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India's Future Retail asks court to declare arbitration with Amazon illegal
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By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's Future Retail has asked a New Delhi court to declare arbitration proceedings in Singapore with Amazon.com as illegal, arguing that India's antitrust agency had suspended a 2019 deal used by Amazon to assert rights over Future.
Amazon successfully used the terms of its toehold $200 million investment in debt-laden Future to block https://reut.rs/3FS0roN the Indian retailer's attempt to sell retail assets to a rival, alleging breach of certain contracts.
But the Indian antitrust body, the Competition Commission of India, in December suspended https://reut.rs/3qAZqLu the 2019 deal saying Amazon suppressed information while seeking approvals.
The long-running dispute is being heard by a Singapore arbitration panel, but both sides have been fighting parallel cases in Indian courts to enforce or overrule certain decisions taken by the arbitrator.
In the latest Future Retail filing in New Delhi, the company argues that since the 2019 deal no longer has antitrust approval, it has "no legal existence" in India and Amazon can no longer assert any of its rights.
The "continuation of the entire arbitration proceedings is a perpetuation of illegality," Future said in its filing dated Dec. 31.
The case will likely be heard by the court later on Monday.
Future and Amazon did not respond to a request for comment.
The filing also showed that Future's appeal to the Delhi High Court comes after the Singapore arbitration panel did not agree to its immediate demands to terminate the proceedings, saying arguments would continue this month.
A source with direct knowledge said Amazon had told the Singapore arbitrator in December that the CCI's suspension of the 2019 deal does not mean the transaction is void, as the watchdog has allowed Amazon to reapply for clearances.
Amazon has long argued that Future violated the terms of its 2019 deal in deciding to sell retail assets to Reliance, and the U.S. company's position has so far been backed by the Singapore arbitrator and Indian courts. Future denies any wrongdoing.
But people familiar with the case say the antitrust suspension could make it easier for Future to push through its attempts to sell retail assets to Reliance and weaken Amazon's legal position.
The dispute over Future Retail, which has more than 1,500 supermarket and other outlets, is the most hostile flashpoint between Jeff Bezos' Amazon and Reliance, run by India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, as they try to gain the upper hand in winning retail consumers.
(Reporting by Abhirup Roy; Editing by Michael Perry)


