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Q: Vertical centering imageview in relativelayout I know this is a popular question but all the answers I found either don't work or break my layout. I'm writing the layout for a listview item, it should simply be a textview on the left and an image on the right, no problem with that. I tried using android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" but that changes nothing. I also tried changing my LinearLayout into a RelativeLayout and using layout_centerVertical="true", that centers horizontally but images on rows with different heights are slightly larger than others. This is my layout code:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:minHeight="70dp"
    android:paddingLeft="8dp"
    android:paddingRight="8dp"
    android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground">
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:weightSum="3">
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:layout_weight="2"
            android:paddingTop="8dp"
            android:paddingLeft="8dp"
            android:paddingRight="8dp">
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textSize="18dp"
                android:textColor="#000000"
                android:text="Titolo di prova lorem ipsus dolor sit amet..."
                android:id="@+id/article_title"/>
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Autore di prova"
                android:id="@+id/article_info"/>
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="0dp"
                android:visibility="invisible"
                android:text="non dovresti poter vedere questa scritta..."
                android:id="@+id/article_hiddenid"/>
        </LinearLayout>
<!-- Here's where it should be centered -->
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:padding="2dp"
            android:orientation="vertical">
                <ImageView
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="70dp"
                    android:src="@drawable/demoimage2"
                    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
                    android:id="@+id/article_image"/>
        </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

edit: Here's how it looks imgur.com/a/3ZGrl. If i use a RelativeLayout and layout_centerVertical it looks like this: imgur.com/a/vWrzH(some images are slightly wider than others)

A: You are nesting too many LinearLayout without cause.
Firstly, try setting the orientation for the parent LinearLayout to horizontal. And remove the second nested layout. Try this :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:paddingRight="8dp"
android:weightSum="3"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_weight="2"
        android:paddingTop="8dp"
        android:paddingLeft="8dp"
        android:paddingRight="8dp">
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="18dp"
            android:textColor="#000000"
            android:text="Titolo di prova lorem ipsus dolor sit amet..."
            android:id="@+id/article_title"/>
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Autore di prova"
            android:id="@+id/article_info"/>

    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:padding="2dp"
        android:orientation="vertical">
            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:src="@drawable/demoimage2"
                android:id="@+id/article_image"/>
     </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

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The plan open-water swimming August 2011 93 Rest day Rest day week 01 week 02 week 03 week 04 Mon Mon T ue T ue Sat Sat Type Swim Distance 3km WU 300m choice swimming / 200m PULL / �... how to train for open water swimming in a pool. Many guests ask us how they should be training for an open water event or preparing for their swim vacation when they visit the pool.
With the thought of open water swimming becoming more of a reality as the weather begins to warm up, it�s time make sure your skills are on point.... In order to best prepare you for an open water swim you obviously need to compete in a few open water swims in advance to the BIG SWIM. You will need to be able to maintain your body heat, hydration and energy needs so don�t just swim a lot in the pool without researching your swim well.
Professional triathlete Sara McLarty provides eight open-water swimming drills that can easily be practiced in a pool. I live in Lake County, Fla.
23/08/2010�� Do a long continuous swim every Saturday until the race. Your body will get used to tackling a longer swim on that day of the week, preparing you for the race.
I would like to incorporate some open water swims into my weekly training, but am not sure whether I should aim to convert a supporting or key session, or do something completely random.


Gerald Gulotta became an established freelance designer of ceramics, glassware, silver and stainless steel cutlery during the 1960s and 1970s. His sleek, slender, elegant tabletop designs look as contemporary today as they did during the height of his career. The Drawings, Prints and Graphic Design department recently acquired seven Gulotta drawings of stainless steel flatware. Three drawings document part of the design process for Espagña (designed 1968-70 and produced 1973-75) by La Industrial Mondragonesa, Portugal, the earliest of Gulotta's cutlery designs in the collection. These comprise two drawings for the salad fork and knife, and fish knife; and one Photostat for the soup spoon whose shape and profile has been cut out of the sheet.
One sheet and a cut out knife relate to the steak knife for the Iona pattern, designed in 1979 and manufactured in 1980 by Lauffer. Two final drawings (one is double sided), which are the most interesting and appealing of the sheets, are filled with a variety of sketches. The verso of one sheet has designs for knives as well as a fork and spoon related to Iona, plus other designs similar to the Chromatics pattern. The recto of this sheet, however, shows designs for the knife (in different positions) for Rondure, produced 1998 by Dansk. The final sheet, seen above, shows Gulotta thinking about the concept of twisting the knife blade and handle applied to many different patterns including Axis, designed 1980-90 and produced in 1992 by Dansk, as well as several designs for forks. These drawings, seen together with the related patterns in the collection, are invaluable documents for understanding Gerald Gulotta's working process for designing cutlery.
Drawing, "Designs for Flatware, including Axis", 1989–90. Gift of Gerald Gulotta. 2009-16-16.


