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A Johns Hopkins professor predicts the US will reach herd immunity by April, but many experts aren't so optimistic
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In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Johns Hopkins professor Martin Makary wrote that COVID-19 would be "mostly gone" in the US by April.
The US's drop in coronavirus cases suggests it's close to reaching herd immunity, Makary said.
But many doctors and scientists say herd immunity is still a long way off in the US.
The US's daily coronavirus cases have declined 65% in the last month — a record drop in the course of the nation's outbreak. New cases reached an all-time high of 312,000 on January 8. Since then, they've fallen to a weekly average of around 73,000 per day.
Dr. Martin Makary, a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, suggested in The Wall Street Journal that the most likely explanation for the decline is that the US could be close to reaching herd immunity.
In a Thursday op-ed, Makary predicted that COVID-19 would be "mostly gone" by April.
He wrote that infections have likely been far more widespread than data suggests — so much so, in fact, that the US will soon hit a threshold beyond which the virus won't be able to pass easily from person to person.
"The consistent and rapid decline in daily cases since January 8 can be explained only by natural immunity," Makary wrote. "Behavior didn't suddenly improve over the holidays; Americans traveled more over Christmas than they had since March."
He added that vaccines "don't explain the steep decline" since early January, because "vaccination rates were low and they take weeks to kick in."
But many other doctors and public-health experts continue to caution that herd immunity is still a long way off in the US — particularly as more contagious variants spread.
"We're nowhere near community immunity or population immunity or whatever people want to call it at this point," Dr. Cindy Prins, an epidemiologist at University of Florida, told Insider. "We're nowhere near that yet."
Could 55% of Americans have natural immunity already?
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Researchers generally estimate the coronavirus' reproductive value — that of the original strain, at least — to be between 2 and 3 in the absence of vaccines or public-health measures. That means that to achieve herd immunity, around 50% to 67% of a population would need to have some immunity to the virus — whether through vaccination or natural infection.
"In theory, the numbers are around 70% — some say 65%, some say 75%, 80% — but it's generally around those numbers. So it takes a while before you can get there," Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, deputy director general at Sheba Medical Center, Israel's largest hospital, told Insider in January.
But Makary's op-ed suggested that "observational data" indicates the US is close to the herd immunity threshold.
Assuming testing only captures 10% to 25% of infections, he said, about 55% of Americans would have natural immunity already, based on the number of tests reported. Add to that 15% of Americans who have been vaccinated so far, he wrote, "and the figure is rising fast."
Makary didn't respond to Insider's request for comment on this story.
Other factors could explain the drop in US cases
A couple wearing face shields and masks at Newark International Airport on November 25, 2020.
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Experts say herd immunity isn't the only possible explanation for the US's falling case count.
California's second lockdown, which started in December, may have partially contributed to the decline. At the peak of its outbreak, California accounted for around 40,000 of the US's daily coronavirus cases, on average.
Other factors like mask wearing, social distancing, and decreased travel after the holidays likely played a role as well.
"If I were ranking explanations for the decline in COVID-19, behavior would be number one," Ali Mokdad, a global-health professor at the University of Washington, told The Atlantic. "If you look at mobility data the week after Thanksgiving and Christmas, activity went down."
Thompson has also pointed out that certain communities may have greater shares of immunity than others.
"Immunity is probably concentrated among people who had little opportunity to avoid the disease, such as homeless people, frontline and essential workers, and people living in crowded multigenerational homes," he wrote. "It might also include people who were more likely to encounter the virus because of their lifestyle and values, such as risk-tolerant Americans who have been going to eat at indoor restaurants."
Even if the US is nowhere near herd immunity, then, it's possible that high levels of immunity among those with frequent social interactions could help slow transmission.
But there's no concrete data yet to suggest that the majority of Americans are immune to the coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one-quarter of the US population has been infected with the coronavirus so far. Even in New York City, where the virus spread widely in the beginning of 2020, studies found that 22% of the city's population had been infected by April. A more recent study found that by mid-November, around 14% of the US population had coronavirus antibodies.
"Even after adjusting for underreporting, a substantial gap remains between the estimated proportion of the population infected and the proportion infected required to reach herd immunity," the authors wrote.
Variants make herd immunity a moving target
A medical worker conducts a rapid COVID-19 test in Brooklyn, New York, on August 27, 2020.
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Zimlichman said the very idea that a nation can reach herd immunity with the coronavirus has "never been put to the test." That's because the required threshold is often a moving target — and it can rise as new, more contagious variants spread.
Studies have shown that the more contagious coronavirus variant discovered in the UK, called B.1.1.7, may increase the virus' reproductive value by 0.4 to 0.9. In that case, up to 75% of the US population would likely need to develop some form of immunity.
"When you have a new variant of COVID, if the reproductive number is higher, that means that the virus is going to be able to spread even if fewer people are susceptible," Rahul Subramanian, a data scientist at the University of Chicago, recently told Insider.
With that in mind, he said, "I would hesitate to say that we've reached herd immunity."
Reaching herd immunity could be even more difficult if vaccines prove less effective against new variants or if people refuse to get shots.
Some research suggests that vaccines may not work as well against the more infectious variant discovered in South Africa. And 13% of adults in the US say they won't get a coronavirus shot, according to a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
"Obviously you'll have issues with people that refuse to get vaccinated for whatever reason," Zimlichman said, "so getting herd immunity by vaccination is a hard one to achieve."
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ANCA: Strengthening the U.S.-Armenia Strategic Partnership will Support and Sustain Armenia's Democratic Progress
Statement to U.S. Helsinki Commission Calls for Forward-Leaning Democracy Assistance; New U.S.-Armenia Tax Treaty, and MCC Education Grant
ANCA submitted a statement to the U.S. Helsinki Commission for the October 22, 2019 hearing on Armenia reforms.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), in a statement submitted to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE – U.S. Helsinki Commission) for its upcoming hearing on Armenian reforms, made the case that "the surest way for the United States to support and sustain Armenia's democratic progress is by further strengthening the U.S.-Armenia strategic partnership."
The CSCE hearing, titled "Hearing on Reform in Armenia: Assessing Progress and Opportunities for U.S. Policy" will take place on Tuesday, October 22nd, from 2pm to 4pm, in Canon House Office Building, Room 210. It will be webcast live on the CSCE YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/HelsinkiCommission
