They say two heads are better than one! My blogging bestie Katherine from Our Happy Place and I are actually living proof of that saying! We created Captured In Squares in February of 2017, a photo styling business to provide businesses with eye-catching images for their social media and promotional needs. We recently launched our website with A Secret Dinner; A Night to Inspire!
If you've experienced Kat and I together, it is clear that we are the Thelma to the others, Louise! She zigs when I zag! We both have different strengths and together a simple chat can turn into a giant spider web of inspiration!
I came to Kat with this idea for a styled dinner shoot that came to me in a dream. With styled shoots, the food is most often edible, especially if I'm planning it! It is a shame to waste it so why not have people come over and enjoy the food. As I talked Kat's ear off explaining my dream, ideas ran rapid and the shoot became a dinner. The dinner became the launch of our website and thus The Secret Dinner was conceived. My simple vision of a wall of dream catchers leading guests into a wooded dinner evolved into the most beautiful evening of laughter, pride and many hearts full of love!
There was a lot of planning and a lot of reigning me back in from going crazy on turning this into a complete circus. Kat is the detail between the two of us. With a natural eye for beauty, she effortlessly can turn a blanket and pillows into a beautifully presented piece of the puzzle. I am more of the techie between the two of us! We naturally fall into our roles and somehow we jive!
The Secret Dinner included appetizers and drinks for guests, followed by a round- table opportunity to chat about goals, challenges, and network. Our hope for the evening is to bring together an amazing group of women in one place to share their goals and ideas, to help one another, and offer encouragement/ support. For many of our guests, it was their first time meeting each other in person!
Many of us know of each other or our screen names but have never made that personal connection. We hoped that by bringing together this group in person, some new friendships will be formed, others strengthened, and some amazing things will come out of the discussions we would have.
The menu was a huge part of my focus as I'm such a softie for good food and it only takes feeding me one time to leave a lasting impression. Bane and Christine of Fork & Knife Catering provided our guests with the most delicious appetizers, that I personally am still craving.
Furthermore, our dear friends at Rocky Mountain Flatbread provided our guests with a variety of flatbread that we hand selected, as I am a frequent goer of Rocky Mountain Flatbread, and I adore what the company stands for and gives back to the universe!
The final piece to my menu was the breathtaking Naked Cake from The Cake Mama, a local baker who is sure to impress every single time. With beautifully decorated cookies, show stopping cakes and one of the most contagious smiles to boot, this lady took my request, filled it with love and captured everything I wanted.
While Kat worked to bring my vision to life for The Secret Dinner, I took care of all the tech stuff, choosing the website and theme, learning about live streaming, and running the IG accounts, I myself was completely BLOWN away with how well Kat brought my vision to life, head over to her blog HERE to read all about how she took my vision and make it larger than life with an evening I know was one to inspire!
Thank you to these sponsors for helping us bring together The Secret Dinner 2017!
Congratulations on your new venture!! Everything looks so perfect – I can easily see how you and Kat would be a benefit to a business in need of showcasing their products. It looks like your event was a lot of fun! Wishing you lots of success!
Thank you so much! We still cannot believe the dinner is over!
i want to go to this secret dinner! i love this!
Right?! Kat did such a great job with the details! I think more secret dinners need to happen!


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This past week Cynthia & I were invited out to Hunter Valley Farm – The Pavilion Open House in West Knoxville. The estate pavilion is beautifully landscaped and overlooks the lake. The estate grounds over several wedding ceremony locations and includes a sand beach and boat dock. Several of the best local Knoxville caters set up during the Open House event and provided guests with several samples of their signature dishes. Below you will find several detail images we took of the event.
Hunter Valley Farm is a new wedding and event venue located in West Knoxville. This grand estate offers a 4,800 sq. ft. pavilion overlooking a lake, sandy beach front with dock and professionally landscaped grounds throughout the property that allow for several amazing wedding ceremony locations.


A shark barrier covering 300 metres of beach and about 75 metres out to sea is about to be set up at Coogee Beach.
The Cockburn City Council resolved at its monthly council meeting last Thursday night to allow the free trial of the barrier at the beach from September until March next year.
The barrier, designed by Form Designs in Bibra Lake, would cover 300 metres of coastline north of the jetty, and sit roughly 75 metres out to sea. It will be inspected on a weekly basis. The City will be able to remove it at any stage.
East ward councillor Lee-Anne Smith said she was unsure if it would have any real benefit for Cockburn.
'I have concerns over parking. Having the barrier may attract residents from outside the City and I don't think the City can cope with this demand,' she said.
There have not been any serious or fatal shark attacks at Coogee Beach since records commenced in the 1800s, so it is unlikely that the trial will provide any real evidence that the barrier would be effective against such attacks.
The City will therefore use the WA-first trial to test the structure's ability to withstand ocean conditions, see how people accept it and investigate whether or not it traps marine creatures and impacts on coastal processes.
'The purpose of the trial is to put it in the water and see what impact it has on the marine life and coastal processes,' engineering director Michael Littleton said.


The northbound I-405 will be fully closed from Moraga Drive to Ventura Boulevard on the nights of Monday, January 27, Tuesday, January 28, and Wednesday, January 29, 2014 from midnight to 5am. The closure will accommodate shifting k-rail from the outside lanes to the inside lanes and shifting traffic to the east. A full restriping of the freeway in this area will take place.


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RELEASE: Review Finds Fildebrandt Under-Expensed $8,483, Calls for Full Audit of MLA Expenses
EDMONTON, AB: The Office of Derek Fildebrandt released an internal review today showing that the MLA under-expensed approximately $8,483 between May 2015 and August 2017.
The review indicated a thorough accounting of Fildebrandt's credit card statements during the period, matched against his calendar to ensure that expenses would have been appropriate and eligible had they been submitted for reimbursement. This includes $2,746.72 for office expenses, $1,986.55 for hosting and meals, $1,972.67 for travel, and $1,777.67 for fuel and auto costs.
Fildebrandt ordered the internal review after political opponents claimed impropriety over $192.60 over the two-year period for items mostly consisting of items like an Egg McMuffin and a Brooks Hotel Sandwich. Most media reports at the time, did not note the more than dozen MLAs who also experienced minor errors.
The approximate sum of unclaimed expenses is 4,418% the total alleged by opponents to be improper.
"I would like to thank my staff for conducting the thorough review released today" said Fildebrandt. "I take even a small administrative accounting error for a sandwich seriously, but the mountain made out of molehill by political opponents was pure political theatre. I have always gone out of my way to ensure that every dollar spent by my office is proper. It's a privilege to represent my constituents and taxpayers, and so like several other MLAs, I pay for much of what I do out of pocket. Today's report shows that in the first two years on the job, I paid approximately $8,482 myself."
"It is critical that taxpayers have confidence that their MLAs are spending money appropriately, and that is why I am calling for a full audit of all MLA expenses from the last election until the most recent fiscal quarter."
The Office of Derek Fildebrandt contacted nearly a dozen chartered accounting firms, however most estimates were in excess of $20 thousand, nearly twice the amount to be reviewed. Fildebrandt welcomes a full audit of the internal review to be included in a full audit of MLA expenses.
For more information or to arrange an interview please contact media@freedomconservativeparty.ca or 403-774-7393.

