"In my classes, I want students to learn how to be successful in business and to increase their understanding of how to influence others in a positive way."
"The class focuses on monetary policy, fiscal policy, federal government regulation and the impact of all three on business operations. Students should be constantly aware of how central bank and government policy will impact the business operating environment."
"In my class, students will learn how to analyze financial data and create reports that help managers make decisions about how to plan, evaluate, and control the organization."
"Students need to relate and apply academic theory to real world situations, my background from Wall Street to manufacturing provides a unique opportunity for students to take advantage of that vast knowledge."
"Working hard, late, and long, while having a healthy home life. A serious focus on your profession is a requirement to becoming a leader and to attain the greatest passion for what you do."
"Statistics are tools that can help us better understand almost any situation, whether fantastic or mundane. If we know which tools are appropriate, and correctly execute their use, the world is easier to understand and we can make better decisions."
"For business, the most important trait is conscientiousness. Be where you are supposed to be and do what you are supposed to be doing. Work hard at it."
"I started teaching to help students develop their interest and a sense of purpose so they may thrive in a democratic society."
"In addition to the content being taught in specific courses, I want students to learn that education and knowledge are transforming and empowering. I hope students walk away with their appetites for the content simply being whetted with an insatiable desire to learn more."
"I teach because I enjoy sharing my knowledge and experiences with students and engaging in discussions and activities that expand both my mind and theirs. I look for and embrace opportunities to mentor students in and out of the classroom to help them achieve their goals."
"An individual that is able to think critically and argue both sides of an educational issue from a theoretical, empirical, and social perspective has a foundation for success."


Jackie, Mildred, Eureka and Thuli are the women behind Bobbi Bear, a nonprofit organization based in Durban, South Africa, that counsels sexually abused children and works to bring their abusers to justice. Born out of recognition of cultural stigmas that discourage reporting abuse and inadequate methods of communicating with young victims, Bobbi Bear developed a method of letting children use teddy bears to explain their abuse. Since 1992, the multiracial staff has become the fearless and powerful voice for those victims who would otherwise continue to live in fear, powerless against their oppressors and ignored by the legal system.


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Griffith academics to share expertise at key UN climate change conference
Published November 29, 2018 AuthorCarley Rosengreen
Clockwise from top left, Dr Johanna Nalau, Dr Samid Suliman, Dr Ed Morgan and Dr Tim Cadman.
A delegation of Griffith climate change research leaders will use their attendance at the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland to learn and engage with government organisations, NGOs and research institutions to work towards enacting the terms of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The conference, or COP24, is the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and its primary aim is to reach a consensus for worldwide governments on the Paris Agreement 'rulebook', which aims to limit the rise of average global temperatures to well below two degrees Celsius.
Plans for implementing the Paris Agreement were assigned for negotiation at future talks with the deadline set for COP24, taking place in Katowice December 2-14.
More than 30,000 attendees from 200 countries representing 200 organisations are expected to attend the conference. Griffith is among the Australian universities that is sending a delegation to the COP. Engaging at the highest levels of global climate policy is particularly important given Griffith's strong focus on research-driven teaching and research excellence, and strategic investments in programs such as Griffith Climate Change Response Program.
The Griffith delegation will include Dr Johanna Nalau from the Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP); Dr Tim Cadman from the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law; Dr Samid Suliman from Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research; Dr Ed Morgan from Cities Research Institute and GCCRP.
Dr Nalau's research focuses on understanding how institutions, including those at the global level, make decisions on how to adapt to climate change. She said COP24 was particularly important as it will focus on defining how the different elements of the Paris Agreement will be governed and reported on.
"Of particular interest to me are discussions around the global goal on adaptation, its measurement and reporting, negotiations on Loss and Damage, and also the increasing participation of Indigenous People via the Indigenous People's platform," she said.
"As part of my role as the Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment report, I am also keen to engage in conversations about policy relevant adaptation science and meet with country delegates to hear their experiences on adaptation."
Dr Tim Cadman has been a researcher and practitioner of sustainable development for nearly 30 years. He said ensuring the good governance of any response to combatting climate change was vital, as lack of transparency and accountability, and other problems of poor governance threaten to undermine the effectiveness of the global response to climate change embodied in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
"This upcoming conference=is probably one of the most important meetings to address climate change under the Convention," Dr Cadman said. "The so-called 'Paris Rulebook' will set out the governance of mitigation and adaptation activities, and how they are financed, and reported, for decades to come.
"If these arrangements are not finalised at Katowice, it is unlikely that government responses to global warming will have the desired impact. In fact, they could make it worse. It is vital that national governments reach a consensus on the rulebook at COP24."
Dr Ed Morgan said COP24 gives researchers the chance to learn about the issues that countries are focusing on and struggling with, which helps to direct research to be policy-relevant at a global level.
"If there is to be a concerted global response to climate change this COP needs to be successful," Dr Morgan said.
"Universities and other NGOs play an important role as observers to ensure that the process is as transparent as possible."
Dr Samid Suliman said the 2015 Paris Agreement acknowledged that climate change action should respect the rights of migrants, and discussions to implement the Agreement should engage with the rights and protection of 'climate migrants', now and into the future.
"As a researcher on the politics of migration, I am attending COP24 to observe whether (and to what extent) the principles enshrined in the 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration are informing discussions about global climate governance," Dr Suliman said.
"Of particular interest to me is how the recommendations contained in the Report of the Task Force on Displacement are received and discussed in the context of the finalisation of the 'Paris Rulebook' in Katowice.
"This is important because this agreement will have a significant bearing about how the 'climate migration' is governed in a changing climate. It is my hope that the climate governance agenda will become more 'migrant-oriented' after COP 24."
Dr Rob Hales is the director of the Griffith Centre for Sustainable Enterprise which is a strategic Centre in the Griffith Business School. The Centre aims to facilitate research on sustainable business and climate change within the Griffith Business School.
"The argument for taking positive action on climate change has sound economic foundations. However, it will be interesting to see how the cost of action will be used by the some countries to justify action (or inaction) in the negotiation process. The economic justification of national climate change mitigation and adaptation effort is vital for the scaling up of INDCs (Intended National Determined Contributions) because the cost of inaction grows by the year," he said.
Dr Nalau will speak in several panels at COP24 where she will discuss climate adaptation research in the Pacific, economic diversification as an adaption strategy, and the implications on what 1.5 degrees Celsius warming means for island nations and where limits to adaptation are likely to emerge.
The Griffith delegation is also supporting the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) at their side event titled "Needs-based Climate Finance for Melanesian Communities and Forests", with GCCRP giving presentations on the work and supporting panel discussion.
Griffith is also partnering with Wild Heritage to sponsor their session, "The critical role of Biodiversity Protection and Ecosystem Integrity in Climate Mitigation Outcomes for Land and Forest-based Climate Action".
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28 Days (2000)

