There are many forms of metal roofing, one of the most common style is standing seam metal roof. Standing seam metal roof is mostly made up of Galvalume steel. Standing seam proves to be highly effective in increasing your roof age. Commonly there are four different styles of standing seam metal roof detail type known as Double Lock seam, Symmetrical seam, one piece snap lock interlock, two piece snap lock interlock. Architectural details of all these are described below.
Metal roofs look great on residential properties.
Double lock seam also known as mechanically seamed hydrostatic panels. In this style two standing seam roof panels are adjoined with a mechanical seaming tool. Such seam has high airstream resistance. It can also be curved.
Symmetrical standing seam roof is the most innovative of all the options available. Keeping in mind all the options available in standing seam roof types and by comparing their advantages and disadvantages, symmetrical standing seam roof proves out to be the best. It can also be curved and can be tapered if needed. Such seam can handle high stream resistance more than double lock seam. Symmetrical seam allows thermal movements and can be easily installed with the help of fixed clips. Such seam is suited for almost every type of roofs.
One piece snap lock interlock is the interlocking of two seam panels. Interlocking is such that it seems like seam panels are mechanically interlocked. These standing seams are not suited in the areas where there are more of high wind areas. Not much utilization of such seam is there in areas where windstorms are common. One piece snap lock interlock is not much in use nowadays. Roof slopes of 3:12 or greater is the roof where such seam is suitable. Pressure handling at corners is less in these seams and so it is not suited for the high wind areas.
Two piece snap lock interlock is comparatively easier to install as this seam can be installed bi-directionally. This type of seam needs panel as well as cap. But with the introduction of symmetrical seam in the market, two piece snap lock interlock demand has gone low and is now less in use.
Basically these are the 4 types of standing seam available in the market and are used commonly. Tee panel, curved or compound curved or tapered tee panel, high seam tee panel, zee lock and zee lock double lock are also types of various standing seam metal roofing. Different standing seam have different capabilities and they are designed according to various criteria, keeping in mind the building codes. For proper metal roofing you first need to select from metal roof products and then second most important step is their proper installation. Installation of metal roofs plays an important role as it decides the efficiency of roof.
There are many standing seam metal roof manufacturers available in the market but choosing the best among them is important. As the life of roof depends on the seam, so keeping in mind the thermal movements of various metals and their properties is important. Choosing the right manufacturer guarantees you about the quality of metal roof. So it is a critical decision to choose among various manufacturers.
Choosing the right standing seam metal and knowing the exact design that can be installed at your specific region type is important for efficient roofing. Designs can clearly be examined with standing seam metal roof revit i.e. the three dimensional view of seam.


Last week we remembered the 52 victims of the 7 July bombings and their bereaved families. That anyone could have tried to exploit the raw grief of those families to sell newspapers shows exactly why tackling the phone hacking issue is so important.
Led by our leader Ed Miliband, we called for a public inquiry, which must be led by a judge. I welcome the Government's swift change of mind since the Deputy Prime Minister rejected an inquiry on Tuesday. It needs to be a full inquiry to cover the culture and practices that led to what happened, the nature of regulation, and the relationship between the police and the media.
The Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 makes it an offence for anyone to pay money to a police officer or for any officer to receive it. We need assurances now that whatever the current investigation reveals, including on the allegation that the Prime Minister's former director of communications sanctioned payments to police officers while he was at the News of the World, that this practice is no longer happening anywhere.
It would be naive to think that they closed down the News of the World out of shame, rather than as a hard-headed commercial decision. But it does prove that concerted public outcry can force change.


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Facebook has suspended 'tens of thousands' of apps suspected of hoarding data
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Facebook has suspended "tens of thousands" of apps connected to its platform which it suspects may be collecting large amounts of user profile data.
That's a sharp rise from the 400 apps flagged a year ago by the company's investigation in the wake of Cambridge Analytica, a scandal that saw tens of millions of Facebook profiles scraped to help swing undecided voters in favor of the Trump campaign during the U.S. presidential election in 2016.
Facebook did not provide a more specific number in its blog post but said the apps were built by 400 developers.
Many of the apps had been banned for a number of reasons, like siphoning off Facebook user profile data or making data public without protecting their identities, or other violations of the company's policies.
Despite the bans, the social media giant said it has "not confirmed" other instances of misusing user data beyond those about which it has already notified the public. Among those previously disclosed include South Korean analytics firm Rankwave, accused of abusing the developer platform and refusing an audit; and myPersonality, a personality quiz that collected data on more than four million users.
The action comes in the wake of the since-defunct Cambridge Analytica and other serious privacy and security breaches. Federal authorities and lawmakers have launched investigations and issued fines from everything from its Libra cryptocurrency project to how the company handles users' privacy.
Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon, said this was not an "accident" as Facebook has claimed.
"Facebook put up a neon sign that said 'Free Private Data,' and let app developers have their fill of Americans' personal info," he said. "The FTC needs to hold Mark Zuckerberg personally responsible."
Facebook said its investigation will continue.
Mark Zuckerberg is 'proud' of how Facebook handled its scandals this year