In the ANCA statement submitted for the hearing earlier today, Government Affairs Director Tereza Yerimyan saluted the century-long U.S.-Armenia partnership, dating back to the "dark years of the Armenian Genocide, and the formal birth of our bilateral ties, a century ago next April 23rd, when Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby formally recognized the Republic of Armenia." Yerimyan cited the "broad-based American engagement with the reborn Republic of Armenia" over the past 28-years, and called for a series of new accords and agreements to provide structure, substance, and sustainability to the long-term strategic upgrade of our bilateral ties.
Yerimyan placed special emphasis on the recent U.S. House adoption of the Speier Amendment, adopted through the efforts of Armenian Caucus Co-Chair, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), appropriating an additional $40 million in democracy assistance in Fiscal Year 2020. She also noted similar efforts on the Senate side, spearheaded by Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). Yerimyan also noted the importance of passage of Congressman Frank Pallone's (D-NJ) H.Res.452, which salutes Armenia's democratic progress and highlights the need to elevate the strategic bi-lateral relationship.
The ANCA statement advocates for U.S. leadership on forward-leaning bilateral initiatives, including a modern U.S.-Armenia Tax treaty, a new STEAM-focused Millennium Challenge Corporation compact with Armenia, a U.S-Armenia Social Security Totalization Agreement, and the launch of non-stop U.S. to Armenia flights. "Such accords, agreements, and increased commercial partnerships are needed to provide structure, substance, and sustainability to the long-term strategic upgrade of our bilateral ties," explained Yerimyan.
In its October 22nd hearing announcement, the CSCE noted it seeks "to assess the Armenian Government's achievements thus far, identify priority areas for reform, and highlight opportunities for the U.S. to support the reform process." A full description of the hearing and its witnesses is available on the CSCE website at: https://www.csce.gov/international-impact/press-and-media/press-releases/helsinki-commission-hearing-examine-democratic
The full text of the ANCA statement submitted to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe hearing is provided below.
"Strengthening the U.S.-Armenia Strategic Partnership Key to
Supporting and Sustaining Armenia's Progress on Democratic Reforms"
Statement of the Armenian National Committee of America
Tereza Yerimyan, Government Affairs Director
Submitted to the
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hearing on Reform in Armenia:
Assessing Progress and Opportunities for U.S. Policy
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 – 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cannon House Office Building, Room 210
Armenia – the world's first Christian nation, a resilient genocide-survivor state – having overcome decades of Soviet tyranny, the legacy of the Artsakh war, dual blockades on its eastern and western borders, and ongoing Azerbaijani cross-border attacks, stands today as a modern democratic republic, deeply rooted in Western democratic values, and a proud partner of the United States on a broad array of regional and international challenges.
Our enduring partnership dates back to American solidarity with the Armenian people through the dark years of the Armenian Genocide, and the formal birth of our bilateral ties, a century ago next April 23rd, when Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby formally recognized the Republic of Armenia. Our abiding friendship continued, in the form of principled U.S. support for Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union, and – over the past twenty-eight years – through broad-based American engagement with the reborn Republic of Armenia.
Americans of Armenian heritage joined with friends of Armenia from across the United States – including many members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe – in welcoming last year's peaceful and constitutional political transition in Armenia, most notably, the December 9th parliamentary elections that were universally praised as both free and fair. As you recall, the OSCE monitoring mission concluded that the elections "were held with respect for fundamental freedoms and enjoyed broad public trust that needs to be preserved through further electoral reforms."
The ANCA holds that the surest way for the United States to support and sustain Armenia's democratic progress is by further strengthening the U.S.-Armenia strategic partnership. In this spirit, we have been encouraged by the statements of President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and by the material expression of their support in the form of H.Res.452, introduced by Congressman Pallone, and, of course, the Speier Amendment to the House version of the FY20 foreign aid bill, which called for an additional $40 million in U.S. aid for democracy programs in Armenia. The Graham-Van Hollen Amendment to the Senate Appropriations Committee's version of the FY20 bill echoes this call for increased U.S. aid for democracy and economic development. We support the spirit of both measures, and are asking State-Foreign Operations conferees to accede to the House version, setting a specific $40 million funding level, as called for by the Speier Amendment.
Beyond our aid priorities, we share the broader policy aims set forth in H.Res.452, including its bipartisan call for: "continued United States leadership in helping empower the Armenian people to solidify their progress by strengthening United States-Armenia relations through bilateral visits, defense consultations to draw Armenia closer to the United States, increased cooperation on international peacekeeping operations, targeted trade and investment promotion, and support for political party development, transparency, rule of law, civil society development, and media freedom."
It is in the spirit of H.Res.452 that we warmly welcomed the upgrade of the most recent annual U.S.-Armenia Economic Task Force meeting to a Strategic Dialogue, and that we encourage both U.S. and Armenian officials to make full use of the existing Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
Noting that the State Department's 2019 Investment Climate Statement: Armenia confirms that "the government of Armenia has expressed interest in negotiating a new double taxation treaty with the United States," we call upon the Treasury Department to immediately initiate long-overdue negotiations toward a modern U.S.-Armenia Double Tax Treaty.
We strongly support a new STEAM-focused Millennium Challenge Corporation compact with Armenia, which would represent a major investment in Armenia's students and a meaningful contribution to U.S.-Armenia cooperation in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. In addition, we continue working toward a U.S-Armenia Social Security Totalization Agreement, the launch of non-stop U.S. to Armenia flights, among other forward-leaning economic initiatives. Such accords, agreements, and increased commercial partnerships are needed to provide structure, substance, and sustainability to the long-term strategic upgrade of our bilateral ties.
In closing, we would like to remind the Commission that Armenia is determined to continue bringing its contribution to regional stability and international security. Armenia is a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace and has a record of deployments as part of United States-led peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kosovo, and Mali, – making Armenia one of the world's highest per capita providers of peacekeepers. Armenia has, as well, despite its limited resources and blockaded borders, welcomed over 25,000 refugees from Syria, with only modest levels of either U.S. or international relief or resettlement assistance. The President, in a statement last year on Armenian Independence Day, recognized these contributions, stating: "We thank you for your steadfast partnership on many fronts, including contributing to NATO operations and showing great generosity in welcoming Syrian refugees."
The ANCA, as always, thanks you for your leadership and looks forward to continue working with the Commission to further strengthen the U.S.-Armenia strategic partnership, foster additional democratic progress, and promote regional peace, security, and cooperation.


