NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Geoff McKechnie said two officers could easily have been killed after they were shot while attending a domestic dispute in northern New South Wales.
Last night, three officers were called to a house on Church Street in Glen Innes and had a short discussion with a 74-year-old man, before he opened fire on them with a rifle.
NSW Police said a male sergeant was shot in the side of the face and a female senior constable was struck in the neck, before they were able to escape.
The three officers escaped and called for backup and were providing first-aid for one another when a third gunshot was heard.
When police entered the home, they found the 74-year-old man dead and a 59-year-old woman was found nearby with minor injuries.
The Police Association of NSW said it was a "horrific shooting incident" and shockwaves were sent through the police and family community.
Speaking with media, Assistant Commissioner McKechnie said the officers in stable condition in Gold Coast Hospital.
"We're very mindful that last night we could have lost two officers very easily here in this incident," he said.
"Thank goodness we haven't and the whole police family wishes them both a speedy and full recovery from their injuries."
Neighbour Wayne Hart said he heard a pair loud bangs, which he initially believed to be firecrackers.
"I jumped out of bed to look out the front window to see if there was a crash or something, because it just sounded so close," he said.
Mr Hart thought nothing of it and went back to sleep.
It wasn't until his wife, who was in Queensland at the time, messaged him in the morning did he realise how serious it was.
A critical incident investigation team has been formed and will be assisted by members from the homicide squad.


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Senior Energy Researcher
ellena@umn.edu
From 2012 to 2014, Anderson was senior advisor on energy and environment to Gov. Mark Dayton and assisted the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board on energy and environmental issues. Anderson helped coordinate state climate change planning, led the implementation of Gov. Dayton's Executive Order 11-32, including organizing the EQB's Minnesota Environmental Congress, issuing Minnesota's Environment and Energy Report Card, and initiating and drafting the EQB's Minnesota and Climate Change: Our Tomorrow Starts Today report.
In March 2011 Gov. Dayton appointed Anderson chair of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, where she served until early 2012.
Anderson served in the Minnesota Senate from 1993 to 2011 and was re-elected five times, representing several neighborhoods of St. Paul and the city of Falcon Heights. She chaired the Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee; the Commerce Committee; the Energy and Telecommunications Committee; and the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Finance Committee. Her signature legislation includes the Renewable Energy Standard, the Community Based Energy Development law, the Next Generation Energy Act, and many other energy and consumer protection laws, including a law raising the minimum wage; cthe Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment (co-author); the Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Act; and the first law in the nation, now in federal law, protecting nursing mothers in the workplace.
Anderson holds a B.A. from Carleton College and J.D. cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School. She was an adjunct faculty member at Metropolitan State University and the University of Minnesota, teaching courses in law, energy, and sustainability. She has served in numerous leadership and community volunteer positions and received dozens of awards for her leadership in energy, environment, and economic and social justice. Most recently, Anderson received the 2013 Ecological Society of America Regional Policy Award for Informing Policy with Ecological Science and served on the advisory committee for the 2014 Midwest Innovation Summit. She currently serves as a member of the Citizens League Electrical Energy Study Committee, an observer to the e21 project on new utility business models, and the advisory boards for the U of MN Joint Degree Program in Law, Science & Technology and the Will Steger Foundation.
Ellen is married and has two teenage sons. She enjoys reading, travel, gardening, bicycling, hiking and the great outdoors.

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'Wagyu' refers to all Japanese beef cattle, where 'Wa' means Japanese and 'gyu' means cow. We cross our Wagyu bulls with the best American Black Angus cows in the country to result in highly marbled meat with the beefy Angus flavor we all know and love.
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How to create a Cartesian join (cross join) between two tables in Excel, using Microsoft Query. This connects all items in table 1 with all items in table 2, to list all possible combinations.
In this example, there are two tables -- Raw Materials and Packaging -- and each table is on a separate worksheet.
The Raw Materials table is on the sheet named Materials, and the Packaging table is on the sheet named Packaging.
The third sheet in the workbook is named Combined, and this is where the query results will be stored.
To create the Cartesian (cross) join, you'll use MS Query.
In the Select Workbook window, locate and select the current workbook, and click OK.
Click Materials$, and click the arrow to put the Raw Materials column in the query.
Click Cancel, to close the Query Wizard, and click Yes when prompted.
In Microsoft Query, double-click on Raw Materials in the Materials$ table, to add it to the query grid.
Then, double-click on Packaging, to add it to the query grid.
Click the Return Data button, to send the data to Excel.
It might take a few seconds, but then the Import Data window will open.
Select the cell on the worksheet where you want to place the query results, and click OK.
A table is created, and shows all the items from each table, in all possible combinations.
You can add formulas to the table, in a new column. The formulas will automatically adjust if the source tables are changed.
A new column is automatically included in the table.
Then, copy the formula down to the last row of data in the table.
You can update the source tables, and then update the query results table, to show the revised data.
Add a new item to each of the source tables. In this example, Boxes was added to the Packaging list, and Cream was added to the Raw Materials list.
On the Excel Ribbon, click the Data tab, and click Refresh All.
The new items are shown in the updated query results table.
In the Select Workbook window, locate and select the new workbook, and click OK.
If the file name or location will change frequently, you can use programming to automatically change the file location in the connection.
Paste the following code -- FixQueryConnection -- into a regular module in the workbook, and then run the code when the workbook opens, by adding a Workbook_Open event.
This code was tested in Excel 2010 (32-bit), and might need to be adjusted for other versions of Excel.
strPath = ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\"
strQry = "Query from Excel Files"
strCmd = "SELECT `Materials$`.`Raw Materials`, `Packaging$`.Packaging "
strCmd = strCmd & "FROM `Materials$` `Materials$`, `Packaging$` `Packaging$`"
strConn = strConn & ";DriverId=790;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=5;"


THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OCT 6 (And last) WINNER: KENNYPROMAN!!
I guess with the completion of the Tourney Of Champions, this is probably the best time to act on what has been on my mind for several weeks: the termination of the Ginmistress Gin Tournament.
I started it on December 19, 1999 and watched it grow to a level of 35 players taking part each week. The addition of the Tourney of Champs added an extra incentive and created an air of friendly competition. The joyful anticipation of joining my friends every Monday became a focal point to the extent that my week's activities revolved around our weekly tournament. This prompted the one with whom I share my love to suggest on more than one occasion that I "should get a life." Well, after several hours of reflection following last night's tourney, and more hours of reflection after a sleepless night, I have decided to take that advice.
The shrinking number of players has been a source of disappointment to me, but I accept the reality that after almost 4 years and 191 tournaments it is difficult to sustain an ongoing interest. I have been coping with this for several months, but that compounded a more serious problem which has made my situation untenable.
It is human nature that we sometimes encounter people with whom we cannot get along; such was the case in our group. My main challenge was to avoid pairing opponents whose regard for each other was less than complimentary. At the present time I had requests from six people not to be paired against certain opponents. With less than 20 players taking part it became an impossibility, and an undercurrent of covert animosity began to manifest itself when these pairings could not be avoided. I can handle anything but this, and the anxiety and inner turmoil it caused me finally led me to make my decision.
It's not a decision I have made lightly, and I do so with a feeling of sadness. But it struck me in the late hours of the morning that next Monday is Thanksgiving Day in Canada, and my association with you has given me something for which I can be thankful: your friendship. You have shared with me your personal stories, the stories and pictures of your children, grandchildren, spouses, and allowed me to share your joys and anxieties because you know I really care. And whether we chatted a little or a lot, my affection and respect for you is still there in equal measure for all of you.. Thanks for all your support and your thoughtfulness toward me.
Last update: OCT 6 10:00 PM E.T.
This is best-2-of-3 knockout tourney, 100-point games.
The tournament will be completed in one evening-no carry-overs.
Maximum number of participants will be 48.
There will be no byes in the first round unless there is an odd number of participants. Additional byes, if necessary will be be granted randomly, determined by the number of no-shows and the number of participants remaining.
Games: 100 points, knocking permitted, no time limit.
Waiting period: Players who are not in their places within fifteen minutes of the starting time will have to forfeit. Players who are booted or have to leave the game for any reason have 15 minutes to resume or forfeit.
If a game is suspended before it is completed, it will resume at the same score as was in effect when the game was halted. Please be sure to keep track of the scores after each hand.
It could take three hours, or more, to complete the tourney; therefore, chatting should be kept to a minimum and visiting and/or kibitzing should be discouraged.
If a player asks that the table be made private the host must comply with that request.
All participants will be included automatically in the next tournament. If you are unable to play on a given night, an email to that effect will move you to the following week's schedule. However, if you are no-show without giving notice you will be placed on the waiting list.
If a player gets booted the opponent should notifiy me so that I have a record of the time of the disconnect. This will assist in resolving disputes should any arise. Anyone who has the misfortune of being booted twice in the same match will have to forfeit that match. If a player is forced to withdraw for personal reasons his/her place will be taken by the player he/she just played in the previous match.
RATINGS: The player with the highest rating will be the host of the table. As such, that player has the option of making the game rated or unrated. This should alleviate the concerns of those who wish to protect their rating.
If you intend to participate please be in the lounge at least 10 minutes before game time.
Join the IBGINCLUB it is fun and free!!