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David N. Butterworth

28 DAYS
A film review by David N. Butterworth
Copyright 2000 David N. Butterworth

** (out of ****)

        In preparing for my review of "28 Days," Sandra Bullock's new
melodrama, I gatecrashed an AA meeting at which a young woman, probably not
much older than Bullock's character, spoke for thirty minutes about her
struggle with alcoholism.  What this woman had to say or, perhaps equally
importantly, the way in which she told her story, was absolutely
fascinating.  It was like watching Spalding Gray doing his "Swimming to
Cambodia" thing.  She kept going for thirty minutes straight with barely a
pause.  Her monologue was loaded with humor, pathos, and poignancy.  It was
filled with harsh truths, anguish, pain and suffering, yet is was somehow
delightful.  It was the kind of speech I wish I could have captured on
videotape to replay over and over again to savor every heartfelt moment,
every aspiration, every moving detail.  "28 Days" is not like this.  It's a
well-meaning film about what it's like to have a Bud with your daily
Wheaties but it's strictly AA Lite.  Bullock plays a party girl who, after
taking out a lawn jockey and crashing a limo into someone's porch during
her sister's wedding, is sentenced to 28 days of detox in a rehab clinic.
Here she gets with the program with a bunch of thinly-written caricatures
of drug and alcohol abusers, many of whom are played by miscast performers
(including Steve Buscemi as her counselor and Viggo Mortensen as a
pro-baseball player with a love for the soaps).  Bullock's character spends
more time trying the break the rules than trying to quit drinking and as a
result her month-end turnabout seems hurried and implausible.  There have
been some fine movies about alcoholism ("The Lost Weekend") and there have
been some not-so-fine movies about alcoholism ("Leaving Las Vegas").  "28
Days," alas, comes closer to the latter.  Bullock is good, and her
relationship with her sister--played by Elizabeth Perkins--is excellent,
but "28 Days" is still about 26 days shy of sobriety.

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This is an animated advert made specifically for 35mm theatrical film. More information about this can be found here.
A glimpse of how this animation made its journey from the Wacom digital drawing tablet to the 35mm theatrical film reel.
An animated TV commercial for a vermicelli brand designed to look like a low-budget anime. This old animation got featured at the Toon Boom Showcase just yesterday, March 14, 2015.


Wanting to get in on the positive buzz surrounding the Amazon Echo, Google is reportedly building its own smart home device.
Google is quietly working on a competitor to the Amazon Echo, a wireless speaker controlled by voice command, according to a report in The Information.
Google has not replied to a request for comment.
The Echo, which has proven to be a popular and well-reviewed product for Amazon, plays music and podcasts, sets alarms and to-do lists, and offers weather and traffic reports on demand.
Google, which dominates the online search market and owns the popular Android platform, has the pieces necessary to put together its own version of Echo, according to industry analysts.
And, they say, it would be a smart move for the company.
"Google has all the capabilities that Amazon Echo has," said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy. However, Google's been focused on smartphones and tablets right now. "I believe Google will build a plugged-in device that does what Echo can do -- and more," Moorhead added.
Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, noted that while it makes sense for mobile device users to be able to control their systems by voice, it also makes sense to do the same with home devices.
"Why not be able to do that when your hands are full of food or baby or puppy?" he asked. "Whatever Google builds will have to be better than Echo, but I don't think that will be hard. Google's current voice-based product, Google Voice Search, is available in a bunch of languages, while Echo is English-only. Echo does interface with Gmail but I would be surprised if Google can't come up with deeper integration."
While Gottheil said it wouldn't actually hurt Google to not have an Echo-like product for a while, launching one would contribute to the company's core business.
"With Echo you can search using [Microsoft's] Bing," he noted. "Presumably, the Google device would have an interface to Google search, and perhaps Google can drive better integration, making voice search with voice output more powerful."
The device, working inside people's homes, also would give Google a lot more information about their users.
"Google's business driver, advertising, requires them to be everywhere the consumer is and intercept every piece of data from them," said Moorhead. "With an "always-on" device in the home, Google could know how many people are in the house, their age, gender and what they watch on TV, and the music they listen to."
Moorhead said he owns an Echo but right now it's not even plugged in and running.
He would, though, consider buying a Google device if it offered more than Echo does.
"It would need to support all of the home automation equipment I have from different vendors," he said. "They would also need to demonstrate to me how they will keep my data and what it knows about me secure. Finally, they would need to improve their natural language approach to be more like Google Now or Apple's Siri."


