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How mobile, social tech elevate enterprise collaboration
Mobile and social technologies have the potential to vastly improve collaboration in the enterprise. However, they also represent a very real threat to CIOs and IT.
By Matt Kapko
Freelance Writer, CIO |
Collaboration in the enterprise comes in many forms, but no trends have shaped the market more than social media and mobile technology. The ongoing convergence of smartphones, always-on connectivity and ubiquitous social media lifts collaboration to new heights.
While effective corporate collaboration is a worthy goal, it's often too ambiguous. Business managers and consultants are eager to talk about collaboration, but many of them simply check the collaboration boxes on their to-do lists and move on to the next task. Collaboration can, of course, be an effective means to accomplish a task, or it can be an ongoing objective, as long as it's done the right way. Even with a plethora of tools optimized for mobile devices and designed to simplify and utilize the popular attributes of social media, collaboration has to begin with the right strategy.
"You need to have a strategy to figure out, 'What is our goal, what are we trying to achieve, what are we trying to be?,' and align that with the broader learning, talent and collaboration strategies where these types of tools would have a big impact," according to Nisha Sharma, managing director at Accenture Mobility.
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"It's not just about using a tool, it's about integrating those tools and embedding them into your core business processes," Sharma says. "And one of the goals of mobile is to transform those business processes."
Sharma says mobility isn't about using a mobile device just for the sake of using a smartphone or tablet; instead, it's about transforming the way you work, via mobile tools.
"If an enterprise doesn't really incorporate this into their work, then sometimes those tools become more of a burden than a useful tool," Sharma says. "That's why it's important to integrate these tools into your work so that it just becomes nature, rather than 'Oh, I have to go here and do this additional task.'"
Mobile Helps Realize Collaboration's Full Potential
Collaboration is ultimately about focusing on a specific task and fulfilling associated responsibilities in cheaper and more efficient ways. Collaboration is also a buzzword and can mean different things to different people.
"Don't just look at these collaboration tools as about chatting and sharing... it goes way beyond that," Sharma says.
Today's collaboration tools can be used for a variety of additional purposes, according to Sharma, including the following:
Structured learning and performance support, such as remote IT access to help employees resolve issues
Interacting with colleagues conference calls, screen sharing and virtual whiteboard sessions
Real-time collaboration, such as the use of wearables among technicians working in the field
Forrester Research Senior Analyst TJ Keitt says businesses generally make better decisions when they're based on conversations or discussions between many people. "Mobile devices open up participation, because they allow those who aren't sitting at a computer to join the dialogue," Keitt says.
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Mobile devices negate the need for fixed desks and workstation that access information, so companies can expand their definitions of what makes an information worker. "Now more people can access data and tap a deeper pool of knowledge as desk-less employees can contribute their expertise," according to Keitt.
Collaboration as an Efficiency Tactic
Keitt says getting people to work together shouldn't be the end goal. Instead the interactions between employees should advance an organization's underlying mission.
Collaboration tools can help businesses enter new markets, roll out new products and retain high-value employees. Goals frequently change, which makes finding the right tool for the task all the more important. However, little progress will be made without an enthusiastic user base that's committed to the challenge and opportunity.
"These tools should not just be an IT initiative," Sharma says. "You need to include all the people that are going to use this or have some voice in how it should work, and what it should be used for. It's not just about you, it's about all the people you're working with."
After a business determines its requirements and understands its unique challenges for employees, it can begin to search for the appropriate tools and capabilities, according to Sharma.
Many companies' plans get derailed during implementation. It's best for businesses to use simple, intuitive tools, but the need for training and ongoing support is also crucial, Sharma says.
Collaboration Represents Potential Threat to CIOs
CIOs can lead collaboration efforts and potentially elevate their roles in the process. Collaboration can help every employee within a company succeed when it's done well, so CIOs could help affect each staffer in the same consistent and cost-effective way, Sharma says.
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However, many social technologies are being integrated into business applications that are not controlled by IT, and this poses a threat to CIOs.
These types of tools and collaboration apps "could potentially be part of a larger trend toward IT, and by extension CIOs, not controlling elements of the employee technology portfolio," Keitt says. To mitigate the threat, CIOs can argue for the unification of social streams, to eliminate information silos that prevent rapid decision making, according to Keitt.
"That would require either consolidation of social collaboration tools or the integration of disparate technologies, both of which provide a management role for the IT group," Keitt says.
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There are extensive animal welfare problems inherent in the Australian greyhound racing industry. These problems include – but are not limited to – high injury and euthanasia rates , illegal live baiting and the administration of banned or unregistered substances. The RSPCA believes that there should be a national approach to ending greyhound racing across Australia.
For the last year and a half, RSPCA South Australia has been calling for Greyhound Racing SA to publish statistics relating to the number of greyhounds bred, raced, retired, rehomed and killed in SA. Greyhound Racing SA refuses to release this information.
In the absence of transparency from Greyhound Racing SA, RSPCA South Australia are calling for Racing Minister the Hon Corey Wingard and the State Government to establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into the SA greyhound racing industry.


The main load bearing structure of the tower with a total height of 601 m is characterized by a mixture of different methods of construction. The high-rise structure, which is realized in the lower part as a pure reinforced concrete construction, is transformed into a fire-resistant steel-concrete-composite construction at a level of +347 m in order to reduce the self weight. The upper part of the tower, starting from a height of +513 m, is executed as a pure steel construction. The Crescent with a diameter of 23 m which is completing the top of the tower is realized as a space-forming monocoque structure consisting of glass/carbon-composite material.
In parallel with the material change, the bracing system is being converted from a pure core-wall system into a light trussed-tube system which geometrically follows the straining actions.
Our engineering work included here the structural design, structural optimization, and the execution planning of the main structure starting from level +347 m. The structural engineering also included the floor-framing and slab design, the design of special structures for elevator shafts, cladding constructions, and long-span stair systems.
Moreover, our spectrum included both the consulting of the contractor companies in terms of site execution and the structural engineering of various special structures for the support and bracing of the construction cranes for internal and exterior climbing.
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In-Pipe, Suffolk County awarded funding to demonstrate wastewater treatment technology
Costs for running drinking and waste water systems approach a third of a municipality's energy bill. With today's high energy costs, economic impact on nation is formidable. The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority issued a grant to In-Pipe Technology to demonstrate a remedy at two municipal wastewater treatment plants. Chicago-area In-Pipe has patented technology to pre-treat wastewater while in sewer collection systems to cut operating costs and extend infrastructure life...
• Examining the energy, environmental and economic benefits of In-Pipe Technology at municipal wastewater treatment plants.
WHEATON, IL, June 28, 2006 -- In-Pipe Technology, a provider of engineered services for wastewater treatment, today announced the demonstration of its technology at Suffolk County, NY, the recipient of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) award. In-Pipe Technology will be tested at two Suffolk County wastewater treatment facilities through funding provided by NYSERDA upon approval of final plan.
Peter R. Smith, President and CEO of NYSERDA said, "As energy costs and pressures on our nation's aging wastewater infrastructure continue to mount, NYSERDA offers financial assistance and technical assistance in New York State to help test, demonstrate, and deploy innovative, cost-effective wastewater treatment technologies."
Under NYSERDA's Municipal Water and Wastewater Technologies Program projects demonstrating energy, environmental and economic benefits for municipal wastewater treatment plants in New York State are chosen competitively to receive funding. Suffolk County, partnering with In-Pipe Technology® was one of the recipients.
NYSERDA funding will provide assistance with the start-up, operation and evaluation of In-Pipe's technology at two facilities in Suffolk County, Long Island. These facilities face challenges similar to many others around the country: meeting stringent effluent compliance standards with increasing wastewater flow and an aging infrastructure. As these facilities approach capacity, they are confronted with escalating operating costs and demands for new capital equipment and construction, funded by taxpayers.
