six hundred years of being an Alpha, nothing has prepared him for his hardest challenge yet -- how to become a father. His struggles are hurting the people he loves the most and threatening their bond.
The madman who kidnapped and tortured Aden still hasn't been caught, and when the worst happens and their circle is broken, Blaze has to fight his biggest threat yet – his own inner weakness – an enemy against which his Alpha strength will be useless. Blaze has to learn that true strength is only found in forgiveness, and sometimes the most powerful weapon is love.
Darric was the next one to get back. He walked in, his long, silver hair flowing down his back, gray eyes flashing as he zeroed in on Aden. Aden nearly dragged him over to a chair, and Darric with a tired smile to Lilly as she plonked a full plate of meat and bread down, drew Aden straight onto his lap and buried his head in Aden's chest. He heaved a sigh; Aden gently wrapped his arms around Darric's back. "There must be something else I can do, Darric," Aden murmured in frustration. He was so useless without a wolf. He couldn't even join the search, and he was so weak he knew Conner and Darric were timing their appearances so he wouldn't get sick.Darric lifted his head and his big hands settled on each side of Aden's face. "Listen to me. You are not weak. A weaker person would never have survived the life you have had. Aden, you are one of the strongest people I know." He placed a kiss on Aden's lips and Aden tried to get a little closer. Darric broke off. "You have a wolf spirit, Aden. With everything that's been going on, I should have tried to help you find him far sooner than this."Aden looked up eagerly. He had a wolf? He remembered Blaze saying that to him last year. Maybe— "You will never shift, Aden," Darric said quickly, picking up Aden's thoughts. Aden sighed. He would love to have the freedom that they all spoke of.
"Close your eyes." Aden's eyes widened at Darric's words. "I cannot make you shift, but I can give you that feeling. Close your eyes," Darric urged, and Aden did. "Now breathe. Become aware of who you are, where you are. Your vision loses color, but becomes sharper. As you stand in the grass, poised to run, the scents surround you, become intense. You don't just stand on the grass, the grass surrounds you and carries you forward. You start to run."
Darric's words washed over Aden as he ran, chasing every scent, breathing in the flowers, the earth, the wind through his fur and the sun on his back. It was wonderful, and he wanted it so much.
"Aden?" Aden opened his eyes slowly, felt regret as Darric kissed his cheek. "I'm sorry. I should have done that far sooner, and I don't have time to do any more."
Aden nodded. "That was wonderful. Is that what Blaze meant? That I would find my Darric took the sandwich that Aden passed him. "No, Blaze meant it as a more spiritual concept." He took a large bite. Aden sat up. "Then how did I see that? Was that not my wolf?"
Darric swallowed and grinned. "No, Aden. That was my wolf you felt." He nudged Aden almost playfully. "He likes you." Darric finished his sandwich and glugged the coffee that was on the table. He lifted Aden as he stood, and settled him down on the chair he had just vacated. Darric leaned in, cupped Aden's chin with one hand to raise his face, and clasped Aden's other hand to his heart. "When Blaze is home safe, I'm going to take you camping to the base of the Lookout Mountain. It's beautiful. You'll find your wolf, and share mine as much as you like." Darric nibbled Aden's lips gently, stood silently and smiled. "You are far more powerful than you know."
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A case study by Kato, Takahara, Nishikawa, and Homma examined the economic incentives and local citizens' attitudes toward hosting a nuclear power plant post-Fukushima. The study compared local citizens' attitudes in 2010 and 2011 (pre and post-Fukushima) toward the benefits and drawbacks of hosting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant—Kashiwazaki and Kariwa are nearby towns of the nuclear power plant located in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. The authors note that the Fukushima accident clearly changed the attitudes towards nuclear energy at a national level, which is shown through a national opinion poll conducted in April 2011 by Asahi Shinbun, one of the major newspapers in Japan (cited in the case study). The poll showed roughly 41 percent of the respondents believed that Japan should reduce or abolish nuclear energy usage, a 13 percent increase from a similar opinion poll conducted in 2007 by Asahi Shinbun. However, the authors also mention the reason they decided to focus on local citizens' opinion is because they predicted the attitudes of local communities hosting nuclear power plants may differ from national attitudes. Furthermore, the opinions within regions hosting or willing to host a nuclear power plan may have been major factors in nuclear policy decisions because governors cannot simply ignore the regional opinions near nuclear power plants.
The researchers used a survey and gathered responses from three towns: Kariwa, Kashiwazaki, and Nishiyama, which are near nuclear power plants. The benefits the local communities received for hosting nuclear power plants were largely economic and social incentives designed to gain support within these communities for nuclear expansion policies and to offset anxiety about accident risks. These included increased job opportunities, various tax cuts, various subsidies, new facilities, social welfare programs, and donations from the company owning the nuclear power plant. When participants were asked about the drawbacks, in 2011 more than 80% responded that accidents and radiation exposure were the cause of their nuclear power plant anxiety, roughly a ten percent increase from 2010; others believed there could be possible radiation exposure during normal operation even if an accident were not to occur, while a small remainder of responses chose "no drawback." Additionally, when asked whether the drawbacks exceed the benefits or vice versa post-Fukushima, there was a significant shift (5%) towards "drawbacks exceed benefits." That all said, in 2011 about 20 percent of respondents in all three areas still believed the benefits exceeded the drawbacks, which is surprising considering so many saw radiation during normal operation or after an accident as a threat to their safety.
