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Tropical Storm Douglas, Tropical Depression Seven-E form in the Eastern Pacific; North Atlantic Seeing Renewed Activity
Two new tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific, Tropical Depression Seven-E and Tropical Storm Douglas, are today's main headlines, with one on the way out and the other likely to strengthen over the next few days. Tropical Depression Seven-E, which developed yesterday morning, is currently weakening and expected to become a remnant low soon. Tropical Storm Douglas, which has recently been named, is forecast to strengthen over the next few days, and could impact the Hawaiian islands toward the end of the week and over the weekend. In the North Atlantic, three systems are currently being monitored for tropical cyclone formation, two of which are likely to impact the United States Gulf Coast.
Tropical Depression Seven-E: Forecast Track and Intensity Guidance
The National Hurricane Center's 5-day forecast track and cone of uncertainty for Tropical Depression Seven-E as of Advisory Number 4 at 03:00 UTC July 21.
As of the National Hurricane Center's most recent advisory at 5:00 PM HST (03:00 UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Seven-E is located near 19.2°N, 131.8°W, about 1435 mi (2305 km) west of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 km/h) with gusts to 45 mph (75 km/h), and the minimum central pressure is 1008 mb (29.77 inches). The depression is moving toward the west-northwest at near 12 mph (19 km/h), and a gradual turn to the west-southwest is expected through today. Weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and the depression is forecast to degenerate into a remnant low soon, followed by dissipation on Wednesday. This system is not a threat to land, and no tropical cyclone watches or warnings are in effect.
Tropical Storm Douglas: Forecast Track, Intensity Guidance, and Hazards Affecting Land
As of the National Hurricane Center's most recent advisory on Douglas at 5:00 PM HST (03:00 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Douglas was located near 13.1°N, 121.6°W, about 1025 mi (1645 km) southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h), gusting to 50 mph (85 km/h), the minimum central pressure is 1006 mb (29.71 inches), and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 mi (55 km) from the center. Douglas is moving toward the west-southwest at near 10 mph (17 km/h), and a slightly faster, generally westward motion is expected over the next few days. Steady strengthening is forecast during the next few days, and Douglas is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday morning. By the weekend, the system is expected to begin weakening as it encounters a less favorable environment.
Douglas is currently located in and expected to remain in a rather favorable environment. Warm sea surface temperatures, high moisture content, and low vertical wind shear should allow for this compact cyclone to strengthen over the next few days. Numerical model guidance has trended upward this morning, and both the GFS and ECMWF global models strengthen Douglas into a hurricane. Given such a favorable environment, it is even possible that Douglas could undergo a period of rapid intensification sometime within the next few days; the SHIPS Rapid Intensification Index indicates a 25% chance of a 25-kt increase in sustained wind speed during the next 24 hours. The current NHC forecast is near the upper end of the intensity guidance, and brings Douglas to a peak intensity of 85 mph (140 km/h) on Thursday morning before weakening begins on Friday. Later in the forecast period, Douglas could pass close to the Hawaiian islands; the ECMWF model takes the cyclone very close to those islands as a tropical storm over the weekend. However, it is too soon to determine what, if any, impacts Douglas may bring to the Hawaiian islands.
For more information regarding current activity in the tropics, visit Force Thirteen's official outlets at the official Force Thirteen YouTube channel, Twitter, and Facebook pages. Tropical Weather Bulletins are posted daily at the Force Thirteen YouTube channel at 00:00 UTC, and Tropical Weather Outlooks can be found at Force Thirteen's social media outlets.
Tropical Storm Fay strengthens, bringing flooding rains as it nears the US East Coast
Tropical Depression Seven Develops in the Atlantic


The Global Student Challenge is introduced by the Supply Chain Finance Community to create awareness on- and stimulate development in the topic of Supply Chain Finance. This challenge aims at identifying the best student talents and connecting them to the corporate sector. Not only does the challenge allow the students better insight in developments in this area but by means of an internship they have a chance to kick start their career at some of the world's leading companies.
The challenge addresses the need for knowledge and (product) development in this area of expertise and bridges the academic with the corporate world. The Global Student Challenge aims to stimulate and improve the interaction between the corporate/banking sector and knowledge institutions and is based on The Cool Connection.


The Grasshoppers are the Single-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, who selected Pompey in the third round of last month's Major League Baseball Draft.
The official UK baseball Twitter account retweeted Pompey and implored UK fans to show up to Whitaker Bank Ballpark on Saturday to cheer him on.
After signing with Miami in June, Pompey debuted with the club's rookie-league affiliate, the GCL Marlins, with whom he went 3-for-12 with an RBI and three walks in four games. It's unclear whether Pompey will be in the starting lineup for Greensboro's game against the Legends on Saturday.
This past season as a junior at Kentucky, Pompey batted .335 with seven home runs, 39 RBI and a team-high 20 doubles, typically as the Wildcats' leadoff batter. He also shared the team lead with 10 stolen bases.
A switch-hitter who played all three outfield positions at UK, Pompey was named a Third-Team All-American in 2017 by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball.


As a result of the intervention of SBEMP, a recent court decision ordered a co-trustee in violation of fiduciary duties be removed from his position as Co-Trustee of the Trust.
BN's brother died, leaving a trust naming her and his roommate (with whom he did not have a legal relationship) as Co-Trustees; and granting the roommate, WM, a life estate to remain in the house.
After several violations of fiduciary duties, BN petitioned to remove WM as a co-trustee.
The fiduciary violations included; but were not limited to: falsifying the decedent's death certificate, with the intention of divesting the Trust beneficiaries from their inheritances; preventing BN from administering the Trust and performing her trustee duties (e.g., accessing the Trust-owned real property and documentation relating to the other trust assets and its obligations); and engaging in a campaign of hostility toward BN and the other Trust beneficiaries.
WM admitted he falsified his relationship on the death certificate and interfered with administration by not giving BN access to the information.
The court ordered that WM provide BM with all information in his control necessary to determine the assets of the Trust, income of the Trust, expenditures of the Trust, and expenses of the Trust for proper accounting.
The court ordered WM to allow access to the property sufficient to allow BN, or her designated agent, to photograph or video record the property and all of its contents for the purpose of identifying and marshaling the assets of the Trust and to allow for a proper appraisal and accounting.
The court also removed WM as Co-Trustee of the Trust and BN is appointed sole Trustee.


My 10 acre property had been listed with other local real estate agents for 3 and a half years without result. I was referred to Jane Podowski by a real estate agent from another town. Because of her care and attention to marketing, 1/3 of the property was sold within a month. I am looking forward to working with Jane again on the remainder.