"We are honored to be working with Suffolk County, a recipient of the NYSERDA financial incentive," said Dan Williamson, CEO of In-Pipe. "This opportunity is a natural fit for our technology, which turns the wastewater collection system into an active and highly productive part of the treatment process. In-Pipe's patented technology helps municipalities lower operating costs while expanding treatment capacity and extending infrastructure life, all without incurring additional capital expense or labor costs."
A particular interest of NYSERDA is to ascertain whether In-Pipe's solution can be replicated at other New York State municipal wastewater treatment sites once the evaluation is completed and the technology is proven to work successfully.
"If In-Pipe can demonstrate results in Suffolk County similar to those of its installations in other parts of the country, there are many plants throughout New York State that could benefit from this technology," said Ben Wright, P.E., Chief Engineer, Division of Sanitation, Suffolk County DPW.
After the experimental approach is approved, the demonstration will run continuously for a full year. Shortly thereafter, Suffolk County will issue a final report regarding the effectiveness of the technology and how it can be used at other locations in New York State.
Founded in 1999, In-Pipe Technology (www.in-pipe.com) provides engineered wastewater treatment services that meet the escalating challenges facing today's municipalities. In-Pipe's patented technology helps customers achieve environmental compliance, limit noxious odors and corrosion, reduce the impact of fats, oils and greases, reduce operating costs and maximize the performance and life of the treatment infrastructure. It provides a comprehensive service without requiring new capital expenditures. With headquarters in Wheaton, IL, In-Pipe serves municipal wastewater treatment plants throughout the United States and abroad.
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2023 New Bern Italian Guide
Famous Restaurant
The aptly named Famous Restaurant has built a reputation over the years as New Bern's go-to destination for delicious Greek and Italian fare, and the eatery still wows the crowds with plenty of budget-friendly and...
Gina's Pizza
With delicious pizzas and attractive prices, Gina's Pizza has developed a reputation as a popular place to go for easy, no-frills Italian fare that's always a crowd pleaser. Located on the edges of the downtown...
La Casetta
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La Rosa Italian Restaurant
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Mario's Pizza New Bern
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Panichellis Pizzeria
With an extensive menu that lends itself well to both dine-in Italian feasts and take-home family meals, Panichellis Pizzeria is a great destination for Italian fare cravings of all varieties. Located just slightly off...
Paula's Pizza & Italian Restaurant
Dive into a taste of Italy and sample a menu that everyone in the family will enjoy with a visit to Paula's Pizza & Italian Restaurant. Featuring a warm and cozy atmosphere that's ideal for the filling...
Savage's Wood Burning Pizzeria
Satisfy a craving for big Italian fare without ever leaving the borders of downtown New Bern with a visit to this New York-style pizzeria that has plenty of flavor to go around. Savage's Wood Burning Pizzeria features a...
Thirty Seventh Street Pizzeria
Satisfy a craving for a grand Italian feast without breaking the budget with a visit to New Bern's own Thirty Seventh Street Pizzeria. Located in the downtown area, and nicely easy to reach for visitors throughout...
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Inseego recently announced the Skyus 300 and Skyus 500, which are two ruggedized gigabit edge routers that are part of the company's industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) portfolio and are designed to bolster connectivity in the industrial, public safety, transportation and infrastructure sectors, according to a company official.
Ashish Sharma, executive vice president of IoT and mobile solutions for Inseego—a company formerly known as Novatel until the name was changed a couple of years ago—said the Skyus 300 and Skyus 500 routers both deliver LTE Cat 18 connections with peak speeds of 1.2 GB/s with 4G LTE Advanced Pro technology. Powered by Inseego's MiFi iQ technology, both routers also will work with 3.5 GHz CBRS and 5 GHz License Assisted Access (LAA) systems.
Soon, Inseego's new routers will support even faster 5G signals—including those transmitted on millimeter-wave networks, where available—with the addition of an external unit that will be available later this year.
Adding the 5G extension—units that likely will be expensive this year but should drop noticeably in price next year, when they can be manufactured with greater scale—to the Skyus 300 and the Skyus 500 will be "very straightforward," according to Sharma.
Inseego will have a version of the Skyus 300 and Skyus 500 routers available during the third quarter that will enable FirstNet connectivity, Sharma said.
Both the Skyus 300 and Skyus 500 provide high-speed routing in a ruggedized package that conforms with IP64 and MIL-STD 810G military-grade specifications. However, the more-expensive Skyus 500 does give users greater flexibility, according to Sharma.
"The 300 and 500 are meant for very, very similar use cases and applications," Sharma said. "The main difference is that the 500 series is a superset with power over Ethernet built into it, so it can power external devices—IP cameras and stuff like that—and it's got more antenna ports. If you want to run a CAT 18 connection with CBRS, LAA and high-powered Wi-Fi all at the same time, then that 500-series device is for you.
By supporting multiple connectivity protocols, the new Inseego routers can provide users—particularly those in the critical-infrastructure space—with greater assurance that they will have reliable access to broadband connectivity, Sharma said.
"For these types of use cases, our routers have multiple WAN ports built into it," Sharma said. "We have a fixed WAN port, so you can have a fixed ISP connection in it. We have a Wi-Fi port built into it, through which you can connect devices to this router. Obviously, we have a 4G LTE modem embedded in it—that is a second WAN connection, in addition to the fixed WAN connection.
Sharma said the new Inseego routers are designed to meet growing reliability and security requirements that users have as they become increasingly dependent on wireless connectivity being both robust and secure.
"There was a time when customers were trying to hook up a lot of this critical infrastructure to Wi-Fi," Sharma said. "I think those days are gone, because you know that Wi-Fi isn't that secure—it's best-effort, it very vulnerable. The carrier networks, from that perspective are foolproof. When was the last time you heard of an LTE network being broken into?
"Yes, we have Wi-Fi built into these devices for connecting edge computers and things like that, but the connection between that location and your head office is all run through a highly secure carrier network. It's much different than anything that's been done before.
Even with all of these features, the price of the Skyus 300 and Skyus 500 will be "comparable" with other routers in the market, Sharma said.


Many people engaged in the development sector, especially outside of California, seem unfamiliar with the concept of a Social Venture, so I thought I'd outline the concept and how I see it working best.
Charity doesn't scale to meet the needs of billions, and corporate greed cannot be satisfied by the poorest of the poor, which is why basic human needs remain unmet despite the existence of (technical) solutions.
Between these two models lies the emerging area of Social Ventures.
As I lived most of my life in intentional communities, I always enjoy it when I have a good reason to visit one. This year I've had the pleasure of staying at two eco-villages, both of which have a substantial amount of renewable energy activity.
I look forward to returning to both of these communities.
Sometimes things take a long time, and a highlight this year was seeing Urban Ecological Systems get the investment, from someone I introduced to them in the middle of 2009, for their first commercial system to be built near Sydney. Its a multi-million dollar project, and is a huge vote of confidence in their technology. They are still looking for investment into the core company, let me know if you are interested.
During my time in San Francisco I joined the "Hub" and really grew to appreciate the Social Entreprenurs who used its shared working space. It deepened my commitment to the space between charities and businesses.
Charity doesn't scale to meet the needs of billions, and corporate greed cannot be satisfied by the poorest of the poor, which is why basic human needs remain unmet despite the existence of (technical) solutions, and scaling solutions is one of my passions.
Between these two models lies the emerging area of Social Ventures, where an entity operates like a business, but is driven by a mission rather than only by profit. Social Ventures range from Charities with a business activity, through to Corporations acting responsibility.