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Born: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A popular Indian TV actress, Shruti Bapna is best known for playing roles such as `Nitika` in Saas Bina Sasural (2010-12) and `Vanditha` in Ye Hai Mohabbatein (2013-16). Having started her career in the TV industry, Shruti made her debut on the silver screen with a supporting in the critically acclaimed Bollywood film Wake up Sid (2009). Known for mostly playing small and supporting roles in feature films, Shruti maintained a fine balance between her work in films and TV. Some of her other notable film credits include Rowdy Rathore (2012), The Lunchbox (2013), Gabbar Is Back (2015) and Daddy (2017), His 2019 release includes Mardaani 2, directed by Gopi Puthran.
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Minna Gilligan Goes Retro
The illustrator and Rookie contributor talks about her groovy new book.
by Sue Williamson
Fans of the online magazine Rookie and its printed yearbooks are in for a treat: Longtime contributor Minna Gilligan has just released a book of her own. Inspired by the 24-year-old illustrator's vast vintage collection, Time After Time (Hardie Grant) features thrifting advice, retro styling tips, inspirational mood boards, and Gilligan's signature Technicolor illustrations. "I think this book is very generous in that there is always something to explore and revisit," says Gilligan. "I hope people feel inspired and liberated in their own realms of dressing." For Gilligan fans, the real treat is getting a glimpse of the girl behind the artwork. "I see dressing as part of my art practice, an important part!" says Gilligan. "So when the opportunity to make a book arose, I was keen to make a point with fashion." The Australian native is currently completing studio residency at Gertrude Contemporary and working on a large-scale painting exhibition opening in November. Beyond that she hopes to start designing her own collection. Fingers crossed!
Photos: Minna Gilligan Goes Retro
Time After Time. Courtesy of Rizzoli.


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Nürnberški proces protiv najvećih ratnih zločinaca, naziv je za prvo od sveukupno 13 suđenja njemačkim nacionasocijalistima koje su organizirali Saveznici po završetku Drugog svjetskog rata.

Suđenju je predsjedavalo osam sudaca (četiri glavna i jedan zamjenik za svakog suca (SAD, SSSR, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, Francuska).

Ukupno je optuženo 24 osobe po 4 točke optužnice: ratni zločini, zločini protiv čovječnosti, poticanje agresije, i poticanje ili sudjelovanje u zločinima protiv mira.

Optuženici

 Martin Bormann, šef Parteikanzleia i osobni tajnik Adolfa Hitlera
 Karl Dönitz, zapovjednik podmorničke flote, admiral flote i posljednji predsjednik Trećeg Reicha
 Hans Frank, vođa Opće Vlade u okupiranoj Poljskoj
 Wilhelm Frick, ministar unutarnjih poslova Trećeg Reicha
 Hans Fritzsche, novinar u ministarstvu propagande Trećeg Reicha
 Walther Funk, ministar gospodarstva Trećeg Reicha i predsjednik Reichsbanke
 Hermann Göring, zapovjednik Luftwaffea
 Rudolf Heß, osobni Hitlerov tajnik i njegov zamjenik
 Alfred Jodl, vođa operacijskog odjela oružanih snaga
 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, General policije i predsjednik RSHA-a,
 Wilhelm Keitel, generalfeldmaršal, načelnik glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga
 Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, diplomat i predsjednik tvrtke Friedrich Krupp AG. (Medicinski nesposoban za suđenje (preminuo 16. siječnja 1950.).
 Robert Ley, čelnik njemačke fronte rada (Počinio suicid 25. listopada 1945., prije početka suđenja)
 Konstantin von Neurath, ministar vanjskih poslova od 1932. do 1938. godine
 Franz von Papen, vice-kancelar u vladi Adolfa Hitlera
 Erich Raeder, zapovjednik Kriegsmarine
 Joachim von Ribbentrop, ministar vanjskih poslova
 Alfred Rosenberg, rasni teoretičar i ideolog
 Fritz Sauckel, opunomoćenik nacističkog programa robovske radne snage
 Hjalmar Schacht, predratni predsjednik Reichsbanke
 Baldur von Schirach, zapovjednik Hitlerove mladeži
 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, austrijski pravnik i funkcioner NSDAP
 Albert Speer, arhitekt i ministar naoružanja
 Julius Streicher, publicist i urednik tjednika Der Stürmer

Suđenje

Suđenje je počelo u 19. studenoga 1945., a završilo 15. listopada 1946. godine.

Oslobođena su samo trojica (Franz von Papen, Hjalmar Schacht i Hans Fritzsche) dok su ostali osuđeni na smrtne odnosno zatvorske kazne. Robert Ley je prije početka suđenja izvršio samoubojstvo vješanjem u svojoj ćeliji.

Smrtne presude izvršene su 16. listopada 1946. godine. Osuđenici na zatvorske kazne proslijeđeni su na izdržavanje kazne u berlinski zatvor Spandau.

Točke optužbe i presude
 Sudjelovanje u zavjeri te izvršenje protumirovnih zločina
 Planiranje, iniciranje i provođenje ratne agresije i drugih protumirovnih zločina
 Ratni zločini
 Zločin protiv čovječnosti

Odluke sudaca prema okrivljenicima

Zanimljivosti
Prije početka suđenja optuženici su bili podvrgnuti Rorschachovom testu mrlja kao i testu tematske apercepije. Svima je verificirana znad prosječna inteligencija.

Povezani članci
 Kamp Ashcan
 Nürnberški proces protiv nacističkih liječnika
 Nürnberška načela
 Nürnberški kodeks

Galerija

Izvori

Više informacija
 de Villemarest, Pierre, Untouchable - Who protected Bormann & Gestapo Müller after 1945..., Aquilion, 2005,
 Gilbert, G.M., Nuremberg Diary, Da Capo Press, 1995,
 Persico, Joseph E., Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, Penguin Books, 1994,
 Taylor, Telford, The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoir, Skyhorse, 1992,

Vanjske poveznice

 Official page of the Nuremberg City Museum
 Nuremberg Trials Project: A digital document collection Harvard Law School Library

Njemačka u Drugom svjetskom ratu
Nacizam
Drugi svjetski rat
Zaštićene stranice za neprijavljene suradnike
proces
Holokaust