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Food additives permitted before 20 January 2009 must go through a new risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Commission Regulation (EU) No 257/2010 set up a programme for the re-evaluation of approved food additives in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.
Deadlines for re-evaluation:
Most food colours by the end of 2011 (closed)
Aspartame by November 2013 (closed) - NB: this re-evaluation was advanced due to the publication of new scientific data
Remaining colours by the end of 2015 (closed)
Preservatives, antioxidants, glutamates, silicon dioxide by the end of 2015-2016
Other sweeteners by the end of 2020
All other additives by the end of 2018
State of play of the re-evaluation of safety of permitted food additives by EFSA as of 9 September 2019:
316 food additives approved before 20 January 2009 to be re-evaluated by EFSA
115 scientific opinions published by EFSA on the re-evaluation of the safety of food additives, covering 204 individual food additives
112 food additives still to be re-evaluated by EFSA before 31 December 2020
Summary table of permitted food additives and status of their re-evaluation by EFSA (status as of 9 September 2019).
Approach for the follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinions on the re-evaluation of the safety of permitted food additives for which some concerns have been identified.
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Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of glutamic acid (E 620), monosodium glutamate (E 621), monopotassium glutamate (E 622), calcium diglutamate (E 623), monoammonium glutamate (E 624) and magnesium diglutamate (E 625) as food additives - CALL OPEN
Call for technical data on the permitted food additives glutamic acid (E 620), monosodium glutamate (E 621), monopotassium glutamate (E 622), calcium diglutamate (E 623), monoammonium glutamate (E 624) and magnesium diglutamate (E 625)
Deadline: 13/01/2020 (Please note that this is the final deadline for submission of the technical data requested in the call)
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (E 471) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for technical and toxicological data on mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (E 471) for uses as a food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
New deadline for submission of data: 30/06/2020
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (E 471) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (E 471) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (E 471) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Thus, this call shall be regarded as a follow-up of an EFSA re-evaluation scientific opinion, and has therefore the same implications as the calls organised by the European Commission, which are published on this site. Consequently, if business operators do not provide the requested data (by the predefined deadline) the present authorisation of this food additive will be revised based on EFSA's current scientific opinion and the additive may be removed from the Union list of permitted additives. The same applies if the new data submitted are not sufficient for EFSA to conclude the risk assessment, since there will be no successive calls for additional data.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of sucrose esters of fatty acids (E 473) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for technical and toxicological data on sucrose esters of fatty acids (E 473) for uses as a food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
Deadline for submission of data: 31/12/2019
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of sucrose esters of fatty acids (E 473) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of sucrose esters of fatty acids (E 473) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of sucrose esters of fatty acids (E 473) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of polyglycerol esters of fatty acids (E 475) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for technical data on the permitted food additive polyglycerol esters of fatty acids (E 475)
New Deadline: 30/6/2020 (Please note that this is the final deadline for submission of the technical data requested in the call)
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of polyglycerol polyricinoleate (E 476) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for technical data on the permitted food additive polyglycerol polyricinoleate (E 476)
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of tocopherol-rich extract (E 306), α-tocopherol (E 307), γ-tocopherol (E 308) and δ- tocopherol (E 309) as food additives - CALL OPEN
Call for technical and toxicological data on tocopherol-rich extract (E 306), α-tocopherol (E 307), γ-tocopherol (E 308) and δ- tocopherol (E 309) for uses as food additives in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
Deadline for registering interest: 21/11/2018
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of tocopherol-rich extract (E 306), α-tocopherol (E 307), γ-tocopherol (E 308) and δ- tocopherol (E 309) as food additives, during its upcoming risk assessment of tocopherol-rich extract (E 306), α-tocopherol (E 307), γ-tocopherol (E 308) and δ- tocopherol (E 309) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of tocopherol-rich extract (E 306), α-tocopherol (E 307), γ-tocopherol (E 308) and δ- tocopherol (E 309) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of carrageenan (E 407) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for technical and toxicological data on carrageenan (E 407) for uses as food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of carrageenan (E 407) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of carrageenan (E 407) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of carrageenan (E 407) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of silicon dioxide (E 551) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for technical and toxicological data on silicon dioxide (E 551) for uses as food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of silicon dioxide (E 551) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of silicon dioxide (E 551) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of silicon dioxide (E 551) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of sodium carboxymethylcellulose (E 466) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for scientific and technical data on sodium carboxymethylcellulose (E 466) for uses as a food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age.
Deadline for registering interest: 26/9/2018
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of sodium carboxymethylcellulose (E 466) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of sodium carboxymethylcellulose (E 466) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of sodium carboxymethylcellulose (E 466) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Thus, this call shall be regarded as a follow-up of an EFSA re-evaluation scientific opinion, and has therefore the same implications as the calls organised by the European Commission, which are published on this site. Consequently, if business operators do not provide the requested data (by the predefined deadline) the present authorisation of this food additive will be revised based on EFSA's current scientific opinion and the additive may be removed from the Union list of permitted additives. The same applies if the new data submitted is not sufficient for EFSA to conclude the risk assessment, since there will be no successive calls for additional data.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of pectin (E440i) and amidated pectin (E 440ii) as food additives - CALL OPEN
Call for scientific and technical data on pectin (E440i) and amidated pectin (E 440ii) for uses as food additives in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age.
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of pectin (E440i) and amidated pectin (E 440ii) as food additives, during its upcoming risk assessment of pectin (E440i) and amidated pectin (E 440ii) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of pectin (E440i) and amidated pectin (E 440ii) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Thus, this call shall be regarded as a follow-up of an EFSA re-evaluation scientific opinion, and has therefore the same implications as the calls organised by the European Commission, which are published on this site. Consequently, if business operators do not provide the requested data (by the predefined deadline) the present authorisation of these food additives will be revised based on EFSA's current scientific opinion and these additives may be removed from the Union list of permitted additives. The same applies if the new data submitted is not sufficient for EFSA to conclude the risk assessment, since there will be no successive calls for additional data.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of xanthan gum (E 415) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for scientific and technical data on xanthan gum (E 415) for uses as a food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of xanthan gum (E 415) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of xanthan gum (E 415) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of xanthan gum (E 415) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of guar gum (E 412) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for scientific and technical data on guar gum (E 412) for uses as a food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of guar gum (E 412) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of guar gum (E 412) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of guar gum (E 412) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of locust bean gum (E 410) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for scientific and technical data on locust bean gum (E 410) for uses as a food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of locust bean gum (E 410) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of locust bean gum (E 410) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of locust bean gum (E 410) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of lecithins (E 322) as a food additive - CALL OPEN