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Moving to Manchester
Manchester is a city of contrasts. Situated in the northwest of England and in the centre of a beautiful green belt region, the city itself is a thriving urban centre of industry and innovation. Home to world-renowned educational institutions and multinational businesses, Manchester offers a wealth of opportunities to expats from far and wide.
It's not just Manchester's buzzing economy that makes it a worthwhile expat destination – much of the city's charisma is based around its rich musical and sporting history. Home to iconic football teams, sports stars and musicians, expats will soon learn that locals are passionate about their sports and music, with the city hosting festivals and sporting events throughout the year. Add to this the city's vibrant culinary scene and its pulsing nightlife, and it becomes clear why the lifestyle offered by Manchester is a major drawcard for expats moving there.
From a housing perspective, property is considerably cheaper in Manchester than in London and the range of available properties will meet most expat requirements. While some parts of Manchester should be avoided, most of the city is welcoming and safe. Expats generally choose to live in the city centre or in the popular suburbs of South Manchester, each of which has a distinct character. From upmarket Didsbury to chic Chorlton, expats are sure find the perfect place to live in one of the city's neighbourhoods.
Expats, even those without their own vehicle, will have easy access to the city centre and surrounds no matter where they live, as the city's excellent public transport system offers commuters plenty of options for getting around.
Manchester residents are covered under the UK's respected NHS healthcare system, and the city has a number of reputable hospitals, including the Manchester Royal Infirmary and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
While there aren't any schools teaching a foreign curriculum in Manchester, there are a few private schools that offer the globally respected International Baccalaureate. There are also plenty of good local options for expat parents to choose from, depending on their children's ages and whether they want them to receive a private education.
Expats in Manchester report a good quality of life, and those with wanderlust are sure to enjoy the city's close proximity to Europe, just a short hop away by flight. Still, even those who rarely leave Manchester will never run out of things to do in this exciting city, from exploring its many cultural and historical attractions to attending the city's ever-changing mix of entertainment and sporting events. It's this high quality of life that entices many expats in Manchester to stay longer than initially intended.
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"People in Manchester are extremely friendly and you'll find strangers will often strike up a conversation with you. People in this city are also extremely helpful and will go out of their way to help you get settled and feel at home." Check out Allison's experiences of living in Manchester as an expat in this interview.
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WHO is het twaalfde album van The Who. Het album kwam uit op 6 december 2019. Tussen dit album en het vorige album Endless Wire zat 13 jaar.