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I cried the day my teacher gave me his savings to keep me in university – Prof Adeniyi, former FUTA VC
Prof Peter Adeniyi
Former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof Peter Adeniyi, shares his life experience with ADEMOLA OLONILUA and TUNDE AJAJA
How would you describe your tenure as the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure?
I think it was the most challenging time of my life, in terms of doing something you had wished for and trying to make a difference in the way universities are run in the country. It was really challenging in terms of managing the unions because at the time, they were quite volatile. The demands on the system were too much and there was no money in the university; in terms of developing the university to the right standard. So, managing the union, trying to find a solution to the myriads of problems, trying to create a conducive environment for learning; bridging the gap between the 'town and gown' (non-academic population and university community) in those days was also a challenge because the people in the town were not comfortable with us. I tried to strengthen the relationship between the school and the indigenes of the town and also see how they could contribute to the school. The essence of a university in a place is to contribute to the community apart from advancing knowledge. They should be able to use the knowledge to influence what is around them positively. I thank God that I was able to manage and achieve, to some extent, what I thought I should do as a VC.
You left the University of Lagos to become FUTA VC; at the beginning of your career as an academic, did you nurse an ambition to become a vice-chancellor someday or it happened by happenstance?
Nothing happens without a reason; the reason may not have to do with me but God. To be honest, I had it in mind and I prayed silently that if God would give me an opportunity to become a VC, I would do certain things. I was already at the UNILAG Consult as managing director for six years. When I was there, I paid my own salary and it was because the place was set up as a consultancy unit of the school, which was meant to make money for the institution. My understanding was that if I could not pay my salary and that of the staff and I had to rely on the university to pay, then what was the essence of the office? That was the reason I applied when I saw their advertisement. Initially, the school was paying my salary but I convinced the board to stop doing that. The only thing that would have made me work harder was having the mindset that I would pay my salary, the salaries of my members of staff and also generate money for the university.
Was it in the middle of that you applied to be the VC of another institution?
I did not even apply to become the VC of the UNILAG let alone that of FUTA. (Prof) Akin Oyebode, who was the VC of the University of Ado-Ekiti was having his first convocation as a VC. And since we are from the same town, I felt I should go and support him. When I got there, I met some staff members of FUTA who were also from my town and they were the ones that asked me if I had seen the advert for the position of VC of FUTA. I told them that I had not seen it; then they asked if I was interested and I asked if I was a material for the post of the VC? I enjoyed the freedom of being a university staff member, as a teacher. I told them that I did not know if I was the kind of person that they wanted for the job and the matter died there. After a week, two professors from FUTA came with a letter from the search team, saying that they had come to 'search' for me. I laughed and then, I looked at the letter. Sometimes, when you pray for something and it is about to happen, you become jittery. They told me that if I would accept their proposal, I had to submit my CV and my vision for the university and they gave me a deadline for that. Shortly after they left, I forgot about the letter, mainly because I had a lot of projects on my neck at the time. A day to the deadline, I got a call from the registrar telling me that they had not seen my CV and vision for the school. So I got my CV and I quickly put my thoughts together and came up with how to advance the school.
What did you put down as your vision for the school?
I had the opportunity to visit National Universities Commission and I requested for the documentation about FUTA and more importantly the money it had. I contacted my colleagues in Waterloo, Canada because I loved what they did there and I felt I could replicate it. I gathered all those thoughts in my head and put them in files. So, when the registrar reminded me that I had yet to submit my credentials, I wrote a letter thanking them for 'searching' for me and that I would make myself available for interaction. Then, in the letter, I told them to find my CV and vision for the school attached. The truth is that I had not written the vision. I asked one of the staff members to submit it for me. When they checked my file, they said the vision was not included, so they said that I should get it across to them the next morning. I worked throughout that night just to get my vision ready. In fact, I did not go home that night, but we were able to complete it. Part of what I clamoured for was that students should be allowed to pay tuition. In the federal-owned university, the students did not pay tuition and I asked myself, how would I run a university where the students do not pay tuition? All my life, I paid tuition even when we were at the University of Ile Ife. Also, when I was at the University of Waterloo, I paid tuition. I included all of that as part of my vision. I was a little bit forceful in my vision and some of the shortfalls that I discovered were that in this country, people liked positions too much. When they get to a particular position, most of our leaders tend to think that they have answers to all the problems. You do not have to be an angel, all you need is to be a team player, be able to work with people and believe that others have some talents that they can contribute also. I recommended that every head of department, director, and dean would be part of my management by way of advisory and I would meet with them every month. I wrote a lot of things in that document. The vision was later submitted and three weeks letter, I got a call for interaction.
Did the interview go as you expected it to?
I got there very early because I never get late to any event. I was the first to be interviewed because it was according to alphabetical order, and the interview was fair. It was more like an exchange of ideas and I repeated some things that I had stated as my vision. One of the interviewers challenged me and asked why I would want to charge fees and I explained that you do not send people to a place to learn and you deny them all the facility they need to learn, except if the government would give us all the money.
How did you receive the news that you had been chosen as the VC?
That period, I was invited to Abuja by Prof Akin Mabogunje to give a lecture on 'sustainability science.' I wrote the paper throughout the night and took the first flight to Abuja. As I was landing in Abuja, he called to know if I would still make it for the lecture and I told him I was close. When I got to the venue of the event, people began to congratulate me. I did not know what was happening. The news was already in the newspaper but I still did not believe it. I asked to be allowed to deliver my paper and that I would have to return to Lagos that day.
When I got to Lagos, I asked my administrative secretary to go and look for anyone who knew the house of the Pro-Chancellor of FUTA, Prof Jadesola Akande, because I had no idea where she lived. Being that she was a professor of law and my administrative secretary read law as well, I figured that she would know her house. I drafted a letter stating that I saw something in the paper but I would like to verify the authenticity of the news and I would like to come and see her at any convenient time. My secretary located her house and she told her to congratulate me. She also gave me a date to see her. That settled the matter that it was true. And after my tenure, I thank God for the much we were able to achieve in the institution, in terms of extensive infrastructural development and developing innovations that made FUTA a leading university of technology, talking about ICT. We were able to do much within the confines of the resources at our disposal and I'm glad to have been a part, leader if you wish, of that team.
When you were younger, there would have been other professions of interest. Has it always been your dream to be an academic?
Yes, throughout my life. In fact, it would interest you to know that as a child, I was very stubborn that I did not want to go to school. I only wanted to become a local champion in the village. Also, my parents were not educated and at that time, my father was very old. So, you could say I enjoyed my freedom. But, we had teachers around us, so at a point, I lived with a teacher until he was transferred to a village called Omu-Ekiti. I joined him there since my father knew people there. As I said, it was not my original plan to go to school but since I was living with a teacher, whenever he went to school, he took me along. I was like a home help to him. My father was a hunter, a village leader, and a traditional healer and he was well respected.
There was a day I was returning from school and a family gave me plantain and I took it home. The teacher I was staying with thought that I had been going around to beg for food so he beat me. I was not happy. The next day, there was no water at home so I was sent to fetch water from the stream with a water gourd. My leg hit something and it broke, so I said to myself that I was beaten the previous day because of plantain only for me to break the water gourd, I decided not to go back to the teacher's house. I went back to my parents' in Ikole-Ekiti. When I got home, I climbed a tree so that my mother could see me; then she asked me what happened and I told her the story. They were not happy but there was nothing they could do. My mother is from Ilupeju-Ekiti and she had three brothers, so her brothers advised that I should live with one of them since it seemed that my mother could not handle me. When I got to my uncle's house, I started going to a Catholic School even though they were Anglicans. One of my uncle's wives sold locust beans so I helped her to hawk it around the village. Maybe because of the same reason that I did not want to go to school but become an area boy, I left there too. I returned to my parents' house in Ikole-Ekiti and continued with my daily routine. My peers used to be afraid of me at the time and whenever they saw me coming, they would shout, 'Peter is coming,' then they would all run away. I was on a tree one morning with my catapult when I saw some pupils walking with their principal. I did not know what they were talking about but they started laughing. Something just struck me and I asked myself if those pupils were making jest of me or if they thought that I was not capable of learning. I got down from the tree, cried to my mother and told her that I wanted to go to school. That was the incident that changed my life completely; the sheer determination. Actually, I didn't know if they were laughing at me but I felt that they were saying some things that I could not hear and they were looking up at the tree; so I felt they must have been talking about me. From that moment, nothing in this world meant anything to me other than learning.
Was that why you decided to be a teacher?
After my primary school education, I went to a local secondary school where I spent six years. My family was so poor that I did not have a pair of shoes. My mother sold everything just for me to go to school; she was very strong. She was a good trader who sold garri and pap. I used to hawk pap on the streets for her and I was very good. I never returned home with unsold goods whenever I went out. My mother was also a farmer and I doubt if anyone in our village had a farm as large as hers; she was an exceedingly strong woman. She sold everything she had to train me. I can't forget that.
