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Profile: Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
a.k.a. FACE Act
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act was a participant or observer in the following events:
May 1994: FACE Act Becomes Law; Protects Abortion Providers, Women's Clinics
President Clinton signs the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act into law. The law provides for the legal protection of abortion clinics and women's health clinics against violence perpetuated against them. The law was proposed after an abortion provider, Dr. David Gunn, was shot to death in Florida in 1993 (see March 10, 1993); that same year, 12 arsons, one bombing, and 66 blockades were carried out against abortion clinics. FACE forbids the use of "force, threat of force, or physical obstruction" to prevent someone from providing or receiving reproductive health services. The law also provides for both criminal and civil penalties for those who break the law. [US Department of Justice, 7/25/2008; National Abortion Federation, 2010] The FACE Act works in concert with two Supreme Court decisions, Madsen v. Women's Health Center and NOW et al v. Scheidler to establish "buffer zones" around women's clinics and allow anti-abortion organizations to be investigated under federal racketeering statutes. [Kushner, 2003, pp. 40] Signing the FACE Act into law, Clinton says, "We simply cannot—we must not—continue to allow the attacks, the incidents of arson, the campaigns of intimidation upon law-abiding citizens that [have] given rise to this law." Clinton cites the murder of Gunn and the shooting of Dr. George Tiller (see August 19, 1993) as incidents that FACE is designed to address. He adds: "No person seeking medical care, no physician providing that care should have to endure harassments or threats or obstruction or intimidation or even murder from vigilantes who take the law into their own hands because they think they know what the law ought to be." [Washington Independent, 6/12/2009] In 2010, the National Abortion Federation will note that while FACE "has had a clear impact on the decline in certain types of violence against clinics and providers, specifically clinic blockades," violence against abortion clinics and abortion providers has continued. [National Abortion Federation, 2010]
Entity Tags: Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, National Abortion Federation, William Jefferson ("Bill") Clinton
1996: Abortion Doctors, Organizations Sue to Stop Publication of Threats
Four doctors and two abortion-provider organizations file a lawsuit under the civil section of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act (see May 1994). The case names the American Coalition of Life Activists (ACLA—see July 1993) as the primary defendant, and asks that the court enjoin the organization to stop publishing threats against doctors (see 1995 and After). The case also seeks monetary damages. One of the defendants is the Reverend Michael Bray of Bowie, Maryland. Bray, a co-founder of ACLA, wrote a book called A Time to Kill: A Study Concerning the Use of Force and Abortion (see September 1994). Bray served four years in federal prison in the 1980s for his role in the arson attacks and bombings of seven abortion clinics. The case will become commonly known as Planned Parenthood v. ACLA. [Ms. Magazine, 12/2002]
Entity Tags: Planned Parenthood, American Coalition of Life Activists, Michael Bray, Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
February 28, 2006: Supreme Court Overturns 'NOW v. Scheidler' on Technical Grounds
In an 8-0 decision, the US Supreme Court reverses the findings of earlier courts and finds for the defendants in the NOW v. Scheidler lawsuit (see June 1986, September 22, 1995, and March 29 - September 23, 1997). The Court, ruling on technical grounds (see April 22, 2002), determines that it was improper for the National Organization for Women (NOW) to use laws covering racketeering and organized crime against anti-abortion advocates who committed violence against women's clinics. The Court also notes that Congress's 1994 passage of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE—see May 1994) Act indicated that Congress did not view the law as pertaining to this area. [FindLaw, 2/28/2006; Los Angeles Times, 3/1/2006]
Entity Tags: National Organization for Women, US Supreme Court, Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
Timeline Tags: US Health Care
June 12, 2009: Newly Released Data Shows Bush Administration Refused to Enforce FACE Act during Tenure
Journalist Daphne Eviatar writes that during the eight years of the Bush presidency, prosecutions and enforcement of the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE—see May 1994) "cratered," with Justice Department officials refusing to prosecute or sometimes even investigate complaints of vandalism, harassment, and assault. After the recent murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller (see May 31, 2009), Eviatar and the Washington Independent obtained government data showing that enforcement of the FACE law, and other federal laws designed to protect abortion providers and clinics, declined by 75 percent during the Bush presidency. Between 1994 and 1999, when President Clinton was in office, the Justice Department filed 17 complaints under the FACE Act. Between 2001 and 2009, when President Bush was in office, the Justice Department only filed a single case. Tiller's own clinic was vandalized numerous times, but complaints against the actions were ignored by the department. Statistics provided by the National Abortion Federation (NAF) show that over 3,200 acts of violence against abortion providers in the US and Canada were committed between 2000 and 2008, and the organization says the number of actual incidents was probably "much higher." The number does not include threats, vandalism, and harassment. NAF statistics show that at least 17 cases of "extreme" violence against abortion providers in the US were reported, including arson, stabbings, bombings, and fake anthrax mailings. But the Bush Justice Department only prosecuted 11 individuals for these attacks. The two highest-profile anti-abortion prosecutions were those of anthrax mailer Clayton Waagner (see 1997-December 2001) and bomber Eric Rudolph (see April 14, 2005). However, none of Waagner's or Rudolph's associates in the extremist organization Army of God (see 1982) were ever prosecuted as accessories to the two activists' crimes. Neither was the Army of God ever investigated as a potential domestic terrorist organization (see Early 1980s). [Washington Independent, 6/12/2009]
Entity Tags: National Abortion Federation, Bush administration (43), Clayton Waagner, Clinton administration, Daphne Eviatar, Eric Robert Rudolph, US Department of Justice, George Tiller, Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act


It's arguably the single most important health and safety rule when it comes to cleaning; never mix two cleaning products together. But why is this the case? Or to put it another way, what exactly can happen when cleaning products are mixed?
Well, the simple answer is that it could lead to any number of outcomes. It could be that the product you mix up simply won't work, or it could be that it could kill you. Suffice to say therefore, it just isn't worth taking the risk.
Contrary to popular belief, mixing two effective cleaning products together will not result in the creation of an even more effective third product. Even if the two products are fairly safe in their own right, you've no idea what you're getting yourself into when it comes to combining them with one-another.
Starting off with a bang…pun very much intended…drain cleaning products are often so powerful that if mixed, they have the potential to become explosive. Designed to power through blockages, they contain the kinds of chemicals, acids and other elements that can prove nothing short of deadly when mixed with others. As such, mixing drain cleaners is widely considered to be just about as dangerous as it gets.
There are two reasons why cleaning products containing baking soda and vinegar aren't advisable. First of all, the fact that you are mixing an acid and a basic means that you come out with little more than sodium acetate and water…so largely useless. Secondly, the vinegar will cause the baking soda to foam up massively, meaning that whatever you put them in could quite literally explode under the pressure.
Never read into any 'recipe' for a cleaning product that sees vinegar mixed with hydrogen peroxide. Though relatively safe to use separately, mixing them together results in the creation of peracetic acid, which is extremely dangerous for the respiratory system, the eyes and the skin.
Equally safe and effective on their own, a mixture of vinegar and bleach will result in the release of chlorine gas – nothing short of a chemical weapon. Painful enough in small doses, it could easily kill you with sufficient exposure.
Be very wary of mixing glass cleaning products with bleach, as if they are made with ammonia they could result in the creation of chloramine. This is a highly-toxic gas that causes similar symptoms to chlorine gas exposure, with the addition of chest pain and breathing problems.
Last but not least, chances are you've seen chloroform used in all manner of Hollywood flicks and TV shows – you might not want to run the risk of accidentally creating your own. But you will, if you mix rubbing alcohol with bleach, which produces a toxic and irritating chemical that will cause you nothing but harm.