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AluK roundtable
A boost for craft and art
Does new technology mean that the age of mass production and homogeneity is over?
(left to right) Ronnie Mills, Friedrich Ludewig, James Baker, Alan Shingler, Nigel Headford and Nigel Ostime facing Simon Appleby, Tim Partington and Tom Murphy.
Architects have a 2% chance of being made redundant in the future as a result of computerisation, according to the study 'The Future of Employment: How susceptible are jobs to automation?' by Oxford University academics Michael Osborne and Carl Frey. New technology is 'quite unlikely' to destroy the architect. By comparison, for the many of the trades that work with architects on site, 60% to 70% can expect to be replaced by offsite manufacture and robotisation.
The original paper, published in 2013, was motivated by John Maynard Keynes's frequently cited prediction of widespread technological unemployment 'due to our discovery of means of economising the use of labour outrunning the pace at which we can find new uses for labour'. In recent decades, computers have indeed replaced people in a number of jobs, including bookkeepers, cashiers and telephone operators. Most recently, poorly performing labour markets in advanced economies have intensified the debate about technological unemployment.
So while there will be industry changes around construction and property – even estate agents have a 68% likelihood of being replaced by automation – questions remain over what architects will do and how they will work. AluK's first roundtable took this as its subject, asking: 'To what extent does new technology mean that the age of mass production and homogeneity is over?' Discussions addressed how this third industrial revolution will affect the production of construction information and the way buildings look.
It is within our capability now not to have monotonous repetition; we can have mass customisation and greater variety
For much of the 20th century, shortly after Henry Ford initiated the use of assembly line manufacturing, architects imagined a similar future for architecture. Enter the International Style, the machine for living in, and later the 1960s obsession with prefabricated buildings. Ever since architecture has moved toward greater levels of global homogeneity – which still attracts major criticism.
Yet today, technological advancement has turned a corner, progressing to such an extent that the loss of individual identity in the 20th century may be reinstatable while retaining the benefits of the second industrial revolution, including the assembly line.
'It is within our capability now,' said Nigel Ostine, the roundtable's chair and project delivery director at Hawkins\Brown, 'We can avoid monotonous repetition; we can have mass customisation and greater variety.'
What is the current technology we have, how is it being used and what is coming up?
For all the potential and discussion of a mass customisable future, participants at the roundtable felt overwhelmingly that this future has not arrived.
Friedrich Ludewig, founder of Acme Architects, said: 'Independently of what we do in the office – all the things we see going out, all the things we send – architecture and construction is still an incredibly handmade industry.'
Nevertheless, it wasn't felt that it would be fair to put a judgement on whether or not architecture and construction are behind the curve. It was pointed out that few designers have cracked the digital production of, for example, T-shirts, where repetition is high – rather that it is more effective to ship the manufacturing to sweatshops in Bangladesh.
'Even with unitised facades, there is a lot of hand labour putting them together and they are then installed by people control,' continued Ludewig. 'So far every time we have gone with a very digital product to the market, we have hit a brick wall where it is costed double the price of doing it by hand.'
Every job is different
The reason for this was not just put down to tooling up costs. Around the table, everyone agreed that architecture is a different game; each project is different, always tailored to a site, programme and orientation.
'We are often unfairly compared to the car industry,' said Tim Partington, director at Chapman Taylor. 'Every building we do is essentially a prototype. It responds to context, textuality, the client's requirements. Architects do not have the luxury to test a product then refine and refine it. When we developed something similar for the schools programme, as soon as we took it out to commercial clients, it had to become much more flexible, responding to individual needs.'
Additionally, if practices have invested in R&D, working with technologically advanced software or systems for a long time, it has not been matched by real achievements – the programmes are there, but they lack a real-world translation so stay virtual. While Tom Murphy of David Miller Architects thought BIM was able to provide that by 'cutting out so many potentially wasteful processes between design stage and construction on site', Alan Shingler, partner and head of residential at Sheppard Robson Architects, disagreed.
'We are working on a civic centre in Hounslow, producing it in Revit and standardising components as much as possible,' he said. 'The problem arises when going out to procurement: our client doesn't want to go down the nominated supplier route because of cost, so now we are devising three different ways to fabricate the panels.'
The biggest obstacle was seen as the supply chain – even with a Lego-like kit of parts.
'It has been 30 years since the first computer came my way,' said Simon Appleby, design director at Berkeley Homes Central London. 'It was in a room on its own. We have got to a point where we can go to site and hold up an iPad to see what should be there, so it is baby steps. These days you can draw things in 3D and hand them to a manufacturer to take into their software, but getting that back into your software or into a client-friendly end-user maintenance manual is a nightmare. Everybody has built it in a different system. We need one platform.'
(left to right) Alan Shingler, Nigel Headford and Nigel Ostime.
Early involvement
Speaking on behalf of McMullen Facades in Belfast, Ronnie Mills insisted that it is now possible to create the same building physics but adapt them to every design: 'It is about getting balance, not designing from scratch. Getting on a job early is when manufacturers can bring the most value.' Objections to this were that it would prevent clients going to the open market, and that the computing power needed to organise all the subcontractors would still require a room at the end of the corridor in which to carry out the complex calculations occurring even, for example, from changing a door height.
So what is on the horizon?
As the participants focused mainly on pitfalls in the supply chain and making side of architecture, Murphy identified that to become more efficient in the future, the process needs someone on the project – client, architect, contractor – to drive it through, tying all these different systems together.
'In my office,' agreed Shingler 'there is a gap between those who really understand what, for example, Revit can do, and those who understand what they want Revit to do. I'm learning Revit, but I rely on other people to do it. For me it will be about not where the tools are, but how to use and apply them to the process we all understand; not to try to force something that's not set up to the changes.'
Yet some members of the group did feel the software was still not up to scratch and would welcome improvements to iron out problems that obstruct its fundamental use anywhere along production.
'What we have at the moment cannot do options, is not instinctive and does not understand at different points in the design that the architect hasn't made up its mind, that there is more than one way of doing it,' explained Ludewig. 'Software is not set up for mass customisation. It is necessary to work back and forth between different software to get the result we want, filling in all the corners along the way. There are no curves in Switzerland because architects there have been using ArchiCAD for 10 years – the constraints of the programme end up in the design.'
Tom Murphy of David Miller Architects.
James Baker (left) and Simon Appleby (right).
These problems materialise again at a manufacturing level, with Mills, Partington and Appleby agreeing that it is not possible to run a factory in Revit and that it is necessary to spend a lot of time optimising drawings. A way around this should be on the horizon.
Mills raised a further last minute issue: that soon it would be necessary to address the contractual position of a building model. 'This is non-existent at the moment. As a sub-contractor who is signing up to take design responsibility to deliver a facade in a building, right now the building model has no status in our contract documents. It doesn't exist in that legal framework. We have to look at how to deal with that as it will move from designers towards fabricators. We must be very careful how we use the model because it is not contractual and it is always live.'
Should we customise just because we can?
The jury was out on whether mass customisation was positive. For some architects around the table it meant constricted designs and flawed processes, but others saw it as a major asset, particularly for certain types of buildings including residential, hotels and schools.
'One of the biggest advantages we have seen with the early implementation of BIM is that it allows you to create bespoke solutions for essentially the same price as a standardised building,' said Murphy. 'You are producing information that goes straight to a CNC. It cuts out the ambiguity that was there with 2D drawings.'
But real potential was seen was in architectural expression and a shift to greater ornamentation through implementing bespoke elements crafted using machinery such as CNC machines and digitally printed glazing – Here East in London by Hawkins\Brown was cited as a key example. Technological changes such as 3D printing to create prototyping and grow metal parts would make customisation affordable. The key will be about using standardised systems to produce customised objects. Ostime explained: 'Now it seems that the International Style was just that, a style, and we are getting to something more culturally rich.' There is an appetite for ornamentation from clients – and that's where the creativity of architects, so essential to the process and reliant on people power, comes in.
Who was there
Nigel Ostime project delivery director, Hawkins\Brown (chair)
Nigel Headford, head of sales - major projects, AluK
Interested in producing a system that works in a systemised manner to create bespoke solutions and to start using BIM all the way through the design and construction process.
Alan Shingler, partner and head of residential, Sheppard Robson Architects
Fascinated by how to use BIM and technology in later stages, and in parametric modelling to design and inform components and form at an early stage.
Friedrich Ludewig, founder, Acme Architects
Young practice that works with contractors to create customisation, and sees little repetition in architecture.
Simon Appleby, design director, Berkeley Homes Central London
Interested in how systems and armature added to buildings – facades, bathrooms, etc – can be improved by technology.
Ronnie Mills, technical director, McMullen Facades
Concerned with how building facades that can go through a production line process while still incorporating design intent.
Tim Partington, director, Chapman Taylor
Keen to understand how to improve ways of working with contractors and get smarter at building things.
Tom Murphy, architect, David Miller Architects
Early adopter of BIM in architecture: believes it can be used to create bespoke solutions that are not costly.
James Baker, architect director, BDP
Interested in how BIM can be fully integrated from stage C with sub-contractors, particularly regarding facade technology
AluK and RIBAJ will be continuing this conversation at ALUK's new London showroom (Worship St, EC2A 2AB) on 14 April from 18:00, with Nigel Ostime as chair again. To participate at this free-to-attend seminar please go to ribaj.com/alukseminar


