The eyes of the workwear and corporate clothing world will be on the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 17th - 18th April at the UK's biggest ever Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show. This unique event will showcase the very best workwear, personal protective equipment (PPE) and corporate clothing available today from across the globe.
If you are looking to equip your staff with clothing, footwear or accessories; forge new business partnerships or source new products and services, then look no further than this year's show.
There is no doubt that times are tough and with no end in sight to the continuing economic downturn, businesses need to be mindful of budget restrictions and cut down on any unnecessary expenditure. Now more than ever, it is vital buyers find real value for money and make every pound they spend stretch further.
The Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show represents a perfect opportunity for individuals to research and source the best products and services the sector has to offer, network with suppliers and manufacturers and build new business partnerships cost effectively under one roof.
Truly international, the 2012 Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show will welcome more than 2,000 visitors and more than 60 exhibitors from over 20 countries, from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Japan, India, China and the USA.
Now in its fifth year, the Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show has become the number one event in the industry's calendar and a must-attend occasion for global manufacturers, buyers, suppliers and everyone with an interest in any aspect of commercial workwear, corporate clothing and PPE from industry sectors including oil and gas, construction, emergency services, retail, hospitality, finance, health and beauty, plus many more.
Managing Director of the Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show Yvette Ashby says: "Every year, the show just gets bigger and bigger and 2012 is without a doubt, no exception. In fact, such is the international prestige of the show that we are preparing to welcome a huge trade delegation from China with the China Workwear Association booking a number of stands at this year' s event to showcase the best of what China has to offer. With the Chinese workwear industry now estimated to be worth some £23 billion, approximately ten times the value of the European market, this represents a significant and exciting opportunity for European suppliers."
The very best of what the USA has to offer will be represented by Safety Focus Global, a key supplier of high quality PPE and its US partners Dragonwear - a manufacturer of lightweight, breathable, high visibility clothing that is fire-and arc-resistant, Newtex - a leader in high temperature materials for thermal management and fire-protection applications, Nasco - manufacturer of protective outerwear for industrial applications and International Enviroguard - leading manufacturers of disposable protective clothing that mitigates heat stress and offers chemical protection (BP chose coveralls exclusively from International Enviroguard for the clean-up process after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill).
Also brand new for 2012 we're thrilled to introduce Armadillo Merino, an innovative manufacturer specialising in next-to-skin personal protection clothing using the unique properties of merino wool. Merino wool has natural breathability helping to reduce over-heating as well as providing warmth when worn as an insulating layer and doesn't generate odour so garments can be worn for days. In addition, the wool has natural flame retardant properties with a high ignition temperature of between 570°C and 600°C.
Other new exhibitors include: Fuzhou Safemate Worldwide Co. Ltd, an exporter of workwear and outdoor wear and Clayton of Chesterfield, specialists in heavy leather production.
We look forward to welcoming back exhibitors who fully support and come to the Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show each year because it is a must-attend in the industry calendar. These include: Hunter Apparel Solutions who will showcase its signature uniforms and premier service to key decision makers across the industry; Polymark and its wide range of items for textile identification and decoration; and leading research and technology organisation SATRA, plus many, many more.
If that wasn't enough, all the major players in the workwear, corporate clothing and PPE supply chain will be attending our first ever Professional Clothing Awards, a stylish and entertaining black tie gala award dinner, offering unique networking opportunities for everyone who's anyone in the industry.
Yvette Ashby concludes: "The downturn continues to affect businesses across the globe and the workwear and corporate clothing sector is no exception. Never has there been a more important time for those in the sector to embrace innovation and collaboration and work smarter to stay ahead. The 2012 Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show will help attendees do just that."


I recently purchased the fantastic Traktor Kontrol S2 MK3 with the latest Traktor Pro 3 software. Everything is wonderful accept after about an hour I was noticing the audio started to break up and after a further minute would completely drop altogether.
So I started looking into what was causing the issue, I tried things like updating my Mac to the latest version, turning off WiFI and Bluetooth but still it would happen.
After doing some researching I found some forum users suggesting to turn off Enable Multi Core Processor Support.
After doing the same tests I found this was the solution in my case.
Magical 8bit Plug is the perfect NES style chiptune plugin. It is awesome at authentically recreating the sound of the NES sound chip.
But to get it going in Ableton on Mac OSX proved a bit tricky. So here I will detail all the pitfalls I encountered and how to get it up and running.
The Solton Programmer 24 is a programmable drum machine with 8-bit samples and integrated arranger, which uses analog sounds (bass, solo synth). It also has a polyphonic string-ensemble and polyphonic organ. It was produced in Italy by Ketron in 1985.
Using hardware synths with Ableton can sometimes be a bit tricky. Using External Instrument is fine for some synths but if you want complete control over mod wheels and other parameters like cut off and resonance you will need a different solution. Luckily the amazing CTRLR VST is here to help..
The problem with mono output synths is exactly that - they sound mono. In the past I've tried to artificially create a stereo effect using the mono recording but it has never sounded very good, until I stumbled upon this neat and simple trick.


