Small and medium-sized accounting practices (SMPs) are ideally placed to help their SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) clients engage with international trade. But with only 24% of SMEs saying they make use of SMPs when looking to expand into other countries, practices will have to broaden the services they offer to get into this particular market.
Internationalisation is often seen as being about exporting, but the sector extends far wider than that. It covers importing, business partnerships, supply chains and foreign direct investment.
An ACCA report, Growing globally: how SMPs can unlock international ambitions, defines the opportunities for SMPs under three headings: market research; strategy and planning; and business model optimisation. However, it warns that practices also face risks in introducing new client services. If SMPs are to succeed in offering international services, they will have to embrace those risks and adapt their current business model of 'just' offering assurance, tax and compliance service lines. This means specialising, adopting a strategic mindset, expanding international networks and investing in professional development.
The main benefit of internationalisation to SMEs, according to the report, is access to new customers (cited by 45% of respondents), followed by greater profitability (35%), faster growth (33%) and access to new business networks (30%). Overall, trading in international markets is seen as helping businesses increase efficiency and productivity, become more innovative, and generate growth for the wider economy.
But the main barrier to both SMEs and SMPs in their international plans is regulation (cited by 37% and 33% respectively). The next biggest hurdle for companies is competition (27%) – for SMPs it's customs duties (25%).
Many practices identify a key aspect of their role as helping SMEs to understand the importance of e-commerce at an earlier stage of the internationalisation process. As technology simplifies processes and costs traditionally associated with internationalisation, SMEs have more opportunity to enter international markets. SMPs should be pushing the advantages of this new business landscape to their clients.
If SMPs are to win more international work, they are going to have to compete against government agencies (used by 39% of SMEs), lawyers (35%) and banks (33%). However, small businesses working abroad do turn to accountants for advice on international tax, compliance, foreign exchange and accessing external finance.
SMPs should also be aware of how clients and prospective clients want to take advice. SMEs typically segment their advice needs according to the stage of the internationalisation journey they have reached.
One important role the report suggests SMPs could play is in referring clients across their external network. With their understanding of and proximity to their clients, SMPs have the expertise to refer businesses to many sources of advice (see panel). SMEs also need help with creating a strategy with global ambitions, using appropriate technology such as cloud platforms, and developing a finance function that can scale up – not to mention identifying which areas they need advice and support in.
SMPs know they should be providing that support. A 2017 IFAC survey shows that 45% expect advisory and consultancy to be the fastest-growing global service area, compared with 35% the year before.
Those practices that do work with SME clients on internationalisation have mixed views of the experience. It was described as a 'high or very high challenge' by 34%, but 'not a challenge' by 24%. Views differ across the globe. In Asia, where cross-border trade is growing rapidly, just under half (48%) place themselves in the 'high or very high challenge' category.
Many practices have a good understanding of the opportunities and barriers that clients engaging in international activities regularly encounter. SMPs interested in this work should consider that businesses are likely to need professional advice relating to individual activities. Equally, SMEs of different sizes require different types (and levels) of support. Therefore, businesses will be more likely to recognise the value of a practice's international support if it caters for their specific needs and circumstances.
SMPs tend to draw on a wide range of resources when advising SMEs looking to work internationally. The resource most frequently cited for generating advice for clients is desk research (45%). This suggests that accountants provide informal support rather than specialist expertise. But there is also a strong reliance on business networks (39%), followed by professional bodies (34%) and member associations (24%).
As more businesses seek to take advantage of the opportunities presented by international trade, the type of professional advice demanded will change. While advising clients on this area will remain unfeasible for some SMPs, every practice should remain alert to the changing realities of how SMEs are operating globally.
SMPs that can take advantage of internationalisation opportunities do not have to change overnight. They can take a strategic approach to meeting client demands for new advisory services.
While the challenges of practice diversification are significant, the opportunities for growth for SMEs and SMPs alike may be greater still.
"SMPs should be pushing the advantages of the new tech-enabled international business opportunities to their clients"