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Families and individuals encouraged to take a break from technology on Sunday 26 June 2016.
In celebration of the second annual National Unplugging Day in the UK on Sunday 26 June 2016, leading parenting website MyFamilyClub is asking individuals and families to put down their smartphones, tablets and computers for 24 hours to experience life unplugged.
The leading parenting website MyFamilyClub.co.uk have carried out a study with over 2,000 parents from across the UK which has some striking statistics, finding the average parent with a smartphone, uses it more than 240 times a day – on emails, texts, chat apps and social media.
The majority of children are using technology for more than 4 hours either side of the school day and 6 hours per day at the weekends totaling a staggering 32 hours spend per week on technology– More than half of the families we surveyed admitted this statistic (54%).
Typically parents' (73%) are letting their children use their digital screens (made up of predominantly TV and then smartphone/tablet or computer) for more than an hour before they head to school in the morning (Primary and Secondary School) with parents admitting that their children's concentration levels are affected (49%) and with 28% admitting it was a huge problem for their children's concentration levels.
The digital usage survey also discovered that families across Britain are letting technology erode their family lives with the phenomenon of 'Phubbing' (to phone snub) taking place in their homes. With 67% of parents admitting they are regularly 'Phubbed' by their children but felt at a loss of what to do.
Gemma Johnson CEO and Founder of MyFamilyClub.co.uk said: "The more I look around the more desperate I feel that our children are losing their childhoods. Gone are the days it's seems of being carefree and discovering the world around them and the beauty of human interaction and connection. Hours spent in front of a screen day in, day out is destroying not only our children's minds but also their bodies. When are we as parents going to take responsibility for our children's health when it comes to too much screen time, the eroding of family values which are important for children to feel safe and secure, but also their overall well-being from a mental, emotional and physical perspective. National Unplugging Day is just the very start of a passionate campaign to generate more awareness amongst parents to take notice of what's happening day to day but also a 'flag in the sand' to tech companies, brands and other companies that are benefiting from children overusing technology. It's time ethics come in to play and they also take some responsibility for the damage to our young.
This family digital usage survey concludes that parents and their children are increasingly showing the signs of smartphone addiction. As smartphones invade our daily activities, parents are increasingly less present and now this has transcended onto our children with mental health officials now warning about the long term effects on children's health.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) – one of the only established organisations to make recommendations on screen time across the world — offers guidelines that put limits on media exposure. Studies have shown a link between heavy media use and issues such as obesity, lack of sleep, academic challenges, aggression, and other behaviour difficulties.
National Unplugging Day recognises the value and importance of technology in today's society whilst trying to encourage people (especially families and young children, the connected generations who have grown up with ever-present technology), to be more mindful of their digital usage. This day is not intended to be a one-off, but rather a starting point to encourage people of all ages to embrace a healthy lifestyle by regularly setting aside time away from their digital devices.
2016 parents were surveyed during June and resulted in the statistics above.
Gemma Johnson, Creator of National UnPlugging Day, CEO of MyFamilyClub and Mother of three young children is available for interview.
www.MyFamilyClub.co.uk helps parents save money. We're here for parents with children of all ages, from birth until the day they leave home. On the site you'll find tips and guides on money-saving and budgeting, as well as tools to help you manage your money. MyFamilyClub also rounds up the best vouchers, offers, deals and discounts, and tells you where to find your household essentials at the best prices every week.
Gemma Johnson is a successful digital entrepreneur, CEO and Founder of MyFamilyClub.co.uk and Mother to three young children under the age of 8. Gemma is the go-to media spokesperson regarding family finance with recent media credits that include regular spots on Sky News, ITV Daybreak, BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio Five Live, The Independent, The Observer, Woman's Own and many more. Gemma has been a guest speaker at the Work and Family Show, Women Outside the Box, the first female festival of entrepreneurship and for the Government's agency Love Food Hate Waste. Gemma's accolades include winner of the WOW Woman in Finance 2010, and Mum Entrepreneur of the Year 2009.
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One of quite possibly the most frequent electrical wiring issues is regarding how to wire a swap. Though using switches at home is quite straightforward, wiring a single may well not be that uncomplicated for everybody. An ON-OFF switch is definitely quite simple to wire. There are different types of switches, but for this instance, let us say that you are putting in a single-pole toggle switch, a really prevalent switch (as well as the most straightforward).
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Tonight's the night the world goes dark. The power will go off tonight and won't ever come back on. Planes will fall straight out of the sky, even though there is no possible way that would happen with a loss of power, old cars will never turn back on, despite them not needing electricity to run… The blackout will change everything you thought you knew of the world and leave us in the dark… except of course for a magical USB stick inside of a pendant that apparently still has magical power induction properties that allows it to power things that are in it's vicinity. Now I don't want to keep bashing the show because aside from those three things, I had no issues with the pilot. I'm hoping they further explain why these things are possible, but it's up to the producers how… in the dark… they want to keep us.
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Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cavaliers, has bent over backwards to appease his preening star, who has repaid Gilbert by bending him over in public. Plus: Will Tom Izzo coach the Cavs?
The Cavs held a press conference this week to, among other things, let the world know that LeBron James is not — repeat: NOT — involved in the team's hunt for a head coach, just as he was not involved in the departures of Mike Brown and Danny Ferry from the team's employ.
"Nor," added the team's owner Dan Gilbert, "has he been involved heavily in past major trades." Furthermore, sayeth Gilbert, "The concept that this franchise has been handed to a player who is running it and making the decisions is completely false. ... (T)he truth is the truth."
I actually believe him. But I also believe that LeBron's demeanor during the Celtics series, on and off the court, said all that needed saying about James's disdain for his coach, for his teammates, and for losing the most crucial games of his career year after year after year. Dan Gilbert may not have a hotline to LeCell, but no doubt he got the message loud and clear.
In every way that matters, Dan Gilbert is a Cleveland fan's dream owner come true. He believes that profit is based on success, and so he has spent lavishly in pursuit of victory — without ever being a Jerry Jones/Mark Cuban/Steinbrenner emperor-jerk. He gives the people he hires room and time to learn from their mistakes, keeps a low profile, and has a real emotional bond with the town and its long-starved fans.
Gilbert also has been especially sensitive to LeBron's hopes, fears, and dreams. Last July, Gilbert brought James along to the Allen & Co. billionaire's ball in Sun Valley, Idaho — where, according to Gilbert, moguls elbowed Warren Buffett and Bill Gates for some face time with Bron. Gilbert also peddled a 15 percent slice of the franchise to a group of Chinese investors — a move meant partly to help James reach global-icon status.
Beyond that, Gilbert has created a culture where — for better and for worse — James rules. To serve the King, Gilbert built a practice facility halfway to Akron, gave a phantom security job to Bron's cousin/personal assistant — essentially, the guy is Head of Handshakes — and employs a media relations staff whose primary purpose seems to be to shield LeBron and Gloria James, his freewheeling mom, from anything resembling scrutiny.
In short, Gilbert has done everything possible to convince James that Cleveland is the best possible place for him to ply his trade. In return, he's gotten this: LeBron's dog-and-pony free-agent tour and media lap dance. If LeBron decides he'd rather toil in New York City for the Dolans or in Chicago for El Reinsdorfo, that'll say all that needs saying about his sense of loyalty and his intelligence.
It's 50-50 at this point: 50-50 that Tom Izzo leaves Michigan State — Dan Gilbert's alma mater — to coach the Cavs, and 20-80 that Izzo can translate collegiate success into NBA glory, a trail of tears blazed over many years by men whose names — Vitale, Carlesimo, Pitino, Calipari, and Tarkanian among them — will never be forgotten, and for all the wrong reasons.
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Q: Reverse diffusion of a gas I have a question about the Ehrenfest model of gas diffusion.
Suppose I have two urns, each one with $N = 1,000,000$ balls in it. To start with, the first urn has only black balls, and the second only white ones. Every time the clock ticks, the urns exchange two balls: one chosen at random from the first urn goes to the second, and one similarly in the reverse direction.
Over time, the numbers of balls of each kind have a tendency to even out, so that once equilibrium is reached, the system typically spends most of its time hovering around $500,000$ black balls in each urn. However, with probability $1$, after a usually very long finite time, at some point the first urn will be down to, say, 45% black balls, a kind of "reverse diffusion" which in physical practice doesn't happen, due to the large number of gas molecules.
Nonetheless, let $T$ be the time it takes for the first urn to have $450,000$ black balls for the first time.
I would like to know if there is a way to find bounds for the expected value of $T$, the median of $T$, or any other parameters of its distribution. I suppose I'm most interested in the expected value.
I would appreciate a reference for this kind of problem if possible. The problem is reminiscent of random walks, but is different because the probability of a step left, a step right, or staying put depends on the present state of the system in such a way that drifting away from the $500,000$ mark becomes less likely.
Thanks.