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Mercari is taking on ESG initiatives! We discuss the importance of communicating corporate value on a global scale
On June 19, 2019, Mercari presented about its current efforts being taken towards ESG and sustainability. Standing for "Environment, Social and Governance," ESG is a concept held by western companies that is now spreading around the world as a vital factor linked to mid-term and long-term corporate growth.
Why is Mercari trying to tackle social and environmental issues rather than simply focusing on its own business growth? We interviewed our COO and ESG project owner Fumiaki Koizumi, along with project members Sumika Tabara, Kazuki Fukami, and Akiko Ichikawa. They discussed various topics including the pursuit of an ESG initiative characteristic of Mercari, the process involved, and the ideas behind the reusable "Mercari Eco Pack."
Koizumi mentions during the interview that Mercari has been a "paradox" for a long time. What exactly does he mean by that? Mercari was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index exactly a year ago, and has become even more deeply rooted in society since then. Because of that, we had many questions to ask regarding Mercari's future direction.
Sumika Tabara
Worked at Accenture and A.T. Kearney as a strategy consultant. She has contributed to companies in various industries including manufacturing, working on the planning of strategies for cost reduction and corporate growth, and supporting the launch of new businesses. She also worked with Interbrand as brand strategy consultant. After joining Mercari in October 2018, she worked on various projects as part of the COO Office. She currently handles branding and ESG projects.
Kazuki Fukami
Fukami joined Mercari in September 2017 after working for the marketing research firm Macromill, Inc. As part of the business development team, he oversaw the launch of the bicycle sharing service Merchari. He is now part of the COO Office, working on the promotion of ESG projects and sports sponsorships with teams like the Kashima Antlers.
Akiko Ichikawa
After working in corporate and individual asset management for Nikko Cordial Holdings, she completed a Pre-MBA course in New York. She then handled overseas operations and secretarial duties as part of the CEO Office at GungHo Online. Afterwards, she took on an IPO project for a startup. She joined Mercari in September 2018, and now works on ESG projects and secretarial duties as part of the COO Office.
Fumiaki Koizumi
Koizumi is the COO of Mercari, Inc. He joined Daiwa Securities SMBC (now Daiwa Securities) in 2003, where he handled the IPOs of various IT companies at the investment bank main office. He then joined Mixi in 2007 and assumed the position of CFO. After joining Mercari in December 2013, he became a Director in March 2014, and was named COO in April 2017.
ESG is about management. It's important to provide value to society through business
– We'd like to ask about ESG. Can you start by telling me why Mercari is getting involved, and what led to this decision?
Koizumi: I think that Mercari's business goes hand-in-hand with the ESG mindset and the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) that are helping the world establish recycling-oriented societies. An item that no longer has value to one person might have a lot of value to a different person. By utilizing this value gap in the Mercari marketplace to effectively circulate items, we can attract customers while being environmentally-conscious and while generating profits. I think that one of Mercari's strengths is its ability to combine business and sociability as a company. We've been around for 6 years and have over 1800 employees in our entire Group, including members from over 40 different countries. In order to continue growing into a more global service, I think that Mercari needs to send a very clear message regarding its stance on society. ESG was our best opportunity to do this.
Fumiaki Koizumi (President & COO)
– So this decision included not just a Japanese perspective, but a global one as well?
Koizumi: Yes, and that's why we needed to send a consistent message on a global scale. Mindsets concerning SDGs and circular economies are becoming more and more common in the rest of the world, and the concept of ESG has been widely used in capital markets and in companies as well. We at Mercari also hope to communicate our stance on society through ESG. I think that this is important to us as it will also lead to an increase in our corporate value.
– It seems like there aren't many Japanese companies considering ESG yet.
Koizumi: That's right. Japan certainly has a culture that's averse to wasteful actions, but we've never communicated this on a global scale. We're now actively conveying the values we want to provide to society the same way a global company would. It's possible that we'll see a trend in the future where companies of all different sizes aim to communicate their sociability to the world. Without messages like these, it's very difficult to gain support from customers and from society, and it's also more difficult to be chosen by candidates looking for places to work.
– That definitely sounds like an essential point for companies to consider. What direction was Mercari aiming for with this particular ESG initiative?
Koizumi: CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is another concept similar to ESG and involves companies taking on activities not directly related to their main business. I think it's a great thing to do, but I also feel that it's best to provide value to society through one's actual business as it has a better chance of leading to long-term efforts that stick. That's what Mercari is aiming for.
– I see! The ESG project started within the COO office, but can you tell me why this happened?
Koizumi: ESG initiatives are generally done for investors, so it's common for IR departments to be in charge. However, I believe that ESG is connected to the very root of management. Shintaro Yamada (Founder & CEO) and I believe that these initiatives should be taken with the management's consensus. I've developed this mindset through my experiences with PR, marketing, and HR, which have taught me a lot about handling external communication. Another part of ESG involves considering the best communication methods for connecting with society and customers. I feel that this is best handled by the COO office.
The Mercari ESG website features a message from founder Shintaro Yamada
Revisiting Mercari's unique ESG and why we didn't play by the book
– I'd like to ask about how things went right after the ESG project was launched. What was it like in the beginning?
Tabara: We started by focusing on preparations and research before deciding on key issues. Although ESG has become a global concept, it's still a bit unclear to many people. Questions we need to consider include "How will we respond to society's questions regarding our involvement in ESG?" "What information will we disclose when responding and what guidelines will we use?" and "How can we showcase our company's unique traits?"
The questions and answers depend on a lot of factors, making it very case-by-case. We did a lot of research using ESG reports from global companies and academic journals. I think the most amount of time was spent between the phase for research and the phase where we decided on the key issues.
We decided on five key issues: "Creation of a recycling-oriented society," "Establishment of culture and education for that society," "Promotion of regional activity," "Development of a safe, secure, and fair environment for transactions," and "Strengthening of compliance and risk management"
– Was all of this research conducted internally?
Koizumi: ESGs generally involve inviting a consulting agency to the company and developing strategies after conducting investigations. These cases employing external communication are not uncommon. However, we wanted to avoid that because we felt that people wouldn't be able to differentiate our ESG reports from all the others. Since Mercari is aiming to be an organization capable of making its own decisions and change, we used our own means to conduct thorough discussions and develop our own strategies. I think this whole process is what ESG is about – our aim is to use ESG to communicate our stance and messages to society. Having these discussions is one thing that helps us develop and refine our stance.
– Just earlier, Tabara brought up the question of how the company can showcase its unique traits. How did Mercari end up making its ESG report?
Tabara: As Koizumi said, we didn't want to write a report that people felt like they're already read before. But when showed our first report to institutional investors, experts, and stakeholders, we actually got feedback like "it sounds like a third party wrote this" and "it doesn't sound like something from Mercari."
Sumika Tabara (COO Office)
– So it wasn't original enough?.
Tabara: Right. We were probably playing it too safe, and we unintentionally went with an approach that was completely ordinary. That's when we had a realization – we were using various materials for research, but they're really supposed to be nothing more than a foundation. We stopped clinging on to existing approaches and decided to make a new report from scratch, keeping it characteristic of Mercari's culture. We ended up with a report that faithfully retold the experiences and ideas of Mercari founder Shintaro Yamada. Also, as Koizumi mentioned earlier, Mercari's business itself is directly linked to the ESG mindset and the creation of a recycling-oriented society. We figured it would be important to take on a global scheme and communicate it in a way that's faithful to Mercari's style.
Ichikawa: The feedback we got from the institutional investors, experts, and stakeholders was spot on. But it would have been meaningless if we just accepted that feedback without questioning it. Instead, we actively tried to push the project forward while processing and digesting that feedback.
Akiko Ichikawa (COO Office)
– So ESG was a chance for Mercari to take a look at itself and rethink what it stands for, right?
Fukami: I really think it was. Through ESG, Mercari was able to come up with the "roots" that it provides to society. We've started with CSR and taken on other efforts, but they were simply the branches and leaves. We didn't have the roots until now.
– Was were some of those other efforts?
Fukami: Simply hearing phrases like "establishing a recycling-oriented society" or "maintaining a safe, secure, and fair trading environment," didn't actually remind people of Mercari. To overcome this, we kept track of them, organized them, and developed a connection between the words to the actual achievements. I think that being able to send a clear message about Mercari's assets, the ideas that led to the company's creation, and the goals we want to achieve in the future, were very important opportunities for the company.
Mercari Eco Pack: Changing the Way We Think About Packing Materials
– On June 5, as part of the efforts to establish a recycling-oriented society, Mercari announced the "Mercari Eco Pack." This drew a considerable amount of attention from the public, but what's the story behind its creation?
Fukami: Mercari is about helping people take things with little value to them and delivering them to people who do find value. The flip side is that as Mercari grows as an EC marketplace, so does the volume of materials being used to pack these items. Mercari alone consumes a significant amount of packing materials, and takes up a large percentage from the home delivery market as a whole. We couldn't ignore those numbers when thinking about ways to help Mercari establish an ideal society. Because of that, we decided to create the Eco Pack which can be reused as many times as needed, just like the items that are resold and reused through Mercari.
The reusable packing envelope, "Mercari Eco Pack"
Koizumi: To be honest, Mercari has been dealing with a paradox for a while. As we aimed to become a company helping people find new value for their unused items, we also ended up using a great deal of cardboard and creating waste. This is something that both we and our customers noticed. When we announced the Eco Packs, we heard a lot of voices from our customers like "this is a new concept!" and "this is exactly what I wanted!"
– So Mercari successfully took an idea and turned it into a tangible creation. What points did you have to consider the most when creating the Eco Pack?
Fukami: We had to consider what kind of messages we would be sending to customers through the Eco Pack. The goal wasn't simply to create new packing materials – we wanted to change the way customers think about packing materials to begin with. The Eco Pack is nothing more than a means of sending a message, which is that "reusability should be a normal and everyday thing." We wrote in our press release about the sociability of Mercari as a company and business, and we hope to continue working with customers to establish a culture that promotes the recycling and reuse of packing materials.
– Mercari also sells its own packing materials in addition to the Eco Pack, right? Will these changed one-by-one?
Fukami: I think we'll need to change them as they are also part of our so-called paradox. We can't completely eliminate them as it would hinder usability for the customers, but I think there is a lot of room for change which we are currently discussing. We're also hoping to take a unique and Mercari-like approach to address the use of tape and cushioning materials – not just cardboard.
Kazuki Fukami (COO Office)
Tabara: I think that paradoxes are found not only in our product but also in the company as a whole. For example, we throw away a lot of plastic waste like bottles in our office. Now that we've started with ESG and the Eco Pack, many employees have been pointing out that our waste-handling in the office is strange and doesn't match Mercari's image. I think that the ESG and Eco Pack presentations were a great opportunity to highlight and face the contradictions found within our company. From a branding perspective, I think that there's a lot we can do to become more consistent.
– This matches the idea of "a company capable of making its own decisions and change" that Koizumi mentioned before, right?
Koizumi: That's right. I think that ESG and the Eco Pack helped get employees more engaged. We're happy that reactions from our international members have been particularly positive. Although the majority of our members coming from overseas have limited experience using the Mercari app, we've heard a lot of voices saying "I'm glad to see the company heading in this direction." I think that the ESG and Eco Pack reached them thanks to the fact that we were able to share information on a global scale.
Mercari can't establish an ideal society alone: We need to strengthen our partnerships
– Lastly, I'd like to ask about plans for the future. Tabara, what do you have in mind?
Tabara: We've established our goals and the five key issues we want to tackle as a company. To succeed, each issue will have an owner in charge of taking action and sharing information as needed. Another factor is communication with investors – we'll be increasing the number of meetings we have with them so that we can share our ideas for increasing our long-term company value and receive their feedback. I hope to work on this actively as I believe it will bring our management to a new level.
– So you'll be able to communicate using ESG as a tool, right?
Tabara: Exactly. I hope to transition away the mindset where quarterly PLs (Profit and Loss Statements) and BSs (Balance Sheets) alone are used to measure corporate value, and instead evaluate based on mid-term and long-term goals alongside decisions on what to invest in. Recently, due to major changes in social and environmental issues, mid-term and long-term financial outlooks are more difficult than before. Because of this, investors want more "non-financial information," like Mercari's specific plans for raising its own corporate value. In retrospect, I think that this ESG was valuable in the sense that we were able to take unique communication approaches.
– What do you think, Fukami?
Fukami: It might sound obvious, but in order to become the company we want to be, there is a limit to what we can accomplish by ourselves. Getting the industry, partners, and stakeholders involved would help us have a much bigger impact on society and clarify what needs to be done to solve the challenges ahead of us. It might be a mid-term or long-term thing, but our goal is to establish systems that are sustainable.
Tabara: That's definitely important. Even with the Eco Pack, there's only so much impact Mercari can have by itself. If we're going to promote the reuse of packing materials, we'll have to work together with apparel brands and EC businesses around the world.
Koizumi: Our only choice is to listen to the customer voices, strengthen our action plans, and get as many partners as we can. Now that we've started with ESG and Eco Pack, we want to continuously take action and find opportunities to collaborate with partners holding the same interests as us.
Ichikawa: I agree – I want to help find ways to scale our projects. Aside from businesses, collaborating with local government organizations and NPOs may be an option as well. We want to continue expanding our possibilities rather than arbitrarily setting a limited scope.
– "Promoting regional activity" was one of the 5 key issues, right?
Ichikawa: Yes. For example, local governments could create their own official Mercari accounts, collect unused items from residents, and turn them into money. This could lead to a system allowing residents to pay their bills or taxes using items instead of money. Although this is probably considered impossible right now, the chances of making it happen are far from zero. There's also plenty of room to try out ideas that aren't necessarily unique or experimental.
– Paying taxes with objects… That's definitely something Mercari would push for! Koizumi, would you like to wrap things up?
Koizumi: As part of the management, I think it's important to keep on sending the same message. Any company can present an idea and get people excited, but this usually ends with the vision fading and being completely forgotten in the span of 6 months to a year. We want to prevent ourselves from going down that path by choosing our actions after carefully considering our customer and employees' circumstances. Mercari's mission is to create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell, and our three values are "Go Bold," "All for One," and "Be a Pro." We've been able to make these values stick in the company by repeating them consistently. I have no doubt that this has bred a culture that employees can be proud of, and also reaches our customers leading to increased usage of our app. We don't know exactly how far our company and services will go, but we definitely want to establish Mercari's values so that anyone can relate to them. This is just the beginning.
Mercari's employee Buddy System: making sure international members kick off to a good start! #MercariDays
The story of how a Mercari New grad built strong professional connections through hiking #MercariDays
Building Things That Didn't Exist Before: Mercari's Corporate Engineering Solutions Team Takes on Key Company Issues
CEO Shintaro Yamada Tells of the Circular Economy Mercari Has Always Aimed to Achieve