Call for scientific and technical data on lecithins (E 322) for uses as a food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of lecithins (E 322) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of lecithins (E 322) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of lecithins (E 322) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of glycerol (E 422) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for technical data on the permitted food additive glycerol (E 422)
Deadline: 30/6/2019 (Please note that this is the final deadline for submission of the technical data requested in the call)
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of glycerol esters of wood rosins (E 445) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additive glycerol esters of wood rosins (E 445)
Registration of the contact details of business operators interested in submitting data (step 1)
Deadline: 21/1/2019 (CLOSED)
List of interested business operators
Confirmation of data submission, deadlines and milestones (step 2)
Outcome of step 2 of the call for data and overview of data that will be submitted, deadlines and milestones
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of calcium carbonate (E 170) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for technical and toxicological data on calcium carbonate (E 170) for uses as food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of calcium carbonate (E 170) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of calcium carbonate (E 170) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of calcium carbonate (E 170) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of starch sodium octenyl succinate (E 1450) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on starch sodium octenyl succinate (E 1450) for uses as a food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age.
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of starch sodium octenyl succinate (E 1450) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of starch sodium octenyl succinate (E 1450) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of starch sodium octenyl succinate (E 1450) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of calcium silicate (E 552), magnesium silicate (E 553a(i)), magnesium trisilicate (E 553a(ii)) and talc (E 553b) as food additives - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additives calcium silicate (E 552), magnesium silicate (E 553a(i)), magnesium trisilicate (E 553a(ii)) and talc (E 553b)
Deadline: 6/12/2018 (CLOSED)
List of interested business operators.
List of data that will be submitted, deadlines and milestones
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of processed Eucheuma seaweed (E 407a) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additive processed Eucheuma seaweed (E 407a)
Deadline: 30/11/2018 (CLOSED)
Outcome of step 2 of the call for data and overview of data that will be submitted, deadlines and milestones.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of ascorbyl palmitate (E 304(i)) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for technical and toxicological data on ascorbyl palmitate (E 304(i)) for uses as food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
Deadline for registering interest: 21/11/2018 (CLOSED)
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of ascorbyl palmitate (E 304(i)) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of ascorbyl palmitate (E 304(i)) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of ascorbyl palmitate (E 304(i)) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of acacia gum (E 414) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for technical and toxicological data on acacia gum (E 414) for uses as food additive in foods for all population groups including infants below 16 weeks of age
deadline for submission of data: 28/02/2019 (CLOSED)
This call for data is organised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), since the European Commission requested EFSA to address the data gaps identified in the scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of acacia gum (E 414) as a food additive, during its upcoming risk assessment of acacia gum (E 414) for uses in food for young infants. Therefore, specific data requirements for all uses of acacia gum (E 414) are included in this call for data. The call procedures that need to be followed are specified in the text of the call.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of indigotine, indigo carmine (E 132) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additive indigotine, indigo carmine (E 132).
Deadline: 9/9/2018 (CLOSED)
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of silver (E 174) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additive silver (E 174).
List of interested business operators (Updated on 6/7/18)
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of gold (E 175) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additive gold (E 175)
List of interested business operators (Updated on 18/7/18)
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinions on the re-evaluation of propyl gallate (E 310), octyl gallate (E 311) and dodecyl gallate (E 312) as food additives - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additives propyl gallate (E 310), octyl gallate (E 311) and dodecyl gallate (E 312).
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinions on the re-evaluation of E 140(i) chlorophylls, E 140(ii) chlorophyllins, E 141(i) copper complexes of chlorophylls and E 141(ii) copper complexes of chlorophyllins as food additives - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additives E 140(i) chlorophylls, E 140(ii) chlorophyllins, E 141(i) copper complexes of chlorophylls and E 141(ii) copper complexes of chlorophyllins.
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of titanium dioxide (E 171) as a food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additive titanium dioxide (E 171).
Confirmation of data submission, deadlines and milestones (step 2) - updated on 7/5/2019
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of iron oxides and hydroxides (E 172) as food additives - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additives iron oxides and hydroxides (E 172).
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of sulphur dioxide (E 220), sodium sulphite (E 221), sodium bisulphite (E 222), sodium metabisulphite (E 223), potassium metabisulphite (E 224), calcium sulphite (E 226), calcium bisulphite (E 227) and potassium bisulphite (E 228) as food additive - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additives sulphur dioxide (E 220), sodium sulphite (E 221), sodium bisulphite (E 222), sodium metabisulphite (E 223), potassium metabisulphite (E 224), calcium sulphite (E 226), calcium bisulphite (E 227) and potassium bisulphite (E 228)
Follow-up of EFSA's scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate (E 202) and calcium sorbate (E 203) as food additives - CALL CLOSED
Call for scientific and technical data on the permitted food additives sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate (E 202) and calcium sorbate (E 203).
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Section 47A claim to Native Title revival
Richard Bradshaw
Section 47A of the Native Title Act allows for revival of extinguished native title rights where an area occupied by one or more member of a native title claim group is bested pursuant to land rights legislation, or otherwise held expressly, or reserved for the benefit of Aboriginal people or Torres trait Islanders. Since 1998, when this section was included in the NTA, there have been a number of Federal Court decisions in relation to this section.
The recent (February 2014) judgement in Adnyamathanha #3 Native Title Claim v State of South Australia [2014] FCA 101 in relation to perpetual lease land acquired by the Indigenous Land Corporation and subsequently transferred to an Aboriginal Corporation provides a good opportunity for a review of the cases involving Aboriginal corporations and section 47A; in particular, how the Federal Court, in dealing with this section, may consider the status of the land, the status of the Aboriginal corporation holding the land and the legislation pursuant to which it is vested or held.
Section 47A claim to Native Title revival presentation
Section 47A claim to Native Title revival audio