A: Let's call $X_t$ the number of white balls in the first urn at time $t$, starting at $X_0 = 0$.
Such a process is called a Markov Chain, because $X_t$ takes discrete states and it does not matter how you reached the current state for the future states.
You are looking for the distribution of $T = \min\{t: X_t = 550000\}$. You can do this by declaring that the process stops when $X_t = 550000$, this means that the state $550000$ is declared "absorbing" in the language of Markov processes.
Typically you calculate properties of a markov chain by means of a transition matrix. Some results obtained by this matrix such as expected number of steps, and variance on number of steps are described in this article, however your example has $1000001$ possible states which makes it hard to explicitly write down the $1000001\times 1000001$ matrix.

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"""Unit tests for ZHA backup platform."""

from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch

from homeassistant.components.zha.backup import async_post_backup, async_pre_backup

async def test_pre_backup(hass, setup_zha):
    """Test backup creation when `async_pre_backup` is called."""
    with patch("zigpy.backups.BackupManager.create_backup", AsyncMock()) as backup_mock:
        await setup_zha()
        await async_pre_backup(hass)

    backup_mock.assert_called_once_with(load_devices=True)

async def test_post_backup(hass, setup_zha):
    """Test no-op `async_post_backup`."""
    await setup_zha()
    await async_post_backup(hass)


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POLICE TAKING PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ENSURE SECURITY DURING HOLIDAYS SAYS ACP FOR OPERATIONS
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 10, 2021 (RSCNPF):A number of measures have already been implemented by the Police to help improve the experience of the public during the holidays.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Adolph Adams, oversees the Operations Directorate of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. ACP Adams stated that safety and security contributed significantly to the way in which people conducted business.
"As we approach the Christmas and carnival season, the period which we all know as the busiest period in our Federation, a time when we see most of our families and visitors coming to our shores, it is imperative that we, as an organisation, rise to the occasion to ensure that our residents and visitors remain safe as they go about enjoying their time of relaxation or just doing business," Assistant Commissioner of Police Adams said.
As part of the operations strategy, there will continue to be a strong Police presence in the business district and at several areas outside the city centre where shoppers will be moving about. The Police also have a mandate to see that people continue to adhere to the health protocols that are still in place.
"Our proactive approach was evident on Black Friday as our men and women were out in their numbers ensuring safety, reassuring the public, controlling and managing the traffic, enforcing the COVID regulations and, most of all, engaging in community policing activities. Our foot and mobile patrols were also carried out in various communities to ensure that safety was number one. Our mobile command units were also on display, giving that type of support to our troops who were on the ground. We intend to continue our proactive approach as it has contributed significantly to the reduction in crime in comparison to other years."
Ambassador Liburd's Ministry of Giving brings cheer to children in East Basseterre
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Whether you realize it or not, your business or industry is supported somewhere by materials that have been welded together. Welding has existed since the Bronze Age, creating billions of tools and structures for individuals over thousands of years. Welding technology has come a long way since then and is considered one of the most efficient ways to join two materials together.
In British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, a common utilization of welding is often demonstrated in the oil and gas industries. Metal piping is typically joined together by bonding two pieces of metal into one solid pipeline by applying extreme heat. Any metal structure or tool that you might encounter on a jobsite likely has been formed using at least one weld somewhere.
Welding is an extremely efficient method of connecting two individual pieces of metal into a single piece, however there is a small possibility that a weld can fail, and that can spell big trouble for your business or employees. A weld failure can result in a rapid shift in equipment or materials which could cause massive injuries or death to any workers who may be nearby. Aside from the health and safety concerns, a weld failure can also halt your production and cost thousands of dollars in lost revenues or fines, especially if you are dealing with oil.
There are many reasons why a weld may be faulty or fail during operation. If your company utilizes inexperienced welders, or conducts welding in difficult conditions (outdoor welding in poor weather, long working hours for employees etc.) you may encounter weld failures more frequently than other businesses.
Weld Joints are not heated to high enough temperatures. A welder cannot properly form one hot object to another cold object, both must be warm at the same time. Failure to do so can result in a weak weld.
Failure to anneal could result in Annealing allows the materials to slowly cool down, opposed to rapidly cooling down a metal, which can cause the stress required to crack.
Surrounding area affected by weld. Occasionally when welding, the operator can heat the materials or the area surrounding the weld joint. This can cause warping, which may result in improper alignment, putting large amounts of stress onto the weld which can lead to faults.
Too much oxidation. When metals are heated, they can oxidize, which causes an improper weld to form. Welders can use a shield gas or flux to help prevent oxidation.
Corrosion or chemical degradation. A welded area is more susceptible to rusting that a non-welded area and will begin to break down before the rest of the equipment or pipeline. Chemical exposure can also weaken a weld overtime.
Bubble pockets or voids in welds. These are caused by moisture or CO2 forming from carbon and oxygen mixing. These bubbles can be hard to detect and can extremely weaken the strength of a weld.
Unclean welding surfaces. Dirt and other debris can cause porosity in a weld which disrupts the uniformity of the structure and drastically decreases its overall strength.
Every company has different standards when it comes to quality. These quality standards and systems (QMS) need to be extended to all welding activities that are conducted by your business. Regardless of how intense your quality standards are, all welds must be inspected. A simple visual inspection is the first step, but when the safety of your employees is on the line and you are dealing with valuable resources/equipment, further measures must be taken.
20/20 NDT Inc. Tip -> Visual weld inspection must take place before, during and after the operator has conducted the welding.
Due to the fact that a weld is a fusion of two metals, it can be very difficult to visually detect if there are any defects inside the weld. This is where non-destructive testing (NDT) valuable, giving you insight into the integrity of your welds, without damaging any equipment, while also allowing operations to continue smoothly.
Electromagnetic particle inspection is one of the best non-destructive methods to detect surface cracks, defects that are too small for the human eye to see and discontinuities that are subsurface in a weld. This style of testing magnetizes the object in question, then utilizes a unique, fluorescent solution which highlights these defects for our inspector to document. This process is very fast and leaves your equipment unmarked.
Ultrasonic Inspection (UT) utilizes high frequency sound waves to examine the exterior and interior of solid objects. This style of testing is useful, not only for discovering cracks inside and out of a weld, but it can also measure exactly where the defects have been located. The equipment that we use at 20/20 NDT Inc sends high frequency beams into an object, and when it interacts with a defect, it will bounce back to our machine, giving us a clear picture of the potential defect and its exact location. This can be extremely useful if there is a small disruption in a large area of equipment. By pinpointing exactly where the crack or fault is, the issue can be quickly located and fixed, saving your company time while also leaving the other areas unaffected.
Radiographic inspection is one of the most universally accepted non-destructive testing methods that is extremely adaptable to a wide range of situations. This style of inspection utilizes "x-rays" or gamma rays to gain insight into the interior of machinery, or in this case, a weld. This is conducted in a similar manner to a doctor using an x-ray to examine if a bone is fractured or not. Again, set up is fast and simple, and our technicians can guarantee that your pipeline or equipment will be unharmed from this process.
If you are curious about the integrity of your welds, give our team at 20/20 NDT. Inc a call today! We service all of Western Canada and will bring the non-destructive testing to you. Let our technicians help you gain insight into the integrity of your operations and ensure the safety of your hardworking employees!


