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How and When to Plan for Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 Migration
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Drupal has long been the CMS of choice for big brands with heavier websites. Apart from Mint, Tesla, Taboola, Box, etc., Drupal is used by more than a million websites globally. Drupal is also known for its periodic upgrades that allow developers to take advantage of next-generation technologies and enhance the user experience of websites.
Drupal 7 is a popular version and continues to be in use across several websites. However, there has been a steady move towards Drupal 8. With the imminent end of life of Drupal 7 by November 2022, brands must switch from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 as quickly as possible. Many of you may be wondering about the potential pitfalls of this upgrade. We will discuss the smoothness of the upgrade and more in this article.
The Ideal Way for Migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9
When you have planned to migrate your website from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9, you must ideally finish before the Drupal 7 version reaches the end of life. The ideal path would be to migrate through Drupal 8. The updating through a late version of Drupal 8 is easier because you would not need the considerable effort required in older Drupal migrations. It helps to do the heavier migration to Drupal 8 right away, while the more straightforward upgrade to Drupal 9 can happen in due course.
A number of contributed modules in Drupal 7 are now part of the core modules in Drupal 8. Most of these modules come with migration scripts to help developers understand the prerequisites and workflow for migrating the content & configuration managed by the modules.
One can follow either of the two paths for migrating a D7 project to Drupal 9:
You can migrate everything into an empty Drupal installation; or,
You may build a new Drupal 8 site while setting the fields and content type basis your needs. You can then migrate the Drupal 7 content into it.
Developing the Migration Strategy
Organizing the architecture for the source & destination sites is key to planning the migration and it sure can be a hefty task. But one can rely on a Migration planner to assist with this migration strategy. It will query the database and create an Excel file that can be used to plan the migration. Some capabilities of the core can allow migrating the content automatically. It will be possible if the site is limited to the core and the standard contributed content fields and types. But if the site relies too much on custom code, you must utilise a custom migration approach.
Several modules can act as the ideal starting point for a custom migration. You can also add Drush support for some of the non-core fields. There are custom migration processors, and you may add some lines into a YAML file and do a lookup to ensure what Drupal 8 entity it will refer. While migrating from older Drupal 7 versions, you must be careful to investigate all platform requirements.
Preparation For Migrating Through Drupal 8
Undertaking the migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 through Drupal 8 involves a lot of preparation and there are a few preliminary steps that should be taken during this phase.
The Drupal 7 project must be up-to-date in every aspect that means the core should be updated to the latest version along with the extensions. A lot of these provide features to assist with the migration process and can reduce huge amounts of effort.
This is a given but the site should always have a backup.
The fresh installation for the Drupal 8 site ought to be the latest stable version with the Migrate modules enabled.
The Detailed Process of Migrating to Drupal 8
To ensure a smooth migration of the content, you must first identify the content structure and the content types of the current site and write down the observations. Accordingly, you must create a migration plan while analysing the possible site configurations. It will help in easier replication in Drupal 8.
It is also necessary that you identify the modules that you need to migrate to Drupal 8. It is essential as some of the Drupal 7 modules may have merged. It may also happen that some of the features in older modules may have been broken down into different modules.
The Drupal UI Method
You can use the Migrate UI Drupal 8 module and visit the /upgrade path of the website. The review will list out the modules that cannot be migrated automatically to Drupal 8. Some modules are not the same; you must install and enable the corresponding Drupal 8 module. The migration process must then be restarted.
The migration scripts will be built based on the extracted data and the catalogue of the content. The content types attributed to the earlier version must be mapped to those in Drupal 8. Now you can import the data from a data source.
The Drush Method
This method sets forth a set of commands for the data migration exercise with improved status messages. For this method, you must use these contributed modules, viz. Migrate Upgrade, Migrate Plus and Migrate Tools. You must define the database connection details for the source website. Next, connect it to the local development database and the source database. The Drupal 7 database must then be imported.
The Migrate Tools module is a contributed one, and you can add Drush commands.
The individual migration must be created first based on the source database. The Drush migrate-upgrade command can generate the migration you will need. You can use a manifest file and set up a specified set of migration. The Migrate Manifest module will be required. The migration can be listed in any order but can be executed based on the dependencies.
Onwards upgradation to Drupal 9
Before you upgrade to Drupal 9, always ensure that the site is upgraded to Drupal 8. You must also update the contributed modules along with the themes to Drupal 9. You must find out the contributed modules that you need and what can be done to upgrade them to Drupal 9. Maybe a patch is available, and the community needs to test it.
If the project has custom themes or modules, the code must be made compatible with Drupal 9. The Upgrade Status can be used for scanning, and the deprecated APIs must be removed. Also, the Drupal 8 project must be using Composer to manage the dependencies.
Planning for the Migration to Drupal 9
While the Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 migration is needed, you must plan the activities well to ensure a smooth transition. Three main factors can affect migration activity.
The skillset of the Team
One of the critical factors to consider for the migration exercise is the skillset of your team. Did your team upgrade their skills with the newer versions of Drupal? If they did, then you can expect the migration to be carried out smoothly. Composers can make work easy for the team, but they must also be capable of using it. There have been significant improvements over the various versions.
It becomes that your developers upgrade themselves with the later versions of Drupal to ensure that the migration to Drupal 9 is a breeze! If they are yet to come to speed, you must factor in the resources to be consumed into your budget for the migration. Taking the services of an external agency can be helpful, but only if they can understand your business workflows. Also, you must consider their prior experience in similar migration projects.
Consider the Resources Involved
You must plan out such humongous activities well in advance. One of them is having a budget allocated for this activity. If you plan the migration with a detour through the Drupal 8 route, you must plan to have two separate sub-activities. You may go for a phased upgrade if you are short of resources.
The team must have an overview of the process involved in upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. You can consider various factors like your current business goals and objectives or whether the feature requirements for the content editors have changed. Also, check the design aspects – whether your website needs a change and create a great user experience. Before going for the upgrade, check your website design and whether it is in sync with your overall website strategies.
Check any Feature Update that you will Need
Before finalizing the migration process, always undertake a comprehensive audit of the Drupal 7 site. Check whether there are any content types that you can remove. Probably the site is using a taxonomy that went defunct long back. You may merge different content types when you upgrade to Drupal 9. There could be a requirement to migrate content from a deprecated Drupal 7 field to an upgraded Drupal 9.
If you have mothballed the site for some time, you may need to check the additional features you need on the site. Ideally, you will now need a dynamic front-end that will help to connect with the visitors better. The newer Drupal 9 has a WYSIWYG editor that will remove the need for several contributed modules. Undertake a thorough check whether the site needs a rigorous design check as there are several improved themes in Drupal 9 that you can use.
Plan the migration activities
While the migration activities may be relatively easy than the earlier versions, you must plan the activities properly. Also, generate the migration files and set up a backup of the site for running migration. You may also do cleaning up if needed. If you are undertaking a phased migration through Drupal 8, always keep in mind that the upgrade to Drupal 9 requires Drupal 8.8.x or 8.9.x versions.
It is necessary to ensure that you undertake a migration of your site from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. It is suggested that you launch a phased approach and first migrate the site to Drupal 8. You must have a proper migration plan and ensure that only experienced developers are on your team. You may also take the help of professional migration services providers.
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Skate Video: Lots of 'em… Misled Youth is way up there. Chris Cole's part in Ride the Sky has such a good feel, too. Duffy in Questionable. Danny in DC. Daewon in anything he's done. Super hard to give a favorite video for me, as a whole.
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P O L S K A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh and the car looks nice.
Still nice with 35%. My sister may end up getting the exact same car (only with 15% tinted windows).
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Mazda Kitten and Majic: Please proceed to the washroom and wash your mouths with soap. I\'ll be checking in later, making sure I don\'t read anymore bad slowa.
For using vulgar language on a religious site like this.. you both should be \"suka slaped\"
the difference b/w you and us is that we\'ve been around here for a while.. we all know each other.. and we\'re not insulting one another..
Man...I rest my case again this fool.
Thats something that really fobby asian girls say...hanging out with them a lot lately eh? YEAH RIGHT...wishful thinking on your part...clean yourself up again...your drool is on your keyboard again.
seems like vip is getting burned in most of his threads... lol.
Originally posted by Junior if you\'re looking to pick up chicks go here (http://www.meetmeinto.com) and u knew about this site how? (i never clicked on it, i\'m at work)... seems like vip is getting burned in most of his threads... lol.
ohh.. okok.. i can\'t surf the web but since i\'ve nothing to do, yeah.
i think only vip needs that link.
Maciek: What I was saying about \"suka slap\", it was a joke too. But I guess you guys don\'t know that. Now you do. Also when it comes to seniory and who is on here longer and who posts more and etc. well I can\'t fight you guys and I won\'t cuz I have no reason for it. I guess it\'s a popularity contest here. Internet stardom and etc.
Tell you what compared to mazda3forums.com you guys are a bunch of wanna be Internet Superstars. \"hehehehehehe\".
Aight I\'ll leave, cuz the red dragon might pull 2 dragons on me soon.
The name is RedRaptor, ****ard...which with your \"I didn\'t pass highschool IQ\", you probably can\'t process anyway, but thats okay. No one really gets your stupid Starsky and Hutch joke, but you can keep milking it since I really doubt you could come up with anything better.
Our attitdue is this way because half of the time you set yourself up for this. You come online as a newbie, not using the Search button, posting in ****ing bold and dissing out woman by calling them skanks.
How do you expect people to treat you after you act like this? This isn\'t America, so if you love M3F so much, then stay the **** there because quite frankly, you belong there with your trashy posts.
The only ****ing animal you\'ll be \"meeting anytime soon\" will be the racooon that is picking at your garbage...and even then I am sure that racoon wouldn\'t want to be associated to someone as greasy as you.
Quick comment: I\'m surprised how well the profanity filter works in these posts. Originally, I thought that it was you who simply added the astrix **** in the letters, but when quoting your posts all the pretty words came out. Everytime I want to use the word, f*ck, I just take out the \"u\" and it\'s usually stays readily visible.