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The Evolution of ASR and How It Could Transform Your Business
September 14, 2020 by Editorial Team Leave a Comment
In this special guest feature, Scott Stephenson, CEO of Deepgram, dives into the evolution of ASR, popular use cases, current limitations, and a few predictions for how the technology will continue to evolve in the enterprise. Scott is a dark matter physicist turned deep learning entrepreneur. He earned a PhD in particle physics from University of Michigan where his research involved building a lab two miles underground to detect dark matter. Scott left his physics post-doc research position to found Deepgram.
The advent of Siri, Alexa and Google Home has made automatic speech recognition (ASR) increasingly popular. After all, ASR is the driving force behind a wide array of modern technologies. If you have a smartphone, for example, then you have ASR right at your fingertips. However, ASR is so much more than Siri or Alexa and has burgeoning potential across the enterprise. To help you visualize the bigger picture from a business perspective, I'll dive into the evolution of ASR, popular use cases, current limitations and a few predictions for how the technology will continue to evolve in the enterprise.
The Evolution of ASR
For starters, ASR is a technology used to automatically process audio data (e.g., phone calls, online meetings, voice searches on your phone, podcasts, etc.) into a format computers can understand. Speech-to-text (STT) is a synonym for ASR. Similar to STT, the output of ASR is readable text, which is a crucial first step to figuring out what information is hiding in voice recordings. For example, easily identifying questions or concerns that come up in sales conversations can enable your sales team to make adjustments or better anticipate those concerns.
The ASR you interact with today, most commonly in the form of Siri or Alexa, has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the 1950s and 1960s, when researchers made hand-wired systems that could only recognize individual words—not sentences or phrases. N-gram models were widely used in natural language processing at this time, with phonemes and sequences of phonemes modeled such that each n-gram was composed of n words. In the 1970s, funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) helped a team from Carnegie Mellon University create technology that produced transcripts from context-specific speech, such as voice-controlled versions of chess games.
In the 1990s, Nuance built on this approach by developing Dragon, software that could transcribe single speakers who spoke clearly in low-noise environments. This product and its n-gram (uni, bi or tri-gram language) model usage were revolutionary at the time and are still used today, however they are too costly, time-consuming, and insufficient to carry out AI-driven analytics that digitally minded enterprises require.
Then, in the 2010s, Nuance, Google and Amazon made ASR work with multiple speakers in noisy environments by replacing parts of their speech recognition technology with neural networks. This hybrid approach was a big step for general purpose transcription—for example transcribing audio based on common vocabulary found on sites like Wikipedia—but still isn't accurate or fast enough to recognize enterprise-specific voice data sets.
The newest approach, end-to-end deep learning, allows enterprises to quickly train the ASR to accurately and efficiently recognize dialects, accents and multiple languages. Unlike its predecessors, it does not use n-gram models to convert sounds to text. Instead, the transcription engine is made up entirely of neural networks. To customize these models, you feed it labeled data, enabling the neural network to learn to recognize that data more effectively moving forward. End-to-end deep learning ASR eliminates customization problems—enabling engineers to stop hard coding changes into models—and instead use that time to analyze text and build sentiment models to gain more valuable insights from their voice data.
Popular Business Use Cases
For enterprises considering an end-to-end deep learning ASR approach, there are many diverse use cases that help illustrate its impact. For example, call centers and companies with large call volumes leverage ASR to automatically find meaningful information hiding in their thousands of hours of call recordings, helping them get inside customers' minds. Insurance companies use ASR to stay compliant with government and industry regulations by recording calls and providing meeting summaries, saving millions of dollars in the long run. Sales enablement platforms also use ASR to track trends and deliver insights into sales calls for coaching purposes—helping sales teams close more deals. In case it's helpful to visualize, below is a chart to demonstrate a few key internal and external use cases.
How Enterprises can Utilize ASR:
Current Limitations of ASR
While ASR has come a long way since its inception, the technology isn't perfect. Diminished accuracy is one of its current limitations. Just as you can't jump into any conversation in the world and immediately understand what's being discussed, general ASR models can struggle with picking up accents, industry specific terms and languages. After all, enterprise audio data typically involves multiple speakers who have varying vocal attributes and a tendency to speak over one another, which can reduce accuracy as a result.
The limited ability of an ASR model to form and recall memories is another major limitation. If a human is transcribing audio data and doesn't understand a specific term the first time around, he or she can gain additional knowledge later in the call that will allow them to go back and update the first reference. An ASR system, on the other hand, can't store memories or make these connections to the same degree. Say a tri-gram ASR model is analyzing one word in particular. It can retain the previous two words that were said (hence the three in tri-gram), but will drop all three words from memory once its evaluation is complete. This presents an accuracy challenge in long-form audio. With 150 words said per minute, on average, even a 15-second clip of an audio file can include 40 spoken words, which can lead to various missed context clues on the ASR model's part.
Lastly, most ASR models are also not computationally efficient. Using ASR technology is resource-intensive—it takes up memory, uses resources from other areas, and will drain your battery (if you're a consumer) and your budget (if you're an enterprise) if you're not careful. New 100% deep learning-based methods are changing this in a big way.
Looking Ahead to New and Improved ASR Models
Speech is an important problem to solve—more than a single feature, it is a strategic asset that will power the next wave of applications and give call center, retail and tech industries access to an untapped and valuable resource. ASR that is selected intelligently, can create highly accurate transcripts and open the door to insights that lead to lower costs, higher revenue and improve overall business performance.
Looking ahead to the next few years, I predict that ASR will evolve in a few ways. Larger ASR models will become more strong and effective. Smaller ASR models, such as one in an edge device like a smartphone, will be refined to take up less memory while maintaining a high level of accuracy. I believe that speech recognition will also continue to evolve in terms of accuracy and understanding, powering more definite and insightful insights overall. To evoke Oprah's "you get a car" meme, there used to only be one available speech recognition model, but now there can be millions that get you and your business.
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Presto: Open Source for the Enterprise
Presto addresses a real need for a portable SQL on Hadoop tool. It is architected from the ground up for high performance interactive query processing. Open source is a fount of continual innovation, especially with regard to big data. In addition, there are strong tools that come with specific Hadoop distributions. The fact is that organizations will deploy multiple tools. For organizations moving toward a Unified Data Architecture, the rationale for adopting Presto is even stronger.