Het Album
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 Ball and Chain (4:29)
 I Don't Wanna Get Wise (3:54)
 Detour (3:46)
 Beads on One String (3:40)
 Hero Ground Zero (4:52)
 Street Song (4:47)
 I'll Be Back (5:01)
 Break the News (4:30)
 Rockin' in Rage" 4:04)
 She Rocked My World (3:22)

Deluxe editie bonus tracks
 This Gun Will Misfire (3:36)
 Got Nothing to Prove (3:38)
 Danny and My Ponies (4:02)

WHO
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Sony brings affordable VAIO YB Series notebook to India
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The VAIO YB series that got official at the CES will be available in India from early next month. Indian consumers seeking an affordable ultraportable can definitely take a look at this new VAIO notebook as it packs the necessary power as well as looks.
Equipped with AMD's Fusion chip and Vision Technology, the 11.6-inch notebook ensures improved graphics and HD content playback. It features up to 4GB of RAM, up to 500GB storage, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, VGA, HDMI-out and 3 USB ports.
The notebook is just 1.46kg in weight and also comes with chiclet keyboard, ergonomic mouse trackpad and a dedicated ASSIST button enabling quick access to VAIO care and other maintenance software.
As for the price, the YB Series will retail for just Rs.26,990 and will be available from February 2 across India.
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I open my Studio with guest artists for the Heatons Arts Trail, Stockport, Cheshire, UK each Summer. For 2019 the dates are 29th and 30th June.
Coming up: I will be showing work at Dancing Light Gallery, Edinburgh and I will be part of a new Exhibition, Cut and Paste at Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds.