THE ULTIMATE POOL PARTY EVERY SATURDAY Liquid Sunshine. Scottsdale's Ultimate Pool Party is back! The face melting revelry starts on April 6 and continues every Saturday through the end of summer only at Hotel Adeline.
City of Scottsdale Water Department. The City of Scottsdale website is providing the "Google Translate" option to assist you in reading the ScottsdaleAZ.gov website in languages other than English.


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As a world leader, Royal Health Enterprises integrates latest technologies based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of "sense and simplicity". At Royal Health Enterprises, we are driven to ensure that every person and organization we serve received the greatest possible value for their health care investment. We do this by devising the best solutions that help people enjoy optimal health.


Over the years I've owned a cute little mutt named Zak, a loving, loyal Great Dane named Sherlock, and an adorable Basset Hound, named Stanley. But because I never owned a poodle, I guess it's not surprising that I had no idea that this little poodle shop just off of First Street even existed. I discovered it one rainy day last January exploring and taking pictures of old buildings on Peggy Martin Lane. I have been told that a wonderful woman named Millie owned the poodle shop for many years prior to closing it due to illness several years ago. The site of Benicia Poodle remains empty today.


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Since Philips was founded in 1891, it has worked to improve social equity and environmental quality, proving that responsible business is good business. Operating this way, the company has been able to improve economic prosperity for itself, its stakeholders and society at large. 'Lead in Sustainability' is one of the key objectives in Philips strategic planning, underlining the importance Philips places on sustainability. To accomplish this ambition, we need to ensure that we also lead in our Occupational Health & Safety performance.
Management has a key role to drive safety at their sites and within their functional organizations. Occupational Health and Safety, driven by our General Business Principles and Company Values, is an integral part of our doing business, and must be incorporated into every action we undertake: there is no activity so important or urgent that cannot be done in an appropriate, healthful and safe way.
We care for our people. Each employee, contractor and visitor has the right to a safe working environment. By consistent and continuing efforts, accidents and occupational illnesses can be prevented. All individuals within Philips share this responsibility for achieving a world-class level in Occupational Health and Safety performance. Everyone shall be concerned about his/her person, fellow employees, and public health and company prosperity.
Promote a Plan-Do-Check-Act systematic approach at all levels in the organization in order to ensure continual improvement.
A number of sites showed outstanding safety performance, for example the Healthcare Pune site in India, which reached a significant milestone by achieving over 4 million man-hours without an LWIC by the end of 2015 (over 3 years without an accident).
Philips commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2020 at the UN Climate Change Conference COP21.
Since the start of our current EcoVision program in 2007, emissions from logistics have dropped by 21%.


Okay, today I'm going to celebrate and brag just a little because I have exciting news to share. I have officially been accepted into the MFA program I applied to. I've been talking about this for years…a few at least. And, like most logical (maybe a little too logical like Spock) thinkers, I had to get certain other goals achieved and " my ducks in a row" first. Spotted Dog Excavating has now been in business over 6 years and it's doing beautifully. Randy and I have another venture we're hoping to launch this fall to winter timeline. So, now was finally the time.
I did the research, and decided that I wanted my MFA to be in photography. What else is there?? After researching quite a few schools, I landed back on my own alma mater, The Savannah College of Art and Design, or affectionately known as SCAD. I received my BFA at SCAD, in photography, in 1992.
Since I was there 24 years ago, they've added a whole new eLearning program, and their MFA in photography is part of that new addition. So, I don't have to pack up and move back to Savannah for this…just a few visits, which is great because two of my favorite people live in Savannah – Vicki and Phil, my aunt and uncle.
Getting ready to apply was stressful, but probably only because I am Type A when it comes to presenting my work to others. I had to fill out a rather lengthy application, update my resume, write a Statement of Purpose, provide a portfolio of 20 images, add an artist's statement to that, and provide letters of reference and official transcripts. Whew…that was a lot, but once all was submitted, I just sat back and… nope, didn't relax, not at all. Boy, that wait was tough. Well worth it, but tough!
I am very excited about this new opportunity and plan to start on January 4th , 2017, as SCAD is on the quarter system. Kind of interesting, because as I align my two school schedules (as a student and as an instructor), I'll get two quarters just about completed in the time it takes to complete one semester at PPCC. So, all kinds of fun ahead!
Finally, this week, I'd like to take a moment to say thank you to all my family, friends and reference writers who helped encourage me, edited photos to pare down a portfolio of 20, proofread statements of purpose, and those who stood on the sidelines as all-around cheerleaders in my corner. You all know who you are, and you all rock!
Here's to new adventure! Look to all the possibilities in life!