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Inspired by an item on the menu from my favorite local restaurant La Frasca, and arguably my favorite pizza in the city, this recipe is my go-to for long work days, and cozy nights when I just don't feel like going out.
Whether you avoid gluten due to allergies, sensitivities, or just an overall preference these brown rise tortillas found in the freezer section of your grocery store are THE BEST THING I've discovered in a while!
Not only are they low half the fat, half the sodium, and sugar free compared to flat bread or naan breads that are typically used for quick at home pizzas the naan bread is white meaning that it'll process like sugar in your body. And I don't know about you, but I prefer my sugar in dessert form.
Now I've written similar posts before (I'm sorry I'm obsessed okay), but this recipe is entirely different, and that's what I love about these tortillas you can really take your recipe anywhere you want to go. The possibilities are really endless.
As I mentioned this pizza was inspired by one that I order at La Frasca, and while I'm not entirely sure how they create their pizza this is my best guess at the ingredients.
1. Preheat oven 400 degrees. You should always cook pizza at a really high temp if you want a crispy crust.
2. Caramelize your onions, now this does take some time, but if you want to speed up the process add some of the maple syrup the sweetness will help push things along.
3. While the onions simmer prepare your sauce, combining tomatoes, spices and olives, and set aside.
4. Don't forget about those onions you do not want them to burn, but you also don't want to stir them to much. Now that you've confirmed they are fine, prepare your tortilla wraps by placing them out on a cookie sheet, and lightly brushing with olive oil, and then dust with corn meal. This creates a really nice texture that mimics a homemade or gourmet pizza. Flip them over when you're done.
5. Add sauce to plain side of the tortilla, and begin building your pizza. I like to add sauce, and then a little cheese, and then the prosciutto, and onions, and then more cheese.
6. Place in the oven for about 10-12 minutes (or cooked to personal preference). I like mine slightly crispy, so do take care in watching it if you prefer a slightly underdone pizza. Once removed from the oven wait before cutting it otherwise you'll rip all the cheese off the pizza cutting through it. Give it a second or two to breathe then cut it.
7. I'd strongly advice making some extras because you're probably going to want some to eat for lunch the next day. It's honestly just as good cold 🙂 if you're into that sort of thing.


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As promised, here we are again with yet another take on 'Being an Engineer'. Here's a fun (and sad) fact for you all, did you know that most of the engineers don't use the prefix 'engineer' because they are afraid of someone asking them questions? Yeah, ha ha ha moment for you all non-engineers, right? How about understanding the mental torture that you all make us go through?
We completed four long and hell-ish years of an engineering degree and NO that doesn't mean we are capable of fixing every darn broken thing! There are specialized people for that purpose. A lot of engineers would resonate with the scenario where a family member or a friend comes up to you and is like, "Hey, you did engineering right?" – First, of all, BAD choice of words. We mean if anyone did anything that would be the University doing us over and over and not in a good way at all!!! The engineer tries to break into an awkward smile and responds with a nod *secretly hoping don't ask me a question, DO NOT ask me a question*, however, the other person does the inevitable "Hey, then you know how to fix this right?" *Long Pause* "No, I do not"' *Disappointment and disgust* "What kind of an engineer are you? Pfft." Before you can respond with a detailed description about HOW your engineering degree doesn't deal with a broken refrigerator but is about construction, the other person is already walking away shaking their head.
Seriously, software engineers do NOT know how to take care of that crack in the wall and a civil engineer, for the love of God, can't help you with a broken TV. Just because some poor soul went ahead and did a degree in engineering does not mean that he has been granted super powers to deal with all the stuff you have and whatever needs repairing. Try being careful with your stuff instead of snapping at engineers for being unable to help you out. Too much ranting? Let us tell you why this particular scenario gets us all hyper. Sure we decided to, literally, give up on our life and happiness and friends and social life to become engineers. We spent the four (or as many years as it took) to complete the degree and become certified engineers, the only thing that we are actually certain of after receiving that certification is how poor the university or institution is that granted us a degree! Honestly, our set of friends used to bet every semester that this would be the semester that the university will throw them out because of how 'awesome' they were at engineering! Imagine the shock and surprise when the managed to graduate as engineers. Coming back to the point, the only thing that we've actually learned during those years is to never trust our intuition or our guesses. Chances are we are en-route to crash and burn and that's exactly why it scares us to death when someone comes up to us and asks our advice. You need advice on life? Sure thing pal, fire away! You need advice on an engineering matter? Stay the hell away from us!
Do we get better at analyzing stuff? Are we more logical in our approach now that we are engineers? No sir, we are so not! We still like to go with the haphazard and guess work till we find the right answer, however, that particular skill-set of ours won't help you fix anything at all. In a nutshell, we are humans too and prone to errors. Don't expect engineers to be able to magically solve your issues related to engineering related tasks. Sure, we studied about this particular issue somewhere in the degree, but hey, do you remember what you studied before the night of final exam during your 5th Semester? Exactly, neither do we.
We need to realize, as a community, that expecting engineers to come up with solution and to carry out tasks such as hammering nails on a wall in precise pattern is just plain wrong. The act should be condemned on a national level and engineers should be granted certain privileges so as to compensate for the hardships that they have gone through their academic life and are going through in the practical life. Now, before we drift off into something totally off, we better sign out. But do check out our next post that will be about where engineers go wrong in their life as compared to non-engineers.
P.S. This shouldn't be necessary, however, this series is only supposed to act as comic relief and no offense is intended at any profession or personnel.


