What are hair extensions – Hair extensions are methods of adding hair to natural hair? These methods are used to either extend our hair, give volume or conceal thinning or hair loss.
How long does my hair have to be for extensions?
Will they damage my hair?
Extensions shouldn't damage hair when applied correctly and if you care for them in accordance with the aftercare sheet you will be provided with.
It is down to personal preference and dependent on maintenance and lifestyle. Your hair extensions should last approximately 3 to 4 months however some clients have kept them for much longer with regular maintenance appointments.
All the hair used at Creative hair extensions is cuticle correct, The term Remy means all the hair strands are running in the same direction from root to tip.
What is the meaning of virgin hair?
When hair is described as 'virgin', it means that it's completely unprocessed, free of any hair colour or chemicals, retaining all the cuticles, and in its original healthy state.
HOW LONG DOES A MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENT TAKE?
Maintenance appointments usually take 2 to 3 hours depending on whether you have a half or full head of hair extensions.
Yes, you can dye the hair if it is virgin hair, although it is advisable to do a strand test as your own hair may dye a different colour to the extension hair.
How long will it take to apply hair extensions?
This usually depends on the client's hair and the thickness of it, but usually, a full head takes 4 hours on average and a half head takes around 1-2 hours.
HOW OFTEN SHALL I COME IN FOR MY MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENTS?
We will advise you at your install how regularly you will need to attend your maintenance appointments.
Will hair extensions damage my hair?
This is a very commonly asked question, The internet and Media have led to believe that hair extension can severely damage your natural hair but the truth is if hair extensions are applied correctly by an experienced technician it should not damage your hair at all and your natural hair will grow even longer.
Can the hair be reuse?
Yes, 100% of the hair can be reused if they have been maintained well whilst being worn. We will re-bond the tip and re-use the hair.
Will the hair extensions be cut once fitted?
Yes, after application your new extensions will be trimmed, blended and styled. Our method retains the natural tip of the extension hair while at the same time adding layers and integrating your own hair into your chosen style. because we want the hair extensions to be natural and undetectable.
Can I go swimming with them?
You can go swimming with them, however, activities like swimming can dry out the hair extensions so it is advisable to wear a swimming cap. If you do go swimming please ensure to thoroughly wash and dry the hair extensions properly afterwards as they can get knotted.
Can I style my hair normally?
Yes, you can wash and style your extensions in exactly the same way as you would your own hair.
Our Clip in hair extensions?
Clip-in Extensions comes in Remy hair which is the finest quality hair. Each set of clip-in extensions are custom made for each individual so that natural hair colour, texture and style can be perfectly matched. Love the fact that they are easy to install and remove.
Should I give my hair a rest in between hair extensions sets?
This is down to personal preference. Some clients like to give their natural hair a rest of a few weeks to a few months before their next install. Others like to get their new extensions straight away. It is down to personal choice.
Prepare for your fitting – Wash your hair on the morning of the fitting, preferably with a clarifying shampoo. A clarifying shampoo ensures all residues are removed. These residues must be removed as they can effect the bonds. Do not apply any styling products. Thoroughly dry your hair in its usual parting and straighten if possible. This makes it easier to see where the bonds are going to be applied.
Are hair extensions bad for my hair.
Hair extensions are very safe for the hair if they are installed and removed professionally with the correct aftercare instructions being followed.
Can I straighten or curl my hair.
Yes. You can straighten, blow-dry, curl, and style human hair extensions, just as you would your own hair.
Why is there shedding when I remove my hair extensions.
Hair sheds naturally on a daily basis. It's normal to loose up to fifty hairs a day. Hair extensions don't stop this entirely natural process. The hairs that are shed over a period of time become trapped in the hair extensions and released when the extensions are removed.
Your hair extensions will blend perfectly with your own hair, match your colour and texture. Trimming and shaping after each fitting is part of the service.
Why is there shedding when I remove my hair extensions?
Hair sheds naturally on a daily basis. It's normal to loose up to fifty hairs a day. Hair extensions don't stop this entirely natural process. The hairs that are shed over a period of time become trapped in the links/bond/weft and release when the extensions are removed.
How long will my hair extensions last.
Before going swimming, we recommended that you braid your hair or pull it up into a ponytail to keep it from tangling. It's best to wash your hair after swimming and use a spray in conditioner.
Please note – Other than our virgin unprocess hair , Blonde colour hair and lighter colours in our extensions may have a slightly shorter life span than darker colours due to the chemical process used to lighten the hair so we will take no Responsibility for any hair that has been coloured/bleached.
What can hair extensions do for your hair?
Hair extensions washing and styling.
At Creative hair extensions we only use 100% natural human hair, so you can wash and style your hair extensions just as you would your own hair.
New hair extensions should not be washed within 24hrs of being applied.
Before every wash, separate each bond and make certain that the hair is free of tangles.
Do not wash your hair for 2 – 3 days after the extensions are fitted.
Can I colour the hair extensions?
Creative hair extensions will colour match your hair perfectly to the hair extensions so we do not recommend colouring any hair extensions.
CAN I USE DRY SHAMPOO ON MY HAIR EXTENSIONS?
To get the most from your hair extensions, it needs to be kept clean and oil free. We recommend regular washing rather than using dry shampoo.
DO I NEED TO USE SPECIAL HAIR EXTENSIONS PRODUCT?
To keep your bonds in good condition your hair extensions must be washed with an oil and alcohol-free shampoo. A good quality, protein-free conditioner and a moisturising oil should be used on the ends of the hair to prevent it from drying out. If you regularly use heated styling tools we strongly recommend you use an oil-free, heat protection product.
If you are using Hair Straighteners or tongs, do not put them on the bond. This will cause the bonds to weaken and slide and eventually fall out.
HOW DO I BRUSH MY HAIR: Brush every day from dry, take sections hold the roots firmly and gently start from the ends and work your way up towards the roots. Use aftercare conditioning spray to detangle. Make sure your bonds are separated at the roots. The use of serum is recommended.
* Do not sleep with wet hair. Ensure it is dry before going to bed. It is recommended to gently tie your hair up to prevent tangling too.
* Before going to sleep, put your hair into a plait or tie it.
up loosely to avoid any tangling during the night.
Avoid going to bed with wet hair.
Brush your hair with a Paddle brush before washing your hair. This will stop your hair getting tangled when washing your hair.
When washing your hair, do not tip your head over the bath or sink and do not wash it in the bath as this could cause tangling. Always wash your hair with your head upright – in the shower is ideal.
You may get your roots touched up without any problems, once again avoid the bonds and extension hair, this is usually carried out by just coloring the t-section.
We have a 24-hour cancellation policy and appreciate as much notice as possible if you need to change or amend your appointment.
up at your allotted time will incur a fee charge of £40 of the appointment.
When booking any appointment at Creative Hair Extensions You are accepting this appointment/cancellation policy.
We strive to offer an excellent service from initial consultation, throughout extension fitting & right up to extension removal.
To ensure your experience is a good one and to enable us to maintain our excellent service, clients are kindly requested to observe and follow the terms and conditions on this site.
•Deposits are Non Refundable and are required on booking of a fitting after consultation, this is to cover the majority cost of ordering your hair and to secure your fitting appointment. If you do wish to cancel your fitting appointment your deposit will not be refunded for any reason.
We strictly do not accept any refunds, returns or exchanges on any of our hair extensions, due to health and safety regulations, exceptions.
Once the hair has been used or fitted it is no longer creative hairs responsibility, we are not liable for the aftercare and condition of the hair once it has been fitted and used.
Deposits are non-refundable under any circumstance however a partial refund may be issued if there is an admissible and legitimate reason whereby an issue has been unable to be resolved.
We recommend not colouring the extensions, if you choose to Colour the extension that will be at your own risk, creative hair extensions will not be liable, also by colouring the hair you will invalidate any warranty given.
Creative Hair Extensions reserves the right to refuse service at any point if there is a legitimate reason to do so.


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Q: A security concern with H2 Note: Though I'm mentioning H2, this may apply to any DBMS,

*

*that allows you to store the whole database in a single file; and

*that makes its source-code publicly available.
My concern:
Is it possible to break into an encrypted H2 database by doing something like the following?

*

*Store a very large, zeroed out BLOB, a few 100 KB in size, in some table.

*Examine the new H2 database file binary and look for a repeating pattern near page/block boundaries. The page/block size could be obtained from the H2 source code. The repeating pattern so obtained would be the cipher key used to encrypt the H2 database.

*Once the cipher key stands exposed, the hacker just needs to be dedicated enough to then further dig into the H2 sources and figure out the exact structure of its tables, columns, and rows. In other words, everything stands exposed from this point on.
I have not personally studied the source code of H2, nor am I a cryptography expert, but here's why I think the above -- or some hack along the above lines -- might work:

*

*For performance reasons, all DBMSes read/write data in chunks (pages or blocks 512 bytes to 8 KB in size), and so would H2.

*Since a BLOB several hundred KB in size would far exceed the DBMS's page/block size, one can expect the cryptogrphic key (generated internally using the user password) to show up in repeating patterns of sizes less than the page/block size.