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Let's get real.. The reason why we buy or want to buy a 3D printer is to print 3D objects, that's it! No 'techies', no Ironman thing, no nothing. It's the same reason why we buy a computer or a car or anything. WE WANT TO USE IT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. We don't buy a car to learn how to be a mechanic right? Because we want to use it!
That's one main thing I really love the most about this new Athorbot 3D Printer!
Ok, maybe a bit of a 'techie' thing, but hey! 3-Steps Assembly isn't that techie but a lot of fun!.
In this article, I will show you some visuals of how to Assemble the gig.
Inside the box. Everything is prebuilt. You only need one hand for the Hex keys/Allen wrench and the other hand for scratching your head. :D
Here are the parts you will get in the box:
Base/Platform
System Box
Let Get It On!
Step 1: Attach the body frame to the base/platform
Use an M5 nut (included) and slide it inside railing of the platform
Hold the body frame upward and attach it to the platform, slowly slide it forward until it touches the round-hex screw ( I invented it's name lol).
Align the M5 Nut to the hole and tighten it with the screw included
Step 2: Attach the Extruder
Insert the Extruder to it's bay, align the screw holes and gently tighten it with the screw provided
Next, attach the heatsink, fan and wind pipe ( I just called it wind pipe) altogether and gently tighten it.
Step 3: Get Wired!
This is a bit tricky, but don't worry, the wires are labeled and the connectors are pretty much one-way connectors, meaning there is no way to plug it upside-down. So you don't have to worry about short circuit.
But the tricky part is where to insert the connectors.
Just remember the X, Y, and Z axis from your early algebra.
X is the horizontal movement (left and right)
Y is the vertical (up and down)
and Z axis is the one that moves across X and Y. Moving forward and backward. For this scenario, it's the base platform.
That's the most of it, just plug in the power and you're ready to go!
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The membership of the World Economic Forum (WEF) that meets each year in Davos, Switzerland, includes the CEOs of most of the world's most powerful corporations. In addition to being the engines driving globalization, these corporations are the cause of much of the world's economically induced environmental damage, mounting debt and escalating impoverishment. They also are responsible for the growing concentration of wealth and the enormous prosperity that has come to about 20 percent of the population in many countries in the world. But with all of this power comes the responsibility and the resources that could make a difference in creating a better and more just world. Perhaps it's time we began looking at Davos as a resource, rather than just a protest venue.
After all, the WEF brings together corporate, government and media elites in a denationalized space where national passions can be put on the back burner for a few days and global issues can be confronted: issues such as mass poverty and worldwide environmental degradation, issues that will require enormous talent, leadership and resources--all of which the elites at Davos proudly tell us they have.
Protesters from Friends of the Earth in Davos.
meetings of mostly European corporate and political elites, largely as a way of resisting the growing power and influence of the United States--that gorilla on the other side of the Atlantic. It has evolved: The '90s were an American decade at the group's annual meetings. With the fall of the Eastern bloc, the WEF's purpose became to reorient elites from around the world toward U.S.-style market policies. But in this century, the WEF appears to have started at least considering the possibility that the U.S. way is less of a miracle formula than had been thought, and that European social capitalism might be a saner option.
The Davos meeting has become a far larger, more international, and more media-oriented event. Also new to Davos are the protesters. This year the police went to extreme measures to keep the protesters out--fencing off the resort with barbed wire and using water cannons spiked with liquid manure to prevent protesters from ascending the hill to the Alpine village. And the WEF spawned an anti-Davos gathering, a first, in Porto Alegre, Brazil--a model environmental city with a well organized socialist government. Largely planned and attended by non-U.S. groups, it brought together more than 10,000 participants, rather than the 3,000 who were expected.
The protests at Davos and the meeting in Porto Alegre are part of a broader global movement that contains an enormous variety of politics--this is not simply a party, or labor, or "the left." The movement is made up of people who feel entitled to practice politics on the streets of nations where they are not citizens. They are conducting themselves as denationalized citizens in a way that interestingly parallels the formalized rights and entitlements that allow corporations to function on an international level. In other words, we are seeing the globalization of citizenship.
This movement can be viewed as unreasonable, ineffective, fringe, whatever. But to do so is a mistake. The demonstrators have already succeeded in putting some of their concerns on the discussion agenda at the WEF meetings and elsewhere. Amid this public clamor, quite a few WEF participants would like the annual meetings to feature more critical debates. And to foster such an engagement, this year the WEF invited dozens of organizations that are critical of current forms of globalization. Thus this year's agenda for the Davos meeting included as a prominent theme the growing divide between the world's rich and poor. The World Bank has rediscovered poverty, and is actually allocating resources to address some aspects of it. Some corporations are getting worried and including better environmental and labor standards in their planning.
These organizations and firms are acting, in part, out of self-interest to protect themselves. Yet their actions might well be the beginning of more serious responses to mounting pressure. The goal for thoughtful critics should be to detect fissures in the apparatus of power. And in Davos we see an enormity of power confronting the threat of massive epidemics that will inevitably touch the rich, the latest global climate report which paints a truly alarming picture, and the growth of anti-globalization efforts and resources.
Addressing global challenges and securing dialogue among enemies is what the WEF is about. The WEF has long boasted of being ahead of the times in its understanding of major issues, and it has prided itself in being a special type of setting for enemies to meet and engage in difficult dialogue. Indeed, the WEF meetings bring together such an astounding mix of the powerful from so many countries that it provides a special opportunity to innovate. The WEF has brought together warring political actors, such as the Palestinians and the Israelis to discuss the now-defunct Oslo agreement, and it conducted some of the brokering around the wars in ex-Yugoslavia, and so on.
Of course, the WEF also was one of the vehicles that persuaded elites, after decades of resistance, to open up their countries to foreign investment and global trade, to deregulate and to privatize, in situations where these elites had often resisted such policies for decades. Indeed, in the past decade many of the world's governments turned 180 degrees in their policies regarding foreign investors, privatization, deregulation and opening up to global markets. We cannot simply assume that they all suddenly decided the global market is better--that market has existed for a long time--or that it is the result of the United States and the IMF exercising raw power. It entailed persuasion and resocialization of government officials, an education about what it meant to adequately run a national economy. A whole new culture of government had to be produced, one that drastically redefined the desirable relation between states, global firms and global markets. In brief, it took "cultural work." Davos is one place where the work of denationalizing elites gets done. But for any of this to succeed will take hard work, not just a few Davos panels filled with the chattering classes examining the negatives.
We need to recognize the power these forums have to reorient the state, corporate and media agenda. It is time for yet another massive reorientation, one that recognizes that environmental damage, terror, massive poverty and neglect of public health affect us all, not only the poor. These are conditions that you cannot buy your way out of; you simply have to work at changing them. The scale, globality and acuteness of these conditions are such that they become the equal, so to speak, of the power, resources and talent of the global elites that gather at Davos.
Would it not be possible to reorient the Davos meetings (as well as the WTO and IMF gatherings) toward getting these global elites to focus on what is emerging as a new global agenda? There is today a far more audible concern with massive levels of poverty, major breakdowns in public health, a sharp growth in the terrorization of civil populations and escalating environmental damage. Some of these conditions or their effects can no longer be isolated from the privileged. If there ever was a task that required global elites to be active participants, it is addressing and working at solving these conditions. The WEF has found its match.
The heads of the thousand corporations that gather at Davos account for an enormous amount of worldwide environmental damage, as well as an enormous share of the resources we could use to address the damage they produce. If this damage came from 3 billion households in the world, it would be far more difficult to deal with than if two-thirds of it came from a limited number of enormously powerful organizations that could, if they decided to do so, reduce the damage substantively.
Davos represents a unique concentration of elites from diverse economic sectors, media outlets and national states--all brought together in one tiny place and primed to be exhorted to change. They did it once, from a national to a global orientation. Can't it be done again, from a destructive globalization to a more humane, just and environmentally sound globalization? Then the hard work of communicating across enemy lines can begin.
This wouldn't solve all problems. But it would mean looking at the WEF and other such organizations as resources precisely because they concentrate both the power to produce so much of the damage and injustice, and the resources to reduce them.
Saskia Sassen is the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. Her most recent books are Guests and Aliens and Globalization and its Discontents.
Now read Naomi Klein's "How to Confront Globalization: Take it to the Streets"


What's in the Bible? is making it's conference debut this week at the North American Children's Ministry Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
We're playing DVD 1 on loop on that giant 52″ television. My goal is to have every word memorized by the end of the day … It just might happen.
Phil will be speaking tomorrow night and we'll do a screening of DVD 1 with Q&A late tomorrow night.
I almost wish I didn't buy both DVDs before the official release date-- I really want that CD! Will a hard copy version ever be available as a standalone item? Best wishes for the conference! Love the booth! Any chances we'll see a video of Phil's talk or the Q & A? Good luck! Your success is in my prayers!


In India, only 20% people with minor illness, and only 50% people with serious illness come to Government hospitals. Thus, there is a need to understand the reasons influencing health care seeking practices to generate demand for health programmes. Amongst rural and tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh, it has been generally noticed that the first point of contact for any illness is a private provider, many-a-times an untrained practitioner, since they are easily accessible. Literacy level is quite low in the state, particularly in rural and tribal communities, resulting in being unaware of the basic symptoms of Tuberculosis (TB) and availability of free treatment and diagnostics at Government health facilities. Some TB patients also discontinue treatment, due to lack of awareness. At times these people also get required medications from a local pharmacist, since they have low faith in Government health system and when condition worsens (both in terms of health as well as finances), they visit a Government health facility. Also these communities are generally dependent on daily labour, leading to delayed TB diagnosis and treatment, in fear of loss of wages. Alcoholism & tobacco use of all forms is predominant in these communities, thus affecting the treatment adherence.
With reference to the programme delivery, a number of barriers play a role in influencing health care seeking behaviour of rural and tribal communities of Madhya Pradesh, such as unavailability of health staff, poor accessibility due to distance, unavailability of medicines and other requirements, to name a few. A major proportion of rural and tribal communities are residing far off from the Government health facilities, and thus even if the PHC is open and there are health staff providing services round the clock, it is difficult for a sick person to reach the PHC.
Rural people in India and tribal populations in particular, have their own beliefs and practices regarding health. Some tribal groups still believe that a disease is always caused by hostile spirits or by the breach of some taboo. They therefore seek remedies through magic and religious practices.
Amongst tribals in Madhya Pradesh, evil spirits are attributed to be the cause of TB. The belief that TB occurs due to supernatural powers lead to the concept of seeking relief through magic, keeping the allopathic medical practitioner as a last resort. There are also beliefs that they cannot get TB, hence leading to delayed treatment seeking.
To summarize, there are many reasons for people to go to a particular health provider. Most important reasons include awareness, money, distance and availability of staff. These factors play a role in creating demand for any health programme, particularly the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP). Hence, there is a need to address the issues that influence TB health seeking behavior such as improving the availability of trained staff at health facilities, enhance level of awareness amongst the community about TB – IEC activities to be increased, regular patient provider meetings to ensure treatment adherence as well as improved faith in Government health system. Also in RNTCP, there is a scope for involvement of NGOs in the programme – since most of the rural and tribal habitations are quite interior, Sputum collection centres can be established through NGOs nearer to these communities.
Moumita Biswas was a student of e-learning course in Public Health Management(ePHM) conducted by Institute of Public Health, Bangalore, India.