This is fascinating. I hope it's successful for so many reasons, not the least Max!
Happy very belated Canada Day! What a cute photo!
Wow, that's not silly, that's seriously impressive!! Good job, Team Henry!
Ooh, good luck, Henry! Can't wait to see a picture of you with your certificate.
Good for the rescue. I hope it was just miscommunication. I've often responsed to parents wth "might" and "maybe" when I know it's a 99% done deal but can't say anything because technically the board has to approve.
She's so cute! And she looks great to non-expert me!
Terrier coats sound like a pain, so good for you and Sabine for taking that on! I think I will cross them off the list of potential small dogs!
That sounds heavenly - to go hiking with a dog that checks in and can be trusted off leash.
I just love this update, and I'm glad you can rest comfortably knowing your decision was the right one.
Oh, she's pretty! Welcome home, Maggie.


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Q: Behaviour with `repeated_permutation` and floating points I'm solving Project Euler problem 33.
(10..99).to_a.repeated_permutation(2) do |ary|
  print (ary[0]/ary[1]).to_f if ary[0]/ary[1] < 1
end

returns nothing but a series of decimal places and zeros. However if I take the values of the array and divide them manually, for instance:
print 98/99.to_f

the correct value is returned.
Can anyone explain why this happens, and (more importantly) how to circumvent it?

A: Both ary[0] and ary[1] will always be positive integers inside your block. That means that ary[0]/ary[1] will be 0 or some positive integer. Your block does nothing when ary[0]/ary[1] is less than one (i.e. when ary[0]/ary[1] is anything other than zero). Since you only call print when ary[0]/ary[1] == 0, you're really just saying:
print 0.to_f if ary[0]/ary[1] == 0

This:
print 98/99.to_f

prints what you're expecting but you're not doing that in the block, you're saying things like:
print (98/99).to_f

and we see that the to_f call is in the wrong place.
You're probably trying to say:
print ary[0]/ary[1].to_f if ary[0]/ary[1] < 1

to get floating point division rather than integer division.


