The Bangalore office works together with the Paid Search, Earned Media, CRO, Display, and Data Management teams across the globe to analyze, manage, and optimize partner accounts for the agency. The team not only extends proactive management 24/7, the deep industry experience of each member enhances advanced testing, audience targeting, and strategic optimizations that consistently improve performance for all our agency partners.
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Started in 2009 as support for paid search, the Bangalore office in India still has employees who joined in the first year of operations.
11 different languages are spoken by our staff.
Employees working in the Bangalore office come from 25 different cities across India.
Folks in office speak 11 different languages, with English being the common one.
Other fun events include costume parties, a video commercial contest, mystery puzzles, pot lucks, talent hunts, darts, carrom, and gaming.
The Bangalore team analyzes, manages, and optimizes media and digital properties for the majority of our global agency partners and business prospects. The team works hand in hand with our client service, data management, marketing, and business development teams – running detailed analysis to implementing advanced multi-platform marketing strategies for the agencies most advanced digital advertisers.
The TSA analysts and managers in Bangalore have at least 3 years digital marketing experience – including talent from tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Bing. Ongoing paid media best practice trainings around audience targeting, platform betas, DoubleClick bid/budget management, and beyond keep team members informed to proactively improve performance within their own daily account responsibilities. The office is also highly engaged in development work to improve reporting automation and create advanced scripts for advanced data analysis.
Supporting the earned and display media teams, reporting and optimization initiatives are developed and analyzed within the Bangalore office. The analysis is often prepared overnight for the US and global teams to implement the following morning. Similarly, the Bangalore team works in unison with CRO and Data Warehousing to execute advanced data modeling, quarterly analysis, and new page development to advance account recommendations past normal A/B testing insights.
Many of the latest platforms and tools are actively used in Bangalore: DoubleClick, SimilarWeb, Magnify360, Google Analytics, Drupal, and WordPress. These technologies are leveraged as needed to understand performance and provide recommendations to the global management teams for sustained improvement.
Team work, continuous learning, and ongoing knowledge sharing allow the Bangalore team to be a highly successful arm of the agency as the team provides thoughtful support and proactive management to our most advanced digital advertisers.


Spirit of prophecy is equated in Revelation 19:10 with "the testimony of Jesus." For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having a testimony of Jesus Christ means receiving personal spiritual assurance through revelation by the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the literal Son of God, the creator of the world, and that through his Atonement all people will be resurrected and live forever.
According to the Prophet Joseph Smith, the spirit of prophecy is vital to the principles of salvation, revelation, and the teaching and ministering of the gospel. Each person must receive a testimony of Christ in order to attain salvation and eternal life with him (TPJS, p. 160). Since the gospel is to be taught to everyone, it follows that all people of every race and gender can experience the spirit of prophecy. Moreover, in the words of Joseph Smith, "God in his superior wisdom, has always given his Saints, wherever he had any on the earth, the same spirit, and that spirit, as John says, is the true spirit of prophecy, which is the testimony of Jesus" (TPJS, p. 300).
It is through the spirit of prophecy that God's continuing revelations are brought to the people of the earth, not only through his ordained prophets but also through all those who have received a testimony of Christ. The gospel cannot be taught on the earth without the spirit of prophecy or a testimony of Christ, because it is only through testimony received by revelation that Christ's teachings are validated in the heart and mind of the person taught. One who preaches the gospel and denies the spirit of prophecy is, according to Joseph Smith, an "imposter" (TPJS, p. 269).
While only one person (the president of the church) may exercise all the keys of the priesthood of God at one time on the earth and receive revelation for the whole Church, the underlying principle of the spirit of prophecy is that all saints who receive a testimony of Christ are prophets in the limited sense that they may receive revelation and inspiration for themselves (TPJS, p. 119). This same idea is implicit in Moses' response to Joshua: "Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!" (Num. 11:29).


The Garage, an innovative health IT company based in Florida, has the solution for healthcare teams to deliver the highest quality and safety practices. Introducing AiR, one of the world's first hands-free, fully integrated and interactive tools for the OR.
ORLANDO, FL - February 18, 2014 - Surgical errors occur more than 4,000 times a year in the U.S. 1; at least 39 and 20 times per week, respectively, surgeons leave foreign objects, such towels and sponges, inside their patients, perform the wrong surgery, or operate on the wrong body part.2A game-changing data interaction tool debuting at HIMSS14 gives healthcare providers a new tool to address these challenges. Developed by The Garage, AiR is one of the world's first hands-free, fully integrated and interactive platforms designed to prevent wrong-site/wrong-side surgery and related surgical errors. Built on the Microsoft Kinect® platform, AiR increases patient satisfaction, improves OR efficiency, generates better outcomes, and enables healthcare teams to deliver quality and safety at the highest levels.
The Garage will showcaseAiRin booth 4088 at the 2014 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, February 24-27, at the Orange County Convention Center, West Building in Orlando. HIMSS14 brings together 37,000+ healthcare IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world.
ROI, the product is affordable and very easy to install.
AiR's patient safety module is the first area of focus for The Garage as it rolls out its innovative product. Other healthcare applications for AiR include clinical analysis; interactive training; care interventions; health education; and patient entertainment. The Garage will also showcase several other health IT innovations at HIMSS14.
The Garage is an innovative healthinformation technology (IT) company re-imagining and building breakthrough products to help hospitals and health systems enhance patient safety, increase patient engagement and improve care coordination.  With an exclusive focus on healthcare, particularly mobile technology, clinical integration and hands-free applications, the company has deep domain expertise and has built unique, compliant solutions now being marketed across North America. Headquartered in Orlando, The Garage is becoming a leading industry champion in the quest to enhance and protect the healthcare experience for patients and providers through IT innovations. For more information, visit The Garage's website (www.thegaragein.com), Facebook, Twitter (@TheGaragein) and LinkedIn pages.