Every year, at some point during the months of September and October, San Francisco cycles through a few warm periods. It's our summer!, we like to say. We always regard these as the best months the city has to offer. The fog lifts for a period, the air crackles with a dry autumnal spark, and there are days that feel almost, almost like summer, except that the light is paler and golden, slanted, and night comes so much sooner. It's our reward for a lot of grey during the summer.
I learned that these little mini summers have as many names as there are words for snow. In some countries, these fleeting warm spells are named after their saint days: there is brittsommar in Sweden and Michael's or Miguel's or Michel's Little Summer. In Germany, it's called Golden October. Much of eastern Europe refers to it as Old Ladies' Summer. I like that one especially. By my favorite is this: Veranillo del Membrillo, or Little Summer of the Quince. The occasion is anchored to the harvest, and the ephemeral fruits of the season.
And so, these funny little pancakes. Anchored to the spirit of the season (the warm, smoky spices and the roasted veg), but not at all out of place for lunch on an unusually warm day. The pancakes are inspired by the Italian flatbread socca, made only of chickpea flour, olive oil, water, and salt. They're addictively good – deeply savory and nutty.
Combine the garbanzo flour, water, olive oil, cumin, and salt in a mixing bowl. Whisk thoroughly to combine. Set aside.
Peel the carrots, if desired, and slice them 1/2-inch thick on the diagonal. Place in a large mixing bowl.
In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, smoked paprika, cinnamon, chipotle, cumin, and sea salt. Drizzle over the carrots and mix thoroughly to combine.
Transfer the carrots to a baking sheet. Roast for about 15-18 minutes, until browned at the edges and cooked through but firm.
While the carrots roast, make the pancakes. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add a little olive oil. Measure a scant 1/4 cup of the batter and pour into the pan. Repeat to work in batches of 3 to 4 pancakes at a time. Cook, undisturbed, until the edges are golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes. Flip the pancakes and cook for another 4 to 5 minutes, until deeply golden brown. Transfer to a plate and cover with a towel to keep warm.
To serve, slather a dollop of Greek yogurt and a small handful of micro greens on each pancake. Top with a large spoonful of the roasted carrots. These are best eaten immediately.
Savoury image - Wonderful photos!
Heisenberg - I liked the photos and feel of the recipe…so I made it last night.
Seems as if 1 cup of water to 1 cup of the garbanzo bean flour was way too thin. I recommend starting with 1/2 cup water and adding what you need after mixing well. I threw some chopped scallions in there too which was a wonderful compliment.
Garbanzo bean flour doesn't brown easily like all purpose flour in regular pancake mix. Medium heat was too low to get the crisp and texture you have in your photos…at least on my gas range. Not sure what you are using there. I needed high heat to achieve the browning.
I loved the little pancakes and will definitely be making them again.
This is only my opinion, but I did not find the greek yogurt to go well with the roasted carrots. Everything together didn't work well for me. So I fooled around a bit. Added some lemon zest to the yogurt to give it a well need acid component and used just a smear. You can easily overdo it. Based on the photos, that was way too much. Whipped cream cheese tasted the best, but I realize your keeping it healthy here.
Again, just my own 2 cents.


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Fellowships for the Documentation of Oral Literature
In the service of indigenous peoples in their efforts to record their arts and sciences.
Nature and Function of Oral Literature
Community Based Field Methods
Guide to the Varieties of Oral Literature in Borneo
Rungus Classes of Oral Literature
Rungus Ritual Text from the Sabah Oral Literature Project
Rungus Metaphorical and Poetic Phrases
A Cultural Dictionary for the Translation and Exegesis of Texts
Rungus Varieties of Rice
Rungus Phonemes
Sacred Groves Among the Rungus Dusun of Northern Sabah: Relict Areas of Biodiversity
Ethical Issues of Collecting Oral Literature
Collection Issues and Suggestions
Some Thoughts on the Collection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Discovery and Loss
Linguistic Charts for Articulatory Phonetics
Bibliography of Introductory Linguistics
Codes for Recording
Codes for Transcription and Translation
Selected Bibliography of Oral Literature
Bhutan Oral Literature Project
Laura W.R. Appell Fellowships
In Memoriam: Laura W.R. Appell
Ethical Dilemmas of Public Access
List of Fellowships Awarded
Urgency of the Project
Nancy Sullivan, Ph. D., Fellow of the Firebird Foundation, and friend of Papua New Guinea, Dies in a US Car Crash
We grieve over Nancy Sullivan's unexpected and tragic death along with many anthropologists and her large network of friends here and in Papua New Guinea. She died in an automobile accident in New York on July 16. Nancy was one of our most distinguished Fellows for her work on the cave arts of the Karawari region of Papua New Guinea. She was an incredible anthropologist who fought hard for the interests and rights of the people of Papua New Guinea.
Keith Jackson writes, "Her personal blog, Nineteen Years and Counting in Papua New Guinea, tracked her life and challenges as she gamely served a people she loved and a country that she came to call her own." See the full article at: http://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2015/07/nancy-sullivan-friend-of-papua-new-guinea-dies-in-us-car-smash.html
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It is now generally accepted that even low amounts of quenched disorder disrupt long range order in anisotropic systems with continuous symmetry.
order is short ranged and scales with disorder density in agreement with the Imry-Ma argument.
even at arbitrarily low density of disorder, the long-ranged nematic order is suppressed.


I've been to Hampton Court Palace to take a look at their sumptuous Christmas collection of decorations, gift ideas and luxurious and tempting Christmas treats!
It's HistorianRuby's first ever bitofgiftguide but also a howmuchforabauble? chinhitsthefloor sort of post!
I love a bit of royal decadence but thankfully the shop carries budget-friendly gifts as well as items that require a more princely purse.
I've bought presents from the shops at Hampton Court Palace previously, they carry unique gifts that you can pretty much guess that no one else is likely to duplicate and sometimes you want to pay that little bit more for a present for that special person.
I've been tempted by the Henry VIII set several times – I have to say, I'm sure it was cheaper five years ago! But for serious Tudor fans, they are the perfect tree ornaments. These decorations can be bought individually but the set works out better value for money (although . . . if I'd bought one or two a year I might have had a complete set by now). You can also buy an accompanying Elizabeth I to reunite her with Anne Boleyn!
Love, love, LOVE the Queen B collection – there's lots of choice for the discerning member of #TeamBoleyn and I've added something to my wishlist!
These exquisite baubles make me shudder in horror! I like matching decorations and I think I would need at least twenty to make my tree look as I'd wish it to, interspersed with a solid colour contrasting bauble, of course. I'd be constantly worried that they would fall off the tree and smash!
Now here's a decoration that won't smash if it falls off the tree – however, I think it is a little bit bank-busting if I wanted it to adorn my Christmas tree.
If you love fiction or factual, Hampton Court Palace stocks your favourite historian's efforts. Obviously, there's Lucy Worsley and Tracy Borman, Historic Royal Palace's Joint Chief Curators, but also Alison Weir, David Starkey, Phillipa Gregory and Hilary Mantel, who've earned their history stripes, too.
I was tempted by this book and two chapters in, I'm loving it!
As I hinted at earlier, I'm a huge fan of this range! I think it offers the perfect opportunity for a little bit of indulgent gift buying for the females on your Christmas gift list.
The comprehensive gift selection has lower priced items to high-end luxury goods.
Cherry Brandy, Elderberry and Port liqueur and Ginger Liqueur – will these tempt you after Christmas dinner?
If your friends and family buy novelty gifts like our present royal family, maybe your secret Santa recipient needs a Hampton Court Palace wooden spoon in their life? Or an oversize egg-timer for a kitchen dunce who needs to learn how to boil an egg? You could be tempted to gift a medieval cookbook to the budding food historian? Or how about some liqueurs that will only be brought out of the drinks cabinet and dusted off when there is nothing else left? I could be enticed to sample the Elderberry and Port Liqueur with my cheese course.
There are options for all, whether prince or pauper. I treated myself to a spiced cider sachet as I have happy memories of walking along South Bank sipping a hot cider bought off a vendor. My own effort may not be as tasty, but with a prepared ready to use sachet, I may not make a mess of it! I'm thinking perfect for a present-wrapping session on a chilly evening.
These rich fruitcakes are the quintessential accompaniment to the Royal English Breakfast Tea, but if fruitcake isn't your thing, there's Palace Rose Traditional Shortbread. Delicious.
If you like your Christmas desserts traditional, then this pudding is perfect for you! The chutneys are spot on for the after dinner Christmas cheeses and this selection along with the flavoured crackers add a little luxury to your dinner table.
We all like a few sweet treats at Christmas, just right for stocking fillers, neighbourly gifts and a little decadence. I don't think I'd refuse a Marc de Champagne Pink Truffle, would you?
This post has no affiliate links and is based on the author's own opinions and experiences.
Every time I visit an HRP property, I always stop at the gift shop haha! I've been eyeingup the ornaments for a while but with the exchange rate, most of the smaller ones are a minimum of $40 CAD, though usually closer to $80 😥 They are so beautiful, though, and I will be buying one on my next trip!
My problem is that I tend to switch colour themes every 2-3 years so I don't want to pay out for lots of decorations that won't match in a year or two. But I still hanker after the Henry VIII set 🙂 And pretty much the whole Queen B set!
I will admit, I cannot stand Anne or Elizabeth I haha. I'm in no way practicing but the Irish Catholic in me can't get on board!
I'm a lazy Catholic but I don't worry about that, haha! I've veered away from the Tudors in recent times and spend more time reading up on the Georgians, but I always felt a sense of injustice in Anne's beheading.
Yes, Anne had her flaws too, some would say her comeuppance. But then, you could say that about Jane Seymour, too. Although, we just cannot measure what would have happened if she had lived, would H have tired of her or had a second son etc.
"howmuchforabauble? chinhitsthefloor sort of post" – that had me laughing.
There really is great selection at this shop.
Ooooh I'd love a Queen B t shirt! They are fab!
That's what I have my eye on!
OH MY GOODNESS, the 6 wives ornament set! I love it!!!