In emotional testimony, relatives of four marines who died in a V-22 Osprey crash last year told Pentagon investigators today that they believed the aircraft had been rushed into service before it was safe, and they urged the Marines to put the problem-plagued program on hold.
Their voices often cracking with emotion, the relatives, three wives and a sister, asserted that Osprey pilots had not been properly trained to fly the innovative aircraft and that its manufacturers, Boeing and Textron Inc.'s Bell Helicopter unit, may have withheld vital information from the Marine Corps about potential aerodynamic problems.
When she began her remarks, Mrs. Brow held up a color photograph taken in 1999 of 11 Osprey pilots standing in front of one of the ungainly looking aircraft, which can take off, land and hover like a helicopter and cruise like an airplane. Four of those pilots died in two crashes last year, along with 19 other marines.
The testimony came in the first public hearing by a four-member panel that is conducting a sweeping review of the Osprey's cost, safety and effectiveness. The panel is expected to complete its work next month and send a report to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld that will help determine the future of the $40 billion program.
The inspector general for the Department of Defense is conducting a separate investigation into accusations that high-ranking Marine Corps officers pressured marines at the Osprey's base at New River Air Station in North Carolina into falsifying maintenance records.
The Marine Corps wants to buy 360 of the aircraft to replace Vietnam-era helicopters. The Marines have grounded their eight remaining Osprey until the investigations are finished.
The women, who were accompanied today by lawyers, did not claim to have anything other than public reports and their own instincts to back up their assertions about the manufacturers, whom they are planning to sue. The father of Lance Corporal Jason T. Duke, a marine who died in the crash last April, filed a negligence lawsuit in Arizona today against the manufacturers.
Spokesmen for Bell and Boeing said they had not seen the lawsuit, and they declined to comment on today's testimony.
The widows of two Osprey pilots also said today they were outraged that the Marine Corps had attributed the April crash to ''human errors'' by the pilots, and they urged the panel to clear their husbands of any responsibility for the crash.
Military investigators attributed the April crash to a relatively rare aerodynamic condition known as vortex ring state, which occurs when a rotor-blade aircraft descends too rapidly while moving forward at slow speed. It can cause such aircraft to lose lift suddenly; and in the case of the Arizona crash, it caused the Osprey to flip over and plummet to the ground, where it crashed in a fireball, investigators said.
The Marines Corps blamed the crash on ''human factors,'' concluding that the pilots apparently caused the Osprey to enter into vortex ring state by trying to land it too quickly at too steep an angle.
Lawyers for the widows said that the manufacturers and the Marine Corps had failed to adequately test the unusual and potentially deadly effects of vortex ring state on the Osprey, which, unlike a helicopter, has rotors mounted on wings. That configuration caused the Osprey to flip over when it entered vortex ring state, experts have said.
The lawyers, citing Pentagon reports, also said that the flight simulators used to train Osprey pilots were not programmed to simulate vortex ring state. And the flight manual contained virtually no information to help pilots recognize the start of the condition or how to escape it, they said.
''Pilot error? Human factors? Hogwash,'' said Brian J. Alexander, one of the lawyers.
The panel also heard from military analysts and a professor of aerodynamics who argued that the aircraft would be extremely valuable for military and commercial purposes because of its speed, power and range.
''Don't abandon a concept that is the most revolutionary thing that has come out of aerospace on the aeronautics side in the last probably 40 or 50 years,'' said Dr. Daniel P. Schrage, director of the Center of Excellence in Rotorcraft Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The V-22 Osprey crash that killed 19 Marines last month occurred when unexpected turbulence caused the rotor on one side of the novel aircraft to lose lift, which tilted the plane dangerously to the right and quickly threw it into a fatal descent, Pentagon officials now believe.
There is no indication of recklessness by the pilot, Marine Major John A. Brow, who died in the April 8 crash at a civilian airstrip in Marana, Ariz., about 15 miles northwest of Tucson, a Pentagon official familiar with the inquiry said. Rather, by tentatively attributing the accident to " 'human factors,' " he said, "we mean he was getting into flight parameters he hadn't been in before."
The accident occurred in the last moments of the V-22's flight across Arizona from the Marine Corps base at Yuma, at the western edge of the state, as part of a Marine test that involved two V-22s flying in close formation. The V-22 had changed from airplane to helicopter mode, which it does by tilting its rotors back so they point upward. It was trailing the other V-22 by about 200 feet and was descending rapidly, at a rate of about 1,700 feet a minute, the official said.
Marine Corps investigators looking into the fatal crash last month of a V-22 Osprey do not believe that they will find a need to redesign the aircraft, a hybrid of airplane and helicopter, officials said today.
The investigators are close to ruling out mechanical failure as the cause of the accident, which killed 19 marines, and have found no indication of recklessness by the pilot, Major John A. Brow, 39, of California.
Settling with power, also known as vortex ring state, occurs when a helicopter settles into the wash produced by its own rotor system. In a rapid, nearly vertical descent, the upward flow of air at the inner portion of the rotor blades can exceed the downward flow produced by blade rotation. At this point the aircraft can sink uncontrollably.
In the case of the Osprey, the rotors may have been using such a large proportion of engine power that the aircraft had insufficient power left to slow the rate at which it was sinking in its rotor wash.