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Віденська партійна школа на Пратерштрассе  () — важливий і найстаріший навчальний заклад Віденської СДПА. Вона була заснована в 1924 році.

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Віденська школа була заснована в 1924 році, їй передувала партійна школа в Боденбасі, що діяла у 1910—1914 роках, до Першої світової війни. Віденська школа існувала до 1934 року. Вона навчала в 1920-ті і 1930-ті роки від 60 до 100 випускників на рік. Це була частина освітньої системи, в яку входили навчальні заклади, починаючи від районних партійних і Віденської партійної шкіл до Віденського робочого коледжу. Керівник школи був з 1927 по 1934 року більш пізнім державним секретарем Федерального міністерства майнового забезпечення та економічного планування Франц Раушер (1900—1988).

В 1947 році вона була знову відкрита Карлом Чернетцем. За останні 69 років більше 1000 партійних чиновників успішно пройшли курс навчання.

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Benedikt Kautsky: Die Wiener Parteischule, In: Sozialistische Bildung. Hrsg. Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, Juni 1931, S. 167 ff..

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Resolution? Resolving civil-liberties issues? How could such atepid response to the NSA scandal not fulfill the old adage: When politicians want to deflect/detract/pretend to solve a problem, they create a non-solution. One durable method is to appoint a commission and have it issue a report. (See the Warren Report about JFK's assassination, or the Kerner Commission about the rioting in Watts.) This is American Politics 101.
But here's something that is not American Politics 101 but rather comes from the economics department: The idea that small businesses in Europe are marketing anti-Americanism. What an idea! Capitalize on the American empire. Capitalize on or monetize the hypocrisy of the U.S., all the while undermining our economic dominance. An example is Norway's Runbox email service, which does not use U.S. servers.
Technology companies that shun the U.S. are having a heyday, to the tune of 36 to 180 billion dollars in lost revenue by American companies. That's right, $180 billion, though it's hard to document opportunity losses, when American firms are not being invited to submit bids.
Clearly, Obama tapped the wrong phones. Arguably the worst ones to tap were Angela's and Dilma's (that is Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was "Born in the USSR" — or its satellite, East Germany — and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff ).
The Obama administration out-Stasied the Stasi. It's time for Obama to Netflix The Lives of Others.


So we love exploring new places, park's, beaches, forest walks, big or small, as long as it provides some wonderful family time outdoors we are in. I have been mentioning Margam Country Park to John for a longtime and for some reason we have never made it over there until now. It was a very impromptu affair as we were actually on the way to somewhere else, with Johns parents, when we saw a sign for Margam and thought why not.
We walked past the lake and miniature railway to the adventure playground, which is perfect for kids and big people (I thoroughly enjoyed hiding in the wooden castles) and Mr A loved the walking platform.
There is so much to see and do here, such as a farm trail, deer heard, fairytale land but since Johns father has not long had knee surgery so after about 2 hours or so it was time to head back so we only really touched the surface and cannot wait to go back and explore more. Mr A loved the trees, which were prefect for climbing.
Every week we join up with Country Kids - a great linky for families who love spending time outdoors.
It looks like a great find and with all you say I can see you will be back for more. I love the flying photo, such a happy momnet captured. Thanks you for linking up sometimes impromptu trips turn out to be the best.
What a fantastic place to visit - it all looks very impressive. I too am drawn to your flying high shot though - great action shot.
wow Laura this looks like an amazing place it looks stunning!


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namespace SpecDrill.Infrastructure.Enums
{
    public enum BrowserNames
    {
        chrome,
        ie,
        firefox,
        opera,
        safari,
        appium,
        seleniumServer,
        edge
    }

    public enum Modes
    {
        browser,
        appium
    }

    public enum PlatformNames
    {
        Android,
        iOS,
        FirefoxOS
    }

    public enum ScreenOrientations
    {
        PORTRAIT,
        LANDSCAPE
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}

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Q: Draw a circle in an Emgu ConvolutionKernelF I want to convolute my image with a kernel that has the shape of a circle (not filled) using Emgu.
I found the ConvolutionKernelF which suits my needs (Gaussian Noise in emgucv).
Does anybody know how I could draw a circle in this kernel? Without anti-aliasing that is.
Another simple method do do a convolution with a circular kernel is also appreciated.
I tried this:
Image<Gray, float> kernel = new Image<Gray, float>(radius * 2 + 1, radius * 2 + 1);
kernel.Draw(new CircleF(new Point(radius, radius), radius), new Gray(1.0), 1);
ConvolutionKernelF ckernel = new ConvolutionKernelF(kernel.Data); // error
kernel.CopyTo(ckernel);

Unfortunatly, the third statement gives me:
Argument 1: cannot convert from 'float[*,*,*]' to 'float[*,*]'

In addition, it does'nt seem very efficient.
Cheers,
Tom

A: Ok, i did it like this:
Image<Gray, float> kernel = new Image<Gray, float>(radius * 2 + 1, radius * 2 + 1);
kernel.Draw(new CircleF(new Point(radius, radius), radius), new Gray(1.0), 1);
CvInvoke.cvFilter2D(A, B, kernel, new Point(-1, -1));


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It's Now Legal to Hack DRM to Repair Your Own Devices
In a blow to manufacturers that use digital rights management (DRM) protections to prevent consumers from tinkering with their own property, the Library of Congress has adopted new rules allowing anyone to hack the software of their devices for the purpose of performing repairs. The changes officially go into effect on October 28th.
Advocates in the "right to repair" movement have a lot of complaints about the various methods corporations use to control who repairs their products, box people into software updates, and force obsolescence. One of the complaints is that copyright law in the U.S. has made it illegal to break DRM that blocks a users access to a device's firmware. Motherboard first noticed that all changed today.
Every three years the U.S. Copyright Office reviews its own copyright rules and proposes various exemptions that have to be approved by the Librarian of Congress. On Thursday, the order was released adopting sweeping exemptions to DRM protections on devices like smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, cars, smart home appliances. Previously, the Copyright Office only allowed consumers to hack the firmware of tractors when they want to do a repair. The new rules make it legal to break into practically any device that has been "lawfully acquired" as long as the intent is to the diagnose, maintain or repair the device, "and is not accomplished for the purpose of gaining access to other copyrighted works."
Practically speaking, the repercussions of this decision aren't that big of a deal. Nathan Proctor leads consumer advocacy group US PIRG's right to repair initiatives. He told Motherboard that his reading of the new rules essentially gives people the ability to restore their devices to the factory settings. Making modifications to the firmware is still prohibited and hackers are only allowed to break the DRM in order to bring the product back "to a state of working in accordance with its original specifications."
It's a small victory. And the wider effort to get right to repair laws for hardware on the books in multiple states continues.
[US Copyright Office via Motherboard]
AKBrian
Not sure what you meant with the tractor bit, as John Deere won their case, severely restricting the rights of end users to repair their equipment.
https://www.wired.com/story/john-deere-farmers-right-to-repair/