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WordPress 2.9 is nearly ready. The WordPress team has announced the first release candidate of WordPress 2.9, and is calling for testing of 2.9. In addition to testing the platform itself, the team is asking users and plugin authors to test plugins to ensure compatibility with the latest release.
This release includes a number of new features, including a "trash" feature for comments, posts, and so on. This means that it's possible to recover elements that have been deleted until the admin permanently deletes them. 2.9 also sports image editing, a new release of TinyMCE, and improvements in media embedding.
Comments for pages have been added to the default "Kubrick" them with WordPress, so blogs can now have comments on pages as well as posts. For new blogs, the default first post will be more informative about using WordPress as opposed to the old-style "Hello World" post.
The 2.9 release also includes a slew of changes for WordPress developers, with 84 changes for 2.9 listed on the Codex. Changes range from improved documentation for the WP Filesystem to support for new post types and limiting checks for "blog by email" to every five minutes.
Plugin users can now report on the Plugin Directory whether plugins are compatible with a version. This data will be used with the WordPress compatibility checker so users can get a sense whether a plugin is compatible with their release of WordPress or not.
Assuming no major bugs are found, WordPress 2.9 should be released "before the end of the week." The release candidate download is available from the announcement.
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We had made some potstickers the night before for a party and I need them made again so I could take some photos. Zo asked what we were going to have with them and I said, "I have no clue!" I started rummaging through the fridge and said, "You know if we grab some soyizo or chorizo we could make up some New Mexican Egg rolls!" Then after spying a tasty sauce in the fridge I finished up with "Oh and we could dip them in that yummy sauce I made for the chicken dippers!" Zo replied that it might be pretty good and we should do it. So while she made up a new batch of potstickers I tweaked and pinched away at the ingredients until I thought they tasted right and then we fried up everything all together. These were tasty! After eating them I told her we should make them for her mother when she was in town and Zo said, "I was thinking the same thing!" I hope you enjoy!
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium low heat. Once heated add potatoes, chorizo and green onions to skillet and cook for 12-17 minutes, stirring often. After potatoes are cooked through and chorizo is browned, drain oil from mixture and pour into a large mixing bowl. Fold mixture with renaming ingredients until mixed well (except egg roll wrappers and oil.) Add even amounts of mixture to egg roll wrappers. Fold in the ends of the wrapper and then roll both ends closed.
Heat vegetable oil in a sauce pan over medium high heat. Once heated add egg rolls 2-3 at a time and cook for 3-4 minutes or until browning. Once browned sit on a paper towel covered plate and let cool 2-3 minutes before serving hot with sauce. Enjoy!


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Devin Akeem Funchess (born May 21, 1994) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Michigan, and was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers.

High school career
Funchess attended Harrison High School in Farmington Hills, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track. As a junior in 2010, he caught 34 passes for 709 yards and five touchdowns, leading his team to the Michigan Division II state championship. As a senior in 2011, he was named to the Detroit News Blue Chip List after tallying 21 receptions for 452 yards and five touchdowns on offense, while also recording three sacks, one forced fumble, one interception, and three pass break-ups on defense. In track & field, Funchess competed as a long jumper, recording a personal-best leap of 5.53 meters (18 ft, 1.5 in) at the 2011 Oakland County Championships, where he placed 25th.

Considered a four-star recruit by ESPN.com, Funchess was listed as the fifth-ranked tight end in the nation in 2012.

College career
Funchess committed to the University of Michigan in 2011, becoming one of the top prospects in Michigan's 2012 recruiting class.

2012 season

Funchess saw extensive playing time as a freshman for the 2012 Michigan football team. After Brandon Moore sustained a knee injury, Funchess became the team's leading tight end and was described in October 2012 as "one of Michigan's biggest early-season revelations." In the second game of the season, and Funchess' first as a starter, he had 106 receiving yards and a touchdown against Air Force. He became the first Michigan tight end with 100 receiving yards in a game in 15 years; Jerame Tuman accomplished the feat in 1997. Funchess was named the Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week for his performance against Air Force. Against UMass the following week, he caught two passes for 34 yards and scored his second career touchdown at Michigan.

Funchess scored his third touchdown pass on October 13, 2012, in a 45–0 victory over Illinois. On November 10, 2012, he scored in the fourth quarter on an eight-yard pass from Devin Gardner to give Michigan a 28–24 lead over Northwestern. In the final home game of the season, a 42–17 victory over Iowa, Funchess scored his fifth touchdown on a 29-yard pass from Gardner.

Funchess was a 2012 All-Big Ten honorable mention selection by the media. He was also named to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team.

2013 season
As a sophomore for the 2013 Michigan team, Funchess became the Wolverines' second leading receiver behind Jeremy Gallon. On October 5, 2013, he caught seven passes for 151 yards against Minnesota. He had a 46-yard reception against the Golden Gophers, and his total of 151 yards was also a career-high. After the Minnesota game, head coach Brady Hoke said: "We wanted to get him out on the perimeter a little bit, mismatch in a lot of ways. He runs awful well and is a big target. We're just trying to really take advantage of his skill set." In an overtime loss to Penn State on October 12, 2013, Funchess caught four passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns, including a career-long 59-yard touchdown reception. Through the first six games of the season, Funchess had 19 catches for 408 yards and four touchdowns. His average of 21.5 yards per catch was the highest in the Big Ten Conference.

After the 2013 season, Funchess was named as Big Ten's Tight End of the year.

2014 season
On August 30, 2014, Funchess played his first game as a wide receiver for the Wolverines. He changed his number from No. 87 to No. 1; he is the first receiver to wear No. 1 since Braylon Edwards in 2004. Funchess tallied seven receptions for 95 yards and a career-high three touchdowns in the season opener against Appalachian State. On December 9, 2014, Funchess announced that he would be forgoing his remaining eligibility and declared for the 2015 NFL Draft.

Career statistics

Professional career

Carolina Panthers

2015 season
Funchess was drafted in the second round with the 41st overall pick by the Carolina Panthers in the 2015 NFL Draft. On August 14, 2015, he made his preseason debut for the Panthers against the Buffalo Bills. Funchess' first catch was a 34-yarder where he tightroped the sideline on a pass from Derek Anderson. Funchess had one more catch, and finished the night with 53 yards total. When the Panther's primary receiver, Kelvin Benjamin, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in training camp, Carolina looked for Funchess to help fill that spot and emerge as a consistent target for Cam Newton.

Funchess had a breakout game during Week 9 against the Green Bay Packers; Funchess made three catches for 71 yards and a key touchdown to help the Panthers earn their first 8–0 start in franchise history. The following week, Funchess caught both of his targets for a total of 41 yards during the Panthers' 27–10 victory over the Tennessee Titans. The following week, Funchess made his first NFL start against the Washington Redskins and responded with four receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown during the Panthers' 44–16 victory. During the Panthers' 41–38 victory over the New Orleans Saints, Funchess recorded a key 13-yard touchdown reception. During the Panthers' 38–35 victory over the New York Giants to move them to 14–0, Funchess recorded a key touchdown reception against cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the regular season finale, Funchess set career bests with seven receptions and 120 yards. The yardage is the second-most by Panthers' rookie (David Gettis had 125 yards against the San Francisco 49ers on October 24, 2010). Funchess finished the regular season with 31 catches for 473 yards, the fifth most in franchise history for a rookie receiver; his five touchdown catches were second most for a rookie.