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By Erin Knight | December 16, 2021
Christmas may be one of the last holidays that crosses most religious and cultural lines; there aren't too many individuals and families who don't celebrate it in some way, shape or form. For many, it's a time to come together no matter who we are or what we believe. Because of this, Christmas could just be the most perfect time of year to reach out and get to know your neighbours. Here are some great ideas we've compiled!
The Refugee Committee of Meadowlands Fellowship CRC ("MFCRC") has been very active for the last 7 years. During that time, the committee has helped eight (8) families – a total of 39 people – move from places of desperation to settlement away from conflict and into a place of peace and hope for their futures. In order to support another refugee family that the church is working hard to bring to Canada, the committee held a unique fundraiser on Saturday, November 6th: an online Arabic cooking class!
We all like to be helpful, don't we? Opening a door for the elderly man walking with a cane, making a meal for a neighbour or friend when they are sick or just overwhelmed with life, lending a hand at the school fundraiser, and the list goes on. These kinds of 'helps' are wonderful and meaningful and are a wonderful way to bless another person.
So as we enter into the Christmas season, many of us are looking for even more ways we can help those who are less fortunate than us. But what if I told you that some helping doesn't really help?
Ongoing Care and Connection Despite Covid Helps London Ministry Thrive
By admin | November 2, 2021
Sanctuary London has always at its core been about creating relationships with people experiencing oppression and exclusion. Overnight Covid changed the way Sanctuary interacted with each other. In many ways, they went from being intentionally and intensely relational to a service-driven, needs-based ministry. Despite the many challenges, Covid has affirmed their mission and they have continued on!
NewGround Helps London Church Offer Affordable Counselling
By admin | August 4, 2021
Good News Church recently received a NewGround grant in order to partner with the Community Counselling Centre of London, which offers affordable counselling services. This partnership has become a beautiful, reciprocal relationship that is bearing all kinds of fruit. Check out the story now!
Apart, Yet A Part of God's Kingdom Work
By Erin Knight | July 13, 2021
One of the key components of a NewGround partnership is how it supports its partners with learning and networking opportunities; the main one being the annual Ministry Networking Day!
For the first time ever, the annual Ministry Networking Day was held entirely virtually. And while participants were apart and were unable to gather in the same room due to provincial restrictions, one theme resounded during the afternoon spent together: while we remain apart, we are still a part of God's great Kingdom, serving in a variety of spaces and places in His name!
Community Garden puts People before Plants
When asked where the idea for a community garden came from, Pastor Marcel deRegt noted that the idea came to him as he was looking out over some of the church property, wondering how that "resource" could be better utilized to serve their broader community. He also shared about Gateway's desire to be so involved and impactful in the community, that if they were to close their doors, the broader community would not just notice the vacant building, but would be grieved at the loss. He wondered if the community gardens could be another way the church could invest in and work with their local community.
Bowmanville Church Remains "Wide Open" to Local Community During Pandemic
As the pandemic closed the physical doors of Rehoboth CRC last spring, the church continued to look for ways to be 'wide open' to their local community in new and creative ways.
They were able to do this with the help of a Covid-19 Grant from Diaconal Ministries Canada and World Renew Canada.
BC Youth Centre Provides a Safe Harbour with Help of NewGround Partnership
By Erin Knight | April 29, 2021
Mission Youth House, also known as MY House, in Mission, BC, is a collaborative initiative to provide a place for youth to eat, shower, do laundry, access medical care and other services and receive help from caring adults. Mission Hills Community CRC has been a key partner in providing counseling to staff, prayer support, financial donations and volunteer support. In order to grow the ministry and move more into the spiritual transformational work within the ministry, they knew they needed some help.
Enter NewGround…
Teen from Sonlight CRC Cares for Homeless with a Covid-19 Grant
By admin | March 22, 2021
Hope Booy is a young adult at Sonlight CRC in Regina. She was awarded a COVID-19 grant from World Renew and Diaconal Ministries Canada to put together a backpack of essential supplies for the homeless people she saw in her community.
Watch this story now!