It is somewhere in the middle where I believe my ideal model lies, organisations where the mission is crucial to the organisation, and not just an add-on, and where finance is only required to get it going e.g. to for example to create and bring to market a technology, but where the solutions can be provided on a commercially viable basis, because the cost has been dropped to a point where the poor can afford it.
Since I'm focused on the early stages of technology, the question is where the funding will come from, and what the equivalent of venture capital is, in the area of impact investing. I led a session at the excellent SoCap conference on this topic, where I was also interviewed for the Uptake.
I first came across Sunvention when I was looking for some technology for UES to improve energy efficiency in their greenhouses. We traveled to Tamera in Portugal and met Jürgen Kleinwächter there. Apart from it being appropriate to UES, it was clear to me that this was the most impressive set of under-exploited technologies in terms of its potential impact in developing countries. Since June I've been helping Jürgen to go through a serious restructure caused by the internal problems of its majority investor. We've been exploring the opportunities both for commercial funding, and also for reorganizing Sunvention as a Social Venture, focused on how to maximise its impact, rather than generate a return. I came out to Germany after SoCap and am still here. At this time, we are still looking for investors or donors that might be interested either in the core venture, or in specific projects.
Many organisations have done interesting work improving the combustion efficiency of stoves to reduce the amount of wood required and the health impact of smoke. Sunvention has an interesting alternative approach, using a simple oxygen generator to allow the burning of even really low quality biomass such as crop residues, grass clippings etc. I'm hoping to help Sunvention raise some finance to complete some prototypes, and to open-source this project.
I'm interested in talking to anyone interested from either a philanthropic or investment perspective.
I started the journey of creating the Natural Innovation Foundation in November 2009 during a trip to check out some technologies for UES and for a new investment fund I was advising. During the trip, a realisation crystalized that the technologies with the highest potential to impact our planet, and in particularly the billions without adequate supplies of food, clean water & energy were not going to be funded by classical philanthropy because it was averse to risk, especially technical risk, nor would it be funded by venture capital because there was unlikely to be sufficient return because of the poverty of the customers, and in many cases the difficulty of protecting the Intellectual Property.
So I transformed my consultancy, Natural Innovations, to focus on supporting clean technology innovations with high potential impact.
For me personally, its been a challenging 15 months, during which I've only been home (Byron Bay, Australia) for about 8 weeks. This will be the first time in over ten years I'm not home for the solstice / xmas / new-years holiday. But I've enjoyed living in many places, ten countries in all, including reasonably long stints in India, Indonesia, Germany, Portugal, and the US. I really want to thank the people who have opened their homes and hearts to me, especially Brewster & Mary in San Francisco; Rachel, Rob & Johnny in Bali; Nikhil, Tanmayo, Freeman & Mario in India; Wendelin & Khabira in Freiburg & everyone else who lent me a bed along the way.
Several clips of an interview at SoCap10 with Mitra Ardron appear in this video by the Uptake explaining Social Capital and Social Ventures.


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Federal Budget reflects the Albanese Government's commitment to the early learning sector
October 26th, 2022 Latest News
The following text is lifted from an ACA Media Release - Wednesday 26th October 2022:
Australia's peak body for early learning (childcare) commends the Albanese Government for its first ever Federal Budget. It fulfilled its pre-election commitments to families by making affordable early learning services one of its key priorities.
The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) President, Mr Paul Mondo, said the government recognises the immediate need for affordable access to high-quality Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), with accessibility and affordability being a key factor in both parents returning to work for many Australian families.
"Increasing the rate of the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) is a really positive outcome for Australian families who are already struggling with the rising cost of living," Mr Mondo explained.
"But we are concerned that this significant investment by the government could be negated if we can't meet the increase in demand due to a critical shortage of educators."
Mr Mondo said the additional funding for early childhood degree places and fee-free TAFE and vocational education places, announced by the Minister for Education, the Hon Jason Clare MP, was a critical first step in expanding the early learning workforce and meeting the needs of the sector.
"There are, however, further opportunities to attract and retain early childhood educators and teachers to ensure the successful implementation of these measures.
"ACA has long been advocating that affordability for families and workforce shortages are the most pressing issues facing our sector Australia-wide, so we are extremely grateful that these concerns have been recognised and the funding is now locked in to address these issues over the coming months."
"We will continue to work directly with the Australian Government on policies that support accessibility and affordability for families, while at the same time providing the critical support needed to build a strong supply of highly skilled early childhood educators and teachers," Mr Mondo concluded.
Media enquiries: ACA President, Mr Paul Mondo 0411 587 170 or ACA Vice President, Ms Nesha Hutchinson 0412 085 068
SOURCE: ACA Media Release - Wednesday 26th October 2022


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La batalla de Corinto ocurrió durante la segunda guerra macedónica en 197 a. C.

La derrota en la batalla de Cinoscéfalas llevó al rey Filipo V a tratar de llegar a un acuerdo de paz con Roma. Mientras tanto, había una situación difícil en la región de Corinto, donde los macedonios tuvieron un enfrentamiento con la Liga Aquea. El comandante en Corinto Andróstenes disponía de una fuerza real macedonia de 6000 hombres (500 macedonios, 800 ilirios, 1200 tracios, 800 cretenses, 1000 beocios, 1000 tesalios, y 700 corintios). En el otro bando el ejército aqueo era comandado por Nicóstrato. Andróstenes confiaba en que su oponente era más débil numéricamente, incluso envío a algunas de sus tropas a saquear las tierras de los aqueos. Ante esta situación Nicóstrato reunió 5000 infantes, y 300 jinetes y atacó el campamento macedonio por sorpresa. Los macedonios habían creado una línea de defensa, pero la mayoría de ellos huyeron del campo de batalla después del repentino ataque aqueo. Los macedonios que se quedaron se defendieron valientemente, pero pronto fueron sobrepasados por las fuerzas aqueas. En la batalla murieron 1500 hombres incluyendo a Andróstenes y 300 fueron hechos prisioneros. El resto de los supervivientes se refugiaron en Corinto.

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To most bingo players around the world, bingo pull tabs are a mysterious legend. What are they and what are they used for? We're here to solve the mystery of the pull tab and no, it's not a pop top!
Pull tabs are little cards that are passed around in American bingo halls. They are typically on sale for $1 and staff will sell them to the players in-between games. Pull tabs equal instant wins. There are a minimum of three tabs that are pulled back to reveal a prize.
Often times pull tabs have symbols that players must match in order to win the corresponding prize much like a lottery scratch off ticket or a bingo scratch card.
There have even been online bingo sites that have featured a few pull tab games. Players are prompted to click on the tabs to reveal what's underneath.
American bingo players have been known to win $500 or more as the result of purchasing a winning pull tab. Walk around any bingo hall in the US and you'll see stacks of pulled pull tabs all askew on the tables. Some players spend hundreds of dollars hoping for a chance to win.
Pull tabs come in a variety of themes and designs. The concept is actually quite simple and it's a shame that amazing little pieces of cardboard are not more widely used across worldwide bingo halls.
So for those of you that thought that pull tabs were twisted off of a can of pop, hopefully this has cleared things up.


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Rocks – building blocks of the landscape
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26. November 2018 permanent exhibitonRocky
Rocks build up the landscape and are composed of many different minerals. In the Krahuletz Museum you can immerse yourself in the wonderful and colorful world of rocks.
Maissauer Granit is a plutonite that originated from a granitic melt (magma) around 570 million years ago. He froze in the earth's crust several kilometers down without reaching the Earth's surface. Only elevations in a later mountain formation and the removal of the overlying rocks brought him to the surface. During the slow cooling, the individual minerals that make up the rock crystallized from the melt.