A: A good cryptography algorithm will not be vulnerable to this attack.
The patterns in the plaintext (here the BLOB of zeroes) will be dissipated in the ciphertext. The secret key will not be readily visible in the ciphertext as patterns or otherwise. A classic technique to achieve that when using a block cipher is to make the encryption of a block dependent on the ciphertext of the previous block. Here the blocks I'm referring to are the blocks used in the cryptography algorithm, typically 128 bits of length.
You can for example XOR the plaintext block with the result of the previous block encryption, here is the schema from Wikipedia for CBC mode, which XOR the current block with the result of the previous one prior to encryption.

As you can see, even if you feed all zeroes in each plaintext blocks, you will end up with a completely random looking result.
These are just examples and the actual confusion mechanism used in H2 might be more complex or involved depending on the algorithm they use.

A: The file encryption algorithm used in H2 does not use the ECB encryption mode. The file encryption algorithm is, as documented, not vulnerable to this kind of attack. The new storage engine that will be used for future versions of H2 uses the standardized AES XTS algorithm.

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Cyber Deals revealed for Nintendo eShop
Save big on games from the Nintendo eShop during Black Friday 2019!
Joining the like of the PlayStation Store, Nintendo has unveiled a full list of games on sale as part of their holiday Cyber Deals. Now through December 4, 2019, you can save big on Switch games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Nintendo eShop, as well as 3DS titles like Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn.
Looking for a specific game? Curious to see what's been marked down? We've got you covered! Below, we've listed all of the games on sale as part of Nintendo's Cyber Deals sale for Black Friday 2019.
Scope out some of the hottest deals available on the Nintendo eShop!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - $41.99
Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Definitive Edition) - $39.99
Super Mario Party - $41.99
Cuphead - $14.99
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - $29.99
Sushi Striker: The Way of the Sushido - $24.99
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - $34.99
DOOM - $29.99
Fire Emblem Warriors - $41.99
CELESTE - $9.99
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - $41.99
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Killer Queen Black - $11.99
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Slay the Spire - $19.99
Snipperclips - $9.99
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NBA 2K20 - $29.99
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Overland - $19.99
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD - $29.99
Ori and the Blind Forest (Definitive Edition) - $13.99
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen - $19.99
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - $9.99
OKAMI HD - $14.99
TowerFall - $9.99
Sonic Mania - $9.99
STAR WARS: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - $7.99
Terraria - $20.99
Dead Cells - $17.49
Unravel Two - $4.99
Torchlight II - $13.99
DRAGON BALL FighterZ - $14.99
Wargroove - $13.99
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate - $24.99
Katamari Damacy REROLL - $17.99
Resident Evil 4 - $19.99
The Alliance Alive HD Remastered - $39.99
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - $25.99
Mega Man 11 - $14.99
RAD - $13.99
Tales of Vesperia (Definitive Edition) - $24.99
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn (Nintendo 3DS) - $19.99
Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun - $19.99
GRANDIA HD Collection - $27.99
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered - $9.99
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends (Definitive Edition) - $27.99
Disgaea 4 Complete+ - $39.99
Hotline Miami Collection - $12.49
Hob: The Definitive Edition - $13.99
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Puyo Puyo Champions - $3.99
Mortal Kombat 11 - $29.99
Cat Quest - $4.54
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey (Nintendo 3DS) - $19.99
OlliOlli Switch Stance - $5.99
Jotun: Valhalla Edition - $4.94
Gone Home - $7.49
Gorogoa - $7.49
The Jackbox Party Pack 6 - $22.49
Darkwood - $10.49
Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nintendo 3DS) - $19.99
Poochy and Yoshi's Wooly World (Nintendo 3DS) - $19.99
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo 3DS) - $19.99
Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo 3DS) - $19.99
Sushi Striker: The Way of the Sushido (Nintendo 3DS) - $19.99
The deals listed above are the main ones advertised by Nintendo as part of their Cyber Deals sale for Black Friday. The deals will be available until December 4, giving you plenty of time to decide which games you want to buy most.
In addition to the deals listed above, you can view more deals by heading to the full deals page on the Nintendo eShop. There, you'll find other deals on indie titles like Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Northgard.
For more Black Friday deals, be sure to check out our complete Black Friday 2019 gaming deals hub, look over our Nintendo Switch holiday gift guide, and scope out the best deals on Nintendo Switch Online.

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 Dad has been wanting me to write about my Budapest, Hungary visit ever since I came home last Saturday. I have wanted to as well, but I have had jet lag, so he kindly let me wait a few days.
Going back to Budapest was like going down the proverbial Memory Lane. It had been a whopping 22 years since I had returned therefore, I could see many changes, but also notice a lot of the same things.
They have some new busses and they now have digital signs at metro stations. The voice that tells you which stop is next not only speaks in Hungarian, but now she speaks in English too. The escalators still fly at lightning speed which I like. It's kind of like being on a ride at an amusement park.
Since most of my missionary friends have gone back home to the United States, I spent most of my time with my Hungarian colleagues/friends. I am actually glad that I had that opportunity because I was able to really take in more of the lovely Hungarian culture and try to be a light shining in the darkness for my dearly beloved friends. Most Hungarians are Catholic, next is the Hungarian Reformed Church which is related to the Lutheran Church, then way down the list is Baptist and even farther down the list is the Pentecostal or Charismatic Church.
Only one of the Hungarian English teachers with whom I shared an office years ago is a devoted Catholic. The others are not. Of course, I realize that anyone can be saved through any church, or any denomination, or a non-denominational church, I just want others to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
I prayed for opportunities to witness. Sure enough one of my dearest friends from school asked me what I believed as we were walking to a wonderful restaurant for supper. So, I happily told her. Later we went to the Budapest Zoo and she brought up evolution. I again was able to tell her further that I believed that there was a Garden of Eden then went on to the crucifixion. She listened and seemed OK with what I had to say. That was thrilling to me and made me feel like God had opened that door.
I visited several classes with a couple of the English teachers. In one class I was able to share that I play the piano at my church. Although one is not supposed to talk about religion in a state school in Hungary, I mentioned that I play the piano at church every Sunday. One student asked if I played at a Catholic church. I quickly explained that I did play at a Christian house of worship. Again, that was at least a little testimony I think. God helped me to share my testimony easily which was a great answer to prayer. This was not a missions trip per se, and yet it kind of was!
I was also able to meet up with missionary Dan Rose who was with the IPHC in the 1990s. He used to live in Debrecen, Hungary near the Romanian border. Now he lives near Budapest and is the minister of music at the International Church in Obuda. We took a boat ride on the Danube and ate breakfast and lunch together. It was great to connect with him. I also was in contact with Paticia Varga who was a member of the church in which I did street witnessing years ago. She is the only one still left from that church. She married a Hungarian and works in an orphanage. She has a great ministry to children.
My trip was great, but far too short. I will have to go back and witness some more.
Hungary, like other European countries, only has a small percentage of Christians. Please pray with me that the Lord will send a revival to Budapest that will spill over to the rest of Europe.


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Martin Lee Gore, född 23 juli 1961 i Dagenham i London (i dåvarande Essex), är en brittisk musiker, gitarrist, keyboardist, sångare och låtskrivare, numera bosatt i Santa Barbara i Kalifornien.

Bakgrund
Gores biologiske far var en afroamerikansk G.I. som var stationerad i England under början av 1960-talet. Gore växte upp med sin mamma, hennes nya man och två halvsystrar i förorten Basildon utanför London. Upp till tonåren trodde Gore att hans styvfar var hans riktige far. Att hans biologiske far var afroamerikan fick Gore veta först när han var 31 år gammal.

Innan Depeche Mode slog igenom arbetade Gore som tjänsteman på en bank.

Depeche Mode

I mars 1980 startade Gore tillsammans med Vince Clarke och Andrew Fletcher bandet Composition of Sound i Basildon. David Gahan anslöt till bandet senare samma år och de bytte namn till Depeche Mode. Första spelningen ägde rum i maj 1980. Clarke lämnade bandet i november 1981 och Gore tog då över som låtskrivare. Han har komponerat låtar som "Enjoy the Silence" och "Personal Jesus".

Under sin 40-åriga karriär har Depeche Mode sålt mer än 100 miljoner album över hela världen. 2020 valdes bandet in i amerikanska Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Solokarriär
Martin Gore har under tiden med Depeche Mode även släppt fyra soloskivor. De två första, Counterfeit e.p. (1989) och Counterfeit² (2003) består av covers. Den tredje, MG (2015), är helt instrumental. 2021 släppte Gore sin fjärde soloskiva The Third Chimpanzee.

Martin Gore har även ett technoprojekt tillsammans med Vince Clarke, VCMG. De släppte ett album i mars 2012, Ssss.

Privatliv
Under 1980-talet bodde Gore under flera år i Berlin. 1994 gifte han sig med modellen och underklädesdesignern Suzanne Boisvert. Paret fick tre barn tillsammans innan de gick skilda vägar 2006. 2014 gifte Gore om sig med Kerrilee Kaski. Paret har två döttar tillsammans och bor i Santa Barbara, Kalifornien.

Gore är nykter alkoholist sedan 2006.