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Court Authorizes FBI to Remove Web Shells from Compromised Microsoft Exchange Servers
On April 13, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") executed a court-authorized removal of malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the U.S.
Earlier this year, hacking groups exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server software to access e-mail accounts and install web shells on victim computers for continued, unauthorized access to U.S. networks. While many affected system owners were able to successfully remove the web shells from thousands of computers, hundreds of web shells remained. The FBI's operation removed the remaining web shells by issuing a command through the web shells to the server, which was designed to cause the server to delete only the web shells. According to Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery of the Southern District of Texas, "Combatting cyber threats requires partnerships with private sector and government colleagues. This court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers shows our commitment to use any viable resource to fight cyber criminals."
According to the DOJ, the FBI is attempting to provide notice of the court-authorized operation to all owners or operators of the computers from which the FBI removed the hacking group's web shells. For those owners and operators with publicly available contact information, the FBI will send an e-mail message from an official FBI e-mail account (@FBI.gov) notifying the owner or operator of the search. For those owners and operators whose contact information is not publicly available, the FBI will send an e-mail message from the same FBI e-mail account to providers (such as an owner or operator's ISP) who are believed to have the contact information and ask them to provide notice to the owner or operator.
For more information, see the DOJ's press release.
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(OMNS Jan 8 2019) The 35th annual report from the American Association of Poison Control Centers (1) shows zero deaths from vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, niacin, pyridoxine (B-6), or from any other B-vitamin. There were no deaths from multiple vitamins, adult or pediatric.
One single allegation of death from chronic vitamin D overdose is listed in Table 21, p 170 and then repeated in Table 22-B, page 203. It is described as "AR-D," an Adverse Reaction, Drug. The Relative Contribution to Fatality (RCF) is 3 (on a 6-point scale where 1 is highest), which means "contributory." Although details are not provided, it appears that the individual took vitamin D long-term and died but causality could not be established.
There were zero deaths from any dietary mineral supplement. This means there were no fatalities from calcium, magnesium, chromium, zinc, colloidal silver, selenium, iron, or multimineral supplements.
The AAPCC report shows no deaths from amino acids, creatine, blue-green algae, glucosamine, or chondroitin. There were no deaths from herbs. This means no deaths at all from blue cohosh, echinacea, ginkgo biloba, ginseng, kava kava, St. John's wort, valerian, yohimbe, ma huang/ephedra, guarana, kola nut, or yerba mate. While the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service does not consider a number of these to rightly be dietary supplements, they are included by AAPCC as causing zero fatalities.
There were no deaths from any homeopathic remedy, Asian medicine, or ayurvedic medicine. None.
A fatality from some "Unknown Single Ingredient Botanical" and a single death from an "Unknown Energy Drink" are both reported on page 197. The obvious uncertainly of such listings diminishes any claim of validity.
Click to view the NPDS report.
One unsubstantiated death attributed to melatonin is also reported. Melatonin toxicity is low. For mice, the oral dose that would kill half the animals receiving it (LD 50) is 1,250 milligrams per kilogram body weight. (2) For a human, this would amount to consuming around 10 or more entire bottles of melatonin, all at one time.
If nutritional supplements are allegedly so "dangerous," as the FDA, the news media, and even some physicians still claim, then where are all those bodies?