In addition to the minerals quartz and mica, the reddish-colored feldspars are typical of the maize granite.
Orbiculit
The cordierite orbiculite of cottagers at Groß Gerungs in the western Waldviertel is a rarity, as only two other occurrences of such rock are known worldwide. This ball rock in Weinsberger granite consists of spherical to ellipsoidal structures (orbicules), which usually have a core of foreign rock (gneiss), rarely also of feldspar. The foreign rock was entrained in the intrusion of the magma of Weinsberger granite from the adjacent rock and partially melted. The radial rays of the blue mineral cordierite first crystallized from this mixed melt around the cores. The shells were often divided by layers of mica into several layers. Later, individual cordierite crystals crystallized in the matrix as well as the Weinsberg granite itself, which is 328 million years old.
Marble is a transformational metamorphite that is not uncommon in the Waldviertel. It was originally a lime mud with clayey interlayers that was deposited in a sea more than 600 million years ago. During the Variscan orogeny around 340 million years ago, the deposit rock was converted by high pressure and high temperature to marble with dark, graphitic layers. During this metamorphosis, the sugar-corked calcite crystals of marble developed from the limestone remains of the former marine animals. By adding different minerals, there are marbles in different shades. Its low hardness and colourfulness make it an ideal sculptor's stone and its crystalline, sugar-grained texture creates the effective shine of the polished pieces in striking light.
The Hollabrunner gravel in the Weinviertel is a sedimentary rock (sedimentary rock), which was solidified in some areas by calcareous binder to conglomerate. The coarse, colorful gravel and sands were deposited about 10 million years ago in the branched channels of a river ("Ur-Donau"). This predecessor of today's Danube drained the northern edge of the Alps and flowed across the Weinviertel from the west via Hohenwarth and Hollabrunn in the direction of Mistelbach, where it flowed into the Pannonen Lake. In the gravel fossil remains of plane trees, bald cypresses, rhinos, various old elephants and apes were found, which point to a similar cohabitation as in today's river valley forests of Africa.
The Bittesche gneiss is a transformation rock (metamorphite), which goes back to a granitic rock. Like Maissauer granite, it froze in the earth's crust about 580 million years ago from a granite melt (magma). It was converted into a granite gneiss only during the Variscan orogeny some 340 million years ago. Mighty rock bundles were pushed onto the gneiss at several kilometers depth, creating his typical platy texture and the longitudinal stripes of dark mica. By subsequent lifting and erosion of the overlying rocks, he came to the surface. Today, the bright natural stone slabs of the Bitteschen Gneiss are popular stepping stones and decorative stones in garden and road construction.
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Premises Liability Injury Claim Lawyers
Home Depot Claims
Home Depot is a huge "big-box" chain of over 2,000 stores that sell home improvement and construction materials. Almost all of us have been in a Home Depot or Lowe's. It is a great store when it comes to price and selection for home improvement. The typical store is filled with activity. Not surprisingly, this company faces more than its fair share of lawsuits by customers injured because of the negligence of the business and its employees.
Customers can never be 100% safe in any store. But retailers have an obligation to maintain its premises in a reasonably safe condition and to warn consumers of any potential dangers or hazards.
Home Depot is the defendant in a lot of premises liability lawsuits. Is this because it is a bad company? We don't think so. But the very nature of these big box stores is that there are a lot of employees with little experience making significant safety decisions. Most make the right decisions. But many don't.
We recently represented a doctor in Maryland who suffered an injury at a Home Depot that damaged his career as a physician. He received a successful settlement in his case. Our take on this company is while they are certainly not going to pay on frivolous claims; it will pay reasonable value on legitimate claims that are properly presented to them if it suggests a lawsuit may be imminent if the case is not settled.
Types of Claims Against Home Depot
Here are some examples of the types of civil actions that have been filed against Home Depot:
Excessive force from security
Defective Husky/Tri-Cam ladders
Defective Gorilla/Tri-Cam ladders
Defective O-Cedar brand push broom sold at Home Depot
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Getting a Lawyer to Fight Home Depot
Here is a summary of some Home Depot verdicts and settlements around the country. Please keep in mind this is not a representative sampling or necessarily a good indication as to the value of your or your client's case, even if you have similar facts.
2017: $4,527,799 Verdict in Oregon. Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against Tricam and Home Depot. The suit alleged the rivets on a Husky brand stepladder bought at Home Depot failed without warning. The jury found Tricam/Home Depot 70% responsible for the harm that was caused. The verdict was later reduced by the trial judge to $1.9 million. Apparently, the trial judge believed the plaintiff's lawyer did not put on sufficient evidence of the man's future lost wages given his prior unrelated injuries.
2017: $101,000 Settlement in California. A little girl had permanent scarring after a display cabinet fell down on top of her when she opened the cabinet doors. The case settled with $100,000 going to the girl and $1,000 going to the father for his emotional distress/bystander claim.
2013: $624,472.45 Verdict in California. Plaintiff, a 27-year-old correctional officer, is at a California Home Depo when a palm tree for sale fell and struck her left shoulder and upper back area. She files suit alleging that Defendant failed to maintain properly the area resulting in a dangerous condition. After a year and a half of conservative therapy, surgery was recommended. Plaintiff elected to continue the conservative treatment and not undergo surgery, therefore, requiring future medical expenses. Defendant claimed that the tree merely glanced Plaintiff, and she did not fall or lose her balance. They further argued the Plaintiff's claim that she was no longer able to work as a correctional officer. Plaintiff asked for $1.1 million including compensation for future wage loss and loss of household services. The jury awarded $624,472 – broken down to include $100,000 in future medical costs and $100,000 in future lost earning capacity.
2012: $425,000 Settlement in Boston, Massachusetts. Plaintiff is a welder going down a ladder while on the job. While going down the ladder, one of the ladder's top rungs detached from the side rails. Plaintiff suffers head, back, and most notably, a rotator cuff shoulder injury that requires two surgeries. He sued the ladder's manufacturer, Tricam, and HD where the ladder was purchased.
2012: $809,241 Verdict in Tennessee. A Ford F-150 pickup driven by an HD pickup driver came across the center line and hit the 43-year-old Plaintiff head-on. Plaintiff's neurosurgeon diagnoses a degenerative condition at C5-6 that was aggravated by the truck accident, necessitating a fusion surgery. Plaintiff incurs $ 36,241 in medical bills. Home Depot's settlement offer was $200,000. Plaintiff also rejected a $500,000-$150,000 high-low.
2011: $975,000 Verdict in New Jersey. A 44-year old man is in a Home Depot parking lot and is waiting near his vehicle for a propane tank delivery. The wind dislodges a stocked cart, and it rolls down a hill, hitting the man. He has a back injury requiring a laminectomy and has a partial vertebral fracture, requiring a spinal fusion. He sues Home Depot and the owner of the cart, arguing that the owner of the car should have secured it safely, and Home Depot should have been more cautious as to how and where the carts were parked. The jury found HD 80% responsible and the cart owner 20% responsible.
2011: $159,125 Verdict in New Jersey. A 57-year-old electrical contractor is walking near the entrance of an HD and falls after slipping on a patch of ice, suffering a torn quadricep requiring surgery. The defense claims the area was inspected two hours before plaintiff's fall and that even if the ice did form, the store did not have sufficient notice of the condition, and not under a duty to correct it.
Keep in mind these are all plaintiffs' verdicts. Home Depot wins the vast majority of cases that go to trial. Is this because they rarely harm consumers? Is it because they have the best lawyers in the world? No and no. Home Depot looks to settle cases it might lose at trial. It is trying the cases that are slam dunk winners for them.
Identity Theft Lawsuits
Home Depot has been hit with a class-action lawsuit after a stunning data breach that has left credit card information for millions of customers.