My father was very old at the time and since my mother wanted a child, she married my father. She later had two children; my elder sister and me. We were the youngest of our father's seven children. My mother struggled a lot to have another child after me but it did not happen. There was a child between my sister and I but the child died after three years. I remember that my mother would challenge my father accusing him that he did not want her to have another child then she would face me and say that I was a bad boy because I was preventing her from having another child (laughs).
In fact, in the process of having another child, she nearly died. She took medication that was not good for her health. Luckily for her, I was in Standard Five at the time and my father had given me a bicycle. So, I rode the bicycle to the farm only to find out that my mother was dying and she needed pap, which was the antidote to what she had used. Our farm was about six kilometres from the house and I was able to make it to the house within a short period of time and I gave the pap. Within five minutes of taking it, she vomited and was fine. That was why she always said that I saved her life but refused to let her have a child after me. When I started going to school, my results were great and I always came first in class. You would only find me with books. During the holidays, I would borrow books from my peers whose parents could afford to buy books for them. There was no facility for photocopying, so I had to write notes and this kept me busy during the holidays. It took me off the streets.
Later, I heard that people were taking Higher School Certificate examination so I became interested. We started additional mathematics in the sixth year as I was doing Latin before. I later opted for mathematics. I took HSC entrance examination to Ibadan Grammar School to study History, and Abeokuta Grammar School to read mathematics and geography. I passed both examinations but I knew that I was very weak in English, so I decided to go to Abeokuta Grammar School, where I also suffered.
How do you mean?
For the pure and applied mathematics, we had teachers for only nine months in the two years that I was there. He taught us till September and left; we did not get another teacher after that. As for geography, we had a teacher for six months; three months in the first year and three months in the second year and we were on our own. My parents could not pay my school fees so when I gained admission into both schools; I wrote letters to so many people, including the Ooni of Ife at the time; Nnamdi Azikiwe; and the king of my town, Oba Adeleye. All of them replied positively and they told me to send the bill to them when I got to school. All I would then need was money to eat and move around. I decided to take the offer of the king of my town and he paid for everything that had to do with my education. When I graduated, going to the university did not occur to me immediately.
I gained employment at the Federal Survey in Lagos and immediately we got there, we were sent to Oyo Survey School for six months' training. During that period, they were making arrangements for us to go to Canada to study surveying at a university, then the civil war started. By the time we finished from Oyo, the war had started and the Canadian government withdrew the scholarship. While I was thinking of what to do with my life in the office one day, one of my bosses asked me why I did not want to go to one of the Nigerian universities. I put my results together and rushed to the University of Ife, where I met Prof Williams who was a physicist, and Prof Aluko, an economist. They were both from Ekiti State. They were annoyed with me for not applying on time and I explained my situation to them. They gave me all the necessary things that I needed and told me to apply. I got admitted two weeks after my application. Again, my problem was what to study at the university. When I gained admission, I was earning about £39 and we were meant to pay £32 as deposit. I was able to afford it in my first semester at the university. They did not allow us to take the first exam because we could not complete the school fees. I was out of school for about two weeks with two shirts and one pair of trousers and I stayed in Akure for a while looking help. When nothing came, I decided to go back home even though I knew that my parents could not afford to raise the money. Going home was like a punishment but I had no choice. But my uncle was able to give me one Shilling, and I knew that he must have worked himself to death to get that money. One day, I was going around town and I passed my teacher's house and he saw me from the balcony. He asked why I was not in school and I told him that I was driven out of school because I could not afford to pay £108. He told me that he would be leaving Nigeria in less than two weeks and had up to £120 but that he needed to speak with his wife first. Less than two minutes later, he came out to ask me if he could give me £100. I asked him how I would pay him back and he told me not to bother. I cried on my way back home. In fact, when he gave me the money, my hands were shaking. When I returned home, I told my parents that I was returning to the university; then I told them that one of my teachers gave me £100. As God would have it, by the time I got back to school, I was informed that my secondary school had given me a scholarship. So, I became a local champion at the university because I had £100 to myself. When I finished from the university, I went back to the secondary school that assisted me and I taught there for one and a half years, then I applied for a fellowship abroad. I never knew that the school did not want me to go, so they were blocking the letters from the organisers of those fellowships from gettimg to me. I had applied for a federal scholarship, Commonwealth scholarship, and Dutch fellowship. I kept hearing that people were being interviewed but I was not called so I began to wonder whether I was not shortlisted and that was a school where I used to teach the pupils till 8pm.
How did you discover that they were keeping your letters from you?
There was a colleague's wife who always waited for me so we could stroll home together as her husband had gone to the university to further his education. One of those nights, she asked me why I was teaching in the school and I told her that I wanted the pupils to pass their exams. She said that she would show me something the next day; that was how she brought the letters inviting me to the Commonwealth scholarship interview and the Federal Government scholarship. Sadly, all the deadlines had passed. I felt so bad. The next day, I went to the post office and told the postmaster that I wanted to pay for my own mail box. I stood there and wrote to everybody that my address had changed and I gave them the new address. About three weeks later, I was granted the fellowship from the Dutch Embassy. I got a letter that I should report to Lagos for an interview and that was in October 1970. I did not mention anything to the school because of my colleague's wife who was also a member of staff in the school.
How will you describe the pay then?
As a lecturer, I think I was earning about N230 per month when I started. Even as a professor, we were earning about N14,000 monthly and as of 1998, professors were earning about N17,000 a month until the then President Olusegun Obasanjo increased it to N250,000 in 1999.
How did you feel with that phenomenal increase?
I was exceedingly happy. Some of my colleagues thought I was foolish because they were comparing the salaries with what was being paid in South Africa and other countries, but I thought to myself that if I could manage N17,000 and was suddenly being given N250,000, then I would be fine. If I gave my wife N50,000 monthly, everything would be taken care of. I was very happy and I thought that was a good thing.
You were conferred with a national award; how did it happen?
I do not know and I do not even know who applied for me. I was the VC of FUTA at the time. Maybe some of the students or staff members applied on my behalf but even till now I have never used the insignia. I have never used it for anything and the only time the Order of the Niger is put after my name is if my secretary writes on my behalf. I needed something more than that. I would love the government to use me for something that would be productive in the lives of others. That is the greatest thing that I would have loved the government to do for me.
Do you still remember how you met your wife?
(Laughs) In 1957, I was leaving primary school and we went to the village for Christmas. I remember that was when I wrote my first love letter to a lady I liked so much, simply because she was good at mathematics. We were together for about 10 years. Her parents had two children and she was the older sibling. In 1968, my thought was that during our holiday, I would get married to her so that by May 1969, I would have been a graduate before she would be pregnant and put to bed. Unfortunately, by December 1968, she just sent a card to me saying that she was going to get married.
Did you feel betrayed?
Actually, I could understand her situation, because of the pressure from her parents. They were old and she was the oldest sibling, so she had to settle for someone else. That actually put me off for some time.
I graduated in 1969 and I went back to my secondary school to teach. When I came to Lagos for the interview that awarded me the scholarship to travel, my friend from the university, who was already working in Lagos, came to meet me with his wife and they told me that they wanted to take me somewhere. So, I joined them. They took me to where the beautiful woman I later married worked as a nurse, but they did not tell me anything. At that time, I already knew I was travelling to The Netherlands, so it was either I got married to someone over there or wait till I would return to Nigeria. She has always been a beautiful woman so immediately I saw her, I asked her to marry me.
That was blunt; how did she react?
She laughed. Then I asked her where she lived and she told me she lived at Igbobi. I asked if I could pay her a visit and later on, I found out that she is from Ilesha. I had an uncle working there as a nurse; so while travelling to my village, I stopped by to greet my uncle and I also went to my wife's house with a letter I had requested her to give me to give to her parents so that they would know that I was her friend. I took the letter to her parents and that was how I met them. I met my wife in October and before the end of that year, we had our introduction programme and engagement in Ilesha. My uncle organised everything because my mother could not come down there. By, January 2, I travelled to Holland and in order to assure her that I was going to come back to her, I asked one of my young nieces to stay with her while I was away. We kept constant communication all through that period because we kept exchanging letters. I got back in 1973. And since then, it has been a wonderful experience.
In my final year, my husband in 100 Level proposed to me – Prof Babalola, VC, Chrisland
I can't attend party without dancing –Olajumoke Simplice, CITN Boss
I can't afford to cater for many wives –Orangun of Oke Ila
Mum enjoys dancing –Son of Lagos ex-deputy governor, Sarah Sosan
There's nothing like inconclusive election when selecting a new king in my kingdom –Oba Makama, Olowu of Owu Kuta
ICYMI: Politicians, religious leaders' utterances fuelling killings — Jibrin
Even as queen, I still preach in church –Queen Josephine Diete-Spiff
Dad's words when angry worse than 10 strokes of the cane — Nosa Igiebor's daughter
Eagles midfielders need tactical lessons –Rohr
We're still negotiating for Chibok girls, Sharibu, others' release – Presidency
Civil societies demand removal of military chiefs