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Q: data of last 4 quarter I want to fetch data of last 4 quarter including current quarter.
Suppose if I run the query on 30-MAR-2019 then I want data from 01-APR-2018 to 31-MAR-2019
and if I run the query on 01-apr-2019 then I want data between 01-JUL-2018 and 30-JUN-2019
Could you please help me on the same

A: this will work:
select TRUNC(sysdate+1, 'Q') - interval '9' month,TRUNC(sysdate+1, 'Q') +
interval '3' month -1
from dual  ;

01-JUL-2018 30-JUN-2019

select TRUNC(to_date('30-MAR-2019')+1, 'Q') - interval '9'
month,TRUNC(to_date('30-MAR-2019')+1, 'Q') + interval '3' month -1
from dual  ;

01-APR-2018 31-MAR-2019

A: The tricky part is getting the last day of the quarter.
This solution calculates the starting day of the range by subtracting 9 months from the target date and then truncating with the 'Q' mask which gives us the first day of the quarter. We then calculate that date again, subtract one day then add twelve months and that gives the last day of the current quarter:
with tgt as ( select date '2019-03-30' as dt from dual
              union all select date '2019-02-28' as dt from dual
              union all select date '2019-04-01' as dt from dual
)
select trunc(tgt.dt - interval '9' month, 'Q') as range_st,
       (trunc(tgt.dt - interval '9' month, 'Q') - 1) + interval '12' month as range_end
from tgt
/

There may be a slicker solution out there, but this is the end of my coffee break :)

A: This is dynamically:
With param as (
  Select
    to_date(extract(year from add_months(sysdate,-12)) ||
            lpad((floor(extract(month from add_months(sysdate,-12))/3)*3)+1,2, '0') || '01',
            'yyyymmdd') first_date
    from dual
)
Select
  level                                               quartal,
  Add_months(first_date, ((level-1)*3))               from_dat,
  Last_day(add_months(first_date, ((level-1)*3)+3)-1) to_dat
From param
connect by level <= 4;

A: You can do:
select (trunc(sysdate, 'Q') + interval '3' month) as next_quarter_start,
       (trunc(sysdate, 'Q') + interval '15' month) - interval '1' day as next_quarter_end
from dual;

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Q: how to run sql query after image upload in php when i am using flash uploader for multiple file uploading I am using library to upload multiple images in php .This library use flash file and a php file . All things are working but problem is that I want to run a query after each image is uploaded to store image detail in database . If i write query in php file after uploading code then It upload images but no error given and no image details are put in database.
Can any one help me that how I add image details in database after uploading image using flash uploader
 This is my code
<?
 extract($_GET);

 $filename = $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];
 $temp_name = $_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'];
 $error  = $_FILES['Filedata']['error'];
 $size  = $_FILES['Filedata']['size'];

 /* NOTE: Some server setups might need you to use an absolute path to your "dropbox" folder
 (as opposed to the relative one I've used below).  Check your server configuration to get
 the absolute path to your web directory*/

 if(!$error){

  copy($temp_name, '../dropbox/'.$filename);
  $news_query="insert into tbl_news(img_id,headline,caption,news_catgory_id,shooting_date) Values('0000','News_Headline','News_Caption',
  'New_Category','now()')";
  mysql_query($news_query) or die(mysql_error());
}
?>

all code working but query data is not updated in database

A: May be it's a sql error...if your "shooting_date" field is numeric or date, you can't set it's value like this: 'now()', you must strip the quotes.


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The Phenomenon Phenomenon
I like the idea of a song traveling. Through time, different epochs and approaches to music. It can be an entire song that is covered and thus exists in different versions or a song that mutates and changes and morphs into something else entirely. Snippets that live on and re-emerge in new contexts. That's the glory of hip hop. Sampling music. Everything can be re-used and re-imagined and re-approached and...re-referenced? Well, referenced.
The first time I heard the line "something like a phenomenon" was in LL Cool J's song "Phenomenon" from the album of the same name. The song was a hit in 1997. If you'd like to know more I recently blogged about that year's music, notable music videos and the general MTV phenomenon (ha!) I used to think that LL Cool J came up with the "something like a phenomenon" line but I was wrong. It was neither the first nor the last time the line or music associated with it has appeared in a piece of recorded & released music.
Later I heard it in the 1983 song "White Lines (don't do it)" by Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel and just figured that this was the origin to the line. But alas, I was wrong again as I only recently became aware of the earlier 1983 track "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid, from the Disco Not Disco 1 compilation. This track is the origin of both the "phenomenon" line and the bass line for "White Lines (don't do it)".
"Cavern" is a bit of abstract disco from Liquid Liquid. Back in the day disco was a massive mainstream phenomenon (ha!) but the disco of the 70's and early 80's also had that kind of avantgarde vibe to it. It was something new and worth exploring and it attracted all sorts of musicians and artists. In this track there's a blending of disco and punk elements and both are sort of new styles. Liquid Liquid's music is characterized as "post disco/post punk";
Great track. The Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel version (released later the same year) is actually the Sugar Hill house band playing their cover of "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid and then the bass line is sampled from this performance and used in the released rap version. The "something like a phenomenon" line is also referenced. Actually Melle Mel's line goes "something of a phenomenon" and Liquid Liquid's lyric is "slipping in and out of phenomenon". In fact Grandmaster Flash does not appear on this version of the track but that's another story. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel in all their early 80's hip hop/rap glory on "White Lines (don't do it)";
Once the phenomenon (ha!) is a phenomenon (ha!) there's no stopping it. Up next we have some late 80's synth pop. Kon Kan with "Arts in D Minor (Harry Houdini)" from 1989;
Whoa...hmmm...you know how some things can be infinitely corny and pretty cool at the same time? I think "Arts in D Minor (Harry Houdini)" qualifies. A short sample of the "Whites Lines" intro is heard around the 2 minute mark.
Fast forward to 1993 and De La Soul's "Ego Trippin' (part two)" - great vibe in this track with "phenomenon" references in the rapping. The video pokes fun at "gangsta rap" videos and ditto musical elements.
Two years later came Duran Duran feat. Melle Mel & Grandmaster Flash with their cover of "White Lines". This is from their rather strange covers album Thank You (1995). A rockier version of "White Lines" featuring the original gangstas (well, not gangstas but you know what I mean).
And then finally we're back in 1997 and LL Cool J's; "Phenomenon";
Cool track. But the story doesn't end here. Two years later we have New York hip hop duo Mobb Deep and their dark hip hop track "Quiet Storm" that samples the bass line from "White Lines (don't do it)". Not bad;
So we've been tracing the Phenomenon phenomenon (ha!) for a bit. Let's end this post on a funny note. Oh the glory of globalization; truly a phenomenal phenomenon! (ha!) This is "White Lines (don't do it)" in Japanese! Awesome! King Giddra is a Japanese rap act and this is their waaaayyy to cool 2002 "White Lines" cover! "Something like a phenomenon"? You bet! Over and out, until next time! :)
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Labels: Disco, Electronic, Funk, Hip hop, in english, Rap, Sampling, tónleikur/music, Viðmæli
Yolanda Be Cool "We No Speak Americano"
The sound of Roskilde 2010. Not because the band played on any stage but because the track was all over the camping area.
The track in mention:
It took me a while to figure it out but "Yolanda Be Cool" obviously is a reference to Pulp Fiction. The final scene in the restaurant;
Jules: Now Yolanda, we're not gonna do anything stupid, are we?
Yolanda: You don't hurt him.
Jules: Nobody's gonna hurt anybody. We're gonna be like three little Fonzies here. And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda what's Fonzie like?
Yolanda: Cool?
Jules: What?
Yolanda: He's cool.
Jules: Correctamundo. And that's what we're gonna be. We're gonna be cool. Now Ringo, I'm gonna count to three, and when I count three, you let go of your gun, and sit your ass down. But when you do it, you do it cool. Ready? One... two... three.
[Ringo sits down opposite Jules]
Yolanda: All right, now you let him go.
Jules: Yolanda, I thought you said you were gonna be cool. Now when you yell at me, it makes me nervous. And when I get nervous, I get scared. And when motherfuckers get scared, that's when motherfuckers accidentally get shot.
Yolanda: You just know, you touch him, you die.
Jules: Well, that seems to be the situation. But I don't want that. And you don't want that. And Ringo here *definitely* doesn't want that.
The restaurant scene in full:
Labels: in english, tónleikur/music, Viðmæli


Building/House Inspection Checklist. When you find what you believe to be the perfect location for your business, or your dream house, you may go into the situation with rose-colored glasses.... Mobile Building Inspection Software. It is surprising how many inspections need to be completed in an "average" building. The life safety systems in and of themselves are extensive – from fire alarm systems to emergency exit signs to fixed fire suppression systems.
NFPA CODE REFERENCE PASS FAIL N/A COMMENTS Assembly Occupancies 1. All assembly occupancies meet the general requirements of Chapter 13 of the Life Safety Code.