Depeche Mode-låtar med Gore på sång
Speak & Spell (1981)
"Any Second Now (voices)"
A Broken Frame (1982)
"Shouldn't Have Done That"
Construction Time Again (1983)
"Pipeline"
Some Great Reward (1984)
"It Doesn't Matter"
"Somebody" [släppt på singel som dubbel A-sida tillsammans med "Blasphemous Rumours"]
Black Celebration (1986)
"A Question of Lust" [även släppt som singel]
"Sometimes"
"It Doesn't Matter - Two"
"World Full of Nothing"
"Black Day" [en av b-sidorna till singeln "Stripped", även extraspår på CD-utgåvan av Black Celebration]
Music for the Masses (1987)
"The Things You Said"
"I Want You Now"
"Route 66" (Bobby Troup-cover) [B-sidan till singeln "Behind the Wheel"]
Violator (1990)
"Enjoy the Silence" (Harmonium-versionen) [en av b-sidorna till singeln "Enjoy the Silence"]
"Sweetest Perfection"
"Blue Dress"
"Waiting For The Night" [duett med David Gahan]
Until the End of the World (soundtrack, 1991)
"Death's Door" [senare även b-sida på singeln "Condemnation"]
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
"Judas"
"One Caress"
Ultra (1997)
"Home" [även släppt som singel]
"The Bottom Line"
Exciter (2001)
"Comatose"
"Breathe"
Playing the Angel (2005)
"Macro"
"Damaged People"
Sounds of the Universe (2009)
"Jezebel"
"Litte Soul" [duett med David Gahan]
"The Sun And The Moon And The Stars" [bonusspår på Sounds of the Universe-boxen]
Delta Machine (2013)
"The Child Inside"
"Always" [bonusspår på deluxe-utgåvan]

Referenser

Externa länkar

 Officiell webbplats

Födda 1961
Brittiska keyboardister
Brittiska sångare
Män
Levande personer
Medlemmar i Depeche Mode
Musiker från London

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You cannot access F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers Web Console remotely on Server Core for Windows Server 2008.
The F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers Web Console access is, by default, restricted to the local host only. You need to modify the webui.cnf file to allow remote connections. Also, you need to add the appropriate rule to the firewall of Windows Core Server.
Log into the Windows Server Core 2008 with your local administrator account.
. The ip_address is the address of the host that is allowed to connect to the Web Console. If you want to allow connections from any host, replace the IP address with an asterisk (*).
net stop "F-Secure WebUI daemon"
net start "F-Secure WebUI daemon"


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Q: How to use regex with find command to search files? I have some images named with generated like this: a.jpg a_3558.jpg a_3560.jpg a_3561.jpg, now i want to find out a.jpg , just it, and move it to another folder, how to write the command.

A: Try the below find command which uses sed regex on the directory where the files you want to move are being stored.
find . -regextype sed -regex ".*/[a-zA-Z0-9]\+\.jpg" -exec mv "{}" /path/to/destination \;

OR
find . -regextype sed -regex ".*/[^._]\+\.jpg" -exec mv "{}" /path/to/destination \;

Update:
mv $(find . -name "*.jpg" -type f | grep -P '^(?!.*_\d+\.jpg).*') /path/to/destination

A: Only if you do not know where a.jpg is, and only if you know there is only one a.jpg
find . -type f -name "a.jpg" -exec mv "{}" /anotherfolder \;

A: To do this with a regex, you would do something like this:
find /basefoldertosearch -regex '.*/a\.jpg' -exec mv "{}" /anotherfolder \;

Notes: the pattern matches the entire path, not just the filename. The first dot, without the "\" before it, will match anything (and, because of the star, any number of). The "." in the filename, because it has a "\" before it, will match a dot. So, this pattern will match any path+filename that ends in "/a.jpg". Since this includes '*', it MUST be quoted.
Alternatively, since you know the exact filename, you can search for a specific filename.
find /basefoldertosearch -name a.jpg -exec mv "{}" /anotherfolder \;

Note that this one does NOT include the path. It is also not a regular expression; it searches for a filename that is exactly what is specified. In this case, since it does not have a '' (and a '' would not, in fact, work), it does not need to be quoted.
Note that, if either of these finds more than one match, it will copy all of them, one by one, to the same destination; each will overwrite the previous one, and you will be left with the LAST file it found.
ADDITIONAL: After reading the comments below, perhaps this is what you are looking for:
    find /basefoldertosearch ! -regex '.*[0-9].*' -type f -exec mv "{}" /anotherfolder \;

This will find everything that does NOT (because of the !) match the regex: any characters .*, followed by a digit [0-9] followed by any other characters .*.  Anything that is not a normal file (e.g. a director) is then removed from the list (otherwise you will move /basefoldertosearch, and find would have nothing left to do!)


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Made up one, then two, and eventually sets of six baseball cards for some members of the Slo-Pitch team I was on this year.
The first two (myself and Val) were originally of different sizes but remade the images so they were 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". The picture I used for myself was from a previous team I played for in the league because I didn't have any pictures of myself from this year.
The effects used for the pictures were just using a regular digital photo and applying the the Hot Wax Coating (in Artistic Effects of Corel PaintShop Pro X4) and then I think One Step Photo Fix. Added in a frame and text (3 fonts used) for the front and the back, and an old paper background for the back.
Didn't get the back and front images aligned up perfectly when I printed two at home and eventually the set of six at an office supply store; the office supply store ones turned out a little darker and I think a slightly heavier cardstock was used by them.
All sets I left the white line along the bottom of the back of the card.
Some sets I went over the white line at the top of the front of the card with a black sharpie.
Here's the images (and not pictures of the printed out cards like above).
Just made up some stuff for the backs of most. Val has received more than a few bruises getting in front of the ball in the infield, pitching and other aspects of my game vary day-to-day, the ideas for Chris were from the San Diego cap he is wearing in the photo, for Mitch it was the shorts, for Nick it was the cowboy boots, Dan was completely made up.
If I end up making cards similar to this again, I will likely have a larger plain border around each so that if the front and back don't exactly align it won't look quite as off.


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House ethics panel seeks censure of Missouri Democrat accused of having sex with intern
By Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
A St. Louis lawmaker should be censured, stripped of his committee assignments and pay the costs of an investigation that concluded that he had sex with an intern and retaliated against an employee who reported it, the Missouri House Ethics stated in a report issued Wednesday.
The report — which was unanimously approved by the bipartisan 10-member committee — said state Rep. Wiley Price IV, D-St. Louis, committed perjury in his testimony, obstructed the investigation and "compromised the ability of the House to provide a respectful, professional work environment."
The committee is recommending censure by the full House and payment of $22,492 to the House for the costs. No censure action is possible until lawmakers convene their next regular session on Jan. 6 after the House on Wednesday finally adjourned a special session that began Nov. 5.
Price could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon. He won his second term this year to represent the 28th House District, which includes the area around Forest Park in St. Louis, winning a primary in 2018 before his unopposed election in the fall.
The current and incoming House Republican leadership issued a joint statement Wednesday afternoon stating that the recommendations of the committee will receive a vote.
"The committee worked diligently using the process put in place under House Speaker Todd Richardson that was designed to prevent and resolve inappropriate behavior and improve the culture in the Capitol," said House Speaker Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield, House Majority Floor Leader and Speaker Designee Rob Vescovo, R-Arnold, House Speaker Pro Tem John Wiemann, R-St. Charles, and incoming House Majority Floor Leader Dean Plocher, R-St. Louis.
"We will pursue the recommendation for censure that was unanimously approved by the five Republicans and five Democrats who make up the committee."
House Democratic Leader Crystal Quade of Springfield did not return a call seeking comment.
The committee report details the events that led to the investigation and Price's attempts to cover-up his relationship with the intern. Only Price, also called the respondent in the report, is named.
It began when Price told his legislative assistant, listed as Witness 1 in the report, that he had sexual relations with the intern after he, the legislative assistant and the intern attended a party on Jan. 22. The assistant told Price that it violated House rules and would be reported.
The initial report "also alleged that upon learning that he would be subject to an ethics investigation in this matter, respondent attempted to coerce Witness 1 into being untruthful with the investigator and the committee in order to cover up the offense."
In testimony before the committee, the legislative assistant said Price made several threats.
'If I didn't back his play or back his idea that I was going to lose my job," was one.
Price also said that "where i come from, people die for s*** like this," the assistant told the committee.
Under questioning from the investigator, the intern denied a sexual relationship, denied speaking on the phone with or texting Price and denied having his cell number. The intern declined to give testimony to the Ethics Committee.
Price made the same denials, and repeated them again four times during committee testimony before he was shown the phone records obtained via subpoena. Those records showed seven phone calls and 26 text messages over a four-day period in late January, including one phone call that lasted 42 minutes.
In his testimony about threats to fire the legislative assistant, Price said he gave notice to her a week before she made the report that she would be out of a job in 30 days. Price "claimed Witness 1 fabricated the story of Respondent and the intern as retaliation," the report states.
He told the committee he intended to hire a friend from his district, but did not tell the other representative who shared the assistant's services or inform the House administration.
Price could not recall the name of the person he intended to hire during his testimony.
The process used for the investigation was adopted by the House in the fall of 2015 in response to the scandal that forced House Speaker John Diehl to resign two days before the end of the 2015 legislative session. Diehl was found to have sent sexually-suggestive texts to an intern, including messages sent while he was overseas representing the state on a trade mission.
Under House rules, complaints are confidential but must be referred to the Ethics Committee within 14 days of receipt. The House policy manual makes employees mandatory reporters when they learn of an inappropriate relationship and investigations are confidential until complete and allegations are found to be credible.
The report alleges Price and his attorney sought to breach the confidence of the hearing held Sept. 15 by leaving a cell phone, with the recording application in use, in the committee room after Price's testimony.
"The phone had been recording Respondent's testimony and would have continued recording the committee's private deliberations," the report states.
No permission had been granted to make the recording and it violated the confidentiality rules, the report states.
Other lawmakers began to issue statements about the case after the Ethics Committee report was made public Wednesday. State Rep. Jered Taylor, R-Republic, said Quade should take steps to prevent a repeat episode.
"The disgusting behavior of Rep. Price that was uncovered by our bipartisan House Ethics Committee cannot be tolerated," Taylor said in the prepared statement. "House Minority Leader Crystal Quade must immediately denounce the behavior of Rep. Price and investigate whether any other members of her caucus had knowledge of the affair or cover-up. She should not allow Rep. Price to continue to caucus with the Democrats in the Missouri House."