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Meditations on Beer, Brewing and the Good Life
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Culture, Craft and Touring for Tradition
September 23, 2017 May 13, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness
Why do beer tourists do their beer tourism?
To answer this question, it helps to begin by asking why any kind of tourist does tourism. I will be bold, and contend that, essentially, all tourism is an act of seeking out and experiencing something different, with the proviso that this experience is likely to be something you will like.
As such, there are three types of tourism: going to one of the few places where you can do something you like to do; experiencing how other people in other places do the things you like to do; and doing something you like to do in different surroundings.
The first category includes sitting on the beach in a country with warmer weather and bluer sea than your own; skiing in a place that has snow; mountaineering in a place that has mountains; surfing in a place that has waves; visiting Disneyland.
The second category includes driving around Bordeaux to visit vineyards and drink wine; touring Japan to see traditional ceramics techniques up close; travelling to historic or otherwise celebrated sites; exploring a different region's food and drink.
And the third category includes walking the mountains, hills, forests or coastlines that you cannot hop to on a train on a normal weekend; kayaking down faraway rivers; going to a writing, breadmaking or basket-weaving retreat.
Let's think about beer tourism in terms of these categories.
Unlike snow, mountains or big surf, beer is ubiquitous. But not all beers are ubiquitous – which is why beer tourism can make it into the first category. I can buy a Czech lager in London, but the only way to taste the Flekovský ležák made for nearly 520 years at U Fleků is to head to the brewery itself. Believe me, it is worth the effort! Similarly, there is only one Brasserie Cantillon in the world, and only one Brasserie Fantôme, and plenty of world-renowned beers that never find their way far from the breweries of their birth.
Beer tourism definitely sits in the second category, too: experiencing how other people in other places do the things you like to do.
In the U.S., where beer culture is craft culture, it would certainly involve visiting the abundant microbrewery taprooms that any good-sized town has to offer. In Belgium it would involve visiting abbeys, gueuzeries, countryside and farmhouse breweries, beer shops and cafés.
In my country, I'd expect a beer tourist to mix it up a little, with a visit to one of London's dozens of craft breweries seasoning a basic diet of cask ales, sipped at traditional pubs in as many different regions as possible, noting how the singing, sunny, hoppy ales of the south give way to sturdier, maltier, warming ales as one heads north.
In southern Bavaria, it would involve beerhalls and beer gardens, Maβkrugs and brass bands, appreciating the differences between a Pilsner, a Hell and a Mӓrzen, recognising the subtle idiosyncrasies that distinguish Augustiner's Dunkel from Paulaner's, and marvelling at the variety of flavours attainable from different Weizen yeasts.
In other words, beer tourism, like all tourism that sits in that second category, is concerned with culture. Culture is alive, by definition, and therefore not bounded or constrained by history or tradition. But unless it is rooted in those things it is not so much culture as fashion, or trend.
And this is why the third category doesn't really work with beer tourism: doing something you like in different surroundings. I certainly enjoy a beer on the beach, or looking across a mountain valley, or sitting back in a historic European market square, but it is not the quality or type of beer that makes that experience, it is the beach, the valley or the square. This is not beer tourism, but tourism with beer. And if the thing you like to do is to drink a particular type of beer or experience a particular type of beer culture that is characteristic of your own home, seeking that out in different surroundings probably isn't beer tourism, either.
The globalisation of certain beer brands that has made this kind of "tourism with beer" possible. But so has the globalisation of the culture of craft beer.
By coincidence, this summer a beer lover whom I follow on social media was in Vienna and then Munich days before I stopped in the same cities. She was delighted to discover the 1516 Brewing Company and its funky pub in Vienna's Schwarzenbergstraße, as well as Beaver Brewing a little further out of town. Both follow the U.S. craft brewery model, in terms of the styles they brew, their brewhouse-plus-taproom arrangements, the food they serve, even their atmosphere and décor.
1516 Brewing: Funky… but named after the Reinheitsgebot
Vienna is a wine city at the heart of a wine country. It makes sense that its new breweries should look abroad for their model, and that they should be the natural choice of both local beer drinkers and people who like a bit of beer with their tourism. Beer tourists really have no reason to head to Vienna at all.
Munich, on the other hand, is hosting the Oktoberfest as I write, the biggest beer-tourism event on the planet. It has documented its brewing history for over a millennium. More than a handful of sizeable breweries operate in and around the city. Its beerhalls and beer gardens synecdochise the city in the same way Big Ben stands for London, or the Eiffel Tower for Paris.
When it comes to beer tourism, Munich has the gravitational pull of a supermassive black hole.
Our social-media correspondent's response to this was to temper her enthusiasm for the beerhalls and beer gardens, which were giving her an authentic "feel for Munich", with the observation that the beer consumed there was not "craft beer". It was hard to find craft beer in the city, she observed, and the Reinheitsgebot was probably to blame for this lamentable state of affairs.
Search for articles about "craft breweries in Munich" and you will come across more extreme expressions of this view. That the beer capital of the world should be a desert in which bars sell only the pale, dark and wheat-beer iterations of a single brewery's output, or that finding "a decent IPA" should be as demanding as the quest for a vanished princess in a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, is apparently an unbearable outrage.
The journalistic impulse to find U.S.-style craft beer and breweries around the world is understandable. Craft-beer culture is a phenomenon whose adoption worldwide is worthy of documentation and interpretation. As we see in Vienna and many, many other cities around the world, craft culture is introducing beer to places where it has little or no recent history. Where it does have a history, it is no surprise to find local, and especially younger beer drinkers generating a demand for variety beyond the region's historic specialities.
For the beer tourist, too, it can be interesting to discover the ways in which new, independent brewers are using craft-beer culture to reinterpret or even revive local beer styles. In Munich, Giesinger Brӓu, a garage brewery established in 2006 that now occupies a large site with a taproom in a southern district of the city, turns out several thousand hectolitres of Hell, Märzen, Weiβbier and Dunkel. Even Crew Republic, with its crafty name, "craft beer is not a crime" tagline, and U.S.-style brewery-and-taproom 20km north of the city, has a Hell in its stable alongside the Double IPAs and Imperial Stouts.
What is puzzling, however, is how tourists in search of beer often set a city or region's craft-beer scene in opposition to its brewing traditions. Admittedly, the move by large German or multinational brewing companies to acquire traditional brands complicates things – and Munich stands out here, with Löwenbräu and Spaten owned by AB Inbev, and Paulaner and Hacker-Pschorr by Heineken. But the perception that craft-beer styles are somehow better than the traditional beer styles seems to have more to do with the fact that a lot of otherwise beer-loving tourists dislike or find it hard to appreciate the subtleties of lager, while craving a certain type of big-flavoured variety.
When a tourist like this wonders why Munich isn't awash with Mango-Juice Double IPA, Espresso Coffee and Vanilla Stout, or Arugula Brett-Spiked Saison, it's as if they are complaining that the Italian Alps don't look like the Cotswolds, or that the Vietnamese don't eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, or that Neuschwanstein Castle is covered in pictures of Lohengrin and Parsifal rather than Snow White and Sleeping Beauty.
But then one arrives in a place like Nuremberg, the second city, after Munich, on my recent tour of Bavaria. The rules seem to get broken here. And that makes this city intriguing as a tourist destination, per se, let alone as a destination for tourists in search of beer.
There are centuries of busy history behind Nuremberg's façade, but to the modern tourist it feels rather melancholy. Much of the city's old fabric was destroyed in the Second World War; some, but not all of it, was rebuilt, and there is a certain tiredness to the gaps that were filled in during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
The history that looms most prominently today is one that no-one would choose to commemorate, but no-one can afford to forget: to the southeast, and three times larger than the historic centre itself, sit the Nazi Parade Grounds, now a monument and a museum documenting the rise of National Socialism. It was the symbolism of this "Temple City" of the Nazi movement, just as much as its importance for military logistics, that made it a target for some of the most ferocious Allied bombing campaigns.
One can overstate this sense that the history of the erstwhile capital of the Holy Roman Empire is feint and obscure behind the dust and smoke of its comparatively recent destruction. Churches and houses were rebuilt, after all, and the Kaiserburg still glowers impressively over the Altstadt, whose squares still exude a gingerbread-box charm. And yet, somehow, wherever one turns, this city seems to have taken on this obscurity from its past as its defining identity.
For example, the house that belonged to its most famous son, the artist Albrecht Dürer, makes the great man feel curiously present and absent at the same time. There is nothing unusual about the fact that the medieval-style interiors and furnishings for this 15th-century building were almost all introduced in the 19th and 20th centuries. But it is striking that, because Dürer's work was so sought-after in his time and none of it remains in his home city, the room of his highly-characteristic paintings is filled with copies – albeit copies with their own historical significance.
Losunger Brauhaus: Ozymandian
Nuremberg's brewing history has been similarly razed and obscured. The Tucher Traditionsbrauerei still operates to the west of the city, as it has done since 1672, passing through the hands of many different owners before settling into the Radeberger Gruppe.
Apparently, all that remains of the many other breweries that must have punctuated this city and its suburbs in centuries past are the old branded Maβkrugs and Keferlohers that litter its antique shops, like mysterious Ozymandian relics.
The spirit of that industry – like the fabric of the city itself – has had to be reclaimed by brewers with more modern sensibilities.
The most notable of these modern breweries is the Hausbrauerei Altstadthof. With its taproom, its shop, its canny diversification into distilling and barrel-aging spirits, and its youthful vibe, this family-owned, 30-year old establishment was the nearest thing to a modern craft brewery that I visited in Bavaria.
Fittingly, it does its thing just a barrel roll from Dürer's house and the Kaiserburg. It also riffs on traditional German beer styles – indeed, with its Rotbier, on a traditional Nuremberg style (one that fellow craft-beer citizen Schazenbrӓu has experimented with, too). It proudly sports a six-pointed Brauerstern, and organises tours of some of the many miles of cellars beneath the city, which it alone still uses for lagering its beer and maturing its spirits.
Happily, its beers are excellent.
On our first visit we took the seasonal SommerBier and the truly outstanding Schwarzbier.
The former is aggressively and unusually late-hopped for a German brew, probably with Tettnanger. Midway between a Hells and a Pilsner that is learning to talk American, this was aromatic with herbs and lemon zest and suitably refreshing. The latter delivers a proper shot of well-defined espresso coffee but remains very easy to drink.
Second time around we shared more of the Schwarzbier and added some Rotbier and Rotweiβ to tick all the boxes. The Rotbier is unusual, not unlike a rye ale with its blend of slight smokiness and caramel sweetness, followed by a very dry finish. The Rotweiβ adds a hint of banana as a complement, but otherwise did not quite live up to the promise of the SommerBier and Schwarzbier.
Hausbrauerei Altstadthof: Excellent Beers, Tools in the Ice Cellars
The tour of the cellars yielded cool relief from the hot August sun and some fascinating facts, historical and technical.
In the 1940s these underground warrens, in some cases dating back 600 years, not only sheltered citizens as air raids destroyed the town above; after walls were knocked through and the epic network of separate cellars were joined together, they also served as crucial escape routes as firestorms raged in the devastated streets. Damp was eradicated thanks to constant airflow, generated by locating vents on both the north and south sides of buildings to exploit the temperature differential. This airflow also carried a cold breeze through the complex during the summer months when Mӓrzen beer was lagering, as it passed over vast piles of ice that had cut from the river in winter and transported into the city by horse and cart.
So much of what makes Nuremberg intriguing is, it seems, beneath the surface.
The moral of the story, I suppose, is that there are some places where one expects to be a mere tourist in search of beer, but one ends up being a genuine beer tourist. Thanks to breweries like Altstadthof, Nuremberg is one of them.
The next stop on our Bavarian tour? Bamberg.
That is another chapter, still to come. Suffice it to say that, with its unique concentration of tiny, often ancient, brewpub-like Brӓuhausen, and its world-renowned Rauchbier, smoked with the beechwood that grows in the surrounding forests, no tourist of any kind can expect to pass through this unspoiled city without becoming, to some degree or other, a beer tourist.
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Vätternrundan takes place in June every year and we look forward to a great bike fest in 2016. Participants from all over the world come to Motala to take part in this unique ride that is part of The Swedish Classic.
The first Vätternrundan took place in 1966 with just over 300 riders, and since then the ride has grown to be a must for riders worldwide. The pressure and demand to get an entry is always sky high and the ride is popular for many reasons.
Lake Vättern with its breath taking scenery is the setting the riders enjoy around the whole circuit. Although it is a recreational bike ride the challenge is great and you need to be well prepared. Accomplishing 300 km on a bike around the beautiful Lake Vättern with start and finish in Motala is something to be proud of. See you in Motala!