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Baseball Notebook
The Associated Press — Jul 25th, 2004
Cy Young winner calls it quits
TORONTO Former Cy Young Award winner Pat Hentgen retired Saturday in the middle of a poor season for the Toronto Blue Jays.
The 35-year-old right-hander is 2-9 with a 6.95 ERA after returning to the Blue Jays last offseason.
"It's been a tough grind for me, mentally and physically," Hentgen said. "I'm not just helping the club like I want to. I always told myself I would retire from baseball if I felt like I couldn't do what I'm used to doing. I think it's the right time."
Hentgen won the 1996 AL Cy Young Award, going 20-10 with a 3.22 ERA. The three-time All-Star spent 14 seasons in the majors, going 131-112 with a 4.32 ERA. He also pitched for St. Louis and Baltimore.
"I'm definitely relieved because it's been on my mind for about a month," said Hentgen, who was dropped from the rotation in June.
Drafted by Toronto in 1986, Hentgen spent his first nine seasons in the majors with the Blue Jays before being traded after the 1999 season to St. Louis.
"I always said when I played here that I'd like to retire as a Blue Jay, and lo and behold I did it," he said.
His teammates gave him a standing ovation when he addressed them before Saturday's game against Tampa Bay. Fans also gave him one in the second inning.
"He had amazing intensity," slugger Carlos Delgado said. "He's had a remarkable career, a Cy Young, two World Series and an All-Star."
Hentgen had elbow ligament replacement surgery in August 2001. He went 7-8 for Baltimore last season, going 6-3 with a 3.10 ERA in 13 starts after the All-Star break.
"Coming back from Tommy John surgery my location was pretty good, and the results were pretty good, but for whatever reason this year I never really located the ball really well," he said. "I tried to do everything I could as far as making adjustments on the mound, but it just wasn't there. My heart is telling me it's time."
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Villa Costa Delos is a majestic and breathtaking property located in the South-West part of the island, with a superb view of the Aegean and Delos island. The villa offers a panoramic view of unique beauty and the colourful sunsets complete the priceless picture.
The interior is extremely bright, tasteful and elegant but also practical and comfortable at the same time. The outdoor spaces are perfect for a relaxing day and an eventful gathering. The living room and dining room are overlooking the sea and it features large balconies to allow the guests to appreciate the view even from the inside.
The kitchen is modern and fully equipped. All the bedrooms have their en suite bathrooms. The master bedroom is located on the upper floor of the villa with its own terrace and en suite bathroom. The second bedroom is also located in the upper floor; it features a double bedroom and has its own en suite bathroom.
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The villa also offers an outside guesthouse which can accommodate two people and offers its own bathroom and kitchen. The villa is designed to deliver a luxurious combination of comfort and privacy with all the amusement Mykonos has to offer. The villa also has its own divine private little beach with stairs leading to the villa's pool.


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Home » Racing » Peter Brock Holden fetches $2.1 million at auction
Peter Brock Holden fetches $2.1 million at auction
A Bathurst-winning Peter Brock Holden Commodore has sold at auction for $2.1 million.
The Holden Dealer Team VH SS Commodore was the jewel in the crown at a special auction of Peter Brock cars held in Bathurst on Saturday night, its Mount Panorama heritage underpinning the $2.1m price tag.
The VH SS was twice a Bathurst winner, the first victory coming thanks to Brock and Larry Perkins in 1982, before it went back-to-back with Brock and Perkins – who controversially jumped in mid-race after their own car suffered an engine failure – along with John Harvey.
Brock's VL Commodore from the 1987 Bathurst race also sold at auction for a handsome $800,000, while a Team Brock VX Commodore that Brock raced with Craig Baird at Bathurst in 2002 sold for $320,000.
The most noteworthy car that didn't sell was the 1984 HDT VK Commodore, undoubtedly the most controversial car to be put up for auction. There has long been debate whether that particular car was the #05 entry, or whether the sister car currently on display on the National Motor Racing Museum is in fact the real Brock car.
It was passed in at $850,000.
The auction kicked off with one of Walkinshaw Andretti United's current ZB Commodores going under the hammer, Scott Pye's Albert Park winner – which Pye and Luff will campaign at Mount Panorama today – selling for $230,000.
It will be delivered at the end of the 2019 season as a rolling chassis.
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Riz Ahmed spent months learning drums, sign language for 'Sound Of Metal'
Los Angeles, April 13 (IANS) Actor Riz Ahmed's role as Ruben Stone in "Sound Of Metal" has seen him get Best Actor nominations at the Oscars, the Golden Globe and the BAFTAs this awards season, besides a dozen other prominent ceremonies.
The actor recalled spending months preparing for his role as Stone, a drummer who starts to lose his ability to hear.
For the role, Ahmed had to learn sign language, as well as how to play the drum.
"I spent seven months learning drums, learning sign language, being immersed in these communities. I'm a workaholic. I really love structure. I could be a bit of a control freak," the actor said, according to contactmusic.com.
In an interview with The Sun newspaper, he said that he kept making a certain facial expression while playing the drums."I actually discovered the day before we shot the scene that I was doing a weird thing with my face when I was playing drums. I was like, 'why didn't anybody tell me?'" he recalled.
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UK Supreme Court rules developer's 'cynical' behaviour outweighs public interest UK Supreme Court rules developer's 'cynical' behaviour outweighs public interest
Out-Law / Your Daily Need-To-Know
UK Supreme Court rules developer's 'cynical' behaviour outweighs public interest
Out-Law News | 10 Nov 2020 | 1:45 pm | 3 min. read
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a developer's behaviour in commencing a development on land burdened by a restrictive covenant was a critical factor to be considered when the Upper Tribunal exercised its discretion to discharge or modify that restrictive covenant.
In the first judgment on the issue by the UK's highest court, the Supreme Court refused to modify a restrictive covenant over an area of land which had been built on in breach of a covenant which prevented development on it.
The appeal to the Supreme Court was brought by the owners of land in Maidenhead, which had been sold in 1972 by a farmer to SSPC, a company that already owned the neighbouring plot. SSPC covenanted that no structure would be built on the land it was buying, and it would only be used for car parking.
The farmer's son later inherited the adjacent land, and gifted part of it to the Alexander Devine Children's Cancer Trust for the construction of a children's hospice.
Soon after this, a development company, Millgate Developments, acquired the land owned by SSPC and applied for planning permission to build 23 affordable houses on the site. Although Millgate knew of the restrictive covenants, it nonetheless planned to build 13 houses on the burdened land, some of which would overlook the hospice's planned gardens and wheelchair walk.
Construction began in July 2014 and a year later, after the development was complete, Millgate applied to the Upper Tribunal seeking a retrospective modification of the restrictive covenants. The Tribunal allowed the application on the basis that it was in it was in the public interest that the social housing be provided, notwithstanding the deliberate breach of the covenants by Millgate.
The Court of Appeal overturned that decision and the Supreme Court also refused to modify the covenant.
The Supreme Court unanimously held that the Upper Tribunal had failed to consider two relevant factors at the discretionary stage of its decision-making process. It said that Millgate could have built on the land unencumbered by the covenants, and that if it had applied to modify the restrictive covenant prior to building it would have been unlikely to satisfy public-interest considerations on which it sought to now have the covenant modified.
Property dispute resolution expert Richard Bartle of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law, said the Supreme Court had principally addressed technical legal issues, including at which stage of the process for considering an application the Tribunal can consider a developer's conduct.
Bartle said there were still two key takeaway points for developers in the decision.
"Firstly, the Supreme Court has approved the principle that a cynical breach by a developer can outweigh what would otherwise be the public interest in discharging or modifying a restrictive covenant, and also emphasised the importance of deterring developers from committing such cynical breaches," Bartle said.
"If a release of the covenant cannot be negotiated, developers should be aware that their right to modify or discharge the covenant may be lost entirely if the application to modify or discharge has to be made retrospectively," Bartle said.
Bartle said the decision also reinforced the fact that developers should usually consider all of their development options for a site, including potentially development of nearby land that they own, before applying to modify or discharge a covenant.
"If the developer could obtain a planning consent for a similar scheme nearby, then that may make it more difficult for the developer to succeed on an application to modify or discharge because it may not be able to prove that the covenant is contrary to the public interest," Bartle said.
Bartle said there were compelling public policy reasons which underpinned the right of developers to seek the modification or discharge of a restrictive covenant:
"It is not clearly not desirable that a covenant restricting what can be done on land remain in place if certain circumstances change, and more generally private interests should not impede development which may benefit the wider community," Bartle said.
However, Bartle said that whilst the jurisdiction of the Upper Tribunal to modify or discharge a covenant conferred a "powerful benefit" on developers whose land is burdened by one or more covenants, the Tribunal had nonetheless repeatedly made it clear that it will refuse developers' applications to modify or discharge as a matter of general discretion, even where based a developer can satisfy one or more of the jurisdictional tests for modifying or discharging a covenant, if the developer has behaved badly.
"Bad behaviour in this context has generally been characterised as 'high-handed' conduct and attempting to evade the jurisdiction of the Tribunal. That is usually by developers proceeding with a development in knowledge of the covenants and despite objections – in practice, by deliberately failing to make an application to modify or discharge, commencing building works and thereby 'stealing a march' on those entitled to enforce the covenant," Bartle said.
"In this case, the Supreme Court characterised such conduct as a 'cynical breach'. Developers have previously been warned that they will be in for a 'rude awakening' if they deliberately commence building works in breach of a restrictive covenant. This Supreme Court decision strongly reinforces that warning," Bartle said.
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The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter is pleased to announce that it received $693 from JTEC as part of the Cape and Islands Youth Community Development Council grant program.
Thanks to this grant, the Cape Cod and Islands Chapter of the American Red Cross was able to develop a special Fire Safety puppet show, aimed at young children, purchase a puppet show stage and two new puppets as well as special stickers to hand out to remind the kids of the show they just saw.
The number of fires our Red Cross volunteers had to support this past year was one of the most intense ever! This past year, Cape Cod Red Cross volunteers rushed to almost 40 fires and supported more than 500 individuals, families and first responders at a cost of almost $50,000. In the region, spanning from the Cape and Islands up to Northeast Massachusetts, Red Cross volunteers responded to 420 local disasters and assisted with the needs of 835 families.
The American Red Cross has seen numerous times in the past that young children can be very instrumental in alerting adults to hazardous and dangerous situations and of course, need to know what to do to prevent fires from starting. That is why the Fire Safety Puppet Show and this grant support is so important.
The American Red Cross is the nation's foremost emergency response organization, offering neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war and devastating natural disasters as well as local disasters such as fires, Hazardous Materials accidents and more, providing victims of these disasters with shelter, food and emotional support. Today, in addition to domestic disaster relief, the American Red Cross offers compassionate services in five other areas: community services for affected victims after a disaster; support and comfort for military members and their families including emergency messaging; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; educational programs that promote health and safety; and international relief and development programs.
The Red Cross is not a government agency and does not receive federal or state funding. It relies on donations of time, money, and blood from the American public to successfully do its work.
To find out more about scheduling a Fire Safety Puppet Show in your area, or about volunteering for the Red Cross, for class schedules, for disaster preparedness information in English, Spanish or Portuguese, or to donate, please contact the American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter, 286 South Street, Hyannis, MA 02601, call (508) 775-1540 ext. 21 or visit www.cciredcross.org.
Courtesy of the Cape Cod and Islands Chapter of the Red Cross.