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Memorable Hit Shots In 2012
November 11, 2012. Man and woman swimming in the flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy
August 15, 2012. Obnimashki. U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle during the campaign in Iowa. In November, Obama has put this picture in his Twitter-account after having been re-elected for a second term, leaving the signature of "Four more years." Photo quickly became the most popular photo-retweet stories in this social network.
August 29, 2012. Paralympic Games in London. Swimmer warming up before swim
September 5, 2012. People are running from an explosion at a fireworks factory in the outskirts of Shivakashi, 500 km from Chennai, India.Police said six workers were arrested at fault and that there was a huge explosion, which killed 40 people and maimed 60 more
September 11, 2012. Egypt. Protesters disrupt American flag with the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Then he was publicly burnt at ulitse.Vsplesk aggression was provoked film, produced by the U.S., which, in the opinion of the protesters mocked the Prophet Mohammed
September 5, 2012. Paralympic Games in London. British rugby player David Anthony rejoices after a successful throw in a game against Team USA at the London Olympic Stadium
September 25, 2012. Madrid, Spain. Protesters behind bartender Alberto Casillas, while police surrounded his bar to arrest dissatisfied with the policy of the government during the crisis Spaniards who participated in the riots in the streets of the capital of Spain, defending, in their words, "The Rape of" democracy. Casillas not propusket police inside, protecting the people there ukrivshisya
September 30, 2012. Muytsenberg beach on outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. The attempt to establish a new record for the number ginnesovskogo surfers on the same wave.
September 6, 2012. Athens, Greece. A police officer stands with a noose around his neck in the square in front of the Ministry of Finance during protests against budget cuts. Around 2,000 police officers and Coast Guard firefighters protested against plans cuts in salaries
September 3, 2012. Syrian goes to war-torn areas Salahaddin in Aleppo
June 24, 2012. International Space Station, into orbit. Astronaut Andre Kuipers is looking at a bubble in a drop of water while enjoying the last days of weightlessness before returning to Earth
October 9, 2012. Pakistani student holding a portrait of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, which the Taliban fired for speaking out in favor of education for women. Malal is now on rehabilitation in the UK. The Taliban have said they would attack if Malala Yousafzai survived this time.Yunnaya activist became an international symbol of the struggle for women's equality. There have been calls to push her for the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 31, 2012. The planet Mars. NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed itself from the Martian landscape
October 14, 2012. Austrian aviator Felix Baumgartner jumps from the capsule into the Earth's stratosphere.
October 29, 2012. New York, USA. Supershtorm Sandy made a huge devastation in late October on the East Coast of the United States. The storm killed 250 people in seven states and caused damage to the tune of $ 65 billion.
November 28, 2012. house that storm dragged several hundred meters
November 14, 2012. The solar eclipse observed in Pelm Cove, Australia. Thousands of people gathered on this day to observe this natural phenomenon.
November 21, 2012. Israel. Bomb falling on houses in the Gaza Strip.
November 22, 2012. The car stops at the house in the middle of the newly built highway in the province of Zhejiang. Mature couple refused to sign the permission to demolish the house. They say that the proposed compensation is not enough to cover the cost of relocation. A few days later the couple adopted a slightly more generous offer and the house was torn down immediately
November 27, 2012. Photo taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft over the north pole of the planet Saturn.

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30 St Mary Axe is a skyscraper in London's financial district, the City of London. It was formerly named the Swiss Re Building, after Swiss Reinsurance Company. The tower is also known as "The Gherkin". The building was finished in December 2003. It was opened at the end of May 2004. Swiss Re Tower has 41 floors. The tower is 180 metres (591 ft) tall. It is on the site of the former Baltic Exchange, which was badly damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb by the Provisional IRA.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup engineers. It was built by Skanska in 2001–2003.
The building has become an iconic symbol of London. It is one of the city's most well known examples of modern architecture.
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A U.N. study found that violence perpetrated by family members or intimate partners is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. (Photo: CMY Kane/Flickr/cc)
'Mark of Shame on All Our Societies': UN Finds More Women Killed by Domestic Violence Than Any Other Crime
50,000 women around the world were killed by family members or intimate partners in 2017
In a quarter of the world's countries, no laws exist protecting women and girls from what a new United Nations study says is the crime most likely to kill them: violence perpetrated by their intimate partners and family members.
Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime on Sunday released a global study on homicide, focusing on gender-related killings, and revealed that out of 87,000 women who were murdered around the world in 2017, 58 percent of them were killed by family members or partners.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called violence against women "a moral affront to all women and girls, a mark of shame on all our societies and a major obstacle to inclusive, equitable, and sustainable development."
"Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence and everyday insecurity, can we truly say we live in a fair and equal world." —Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General"At its core, violence against women and girls is the manifestation of a profound lack of respect—a failure by men to recognize the inherent equality and dignity of women," Guterres said. "It is an issue of fundamental human rights."
The study examined cases of women who were killed as a result of intimate partner violence and in "honor killings" and dowry-related killings in countries in the Middle East, East Asian, and South Asian countries, as well as women who were killed in armed conflicts and other situations not related to domestic violence. According to the study, six women around the world are killed by someone they know every hour.
The release of the study marked the beginning of the U.N.'s 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, in which the U.N. has urged governments and communities to help "Orange the World," bringing global attention to violence against women.
GIZ 16DaysofActivism campaign launched! Movie night ongoing. #Orangetheworld #HearMeToo pic.twitter.com/qYnDU09QXA
— GIZ Ghana (@giz_ghana) November 26, 2018
Thank you @UN_Women for hosting the #UN Official Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
strongly supports the #HearMeToo #OrangeTheWorld campaign to end violence against women & girls pic.twitter.com/gCawtfafJz
— Belgium UN New York (@BelgiumUN) November 19, 2018
The #EU joins the global #OrangeTheWorld campaign by illuminating the iconic #Berlaymont and @eu_eeas buildings in orange! @UN -EU together to advocate against #genderbasedviolence! #HearMeToo pic.twitter.com/agkjZvNdTO
— UN in Brussels (@UNinBrussels) November 24, 2018
U.N. Women gave credit to social justice movements including #MeToo for bringing attention to violence faced by women all over the world and setting the stage for a global campaign.
"For far too long, impunity, silence and stigma have allowed violence against women to escalate to pandemic proportions—one in three women worldwide experience gender-based violence. The time for change is here and now," wrote the office on its website.
"In recent years, the voices of survivors and activists, through campaigns such as #MeToo, #TimesUp, #NiUnaMenos, #NotOneMore, #BalanceTonPorc and others, have reached a crescendo that cannot be silenced any more," the group continued. "Advocates understand that while the names and contexts may differ across geographic locations, women and girls everywhere are experiencing extensive abuse and their stories need to be brought to light."
As the U.N. noted on Twitter, in 49 of the world's 195 countries, no laws prohibiting domestic violence exist.
1 in 3 women has experienced physical or sexual violence - often at the hands of their partner. Yet, 49 countries don't have laws criminalizing domestic violence. https://t.co/Fk9jkgqlw2 #HearMeToo pic.twitter.com/YkqDQ29iwx
— United Nations (@UN) November 25, 2018
According to the report, deadly domestic and family-related violence against women appears to have increased over the last five years, with an estimated 48,000 women being killed by partners or family members in 2012, compared with 50,000 in 2017.
"Tangible progress in both protecting and saving the lives of female victims of intimate partner/family-related homicide has not been made in recent years, despite the many programs developed to eradicate violence against women and the amount of legislation adopted," reads the report. "Many women still find themselves alone, not only in the face of violence in their home but also of criminal justice systems that fail to respond adequately or do not have the capacity and knowledge to do so."
"Violence against women is tied to broader issues of power and control in our societies. We live in a male-dominated society. Women are made vulnerable to violence through the multiple ways in which we keep them unequal," said Guterres. "Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence, and everyday insecurity, can we truly say we live in a fair and equal world."


This is an official Hattrick Editorial originally published in 2015-08-18 10:33:00.
The code for the new match engine, which was presented in our last editorial, has now run in Tournaments for a few weeks and we have evaluated it there along with your feedback on the changes. Based on this, we will make some changes for the final version, which will go live for all matches at the start of next season.
Defenders: Instead of increasing the Playmaking contribution of offensive Defenders by 21 %, it will now be increased by just 14 %.
Wing Backs: We have made some small changes to the contributions of Wing Backs that go to the middle or defensively, which affects their playmaking and winger contributions. These have both increased a little to fit better with the other player contributions.
Wingers: The wing contribution of normal and offensive Wingers will decrease by 10 % instead of the previously announced 13 % and 14 %, respectively. The other winger positions keep the changes announced in our editorial.
Forwards: We have decided to take a step back here and not implement the change to side forwards, since the doubled contribution on the side proved unfriendly to the match engine balance. Side forwards will have the same behaviour as before. However, we will make a small adjustment to forwards toward wing. They will get a small boost on winger on their close side and also a small passing contribution on their far side, which was missing in the old version.
To sum up, with these adjustments we have wanted to tone down the changes to some individual player positions, which were probably too strong. But we wanted to take care not to lose the positive effects we saw on game balance and the overall match engine performance, and we feel we have achieved this now.
We will update the manual with the relative contributions very soon. Until then, you will be able to use this table as a reference to better understand how player contributions will work starting next season.
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July 28,2007; 8 of us from the KRVHC(Alice, Bob, Tomcat, Tara, Sam, Jill, Dave & Bea) set out on a little exlporatory hike in prep to next weeks group hike. we started from Sherman Pass and hiked to the corral just before Corral Meadow - then hiked back to Sherman Peak. some cloud cover kept the temps from getting too warm but still a nice shorts weather of a day.