Guanabanas is dedicated to providing each guest with a truly unique outdoor dining experience. We have designed our company and our restaurant in an unorthodox way to help achieve the high standards we have set for ourselves in the disciplines of service, food, atmosphere/ambiance, waterfront location, landscape design, outdoor temperature control and the overall sensory experience. We feel it is necessary to provide a true "Florida" experience with our creative outdoor restaurant design which utilizes quality exotic/local plants and trees, Key West/Old Florida styled structures, hand-built cheeky huts from the native indian tribes of Florida, fresh Florida seafood and a premium bar with live music.
Guanabanas re-opened in December of 2008 following a $2.5 million renovation that included creating a full-service, state-of-the-art kitchen. The use of locally produced ingredients is the order of the day. All of our seafood is purchased from local sources and, as a licensed wholesale seafood dealer, Guanabanas is subject to South Atlantic Fisheries Management Commission and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission regulations. As one of the first "Fresh from Florida" campaign participants, all seafood served at Guanabanas is from the state of Florida. See Guanabanas breakfast, lunch and dinner menus on our Menu Page. Remember, all of our seafood is from Florida, that's why it tastes so fresh!
Fresh From Florida is a statewide campaign to help promote Florida agricultural and aquaculture products. Florida is a giant powerhouse in this country when it comes to seafood and produce. Long gone are the days of just citrus groves and cattle farms. Florida provides most of the eastern seaboard with produce and seafood items throughout most of the year. At Guanabanas, we developed a unique purchasing program that takes advantage of the locally produced vegetables and fruits wherever available, and supports local fishermen, crabbers, clammers and commercial divers. The growth of the business required us to expand our vision to not just within Palm Beach County or even just the east coast of Florida, but we needed to expand our reach to all of Florida. We work directly with some of the top businesses in the state when it comes to shrimp, fish, crab, lobster and produce. In order to purchase fish directly from Florida fishermen, the state and federal government requires us to follow certain guidelines in order to help manage and maintain the abundance of sea life in our fisheries. It can be said that regulation is ruining the fishing industry for the "little guy" due to substantial increase costs, but we use our purchasing power to offer top pricing for local fishermen to help keep them in business and follow all the guidelines laid out by the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Commission and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to ensure the sustainability of our oceans.
This fact remains true: Any fish caught right out of the ocean from Florida tastes better than fish caught in another country and shipped here. Our motto is: "If you can't catch it here, we don't serve it here." Support your Florida farms and fishermen!
Hosting local, regional and national artists on our tiki stage overlooking our waterfalls, Guanabanas has the best live music in Palm Beach County. Acts that have appeared at Guanabanas include reggae legend Pato Banton, Julian Marley, The Fray, Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, Natasha Beddingfield, the Spam Allstars, Iration, Sol Driven Train, Zach Deputy, Less Than Jake, Simplified, The Hip Abduction, Timmy Curran, Ben Prestage, Eric Lindell and Suenalo! Keep an eye on our Live Music schedule for your favorite band.
The success of Guanabanas has been due to the fantastic support of our local community. This success has given us the opportunity to "Give Back" to our community. Giving back to the community is such a focal point for our company's mission that we developed a monthly event we have termed "Give Back Thursdays" to help feed the need of our community organizations. With our "Give Back Thursdays" event we have partnered with some fantastic companies to help drive donations where money is badly needed, as well as giving away our stage space to allow the charities to showcase their cause. We have had the opportunity to assist local residents such as Gabby Desouza, who lost her leg in an unfortunate boating accident, and didn't have the funds to pay for her surgeries.
Guanabanas also participates in the Surfers for Autism event each year which brings kids from all over the country with autism to Jupiter to join pro surfers, celebrity guests and local volunteers to play in the surf for a day. 2011 was the first year that the Taste of the Nation event came to Palm Beach County and Guanabanas was featured alongside other top restaurants in the area to help raise money for the Share Our Strength Foundation which helps benefit area food banks and helps bring awareness to this country's child hunger issues. Guanabanas helps support many local charities like: Surfrider Foundation, Pink Purses, Martin Memorial Hospital, Haiti Relief Effort, Freedom Flight for WWII Vets by the Martin County Firefighters, Jupiter High Surf Team, Friends of Jupiter Beach, Vita Nova House, and many others. We also help develop and produce offsite events with those foundations and many other local charities.
If you are interested in having Guanabanas help support your cause, please go to our Contacts Page and email our jeannie@guanabanas.com. Thank you again for all the support!