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Food Service Packaging Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)
The Food Service Packaging Market was valued at USD 114. 28 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach USD 148. 25 billion by 2027 and grow at a CAGR of 4. 54% over the forecast period (2022-2027).
June 21, 2022 09:30 ET | Source: ReportLinker ReportLinker
New York, June 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Food Service Packaging Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06288100/?utm_source=GNW
The foodservice industry has grown to become a significant part of consumer spending. As this trend increases, the packaging sector is expected to play a crucial role in ensuring food safety and convenience for consumers. For instance, proper packaging and labeling allow food preparers to know the food source, its right holding temperature, and the necessary cooking.
One of the most used products in foodservice packaging is paper cups, which have gained wide acceptance due to their significant properties, such as ease of use, hygiene, and safety. They also meet the needs of modern life cost-effectively. According to GreenMatch, an online service provider for green energy products, nearly 16 billion paper cups are used for coffee every year at the cost of 6.5 million trees each year.
However, the rising trend of takeaways amid the COVID-19 movement restrictions has generated the need for disposable packaging. According to the US Census Bureau, nearly 225 million customers in the United States, one of the leading fast-food markets globally, are anticipated to use disposable packaging via food service by 2023.
The main concern faced by the flexible packaging industry globally is the stringent environmental regulations. Bans on plastic products at the developed and developing country and state levels are anticipated to pose substantial challenges to the market over the forecast period.
The COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly impacted the global food service, with spillover impacts to foodservice packaging suppliers. Despite a temporary decline in foodservice packaging volumes, the industry will rebound in stages against a backdrop of economic adversity. Both limited-service and full-service restaurants are predicted to increase consumer-facing foodservice packaging volume, albeit slower. Foodservice packaging should adapt and evolve to meet the increasing needs of the food service business as local and global economies open up and consumers adopt new dining methods.
Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) to Hold the Largest Share
Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) offer low-cost food options, focusing on the speed of service. The minimal table service and emphasis on self-service make this group different from traditional restaurants. Most of the single-use plastic food service products used in QSRs include rigid polystyrene (PS), expanded polystyrene (EPS), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and polylactic acid (PLA).
Most menu items available in QSRs are consumed directly from containers or packages. Consumers choose to eat fast food because it is convenient, prepared quickly, a good value, and inexpensive. Therefore, the packaging is an integral part of the food product and, from a consumer's perspective, must be consistent with their motives and expectations for choosing to eat fast food.
Single-use foodservice packaging in QSRs has become a vital part of a globally fast-paced life. With less time for meal preparation at home, more people rely on fast food for meals. Single-use packaging allows foodservice establishments to package meals in a sensible, safe, and cost-effective manner while providing customers with a convenient and efficient way to transport meals.
Most foodservice products used in QSRs are either made of paper, including paper, paperboard, and molded pulp, or plastic, including expanded polystyrene (EPS), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and polylactic acid (PLA). Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are designed to serve high-quality food and beverages less than typical restaurants or cafes. Many QSRs implemented the usage of dispensers that give a controlled volume to ensure even dispersion and a high level of consistency in providing these services. This can include items like flavored coffee syrup bottles that dispense a specific volume of syrup with each dispenser pump, ranging from 5ml to 30ml, guaranteeing that each client gets the same flavor in their coffee.
Moreover, the market is witnessing expansions from players to offer sustainable packaging options in the high-demand flexible packaging market. For instance, in June 2021, compostable packaging producer TIPA announced its expansion into North America with expert hires focusing on developing its US-based capabilities as demand continued to grow for sustainable packaging.
Asia Pacific Accounts for the Largest Market Share
Owing to the presence of densely populated and emerging economies, such as Southeast Asian countries, China, and India, the Asia Pacific is expected to witness growth, recording the highest CAGR.
Packaging has always been a critical component of success for food and beverage products. The Chinese packaging sector is heavily influenced by variables such as rising per capita income, changing social atmosphere, and demographics. As a result of this shift, new packaging materials, processes, and forms are required.
Japan is the highest per capita consumption of packaging materials in the world. There is a close relationship between the food and packaging industries in Japan. There is a tendency toward ingenuity in packaging designs in Japan, and Japanese food manufacturers use high-tech packaging techniques.
The Packaging Industry in India has been experiencing growth in recent years. The introduction of many manufacturing units, eco-friendly materials, and increased focus on research & development have resulted in attractive and innovative products. All of these are manufactured locally at a meager cost. Also, Government initiatives such as 'Make In India' are expected to add up to speeding these initiatives.
In May 2022, R&R Smith, an Australian supplier of organic apples, adopted TIPA's home compostable bags to package 1.5kg bags of Pink Lady and Royal Gala apples. TIPA would be supplying the brand's home compostable produce bags. While researching compostable solutions, R&R Smith chose TIPA due to its high regulatory certifications to ensure authenticity, transparency, strength, quality, and food safe processing from the orchard to the consumer.
The Food Service Packaging Market is fragmented, as the major share of the market is still dominated by a few players. With new innovations and market demand, the market is attractive for the new players.
April 2022 - Amcor launched a new platform of paper-based packaging products: AmFiberTM. The AmFiber platform demonstrates Amcor's consumer-centric and adaptable approach to innovation, as it aims to redefine the capabilities of traditional paper packaging, providing a wider range of features and functional benefits to meet the changing needs of consumers.
February 2022 - Apollo and Novolex announced that the fund managed by Apollo's affiliates (Apollo Fund) reached a final agreement to acquire most of the company from the fund managed by Carlyle. Carlyle will retain a minority stake in the company. The financial terms have not been disclosed.
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Despite the ongoing tax reform debate on Capitol Hill and potential for changes to the tax code, there are some important year-end tax considerations and deadlines that remain for 2017.
Required minimum distributions (RMDs) from retirement accounts, as well as gifting rules, involve actions that must be taken before year-end. Updating documents is another part of year-end planning that is important for taxpayers to address when reviewing accounts.
Each year, most retirees, beginning at age 70½, must take specific required minimum distributions (RMDs) from retirement accounts, including qualified plans and IRAs. Failure to withdraw funds by the deadline results in a penalty — 50% of the amount required.
This includes a final RMD in the case of a deceased account owner. If a deceased IRA owner had reached the required beginning date (RBD), which is April 1 of the year they turned 70½ , then one last RMD is due based on the age of the deceased account owner.
There are some instances where an RMD is not required after age 70½. Taxpayers do not need to take an RMD from a Roth IRA or if they are still working beyond age 70½.
Consider donating to charity if the RMD funds are not needed. An IRA provision allows taxpayers age 70½ or older to donate withdrawals, including RMDs, up to $100,000 annually directly to a qualified charity, without generating income tax.
The annual gift exclusion for individuals is $14,000. Taxpayers may gift up to this amount without having to report a taxable gift. They must, however, make the gift before the end of the year or they will lose the annual exclusion. In the tax debate there has been discussion about reducing or repealing the estate and gift tax. But it is unclear what will happen to those suggestions as the bill is being finalized by a House-Senate conference committee. For example, even though the Senate version of the bill reduces the burden of gift and estate taxes, the provision would "sunset" after 2025.
Grandparents or parents may want to consider funding a child's college education. A special gift tax exclusion of a 529 college savings plans allows individuals to front-load five years' worth of gifts to a single beneficiary in a single year without triggering a gift tax. Based on the 2017 gifting limits, the maximum for individuals is $70,000 and the limit for married couples is $140,000.
A year-end review of accounts should also consider whether beneficiary information is up to date. Life changes may require updates to beneficiary designations on retirement accounts, annuities, and life insurance contracts. Other documents to review include wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health-care proxies. Plan to meet with a financial advisor and legal counsel if there are changes that need to be made.
It may also be an opportune time to create a document that informs family members about how to access these papers in case of an emergency. A financial advisor can offer guidance on setting up a "roadmap" for family members.