It looks like Nova Scotia will be limiting where you can smoke before Canada legalizes weed late this summer. This Canadian province doubling down on public smoking restrictions is looking to amend its Smoke-Free Places Act. If the provincial government passes this amendment, smokers of tobacco and marijuana alike will face steep fines for smoking in cars and some public places. So what exactly are these new restrictions? Do they aim to completely prevent people from consuming legal recreational cannabis altogether?
The amendment to the Smoke-Free Places Act would apply to both marijuana and tobacco. The new regulations would prevent smoking within 20 meters of an outdoor sports center or playground, on a beach or in a park (except in a campsite) and within 9 meters of hiking trails.
The fine for breaking any of these laws would be a maximum of $2,000. So it looks like you can forget about toking up during an early morning hike to watch the sunrise more vividly. Those who hoped to do so will surely be disappointed.
The goal behind the proposed amendment is to limit marijuana smoking before legalization, after which it will become much more prevalent.
According to Health Minister Randy Delorey, Nova Scotian authorities want to limit children's exposure to second-hand smoke. This applies to cigarettes and marijuana alike. They also don't want children to have access to vapes.
It looks like this province wants to curb weed smoking as much as possible.
Not only is this Canadian province doubling down on public smoking restrictions, but Nova Scotia hopes to update its smoking and driving laws. You won't be able to smoke cigarettes in a car used for work. The exception would be if it's your car and you're alone. Smoking with children in the car will be completely illegal.
The amendment will completely outlaw smoking weed in a car as a driver or passenger.
While you will still be able to smoke weed in public places in Nova Scotia once it's legal, where you can do so will be extremely limited. Of course, smoking in private homes will still be allowed, but only if permitted in the lease.
As Canadian weed becomes more accessible, where, with whom and what you smoke becomes increasingly regulated by the government.
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La stazione di Corato è una stazione ferroviaria posta sulla ferrovia Bari-Barletta ubicata nel territorio dell'omonimo comune. I collegamenti ferroviari sono operati dalla società Ferrotramviaria.

Storia
Nell'anno 2016 sono stati avviati i lavori per l'ammodernamento della stazione con la realizzazione di un sottopassaggio nonché alla predisposizione al secondo binario della tratta Ruvo-Corato, terminato nel mese di dicembre 2016.

Il 12 luglio 2016, tra la stazione di Corato e quella di Andria, si verificò un gravissimo incidente ferroviario.

La stazione ritorna in esercizio il 4 marzo 2019.

Strutture e impianti
La gestione dell'impianto è affidata alla Ferrotramviaria (FT), società che opera anche come gestore del trasporto nell'ambito delle Ferrovie del Nord Barese.

Movimento
La stazione è servita dal collegamento FR2 (Barletta-Andria-Bitonto-Aeroporto-Bari).

Servizi

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Voci correlate
Ferrovia Bari-Barletta
Corato

Architetture della città metropolitana di Bari
Stazioni ferroviarie attivate nel 1964
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Q: PHP .dat Processing vs MySQL Query Speed To monitor spambots and unnecessary crawlers / bots / scrapers, I set up honeypots with rel=nofollow links and hidden links. Now I have nearly 200 IP to block within a week. I do not intend to use .htaccess since .htaccess file will later become very large.
I am storing these IP in MySQL and am querying it for blocked IP before any page load. This is OK for now but will become slow as the rows increase. I found people storing such data in .dat file to avoid hitting DB and perhaps faster search. I have never worked on .dat files before, but it seems like .txt files only !
My question is :

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*is storing blocked IP in .dat file and processing it with PHP faster than storing it in mysql and querying it?

*Which of the two methods are more RAM intensive?

*Is checking blocked IP like this better than blocking IP in .htaccess file (for thousands of IP) or Apache can easily handle large htaccess file?

A: I assume by '.dat' file that you mean a file accessed directly by php using fopen()/file_get_copntents()/file() etc?
This is a very dangerous approach. Each PHP instance doesn't know what the other PHP instances are doing meaning that in order to avoid clobbering the contents of the file you need to imlpement locking - which will cause your scripts to slow down and use more memory. There's also a potential risk of deadlocks and timeouts.
Given that the list is likely to continue growing, in order to be able to block the access without too much overhead it will need to be actively pruned. Using a DBMS provides a method for managing the data more effectively.
If it were me, I'd use fail2ban - but that depends on having root access to the server.

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SCHRADERGROUP Team Participates in PSU's Architectural Alumni Group's Summer Seminar Series Panel
SCHRADERGROUP (SG) recently participated in a virtual seminar panel for Pennsylvania State University's College of Arts and Architecture's Architectural Alumni Group (AAG) and the Stuckeman School of Architecture. The School sponsors several summer seminars each year in order to help architecture students and recent alumni understand all aspects of the business of architecture and profession.
The second installment of this year's summer seminar series was focused on "The Practice of Architecture." Managing Partner David Schrader was a panelist for the event, joined by other notable fellow PSU Architecture Alumni. Attendees included our summer interns Dan Pawluczyk and Leah Balderson.
The seminar dealt with topics such as licensure, maintaining a practice, non-traditional career paths, and handling a work/life balance. SG is proud to continue supporting the schools and organizations that helped us become who we are. We are thrilled to have participated in this discussion for rising architects, and we look forward to the next seminar series event.
To learn more about Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture's Stuckeman School, please click here.
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SCHRADERGROUP Announces Newly Registered Architects
SCHRADERGROUP (SG) is pleased to announce that two of our Designers have successfully passed the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) and are now Registered Architects in Pennsylvania.
We would like to congratulate Paige Geldrich, AIA, LEED Green Associate and Jeremy Ross, AIA on becoming the latest registered architects at SG. Both Paige and Jeremy are Pennsylvania State University graduates who have made significant contributions to the firm since joining. They are both experts in Revit Documentation and have proven themselves invaluable to the firm for their expertise in the rendering and visualization of projects. Both Paige and Jeremy are located in the Philadelphia office.
"Our firm takes pride in supporting the evolution of our newly registered architects. Both Paige and Jeremy were summer interns who later became full time members of the team upon graduation. We are pleased to watch their growth and look forward to their continued success and contributions to the firm and to the profession!" said David Schrader, FAIA, LEED AP, Managing Partner of SCHRADERGROUP.
You can view the AIA Philadelphia Chapter's Member News article here.
Interested in joining the SG team? Check out what opportunities are available for you here.
SCHRADERGROUP to Attend PSU's Stuckeman School Virtual Career Day
SCHRADERGROUP (SG) will be attending the Pennsylvania State University's Annual Stuckeman School Career Day on March 3, 2021. Managing Partner David Schrader will be joined by fellow Penn State alumni and SG employees, Paige Geldrich and Eric Weiss, at the SCHRADERGROUP Virtual Booth from 11am – 4pm. Come visit and meet the team!
This exciting event encourages student engagement and networking with alumni and professionals across the architecture, landscape architecture and graphic design professions. SG is honored to interact with the Stuckeman School's high caliber students once again. Although the event is not held in person this year, SG is proud to continuously be a part of this impactful Career Day. We look forward to virtually speaking with and meeting these new thinkers and leaders of tomorrow.
Are you a PSU Stuckeman School student that would like to join the event? Register for free here.