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Never fear, you can view this planning frenzy as survival training. Like it or not, planning and organizational skills will blast to the top of your survival list once the baby arrives.
Before you get down to the nitty-gritty of separating the purely frivolous from the absolutely essential—and making the hard choices in between—there are a few broader issues to keep in mind.
Pack your hospital bag when your partner is 36 weeks pregnant, a few weeks before your baby's due date. Even earlier, if you can.
Plan for two day's worth of items, but also plan for the unexpected.
An extra bag, left in the car or with a trusted friend, won't go amiss if your stay is longer.
Know which last minute items go into your partner's bag in case she forgets during labor.
You'll be responsible for your partner's bag once you get to the hospital, so figure out how to keep track of everything and avoid duplicates.
If you bring a separate bag for the baby, leave it in the car. You can also ask someone to bring it along later.
Map out the route (and alternates) to the birth center or hospital, and have everything ready for check in.
Plan to park your car for at least 24 hours, and map out the parking options in advance.
Know where to enter the hospital. Entrances can vary during peak times and off hours, so it's a good idea to check. You may need to enter through the ER at night, for example, and use the main entrance during the day.
Get the lay of the land by taking a tour of the obstetrics floor, if available. Familiarity breeds calm, in this case.
Make sure your bag has loads of pockets and holds a travel pillow.
To control costs, choose a bag that can be repurposed once the baby arrives—a gender-neutral diaper bag is perfect. Even better if it doubles as a laptop bag.
Take a look at our GOTS-certified organic diaper bag that holds up to a 15-inch computer.
Once the overall strategy is in place, you can start fine-tuning. We've listed some items to get you started, and included a downloadable 2-page checklist for quick reference.
Normally a nuisance, loose change has tons of uses if you arrive at the hospital after hours.
For vending machines. Nerves and boredom can take a heavy toll on your stash of healthy snacks. It's hard to be in the moment when your stomach is growling and your lizard brain is demanding food.
For parking meters or the hospital car park. Soon there'll be an extra mouth to feed and you don't need that parking ticket.
For pay phones in case your smartphone runs out of juice (it happens).
Tip: Add cash and loose change to your hospital bag early to avoid a last minute scramble, and don't be tempted to dip into it.
A lumbar, travel, or toddler pillow will help you grab some shut-eye when nothing much is happening.
You can also use a pillow to help position your partner for pain relief.
Tip: Bring a couple of pillowcases, too. Because hospitals. Take a look at ours.
Extra socks, underwear, and shirts. Yup, you'll definitely want a clean shirt for holding your newborn.
A sweater—layers are always a good idea, especially in hospitals where doors are always opening and closing.
Extra pants, if you have room. Sweats for comfort and shorts if it's hot.
Comfortable shoes. You may do a lot of walking with your partner in early labour, pacing the corridors and climbing stairs.
Tip: Keep comfortable shoes next to your bag so they're ready to go.
Bags are always useful and take up little room.
Potential uses include segregating dirty clothes from clean items and keeping food separate.
Fold-up shopping bags are great for carrying hospital freebies and gifts home.
Tip: Go for a green option like organic cotton, but include at least one waterproof bag for wet items.
The obvious, razor, shaving cream, deodorant, shampoo, toothbrush/toothpaste.
Breath freshening mints or gum, when you're too tired to move.
Painkillers & medication for you. No one will pay much attention to your aches and pains, so pack everything you'll need.
Tip: Glasses, if you wear contact lenses. Your lenses may dry out with constant wear, irritating your eyes. You'll want your eyes at their sharpest for the drive home.
Nuts and protein bars are filling and easy to pack.
Water and juice are essential. Filling up your water bottle and packing your own juice gives you healthy options to keep your energy level up.
Tip: For extra points, include your partner's favorite beverages and something extra special (and healthy).
You won't forget your phone, of course, but there are still a few things to remember.
Load it up with distractions, like movies and tunes, and keep enough free space for new pictures.
Make sure you have chargers handy, including your partner's.
Download helpful apps, like a contraction timer and white noise generator.
Download your birth plan, health insurance information, and medical notes.
Tip: update your contact list and add your partner's contacts to your phone.
Books, magazines, or a deck of cards for when your partner is trying to grab some rest or doesn't feel like talking.
Tablet or Kindle loaded with tunes, books, and movies.
Camcorder—check with the hospital beforehand to make sure it's allowed in delivery rooms.
Digital camera, if not using your smartphone's camera.
Tip: make sure batteries are fully charged or bring spares.
Bring extra copies of your birth plan, health insurance information, and medical notes.
Hospital registration forms. Even if you've already registered at the hospital, some will need to confirm your records before admission.
Hard copies of tips for labour. Any printouts from your antenatal classes to help with breathing or positions to help ease the pain.
Tip: Keep papers you likely won't use in a separate envelope to avoid mixing them with insurance and registration forms that you will need.