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Lawyers, law, living rooms and televisions (Part 1)
By Finchley Atticus
Lawyers in Your Living Room! Law on Television by Michael Asimow is a 2009 book that guides readers through our beloved legal dramas over the decades. Perry Mason, Law & Order, Ally McBeal, The Practice, Boston Legal, the TV lawyers we grew up with and motivated eager law students to wonder aloud in a criminal law tutorial "What would Jack McCoy/Ally McBeal/Alan Shore do?". For the current generation of law students, Harvey Specter's legendary quotes probably receives more insight and attention than that of a corporations law lecturer (with due respect to all corps law academics who are tireless in their efforts to get students interested in the Corporations Act).
I'm a devotee of L.A. Law, Law & Order, Ally McBeal, and The Practice. It's trite for well-meaning folk to remind us these shows are fictional, with "fictional" being the operative word. However I'm willing to submit to the bench that The Practice is as close as any TV series will get to a true-life street shop law practice, where not all the good guys win but some of the bad guys do. What caught my attention about Asimow's book is the title. Not the "Law on Television" bit. It's the "Lawyers in Your Living Room", particularly the living room.
I have a theory I'd like to put on the coffee table. I think there's a greater probability of connecting with our legal heroes if they are portrayed on TV. Yes, we connect with our cinematic legal heroes, and a bit more about that later. So why television? The fact Asimow's book isn't titled Lawyers in Your Corner Office with Harbourside Views probably provides an inkling. High profile American defence attorneys Mark Geragos and Pat Harris in their book Mistrial, criticise a growing number of prosecutors as "moralistic crime fighters" having grown up watching television shows like Law & Order, such as the outsized role television plays in developing the hubris of some prosecutors.
A few years ago, I saw an interview with US actor Patrick Duffy, forever immortalised as Bobby Ewing in the 80s TV drama Dallas. Duffy was asked why viewers become emotionally invested in TV characters. I thought Duffy was trying to draw a laugh when he believed it's because the audience watch their favourite stars between their feet. The more I thought about it, the more I realise he has a serious point. It's in the comfort and safety of our home, predominantly in our lounge room, where we follow the trials and tribulations (no pun intended) of our legal characters, week after week, all encapsulated in an hour-long episode. And we do so relaxed and spread-eagled on our favourite couch (explaining why the viewers in Gogglebox are couch bound), drinks and comfort food in hand, dressed as casually and daggy as we like. We really are ourselves in our lounge.
A person's home is their sanctuary, a concept embodied in some laws. Tragically there are ways a home, and by extension us, can be threatened. World leaders invade countries. It was only relatively recently that home robberies became termed home invasions (God forbid this doesn't happen to anyone). Home invasions have high priority in the 6 o'clock news, broadcast across millions of, yes you guessed it, lounge rooms nationwide. We have Australian Consumer Law protections to shoo away intrusive door-to-door salesmen and telemarketers. Sure, maybe more of us have less need for landlines, but there is an underlying and potentially sinister invasion of our sanctuary when a stranger calls, especially when our kids are around. Lawyers who grew up in the 70s can be forgiven by still being chilled by the threatening line "Have you checked the children?" intoned by the murderous home invader over the phone in the 1979 American cinematic thriller When a Stranger Calls, where the innocent babysitter was shockingly warned over the phone by the police to "get out of the house, the call's coming from inside the house!!"
It's no coincidence the Australian legal comedy The Castle is called The Castle. A man's home is his castle after all, and we cheered everyday hero Daryl Kerrigan as he took up the cause against the Government using legal means to take his sanctuary. Pacific Heights, a 1990 US motion picture centred on married homeowners played by Meg Ryan and Matthew Modine, seeking to evict a tenant. The cruel twist being the tenant uses the law to outstay his welcome in the couple's home. Remarkably, this is reflective of real Californian laws.
Now isn't it ironic my exhibits to support my theory are all cinematic releases? Maybe, but as children growing up in the 70s and 80s, we were too young to see When a Stranger Calls in the cinema. Which is why we saw it on TV in the safety of our lounge and delightfully imitated the chilling quotes the following day at school. I'd take an educated guess and posit that a large majority of people who saw these motion pictures did so in their lounge room, especially aided by the VHS and then DVD boom.
Sure, TV can't really replicate the big screen experience but the cinema isn't our private space. Yes cinemas give us the big screen experience, mass audience participation, popcorn and choc-top ice creams. But in some ways the cinematic experience can be disruptive and intrusive, with some inconsiderate and rude patrons stumbling over our legs, sending texts or even worse phoning during the screening, munching, coughing, sneezing, exposing us to foot odour, and scratching whatever body parts. And cinemas expect us to fork out $20 for the privilege! At least in our lounge room we can text, talk, munch, cough, sneeze, remove our shoes, and scratch whenever we want thank you very much.
But au contraire, Finchley, what about Atticus Finch, our fictional hero who for many lawyers ranks at the forefront in the cinematic pantheons of lawyers who inspired many a high schooler to enrol in law school to balance the scales of justice. To Kill a Mockingbird was a motion picture, not some cheap network TV series. Good point. I've had to give some thought to this. Here is where my lounge room TV theory starts to become metaphorical. To Kill a Mockingbird had its cinematic debut in 1962. Yes since then there have been special anniversary limited runs, but I'd be willing to say that unless you are now old enough to be on the pension, a very large number of law graduates saw To Kill a Mockingbird in high school during a legal studies class if they didn't watch it in their lounge.
But, Finchley, sorry to point out the obvious but high school isn't a home. Again, I had to really think about this … when you add up all your hours in a typical week at high school (boarding schools aside), you realise it's almost equivalent to your total waking hours at home. You probably saw more of your teachers and fellow students than your parents. For better or worse our high school classroom became symbolic or even a proxy of our home and lounge room. High school was the place where we promised to be friends forever, developed crushes, hearts got broken, gossiped, goofed off, laughed, cried and who knows what else. It's also the place where To Kill a Mockingbird debuted for many aspiring law students. Sure, school isn't a home but I think we know at least one high schooler who suffered embarrassment by accidentally calling their teacher "Mum" or "Dad". I don't know anyone who for a brief moment accidentally called their Mum or Dad the name of their favourite English or Legal Studies teacher.
You can take us away from our lounge but it's another thing to prise TV from our lounge room. About 25 years ago Sony released the Watchman, one of a line of handheld televisions, with the Watchman name being a pun on Sony's famous invention the Walkman. A certain generation have fond memories of their Walkman, a hand-held audio cassette player to which we bopped to Cyndi Lauper and partied with Prince like it was 1999. But why weren't people captivated by the Watchman, which one could cradle in our portable private space to make sure we never missed the latest episode of L.A. Law. Why didn't many watch the Watchman? It goes back to the lounge room theory and the intimacy it affords. It's difficult to recreate that same intimate atmosphere on the bus, train or tram where your private space (for what it is) is interrupted by disruptive and intrusive passengers, some of who will stumble over our legs, munching, coughing, sneezing, exposing us to foot odour, and scratching whatever body parts. Maybe things have changed over 25 years with shows now streamed on demand on our smartphones or tablets, but with that comes the inconsiderate passengers sending texts or yakking on their devices in our private space on the bus train or tram. Still the same, to paraphrase US rocker Bob Seger.
Part 2 continues soon.
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MERCERSBURG, Pa. - Mercersburg Academy hit six of its nine 3-pointers in the third quarter as the Blue Storm outscored Lawrenceville 25-8 in the period on the way to a 58-36 Mid-Atlantic Prep League victory on Sunday.
Caroline Lovette scored a game-high 22 points, incuding three 3s, and added four rebounds and three assists for Mercersburg (5-5, 1-1).
Lauren Dobish hit three of her four 3s in the third quarter and finished with 15 points and four assists, while Jenn Dillon hit both of her 3s in the third period and had 10 points, seven steals and six rebounds. Kate Vary had 12 rebounds.
112 - Jacob Smith (W) p. Jude Wenerick, 1:08; 119 - Matt Nel (W) fft.; 125 - Zach Thomas (M) p. Gabriel Lynch, 3:36; 130 - Adam Morris (M) p. C.J. Davis, 2:44; 135 - Jesse Mowen (W) d. Will Sgrignoli, 9-4; 140 - Brandon Beltz (W) fft.; 145 - Ian Smith (W) p. Lucas Squire, 1:05; 152 - Evan Bear (M) t.f. Jared Wilson, 17-1 (4:31); 160 - Adam Tuttle (M) p. Anthony Morales, 2:40; 171 - Jordan Stone (M) p. Ethan Reed, 3:15; 189 - Shane McFerren (W) d. Raheem West, 5-3; 215 - Ryan Arnold (W) d. Eric Pfuhl, 3-0; 285 - Dan Estricher (M) p. Marvin Gaskill, 1:54; 103 - Carson Mowery (M) p. Dustin Stine, 2:51.
MERCERSBURG, Pa. - Mercersburg Academy dropped three dual meets on Saturday, two to Mid-Atlantic Prep League opponents Hill School (53-25) and Peddie School (56-24), and the other to Germantown Academy (63-12).
The Blue Storm's Cody Barrick (20-1) went 3-0 on the day, including a 6-4 victory over Peddie's Mike Mancino at 152. Mancino is a New Jersey state place-winner.
Nathan Stanford won tweo matches and Chris Kiser won one match and received a forfeit victory for the Blue Storm (1-7, 0-2).
Williamsport: Willis 16, Gray 5, Hanna 3, Miller 3, Long 2, Kiley 2, Smoot 2, Ezidinma 2.
Boonsboro: Kline 8, Gussio 6, Miller 5, Blickenstaff 3, Harshman 2.
Team results: 1. Middletown 110; 2. Liberty 74; 3. FSK 48; 4. Walkersville 46; 5. Frederick 45; 6. South Carroll 44; 7. Winters Mill 36.
Individual results (Winners and area athletes who finished in the top 6): 55 - 1. Donaldson (NH) 6.5, 6. Kirby (SH) 7.1; 300 - 1. Ways (WM) 37.6; 500 - 1. Ways (WM) 1:12.4, 4. Mosley (SH) 1:13.7; 800 - 1. Frock (WM) 2:06.1; 1,600 - 1. Greene (M) 4:50.9; 3,200 - 1. Souders (L) 10:34.0; 55 hurdles - 1. Murray (M) 8.0; 800 relay - 1. Middletown 1:38.0, 4. North Hagerstown 1:40.9, 5. South Hagerstown 1:41.0; 1,600 relay - 1. Winters Mill 3:41.9; 3,200 relay - 1. Liberty 8:34.0; High jump - 1. Hill (W) 6-2; Pole vault - 1. Edelmann (M) 13-0, 5. Kelley (NH) 10-6, 6. Sink (NH) 10-0; Shot put - 1. McVoy (M) 44-4, 4. Toms (SH) 40-5 1/2, 5. Jones (SH) 40-2.
Team results: 1. Middletown 104 1/2; 2. Frederick 73; 3. Walkersville 71; 4. Liberty 68 1/2; 5. South Carroll 51; 6. FSK 24; 7. Winters Mill 11.
Individual results (Winners and area athletes who finished in the top 6): 55 - 1. Wrieden (M) 7.4; 300 - 1. Shaffer (M) 44.5, 3. Phillips (NH) 46.0; 500 - 1. Caudle (M) 1:19.4, 5. Bosco (SH) 1:29.0; 800 - 1. Caudle (M) 2:28.2; 1,600 - 1. Dearie (C) 5:45.0; 3,200 - 1. Linde (C) 12:07.0, 5. Harrell (NH) 13:35.0; 55 hurdles - 1. Timberlake (L) 9.0, 6. Smith (NH) 10.3; 800 relay - 1. Middletown 1:54, 5. South Hagerstown 2:01.9; 1,600 relay - 1. Middletown 4:23.8, 6. South Hagerstown 5:01.8; 3,200 relay - 1. Century 10:41.0, 5. North Hagerstown 11:44.0; High jump - 1. Paczynski (L) 5-2, 6. Tinlin (NH) 4-8; Pole vault - 1. Hemme (M) 9-0; Shot put - 1. Krywucki (C) 31-7 3/4, 6. Greene (SH) 27-9 1/4.