Olympic weightlifters have been found to have higher vertical leaps and quicker 25-meter sprint times than any other athletes, including Olympic high-jumpers and sprinters.
The technical explanation for this is that the weightlifters have better "speed strength" than any other athletes. Speed-strength is defined as a combination of starting strength (ability to fire many muscle units instantaneously) and explosive strength (ability to keep these motor units firing once turned on).
So, weightlifting is unsurpassed in developing lightning-quick athletic movement and has enormous carryover to all explosive sport.
I was looking for an explicit breakdown of the mechanics of the clean before doing some limit training (clean 1-1-1-1-1-1-1) for the first time after doing the WODs as Rxd for the first month, and this article was exactly what I needed. I feel fortunate I read it before I hit this WOD today.
Wow. I have been oly lifting for several years now and I don't think I'm doing this. I think I've been using the same movement from the kettlebell swings.


Sean wrote in to ask a question about dealing with heavily compacted soil in his lawn.
"I purchased a soil probe last summer to test watering coverage and moil soil. Unfortunately the soil is so compacted that I couldn't get the probe into the ground more than 3-4". Lawn aeration and top dressing with compost have little to no effect. Should I remove existing turf, rototill in fresh compost and seed/sod or continue aeration and top dressing?"
Sean, thanks for taking the time to write to me. Dealing with soil compaction can be a difficult and there are no quick fixes. The short answer is I would continue with aeration, aiming for at least 20 holes per square foot or more then top dressing with a good compost. Rototilling your lawn is not only a lot of work but can leave you with problems such as uneven lawn surface, create a hard pan compacted layer and brings up a lot more weed seeds than aerating.
Before deciding on how to best fix soil compaction it's important to determine why your soil is compacted. Now for the long answer.
What Causes Soil Compaction In Lawns?
The primary cause for compacted soil in lawns is foot traffic. This isn't something that can be fixed because a big part of having a lawn is enjoying it. You walk on it, kids and pets play on it, etc. It's just not something you can avoid.
Soil gets compacted more when it's wet so if you can avoid walking on your lawn and cutting it when the soil is very moist it will help alleviate some of the problems. If there are high traffic areas you may want to consider installing some sort of path. Gravel, stone, pavers, etc.
If there are areas of your lawn where water pools when it rains you may want to do some regrading and adjust any drainage.
Watering your lawn too frequently can also cause compacted soil in your lawn. Raindrops as well as water from sprinklers not only keep the soil moist but their impact compacts the soil. Aim to water your lawn deeply and infrequently.
The texture of your soil as well as it's mineral composition will also effect the porosity and resistance to compaction of your soil. The best type of soil to have for lawns is a loamy soil that is about 40% sand, 40% silt and 20% clay.
I would recommend you send a soil sample to your local extension office. Make sure you get a test that includes a soil textural analysis. It will also indicate the fertility of your soil as far as macro nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium that can help you determine your fertilizing schedule as well as the pH of your soil and what you need to correct it.
A good amount of organic matter in your soil can also help with soil compaction and I would aim for at least 10% organic matter content.
For a textural analysis you can also try the jar method but since you're dealing with a persistent problem it's important to get a better understanding of your soil including it's pH, OM content and calcium/magnesium content.
Your issue may also be due to a low topsoil depth. In some areas there may be insufficient topsoil to get a healthy lawn. Take a spade and cut out a 12" x 12" square of sod, then dig down about a foot and examine your soil profile. You want at least 6" of good topsoil but the more the better. If you have a very shallow top soil zone I would consider rototilling to improve the soil quicker.
Ever since switching to organic lawn care practices I've noticed increased earth worm activity in my soil. The worms aerate the soil as they move around and they help incorporate organic matter.
Synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and other lawn chemicals discourage earthworm activity. Mulch mowing your lawn and using organic fertilizers make the earthworms much happier.
Improving your soil doesn't happen overnight, expect at least a couple of years until you get your soil where you want it but you should see some results of your efforts the first season.
For now I would stick to heavily aerating your lawn (20-40 holes per square inch) and top dressing with a good compost mix (1/2" or more depending on how heavy you aerate). Switch to organic lawn care practices to help increase organic matter, microbial and earthworm activity unless the results of your soil test or a shallow top soil depth indicate you need more drastic measures like rototilling.


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How Titanfall's AI-controlled enemies could help new players
By Dave Tach@dptach Feb 18, 2014, 5:30pm EST
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Titanfall, Respawn Entertainment's upcoming first-person shooter, includes enemies controlled by artificial intelligence that exist in part to help new players, community manager Abbie Heppe revealed today on Xbox Wire.
Titanfall's multiplayer arenas are limited to 12 human players, but the game also populates its battlefields with AI-controlled combatants. Those allies and enemies can raise the number of fighting characters to nearly 50. In response to a question about why the game includes those AI characters, Heppe wrote that it accomplishes multiple objectives.
"For the design team, it accomplished a lot of goals," she wrote. "It gave players who are newer something to shoot at and gave them a way to help their team. They'll also help lead you into battle if you're a new player. If you are more skilled, you can use them to help you trick the enemy. Like, if I'm playing a game of Hardpoint, I'll follow some AI in and the enemy will shoot the first ones up the stairs and I'll then take them out. So there are those types of advanced tactics. Then there are the Spectres, which are a more difficult class of AI. If you're already injured, they can take you out."
Populating the game with fighting AI also gives Titanfall's gives players more to do.
"The kind of overarching and less specific reason is that it really helps make the battlefield feel alive," she wrote. "You know, you want things to run over in your Titan and punch and melee. They help to create a larger scale battle, especially because they're not Pilots and they don't move like Pilots do. You'll see them get into melee fights on the battlefield and you'll hear them say, 'There's a Pilot coming through,' or 'They're not so great!' They add to the whole character of the universe and make it feel like a more populated universe. Since we're not doing the traditional single-player campaign, it makes us feel like we have a world."
Titanfall is set for a March 11 release on Xbox One and Windows PC. It'll hit Xbox 360 March 25. For more on the non-traditional campaign Heppe referenced, check out our coverage of why Respawn designed it to be played twice. To see Titanfall's beta in action, be sure to check out Polygon's recent Overview episode.


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Prawosławne Białoruskie Zjednoczenie Demokratyczne (Prawosławnaje Biełaruskaje Demokratycznaje Objednannie, PBDO) − białoruska prawosławna organizacja społeczno-religijna, utworzona w 1927. Jej głównym działaczem i przewodniczącym był Wiaczesław Bohdanowicz.

Zjednoczenie starało się o: wprowadzenie języka białoruskiego do kazań w cerkwi, nauczanie dzieci religii w języku białoruskim, większy udział świeckich w zarządzie cerkiewnym, utrzymanie zależności Cerkwi od rosyjskich władz kościelnych.

Zjednoczenie działało ww współpracy z Białoruskim Zjednoczeniem Chrześcijańsko-Demokratycznym (BChDZ). Organem Zjednoczenia było pismo "Prawosławnaja Biełaruś".

W 1930 Zjednoczenie połączyło się z BChDZ.

Literatura
 Mirosława Papierzyńska-Turek, Między tradycją a rzeczywistością. Państwo wobec prawosławia 1918–1939, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa 1989,

Organizacje społeczne II Rzeczypospolitej
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Collectors of coins, banknotes, and tokens are invited to join the March 2015 Nuphilex Sale jointly presented by Lower Canada Auctions and online auction marketplace iCollector.com. This auction is up for absentee and live bidding using technology developed by The Live Auction Group and facilitated through iCollector.com. Bidding is available on any PC, Mac, smartphone, or tablet and registration is simple and secure. The auction comes over two days on March 27th and March 31st, 2015 from Quebec.
Louis Chevrier of Lower Canada Auctions has put together and attractive sale to appeal to a wide range of collectors. The first day features Canadian coins, tokens, and banknotes with some appealing international varieties mixed in. The second day has a diverse selection of international coins, Canadian proof sets and many more interesting coins.
A major highlight in the first session on March 27th, shows on iCollector.com at Lot 132. This is a highly sought after Bank of Canada $100 Note from 1935. The details are BC-16, Osborne Towers, and serial number F03368. This banknote is graded as VF-30 and has two high quality photos to inspect the note available in the online catalog. Bidding is opening at $5000 CDN and this note is expected to go for several thousand more.
International coin buyers have a great selection to choose from during the March 31st session. An interesting piece comes from Spain at Lot 87. This is 20 reales from 1950 and is a VF coin containing .7607 oz ASW. This piece is a great value piece and will sell to the highest bidder on auction day. Photos for this and all items are available for viewing in the online catalog.
Lower Canada Auctions invites collectors to join the March 2015 Nuphilex Sale and register today. Absentee bidding is currently available and live bidding commences at 6:30 PM Eastern Time on both March 27th and 31st, 2015. Registration is easy using an existing iCollector.com account, an email address, or Google Plus and Facebook logins.