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Innovation in the forest sector will help to combat the effects of climate change, create new markets for Canadian forest companies and sustain good, middle-class jobs for Canadians. Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, announced funding of $6.45 million for six projects in British Columbia to promote innovation and diversification in forestry and support collaboration with Indigenous communities.
The Minister made the announcement during the B.C. Natural Resources Forum. The funding delivers on the Investments in Canada's Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program and the Indigenous Forestry Initiative (IFI) through the Strategic Partnerships Initiative for Indigenous Economic Development.
Pacific Bioenergy Prince George Limited Partnership: $3.19 million in funding to implement a Biomass Enhancement System, which will allow for the use of diverse sources of biomass, including underutilized forest residuals, to produce high-quality wood pellets at its Prince George pellet processing facility.
Gitxsan Development: $1.165 million to implement a series of scans and activities to lay the foundation for the Gitxsan people to participate in and benefit from major resource projects occurring within, and near, their territory.


And yet another commercial enters the fray: Behold the banned GoDaddy ad, a spot featuring a retired football player named "Lola" who embarks on a successful career as a lingerie designer.
First Tebow, then ManCrunch, now GoDaddy. Granted, the web hosting company is no stranger to banishment — a 2005 ad featuring the GoDaddy girl bouncing about whilst falling out her shirt met the same fate — but this time around reps are truly baffled that CBS put the kibosh on the spot.
"Lola is a big, flamboyant, effeminate, lovable man," Parsons added. Daily Finance talked to GoDaddy Chief Marketing Officer Barb Rechterman, who said: "CBS gave us some language that basically said, 'This ad has the potential to offend viewers.'" Apparently CBS didn't say exactly what about the spot was offensive.
According to Parsons, GoDaddy will still air a commercial during the big game, and will continue to promote "Lola" online. Judging by the controversy that continues to surround potential and nixed Super Bowl ads, this year's line-up of commercial breaks could be more hotly anticipated than the game itself.
Check out the "Lola" ad below and let us know what you think. To ban or not to ban? That is the question.


If the Mosul offensive succeeds, what next for Isis?
Just after midnight in Baghdad, we're going to close our rolling coverage of the first day of the battle for Mosul, the largest military operation in Iraq since 2011, with a summary of the last 24 hours' events.
Starting at about 6am Baghdad time, about 30,000 coalition forces advanced on Mosul: Iraqi troops from the south, Kurdish peshmerga from the east and US air strikes and ground special forces supporting both. Some 6,000 jihadi militants, some who set oil and tire fires to hide their positions in smoke, are believed to be in the city.
By 10pm local time, Kurdish president Massoud Barzani said the peshmerga had taken approximately 80 miles (200km) of territory from Isis, and commanders said they had cleared nine villages.
Isis militants laid IEDs throughout the towns and sent a series of suicide attacks on Kurdish and Iraqi forces, slowing the march. Near Mosul, the Guardian's Martin Chulov saw a fighter jet "engaged in a kind of cat and mouse game with a very active Isis mortar team", and throughout the day Isis fought Iraqi and Kurdish forces with small arms and artillery.
The Pentagon said about 5,000 American military personnel are in Iraq, and that special forces are advising Iraqi and Kurdish units and guiding strikes, some near the outskirts of the city. "We are crystal clear that Americans are in harm's way in Iraq, but they are not in a lead role," Cook said.
About a million civilians are believed to remain in Mosul, and hundreds of thousands of children are thought to be in danger. The United Nations and aid groups fear a humanitarian crisis of as many as 700,000 people. The groups have set up refugee camps, able to hold about 60,000 people, in nearby Kurdish-held territory.
Residents and Saudi Arabia's foreign minister warned against allowing Shia militias join the fight against Isis, for fears of the sectarian violence that so traumatized Iraq in the civil war of the 2000s. Mosul's post-Isis fate is also uncertain: it could become a humanitarian crisis, and the city has significance to Kurds and Sunni and Shia Arabs.
If the Mosul offensive is a success, what could this mean for Isis?
A Kurdish television network, Kurdistan24, recorded footage – earlier today of the moment a vehicle-based IED exploded in an attack on coalition forces.
The film was taken at some distance, but the ensuing explosion is massive enough to veil nearby vehicles in clouds of dust and sand.
Near the front lives of Mosul with the men and women of the Kurdish peshmerga, my colleague Martin Chulov reports from the front lines, 10 miles from Mosul. "I know how much they would hate getting killed by a woman," Lt Nivan Vechivan, 23, told him.
"It would be my honour to kill them." Her soldiers, all in their early 20s, nodded in agreement. "We would all be martyrs if we had to be," added another.
Minutes later, a large mortar thumped into the soil next to an armoured truck less than 40 metres away. Then came a second shell, which nearly scored a direct hit on a still-working digger. The Isis mortar team had maintained its range and rhythm, despite the Kurdish attacks.
Back up the mountain, another smoke fire had been lit in an area that seemed to be behind Kurdish positions. The fire came from a cluster of homes set against Bashika mountain, which the Kurds had bypassed as they pushed ahead. Two more mortars, which had to have come from the same area, crunched into the peshmerga command post, one damaging a home and the other nearly killing a group of men walking just below.
Further along the road to Erbil, a large empty refugee camp stood in the dust waiting to receive inhabitants that are yet to arrive. Aid agencies guess that more than 1 million people will attempt to flee Mosul and its surrounds as the offensive pushes closer. For now though, those who are able to leave are making long, difficult journeys to another camp, Dibaga. There, one man who arrived from Mosul on Sunday said the terror group was becoming ever more ruthless as pressure mounted on its last urban redoubt in Iraq.
"Isis became terrible with the residents lately," said the man, 28, who claimed to have been part of a nascent resistance unit along with his brother, uncle and father. "Their situation is awful and they have started to flee. We haven't seen many of them in the street lately, even at the checkpoints. There is no security. We've been arrested by them. They said we were (Mosul resistance). They knew we were planning to leave and they came to my house. We decided to run, because they were going to kill us. We all left at night, all the women too. We went to another house and then we left the city through a farm.
A 35-year-old Mosul resident, using the pseudonym Abu Mohammed, has told Fazel Hawramy, reporting for the Guardian, that Isis forces are trying to mix into the population, and that civilians have seen "too many beheadings, people being drowned in cafes, thrown from buildings".
Everyone is staying at home because we don't know what else to do. Daesh [an Arabic acronym for Isis] are mostly moving around on motorbike and have small and heavy guns. The planes started bombing Mosul around one in the morning today, and they are in the sky constantly and occasionally striking targets. I would say the airstrikes are very precise but around 10% of casualties, in my estimate, are civilians.
Daesh are moving into civilian houses and mixing with the population. For example Daesh has placed a large depot of IEDs in a house next to my cousin's. I begged him to leave his house and bring his family to stay with me, as the house could be targeted by coalition. He refused and said [he accepts] whatever destiny brings.
People have had enough in Mosul. The majority want Daesh to go as soon as possible and would like to see the Iraqi army and peshmerga to enter the city.
We have seen too many beheadings, people being drowned in cafes, thrown from buildings, etc. People have even offered to sacrifice animals if they see Daesh [go[ and get rid of them. I myself saw a man thrown off a building near the governor's office around three months ago. I could not sleep for a week afterwards.
It's difficult for civilians to leave the city because a ditch has been dug around many neighborhoods, especially east of the city. There is also fighting – we cannot leave our houses.
The head of Iraq's Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, has said in a statement that Peshmerga forces have retaken 80 sq-miles (200 sq-kilometers) from Isis on the first day of the campaign.
Barzani called the gains a "turning point in the war against terrorism," but warned defeating Isis in the city would not mean the end of sectarian violence or terrorism in Iraq.
He added that Kurdish forces will not enter the city itself, and declined to say who would govern territory seized by the Peshmerga. In the past, Kurdish officials have said all territory retaken by the peshmerga will be incorporated into the largely autonomous Kurdish region.
In less than 24 hours nine villages were cleared in an area measuring approximately 200 square kilometres. The villages include Baskhira, Tarjala, Kharbat Sultan, Karbirli, Bazgirtan, Shaquli, Badana Bchuk, Badana Gawre, Shekh Amir and a tile factory West of Hasan Shami.
Peshmerga forces also secured an additional significant stretch of the Erbil-Mosul road. The operations in east and south Mosul are in coordination with Iraqi Security Forces in a shared effort to clear Isil from Ninevah province.
Global coalition warplanes attacked 17 Isis positions in support of Peshmerga forces. At least four Isis VBIEDs were destroyed. Counter-IED teams will continue to clear the heavily-mined area.
The region's prime minister, Nechirvan Barzani, also released a statement, calling the campaign "an important event for the entire world since Isis used the city as a launching pad for attacks". He praised peshmerga troops' "resilience and heroism against the most dangerous terrorist organization in the world", and said the Kurds are "proud to protect all different ethnic and religious groups in the region".
The UN's humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande, has said that in a worst case scenario about 700,000 civilians would need shelter – far more than the 60,000 capacity of current emergency cites.
The displacement could become the single largest, most complex humanitarian operation in the world, the AP reports.
"Our capacity to support 700,000 people in the short-term we couldn't do it. And certainly if we had to mount a response over the intermediate-term, if they couldn't go back to Mosul quickly, if there was too much damage in the city, then it would test us to breaking point," Grande said.
The news agency has also spoke with Iraq's commander of the joint military operation, army lieutenant general Talib Shaghati, who said the campaign "is going very well".
Shaghati declined to give details in the interview, which took place in the town of Khazer, but said troops were moving according to plan.
He praised the role of the U.S.-led International Coalition as "very important" through carrying out airstrikes and sharing intelligence. Citing intelligence information, he claimed some IS militants were fleeing Mosul to Syria along with their families.
The AFP's Ammar Karim is also on the ground near Mosul, where he has tweeted figures from the coalition and video of Iraqi forces.
Steady progress on all fronts in first day of #Mosul operation. Coalition strikes destroyed 52 targets in 24 hours.
Starting at about 6am Baghdad time, as many as 30,000 coalition forces advanced on Mosul: Iraqi troops from the south, Kurdish peshmerga from the east and US air strikes and ground special forces supporting both.
The Pentagon said about 5,000 American military personnel are in Iraq, and that special forces are both advising Iraqi and Kurdish units and guiding strikes, some near the outskirts of the city. "We are crystal clear that Americans are in harm's way in Iraq, but they are not in a lead role," Cook said.
Peshmerga seized seven villages east of Mosul, but their progress was slowed by IEDs, and Isis claimed to have sent a series of suicide attacks against Kurdish forces. Near Mosul, the Guardian's Martin Chulov saw a fighter jet "engaged in a kind of cat and mouse game with a very active Isis mortar team", and throughout the day Isis fought Iraqi and Kurdish forces with small arms and artillery.
About a million civilians are believed to remain in Mosul, and hundreds of thousands of children are thought to be in danger. The UN and aid groups fear a humanitarian crisis, and have set up refugee camps in nearby Kurdish-held territory.