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by Dr Joe | Jul 4, 2010 | Politics | 1 comment
Wherever one may be in the world, people know that the Fourth of July is American Independence day. Three years ago I had the pleasure of being in Hawaii on the Fourth of July. This was a family holiday and we were staying in Maui. This gave me the opportunity to see first hand, and participate in some July 4 celebrations. It was also great to be able to talk to people about the significance of July 4 to them as Americans.
There is much to love about USA. It is the only country whose culture has been welcomed into virtually every corner of the globe. It has led the world in innovation with inventions like electricity, the phone, the automobile and now the Internet. America, more than any other country has been prepared to fight for freedom, not just for itself but also for others who may face oppression.
America also has the unique ability to reinvent the way it does things and come back stronger from adversity. This is happening again with the fallout from the GFC and I have no doubt that a stronger USA will ultimately emerge. Whereas some countries do not seem to learn history lessons, America does.
Americans are the most gracious of hosts and have a great pride in their country. As a visitor this is most striking. When Americans say "God Bless America" it comes from the heart.
As an Australian it seems to me that Australia and The USA share some common background. The British colonized both. Migrants seeking a new and better life in a new world developed each country. Both have welcomed the diversity migrants bring to the countries and this diversity is reflected in how so many cultures are incorporated into one. This continues today. We have shared ideals and have served side by side to protect freedom in this world in two world wars and other wars. We continue to serve side by side in 2010.
However, Australia never had to fight for its independence nor forge a constitution in the way the USA has done. Australia has never endured civil war.
There is something profound in having established a free country through a war of independence. Whilst this was over 200 years ago (and 12 years before Australian settlement) the spirit, which has made America great, lives on today.
Being in the USA on July 4 made me understand better why Americans are as proud of their country as they are. Every country makes mistakes but the ability of the USA to learn from these and forge new ideas is unmatched. It remains the leader of the free world.
I would like to wish all my American friends a happy Fourth of July.


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Stan Lee's Daughter Picks
a Side in Sony-Marvel Spat
Aug 23, 2019 10:45 AM CDT
Stan Lee's Daughter Picks a Side in Sony-Marvel Spat
It's not with Marvel
(Newser) - Fans of Spider-Man are spinning over the news that their favorite hero may be out of Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe due to a financial dispute—though Stan Lee's daughter thinks it might be for the best. Deadline broke the story Tuesday, but understanding what has allegedly transpired means...
Stan Lee's Ex-Manager Arrested
May 25, 2019 5:05 PM CDT
Keya Morgan faces multiple felony charges
(Newser) - A former business manager of Stan Lee was arrested Saturday on elder abuse charges involving the late comic book legend, the AP reports. Keya Morgan was taken into custody in Arizona on an outstanding arrest warrant after being charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors earlier this month. Morgan faces felony...
Court: Arrest Warrant Out for
Stan Lee's Former Manager
May 14, 2019 8:11 AM CDT
Court: Arrest Warrant Out for Stan Lee's Former Manager
Keya Morgan accused of elder abuse against late comic book legend
(Newser) - It's been just over six months since Stan Lee died , but controversy still swirls around the late Marvel Comics leader's ex-manager and business partner. Reuters reports that the latest in the saga involving Keya Morgan includes five counts of elder abuse filed against him Friday, including charges of...
Bill Maher's
Anti-Stan Lee
Blog Is Not
Going Over Well
Nov 18, 2018 6:30 AM CST
Bill Maher's Anti-Stan Lee Blog Is Not Going Over Well
Maher drew a line from Marvel Comics legend to President Trump
(Newser) - "Don't speak ill of the dead" is apparently not advice Bill Maher lives by. The comedian wrote a blog post about Stan Lee after the Marvel Comics icon died last week , and it was not exactly respectful in tone. "America is in mourning. Deep, deep mourning for...
Nov 12, 2018 2:00 PM CST
Stan Lee Dies at 95
His daughter confirms the news to TMZ
(Newser) - Stan Lee, the co-creator of Marvel Comics, is dead at 95, Lee's daughter tells TMZ . The gossip site reports an ambulance was called to Lee's Hollywood Hills home early Monday and he died at a nearby medical center. His cause of death is not yet clear, but TMZ...
The Marvel Universe
Has Lost an Icon
The Marvel Universe Has Lost an Icon
Steve Ditko, the artist who helped Stan Lee introduce Peter Parker to the world, has died
(Newser) - Steve Ditko, the Marvel Comics artist who gave the world the woven webs and soaring red-and-blue shape of Spider-Man and the other-worldly shimmer of Doctor Strange, has died at age 90. Ditko was found June 29 in his Manhattan apartment and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, per...
Stan Lee's Manager
Accused of Elder Abuse
Jun 14, 2018 12:10 AM CDT
Stan Lee's Manager Accused of Elder Abuse
Keya Morgan arrested for filing false police report
(Newser) - Los Angeles police are investigating reports of elder abuse against Marvel Comics' Stan Lee, court documents show. The investigation was revealed in a restraining order granted against Keya Morgan, who in recent months has been acting as Lee's business manager and personal adviser, the AP reports. Morgan has inserted...
Stan Lee:
Founded Stole
My Identity
May 17, 2018 11:00 AM CDT
Stan Lee: Company I Founded Stole My Identity
POW! Entertainment scoffs at $1B lawsuit
(Newser) - POW! Entertainment is speaking out against what it says is a lawsuit "completely without merit." It comes, surprisingly, from the company's own co-founder, 95-year-old Stan Lee. Filed Tuesday, the $1 billion suit accuses POW! of a "fraudulent" deal that gave the company "the exclusive right...
Is a Widower
After 69 Years
Jul 7, 2017 10:21 AM CDT
Stan Lee Is a Widower After 69 Years
Joan Lee, wife of comic icon, is dead after a stroke
(Newser) - Sad news in the world of comics: Joan Lee, the wife of industry legend Stan Lee, is dead at age 93, reports Variety . She had a stroke last week and never recovered. Lee himself is 94 and had been married to Joan for 69 years. Her death prompted the Hollywood ...
Stan Lee's Legacy:
Villain or Hero?
Stan Lee's Legacy: Villain or Hero?
Or maybe a little of both? Vulture digs in with a profile
(Newser) - How somebody feels about Stan Lee might depend on how deep their knowledge of the comic book industry goes, and Abraham Riesman digs into this complicated legacy in a profile at Vulture . On the one hand, the 93-year-old Lee is arguably "the single most significant author of the pop-culture...
Stan Lee Releasing a
Most Appropriate Memoir
Stan Lee Releasing a Most Appropriate Memoir
Marvel Comics icon's book will be a comic book
(Newser) - Stan Lee is publishing a memoir—and, of course, it will be in the form of a graphic novel. Lee, 92, the former head of Marvel Comics and creator of such iconic comic book (and now major motion picture) characters as Spider-Man and the X-Men, says in a statement that...
Arnold's
Is a Hoax—
Arnold's New Show Is a Hoax— Right?
'The Governator' sounds too silly to be believed
(Newser) - Spend a little time online today, and you're sure to see lots of very excited posts about Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to the world of showbiz as cartoon and comic book character "The Governator"—but it's got to be an April Fool's joke, right? The...
Marvel Fans on Disney Deal:
'SOOOO NOT HAPPY!'
Aug 31, 2009 2:54 PM CDT
Marvel Fans on Disney Deal: 'SOOOO NOT HAPPY!'
(Newser) - Comics fans are just a little miffed by Marvel's $4 billion acquisition by Disney: "SOOOO NOT HAPPY! Spider-man should not be co-mingling with Goofy," reads one blog post. The problem, Linda Holmes writes for NPR, is "one of perception: Put simply, Marvel has a cool factor...
Comics Legend Stan Lee Creates Gay Superhero
Jan 14, 2009 1:44 PM CST
Character will debut in a 1-hour Showtime special
(Newser) - Is the world ready for the first homosexual superhero? Comic legend Stan Lee has created the character Thom Creed, a high-school basketball player who must deal with his sexual orientation as well as untrained superpowers, the Telegraph reports. The character, adapted by Lee from the novel Hero by Perry Moore,...
It's Super PoshBecks!
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Super PoshBecks!
Comics legend Stan Lee draws up idea for Posh and Becks in Spandex
(Newser) - The creator of the Fantastic Four has his eye on famous twosome David and Victoria Beckham to be his next cartoon crimefighters, Access Hollywood reports. Former Marvel Comics kingpin Stan Lee, already working to put Paris Hilton and Ringo Starr into two dimensions, says "the great looking, talented and...