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Testing novel mechanical weeders
By Carolyn King
How well do these tools work in narrow-row dry beans?
One tool tested in the project was this Einbock Aerostar Rotation, a type of rotary harrow. PhotoS courtesy of Katherine Stanley.
Results from a two-year project on some mechanical weeders that are fairly new to the Prairies show that such tools can be a useful addition to the weed control toolbox for narrow-row dry beans.
"Traditionally, dry beans have been grown in wide rows to allow row-crop cultivation. Through communications with Manitoba farmers and the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG), we learned that there was increasing interest in the potential for narrow-row bean production," explains Katherine Stanley, a research associate in Martin Entz's research group at the University of Manitoba.
"Some of that interest came from growers who had not grown dry beans before and wanted to try the crop using their existing narrow-row equipment. Also, some preliminary research was suggesting that planting dry beans in narrow rows could provide various agronomic benefits, such as improved weed control. So, we and MPSG wanted to look at how to incorporate mechanical weeding in a narrow-row bean crop.
"On top of that, dry beans are not very competitive with weeds, and herbicide options are quite limited for this crop. That is concerning for the development of herbicide resistance. So, looking at some mechanical weed control options as a component of an integrated weed management strategy is super important both to improve weed control and to extend the efficacy of weed control into the future for this crop."
Novel tools
The project evaluated two mechanical weeders that Entz's group recently acquired through the Manitoba Government. Both tools are best-suited to controlling small weeds from germination/emergence (white thread stage) to the cotyledon or first leaves stage.
One of these tools is a type of inter-row cultivator. Stanley explains, "It works much like a wide-row cultivator that most farmers are quite familiar with, but it is designed to work in narrow rows as well as wide rows, and it is camera-guided."
Its camera-based guidance system automatically keeps the sweeps in the inter-row spaces, avoiding contact with the bean plants. Stanley says that with crops like cauliflower or lettuce, where the foliage of one plant is quite separate from the foliage of the next plant, the cultivator's sweeps are able to go in a full circle around each plant.
"We have seen this technology used on row spacings as small as 5.5 inches. That spacing still allows for operation at relatively high speeds for mechanical weed control operations," she adds.
Stanley notes, "A lot of engineering work has gone into designing these cultivators to maximize weed control and minimize soil disturbance. They are more of a minimum till tool because they are not inverting the soil. The amount of soil movement depends on the shape of your sweeps and how fast you're going. A small amount of soil-throwing is desirable because it can bury some small weeds. So this tool can provide a dual action: burying the weeds, plus cutting the weeds just below the soil surface."
Entz's group has a Garford Robocrop InRow Weeder, but Stanley says other equipment companies have similar types of inter-row cultivators.
The other tool in the project is an Einbock Aerostar Rotation, a type of rotary harrow. "It is similar to a rotary hoe except the design is slightly different. The tines radiate out from a rotating disk, but on the Aerostar, the disks are at about a 45-degree angle from the tractor rather than straight behind it," she says.
"This harrow has a dual action of flicking out small weeds and a little drag to cover some small weeds with soil."
The tines come into contact with both the inter-row area and the crop plants. That means the harrow can provide weed control within the crop rows as well as in the inter-row spaces. However, it also means that there is only a certain window of time in the crop's life cycle where the harrow can be used without damaging the crop. "Depending on the crop type, if the plant is too small or if it is too large it may be damaged by the harrow."
Wide crop window for rotary harrow use
The project was conducted in 2018 and 2019 in Carman, Man. It involved two components: an evaluation of the tolerance of bean plants to the rotary harrow; and an integrated weed management study.
Both components were carried out in black beans (Eclipse), navy beans (T99095) and pinto beans (Windbreaker). These three bean classes are the ones most suited to narrow-row production.
To evaluate the crop's tolerance to the Aerostar harrow, the project team tested this tool at different crop stages over several weeks, starting from ground crack. Stanley explains, "We hadn't used this tool before, so this experiment was giving us an idea of how aggressive it is on the crop itself."
In both 2018 and 2019, they found that the harrow caused no significant yield loss or damage to the bean plants, no matter when the tool was used from ground crack to about the fourth or fifth trifoliate leaf stage.
In 2018, they tested the harrow right up to the first flower stage. In a practical situation, you wouldn't use the harrow at such a late crop stage, but the team wanted to push the envelope just to see what could happen. At this stage, they ran into problems like the equipment getting tangled in the pinto beans and ripping out the plants.
The experiment's results show that the window of time for crop-safe use of this rotary harrow in beans is quite wide.
Stanley recommends using it at the bean crop's unifoliate to first trifoliate leaf stage. "That is really the optimal time that you'll have those small weeds that this tool controls."
Researchers at the University of Manitoba evaluated some mechanical weeders, including this Garford inter-row cultivar, in narrow-row dry beans. Photo courtesy of Katherine Stanley.
The researchers also tried adding finger weeders onto the inter-row cultivar to provide in-row weed control.
Herbicide and mechanical combos
For the integrated weed management study, the project team compared different combinations of herbicide applications and mechanical weed control in the three bean varieties.
The treatments included: a weedy control; a preplant incorporated herbicide on its own; a preplant incorporated herbicide plus two post-emergent herbicide applications; the rotary harrow on its own; the inter-row cultivator on its own; and various combinations of fewer herbicide applications and the mechanical tools. The mechanical tools were used when the crop was at about the first trifoliate stage.
In 2018, all the treatments were conducted in narrow (six-inch) row spacings. In 2019, the team not only repeated the narrow-row experiment but also added a second experiment on wide-row (24-inch) beans that included treatments with an additional mechanical tool – finger weeders.
Stanley explains, "In 2018, we found that the inter-row cultivator provided very good control of the weeds between the crop rows, but didn't give effective weed control within the crop row itself. In a bean crop, the canopy takes a long time to close, so any weeds in between the individual bean plants can be very competitive. So we were really curious to see if adding finger weeders to the inter-row cultivar would help to control in-row weeds."
A finger weeder consists of a rotating steel disk with flexible fingers. Those fingers can dislodge or bury small weeds right in the crop row. With the current design of the equipment, the finger weeders can only fit onto the inter-row cultivator when the cultivator is set up for wide rows.
Stanley outlines the key results: "In general in 2018 and 2019, in both the narrow-row and wide-row beans, we found that all of the treatments that included a preplant incorporated herbicide – whether it was followed by a herbicide or by mechanical weeding – had the highest bean yields and the most reduced weed biomass. In some cases, the preplant incorporated herbicide on its own was just as effective as these other combined treatments."
However, she notes that conditions were very dry during 2018 and 2019, and the effect of the preplant-only treatment might not be as long lasting in wetter years. "If you get a lot of rain, it encourages more weeds to grow. So rather than relying only on a preplant incorporated herbicide, you definitely want to have another weed control tool in your back pocket for later in the season," she says.
"Certainly in 2019, there definitely was a benefit from following up the preplant incorporated herbicide with either more herbicide or a mechanical weed control tool."
She emphasizes, "It didn't matter whether you used an in-crop herbicide or a mechanical tool for the follow-up control."
The finger weeder results were also very interesting. "When we used the inter-row cultivator with the finger weeders twice without any herbicide applications at all, we found that it was just as effective as the full herbicide treatment in terms of both bean yield and weed biomass."
So, the finger weeder option could be of interest both to organic farmers and to conventional farmers who are using wider rows.
"Our big takeaway from this integrated weed management study was that a preplant incorporated herbicide was really important for early season weed control when the bean crop is very non-competitive with weeds," Stanley says.
"Then you scout for weeds to decide on follow-up control measures. That follow-up could be done with either herbicides or one of these mechanical weed control tools. If you want to use a mechanical tool, then scout your field before applying the tool to make sure the weeds are at the appropriate stage for effective control by the tool."
Excellent tools to add to your toolbox
"I've always had a little bit of a soft spot for some of these different equipment options," Stanley notes. In fact, her master's thesis at the University of Saskatchewan looked at mechanical weed control in narrow rows in field pea and lentil production.
"The camera-guided inter-row cultivator is one of my favourite mechanical tools. The camera technology is fascinating, and I expect this type of equipment will become more and more available on the Prairies, especially as the technology becomes cheaper," she says.
"I was interested to see that the Aerostar harrow performed well, but I wouldn't necessarily say it is going to replace a classic set of spring tine harrows for organic farmers."
Overall, Stanley says, "Whether you are an organic farmer or you are a conventional farmer trying to either reduce your selective pressure on developing herbicide resistance or you already have herbicide-resistant weeds, it is worth considering some of these mechanical tools. There is good information out there about them – a lot of research has been done on all of the mechanical weed control tools that are available, not just the ones we used in our study. They are excellent tools to have in your toolbox for an integrated weed management strategy."
Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers and the Manitoba Government provided funding for this project.
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AFL commercial boss Kylie Rogers: 'I can see our revenue tripling in the next three years'
By Kruti Joshi
• Media veteran Kylie Rogers now bringing in dollars for the AFL
Former Mamamia Women's Network MD Kylie Rogers took a leap of faith in 2017 when she left the organisation after four years to move to AFL. She is the general manager for commercial at the sporting body.
• How the AFL is tapping into consumer data with Audience360 partnership
"I expected to walk into a boys club. It was surprising to see that it's nothing like that," Rogers told Mediaweek. "The diversity is obvious and the opportunities for women are real."
Prior to Mamamia, Rogers had worked at Ten for over 15 years. "I have absolutely experienced boys club coming from Network Ten. Then I had a diversity problem working at Mamamia with 150 women. AFL is a happy mix between the two.
Rogers is born and bred in Melbourne. However, she'd been living in Sydney for the last 20 years. Therefore, moving back to her hometown was still a "big move" for the media veteran.
Her experiences at Ten and Mamamia have proven to be useful for Rogers with her current job.
"Our broadcast partners – Seven and Fox Sports – are very important. 60% of our revenue is driven through our partnerships. My 17 years at Ten have helped me to navigate their world," Rogers said. "At Mamamia, I learnt how to build a business from a startup to a scale-up.
"Everything I learnt about social and digital at Mamamia is helping me forge new assets and new ways of revenue driving at the AFL."
There are two parts to her role at the organisation: consumer and corporate. The former is about looking after every dollar that the sporting body makes from AFL fans. This includes ticketing, merchandising and membership. Meanwhile, corporate revenue is about the money the AFL makes through advertising and corporate partnerships like the one it has with Seven to broadcast the game.
For the first time in the organisation's history, the selling of its digital assets to advertisers was brought in-house in January 2018. This was a big change for the AFL, Rogers said. "We have four million uniques across our digital platforms.
Kylie Rogers and Audience360 MD Penny Kee. Audience360 is an audience data company. More here.
"Sports sponsorship and advertising are among the most competitive markets, but they're also the most in demand. With sport, you get mass reach and passionate fans. This is particularly the case with the AFL – it's the most popular sport in Australia."
There are over six million people who attend AFL games each year, according to Rogers. "That's more than double any other code." The sporting body is also expecting to cross one million members some time next month.
"We reached budget even before this season kicked off," Rogers said. "We are seeing a great demand for our digital assets, but there is so much more that we could be doing. I can see our revenue tripling in the next three years."
Speaking about the commercial success of AFL Women's, Rogers revealed that the digital assets of the competition have not been commercialised yet. It is something that will happen next year. "It will be a big play for us," she said.
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What are the likely causes and remedies please?
Well if it keeps going spongy and needs pumping up then either you have a small leak in a pipe or hose somewhere or the master cylinder itself has failed (the seals).
Have a look closely at all the hoses and pipes and see if there is a slightly wet spot. It will most likely be a very small pin hole if indeed it is a leak.
dt4, there are numerous causes for a spongy brake pedal, though given it was fine the last time you drove it, and that it has been laid-up for some months..hmm.
Wheels off, I spotted it by having a friend pump the pedal while I went round the discs looking at the callipers and saw one of the discs being deflected slightly to one side every time the pedal was pressed... the spongy feeling was the disc flexing and springing back against the one operational piston that was causing it to deflect.. Freed off the piston and all was well.
Flexy hoses can if damaged expand like a balloon to give a similar effect.
If that does not work and you have brake hose clamps you could go round the flexy pipes clamping them off in turn to see if your problem is related to a single caliper..?