Homma, Takashi, and Keigo Akimoto. "Download PAnalysis of Japan's Energy and Environment Strategy after the Fukushima Nuclear Plant AccidentDFs." Science Direct. Energy Policy 62.
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The established order allows to reconstruct the chronology of codons as well. Three striking features are revealed: (i) the codons providing the most stable codon-anticodon interactions appear first, (ii) the new codons appear simultaneously with their complementary counterparts, and (iii) the new codons are lowest cost derivatives of the codons acquired earlier - by mutations in the third position, and by complementary copying. Two essentially independent amino-acid alphabets are suggested by the above evolutionary scheme, for two complementary coding strands of the earliest small genes. The Glycine family includes amino acids encoded by triplets with purines in central position - G, D, S, E, Q, N, R, K, C, H, Y and W. The Alanine family consists of amino acids A, V, P, S, L, T, I, M and F, with pyrimidines in the central positions of their codons. After the earliest genes were fused to form longer molecules, the encoded protein sequences, presumably, contained a mosaic of short patches of residues from two different alphabets (3). This sequence organization may still be recognized in extant proteins.
1. E. N. Trifonov, Annals NY Acad. Sci. 870, 330 (1999).
2. E. N. Trifonov, Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology 4, 313 (1999).
3. E. N. Trifonov, Science Spectra 20, 62 (2000).


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Home Competitions English Premier League Report: Tottenham Hotspur want Real Madrid defender Eder Militao this month
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Report: Tottenham Hotspur want Real Madrid defender Eder Militao this month
Alani Adefunmiloye
According to AS, Tottenham Hotspur head coach Jose Mourinho is keen on bringing Real Madrid defender Eder Militao to North London before the end of the January transfer window.
Spurs were interested in signing the Brazilian during the summer, but a move didn't work out.
They are now willing to try again as Mourinho looks to bolster his options at the back for a crucial and busy second half of 2020-21.
Militao is out of favour at the Santiago Bernabeu and has played just three times across La Liga and Champions League so far this season.
Madrid could be open to letting him go, but Spurs and other suitors must be willing to pay close to the £45 million they spent on him in the summer of 2019.
The 22-year-old is primarily a centre-back, but he plays excellently well at right-back too, and such versatility is cherished by Mourinho.
Militao featured in 18 games for Madrid in his debut season, but he has not played since October when he tested positive for the coronavirus, and manager Zinedine Zidane has found other options in Lucas Vazquez and Nacho.
The Brazilian could be willing to leave as his struggles for playing minutes continue, and Tottenham could be ready to offer him a chance.
Joe Rodon is yet to adapt to the demands of the English top-flight after arriving from Swansea City in the summer, while Davinson Sanchez is now out of favour as a result of his inconsistencies and frequent errors.
Mourinho needs a quality defender capable of providing Eric Dier and Toby Alderweireld with fierce competition, and Militao could be his man.
Serge Aurier and Matt Doherty haven't always been able to provide quality service at right-back defensively and going forward, and the versatile Madrid man can help solve that problem.
Whether Tottenham will be keen to splash the cash on him this month is an entirely different matter, and it will be interesting to see what happens in the coming days.
AC Milan close to signing Fikayo Tomori on loan with buy option – Fabrizio Romano


A shortage of qualified teachers is one of the biggest challenges today's school districts are facing. According to the Learning Policy Institute, more than 100,000 U.S. classrooms started the last school year with a teacher who was not fully qualified to teach. The shortages are especially stark in math, science, and special education, and show no signs of resolving themselves soon: between 2009 and 2014, enrollment in teacher education programs dropped by 35 percent, from 691,000 to 451,000.
Further, the teacher attrition rate is eight percent in the United States, and approximately 60 percent of new teacher hires are replacing teachers who left the field prior to retirement age. The teacher shortage is even more extreme in high-poverty, high-minority schools, where strong educators are needed most.
Facing an absence of qualified hires, many districts fall back on emergency-credentialed teachers or long-term substitutes and underprepared school leaders. But these slapdash hires are often less effective educators, and teachers who are ill-suited are also more likely to leave the profession. It's a far more sustainable solution to recruit and retain talented educators, but when looking to fill an open role in the short-term, that's easier said than done.
Fortunately, there are actionable steps that district and school leadership can take to attract, develop, and hold on to excellent educators — and improve student learning outcomes as a result.
An obvious way to attract more qualified applicants to a teaching role — and to attract more talented people to the education field in general — is to offer opportunities for increased pay based on specific skill sets or responsibilities. Even after adjusting for the length of the school year, teachers make 20 percent less than other college-educated professionals. That gap only widens for technology and engineering roles, which helps explain the even more intense shortage of STEM educators. While teacher salaries are often outside of the realm of a district's control, to the extent that it's possible, schools must make salaries more competitive to attract gifted educators.