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Environment in the spotlight at final all-candidates forum
Sean Eckford / Coast Reporter
Members of the group Extinction Rebellion took front row seats facing People's Party candidate Doug Bebb at an Oct. 10 all-candidates forum on climate change and the environment.
- Sean Eckford Photo
Liberal Patrick Weiler levelled some of the strongest criticism he's made so far of the other parties at all-candidates forums during an Oct. 10 event hosted by the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association and Alliance4Democracy.
The focus was on environment and climate change, and the forum was also the last all-candidates meeting planned for the Coast before Oct. 21.
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In his closing remarks Weiler said he had some advice to offer voters who are concerned about tackling climate change.
"Don't vote for the [party] who denies climate change. Don't vote for the one who continues to ignore climate change and has no plan. Don't vote for the two who have elaborate plans that don't work and will never be approved. Vote for the one who's got a reasonable plan that will work, has the votes to pass it, and has a solid chance to win the election and actually implement it," Weiler said, going on to encourage a strategic vote for the Liberals. "Vote for that party's candidate in your community who has the best chance of winning and who will implement that plan locally."
Green candidate Dana Taylor and the NDP's Judith Wilson made similar pitches.
"Elect a Liberal or Conservative and what you get is a bench-warmer, neutered by their party's whip, caucus chair and leader," Taylor said, repeating a phrase he'd used at other all-candidates forums. "This election we have options and the option is to either vote for who you care for, vote with your heart, vote for what you wish for or, if you really want to vote strategically, vote Green."
Wilson positioned the NDP as the real "party of progressive political change" responsible for social programs like medicare, Employment Insurance and the Canada Pension Plan, as well as the party with the best plan to tackle climate change.
People's Party candidate Doug Bebb, who sat facing a group from the Extinction Rebellion movement, holding signs that said, "Climate change is real" and "Act now," addressed them directly in answering the first question from the moderator, which was based on a series of four questions submitted to the candidates in advance for written responses.
"Climate change is real," said Bebb, going on to claim there is "no consensus on the theory that carbon dioxide is the primary driver of global climate and very few scientists think we're in some kind of crisis at the present time." The response drew disapproving murmurs from the crowd and prompted at least on person to yell, "You're full of it!"
The two candidates considered least likely to draw a large percentage of the vote found themselves in agreement on one of the strategies needed to protect wild salmon, which was also part of the advance questions.
"We must seriously consider a sea lion cull," Rhino Gordon Jeffrey said. "Nobody wants animals to die or suffer unnecessarily, but we need to step back and look at the implications of a dwindling salmon stock on the ecosystem as well as unintentional human effect… While rare and often controversial, culls are an important part of wildlife management."
Terry Grimwood, an independent, also called for a cull, targeting seals as the species causing the most damage to salmon.
Conservative Gabrielle Loren was not at the Roberts Creek forum, but did submit written answers to the four advance questions – which have been posted at the Conservation Association's website: www.thescca.ca
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Rafatu Abdulhamid
Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy and Religions University of Abuja
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The Responsibilities of Muslim Women in Dealing with Security Challenges in Nigeria
The issue of insecurity has remained the most challenging problem in the world including Nigeria. In Nigeria, reports of kidnapping, armed robbery, assassination and killing/bombing which lead to lost of lives and destruction of properties kept on featuring in our media channels. In addition, women are the most vulnerable of this insurgency. They have been killed, widowed, raped or kidnapped etc. It is however to be noted that given the broader perspective of national security, government security agencies, nongovernmental organizations, Muslims both men and women, Islamic Scholars, youths etc. All should play the vital role of maintaining peace and curtailing insecurity in Nigeria. Therefore, everybody has a role to play at enhancing the national security. Islam being a comprehensive system of life provides preventive measures to curb insecurity in human society. This paper therefore examines the responsibility of the Muslim women in curbing insecurity in Nigeria. The paper observes that the causes of insecurity in Nigeria include; corruption, erosion of virtues and moralities values, youth unemployment, ignorance misuse of Islamic knowledge, globalization etc. This study uses the librarian research in which both primary and secondary sources were utilized for the work. These comprise of Qur'an, Hadith and other literatures. The result of research found that Muslim women by their pedigree and character have the potential to ensure security in the society through good child upbringing, God consciousness, acquiring true Islamic knowledge to mention a few. It concludes that if these measures are implemented, they will go a long way in arresting this quagmire of insecurity in our society.
Islamic values; Insecurity; Security; Corruption; Muslim Woman; Nigeria.
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Thursday, May 2, High School Sports Roundup
Chris Miller Daily News Staff jdnsports
May 2, 2019 at 10:41 PM May 3, 2019 at 3:29 PM
Richlands took care of business in a high-scoring affair to wrap up a league softball title.
The Wildcats on Thursday night defeated Southwest 20-11 to clinch the Coastal 8 1-A/2-A Conference championship.
Richlands ended the regular season 15-7 overall and 11-3 in the league. The Stallions fell to 7-14, 3-11.
Mia Staggs was 4-for-5 with a triple and 2 runs while Madison Shoulders was 2-for-4 with a grand slam and 3 runs for the Wildcats, who have won eight of 10.
Promise Simmons-Wells was 3-for-5 with 2 doubles, 2 runs and RBIs while Mykenzie White was 3-for-5 with a double, 3 RBIs and a run for the Stallions. Payton Fry was 3-for-4 with 3 runs and Haley Cook-Watt was 3-for-3 with a triple and 2 runs for Southwest.
Jacksonville 6, White Oak 1: Katie Becker and Kalyn Moore each went 3-for-3 to lead Jacksonville to a Coastal 3-A Conference win over White Oak in both teams' regular-season finale.
Becker had a double, 2 RBIs and a run while Moore had a triple, 2 runs and an RBI. Bre Wilmore was 2-for-3 with a run while winning pitcher Ashlynn Tom had a hit and 2 RBIs.
Tom allowed just 2 hits and no earned runs in a complete-game effort. She struck out 4 and didn't register a walk for the Cardinals (12-8, 7-3).
Rebecca Grovdahl was 1-for-3 with a run while Julianna Betancourt was 1-for-2 with a double for the Vikings (9-9, 5-5).
Dixon 7, Trask 2: Brittany McKay went 3-for-4 and Dixon pulled away with four runs in the top of the seventh inning as the Bulldogs defeated Trask to close the regular season.
McKay had a double, 2 runs and an RBI for the Bulldogs, who led 3-2 after six innings. Lizz Carr had a hit, run and RBI while Abbie Korenek had a double and run for Dixon (11-8, 9-5).
Maddi Duggar earned the win after she scattered 6 hits in six innings. She allowed 2 earned runs.
Trask fell to 8-12, 6-8.
Croatan 14, Lejeune 0: Croatan ended the regular season 9-9 overall and 9-5 in the Coastal 8 1-A/2-A Conference following a win over Lejeune, which fell to 0-17, 0-14.
West Carteret 10, Northside 0: Northside fell to 0-17 overall and 0-10 in the Coastal 3-A Conference following a loss to west Carteret, which improved to 17-4, 10-0.
Jacksonville 7, White Oak 0: Cade Anderson allowed just 1 hit and recorded 15 strikeouts in six innings to help Jacksonville close the regular season with a win over White Oak that clinched a share of the Coastal 3-A Conference title for the Cardinals.
Jacksonville (19-5, 9-1) shared the league title with West Carteret (16-4, 9-1), but the Cardinals will be the conference's top playoff seed after going 2-1 this season against the Patriots with one game being a nonconference contest.
Anderson didn't have a walk. James Byrd pitched the seventh for Jacksonville. Jude Morton's two-out single in the first inning was the only hit for White Oak (7-13, 3-7).
Cooper Ferguson was 3-for-4 with a double, 2 RBIs and 2 runs while Trent Murchison was 1-for-2 with 3 runs and 2 walks for the Cardinals. Josh Grosz had a hit and 2 RBIs, Brody Meyer had a hit and RBI and Anderson had a hit and run.
Southwest 13, Richlands 3: Matthew Barker's two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning ended Southwest's Coastal 8 1-A/2-A Conference win over Richlands by virtue of the 10-run mercy rule.
He scored a run earlier in the game and drew a pair of walks.
Paul Keith was 1-for-3 with 2 RBIs and a run while Ethan Barbee and Josiah Zamora each went 1-for-3 with 2 runs for the Stallions. Justin Osbeck and Antonio Simmons had had a hit and run for Southwest (16-5, 11-3).
Houston Lish and Chandler Caldwell each had a hit and run while Caden Hobbs led the game off with a triple for the Wildcats (9-14, 7-7).
Dixon 7, Trask 1: Jake Costner went 3-for-3 with a double to as Dixon closed the regular season with a Coastal 8 1-A/2-A Conference victory over Trask.
Costner ended with 2 runs and 2 RBIs. Austin Thompson was 2-for-4 with 2 doubles and a run, Daniel Fisher was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs and Carson Capps was 2-for-4 with a run and RBI.
Carson Sidbury was 1-for-3 with 2 RBIs and a run for Dixon (13-8, 11-3). Hunter Galvin earned the win after he allowed 3 hits and no earned runs in six innings. He struck out 8 and walked 2.
Trask fell to 5-15, 4-10.
East Duplin 8, Clinton 1: Dylan Aldridge scattered 5 hits and struck out 14 through 6 2/3 innings to pitch East Duplin to an East Central 2-A Conference win over Clinton to end the regular season.
Aldridge allowed 1 earned run and walked just 2 for the Panthers (17-4, 10-2).
Te' Dixon and Tanner Mobley each had a hit, run and RBI while Colby Mobley had a hit and RBI for East Duplin. Clinton fell to 7-11, 4-8.
Croatan 14, Lejeune 0: Croatan wrapped up the regular season 8-15 overall and 6-8 in the Coastal 8 1-A/2-A Conference after a victory over Lejeune, which fell to 1-16, 0-14.
West Carteret 13, Northside 3: Northside fell to 1-19 overall and 0-10 in Coastal 3-A Conference play following a loss at West Carteret, which improved to 16-4, 9-1.
Richlands 4, Southwest 0: Carly Schaub scored 3 goals to lead Richlands to a win over Southwest in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Brooke Roed had a goal and an assist while Julie Mills, Emily Smith and IIaya Bigford all added an assist for the Wildcats (13-6, 10-4).
Southwest fell to 10-8, 8-6.
Dixon 7, Trask 0: Kaitlyn Ortiz had 3 goals and an assist while Anna Fretwell had 2 goals as Dixon closed the regular season on a two-game winning streak following a Coastal 8 1-A/2-A Conference win over Trask.
Ellis Griggs had a goal and 2 assists, Rylee Young added a goal while Madison Williams and OIivia Ahner each had an assist for the Bulldogs (8-12, 6-8).
Trask ended 6-13, 4-10.
Croatan 8, Lejeune 0: Logan Howard scored 3 goals as Croatan completed Coastal 3-A Conference play 14-0 with a win over Lejeune.
Gentry Straub had a goal and an assist while Lorena Montesano, Cora Taylor and McKarem Rahman added a goal for the Cougars, who also scored on an own-goal. McKenzie Keeler added an assist for Croatan (18-2).
Lejeune fell to 5-12-1, 2-12.
Clinton 5, East Duplin 1: East Duplin managed just one goal by Taylor Thigpen off an assist from Georgia Whaley as the Panthers lost to Clinton in a key East Central 2-A Conference game.
The Panthers fell to 12-8 overall and 9-2 in the league while the Dark Horses improved to 18-4-1, 12-0.
West Carteret 5, Northside 1: Northside ended its season 5-13 overall and 2-8 in the coastal 3-A Conference following a loss to West Carteret, which improved to 9-7-1, 6-4.
Orange 17, Northside 13: Northside's season ended at 8-6 following a loss to Orange in the first round of the NCHSAA 1-A/2-A/3-A playoffs.
Orange improved to 11-6.