India's star archer Deepika Kumari has finished second at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final four times.
Deepika Kumari will shoot at her sixth Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Rome. She qualified after a strong and consistent season that saw her achieve the second-highest average matchplay arrow of any of the eight recurve women qualified for the Final, although not climb the individual podium at any stage.
She lost three individual matches in 2017, two in quarterfinals and one in the fourth round, but they were all high-level, high-scoring affairs.
"Actually, I was expecting it to be a little better. There's been many thing I've been trying to do differently this season, for myself. I decided to work on confidence," said Kumari, who noticeably physically transformed in the offseason after 2016.
The Indian media is notorious for setting insanely-high standards for its athletes, and over the course of her career Kumari has become wary of talking to the press who expected her to bring nothing less than gold back from Rio and London.
"I'm not a fan. Not at all. Because they ask me stupid questions, and they're always irritating me and behaving badly," she said.
In 2016, Kumari received the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in India, for her contributions to Indian sport. Is she recognised more now?
Kumari has already taken four silver medals in her five appearances at Hyundai Archery World Cup Finals – and, at her sixth in Rome, will look to get over the hump that the brings her the adulation that she has probably deserved for remaining one of the world's best archers since winning the Commonwealth Games at the age of 16.
"I'll just try to do better. This is the final, and it's totally different every time. I'll just try to do my best," she said.
With her medal cabinet already heavy, it's easy to forget that Deepika Kumari is still only 23 years of age. She's got plenty more years in her prime and that champion title at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final is probably more of a matter of when, not if.
Could it be on 3 September in Rome?


Within the local WiFi, the client finds the connection to the server automatically via Bonjour.
If you do not want to access the server from outside the local WiFi or invite friends to connect to the server, you can stop reading.
and the router must forward the connection (port forwarding) to the computer running the server.
The public TCP/IP address of the router can be found within the local WiFi by selecting our remote address service.
In addition, some routers (like the Fritz!Box) can be setup to send a notification mail if the public TCP/IP address has been changed.
Another solution could be to use a dynamic DNS service to connect to the server by a hostname.
A description of "how to setup port forwarding" for many router models can be found at https://portforward.com.
and a second port (port number plus 1, e.g. 1401).
e.g. from port 1400 to port 1400 and from port 1401 to port 1401.
Even if router port forwarding must be setup for IPv6 as well, the connecting to the server is established by the static IPv6 address of the computer (and not the router). Thus our remote address service (as well as other services) returns not the router but the computer address.
Automatically there are 2 IPv6 addresses for the computer: a static address and a temporary address.
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Die Margarinewerke Van den Bergh waren ein niederländisch-deutscher Lebensmittelhersteller mit Sitz in Kellen (Ortsteil von Kleve), der 1929 durch Fusion in der Margarine-Union und anschließend im Unternehmen Unilever aufging.

Geschichte

Die Margarinewerke in Kellen wurden 1888 von Simon van den Bergh aus dem niederländischen Oss gegründet.
Da der deutsche Margarinemarkt zu dieser Zeit durch Schutzzölle gegen Importe aus dem holländischen Betrieb abgeschirmt war, wurde hier ein deutsches Zweigwerk eingerichtet, das am 20. August 1888 mit zunächst 14 Mitarbeitern begann.

Ihre erste Blütezeit erlebte die Fabrik ab 1890 mit Produkten wie Sana, Sanella, Blauband, Clever Stolz, Vitello und Rama. Auch in der Reklame- und Werbegeschichte war van den Bergh Vorreiter und Vorbild. Für die Kellener und Klever Bevölkerung bot die Margarine-Fabrik über Jahrzehnte hinweg einen sicheren, hochdotierten Arbeitsplatz mit hervorragenden sozialen Rahmenbedingungen. Arbeit "op de Botter" wurde deshalb oft von Generation zu Generation vererbt. Nachdem sich 1927 die Firmen van den Bergh und Jurgens (Goch) bereits in den Niederlanden zur Margarine Unie und in England zur Margarine Union vereint hatten, schlossen sie sich 1929 in Berlin zur Margarine-Verkaufs-Union zusammen und noch im selben Jahr fusionierte man mit dem englischen Seifenhersteller Lever zur neuen Firma Unilever.

Beim Bombenangriff auf Kleve am 7. Oktober 1944 wurde der Betrieb fast vollständig zerstört. 1948 konnte die Produktion wieder aufgenommen werden.

Als 2001 die Schließung der hiesigen Produktionsstätte durch den Unilever-Konzern anstand, erwarb der Klever Investor Bernd Zevens das riesige Areal zusammen mit den Maschinenanlagen. Zunächst konnten dadurch 270 Arbeitsplätze erhalten werden. Unilever übergab das Unternehmen schuldenfrei. Die neue Firma produzierte ab dem 1. Januar 2002 unter dem traditionsreichen Namen "Clever Stolz" Margarine und andere Produkte. Allerdings forderten 2004 Strukturanpassungen ihren Tribut und führten zur Insolvenz. Deshalb kaufte Unilever 2005 die neue Produktionsstätte Phoenix-Werk aus dem "Clever Stolz – Betrieb" heraus und produziert seitdem in Kleve etliche Varianten "Rama-Cremefine" und zahlreiche neue Schwester-Produkte für viele Länder Europas.