On February 7, 2016, Funchess was part of the Panthers team that played in Super Bowl 50. The Panthers fell to the Denver Broncos by a score of 24–10. In the Super Bowl, Funchess had two catches for 40 yards.

2016 season
Funchess played in 15 games in 2016, with seven starts, recording 23 catches for 371 yards and four touchdowns. He was placed on injured reserve on December 29, 2016, after suffering a knee injury against the Falcons in Week 16.

2017 season
Funchess was part of a Panthers' wide receiver unit that contained Kelvin Benjamin, Russell Shephard, Curtis Samuel, Kaelin Clay, and Damiere Byrd. In Week 4, against the New England Patriots, he had seven receptions for 70 yards and two touchdowns in the 33–30 victory. In Week 12, against the New York Jets, he had a season-high 108 receiving yards on seven receptions. Overall, on the season, he had 63 receptions for 840 yards and eight touchdowns. The Panthers made the playoffs and faced off against the New Orleans Saints in the Wild Card Round. In the 31–26 loss, he had four receptions for 89 yards.

2018 season
In a Week 3 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, Funchess scored his first receiving touchdown of the season. In Week 6 and Week 8, he scored a touchdown in consecutive games against the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles. He finished the 2018 season with 44 receptions for 549 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns.

Indianapolis Colts
On March 14, 2019, Funchess signed a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts. He was placed on injured reserve with a broken collarbone on September 10, 2019. He was designated for return from injured reserve on November 13, 2019, and began practicing with the team again. However, he was not activated by the end of the three-week practice window on December 4, 2019, and remained on injured reserve for the rest of the season.

Green Bay Packers

2020 season
On April 2, 2020, Funchess signed with the Green Bay Packers The deal was reportedly for one year with a $1.2 million base salary for the 2020 season and a $1 million signing bonus, and could be worth up to $6.25 million with bonuses and incentives.

On July 28, 2020, Funchess opted out of the 2020 NFL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He explained his decision in an Instagram post, saying that some of his closest family members had been exposed to COVID-19 and that he was opting out for their safety, as well as his own.

2021 season
On March 9, 2021, the NFL Network announced that Funchess had agreed to take a $750,000 pay cut to remain with the salary cap-strapped Packers. In August 2021, Funchess created racial controversy by using an anti-Asian racial slur "chinky/chinkie" and made a "slant-eyed" gesture during a press conference. Funchess later posted an apology on Twitter.

On August 25, the Packers placed Funchess on injured reserve due to a lingering hamstring injury, and released him two days later.

San Francisco 49ers
On November 24, 2021, Funchess was signed to the San Francisco 49ers practice squad. He was released on December 6.

Detroit Lions
On June 14, 2022, Funchess signed with the Detroit Lions as a tight end. He was released on August 30.

Retirement
On December 20, 2022, Funchess said that as his football career options were dwindling, he was switching his focus and training to basketball so that he can fulfill his childhood dream of playing in the NBA.

NFL career statistics

Regular season

Postseason

References

External links

Michigan Wolverines bio

1994 births
Living people
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American football wide receivers
Michigan Wolverines football players
People from Farmington Hills, Michigan
Players of American football from Michigan
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To address this goal, Avalere partnered with a multidisciplinary group of leading providers, patient advocacy groups, and others to identify key principles in designing and testing processes to promote SDM in routine oncology practice.
In a commentary published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Palliative Care, we describe 3 best practices for addressing challenges associated with implementing SDM that emerged from a multidisciplinary collaborative: (1) engagement of diverse stakeholders who have interest in SDM; (2) development and validation of an evidence-based SDM tool grounded within an established conceptual framework; and (3) development of the necessary roadmap and consideration of the infrastructure needed for engendering patient engagement in decision-making. We believe these 3 principles are critical to the success of creating SDM tools to be utilized both within and outside of clinical practice, and it reinforces efforts of a related Avalere multistakeholder collaborative, the Patient-Perspective Value Framework Initiative.
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Simpson Manufacturing announces binding offer to acquire Etanco Group
Simpson Manufacturing Co., a provider of engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced that it has submitted a binding offer with exclusivity to acquire the Etanco Group for approximately $818 million (€725 million). Etanco is a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of fixing and fastening solutions for the building construction market, which includes innovative fasteners, connectors,…
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Simpson Manufacturing names new chief operating officer
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc., a provider of engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced tat Michael Olosky will be joining the company as chief operating officer, effective November 30, 2020. Olosky succeeds Simpson's former COO Ricardo Arevalo, who retired in February 2020 after 20 years of service. Olosky will primarily be responsible for overseeing Simpson's sales…


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Serato Studio DAW now has built-in stem separation: "This is a big moment for music production," says Kendrick Lamar producer DJ Khalil
20 Jan, 2023 Music News & Music Videos, Samplers
Added to its DJ software in October last year, Serato Stems is one of several current technologies that enable you to break mixed audio apart into its constituent parts (vocals, drums, bass and melodies). And Stems has now found a new home in Serato Studio 2.0, an updated version of the beatmaking DAW.
Stems is now included in Serato Studio's sampler, enabling you to instantly create acapellas and instrumental tracks that you can then use as you wish. "Serato Stems is the biggest moment in sampling since the MPC," says Grammy Award-winning producer/DJ Cookin Soul, while beatmaker Boston Cherry believes that "the fact that we can get acapella is a huge, huge cheat code for DJs and producers everywhere".
DJ Khalil, who's nominated for two Grammys this year for his work on Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, claims that "With this update, Serato Studio is the centre of my universe. This is a big moment for music production."
Serato says that Stems is powered by a "one-of-a-kind machine learning algorithm" that gives it the edge over the competition, and that it offers "unbeatable sound quality and performance".
You can download Serato Studio for free, though once you've had your 14-day trial period, this is limited to a single audio track and has quite a few other limitations. The full version costs $10 a month or $249 if you want to buy it outright.
Find out more on the Serato website.
SoundGhost Scatter Granular Plugin scatter your sound.