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DiBenedetto Avoids Getting Collected in The Big One and Earns Top-10 Run at Daytona
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RACE: NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series; Coke Zero Sugar 400
TRACK: Daytona International Speedway
CAR: No. 95 Procore Toyota Camry
START: 25th
FINISH: 8th
Post-Race Highlights:
Inclement weather challenged Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams all weekend long as the series celebrated the Fourth of July holiday at Daytona International Speedway. Storms in the area shortened practice time, forced qualifying to be cancelled, delayed the race from Saturday evening until Sunday afternoon, and even ended the event prior to its scheduled lap length. Matt DiBenedetto and his No. 95 Procore team entered the weekend at the historic superspeedway as the lap leaders for the season's two speedway races, and they were eager to add to those strong runs. With qualifying being cancelled, the starting lineup was set by the rule book which meant DiBenedetto rolled off from 25th, and despite some tight-handling conditions, he was able to avoid "The Big One" late in the race and went on to be scored with an eighth-place finish when the race was officially called after 127 laps.
Lightning and rain showers in the area on Saturday evening postponed the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona until Sunday as teams finally took the green flag at 1:04 p.m. EST. With more rain showers forecasted for the afternoon, teams were eagerly focused on radar maps as the opening 50 laps of Stage 1 began.
During his opening 10-lap run, DiBenedetto drove his Procore Camry up to 20th as he radioed into crew chief Mike Wheeler that his race car was tight to start. By lap 14, the Procore Camry dipped back into 24th as DiBenedetto told his team that he was having to drop back since his No. 95 was so tight at the time. Green-flag pit stops began to cycle with several of the leaders hitting pit road on lap 36, and Wheeler called his driver in for service on lap 37 for a fuel-only stop along with a wedge adjustment.
Stage 1 came to an end following lap 50 and DiBenedetto ended the stage in 27th with his Procore Camry. Under the yellow flag, DiBenedetto told his team that he didn't feel any change from the wedge adjustment and said his Camry "felt numb" at the time. Wheeler told his driver that there was a bit of nose damage and that the team would look things over on their pit stop. DiBenedetto hit pit road on lap 52 for a four-tire stop and lined up in 22nd to begin Stage 2 as the race went back to green to start lap 56.
A quick caution came after the restart due to the No. 17 car and it allowed Wheeler to bring his driver in for service under yellow as the team made another four-tire stop, but this time with wedge and air pressure adjustments. The Procore Camry restarted in 23rd but was running 26th when the next caution came due to the No. 1 car on lap 76. Tight-handling continued to challenge the team, so Wheeler made the call to add packer on the team's four-tire stop under the caution. The race returned to green to begin lap 79 with the Procore Camry lined up in 31st, but in just two laps, DiBenedetto improved to 23rd before another caution came out at lap 83.
DiBenedetto restarted in 16th to begin lap 87, and once again, improved his positioning from the restart, this time up to 13th by lap 90. With Stage 2 winding down, DiBenedetto told his team that the No. 95 "turns better but is a little free when someone gets around to my left-rear." Stage 2 ended after lap 100 with the Procore Camry scored in 17th. Under the caution, Wheeler called his driver in for another four-tire stop with adjustments and the race returned to green to begin the final Stage on lap 106.
Following the restart, DiBenedetto worked diligently to get the outside lane working at the time, but "The Big One" happened on lap 119 as the No. 3 car appeared to set-off a chain reaction through the field. DiBenedetto survived the melee with his Procore Camry as he was able to avoid damage that collected 17 cars in the process. Under the caution, Wheeler opted for another four-tire stop, as the team also checked over their Camry to make sure that no damage had been done. Unfortunately, storms in the area brought out several lightning holds as the race went under red-flag conditions numerous times before NASCAR was forced to declare the race official due to inclement weather.
Justin Haley was declared the race winner and the win was Haley's first career win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in only his third career start in the series. William Byron, Jimmie Johnson, Ty Dillon, and Ryan Newman rounded out the top-five finishers at Daytona on Sunday, while DiBenedetto was scored in eighth as he earned his second top-10 finish of the season.
2019 No. 95 Season Summary:
Starts - 18
Wins - 0
Top 5's - 1
Top 10's - 2
Poles - 0
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Junk bond yields have risen above 8% as investors' fear a growing number of defaults are looming amidst weak sales and low commodity prices.
According to the Bloomberg World Bond Index, which measures high yield debt issued worldwide, the average yield of high-yield debt has risen to over 8%, while the yields on U.S. corporate bonds is nearing 8%. The yields on commodity-based company debt, particularly energy companies, is soaring the highest while bond prices fall.
The rise in yields is largely due to rising default risk. As commodity prices fall and operating margins fall and turn negative, analysts expect defaults and bankruptcies to rise throughout the market. As a result, investors are demanding a higher yield on debt.
Creditors are also fretting that a knock-off effect of defaults could drive bond prices lower for non-commodity based companies, causing debt prices market-wide to rise in anticipation of higher default rates.
Default rates expect to rise throughout the U.S. and Canadian markets, particularly amongst non-investment grade debt. One debt-rating firm has said expected default rates are expected to rise to more than 5, up sharply from less than 2.5% a year prior. Meanwhile actual default rates have risen sharply to over 3%, and analysts expect that rate to rise further.
Profit margins are falling because of sluggish spending, falling energy costs, and rising competition. Some debt ratings firms warn that an acceleration of corporate debt, which rose 7% in the second quarter of 2015, and a fall in corporate profits, which has fallen to less than 7%, signals a greater risk of missed payments, defaults, and bankruptcies amongst large debt-issuing firms.
Capacity utilization, which measures the total use of available fixed capital to produce goods and services, has fallen considerably since the end of the Global Financial Crisis. Analysts cite a falling cap utilization rate as a signal of greater default risk, as costly maintenance of infrastructure is not offset by strong revenues. Capacity utilization fell to 67.2% in the beginning of 2009, when defaults rose to 14.9%, over ten times as much as they had been 18 months prior.
While capacity utilization has improved since its recessionary low in 2009, it is still below historic norms at less than 78%. That is nearly 5% less than the average cap utilization rate in the 1980s and 1990s.
Asian bonds are seeing greater demand despite weak economies in Japan and China, which is causing some analysts concern that a flood of capital is overcrowding the market and causing yields to fall too low relative to the risk of defaults. In China, some state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have seen so much demand for their debt that their corporate issuances denominated in U.S. dollars have seen yields fall to less than 4% for 5-year terms. While that has made borrowing costs extremely low for Chinese firms, it also signals the market is failing to be sufficiently compensated for risk, as the debts are trading at a lower yield than many U.S. firms.
In Japan, investors are skirting energy firms, fearful that they are likely to default without the government intervention that SOEs can rely on. One analyst told Bloomberg News that investors are unwilling to lend to energy sectors, causing traders to lower their exposure to the company's corporate issuances.
In the U.S., high yield bonds are at their highest point since May 2012 and trading at the highest spread relative to the U.S. Treasury in over three years. Corporate to Treasury spreads have risen nearly 200 basis points from their low in 2015, as demand for credit dries up in the bond markets.