annemarie wrote: If you can't find any there probably aren't any. I don't think that was George he said he was home with the kids the night of that first party.
Is that when he joked about taking crap out of a baby's diaper?
Yes that is when he was talking about the party and he said he was home .
annemarie wrote: Yes that is when he was talking about the party and he said he was home .
.........or anything George actually says?
Also ponder this - he could just as easily have been in NYC doing the nappy change - under five hours in a private plane to Las Vegas...........Does it matter?
party animal - not! wrote: .........or anything George actually says?
It seems to matter to you.
I tend to believe him, he has never attended the party in Los Angeles. As a representative of the company I don't see him going as a moose he would need to be seen by the paps it is part of his job.
Ladybug - You're the one who seems obsessed with the moose costume. No one else cares. The rest of us take George's word for which party he went to - and our own eyes for what he wore. If you really can't let this go, why don't you write to George and ask him? I'm sure you can find an address for him somewhere online.
Who can really say so ?
LizzyNY wrote: Ladybug - You're the one who seems obsessed with the moose costume. No one else cares. The rest of us take George's word for which party he went to - and our own eyes for what he wore. If you really can't let this go, why don't you write to George and ask him? I'm sure you can find an address for him somewhere online.
Lizzy you seem to have taken bits and pieces of post I've made and came up with a theory.
Whoever came as a Moose, to whatever party they showed up to is the funniest thing I have seen in a loooooooooong time. Yes I want to know who showed up as a Moose. If anybody knows please let me know.
I have never questioned what party George Clooney showed up to. And frankly, to be honest I don't care.
Unlike you, I take George Clooney's words with a grain of salt. He seems to speak with a "play on words" to avoid answering direct questions. Often times he's joking. Also the media, specifically print media will stretch his words to make the story interesting. You have every right to believe everything George Clooney says and everything you read.
I do know where George Clooney's publicist office is. If I wanted to write him I would drop a letter by his office. I'm sure it would get to him.
Ladybug - Why is it that every time someone answers one of your questions you turn the conversation into an argument?
LizzyNY wrote: Ladybug - Why is it that every time someone answers one of your questions you turn the conversation into an argument?
I'd like to know that as well, we answer your question you don't agree with the answer.
We see and read the same things you do none of us know him personally.
annemarie wrote: I'd like to know that as well, we answer your question you don't agree with the answer.
The Moose is George Clooney wire images have two pics and if you focus on the eye of the Moose the right one you can see George's eye .
I think his long fingers and phone are same in those pics .
I agree with you it's me, I don't think it is George Clooney.
I find this conversation sooo amoosing!
Donnamarie wrote: I find this conversation sooo amoosing!
When I watched the moose pic, the eye and hand doesn't look any familiar to me.
But even if it should be George, it was his (or let's say the person who's dressed as a moose) decision to be unrecognized. So, unless this person speaks out, we'll never know who it is, and that's fine for me.
Remember: If it is a celebrity like George, he can't go anywhere without being identified, photographed, asked for selfies and autographs and questions. So I guess it's pretty nice for them to be able to dress in a way which is normal - at least one night a year - and nobody knows who you are.
When Bono had his bike accident in Central Park a few years ago, he was dressed as a rabbi - and he's not identifiable as easy as George.
That's not my style, but I'm not a gossip fan anyway.
PigPen wrote: I appreciate many of you think the drinking in the cockpit video is amusing.
With several instances of US pilots being arrested for drinking when assigned to pilot a flight,trying to gain access to the cockpit when under the influence, .. I think George showed immaturity and very poor judgement.
Jitsukawa, 42, attributed the elevated alcohol levels to a bout of serious drinking the previous night in his [url=http://i.viglink.com/?key=1779361d4a956134e030a7c269533d19&insertId=d2e3cebfedd525b9&type=CD&exp=-100%3ACILITE%3A2&libId=jo0a02fe01016ga7000DAj5mzwbfr&cuid=AAnYIu|us|tra|ar|travelnews|Time&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Ftravel%2Fnews%2Fa-japanese-pilot-was-arrested-after-being-caught-nearly-10-times-over-legal-alcohol-limit%2Far-BBPeY7c&v=1&iid=d2e3cebfedd525b9&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2F&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%3Finst%3D1&title=A Japanese Pilot Was Arrested After Being Caught Nearly 10 Times Over Legal Alcohol]hotel[/url] bar and room, according to NHK.
The airline issued an apology, promising "immediate actions to prevent any future occurrence." It also announced it would roll out a more sophisticated breathalyzer systemto monitor its pilots' alcohol overseas later this month, according to NHK. The new system, which is already in place for Japanese domestic flights, will send test results back to Japan in real time.
Thanks PAN. I hadn't seen it before. Can't help but wonder why Amal didn't go to either party. You'd think she could spare a couple of hours to keep him company if she was in the vicinity - or maybe she was too busy working and left the kids with him and the nannies in LA. Not really my business but curious.
I'm going to go with Amal is the Moose. Investigative reporting.
Well, Lizzy, if it were me and I'd been away teaching at the law school etc in NYC my preference would be to be with my children quite honestly.
It looked hot and was probably uncomfortable. She would have no reason to to not show herself at the party.
I think she's the moose. The evidence is pretty convincing.
party animal - not! wrote: Well, Lizzy, if it were me and I'd been away teaching at the law school etc in NYC my preference would be to be with my children quite honestly.
I thought the children were in Los Angeles with George Clooney and the Nanny.
teaching in New York and George had been in Los Angeles. The one thing we can be sure of is they do a lot of flying.
Didn't mean to start a kerfuffle. I just assumed that she'd head out to LA at least for the weekend and, if she was there (and I'm thinking she was since the kids were there), she could spare a couple of hours to go to a party with her husband. Like I said, not really my business.
The one thing I'm pretty sure of: she'd never be caught out in that moose outfit!
Maybe there was a Halloween party for Hollywood babies, and Amal took the twins and hung out with the star moms while George took a break from changing diapers.
Haven't seen the moose in question, but I'd bet my right leg (the good one) that it wasn't Amal.
Way2Old - You're not missing much. Looks like a moth-eaten high school mascot! Hardly Mrs. Clooney's style - or his, for that matter.
Just as you turn the kitchen light off.... you remember Halloween's gone by ..... now where is that Moose costume???


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Early Team News
Kitson, Constable and Crocombe return for the U's
Dave Kitson returns from suspension as United welcome Southend to the Kassam Stadium on Saturday. Kitson missed the trip to Hartlepool last week after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season against Chesterfield.
James Constable is also back in contention for a place in the team after making an appearance from the bench at Victoria Park last weekend, despite chipping a bone in his foot just three weeks before. He's been in training this week and is fit and ready to go ahead of the visit of the Shrimpers.
Also returning from injury this week is Max Crocombe. The young Kiwi goalkeeper has been sidelined in recent weeks with a shoulder injury but has now made a full recovery and with on-loan goalkeeper Shwan Jalal being recalled by Bournemouth, Crocombe looks set to return to the bench for United.
Captain Jake Wright and Jon Meades are still sidelined through injury, while Andy Whing serves the second match of his three-game suspension following his sending-off against Chesterfield.
Manager Chris Wilder told Yellow Player:
"It speaks volumes that James wanted to be involved last weekend and he will feature in some capacity again on Saturday. Dave Kitson's a big player in every way for us and it's a real boost for the team to have him available again."
See the full interview with Chris and The Preview Show in Yellow Player.
You can buy your tickets for the big match at oufctickets.co.uk.