It's time to plan your August eating schedule.
Wellington On a Plate is back. This huge 17-day food festival is heading into its ninth year from 11-27 August, and those who haven't experienced it before might be surprised by how much it dictates life for that fortnight. Talk of burger spreadsheets take over office kitchens, lunch breaks become very long to fit more eating in, and bleary-eyed friends and colleagues wax lyrical about last night's event — which of course sold out in June.
Rose Young aka Tiny Portions is a Wellington-based artist whose miniscule food sculptures make me say 'HOWWWW' out loud as I scroll through her Instagram. In the spirit of last year's amazing free exhibition of wobbly art by Jellyologist Jessica Mentis, An Exhibition of Tiny Portions is a free exhibition of adorable little homages to some of the meals that have defined the Wellington food scene over the last few decades. No bookings required for this one, just pop to Thistle Hall.
I lived through several Welly On a Plates as a vegetarian, which I clearly found a struggle as I ended up breaking a dozen years of meat-free living with Hummingbird's outrageously tender beef cheek in their 2015 Dine Wellington menu. So, I know how annoying it can be to have dietary requirements during a culinary festival. Although I'm now omnivorous, I cannot wait to try always excellent Cuba St haunt Five & Dime's Burger Wellington entry this year, which boasts an 'impossible' vegetarian patty among classic cheeseburger ingredients. Intriguing.
Ah, toast, the most marvellous of foods, the great culinary leveler — I love that piling anything onto toasted bread can transform it into a legit meal. Every weekday of Welly On a Plate this year will see a different chef, producer or supplier serving up one sweet and one savoury rendition of toast from a CBD spot, so you don't even have to wait til lunchtime to get stuck into the festival.
If you like beer, you need to go to Beervana. If you think maybe you could potentially like beer but you haven't really found the one for you yet, you need to go to Beervana. If you think you don't like beer, you need to go to Beervana. This massive celebration of beer is the best place to taste new breweries, new styles and new favourites. Even seasoned beer drinkers will find exciting new bevvies among the hundreds on offer - many of them limited edition - and there's amazing street food, live music and, yes, a silent disco to go along with it.
In the great debate of which yum cha spot in Wellington is the greatest, I back Regal. Their pork is the most succulent, their coconut buns the softest, their dumplings the most flavoursome. I am stoked that Garage Project is collaborating with Regal to celebrate 15 years of slinging incredibly good food, and bringing out some new Chinese-inspired beers to match. GP really know how to host events — if last year's Tokyo Taphouse is anything to go by, this will be a very boozy and very tasty night to remember.
The theme of Welly On a Plate this year is 'celebrating food as part of New Zealand's culture', and swanky Jano Bistro have taken this and run with it on their Dine Wellington set menu. At $75 for three courses including a drink, it's an affordable entry point for fine dining, and the menu features gourmet incarnations of some very special Kiwi dishes — tinned spaghetti, a BBQ, flat whites and Friday night takeout.
Back in ye olde days of Welly On a Plate, a pop-up Oyster Saloon was one of the most popular events, always featuring obscenely long wait times. After a couple of years without a bivalve-centric event, the good folk at Garage Project are turning the carpark of their Marion St Wild Workshop into a shellfish spectacular, combining beer with Yellow Brick Road oysters care of Martin Bosley. Line your stomach before a night out, or round off your evening with this absolute pearler of a pair.
Sweet Release Cakes & Treats is an vegan eatery that is the last place you'd ever spot a wholesome Buddha bowl or raw salad. Their Welly On a Plate event embodies their message that vegan food doesn't have to be virtuous — there are plenty of plant-based junk food treats out there, including vegan fried 'chicken', milkshakes and cakes, to change the way you think about comfort food.
If you've got the nous to coordinate five friends, I commend you, and you should get tickets to Shepherd's The Number of the Feast. The very mysterious description gives little away, other than that you need to be a table of six and will be hit with six courses of fire and spice-themed kai. Every morsel that Shepherd produce is flawless, so trust them to make this a wicked night.