TULSA, Okla. – Oral Roberts University has named Paul Mills as the new head coach for the ORU men's basketball program, it was announced today by Mike Carter, ORU's Director of Athletics. Mills joins the Golden Eagles after 14 years at Baylor, eight as an assistant coach, and will be officially introduced at a press conference Monday.
"This is an exciting day for ORU basketball. Coach Mills has a wealth of top level NCAA experience and comes to us fully prepared to advance the ORU men's basketball program to new heights," said Carter. "I love the passion Coach Mills has for his players and this will be key as we continue to develop whole person champions.Coach Mills is here for the long-haul committing to a five year contract building toward a strong Golden Eagle men's basketball future."
"I am honored to accept this role of representing this historic institution, its students and its mission," said Mills. "Making this commitment today is a highlight of my career and I look forward with excitement to the basketball season directly ahead. Go Golden Eagles."
"In Coach Mills we have a man of great character who has a passion for mentoring young men to be good citizens, good husbands, and spiritual leaders. Coach Mills has a fantastic family and a strong competitive nature," said ORU President William Wilson. "We are excited for the days ahead."
While on the staff at Baylor with Head Coach Scott Drew, Mills has helped the Bears graduate 36 of 38 seniors and has helped lead Baylor to a pair of NCAA Elite Eights, four Sweet 16's and four straight NCAA Tournament appearances. The Bears have been ranked in the top 25 for 10 straight seasons and were ranked number one in the country for the first time in school history during the 2016-17 season.
Mills was on the Rice staff from 2002-03 and the head coach at Fort Bend Christian Academy from 1999-2002, taking them to the TAPPS 4A Final Four for the first time in school history and was the South Region Coach of the Year and a four-time District Coach of the Year. Prior to his time in Sugar Land, Texas, Mills won three straight district championships as the head coach at North Belt Christian.
Mills serves as the Big 12 representative for the National Association of Basketball Coaches and was a board member for the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches from 2001-03. He is a 1996 graduate of Texas A&M with a degree in finance, and is married to Wendy Scott-Mills. The couple has two daughters, Audrey and Abbey.
Monday's 2pm press conference will be held in the new ORU Global Learning Center and is open to the public.


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Almost every startup initially faces the problem of money. Knowing where to spend and where not to is hard to figure out, especially for startups who are bootstrapping. However we have come up with few suggestions to manage your burn rate.
Outsourcing: Chances are, you don't need a full-time employee because you can accomplish the same tasks by hiring a freelancer on a need-basis. This option will help you save some additional money which you can invest somewhere else. Also you don't need to provide him with office space and other allowances which a full-time employee may require. Freelancers are always looking to make money so there will be competition. You can get an even better offer because of it. Also you can renegotiate for every task which you can't with a full-time employee.
Hire interns and utilize their talent.
Interns: There is no shortage of people who want to become entrepreneurs. Look out for people who are ready to contribute in your startup in exchange for learning and experience. Interview them before just hiring and always choose the one having skills you lack. Since, they are interns you can also ask them to learn something that would be of mutual benefit. You can have them perform tasks that would otherwise require employees. But don't exploit them. Don't make them do something that isn't work-related.
Barter: You can save some money in exchange for services. You can provide some skill that is useful for another startup in return they can provide with something you need e.g. your skill set includes app development and you need designing, search for startups who are looking to get their apps developed, this way you both accomplish the tasks for no bucks spent.
Office: Avoid glamor at all costs! Don't get an office just because your startup would appear great in market. You can save that money to invest in some other integral resource. Because of technology you can get a lot of things done on internet from home. Get office space only if you need it. Otherwise you can do occasional meetings at cafes too. Of course, having an office increases team engagement and avoid repetition of tasks but you can achieve that by using remote learning tools. In case you really need to meet and discuss something you can gather at someone's house and discuss.
Learn a new skill and multitask.
Multitasking: You can learn almost everything on internet. There are tutorials for a lot of skills e.g SEO, Adobe illustrator etc. Always make time to learn an additional skill. You can save money for other expenses by learning something like graphic designing, website development or any service which your platform requires. Also, learning a new skill always can always come in handy. This doesn't mean that have to stick your nose in everything going around. You can't do everything simultaneously and it will exhaust you. The trick is to do something instead of what you do already.
Purchasing: Don't spend on things that are of top quality when your requirement is met by another cheap option available. For Example: Buy a simple ball point instead of an expensive ink pen etc. Don't buy something in bulk because you may need it six months from now on. Being frugal is one of the most important skill a startup founder needs to have.
The things mentioned above are useful for both bootstrapping and funded startups because most of the times things doesn't go as you plan they would. Some sort of emergency money is always useful.


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Tesla – losses continue to pile up
January 30, 2018 January 15, 2018 by Hydrogeit
Concept study of the new roadster, © Tesla
Tesla's third-quarter figures didn't merely point to poor performance – the USD 671 million loss in particular was way more than anything most analysts had predicted. Based on non-GAAP accounting, including adjustments, shares lost USD 2.92 each. GAAP, which has the more relevant figures in my opinion, showed minus USD 3.70 per share at a revenue of USD 2.98 billion, which includes SolarCity's.
What shouldn't sit well with investors either is that the production of the immensely important Model 3 has been far behind schedule. Right now, we are talking about no more than a few hundred vehicles, 260 to be precise. It will take a long time before CEO Elon Musk's predictions and targets – initially 5,000 and later 10,000 per week – could come true. The schedule calls for their fulfillment at the end of 2018's first three months. However, the massive investment in production facilities will again require more capital during the last quarter of 2017 and the first of 2018.
More smoke and mirrors
On the other hand, the media couldn't be more captivated, as Musk recently presented new Tesla options in the form of a semitruck and a roadster. But it's anyone's guess when they can be produced, let alone delivered. The introduction of the electric truck, for which big corporations such as Walmart and DHL have already placed initial orders, is scheduled for 2019. The roadster – priced at USD 250,000 – may not enter series production before 2020, but can be preordered through a USD 50,000 deposit. There are said to be between 1,000 and 5,000 Tesla fans who have deep enough pockets to be persuaded to become part of a select group of electric roadster pioneers. Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) couldn't be happier about this, as it would rake in a good USD 250 million – basically, as an interest-free loan. But does this amount of cash make up more than a drop in the ocean?
Optimist or pessimist?
Those investors who firmly believe in Tesla's success see a glass that's half full. They are convinced that the corporation's high losses stem from necessary investments in the automaker's future and that the heavy capital drain is a logical prerequisite for increased Model 3 and battery production capacity. The dramatic rise in revenue that they expect in 2018 and the highly profitable line of business they feel developing over the coming years are their reasons for pouring that much money, and more, into the company.
On the other side of the fence, there are the pessimists, whose more than 30 million short sales reveal their skepticism about the company's progress. Perpetually increasing capital demand and delays in Model 3 production are reasons enough for them to consider Tesla a doomed enterprise. The worse the company's financials get – something that even rising revenues can't compensate for – the more difficult it will be for Tesla to raise capital. In other words, the next time the corporation asks for money by issuing shares, it may have to offer a high discount compared to the price at which it is quoted on the stock market. Institutional investors will certainly expect some compromise, which is not a good sign at all. And then there are the debts Tesla will have to refinance over the next years, SolarCity's among them. It could offer asset-backed securities, but that would eat away at the business's substance.
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Tesla is no ordinary company, their vision for the future is clear and the world is forced to follow Elon Musk long term plan.
Tesla can't make enough of the cars because they are expanding the mage factory and at the same time using it. Tesla is way ahead of other car makers emerging the Electric Car Market.
Once the Mega Factory is complete and 100% productivity is reached, then the money will be flowing in and Earth would be a better place to live. Yes- I am very optimistic that investing for the future is a good thing and the fruit of it will be realized. Good on you Elon – we love you.