Police are not treating the death of a woman in Yaxley as suspicious - although they are still waiting for the results of a post mortem.
Emergency services were called to Whitney Drive in Yaxley on Friday night, where they confirmed a woman, aged in her 30s, had died.
Police have said the post mortem is expected to take place at some point this week.
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Rescuer of Danish Jews
Preben Munch-Nielsen 1944
Preben Munch- Nielsen was born on 13 June 1926 in the fishing village of Snekkersten, Denmark. He was brought up by his grandmother, who was also responsible for raising five other grandchildren.
During his schooling he commuted daily to a school in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, approximately 25 miles south of Snekkersten.
Preben Munch Nielsen recalled his schooldays:
"There were very few Jews in my elementary school, but I didn't think of them as Jews, we were all just Danes."
On 9 April 1940 the Germans invaded Denmark and Preben recalled his early contact with the occupiers, and his rescue work:
"In April 1940 I arrived in Copenhagen, where I saw planes overhead and German officers in the street. I joined the resistance as a courier, but I became more involved in October 1943, when the Gestapo hunting down Danish Jews."
In the spring of 1943, however, the situation changed. Inspired by the Allies' progress in the war, the Danish people stepped up their resistance to the German occupation. Labour strikes and acts of sabotage intensified.
Werner Best (right)
On August 28, 1943, the German military commander in Denmark declared a state of emergency and commanded the Danish government to institute martial law. Acts of sabotage were to be punishable by death, the press was to be censored, and demonstrations were to be banned. The Danish government refused to accept these measures and resigned.
The presiding Nazi official, Werner Best, saw this as an opportunity to begin the deportation of the Danish Jews and the arrests were set to begin on October 2, but the efforts of Best were not to prove fruitful.
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, a German official stationed in Denmark, leaked the news of the pending deportation to Danish leaders, who informed the Jewish community.
The people of Denmark, aided by members of the resistance, church leaders, students, policemen, physicians, ordinary citizens, spontaneously came together to thwart the arrest and deportation of the Danish Jews.
Preben Munch Nielsen, a high school student from Snekkersten, a fishing village north of Copenhagen, was among those who participated. The rescue work carried the death penalty but this did not deter the resolve of the rescue teams.
Preben's first mission recalled:
A policeman came to his house and asked him to pick up several Jews at a nearby train station and escort them through the woods to the shore. They would be smuggled by boat across the sound to Sweden.
Preben completed the mission and joined the Friends of the Sound, a group of Danes based in Snekkersten that co-ordinated the secret crossings to Sweden, which was a neutral country, and the Swedish Government encouraged its citizens to welcome and harbour Jews. The Friends of the Sound used the Snekkersten Inn as their headquarters, many Jews hid in the Inn, or in nearby homes.
Danish boat "Sunshine" actually used to ferry Jews to Sweden
Preben recalled the process for hiding Jews prior to transporting them to Sweden:
"We hid them in houses near the shore and brought them to waiting boats at an appointed time. Under cover of darkness, we took up to twelve Jews at a time across the straits to Sweden. The four mile trip would take about fifty minutes."
In a later interview with the USHMM Preben told about the boat he used:
"We got this boat. It was bought by the bookbinder Kerr from.... It was a boat laying in the harbor of Elsinore and that was a very good boat, a sound boat built in the beginning of the '30s.
It was of course a wooden boat with a good engine and it was able to go rather quick, about eight or nine miles, and that is, that is much for a motorboat.
And when it started, Kerr, the first night I remember had two or three, no two trips to Sweden and I think we got ten to twelve passengers every time. And then later on we had in October seven hundred Jews and, totally I know that this boat brought about one thousand four hundred people from Denmark to Sweden."
In Sweden,he joined the Danish voluntary forces in Sweden(''Den Danske Brigade'') and only returned to Denmark in May 1945, when Denmark was liberated from Nazi occupation forces.
Preben Munch-Nielsen (1993)
After returning to Denmark, Munch Nielsen began working in the import-export business. Only at the age of 59 did he consider a role as a public speaker and educator. After sharing his story with some Jewish travelers to Denmark, he was encouraged by friends to continue to share his personal experience and educate people about the rescue of the Danish Jews in 1943.
All told, Preben helped transport 1400 Jewish refugees to Sweden and was honoured for his wartime heroics by the Garden of the Righteous Program in Washington with a plaque being dedicated and in 1997 he was honoured for his wartime heroics by the then American President Bill Clinton.
The small boat actually piloted by Mr. Munch-Nielsen was located and donated to the Holocaust Museum as a permanent exhibit. Mr. and Mrs. Munch-Nielsen returned in subsequent years to honor other honorees.
Preben Munch-Nielsen died in October 2002
Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
US Congressional Record: A TRIBUTE TO PREBEN MUNCH NIELSEN - HON. TOM LANTOS OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Copyright. Chris Webb H.E.A.R.T 2008

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Besides being a senior researcher for the ChemicalYouth project in the Philippines, Michael supervises Gideon Lasco and Mai Taqueban's PhD projects.
"Philippine Anthropology in a Post-Anthropology Age." 2010. In: Jorge Tigno, ed. Philippine Social Science Discourses, pp. 7-24. Quezon City: UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy.


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I hope you all have recovered from springing forward a week ago.
The older I get, the tougher it is to do that stuff. I used to love having that extra daylight at the end of the day. Now it just seems like punishment trying to advance my medication schedule, figure out why I am hungry when I am hungry, and waiting for my sleep patterns to become, well, sleep patterns that make sense.
At this point, I should say something positive about springing forward. When The Daughters were growing up, they often came home exhibiting extreme — but typical — teenage angst. Sputtering and fist-pounding mad about some grade, classmate, basketball score, teacher, boyfriend, whatever. After listening to them rage, the Mister would say, "Now tell me three good things about that person (grade, event, or situation)." You know about how much they loved that, don't you? However, it was not such a bad ploy. It took the wind out of their sails and eventually calm could prevail — not always, of course, but often.
1) Two weeks ago I heard tree frogs for the first time this year. We had so little moisture the swampy areas where I usually hear them were silent. Finally, after a good rain, there they were. I think some people call them "peepers." I am not sure exactly what their name is, but Grandpa Marshall always called them tree frogs. Good enough for me.
2) For a number of years I have watched a struggling little apricot tree trying to bloom and produce while wedged between one of the century-old hackberry trees in my yard and the fence that surrounds the garden area of the Married Daughter and ole' What's-His-Name who live south of me. I know it is an apricot tree because four or five years ago it actually produced about a dozen apricots. I did not even know it was there. The fruit was wonderful and I have watched it ever since, hoping for more. A late-winter freeze or hungry birds always cleaned out the crop. During the past two weeks, the blossoms were abundant. The buds are still there, despite the recent cold snap. The little tree is tenacious and I have to admire its fight.
3) I love the season's renewal. I always have and always will. It is magic.
Before you know it we will be "falling back" as we move into dreaded winter weather. It is always something.