To guarantee the impact of the infrastructure project even after its construction, the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) in Bicol will conduct the Rapid Appraisal of Emerging Benefits (RAEB) for I-BUILD subprojects to one of PRDP's Farm to Market Road in the province of Camarines Sur.
RAEB is an intermediate evaluation activity focused in determining the success of the PRDP subprojects and how it is aligned to the Project Development Objectives. It aims to validate the extent by which investment translate to outcomes envisioned for the intended beneficiaries as well as assess the sustainability, hindrances and help determine the substantial solution and practices.
The RAEB team will specifically focus on the streams of benefits indicated in the feasibility study leading to the Project Development Objectives, Thematic Areas, Catalytic Impact, Proper attribution of reported changes, Sustainability Efforts and Challenges and the Good Practices and Lessons Learned by the project beneficiaries.
Thus, the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Regional Project Coordination Office (RPCO) 5 gathered all the units and components involved in the execution of RAEB, together with the members of the Provincial Project Management and Implementing Unit (PPMIU) in Camarines Sur for the orientation and assigning of tasks of those involved in the activity.
As the pioneer province in Bicol to adopt RAEB, the team anticipated the problems that can be encountered during the activity and create a strategy on how to make things easier for the geotagging and surveys to be done that will not affect the people who are being interviewed.


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From our heritage in Reading in the 1970s as the first shipping agent to be based outside of a major port in Southern England, to having twelve strategically placed global offices, our journey continues to demonstrate our desire for growth and our unwavering passion for providing bespoke global logistics to our clients.
Since we began in 1973 as a freight forwarding company, we have continued to rapidly expand across the globe. Throughout the 1980s, we cemented our position in the marine industry by providing yacht racing logistics to a number of prestigious events including the Whitbread Round The World Race and The America's Cup. As our presence became synonymous with these well-respected events and within the marine industry, the need to grow became apparent and resulted in the appointment of strategically placed agents in the Caribbean, North America and South Africa. Furthermore, we continued to grow our presence in the leisure marine industry by working with esteemed names such as Fairline, Princess and Sunseeker - ensuring these premium brands had an experienced shipping agent to transport their boats.
At the beginning of the 90s, we moved our headquarters to Southampton further establishing our position in the marine industry. Throughout the next decade, we continued to expand to meet the increasing demand for boat shipping solutions across all marine sectors, resulting in further growth and development.
Over the previous two decades, we had truly become a global entity due to rapid expansion, reliable shipping solutions and a desire to provide exemplary service. As a result, in 2005 we were purchased by private investment company, the Constantine Group, who since have provided long-term investment and financial strength, allowing us the opportunity to extend our global reach further.
In parallel to the significant growth in the marine sector, we saw the opportunity to provide additional support to clients in the form of a personal courier service, which became known as Corporate Express Couriers in 1999. This continues to be a key part of the Peters & May Group offering.
Throughout the 2000s, we were able to further expand by opening offices in France and Spain as well as acquiring a US company, Air & Ocean Shipping Inc., which was subsequently named Peters & May USA. The deliberate expansion in these key areas enabled us to further embed our position as a trusted global shipping agent with local knowledge.
As an ongoing business strategy to further enhance our global operations, we continued to establish exclusive partnerships such as Aurora Logistics in Australia - which still exist today.
As our presence in the marine industry continued to thrive, it became apparent a more focused offering of services was required to fulfil the needs of its freight forwarding customers. As a result, we expanded our offering to further meet the demand for logistic solutions within the aviation, automotive and forwarding sectors.
In the years following 2010, we further expanded our global footprint by opening offices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Hong Kong – increasing the number of global offices to five. These continue to be key locations for our targeted growth in the marine industry.
To support the business' strategy of global growth within the logistics industry, four further offices – Palma, Hamburg, Shanghai and Genoa - were opened, bringing the total number of wholly owned offices to nine. These global offices continue to provide bespoke logistics solutions in partnership with our trusted agents.
In addition, we continue to evolve and build on the strength of our departments, resulting in the ability to provide complimentary global bespoke multi-modal solutions.
As we continued to grow, in 2017 we setup Bespoke Load Solutions which offers patented technology to simplify cargo handling, both within and beyond the marine sector. This further compliments the Group's offering and demonstrates our passion to innovate and invest in the logistics industry to deliver bespoke logistics solutions.
The year 2017 also marked the opening of our office in Dubai, followed by offices in the Netherlands and in Singapore in 2018.
In November 2020 we were delighted to announce the appointment of Simon Judson as our new CEO.
Looking towards the future, we continue to focus on providing a personal service by delivering bespoke logistic solutions through our stringent process, meticulous planning and high attention to detail. Whilst continuing to invest in our people and technologies to ensure we provide an unrivalled service for our clients.


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Sports doctor's lawyer, prosecutors in talks
By Dan Herbeck
Published Wed, Apr 20, 2011
The defense attorney for a Toronto sports doctor is having talks with federal prosecutors that could lead to a plea agreement, sources close to the case said Tuesday.
Dr. Anthony Galea, whose patients have included golfer Tiger Woods, baseball star Alex Rodriguez and other top professional athletes, has been under indictment in Buffalo since last October -- but he has yet to appear here to respond to the charges.
Attorney Mark J. Mahoney said he is "communicating" with the U.S. Attorney's Office about the case, but he declined to comment when asked if a plea deal is in the works.
"We are communicating with the U.S. attorney," Mahoney said. "We're not ignoring them, and they aren't ignoring us."
Other sources close to the case told The Buffalo News the discussions between Mahoney and prosecutors could lead to a guilty plea. Well over 90 percent of the cases in Buffalo's federal court wind up with the defendant pleading guilty to at least one of the counts filed against him.
Galea was indicted last October on felony charges of smuggling misbranded and unapproved drugs into the United States to treat pro athletes.
Authorities have never disclosed which athletes the drugs were for. The investigation was conducted by agents from the Buffalo offices of the FBI, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Customs & Border Protection and the Food & Drug Administration. During the years 2007-2009, Galea is accused of treating pro athletes with performance-enhancing drugs that he and an assistant allegedly smuggled into the United States.
Galea did treat the athletes, but "only with the goal of helping them to recover from injuries," Mahoney said.
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. said Tuesday that he could not comment on whether his office is involved in any discussions on a potential plea arrangement for Galea.
"What I can tell you is that the government has no intent to dismiss any of the charges against Dr. Galea," Hochul said.
It is unusual for a criminal defendant to not make his court appearance more than six months after indictment, Hochul said, but he added that it is not quite as unusual in a case where the defendant lives in a foreign country.
In such a case, the defendant can voluntarily turn himself in, or the U.S. government could work out an arrangement with the country where the individual is staying to apprehend him, Hochul said.
In cases where the individual does not surrender voluntarily, "there are a lot of details that have to be worked out," Hochul said.
Does Mahoney expect Galea to either take a guilty plea or go to trial?
"I have no expectation one way or another at this point," Mahoney said.
The federal probe began in September 2009 when an assistant to Galea, Mary Anne Catalano, was caught at the Peace Bridge with human growth hormone drugs in her car.
e-mail: dherbeck@buffnews.com
Dan Herbeck– Dan Herbeck is an investigative reporter who has been at The Buffalo News for nearly 40 years. He is a graduate of Sweet Home High School, Erie County Community College and St. Bonaventure University. He and Lou Michel wrote a best-selling book in 2001 about Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing, "American Terrorist."


**Reminder that Guidance is hosting a FAFSA night this Thursday.
**Today is the last day for the Big Sisters "Pennies for Patients" fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Please contribute in your 3rd hour classes to try to win a pizza party.
**Students: During the month of February the library will NOT offer the Birthday Board. Instead, in honor of Valentines Day we are offering a SWEET HEART BOARD. Yes, for .25 cents per couple you can register your name and the name of your sweetheart. Space is limited...so, hurry into the library and show that special someone that you care.
**Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will be taking the 3rd STAR test today and tomorrow during academic lab. Please be sure to have your Chromebooks charged on both days for testing.
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Project Profile: Solar Power Tower Improvements with the Potential to Reduce Costs
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, under the Baseload CSP FOA, designed and tested several components of a molten salt solar power tower that is in line with SunShot Initiative cost targets.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne began with its baseline solar tower configuration, which is well represented by the System Advisor Model template for a 100-MW solar tower. This mature system-level design is the result of years of study and more than $100 million of technology development, including the Solar Two demonstration plant. After performing concept feasibility studies, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne developed a technology roadmap from the baseline configuration to a system design capable of achieving a levelized cost of energy less than $0.07/kWh with a capacity factor greater than 75% by the year 2020. In the project's final phase, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne performed field validation of the heliostat and its control system, the receiver coating material, thermal energy storage system, and heat exchanger for the sCO2 cycle.
Improvements were made to the receiver, heliostats, thermal storage, power block, and systems integration areas. Key components include:
A new ceramic nanotube thermal selective coating paint for central receivers to improve absorption, emissivity, and durability
A low-cost heliostat design that will lead to a reduction in manufacturing costs
A new thermocline thermal storage concept utilizing a unique internal tank insulation concept that will allow for reduced capital costs
An advanced supercritical CO2 power cycle that will increase thermal cycle efficiency by 5% and reduce balance of plant capital costs by 25%
A state-of-the-art closed-loop flux optimization control system and operational maintenance and performance optimization software.
Publications, Patents, and Awards
At this time, this project does not have published articles, patents, or awards.
Learn about other concentrating solar power research.