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Obama administration DOJ official tells Senate panel that all American institutions are racist
Posted by Admin Dee on June 17, 2020 at 8:15am
The head of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division during the Obama administration told lawmakers on Tuesday that she believes all American institutions suffer from structural racism.
Vanita Gupta told the Senate Judiciary Committee that racism is something she sees in all aspects of American life. "I don't think there is an institution in this country that isn't suffering from structural racism given our history," she said.
Gupta's testimony was part of a Senate hearing on police brutality and racism as the legislative body begins discussion of police reform bills that would combat several of the issues that have punctuated the national discourse in recent weeks.
"I think we all have implicit bias and racial bias," said Gupta. A stunned Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) responded, "Wow."
"You lost me when you wanted to take the acts of a few misguided perhaps malicious individuals and ascribe that to all Americans," he continued.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/obama-administration-doj-official-tells-senate-panel-all-american-institutions
Bonnie Somer June 19, 2020 at 10:06am
Cornyn is right I too am lost as she wants to pin the mantra on all not the few bad ones. There is NO systemic racism maybe its her.
Jeff Noncent > Bonnie Somer June 19, 2020 at 9:48pm
it should be her
Edie Faylor June 18, 2020 at 7:07am
You can not legislate respect and acceptance, it needs to be earned. As long as we have rioting and looting, this will not happen. We all have a right to our own opinion and as long as I don't push it on other people, it is protected by the First Amendment. If you choose to call me a racists I could care less.
Jeff Noncent > Edie Faylor June 18, 2020 at 3:51pm
Ronald A. Nelson Col.USA (Ret) > Edie Faylor June 18, 2020 at 2:28pm
Respect must be given not earned... when individuals meet under friendly conditions it is with respect for one another. We respect each other by treating each other as we want to be treated... with respect. I remember when gentlemen stood when women entered or left a room, opened doors for the fairer sex, hel[ped the aged with their packages, and generally showed respect for local authority and their elders... not today.
The Millennials have no respect for anyone but themselves... The me generation has it all BACKWARD... One GIVES RESPECT to receive respect. Respect is not earned it is given by those with good manners. A respectful society prides itself on extending common courtesy to everyone. Respect is not earned. However, one can lose the respect of others and once it is lost it must be earned before it is returned. Once more... for the foolish among us... RESPECT IS GIVEN not earned... Respect is not a reward, it is the expected behavior for individuals who act with common courtesy toward others... Respect can be lost... but it should never be CONDITIONED on being earned.
Want to know why there is so much hate, open anger, and bullying in today's society... it is because most individuals refuse to respect others...
Jeff Noncent > Ronald A. Nelson Col.USA (Ret) June 18, 2020 at 3:33pm
Respect for one another is gone there is no respect for authority, for the human life period the reason why is because we are murdering children and killing human life and the ten commandments are not being followed.
Michael Mabry June 17, 2020 at 8:58pm
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Ronald A. Nelson Col.USA (Ret) June 17, 2020 at 5:59pm
Sen. Coryn and most of the GOP, Congress, and government bureaucrats are either willfully blind or on board with the many Government programs that have 'CREATED' systemic and institutional racial bias against the Caucasian Race... If there is any racial bias in government today it is focused on denying the Caucasian Race equal access to their civil and constitutional rights.
There exists no significant institutional social or economic bias or privilege for the White Race today... On the contrary, the Caucasian Race is constantly under assault by Institutional racist theory and government bias that seeks to punish the Caucasian Race for the acts of individuals and groups long dead or of no social significance in today's culture. The KKK, and White Supremacist Groups, such as the 'Skin Heads' and 'Neo-Nazi's", are politically and socially isolated and are of no cultural significance... Yet, the entire White race is blamed for their non-existent ... existence.
If individuals like Sen Coryn are shocked at the response of this career DOJ official... they are woefully uninformed of the racist policies focused on White America and need to re-examine just who the racists are and what racism has become today... not 50yrs or more ago. It isn't really surprising that individuals such as Sen. Coryn are unaware of the reverse racism that has become institutionalized; what is surprising, is that he continues to be shocked after being informed of the facts.
Sen. Coryn is part of the problem... a dupe of the DEEP STATE, which is racist (openly hostile to Caucasians)... Decades of presidential appointments and the hiring practices of the Federal and State Governments have created a system ripe with the seeds of systemic, institutional bias... a system of racial discrimination against Caucasians. These policies, of institutional bias, are the most oppressive within the DOJ and the government offices and agencies which promote and administer the 'Equal Opportunity Employment Act' or enforce the 'Affirmative Action' program. These two programs are singularly significant as the instruments of institutional racism. The culture of anti-white racism in government has metastasized and now controls most of the key positions of leadership in government.
Members of Congress passed the laws which created government-mandated racial bias... Our members of Congress are either willfully ignorant or on board with the institutional view that White America is racist... The Obama, Clinton, and Johnson administrations have seeded the ranks of the government with employees whose predominant view is that White America is racist... the result has alienated White America and created victims of all non-white ethnicities and races. it has tribalized America and produced a very volatile and hostile social climate. The DEEP STATE democrat holdovers are using their power to reshape America and to suppress the historical contributions of the White population to our government. There are cases in court today, which will establish precedence, that will be difficult to reverse for years. to come if we allow the DOJ to continue with its assertion that the Caucasian Race is somehow innately racist.
Sen. Coryn... and his feigned ignorance and shock is part of the problem... he needs to take that shock and turn it into corrective legislation to eliminate the oppressive and racist programs aimed at marginalizing the majority... Caucasian Race.
Jeff Noncent > Ronald A. Nelson Col.USA (Ret) June 17, 2020 at 10:15pm
we will see what's the outcome of this.
Ronald A. Nelson Col.USA (Ret) > Jeff Noncent June 18, 2020 at 2:32pm
The problem is not our vision... it is... WHEN WILL THERE BE AN OUTCOME to see?