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Makateb Business Center Joins the Canadian Business Council Abu Dhabi as Gold Member
04 July 2019 3:52 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
04 July 2019. Makateb Business Center (Makateb) joins the Canadian Business Council (CBC) Abu Dhabi as Gold Member. Makateb is a group of business centers that offer a full range of serviced offices, tailored to any arrangement required. MBC have the expertise required to meet the needs of their clients and they make sure that they continue to be their partners of choice. Makateb currently operates two business centers, in Ajman and Abu Dhabi.
With a view to expanding in the GCC, Makateb is looking to partner with investors and or building owners for mutual benefit through its Franchise offering or Management Contracts.
To learn more of the services MBC are offering, please go to their website at www.makatebgcc.com
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Reduces Its Trading Commission Fees By 50% up to 90%
30 June 2019 4:31 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced today that it is reducing its trading commission fees starting 1st of July 2019 thus making ADX among the MENA region's least expensive stock markets with regards to trading commissions. This initiative is designed to reduce costs on investors, build confidence, increase liquidity, as well as attract more investors into the Exchange.
The new initiative not only reinforces ADX's competitive position, it is also a key step towards achieving the Ghadan 2021 plan's objective of removing barriers and lowering the cost of doing business in Abu Dhabi. The seeds of the initiative were first sown in June 2018 with the announcement by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces of a three-year, AED 50 billion stimulus package for Abu Dhabi.
ADX continuously seeks to launch new initiatives aimed at diversifying investment products available to its stakeholders. This approach helps facilitate the expansion and diversification of the Emirate's economy. It will also allow Abu Dhabi to compete as a primary center for attracting FDI as well as contributing to the Emirate's sustainable development goals.
Commenting on this initiative, H.E. Khaleefa Al Mansouri - ADX Acting Chief Executive said: "Through this initiative and the introduction of other investment opportunities, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) is providing additional incentives for both local and international investors to invest on the Exchange providing liquidity into the market and helping to finance listed companies' projects which will support the of expansion their business."
The ADX is reducing its trading commission with a range from 50% up to 90%. ADX cost for annual transactions of less than AED 250 million will be 5 basis points (0.05%) of the transaction value. For transactions in excess of AED 1 billion over the period of 1 year, the cost will range to one basis point.
In other words, an investor who trades AED 500 million a year will be charged 5 basis points over the first 250 million and then a commission lower than 250 million during the year. The Exchange's trading commission has also been reduced for transactions exceeding AED 1 billion by 90% from the previously implemented transaction fees which makes ADX one of the region's least expensive stock markets in terms of trading commission. Prior to the implementation of this new initiative, ADX has set up a number of awareness sessions for the stakeholders in order to familiarize them with the new mechanism.
The number of institutional investors in the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchanges (ADX) at the end of May 2019 was 8395, including 6318 foreign investors. During the first five months of this year, institutional investors traded AED 1.5 billion compared to AED 890 million in the same period of 2018, an increase of 73%. This shows a positive trend on a medium to long term basis.
Source: www.adx.ae
CBC Member, Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi, CEO and Managing Director of UE Medical listed in the World's Most Powerful Arabs 2019
30 June 2019 10:43 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi
CEO and Managing Director
United Eastern Medical Services (UEMedical)
Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi brings a host of strengths to his role as the CEO and managing director of UEMedical with his track record and proven abilities in strategic planning, policy implementation, financial investments and innovative management skills.
He is also a board member in the Strategic Partnership Council of the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, as well as a board member and chairman of the Healthcare Working Group of the UAE-UK Business Council.
With UEMedical's investment in the healthcare sector reaching over $1.15bn (AED4.2bn) and employing 3,000 staff, Al Hammadi aspires to redefine the definition of healthcare in the UAE by promoting quality services that meet international standards.
By strategically partnering with leading international players, Al Hammadi aims to create an unbeatable healthcare proposition that combines exceptional services, highly-qualified medical teams and innovative technologies to create a reassuring and welcoming patient-centric environment across the UEMedical portfolio in the UAE and the wider region, including Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women & Children, HealthPlus Fertility Centres in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and KSA, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centres and Family Clinic, Moorfields Eye Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Al Muhaidib Dental Group that includes over 60 dental centres across KSA. He serves as a board member in a number of leading organisations throughout the region, which include UPI and Baniyas Concrete.
He is also the vice chairman of United Eastern Group (UEG) and Gulf Contractors Company (GCC). Prior to launching UEMedical, Al Hammadi worked for more than nine years at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) before taking up his current role in the healthcare sector.
Source: www.arabianbusiness.com
CCC, Europe's Most Wanted Footwear Brand, Launches its First Store in the UAE at World Trade Center Mall, Abu Dhabi
20 June 2019 9:57 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
CCC: Where Fast Fashion Meets Miracle Prices
UAE, June 20, 2019: CCC, Europe's Most Wanted Footwear brand, with over 1,500 stores across Europe, added another feather to its cap by launching its first store in the UAE at World Trade Center Mall, Abu Dhabi.
H.E. Robert Rostek, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the UAE and Talal Al Dhiyebi, Chief Executive Officer at Aldar inaugurated the grand launch event of CCC's first store on June 19th, 2019 along with Nilesh Ved, Chairman of Apparel Group.
Spread across 8,583 square feet of retail space, the CCC store provides customers with a range of products for every occasion – from casual and sports to elegant leather footwear as well as bags and accessories.
CCC boasts a collection of over 30 brands under one roof including Adidas, Skechers, Vans, Reebok, Asics, Jenny Fairy, Lanetti, Lasocki, Bassano, Action Boy, K-Swiss, Berastogi and Anta to name a few. Many of the brands are CCC's very own and have been introduced to the UAE market for the first time.
The core values of CCC are, 'Fast Fashion' and 'Value for Money,' ensuring their customers receive thousands of product lines, styles, colors and fashions at value prices living up to their name of Cena Cyzni Cuda - 'Price Makes Miracles.'
About Apparel Group LLC
Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle retail conglomerate residing at the crossroads of the modern economy – Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Today, the Apparel Group caters to thousands of eager shoppers through its more than 1750+ stores and 75+ brands across all platforms employing 12,000 multicultural staff covering four continents.
Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines
Apparel Group Operates Brands from around the world, originating from USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia and include leading names in Fashion, Footwear & Lifestyle such as Tommy Hilfiger, Juicy Couture, Skechers, Nautica, Aldo, Nine West, Aeropostale to name a few and other key brands include Tim Hortons, Cold Stone Creamery, Inglot, Rituals etc..
The Apparel Group owes its amazing growth to the vision and guidance of its dynamic Chairman, Nilesh Ved, who has taken the company from strength to strength since its inception in the last two decades. www.appareluae.com
United Eastern Medical Services (UEMedical) announces AED300m expansion project of Danat Al Emarat Hospital in Abu Dhabi
29 May 2019 3:45 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
The board of directors of United Eastern Medical Services (UEMedical) announced the second phase of the expansion project of Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women and Children in Abu Dhabi.
The second phase includes the construction of a new tower with a capacity of 100 beds, at a total cost of AED300 million. The new tower will be adjacent to the current hospital building located in Abu Dhabi Gate City and will be operational by mid 2020.
H.E. Mohamed Hamad Al Hameli, Undersecretary of Department of Health Abu Dhabi (DOH) said, "The Department of Health supports expansions of services and operational facilities that are aligned with the current market needs and in line with the capacity gaps study that was published by DOH recently which identifies the most needed medical services in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi."
He added that the second phase of Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women and Children will be a new addition to women and children healthcare services, increasing the overall capacity of beds, especially number of advanced NICU beds, as well as bringing in pediatrics subspecialties and improving the services provided to women and children in the Emirate.
Mr Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi, CEO and Managing Director of UEMedical said "Construction will begin in the next three months, adding that with the completion of the second tower, the total number of hospital beds will increase to 225 beds covering various specialties. With that, UEMedical's assets will increase to 2.5 billion AED. The design project has been awarded to the renowned American architectural firm HKS, who designed the existing tower of Danat Al Emarat in addition to Amar Golden Design.
He pointed out that the expansion project of Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women and Children followed detailed studies in cooperation with the Department of Health Abu Dhabi, identifying specialties needed, capacity gaps and beds required especially in the fields of pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology.
"Danat Al Emarat Hospital is considered as a referral center for high-risk pregnancies, encompassing a full fledge department of fetal medicine, level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, pediatric surgery and pediatrics subspecialties needed for newborns and older children up to adolescence such as pediatric cardiology, speech language therapy, pediatric allergy and more. The hospital also encompasses an advanced center for women's laparoscopy and minimally invasive gynecology surgery; and a Bariatric and Metabolic Center, specialties that are highly needed," he said.
He added that such an expansion comes in line with the growing interest in maternal and child healthcare services, which are highly supported by H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, GWU, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, FDF.
"With the completion of the second phase and the operation of the new building, the number of beds at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will be doubled to 40 beds equipped to the highest international standards. Pediatric subspecialties including pediatric orthopedics, pediatric gastroenterology, pediatric pulmonology and pediatric neurology, in collaboration with the renowned The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada, will be further expanded," Mr Al Shorafa further added.
"We have considered expanding services and departments that are high in demand, taking into consideration the agreements we have signed recently with international medical institutions such as SickKids, which require providing new specialties and increasing the number of beds in some specialties. Overall, 50 new beds will be added for children in the new tower besides our current pediatric ward, in addition to further expanding our Pediatric ICU to 10 PICU beds."
He avowed that the new expansion of the hospital also includes the addition of 50 new beds for women, in addition to adding new service lines for women. Moreover, 3 new digital operating rooms will be added bringing the total number of operating rooms to 8 rooms; and 10 additional delivery rooms will also be opened making the total number of delivery rooms 20.
Mr. Al Shorafa pointed out that these expansions will be accompanied by an increase in the number of medical and technical staff recruiting over 500 new employees including 100 doctors in different specialties and 200 nurses who would join during the final stages of the project. He noted that, after the second phase, the hospital is expected to attract over 50 thousand new female patients, and children, which currently cares for more than 100 thousand registered patients since it first opened in October 2015.
Bombardier and JETEX Sign Agreement for Establishment of New Line Maintenance Station in Dubai
The new Bombardier Line Maintenance Station in Dubai will be the ninth to open and will provide enhanced service capabilities in the Middle East
Bombardier to work with leading business aviation firm JETEX in establishment of the project
New Line Maintenance Station will serve all Challenger and Global business aircraft
New Line Maintenance Station is the latest addition to the rapidly expanding Bombardier customer service network
Bombardier is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with JETEX for the establishment of a new Line Maintenance Station in Dubai, further complementing the tip-to-tail maintenance services provided by Bombardier's Service and Support Network in the Middle East and around the globe.
The new Line Maintenance Station will initially offer unscheduled maintenance services and build toward scheduled maintenance operations in the coming months. The technical engineers supporting the line station are certified for all Challenger series and Global series business jets, including Bombardier's flagship Global 7500 aircraft.
"This expansion is an integral part of our overall mission to enhance OEM support for our operators in the Middle East – and we are very pleased to be working with highly-respected business aviation leader JETEX in the development of this project," said Jean-Christophe Gallagher, Vice-President and General Manager, Customer Experience, Bombardier Business Aircraft. "As a part of our commitment to offering an exceptional customer experience, we are delighted to offer our customers expanded support, more resources and increased flexibility closer to their base of operations."
"The shared vision between Bombardier and JETEX to provide a comprehensive and exceptional experience makes this new service expansion an exciting venture for us," said Adel Mardini, President and CEO of JETEX. "This is a significant boon for our customers who rely on our services to give them the peace of mind that they have trusted partners ready to go the extra mile around the clock and around the globe."
The introduction of the new Line Maintenance Station in Dubai comes on the heels of the announcement of major Bombardier customer experience enhancements worldwide including: a new customer service super centre at Miami Opa-Locka Executive Airport in Miami, Florida; a major expansion of the Singapore Service Centre at the Seletar Aerospace Park, quadrupling the current service centre footprint; the addition of five new trucks to the Mobile Response Team (MRT) network throughout the U.S.; a new Paris Line Maintenance Station at Paris-Le Bourget Airport bolstering customer service offerings in Europe; and the addition of a dedicated Challenger 300 Mobile Response Team aircraft based in Frankfurt, Germany, to provide additional parts shipping and response to Bombardier aircraft operators in the region.
The new Line Maintenance Station in Dubai will join Bombardier Business Aircraft's award-winning network of nine service centres and a total of 30 Customer Response Team mobile units around the globe, all equipped to support Bombardier Learjet, Challenger and Global business aircraft. The network's approximately 1,000 dedicated technicians share best practices to provide industry-leading maintenance and care. Bombardier Business Aircraft customers also have access to a broad network of 38 Authorized Service Facilities around the world.
Note: This important agreement will be celebrated with a photo opportunity at EBACE in Geneva, with details to follow.
Source: www.bombardier.com
PAL Aerospace Ranked 8th by Canadian Defense Review Magazine in its annual Top 75 ranked aerospace and defence companies in Canada
PAL Aerospace is proud to announce that it has been ranked 8th by Canadian Defense Review Magazine in its annual Top 75 ranked aerospace and defence companies in Canada. The recognition is a testament to the hard work and commitment of PAL Aerospace's dedicated employees.
Source: PAL Aerospace twitter
Corodex Industries celebrates its success with double industry award wins
30 April 2019 2:19 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
Abu Dhabi - MENA Herald: Corodex Industries has picked up two separate awards for the excellent performance of its operations in various water purification and wastewater treatment plants.
The company was recognized for its excellence in quality and innovation in the manufacturing sector and was awarded the prestigious Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Awards (SKEA)-Gold Category hosted by Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI) at a ceremony held recently at Emirates Palace.
Corodex Industries has adapted world-class practices on quality and excellence and has evolved to become a leader in the water, wastewater and the odor control industry offering a diverse portfolio of products and services including operation and maintenance services.
Mahmoud Awad, Managing Director of Corodex Industries said: "We are honoured to be bestowed with the recognition of the highest standard of quality and excellence carrying the name of our leader, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
"Receiving the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award is a testament to our 40 year unwavering commitment to quality of services and furthering best practices in the environment sector of the United Arab Emirates."
SKEA recognizes organizations across a range of sectors that demonstrate high performance and continuous improvement to support a healthy economy and unify their management practice in a balanced holistic model. It uses the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model to assess the participating entities and the winners are the ones who have successfully implemented the parameters as recommended by the model.
Corodex Industries was also declared the national winner of the 'Water Project of the Year' in UAE at the 2019 MEED Quality Awards for Projects for its work on the Dubai Industrial Park (DIP) Wastewater Treatment Plan.
The winners were selected based on evidence of engineering and construction excellence, as well as the economic, social and environmental impact of the project. The results were audited by accounting and consultancy firm Grant Thornton.
"We are grateful to accept this prestigious award from MEED. This has further cemented our position as one of the leaders in the water purification and sewage treatment sector.
"We implemented an effective Sewage Treatment Plant that mitigates water shortage, improves productivity and minimizes any adverse impact the industrial park may have."
The sewage treatment plant set up by Corodex Industries at DIP currently produces a 2000 m3/d (cubic meter per day) of treated water per day that is reclaimed for applications such as urban irrigation, utilities or lavatory purposes.
"We have always set high quality standards to better our systems and processes. These recognitions underscores our promise to deliver game-changing systems in the water treatment sector by partnering with key players to introduce technologies that propel the UAE as a leader in the industry," Mahmoud said.
Source: www.menaherald.com
The Business Year's Interview with Gregory Zoughbi, Chairman of Canadian Business Council (CBC), on bilateral links, artificial intelligence, and space exploration prospects.
16 April 2019 10:48 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
Gregory (Greg) Zoughbi is the Chairman of the Canadian Business Council (CBC) Abu Dhabi and is Senior Principal of Business Development for Harris Corporation. Throughout his career, he held positions of increased responsibility in strategy and business development, project management, consulting, and engineering of mission-critical systems with organizations including UAE Center of Excellence, CAE Inc., General Dynamics and BMW. A published author with multiple awards and professional certifications, he has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Alliance Manchester Business School, a Master of Electrical Engineering from Carleton University, and a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from McGill University.
How does CBC promote trade, investment, and commerce between the UAE and Canada?
CBC promotes the bilateral economic relationship by serving as a hub for the private sector to network, grow relationships, discuss business trends in both countries, and identify opportunities. Our key mechanisms are events, marketing, roundtables and our Community of Interest (COI) programs. CBC events include informative business seminars, the Ambassador's receptions for Canadian business delegations, community galas and socials. More recently, member organizations have turned to CBC for business advice, advocacy, digital marketing across borders, and access to exclusive roundtables with visiting Canadian organizations. For example, we recently hosted a roundtable for a leading Canadian organization to meet with UAE-based experts to discuss healthcare, youth and education. We also significantly expanded our marketing outreach through a combination of improved online presence, social media, newsletters, email lists, and strategic partnerships. For instance, we entered into strategic partnerships with the organizers of leading conferences such as Global Aerospace Summit, Global Space Congress, and Abu Dhabi International Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC). Such exposure has benefited our corporate members, which include iconic Canadian brands such as Bank of Montreal (BMO), SNC-Lavalin, Bombardier, PAL Aerospace, and Air Canada, and UAE brands with Canadian interests such as UE Medical, Al Amal Business Services, Apparel Group, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Concorde Corodex. Our business connections and expertise, coupled with our impeccable reputation in the UAE and Canada, have enabled us to successfully use our mechanisms to promote bilateral trade and investment.
Where do you see the greatest potential for increased trade?
The greatest potential is in technologies and innovations where Canada has long been a world-class leader, given the UAE's continued vision to develop and adopt innovations and digital trends. Potential sectors include aerospace, energy, healthcare, clean technology, space, information technology, and artificial intelligence (AI). For example, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the UAE have recognized AI as fundamental to the fourth industrial revolution. We witness many sectors eager to explore AI and its benefits. Canada has an AI legacy with world-leading hubs in cities such as Montreal and Toronto, which attracted investment from many reputable Silicon Valley organizations such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Other significant areas include healthcare as evident through UE Medical's partnership with Canada's SickKids Hospital, energy as evident through the province of Alberta's decision to expand its trade presence in the UAE and Mubadala's multi-billion dollar investments in the Canadian energy sector, and space as evident through the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Canadian Space Agency and the UAE Space Agency. This increased bilateral relationship and trade growth is a sign of innovative Canadian technologies and capabilities, and it reflects the Canadian private sector confidence in the UAE's legal system, business practices, and stability. We project trade to further increase given such opportunities, common sectors of interest, and suitable business environment.
How will the shared values of both Canada and the UAE serve to deepen the bilateral relationship?
There are evident similarities between the UAE's and Canada's values, for example on tolerance and women empowerment. Canada has long been globally recognized as a leader in tolerance, with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom at its core. This is evident through examples such as its progressive immigration system, acceptance of refugees, protection of indigenous rights and the maintenance of a gender balanced cabinet with 50% women. Tolerance is also one of the UAE's core values, which has a Ministry of Tolerance and administers a National Tolerance Program. With about 200 nationalities that are resident here, the UAE themed 2019 as the Year of Tolerance with key milestones such as a Papal visit and mandating that 50% of Federal National Council (FNC) members be women. The implications of such shared values are strengthened people-to-people relationships. This makes it more attractive for Canadians to feel accepted and call the UAE home, move their families here, and make long term investments such as buying properties. Similarly, Emiratis are able to integrate within the Canadian society to study, train, and work. They then bring back knowledge and contribute towards enriching the UAE and developing its knowledge-based society.
Source: thebusinessyear.com
Abu Dhabi hosts the 2nd Obstetrics, Gynecology and Fertility International Conference from March 28 to 29 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)
24 March 2019 3:35 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
Abu Dhabi hosts the 2nd Obstetrics, Gynecology and Fertility International Conference from March 28 to 29 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC), with the participation of seven international experts from the University College London Hospitals (UCLH), and leading medical institutions in UK, Switzerland, Lebanon and the UAE. During the conference, organized by Danat Al Emarat Hospital and HealthPlus Fertility Centers, the experts will present the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics, gynecology and fertility conditions. The conference is expected to attract over 300 healthcare professionals from the region.
Mr. Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi, Managing Director & CEO at United Eastern Medical Services (UEMedical), the parent organization of Danat Al Emarat Hospital and HealthPlus Fertility Centers, said "Organizing such conferences annually showcases our commitment to develop our services and support medical education initiatives in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. We intend to help transfer global expertise in the obstetrics, gynecology and fertility fields to the region, through holding international conferences and scientific meetings, primarily aimed at exchanging knowledge, providing continuous medical education to the medical community, and providing information on the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. This comes in line with the strategies of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) to improve healthcare services across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi."
Dr. Sadoon Sami Sadoon, Conference Chairperson, Obstetrics & Gynecology Consultant and Medical Director at Danat Al Emarat Hospital, explained that the conference focuses on laparoscopic surgery, and the use of modern surgical techniques in the treatment of various diseases, the prevention and treatment of medical problems associated with pregnancy, especially severe placenta problems including morbidly adherent placenta and placental insufficiency. The experts will also discuss the reasons for the increase in caesarean deliveries worldwide, as well as the ways to apply international medical protocols to reduce perinatal mortality.
He explained that through the scientific sessions, experts will discuss important topics, including the broad debate on the recommendation of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop the use of power morcellation in laparoscopic fibroid surgery, which increased the use of traditional open surgeries for this type of conditions that are associated with many other complications.
He added that the conference will also focus on discussing the adhesion of placenta, which occurs as a result of previous caesarean sections and is considered a medical issue that put the pregnant women at risk. The experts will also present their views through their practical experiences to reduce these complications. Recent developments in fertility and IVF will also be discussed in some sessions.
He added, "Alongside the conference, a medical exhibition will be held with the participation of a number of medical pharmaceutical companies. Moreover, the Department of Health Abu Dhabi has accredited the conference for 14 hours of Continuous Medical Education (CME)."
Source: https://www.uemedical.ae