The case, filed in federal court in Illinois, alleges that Home Depot failed to protect its customers' private data.
This is an important lawsuit. Our firm is not involved in these cases.
Can you sue Home Depot?
If you are a customer who has been injured a Home Depot, you can sue the company if they do not offer you a satisfactory settlement. If you are a Home Depot employee, you can sue the company for such things as sexual harassment. But if you were injured on the job, you likely remedy in most cases is a workers' compensation claim.
Will Home Depot make a reasonable settlement offer to settle my home case?
Unlike Walmart, Home Depot will often make a reasonable setlement offer if they fear litigation. The driving force behind the settlment value of a Home Depot claim is the type and severity of the injuries and how easy it will be for the victim to prove the company was negligent.
Who do you sue when you sue Home Depot?
When bringing a negligent claim against Home Depot, you sue the company and the employees who negligently caused your injuries. To sue Home Depot, you have to sent the lawsuit to the company's resident agent. In Maryland, you bring send the summons and complaint to the resident agent:
HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.
2455 PACES FERRY RD SE
ATLANTA GA 30339-4024:
Serve: CSC-Lawyers
Incorporating Service Company
7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820
Our law firm is handling Home Depot physical injury cases. We handle only very serious injury and wrongful death cases. If you have been injured as the result of the negligence of this company or by one of its products, call 800-553-8083 to speak to a lawyer or get a free Internet consultation.
Sample Lawsuit Against Home Depot
Overview of Premises Liability Claims
Sample Slip and Fall Complaint
Similar Defendant: Wal-Mart
Real Information on the Value Your Home Depot Case?
Home Depot was sued in 2018 for allegedly bungling its employees' retirement fund
Home Depot was sued because the lumber the company sold as 4x4 inches was actually 3-1/2 by 3-1/2. The federal judge overseeing the case correctly dismissed the claim because it was ridiculous.
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Revisiting the fundamental texts of Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, the Winchester manuscript and William Caxton's printed edition, and investigating what happened in Caxton's workshop are the best ways of discovering what Malory intended to write. This study investigates the irregular use of paraphs and the missing chapter-divisions in Caxton's Morte, and reveals frequent alterations to it in order to fit his text on the page. It identifies the points at which alterations are most likely to have been made, and suggests that Caxton may have consulted the Winchester manuscript while he was preparing his edition, regularly with regard to textual divisions.


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Ivereigh states his point clearly here.
Editor's Comment: Thanks for this comment, yes, the Footnotes contain a lot of information regarding sources: I have added the citation to this footnote to my article, The Great Reformer, where it is more appropriate to cite it.


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This list uses 5 levels:
* Easy: the product is distributed with source code that is interpreted at run time. All mechanics of the product are readily apparent.
* Easy (E): the product is distributed with source code that is interpreted at run time. All mechanics of the product are readily apparent.
* Medium: the product uses standard file formats with little to no compression. Any compression also uses standardized formats.
* Medium (M): the product uses standard file formats with little to no compression. Any compression also uses standardized formats.
* Hard: the product uses propriety file formats and/or encryption for most of its content.
* Hard (H): the product uses propriety file formats and/or encryption for most of its content.
* Very Hard: the product does not ship with a FAT, does not install to HDD, and loads its content thru direct sector reads/writes. Disk editors cannot read its data, and the only way to examine its content is by hex editor and/or disassembly. The difficulty is mitigated somewhat by the knowledge that each sector generally has a theme which becomes apparent in the course of disassembly. Products which rely on FAT but do not use it to encode their content in distinct files also fall into this category.
* Very Hard (VH): the product does not ship with a FAT, does not install to HDD, and loads its content thru direct sector reads/writes. Disk editors cannot read its data, and the only way to examine its content is by hex editor and/or disassembly. The difficulty is mitigated somewhat by the knowledge that each sector generally has a theme which becomes apparent in the course of disassembly. Products which rely on FAT but do not use it to encode their content in distinct files also fall into this category.
* Intimidating: the product ships with a custom boot loader, a mini-OS that serves as a DOS replacement. The file system is unique and non-standard. The entire product may require extensive reverse-engineering before ANY hacking can begin.
* Intimidating (I): the product ships with a custom boot loader, a mini-OS that serves as a DOS replacement. The file system is unique and non-standard. The entire product may require extensive reverse-engineering before ANY hacking can begin.
The following is a list of PC-98 software product, rated by hacking difficulty.
Easy (E): the product is distributed with source code that is interpreted at run time. All mechanics of the product are readily apparent.
Medium (M): the product uses standard file formats with little to no compression. Any compression also uses standardized formats.
Hard (H): the product uses propriety file formats and/or encryption for most of its content.
Very Hard (VH): the product does not ship with a FAT, does not install to HDD, and loads its content thru direct sector reads/writes. Disk editors cannot read its data, and the only way to examine its content is by hex editor and/or disassembly. The difficulty is mitigated somewhat by the knowledge that each sector generally has a theme which becomes apparent in the course of disassembly. Products which rely on FAT but do not use it to encode their content in distinct files also fall into this category.
Intimidating (I): the product ships with a custom boot loader, a mini-OS that serves as a DOS replacement. The file system is unique and non-standard. The entire product may require extensive reverse-engineering before ANY hacking can begin.
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Once upon a Wolf is the first book in the new series and it's a novella. We are introduced to a bunch of interesting characters in this book. The love story in this book is centered on Gibson and Zack.
This book was sugary sweet. Like no angst lots of love kind of book. There is a HEA too. I enjoyed the book but felt like a lot was missing. If more time was spent on developing Gibson and Zack's relationship then it would have been more enjoyable. I felt the book focused more on Ellis than them and Gibson and Zack were secondary characters. I did like Ellis and I'm intrigued about him. I would like to read more about him. I like the world the story is set in and it will be interesting to read more about everyone else.
This book was enjoyable but I still did feel something was missing. If you are a fan of this author do try the book.
Galley copy of Once Upon a Wolf provided by Dreamspinner Press in exchange of an honest review.


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Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
Posted by mervih under Avengers, comics, DC comics, Kurt Busiek, superheroes
Collects Avengers vol. 3 #41–55 (Vol. 1 #456–470), and Annual 2001
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artists: Alan Davis and Mark Farmer (issues 41-43), Manuel Garcia and Bob Layton (issues 44-47), Kieron Dwyer and Rick Remender (issues 48-55), and Patrick Zircher and Scott Koblish (issue 55).
The final Busiek run! He goes out with a bang.
I consider this one of the best Avengers space adventures and also one of the best Kang adventures ever. As a time traveler, Kang is notoriously hard to write but Busiek manages.
Kang and his son the Scarlet Centurion have been watching Avengers for a some issues now and in issue 41 they finally attack from their sword shaped space station the Damocles Base.
In the next issue Kang shows the Avengers various futures where Earth's fate is bleak: humanity will fall from various attacks. Kang offers to save the Earth from all of them – after he has conquered the whole planet, of course. Earth, in the person of UN's Secretary-General, refuses. However, Kang has a ploy up his sleeve; he has broad casted an offer to everyone: anyone who will help subdue Earth will have a place in Kang's new order. Not surprising, various groups take up on that offer. Avengers and various governments are plagued by attacks ranging from supervillains to the Deviants. The stage is set for multi-issue story lines.
Issue 41, "High Ground", sets up several subplots: Hank (who is still the fake Hank) suffers from sudden seizures and a small group of Avengers (Thor, Cap, the Black Knight, Firebird, and the Quicksilver) head out to Siberia to investigate alarming reports of high radiation levels. Meanwhile Wanda and Simon are taking a small vacation and Simon tells that he's heading out to L.A. Wanda doesn't want to leave her position as the deputy leader of the Avengers and so they depart. It's not hard for either of them even though earlier they were professing love stronger that death. Also, in the middle of fighting the Avengers in front of the UN building, the Scarlet Centurion feels powerfully attracted to Warbird. All of these will have consequences in coming issues.