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How to Create Deeper Connections by Going "Direct-to-User"
By Kirsty Cole, Head of Growth, Anthem Benelux
Explore the exciting opportunities of introducing your brand to an effective direct-to-user model.
Digital network service brands such as Airbnb and Uber have not only shaken up traditional industries but have had a huge impact on consumer behaviour, what people are open to, and what they expect when it comes to brand engagement — an impact with ripples felt far beyond the travel and leisure markets.
In recent years, we've seen a myriad of direct-to-consumer offers disrupting traditional brand and business models. Dollar Shave Club is perhaps the most salient example. According to Fortune, within just five years of Dollar Shave Club's launch, P&G's North American market share in razors fell from 71 percent to 59 percent — setting the ball in motion for Unilever's acquisition of the direct-to-consumer brand for a cool $1 billion.
However, many of these direct-toconsumer offers are missing a trick by behaving primarily as e-commerce or subscription services and not maximizing the opportunities afforded by their direct customer relationship — so much so that we question whether they are in fact sustainable and fit for long term growth. Reframing our approach. We need to stop thinking of "consumers" and start thinking of "users." Beginning from a "direct to user" (DTU) rather than a "direct to consumer" perspective significantly broadens a brand's horizons when it comes to engagement.
Reframing our approach.
We need to stop thinking of "consumers" and start thinking of "users." Beginning from a "direct to user" (DTU) rather than a "direct to consumer" perspective significantly broadens a brand's horizons when it comes to engagement.
A DTU approach allows us to design not for what users think of a brand at each touchpoint, but what they experience at each touchpoint. We can also design for different user groups simultaneously, extending engagement opportunities across B2C and B2B for example.
DTU is also an opportunity to avoid the retail costs and fierce battle in competition with large established brands that have billions of dollars in marketing budget behind them. For categories where brand loyalty is strong and long-standing, this is a challenge but also an opportunity.
The user journey isn't fixed.
Within the FMCG sector, it's no longer about fighting for standout on shelf, but thinking creatively about delivering moments of delight and surprise at each touchpoint in the user journey, aiming to constantly exceed user expectations.
Take feminine care for example. Great steps have been taken to remove the taboos surrounding menstruation by the media and in the communications of both large and small brand owners, yet the actual brand offers are still hugely lacking when it comes to fulfilling user needs.
Many challenger subscription service brands, such as Lola, have significantly improved the user experience from a convenience, peace of mind, privacy and design perspective. However, there are still so many more moments to connect with users along the journey that aren't being properly explored.
At 11 years old, a feminine care user requires a range of products but also certain levels of educational support and reassurance. Product and support needs change from month to month and from year to year as the user grows up.
It's only fitting therefore that a brand's offer should be able to grow with the user. When the user journey is complex and bespoke, directto- user models can really make an impact.
A value-driven exchange.
The relationship we're seeking to foster is a direct connection with users — allowing brands to take control of the path to purchase, to build personalised, interactive and responsive relationships with their users.
At the same time, we're seeking to be more effective with our marketing efforts. Wundermans recent "Wantedness" research is an invaluable read! In relation to DTU, it shows us that we can also use data exchanges to invest in relationships with the right types of users — users who share your brand's values:
Trust is of course a key issue when it comes to data exchange, especially given the arrival of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
A comprehensive consumer survey by IBM and Econsultancy Study found that "72 percent said they would share their geographic data with a brand they trust" and "61 percent would be willing to share their personally identifiable information with a brand they trust."
Looking beyond trust, which should be a foundation for all brands, imagine the implications for these statistics if users could receive a direct or even personalised benefit from an exchange of data.
When designing an effective DTU model, we need to operate by creating a series of value exchanges between the brand and the user; and, importantly, the model must be flexible to evolve over time in line with changing user needs.
Closing the gaps, growing the opportunities.
Done well, a DTU model is also an opportunity to have a closed-loop user relationship — an uninterrupted exchange to retain and protect user engagement for long-term growth. Quip is a DTU oral care brand delivering toothbrushes and toothpaste through a direct subscription service. The brand focuses on simplicity both in terms of its design and in its communication style: honest and authentic. These values are of particular importance to the millennial user — a user group also known for its high levels of early adoption, the perfect audience for exploring DTU.
We all know we're meant to change our toothbrush head every three months, but which of us ever remembers how long we've been using our current brush head for?
The extra special thing about Quip is the additional value it provides its users through creating best-practise hygiene habits, automatically delivering new electric toothbrush heads every three months, exactly when you need them. This unique benefit is built right into the heart of the business and brand model and makes the user experience all the more invaluable as a result.
Quip aren't stopping there and have recently secured a whopping "$10 million funding round from Silicon Valley Bank and its acquisition of dental insurance start-up Afora." They are also one of the latest direct-to-consumer companies to start selling their goods in the retail space, specifically Target stores — joining personal care brands such as Harry's razors, Casper mattresses, and Native deodorant.
A smart move as it will allow the brand to further extend its relationships with its users, to add even more value before and after checkups with dentists for example — perhaps even securing the data from oral hygienists to provide individually personalised products and services. We can expect to see a series of smart and valuable innovations across oral care services, platforms and products in the coming years. The Quip brand is certainly one to watch.
When it comes to DTU and creating deeper connections with your users, the sky really is the limit!
Above all, when looking to introduce your brand to an effective direct-to-user model, ensure that your brand's purpose is fit for the job; and, most importantly, behave small but think big!
Geoff Colvin and Ryan Derousseau, "Power Sheet: How P&G Missed Out on Dollar Shave Club's Rise," Fortune, July 21, 2016. http:// fortune.com/2016/07/21/power-sheethow- pg-missed-out-on-dollar-shaveclubs- rise/
"A New Concept for Marketers: Wantedness," Wunderman, n.d. https://www. wantedness.com/
"4 out of 5 Consumers Declare Brands Don't Know Them as an Individual, According to IBM and Econsultancy Study," IBM News Release, April 1, 2015. https://www-03.ibm. com/press/us/en/pressrelease/46454.wss
Megan Rose Dickey, "Quip Raises $10 Million for Electric Toothbrushes and Dental Care," TechCrunch, May 16, 2018. https:// techcrunch.com/2018/05/16/electrictoothbrush- startup-quip-raises-10-millionacquires- a-dental-insurance-startup/
Anthem is a global creative agency that actively connects brands with people by amplifying desirability—creating an insatiable thirst for brands from brand design to brand campaign. Anthem sells brands to drive brand performance. Anthem is part of the brand development group of SGK. For more information visit: http://www.sgkinc.com. SGK is a division of Matthews International Corporation.
Kirsty Cole is Head of Growth at Anthem Benelux. Kirsty's diverse background in account management, business operations, marketing and development, gives her a broad perspective when it comes to solving complex brand and business challenges. Having worked across a variety of accounts within FMCG, both within branding and advertising, Kirsty is dedicated to finding the best solutions and maximising brand and design opportunities across all touchpoints. In her role at Anthem Worldwide, Kirsty heads up the strategic growth of both the business and our key client brands across the Benelux and Continental European regions.


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Teweles Descendant Hopes Granary Can Be Saved, More City News
By Myles Dannhausen Jr., February 19th, 2018
Deconstruction of the Teweles and Brandeis Granary was expected to begin by Thursday, Feb. 22.
Alderwomen Laurel Hauser, Kelly Catarozoli and Barb Allmann made a final push to amend the dismantling contract to ensure preservation. That effort failed during a closed session of the city's Common Council Feb. 20. The alderwomen had proposed dismantling the Granary in larger pieces and storing it on the property until the city comes up with a plan for the waterfront.
The city's original waterfront plans will require significant changes due to the Department of Natural Resources ruling earlier this month that placed the Ordinary High Water Mark landward of the Granary.
Tracy Teweles hopes the Sturgeon Bay granary that once bore her family's name can be saved.
Teweles is a descendant of Ludwig Teweles, of the Teweles and Brandeis Seed Co. that once operated the grain elevator on Sturgeon Bay's west waterfront. Teweles grew up in Milwaukee and now lives in Chicago and said she has tried to follow the saga of the west waterfront from afar.
Teweles said she has old memorabilia from the granary and company, including old seed bags, advertisements, and even old records of the company's advertisements.
"Teweles and Brandeis was one of the first seed companies that advertised to farmers on the radio," she said.
Teweles has vacationed in Door County for 24 years.
"I have a huge emotional attachment to Door County," she said. "It's easy to tear something down, but once it's gone, it's gone forever."
"The Granary really speaks to the agricultural past of the county and the early settlers who had to pull stones from the fields to make a life," she said.
Teweles and Brandeis were a major part of the growth of early Sturgeon Bay and some of the first immigrants to Wisconsin in the 1860s, she said, but also major factors in agriculture regionally. They were early leaders in plant genetics and agricultural advertising, she said.
The Teweles Seed Company was founded in Milwaukee in 1865 and became the second largest seed company in North America. It was the first to put seed in yard-size bags and created the first hybrid alfalfa, one of Door County's most important crops.
Municipal Services Director Resigns
Bob Bordeau, the city's municipal services director, resigned Thursday, Feb. 8. When asked for a reason for Bordeau's abrupt resignation, City Administrator Josh VanLieshout said the city does not comment on personnel matters. City Engineer Chad Shefchik will act as interim municipal services director until a replacement is hired.
Sturgeon Bay Men Arrested on Weapons, Drug Charges
The Mequon Police Department arrested two Sturgeon Bay men Saturday on gun and drug charges after a traffic stop.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Willard Hartman and Benjamin Krohn, both 19, were pulled over for a traffic violation. Officers discovered five guns with loaded magazines in the vehicle, as well as marijuana and oxycodone.
The two men face 25 criminal charges in Ozaukee County Circuit Court. They will return to court March 6. The two were released on $5,000 cash bonds after their initial court appearance.
City May Hire PR Firm for PRAT Education
The Sturgeon Bay Finance Committee approved a recommendation that the city employ the services of Hillstrom PR to help educate the public about a Premier Resort Area Tax (PRAT) in advance of an April 3 referendum.
The Common Council voted to pursue the PRAT in November to generate revenue to improve its streets. To put the half-cent sales tax increase in effect, the city must first get approval from citizens in a referendum, then get the state legislature to approve special legislation to allow the city to enact the tax.
The Common Council will vote on the proposal at Tuesday's meeting.
Sturgeon Bay Four Seasons Market Receives Positive Reaction
Sturgeon Bay Grain Elevator in Good Condition
Poem: If Those Walls Could Speak (Testimony: Teweles & Brandeis Granary)