Such a delight to the senses. The feel of warmer weather, the sight of beautiful flowers, the sound of birds chirping, the smell of fresh cut grass, and the taste of grilled food.
Grilling can be a delicious way to eat healthy, or a delicious way to eat unhealthy, depending on what you grill and what you serve as sides, of course. As you are probably aware, foods like chicken breast, fish, pork tenderloin, and veggie or black bean burgers offer a great source of protein without excessive calories and saturated fat.
On the other hand, foods like hamburgers, hot dogs, and steak can pack a lot of calories, saturated fat, and sodium.
Opting for healthier meals at home is one thing. Cookouts with friends and family is another. I don't know about you, but I haven't been to many cookouts featuring salmon, quinoa, and kale. Nope, it's typically hamburgers and hot dogs.
I love a grilled hamburger as much as the next person. My goal is not to be the healthy food police (although my kids might disagree), nor to advocate hamburgers on a regular basis.
I want to find a nice balance of healthy and enjoyable.
We know that mindless eating and overindulgence isn't healthy. On the other hand, strict rules and fretting over every ingredient and nutrition fact isn't enjoyable. And when something isn't enjoyable, it's hard to stick with it.
So how can we incorporate more healthiness into the (perhaps not-so-healthy) things we enjoy?
For me, completely restricting unhealthy foods doesn't work. It makes me obsess over the forbidden food, eventually reach a point where I can't take it anymore, and ultimately go back to eating the food (often in larger quantities than before).
Instead, I'm a fan of good old-fashioned moderation and of improving your ratio of healthier choices.
A great way to do this is by filling up on the healthy stuff (veggies!) first, savoring smaller portions of the less-healthy stuff (without guilt), and quitting before you are stuffed.
When getting together with family and friends, we almost always have a vegetable tray out before the meal. It's a great way for kids and adults alike to fuel up on nutrient-rich vegetables beforehand.
Another idea is to grill vegetables as an appetizer. Grilled asparagus is a great example. Toss fresh asparagus in some olive oil, place on top of foil on the grill (so the spears don't fall through), add a touch of sea salt and fresh ground pepper, and flip with tongs until evenly cooked and dark green in color. Asparagus is so delicious hot off the grill. Even the kids love it!
In my family, we don't prepare full-sized hamburgers. We make sliders instead. I've found that one little slider gives the same enjoyment as a larger burger, with far fewer calories, saturated fat, sodium, post-meal sluggishness, and guilt.
If you're not into "cute" food, you can achieve the same thing by not taking a whole portion. Simply opt for half of a hamburger, sausage, steak, etc. instead.
When we quickly shove food into our bodies, our brain doesn't have time to signal that we are full until we've reached the point of being "stuffed." Slowing down and savoring each bite not only provides more enjoyment, it also helps us to realize how full we are before we've overdone it.
Personally, I like is the 80 percent rule (known as hara hachi bu in Japan), which means you stop eating when you feel 80 percent full. This is a common practice of Okinawans, who are known for being among the healthiest, longest-living people on the planet. This practice, combined with slower eating and savoring your food, are great ways to maximize enjoyment while avoiding overindulgence.
Whether at a grocery store, restaurant, or cookout, there will always be unhealthy options enticing us. Our relationship with food is important.
We can view food as a source of enjoyment and nourishment, or as a source of guilt and stress.
There are countless diets that can yield results. But most are not sustainable. In the end, it's about finding what will work for you in the long run. Personally, I've found that good-old fashioned moderation and improving my ratio of healthier choices is my best bet for long-term success.


BackChannels best guess for "CoH" — "Cessation of Hostilities".
That "weakness invites aggression" or "peace through strength" should be concepts well known, but even so, the circumstances in total want for someone's "good gamble".
For NATO, the headlines from countercoup Turkey are not looking so good: NYT: "With Army in Disarray, a Pillar of Modern Turkey Lies Broken"; Reuters: "Turkish military a fractured force after attempted coup"; Fox: "Turkish military faces overhaul after failed coup".
It was good to have won the war and the peace in 1945, but that was 66 years ago, and most of that Great Generation that fought are today permanently at rest, and what the present generation — raised on football and Kardashians — has on its plate in Moscow, Damascus, Tehran, Pyongyang, Beijing, and a few elsewheres are the kind of "Great Leaders" capable of producing what has been witnessed in Syrian and what has been recorded in the histories of their own states in their rise to power.
In several days of phone conversations with Moscow, Kerry was unable to obtain clarifications of how the new decision was compatible with the talks he's been holding with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
European diplomats said Kerry's current initiative, which involved a highly controversial concession to share intelligence with Russia and to conduct joint and coordinated attacks on Jabhat al-Nusra, could collapse in short order.
According to Assad's political opponents, that is not the worst of it.


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The cracking of the whips, signaling - the same way they have done for centuries - the arrival of the Sri Lankan Perehera. The enchanting rhythmical throb of the drums accompanied by equally fascinating tunes flowing from the flutes will not only hold you spellbound till the end but will definitely make your feet do a slow motion jig. The Kandy Perehera, Sri Lanka 's most colourful, the most enchanting and the most fascinating pageant or the religious ceremony of Asia and perhaps the entire world is unfolding in front of you. The hundreds of Copra Torches carried along the Perehera from beginning to the end will take you to a wonderland. And, in this wonderland you will witness thousands of participants - Flag Bearers, Drummers, numerous Dancers including hundreds of the famous Kandyan Dancers, Actors, Acrobats all performing to their best, Officials, Chiefs of various Devalas (Nilames) headed of course by the 'Nilame' - the Guardian of the 'Palace of the Tooth Relic' so on and so forth, all in their brilliantly colourful costumes.
In this enchanting Perehera, what will attract you most is the presence of over a hundred Elephants clad in beautiful garments decorated by multitudes of glittering electric bulbs walking peacefully and elegantly amidst the other performers. The cynosure of all the Perehera no doubt, is the Majestic Elephant of the 'Palace of the Tooth Relic' in its full regalia majestically and gracefully treading to the rhythm of the drums carrying the Tooth Relic, Sri Lanka's most revered relic, enshrined in a golden casket.