Then the Avengers start the fight in several fronts and a lot of reserve Avengers are called in.
In addition to Kang and his army, the Avengers have to deal with the Presence and his "mate" Starlight who are turning people into radioactive zombies, a surge of various groups who want to get to Kang's good side, the Triune Understanding's endgame, and the Master of the World. So their hands are more than full.
The Triune Understanding is waiting for a Triple Evil to come from space and they have built a space ship to fight against it. We get to finally know the whole story behind Triune's leader Tremont and the whole movement. Triathlon's connection to the 3D-Man is also revealed. I thought the storyline was ended well here.
Yet, Busiek has time to do characters stories, as well. Thor loses his temper big time when he sees that Captain America has become one of the radioactive zombies and only Starlight's interference stops Thor from killing the Presence right there. Later, Thor realizes that he's become too close to the mortal Avengers and wants to leave when the Kang situation is under control. However, Firebird had once again inexplicably survived damage that should have killed her and Thor remarks that she might be immortal, too. Firebird wants to convince Thor to stay on the team and says that the fleeting relationship are all the more precious because we know that some day they will be gone.
Carol gets a lot of screen time. The Scarlet Centurion is apparently attracted to her and Carol suspects from the start that he's Marcus; the man who mind controlled her to leave the Avengers and did some pretty hideous things to her. One of the issues (47) is dedicated to telling us the Scarlet Centurion's back story and circumstances force Carol and the Centurion to work together. Carol remains suspicions of him the whole time. Later, she also kills a villain in desperation and demands that she be court-martialed over it.
Issue 49 is written without any dialog. Considering that the issue has a crucial turning point to the story, it works amazingly well.
The last issue is dedicated to the aftermath and we find out about a surprising casualty.
I thought this was a very good story with several story lines. Considering how much is going on, it's perhaps a bit surprising but this is probably the best album for new readers to get. There's not much back story about the members to know about, and Carol's and Marcus' history is retold.
Avengers, comics, DC comics, Kurt Busiek, superheroes


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Basically mapView.annotations will give you an access to your all annotations in NSArray, and then use sortedArray...methods (there are lots of different one), which will help sorting your annotation array and return new sorted NSArry.
Hope this is what you are asking,
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#itobragncfi
Here are some of our best #itobragncfis of all time...
Here at Grassfire, sometimes we feel like the canary in the coal mine... We look ahead at what's coming in order to sound the alarm to the patriots in advance of the battle.
More often than not, we get it right -- days, weeks or even months ahead of the pundit class. At times, we precisely get it right. One day when this happened, one of our staffers said, "I'm tired of being right and getting no credit for it." And that's when #itobragncfi was born.
Pronounced "EE-tow-brag-NICK-fee," this acronym is heard amongst our staff whenever something in the news confirms something we've been shouting from the housetops for quite some time. Here are some of our most memorable itobragnicfs...
In May 2020 at the outset of the covid shutdown, we produced a video report called "Free Our Kids" that called for children to immediately be returned to normal schooling. One of our main points of evidence was the 99.995% covid survival rate for children. Fast forward to July 2021 and researchers in the UK ascertained that the covid survival rate or child is... you guessed it... 99.995%. #itobragncfi. Here's how we reported it on LibertyNEWS:
Covid Risk of death in children? .005%
Some 99.995% of the 469,982 children in England who were infected during the year examined by researchers survived, one study found.
LN -- since that is based on 'known" cases and we can safely estimate at least 2x more kids actually got infected, the real IFR of children is even smaller; .002% perhaps?
Back in May 2020, we published a video, "Free Our Kids," in which we were already precisely projecting this same VERY, VERY LOW fatality rate of covid in children of .005%. Where did we get this data back in May 2020? From the CDC website. #itobragncfi
itobragncfis during the Obama years
Beginning shortly after Obama's election, Grassfire stood on the leading edge of the battle to defend our country from a socialist onslaught. We launched a patriotic resistance movement that rallied hundreds of thousands and then worked to expose the Obama lies. Here are just a few of our itobragncfis from the Obama years:
We were RIGHT on ObamaCare.
We were RIGHT on Benghazi being a Hillary Clinton cover-up involving gun-running to Syria.
We were RIGHT on Barack Obama's "hate America" foreign policy betrayal, including the former president's open targeting of Israel as part of his effort to radicalize the Middle East with a bogus "Arab Spring."
We were RIGHT in exposing the radical nature of Obama's connections.
We were RIGHT on the Iran Deal... and TPP... and the Paris Accord... and the Keystone Pipeline... and the bogus global-warming catastrophe.
We were RIGHT on the "Hillary For Prison" scandals — her treasonous email scandal, the pay-for-play scandal, the Uranium One scandal, the fake-Russian-dossier scandal. Years ago, we said she should be in jail, and we were right!
We were RIGHT to stand for "America First" (even before candidate Trump coined the phrase) and demand that our political representatives consider the values and interests of our country ABOVE those of other countries.
And sadly, we were RIGHT on the RINO GOP leadership's repeated "play fight and surrender" betrayal of the movement; how Republicans pretended to put up a resistance only to fold time and time again.
Trump will win in 2016
While others (especially mainstream Republicans) were panning Donald Trump's candidacy, Grassfire's connection with hundreds of thousands of grassroots patriotic conservatives told us a different story. In 2015, we could sense that a "patriotic revolt" was brewing that would likely sweep out the old leadership and bring in new leadership. In December 2015 -- before any GOP primary votes had been cast -- Grassfire published a book entitled, "Revolt: Why Trump or another outsider will win." (Grassfire VIPs can access the ebook version here.) Certainly one of the earliest books in print predicting Trump's win, the cover depicted a raised fist wrapped in a flag. Here are a few words from that book predicting an outsider victory:
"What we see transpiring in American politics, and specifically the GOP presidential race, is a protest by the silent majority of mainstream Republican voters who feel disenfranchised by the political process. But this raised fist is different. Patriotic citizens are not raising their fists against our nation or its heritage or the Constitution. Instead, we are raising our fists on behalf of this great nation and its heritage and legacy of liberty under law. "
The rest, as they say, is history. On election night, patriotic Americans watched their revolt unfold as Trump won while the GOP establishment almost couldn't stand the victory. Doubt us? Watch this interchange between RINO Karl Rove (who did and still does hate Trump) and the rising star Tucker Carlson. #itobragncfi
For nearly three months, our staff provided to Grassfire VIPs an almost daily chronicle of why President Trump would win re-election. We started saying Trump would win at the depths of the pandemic scare and the BLM revolt that left most assuming Trump would lose. Trump was way behind in the polls and being left for dead by the pundits. But we saw a different trend. We saw a resilient Trump who was standing stronger and stronger for America and American values while Joe hid in the basement. You can read our "Trump will win" diary here.
But, you say, Trump didn't win. How can this be an #itobragncfi? We're glad you asked! Step back for a second from the final "results" of the presidential race and you will see that, against all odds, Trump and patriotic Americans did, in fact, win...
First of all, President Trump gained more LEGAL VOTES than any incumbent president in our history -- about 8 million more votes than Obama in 2012. Second, conservatives made significant gains in the House of Representatives. Despite all the predictions of a "blue wave," the GOP actually picked up about a dozen seats in the House. Also, the GOP dominated the 2020 elections at the state level, especially in races that determine redistricting. Plus, the Left spent MILLIONS in its effort to flip key statehouses in swing states such as Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Iowa, Minnesota, Florida and Michigan. They lost in ALL these key states. The GOP actually gained one statehouse.