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The Double Differential Transmission offers high-quality torque and HP conversion at a great value. The DDT makes both phase and length corrections, however, with a standard unit only random phase error corrections are automated. Automatic phase and length corrections, requires the DDT-MVC (Motorized Variator Control).
Available in 1/2 and 2 HP models. The 4 HP model (DDT-4) has been discontinued. Applications requiring the DDT-4 are now recommended to use a servo motor.
Combines both a Variable Speed Drive and a Phase Shifting Differential in one design so it can correct both random phase and constant length errors.
Available as DDT-2 (2 HP), DDT-05 (1/2 HP).
NOTE: DDT-4 is no longer available, please contact EMP for assistance.
All DDTs include a motor for random phase error, but opting for the Motion Variable Control will automate the Length Error correction process as well.
The ability to adjust anywhere within a range allows us to correct a length error.
A Register System without this capability can not work effectively at today's high operating speeds.
The selection of your DDT will depend greatly on the design of your machine, and the degree of automatic operation desired.
Did you know? The DDT-MVC Transmission comes with both Phase and Length Motors. EMP recommends the use of the DDT-MVC option on the DDT Transmission when you want the length correction done automatically.


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Reham gives back with charity donation
Reham Ghafarji with her husband Wasim Ghafarji and their daughter Heaven Ghafarji. Describing her life in Ireland as 'a dream come true', the Syrian national is donating 15% of profits from her business to help the homeless.	Picture: Mostafa Darwish
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A SYRIAN citizen who now lives in Cork and runs her own business is donating a percentage of her profits to charity to thank the Irish people for the welcome and support her family has received.
"I have been in my business one year, and [because of the] huge support I received from Irish people, I started to donate 15% of my monthly profit to support homeless in Ireland," Reham Ghafarji told The Echo.
Ms Ghafarji, who studied English literature at university in Damascus, has been living in Ireland with her husband Wasim and their young family since 2017.
She had worked as a beautician in her home country and undertook more training in Ireland. She worked in West Cork, but lost her job during the pandemic.
"After that, I needed to be still active, still doing something I love, so I started my small business which was [making] handmade soap and skincare products like body scrubs and hair oils," she said.
Ms Ghafarji's products are made from natural ingredients and are chemical and cruelty-free.
She uses a mixture of Irish and Syrian ingredients.
"It's tough to find black seed oil in Ireland, and it's too expensive, so I bring it from my home country," she says. "It's very good for skin as well — in the Middle East we call it blessed seeds because it's full of benefits for the skin."
She sells her products online, and in a shop in Clonakilty and has added Christmas tree soaps to her range.
Ms Ghafarji says she is hugely grateful for the support she has received for her business and how her family have been supported in their move to West Cork.
"My husband and I moved to Ireland in search of a better life from a country ravaged by war, in which we lost some loved ones," she said.
"We hoped for a better life for our young children, and so we made the brave decision to uproot our family and start a new life in a new country. I now feel I have everything, my family, a new start in an amazing country and a new business — all of it is a dream come true!"
In the future, she hopes to open a small factory and provide jobs for others with her business.
You can find out more about Ms Ghafarji's products at www.soapandmore.ie.
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Thanks to decades of work and a series of evolving campaigns, California now has seatbelt usage of about 97 percent. That exceeds the national average, which hovers around 87 percent, according to the California Highway Safety Patrol. But state safety officials want to do even better – and they're launching a new campaign to reach the remaining seatbelt holdouts.
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Earlier this summer, the state Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) launched a new campaign aimed at that three percent of seatbelt nonusers. The campaign highlights the slogan, "Do it for your family. Buckle up."
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Ukrainian President, Patriarch Bartholomew Sign Cooperation Agreement
November 03, 2018 13:07 GMT Updated November 03, 2018 15:56 GMT
Poroshenko, Patriarch Bartholomew Sign Accord On Independent Ukrainian Church
WATCH: Poroshenko, Patriarch Bartholomew Sign Accord On Independent Ukrainian Church
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew have signed an agreement on cooperation and interaction between Kyiv and the Patriarchate of Constantinople that paves the way for the establishment of an independent Ukrainian church, a plan which has angered Moscow.
The agreement was signed after a meeting between Bartholomew and Poroshenko in Istanbul on November 3.
The meeting came after a synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate chaired by Patriarch Bartholomew I, who is considered the leader of the 300-million-strong worldwide Orthodox community, decreed on October 11 to "proceed to the granting of Autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine."
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Ukraine currently has three Orthodox denominations: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which remained subordinate to Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union; and two breakaway entities -- the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate led by Filaret, and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church led by Metropolitan Makariy.
The agreement signed with Bartholomew lays out conditions for "the granting of the [autocephaly] tomos" -- a formal decree on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's independence from the Russian Orthodox Church -- "to proceed absolutely in strict accordance with the canons of the Orthodox church," Poroshenko told reporters after the meeting.
He called the day historic and thanked the patriarch for the warm "meeting filled with wisdom."
"I am sure the autocephaly decision will lead to the unity and unification of all Orthodox believers in Ukraine," Patriarch Bartholomew said after signing the agreement.
Poroshenko is on a visit to Istanbul during which he will also hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate is based in Istanbul, the former Constantinople -- once the capital of the Byzantine Empire before the Ottoman Muslim conquest of 1453.
Based on reporting by kyivpost.com, Interfax, and TASS
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PPI was founded on the concept that help to the under-privileged should go beyond conventional charity. PPI is dedicated to bringing positive socio-economic change to the underprivileged, marginalized, and exploited sectors of India.
PPI was started by a small group of concerned individuals coming together to do something for the less fortunate in India. PPI was incorporated as a non-profit organization in October, 1978 in the State of Washington. We started with one project and a collection of $1200 in the first year.
From 1979 through 2017, PPI has supported 172 projects in 16 states, undertaken with 80 non-governmental organizations, and sent over $1.2 million to projects. PPI projects address a wide range of issues such as clean drinking water, sustainable farming, environmental awareness, education, child welfare, vocational training, and rehabilitation of the handicapped.


Make 2019 your most organised year yet with a personalised calendar! They can be personalised with a name, message and photos of your choice and come in three sizes. It's the perfect gift for yourself, a friend or the whole family!
With so many different designs to choose from, there's one to suit every recipient and every occasion. You can personalise with a name or message or upload your own photos to appear on each month throughout the year.
Our His & Hers Personalised Calendar is ideal for your favourite couple! It features two sections so they can align their calendars and always be in sync. It's ideal for the kitchen fridge and will make sure they never miss date night again.
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The Revenue Division's website is migrating to portland.gov!
To access content not yet migrated, visit www.portlandoregon.gov/revenue/61474.
Temporary Closure Notice
Due to Mayor Wheeler's COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, the Revenue Division office is closed to the public until further notice. We are still available to assist the public by phone and email.
Arts Tax: Collections, Disbursements, and Costs
Net revenues from the Arts Education and Access Fund will be disbursed by the Revenue Division to six Portland area school districts and Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC).
Net revenues from the Arts Education and Access Fund will be disbursed by the Revenue Division to six Portland area school districts and Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC). The Arts Education and Access Fund Citizen Oversight Committee (AOC) is charged with reviewing the expenditures, progress and outcomes of the Arts Education & Access Fund and reporting their findings annually to City Council.
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Please note that the most recent tax years are still in the earlier stages of the collection process.
Arts Education: Portland School Districts
School Districts Receiving Funding
David Douglas School District
Parkrose School District
Portland Public Schools
Riverdale School District
Funds distributed to school districts will be used to hire certified arts or music education teachers for elementary school students for Kindergarten through 5th grade (K-5).
Distribution is based on a ratio of one teacher for every 500 K-5 students at schools that serve Portland K-5 students. Schools and Charter schools with less than 500 Portland K-5 students will get funds on a pro rata basis based on the number of students attending that school.
Students attending schools that receive no distribution of funds will not be counted.
Funds will not be distributed to elementary schools within the school districts:
That have no Portland K-5 students.
That have Portland K-5 students enrolled, but whose catchment does not overlap with the City of Portland's geographical boundaries.
Arts Access: Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC)
Any funds remaining after distribution to the School Districts shall be distributed to RACC. The City's contract with RACC ensures the funds are spent as follows:
Up to 95% of the remaining funds will be distributed to RACC for grants to support non-profit Portland arts organizations.
RACC will decide which arts organizations will get funds based on their contract with the City.
If RACC distributes less than 95% of the funds to non-profit Portland arts organizations, the remaining funds will go to non-profit organizations and schools that will give access to arts experiences to K-12 students and for grants and programs that will make arts and culture experiences available to Portland residents.
Arts Education & Access Fund Citizen Oversight Committee
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Government Agencies Are Banning TikTok
March 27, 2020 by Jahid
With the TSA, the most recent government agency in America to ban TikTok, it seems that more and more people are being censored from this hugely popular social media sharing platform due to concerns around data privacy.
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TSA Banned from Using TikTok
December 1, 2021 by Frank Tate
TSA, or the Transportation Security Administration, has told its employees that it cannot use TikTok anymore. This announcement came after many of TSA's employees were using TikTok as a platform to upload announcements and videos surrounding the boarding rules and processes of the agency.
TikTok is Testing Direct Profile Links to Websites
This could be one of the biggest updates to TikTok yet. The popular video-sharing app is apparently considering adding a new URL feature on its profile bios, which means that just like Instagram, you would be able to drive traffic directly to your website through the app.
New York City Bodegas Are Going Viral on TikTok
Videos of store clerks interacting with customers and vice versa have reached as many as five million views, as TikTok embraces yet another sub-culture of creators and content users – bodegas. Bodegas are those bright, colorful, cluttered corner stores that you can find on every corner in New York City.
How TikTok is a Hitmaker for the Music Industry
March 27, 2020 by Celeste
When you hear the word 'TikTok,' teenagers creating viral challenges and lip-syncing in videos might come to mind. However, there's a more powerful thing going on behind the scenes in a lot of these videos, and it's changing the way we look at the music industry.
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How a Broken Link Superseded BTS' Single Release Hype
If you're on TikTok or read our articles regularly, you will know by now that BTS has been preparing to release a snippet of their latest single in anticipation of their album release in the coming weeks. The K-pop boy band was set to make history yesterday when they released a cut from the single – but instead, TikTok stole the show because it stopped working.
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QuikFlok is Scamming People's Credit Cards
March 28, 2020 by John Reese
Quikflok.com is accused by customers of overcharging their credit cards by hundreds of dollars.
Bitcoin Has Crashed 55% in Just 2 Days
November 15, 2021 by Frank Tate
Bitcoin is also taking a huge hit as a result of the recent coronavirus and has seen a 55% fall, which by any market's standard is considered epic.
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I Dardi sono un popolo indoeuropeo che abita la valle del Ladakh e nella regione di Gilgit-Baltistan, più in generale una fascia estesa dall'Afghanistan orientale all'India settentrionale. Comunità isolate di Dardi vivono anche in Cina.