Some schools that struggle to pay higher salaries, or that are located in an area with a dearth of experienced educators, have implemented successful Grow Your Own (GYO) programs to help fill the gaps. GYO programs take a number of forms, but they commonly provide opportunities for local instructional aids and other paraeducators to become licensed educators. Districts may enroll the potential educator in a community college teaching program at the same time that they're put in front of a classroom. Of course, for these programs to work, districts must provide the new teacher with comprehensive, multi-level support.
Some districts have leveraged GYO programs in order to fill leadership positions in addition to teaching positions. In South Carolina, for example, a consortium of districts have partnered with the College of Education at the University of South Carolina to enroll cohorts of high-potential teachers in collaborative coursework. In just two years, successful program participants earn a Master's degree in Educational Administration.
GYO programs serve two functions: first, they allow schools to fill open positions, and second, they increase the diversity of a district's workforce. On average, teachers are female and Caucasian; their students typically are not. And yet, research has shown that students benefit when their teacher looks like they do: not only are their test scores and overall performance shown to increase, but seeing teacher role models of their race and gender can inspire them to consider teaching as a career path, potentially correcting the teacher shortage in the long term.
While it's vital to attract candidates for open teaching roles, making a bad hire is typically worse — and more costly — than making no hire at all. As such, predicting fit is one of the most important steps of a school's hiring process. "Fit" refers to both the role and the organization; studies show that up to 25% of what is considered to be a teacher's effectiveness may actually be due to a strong teacher-school match. Having a strong sense of your values and culture at both a district and school level can help you identify strong fits, which can help ensure the candidate's success at the school.
That said, a strong fit isn't just about culture — it's also about the role. Hiring a teacher can be compared to the NFL draft: the most talented quarterback in the draft is sure to make for a dismal linebacker. Similarly, educators who are placed in a subject, with a group of students, or in a specific role that doesn't make sense for their experience are set up to fail, no matter how talented they are. Ensuring lasting success starts with matching teachers' knowledge, skills, and attitudes with their roles.
That "fit focus" also applies when promoting teachers into peer leadership roles or even administrative roles. The potential for professional development (PD) and career growth has been shown to improve teacher retention, but promoting an educator into the wrong role can have the opposite effect. The emergence of education-specific technology tools — specifically data analytics platforms — has transformed the way in which districts approach promoting the right teachers into the right positions.
Sophisticated solutions can enable school and district leadership to compare student performance, hone in on teacher skill sets, and better understand which educators might make a strong leader within the school. What's more, access to the data surrounding an educator's experience and specialties can help administrators strategically fill administrative skill gaps by promoting and hiring new leaders whose abilities complement those of existing leadership staff. For example, if a principal is very skilled in one area, a district may consider looking for complimentary skills when hiring an assistant principal.
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The sanssouci+ Combined Ticket is valid for a single visit to all* the SPSG palaces in Potsdam open to the public, including Sanssouci Palace, on one day. With the purchase of a sanssouci+ Online Ticket, you'll also book a fixed admission time slot for viewing Sanssouci Palace – and avoid waiting in line at the palace registers!
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Hundreds of thousands of people have already had their heartstrings inadvertently tugged by an A Level student's 'spoof' version.
The big festive countdown is on. And by our reckoning, there are only three days to go until… the new John Lewis Christmas advert arrives.
Yes, you know that despite there being more than six weeks until the actual big day, the first sign that we are truly entering the season of goodwill is when the store's schmaltzy animation, soundtracked by a whispered version of a popular chart, hits our TV screens and gives the ok to go into a frenzy of spending.
But hundreds of thousands of people have already had their heartstrings inadvertently tugged by an A Level student's 'spoof' version. The 75 second clip shared by Youtube user Nick Jablonka tells the tale of a snowman inside a snow globe, who spots a real snowman outside. The pair then start to imagine what it would be like to spend Christmas together.
Making the point that the film was not made by a multi-million pound campaign but rather as part of a A2 AQA Media Coursework, Jablonka said: "My chosen essay was on John Lewis and how successful their marketing campaign has become.
The video is approaching half a million views.
As for the actual John Lewis advert, speculation is rife as to what they will come up with this year. Talking to the i, Danny Rogers of Brand Republic predicted that it will find its way out on Thursday morning.
Last year's 'Man On The Moon' was particularly downbeat, although it was designed to help charity Age UK.
He also directed The Journey in 2012 - where a snowman embarks on a search for a scarf to keep his girlfriend warm - as well as Monty The Penguin in 2014.
This year's 'theme' is still closely under wraps, and speculation is rife. Perhaps the most likely - assuming that the estate of AA Milne can be persuaded - may be Winnie the Poo, who is celebrating his 90th birthday this year.
As much a subject of debate is the music which will soundtrack the advert, given that it could provide the Xmas number 1. Accompanying Nick's piece is as ever, a slowed-down cover of an old hit single - on this occasion, a version of the 1978 Genesis hit single 'Follow You Follow Me', by Canadian act Vapor ft Adaline.
But will it better than Nick Jablonka's massively popular 'spoof'? As one Youtube user commented: "Bravo. Let's hope they use this 'officially'!".


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Nils is one of the foremost artists in the Smooth Jazz genre. His catalog of albums includes 10 studio releases and 1 Best Of Nils release. He has had numerous #1 and top 10 singles on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart including 3 #1 singles from his last album "Caught In The Groove" (BCD-560). That album was also #1 on the smooth jazz album chart for an unprecedented 1 year! Nils new release "Cool Shades" sounds like another big hit for him. Nils also has a large following of fans as is event from the millions of views credited to his YouTube videos, performance tours and his weekly podcast shows.