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What's going on with Louie & The Redhead?
What's going on with Louie & The Redhead Lady?
This question about the Cajun and Creole restaurant is nothing new.
The restaurant originated in Mandeville, Louisiana, on the New Orleans Northshore, where it operated for a few years, before moving to Bay St. Louis in 2015. It stayed there for about a year, then opened in Gulfport earlier this year.
So what's going on with Louie and The Redhead Lady now?
I'm certain that was asked before the owners made their moves from Mandeville to Bay St. Louis to Gulfport.
Their Gulfport location on 30th Avenue near downtown has handwritten "closed" signs posted at its two entrances.
I hope it's not closed for good. I've never been to the restaurant in any of its incarnations, but was looking forward to trying one of its egg dishes or one of its Creole lunch specials until I saw the "closed" signs. Now I've given up.
The last Yelp review was posted June 12 and I've had no luck getting to the restaurant's website.
Who has been to Louie & the Redhead? Anybody have any clues about the fate of this restaurant?
Shoot me an email at [email protected] and I'll post your answers if you are OK with that.
Who collects Snickers candy bars?
I do. With all the free time I have in four months of retirement so far, I'll go through boxes of Snickers at the grocery store in search of just one thing that will satisfy me: A strong descriptive word.
I like candy, though I'm more of an M&M's and Nestle Crunch fan. I like words, too, and Snickers bars have words I really like. I also like the wrappers' font, typography and blue letters with a white background.
The words appear on the wrappers in an ongoing ploy to get customers to buy more of the candy bars.
I was going to say chew on that with your sweet tooth, but I might have to edit that out before I publish this.
I'm not interested in eating the candy. I'm interested in collecting the wrappers, and here are my favorite words so far.
Some of these words describe me. The other words might describe you, and I think I know you.
All I'm missing is IRASCIBLE to complete my collection.
Who is oldest player in BIG3 League?
The oldest player in the new BIG3 League scored just 8 points in his team's first game Sunday, but he hit two big shots down the stretch in a victory at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf is the oldest player and his team, the 3-Headed Monsters, beat the Ghost Ballers 62-60. The screen grab above shows the game's scoring timeline.
Abdul-Rauf was a spectacular outside shooting point guard known as Chris Jackson when he starred at Gulfport High School in Mississippi and at LSU. He grew up in the Soria City neighborhood of Gulfport, just west of my neighborhood, and would shoot playground hoops at Second Street Park.
As a sportswriter, I just might have covered one or two or three of his high school games.
Some people thought he would become the next Isiah Thomas in the NBA, though he was more like Stephen Curry long before anyone knew Dell Curry had any children.
Abdul-Rauf played nine seasons in the NBA, most of them with the Denver Nuggets, who made him the third pick overall in the 1990 NBA draft. He changed his name to Abdul-Rauf in 1993 after converting to Islam in 1991.
On Sunday, he stood with his teammates and prayed during the national anthem, a practice going back to the 1995-96 season with the Nuggets, when he was suspended one game for sitting out the anthem because of his belief the American flag is a symbol of oppression.
Abdul-Rauf was 29 then and is 48 now, part of a traveling 3-on-3 pro basketball show that will tour the country this summer.
This is the eighth pro league for Abdul-Rauf, a global traveler who played in six countries (the last in Japan in 2011) after his NBA career.
The BIG3 League has eight teams featuring such former NBA players as Abdul-Rauf, Allen Iverson, Jason Williams, Mike Bibby, Bonzi Wells and Kenyon Martin. Xavier Silas, 29, is the youngest player in the league and Jerome Williams, 44, is the second-oldest.
Four Sunday games are scheduled at each stop and they are aired on FS1 on Mondays. If you watch the telecasts, you might even see 4-point shots, one of the league's innovations.
Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and Lexington, Kentucky, are among the other tour stops and Las Vegas will host the championship Aug. 26.
Abdul-Rauf's coach in the BIG3 League is Gary Payton, also 48 years old and like Abdul-Rauf a member of the 1990 NBA draft class.
And where was Payton selected? The Seattle SuperSonics made Payton the second pick overall, one spot ahead of Abdul-Rauf.
It's time to play the game Tilly or not Tilly?
It's time to play the popular Facebook game known as Tilly or not Tilly?
Is that Tilly in the photo? The picture was taken Sunday, June 25, at 4 p.m. Or is that a big old girl from Chattanooga, Tennessee? Chattanooga is close to the town where Tilly was born in 2013.
Email me with your answer and I'll see what happens.
The ruins of this basketball are proof it's too hot for playground hoops.
Actually, it's too hot for anything. Just stay inside, sit under the air conditioner and have a two big slices of your mama's pecan pie or cobia cobbler with three tall glasses of high-fat chocolate milk.
The problem with the heat on Sunday, June 25, is that summer just started and it's already feeling like August. It was 92 degrees at 7 p.m.
What will August feel like when it arrives?
Perhaps it will feel like that basketball looks.
Did the ball explode because of the heat?
Did it have too much air?
Did a truck run over it?
Did the truck run over it while scraping the Coast?
My suspicion is that a Scrapin the Coast truck hit the ball on Highway 90 in West Biloxi and dragged it all the way to the Walgreens parking lot at Highway 49 and Pass Road in Gulfport, where I found it at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Going back to the biography Hunter Davies wrote in 1968, when I was 16 years old, I have at least 20 books about the Beatles.
Did I really need to read another one? Yes, I did.
The collection of essays is really a book of stories that are deep, meaningful and emotional.
A Beatles obsessive will go in with a lot of knowledge and will learn even more.
The stories are personal, familial, analytical and opinionated.
They offer fresh takes. There are twists and turns.
All of this makes me happy, just like a Beatles record makes me happy.
Tilly is our 4-year-old basset hound, and since her name is in the title of this blog, I'm required to have something related to Tilly to help me get clicks.
One of the ways I hope Tilly will get me clicks is the game I play on my Facebook page: Tilly or not Tilly?
This blog's first Tilly or not Tilly? is inspired by a video I saw on "Inside Edition" on Tuesday. Don't ask me why I was watching "Inside Edition." I will just tell you. I was stranded in the house until 5:30 p.m. because of rain from Tropical Storm Cindy.
You can see the video here. Tilly or not Tilly?
Pictures of Tilly is the title of this new blog and the name is inspired by The Who song "Pictures of Lily" and our family's 4-year-old basset hound, Matilda, better known as Tilly.
The blog will be about my many interests, Tilly being one of them. You can expect to see pictures of Tilly. I just might have one running with this post. The thing is that the blog will not be pet-centric.
I've got so many other things I want to write about: The Beatles, books, bootlegs, pizza, po-boys, gyros, New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, Covington, Madisonville, Mandeville, sports, TV, movies, art and photography.
In recent years, I've written about my favorite food on my Give Pizza A Chance Facebook page and I've written about my favorite music on my Tripe Face Boogie Facebook page. Some of the posts on this blog will have the spirit of Give Pizza A Chance and Tripe Face Boogie.
And if I think of anything else I like, I will write about that, too. Oh, yeah. Maybe doughnuts.
For now, this is a work in progress, but I have the time and the patience to speed up the process.
This post was originally published Monday on a free WordPress site. It's being reprinted with some rewrites after I paid for a Go Daddy-hosted WordPress site with all the SEO bells and whistles.
I have a lot of time for writing about my interests. I retired from the Sun Herald newspaper on March 3, 2017, after 45 years and now every day is a day off and every week is a week's vacation.
My plan is never to take a day off from blogging.
What else might I write about this week?