Origine del nome
Il nome "Dardi" è dovuto a Erodoto, che descrisse la terra dei Dardikai in un'area corrispondente all'odierno Afghanistan nord-orientale.

Lingua
La definizione di Dardi si basa più sull'affinità linguistica che su quella etnica o culturale.

Le lingue dardiche costituiscono un sottogruppo delle lingue indo-iraniche; tra esse la più importante è il kashmiri, parlato da quasi 5 milioni di persone. Le altre lingue dardiche (tra cui citiamo lo shina e il khowar, parlate ciascuna da circa mezzo milione di persone) sono perlopiù lingue minoritarie.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Indoiranici
Gruppi etnici in Afghanistan
Gruppi etnici in India
Gruppi etnici in Pakistan

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This site contains biographies of people who played an important role in the formation of what is now Canada.


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Why Are Batman Movies Afraid Of Robin?
I wasn't going to do this twice in one week, especially in a row, but it's still that kind of weak and when YouTube suggested this video to me I knew being the daily quickpost wasn't going to be enough.
Batman and Robin. To many generations you can't have one without the other. Whether he's Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown (which would be a she but that's not important right now), Damian Wayne, Carrie Kelly (also a she), or Bobbie Chang, Robin exists for a number of reasons both as a storytelling element and within Batman's life personally. And I don't just mean the gag from Tiny Toon Adventures about drawing all the fire. If anything Robin might have to pull Batman out of the line of fire, or at least pull him back from the edge. That was one of the reasons he was created early in Detective Comics, to pull Batman away from the same level of darkness as one of his pulp hero inspirations, the Shadow.
While animated series, even ones that start early in Batman's career, like Kids WB's The Batman which oddly introduced Batgirl first, live-action movies haven't used the Boy Wonder very well. In total only five live-action productions have used Dick as Batman's sidekick, and we'll get into Titans later. Even the animated theatrical Batman movie many claim to be the BEST Bat-film, Mask Of The Phantasm, takes place during a period in the DCAU and Batman: The Animated Series where Dick is at college. Why is Warner Brothers seemingly scared to use the Boy Wonder in their stories? YouTube video essayist Patrick (H) Willems decided to take a look after the movie also called The Batman continued the tradition of a Grayson-less Bat-Cave. Note that there's somewhat more swearing than you're used to from something in a BW article.
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Robin exists to keep Batman from going too dark, so naturally the fans and creators who steep themselves in dark storytelling hate him, killing him or outright banning him. Look what Titans did with him and his "f### Batman" line that annoyed so many Dick Grayson fans. I didn't watch it because I didn't have the DC Universe streaming service then and I don't have HBO Max now, nor do I want to watch an angry Dick Grayson act like Bruce, when Bruce's whole deal is that his charges don't turn out like him. You can't do a darker Robin/Nightwing even if the world around him gets darker because then you lose the whole point of Dick Grayson as a character and why, as Tim Drake would note, Batman needs a Robin to keep him from going over the edge and becoming more like Jean-Paul Valley, whose short tenure as Batman had a lot more killing people in it.
This is kind of the problem when you pull superheroes away from kids. If Robin is supposed to be for those kids who would rather hang out with Batman than be Batman themselves you can't do that if you keep the kids away, and the Batman movies have been anti-kid (in my opinion at least) since the movie based on the 1966 TV show. Notice that even when kid shows try to keep Robin out, like Beware The Batman, someone fills that role. Why they went with Katana I couldn't tell you. Meanwhile Batman: The Brave & The Bold, a show that's a love letter to the Silver Age because my beloved Bronze Age continues to be ignored (despite being when darker Batman truly begins, but not by shutting Robin out entirely). does its own take on Batman's character arc as a father figure that Willems mentions. In that case he had to accept that Dick had become his own superhero, as Robin eventually becomes Nightwing, something the DCAU also did when it moved from Fox Kids to Kids WB and took on some of the lighter tone of the Superman cartoon it now shared a programming block with.
Frankly I don't know if there would be a modern Bat-Family without Tim Drake, who for some reason was given a variation of Jason Todd's second origin when he became the DCAU's new Robin, while Todd has only appeared in animated movies marked for older audiences, but only briefly as Robin before taking on his current Red Hood codename. If Tim hadn't gotten Bruce back into accepting others Batgirl may not have returned, Cassandra Cain's origin wouldn't be as inspired by a Batman closer to the type of person she was trying to avoid becoming, Riddler's temporary reformation and Clayface's wouldn't have happened, and there might not even be a Spoiler. How is the Batman parody movie did a better job exploring Batman's human side and addressing his lonely state instead of the embracing of it like one of Bruce's failed romances that so many live-action versions have done.
Tim Drake said it himself. Batman needs a Robin, to remind Bruce what he's fighting for, to serve as a reminder of his conscience (especially during the Nightfall arc), to bring him closer to others. Batman and Robin: they're the Dynamic Duo for a reason, old chum.
Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on March 23, 2022 in DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged Batman movies, DC Universe, Dick Grayson, Robin.


What happens when stars are clustered closely together and two stars collide? Universe Today publisher Fraser Cain tells us where those events occur in our universe and exactly what happens when they do. Professor Mark Morris of the UCLA Physics and Astronomy department, adds to the conversation with his expertise as well.