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Sportseminarier has for the past 17 years arranged the seminar called Football & Pengar (Football & Money) in Stockholm. This year, Neverland Management has been nominated as the best agency of the year, and we will of course be present at the seminar that is held at Filmstaden Scandinavia in Solna, Stockholm.
One of our clients, Nadia Nadim, who currently plays for Manchester City in England, and the Danish national team, will during the summer of 2017, release her autobiography. The book is written by Nadia herself, together with Miriam Zesler from Tv2 News in Denmark. Stay tuned for the book release.


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Mike Henry, Brawny Tarzan & Junior Justice, Dies @ 84
On January 8, actor Mike Henry died at 84 more than three decades after retiring due to encroaching Parkinson's disease. A swingin' career (Image via AIP) According to reports, he died of Parkinson's and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. He had been a pro football player from 1958-1964 for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Los Angeles Rams,…
Mike Henry: Torrid Tarzan
Mike Henry was born on August 15, 1936, in L.A. A talented athlete, he went on to glory in the NFL, playing for the Steelers (1958-1961) and the Rams (1962-1964). He only played Tarzan in 1965 — but the movies kept him refreshed as the iconic character through the '60s. (Image via Paramount) His stunning…


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CACI names new acting CFO
CACI International has appointed Thomas Mutryn acting chief financial officer and treasurer. The appointment is effective immediately, CACI said in a statement today.
Mutryn replaces Stephen Waechter, who recently left the company, CACI said.
Mutryn, who joined CACI in September 2006 as executive vice president for corporate development and treasury and previously worked at GTSI as senior vice president and CFO of finance and accounting. Before that, he had a career in the airline industry as senior vice president of finance and CFO at US Airways. He also worked at United Airlines and American Airlines in senior finance positions.
"Tom brings keen financial insight, an understanding of sophisticated financial processes and business expertise to his new role as CACI CFO and treasurer," said Jack London, CACI chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Tom will also help further CACI's successful [mergers and acquisitions] strategy."
London said Mutryn will also manage the company's capital structure, including cash management, equity and debt offerings, corporate and Securities and Exchange Commission accounting, internal audits, financial planning, and IT resources.


Actors: Steve Carell, Kristen Wigg, Trey Parker Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Nev Scharre, Pierre Coffin, Steve Coogan, Julie Andrews, Jenny Slate, Michael Beattie.
I wasn't really bothered about this film until I started seeing trailers for it a few months back, and it looked hilarious! I really feel like there's been a lot of exciting films coming out this year, that I've wanted to see. The only thing I was worried about was, I wasn't sure if all the funny bits were just in the trailer, like Boss Baby, which was a mega disappointment and I've never wanted to walk out of a film before, but Boss Baby tempted me so much, it was only because I felt rude, that I didn't do it. If you want to find out if this was the case or not, then keep reading!
So Despicable Me takes an unexpected turn and we find out Gru has a twin brother, Dru! However Gru has turned his life around now and is now an agent trying to shut down the villains. Dru is trying to encourage his brother into going back to his old ways and helping his twin being a baddy too. There's a new villain in town though, dancing diva Balthazar Bratt, who was a 1980's childhood actor who played a villain, until the show was later on cancelled. Balthazar uses chewing gum as a weapon and busts out some crazy dance moves to help defend himself, which will make you cry with laughter.
I am happy to announce that the funny bits aren't all in the trailer!!! It is actually hilarious throughout! This is the perfect film to take your children too and one that adults won't find total cringe, although if your like me, I love kids films! I also think this is the best out of the series so far, I say so far because there is a slight chance of another film, even though I don't know what they would do next. I really like the plot as well, its really unexpected and just a bit more to it, than your average children's film, and its a lot of fun. Balthazar is the best villain of the series too and I can see a pretty exciting franchise happening.
There was only one thing missing and that was the minions! Don't worry guys, they weren't missing completely! They just didn't have a very big part in the film, but the parts they did have were really funny. The film wasn't so concentrated on them this time, so it was just weird not seeing as much of them, compared to the other films. Don't let this put you off though if it's the minions that your watching it for, the film is jam packed full of entertainment.


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Hidden pockets of turbulent gas fuel stars in far-off galaxies
Space 30 August 2017
The Cosmic Eyelash, a remote starburst galaxy, hosts a hidden reservoir of star fuel
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/E. Falgarone et al.
Gargantuan gas reservoirs have been spotted around multiple distant galaxies, where they can provide fuel for new stars — contrary to accepted theory. A powerful radio telescope in the Chilean desert unmasked the gas, which sheds new light on how galaxies can extend their star-forming eras.
The violent births and deaths of stars cause a wind within galaxies, which can eject gas from the galaxy and make it harder for new stars to form. In recent years, scientists have argued that these winds are not powerful enough to push gas beyond a galaxy's gravitational grasp — but the outflow of gas is thought to play a role in why some galaxies stop making new stars.
Now, Edith Falgarone at the Paris Observatory and colleagues say the winds are doing the opposite. "By driving turbulence in the reservoirs, these galactic winds extend the starburst phase instead of quenching it," she says.