beading, hunting, fishing, trapping and tanning moose and caribou hides.
As a young child, Spitzer's father was taken away from his family and sent to a school where he forgot much of his native culture, as part of a Canadian government policy in which indigenous youths were sent to church-run residential schools. The goal of the program, which ran until 1996, was to assimilate native children into Canadian society.


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U.S. terror suspects accused of targeting Marine base
"Two men charged in North Carolina last month with plotting terrorist attacks overseas also planned to attack the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, authorities said on Thursday.
The two were among seven suspects arrested in August for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and for conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people overseas."
(Source: U.S. terror suspects accused of targeting Marine base | U.S. | Reuters)
FBI Arrests Man Trying To Bomb Fountain Place Skyscraper Downtown – Dallas Texas
Dallas Police have arrested Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year-old Jordanian citizen after he allegedly placed a device described as an inactive car bomb near a skyscraperin downtown Dallas.
Breaking reports say Smadi was charged with "attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction."
Apparently according to news reports, Smadi had been under FBI surveillance for some time after expressing "his desire to commit violent jihad" numerous times.
24 People Reportedly Under Observation in NYC-Colorado Terror Probe
Submitted by Fred on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 4:40pm.
Sept. 22: Washington police cars are stationed outside the Verizon Center stadium, where the Wizards play basketball and the Capitals play hockey.
Terror suspect held without bail; alert issued
"An airport shuttle driver under arrest in Colorado may have been planning with others to detonate backpack bombs on New York City trains in a terrorism plot similar to past attacks on London's and Madrid's mass-transit systems, officials said.
The investigation into the possible terror plot has prompted counterterrorism officials to warn mass-transit systems around the nation to step up patrols.
Officials Worry NY Terror Plot 'Still Alive' as Case Broadens
Law enforcement officials say the alleged terror plot against New York City may be "still alive" despite the arrest of its alleged ringleader, 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi of Denver, Colorado.
"I have never been so worried," said one senior law enforcement official with more than a dozen years of experience in counter-terrorism investigations.
Target Of NYC Bomb Plot Probe Skips Questioning
Submitted by Fred on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 11:53am.
A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Colorado didn't report for a fourth day of FBI questioning Saturday so he could spend a much-needed day with his attorney, the attorney's spokeswoman said.
Zazi had been scheduled to go to the Federal Building in Denver on Saturday. But Wendy Aiello, a spokeswoman for Zazi's defense team, told The Associated Press that Zazi and his attorney contacted the FBI to cancel the meeting.
FBI Arrests Afghan Men Connected With Terrorism Probe
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested three men from Afghanistan on charges of making false statements in connection with a terrorist investigation, according to the Department of Justice.
Federal authorities in Colorado arrested Najibullah Zazi, 24, and his father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, the Justice Department said in an e-mailed statement. The third man, Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, was apprehended in New York.
Eight Years After 9/11: Why Osama bin Laden Failed By Tony Karon
The moon rises over lower Manhattan as the "Tribute in Lights" illuminates the sky on the anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2008
Al-Qaida: Tales from Bin Laden's volunteers
Eight years after the attack on New York, intelligence reports from captured western recruits suggest the terror network is weakening
Al-Qaida propaganda photograph showing explosives training in Algeria. Photograph: Redux/The New York Times
DHS: How many terrorist did you catch today? by Chris Battle
I am still a bit surprised when I hear this question: How many terrorists has the Department of Homeland Security caught? Probably for most employees at DHS, it's an odd question. Which is why it's a critical public relations matter. Most Americans still don't understand the mission of DHS.
Why is it an odd question? It's not DHS's job to catch terrorists, per se.