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A Bold New Climate Commitment
A Bold New Climate Commitment: Ecolab Joins the Business Ambition for 1.5⁰C
Ecolab is a signatory of the Business Ambition for 1.5⁰C, a group of major companies that have committed to doing their part to keep climate change at or below 1.5⁰ Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Our aim is to halve our carbon emissions by 2030 and reduce them to net-zero by 2050.
As a member of the Business Ambition, Ecolab joins a growing group of global companies that are taking the next step in tackling climate change. We are doing this at the outset of the 2020s, a crucial decade for climate action.
To meet our 1.5⁰ C commitment, we will take the following steps:
Electrify our fleet of service vehicles
Move to 100 percent renewable energy in our global operations
Expand energy efficiency projects at our plants, offices and operations around the world
Work with our supply chain partners to adopt similarly ambitious climate goals
Our goal: Halve the company's carbon emissions by 2030 and reduce them to net-zero by 2050.
Ecolab supports climate change resilience through our work to help customers in virtually every industry, all around the world, save water. Primarily driven by population and economic growth, water scarcity is exacerbated significantly by climate change. For many companies, the first adverse effects of climate change come in the form of water - through droughts, flooding or larger storm surges for instance.
In 2018, we helped our customers save 188 billion gallons (711 million cubic meters) of water. Companies that reduce, reuse and recycle water boost their resilience to water scarcity, and thus to climate change. And they lower their impact on the communities, agricultural operations and other companies with whom they share water resources.
Since using water takes energy, using less water also means using less energy – and that means reducing greenhouse gas emissions for our customers. Partnering with Ecolab, they avoided 2.4 billion pounds (1.1 million metric tons) of greenhouse emissions in 2018.
Meanwhile, we are making steady progress in our own operations. As of 2018, 99.4% of Ecolab's electricity in Europe came from renewable sources. That same year, we also signed a virtual power purchase agreement that will cover 100% of our electricity needs in North America once the wind farm associated with it comes online in 2020. Energy efficiency projects have made many locations more climate-friendly and the first electric Ecolab vehicles are on the road already. We will now globalize these efforts.
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The U.N. Global Compact, a group of more than 9,500 companies that are collaborating to foster more sustainable ways of doing business, formed the Business Ambition in 2019 to spur companies to do their part in achieving that goal.
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We are extremely proud to announce Mongolia's first PADI® Open Water Scuba Instructor, Khaliun Batsaikhan, who completed her PADI Instructor Examination in April, 2018.
Crystal Dive Koh Tao caught up with Khaliun to learn about her journey towards being a PADI Instructor.
What inspired you to become a PADI Professional?
I had seen a post on Facebook that they needed someone to teach scuba diving at Great Sea Resort, a camp near Lake Khövsgöl, which is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Mongolia. I was interested right away and decided to try a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience first, to see if I would like it.
Working as a swimming teacher, I loved anything that had to do with water; however the idea of scuba diving was a whole new concept to me. On the first dive I was extremely nervous, however by the second dive I was able to relax and I started to enjoy myself and was instantly hooked.
I had my "something new!" Not only could I help to develop scuba diving in Mongolia, I could find a way to combine what I love with my profession. Oh…and to be one of the first to do so, that was very interesting to me.
What is your most memorable moment during your training to become a dive professional?
Let me think…definitely the PADI Instructor Examination (IE)!
Heading into the IE I was quite nervous. With English being my third language I was most afraid of the theoretical component of the course. After completing my exams, and seeing all my scores above 90% I was extremely proud of myself.
I had always viewed PADI as a large organisation so it was great to see the examiners as real people. They were extremely nice and truly inspiring.
It certainly was a challenging experience and I was very proud to do better than I ever could have imagined. I think I was more excited getting my Certificate of Completion than receiving my Bachelor University Degree.
How has becoming a PADI Diver changed your life?
Oh wow, it changed my life a lot…completely. I originally had a different set of goals, and was not planning to do something like this for the rest of my life. Now I know this is my thing. I have so many new goals, and I know scuba diving will help me to achieve them.
Mongolia will now get to celebrate its first PADI Women's Day event this July. Hopefully I will be able to inspire more women to get involved and change their life the way I have done.
What does it mean to Mongolians to have its first PADI Instructor?
As I said before, I have always wanted to bring something new to Mongolia. I feel as though this is my way to contribute to the development of my country.
Diving will bring in a new type of traveller and will aid in the growth of our tourism. In the dive centre I will be working at we can offer altitude and dry suit diving in fresh water lakes.
Every year we celebrate a Winter Festival the 1st week of March. I can now plan to teach a PADI Ice Diving speciality and start a new tradition.
We are also in the process of creating underwater artificial marine parks with a Nomadic theme that represents our country. We will have an underwater GER, otherwise known as a Yurt, which is a circular tent used by nomads in Mongolia. We will also have a Dinosaur park as well, which I believe will attract a lot of divers and put us on the map.
As a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, what inspired you to pursue an interest in freediving?
To tell you the truth… I do whatever my boss tells me to do, and I'm very grateful I have listened so far. Before him I had no idea about scuba diving let alone freediving. It has opened up a whole new world for me, and there is no way I would have done it on my own.
My PADI Freediver Instructor TrainerTM Sergey Busargin really helped me to overcome my fears. He speaks Russian, which I have studied all my life so that made the course much easier for me. It was super challenging at first but it is crazy how the body adapts. I can hold my breath longer and longer every time.
What does the future hold for you now as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and PADI Freediver InstructorTM?
As an instructor my plans for the next year are to inspire Mongolians to get their PADI!
Most of the people here are afraid of water and will at most only try a Discover Scuba Dive. I want to show them that by becoming PADI Open Water Divers they will gain the knowledge and skills to feel more comfortable in the water and learn to love the underwater world the way I have.
The same goes for the PADI FreediverTM Course. Most Mongolians have no idea what the course entitles and have no understanding of the basic principles. I want to show them how safe and fun it really is.
What would you recommend to others who want to follow a similar path to yours?
I would tell them…do not be afraid to change your life! If they are considering becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor they will never regret it. This is one of the most interesting and best jobs in the world.
Becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor is truly life-changing. Read more from the PADI Blog about the journey towards becoming, or life as a PADI Instructor.
This article is a shortened version of an interview by PADI Course Director Andrea Warren from Crystal Dive Koh Tao.
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Oops! I Appointed A Special Interest
Schwarzenegger pledged to stand up to special interests in Sacramento. He must have missed a few key bullet points on the resumes of some of his chief appointments. If big business holds the keys to the governor's office, all legislation will be filtered through the lens of corporate interests. Here are some Schwarzenegger appointees the public should be concerned about - we'll be keeping an eye on them at ArnoldWatch.
Garrett Ashley, Deputy Chief of Staff
Ashley was previously executive director of Tech Net - Orange County. TechNet is a network of high-powered corporate executives (think Microsoft, J.P. Morgan, NASDAQ and AOL Time Warner) that lobbies in Sacramento and Washington D.C. for high tech interests. In recent years, TechNet's lobbying has focused on limiting consumer rights, including: fighting against court settlement reforms to let the public know about harmful products; pushing to restrict injured consumers' right to bring class action lawsuits against crooked corporations; and resisting post-Enron corporate accountability proposals to require companies to report the cost of executive stock options to shareholders.
Cassandra Pye, Deputy Chief of Staff, External Affairs
The External Affairs post serves as a liason to the public, "a job that is the unofficial in-house slot responsible for tending to the governor's political connections in the community, especially among ethnic groups," according to SacBee columnist Dan Weintraub.
For the past 12 years, Cassandra Pye has worked at the Chamber of Commerce, where she was most recently vice president of corporate affairs. In that capacity, Pye was responsible for the Chamber�s political activities and running its Political Action Committees (PACs), which means that she spent time soliciting money from big businesses for the Chamber and its campaigns. In other words, the special political connections that Cassandra Pye brings to the administration are with big businesses. Pye�s knowledge of the donors in the big business community will doubtless help Arnold raise money from the Chamber community.
Before her time at the Chamber, Pye worked with a variety of big business trade associations, including the California Retailers Association, the Food Marketing Institute, and the California Grocers Association.
A.G. Kawamura, Food and Agriculture Secretary
Kawamura donated $21,200 to Arnold. He is a past chairman of the Western Growers Association, which has been a vocal opponent of legislation protecting farmworkers and the environment enacted over the past several years.
The Food and Agriculture Department is responsible for environmental, public safety and other regulations governing agricultural interests. Kawamura's appointment is incongruous - it places a man who ran an anti-regulation organization in charge of development and implementation of regulatory safeguards. Farmworkers, and the environment in farming communities, are bound to suffer when agribusiness interests take the forefront at the department.
Among the legislation opposed by the Western Growers was last year's SB 700, which required farmers to obtain pollution permits for certain diesel powered field machinery. Previously, agricultural interests were exempt from the emission rules that require permits for other industries and Central Valley air quality was greatly compromised as a result.
Agricultural interests gave Arnold's campaign committees more than half a million dollars.
James Branham, undersecretary at California Environmental Protection Agency
Branham was previously director of external relations for the Pacific Lumber Company. His appointment to a critical environmental post state raises eyebrows, as his company has a reputation for being environmentally unfriendly.
The Pacific Lumber company has been repeatedly cited for environmental violations, including poor forest practices and water quality problems. The company's logging license was suspended several times in the late 1990s for forest violations, including: illegal logging, the cover-up of illegal practices, and operations which disregarded procedures meant to preserve environmentally sensitive areas.
His position in the upper echelons of CalEPA will cause greater tension between the lumber interests he represented and the values of the vast majority of Californians - a clean, protected and healthy environment.
Richard Costigan, Legislative Secretary
Costigan joins the governor from his prior position as Vice President of Governmental Relations and Chief Lobbyist for the California Chamber of Commerce, putting the governor-elect's top legislative post in the hands of big business's biggest lobbyist.
Costigan's appointment could give big corporations unprecedented access to policy decisions in the Governor's office. The Chamber of Commerce is at the forefront of efforts to curb criticism and reform of corporations in California. The Chamber's opposition to major consumer protections over the last decade has included: HMO patients' rights, insurance reforms, expanding healthcare coverage to the uninsured, corporate accountability measures, and protection of consumer privacy.
Patricia Clarey, Chief-of-Staff
Clarey was most recently a Vice President for the HMO Health Net, Inc. The appointment puts the key to the governor's office in the hands of a big business exec, and bodes poorly for increased public interest access to the governor.
The state's HMOs have a long history of opposing patient protections in Sacramento, including, most recently, legislation which would have extended California's auto insurance regulatory rules to now-skyrocketing health insurance premiums.
HMO interests may quickly find expression in Schwarzenegger's healthcare policies. A key test will be whether Schwarzenegger stands up to insurers (and against Clarey's former boss) to control rapidly skyrocketing healthcare costs by regulating insurance premiums, capping hospital and physician rates, and bulk purchasing benefits and prescription drugs.
Ms. Clarey was also a lobbyist for Chevron.