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Brislington Ch/CP
How we use the land; crops and farm animals.
Total Population 1801 to 1931: Population grew from 776 in 1801 to 4,279 in 1931.
Civil Parish (until 1933)
Brislington Ch/CP, Somerset
The following alternative names exist:
BRISLINGTON Preferred English F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISLINGTON ST LUKE Alternate English F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
was succeeded by BRISLINGTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
SOMERSET Ancient County F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
KEYNSHAM PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
KEYNSHAM RD Local Government District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
KEYNSHAM RSD Sanitary District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
KEYNSHAM Hundred Ancient District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
KEYNSHAM Registration sub-District 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
KEYNSHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
01 Oct 1898 was reduced to enlarge BRISTOL CP Houses in 1901: 661. 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; LGBO 38597
01 Aug 1930 was reduced to enlarge BRISTOL CP Area: 140 acres. 1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; Bristol Corporation (No. 2) Act, 1930
01 Apr 1933 was abolished to enlarge BRISTOL CP Area: 1642 acres. Population in 1931: 4279. 1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 77130. The Somerset Review Order, 1933; 1.4.1935 M. of H. Order No. 80904. The County of Gloucester Review Order, 1935
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I've been a little MIA lately - life has just been crazy and the blog has taken a back seat! But with Father's Day around the corner, I thought I would share this quick and easy gift that we made last year.
The jar is a 2 quart cracker jar from Walmart and I printed the labels out on beige textured paper in wallet size so that they would fit into the squares on the jar. As a finishing touch I tied twine around the top with a small brown button on the knot. We really love how it turned out and hope that he will too!
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Garuda Flexes its Wings Internationally
Aviation, Beyond Bali, Flights, Government, News, Special Offers, Tourism, Transportation December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 J. M. Daniels
Kompas.com reports that in anticipation of growing demand over the Christmas and New Year's period, Garuda Indonesia offers flights to a growing list of selected foreign destinations.
The national carrier will be operating flights to several international destinations, including Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Europe.
Starting in December, Garuda will operate:
Jakarta – Singapore
GA836 Jakarta-Singapore: Daily flights
GA837 Singapore-Jakarta: Daily flights
Jakarta – Kuala Lumpur
GA820 Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur: Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
GA821 Kuala Lumpur- Jakarta: Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
Jakarta – Bangkok
GA866 Jakarta-Bangkok: Dec. 10, Dec. 13, Dec. 17, Dec. 20, Dec. 24, Dec. 31
GA867 Bangkok-Jakarta: 3 December, 6 December, 10 December, 13 December, 17 December, 20 December, 31 December
Jakarta – Hong Kong
GA876 Jakarta-Hong Kong: Dec. 8, Dec. 12, Dec. 15, Dec. 19, Dec. 26
GA873 Hong Kong-Jakarta: Dec. 8, Dec. 12, Dec. 15, Dec. 19, Dec. 26
Routes to Japan and South Korea
Jakarta – Haneda (Japan)
GA874 Jakarta-Haneda: Dec. 9, Dec. 12, Dec. 16, Dec. 19, Dec. 23, Dec. 26, Dec. 30
GA875 Haneda-Jakarta: Dec. 8, Dec. 11, Dec. 13, Dec. 15, Dec. 18, Dec. 20, Dec. 22, Dec. 25, Dec. 27, and Dec. 29
Jakarta – Osaka (Japan)
GA888 Jakarta-Osaka: Tuesday and Friday
GA889 Osaka-Jakarta: Thursday and Sunday
Jakarta – Seoul (South Korea)
GA878 Jakarta-Seoul: Tuesday and Thursday
GA879 Seoul-Jakarta: Thursday and Saturday
Routes to Australia and Europe
Jakarta – Sydney (Australia)
GA712 Jakarta-Sydney: Tuesday
GA713 Sydney-Jakarta: Thursday
GA7134 Sydney-Jakarta: Tuesday
Jakarta – Perth (Australia)
GA724 Jakarta-Perth: Thursday
GA725 Perth-Jakarta: Thursday
Jakarta – Melbourne (Australia)
GA716 Jakarta-Melbourne: 10 December, 17 December, 24 December, 31 December
GA717 Melbourne-Jakarta: Friday
Jakarta – Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
GA088 Jakarta-Amsterdam: Tuesday and Thursday
GA089 Amsterdam-Jakarta: Thursday and Saturday
Before purchasing any international ticket, passengers are reminded of their responsibility to understand and fulfill all legal requirements of their chosen destination regarding testing for COVID-19 and quarantine requirements.
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Eucalyptol exudes a camphoraceous, minty aroma reminiscent of eucalyptus. An example of a strain known for its content of Eucalyptol is Headband. Isolated Eucalyptus can be naturally sourced from eucalyptus plants, camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), bay leaf (Laurus nobilis), tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) and mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).


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Q: Div is covered by youtube embed, how do I fix that? Code: http://jsfiddle.net/DerNalia/vmNP4/
The gray menu in the top right is supposed to be above the videos. Why isn't it? How do I make it so the div is always on top of the videos, regardless of positions?

A: Hm... I think i might be misunderstanding your question, but... What is exactly you mean? You want the gray div FIXED on top of every video or the gray div ABOVE the videos? (Not fixed on the screen corner)
If you want the div FIXED on the corner, and the videos are being on top of it, try to do this:
Find this attribute on the iframe tags of youtube videos:
src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-nOOMpC7RwQ"

At the end of the url, add this: ?wmode=transparent
It'd be like this:
src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-nOOMpC7RwQ?wmode=transparent"

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Q: Python - Object oriented function in tkinter with event of click my program should after click roll dice - it use six images of dice, with one, two, three, four, five and six dots. First is showed image with one dot and than after click on the image should randomly change 8 times. In the end, last random image should stay on screen, but it doesn't work and I am not able to solve it. Any idea how to fix it please?
(I know that 3 classes are not necessary for this, but i will continue in it when I'll have soluted this problem)
Thanks
import tkinter, random

class Main:
    def __init__(self, area, dice):
        dice.throw(area)

class Area:

    def __init__(self):
        self.canvas = tkinter.Canvas(width=1000, height=600)
        self.canvas.pack()
        self.dice1 = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberOne.png')
        self.canvas.create_image(680,540,image=self.dice1)
        self.canvas.bind('<Button-1>', Dice.throw)

class Dice:

    def throw(event):
        if event.x < 730 and event.x > 630 and event.y < 590 and event.y > 490:
            dice1 = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberOne.png')
            dice2 = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberTwo.png')
            dice3 = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberThree.png')
            dice4 = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberFour.png')
            dice5 = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberFive.png')
            dice6 = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberSix.png')
            for i in range(8):
                number = random.randrange(6) + 1
                if number == 1:
                    area.canvas.create_image(680,540,image=dice1)
                elif number == 2:
                    area.canvas.create_image(680,540,image=dice2)
                elif number == 3:
                    area.canvas.create_image(680,540,image=dice3)
                elif number == 4:
                    area.canvas.create_image(680,540,image=dice4)
                elif number == 5:
                    area.canvas.create_image(680,540,image=dice5)
                elif number == 6:
                    area.canvas.create_image(680,540,image=dice6)
                area.canvas.after(100)
                area.canvas.update()

pl = Area()
dice = Dice()
main = Main(pl, dice)

A: Problem is that Area instance (pl) need access to Dive instance (dive) and Dive instance needs access to Area instance.
dice = Dice(root)
area = Area(root, dice) # `Area` gets access to `Dive` instace
dice.area = area        # `Dive` gets access to `Area` instace

after that Dive can use dive.throw and Dive can use area.canvas or other elements.
To make it simpler I assign tag to image on canvas and then I can use tag_bind to assign <Button-1> and I don't have to check event.x, event.y.
Instead of creating new image with create_image I change image in existing element on cavas.
create_image() gives element ID
self.image_id = self.canvas.create_image(...)

so later I can change image in this element
self.canvas.itemconfig(self.image_id, image=image)

I keep all images on list so I don't need all variables dice1, dice2, etc. and I can get image using index instead of if/elif. I can also use random.choice(self.images) to get random element from list.
image = random.choice(self.images)

Full code:
import tkinter
import random

class Main:

    def __init__(self, area, dice):
        dice.throw(area)

class Area:

    def __init__(self, master, dice):
        self.master = master

        self.canvas = tkinter.Canvas(master, width=1000, height=600)
        self.canvas.pack()

        self.image = tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberOne.png')
        self.image_id = self.canvas.create_image(680, 540, image=self.image, tags='tag_image')

        self.canvas.tag_bind('tag_image', '<Button-1>', dice.throw)

    def change_image(self, image):
        print('changing image')
        self.canvas.itemconfig(self.image_id, image=image)

class Dice:

    def __init__(self, master):
        self.master = master
        self.area = None # assign later

        self.images = [
            tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberOne.png')
            tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberTwo.png')
            tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberThree.png')
            tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberFour.png')
            tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberFive.png')
            tkinter.PhotoImage(file='numberSix.png')
        ]

    def throw(self, event):
        if self.area:
            for i in range(8):
                image = random.choice(self.images)

                self.area.change_image(image)

                self.master.update()
                self.master.after(100)