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Max Channon
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'ISIS child bride Shamima Begum is a panto villain and victim'
We might not want a girl who was groomed to be a Jihadi breeding machine in the UK, but there are many good reasons why we need to take her back
With the exception of possibly her own family, nobody really wants Shamima Begum - the schoolgirl who ran away and joined a demented death cult in a desert - to be allowed to return to the UK.
Sure, a handful of hard-left snowflake millennials - such as President Donald Trump, Conservative MP Jacob Rees Mogg and EastEnder geezer Danny Dyer - have all said Sister Shamima should be allowed back to the UK, but it's doubtful even these three sensitive souls really want to #BringBegumBack. Both Donald and Danny believe we must bring this terrorist-supporting teen, who isn't fazed by decapitated heads in dustbin, back to the country she turned her back on for reasons of national and international security.
For his part, our Gammon Overlord says the UK and Europe must "take back over 800" ISIS fighters that have been captured in Syria and put them on trial. "The Caliphate is ready to fall," said The Trumpster on Twitter. "The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them..."
Report warns of a wave of mums radicalised by ISIS
And the Queen Vic landlord reckons we need to bring her back into our fold to learn how and why she was convinced to swap life in the UK for a murderous mob of Islamist mentalists.
Meanwhile, the Moggster – a man who thinks Boer War prison camps where 22,000 children starved to death were a noble humanitarian effort – says we should show some compassion for a child bride who was groomed, exploited and brainwashed by vile Islamist extremists.
"Shamima Begum was under the age of consent when she was married in Syria," said Mr Mogg on Question Time. "She has had two babies that have died. We must have some sympathy for someone who has been abused."
Nobody wants to bring her back, a bit like nobody wants to have their gangrenous leg amputated, but this unlikely trio all reluctantly agree we need to let Shamima Begum return.
However, in a display of unity that is nowadays rarer than rocking horse excrement, the British public has as one demanded the UK Government 'grows a pair' and tells this Jihadi breeding machine to go forth and procreate anywhere but here. To their great joy, Home Secretary Savid Javid has listened and revoked her UK citizenship – even if this decision looks certain to be overturned because it breaks UK law.
ISIS bride Shamima Begum likely to have UK citizenship RESTORED
Some might suggest Mr Javid is cynically pandering to pitch-fork populism in an effort to win some brownie points for his beleaguered Government, but the vast and vocal majority are slapping his back and hailing him a hero.
ISIS and their ilk have committed acts of barbarous evil – both on our shores in the form of terrorist atrocities, and overseas where they attempted to establish their twisted Caliphate of callous cruelty. And Shamima Begum's refusal to condemn them - and her defence of mass murder in Manchester - ably demonstrate why we should all have more than doubts about her.
She is the pantomime villain, that we can all boo, hiss and spit at – venting our darkest fears about the enemy in our midst that she has come to embody.
Shamima Begum (Image: BBC)
However, her cold and chilling responses to media interrogation also need to be given some context. They were given hours after giving birth, in a lawless refugee camp in Syria, alongside thousands of jihadis who fled from the last ISIS stronghold when it finally fell. Anyone who wants to survive – and for their newborn child to survive – in such an environment would probably be best advised to not be too critical of the sadistic psychopaths that surround them.
While the views she expresses may or may not be ones that she now believes, and she may well now be damaged beyond repair, she is also undoubtedly a victim – albeit one who it is incredibly difficult to sympathise with.
But a former Met Police chief superintendent has conceded that a "a litany of failures" by her local council, her school – and even his own police force - led to her treacherous and treasonous decision to side with our sworn enemy. The authorities were fully aware that eight girls at her school in Bethnal Green were being actively groomed by ISIS – and yet four of them were allowed to get on a plane and leave the country, unaccompanied by adults.
Council, school and cops blamed for Shamima Begum joining ISIS
As unpalatable as it is to accept, it seems the authorities in this country catastrophically failed in their duty of care not just towards these children, who were groomed to be child brides for jihadists – but also in their duty to keep us all safe from these same sick Salafists.
Shamima Begum before she joined Isis (Image: PA)
Furthermore, it seems we cannot just revoke her citizenship without tearing up the human rights laws that protect us all from the sort of tyranny ISIS inflicted on the lands they invaded and subjugated. Two centuries before Hitler convinced the German people they needed to curtail their own rights to fight the threat of communism, US President Benjamin Franklin said: "Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Given our current Prime Minister Theresa May has previously said she'd tear up human rights laws that were championed by Winston Churchill if she had her way, we should all be very careful what we wish for – and that includes wishing we could leave Shamima Begum to rot in the bed that she made for herself, when she was still a child.
In many ways, refusing to let her return is the easy option to take – even if it is not the easy one, legally, to enforce.
But, sometimes, a harder decision – like accepting you need to cut off your own leg to prevent gangrene from spreading even further and other complications setting in – needs to be made. And those are the decisions we elect our Governments to make in our best interests, even if they are deeply unpopular.
OPINION: Snow, Brexit and the big 'fake news' lie