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Welcome to the latest Club Update - Saturday 14 November 2020
Following the long delayed start, the season is well and truly underway despite matches being behind closed doors (BCD). Tuesday evening's win at Alfreton Town was the first 3-pointer and kicks start our league campaign after a disrupted opening period with injuries and postponements.
The fantastic FA Cup run sets up the 2nd round tie at Tranmere Rovers in two weeks time with live coverage on BBC2 – another first for everyone to look forward to. Prenton Park is a great, old fashioned stadium and, even without supporters in the ground, under floodlights in front of a nationwide, Friday-night TV audience it will be a brilliant occasion and one to remember.
The FA Cup is all about pride and passion and pleasure and glory. It is the world's oldest cup competition and attracts enormous interest from around the world. With the chance of a tie against a top team for the winners, the 2nd round ties are always big occasions, especially for the small number of non-league teams that make it this far.
The income from prize money and TV money cannot be overlooked either and both are a god-send for a Step 2 club playing BCD and in the middle of a major project to re-build its clubhouse. This unexpected income secures the finances of the club at this crucial time.
This is only the third time in the club's history that we have reached this stage of the competition. We have never gone further ...
The tie against Tranmere will generate plenty of media attention and we will add to this through our own output on social media and on the website. Despite the frustration and gloomy outlook in the midst of the health pandemic, this is a great moment for the club and one we hope all supporters will look forward to and enjoy.
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Tuesday's win at Alfreton came through a goal in each half and a big clean-sheet, so an all round team performance. The opening goal from Tre Mitford's header came from the left wing, a pin-point cross from Glenn Walker. The match marked the moment when Glenn equalled the club's all-time record for appearances. As Kevin said in an interview this week, Glenn was capable of playing at a higher level of football but his decision to play non-league only benefitted Brackley Town over the years. Glenn has been a terrific and loyal servant to the club, a main-stay of successful sides and he remains a vital part of Kevin's plans for the season.
We live-streamed both the FA Cup ties against Marske and Bishop's Stortford with almost 700 logging in for the Bishop's Stortford match. We have a team of volunteers producing this and they have done a terrific job to get us to this point. The team is determined to produce a professional show so that supporters can follow the team and enjoy the games. Thank you for your support - keep logging in. Next up are back-to-back home games against KIdderminster Harriers on Tuesday evening followed by Chester on Saturday. With more modifications and extra equipment in place we hope the few gremlins will be out of the system. We are keeping the discount price of just £2 per match pass until these early issues are resolved - this covers our costs. Thank you for your positive feedback - keep it coming in.
Re-building the clubhouse that was destroyed by fire is a major under-taking. Great progress has been made in a short time. The shell of the building is up, it is topped out and it is water-tight. Once finished, we will have a new facility to be proud of and that will serve the club and the community well for years to come.
Meanwhile the Covid situation continues to hold up progress when we want to be pressing on as fast as possible but unfortunately this is the picture across the industry at the moment and is understandable. Delays with contractors and suppliers mean that fitting out of the interior will now start in January. We are making some changes also to the design, in particular to the entrance, and getting the external works completed so we can move around the site more easily.
We will continue to provide supporters with updates and in the New Year hope to have a more definite date for completion.
Kim Grantham is well known to supporters and people around the town. Kim has led our fantastic Saints Community Project and during the Covid crisis has continued to support vulnerable and elderly people in our community. Kim's work provides comfort and support that is practical and genuine and makes an enormous difference to a wide group of people who otherwise might struggle through these challenging times. Everyone at Brackley Town FC is delighted to hear that Kim's work has been recognised with the award of the Rose of Northamptonshire. The award by the High Sheriff of Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire County Council recognises and celebrates the contributions of "unsung heroes of Northamptonshire" in helping others through this pandemic. Kim has been invited to an awards ceremony and we will bring you more about this at that time. In the mean time … congratulations to Kim on this well deserved recognition from everyone at the club!
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Zhenya Tsvetnenko allegedly part of one of the biggest telecommunications scams
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Zhenya Tsvetnenko was living the life that dreams are made of — fast cars, lavish parties, a swanky home, Hollywood friends and a glamorous wife.
But it was a dream built on lies and deceit, according to the US Department of Justice.
Now the Russian-born Perth internet millionaire, whose real name is Eugeni, has swapped his designer suits and riverfront pad for prison greens and a tiny cell at Hakea prison, 19km south of Perth.
And he's staring down the barrel of a maximum 60-year prison sentence, if extradited and convicted, for allegedly taking part in one of the biggest telecommunications scams in US legal history.
Mr Tsvetnenko has spent 39 days in Hakea, including Christmas and New Year's Eve.
The Sunday Times can reveal the 39-year-old was arrested by the Australian Federal Police at his luxurious river front apartment in the Raffles complex in the riverside suburb of Applecross, in the early hours of December 20, 2018
The police were acting on an extradition arrest warrant relating to Mr Tsvetnenko's alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar text-messaging scam, which fleeced more than $196 million from mobile phone customers across the US.
Mr Tsvetnenko is denying the allegations.
"In July 2016, I learnt I had been accused of and charged with committing criminal offences in 2012 and 2013, in the United States of America," he told The Sunday Times from behind bars, via his media representative Evelyn Duffy, yesterday.
"I am not guilty of the alleged offences."
His circumstances are in stark contrast to his former rock-star life.
He debuted on the BRW Young Rich List in 2009, aged 29, with a fortune of $107 million and in the top 10 of Australia's richest people under 40.
He had double the wealth of Hollywood stars on the list such as Hugh Jackman and Cate Blanchett.
Mr Tsvetnenko's rise read like a Hollywood film script.
He migrated from Russia to Australia with his parents in 1992, aged 12. His parents, biochemists Yuri and Elena Tsvetnenko, found jobs at Curtin University.
Mr Tsvetnenko's meteoric rise saw him go from university drop-out, with only $200 in his bank account, to WA's richest young man in only three years.
His big break came when he worked nights devising a computer program capable of delivering SMS messages automatically.
In 2005, he launched an SMS Gateway service from his bedroom in Canning Vale, while living on two-minute noodles and his wife's wage.
In less than two years he was turning over more than $4 million a month. Mr Tsvetnenko's fortune soared thanks to his Australian premium SMS business, which delivered alerts about the weather, cheap petrol, horoscopes and IQ tests.
He and his wife Lydia, who drove his-and-hers Lamborghinis, were the "Posh and Becks" of the Perth social scene and threw money around like confetti. She was Lydia Gaugg when they met at Paramount nightclub in 2002.
Their $600,000 wedding in 2008 was a real-life fairytale, complete with a horse-drawn carriage. And their lavish parties are the stuff of legend.
Mr Tsvetnenko flew his wife to Hollywood for her 29th birthday and US rapper Snoop Dogg performed for her. The entrepreneur threw his wife a $250,000 Las Vegas-themed 30th birthday party at North Fremantle's upmarket Salt Restaurant at Port Beach in 2009.
US rapper Flo Rida flew in for their Grecian-themed fundraiser Party like the Gods, held on the observation deck at Fraser's Restaurant in Kings Park in 2010, complete with Greek warriors, mermaids, live statues, Zeus and Medusa.
Mr Tsvetnenko's 2010 surprise 30th birthday bash featured ice sculptures of his Lamborghini and Ferrari, and a birthday cake emblazoned with his face on a $US100 bill.
The entrepreneur arrived to his favourite song, Bon Jovi's Livin' on a Prayer.
Such was his wealth that in 2009 he told The West Australian: "I've made so much money so quick that I haven't had time to count it. It sounds funny but it's just too hard."
He said he put his success down to hard work. "I've got nothing to hide. I've never tried to deceive anyone. I'm basically an open book," he said.
Mr Tsvetnenko appeared in Perth Magistrates Court the same day as his arrest, represented by lawyer Rishi Kashyap from Equus Chambers.
He was remanded in custody at Hakea prison, where he remains.
Mr Tsvetnenko faced a bail application hearing at Perth Magistrates Court last week.
The decision was reserved until Tuesday.
The US Attorney's Southern District Office of New York charged Mr Tsvetnenko with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, in 2016.
But extradition arrest warrant proceedings against him didn't begin until recently. Each count carries a maximum 20-year jail sentence.
Whereas he once rubbed shoulders with Hollywood stars and music moguls, Mr Tsvetnenko is residing with the likes of accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards in Hakea prison.
It's a volatile environment, where Mr Tsvetnenko is holed up with many prisoners suffering drug withdrawals and mental health issues. His arrest came at the end of a tumultuous year, which saw him split with his wife of 10 years.
Mr Tsvetnenko's Subiaco bar Voyeur, which he co-owns with Adultshop.com founder Malcolm Day, was targeted by arsonists twice in one week last month.
The total damage was estimated at $350,000.
CCTV footage showed three men dousing the inside of the bar with an accelerant before setting the floor on fire.
Australia can accept a provisional arrest request from the US because it is an extradition country under the Extradition Act.
Mr Tsvetnenko will only be granted bail if there are special circumstances that justify his release.
Authorities in the US have between 46 and 60 days from when Mr Tsvetnenko was arrested to make an extradition request to Australia.
If an extradition request is not received within that time, Mr Tsvetnenko can apply to a magistrate to be released from custody or "discharged of the recognisances on which bail was granted".
The Southern District of New York US Attorney's Office alleges that Mr Tsvetnenko took part in "auto-subscribing", the practice of charging customers for unsolicited premium text messages from April 2012 to about mid-2013.
It is alleged users were charged about $13 a month for content including horoscopes, celebrity gossip and trivia.
The amount was allegedly automatically included in their phone bills.
The US Department of Justice alleged Mr Tsvetnenko had seven co-conspirators in the scheme.
Prosecutors said the scheme was headed by Dampier-born Darcy Wedd, the chief operating officer of Mobile Messenger, which is an American aggregation company in the mobile phone industry.
He was also a movie producer involved with actors including Susan Sarandon, Courteney Cox and Sharon Stone.
Wedd was sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to a 10-year jail term plus three years of supervised release, in April last year. Mobile Messenger worked with content providers such as Tatto Media which sent consumers the unwanted text messages.
Tatto Media was operated by co-conspirator Lin Miao who told the court, during Webb's trial in December 2017, they copied some of their best content from Mr Tsvetnenko.
The US Department of Justice and Australian Federal Police have been contacted for comment.
Lydia Tsvetnenko declined to comment yesterday.
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BULLYING is a parent's worst nightmare.
It can leave you feeling helpless, scared and stressed to the max - and that's not even half of what the child is going through. Bullying can have a huge impact on the child's learning, mental and physical health and lead to more serious problems later in life.
Statistics show about 40% of people have experienced some sort of bullying in the past.
1. Listen to their story: Children who are bullied need someone to believe their story. Take them seriously and avoid dismissing complaints as tell-tale.
2. Deal with their feelings: Recognise and validate their emotions. Let them talk about how they think and feel.
3. Get the facts: Get a clear picture of what happens, including who is involved, the frequency and what happens prior to any bullying.
4. Give them coping skills: With a clear picture you can start giving your child some help about how they may deal with bullying including using avoidance strategies, being more assertive and changing body language.
5. Get the school involved: Bullying is best handled when parents and teachers are involved. Approach your school through the appropriate channels, make yourself aware of your schools' anti-bullying procedures and programs, and be willing to work within these guidelines.
6. Help build your child's support networks: Kids need a group of friends to support them when they experience bullying so look for practical ways to broaden friendships groups.
7. Build their self-confidence: Provide children with systematic encouragement. Let them know through your words and treatment of them that they will get through this period.