Falgarone and her colleagues used the Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Array to measure a molecule called CH+, also known as methylidynium. The molecule serves as a tracer for the galactic gas, much like dropping ink into a body of water would illuminate its currents. By tracking CH+, Falgarone noticed previously unseen reservoirs of cold gas, which are rocked by turbulence from the galactic winds.
Finding galactic flows
The ALMA observations will benefit supercomputer simulations that are trying to predict these galactic flows, says Gerald Cecil at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. And the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), due to launch next year, will also study gas emissions, he says.
"JWST spectroscopy can link such flows from the starburst region to large-scale reservoirs," Cecil says.
The reservoir is not filled by galactic winds alone, suggesting the gas is supplied by galactic mergers or other streams of gas that remain hidden. The new results don't rule out the possibility that these galaxies simply have not yet entered their "star-quenching" phase, says Sylvain Veilleux at the University of Maryland.
"Perhaps it is just a matter of time until a powerful quasar is turned on and will do real damage to the host galaxy, preventing the turbulent gas from accreting back and forming stars," Veilleux says.
Journal reference: Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature23298
Magazine issue 3142 , published 9 September 2017
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Recently, I found myself enjoying tea a lot more than before. We have been getting tea from a local company at Steveston called Nikaido Tea and Gifts. Every night I found myself having some cravings for non-caffeinated tea at around 9:30ish. Also, we have been using local honey to see if it helps with our seasonal allergies. Today, my wife took me to Urban Tea Merchant in downtown Vancouver to try their high tea and it is a pretty nice experience.
As their name suggests, they sell tea. And there are lots of varieties in their store. They also have a section of the store for patrons to enjoy tea and snacks. Actually not just snacks, their menu gets pretty fancy and the price can get pretty expensive. This is actually one of the few times that I have gone for high tea and I have to behave extra gentlemanly to match the atmosphere.
After getting introduced to different tea leaves and smelling close to a dozen of them, we made up our minds. I, strangely, picked a coffee infused tea recommended by our host. The tea is called Number 12 and it was very delicious.
Apart from the fancy tea, there is also fancy snacks to go with the tea. Both my wife and I went for the regular set and it was quite yummy.
Scones were fluffy and I guess that is still my favourite tea pastry.
Walls and walls of tea.
Apart from tea, they also sell macaroons. If you like sweet stuff, this can be a real treat.
They also sell a variety of tea pots and tea cups. If you are a tea drinker, you would appreciate the atmosphere and the selection of tea at the Urban Tea Merchant.
They are located at 1070 West Georgia Street.
I should have put Ebichu in the colourful cups on the top picture!


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La Grandville – comune nel dipartimento delle Ardenne
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Grandville – città della Contea di Kent, Michigan

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 Grandville – pseudonimo di Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard, illustratore francese del XIX secolo.

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A Capitol Fourth Preview Hosted by Tom Bergeron, the show will feature performances by Barry Manilow, Candice Glover, Scotty McCreery, Darren Criss, Jackie Evancho, Megan Hilty, Motown the Musical, John WIlliams and more.
DAY CELEBRATION LIVE FROM THE U.S. CAPITOL!
America's favorite host, two-time Emmy Award-winning television personality Tom Bergeron (DANCING WITH THE STARS) will return tothe West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to host A CAPITOL FOURTH, starring music legend Barry Manilow, who is back by popular demand following his powerful debut performance on the show in 2009.
Broadcast live on PBS, the biggest and brightest birthday party in the country will also feature performances by: Candice Glover, the Season 12 winner of AMERICAN IDOL; country music artist Scotty McCreery (winner of AMERICAN IDOL); actor and singer Darren Criss (GLEE); musical prodigy and classical crossover star Jackie Evancho; Broadway and television star Megan Hilty (SMASH);Broadway's new hit Motown The Musical; and five-time Academy Award-winner John Williams conducting music from the Oscar-winning blockbuster LINCOLN; with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly. The 33rd annual broadcast of A CAPITOL FOURTH airs Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 8:00 and 9:30 p.m. on WMHT TV before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, as well as to our troops serving around the world on the American Forces Network. The program can also be heard live in stereo over NPR member stations nationwide.
With twenty cameras positioned around the city, including the U.S. Capitol, the White House and the Washington Monument, viewers are front and center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation during this top-rated extravaganza. Capping off the show will be a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" complete with live cannon fire provided by the United States Army Presidential Salute Battery, an audience favorite and A CAPITOL FOURTH tradition. Also participating in the event will be the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band and the Armed Forces Color Guard provided by the Military District of Washington, D.C.
A companion web site will feature a comprehensive viewer's guide to the 2013 broadcast. Join in the fun with interactive activities for all ages at www.pbs.org/capitolfourth. The concert Facebook page is at: www.facebook.com/capitolfourth.
Capital Concerts is the production force behind two of television's longest-running and highest-rated live programs commemorating America's most important holidays. THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, the nation's tribute to our men and women in uniform, and A CAPITOL FOURTH, our country's biggest birthday party, have become American traditions that have consistently ranked among the highest rated programs on PBS over the past decade. The organization also produced the NATIONAL SALUTE TO VETERANS that aired on PBS November 11, 2012. The holiday specials have been honored with over 70 awards including the New York Film Festival Award, the Telly Award, the Golden Cine Award, the Videographer Award, the National Education Association Award, the Aurora Award, the Christopher Award, the Communicator's Award, the AXIEM Award, the Omni Award and the Writer's Guild of America Award.