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Michael Cain Sola (Native Drum)
JAZZIZ On Disc (Disc Two)
Over the past couple of decades, pianist and composer Michael Cain has built a solid career as both sideman and leader. Recognized for his associations with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland and other jazz giants, Cain has steadily expanded his own discography, as well. On his latest entry, Sola (Native Drum), Cain handles keyboards and electronic programming as he leads a Las Vegas-based sextet on a half-dozen tracks and a New York-based trio on two others. The results are highly atmospheric, replete with electronica textures and svelte dance-floor rhythms. But Cain has more on his mind than chilling out. On "In the Front Door," our selection, he incorporates snippets of spoken reminiscences by the late bandleader Gerald Wilson. Inserting the monologue into a bed of slippery electronic pulses, Cain allows the gravitas of Wilson's words to anchor the track. Detailing the final days of Jim Crow, Wilson describes how the NAACP worked to tear down racial barriers in Las Vegas. Beyond his connection with Wilson — Cain had played in his band — the pianist seems to have a personal stake in the track, having grown up in Vegas.
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Over the past couple of decades, pianist and composer Michael Cain has built a solid career as both sideman and leader. Recognized for his associations with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland and other jazz giants, Cain has steadily expanded his own discography, as well. On his latest entry, Sola (Native Drum), Cain handles keyboards and electronic programming as he leads a Las Vegas-based sextet on a half-dozen tracks and a New York-based trio on two others. The results are highly atmospheric, replete with electronica textures and svelte dance-floor rhythms. But Cain has more on his mind than chilling out. On "In the Front Door," our selection, he incorporates snippets of spoken reminiscences by the late bandleader Gerald Wilson. Inserting the monologue into a bed of slippery electronic pulses, Cain allows the gravitas of Wilson's words to anchor the track. Detailing the final days of Jim Crow, Wilson describes how the NAACP worked to tear down racial barriers in Las Vegas. Beyond his connection with Wilson — Cain had played in his band — the pianist seems to have a personal stake in the track, having grown up in Vegas.