Ryan Reed, Echo Co. Cmdr.
We've been working hard to catch up on our file processing and posting. Here is the second video from our high school senior portrait sessions we shot in Harlingen at the Marine Military Academy. Ryan Reed is the Echo Company Commander and looked fantastic in his dress blues and his camo. Take a look at the video and let us know what you think. To book your own senior session, give us a call in the studio or hit us up on email.
To see more high school senior portraits, head to our website designed specifically for high school seniors – Seniorology.
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SAN FRANCISCO –Amenify, which operates a real estate services platform, has closed a $2.7 million round led by RET Ventures.
Amenify had previously raised an undisclosed amount directly from real estate owners, as well as RET Ventures, which represents the largest network of multifamily and single-family units in North America.
Amenify provides operators with a turnkey solution for a managed marketplace of services via third-party providers. This funding will help the company further bolster its technology, secure provider partnerships, and create additional value for multifamily owners and operators.
By connecting the worlds of commerce, data, and multifamily portfolios, Amenify drives net operating income (NOI) for multifamily properties. The company has built a network of vetted providers for resident services, serving as a one-stop-shop for amenities, including dog walking, massage therapy, fitness training, cleaning, and staffed events. Nationally, Amenify is able to integrate with major brands such as Shipt, Havenly, and Lyft to create the next generation of amenities. The purpose of Amenify's custom-built, localized networks are two-fold: to ensure top-tier services for the resident and to adhere to property owners' high standards.
Amenify's scalable platform removes the complexity of offering personalized services in the home and integrates easily with existing systems. By simplifying the process of building and maintaining a network of providers, Amenify also allows the property's onsite team to focus squarely on revenue-generating activities.


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In this case the attachBlob remote action has received the next chuck of the file. However, the code above is retrieving the existing Blob body of the attachment in the database and completely ignoring the additional chunk data in base64BlobValue.
Untested, but it should probably be something like:
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Watch the Heap size when you are doing this. Things could start breaking with file sizes approaching half the heap limit.


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El anteojitos de las Santa Cruz (Zosterops sanctaecrucis) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Zosteropidae endémica de las islas Santa Cruz.

Distribución geográfica y hábitat
Se encuentra solo en Nendö, en el sudoeste de islas Salomón.

Sus hábitats naturales son los bosques tropicales o subtropicales húmedos.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Sonidos y mapa de distribución de Zosterops sanctaecrucis en Xeno-canto.

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Paseriformes de Melanesia
Aves de las Islas Salomón
Fauna endémica de las islas Santa Cruz
Taxones descritos por Henry Baker Tristram
Animales descritos en 1894


Kentucky State Parks operate a public campground at Taylorsville Lake State Park. The campground has about 10 sites, also a bathhouse. It's about 40 miles from Louisville, but easily traveled by Interstate 64.
The area of Nolin Lake, about 80 miles south of Louisville has 3 campgrounds, all with many sites (about 50 each). Of those, Wax Campground and Dog Creek are the closest to Louisville.
Most of the campgrounds have a maximum stay of 12 days. A site without electricity costs about $17 per night. Pets are allowed on a leash.
If you have an old map you may see Otter Creek Recreation Area, by Radcliff. It has a very nice campground, about 60 sites with all facilities, but, unfortunately, the Otter Creek area closed last year for lack of funds. Local authorities check daily for trespassers.
Thanks all, I think we'll be heading to KOA if they have room.
I love the KOAs, they have so much to do for the kids.