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Pictured is the SAFE Maa team in Loita during the training. ... See MoreSee Less
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SAFE Samburu are continuing their mobile cinema tours of the Westgate Conservancy and Nyiro - delivering high quality Samburu film to some of the most remote and hard to reach bomas in Samburu County. So far the team have reached almost 10,000 community members.
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Last week I posted that I start with a new business by asking the owner where they were getting funds for the business. For someone starting a business, that should be about halfway down their train of thought. I start there because it helps me understand where they are in the process. But that is not where they start. People start with an idea and a passion. They know something they want to do. They have an idea, but where do they go next. The answer to that question is very simple - The Customer!
Why start there? There are two reasons. The first reason is simple. The market needs to be defined, especially the Ideal Client. Ideal Client is not any Client. When I ask many people who their Ideal Client is, they answer to me "Anybody". That is a horrible answer. What you are looking to define is the Client that wants what you sell and can afford to buy it. They are also going to be swayed by your Unique Selling Proposition (USP - others might call this the Unique Value Proposition). I posted about an example of this from one of my past employers HERE. From that same employer, I have an example of a possible non-client HERE. To put it into a larger Sonoma County context, I note we have some wonderful wineries in the County. But I need to tell you that Boone's Farm still exists. The Ideal Client for the two products does not overlap in any serious way. But both are alcoholic beverages and at that level are in the same market. I apologize if I insulted the sensibilities of wine drinkers out there. I wanted to provide as stark and clear and example as possible.
The second reason may not be as clear. But I will go back to my example. Boone's Farm is very inexpensive and in fact that is the primary reason that people buy it. Sonoma County Wines cost a lot more and provide the value to support the price. What that means is to make the same revenue, Boone's Farm needs a lot more customers. The number of clients that you will serve means a lot to a business. It drives decisions around the size of the firm and how the product is delivered to the market. Low price products require more transactions but have a lower barrier to new customers trying them out. Both types of businesses can work, but they are built differently. So, this is not a question of the right way or wrong way to build a business.
Which leads us to one of the key part of "The Way to Wealth Formula" as popularized by Focal Point's founder Brian Tracy. This part is the "Revenue Formula" where we look at the number of customers, the average sales price and the number of sales to a customer per year. One of the most important parts of this formula to understand is that Revenue is an output of the formula. Revenue is not something you can dictate. Revenue is dictated by the factors that I noted here. When we build a Business Plan, we need to think through those customer metrics to start. There is no need to be perfect, especially when you start. Expect to make a couple of passes at the plan before you get one that works for you.


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Tech Savvy Thieves Targeting Toyota and Lexus Vehicles in Canada
Sam McEachern
Dec 03, 2019 Updated Dec 03, 2019
The Toyota 4Runner and Tacoma are of particular interest to thieves.
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Car thieves have stolen more than 100 Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the Ottawa region so far this year using a new tech-savvy method.
According to the CBC, thieves are using a radio signal booster to increase the signal of the vehicles' electronic key fobs to start the vehicles while they are parked in the owners' driveways. The vehicles are then put in shipping containers to be sent off to Africa and the Middle East, where they can be sold for a larger profit. Some of the most commonly targeted vehicles include the Toyota 4Runner and Toyota Tacoma, though large Lexus SUVs like the GX have been reported stolen as well.
Thieves may also be breaking into vehicles and plugging a device into their OBD2 diagnostic ports to start the vehicles and drive off into the night, the CBC report indicates.
It's not just owners being targeted, either. Police recently managed to recover seven new Toyota trucks and SUVs that were stolen from a Toyota dealer in Petawawa, Ont., several weeks prior. The vehicles were found in shipping containers just before they were to be shipped off overseas.
The recent rash of thefts may force owners to get creative to avoid having their vehicles stolen. While Toyota suggests owners park their vehicles in a garage, the automaker says they may also want to consider getting a frequency shielding "Faraday pouch" to prevent the key fob's signal from being boosted. Some have resorted to leaving their key fobs in the stove or microwave to achieve the same effect, or wrapping the fob in tinfoil.
Until police can get to the bottom of the problem, Toyota and Lexus owners in Ontario may want to take extra steps to prevent their cars from being stolen. In addition to parking their cars indoors and taking measures to put a damper the key fob's radio signal, they may also want to consider buying an aftermarket security system and/or parking a less desirable vehicle behind the vehicle in the driveway.
Sam loves to drive and write, so naturally, he combined the two! A freelance automotive journalist with over five years of experience and a Journalism diploma from St. Clair College, Sam loves to make all sorts of high-quality content related to the automotive industry.
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Setting Fire to Glass- The "Nope" Chemical That is Chlorine Trifluoride
July 6, 2015 Karl Smallwood	11 comments
First discovered back in the 1930s, chlorine trifluoride is a rather curious chemical that easily reacts, sometimes explosively, with just about every known substance on Earth.