"Trying to do business without advertising is like winking at a pretty girl in the dark. You may know what you are doing, but nobody else does."
Creating an advertising or marketing tool and then not doing anything to get it in front of people's eyes is not much better.
Of course, there are the search engines. You'll get a certain number of hits just because people will find your Web site via Google searches. You can hope that they'll then pass the URL to their friends, and those friends will do the same, and so on. That's very passive, though, and there are a few active things you can do to spread your URL around.
Every e-mail you send to anyone for any purpose should have your Web site's URL at the bottom of it. Use your e-mail program's signature function to create a signature line with the URL in it.
If you ever read Usenet newsgroups, the software you use for that purpose probably also has a way to add a signature to every Usenet post you make. Create the same signature line(s) as described above.
Exercise restraint, though. One sometimes sees signatures that are too many lines long. (This is a more common problem on Usenet than in e-mails.) Most of us perceive a huge signature as visual noise and ignore it. Try not to exceed three lines.
You do have one, don't you? Why not? They're not just for businessmen, or for gentleman paying a call in a Victorian novel. They're the handiest and simplest way to give people your contact information in a reasonably lasting form.
Needless to say, in addition to your name, phone number, cell phone number, and perhaps address, your card absolutely must include your e-mail address and the URL of your Web site. Everything else is secondary.
If anyone expresses even the slightest interest in having your contact information, give him a card. If someone asks about your books, in addition to answering the question, offer your business card with the explanation that there's much more information about your books on your Web site. If you go to a restaurant and see a bowl in which you can drop your card for a drawing for a free meal, drop in that card; someone might read it.
Don't hoard your cards. When you order a new batch of business cards, your goal is not to preserve them but to get rid of them as soon as possible. Having to order a new batch is a victory.
When you sell a book, your publisher will almost certainly ask you for some sort of biographical information to include at the back of the book. When you're writing that biographical piece, in addition to telling about your experiences as a lumberjack, merchant mariner, and professional assassin, add a sentence urging readers to visit your URL. (Don't forget to include the URL itself!).
If readers like your book, they'll probably visit your site and might tell others about it. They'll keep visiting the site to see when your next book is coming out.
Some of those will be giant sites, commercial or non-commercial, to whom you and your site are so insignificant that they won't know or care that you link to them. For example, on my Links page, I have a link to the main BBC news page. Why, I've never received so much as a thank-you note from them!
But you'll also have links there to the sites of people you know and like. And they in turn will have links to your site. Obviously, this can benefit both you and them.
Don't limit yourself to friends, though. Strangers have Web sites, too! And if they have anything in common with you - if they're also writers, say, or if they share your politics or hobbies - then they'll very likely be interested in exchanging links with you. If you stumble across such a person's Web site, whether by accident or by Google, and if you react positively to his site, send him an e-mail and ask about exchanging links.
The meaning of "having something in common with" will expand as your Web site does. As you add pages of more kinds, covering a broader range of subjects (once again, see the section titled It's Not Just about Your Books), the number and range of Web sites with which it would make sense for you to exchange links will keep increasing.
In general, never pass up a chance to push your Web site. Remember what Damon Runyon said: "He that tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooted."
The opportunities to mention your URL can show up in unexpected places.
For example, you might belong to a few listserves, or e-mail lists - for job searching or gardening, for example. Because you've put your URL in your e-mail signature, any message you send to such a list will show your URL (unless it's what's called a moderated list and the moderator strips such signature lines off before passing on the e-mail). But don't depend on your signature line. You might see a message on the list asking for URLs for some purpose or other. If you think your Web site comes at all close to the criteria given in that message, or even if it doesn't, respond with your site's URL.
Push, push, push. Push that URL. You may find it awkward to do so. You may find it embarrassing. Try to develop a thick skin. Telling stories is one of the world's oldest professions, and selling those stories has always had a lot in common with one of the other oldest professions.


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New Senior Vice President - Michelle Cullion
We at Gannon and Scott are pleased to announce that Michelle Cullion has joined our Cranston, Rhode Island team as Senior Vice President.
She will manage the daily operations of the administrative group, compliance requirements, and assist with financial reporting management.
Join us in welcoming Michelle to the Gannon & Scott team.
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CRANSTON, RI – May, 2018 – David Deuel, CFO, is pleased to announce that Michelle I. Cullion recently joined Gannon & Scott as Senior Vice President - Administration. She will manage the daily operations of the administrative group, provide metrics and reporting support, and coordinate and manage Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer compliance. She will also assist with financial reporting requirements and managing relationships with banks, vendors and customers.
Cullion holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bryant University. She also earned her Master of Science in Taxation from Bryant University and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 2009. Michelle is a graduate of the 2010 AICPA leadership Academy and a former board member of the RI Society of CPAs. Michelle's extensive public accounting experience focused on financial statement reporting and taxation issues for both privately held companies and individuals. She was previously with the accounting firm DiSanto, Priest & Co. for more than 10 years.
Michelle and her family live in Richmond, RI.
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New Plant Manager - Knut Nerheim
Gannon & Scott is pleased to announce that Knut Nerheim has joined our team in Phoenix, Arizona.
Knut brings a wealth of managerial and process safety experience and will be responsible managing the physical plant operation of the Phoenix, Arizona Refining Plant.
Please join us in welcoming Knut to the Gannon & Scott team.
PHOENIX, AZ - January, 2017 - Knut Nerheim recently joined Gannon & Scott as Plant Manager of the Phoenix AZ Refining Plant. Knut holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, an MBA from University of Phoenix and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Arizona. Knut brings nearly 30 years of experience in engineering and plant operations environments, risk management, process safety, and project management. Knut joins us from Linde Group, a manufacturer of specialty and industrial gases. Knut is also a volunteer fire fighter for the Crown King Fire Department and presently serves as Captain of the departments water tender apparatus.
New General Manager - Andrew McManus
We at Gannon and Scott are pleased to announce that effective February, 2016, Andrew McManus will be General Manager.
He will be responsible for the plant operations in both Phoenix, Az and Cranston, RI, as well as the Analytical Laboratory in Cranston, RI.
Andrew C. Mcmanus comes to us from spending the majority of his career in the precious metals industry.
Join us in welcoming Mcmanus as he brings a diverse group of experiences and leaderships skills to the Gannon & Scott team.
CRANSTON, RI – February, 2016 – Andrew C. McManus recently joined Gannon & Scott as General Manager. He will be responsible for the plant operations in both Phoenix, AZ and Cranston, RI, as well as the Analytical Laboratory in Cranston, RI. McManus holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island and an M.B.A from Bryant University. An Environmental, Health & Safety expert, he has spent the majority of his career in the precious metals field, most recently with Metech Recycling in Raleigh, North Carolina. Over a 30 year time span, McManus has also served in the Active Duty U.S. Army, the U.S. Army Reserve and the Rhode Island National Guard, retiring at a rank of Lieutenant Colonel. McManus brings a diverse group of experiences and leadership skills to the Gannon & Scott team.
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Gannon & Scott Aquires New Laboratory Equipment 2015
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The objective is to dedicate our new instrument to the analysis pf PGMs (platinum group metals) leaving the second one for other trace element detection and analysis.
This addition will improve the speed, accuracy and precision of our analytical results for PGMs, base metals, trace metals and other deleterious elements.
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Watch Houdini (1953) : Movie & TV Show WITH SUBTITLE ALL COUNTRY By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
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These colors make me happy! I die-cut some hearts, adding some stamping to one and polka dots to the other. The sentiment is stamped on two strips, then I punched the ends with my photo corner punch to make flags. Finished it off with a button and some twine.
That is so pretty Becky! Those colours go so well together!