Founded in 2007, Dropbox is an online storage, collaboration, and creativity platform that empowers individuals and teams to do their best work. Dropbox's freemium go-to-market strategy coupled with its intuitive, seamless product experience enabled it to grow to 500 million registered users and 11 million paying users in 2017.1 As an early mover in the mass consumer adoption of cloud storage technology, Dropbox educated and acquired an army of consumers that would later become its salesforce, generating 90% of its revenue through self-serve channels.2 Revenue grew from $604 million in 2015 to $1.1 billion in 2017, a 2-year compound annual growth rate of 35%.3 As Dropbox enters a new phase of growth post-IPO, the company will be focused on expanding beyond storage into collaboration and creation, converting registered users to paying users, increasing retention, and improving margins.
Winning strategies: What can consumer-tech entrepreneurs and investors learn from Dropbox's path to IPO?
Identify market gaps and build consumer-centric product experiences.
Drive growth through word-of-mouth and attractive referral-based strategies.
Win over consumers to influence enterprise decision making.
Dropbox's seamless, easy-to-use product experience was critical to educating and unlocking mass-market adoption of cloud storage technology. Prior to Dropbox's founding in 2007, consumers stored and transferred files offline via USB devices and hard drives. Online solutions such as file sending websites (yousendit.com), emailing attachments to oneself, FTP servers, and early services by Box and Microsoft were available but not widely utilized. These products served some niche enterprise and tech-savvy audiences but had limited appeal to individual consumers.
Dropbox identified consumer pain points in file management and developed a simple, easy-to-use product that fueled its momentum in what has become a $50 billion market.4 Its intuitive and reliable product design made it very simple for anyone to backup their files and access them anywhere, across a variety of desktop, laptop and mobile devices.
Goodwater's sentiment analysis illustrates consumer appreciation for Dropbox's product experience: its users love that it is "easy to use", "super useful", and "never has issues".
Although the company experimented with search, affiliate and SEM marketing, which cost $233-$388 per customer5, Dropbox realized that this was not sustainable against a $99 annual service. Dropbox launched a referral marketing program that drove impressive word-of-mouth traction by offering additional free storage to users who sent invites to their friends. This helped the company rapidly grow from 100,000 users to 4 million users in 15 months, with 35% of daily signups from referrals and 20% from viral features like shared folders6.
Paypal's referral marketing tactics, offering its key product (currency) as an incentive, inspired Dropbox's referral strategy offering a two-sided incentive that awarded free storage to both the referrer and referees. As a storage company, this model effectively invested users in the product by not only introducing new users, but also facilitating a conversation that strengthened the brand's core value proposition, storage. This strategy also allowed the company to defer costs, only incurring cost if the space was used.
Further, the simple and effective user value proposition incentivized word-of-mouth referrals among dense, promising user communities such as universities. Targeting university students was especially effective because it tapped strongly-networked communities and seeded an audience about to enter the workforce.
Dropbox's growth thrives in small business environments where IT decisions do not require sign-off from a single decision maker. This organic, bottom-up adoption drove Dropbox's growth as organizations increasingly allowed employees to choose their own tools at work, and work became more remote. Today, 90% of Dropbox's revenue is generated from its self-serve channels.
The Next Level: How does Dropbox continue its path toward market leadership?
Expand beyond utility into creation and collaboration.
Convert freemium users to paying ones at a higher rate.
Dropbox's first product was a file storage and synchronization solution that drove its initial distribution. The company then layered on sharing features to build engagement. As emerging competitors offer similar services with free space, Dropbox was challenged by low switching costs between services – just drag and drop your folders and wait a few hours.
This move follows several industry trends, including the increasingly fluid and globalized nature of work, fragmentation of tools and content, and rising popularity of working remotely with individual users driving business purchase decisions. Dropbox has a large opportunity to build the tools that reimagine the future of work.
Convert freemium user to paying ones at a higher rate.
Dropbox has not reported any incremental growth to its registered user base since March 2016 when the company first reported having 500 million users.12 Therefore, conversion is critical for Dropbox to offset the negative impact of user churn, particularly with small-to-medium businesses and larger enterprises. While the company may continue to explore other revenue growth channels such as re-invigorating registered user growth or increasing upsells and/or lowering churn to improve its 90% net revenue retention,13 Dropbox's ability to clearly articulate its paid offering's value proposition to its free users presents the largest tangible upside for the company.
From 2015 to 2017 Dropbox improved its gross margins from 33% to 67%. The company's gross margins have continued to improve to 70% in Q4 2017.14 The rapid improvement is mainly due to Dropbox's move away from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to its own proprietary platform. Today, Dropbox's own custom-built platform houses more than 90% of their users' data with room for further optimization.15 In an increasingly competitive environment, Dropbox has secured a more sustainable business model by decreasing its dependence on other and competing platforms.
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This isn't a crash diet, it's simply healthy eating based on foods that promote fat loss and discourage fat gain. You'll notice there are a few otherwise healthy foods (fruit!) on the list of things you'll eliminate – it's necessary to promote rapid fat loss.
Combine with our 10-minute Tone & Strengthen Base Workout to maximize results and sculpt a strong, shapely body as you lose the fat!
Eliminating carbs forces your body to mobilize its fat stores for energy, fueling everything from brain function to muscles to normal biological functions.
Protein and Fat create virtually no insulin response and provide the ideal energy for your body. Contrary to popular belief, the fats from the meat, eggs and vegetable sources (avocado, nuts, etc.) recommended here won't make you fat. Crashfit is about the ideas, people, activities and gear that make you a little more awesome each and every day. Crashfit's Tone & Strengthen Workout is just 5 quick exercises to sculpt and strengthen your entire body in only 10 minutes.
If you have the book just follow the progressive rotational training along with the fat loss diet. David – I am doing your fatloss circuits and getting great results combined with your fatloss eating plan and for the first time feel that Im not missing out on any food.
This is the official health and fitness blog of Anytime Fitness—the world's largest co-ed fitness franchise. When you eat grains, sugar and other carbs, your fat stores remain intact and unused, and the carbs simply add to them. In fact, your cholesterol, blood pressure and triglyceride levels are all likely to improve.
That's normal, but they'll pass after the first week or so, after which you'll notice your energy levels will become more stable, without the ebbs and flows common after large, carb-heavy meals. Just one little cheat opens the floodgate and makes it far more likely you'll cheat again and sabotage the entire plan. The videos, photos, workouts, exercises and information, collectively "The Information" provided on this website are for informational purposes only and are used solely at your discretion. Trying to restrict calories will make your body want to hold onto its current fat stores, which will make this hard, and it isn't.
You may even notice that you're not starving when you wake up in the morning or craving sweets late at night.
Sugar is particularly insidious…one taste and you'll just want more, it actually is addictive, and even drinking artificially sweetened beverages may trigger an insulin response, which tells the body to store fat. Crashfit and BikeBoardMedia, Inc., are not liable for any damage or injury caused or sustained as a result of your use of The Information contained herein or shared via other online, print or other media.
Secondly, it took you this long to create your current eating habits, and it's highly unlikely that you're going to be a changed person overnight.
She has a bachelors degree in Dietetics, has been NASM certified in personal training, and specializes in weight loss. Once you've hit your target weight, you can bring things like fruit, milk and others back into your diet, which is outlined in our Healthy Eating Food Plan (coming soon).
Thus, when you eat carbs, they are predisposed to be stored as fat, even if you exercise a lot. January 1st rolls around and you're determined to make this the magic day that's going to undo the 20, 30, or 40+ years of old eating habits. She is a realist, doesn't believe in diets, believes strongly in chocolate, and maintaining a healthy balance in life. If the weight is not coming off add some aerobic work on your non circuit days and reduce your food intake. Sure, you "accidentally" had cake for breakfast and a margarita for lunch in the same day (in this scenario, "you" may hypothetically mean "I"), but that doesn't mean your whole day is ruined.
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Handmade jazz trumpet player wood ornament by well know southern folk artist Lorraine Gendron. Each one is hand painted and signed by the artist. May vary slightly due to it's one-of-a-kind nature.
6.5" tall x 3" wide x 3/16" thick.


NB - we do not use room numbers; instead, our Learning Spaces/buildings are named after some of the 9 Great New Zealand Walks.
New signs have been created to help you find your way around these buildings. To find the location of these Learning Spaces, please view this map for 2018.
Learning Spaces are also grouped into Learning Teams according to Year levels. Some Learning Teams further subdivide its Learning Spaces into smaller units within these spaces.
Please click on Teachers' names to contact them by email.


Domestic violence happens to all social groups, but it is more likely to occur among those who have to worry about paying the rent or keeping kids safe from neighborhood violence. Data from the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS), the most recent large national survey of domestic violence victimization among U.S. adults, show that women who live in households with incomes under $25,000 experience annual victimization at over three times the rate of women in households with incomes of $75,000 or more (here). Study after study finds that heterosexual women with less access to education and income suffer the highest rates of abuse.
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EcoSTEPS is a multi-disciplinary consultancy that works as a Sustainability Partner with organisations seeking to contribute to a more sustainable world. We provide support and advice across all sectors of society.
Sustainability affects us all - both individually and in the organisations with which we work and the communities in which we live. EcoSTEPS prides itself in having a diverse range of clients, from major multi-nationals to small NGO's. Try clicking on one of the boxes in the matrix on the right hand side to learn more about your chosen area.
EcoSTEPS is interested in working with any organisation which wishes to move towards sustainability. However, before we work with any client we consider the nature of our likely relationship. We have finite resources and there are many demands on our time and expertise. We need to ensure that our objectives are compatible. To this end we have a set of engagement principles called 'Working together as Sustainability Partners' which are available on request.
If you have sustainability questions that you would like answered then please contact us.