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Women in IT Awards New York 2019 shortlist announced
by Nick Ismail 14 March 2019
The winners of the second Women in IT Awards New York will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Cipriani, 42nd St, New York, on 28 March 2019.
The awards, organised by Information Age, serve to showcase the achievements and innovation of women in technology and identify new role models in a sector where female representation stands at only 19%.
The 2019 ceremony, part of the now-global Women in IT Awards Series, will bring together over 600 of the industry's top stakeholders.
Preceding the awards, we are hosting the first-of-its-kind Women in IT New York Summit at the same venue.
Last year's Women in IT Awards New York took place at the stunning Gotham Hall.
Our diversity campaign
Last year's Women in IT Awards New York was the first time Information Age took our diversity campaign global.
In 2018, we launched inaugural events in Ireland and San Francisco, to add to our events in London and New York. This year we will continue our global diversity drive by opening an event in Asia — to be first hosted in Singapore — with further events planned in Europe and South America.
The lack of diversity in tech is not a problem isolated to the UK, which is why we have made it our mission to recognise women in tech across the world.
Women in IT Awards USA – winners revealed
We run two further diversity events in the UK: Tomorrow's Tech Leaders, a careers fair for female university students, and Future Stars of Tech, which identifies and promotes the industry's top female career climbers.
Through a series of 20 awards, including three new categories, the Women in IT Awards New York showcases the achievements and innovation of women in technology and identifies new role models for girls.
Joining premium sponsor, T-Mobile, and our recruitment partner, Frank Recruitment Group, as sponsors at the Women in IT Awards New York 2019 are: Barclays, BP, Cornell University, Forescout, Google Cloud, IBM, Kofax, Mongo DB, Morgan Stanley, NTT Data, Red Hat and Rolls Royce.
This year's awards attracted over 500 nominations, and the quality was better than ever.
"The Women in IT Awards has grown significantly since its inception five years ago. We have been blown away by people's passion and enthusiasm for this cause. Last year's event in New York was spectacular and this year's event will dazzle" said Nick Ismail, Content Editor, Information Age.
"This year we received over 500 nominations, showcasing an amazing array of talent across North America's technology industry. All of the finalists deserve a massive congratulations for the achievements that have resulted in them being shortlisted for an award. We can't wait to welcome everyone for one of the biggest nights in technology on 28 March."
Click here to book your place and here to view the judges of the Women in IT Awards 2019 in New York.
Women in IT Awards New York 2019 Shortlist
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"Being mission-driven in anything and existing right in your element will keep you going. When you're really living in alignment with what you're meant to do, it's a lot easier to just keep going."
Jhanelle Elissa is an actress, director, producer, and the founder of the new live events platform for making real-life friends, Jiive! Jiive is a new type of live events platform that facilitates real life connection, an in-person friendship, for people of all ages. Jhanelle's mission is to provide widespread access to social experiences at low-cost, and to put an end to the exorbitant ticket fees customary to early pre launch events. We spoke with Jhanelle about the ideation phase and how entrepreneurs can continue to find joy in their work.
On ideating Jiive
How did the idea of Jiive come to you?
"Even before the pandemic, I was noticing that it was just getting really hard to meet my friends in person. My friends were getting very comfortable talking to me through texts and DM's, but didn't want to meet for coffee and have real life interactions.
Just before the pandemic, I was just starting to experience a lot of loneliness living in LA, and I'm in my 20s! I'm like I'm in a time of my life where I should be having a lot of friends and getting outside and interacting with these people on a regular basis. And it just wasn't my reality.
I talked to my friend's parents, and they talked about how as an adult it's really hard to make new friends and no one offers up a solution. I love offering solutions. I don't really like talking about things without resolving them and people are just learning how to cope with loneliness these days but no one wants to solve it. Everyone talks about how big social media is, how much of a business it is, but we just talk about it and don't actually do anything to truly tangibly and effectively help people overcome the challenges that are being created by these large companies that are pushing interaction with life through this."
How did you know it was and idea to move forward with?
I have this list of 'Maybe One Day' ideas that Jiive has sat in since I was 17. I found myself sending myself voice messages and creating notes that eventually became 70 pages worth of ideation and data. I showed it to my best friend and she convinced me I had to move forward with Jive, and that I was the right person to bring it to life.
How far along are you with Jiive?
I finalized the concept in November last year. From January to May 2021 I did things like opening an LLC, securing my provisional patent and trademark. I've designed wireframes and found developers. We just need capital so the plan is to host events and field days where we can interact with customers and create data to show investors that there is all this activity to move in on. Right now I'm in a space of studying the best way to build this thing by looking at what has and hasn't worked at other companies.
How do you balance being an early stage entrepreneur with your role?
One of the first people I asked for advice is the founder of a dating app, who also used to be an actor. She said that if she took a call with an investor and she was on set, suddenly, the investor discounts her because she's doing something else. That scared me because I love acting and I'm super passionate about it. I've built my career now and I have great reps. I just don't see myself ever giving up acting nor storytelling.
How have you been able to continue finding joy in your work when the nature of your industry is that it can be quite deterring?
It's just who I am to be joyful. I figure out how to smile and how to smile until it's real. Yes, the entertainment industry can be quite brutal. But being mission-driven in anything and existing right in your element will keep you going. When you're really living in alignment with what you're meant to do, it's a lot easier to just keep going.
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In June's Life and Laughter column, I discussed my plans to get prepared for emergencies: man-made, natural, teenage meltdown or low blood sugar. My 72-hour kit was sorely lacking in anything helpful, so I decided to start from scratch.
ANYWAY. That made me think of other scenarios that could be considered an emergency.
Scenario A: You are invited to a last-minute flash-mob performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Do you have creepy contact lenses? A red vinyl jacket with matching pants? Adding these items to your kit could save you from flash-mob embarassment.
Scenario B: Your children, neices and/or nephews are irritating as hell. A supply of pre-filled emergency water balloons (filled with bleach) can help rid yourself of these parasites.
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Adding these items to your boring food, water, first-aid kits and flashlights will really help any emergency seem much more fun.