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Home News The TNHF Arline Richardson Scholarship will be awarded to VGCC Nursing Program Students
(From Left to Right) Val Short TNHF Executive Director, Arline Richardson, and Eddie Ferguson VGCC Endowment Fund Director.
Triangle North Healthcare Foundation's Board of Directors has recognized the service of long-time Foundation Board member Arline Richardson by naming its presidential scholarship at Vance Granville Community College in her honor.
The scholarship, named the TNHF Arline Richardson Nursing Scholarship, will be awarded to students enrolled in Vance Granville Community College's 4-year bachelor's degree nursing program.
For Richardson, education has been a driving force in her life. She obtained her first degree, an associate degree, from the Bronx Community College in New York and later, she received bachelors and master's degrees from Baruch College of the City University of New York. Richardson, who lives in Henderson, also holds a master's degree from N.C. State University.
"Mrs. Richardson has been an enthusiastic champion for scholarships during her tenure on the Foundation Board," said Val Short, Executive Director of Triangle North Healthcare Foundation. She served as chair of the Foundation's scholarship committee since 2018. Richardson has held positions on various boards at Maria Parham Hospital since 2006 and has been a member of the Triangle North Healthcare Foundation Board since 2011.
Vance Granville Community College's RIBN program, the Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses program, is a partnership with A & T State University, which provides local students access to a four-year nursing degree while they attend classes at Vance Granville.