Am 2. Juli 2018 verkaufte der Unilever-Konzern seine Brotaufstrichsparte an den Finanzinvestor KKR. In Südafrika wurde dieser Geschäftszweig von Unilever an Remgro abgegeben. Seitdem betreibt der neue Konzern Upfield Holdings die Werke in Kleve und Wittenberg. Becel, Lätta und Rama sind die bekanntesten Marken von Upfield. Der Produktionsstandort befindet sich immer noch auf dem Firmengelände, ist aber sehr viel kleiner geworden. Auf einem Teil des übrigen Areals entsteht das Stadtquartier Wohnpark Union mit Alten-/Pflegeheim und Wohnungen. Die alte ehemalige Produktionshalle der Margarinewerke steht leer (Stand Januar 2022).

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Ehemaliges Unternehmen (Kreis Kleve)
Lebensmittelhersteller (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Milchverarbeitendes Gewerbe (Deutschland)
Unilever-Unternehmen
Gegründet 1888
Organisation (Kleve)
Margarine als Thema
Produzierendes Unternehmen (Kreis Kleve)

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"I knew from the very beginning I would have a hard time getting pregnant. I have PCOS and unless I am on medication, I never get a period. So when Ryan and I decided to start trying we went and spoke to a fertility doctor right away. I tried clomid first, but unfortunately I never ovulated, so after several cycles we started to look in to an alternative route. I spoke with my OBGYN and he recommended a fertility doctor to me. He said, 'If he can't get you pregnant, nobody can.' I immediately made an appointment. This doctor was over an hour away, but if he could make me a mom, I would do ANYTHING! Ryan and I met him and knew we were in the right hands. Dr. Werlin is one of the most loving, caring men I have ever met, he makes you immediately feel comfortable and like you've known him for years. After discussing our next options, we decided to try IUI. We knew it was only a 15% chance I would get pregnant, but it was about 1/4 of the price of IVF. We decided we would give this one try, and if it didn't work, we would go immediately to IVF.
When it came time to insemination, I was told I had four follicles, and not to be worried, because it's such a slim chance I was going to get pregnant, we only needed one to take. Right before the 'two week wait' was over to find out if I was pregnant I developed OHSS. Basically, what happens is you start retaining fluid in your abdomen. I literally gained 15 pounds overnight, I had my stomach drained two days later, and the next morning the fluid was back. I was in the most excruciating pain of my life, but it was all worth it because I was finally pregnant. As the next couple weeks passed the pain started to subside, and I could really just enjoy being pregnant.
At five weeks Ryan and I went in for an ultrasound and we found out we were having twins! That early in the pregnancy the babies look basically like little black dots, and we actually saw three, but the doctor didn't think it was a baby. At the six week ultrasound Ryan couldn't go with me because of work, but my mom was able to go. I had promised Ryan that whatever the number of babies it was, I wouldn't joke when I called him. As I laid on the table, Dr. Werlin looked at me and said, 'Well Britt, we didn't plan for this.' I thought I had lost them. Then he said, 'THERE'S FOUR!' I went from complete devastation, to being scared to death within seconds. I thank God every day that my mom was there because all she did was stay so positive and tell me it's all going to be fine. Now came the fun part – I had to call Ryan. I called him at work, and I kept my end of the bargain. I, in fact, did not lie about the number of babies. We were going to be parents to quadruplets!!!
Right away I asked him, 'So how many do you think?' He thought there was only going to be one. When he heard there was FOUR, all he kept saying was 'Are you serious?!' Once he was convinced, all he said was 'huh!' That reaction made me a little nervous. He always wanted five kids, and I wanted three, so we had the perfect compromise. After it sunk in, he said, 'We'll be fine,' and I knew he was right!
I had an extremely easy pregnancy. I didn't have any morning sickness, and I now was able to eat 4,000 calories a day! As a person who has always dieted, I was in heaven eating pizza, cheeseburgers and milkshakes every day. It was glorious!!! At week 24 I was bleeding pretty heavily (which had happened in the past, but they always sent me home), but this time I stayed until I delivered the babies at 32 weeks.
The morning of my C-section, all of the doctors and nurses came in, we prayed, and then we did a conga line to the delivery room. This was the first time since finding out I was having quadruplets I was so scared. I didn't know if they would be okay, or if I would survive. As I laid on that table, they pulled Haley out, and I heard her cry, it was the greatest sound I ever heard. I immediately asked if she was okay, and she was perfect! One after another the same thing would happen. They would pull out a baby, they would cry, and I would ensure they were okay. Within three minutes I went from being a wife, to a mom of four! Later that evening I was finally able to see the babies. I had a cupcake for each one of them with a '0' candle to celebrate their BIRTHday. I knew from that moment on my life would never be the same.
Those first few days were so hard watching them all hooked up to so many machines, but it slowly got easier. Six weeks later, on Mother's Day Weekend, I brought Haley, Lucas and Jacob home. Ryan and I had been staying at a home the Ronald McDonald house had given us, and since we had three with us now, we knew it was time to transition back to our house. Leaving Regan at the hospital, being an hour away from her was the hardest time in my life! I didn't want any pictures taken, or make any memories until my baby girl joined us! Three weeks later I got the call to come get her, and we were overjoyed! I'll never forget our first family photo at home, I don't think I have ever smiled so big.
Now the real fun was beginning! For about four months I slept on the couch downstairs. I did not have any help at night, but I liked it that way. I would feed all four by myself, and continued to pump, so after that was done, I would have about 15 minutes and it would be time to start over. I luckily have always been a person who could go off very little sleep, and man did that come in handy! On the weekends Ryan's parents would stay with us and help, so I could get more sleep then. During the week when my mom was here, I could sleep during the day then too. I also had a group of incredible women who would come during the week to help with day feedings so I could at least get a shower in.
Looking back now I'm not sure how I did it, but I honestly think I was filled with such overwhelming joy I couldn't care less if I was exhausted. By six months, the babies were sleeping through the night, so I transitioned them to their cribs and I could then sleep in my bed again with Ryan. Before I knew it, their first birthday had come and we had a huge celebration with family, friends, and the amazing people who helped take care of me and the kids in the hospital. It was such a great day filled with love, laughter and memories.
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Mariana Mazzucato introduces The Entrepreneurial State
What if, from Silicon Valley to medical breakthroughs, the public sector has been the boldest and most valuable risk-taker of all? Mariana Mazzucato talks debunking myths.
I wrote The Entrepreneurial State in 2013, to combat the view that in order to restore growth after the 2008 financial crisis, all that was needed was to reduce deficits by cutting public spending. Besides reminding readers that the financial crisis was caused by private debt, not public debt, I argued that it was futile for countries to think they can 'cut' their way to growth, given that a key driver of economic growth has been public investment in areas like education, research and technological change. It is the quality not the quantity of debt that matters as the quality can affect long-run growth opportunities. A greater understanding is thus needed about the dynamic of the public investments that led to the Internet, to advances in health innovation, and to those that are today spearheading the green revolution. In all these examples, public funds provided the patience and the long-term strategy, that later made the more risk-averse private sector willing to invest. The problem here, however, is not public vs private, but how to reframe the debate about the state's role in the economy away from ideology, and towards practical thinking that can steer economies in ways that addresses societal and technological challenges ahead.
I am thrilled that Penguin is bringing out this new edition, as the argument is more relevant now than ever, for two reasons.
First, at the turn of 2018, a decades-old debate among economists is hotting up again: does austerity help or hurt economic growth? Broadly speaking, the debaters fall into two camps: conservatives who call for limited public spending, and thus a smaller state; and progressives who argue for greater investment in public goods and services such as infrastructure, education, and healthcare.
It is the quality not the quantity of debt that matters
Of course, reality is more complex than this simple demarcation implies, and even orthodox institutions such as the International Monetary Fund have come around to the view that austerity can be self-defeating. As John Maynard Keynes argued back in the 1930s, if governments cut spending during a downturn, a short-lived recession can become a full-fledged depression. That is exactly what happened during Europe's period of austerity after the 2008 financial crisis.
Second, in this intellectual climate it has become much easier for politicians to call for public-sector downsizing than to defend public-sector risk taking. And, in the process, they attack not simply the size of public-sector budgets, but the sector's organizational structure. Not surprisingly, US President Donald Trump has targeted the US Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E is the Department of Energy's key innovation agency, and
the sister organization of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—DARPA—
in the Department of Defense), while congressional Republicans routinely threaten the public broadcaster PBS. In the UK, the BBC's prestige has not insulated it from years of fierce attacks.
Does austerity help or hurt economic growth?
The attack on public organizations, not just public budgets, means that the progressive agenda cannot be just about increasing public spending. It must also be about safeguarding the structures and organizations that, when dismantled, can take decades to reconstruct. While budgets come and go, organizations don't. They take time to build and to take on the nature of the movements that created them—whether green movements, or movements for transparency and objective broadcasting.
The Entrepreneurial State
'Superb ... At a time when government action of any kind is ideologically suspect, and entrepreneurship is unquestioningly lionized, the book's importance cannot be understated' Guardian
According to conventional wisdom, innovation is best left to the dynamic entrepreneurs of the private sector, and government should get out of the way. But what if all this was wrong? What if, from Silicon Valley to medical breakthroughs, the public sector has been the boldest and most valuable risk-taker of all?
'A brilliant book' Martin Wolf, Financial Times
'One of the most incisive economic books in years' Jeff Madrick, New York Review of Books
'Mazzucato is right to argue that the state has played a central role in producing game-changing breakthroughs' Economist
'Read her book. It will challenge your thinking' Forbes
Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London where she is Founding Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Her award-winning books include The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths (2013) and The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (2018). She advises policy makers around the world on innovation-led, inclusive and sustainable growth. Her current roles include being Chair of the World Health Organization's Council on the Economics of Health for All and a member of the Scottish Government's Council of Economic Advisors, the South African President's Economic Advisory Council, the UN High Level Advisory Board for Economic and Social Affairs, the UK's Innovation Expert Group, Argentina's Economic and Social Council, Vinnova's Advisory Panel in Sweden, and Norway's Research Council. She has won many prizes including the 2020 John von Neumann award, the 2019 All European Academies Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. In 2021, she received the Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, Italy's highest civilian honour. She was named as one of the '3 most important thinkers about innovation' by The New Republic, one of the 50 most creative people in business in 2020 by Fast Company, and one of the 25 leaders shaping the future of capitalism by WIRED.
Pros and Cons of Universal Basic Income | UBI
The coronavirus has renewed calls by some economicists and politicians across the world for UBI schemes. Here's a guide to what this might mean, as well as some book recommendations to dig even deeper.
How the rich and powerful are 'making the world a better place'
In this excerpt from Winners Take All, Anand Giridharadas sheds light on the 'Davos for the social do-good set', and how a gathering for the global elite aimed to change the world.
Mariana Mazzucato: Who really creates wealth in our world?
One of the world's foremost economists, Mariana Mazzucato, looks at the crisis in modern capitalism and how we might reform it.