Music can have powerful and positive effects on the human condition, but what's the point of music if we don't have a sustainable planet on which to listen upon? Introducing the California Roll, and we're not talking about sushi.
It is the first solar-powered speaker that combines 3D sound quality with voice-activated technology, a device that might change the way people listen to music forever, not to mention anything else they want to hear.
From audiobooks and podcasts, to lectures, anything that can be played through a normal speaker can be played through the California Roll, with no need for traditional power sources.
The California Roll is produced by Lemon, an innovative young company based out of California, founded by Vincent Dupontreue, who admitted that his hatred for tangled wires and lack of sockets when traveling is where the idea was born. His product is far from the only device to implement this technology, even if it was the first. However, it's other functions, versatility, and sleek design make for a product that may change the future one song at a time.
On top of it's already coveted design features, the California Roll boasts multiple functions, some that may be worth the pricetag alone. It can be used as a power bank, meaning it can successfully charge any supporting devices, such as Smartphones and Vape-pens, via the sun. Now that's hot!
The new technology supports Bluetooth, multi-connection, and an advanced pairing system. It is also shockproof, temperatureproof and completely waterproof. This thing, in theory, could bounce along the steep inclines of the Grand Canyon, fall into the Colorado River below, and bake in the sun for hours, all without harming it.
Fans of music and green technology alike, along with anyone trying to purchase a product that is built to last, may just find everything they need in the California Roll.
Green technology is possibly the only solution to an ever-growing problem, as masses continue to increase the carbon footprint on Earth, a dilemma many companies are trying to solve. Green technology and people's love for tunes can, now more than ever, go hand in hand with products such as solar-powered speakers.


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CSS helper classes for fast integration and rapid development. Support less/sass.

## Demo
Check the page [http://zhanghuanchong.github.io/css-helper/](http://zhanghuanchong.github.io/css-helper/) to see the demo.

## Install

* Bower

    > bower install --save css-helper-ex

## License

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The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Hans Zhang

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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This year, we have nine teams fighting for the Division 2 title. Not only does this accolade tend to act as a precursor to a future at the top of the ladder*, but finishing position plays a massive part in bids for next year's events. Depending on how teams finish at the bottom of Div 1 and the top of Div 2, one of our two regions (East and West) can potentially lose a bid to the other. This hasn't occurred yet, so at the moment each region gets 4 a piece.
The fifth place team in Div 1 last season, the club from just outside Dublin have had a massive amount of roster turnover since then. They have suffered with a bit of a transitional year and found themselves missing even more key players for the weekend of Regionals as they missed out on the top four spots.
The club will look to consolidate themselves by winning the division and doing all they can to help strengthen the East next year.
Another side who will be frustrated to see themselves down in the second tier this weekend. Tribe have a good, young team full of athletic talent but missed out on Div 1 due to a really strong showing for the West division this season.
Like Uproar, they will expect to work their way past their opponents and attempt to show that they don't deserve to be thought of as a second division side.
Just like their first team, expect to see a young, plucky side who are out to garner experience. Expect several U17 internationals to feature and attempt to run the legs off everyone that they face.
Interestingly, they are grouped with Uproar, who they hold one giant upset victory over from earlier in the season. If they can do it again, they might be an outside bet for the final.
A team that is hard to predict. Looks like a side full of players who gave a lot at training but just aren't ready for first team action, along with some experienced internationals in the form of Emer Staunton and Sinead O'Sheil Fleming. While not as strong on paper as previous Gravity 2 sides, would expect them to finish somewhere in the middle of the pack this year.
Complete unknown to be honest. At a guess, will feature a number of young college players and pick ups as I expect Tribe will stack their first team as much as they can. It seems they are currently ineligible to finish above 5th due to roster regulations.
As I explained in the Div 1 preview, this is a club that prides itself on developing young talent. I expect this second team to display lots of it! I'm unsure if they will challenge the first teams above them, but can see them battling it out for a semi-final spot.
I expect this side to fly up the seedings this weekend as they are possibly the strongest second team in the division. Rebel just seem to have that bit more depth than those around them. Like Collig above, they will feature several school-level players with big futures as well as a number of older, established talents that might not have trained enough to make the first team this year.
An interesting one. Probably as strong as their second team on paper, featuring a lot of older players who don't really train but have the clear ability. Also ineligible for a top four finish due to rostering issues.
After establishing a Junior team earlier in the season, I expect a number of them to make their debuts for this side. It's hard to guess who else will be featuring, but if any club know how to call in old faces and get them to don the jersey, it's PELT. Like Tribe 2, a complete unknown but much more unpredictable. They could finish dead last or they could win the bloody thing.


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For more complex requirements, our unidirectional LAB-TCH and bidirectional LAB-GSSH modular systems are available with an embedded function generator. This allows virtually any complex DC waveform to be created. Advanced application GUIs can also be provided for capacitor and battery emulation, as well as electric drive and battery cycling.
Where modularity is not necessary, high power single blocks up to 2MW are available in the bidirectional LAB-SCUBI range. These units provide a highly stable output of ≤0.1% rms F.S. for both current and voltage, ideal for powering sensitive DUTs. A typical time for a 10% to 90% load step in CC mode is less than 1ms, assuming an ohmic load.
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If you need something non-standard, we will look to provide a custom solution. Common adaptations include bespoke output ranges, flight case integrations and ruggedised systems.


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Jaboticaba é um município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul.

O nome da cidade se deve à grande quantidade de árvores de jabuticabeiras no seu território. A extração das frutas de jabuticaba não representa ganho econômico significativo para seus habitantes, mas elas são a matéria prima das iguarias locais, como as geleias e os licores, que reforçam a identidade municipal.
A parte urbana vem crescendo nos últimos anos, mas a maioria da população continua vivendo na zona rural.

História
O povoamento foi fundado por descendentes de italianos chegados na segunda metade do século XIX.