In a nation where all professional football clubs are required to be owned by the shareholders (they should at least own 51% of the club), Alex Ryssholm and AFC Eskilstuna are a thorn in the side.
As is the case in the German Bundesliga or anywhere there's a 50+1 rule (referred to as the 51% rule in Sweden), there is always someone who's willing to bend the rules as much as possible for their own gain. Like Malm? FF, Djurg?rdens IF or ?rgyte IS, AFC Eskilstuna are also owned by the shareholders, but not in the same sense.
The man behind AFC Eskilstuna, Alex Ryssholm, came to Sweden from the Soviet Union in 1989, just two years before the collapse. Ryssholm was born in Rostov-on-Don, on 23 April 1958. Ryssholm is the name he took when he moved to Sweden, and his former surname is unknown to the public, but his Russian forename was Aleksey.
Ryssholm spent most of his early childhood in a boarding school. Sometimes his mother brought him home for the weekend, sometimes not. His father, plying his trade as a sergeant in the Red Army, was never really around. During his teens the family moved to Leningrad, better known as Saint Petersburg today. He focused on architecture in school, until he realised it wasn't for him and joined the army at the age of 18. He was stationed in the Karakum desert for one and a half years in what today is known as Turkmenistan, before returning to Leningrad in 1978. Many of his fellow young comrades ended up in Afghanistan just after he left the army, and many of them never returned.
Back in the city, Ryssholm enrolled for a law degree at the university. When he was 21, the MVD handpicked him from school to become a police sergeant in a department working against organised crime. He became the youngest operative boss in the Leningrad police force at the time. His main task revolved around hunting down members of the notorious Soviet mafia, who were especially prominent during the era of Glasnost and Perestroika during the 1980s.
According to Ryssholm himself, the 80's in Russia were "crazy times", and he, his colleagues, friends, and family was not unfamiliar with threats and violence. In Leningrad, there was an attempt to kidnap his four-year-old son Max. Even after trying to break away from the underworld by moving to the Caucasus to become a corporate lawyer, his former enemies were still present. They searched his house on occasions, and showed that they're never far away.
At the end of 1989, he had reached a breaking point, it was time to get out of the Soviet Union. It was not only because of the stressful environment, Ryssholm also didn't want to align with the agenda that he was required to follow when working in the police force, and by all logic, he could not see a future in the Soviet environment. His daughter Olga stayed in the east, and presumably also his first wife. Olga was found dead on a train from Saint Petersburg to Moscow in the spring of 2000. The reason of her passing remain unclear. Olga was only 18 years old at the time.
Ryssholm was at first heading for the United States, but a layover in Sweden made him change his mind. Soviet officers moving abroad wasn't exactly something that happened every day. Hence, rigorous background checks and questionings were put in action, and in the end the Swedish Security Force (S?po) gave him a permission to stay. S?po stated that everything they could verify about his background was accurate, however, not everything was possible to look up. No surprises though, considering who he worked with and in which country.
In Sweden, Ryssholm went straight to business. While many oligarchs or other bourgeoisie in Russia during the '90s went for state assets, Ryssholm wasn't in the same position to acquire wealth. However, he did use the breakup of the Soviet Union to his advantage. During his first years, he helped companies like Scania, Spendrups and Volvo establish themselves in the Eastern Bloc. In 1994 he founded his own company, Busmarket Sweden, who primarily exported used buses and trucks to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states. His company has been fairly successful throughout its 20 years of existence. However, he has made lunch money compared to the likes of Abramovich or Rybolovlev, but decent enough to fulfil his dream and help children. During his childhood he lived, to use his own words, like a streetkid at times, and his project AFC Eskilstuna is a way to give something back. Some people with money prefer to live a flashy lifestyle, but Ryssholm prefers to pour his own into a football academy.
Ryssholm found football through his stepson, who played for a local junior team in Stockholm. In his stepson's coach, an 18-year old who worked at a fast food joint, he saw something that impressed him. The coach, Hamid Kabodvand, dreamed of becoming a world renowned manager in the future. Supposedly Ryssholm saw himself in Kabodvand, ambitious and hardworking. Ryssholm was also fascinated by the joy that football brought to kids around Stockholm. He wanted to provide opportunities for the talented kids, and so Athletic FC Academy was founded in 2007 as a private company.
In the beginning, Athletic FC offered extra training sessions to kids who wanted to do more exercise outside their regular football teams. More and more joined the individual training sessions, led by Kabodvand and other coaches, and so their own youth teams started to take shape. Those aged 16 or older formed their senior team, Athletic FC in Division 3 (5th tier). But a spot in a 5th tier team isn't enough to motivate talented young players. And by a coincidence, a financially struggling team in the 3rd tier came in as a handy opportunity for Ryssholm.
By taking over V?sby United in 2012 by bailing them out of a horrible financial situation, Ryssholm now also had a team in the Swedish 3rd tier. The club was then based in V?sby, a suburb north of Stockholm. V?sby United was a merger of V?sby IK (established as W?sby IK in 1924) and FC Café Opera, founded by Alessandro Catenacci, the owner of Nobis AB. Nobis run a couple of famous Stockholm restaurants, including Café Opera, hence the name. As a curious fact for all quiz lovers, I can inform you that Lennart Johansson, the former UEFA president, happens to be involved in Nobis as well. The Swedish champions have lifted Lennart Johansson's trophy since 2001.
Both V?sby IK and FC Café Opera played their last seasons in either the 2nd or 3rd tier before the merge in 2005. The new name was V?sby United, and they started the 2005 season in the Superettan (2nd tier) but didn't really establish themselves and the following season they were also relegated. They went up for three seasons until they once more were relegated in 2010. The yo-yo-vibes from the previous clubs were engraved in the merger as well.
The first two seasons with the club's new president Ryssholm were disastrous, considering their main objective to gain promotion. In 2012, V?sby United finished 11th in Division 1 Norra (the 3rd tier in Sweden consists of a southern and northern group with 16 teams each), and in 2013 the renamed AFC United finished 10th in the same group. AFC United contracted ?zcan Melkemichel as their manager, who first became famous for pushing Syrianska FC up the league pyramid all the way to the Allsvenskan (1st tier) with minimal resources. This was in retrospect a brilliant move since they ended the season at the top of the table, three points clear of another small club from the region, IK Frej T?by. Ryssholm's dream of the Swedish first tier was now only one promotion away.
Despite a more upbeat tone revolving performances on the pitch, some controversies were going on behind the scenes. Already in 2013, Swedish football magazine Offside wrote about AFC. Some of the players at the club only earned around 2,500 Swedish krona per month, roughly £250. Even though housing was included, that's far from the Swedish minimum living standard. Most of the players who had housing included in their pay lived in barracks close to where AFC had planned to build a training centre for the club in Viby, Sollentuna, north of the Swedish capital. But the local authority refused to grant Ryssholm and AFC a building permit for his nine acres of land.
At one point in the 2013 season, the club's sporting director suggested that the players earning more than 10,000 per month (roughly £1000), should lower their salaries to 10,000, otherwise Ryssholm would file for bankruptcy. The salary discussions went back and forth with mainly four players: Richard Jonsson, Haris Laitinen, Alagie Sosseh and Sebastian Senatore. In the end, the players left the club with three month's salary each as compensation. All four had Allsvenskan experience before joining AFC. A club with this kind of antics could probably be better placed in Russia, rather than Sweden.
Just a few years later, in 2014, the club moved for the first time to Solna just outside of Stockholm, more commonly known as the home of AIK. AFC settled down at Skytteholm, just a stone's throw away from R?sunda, the now demolished former national stadium and home of AIK. Furthermore, in 2015 the Swedish state betting monopoly Svenska Spel stopped all objects with AFC involved due to suspicion about fixed matches. Svenska Spel made the decision on a report by UEFA and the Swedish FA (SvFF).
In 2016, AFC finished second in the Superettan to gain their first promotion to the Swedish top-flight, the Allsvenskan. However, Skytteholm didn't fulfil the criteria for a top-flight stadium, and AFC was once again moved to another city. This time the circus called AFC was unpacked in Eskilstuna, just under 100 kilometres west of Stockholm and Solna. But things were looking better for now, a decent stadium in a city that hadn't hosted an Allsvenskan team since the middle of the 20th century. They also signed a cooperative agreement with the local club, Eskilstuna City to gain traction in the local community. Eskilstuna City played one Allsvenskan season in 1925/26, and have more or less stayed in the fourth tier for the last decades with a few exceptions. So, maybe a city hungry for top-flight football could be the turning point for AFC?
AFC's first and so far only season in the Allsvenskan was horrendous. It took them 15 rounds to gain their first win, and except for the away fans the stadium was barely half-filled. Only the matches against the three Stockholm clubs were sold out, mostly because of the away following. Once Russian based player Emmanuel Frimpong was brought in as a "star signing", though he left the club having only made 10 appearances. Former Anzhi midfielders Sharif Mukhammad and Abdul Razak also graced the pitch for AFC, as did former Rubin goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi current FC Ural winger Othman El Kabir.
In 2018, AFC had a surprisingly good season in the Superettan. Many teams have struggled after getting relegated from the Allsvenskan in recent years, but AFC finished 3rd after Helsingborg and Falkenberg, securing a spot in the promotion playoffs against Brommapojkarna. Despite losing the first leg, AFC turned the tie around at Brommapojkarna and are now back in the Allsvenskan. Surely AFC will do better in 2019 than they did in 2017, but the biggest question is how long Ryssholm will still continue with his project. At the moment it seems that he's not letting it diminish that easily, however, on 26th November 2018, Fotbollskanalen reported that the club owed around 2.5 million kroner to the Swedish Tax Authority, so the club finds themselves firmly in the spotlight once more.