As an incredible year has just come to an end, I thought I'd make a quick post to mention some of the key lessons that I have learned over this past year. Entering into the new year, I encourage you ponder over these words and practice whatever resonates with you, in your life.
I classify a distraction as any temporary pleasure or enjoyment that results in no long-term productive outcome. Distractions exist in our lives in many forms(people, food, alcohol/drugs, social media, television, entertainment, environment, etc.).
Whatever it is for you, make sure to take some time to sit down and identify it. Become conscious of your distractions and cut them out of your life. Know that doing so will enable you to reach your goals at a faster pace.
Lastly, remain vigilant in avoiding building new distracting habits.
Never feel the need to argue, explain yourself to others, or the need to prove anyone else wrong. Know that our thoughts and beliefs dictate our life experience. They are ever-changing and are constantly being shaped and reshaped by our surroundings.
Becoming strongly identified with our beliefs prohibits us from experiencing a whole other side of life.
So keep an open mind to other opinions, thoughts, and beliefs.
Remember that you are capable of achieving anything and everything you have ever desired.
"What the mind can conceive, it can achieve." Within each desire lies the seed for the manifestation of that desire. With a realization of this principle, your potential becomes infinite and you become worthy of attaining any amount of success.
Know that your ability to focus and concentrate on your goal/purpose is the most vital factor in your attainment of it.
Most of us live with scattered focus, jumping from one distraction to another. Our purpose becomes lost in the middle of it. Realize that nothing can be accomplished with scattered focus.
Only when you hone in on what you want with full concentration for most of your waking hours, will you be able to achieve/receive it.
Visualize and feel your success everyday as often as possible. Know that the clearer you paint the picture of what success is for you in your mind, the more accurately it will translate over into your physical experience.
Vague pictures will lead to vague results. Know what you want and every detail of it – and then cultivate the feeling of already having it. This practice will reap great rewards.
Remember to enter the new year with ease. The more you struggle with your current life situation, the most resistance you build up in your own life. This resistance will only hinder your ability to create a better future.
So take it down a notch, and start to live life with effortless ease. This perspective will allow you to attract good things to you and help you end your constant pursuit of chasing happiness through external measures.
Always keep in mind that thought is creative. Your habitual thought patterns are what dictate what you see in your world. Your experiences, situations, the people you meet, the opportunities that come your way, are all a result of your thought.
So in order to create a pleasant outside, strive to first create a pleasant inside.
Tony Robbins says, "The secret to living is giving." This is very true.
One of the most important skills we can build up as human beings is our ability to give. Yes I consider it a skill. The more we give, the more we want to give, and the more we end up receiving.
This is a natural law of life and a deep understanding of this principle will help you build abundance in your life.
Do your part in improving the world. Regardless of how others treat you, treat them well. When you are put in difficult situations, always do the right thing no matter what.
Strive to be a living example of the positive change that you hope to see in the world. Put out into the world, the type of energy that you would like to receive. I promise you that it all comes around – you will be rewarded for all the good that you do in ways that you cannot imagine.
Root for other people, even if you dont know them personally. Know that other people's success takes away nothing from your own and that there is enough abundance in this world for all of us to flourish and succeed.
Make sure to make this year your best year yet.
Do not settle for anything less than you desire and always remember to live every single day with the utmost happiness, ease, and gratitude – regardless of your current life-situation.