I ended my first article about fresh produce packaging with the promise to write in this one about lidding and liquid absorbents. But before we come to these developments, I have some recent designs in fresh produce packaging that need attention.
Spanish retailer El Corte Inglés launched a new range of fresh fruits sliced in halves and packed under modified atmosphere conditions by the Valencian company Vicente Peris.
Melons, watermelon, pumpkin and the like usually weight an average of 3 to 4 kilos and often end up wasted. That's why in Spain and many Latin American countries it's a cultural aspect to expect the fruit traders to slice the fruit (if too large to buy a whole one) in half or even less at the store. Consequently many retail chains and greengrocers are selling half pieces of melon and watermelon sliced on their own premises, without complying with food safety regulations regarding handling and storage, and that could lead to problems with salmonella or listeria.
This is very different in the other European countries, where consumers only see advantages in this concept whenever prices do not vary much with respect to those of conventional products. And so, Vicente Peris created a new packaging format adapting its product size to the consumer trends of current households, which tend to be smaller.
Peris is the only European brand that packages its products in a protective atmosphere, including its Piel de sapo (frog skin) Melon, Galia Melon, Watermelon, Pumpkin and Valencian Butter Bean. Without breaking the cold chain, the company obtains stable and hygienic quality, leading to a shelf life of up to 10 days, depending on the product.
Tomatoes and cucumbers are the frontrunners in the organic segment, as there is definitely an increasing interest in organic cultivation. More and more growers are making the switch. Belgian endive is, despite some problems in the start-up phase, not a niche product anymore.
The shelf life for Belgian endive is mainly limited by light and temperature. Light is the most important factor, turning the endive green. Green Belgian endive won't be sold. To prevent the Belgian endive from turning green, supermarkets now often use plastic covering sheets. But customers don't leave them in place with all consequences.
To combat loss of Belgian endive, a vulnerable product, in supermarkets, Eosta partnered with Flemish Smart Packaging Solutions. The companies developed a box with resealable lid.
The box developed by Smart Packaging Solutions, has a lid that closes automatically, improving the shelf life of the Belgian endive. The box, which was recently introduced on the Belgian market through BelOrta, is now finding its way onto the Dutch and international, organic market. The boxes are nearly completely made from recycled materials.
The company's focus is on the Dutch, German, Scandinavian and French market.
Nature & More, the international specialist in organic vegetables and fruit, is the first company that has begun to use sustainable packaging derived from sugar cane on a large scale. The material looks like fine cardboard and beats almost all other materials when it comes to sustainability. It's easily compostable, 100% GMO free, made of waste material, tree-friendly and plastic-free. And on top of this: the market is embracing this new development.
Nature & More has been working for two years to develop these new packaging materials. Now it is selling organic vine tomatoes, pears and physalis packaged in the sugarcane materials.
French supermarket chain Carrefour is one of Nature & More's first clients to have opted for organic fruit and vegetables packaged with the new materials.
Nature & More is now replacing the old trays, tags, labels and stickers with the new materials. The look is clean and natural and fits perfectly with organic products. It's plastic free. It's made of waste material that would otherwise be burnt, resulting in pollution. Therefore it doesn't put a claim on new land.
Nature & More is the "trace & tell" system of Eosta, leading distributor of organic fruits and vegetables in Europe.
Do we see in Europe more or more fresh produce companies using eco-friendly, renewable and natural packaging material, in the USA that's unfortunately still a bit different. Although organic produce is also in the USA a high-flyer, the material used to package this organic produce isn't always, or seldom, organic, compostable or natural. Look at the next one, and you wonder why the company Organic Girl LLC didn't use a natural renewable material.
The packaging, designed by Jennie Freeman from Organic Girl LLC and manufactured by Emerald Packaging, Inc. is a two-layer stand-up pouch with a handle to make it easier for the consumer to grab it off the shelf.
It features a Velcro closure to make the package easier to close compared to a string zipper. The matte finish adds to the gloss of the package, helping it stand out in the graphic saturated produce section of the grocery store. This package stands up as opposed to the previous clamshell, catching the consumer's eye.
Antifog prevents moisture build-up on the inside of the bag allowing consumers to see the produce.
The next one is a better example of eco-friendly packaging. Not quite as it could have been, had Emerald used 'green' PE.
Like the Organic Girl stand-up pouch, this potato bag also is manufactured by Emerald Packaging, Inc. and designed by Michael Ricon.
This product represents a breakthrough in sustainable films as the 5 lb. bag is partly made from a renewable resource: potatoes. The 25% potato resin and 75% polyethylene mixture developed by Emerald Packaging and Biologiq of Idaho Falls, ID, produces a film that is actually stronger than a 100% polyethylene based film typically used for potato bags, thereby allowing for down-gauging of up to 10%. This film has many other possible uses including as a white sealant and other packaging that does not require absolute clarity.
And the last one I have just is an ordinary un-recyclable stand-up pouch. I can't shake off the impression that in Europe a company for fresh produce is looking and experimenting more often with renewable packaging material, compared to their American counterparts. Although organic produce and similar is a growing market in the USA, presenting that fresh product in packaging made from renewable resources seems still to be the exception.
Robbie Flexibles created for Green Giant Fresh Brussels Sprouts a laminated stand-up pouch using Expanded Colour Gamut printing. The crisp graphics increase consumer appeal and brand recognition on store shelves and project a high quality product image.
This packaging eliminates the risk of contamination and protects the product freshness through micro-perforations for OTR control.
So these were the last novelties in fresh produce packaging. I keep the lidding of fresh produce containers, as well as the liquid absorbents for a next article and the fast-developing laser labelling of fresh produce for a separate article.