The sophisticated two towers known as Metropolis in Downtown Dadeland offer stylish lofts, tower condos and luxurious penthouses that expand 25 stories high offering a dominating view of the tranquil and expanding neighborhood that surrounds it. Metropolis offers all of the amenities you would expect in a luxury high-rise: pool, spa, fitness center, and concierge service.
Conveniently located just west of US1, South of North Kendall Drive, and East of the Palmetto Expressway, Metropolis Dadeland is just minutes from anywhere in Miami. An easy walk to the Metro-Rail station puts Metropolis Dadeland within minutes of the Coral Gables, University of Miami, South Miami, Sunset Place, Coconut Grove, Brickell and Downtown.


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Q: In Office 365, what are the minimum permission for developers to be able to develop provider hosted-app I am working on Office 365 project, and i have 2 developers working as an out-sourced inside the project. now i want those 2 developers to be ale to developer and test some Provider-Hosted applications. so i did the following:-

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*i create 2 developer site collections. and inside each site collection i added one of the developers inside the site collection administration group.

*Also inside the app catalog site collection i grant the users contribute permission to be able to upload apps.

so can anyone advice if the developers need any additional permission, on the tenant level ? or being the admin of the developer site collection + a contributor on the app catalog site collection should be sufficient to develop provider-hosted apps?
Thanks

A: Mostly I guess these permissions are enough for your application development lifecycle.
However, if your app needs to do some stuff at the tenant level(for example, create or delete site collections) , then you need to have SharePoint admin permissions.
Check below screenshot related to tenant permission -

A: i do not think users with contribute permission can upload Apps inside the app catalogue, they need at least Edit..

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AirAsia India adds an aircraft to its fleet to expand operations in South India.
The airline will operate its 8th aircraft on the Bengaluru-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Kochi and Bengaluru-Kochi routes, October 8 onwards.
AirAsia India is offering a promotional fare starting at 2,999 from Hyderabad to Kochi (and vice versa). Bookings opened on September 14.
Days of Operations – 1 indicates Monday, 2 indicates Tuesday, 3 indicates Wednesday and so on.
"This is an exciting time for all of us at AirAsia India. We are thrilled to have an addition of another aircraft in our fleet. Hyderabad is increasing becoming an important hub for domestic and international travel in and from India, and the addition of frequencies to Kochi is our gift to the Keralites for Onam! We look forward to welcoming many more new guests onboard with us," says Amar Abrol, CEO, AirAsia India.
AirAsia India currently flies to 11 destinations from its hubs in Bengaluru and New Delhi, to Chandigarh, Jaipur, Guwahati, Imphal, Goa, Pune, Vizag, Hyderabad and Kochi.


Don't make your tree service business one note. If you are thinking of starting a tree service business put some diversity in the services that you will offer. Give the people more than cutting and trimming trees. How about being their one, stop, shop kind of place for all things green? They may come for the spaghetti but stay for the pie, you know what I mean? The oppurtunities for your skills are abundant. Try not to limit yourself to your basic commercial and residential tree trimming and pruning. Allow your business to have a bit of diversity in its portfolio. Master each service and the people will come.
Along with taking care of trees, allow you customers to partake of the advice of your arborist. Allow them to benefit from his or her wisdom. This could happen in any number of ways. Having a question and answer portion on your website. Alternatively, a drop box in your office where people can ask questions. Even offer arborist consultant services. Have your arborist go on site and conduct on site plant analysis and diagnostics.
Especially now with some many cities allowing its residents to take over empty lots and turning them into community gardens and farms. Also providing insect, deer, and disease management.
Let us not forget utility services. Make people and other businesses aware that you offer utility safety. Have experience and training in clearing trees and branches from lines safely. In addition, are great in an emergency. Many utility companies subcontract to tree service business. There is no reason why that cannot be your business getting those subcontract and contract jobs. Over the past few years, this country has suffered from some horrible natural disasters. The only good that comes from one is the boost in the economy. A natural disaster thrust people into employments. Moreover, your tree service business should be one the first companies called with Mother Nature brings out her not so pleasant side.
In addition, of course you must offer what people expect commercial and residential tree services. Because that is the heart of the business, the bread and butter. Folks will always need someone to install a lightening protection system for their trees and evaluate their structure. Nevertheless, that does not mean that you must limit yourself to just that. There are so many opportunities out there available to you. Do not missed out of them because you are suffering from a case of tunnel vision.
If you are just starting out offering all of these services may seem like a lot. In addition, overwhelming. Make a plan and include these services those services you will like to include in your repertoire. Including a timeline and plan of when and how you will start to include these other services. In time as your business grows and matures, it will not seem like such a large task. It would seem like the most fitting thing. Kinda like how I started this blog.
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It is true that a tree service worker or business owner is not required to have any type of formal education. Many workers and business in this industry have not attended a two-year or four-year college or university. They probably never will. That has not to say that there are not any course studies or programs that a person can take that. That will enrich and aid him or her in their business. Here are a few majors or course programs to consider. Learning is growing.
Arboriculture is the science or practice of cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, all woody plants. A person who has a degree in this field is refer to as an arborist, arbor culturist, or even a tree surgeon. In this area of study, its students will learn all about selection, fertilization, shaping trees and the like, as well as disease, infection and pest control. He or she will be train in the how to care for a tree. All of which is skills that will greatly enhance a tree service business expertise. Allowing the business to be qualify for a multitude of different jobs and clientele. Such as conducting tree hazard surveys for a business.
The study of horticulture is very similar to agriculture in that it deals with cultivating, managing, rowing, and restoring plants. Only those plants, trees, and shrubs used for medicinal purposes instead of food. It also includes learning about landscape restoration, increasing a crops disease and bug resistance, and improve these type of crops production, health, and abundancy.
Botany is a study that has been around for thousands of years. It is the study of plant biology. A person majoring in botany will learn how different plants and trees have evolve over time. In which ways has their relationships and structure changes or remain the same. He or she will be able to breed and splice different genetics within a plant or plants, possibly create new species of plants. A botanist in depth of a plants structure, genes, and pathology can really aid a tree service business. Allowing for a development in ways other tree service business may not be able to match. Such as creating your own fertilizer blends. Alternatively, manipulating a tree structure so that it becomes resistant to the hardship and disease that other trees in your climate fall to.
This is the study of conserving, promoting, caring, and managing our forest. It will include a wide range of knowledge such as wildlife habitat, logging and timber control and production. How to protect and preserve our community's woods and plant life. Different methods on how to combat soil erosion and water depletion.
Any one of these majors can run a successful tree service business. Especially if it is paired with a business management or entrepreneurial major. This person will be unstoppable. Able to understand a tree, take care of it, and provide it with the best possible resources to thrive. Attaining an associate or bachelor can be an investment worth making.
As an immigrant, it always fascinates me to study the best of the best tree care companies in the US that makes over a million a year in revenue and companies that's constantly going after their vision in life, and taking over whatever the industry that they might be in. I get inspired by the possibility of what can be possible for me if I keep going after my dreams and vision of one day becoming a self-made millionaire like Jordan Belfort.
Here is my quick review of the local tree care company called Tip Top Tree Service, they are raved as the best in the business by many different sources such as getting high rating on home advisor and other sources.
Tip top tree service truly cares, and that's the bottom line, and I know this as someone who likes to have a good time, and who don't want nothing to get in the way of it. Still, living all the way out here in Tennessee, I know first hand that hard work doesn't come easy, and when it comes to making sure that, the hard work I want done is done right, so I can keep partying, then I need to turn to the best. For that reason, I heard from a buddy of mine, and I decided to turn to Tip, top, tree service; where service with a smile, was met with all sorts of great things, and for that I'm happy and thrilled.
Tip Top tree services from start to finish, always put their best foot forward, and truly for that I am not only thankful, but I am also very happy as a whole. The reason I am so happy is because their services are simple, affordable, and they give me a reason to not only want to use them again, but I would recommend them for tree pruning, tree cutting, and a wide variety of other services as well. Now, of course one of the things, I needed done right away was pruning, because my trees look like total garbage, unless they are pruned, and/or taken care of. Thus, I was very happily surprised and happy in general when it came to making sure that my trees where taken care of when it came to pruning needs, health needs, and so much more.
I enjoy getting on with life. I enjoy making sure that I not only get the best, but that I have the best when it comes to everything I want in life, and that includes my trees, and all of their needs. Truly, all I can say is thank you. Thank you to Tip, top, tree service, of which is the best of the best when it comes to tree services, that keep what I need in tact, so the party can keep going on.
Today I want to write about something that's been weighing on my mind heavy for the past 4 months and that is that there seems to be an increase of tree removal companies out there that are inexperienced people buying firewood from people. People are severely under bidding jobs and hurting the tree service industry atm, with increase in cheap tree removals that's being done by uninsured and unlicensed individual.
This poses a major problem for many different reasons.
Its very dangerous to cut down big trees, it can fall on property and cause considerable property damage and it can even kill a person which is known to take place several times each week throughout the nation. Tree service is a very dangerous business that should not be taken lightly, people risk their lives each day to do these jobs and its not the wisest decision to go for the cheapest price just because of price factor, you have to make sure that the people you are dealing with are experienced and can handle the jobs properly and safely.
Overall the customer experience of tree service is declining because of this. Many big tree companies are moving on to more commercial work these days and not looking back. When you are faced with more liabilities than reward people tend to not appreciate the job that they have to deal with, there is a certain point that tree service companies just simply cannot go much lower.
It all comes back down to risk and reward which is how every human being makes decisions in life.
There is a reason tree service needs to be priced where they are priced, it is a very specialized skilled profession, and you want the top guys to do the job for you not average Joe with a chainsaw. It is as specialized as the top Navy Seals, you need to have physical endurance and abilities as well as the ability to think on your feet and have fast response times, you also need to understand physics and geometry to know how to properly take down a large tree and make it fall where ever you desire it to fall.
There is simply a lot more to this tree service industry than what most people realize.
And its getting to the heart of the matter that's the key to resolving our current plight of inexperienced tree removal "specialists" that is over saturating the market and making it worse for everyone involved including the home owners.
If you follow this blog then you must be aware just how passionate I am about this subject, it really does bring my blood to boil because it is not right whats happening to this industry and the brave heroes that go out there and put their life on the line everyday.