# --- main ---

root = tkinter.Tk()

dice = Dice(root)
area = Area(root, dice)
dice.area = area

root.mainloop()

A: from tkinter import *

class GUI(Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.geometry("600x750")
        self.title("Calculator")

        self.scvalue = StringVar()
        self.scvalue.set("")
        self.screen = Entry(textvar=self.scvalue,font=("Impact",30,"bold"),relief="groove")
        self.screen.pack(fill=X,ipadx=8, pady=10, padx=10)

        self.frame = Frame(self, bg="grey")
        self.frame.pack()
        # First row
        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="9", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=5,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="8", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=5,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="7", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=5,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.frame = Frame(self, bg="grey")
        self.frame.pack()
        #second row
        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="6", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=5,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="5", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=5,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="4", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=5,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.frame = Frame(self, bg="grey")
        self.frame.pack()
        #third row
        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="3", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=7,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="2", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=7,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="1", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
        self.button.pack(side=LEFT,padx=7,pady=3)
        self.button.bind("<Button-1>",self.click)

        self.frame = Frame(self, bg="grey")
        self.frame.pack()
        #fourth row
        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="0", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
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        self.button = Button(self.frame,text="00", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
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        self.button = Button(self.frame,text=".", padx="15",font=("Impact",30,"bold"),bd=10,relief="groove")
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        self.frame = Frame(self, bg="grey")
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Pumpkin is an amazingly versitile ingredient that can be used in dishes from muffins to dips, in a vegetable bake or as a mash. One of our favourite ways to use pumpkin is to roast it, which brings out its lovely soft texture and sweetness, and then to make it the hero of a salad.
We've added some sesame and sunflower seeds in this easy and tasty pumkpin salad to add some crunch and intrigue, and laid it on a bed of nutritious baby spinach.
This recipe can be whipped up in half an hour and serve four as a side salad - pumpkin always tastes great with poultry or pork. However, pumpkin is hearty and fills the tummy, so we love this one on its own!
Deseed and peel the pumpkin and cut into bite-sized chunks. In a large bowl, pour oil and honey over the pumpkin, season with salt and pepper and gently toss until the pumpkin is well coated.
Line an oven proof tray with baking or greaseproof paper and place the pumpkin on the tray in a single layer.
Bake for 25 minutes, turning once. Once the pumpkin is golden brown, remove from the oven and sprinkle the sesame seeds over the top. Return the tray to the oven and bake for 5 minutes or until the seeds are lightly toasted. Remove from oven and set aside for 30 minutes to cool.
Combine the lemon juice, olive oil and mustard. Stir or whisk well. Season with salt and pepper.
Plate the pumpkin on a bed of baby spinach and top with sunflower seeds. Drizzle with the dressing and gently toss until all ingredients are combined.
This recipe will work with any variety of pumpkin.
If you prefer a sweeter salad, you can add another tablespoon of honey to the dressing.


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The first release by the piano trio configuration of Mostly Other People Do the Killing features bassist/composer Moppa Elliott, pianist Ron Stabinsky, and drummer Kevin Shea, with each composition named after a small town in Pennsylvania that contains a color, and the town of "Paint, PA" lent its name to the title, with one apt Duke Ellington cover.
NY Composer and Zs founder Alex Mincek's first release since 2011 also launches Sound American's Young Composer Portrait series, presenting 4 chamber works--"Pendulum VII"; selected movements from "Harmonielehre"; "Pneuma"; and "Torrent"--performed by Wet Ink Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, and Yarn/Wire, in a deluxe hardcover book package with interviews and notes.
Mostly Other People Do The Killing pianist Ron Stabinsky joins free jazz saxophonist Jack Wright for a wild session pushing both players into adventurous territory, Stabinsky taking up the trumpet and using dental floss, light bulbs and other objects inside the piano.
NY baritone saxophonist Charles Evans wrote this through-composed 9 part work for soprano saxophone great David Liebman, who joins Evans in a quartet with pianist Ron Stabinsky and bassist Tony Marino, performing a chamber jazz work of strong melody and subtle allure.
A composition written for collaboration between Charles Evans and David Liebman, an unusual pairing of soprano and baritone saxophones, in a quartet with pianist Ron Stabinsky and bassist Tony Marino.