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Meet the CEO: Oncoshot Is Orchestrating an Ecosystem to Transform Cancer Clinical Trials
Galen Growth on August 27, 2021
Dr Huren Sivaraj will be speaking at an upcoming panel, Clinical Trials in Southeast Asia: The Challenges and Promises. Learn more.
A medical oncologist turned HealthTech entrepreneur, Dr Huren Sivaraj, Co-Founder and CEO, Oncoshot , is building a data-powered ecosystem to integrate the vast and scattered landscape of cancer clinical trials. It promises to benefit patients, oncologists and industry stakeholders like pharma, CROs and biotech. "Oncology is a data-driven speciality, and its available therapies and science are constantly evolving," explains Sivaraj. Given that being updated on the latest breakthroughs in treatment is an important part of an oncologist's practice, Dr Sivaraj saw the potential in bringing the power of medical informatics to oncology. "I found a use case for harnessing data to support the clinical trials ecosystem and boost its efficiency," he says.
I would like to meet Oncoshot
An Ecosystem-Wide Multifaceted Solution
The Singapore-based entrepreneur describes Oncoshot as a SaaS-enabled marketplace. The SaaS part of the platform helps trial sites better manage their patient data and clinical trials. "The data for cancer patients within hospitals span multiple IT systems, and Oncoshot provides Trial investigators with the ability to obtain insights from their data rapidly," explains Sivaraj. Oncoshot also provides the same hospitals with an overview of the pipeline of clinical trials to better manage them," he adds. Meanwhile, investigators and industry partners lack a clear view of cancer patient populations. The Oncoshot platform helps provide concise hospital-approved analytics derived from a repository of near real-time de-identified patient profiles. This inventory sets the foundation for a new marketplace, where hospitals can collaborate with industry partners to accelerate clinical trial enrolment and research.
At its core, Oncoshot's AI-powered technology matches cancer patients to clinical trials with precise eligibility requirements, based on an algorithm that's refined with the help of a senior oncologist. The system was developed by Oncoshot's CTO, Ruslan Enikeev, a data scientist who created the popular web traffic visualisation tool, Map of the Internet. "In oncology, visibility of clinical trials and access to them is critical to patients because treatment options comprise not just what's available but also what's up and coming," says Dr Sivaraj. It allows oncologists to keep track of trials in their hospital and region and enables trial units within hospitals to select the right trials for their patients. On the other hand, the de-identified data, translated into insights by Oncoshot, makes it easy for pharma, CROs and biotech partners to locate patient populations that fit their eligibility requirements. "They can now leverage near real-time insights that can improve the enrolment and efficiency of their trials," says Sivaraj. This has the potential to increase success rates over time. "More than 80% of cancer clinical trials fail, and one of the major reasons is poor enrolment. Less than 5% of patients are entering clinical trials today," informs Dr Sivaraj. "We envision that we can improve this access by several folds with our system."
Oncoshot has successfully launched in Singapore and runs analytics across a significant proportion of the country's cancer patient population. "We aim to be a national-level ecosystem by the end of the year," says Sivaraj, who is motivated to help public and private collaborators here make Singapore the world's first data-driven cancer clinical trials ecosystem. The startup boasts some of the biggest names in cancer pharma, like Roche, Novartis and Astra Zeneca, as its collaborators and early adopters. Oncoshot is also commencing work with some of the biggest cancer hospitals in India. Since not many mature-phase cancer trials are run within the country, Dr Sivaraj sees an opportunity in bringing them to India and opening up new trial opportunities for the Indian patient population. "The pharma, biotech and CRO partners based in Singapore are also looking forward to participating in India, and we hope to be the platform that brings them there," he adds. Oncoshot is also seeing interest from the industry in Australia.
Making of a HealthTech Entrepreneur
Dr Sivaraj's interest in data took root while serving for the Singapore National Service after completing medical school. While most medical graduates serve as doctors in a Medical Centre, Sivaraj had the opportunity to work in health IT for the Medical Corps in the Armed Forces. "I had always been fascinated by the dot com revolution, so I took it up as a chance to learn something I was never exposed to," recollects Dr Sivaraj. He was tasked with responsibilities related to migrating the Medical Corp's IT system from its second to third version. "I had to understand the requirements of different services that needed to be built into the new system to support the medical care of all the servicemen. Once that was mapped, I helped to engage leadership, stakeholders and technical consultants towards finding the right solution," says Dr Sivaraj.
"The Medical Corps of the Armed Forces was one of the first organisations in Singapore to use Electronic Medical Records," informs Dr Sivaraj. It gave him an early first-hand experience of working with health data which led to an observation. "Health data is typically siloed, and it was even more so here. But even restrictive organisations needed to find ways to share some data to deliver optimal healthcare services to their people," he notes. The significance of health data integration stayed on his mind until he found a use case in cancer clinical trials.
Before founding Oncoshot, Dr Sivaraj worked in the public healthcare system as a medical oncologist with a sub-speciality in breast cancer. He had always been fascinated by how ideas and concepts that seemed outlandish at one point took shape and became a reality. "In my lifetime, I wanted to drive something that I felt strongly about and which could add value to the world," he says. Dr Sivaraj turned entrepreneur when he felt he had the financial security to take the risk. "I thought even if it fails, I'll be happy with having been on that journey- as opposed to not even trying." The level of impact one can achieve as a HealthTech entrepreneur is what excites Dr Sivaraj about the industry. "Seeing my work impacting people positively is why I became a doctor. With HealthTech, if you have the right solution, the same impact can be scaled. Aside from prescribing a treatment one person at a time, you also have an opportunity to develop something that can impact millions of lives."
Inevitable Challenges of Working in HealthTech
Navigating the healthcare industry's infamous resistance to technology adoption has been the greatest entrepreneurial challenge for Dr Sivaraj. "We are working in an industry that has its own way of managing things. When you come in with something different, it takes a lot of effort to convince people at different levels of its feasibility," he notes. It becomes particularly difficult when it's a solution that needs the buy-in of multiple stakeholders in an ecosystem to work cohesively. "It requires a leap of faith from the stakeholders, and there's a tremendous struggle to find the right partners who are willing to take that risk to their organisation," says Sivaraj. "Finding partners who believe in you comes with time, relationship-building and demonstrating your expertise, but it's an important hurdle to cross," he adds.
While acquiring early adopters for a novel solution is a top challenge, the next is having the patience to tide through delays. "On an operational level, you need a certain runway for launching and monetising the product. You also need to have faith in what you're building when what was supposed to happen in three months takes nine months," says Dr Sivaraj. Support within the organisation makes it easier. "It's encouraging when the founding team and investors believe in you and see progress despite not hitting timelines."
Being prepared to encounter these challenges is Dr Sivaraj's advice to aspiring HealthTech entrepreneurs. "Most things will take time, so there needs to be a lot of patience and firm faith in what you're doing. Validate your concept and test your product with an early adopter or partner who is aligned with your interests," he says. Factoring in delays into your financial planning is another important aspect. "Make sure you cover for yourself so that you're not stumped," recommends Dr Sivaraj. One cannot expect overnight success in HealthTech. "We're not at that stage of maturity. It may be different in 5-10 years, but those of us in this field today are in the position of being trendsetters."
Unwinding With Family and Learning From Books
A piece of advice that has stayed with him through the years is to prioritise family. "You could be building the next mega-business that affects the life of a billion people, but if you can't take care of those closest to you, at the end of your life, you'll question why you did what you did," says Dr Sivaraj. "That always gives me perspective to ensure that my wife and children are not missing out on their time with me." Spending time with his two young kids is how Dr Sivaraj likes to unwind from the demands of entrepreneurship. He also makes it a point to have some alone time by going for a jog. "It helps me think. I need that time to get creative."
He also enjoys reading books and often re-reads those he believes will help to mould his thinking. Since he turned entrepreneur, Dr Sivaraj has been revisiting tomes such as Principles by Ray Dalio and Platform Revolution by Sangeet Paul Choudary. On Principles, he says, "The author is a successful hedge fund investor at Bridgewater Associates and talks about the principles that helped him guide management at an individual and organisational level. It shaped my thought process in terms of how I want to build my company and approach my staff." Sivaraj recommends Platform Revolution to anyone building a platform or marketplace. "It helped me understand the science behind building a marketplace. Each time I read it, I get new ideas for shaping Oncoshot."
Being a part of the Galen Growth HealthTech Cohort has brought the entrepreneur's attention to aspects of the business that may have been overlooked because all the focus was concentrated on building the product. "Programmes such as the legal clinic have helped me take a step back and consider important matters such as intellectual property and rights," says Sivaraj. He also appreciates the access to expertise that comes with the Cohort. "We've met some well-experienced people from the industry and benefited from their guidance that has helped us gain a better understanding of the ecosystem," he adds.
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Sato to Ganassi, Robb to Coyne
This week's episode: Takuma Sato will run the ovals for the no. 11 Chip Ganassi Racing car, we debate which team is the favorite for the Indy 500 between Ganassi and McLaren, Sting Ray Robb is confirmed to the no.[...]
McLaren to enter Larson in 2024 Indy 500
This week's episode: Arrow McLaren and Hendrick Motorsports will partner to enter Kyle Larson in the 2024 Indy 500 and do the double with the Coca-Cola 600, Jimmie Johnson could still enter the 2023 Indy 500 with Chip Ganassi Racing,[...]
2023 IndyCar Wish List
This week's episode: We discuss IndyCar dropping iRacing at the end of the year plus our 5 IndyCar wish list items for the series and growth for 2023.
Adam Stern on Streaming, Marketing and a Video Game
This week's episode: Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal joins to discuss IndyCar announcing the '100 Days to Indy' streaming series on the CW and Vice, the offseason discontent over the series' marketing efforts and changes, Iowa ticket prices, an[...]
Streaming, Engines and Armstrong to Ganassi
This week's episode: IndyCar finally announces a streaming series with "100 Days to Indy" focusing on the buildup to next year's Indy 500 coming to the CW and Vice TV in the spring of 2023, the series is increasing marketing[...]
Marketing, Money and McLaren
This week's episode: INDYCAR is searching for a new marketing leader after parting ways with VP of Marketing SJ Luedtke, a look at the impact of skyrocketing ticket prices and what it means for fans who are planning to attend[...]
Wilson to DRR, NASCAR Drivers in Play for Indy 500
This week's episode: Stefan Wilson and Cusick Motorsports are set to enter this year's Indianapolis 500 with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, could Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Larson or Kyle Busch be in the second Dreyer & Reinbold Indy 500 seat and[...]
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Kanaan, NTT to McLaren and Indy NXT
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Latifi, Silly Season and FP1s
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Paris, 1993. Jacques (Pierre Deladonchamps) is a semi-renowned writer and single father in his thirties trying to maintain his sense of romance and humor in spite of the turmoil in his life and the world. While on a work trip...
Paris, 1993. Jacques (Pierre Deladonchamps) is a semi-renowned writer and single father in his thirties trying to maintain his sense of romance and humor in spite of the turmoil in his life and the world. While on a work trip to Brittany, he meets Arthur (Vincent Lacoste), an aspiring filmmaker in his early twenties, who is experiencing a sexual awakening and eager to get out of his parochial life. Arthur becomes instantly smitten with the older man.
From writer-director Christophe Honore (Love Songs, Dans Paris) comes a mature and deeply emotional reflection on love and loss, and youth and aging. In its inter-generational snapshot of cruising, courtship, and casual sex - Jacques' forty-something neighbor Mathieu (Denis Podalydes) rounds out the triumvirate - SORRY ANGEL balances hope for the future with agony over the past in an unforgettable drama about finding the courage to love in the moment.
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Critical Flaws Discovered in Popular Industrial Remote Access Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have found critical security flaws in two popular industrial remote access systems that can be exploited to ban access to industrial production floors, hack into company networks, tamper with data, and even steal sensitive business secrets.
The flaws, discovered by Tel Aviv-based OTORIO, were identified in B&R Automation's SiteManager and GateManager, and MB Connect Line's mbCONNECT24, two of the popular remote maintenance tools used in automotive, energy, oil & gas, metal, and packaging sectors to connect to industrial assets from anywhere across the world.
Six Flaws in B&R Automation's SiteManager and GateManager
According to an advisory published by the US Cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday, successful exploitation of the B&R Automation vulnerabilities could allow for "arbitrary information disclosure, manipulation, and a denial-of-service condition."
The flaws, ranging from path traversal to improper authentication, impact all versions of SiteManager prior to v9.2.620236042, GateManager 4260, and 9250 before v9.0.20262, and GateManager 8250 prior to v9.2.620236042.
OTORIO's Nikolay Sokolik and Hay Mizrachi found that by exploiting these six vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-11641 through CVE-2020-11646), an authenticated attacker with access to the solution via a general license could view sensitive information about other users, their assets, and their processes, even when they belong to a different organization from that of the adversary.
"This information can be used by attackers to target other organizations and their industrial systems," OTORIO said.
"Additionally, hackers can fool users into malicious foreign sites through fake system messages and alerts. The attacker can also trigger a repeated restart of both the GateManager and the SiteManager, leading eventually to a loss of availability and halt production."
An RCE Flaw in mbCONNECT24
Likewise, mymbCONNECT24 and mbCONNECT24 versions v2.6.1 and prior have been found vulnerable to four different security issues that could make it possible for a logged-in attacker to access arbitrary information via SQL injection, steal session details by carrying out a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack with merely a specifically crafted link, and leverage outdated and unused third-party libraries bundled with the software to gain remote code execution.
The RCE vulnerability is the severest of all, with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.
Although these flaws have since been fixed, the development is another reminder of how weaknesses in remote access solutions can have destructive consequences on critical infrastructure.
For its part, CISA has recommended minimizing network exposure for all control system devices, in addition to putting control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls, and isolating them from the business network.
"When remote access is required, use secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing that VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available," the agency cautioned. Also, recognize that VPN is only as secure as the connected devices."