Prince Charles' office says his wife has become a grandmother for the third - and fourth - time.
Clarence House says Laura Lopes, the daughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, gave birth to twin boys on Wednesday. The boys have been named Louis and Gus.
Camilla already has two other grandchildren. Lopes has a 23-month-old daughter with husband Harry, and her son Tom Parker Bowles has a 2-year-old daughter with his wife Sara.
A Clarence House spokesman said Thursday that mother and sons are doing well and that Camilla is "absolutely delighted".


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Theresa May's Northern Irish 'Allies' Derail Her Brexit Negotiations
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The British Prime Minister now finds herself in a difficult situation, as her Northern Irish coalition partners have threatened vital Brexit talks, creating a major obstacle to the UK's efforts to leave the European Union.
This Monday, Theresa May was supposed to reach a vital agreement with the European leaders that "sufficient progress" had been made in Brexit talks, paving the way for the EU summit later this month.
The summit, which is due to begin on 14th of December, would have become a crucial step in the ongoing Brexit negotiations, as it was supposed to allow Theresa May to begin long-sought trade talks with the EU.
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According to the BBC, the Conservatives, who worked intensely over the weekend to craft suitable proposals, were in an upbeat mood about the prospects of the deal.
All of this, however, went sideways, when the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) issued a televised statement, just as May was having lunch with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, causing "all hell to break loose."
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Northern Irish DUP Angry at Staying in EU Customs Union, Scots Angry They Aren't
In her statement, DUP leader Arlene Foster blasted the Government for allegedly including special provisions for Northern Ireland in the Brexit deal that Foster alleged were put there to guarantee the Republic of Ireland's support during the crucial EU summit.
"We have been very clear. Northern Ireland must leave the EU on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom," Foster declared.
The Northern Irish politician also stated that her party "will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates Northern Ireland economically or politically from the rest of the United Kingdom."
Despite its relatively small size, the DUP is a vital partner of May's Conservative Party in the British Parliament, where the two formed a coalition following Tories' disastrous performance in the 2017 elections, in which they failed to gain an outright majority.
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Consequently, when Foster declared that the DUP "will not stand for" the deal, Theresa May rushed off to make a phone call to her ally, leaving Juncker alone behind the table.
In a phone call that reportedly lasted some 20 minutes, the British PM sought to assure Foster that the deal does not constitute a threat to Northern Ireland's position within the UK.
A senior EU diplomat indicated that Foster threatened to break up the parliamentary coalition, putting May's leadership in jeopardy if the agreement was to go forward, the Politico reports.
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Northern Irish Border May Become 'Lawless Space' Due to Hard Brexit
The content of the deal that was leaking from both Dublin and Brussels reveals what exactly upset the DUP.
The new proposals were to ensure that Northern Ireland would remain "aligned" with the Republic over most of the border-related issues, such as transport, energy and agriculture.
In turn, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar would not insist that Northern Ireland remain within the EU single market and customs union.
The DUP's move, however, also derailed Varadkar's victory lap, as instead of celebrating Ireland's achievements in negotiations with the UK in front of the press, he told the reporters that he is "surprised and disappointed" that the deal collapsed.
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Following the debacle, May and Junker issued a joint press conference, where they put up a brave façade over the breakdown in talks.
"We've been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made and on many of the issues there is a common understanding, and it's clear, crucially, that we want to move forward together," the British PM said.
Junker returned the favor by stating that May is a "tough negotiator and not an easy one and she's defending the point of view of Britain with all the energy we know she has and I'm doing the same on the side of the EU."
The British Government is now even more pressed to come up with the suitable solution to the looming crisis, as the EU summit deadline is ever closer.
So 10 flat earther DUP MPs will now determine the course of Brexit.
Is this what's meant by "the will of the people"?
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The majority of voters in Northern Ireland, however, voted to remain in the EU, as trade between the region of the UK and the neighboring Republic of Ireland constitutes an integral component of its economy.
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She's just a girl and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway
She's living in a world and it's on fire
Feeling the catastrophy, but she knows she can fly away
Ooh, she got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Ooh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes Better look the other way
You can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world Hottest of the hottest girls say
Ooh, we got our feet on the ground
And we're burning it down
Ooh, got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down
Everybody stands, as she goes by Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn baby ,burn baby
Oooooh, ooooh, ooooooh..
She's just a girl, and she's on fire.
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アリシア・キーズ - ガール・オン・ファイア (Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire)
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We guess that most people who love to travel have one or more songs that they really associate with traveling. For us one such song is this one, Phil Collins "On My Way" from the movie Brother Bear.
We will soon be back with more traveling stories, until then – Happy Travels!


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With Demand Dropping, Is Philip Morris International Still a Buy?
Volume and sales are down, and chances are the trend will continue. But this is still a cash-printing machine of a business with a laser-sharp focus on shareholder returns. What does that mean for investors?
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Apr 22, 2014 at 8:30AM
Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) is an interesting business to watch these days. While tobacco smoking continues to decline in the Western world and surges in emerging markets, other trends are taking shape -- including an ongoing rise in chewing and other nonsmoking tobacco products, as well as the precipitous rise of e-cigarettes. Philip Morris is unsurprisingly involved in all areas of the business, and recent results are (also unsurprisingly) mixed. Can the growth areas of the industry outweigh a broader decline in the once-unstoppable world of tobacco?
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Philip Morris' fiscal first quarter showed some interesting trends, with strength in areas that have struggled and headwinds in previously growing segments. In the European Union, the company saw a 2.2% sales bump, though this was entirely due to favorable currency measures. Excluding exchange differences, sales actually dropped about 0.6% due to a slight decrease in market share.
The EMEA region, which includes the big-time smoking regions of Africa and the Middle East, declined 1.7% on the surface, but increased an impressive 4.5% once adjusted for currency. Leading the way was premium pricing in Russia. Asia, also a traditionally strong region, posted an adjusted decline of 8.7%, with particular weakness in Japan and Indonesia.
In total, sales dropped 1.6% on an adjusted currency basis, with cigarette shipment volume down more than 4% globally.
Does this point to troubling times ahead for the cigarette giant? Not according to management. Short-term guidance actually increased on both an adjusted and nonadjusted basis. Fiscal 2014 earnings are projected to grow in the neighborhood of 6% to 8%.
The volume and demand declines will continue for the company largely focused on smoking tobacco. While Philip Morris does have a smokeless tobacco joint venture selling into the growing snus segment, the company isn't quite putting the same pressure on smokeless tobacco as peers in the U.S., such as Altria (which owns Philip Morris' U.S. business) or Lorillard.
Where the company excels is in distribution and operating platforms. Management has successfully tuned this business to thrive on cash flow. As a slow-growing, cash-driven business, Philip Morris is a big-time dividend payer with a current yield of 4.5%. These payouts are the crux of the argument behind a bullish Philip Morris International position. Management had nodded toward bigger payouts in the future as the company continues to refine its operations in various markets around the world, most recently in Egypt.
Given its global presence, the company is highly susceptible to foreign exchange ebbs and flows, so short-term numbers can easily become skewed. But investors should remain focused on the operating efficiency and long-term outlook for increased dividend payments. For the income-seeking, low-risk investor, Philip Morris remains a compelling story.
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Met de vlam in de pijp is een single van de Nederlandse zanger Henk Wijngaard uit 1978. Het stond in hetzelfde jaar als twaalfde track op het album Zingende wielen, waar het de eerste single van was.