I just stocked up on graphic tees for my kids. They are just $5 each!! I also grabbed a holiday dress for daughter for ONLY $15.00! WOW! My son is a bit picky, but I do have several gorgeous plaid button down shirts for less than $10 in the cart waiting for him to come home from school to pick out. I am blown away by how much I actually could get for less than $100! Happy shopping!


In July last year I set myself the challenge of reading through the alphabet. Starting with a book by an author whose surname began with an A, then moving onto b, then c and so on, and in the correct order, and only going to the library for my books I read my way through the alphabet. There is no book in our library with an author whose name begins with an X, but other than that I have managed to read 25 books, from A-Z.
I wanted to do this to find new authors, rediscover favourite ones and to read outside my normal genres. In that I have been successful. Starting with the bad bits first, Henry James is never going to be an author I shall read again. It was the only book I abandoned. Chick lit and me are never going to get along either. Gruesome tales even by favourite authors such as Kate Mosse are not for me either. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguru was the biggest disappointment. I just didn't get it and found the book boring.
Harlan Coben was a new author for me and I shall definitely be reading his books again.
2 John Steinbeck- To a God Unknown– probably my favourite author, so maybe I surprise myself putting this book at number 2. A love of the land shines out from this book. It was a beautiful read. Not a book I had heard of before.
1 Lalin Paull- The Bees. I really loved this book. I mean really loved this book. A very interesting way to explore environmental issues through the eyes of a bee.
4 of these authors were new to me and one an old favourite.
Was the challenge worthwhile for me? Oh yes.
And my next challenge. To read through a heap of books I have acquired over the years and not read yet. At least 15 of them as part of my 17 for 2017 list.
Love to hear of your reading goals for this year.
Oh and Spring is on its way. The first snowdrops are coming out in the garden.
I had heard that the snowdrops at Burton Agnes Hall were spectacular. Yesterday the sun was shining, so off we went for the first outing of the year to see for ourselves.
The Hall is a rather grand Elizabethan House, closed still for Winter cleaning.I love those chimneys!
The woods in the grounds are a carpet of snowdrops. Truly magnificent. One of my 16 for 2016 is to take 11 pictures of flowers. Here's the first one..
The view from the woods caught my eye too.
Nearer the house are the formal gardens and a wonderful walled garden. Here's the view from the rather magnificent Gate House.
I have a thing about garden lions.
I need one! There is also a children's section with outside games and around them I spotted my second flower picture.
I thought that one so gorgeous I bought one for our garden. And I have some other rather nice photos which will appear throughout the year in the 52 week photo challenge! I was rather tempted to use the last picture of the house next week under the prompt Home!! Imagine. … No thanks, think of the dusting!


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Q: PHP variable in JS function How can write php variable in js function for tag "Free" and "Busy" for multiple language.
I'm trying more and more and isn't working.
This function is for domain checking link
function checkDomain (domain, tld) {
    try {
        xml['tld-' + tld].abort();
        xml['tld-' + tld].open('get', 'domena/php/checkDomain.php?domain=' + domain + '.' + tld);
        xml['tld-' + tld].onreadystatechange = function () {
            if (xml['tld-' + tld].readyState == 4) {
                if (xml['tld-' + tld].responseText == 'available') {
                    el['tld-' + tld].innerHTML = 'Free';
                } else {
                    el['tld-' + tld].innerHTML = 'Busy';
                }
            } else {
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A: If that's a piece of code is inside a .js file or between  tag, try doing an echo to the PHP variable, something like
xml['tld-' + <?php echo $tld;?>].abort();

Assuming $tld is the PHP var you want to insert.
Or better, you can add the PHP variable to the parameters of checkDomain function, for example:
function checkDomain (domain, tld, phpVar) {
 ...}

So when you call this function, you add the PHP variable value, like this:
onclick="checkDomain(domain, tld, <php echo $var;?>);"

or something like that.
This answers your question?
Cheer!

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Q: Cannot connect to mysql and Django when using docker compose because of different socket location When run docker-compose up, django container says
django.db.utils.OperationalError: (2002, "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)")
And db container says
Version: '5.7.29'  socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'  port: 3306  MySQL Community Server (GPL)
It seems like they cannot connect to each other because of different socket location. I want to know if I can change socket file location.

A: If you run the app and the db in different containers they can't connect to each other by sockets by default. You have to use kind of db connection string with host and port or you have to share somehow the socket file between this two containers. As for me the first options is easier.
Probably this is what you're looking for. In this case db host will be a service name from docker-compose.yml.


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Seams are professionally served for strength and durability. Due to the handmade nature of each item pattern placement will vary.