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Erickson, R. L., Blevins, C. E., De Souza Dyer, C. et al. 2019. Alfaxalone-xylazine anesthesia in laboratory mice (Mus musculus). JAALAS 58(1), 30-39.
Since its recent reformulation, alfaxalone has gained popularity as an injectable veterinary anesthetic, including promising studies demonstrating the use of alfaxalone-xylazine for anesthesia in mice. Here we sought to expand these studies by testing additional...
Bauer, C., Schillinger, U., Brandl, J. et al. 2019. Comparison of pre-emptive butorphanol or metamizole with ketamine +medetomidine and s-ketamine + medetomidine anaesthesia in improving intraoperative analgesia in mice. Laboratory Animals 53(5), 459–469.
In accordance with the 'refinement' component of the 3Rs, the primary aim of this study was to investigate and compare ketamine + medetomidine (KM) and s-ketamine + medetomidine (SKM) anaesthetic protocols in C57BL/6J mice (both sexes). We sought to...
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Responses to ambiguous and aversive stimuli (e.g. via tests of judgment bias and measures of startle amplitude) can indicate mammals' affective states. We hypothesised that such findings generalize to birds, and that these two responses...
Jirkof, P., Rudeck, J., Lewejohann, L. 2019. Assessing affective state in laboratory rodents to promote animal welfare—What is the progress in applied refinement research? Animals 9(12), 1026.
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McMillan, F. D. (ed). 2019. Mental Health and Well-being in Animals (2nd ed). CABI, Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
This second edition is fully revised, expanded, and comprehensively updated with the most current knowledge about the full array of mental health issues seen in animals. Written by key opinion leaders, internationally-recognized experts and specialists...
Machado, M., Oliveira da Silva, I. J. 2019. Does farm animals experience emotions and feelings? Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology 7(4), 170-175.
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This glossary contains Brazilian terms related to criminal or corruption investigations, and supporting concepts from politics, the law, government, criminology, and law enforcement.

This glossary is not a general or indiscriminate list of terms from Brazilian Portuguese, and is limited in scope. Because this is a specialized glossary, the first meaning(s) listed for a term will be the one(s) related to topics within the scope of this glossary, even if that is not the most common meaning in the spoken or written language for the term in a more general context.

Words which present no particular issues of translation or understanding, such as  ("governor"),  ("investigation"),  ("operation") are generally not included. Words which may appear to be obvious on the surface, but which have specialized meanings in certain contexts, are included (e.g., : not just "prison", but also "arrest"; or : not just "resource", but also "appeal", "appellate"). Common expressions for governmental agencies or positions are included for convenience (), even if the translations are straightforward, as they come up frequently in definitions of less obvious terms.

There is one alphabetical list, with headwords in Portuguese or English, and aliases, translations, or explanations given as appropriate. This glossary concerns meaning and usage in Brazilian Portuguese. To avoid constant repetition, where the word Portuguese appears alone, it means Brazilian Portuguese.

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C

D

F

J

P

Q

R

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See also

 Offshoots of Operation Car Wash
 Phases of Operation Car Wash
 :pt:Categoria:Crimes"Crime" category on pt-wiki
 :pt:Categoria:Direito penalCriminal law
 :pt:Categoria:Governo do BrasilGovernment of Brazil
 :pt:Categoria:Operação Lava JatoOperation Car Wash
 :pt:Categoria:Política do BrasilPolitics of Brazil

 All links below are articles in Portuguese, from pt-wiki

 Crime acessório
 Crime à distância
 Crime ambiental
 Crime autônomo
 Crime comissivo
 Crime complexo
 Crime comum
 Crime consumado
 Crime continuado
 Crime contra a humanidade
 Crime culposo
 Crime de dano
 Crime de fato permanente
 Crime de guerra
 Crime de lesa-majestade
 Crime de mão própria
 Crime de responsabilidade
 Crime doloso
 Crime eleitoral
 Crime formal
 Crime funcional
 Crime habitual
 Crime hediondo
 Crime impossível
 Crime instantâneo
 Crime material
 Crime organizado
 Crime passional
 Crime perfeito
 Crime permanente
 Crime plurissubsistente
 Crime político
 Crime preterdoloso
 Crime preterintencional
 Crime próprio
 Crime provocado
 Crime putativo
 Crime qualificado
 Crime sexual
 Crime simples
 Crime tentado
 Crime unissubsistente
 Crime vago
 Criminoso
 Delinquência

References

Notes

Citations

External links

 Legislação brasileira traduzida para o Inglêsofficial English translations of the Constitution, and dozens of other Brazilian laws
 Glossary of the Banco Central
 About :pt:Condução coercitiva:
 Jusbrasil
 Lex Magister
 Juris Blog
 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil;  pdf; 432 pages
 Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil
 Michaelis dictionariesa set of bilingual, online Brazilian dictionaries
 Operation Car Wash glossarysomewhat light-hearted, but has serious information about terms; by Gabriela Goulart, editor at O Globo.

Brazil investigative terms
Corruption in Brazil
Crime
Government of Brazil
Politics of Brazil
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Pastor: 40 infected with coronavirus after church event
July 27, 2020 at 4:37 am Updated July 27, 2020 at 12:31 pm
STRAWBERRY, Ala. (AP) — More than 40 people were infected with the coronavirus after attending a multi-day revival event at a north Alabama Baptist church, according to the congregation's pastor.
"The whole church has got it, just about," Al.com quoted pastor Daryl Ross of Warrior Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Marshall County as saying.
The pastor says the churchgoers, including himself, tested positive after the congregation held a series of religious services featuring a guest pastor over the course of several days last week.
Ross said the services were shut down by Friday after learning that one of the members who attended had tested positive for the virus. The member presented no symptoms, but got tested when several of his coworkers received positive tests, according to the pastor.
Over the weekend, dozens more fell ill, Ross said, adding: "I've got church members sick everywhere."
"We knew what we were getting into," he said. "We knew the possibilities."
Ross said only two members' cases were serious, and as of Sunday, nobody had been hospitalized, though many had reported having fevers, headaches and respiratory issues.
He said some social distancing measures were in place during the services, which were held multiple times a day, and most members skipped the events out of concern for the virus. Those that attended sat with their own families. Masks were not required, the newspaper reported.
"We let everybody do what they felt like. … If you were comfortable shaking hands, you shook hands. If you didn't, you didn't," the pastor said.
The church is located in a small community called Strawberry, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) northeast of Birmingham.
Follow AP coverage of the pandemic at https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak.


In the last year or so, Limerick's Dock Road has been completely transformed. The long, drab, grey road had become a grave yard for petrol stations and the Celtic tiger did little in the way of architectural enhancement. However, thanks to a group of committed Limerick based graffiti artists, the city now has a new focal point in the most unlikely of places. From it's modest beginning, Limerick's beautiful graffiti spot now is decorated with the letters of Ireland's leading graffiti writers. Long may it last!
'BaqsR', 'Crap' and 'Yer Wan', with the support of Jame C. Harold (Galway City Arts Officer) and Margerat Nolan (Street Artist in Residence), will be displaying their art work at the Galway City Museum on February 20th from 3pm. After party in the Frontdoor Bar with MC Marcus Seóighe aka Johnny Stapleton from Ros na Rún and guest Speaker 'Rask'.
Whatever about the amazing work on show and words from the legenderay 'Rask', a chance to see a Ros na Rún character in the flesh should not be missed!