Achtergrond
Met de vlam in de pijp is geschreven door Henk Wijngaard en geproduceerd door Fred Limpens. Het is een Nederlandstalig nummer dat gaat over het leven van een trucker. Met de vlam in de pijp is een uitdrukking wat met volle overgave betekent. Deze uitdrukking was voor het lied van Wijngaard al bekend onder vrachtwagenchauffeurs, maar is door het lied een algemener begrip geworden. Het nummer was voor Wijngaard zijn grote doorbraak en hij heeft het later omschreven als "zijn lot uit de loterij". In 2021 kwam een boek over het levensverhaal van Wijngaard uit met dezelfde titel als het lied.

Hitnoteringen
De single had zowel in Nederland als in België successen. In Nederland piekte het op de vijfde plaats van de Nationale Hitparade en was het in totaal veertien weken in de lijst te vinden. Het stond één weekje minder in de Top 40 en het kwam daar tot de zesde positie. In België was er geen notering in Wallonië, maar in Vlaanderen stond het zes weken in de lijst en reikte het tot de negende plek.

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Covers en andere versies
Van het lied zijn enkele andere versies bekend. In 2020 schreef Wijngaard een speciale corona versie en in 2021 werd het nummer geremixt door De Doelleazen. Daarnaast maakte Wijngaard nog twee andere versies; de eerste uit 2013 had de titel Komt er rook uit de pijp, welke ging over de abdicatie van paus Benedictus XVI en in 2021 bracht hij Met de vlam in de pijp (ode aan Max) uit, om Max Verstappen aan te moedigen voor de laatste rit van het wereldkampioenschap in de Formule 1 van 2021. Vanaf 2020 is Wijngaard met het liedje te horen in de reclame voor De Lotto.

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Quinnipiac recruiting notes 1/23/2017
This past weekend the Quinnipiac Bobcats were off so it made a good weekend to have a little Quinnipiac reunion with some old friends as we all gathered down in Hamden for a couple of days. I got the chance to watch some Quinnipiac men's basketball in a win over Canisius College. The rest of the ECAC played and the weekend ended with the Bobcats still in fourth place in the league but three of the teams right below Quinnipiac have multiple games in hand on them. Let's take a look at how some of the future Bobcats did over the past week as a few of them exploded for multi point games.
Matthew Fawcett (photo by Winchendon School)
Winchendon 1999 forward Matthew Fawcett exploded for an eight point week in two games for his prep school with three goals and five assists. Fawcett now has 29 points (12 goals and 17 assists) in 15 games played and is averaging 1.93 points per game. Fawcett is also splitting his time playing for the Eastern Mass Senators U-18 team. In 23 games played he has 53 points (24 goals and 29 assists). He is averaging 2.30 points per game. He is putting together a really good resume for him to make the Sioux City Musketeers for next season in the USHL.
Dom Fensore (photo by the Scouting News)
2001 defenseman Dom Fensore continues to impress with a five point weekend (2 goals and 3 assists) in three games for the PAL Jr. Islanders 16U team in the USPHL. The highly talented puck moving defenseman has 19 points (8 goals and 11 assists) in 14 games played with seven points on the power play (3 goals and 4 assists). He continues to show why he should get an invite to the national development camp.
Matt Forchuk (photo by Pam Doyle)
It was another good week for 1996 forward Matt Forchuk who had a four assist game on Saturday for the Canmore Eagles (AJHL). In 40 games played he has 21 goals and 43 assists (64 points) and is second in the AJHL in scoring. He is averaging 1.6 points per game and has 30 power play points (8 goals and 22 assists). He will bring much needed scoring to Hamden in the fall of 2017.
It was the season debut of 1996 defenseman Joe O'Connor for the Brooks Bandits (AJHL) this past weekend as he saw action in two games. The Hamden, Connecticut native has been out the majority of the season with an upper body injury. O'Connor, a former Vermont commit had 52 points last season for Brooks before switching his commitment to Quinnipiac. He will bring size to the Bobcats blue line as part of the 2017 recruiting class.
The most recent commit Mike Lombardi the 1998 forward playing for Kimball Union had a goal and two assists in two games. He now has 34 points (13 goals and 21 assists) in 25 games played. Lombardi also plays for the Boston Jr. Bruins Selects U18 team and has 22 points (9 goals and 13 assists) in 14 games played. Check out my piece on his commitment.
1998 defenseman Zach Metsa had a goal and two assists in two games for Merritt Centennials (BCHL). His lone goal on the weekend was a power play goal. On the season he has 3 goals and 21 assists in 44 games from the blue line and plays with a lot of discipline only taking four penalty minutes all season.
1997 forward Odeen Tufto was traded to the Tri-City Storm (USHL) from the Fargo Force (USHL). He played his first two games for the Storm this weekend and had one assist. He previously had not played since January 7th. On the season Tufto has 22 points (5 goals and 17 assists) in 32 games played. He is part of the Bobcats 2017 recruiting class.
1999 goaltender Keith Petruzzelli of the Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) pitched a 20 save shutout with a shootout win over Green Bay on Saturday. It was his second shutout of the year. This past week Petruzzelli was named the top North American goaltender by NHL Central Scouting. In 21 games played he is 12-7 with a 2.55 goals against average, a .911 save percentage and two shutouts.
New Jersey Hitmen 1997 forward Ryan Finnegan had a three point weekend with two goals and an assist. In 17 games played since moving to the USPHL from the BCHL Finnegan has 16 points (6 goals and 10 assists) with 5 power play points (2 goals and 3 assists).
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These Are Some Exciting Times For The Travel Agencies!
Times are changing for travel agencies. A more competitive environment and discerning customer is forcing them to up their game and offer a more proactive business model. One of the key areas many experts believe the industry should be looking at is merchandising.
This has already delivered terrific dividends for the airlines who have wholeheartedly embraced merchandising. Research in 2014 showed at merchandising accounted for more than $17 in incremental revenue per passenger. A few years ago in 2007, ancillary fees accounted for 16.2% but in 2014 that had risen to almost 40%. The numbers are impressive, but until now travel agencies have stayed away.
That All Seems Likely to Change!
According to the recent 'Think Like a Retailer' report opportunities exist right the way through the passenger journey. What's more as they become more discerning they like providers who offer these opportunities. It's a win/win situation.
The example of the airlines has paved the way for agencies to become far more proactive in the way in which they adopt their business. Those which are first to the mark will secure a crucial advantage in what is already an incredibly competitive market.
In addition, the travel market is also picking up more generally. After several years of sluggish growth after the economic crisis of 2008, traveller numbers are now finally reaching and surpassing their pre-2008 levels.
The amount of money passing through travel agencies is set to expand rapidly. With such large transaction volumes the ability to accept credit cards – particularly over the web – is a must-have for agencies. The trouble is, when it comes to finding a merchant account provider, many are finding it more difficult than they might imagine.
The problem stems in the type of business they are engaged in. This is one which is viewed as high risk for many banks and merchant account providers. It doesn't matter how well you run your business, or how good your transaction history – for some you'll still represent too much of a risk.
There are, of course, options out there. Although they can be difficult to find, merchant account providers with an appetite for risk, are available who can cater specifically to the travel agency market.
The search can be long and arduous and the business terms may not be favourable. Higher fees and more restrictive terms can impact on the bottom line. Profitability takes a hit and cash flow can be stymied. For small and emerging business whose cash flow can be critical at the best of times, this can easily become a serious threat.
The selection of partner, therefore, is a critical issue. There is significant variation between the available parties in the quality of services they provide. Some will be more suitable than others for your business – the difficulty is finding the best ones for your requirements.
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