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Officers testify in Smelser hearing that what he did was "violently choke him out."
Bethany Freudenthal
LAS CRUCES - A former Las Cruces police officer, accused of second-degree murder in the February death of Antonio Valenzuela, will stand trial.
The decision to bind the case from magistrate court — which is not a court of record — to Third Judicial District Court, was handed down late Friday afternoon by Third Judicial District Court Judge Casey Fitch, who acted as a magistrate court judge in this matter.
Initially, Smelser was charged by the Third Judicial District Attorney's Office with involuntary manslaughter. But in July, after a review, the New Mexico Attorney General's Office picked up the case and increased his charge to second-degree murder.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions not allowing for grand juries to convene, Smelser's case was bound back to magistrate court for a preliminary hearing. After the hearing, if Fitch hadn't determined there's enough evidence to move forward with the case, it could have been thrown out altogether.
During the two-day hearing, Attorney Zach Jones for the State of New Mexico called multiple witnesses to testify, including Las Cruces Police Detective Shane Brisco, who oversees defensive tactic training, is a martial artist and a proponent of police using the "vascular neck restraint" in question.
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In his testimony, Brisco told the court that LCPD is the only law enforcement agency in New Mexico that, prior to the Feb. 29 incident, trained their officers to use VNRs. However, in that training, officers are taught not to hold it for longer than 40 seconds.
After conducting an investigation into the incident and reviewing multiple lapel cam videos, Brisco testified that Smelser had done the hold incorrectly — and what he had done, instead, was to place Valenzuela in a "bulldog hold." He also testified that, in his calculations, Smelser held Valenzuela in the bulldog hold for one minute and 40 seconds — "which is one minute too long."
In 2012, the Las Cruces Police Department became the only law enforcement agency in New Mexico to authorize the use of chokeholds. On the stand, Brisco testified that the now-retired Police Chief Patrick Gallagher wasn't a proponent of their use. Gallagher banned them after Valenzuela's death.
In his career of just over 20 years, Brisco said he's never used the VNR on a suspect. Smelser's use of the restraint that night, he testified, was unreasonable.
"What (Smelser) did, was violently choke Mr. Valenzuela out," Brisco told the court.
The only person who testified during the two-day hearing that Smelser's use of the VNR on Feb. 29 was reasonable was Ofc. Andrew Tuton — who was with Smelser during the scuffle. Tuton stated that, at one point during the incident, he'd thought of using his firearm on Valenzuela. Instead, he told Smelser to "put him out."
The horn of his thyroid was crushed
Early Friday morning, Dr. Lauren Dvorscak, a forensic pathologist with the Office of the Medical Investigator, testified.
Dvorscak, who supervised Valenzuela's autopsy, told the court that the cause of Valenzuela's death was asphyxial injuries caused by restraint and the toxic effects of methamphetamine.
There were tiny broken blood vessels in his eyes, consistent with the compression of the chest or neck that would prohibit the return of blood from the brain, causing the tiny blood vessels in the eyes to burst.
As part of the internal examination, Dvorscak testified that there were areas of hemorrhaging in the deep muscles of the neck, as well as a fracture of the left side of the neck.
The horn of Valenzuela's thyroid, which sits to the left and upwards of the Adam's apple, had been fractured, Dvorscak testified.
Dvorscak told the court that the only other time she's seen similar injuries in her career has been in manual strangulations. She also testified that she's read about similar injuries in other law enforcement cases. Valenzuela, she told the court, had small, superficial abrasions on his body, but she could not tell if they occurred prior to the incident with Smelser.
Though Valenzuela had methamphetamine in his system at the time of his death, Dvorscak told the court that methamphetamine did not kill him. What killed Valenzuela was asphyxial injuries of the neck.
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The methamphetamine, she said, can contribute to an increased oxygen demand to the body. The compression can cause an event that can increase the chances of death.
Medically, Dvorscak testified the manner of death, in this case, was ruled a homicide — which means Valenzuela's death came at the hands of another — but in the medical field they don't need to prove intent with a homicide finding.
A difference between a fight and a scuffle
Police Officer Damon Fay — who has testified in both New Mexico State Court and in Federal Court in 10 officer use-of-force cases — also testified Friday.
In watching lapel-cam footage of the incident, Fay told the court that, before Valenzuela died, his breathing pattern became gurgled and labored — known as "agonal breathing," which occurs before a person dies.
Fay stated that nothing on the video shows Valenzuela was attempting to fight Tuton and Smelser, and that it looked like he was fleeing from them prior to their scuffle.
In combat, Fay told the court that there's a difference between a fight and a scuffle. In a fight, he said, there's mutuality. In this incident, however, there's no mutuality — because Valenzuela can be seen lying face down, with his back to the officers. Fay testified Valenzuela had no chance to fight back.
Inappropriate use of force
The use of force in this incident, Fay testified, was inappropriate and not sanctioned by the State of New Mexico. Though there was a substance detected at the scene, Fay said it didn't correlate to objective reasonableness for Smelser's use of force.
Related:City of Las Cruces pays $6.5 million in damages after civil suit in Smelser case settled
Also, Fay said Tuton's testimony regarding his thought about using his firearm during this incident was also inappropriate — because such use of force would not be necessary.
Fay agreed with Brisco's testimony that Smelser "violently choked out Mr. Valenzuela."
Even though a felon may be fleeing from an officer, Fay testified that the officer would keep an eye on them but wouldn't shoot them. He also testified that, when Valenzuela said "hit me harder," he wasn't being violent.
"Smelser violently choked Valenzuela out, and no one else at the scene did. Christopher Smelser is the only person who violently choked Valenzuela out," Fay said.
He knew what he was doing
In closing statements, Jones told the court that Smelser knew what he was doing, because he'd been trained in the use of vascular neck restraints. And, during an incident in 2018, he placed a man named David Pedraza in a VNR during a traffic stop — not once, but twice — and knew when to let go.
Jones states that, on Feb. 29, Valenzuela was merely trying to run away from the two officers.
In a recorded interview, Jones states Smelser told investigators that he had Valenzuela in the restraint for only a few seconds. But, according to lapel-cam video, Jones said the minimum amount of time Valenzuela was in the neck restraint was 50 seconds.
"Smelser killed the defendant and the methamphetamine did not kill him. The defendant committed the single crime of second-degree murder," Jones said.
Lack of intent
In closing statements, Smelser's attorney, Amy Orlando, told the court that there was no reason to believe Smelser intended to kill Valenzuela and that VNR's are a tool that LCPD officers had available to use during arrests.
"There's no evidence to say there's any bad blood between them, that he purposely did the VNR to kill Antonio Valenzuela," she said.
Orlando stated that, from the videos, only Tuton and Smelser knew the dangerousness they faced that night.
"To say now that there's no threat of force is ridiculous," Orlando said. "That night, Valenzuela was a man who was not going to give up," she said.
Bethany Freudenthal can be reached at bfreudenthal@lcsun-news.com, 575-541-5449 or @bethanyfreuden1 on Twitter.
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I can't remember the last time I stopped playing a game after the first two minutes to text my buddy about how mind blowing it is. Aaero is that game and comes from another planet. It's an ultra-fast rail music shooter that takes you down claustrophobic tunnels and then spits you out into vast open spaces of desert land. The contrast is epic. But even more epic, Aaero has the most infectious playlist of tunes to accompany you on your journey.
It's not just us who are loving Aaero. UK developers Mad Fellows have released an Accolades Trailer to celebrate the glowing reviews. Check it out below.
Not played Aaero yet? Then prepare to give those subwoofers a serious workout along with your senses!


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New Commerce police chief hails from Douglasville
Wayne Ford @WayneFo12126079
The city of Commerce recently hired a veteran police officer from Douglasville as its new chief.
Zach Ardis, who was a captain in administrative services with the Douglasville Police Department where he worked since 1997, was sworn in last week as the new chief, replacing former Chief Brandon Sellers who resigned in August after less than a year on the job. Sellers did not give a reason for resigning.
Ardis was chosen from about 60 officers who applied for the job, according to Commerce City Manager James Wascher.
"Zach has a lot of experience. He's been through the main areas of policing," Wascher said citing Ardis' long tenure with Douglasville where he also worked in patrol and investigations.
"He's very community oriented," Wascher said adding the chief was active in civic clubs and his church.
"The community appealed to me," Ardis said Wednesday. "I have four kids and finding a community that embraces family values drew me to Commerce."
Ardis was born in Sumter, S.C., but his family moved to Douglasville when he was in the fifth grade. He went to school in Douglasville and has spent his entire career in law enforcement there.
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The Skills Centre
A fresh direction for a construction based training facility in London.
The Skills Centre is a specialised educational facility based in London, providing training and opportunities to help people get into the construction industry. The company needed a new brand identity to help engage a wider audience and grow the business.
The first step of the project was to gain a deep understanding of the business, its audiences, marketplace, goals and culture. We ran a brand workshop with a diverse group of employees help establish a wide view of the business. This helps everyone get on the same page about what we're trying to achieve with a new brand.
Light, openings & directions
After analysing the brand values and workshop outcomes we started establishing a creative direction. During our research we found inspiration from artist James Turrell, the man behind Drakes polarising music video for 'Hotline Bling'. We liked how his imagery visualised the concept of openings, direction and a pathway which tied in with what the new brand needed to communicate.
The Skills Centre wanted to be seen as an "open door"—a place where everyone is welcome. We explored how this could be represented and created an 'opening' mechanism that can be represented in many different ways, which we captured in a design system using shape and movement.
The logo is based on values that reflect The Skills Centre best—starting a journey, being open, shining light on opportunity and a positive direction. This is matched with a bright and bold colour palette that references construction site apparel.
To help introduce personality and to balance the bold colour palette, we chose a typeface that is approachable and has an element of quirkiness. This also helps the brand appeal to a wider audience which is key to attracting a diverse workforce.
We developed an accompanying strap line to support the logo "Start your journey to opportunity" which highlights that The Skill Centre is the first step on a long career path in the construction industry.
The Skills Centre will be setting up centres for new construction developments around the UK, so the identity needed to be flexible to work with partners, local authorities and in cross-branded initiatives.
The new identity is designed to work across multiple sectors without losing the core brand values.
It's important that a brand retains the design language throughout various applications. The new angled logo provides flexibility in both the physical and digital world.
We commissioned photography by Sophie Baxter and video by our friends Yoke Creative to help launch the new brand, and provide media for ongoing promotions.
We love working with bold, ambitious clients with big ideas. It's even better when those businesses make a meaningful impact on peoples lives. We're delighted to deliver The Skill Centre a brand that provides the platform to expand and develop.
If you have an amazing product or service which is being let down by lack of brand communication, get in touch to see how we can help.
Branding a legend
Bringing a piece of history into a digital world