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I was at a solid 135, so I don't understand how I can just be back at 137 after TOM and it not dropping off me after good eating and exercise. I am getting really annoyed.
OK what the heck? I'm up to 138!!!
I didn't go over my calories but I did have Chili and a skinnygirl margarita last night so maybe thats why I'm up? No fun. I also didn't sleep that well and I was busy all darn day, but I thought with all the moving I was doing I would lose weight.
im not sure but it sounds like those two things might have a lot of sodium, so give it time & keep at it!
Height: 5'3.5" Yep, the half matters!
Guhhh. Up to 132.2 today... I know it's just a little fluctuation from yesterday but seeing upward movement on the scale is always a little discouraging... Lots of water today!
I just had a glueten free slip up- my principal made us all homeade scones for teacher appreciation and I had one not thinking it probably has wheat....oh well :-( Logging the calories and moving on.
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Oh yeh baby, after 10days I am back to pre-TOM weight, took forever and a day, but I am even 0.3lbs below it at 134.4.
Up to 136.8... Ready for a new thread.
Scale still reading 136. I shouldn't be surprised given how long it took to go down from 137 to 136. I'm just getting impatient. I need some new summer clothes (and clothes in general) regardless of what size I end up, but I don't know what size to buy.
I feel like I will never get out of here!!!
134!!!! Only 4more lbs to get out of here. I think if I work hard I can do that in this month. Who knows? But the thought scares me somewhat, because that means I'll be pretty close to goal, yikes.
130 today So close to the next decade!


Pushing The Right Buttons: Having difficulty with men?
I don't mean in general! but how many times have you heard someone say that cards/projects for men are difficult? Well Nicecrane Designs has something to help you - just released are three sets of digital images depicting early posters from London Underground. You can find them HERE and HERE and HERE.
Some of you may have seen that London Underground is celebrating it's 150th anniversary this year (they recently had a steam locomotive travelling to Paddington Station to mark the opening of the very first line, the Metropolitan Line). From the 1920's they employed many well known artists to create advertising posters encouraging people to use the service so the designs are first class and very varied. I used one of these images to create the focal point on this card.
I love the fact that these images are not (now, how did Son No. 1 put it?) 'gender-specific'!
This image is clean when you print it but I aged it a little by blotting DS Brushed Cordrouy and DI Antique Linen on top. There are so many characters to look at and identify on this poster.
I know Alison, amongst others, was keen to see what I would do with the results of my Ferro embossing, so here's the Gold one which had DI Rusty Hinge applied to the raised areas. The 'pipework' is from Crafty-Emblies and has been inked up with DS Antiqued Bronze/Tarnished Brass.
I thought it would be fun to use a small portion of the same poster to add the sentiment to, and having embossed it in black I added a layer of clear embossing powder too. This makes the colours much deeper. the circles panel is some 'caught in crystal' embossed acrylic.
Fabulous card! Love the embossed Ferro as an art-deco industrial backdrop to this brilliant poster - could it be more perfect? And the piping is a fantastic touch! Love the extra little greeting poster too. But I'm afraid I have no idea what "caught in crystal" embossed acrylic is all about... product? technique? another step-by-step in the offing?!
I saw your title and wickedly thought HELLOOO... Jenny's got yet another area of expertise up her very talented sleeves!
I am so glad I read on. Totally love the crusty rusty effects you have achieved on this fantastic piece. I keep thinking about rust too at the moment after seeing some of the beautiful Julia's work.
Fabulous male card.... love the underground scene image! thank you for the link.
Beautiful colours Jenny and a wonderful card using the posters. The richness of the texture with the ferro embossing adds so much to the overall effects. Love it.
The post header was a 'must look' one.
The card is amazing with some very masculine colours and images.
What a fantastic idea to use part of the poster to add the sentiment--a real inspiration.
WOW That background is stunning, such a pity you had to cover so much of it up with the nevertheless fantastic images!!
Stunning make Jenny and I so love the background.it really pops. 'Gender Spcific' !! Love that.....will try to use it in a sentence this week at work......!!
I didn't realise that the underground were celebrating 150 years......quite astonishing !!
Love your fab men's creation! Great colours and embellishments and the title of your post really made me laugh!! Happy Sunday to you!
What wonderful work. Those images are just perfect for mens cards but distressing them really adds the finishing touch.
Love the industrial look of this with the rusty background, pipework and the poster. It's a great card!!
Wowww,wowww, love your embossed ferro,,,and the idea to use a portion of my vintage advertising at top,,,,And all over these oall brown tones add the perfect vintage effect to this gorgeus card.
First... love your opening line! Second.... what a wonderful creation! Love the way you've used the sunburst/rays TF, especially. Yum!
Lovely layering Jenny! A real masculine card.
Good evening another fantastic "Work of Art" I love the texture you have got here.
I really like these images must pop over and have a look.
Woah, that's a great "man"-card!!! Love the colours and the textures very much!
Wanted to let you know that on the how-to of my "remember-cigar-box" I forgot to mention the coat of heat embossing with "old paper" embossing powder BEFORE adding the crackle paint! Have been adding it to the post now, but wanted to make sure you knew!!!
Hehehehe...you had me at the title! Love it! Great card...very masculine! Trying to get caught up on everyone's posts...sorry so slow!
Morning Jenny, I love this card, it is beautifully aged by you, the image is lovely.
We have had a lot more snow overnight and it is snowing quite heavily at present brrrrrrrr.
Jenny - I absolutely LOVE this card!! I do have a question about the digital images that you used - I have n-e-v-e-r used digital images before and would like to know how they are to work with. Also, do you have to colour each and every image yourself - that seems so time consuming!!!
Thanks in advance Jenny - again - thanks for sharing!!


Cardiff is the youngest and fastest growing capital city in Europe. Cardiff is home to the famous Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Castle which is one of Wales' leading heritage attractions, the magnificent Cardiff Civic Centre which includes The National Museum of Wales and the beautiful tranquil Alexandra Gardens.
Hop-off at Cardiff Bay and see this fantastic new development and the Cardiff Barrage. Visit the Millennium Centre, one of the world's iconic arts and cultural destinations, Mermaid Quay a major waterfront development for a wide range of eating and drinking places and Techniquest, the hands on Science Exhibition Center for all ages.
Cardiff is known for it's shopping with a vast array of popular high street stores with three indoor shopping centers, surrounded by many independent stores in and around the city.
It is also well known for its prestigious Victorian & Edwardian Arcades which houses a mix of designer boutiques, cafes, arts and crafts shops, specialist food shops, and music shops – to name but a few.
See the past, present and future of Cardiff with a live tour guide.


Create your own inexpensive, modern and fully customizable DIY outdoor succulent planter using cinder blocks, landscaping fabric, cactus soil, and succulents….Add some color to blocks with paint and this would be cute!!
pallet herb garden – or with flowers!
Looks like a manageable knot garden, but be aware this is a very low-water garden. If you give anything more than drought-tolerant levels of water, that Rosemary and Licorice plant are quickly going to grow out of control. You can see the whole project (and plant list) when you click down.
Create Your Own Herb Garden Inside – we love these Herb Chalk Paint Terracotta Pots plus Inspire Your Joanna Gaines with these DIY Fixer Upper Farmhouse Ideas on Frugal Coupon Living.
How to cut herbs for drying and some common uses.


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Husson is a French surname. Notable people by that name include:

 Honoré Jean Aristide Husson (1803-1864), French academic sculptor.
 Thérèse-Adèle Husson (born 1803), French writer in the post-Revolutionary period.
 Marcel Husson (born 1937), retired French football player.
 Édouard Husson (born 1969), is a French historian and former CEO of ESCP Europe.
 Guy Husson (born 1931), retired French track and field athlete.
 Charles Claude Husson (1847–1915), French Archetier/bow maker.
 Albert Husson (1912–1978), French playwright and theatre director.
 Jules Fleury-Husson, French art critic who wrote under the name Champfleury.
 Michelle Jenner Husson (born 1986), Spanish cinema and television actress.