What about Trump v. Joe? It's obvious to any honest observer that the Left engineered the result of the presidential election. They openly used the pandemic shutdown to change the way elections happen. Truth be told, Joe actually trailed Obama's results everywhere except in the key precincts which turned the election. And the ongoing audits certainly will, if nothing else, create even more reason to bring sanity back to our voting laws.
We think history will show that Trump and the People did win 2020. After the election, we even went on record predicting that the Left's engineering of the 2020 election would actually boomerang back on them and extend the Trump hegemony to 12+ years. Read it here. #itobragncfi
"Stop the Invasion"
Steve Elliott published #itobragncfi in Key Issues 2021-07-09 11:28:45 -0400


Gaming laptop has become nothing but a trend now. This is because technology is like a part of our soul now. I know that it does sound very poetic but this is the truth. The technology works like oxygen for us. It causes a lot of chaos in our life sometimes but in this modern society, it has become almost compulsory for us to carry at least one gadget or gear to complete our everyday task. Technology is like a gold mine for teenagers.
One of the most notable gears that fall under this technology is the gaming laptop. A gaming laptop is nothing but a laptop and it is a combo. Which means all the programming that you get inside a desktop is all available inside the gaming laptop.
Now we want something good plus it should be within our budget, for example, under 500 dollars. So it is time for us to see the best gaming laptop under 500.
I want to put this gaming laptop in the first position only because it functions like a number one gaming laptop plus it is definitely within your budget. To talk about the feature, the LED lit display is so beautiful and not to forget it has the 8th generation Intel Core Processor. The attractive design and its lightweight has got me that determination to purchase it at first sight. The battery not to forget runs for more than 14 hours. You can find all the necessary programs inside this new gadget. Plus it is under 500 dollars.
A multitasking gaming laptop. The multitasking becomes much easier with the 8GB memory inside the system and it is an advanced system which is like no other. The battery runs for at least five hours which, to be honest, is enough for the user to use because the one does not use their laptops for more than twice and thrice. The Ample file has a storage space for at least 1 GB.
Yet another of the best affordable gaming laptops. This one is equipped with Intel Core i5 Processor so you can understand its advanced technology. The graphics on this laptop is the best and it really looks lifelike.
One thing that I can assure you happily is that you will not be disappointed at all with those gaming laptops. They are worth to be purchased.


Birmingham-based law firm, Emms Gilmore Liberson, has announced the promotion of three additional partners from across its practice as it prepares for further growth.
Emms Gilmore Liberson (EGL) has appointed Richard Cooper, Beth Margetson and Jon Start as partners. It follows the appointment of Jonathan Wright as partner in January, bringing the firm's total number of partners to eight.
Richard Cooper is a commercial and property litigator who joined EGL in 2016.
Beth Margetson joined EGL's commercial property team in 2013. She advises on a range of energy and mixed-use development projects.
Jon Start has been appointed a partner of EGL after joining the firm's corporate services team as an associate in 2015. A specialist in corporate law, including mergers, acquisitions and disposals, he becomes one of the youngest lawyers to be promoted to the position of partner in the West Midlands.


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Negative bidding in German offshore wind power law threatens supply chain
The German Parliament has adopted a new Offshore Wind Law (WindSeeG). It makes important changes to the design of Germany's offshore wind auctions. It established two different types of auctions, one of which involves negative bidding with no caps on the amounts developers bid. This is bad: uncapped negative bidding means additional costs for electricity consumers and the supply chain. The law also introduces some qualitative non-price criteria in the auctions. The Parliament dropped the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) that were in the original proposal.
Last week the German Parliament passed a revision of Germany's offshore wind law (WindSeeG) with important updates to their offshore wind auction design. The new design will introduce qualitative auction criteria and allow for uncapped negative bidding. The Parliament dropped the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) that were in the original proposal.
WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson says: "The German Government had proposed to introduce Contracts-for-Difference (CfD), a model successfully used by many other European countries. Just last week the UK auctioned 11 GW of new renewables via its CfD scheme. But the German Parliament have now dropped that. And we're left with a model that allows for uncapped negative bidding. That's bad. Negative bidding increases the costs for offshore wind. That's bad for consumers and bad for the wind energy supply chain."
Germany's new offshore wind auction design
Germany aims to build 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, 40 GW by 2035 and at least 70 GW by 2045.
The WindSeeG introduces a two-track auction system based. One track auctions sites pre-surveyed by state authorities. The other track is for sites not pre-developed.
1. Centrally pre-developed sites
The next offshore wind auctions in Germany are scheduled for June and August 2023. Both will be for centrally pre-developed sites. The latter will now be auctioned on a catalogue of qualitative criteria. 60 out of 100 possible points on the bidding price and 40 on the following criteria: the use of green electricity and green hydrogen in the production of the wind turbines, an education and training quota, the conclusion of a power purchase agreement, biodiversity and nature protection in the installation of the wind turbines.
WindEurope generally supports qualitative criteria. Well designed, they can reward the added value wind energy brings. Up until recently wind farm developers bidding in auctions focused solely on reducing the cost of their offshore wind farms, because price (of the electricity they generate) was the only criterion.
"Qualitative criteria in wind auctions can be useful. Germany's criteria are less comprehensive than those now being used elsewhere. How successful they are will depend how they're implemented and whether they allow for differentiation between bids", says Giles Dickson.
2. Not pre-developed sites
For these sites the WindSeeG introduces auctions that are solely based on price and allow for negative bidding. Not only will developers get no state support. They will need to pay for the right to build an offshore wind farm. And there's no cap on how much they can bid to pay.
Denmark's last offshore wind auction, for the Thor wind farm, used negative bidding. The winner is paying the government €375m for the right to develop the project. Germany could now be heading for even higher negative bidding – and ruinous cost competition. The Netherlands do it better. They've capped negative bids at €50mn in their latest offshore wind auctions.
Governments may be tempted to make money with negative bidding. But they need to remember it imposes additional costs. And that developers have to pass these costs on to someone. They either pass them on to consumers in the form of higher energy bills. And/or they pass them on to their suppliers by paying less money for their turbines.
(Even) higher energy bills are the last thing consumers want. Energy prices are already extremely high. And more pressure on costs is the last thing Europe's turbine manufacturers want: all 5 of them are operating at a loss today, with inflation in material costs and supply chain disruptions. Rather than adding to its woes, governments should be supporting Europe's wind energy supply chain. Not least in Germany where so much of the supply chain is concentrated.
Joint offshore wind projects require alignment
In the Esbjerg Declaration Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands pledged to jointly build 150 GW of offshore wind in the North Sea by 2050. And to collaborate on cross-border projects, hybrid offshore wind farms, energy islands and renewable hydrogen production at sea. To deliver this, it's essential countries align their regulatory frameworks. The new WindSeeG fails to do so.
"Germany passed this law before the summer break to show its determination to rapidly expand offshore wind. That's good. But they got it wrong on the negative bidding. It means extra costs that have to be passed on to consumers and suppliers – at a time when both are already struggling with skyrocketing costs", says Dickson.
The Government has already hinted at a possible repair bill later this year. "Yes, repair this bill. Support your consumers and supply chain. Align with your neighbours", says Dickson.
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Bright Network raises £2.5 million Series A Investment
by High Growth | Sep 18, 2018 | Research & Insights | 0 comments
We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have closed a Series A investment round of £2.5 million to help invest in even better results and outcomes for our clients and members.
Led by one of the UK's leading private equity firms Maven Capital Partners, this funding enables us to expand our audience size and invest in our proprietary technology platform so that we can continue to help leading employers recruit their next generation of talent more effectively than ever before.