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Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, Medical Pioneer
By Bob Welbaum March 7, 2019 Historical
History never ceases to amaze me. For example —
In 1883, a 145-page volume entitled A Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts was published. Its appearance was significant for two reasons. It was one of the first American medical guides to offer advice for women and children, including a bit of marital advice. More importantly, it was the masterwork of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black woman in the United States to earn a medical degree.
Unfortunately, few photographs of Dr. Crumpler survive, and what is known about her life comes mostly from what she wrote about herself. Born in 1831, she says she was raised by a "kind aunt in Pennsylvania" who cared for sick neighbors, which created her interest in medicine. Crumpler moved to Charlestown, Massachusetts, when she was 21 to work as a nurse for eight years. Then she decided to attend the New England Female Medical College, which was a part of the New England Hospital for Women and Children. The medical college had accepted its first class of 12 women in 1850, a very controversial move at the time.
Crumpler was accepted in 1860. Four years later, she received what she described as her "degree of doctress of medicine," becoming the school's first and only Black graduate, since it closed in 1873. This was a remarkable accomplishment for that era — of the 54,543 physicians in the U.S. in 1860, only 300 were women, and none of them were Black. But remember this was the era of the Civil War, fortuitous timing for an ambitious Black woman.
James Downs, a professor of history at Connecticut College, called the Civil War "the largest biological catastrophe of the 19th century. More soldiers died from disease than from battle or even battlefield wounds." According to the Library of Congress, it was even worse for African-Americans in uniform — 29,000 of the 100,000 Black soldiers serving in the Civil War died from disease, about nine times more than died fighting. And there was little improvement for Blacks after the war, as Professor Downs recorded in Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering During the Civil War and Reconstruction. The war left millions of African-Americans without adequate shelter, food or access to medical care; it was the downside of emancipation. Only about 80 doctors and a dozen hospitals were available to treat more than four million freed slaves in the fall of 1865. What was available was grossly underfunded — most of the hospitals run by the federal government's Freedmen's Bureau could treat no more than 20 patients at a time.
As one of the few Black women employed by Freedmen's Bureau, Dr. Crumpler did as much as she could, leaving Boston for Richmond, Virginia to treat freed slaves. In addition, this field experience provided "ample opportunities to become acquainted with the diseases of women and children."
Crumpler returned to Boston in 1869 to treat poor women and children from her home before turning her attention to writing her comprehensive Book of Medical Discourses. "What makes Crumpler's work particularly powerful," says Professor Downs, was not just how it grew out of her own experiences, but how "she frames her book as a more general study on womanhood and does not follow the traditional practice of segregating Black women and their children's health as separate from White women's health."
Dr. Crumpler's book was not only historic but also invaluably useful, not to mention inspirational. "Her mere presence in the annals of history challenges how many imagine the past," says Professor Downs. "It undermines a racial ideology that persists today by presenting Black achievement in medicine as surprising and new."
Taken from "The Trailblazing Black Female Doctor That American History Forgot" by Sean Braswell (https://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-trailblazing-black-female-doctor-that-american-history-forgot/92708?). The photo is of a "classic reprint" as listed on AbeBooks.com (https://www.abebooks.com/Book-Medical-Discourses-Two-Parts-Classic/30078042223/bd?).
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Al qaeda terrorists planned a deadly cyanide attack on New York's subway system that could have claimed as many lives as 9/ 11, it has been claimed.
According to the book The One Percent Doctrine, the rush-hour gas strike was mysteriously called off by Osama Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, just 45 days before it was supposed to be carried out in early 2003.
But George W Bush was left fearing the terror group had an even more spectacular atrocity planned as a follow-up to the airborne assaults on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
Author Ron Suskind says CIA bosses discovered the plot after members of the terror cell were arrested in Bahrain in February 2003.
device that would have released the deadly toxin onto ten rush-hour subway trains using a remote trigger was allegedly found on one of the computers they had been using.
The White House put the U.S. on high alert, calculating the casualties would be almost on a par with the September 11 attacks in 2001.
'We were aware of the plot and took the appropriate precautions,' confirmed New York police department spokesman Paul Browne.
In his book, Suskind says an informant said that operatives had planned to use a small, easily concealed delivery system to cause deadly mayhem underneath the streets of New York.
The easy-to-make device, called 'the mubtakkar' - meaning 'invention' or 'initiative' - represented a breakthrough in weapons technology that 'was the equivalent of splitting the atom', according to Suskind.
All previous efforts to use the deadly gas, similar to that used in Holocaust gas chambers, in mass attacks had failed.