Kingston CCG is committed to reducing inequalities in health and health care for the people of Kingston.
What are Kingston CCG's equality and diversity objectives?
How is equality considered in NHS commissioning in Kingston?
An equality analysis is completed before any of our commissioning projects are carried out. This makes sure the project has considered the impact it will have on communities particularly protected by the Equality Act 2010.
As a result of undertaking our last equality audit (EDS2) we identified the need to develop links with local organisations working with children and young people, people with dementia and people with learning disabilities. These groups are included in our ongoing engagement programme.
The service areas chosen for the equality audit this year will be informed by quality and performance monitoring of services as well as feedback from local people about the services we commission.
We have a duty to have regard to the need to reduce inequalities in access to health services and the outcomes achieved for patients.
In partnership with Healthwatch Kingston and South West London Health and Care Partnership we have been involved with a programme of grassroots engagement to ensure we hear the views of groups with protected characteristics to address barriers to healthcare and health inequalities. This included engaging with people with learning disabilities, homeless, affected by social and economic deprivation, older people, carers and those with long term conditions.


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Numilog est une entreprise algérienne de la logistique et de la gestion de la chaîne logistique (supply chain management). Créée en 2007, avec une implantation sur plusieurs pays Algérie, Tunisie, Maroc, France et Italie. Numilog est le leader de la logistique en Algérie.

Histoire
Numilog est créée en 2007 par l'industriel Issad Rebrab, elle est une filiale du groupe Cevital.

En , Numilog s'implante au Maroc, avec un objectif d'être dans le top trois des opérateurs logistiques au Maroc.

En , Numilog inaugure un entrepôt moderne en France à Saint-Martin-de-Crau, d'une surface de  et de 11,60 m de hauteur.

Activités
Numilog dispose en Algérie de  de surface d'entreposage constituées de trois plates-formes de tri à Bouira, Oran et Constantine, trois agences de transport à Bouira, Oran et Béjaïa et trente-cinq centres logistiques régionaux.

La plateforme de Bouira d'une surface , dont  à température dirigée, la plus grande en Afrique. Construite selon les normes internationales, elle permet le chargement et déchargement des camions en moins de demi-heure.

Notes et références

Lien externe
 Site officiel

Entreprise de logistique ayant son siège en Algérie
Cevital
Entreprise fondée en 2007

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


As 2014 quickly approaches, here are a handful of food-related projections – covering everything from modified fruit packaging to increased vegetable consumption to a growing wine demand – to keep an eye on.
As always, the agricultural landscape is evolving and expanding. For growers and consumers alike, it's important to be aware of food trends and, if necessary, adjust accordingly.
Corn: The cost of corn is markedly lower. Today, it's at $4.50/bu. (compared to $7 back in 2012), rendering this crop more affordable as livestock feeder. What's more, the lower prices will fuel greater consumption of corn, increased exports, and more production of ethanol.
Soybeans: Demand is on the rise, yet the price will remain the same, $13/bu.
Wheat: Demand for U.S. wheat is projected to stay pretty consistent and remain limited to feed or to mill.
Wine: Worldwide, wine consumption is on the rise. U.S. winemakers are even expanding their grape acreage to match the growing demand abroad (especially in China – the greatest growth market for American winemakers).
Hemp: Many states are lifting their restrictions on growing this crop, a cousin of Marijuana, which is used to produce hemp oil, protein powders, and an array of other products.
Fruit: We've got good news for nature's dessert! Turns out, fruit is expected to taste even sweeter in 2014 thanks to an enhanced packaging method. Tomatoes are also experiencing a flavor revolution. Two new hybrids of tomatoes have recently been created, which rumor has it, knock it out of the park in consumer taste tests. Anticipated for a 2014 release, these tomatoes are suitable for non-commercial growers.
Veggies: Vegetable consumption is on the rise, as consumers realize the great health benefits. It's thought that demand may beat supply, undoubtedly boosting costs for growers, packers, grocers, and consumers.
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Ready for one of the easiest and quickest low carb chicken recipes ever? Here it is! Low carb salsa chicken comes together in a snap and is perfect for weeknights or anytime. Use your favorite low carb salsa, chicken tenders and cheese (optional) to make this recipe the whole family will love! Let's get started!
Step 1: Place chicken tenders in an oven safe casserole dish. You may use chicken breast instead if you wish.
Step 2: Use you favorite low carb salsa. If you prefer, you may make your own.
Pour salsa over chicken tenders. Place in oven to bake until tenders are fully cooked.
Step 3: Place cheese over salsa chicken and melt (if desired).
As you can see, this makes a super easy recipe that is perfect for family or guests. If you are looking for more Mexican recipes. try my low carb chili relleno casserole recipe.
Low carb salsa chicken is a simple and easy recipe the whole family will love. 3 ingredients- Use your favorite low carb salsa, chicken tenders and cheese.
Place chicken in an ovenproof pan then pour salsa over.
Bake for 20 minutes or until chicken temp reaches 165 ℉. Place cheese slices over salsa chicken then return pan to oven to melt cheese.