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GreenBiz Reads
The call to business and capital, from business and capital
Marga Hoek
Saturday, July 13, 2019 - 12:30am
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The following is an extract from "The Trillion Dollar Shift: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" by Marga Hoek.
The adoption of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement were, in addition to a call on governments, a message from and for the business and capital world. And the message is clear: businesses and capital must aim to create a positive impact on all the assets of the world. They must contribute to developing an economy that is here for the world, and leave behind the exploitation of a world serving the economy.
While business has contributed to the mass destruction of our resources, it also holds the key to the solutions. Therefore, the call to business is necessary as corporations are in fact some of the largest economies in the world, transcending borders with far-reaching influence. Responsible business models are good for the world and they can open many opportunities as well. There is simply no reason not to incorporate the SDGs in business and capital strategies, innovations, products and services throughout the supply chains.
The United Nations has specifically urged the financial industry to play a larger role in impact investing with the goal of aiding the SDGs. This too is a necessary call to action as capital plays a pivotal role in driving the world towards achieving the goals. And a significant shift in investment strategy is needed. The financial sector has created a chasm between the economic and real value of money. For years, maximizing the return on investment has been the name of the game and has been an adrenalin rush that has surged through the entire financial sector. This phenomenon, however, is not solely responsible for the economic crises that ensued; the failing economic system as a whole is to blame.
The financial sector has come to the realization that action is necessary and sustainable practices present a great opportunity. Achim Steiner, director of the U.N. Environmental Program, proclaimed 2016 the "Year of Green Finance." During that year, several countries issued strategies for greening their financial systems. China, for example, launched a 35-Point Program with guidelines for establishing a more robust green financial plan. China also became the largest green bond market with issuance of $30.2 billion.
In all, the United Nations estimates that the number of policy measures to green the financial system has more than doubled to over 200 measures across 60 countries.
Leading insurance regulators also decided to work together on how to respond to sustainability challenges like climate change. In all, the United Nations estimates that the number of policy measures to green the financial system has more than doubled to over 200 measures across 60 countries. These policy changes were closely connected with the rapid growth of green finance in the marketplace.
A similar movement can be seen in the traditional shelters of capital: the stock exchange. In 2015, 30 stock exchanges worldwide — including Euronext and Qatar — joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, thereby committing themselves to a set of best practices to promote sustainable investment; today that number is up to 56 stock exchanges. Ten years ago, the phenomenon of green bonds didn't even exist.
In the meantime, and particularly in 2016, the issuance of green bonds grew rapidly with over $81 billion in green bonds being issued, showing significant growth of nearly double what it was in 2015. The total cumulative issuance of green bonds has grown tremendously since 2007 and is now over $215 billion. A further $19 billion was issued during the first two months of 2017. In fact, Moody's estimates the market for green bonds moving to $206 billion in total issuance in 2017 alone.
China is especially active in the pursuit of their sustainable economic plan. It is based on their concept of an "Ecological Civilization" (ECZ) which steers investment towards endeavors to conserve energy and resources and protect the environment. Researchers estimate that it would take $274 billion to $468 billion of this type of "green investment" each year from 2014 to 2020 to shift the Chinese economy toward an ECZ. All in all, the amount of sustainable investments has increased significantly since 2014. According to the Global Sustainable Investment Review 2016, global sustainable investment assets reached $22.89 trillion at the start of 2016, a 25 percent increase from 2014, with two-thirds of that growth in Europe, and significant strides in China. This movement, together with the unmistakable trend to divest from fossil fuels, makes it clear that there is a shift in the right direction.
A message to and from business
The rise of sustainable business is also visible by the groundbreaking success of the COP21 climate summit in Paris and its successor, COP22. Governments and businesses widely recognize that they share responsibility for what undoubtedly is the greatest challenge in our history: to combat climate change and establish a world economy that is fundamentally sustainable. Over 500 companies and more than 180 investors, representing trillions of dollars in revenue and assets under management, have made more than 1,000 commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Despite the decision by the U.S. federal government to retract their collaboration with this agreement, nearly every other country in the world has signed on, and remains committed. In addition, individual cities and states in the United States as well as many American businesses also remain committed, and are forming partnerships and significant initiatives to further the goals of the agreement.
Paul Polman put it very well when he aptly said that the Paris summit was "a message to business." And in my opinion, we should also add that it is a message from business. Businesses see the opportunities to unlock markets and innovate. Leading companies are excited to work towards achieving the Global Goals and the Paris Agreement reinforces the SDGs. It is not a surprise that 79 large multinational companies signed an open letter supporting the Paris Agreement and pledging their commitment to do their part in the efforts to curb climate change. And when President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement, 25 leading American companies signed a letter urging him not to pull out of this historic accord.
Paul Polman put it very well when he aptly said that the Paris summit was 'a message to business.' And in my opinion, we should also add that it is a message from business.
Although the agreement was originally aimed at governments, many members of the business community see the benefits and potential.
The SDGs are a good compass for the business community to develop sustainable business models in various sectors. Companies in virtually all industries see climate action (SDG 13) as one of the five most important SDGs to act on. If businesses worldwide use their power and scale to positively influence the environment and eliminate negative impacts, then we will be well on our way to achieving the SDGs.
Achieving all of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 is an ambitious vision. But it is a vision that offers huge growth potential for business and capital. It is a game changer that requires business and capital to be a driving force. Lise Kingo, CEO and executive director of the United Nations Global Compact, urges business and capital to contribute to the SDGs. Summarizing the part business plays in the Global Goals, Kingo states, "The private sector has the power of innovation and ability to create many of the solutions needed to address the challenges the world is facing today.
"To meet the SDGs, we need to mobilize businesses to scale up their impacts significantly. The private sector will play an essential role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The most important contribution a company can make is to do business responsibly, and then find opportunities to innovate around these ambitious global goals. Smart companies and industries that readily embrace this new agenda will be the leaders of tomorrow."
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Tamarac Refuge welcomes new manager in Becker County
By J.J. Perry on Jul 10, 2019 at 2:08 p.m.
Kent Sundseth has joined the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge staff as refuge manager. (submitted photo)
Kent Sundseth has joined the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge staff as refuge manager. He will oversee refuge operations as well as the wetland and conservation easements distributed throughout the five counties of the Tamarac Wetland Management District, according to a news release.
"I've been fortunate to work in some special places across the National Wildlife Refuge System and Tamarac refuge is another great opportunity to do that," Sundseth said of his new Becker County position in the news release.
Sundseth has more than 20 years of experience with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He began his career studying upland birds at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in Zimmerman.
A Minnesota native, Sundseth attended college at St. Cloud State University, and holds a master's degree in Wildlife Biology. He has spent the last five years at Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District in North Dakota.
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Q: How to plot the graph shown in the picture? I am doing some research in the graph databases. And my interest is to find two similar molecular in the biographical databases called "Mutagenicity". This graph database is very common and contains 4337 graphs modeling chemical molecules. The graphs are undirected and attributed (both vertices and edges). To reduce the number of graph comparisons to be done, few sample graphs are selected and grouped into 8 subsets (Abu-Aisheh et al., 2015a).
I want to plot the two graphs when I get their graph ID. How can I do that? The graph files are as following shown.
A graph in the graph databases