French-language surnames


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Бу́рлас () — словацкая фамилия. Известные носители:

 Бурлас, Ладислав (род. 1927) — словацкий музыковед, композитор и педагог.
 Бурлас, Мартин (род. 1987) — словацкий композитор.
 Бурлас, Моисис (1918—2011) — греческий коммунист и партизан еврейского происхождения.


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How BEES Is Using Braze and Segment to Accelerate B2B Digital Transformation for Anheuser Busch Inbev
By Team Braze Dec 8, 2022
While the B2C side of retail businesses has undergone a digital transformation over the past 10 to 15 years, the B2B side of retail businesses is still catching up. Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) is taking the lead on advancing the new B2B digital landscape for food and beverage retailers with its BEES ecosystem.
Launched in 2019 and originally designed to enable ABI's small- to -medium-sized retail customers to search for ABI products, place orders, arrange deliveries, track their orders, earn rewards, manage invoices, and access business insights all from one digital platform, BEES now has a presence in 20 countries and serves almost 3 million small businesses. The proprietary platform is expanding—now serving as a multicategory third-party marketplace for food and beverage B2B retailers to get all of the core products they need to keep their shelves stocked in one place.
At FORGE 2022, our annual customer engagement conference, we spoke with Jason Feldman, Global Director, Customer Experience, BEES, Anheuser-Busch InBev, about how BEES is using Braze, Segment, and other technology capabilities to help both retailers and their marketplace's partners (suppliers) grow and accelerate their digital transformation.
Customer journey mapping the B2B wholesale-retail journey and the birth of BEES
What started as a pilot with 500 retailers based in the Dominican Republic, BEES is the result of effective customer journey mapping and has greatly evolved since its inception. ABI conducts customer journey analyses to uncover, understand, and address pain points along the B2B retailer journeys.
As recently as 2019, retailers that wanted to order ABI products didn't have a way to purchase these items digitally. Instead, a sales representative would visit the retailer in person, physically take the client's order, and enter it into a sales system—and that's still how things work for many other CPG brands.
"That order-taking process was the first thing we looked to solve and that's where BEES as the application really solved that pain point," says Jason.
By working with Braze, the company has been able to digitize their NPS survey, which led the brand to learn about another major customer pain point: retailers were struggling to get visibility into their ABI orders. Specifically, retailers wanted to know where their items were in transit, whether they would receive their full order, and if there would be any delays with their order.
BEES not only captured these insights using Braze, the team utilized our cross-channel messaging capabilities to send real-time push notifications and in-app messaging to address this customer pain point and improve the customer experience.
Another way BEES is taking advantage of Braze messaging capabilities is to build out automated campaigns that address the core B2B journey of the wholesale business's retailer customers, particularly for customer support tickets.
In the past, retailers had to reach out to the contact center for support, but now these stores can open support tickets via the BEES platform as well as over the phone, get real-time notifications confirming their ticket has been created with a deep link to the ticket, and if an agent needs additional information, that follow up happens via push notifications where the recipient can reply directly with any pertinent information.
Jason explains that this type of campaign has reduced customer anxiety by proactively keeping customers in the loop in ways that help them run their day-to-day operations more efficiently.
Because ABI works with unique mom and pop retailers all over the globe, only about 30% of the BEES platform's users have email addresses and, perhaps as a result of this, a huge portion—75%—have opted into receiving push notifications. This makes understanding individual customers' preferred channels all the more important.
"We're a big proponent of Canvas because it allows us to predict these scenarios," says Jason. "So if we have a client that doesn't have an email address or maybe we can't reach them in a certain channel, we can predict that this is going to happen and build journeys that anticipate these different outcomes."
Measuring the impact of BEES
"Customers are much happier with us as a business and we really refocused our way of working with them and you see that reflected in our NPS results," says Jason. "And you separately see it reflected in the commercial reality—customers trust the ecosystem, they trust what we built, and they're purchasing more frequently."
Customers that have opted into using the BEES platform for placing their orders are growing faster than clients that haven't gone on this journey of digital transformation, Jason explains.
Since debuting in 2019, BEES has expanded from a pilot in one country to now being available for retailers in 20 countries. Additionally, the third-party marketplace has launched in 12 out of these 20 markets, allowing ABI to capture $800 million in revenue from selling products in new categories.
Harnessing Braze and other tech capabilities has fueled BEES' growth, ABI's retailer customers' growth, and suppliers' growth, a win-win all around, says Jason.
Check out the full BEES case study to see how BEES is leveraging Braze in tandem with Segment to decrease support and product information inquiries by 15%, thanks to real-time messaging.
More on Customer Journey
3 Use Cases to Help You Get Started With Braze Canvas Flow
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation said hunting participation is down while participation in target shooting is going up. The the gun industry trade association discussed the shift in a seminar titled Industry Data and New Shooter Recruitment held at SHOT Show in Las Vegas in late January.
Speaking on the subject of participation and recruitment, NSSF Director of Research and Market Development Jim Curcuruto told a room packed with SHOT Show attendees ranging from media to manufacturers to gun shop owners that while hunting is on the decline, target shooting is now getting the attention of many gun owners.
The NSSF reported that while target shooting is an estimated $16.9 billion business, monetarily speaking, hunting still brings in the dough — reportedly pumping $27 billion into the gun industry. Despite the funds, the NSSF said with 100 million estimated gun owners in the U.S., only half participate in any kind of shooting sport or activity.
A study published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service backs up the NSSF's observation, noting that today only about 5-percent of Americans, 16-years-old and older, hunt. To put that in perspective, that figure represents half of what the participation rate 50 years ago. The number of hunters has steadily dropped with each passing year. In 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported 13.7 million hunters. In 2016, that number had moved to 11.5 million.
Curcuruto said the decline is linked in changing perspectives and attitudes towards guns, specifically in the younger generation. Curcuruto pointed to a study conducted by YPulse indicating that the millennial generation is less likely to be involved with shooting sports than previous generations. In fact, according to a study conducted by YPulse, gun control has risen three spots on the list of important issues among 13 to 35-year-olds. "There's some challenges there with the younger generation," Curcuruto said.
The shift away from hunting is concerning to wildlife agencies who depend on the economic impact hunters bring. Hunting generates funds for state wildlife agencies from license fees, excise taxes, ammunition and equipment sales — money which accounts for roughly 60-percent of funding.
Though hunting participation is projected to continue to fall, Curcuruto said the NSSF is committed to turning the decline around through initiatives aimed at bringing current and new gun owners into the field. Through the Let's Go Hunting and +One campaigns, the NSSF encourages gun owners to recruit new hunters through invitations.
With an estimated 24 million Americans interested in firearms, according to the NSSF's research, the largest roadblock for most is the fear of learning a new skill solo. For this reason, the NSSF has developed the Let's Go Hunting and +One initiatives to encourage current gun owners and hunters to bring a friend or acquaintance the next time they head to the range or woods. Using a mentoring approach, Curcuruto said a few simple invites from gun owners can hopefully turn the decline in participation around.
Information on Let's Go Hunting and its sister page Let's Go Shooting as well as information on the +One program is available through the NSSF's website.