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Wintering over: Cold-season markets yield year-round benefits for WNC consumers, farmers
Posted on February 2, 2018 February 2, 2018 by Gina Smith
ROOT SELLER: Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project hosts an indoor version of the Asheville City Market at the Masonic Temple from January to March, one of nine local farmers markets that run during the winter. Photo courtesy of ASAP
On a bleak Saturday in mid-January, with clumps of dirty snow from a recent winter storm still hugging downtown sidewalks, there is little color visible against the gray sky outside the Asheville Masonic Temple. However, what's peeking out of the shopping bags carried by a steady stream of people filing down the building's steps is a different story — bright, leafy bundles of fresh greens, blushing apples and a rainbow of root vegetables.
January through March, the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project hosts an indoor version of the Asheville City Market at the downtown venue on Saturday mornings. And despite less-than-balmy temperatures, both shoppers and vendors come out in force to trade in what is, during the frigid months, a coveted commodity: fresh, locally grown produce.
"Farmers are getting more and more savvy about growing through the winter," says Molly Nicholie, program director for ASAP's Local Food campaign. In addition to a selection of locally made baked goods, meats, cheeses, eggs and value-added food products, she says customers at Western North Carolina's cold-weather markets can find a long list of fresh vegetables and fruit, including microgreens and sprouts, mushrooms, lettuce, collards, kale, winter squash, apples, carrots, potatoes and more.
Year-round revolution
Besides bringing some January joy to local-food devotees, the burgeoning winter market scene provides growers a platform from which to develop year-round farming strategies that can boost their business and benefit their customers. Since ASAP started keeping track of WNC's local food venues in 2002, the number of winter markets in the area has gone from just one — the Henderson County Curb Market — in 2003 to nine this year, including three in Asheville and one in Black Mountain. Two of the three Asheville offerings are hosted by the YMCA.
BRISK AIR, CRISP GREENS: Winter crops include a bonanza of leafy greens and root vegetables. Photo courtesy of ASAP
The seed for the original YMCA Winter Market, which is held January through March outdoors in the parking lot of the Woodfin YMCA, was planted five years ago when a farmer complained to a YMCA staff member of a lack of venues for selling fresh produce in the offseason. Today, up to 20 vendors come out each week, many of whom specialize in winter produce, says YMCA Winter Markets manager Lisa Riggsbee.
The success of that venture led the organization to open a second winter market last year. It takes place Wednesday afternoons inside the lobby of the South Asheville Reuter facility. Vendor fees from both markets are used to support the YMCA's nutrition outreach work, which includes 40 mobile units in five counties that bring veggies and other healthy edibles to food-insecure communities. The markets also serve to connect YMCA clients and the broader community — YMCA markets are open to all — with Asheville's local food scene.
Although Riggsbee says she hasn't noticed a significant increase in the number of produce vendors since the winter markets started, the ranks have held steady. And many of the original vendors from five years ago, including Wildwood Herbal, East Fork Farm and Hendersonville apple growers McConnell Farms, are still on board.
But notably, she says, the existing vendors seem to be getting much shrewder about offseason farming. "They're really starting to figure out what people want and what people need during the winter months," says Riggsbee. "The first couple years of the market, [customers] were willing to take anything and everything they could get their hands on because they weren't used to having a winter farmers market. But now that they're used to it, supply and demand comes into play, which is exciting."
Cold cash
Wildwood Herbal's Seth Salmon has been growing winter crops for six years on his Weaverville farm, specializing in "anything that will make it," including spinach, collards, kale, onions, carrots, turnips and beets. In addition to vending his wares at the YMCA Winter Market North, he participates in the Asheville City Market at the Masonic Temple and operates a year-round community-supported agriculture program.
Salmon says he's able to continue cranking out fresh veggies even through heavy snows and single-digit nights due to a combination of indoor and outdoor growing strategies and variety selection. His most popular items are spinach and collards. "Not lot of people grow collards," he says. "But they are very winter-hardy, and through all that cold weather like we just experienced, they get so sweet and delicious."
NOT WAITING FOR SPRING: People line up for fresh produce at the ASAP winter farmers market, which helps support local farmers through the winter while keeping customers in agricultural abundance. Photo courtesy of ASAP
Although farms may have traditionally slowed down for a well-deserved rest between fall harvest and spring planting, Salmon observes that young farmers appear to have a different game plan. "It seems like the newer farmers on the local tailgate market scene are coming in with this expectation that they're going to do winter crops, and they've already designed their systems for that," he says.
Justin Aiello manages Olivette Farm north of Asheville, which just finished its second year of production. To serve customers at the local winter markets as well as the 10 or so restaurants he sells to, he grows a surprisingly wide array of diversified winter crops — everything from delicate baby salad greens and pea shoots to hardy radishes and turnips — using a combination of heated greenhouses and long, unheated hoop structures called caterpillar tunnels.
Before moving to Asheville, Aiello spent more than three years working some rented farmland outside Atlanta, where he says he "farmed casually during the winter," marketing to a few restaurant accounts. But after getting to know WNC's agricultural community, he realized he needed to step up his game.
"We really needed to find a niche because there are so many awesome farms around here in the main season that it can be hard to compete with them," he says. He took a "leap of faith" last winter and built the caterpillar tunnels. "We planted a whole wide range of things just to see what would work. And by a mix of skill and luck, we had a very successful winter last year that helped us plan a lot better for this winter."
Aiello looks at providing a steady supply of winter produce as a great way to enhance his business by maintaining an ongoing customer base throughout the year. Both his market regulars and restaurant clients appreciate this, he says.
But he acknowledges that winter growing is not going to be every farmer's cup of tea. "There's definitely an upfront cost to getting winter infrastructure, which can be prohibitive for some people," he explains. "But I think a lot of farmers are learning that we have to diversify even more if we want to continue to be successful, because there is an abundance of farmers here, and there are even more showing up, so it's only going to get more competitive."
Salmon agrees that year-round growing gives his operation an edge. "The people who really place high value on naturally grown, fresh local food, they come out in the winter. And that group is getting larger and larger," he says.
"To farm all year, then push it into the winter, that takes a lot," he continues. "So that's probably the single biggest thing for me, the big driving force for my farm: to know that that produce is going to be available for those people who have that understanding and desire for that product."
For a list of Western North Carolina's winter markets with schedule details, visit asapconnections.org and click on "Find Local Food."
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Problem: Cold, drafty rooms. Many homes - even new homes built to code - have one or two rooms that are plagued by drafts, remaining cold even with the heat cranked.
Solution: While the traditional fix is to put on a hat or a sweater (or avoid the room altogether), there are a number of improvements to the building envelope that will significantly reduce drafts, so that you can comfortably utilize your neglected room all winter long. More specifically, drafts are usually indicative of ineffective insulation in the walls, a bad air leakage problem, or both. While windows can play a part (because they may be leaky, or insulate poorly), focusing on air sealing and insulation before replacing your windows will almost always give you a better return on your investment than buying expensive new windows.
Consulting with a certified home performance professional is the best way to determine the cause of your discomfort, because their fancy infrared cameras can pinpoint exactly where air leakage is taking place, as well as where insulation is performing poorly (or where your walls may be lacking insulation altogether). This eliminates guesswork, and lets you focus on where you'll get the most bang for your buck. An energy auditor or home performance contractor can also give you an estimate of how much money you might save by making the recommended improvements, as well as how much those improvements are likely to cost. Rest assured, a proper combination of insulation and air sealing (possibly including insulating and air sealing those windows with some combination of storm windows, window films, or insulating window shades) will eliminate your drafts once and for all, so you can save your hat for the ski slopes.


The Heritage Commons Residence Halls were constructed for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and hosted the Athlete Village. They can accommodate approximately 1650 people. Our summer conference season spans from May 20th through August 3rd. We require a two night minimum for staying in Heritage Commons and Lassonde Studios.
Our residence halls consist of singles, doubles and triples. No more than 5 people will share a bathroom at a time. There is a twin bed, desk, and dresser per person. Gender specific buildings are available in the residence halls if needed. Buildings are secure 24 hours a day with swipe card access for your safety.
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