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Emoji History: How A Simple Idea Turned Into A Global Language
Who would have thought that a simple idea would turn into a global language?
What is an emoji?
An emoji is a small digital image or icon used to express an idea or emotion in electronic communications. Originally used in Japanese mobile phone culture, emoji have spread globally and are now used in a variety of contexts.
Who created the first emoji?
The first emoji was created in 1998 by Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita. He was working on a team that was developing a new messaging system for the NTT DoCoMo mobile phone network in Japan. At the time, there was a pressing need for a way to communicate more effectively on the small screens of mobile phones.
Kurita took inspiration from Chinese characters and Japanese manga, as well as street signs and weather symbols. He designed 182 symbols, which were eventually released as part of the messaging system in 1999.
How popular are emoji now?
Emoji have been around for years, but they've only recently become mainstream. In 2015, the Oxford Dictionaries named the "face with tears of joy" emoji the Word of the Year. Emoji are now used in everyday communication, from text messages to social media posts.
But just how popular are emoji now? A recent study found that over 90% of people aged 18-34 use emoji regularly. And it's not just millennials who are using emoji - people of all ages are using them more and more. Emoji are even being used in business communication, with some companies creating their own custom emoji to use in internal communications.
There's no doubt about it, emoji are here to stay. And as they become more and more popular, we'll likely see even more ways they're used in communication.
So, what emoji should I be using?
There is no definitive answer to this question. It depends on the context of the message and the recipient's preferences. However, some emoji are more universally accepted than others. For example, the 😃 emoji is generally seen as positive and friendly. If you're unsure which emoji to use, it's always a good idea to look up the meaning of the emoji before sending it.
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It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death on Wednesday 16th January, of our Honorary Treasurer Mr Maurice Ashford.
His funeral took place at St Paul's on Wednesday 23rd January and our Senior Chaplain Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan officiated. Read his tribute below.
Maurice Ashford – reflection by the Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan, Senior Anglican Chaplain, Athens.
In the matter of his church life Maurice was a highly principled man. He has worshipped regularly here for some years – attending every Wednesday Liturgy and Sunday Liturgy. Unless there was city centre disruption he would get here either by Metro or in his little Smart car.
His church life goes back further though. I am aware that he was strongly involved in the life of St. Mary's in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, a church that I know slightly as it is the Diocese of Gloucester where I also used to be. He was never done comparing St. Paul's Athens with St. Mary's Charlton Kings, which was sometimes helpful, but at other times less than helpful. There were things here at St. Paul's that he found frustrating at times.
Shortly before my arrival in June of 2017 Maurice was appointed Treasurer of the church, a task that he took extremely seriously. With Maurice and finance there was no swaying to left or to right – everything had to be straight down the line and up front. He would repeatedly say the same things to me and to the Council, but it was to remind us of our obligations in our use of church finances, and personally I am grateful that he was so assiduous. He will be a very hard act to follow.
At Council meetings Maurice always had an opinion – which he didn't mind sharing with us. It was not easy to shift him in his opinions, but often we would sort things out beforehand by me talking things through with him. We have to recognize that he couldn't always hear what was being said at meetings.
He loved sermons. It is our practice here to have printed copies of sermons on a Sunday, and then online, but he would always insist on making his own notes while listening to a sermon, and he would often discuss it afterwards with the preacher.
Maurice's departure from this church community is a shock. Only last Wednesday morning he was up a ladder here changing some light bulbs to LED (because it saved a bit of money). Last Wednesday evening he should have been present at a meeting of our Standing Committee and we thought it very strange that he did not appear. We now know why.
Maurice was a real character, and very much part of the St. Paul's family, whether in the pew, at council meetings, counting the income at Aigli at the Christmas Bazaar, or doing some work around the church building. He was a man of faith, and we pray that he may rest in peace, and rise in the glory of Christ.


In my trainee role I have been able to earn while I learn and gain hands-on practical experience. Everyone at Story has been really welcoming and they're always happy to help. There's lots of opportunities to progress within the company, and that's something I hope to do in the future.


Seventy years ago today, New Zealand was given a second chance to save a taonga once thought extinct.
On 20 November 1948 Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell led a team – including Neil McCrostie, Rex Watson and Joan Telfer – deep into the remote Murchison Mountains of Fiordland National Park. They were on the hunt for a species declared extinct half a century before.
Spurred on by determination, and belief that previously unidentified signs – strange bird calls and footprints in the tussock – could only belong to one particular bird, the expedition came to what is now known as Lake Orbell.
There, standing half a metre high, bright iridescent blue and green and eyeing them with indifference was Notornis.
Takahē had come back from the dead. From that moment on, we had a chance to ensure takahē were never again considered extinct.
It's a huge responsibility, and one the Department of Conservation takes very seriously. For more than 30 years now DOC has had a dedicated Takahē Recovery Programme which has grown to be one of the world's most progressive and long-standing conservation stories.
Thanks to the passion and ingenuity of the many team members, takahē numbers are growing steadily and the population is secure in terms of numbers of breeding pairs, locations and genetic diversity.
The programme has seen many phases, from intensive hand rearing, to establishing populations on a number of mainland and island sanctuaries to the now well-oiled machine of parent birds raising 60-70 chicks per year. This has meant the team are now in the position to push the envelope and establish a second wild population in Kahurangi National Park.
Earlier this month, we had the very positive news that the first eggs of the new wild Kahurangi population had been found. The takahē team are not ones to use exclamations when it comes to talking about milestones in the species' recovery, but this – the first time takahē have bred in the wild outside of Fiordland in possibly centuries, is time for tempered excitement.
Takahē eggs discovered in Kahurangi national park.
To help celebrate the 70th anniversary and where it all began, the Takahē Recovery Programme had some very special VIPs join them in releasing a pair of takahē (sub-adults Dore and Tauhou) into the wild population and visiting Takahē Valley in the Murchison Mountains. Twelve Orbell family members (spanning three generations), four Watsons from two generations, and one of Neil McCrostie's four sons and his wife either flew across or made the hike from Lake Te Anau up to the site of rediscovery.
Several members of the public joined them on the annual Lake Orbell Guided walk. It was a reunion of the families and a re-connection with the Takahē Recovery Programme to honour the dedication of the people who played a significant role in securing the existence of takahē for our future generations.
Later in November a further 18 birds are planned to be released in the Murchison Mountains, and in the New Year 10 additional takahē will join the Kahurangi National Park population.
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No-one knows DENSO products better than the people who make them. Ute Longerich has worked in the production department at DENSO for more than 40 years, and has contributed to the technical success of the company's innovations.
How did you start your career at DENSO?
Longerich: My parents worked here, so I grew up with DENSO. I started working in production when I was 15 years old and in 1971 I even met the company founder.
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package edu.umass.ciir.proteus.athena.cfg;

import org.lemurproject.galago.utility.Parameters;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * @author jfoley
 */
public class Athena {
  private final Map<String,DataSet> datasets;
  private final String currentDataset;
  public Parameters argp;

  public Athena(Parameters argp) throws Exception {
    this.argp = argp;
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    for(String id : argp.getMap("datasets").keySet()) {
      datasets.put(id, new DataSet(id, argp));
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    this.currentDataset = argp.getString("dataset");
    if(!datasets.containsKey(currentDataset))
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      System.out.println("### Athena Config");
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  }

  public DataSet getDataset() {
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  }

  public static Athena init(Parameters argp) throws Exception {
    return new Athena(argp);
  }
}

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Can a Never-Trump Republican Win an Election That Comes down to Who Can Get Trump's Support?
Alabama Senate candidate Mo Brooks may be regretting his past attacks on President Trump, now that he needs his support.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) is one of several Republicans running in Alabama's special election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' vacated seat, and may find it difficult to win the Republican nomination given his previous statements regarding President Trump during the 2016 election.
However, that isn't the only criticism Brooks has lobbed at Trump during 2016 election.
During an interview on "The Dale Jackson Show" in January 2016, Brooks said that Trump is not a conservative. He also attacked Trump for New York City values.
"I put Jeff Sessions as number one in helping Donald Trump in Alabama," Brooks told Dale Jackson. It should be pointed out that Sessions ran unopposed in both the 2014 Republican primary and the 2014 general election for his Alabama Senate seat.
When Trump finally won the Republican nomination for president, Brooks was a reluctant supporter of Trump at best, refusing to even endorse Trump.
Trump won the state of Alabama by 28 points in the general election, on his way to winning the presidency.
Now, if the New York Times is correct in its assessment that Alabama's special election will come down to which Republican can garnish Trump's support, it will appear that Brooks has some apologizing to do.
However, this may be more difficult today than it would have been previously, given Brooks' defense of an endorsement he received from the Courageous Conservatives PAC, an organization with anti-Trump origins.