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Home » Investing » Top TSX Stocks » Should You Buy Lululemon Athletica (TSX:LLL) After Stellar Q3 Earnings?
Should You Buy Lululemon Athletica (TSX:LLL) After Stellar Q3 Earnings?
Lululemon Athletica (TSX:LLL)(NYSE:LULU) fell immediately after posting red-hot growth in Q3. Time to buy the dip?
Posted by Andrew Button Published December 8, 2018 EST
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Lululemon Athletica Ltd (TSX:LULU)(NYSE:LULU) has been on fire in 2018. Starting off the year at $79, it has since reached as high as $140–a 77% gain.
This month, the bullish trend seems to be bending, as the stock has fallen about 5% since Monday. But despite the falling stock price, the news coming out of the company is better than ever. On Thursday, Lululemon released a stellar earnings report that beat Wall Street's expectations on every measure. Whether you're looking at revenue, net income, same store sales, or any other metric, the company was well ahead of what everybody had anticipated.
When you've got a steep downturn in a stock that's posting blowout earnings, the natural tendency is to buy the dip. But perhaps the markets know something that the Q3 earnings report doesn't betray. Before examining that possibility, let's review the good news from Lululemon in more detail.
Red-hot growth
If anything was clear in Lululemon's Q3 earnings announcement, it's that the company is growing like a wildfire. Net income was up 60%; operating income was up 59%; and revenue was up 21%. Gross profit was up 26%. Basically, in the third quarter, Lululemon grew according to every relevant metric. And by many of those metrics, the growth was huge.
The one sour note in all this is the matter of taxes: because the company made more than ever before, it paid more to the tax man as well: net tax burden grew from $27.7 million to $43.5 million. However, the company's tax RATE actually declined from 32% to 31.6%, so this is arguably even more good news in disguise.
Same-store sales
It's one thing for a company to grow its revenue, net income and gross profit. But for retailers, there's another metric that's arguably even more important: same store sales. Same store sales is a measure of revenue from stores that have been open a year or more. It's a valuable metric, as it indicates the demand for a company's products, as opposed to revenue that comes from opening more stores, which may reflect people buying out of convenience.
For Q4, analysts were expecting Lululemon to grow same-store sales by 13.8 per cent. And by this metric, too, the company exceeded expectations, by growing at 18% year-over-year. This indicates that customers are spending more money at Lululemon stores (or alternatively that more people are shopping at them), which is great because it shows that the company can grow without the risk and expenses of opening brand new stores.
Outlook cut
So Q3 was a massive success for Lululemon by almost every metric. Which begs the question: why did the price fall on the same day these numbers were released?
One possibility is the fact that the company changed its outlook for Q4. In Thursday's report, management said that they expected Q4's diluted EPS to be in the $1.64 to $1.67 range. This was weaker than Wall Street expected; however, it still represents phenomenal growth.
In Q3, Lululemon earned just $.071 per share, and in Q4 last year, it earned about $0.88 per share. I think nearly doubling EPS year-over-year counts as a win, even if Wall Street expected more. Expect Lululemon's strong returns to continue into 2019.
Fool contributor Andrew Button has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.
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discussion – Viby Speaks His Mind!
Doesn't matter if I go out to take a brisk walk or for a thunderous sprint or a light jogging. It does not matter as well even when I am writing a blog post or a poem or composing yet another instrumental track. People, even who are actually close to me more often than not do not hesitate to write me off. As I get into a random conversation every time with an intimate friend or my family members, this is one topic which always comes up even if I try my best to avoid it.
"Why do you waste your time on 'these things'?" they ask ignorantly. "It gives me a sense of fulfilment. A sense of purpose. I feel good about myself and there is so much of joy when I'm experimenting with different activities. I like sharing my thoughts and skills" I give a reply with full confidence and belief. "It is a waste of time. You will not gain anything out of it." they say glibly.
It's beneficial to waste your time on this!
What is the definition of success? What do they actually mean by gaining success? I think success cannot be only defined in only one way. The meaning of success varies from person to person, things to things, perception to perception. So, there cannot be only one way to define what success actually means.
Everyone has their own definitive way of describing the concept of success. For some it is the money, for several it is the amount of friends that they have got. For people like me, it is a sense of enjoyment, fulfilment, purpose and a feeling of pure relaxation and happiness. Whenever anyone asks me the question, be it a stranger or an acquaintance or a close friend, about the reason as to why do I waste my time on 'these things', I just tell them because I like it and nothing else is required.
Now, for an instance → Everyday all of us use swear words due to a sudden outburst or due to the annoyance and frustration. We all do that. It is quite natural as well and sometimes also the lone way to let out our anger. However, it does not sound pleasant. We know we should never do it yet everyone loses their mind at some point.
The point that must be noted here is that we should not do it, then why do we do it? Isn't that a waste of time? Referring to that 'waste of time' logic, wouldn't that will make everything, every task a waste of time in the world? I think it is actually absurd to think that skills like writing, reading, playing instruments, sketching, drawing, bike riding, dancing, story telling is a waste of time. If you believe it is a way to kill your precious time, then I'd also suggest you to stop eating, bathing, watching T.V, surfing the internet, chatting with your friend. Heck, I'd also recommend why don't you just stop breathing then? I just want to convey that if you have the wrong thinking pattern and mindset, then you'd also find these basic-daily activities also a waste of time.
Always remember and keep it in your mind and lock it somewhere in the cage of your wisdom that "Things are a waste of time only if you THINK they are a waste of time".
At times, you get sad , feel dejected as well as feel like giving everything up. On how many occasions, you would have said that you cannot take this any more, that you are tired of feeling like a lost person in a big crowd and just about the time you feel like losing yourself. We all go through that phase at least once or maybe several times. Over the years, I have realised it is quite common to feel distressed in periodic intervals. Whether it is because of losing your job, scoring less marks as per your expectations in an exam, losing someone you loved with the bottom of your heart or it can be anything. In these difficult times, all you think how terrible and valueless life is. It seems like a bright sunny day suddenly turned into a dark-gloomy day. But, all you have to keep reminding yourself is that life is worth living and it is full of ups and downs. While there always be times of broken trust, misunderstanding, grief and sorrows, there are still plenty of things to love about this delightful world.
Whenever you feel like giving it all up altogether, just think how it feels when you see someone on the street and not having the things you have and knowing that they would feel so miserable by not being in your place. You would recognize the small things you are having are not unworthy at all. As they say, we only appreciate the things once we have lost them. That is when we all realize the true value of everything we have or we once had. So, every time you feel like throwing away the precious things you are having at this moment, remind yourself that there are people out there who would be desperate to be in your shoes.
Having said about thinking of the people less fortunate than you, I also know people have their own problems in their everyday life and it is really not that easy to just forget about all your worries all at once with a blink of an eye. It takes time and also a bit of practice. But, that goes with everything you would like and want to do, right? So, don't ever hesitate to practice it as I can guarantee it is for your own good. Start by appreciating the small things around you. For example, when you wake up in the morning and you're just about to get out of your dream world, just try to say "Today is a really beautiful day and I shall make this as the best day of my life." Whenever you see someone in the morning, smile at them and give a nice compliment. You would be amazed to see how much of a difference it can make in your personality over a period of time. As time flies, you will start becoming a positive person altogether and will change for the better. Slowly, you will also start appreciating the things around you even more and concentrate less on your everyday worries and tensions. Cherish the life, because it's WORTH IT!