At the Headwaters, Petcoke piles along the Calumet, photograph by Koy Suntichotinun, 2015. Photo courtesy of artists.
Last winter, I had the chance to interview Lindsey French, Gulsah Mursaloglu, Sarah Ross, and A. Laurie Palmer, about a collaborative exhibition they participated in with artists and students at the Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts in Gary, Indiana. Featuring maps, photographs, videos, and books, At The Headwaters (November 6-22, 2015) explored the Calumet River—a series of highly industrialized waterways connecting Lake Michigan, Chicago, and Indiana. With its French Colonial name and a directional flow that humankind has changed to serve its trading needs over the years, it muddles any delineation between culture and nature. The Calumet is Anthropocenic and At The Headwaters traces its relationship to petcoke, steel, international trade, and the pollution it produced.
Caroline Picard: What made you all interested in the Calumet River? How did you decide to work with students?
Lindsey French: We were interested particularly in it as the site of petcoke deposits, a petroleum by product that was being stored open air along the Calumet River. When we decided to choose this site last fall, petcoke was in the news, and as we learned more, its reach spread not just airborne to the local community, but its effect and implication extended to sites like the Alberta Tar Sands and ourselves and the petroleum industry, of course. We also chose this site for balloon mapping because balloon mapping affords the potential to capture a map of a place in a particular moment of time – distinguishing it from a more standard, or maybe public, view from google earth. So while pet coke might have drawn us to the site, we were also interested in the Calumet's particular as complicated role as an industrial river.
Gulsah Mursaloglu: Also we were interested in the Calumet river as a site that is so proximate to us, but one that we know very little about. In a way it was an attempt to fill one of the holes in our knowledge about the environment that surrounds us.As we started researching we became more interested in the pet coke deposits and how it was affecting the local community. Since Calumet is a particularly dynamic site as Lindsey said it became important to capture an image of the site at that specific moment in time.
A. Laurie Palmer: The Calumet also offers a condensed and multi-sensory experience of industrial history more generally, as others have said, at a particular point in time when it is disappearing, or has disappeared, leaving the mounds of jumbled parts, wastes, and abandoned steel yards now used for storage for another kind of materiality that is not so much human-made, as in manufactured, but machine-made, as in captured flue gas, pulverized coke. While none of us wanted to do ruin tourism, there is something to be said about the stimulating effects of a cold boat-ride on a clear november day with close to 70 curious people; there is something to be said about amping up sensory engagement even as the experience was initiated as a critical practice of DIY sensing, and of putting ones body there, in the thick of it, holding onto the other end of the balloon.
CP: Can you describe the project and how it came about? Why make an exhibition? How did the works on display come into existence for this project?
GM: The project started as a balloon mapping collaboration between three classes at SAIC. Our initial aim was to have a different perspective of the site through the balloon mapping process; all of the classes were interested in how we understand geographies and how our understanding of these geographies are so much determined by our limited visions. After our research and balloon mapping experience on the Calumet river and the things that we learned through conversations with the community members we wanted to present these findings in the format of an exhibition. We wanted this exhibition to be presented in Miller Beach which is one of the sites that are affected by the petcoke deposits and we wanted to share our findings and present a different vision on the location to the local community. The works in the exhibition vary from documentation of our boat trip to knitted maps, to the balloon which was the departure point to everything, to works that are made after the boat trip as a reflection to our trip and findings.
At the Headwaters, Class portrait from the balloon, 2016. Photo courtesy of artists.
CP: Would you consider the river a collaborator? How? And do you consider the river in the same way now that you did when you began?
LF: The river is perhaps the element in this project with the strongest, or maybe most consistent, influence. But strong and consistent in a more liquid sense, in the sense that it was a structural force that moved between the industrial sites on each bank and moved us between those sites. But also in the sense that it was this strong, central feature that shaped our understanding of the project, and also allowed us to think about its influence as it leaked out of this site and into neighborhoods, into the city, into the tar sands in Alberta, into us as inextricable from the materials it moved and the social and political spaces it shaped. As we were discussing how to organize the show the river as a structural feature came about really early, a form around which everything else was organized. Speaking for myself here, I think if we didn't approach it as collaborators we might not have been as open to understanding our own liquid qualities.
Sarah Ross: I would just add that, for me, the river is a collaborator in the same way that a freeway is. The river is a highway for goods, raw materials, and only sometimes used for recreation. In this way, it is an ecosystem in the most broad sense. It is part of my ecosystem because it facilitates all manner of materials that I use. Other work I've done looks at river systems that move materials so I understood the way 'natural' features are part of industrial systems. But moving down the Calumet it was pretty amazing. The river was engineered and modeled for industry. The turning basins, concrete embankments, and lack of trees or marsh was pretty astonishing. It is all industrial.
CP: What privilege does/did the boat offer you all? And what about the balloon?
LF: The boat afforded this particular opportunity to travel while mapping. In earlier projects, mapping was done from a relatively static location. On the boat, we could move along the length of the river, generating an aerial view for a much longer length of the Calumet. Maybe even more significantly, it located us in the physical position of the river, and of the materials that travel down it. We could momentarily position ourselves as materials traveling the industrial river. The balloon gave us an extension of sight, an augmentation of vision, like other lens-based viewing apparati. We talked a lot about the balloon vision—the lo-fi but high-altitude perspective of the balloon.
ALP: and just to add to that, again, our bodies there too, being watched by the balloon too – not absent staring at a screen in a distant relation to the place being mapped—but feeling, smelling, sensing the place at the same time.
CP: How do your roles as teachers/students function within the process of organizing and producing this exhibition?
SR: We met with students over the summer, almost on a monthly basis to figure out how the show could work. Since we had collectively gathered data—images, video, sound, etc.,—we used that as the basis for the work. We thought of the work as a collaborative endeavor, which might be a different starting point for some students who are often encouraged to make their own work, for their own portfolio, etc. But since it was a huge group effort to do the balloon mapping, it only made sense to approach the work in this way. As teachers, we contributed the same way students did, sometimes more and sometimes less. We acted as initiators of the process, we set meeting dates, etc. but the production was quite an open, dialogic process.
ALP: To do the balloon mapping expedition, we had to be collaborative to start with, and since so much of the material generated from that initial trip was documentary, and it was shared experience that was being documented if by lots of different eyes, it only made sense to think together about the show. And then we invited other artists to join in at Miller Beach, some whom we knew had already been involved with thinking about the rivers in Chicago and related environmental justice questions.
At the Headwaters, 1. Aerial view along the calumet, 2016. Photo courtesy of artists.
CP: It sounds like you all are interested in a kind of mapping for this show. Is that true and if so, can you talk about how/why that impulse plays out in this project?
GM: Since everything started with the idea of balloon mapping—having a different perspective on a site—we wanted the idea of mapping to be the framework for the show. We knitted digital maps from the images we have gathered through the balloon. We are interested in mapping as a way of representing a space/location; because it is a particular way that grants the maker agency and creativity. A map of the Calumet river that will be built in 3-d will act as a spine through the exhibition, both physically and conceptually. This format allows us as creative makers to both represent our findings and observations and reflect on it.
ALP: That map or spine that structures the show was beautifully elaborated and manifested by Lindsey French's current Experimental Geographies class, a group of students who weren't even on the original boat trip. This was another kind of collaboration, their taking that idea and running with it. The idea of the map came in part because the exhibition space at Miller beach is so huge, and it is rare to have the opportunity to expand into such a large space. The map acts as a kind of locator for visitors, in an otherwise open space, providing potential paths, directions, way-finding, and complicating the space without putting up vertical barriers.
At the Headwaters featured the work of Marissa Lee Benedict, Nathan Braunfield, Samantha Chao, duskin drum, Corey Hagelberg, Brian Holmes, Sarah Lewison, Frances Emma Lightbound, Gulsah Mursaloglu, Thomas Newlands, Allyson Packer, Dan Peterman, Alix Shaw, Koy Suntichotinun, Jan Tichy, Fereshteh Toosi, Maurice Walker, Patrick Zapien, and students in KnowledgeLab, EcoSensing and the Soundscape, and Experimental Geographies classes at SAIC; with organizers Lindsey French, A. Laurie Palmer, and Sarah Ross.