Just to get the ball rolling, here's a few of the more unusual things chlorine trifluoride is known to set fire to on contact: glass, sand, asbestos, rust, concrete, people, pyrex, cloth, and the dreams of children…
Obviously the first question to answer here is how chlorine trifluoride is somehow able to cause asbestos, a substance that is known for being almost completely fire retardant, to catch on fire. Well, that's because chlorine trifluoride is a more powerful oxidizing agent by mass than oxygen itself. Meaning it's capable of rapidly oxidizing things that would normally be considered practically "impossible" to set aflame, like asbestos. Chlorine trifluoride is such an effective oxidizer that it can even potentially set fire to things that have seemingly already been burned up, like ash or spent charcoal.
The substance is so highly reactive that famously unreactive elements like platinum, osmium and iridium will begin to corrode when they come into contact with it. Notably tough elements like titanium and tungsten are also regarded as being wholly unsuitable to storing the chemical because they set on fire as soon as they come into contact with it.
The only known way to store chlorine trifluoride "safely", which we use in the loosest possible sense, is to put it inside of a sealed containers made of steel, iron, nickel or copper which are able to contain the chemical safely if they're first treated with flourine gas. This is because doing so will coat the metal in a thin fluoride layer, with which the chemical won't react. However, if this layer is compromised in anyway, or the metal isn't completely dry, chlorine trifluoride will begin to react violently and cause the vessel to explode.
A few of the other things known to not react with chlorine trifluoride include nitrogen, the inert gases and polychlorotrifluoroethylene. Rather fortunately, chlorine trifluoride doesn't react with air unless it happens to contain a larger than average amount of water vapor.
Speaking of which, when chlorine trifluoride comes into contact with water, it will react explosively with it and as a fun byproduct creates large amounts of dangerous gasses such as hydrofluoric acid and hydrochloric acid. Hydrofluric acid in particular is incredibly dangerous and along with being able to melt things like glass and concrete, can permanently damage your lungs and eyes. As if that wasn't worrying enough, if you're ever unlucky enough to get hydrofluric acid on your skin, it doesn't actually hurt until a few hours later. After it has absorbed a bit, it starts destroying your nerves and bones and can ultimately cause cardiac arrest when it gets into your blood stream. In fact, in 1994 a lab technician in Australia accidentally spilled hydrofluric acid on his lap and despite immediately executing safety procedures including hosing off, immersing himself in a swimming pool, and later extensive medical care (including needing to have one of his legs amputated), within two weeks of the accident, he was dead.
Unsurprisingly, the Nazis were really interested in the military applications of chlorine trifluoride. After all, it's a substance that reacts explosively with water (humans are largely bags of water), and for those that don't come in contact with it directly, there's the byproduct of the deadly gasses. Further, there is really little one can do to put out the fires it causes directly other than to let them burn off. If you throw water on the source of the problem, it will get worse. The reaction here also doesn't require atmospheric oxygen to burn, so trying to use that method of fire suppression won't work either.
Though chlorine trifluoride was thankfully never used during combat, the Nazis did succeed in creating several tons of the stuff in a secret facility known as the Falkenhagen Bunker before it was captured by the Russians in 1944. The Nazis working in the Falkenhagen Bunker referred to chlorine trifluoride simply as "Substance N" or "N-Stoff" and were planning to store it inside specially designed shells which could be used in battle. According to reports released by the Soviets following WW2, Nazi trials involving substance N were promising. But, of course, the weapon was incredibly dangerous for those carrying it around too, not just those they launch it at.
As an example of the kind of devastation chlorine trifluoride can have, you only need to consider what happened when almost a ton of this stuff was accidentally spilled inside of a warehouse in the 1950s. According to eyewitness reports, the chemical burned straight through a foot of concrete and three feet of gravel while simultaneously releasing a deadly cloud of gas containing a cocktail of "chlorine trifluoride, hydrogen fluoride, chlorine and hydrogen chloride" that corroded every surface it came into contact with.
After reading this you're probably curious about what possible purpose this chemical could serve that doesn't involve trying to recreate a scene from a Michael Bay movie. Well, due to the fact that chlorine trifluoride is such a great oxidizer, there have been several attempts to use it as a low-cost, lightweight rocket fuel, starting with the Nazis who tried to use it to propel torpedoes. Of course, it's so difficult to store safely that it's generally considered not to be worth the risk for this usage. After all, while you'd need to use less fuel thanks to its extreme oxidizing capabilities, if you had a rocket accident, you'd potentially be spewing tons of this stuff all over the place with no real effective way to deal with the situation. For instance, after studying and experimenting with this chemical for rocket use, rocket scientist Dr. John D. Clark famously said about the best way to deal with potential chlorine trifluoride rocket accidents- "I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes."
There are a couple other useful applications though. For instance, it's great for plasmaless cleaning of certain surfaces used in semiconductor manufacturing and it also works well at cleaning uranium residue off of the walls of nuclear power plants and removing built up oxides.
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Chlorine trifluoride was initially first observed back in 1930 by German chemists Otto Ruff and H. Krug after experimenting with chlorine monofluoride, an already dangerous substance, and theorising about the existence of "a higher fluoride species". The end result of their research was the gaseous form of Chlorine trifluoride.