A: Try using this:
import os
import sys
import fnss
import networkx as nx
import fnss
import cvxopt
import numpy as np
import codecs
import random
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
file = 'path_to_file.xml'
topology = fnss.read_topology(file)
topology_directed = topology.to_directed(topology)
print(nx.info(topology_directed))
nx.draw(topology_directed)
plt.show()

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An Organoleptic (An) Archive of NHS
Glass / Polished metal / Printed matter
 Fellowship at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DCN) — NHS Arts & Therapeutic Design programme, Edinburgh (UK)
or·gan·o·lep·tic | ˌȯr-gə-nō-ˈlep-tik
1 : being, affecting, or relating to qualities (such as taste, color, odor, and feel) of a substance (such as a food or drug) that stimulate the sense organs
organoleptic research
2 : involving use of the sense organs
Breathing is a shared act. We all breathe from the same air and, exhaling and inhaling, share aspirational practices.
The research and work followed the treatment of tangled blood vessels in the brain, or arteriovenous malformations, through an embolisation procedure performed by the Neuroradiology team at Western General Hospital's Department of Clinical Neuroscience. In this process, a glue-like substance is introduced into the brain which changes the smell of the breaths of both neuroradiologist and patient. As there is no "opening-up" of the body, the procedure leaves no visible scars and this so-called "Onyx smell", which lingers in the wards after the intervention, is the only physical indicator of the operation that took place.
The main molecule responsible for this odour is also a key component in the smell of so-called "carrion flowers" and other vegetable bodies. Engaging with the sensory experiences of a community of neurosurgeons, patients and nurses, the work explores the use of smells as hyperlinks to consider experiences and relations between medical spaces and botanic gardens, once medicinal gardens.
Throughout this process, a sensory dialogue was developed with Joy Milne, the woman who is known to detect Parkinson's disease through smell, and Alison Williams, a researcher who has PD herself. Discussions were set-up around the smell of the disease, other ways of talking about the body and the hostility of the hospital suit vs. the patient's experience. In April 2019, a symposium was held at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh titled 'Talking Bodies' exploring other sense-able approaches to wellbeing.
 Breath (2017-2018)
Produced from patient and neuroradiologist breaths, following an AVM intervention