We founded Bright Network with a simple mission: To create a free-to-join innovative community of the brightest students and connect them with the best career opportunities.
As well as investing in sales and marketing for our existing Enterprise platform, we will also be launching a new SaaS service for the larger, but more fragmented SME and high growth startup market. 'High Growth' will provide human resources managers in these scaling organisations with a greater number of high quality and relevant applications, helping speed up the recruitment process, delivering significant cost efficiencies.
Five years since we started and over 10,000 placed candidates later, we now have a community of 150,000+ members – all of whom are studying at, or have graduated from university. Diversity remains crucial to our mission in helping the brightest get ahead in their careers – 75% of our membership is state-educated, 40% BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) category and 58% is female.
Zach Miles, who was the founder and latterly CEO of Vedior, a multinational recruitment company, which was acquired by Randstad for €3.3bn in 2008 remains as chairman.
Melanie Goward, Investment Director at Maven, said:
"We are delighted to lead the fundraising for Bright Network. The highly driven management team, led by James Uffindell, who has proven experience delivering shareholder value by exiting similar businesses in the sector, has developed a clear strategy to grow the business profitability through its existing and new product lines.
In High Growth, James has identified a gap in the SME graduate recruitment market focused on helping employers easily recognise and reach the brightest graduates and young professionals and we looking forward to working with him and the team over the coming months and years."
At Bright Network, we are delighted to be working with Maven Capital Partners. The expertise they will bring will be transformative, while this investment allows us to expand our reach and help even more students to secure internships and graduate roles with the world's leading employers.
Today is an important milestone for Bright Network. All young people, regardless of their economic and social background, ethnicity, sexuality and gender deserve the best advice. This investment enables us to help organisations find their next generation of talent more effectively and help thousands of students discover and fulfil their career potential.
Our investment has been featured in the following news & press:
UK Tech News
FinSMEs
Tech London
UKBAA
The Recruiter
Venture Canvas
For more information about the investment, please contact James Uffindell directly – 0203 011 1612 / james@brightnetwork.co.uk
For press and media enquiries, please contact Beth Gray, Seven Hills – 020 7199 6196 / beth.gray@wearesevenhills.com
Bright Network recognized by ISE Awards 2019
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When you need a muffin...............and don't want to drive to Starbucks!
Found this tasty recipe on Country Living. Follow it to a T or choose my version* with substitutions below.
Mix the flour and sugar in a a large mug. Add the milk, butter, and vanilla and stir until well combined. Fold in the blueberries. Sprinkle sugar on top. Microwave on high for 1 minute if you are using fresh berries, and 1 1/2 to 2 minutes with frozen berries, or until the top is just set.
FYI....I had to cook mine for almost 2 minutes in order for the top to set and I used fresh blueberries so their juices exploded onto the mixture which made this little muffin even more delicious.
I always get asked what I use on my skin to make it look so healthy and glowing. Oils!
. Certain oils clears acne and prevents it.
This lotion is not just for the 40's and up!
We all carry different genes and have different types of skin.
If like me you admire the positive benefits that essential oils carry, then give these recipes a try and let me know how it works for you.
You can use this serum twice a day and of course a small amount goes a long way so use as little as possible if you do not want to feel like you have greasy skin.
Add 2 Tablespoons of your preferred carrier oil for your skin type, shake well. Apply small amounts to the skin and gently massage the lotion until absorbed.
How do you know which carrier oil is the right oil for you?
When oil is applied to the skin, the oil should absorb completely. If it just sits on top of your skin and doesn't sink in very well, or makes your face look even shinier than before, then it's not the right oil for you.
If your skin feels "right" and looks supple, dewy, rested, not overly shiny, and the oil absorbs well, then you've found your oil!
Just made these and they turned better then I ever expected. I purchased this pattern years ago and kind of forgot about it until now.
Made the first pair in a charcoal grey and the second pair in a beige color.
If you are a knitter and are interested in making these, please look for Melynda Bernardi at The French Knit Press on Ravelry. You can purchase her pattern there. It comes with instructions on how to make these in a size 5-6, 7-8 and 9-10.
She explains how to sew them together as well as the felting process.
I had never felted in my front loading machine before and found it to be a real easy process. If you need help with that, just write me a comment.
These slippers roughly measured 13.5 inches long for a size 7-8 when sewed together and once felted they shrunk to about 9.5 inches.
I like to set up my table before every Holiday to set the mood.
Look who decided to show up last minute for a photo in the corner?
Big girl Sidney is now 7 months!
Closer look at the Anchor's glass place card...because we're at the beach!
I will be posting my actual Thanksgiving dinner table later....That's all for now.
If you are interested in a custom order for a glass place card set, please message me.
Garlic scape is something I had never heard of before my sister-in-law introduced me to her delicious garlic scape pesto last year.
So...what exactly is garlic scape?
Garlic scapes have a delicate garlic flavor, a tender, pliable texture, and a fragrance that hints at green grass and garlic. They're at once a vegetable, an herb, and an aromatic.
"Scape" is a botanical term that refers to a flower-bearing stem. A garlic scape is the flower stem of the garlic plant (Allium sativum), which forms a pod near the top of the stem that's full of bulbils, or tiny garlic cloves. Scapes sprout mostly from hard-neck garlic varieties like Rocambole and Purple Stripe; soft-neck types, like Artichoke, are bred not to grow stems at all.
For years, scapes were considered little more than a byproduct of the garlic plant. They were trimmed off in early summer simply to ensure that all of the plants' energy went into forming plump bulbs underground. Today, scapes are harvested not only for that reason but also to meet growing demand for them as an ingredient.
Typically found at farmers' markets, garlic scapes are making headway in supermarkets, too. Look for long, curved, or curly stalks that are firm, smooth, and a vibrant green.
Although the entire scape is edible, the pod and tip above it can be fibrous and are best discarded. Use garlic scapes as you would scallions or shallots, or in any dish that could use a garlicky note. Blend raw scapes into hummus, bean dips, salad dressing, or even softened butter to spread over grilled vegetables or baked potatoes. Purée them with pine nuts, lemon juice, olive oil, parmesan, salt, and pepper for pesto. You can also add them to scrambled eggs or use them as a garnish.
Scapes are more delicately flavored and sweeter when cooked. Slice them into 1/2-inch pieces and sauté them with olive oil, salt, pepper, and a spritz of lemon juice for an easy side dish, or grill whole scapes as you would scallions. Like green beans, they're great steamed, added to stir-fries, or blanched and tossed into salads.
With their mellow garlicky flavor, scapes pair well with summer produce like zucchini, chard, and spinach; herbs like cilantro and lemongrass; rich ingredients like bacon, cream, eggs, mayonnaise, butter, and cheese; and bold flavors like lemon juice, soy sauce, and mustard.
You can refrigerate scapes in a paper bag for about a month. For longer storage, blanch and freeze them for up to a few months, though they'll lose flavor over time.
Early summer next year, get your garlic scape from your fresh Farmers Market and follow the garlic scape pesto recipe below and let me know if you are not hooked on this deliciousness. Or perhaps, you can get started with this recipe now if you have some in the freezer?
Put the scapes, 1/3 cup of the cheese, almonds and half the olive oil in the bowl of a food processor (or use a blender or a mortar and pestle). Whir to chop and blend all the ingredients and then add the remainder of the oil and, if you want, more cheese. If you like the texture, stop; if you'd like it a little thinner, add some more oil. Season with salt.
If you're not going to use the pesto immediately, press a piece of plastic against the surface to keep it from oxidizing. The pesto can be stored in the refrigerator for a couple of days or packed airtight and frozen for a couple of months, by which time tomatoes should be at their juiciest.
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