As a gas, chlorine trifluoride is colourless and has a notably "sweet and pungent" odour not dissimilar from pool chlorine. As a liquid, the substance is decidedly more threatening looking, taking on the form of a pale green substance. As a solid, it's white.
Despite how dangerous it is, chlorine trifluoride could be produced for almost next to nothing, with estimated figures in the 1990s saying that, if the substance were to be mass produced, a kilo would be worth about a dollar. However, as nobody is mass producing the stuff, today 50 grams of chlorine trifluoride is worth over 400 dollars.
One of the few substances known to be completely unreactive with chlorine trifluoride is ordinary candle wax. Wax is similarly unaffected by many of the gasses released by chlorine trifluoride when it reacts with other substances.
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This thing sounds delightful. I was in fact looking for something that would help me clean Uranium off my bedroom walls and this thing may be just what I need.
Too bad about its use in torpedoes. I can just imagine how reassuring it must be to be trapped in a tin can under water with the risk of this thing reacting with its container and spilling inside the submarine. It's like a little bit of portable horror.
The episode with the lab technician that spilled it on his lap sounds like a frigging nightmare.
Dustin Voss
July 6, 2015	4:41 pm
So…if it is an especially humid day…this stuff will set the air on fire?
Kimberly Green
This is how Adele sets fire to the rain.
Taco Cat
You beat me to it!
In the 7th paragraph, I was surprised to read that hydrofluoric acid melted glass and concrete. Does it melt these substances or dissolve them? In the common venacular, better terms for dissolving might be destroys, eats up, or eats away.
Paul Koning
Yes, "dissolve" is the correct word. HF is the standard substance for etching glass.
I really wonder what else from Candle wax would be completely unreactive to This ClorineTriflouride…
Please leave a reply ;D
Brandon Bowers
It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals—steel, copper, aluminum, etc.—because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride that protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminum keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes.
November 7, 2018	2:59 pm
Looks like someone also read the book Ignition!


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Fixing the Economy -- Voices from Mimi's Subway Bar and Grill
By Albert Samaha on Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 7:30 am
Albert Samaha
Lower the tax rate for businesses but they have to use the money to hire people," said Bob Saudefur
Next week, President Obama will unveil his Jobs Plan. The economy is the most important issue of this election cycle, and there seems to be exactly zero overlap between the strategies of each of the political parties.
Democrats, more or less, favor raising taxes on the wealthy, spurring the economy with a new stimulus, and extending the payroll tax break for working Americans. Republicans, more or less, favor cutting taxes for businesses, further deregulation, broadening the income tax base to include more people in the bottom 50 percent, and eliminating government entities like the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Endowment for the Arts. November 2012 will be a referendum on each of these divergent paths.
So in this week's edition of Of The People, we went to Mimi's Subway Bar and Grill in Ferguson to hear what The People think the government should do to fix the economy.
A hearty chunk of patrons thought that the solution is easing taxes on employers.
"Lower the tax rate for businesses, but they have to use the money to hire people," said Bob Saudefur, as he stood by the bar.
He believed that the government must give employers more incentive to hire Americans instead of outsourcing their work.
"I would argue that corporations don't pay as much as we do," said his wife Donna, who sat on a stool next to him. But then, after a moment of thought, she added, "Is that a problem? No, I don't think so. They still have to pay a lot."
This perspective aligns with the narrative Republicans have championed since the days of Ronald Reagan's trickle-down economics. It is the message they are banking on this campaign season. And the message Democrats have been working to undermine (a perspective concisely articulated by Paul Krugman as, "Over the last two years profits have soared while unemployment has remained disastrously high. Why should anyone believe that handing even more money to corporations, no strings attached, would lead to faster job creation?").
Republicans would be even happier to hear what another patron said when asked how the government can help pull us out of these tough times.
"Elect a new president," said Jim S., who declined to give his last name because of, in his words, "paranoia." "And I'm serious. This president is not friendly to business, not friendly to corporations."
As he leaned back in his chair at the corner of the bar, Jim echoed Bob's sentiment on tax breaks.
"They need to cut corporate taxes," he said. "They need to make the country more business friendly so that all these jobs don't go overseas."
His frustration was not limited to one side of the aisle -- it was directed toward all of Washington.
"This congress and this president have the wrong approach," he said.
Interestingly, although Jim wants a new president, he acknowledged that he is unimpressed with the current field of Republican candidates, stressing that all of the viable nominees, including good ol' boy Rick Perry, have been a part of the the Washington establishment for too long.
Disillusionment with the government was a consistent theme at Mimi's, as it probably is in just about every bar in America right now.
"I would throw them all out," said Donna Dillingham, as she picked at a plate of french fries at the bar. "I think all of their salaries should be cut in half, at least. They have no idea how the average person lives."
The Democrat narrative did catch on with one patron, though.
"I think they should give everybody a $300 stimulus check -- not the wealthy, though," said Emmett Shaw, who sipped on a Budweiser. He added that he would support a new stimulus package.
The Dems will need to better establish their narrative for them to hold on to the White House. So it will be interesting to see if, on Thursday, Obama dusts off his "Yes We Can" campaign-style rhetoric to better connect with a public that has seemed wholly uninterested in his stoic "adult in the room" in-office rhetoric.
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