Economia
O município vive da agricultura e pecuária familiares. Os principais produtos cultivados são: carne bovina, leite, soja, trigo, milho, feijão e hortaliças.

Educação
 Escola Estadual Padre Francisco Goettler
 Escola Municipal 30 de Novembro
 Escola Municipal Padre Roque Gonzales

Geografia
Localiza-se a uma latitude 27º37'51" sul e a uma longitude 53º16'38" oeste, estando a uma altitude de 561 metros.

Possui uma área de 128 km² e sua população estimada em 2020 foi de 3.773 habitantes.

Distritos
Sede ou Jaboticaba possui  cerca de 3 300 habitantes e está situado na região norte do município .
 O Distrito de Trentin  possui  cerca de 1 400 habitantes e está situado na região sul do município .

Ligações externas
 Prefeitura Municipal
 Secretaria do Turismo do Rio Grande do Sul

Ver também
 Lista de municípios do Rio Grande do Sul
 Lista de municípios do Rio Grande do Sul por população
 Lista de municípios do Rio Grande do Sul por data de criação

Municípios do Rio Grande do Sul

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"Hold On Tight" was the third single from British singer Samantha Fox's 1986 debut album Touch Me.

Song information
"Hold On Tight" is a classically styled rock and roll song. The late 1980s saw a renewed interest in retro-1950s pop culture, in part spurred on by the film Back to the Future. "Hold On Tight's" electric guitar and backbeat serve to evoke a 1950s rock and  roll sound.

Music video
The music video reflects the song's rockabilly sensibilities by showing Samantha Fox in a diner sporting a ponytail, midriff-baring shirt, denim hot pants, and cowgirl boots. Soon after putting her song on the diner's jukebox she headed outside, this time wearing a fringe trimmed red leather dress. As she sings "Hold On Tight" Fox danced with greasers and youths in letterman jackets and poodle skirts, typical of 1950s fashion.

Critical reception
Lucy O'Brien in review of 30 August 1986 for New Musical Express left negative overlook of the song and a video by saying that Samantha Fox "aping Susie Quatro with derivative R&R crap". She concluded: "It's not even worth a laugh on Wogan".

Track listings
 Vinyl, 7" UK (FOXY 3)
"Hold On Tight" (3:34)
"It's Only Love" (3:36)

 Vinyl, 12", Picture Disc UK (FOXY S 3)
"Hold On Tight (Extended Version)" (5:06)
"Hold On Tight (Instrumental Version)" (3:36)
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Blue Mix)" (5:49)
"It's Only Love" (3:34)

Charts

References

Samantha Fox songs
1986 singles
1986 songs
Jive Records singles


The International Monetary Fund and World Bank have been touted as the pioneers in the field of poverty alleviation in developing countries, writes Swapnil Mishra, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from India currently studying in the U.S. However, he points out that some of their policies have been criticised by international development watchdogs.
In Haiti's case, the criticism arose around the time the IMF forced Haiti to open its market by adopting some of the lowest tariff regimes in the West Indies. Highly subsidised rice from the United States began to arrive in Haiti in abundance as a result. Meanwhile, the Haitian government was advised to remove the little assistance it had given Haitian farmers in the forms of seeds and fertilisers. As a result, the domestic rice market collapsed and farmers were driven out of the economy, as they were essentially out of work.
Similarly, in Ghana the International Finance Corporation, an agency of the World Bank, was accused of investing in building a luxurious hotel, contrary to its mission statement of helping the poor. The World Bank confirmed this business development by saying hotels "play a critical role in development as they catalyze tourism and business infrastructure", noting its partners include such "leading" firms as luxury chains Shangri-La, Hilton, Marriott, InterContinental and Movenpick.
These economic policies or business ventures the World Bank invests in are criticised by the watchdogs, who cite the developments as being contrary to the IMF mission statement of poverty alleviation. However, it would be interesting to note that some of these policies, although being on the receiving end of more criticism than praise, do actually help the local population in developing countries in some way or the other.
For example, in Haiti the impact of subsidised rice "dumping" on the Haitian market benefited consumers, who could buy rice at lower prices than before liberalization.
The low cost per unit of these goods makes them affordable for the Third World poor, thus saving them from starvation and other wants, even as their jobs are eliminated by the same process.
The response to these practices would ultimately boil down to the test of whether they have more benefits than losses for the circumstances they are devised to address. Although these practices do benefit the local population in the short run, it ultimately does not have enough longevity to sustain the workplace for a lot of people looking for employment opportunities. There could also be an argument made against the rice dumping practice in Haiti, citing the possibility that it can make the poor heavily reliant on imports, ultimately leading to the collapse of its domestic market and export industry.


Swedish singer/songwriter Sabina Ddumba has liberated her new single online.
"Small World" is now available via iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play, Tidal and all other digital streaming platforms.
As mentioned in earlier posts, Ddumba's upcoming sophomore album is expected to arrive later this year via Warner Music Sweden.
The follow-up to 2016's "Kingdom Come" reportedly yields additional alliances with Axident, Jenna Andrews, Gladius James, Hayley Warner, Warren "Oak" Felder, Tayla Parx, Fred Ball, Whitney Phillips, and Iain James.
Stream the audio clip for "Small World" below.


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Sadly, it is the most common form of cancer in women, which accounts for twenty-five percent of all very 1st symptoms of breast cancer cases throughout North America. The experience of breast cancer is unlike any other type of sickness a woman could experience. For as long as humans recorded history, the significant of the breasts; life-giving vessels, to some degree where idolized, and inherently — feminine. These include age, obesity and genetic disposition to name a few. In some cases near perfect. Cancer, like many illnesses, can be viewed and should be considered in stages. Each stage typically comes with a more serious diagnosis, along with the dip in the mortality rate.


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Acting locally means being present in our communities. With eight offices throughout the Middle East,…
Gore Meadows East Community Centre Phase 2
Phase Two of the Brampton East Community Centre integrates an additional 23,000 -m² of multi-programed space for one of Brampton's rapidly growing community districts.
This new phase features an aquatic centre with an 8-lane 25m lap pool, a leisure pool, and fitness facilities with weightlifting, exercise studios and a suspended running track. Integrating the two phases of construction is a central timber framed public galleria that stretches along the main façade and links the community centre, aquatic and fitness centre and public library.
City of Brampton
ZAS Architects
Connected to the community centre by a timber canopied walkway is a 1,400-m² open-air pavilion that provides community gathering space all year around. During the summer, it's a home for activities such as community performances, farmer's markets, and public events. During the winter, the floor slab cools and provides the community with an outdoor ice rink.
Built with curved glue-laminated FSC-certified timber, the open-air pavilion is a modern take on a World War II era lamella structure. Formed from a network of roof beams interconnected across an arched surface, the roof structure spans 26m to an elevated buttress. Canadian grown Alaskan Yellow Cedar and was chosen for its strength, durability and natural beauty. WSP worked closely with the glulam supplier to provide direction for the glulam connections and the construction sequencing.
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