We continue to expand our partnerships with municipalities, development and management companies, design professionals, financial institutions, and corporate tenants. Our vision for a particular redevelopment, which others have failed to capitalize on, continues to intrigue our partners at all levels.
The redevelopment business philosophy of River Development embodies the "smart growth" principles, which focus on the use of existing transportation and utilities, whether creating a new city center or an airport distribution facility. In particular E-commerce and climate-controlled distribution facilities are components of the re-development spectrum at River.
River's expertise and success in land redevelopment is of special interest and benefit to all the municipalities, in which it operates. River Development partners with these municipalities to identify parcels of land with special re-development potential. River then evaluates each parcel to determine the best use to reposition and create an asset.
River is solution-oriented. By bringing together a team with expertise in property identification, negotiation strategy, purchase management, government affairs, legal, development and asset management, River Development is positioned to help municipalities and owners of real property meet their immediate financial and long term asset appreciation goals.
Warren Waters is a principal and partner in the company. His chief focus is in identifying the next strategic re-development opportunity and shaping the design for the project. He enables our team and their consulting professionals to analyze the planning and zoning issues and focus on their resolution. The company's record of approved projects from municipal, state, and federal agencies is unique. Under Warren's' management the company has expanded into regional markets, strengthened existing partnerships, and forged new relationships with each development.
Over the past 40 years Mr. Waters has moved the firm and it's over two dozen affiliated companies to evolve the portfolio from specialty industrial to mixed use city center streetscapes and lifestyle properties. A current focus on E-commerce and climate-controlled industrial properties coupled with previous fulfillment warehousing completes the development cycle.
A long serving Board Member on over a dozen charitable organizations, Warren sits on the Advisory Board of Trustees of the Valley National Bank.
Victor is an engineering and construction professional with over 40 years of diverse experience in planning and managing the design and construction of major facility, site and infrastructure projects. He has been involved in every level of the construction and real estate development industries, including as an executive in Fortune 100 and 500 manufacturing companies and ENR Top 100 Design Firms. Vic includes stints with Top 100 General Contractors and as an entrepreneur. He has worked on projects throughout the US and all over the World. In recent years, Vic continues to protect his employers and clients with respect to liability, while managing resources and processes. He has expertise in mediation, arbitration and jury trial, as well as forensic engineering. Much of what Vic does in the design and construction industry relies on experienced objective instinct as well as technical training. Vic has a degree from the University of Notre Dame, and holds several professional engineering licenses.


Yes this is a wonderful step providing laptops for teachers in Kerala. This is the best gift for the teachers who are our gurus. I think this step is very good for the development of the teachers and in return the development of the students. If teachers are full of knowledge about what is happening around the globe then they can impart better knowledge to the students they teach.
Now in our schools, teachers have to do several works with the help of computer. details regarding marks/grades and several other information are to be transmitted by the teachers through the Head of the institution via E-mail.
Additionally students are getting trained in the use of computers and they even prepare the school's site. In all these the help of teachers are required. Internet connections and smart class rooms are there in most of the schools.
Thus the school has become almost smart school. Hence the teachers should have the capacity to support the students for which they also should have the facilities to get up dated. So, the lap tops become a necessity to them.


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Vinyl's Not Dead and Neither is Generosity: the Mysterious @HiddenCash Hits Amoeba SF
Posted by The Bay Area Crew, May 27, 2014 08:46pm | Post a Comment
San Francisco's Twitterverse is abuzz with the doings of an anonymous entity who goes by the handle @HiddenCash. True to their name, this generous do-gooder hides envelopes of money around San Francisco and then leads the public to these hidden stashes of cash with clever Tweeted clues. Not much is known about the mysterious giver, but their Twitter profile relays a clear objective: "anonymous social experiment for good."
Reports from news sources such as KTVU and People.com claim @HiddenCash is a "he" and a "wealthy real estate developer" who feels he has the funds to spare. In the current economic climate of San Francisco where average folks are fleeing the city due to soaring rents and so many of our treasured establishments are being turned into condos for a steady stream of incoming rich tech workers, @HiddenCash is a bit of a welcomed miracle. Is it possible that he is doing the work of the collective unconscious conscience of the wealthy? Making amends for the mushrooming condo biz and its collateral damage?
Whatever the motives, it's pretty freaking cool and @HiddenCash decided to stash one of his famous envelopes at Amoeba SF this past Sunday. On May 25th at 6pm, he Tweeted the clue, "They say vinyl is dead, but it still lives here. On a street named the opposite of love. #WeAreTheWorld." Within 19 minutes, the cash was found by a lucky civilian in (drum roll please) the sleeve of a We Are The World LP! Our sources say the winner did not purchase the album, in case you were wondering.
"We are the ones who make a brighter day / So let's start giving." -- "We Are The World (USA For Africa)"
We Are The World (1),	San Francisco (355),	Hiddencash (1),	Vinyl (198),	Audra (39)


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Perhaps the most bizarre and labyrinthine story on the list, the disappearance and murder of Janet March has spellbound the city for twenty years. March disappeared in August of 1996, and though husband Perry March was almost immediately regarded as the suspect, he managed to elude police for ten years before being arrested, extradited from Mexico, and convicted in the disappearance of his wife.
Perry March's side of the story went like this: On August 15, 1996, he and his wife had a "typical" matrimonial squabble, after which she packed up and left, leaving him with their two children, Sammy and Tzipora, and a Honey-Do List to be completed before she returned in 12 days. When she didn't make it home in time for Sammy's birthday, though, he called in Janet's disappearance.
Almost from the get-go, police believed Perry March was guilty of murdering his wife. Janet's Volvo was found five miles from the March residence, and it had all of the belongings she supposedly took with her at the time, including her passport and luggage. March himself, in a bizarre twist, first moved with the children to Chicago to escape the heat of the trial, and then fled to Mexico to live with his own retired father, Arthur March.
Never giving up, the Nashville team assigned to the case continued to gather evidence. They got an indictment from the grand jury in 2005 and traveled to Mexico to arrest an unsuspecting Perry March. During the trial, Perry's own father finally admitted to helping his son dispose of Janet's body in Kentucky, more or less sinking any of Perry March's hopes that he would escape conviction in the case of one Janet March. March was sentenced to 56 years in prison in September of 2006. He has repeatedly appealed his conviction but remains in prison.


Priced reduced!! This property is located just blocks from the Johns Hopkins Hospital. This home was originally constructed in 1984, has 1,700+ sq ft of above ground living space, and sits in an attractive private community that includes assigned parking and a nice community exclusive park like area in the rear of the property. Better yet the majority of the work needed here is cosmetic.
Replace all flooring with wood, ceramic, or carpet where appropriate. Fresh paint. Remodel kitchen including new cabinets and granite counters. Minor roof repair. Minor drywall repair (see picture). Upgrade lighting and bath fixtures. Repair rear fence. Miscellaneous touch-up.