SHAUN Brisley hit two goals to give Macclesfield a victory that edges them closer to safety.
Brisley, in his seventh senior game, struck twice in the first half to move Macc up to 19th, just a point behind Stanley, who finished the game with 10 men.
Brisley hit the first with 14 minutes on the clock. Danny Thomas' cross was dummied by Francis Green and the 17-year-old pounced to score.
Accrington levelled on the half-hour mark as Jamie Tolley was dispossessed by Ian Craney in midfield. Shaun Whalley set up Craney, who had continued his run into the box to convincingly equalise.
However, Macc were the better side in the first half and Thomas tested Kenny Arthur with a low shot that the keeper could only parry into the danger zone, Gareth Evans just failing to knock home the loose ball.
The lead was restored shortly before half-time, when Tolley's corner was flicked on by an Accy defender, Brisley rising to nod home from close range.
After the break, Thomas and Green were causing confusion in the Stanley defence. Green slotted in Thomas who shot wide with just Arthur to beat and, when Thomas returned the favour, Green was unable to connect as the ball rolled across the face of goal. Stanley were posing little threat and their problems increased when Aswad Thomas' display of petulance, throwing the ball in Brisley's face after conceding a throw-in, earned him a red card.
Within a minute, James Harris had a shot that Jon Brain caught but, as the keeper fell backwards, he stretched to ensure the ball stayed the right side of the goal-line. With tempers rising, the tackles became increasingly full-blooded, and Andrew Todd and Thomas squared up to one another in a frank exchange of views.
Tolley set up substitute Izak Reid for a shot that sailed over and the former Shrewsbury man laid off for Brisley to hit a shot wide as his hat-trick loomed. Robert Grant drove a shot wide after a corner was partly cleared, but Macc comfortably defied Stanley's efforts.


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Округ Каледонія () — округ (графство) у штаті Вермонт, США. Ідентифікатор округу 50005.

Історія
Округ утворений 1792 року.

Демографія

За даними перепису 2000 року загальне населення округу становило 29702 осіб, зокрема міського населення було 7459, а сільського — 22243. Серед мешканців округу чоловіків було 14666, а жінок — 15036. В окрузі було 11663 домогосподарства, 7901 родин, які мешкали в 14504 будинках. Середній розмір родини становив 2,95.

Віковий розподіл населення поданий у таблиці:

Суміжні округи
 Орлінс — північ
 Ессекс — північний схід
 Ґрафтон, Нью-Гемпшир — південний схід
 Орандж — південь
 Вашингтон — південний захід
 Ламойлл — захід

Див. також
 Список округів штату Вермонт

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Do you ever have one of those days where you feel like you're doing so many things, but at the end of the day, you feel like you haven't gotten anything really important done?
I think everyone can relate to this feeling.
I was speaking about this problem to a friend the other day, and our discussion led to multitasking in the modern world—it's so satisfying, but is it actually productive?
Next week, Ptex Group will be closing its doors for a few short days as our hardworking team plans to celebrate the wonderful Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover).
The benefits of taking a break are well-documented. The ability to catch our breath, to clear our minds. Revamp and re-energize.
The calendar has recently turned, and, with the change in year comes one constant: people setting grand resolutions and failing spectacularly.
No, this isn't some deep-seated lack of faith in humanity – it's fact. Research shows only eight percent of people actually achieve their New Year's resolutions. This failure has, unfortunately, become so comically commonplace that it's expected.
You turn on your phone, and are greeted by a most familiar message.
An alert flashes across the screen giving you the option to update to the new and improved version of some app or software. Just a tap of the screen and presto! It's better than ever.
This routine has become so commonplace in our mobile-centric lives. Today's hyper-paced world has reached dizzying levels of speeds, and software developers are constantly rolling out new updates, security fixes, and improvements to their products in order to keep pace.
While there's not much to do on our end, in reality there is a lot of work that goes into creating these updates. There is updated code to write, bugs to fix, development, testing, split testing, tweaking, consumer feedback, and more testing. It's an ongoing, meticulous process.
Much like the phones that (unfortunately) control our lives, we, too, require periodic updates.
At the end of next week, Ptex Group will be closing its doors for a few short days.
Our hardworking team plans to celebrate the wonderful Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover) and will honor this beautiful, timeless tradition… by taking a vacation from the office.
Dozens of studies show it is both healthy and important to periodically take a break from our hectic work schedules. And the reason is quite simple.
It's a simple but revealing maxim. And, truth be told, it's one not reserved for entrepreneurs orbusiness owners, but applicable to every single one of us.
Many people tinker and re-tinker with their assignment, their product or their business – all in the name of "making it perfect". In reality, though, that perfectionism is just procrastination in disguise.
Let's face it. Today's business world is more difficult than ever.
The daily bombardment of phone calls, texts, emails, status updates, and other messages flying across our screens has really made us more detached and out of focus. We're constantly being pulled in a thousand different directions. Spreading ourselves too thin.
As a result, our stress levels have risen and our productivity has suffered.
However, there are those who, despite the available distractions, seem to be productive no matter what.
Summertime is long over. The holidays have come to a close. It's high time to dig in and settle down into our regular routines as the long winter stretch looms ahead.
While many view wintertime as a season of snow plows and shoveling, smart businesspeople know that the endless winter doldrums can pose more than just a walk-and-slip hazard. It can cause serious issues that can affect the success and future of your business.
You see, as the routine becomes more familiar and monotonous, it's easy for one's productivity level to decline. Fact is, today's business world is obsessed with the idea of productivity—and for good reason.
Being productive keeps us motivated and allows us to live more accomplishing lives, both personally and professionally.
Sounds simple, right? Yet for some reason, this goal eludes the vast majority. In fact, studies have shown that 60% of the time spent at work is unproductive! Wonder why? Just ask Sam Treble.


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Special Report: Cannes Lions
At Cannes, Comcast urges TV industry to expand addressable advertising
Comcast is working with Cox and Charter to open up more addressable inventory
By Jeanine Poggi. Published on June 18, 2019.
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Credit: Composite image Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg
Over 1,000 Cannes attendees woke up Tuesday morning to find brochures hanging on their hotel doors with a message from Comcast on the need to expand the ability for marketers to deliver commercials on a household basis—which is known as addressable advertising.
This week on the French Riviera, Comcast is announcing, along with Charter and Cox, that it will turn on more addressable inventory from programmers.
Currently, most pay-TV providers are utilizing the two-minutes of local commercial time per hour they sell in cable programs to deliver addressable ads, but according to Marcien Jenckes, president, advertising, Comcast Cable, it's not enough. "A lot of marketers who advertise on a national basis want national addressability and more volume than what programmers can do with inventory today," says Jenckes.
To this end, Comcast is using Cannes as a podium to announce that it is willing to work with programmers to find arrangements to make this possible. It is looking to deliver addressable inventory across linear, video-on-demand and digital.
The brochures hanging on the doors are a call-to-action for others in the industry—marketers, content owners, measurement companies and tech providers—to deliver a scalable addressable solution, Jenckes says.
The message of unity and a coming together of TV companies to allow for greater targeting and more efficient measurement is expected to pervade Cannes this week, as the industry continues to fight against the digital behemoths that have been encroaching on ad dollars.
Addressable advertising refers to the ability for marketers to deliver ads at a household level. This means while you may receive an ad for laundry detergent, your neighbor watching the same show at the same time instead sees an ad for cat food.
The initiative, dubbed On Addressability, will initially focus on helping distributors figure out the "how to" of enabling addressable advertising. But Comcast is also looking to work with the industry to agree upon definitions and standards of addressable, educating advertisers on its value and identifying best practices and business standards for transacting on addressable campaigns.
Comcast, Charter and Cox partnered with NCC Media, a national cable sales group, last year to create a new advanced TV ad group designed to build data-driven ad products.
There are other efforts being made to standardize addressable advertising. Project OAR, which stands for Open Addressable Ready, was established earlier this year to develop and deploy a new, open standard for delivering ads to individual households on smart TVs. Members include Disney Media Networks, WarnerMedia, AT&T's Xandr, CBS, Fox, Discovery, Hearst Television and AMC Networks, as well as Inscape, a division of Vizio that is developing the technology. Comcast's FreeWheel and NBC Universal are also a part of the group.
Jenckes says Project OAR is certainly a part of the solution when thinking about how to standardize addressable advertising; that consortium is focused on video impressions delivered through smart TVs, which is, of course, not the only way impressions are delivered.
"For a programmer to achieve scale they will require all of these different groups to work together," he says.
Advanced TV
Jeanine Poggi
Jeanine Poggi covers the TV industry and how broadcast and cable networks and distributors are adopting to the changes in the world of TV advertising. She joined Ad Age in 2012, following six years covering the retail and media industries and other financial sectors for Women's Wear Daily, Forbes and TheStreet.
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