Jackson Prep fields a competition clay shooting and archery team. The JP Gun & Bow Team practices at and is coached from Providence Hill Farm in Flora, Ms. The team is open to all students in grades 8-12 (co-ed). The season runs from February through April. Participants are coached by Jimmy Grant and Shane Saxton.
Pictured here are participants on Jackson Prep's Gun & Bow Team: (back) Patrick Phillips, Logan Osborne, Fletcher Patch, Pierce Goodwin, Tripp Perkins, Georgia Perkins, Parker Williams; (front) Taylor Wallace, Healy Vise, Seth Bailey, Will Ward, Will Osborne, Forrest Smith, Kelly McBride, Isaac Clapp.


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With the release of his third album this past winter, composer Pinchas Wolf who is widely known for his haartzig nigunim has become a household name. His negunim re being sung by fans around the world and people want more. Last year Reb Pinchas released his first ever acapella song, a vocal version of this hit song "Vzakeini" featured on Shirei Pinchas 2, and the fans loved it. The song starred famed British vocalist Shloime Gertner and featured the beautiful harmonies of the Yedidim International choir.
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This is more footage from the last That Security Show. In this video Joe McCray of Learn Security Online interviews Johnny Long of Hackers for Charity. Hope you enjoy.
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Shameless Slashiness
I'm not much of a Robbie Williams fan. 'Bromance' leaves me cold. And I hated Brokeback Mountain. But perhaps I'm a big softy really because I rather like this video for Williams' single 'Shame' which brings all these themes together, adds a hairy Gary Barlow, Robbie's once-reviled Take That collaborator, and takes its top off. What was it Dusty said? 'The best part of breaking up is when you're making up'
Yes, the 'Toys R Us' line is a real clanger, a reminder of Robbie's gurning, annoyingness, and the song is a little bland. But the video succeeds, just about, in bringing it alive. Despite the complaints of some gays that the promo 'mocks' Brokeback Mountain there's a real sense of longing and intimacy in the way they look at one another that is almost more convincing than much of what appeared in the movie it's 'spoofing'. Or, to be honest, in many gay male relationships.
Actually this promo's not really 'bromance' at all, which is almost defined by its sniggering, paralysing fear of anything physical – it's a knowingly slashy pop promo video: manlove for the ladies (and the gays). It plays on both the 'gayness' of Take That, who, despite the leather harnesses, disco and baby oil – and the fantasies of many of their fans – were probably all straight (more or less), and the famously passionate love-hate and now love-again affair between Barlow and Williams. Though of course, for all the looks and stripping off they don't 'take the plunge'. Which is a bit of a relief, frankly. And in its way rather less cowardly than 'gay cowboy romance' Brokeback Mountain's five seconds of darkly-lit tent sex.
But that ending to 'Shame', in which Robbie and Gary run to the top of a cliff to jump into the water below (but chicken out) seems to reference a much older and better cowboy romance – the famous scene in Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid where Robert Redford and Paul Newman laughingly jump into the river together to escape a pursuing posse. Butch Cassidy was a favourite of early slashers – 'strange' ladies who liked to bring out the homoerotic subtext of mainstream movies, TV shows and bands, and perhaps of male heterosexuality itself, and make them the text, sometimes with eye-popping illustrations.
Forty years on, the auto-slashiness of the video for 'Shame' seems to illustrate how mainstream and accepted slash itself has become in pop culture.
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Posted in GOD, Memorial Day, President, President George W. Bush, USA	by S.E.M.G.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920). While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860's tapped into the general human need to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in Gen Logan giving his official proclamation in 1868. It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.
General John A. Logan
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-B8172- 6403 DLC (b&w film neg.)]
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 – 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.
In 1915, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with her own poem:
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
She then conceived of an idea to wear red poppies on Memorial day in honor of those who died serving the nation during war. She was the first to wear one, and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need. Later a Madam Guerin from France was visiting the United States and learned of this new custom started by Ms.Michael and when she returned to France, made artificial red poppies to raise money for war orphaned children and widowed women. This tradition spread to other countries. In 1921, the Franco-American Children's League sold poppies nationally to benefit war orphans of France and Belgium. The League disbanded a year later and Madam Guerin approached the VFW for help. Shortly before Memorial Day in 1922 the VFW became the first veterans' organization to nationally sell poppies. Two years later their "Buddy" Poppy program was selling artificial poppies made by disabled veterans. In 1948 the US Post Office honored Ms Michael for her role in founding the National Poppy movement by issuing a red 3 cent postage stamp with her likeness on it.
Traditional observance of Memorial day has diminished over the years. Many Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are increasingly ignored, neglected. Most people no longer remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. While there are towns and cities that still hold Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some people think the day is for honoring any and all dead, and not just those fallen in service to our country.
There are a few notable exceptions. Since the late 50's on the Thursday before Memorial Day, the 1,200 soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry place small American flags at each of the more than 260,000 gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. They then patrol 24 hours a day during the weekend to ensure that each flag remains standing. In 1951, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of St. Louis began placing flags on the 150,000 graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery as an annual Good Turn, a practice that continues to this day. More recently, beginning in 1998, on the Saturday before the observed day for Memorial Day, the Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts place a candle at each of approximately 15,300 grave sites of soldiers buried at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park on Marye's Heights (the Luminaria Program). And in 2004, Washington D.C. held its first Memorial Day parade in over 60 years.
To help re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans "To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps."
The Moment of Remembrance is a step in the right direction to returning the meaning back to the day. What is needed is a full return to the original day of observance. Set aside one day out of the year for the nation to get together to remember, reflect and honor those who have given their all in service to their country.
But what may be needed to return the solemn, and even sacred, spirit back to Memorial Day is for a return to its traditional day of observance. Many feel that when Congress made the day into a three-day weekend in with the National Holiday Act of 1971, it made it all the easier for people to be distracted from the spirit and meaning of the day. As the VFW stated in its 2002 Memorial Day address: "Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day."
On January 19, 1999 Senator Inouye introduced bill S 189 to the Senate which proposes to restore the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day back to May 30th instead of "the last Monday in May". On April 19, 1999 Representative Gibbons introduced the bill to the House (H.R. 1474). The bills were referred the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government Reform.
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To date, there has been no further developments on the bill. Please write your Representative and your Senators, urging them to support these bills. You can also contact Mr. Inouye to let him know of your support.
Visit our Help Restore the Traditional Day of Observance page for more information on this issue, and for more ways you can help.
To see what day Memorial Day falls on for the next 10 years, visit the Memorial Day Calendar page.
Sources and related links:
Boalsburg, Pa., Birthplace of Memorial Day
[www.rootsweb.com/~pacentre/memory.htm]
DC City Pages: History of Memorial Day
[www.cnn.com/US/9805/25/memorial.day.wrap/]
General Logan Biography
[www.jal.cc.il.us/johnlogan.html]
General Logan's General Order 11
[www.usmemorialday.org/order11.html]
Help Restore the Traditional Day of Observance of Memorial Day
[www.usmemorialday.org/act.html]
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 from Duke University
[memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncdhtml/hasmhome.html]
How to Observe Memorial Day
[www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm]
Luminaria Program
[www.nps.gov/frsp/luminari.htm]
Memorial Day Events – Dept of Veterans Affairs
"The Office of Public Affairs provides this page of items that may be of special interest to veterans and customers."
[www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/index.asp]
The Origins of Memorial Day
[www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp#hist]
Roy, Nuhn. Portfolio: To Honor The Memory of the Departed. American History Illustrated 1982 17[3]: 20-25.
S 189 and H.R. 1474, bills to restore the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day.
"S. Con. Res. 100", resolution for a National Moment of Remembrance.
[www.usmemorialday.org/resolution.html]
Statement on Signing the National Moment of Remembrance Act
[www.usmemorialday.org/Speeches/President/dec2800.txt]
Taps Information
[www.usmemorialday.org/taps.html]
Today in History: May 30
American Memory project, The Library of Congress
[memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may30.html]
VFW's "Buddy" Poppy program
Waterloo, Official Birthplace of Memorial Day
[www.rootsweb.com/~nyseneca/memorial.htm]
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We have entered the era of "Digital Darwinism" in which technology is now moving faster than the ability of many businesses and industries to keep up or survive. Nanography® can help printers adapt to this new digital era.
The term "Digital Darwinism" was coined by Brian Solis who is a widely-known digital analyst, speaker and bestselling author. He writes that it's the end of business-as-usual—for all businesses. Polaroid, Borders, and Blockbuster are just a few of the firms that are victims of the ground-shaking forces of digital technology and have had to close their doors.
Closer to home, and years before Brian Solis even started writing books, Benny Landa prophesied a similar challenge for the print industry when he said, "Everything that can become digital will become digital and printing is no exception." He envisioned the current state of traditional print technology—ill equipped to handle new market demands and destined for sustained periods of flat growth.
Benny spearheaded massive industry disruption with the introduction of the world's first commercial digital printing press—making him the father of commercial digital printing. Benny announced his second disruptive print technology, Nanography®, at drupa 2012.
Similar to how the original World Wide Web gave way to Web 2.0, Nanography has taken digital print production into a whole new arena. With higher quality, faster speeds, and all-substrate flexibility, Nanography has broken into the exclusive domain of traditional offset printing and packaging production.
The evolution of digital technology into offset capabilities and performance has historic ramifications for the print industry. Businesses that adapt to the new digital era with Nanography will achieve critical first-mover status.
While conventional printing faces flat to declining growth, the packaging industry —especially the folding carton segment—expects sustained growth through 2016. The opportunity will be leveraged by digital technology, such as Nanography®.
In an age where print runs are getting shorter and pieces are more customized, print technology needs to respond with greater ease of use, increased automation and broader substrate flexibility—factors that have been engineered into Nanography®.
The very term "printer" is itself transitioning. Putting ink on paper is no longer profitable. Adaptive businesses have retrofitted themselves with new services, such as marketing expertise, design, and data management skills.
The book printing industry, engaged in a well-chronicled battle with electronic readers, is embracing digital technology to meet the new "sweet spot" of publishing—runs of 4,000–6,000 mono and color books. The digital print option lets publishers greatly diminish to prohibitive cost of unsold titles.
For print businesses, Nanography offers an unparalleled opportunity to adapt to the changing conditions in our industry.
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For more information on Digital Darwinism, check out: http://www.briansolis.com/tag/digital-darwinism/.