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Community Change Action Engages More than 13.14 Million Voters
Post author By Common Dreams
WASHINGTON – With one day left until Election Day, Community Change Action along with our partners in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada and Wisconsin have engaged more than 13.14 million voters, and made 33 million attempts. While the majority of the work to reach voters happened online, through phone calls and text messages, partners in Florida, Arizona and Wisconsin began door knocking in the final stretch. Together they knocked more than 1.5 million doors of low propensity voters. Take a look at the digital ads we're running as part of our seven figure ad buy here.
More than 92 million voters have already casted their ballots nationwide, and our voter engagement work is making the difference in key states. Black and Latina voters in our universe who did not vote in 2016, are making their votes count.
In Arizona, nearly 33% of those voters have cast their ballots,
In Colorado, 47.6% have voted,
In Georgia, 23.5% of these women have voted,
In Michigan, a whopping 76.3% of this voting bloc voted.
Unsurprisingly, women of color are leading the effort to elect a new administration and progressive candidates down ballot.
In Florida, 28% of the people that did not vote in 2016 and that we have modeled as supporters of our ticket have already voted.
In Minnesota, 25% of the people that did not vote in 2016 and that we have modeled as supporters of our ticket have already voted.
In Nevada, 17% of the people that did not vote in 2016 and that we have modeled as supporters of our ticket have already voted.
In Wisconsin, 38% of the people that did not vote in 2016 and that we have modeled as supporters of our ticket have already voted.
You can watch voters and supporters talking about why this election is critical to them here.
LUCHA, our partner in Arizona was featured in a CBS 60 Minutes segment and a Politico story about Arizona and the work they've done to flip the state since the passing of SB 1070 a decade ago. They talked to more than 14,500 voters on the doors.
In Michigan, our partners reached nearly 253,000 voters. Today, they will continue their efforts to reach Black voters with an "Ain't' No Stopping Us Now" party at the polls in Detroit. They have trained over 400 volunteers in election protection to monitor Civil Rights violations at the polls.
FIRM Action collectively talked to nearly 200,000 voters in California,Illinois, Maine, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
The voter contact work in Florida, Minnesota, Nevada and Wisconsin is part of the Win Justice campaign that includes Community Change Action, Planned Parenthood Votes, Color of Change PAC, SEIU, and our local partners and affiliates.
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En garde! What strategies can you implement to prevent workplace bullying in the return to work?
This article is the second of two parts exploring bullying and its prevention strategies within the return to work in our current COVID-19 environment. In it, we draw on the perspectives of members from the newly formed Australian Association of Workplace Bullying Professionals.
In part 1, we explored what to be en garde for in relation to workplace bullying as we look towards the return to work under COVID-19. In this part, we look into some of the opportunities and strategies to prevent workplace bullying as we enter that phase.
What opportunities does return to work present in bullying prevention?
The pandemic has already provided us with future opportunities when it comes to technology and working from home.
Our expert panel believe that the pandemic also presents an opportunity to reset your workplace culture thereby preventing bullying. Workplace bullying psychologist, Evelyn Field, advises that isolation period is likely to have broken down existing workplace alliances that contribute to bullying. She suggests that "the relationships will be affected. If you're working from home for three months, dealing with whatever you have to deal with, the allegiances are going to be a little more open. What we will have is people coming back to work, the teams are not going to be so entrenched."
On the return, workplace bullying consultant, Nerio Baldini adds "It's an ideal opportunity for managers to emphasise the need to have a respectful workplace. It is a clean sheet for managers to be able to say 'everybody remember we insist on respectful behaviours, respectful communication.' That clean start can be used very positively".
Striking the balance in communication with employees
Preventing bullying in our return to work environment requires the basics of listening and good communication. In some workplaces during the pandemic, there has been a positive increase between employers and their teams. It's important that this continues and that it's not let fall by the wayside.
However, what does this mean given that it is likely that the return to work will involve a mix of working from home and working from an office location?
Our panel all agree on the value of different communication methods including video conferencing. However, it is important to strike a balance between video conferencing and face to face. Nerio states "Some of the non-visual cues you cannot get out of video. Body language is more than just from here up" indicating from his neck upwards.
Nerio adds that bullying claims can come from unintentional poor communicative behaviour and preventing them requires consciousness around this fact. "It's not only the deliberate bullying, it's the inadvertent bullying. If a proportion or a significant minority are working from home, they're out of the loop [and] not around all the conversations in the office. The manager needs to work a bit harder to ensure they're included in the information loops because it will take a bit more effort."
For some employees, there may be a fear of not returning to the office and remaining in isolation. Psychologist, Alex Baldini talks of her experience with an employee who works in a large office based environment stating "She's been told by her doctor that she should be the last to go back. She's already feeling like 'I'm going to be picked on because everybody else will be back before I am, and they'll have the status quo, and I'm going to be on the back foot.'"
The many different scenarios for employees need to be considered and planned for. For example, some team members may have been employed during the pandemic and may never have met their colleagues in person. How will you introduce them into the physical fold?
The role of managers
As was mentioned in the part 1, managers have an important part to play in preventing bullying in the return to work environment.
Evenlyn states that in this environment "managers have to manage". They need to ensure the communication is maintained and gaining regular feedback from employees as to their concerns. Management accountability in creating a positive and inclusive environment is vital.
However, to do this effectively managers equally need to have the support themselves. Many executives and managers have been struggling with the stress and anxiety of business continuity, keeping their employees employed and, in some cases, keeping the company afloat.
Alex raised the question "if they are absorbed with their economic worries, are they going to handle the people [effectively]?" She suggests that managers need to "If they can get support themselves, whether it's their own coaching, mentoring, supervision, whatever it might be, then they are going to do a better job with their teams."
There is little doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges for workplaces across the globe. However, it can be used to create positive changes in culture creating safer, bullying free workplaces.
Our thanks to contributors Evelyn Field, and Nerio and Alex Baldini.
Do you need help or advice dealing with a workplace bullying issue?


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A $2.4 billion lawsuit is expected to hit the US in 2017
BILLINGSBURG, N.C. — Expatriates from around the world will get the opportunity to settle their cases with the government of Puerto Rico this week, as it seeks to cover the cost of its recovery from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
The U.S. territory of 2.5 million people is one of the first U.N. territories to be fully recovered from the storm, and it faces a number of issues, including an economic recovery that has been hampered by heavy-handed federal and local aid and a political stalemate.
Puerto Rico, which is the third-most populous U.A.E. nation, is still reeling from a severe economic crisis, and more than 3,000 people have died in the storm's aftermath.
As the U.K. is preparing to take control of its Caribbean territory of Dominica next week, a lawsuit by a group of expatriates will be brought against Dominica for what it alleges was unfair treatment, and the U-turn by the U:S.
government on providing aid to the island.
In a filing on Thursday, attorneys for the U and Puerto Rico filed a complaint against Dominican President Ricardo Martinelli for failing to act before the storm hit the island in September.
The island is the United Kingdom's only Caribbean territory, and a British colony.
Martinelli and U.R. President Ricardo Rodríguez Márquez have not yet commented on the lawsuit.
While the U is looking to have the case resolved, the Puerto Rican government is also looking to recover some of the $2 billion in compensation it is owed by expatriate banks and other businesses that were hit by the storm.
Since the storm struck, Puerto Rico has been grappling with its debt problems, and has been struggling to pay its bills.
"I have seen the damage, I know the damage," said Carmen Villareal, who was born in Puerto Rico but has lived in the United States since the 1960s.
"And the government is not able to recover the money.
We are now looking for a solution."
As it recovers from the effects of Maria, the island has set aside $1.3 billion in funds to help pay for reconstruction and compensation.
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