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#BounceExclusive: 'Lack Of Funds Has Killed 500 HIV/AIDS Patients In Gombe' - Agency
"The state government has in the last three years refused to pay the counterpart fund and it has resulted in the deaths being recorded."
Is the Gombe State Government culpable in the death of 500 HIV patients?
Well, that is the impression the Gombe State Coordinator of Network for People Living with HIV/AIDs Nigeria (NEPWHAN) Absolom Habila is creating.
He said that the association lost about five hundred of its members in 2018 in Gombe State.
Absolom, who stated this in an interview with Bounce News on Thursday in Gombe, alleged that negligence on the part of the Gombe State government resulted in the deaths.
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He said, "This is because the state government has in the last three years refused to pay the counterpart fund for us to be able to access fund from some international donor", he said.
The lack of funds has deprived the patients of access to hematology.
"It is such test that determines the type of prescription a patient needs, and it also tells if the prescribed medication is working or not".
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The State Coordinator threatened that the Gombe State chapter of NEPWHAN may not be participating in the forthcoming World AIDS Day.
"This is because we have been coming out and advocating for a better handling of our members and that has not happened all these years".
"Our big panic now is that that some international partners who have been helping and proving support would soon be pulling out of the state, what will then be our faith", he said.
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Responding on behalf the Government of Gombe State, the Project Manager Gombe State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (GomSACA), Dr. Suraj Abdulkarim debunked the death claim.
He said going by the available record, it showed there is a reduction in the number of new cases. The death rate dropped from six to seven thousand in 2006 to less than one hundred.
"The number of deaths should not be up to one hundred now and we are also working towards achieving zero death of people living HIV/AIDS in the state. The death is not always as result of failure of government, it also has to do with their in house problem," he said.
On the issue of not caring for people living with the virus in the state, Dr. Suraj said the state government has always been supportive to NEPWHAN in the state.
"We have been working hand in hand with them to achieve a common goal".
"The policy trust of establishment of this agency was to care for health and people living with this virus and we have been on track.
"We have introduced and included people living with this virus to skill acquisition programs; many have been trained and given support to start up the business leaned but they end up selling the equipment given to them".
"It is true that we have not been able to provide testing kits in the state since 2015; this is due to the economic situation of the state.
He revealed that only 40 percent of people living with the HIV/AIDS virus in the state know their status and that the 53 health facilities needed to have adequate coverage of the state is yet to be met as only 23 have been realized across the state.


Fresh Florida Red Grapefruit is one of my favorites - The combination of tart and sweet just can't be beat. In addition to it's many health benefits, Grapefruit has a fat-burning enzyme and can help to absorb & reduce the starch/sugar in the body. People who are trying to lose weight should drink/eat lots of grapefruit.


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Starbucks announced resounding digital success at its 2016 Investor Day, held Wednesday.
Starbucks Rewards, the firm's rewards and loyalty program, now counts 12 million active members, up 18% on a year-over-year (YoY) basis. Among those, 8 million pay via mobile, and 33%, or roughly 4 million, use Mobile Order & Pay, the firm's mobile ahead offering.
And they do so regularly — in Q3 2016, over one in four US Starbucks transactions came from its mobile app. The firm's engaged digital audience could be the catalyst to its robust five-year sales and revenue targets, which is pushing it to find new ways to further capitalize on this engaged user base.
Starbucks has two new digital launches on the horizon.
Conversational ordering: Starbucks is planning to launch an artificial intelligence-based chatbot next year. The platform, called My Starbucks Barista, will allow users to order via voice or messaging. Starbucks believes it could help further lift digital ordering by making the process even more seamless and convenient for users. Chatbots are becoming more popular, and if Starbucks can successfully onboard users to the offering, it could make it easier for users to pay in a variety of contexts, which could grow engagement.
Increased personalization: Next year, the firm also plans to complete the rollout of personalized offerings, like suggested order additions or pairings, to mobile order-ahead customers. Encouraging add-ons often grows average order value (AOV) — for example, Taco Bell sees 30% higher AOVs on app-based orders. And higher spend is rewarded by Starbucks Rewards, which is a dollar-based program, which could encourage users to make more expensive orders on a regular basis. Personalization could thus help Starbucks leverage its most engaged customer base to meet its five-year targets.
Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) — also known as fast-casual restaurants — such as Starbucks have been turning to mobile order-ahead apps to extract higher sales, intensify customer loyalty, and heighten foot traffic.
Mobile order-ahead refers to a consumer-facing mobile payment platform that allows customers to order food remotely, pay for the items on their phone, and pick up their order at a specific restaurant location.
Leading QSRs in the U.S. are beginning to adopt these platforms at an accelerated pace and are benefiting from them. Taco Bell sees 30% higher average order values on mobile compared to in-store, and Starbucks' Mobile Order & Pay already represents 10% of total transactions at high-volume stores, directly contributing to increased company sales.
Mobile order-ahead is still in its early days, but will be a $38 billion industry by 2020, accounting for 10.7% of total QSR industry sales. This will be driven by full adoption among the top QSRs in the US, the growth of mobile commerce, QSR adoption through aggregators like Grubhub, loyalty programs, higher average order values, and new buy buttons.
BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled a detailed Mobile Order-Ahead Report that profiles the companies that have proved the mobile order-ahead concept and analyzes the trends contributing to this new industry's growth.
Here are some key takeaways from the report:
Mobile order-ahead apps — platforms that enable consumers to remotely purchase menu items for in-store restaurant pickup — are on the rise among quick-service restaurants (QSRs). We expect sales on these platforms to reach $38 billion by 2020, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 57%.
Mobile order-ahead will ultimately have an additive effect on the QSR industry. Mobile ordering platforms have been proven to intensify customer loyalty, increase purchase frequency, and lift average ticket sizes through order customization and easier checkout options. This means that mobile ordering is not a simple substitution for in-store purchasing, but a channel that can enhance the lifetime value of QSR customers. This makes mobile order-ahead a critical channel contributing to the growth of the QSR industry.
Alternative commerce solutions will help propel mobile ordering. Aggregators like Grubhub will onboard smaller fast-casual restaurants into the mobile ecosystem by offering them an existing app to integrate into, lowering the upfront costs of creating a mobile channel of their own. And in-store self-service kiosks will help popularize remote ordering and accustom users to less traditional forms of payment that don't require a cash register.
In full, the report:
Forecasts the growth of the mobile order-ahead industry in the US from 2015 to 2020, including its share of total QSR sales.
Profiles brands that are leading the migration to mobile ordering.
Examines the alternative commerce solutions that could help popularize mobile order-ahead.
Explains the risks and drawbacks to launching a mobile commerce platform.
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