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Forever No. 1: Johnny Nash's 'I Can See Clearly Now'
Billboard honors the late Johnny Nash by diving into his lone No. 1, the defiantly optimistic "I Can See Clearly Now."
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Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer — a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single — by taking an extended look back at the chart-topping songs that made them part of this exclusive club. Here, we honor the late Johnny Nash by diving into his lone No. 1, the defiantly optimistic "I Can See Clearly Now."
By 1972, reggae had become an international phenomenon. After picking up steam in Jamaica over the course of the '60s, due to artists like Toots & the Maytalls, Desmond Dekker and The Wailers, the rhythmically offbeat genre crossed over to U.K. shores around the turn of the '70s. Then, thanks to Island Records star Jimmy Cliff and the Cliff-led, all-reggae soundtrack to 1972's Jamaican crime drama The Harder They Come, it began to make stateside inroads as well. But it wasn't any of these figures — or even Wailers frontman Bob Marley, soon to become the genre's signature star — who first brought reggae's influence to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Rather, that fell to an ex-teen idol from Houston, who found himself at the right place at the right time to become America's first-ever reggae crossover star.
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Johnny Nash, who died this Tuesday (Oct. 6) at age 80, started early in the music business, singing on local radio as a young teenager. He scored his first national hit at age 17, with a 1957 cover of Doris Day's "A Very Special Love." Nash continued to crank out soft pop balladry for a number of years, even teaming up with fellow teen idols Paul Anka and George Hamilton for the waltzing "The Teen Commandments" in 1958. But with the rise of Motown and then the British Invasion in the early '60s, the hits dried up for Nash, and he was forced to adapt. By that point, Nash had also begun working behind the scenes in the industry, writing the No. 18-peaking Hot 100 hit "What Kind of Love Is This" for Joey Dee and the Starliters, and co-founding JoDa Records with manager Danny Sims. Noting that the Jamaican market was an efficient one for American artists to attempt to break, due to the low cost of recording on the island nation, Nash and Sims moved their families there in the mid-'60s.
While the original plan had been to ignore the local music scene and continue to crank out American-sounding pop music, reggae (and its precursor genre, rocksteady) eventually rubbed off on Nash, and its influence could be felt on his first Jamaican-recorded album, 1968's Hold Me Tight. That set's clearly reggae-indebted title track, with its light offbeat bounce and sweet harmonies, became Nash's first true international smash, hitting No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and even topping the charts in Canada. As Nash dove deeper into reggae music and Rastafarian culture, he also befriended Bob and Rita Marley, enlisting Bob as a writer for several of his own songs, and scoring a U.K. hit with a cover of the Wailers' "Stir It Up."
That Marley cover eventually appeared on Nash's 1972 album I Can See Clearly Now, recorded with reggae group the Fabulous Five Inc. as his backing band. The set's second single was its title track, which like Paul Simon's top 5 hit "Mother and Child Reunion" from earlier in the year, integrated a light but unmistakeable Jamaican influence into a pop-soul groove easily understood by American audiences. The song's jaunty, off-beat drums and hiccuping accordion hook suggested reggae, but the bubbling bass line was straight ought of Detroit, and the late-arriving keyboards (likely courtesy of a then-cutting edge Moog synthesizer) gave the song a near-prog sort of futurism.
The biggest Island influence on Nash for "I Can See Clearly Now" might have been his hard-earned sense of optimism and hopefulness. After bouncing around the industry for a decade, Nash had seemingly found his sound and his place — and whether or not that's what the song is directly inspired by, the song's ultimate impression is of a man who has finally achieved a clarity of vision after a long and cloudy journey. His thin, piercing vocal doesn't sound boastful or overpowering on the verses as he sings about how "it's gonna be a bright sunshine-y day," but rather just kinda unburdened — the feeling of making it through a particularly gloomy and weighty night and having everything feel that much simpler and lighter the next morning as a result.
Actually, the song's most powerful moments come not in Nash's summery weather reportage, but in the suggestion of the darkness he's since escaped. "I think I can make it now, the pain is gone," he mentions on the second verse, not dwelling on the bad times but still making clear their memory is a recent one. Then at the end of the song's unexpectedly stormy bridge — the one moment of the song where Nash really lets loose, bursting into "Look straight ahead, nothing but blue skies!" — the clouds seem to swirl back into place for a moment, in a fog of Moog and wordless minor-chord harmonies. It's a downright frightening moment of musical doubt, but one that is quickly (and thankfully) ushered away by a major-chord resolution to the passage, and a return to the song's sunny main hook.
Perhaps due to these moments of darkness, it's been rumored that the song is about suicide. But Nash has never said as such, and that's not really what the song feels like anyway. Rather, the reminder that no matter how sunny it looks or feels right now, the rain never totally goes away forever, is a healthy one — especially as the song doesn't let the diversion totally derail its focus on the clearer skies ahead. And of course, it's not the glimpses of pain and doubt that "I Can See Clearly Now" is most remembered for nearly a half-century later, but that giddy optimism for the future. It has soundtracked countless movie montages and vacation package commercials as a feel-good anthem, practically a moment of escapist fantasy in a world where such moments of total spiritual and mental ease can be tough to come by.
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In any event, the optimism of "I Can See Clearly Now" was quickly validated by the song's chart performance. It debuted at No. 84 on the Hot 100 in early September 1972, and just eight weeks later, replaced Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-Ling" atop the chart, staying there for four weeks. Nash would re-release his version of Marley's "Stir It Up" for his next single, hitting No. 12 on the Hot 100 in April 1973 — but that would be his final visit to the chart's top 40, as Philly soul and then disco rose to prominence and again Nash was left playing catch-up. He disappeared from the industry for much of the later part of his life, with seven years between the release of 1979's Let's Go Dancing and 1986's Here Again albums, and the follow-up to the latter never materializing.
If Nash's new friends in Jamaica hoped that his Stateside success would provide the bridge they could then cross to such Hot 100 triumph of their own, they were bound to be disappointed when the next decades brought further Island-flavored No. 1s from Eric Clapton (with a cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff"), Blondie (doing the Paragons' calypso hit "The Tide Is High") and UB40 (with reggae-arranged covers of Neil Diamond's "Red, Red Wine" and Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love"), but none from Jamaican artists aside from Carl Douglas' disco novelty "Kung Fu Fighting." Vindication would have to wait until the '90s, when Maxi Priest ("Close to You") and Ini Kamoze ("Here Comes the Hotstepper") brought Jamaican music to the top spot, opening the doors for the likes of Shaggy and Sean Paul to notch multiple Hot 100 No. 1s each at the dawn of the 21st century.
Would Nash be at risk of cultural appropriation accusations today for becoming reggae's first true Stateside crossover star, without any Jamaican roots of his own? Perhaps, but likely not too seriously — his hits were recorded in Jamaica, after all, with Jamaican collaborators, some of whose later international success Nash helped make possible. ("It was Nash who helped the Wailers reorganize musically and who ultimately ushered them onto the world stage," David Vlado Moskowitz wrote in 2007's The Words and Music of Bob Marley. "In 1975, Bob said of Nash, 'He's good, I like him.'") And in 1994, Nash probably got whatever remaining validation he would need when "I Can See Clearly Now" was returned to the Hot 100's top 20 as part of the Cool Runnings soundtrack — recorded by none other than Jimmy Cliff.
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Q: plugin update error wordpress on directory change For security measure I shifted my wp-config.php file one level up to root directory.
But whenever a plugin or theme update comes its throw an error and plugin is not updated.
Whenever I place config file to its original directory i am able to update.
So everytime I cannot change directory for update.
So i created
/home/gy3gdbd/folder/file.php (config file)

and in root directory
/home/gy3gdbd/public_html/wp-config.php

with below code in wp-config.php file:
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