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Kevin Bartlett has delivered his world famous phantom call of the 2018 Caulfield Cup. He's picked the winner 29 consecutive times!
KB and Jason Richardson take a look at the card for Caulfield Cup day tomorrow. No history lesson, we want value!
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Colin Montgomerie insisted golfers that use anchored putters must get used to them being banned from the sport from 2016.
A Tiger Woods victory at The Masters in Augusta would be 'very good for golf', according to former world no.2 Colin Montgomerie.
Paul McGinley has held off a late challenge from Colin Montgomerie to be named Europe's Ryder Cup captain at Gleneagles in 2014.
Colin Montgomerie admits he would not be surprised to see a European one-two-three at this week's Open Championship - something that has not happened since 1938.
World No.1 Luke Donald warmed up for Royal St George's with his third victory of the year but Colin Montgomerie failed to qualify for an Open for the first time in 22 years.
Rory McIlroy has dismissed the concerns of Colin Montgomerie and others over his decision to take three weeks off before next week's Open Championship.
Triumphant Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie remains hopeful he can play in the competition again and has set his sights on forcing his way back into the world's top 50.
Colin Montgomerie may have bailed out of Europe's victory party early but he ensured his Ryder Cup legacy will long be ensured after the thrilling victory at Celtic Manor.
Jose Maria Olazabal is being tipped to be Europe's next Ryder Cup captain after receiving the backing of Colin Montgomerie.
Europe take a remarkable three-point lead into tomorrow's singles at the Ryder Cup after a stunning session at Celtic Manor.
Lee Westwood will again take the lead role for Europe as Colin Montgomerie's fired-up team bid to finish off the Americans at Celtic Manor.
Colin Montgomerie's European team trail the Americans by one point after the opening fourballs at the Ryder Cup.
European captain Colin Montgomerie sends his team into Ryder Cup battle admitting he was surprised to see Tiger Woods being 'hidden' in the opening fourballs line-up.
Colin Montgomerie injected some passion into his European team by arranging for them to talk with Seve Ballesteros, the ultimate Ryder Cup competitor.
Europe captain Colin Montgomerie believes this week's Ryder Cup is so evenly matched it will be decided by a single putt during the final day's singles ties.
Colin Montgomerie has claimed he has 'not played around' with the Celtic Manor course to give his European team an advantage in the Ryder Cup this weekend.
European captain Colin Montgomerie has admitted he faces an almost 'impossible' task when he comes to make his Ryder Cup wild-card picks on Sunday night.
Colin Montgomerie faces a major Ryder Cup headache with four of his star names relying on one of three wild cards rather than playing in next week's Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
Darren Clarke admits he has not always seen eye to eye with Colin Montgomerie. And Thomas Bjorn once called the Scot 'a 40-year-old behaving like a three-year-old'.
Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie will not announce his vice-captains until after July's Open Championship at St Andrews at the earliest.
Colin Montgomerie received the perfect tonic ahead of this year's Ryder Cup as his European team edged a thrilling final day's singles against Asia to reclaim the Royal Trophy.
Europe ensured there will be all to play for on the final day of the Royal Trophy after Colin Montgomerie's side battled back to lead 4 1/2 - 3 1/2 after Saturday's four-balls.


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Indoors or out, this guy's the real deal
By Mark Swed
Jan. 6, 2007 12 AM PT
Times Staff Writer
In 2004, Gustavo Dudamel won a conducting competition in Bamberg, Germany, and the buzz began. In 2005, the young Venezuelan conductor made his U.S. debut at the Hollywood Bowl conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic and bowled over audiences, critics and an army of American arts administrators who came armed with contracts and pens. But it was the Bowl; who can really tell in the great outdoors?
Last summer Dudamel, already a sensation with his sizzling first Deutsche Grammophon CD of two Beethoven symphonies, made his East Coast debut conducting the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, also to acclaim but also outdoors and also in a one-off concert with limited rehearsal.
Thursday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dudamel finally came in from the classical music cold, conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program of Russian and Hungarian music. This was the concert -- fully rehearsed and part of a subscription series -- that mattered. If you are looking for boasting rights, the program will be repeated at Disney today and in Palm Springs on Sunday afternoon. If you can't find a ticket (both are sold out), the concerts are being recorded for release on iTunes Feb. 13.
And, of course, there is always next time. Dudamel, who is 26, will be around for a long while. He is, as I am certain everyone in Disney instantly realized, a phenomenon. No classes in music appreciation are necessary to recognize this kind of charisma, which has laws of its own.
In Zoltan Kodaly's "Dances of Galanta," Dudamel appeared to be living every Gypsy-infused note, squeezing slippery passion from a solo clarinet, whipping the strings into a frenzy. He is sometimes compared with the enthusiastic young Simon Rattle (the curly mop of hair doesn't hurt). His energy and the lack of inhibition reminded me of the young Bernstein.
But he most resembles a young Carlos Kleiber without the craziness. Like Kleiber, Dudamel does not appear to be leading the orchestra or even interacting with it. He is the orchestra, or is at least as one with it. Orchestra players can be hard to read, but with a little experience a listener can usually tell when they truly like or dislike a conductor. Thursday night, the L.A. Philharmonic was one exuberant band.
Kodaly's dances may have ended up sounding more impulsively Latin than propulsive Hungarian, but why not? There is more than one way to make music marvelous. And it will be amusing to compare Dudamel's iTunes recording of these dances with Lorin Maazel's ultra-slick one on a New York Philharmonic iTunes download released last spring. Is that perhaps why Maazel recently touted Daniel Barenboim as his choice for successor, just as the rumors were flying that the orchestra may be trying to snag Dudamel for 2009?
Nothing else in Dudamel's substantial program at Disney, however, had quite the impact of the Kodaly, and indicated just what a bad idea it would be for this amazing young Venezuelan, a model of the country's unparalleled education system, to be pushed any further into the limelight too quickly.
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 followed the Kodaly, and Yefim Bronfman was the soloist. Bronfman is always a blast, and he blasted through this overly popular concerto with his usual fabulous fleetness and strength. If the crowd was already thrilled by Dudamel, it became even more so by the Russian powerhouse. I bow to their excitement; the concerto, despite its tunes and arresting bravura piano writing, puts me in a stupor after 10 minutes.
But if playing Rachmaninoff like a superhero keeps Bronfman's fingers flexible, it may be a good thing. At the moment, he is learning Esa-Pekka Salonen's just-completed piano concerto, which will be given its world premiere by the New York Philharmonic on Feb. 1 and is said to be insanely difficult.
Dudamel remained in the background during the Rachmaninoff but stepped up to the plate once more for Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra after intermission. Again there were moments of tremendous vitality. And there was fun, fun, fun, especially in the playful parts and the jazzy last movement, which flew by at a ferocious pace.
Dudamel has a delightful ear for sonorities. The weird bits of the slow movement were seductively colored as if by a musical Picasso. But the young conductor has yet to find his own way to reveal some of the deeper aspects of Bartok's score, such as the profound sense of form and the interlocking details.
He is, that is to say, not a freak of nature but an exceptional fresh talent with room to grow. The question now is how well he can mature in the limelight, and how well all of us -- critics, audiences and, most of all, the often callous music business -- can do our bit not to inhibit the process. We owe it to him -- and ourselves. Greatness like this doesn't come around often.
mark.swed@latimes.com
Where: Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., L.A.
When: 2 p.m. today
Price: $15 to $135
Contact: (323) 850-2000; www.laphil.com
Mark Swed
Mark Swed has been the classical music critic of the Los Angeles Times since 1996.


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