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Australian ace Barty on top of the world
Source: Agencies | 00:00 UTC+8 June 24, 2019 | Print Edition
Ashleigh Barty defeated Julia Goerges 6-3, 7-5 to win the Birmingham Classic title yesterday, a victory that ensures the Australian will be No. 1 in the rankings today.
The 23-year-old Barty, who lost the final to Czech Petra Kvitova in 2017, did not drop a set all week at the grasscourt tournament, and she fought back from being 4-5 down in the second set to beat the German in 1 hour, 28 minutes.
Goerges fought back tears as she congratulated her friend on taking top spot in the rankings ahead of Wimbledon, which starts on July 1.
French Open champion Barty, currently ranked No. 2, will take over from Japan's Naomi Osaka, who lost to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in the second round.
Barty is only the second Australian woman to hold the top spot after Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976.
Barty, who extended her winning streak to 11 matches, and Goerges reached the semifinals in doubles together before Barty withdrew from their semifinal with a right arm injury.
Barty saved two break points early in the first set but she made no mistake when she was offered the opportunity — Goerges putting a backhand wide to give the Australian a 4-2 lead. Barty closed out the set without further ado.
Goerges, though, struck back in the second set, breaking Barty in her first service game and the German held her own to move into a 3-0 lead. Barty broke back, however, when Goerges sent a forehand out to get back to 3-2.
Goerges, leading 4-3, took Barty's next service game to deuce with a superb volley, but the Australian extricated herself from trouble and leveled at 4-4.
Barty had a break point in the next game but Goerges managed to fight back and win the game to go 5-4 up.
Goerges had a set point in the next game but Barty, showing her championship winning mentality, saved it with an ace and then held serve to make it 5-5.
Barty broke Goerges in the next game to wrap up the he title and the top spot with her service game.
In Halle, Roger Federer warmed up for Wimbledon by swatting aside David Goffin 7-6 (2), 6-1 to win the Halle Open title for the 10th time yesterday.
The Swiss fired seven aces and broke Goffin's serve three times to down his Belgian opponent in 83 minutes for his 102nd tour-level title that moved him to within seven of Jimmy Connors' record.
It was also the 19th tour-level title on grass for the 37-year-old, who will be among the top contenders at Wimbledon as he looks to increase his Grand Slam haul of 20 trophies.
"It's unbelievable. I never thought when I first played here that I would win 10 titles," Federer said.
After being dragged to three sets in two of his first three rounds in Germany, Federer looked set for another tough fight when world No. 33 Goffin earned three consecutive break points at 2-2 in the opening set.
However, Goffin failed to capitalize on those chances as his opponent took charge, becoming the oldest tour-level champion since a 43-year-old Ken Rosewall of Australia prevailed in China's Hong Kong in 1977. Federer is seeking a ninth title at Wimbledon.


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Q: Number of PCIe Lanes supported by processor - how many/which devices are still usable? (i5 6600K) I'm planning on getting the Intel i5 6600K which, according to Intel, supports 16 PCIe Lanes max.
Now, I've searched around a bit, (also read through some forums, but they weren't too clear) and according to Linus' benchmarks, it's not a performance issue to tune down on one lane a bit. However, at the end of the video (about 6:40) he says that in configurations that use other PCIe devices, some lanes might actually be disabled.
Here's the minimum of PCIe devices I'm gonna use:
1 Asus Xonar DGX Soundcard (PCIe x1), 1 decent GPU (PCIe x16), 1 WiFi card (PCIe x1)
Now, it's obvious that the GPU will only use an x8 Lane at best, since the CPU supports no more than 16. As I said, that's not a problem at all - what I'm wondering, is there a possibility that one of my other devices will be completely disabled? or, say, i want to use yet another device (i.e. a PCIe x4 device), and that won't work?
I don't quite get how those things are handled, but it doesn't seem as if the mere sum of used PCIe lanes reflects how the CPU distributes them - or does it?
PS: If it is relevent, MoBo is gonna be the MSI B150 PC-Mate.

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Q: Given $k$ sequences: $(x_n^1),(x_n^2),...,(x_n^k)$ how can you build a sequence that these are its sub sequences?
Given $k$ sequences: $(x_n^1),(x_n^2),...,(x_n^k)$ how can you build a sequence that these are its sub sequences ?

I notice that each of those sequences have a different limit but other than that I have no idea on where to start.

A: You can define
$$X_j :=x_{(j\ {\rm div}\ k) + 1}^{(j\ {\rm mod}\ k) + 1}$$
Where $j = k \cdot (j\ {\rm div}\ k) + (j\ {\rm mod}\ k)$ is the unique decomposition with
$$j\ {\rm mod}\ k \in \{0, \ldots, k-1\}\text{ and }j\ {\rm div}\ k \in \mathbb N_0$$
The sequence $X := (X_j)_{j=0}^\infty$ then starts at $0$ and has all of $x^1, x^2, \ldots x^k$ as subsequences.

Note that $X$ will have a limit iff all $x^j, j=1\ldots k$ have the same limit and then
$$\lim_{n\to\infty} X_n = \lim_{n\to\infty} x^j_n \qquad \forall j\in\{1, \ldots,k \}$$

To visualise, see
$$X=(x_1^1, x_1^2, x_1^3, \ldots, x_1^k, x_2^1, x_2^2, \ldots)$$


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Google's $35 Chromecast lets you beam video from 'any device' to your TV
Tom Cheredar
Google just debuted a new streaming media stick called Chromecast that beams what's happening on your smartphone, tablet, or laptop to your television.
The search-and-media giant debuted Chromecast at a press event this morning in San Francisco. The new device brings Apple TV's Airplay-like functionality for both Android and iOS mobile devices. Oh, and instead of charging $50 to $100 like the cheapest Roku model or Apple's Apple TV, Chromecast is only $35. That's insanely cheap for what it does.
Check out our first look at Chromecast for our hands-on observations and a dozen photos of the device and its interface.
Google first showed off the functionality of Chromecast with YouTube, which not only pushes videos you're watching to your TV screen but also automatically changes to the correct input. (The demo video made it look like a pretty seamless process that will make you wonder how you ever managed to kill 15 minutes watching YouTube videos while sitting on the couch in front of your television.)
Obviously, this is a nice perk for video, but it also streams music and media from individual tabs via Google Chrome web browser on laptops. The company said most Macs and Windows 7- and 8-ready laptops should be compatible with the Chromecast functionality. We don't have a full list of supported devices, but at the $35 price it seems very likely that Google will bend over backwards to make Chromecast compatible for everyone who wants to use one, regardless of how old their gadgets are.
Chromecast will connect to your television via an HDMI port, but still requires that you plug it to an external power source via a USB power adapter. The requirement of external power (meaning, having to plug it into an electrical socket) is pretty standard among set-top boxes, although Google didn't show the cord in its product shots. (I'm guessing the reason Google did this is because it makes the device look far less attractive.)
The device should be available by Sunday, July 28 through a variety of online stores, including Amazon, Google Play, and others. Google is also offering three free months of Netflix service for new and existing subscribers to anyone who buys a Chromecast, too.
This definitely answers some questions about why Google has been relatively silent about new developments on its Google TV platform. It also pretty much guarantees Google has no intention of ever selling the $300 Tron bowling ball that was the Nexus Q, which debuted last year at Google's developer event.
We've embedded a gallery of Chromecast images below. Are you considering buying one?


Fans will not see Roger Federer on the courts again until the French Open. But are his reasons for rest valid? And where do his priorities lie?
Following on from his dramatic victory over Nadal in Florida, thirty five year old tennis ace, Roger Federer is taking some time out before he hits the clay next month in France.
Having had a good year so far, with three titles under his belt, it seems that the champion player feels the need to recover from all the excitement. Or is concerned about his form. Considering that he missed out on the latter half of the season last year with a knee injury, anyone would have thought that he would want to make the most of 2017. Or is that what he is doing?
After he lifted the trophy in Miami last week, Federer confirmed his absence from the courts this April. He stated that he could only play top class tennis when he was in his words; 'healthy and feeling good.' He admitted that if he isn't fully fit then he wouldn't be able to face top players and successfully beat them. So, in order to perform to the best of his ability he feels that he needs to rest. It seems as though he has handpicked the tournaments that will benefit him the most, and decided that those are the ones that he will play.
Federer's focus will now be on his next grand slam competition, from there he will focus on the grass season and on hard court titles.
Referring to himself and his current status, he explained that with his age came certain restrictions. Things in his life have changed dramatically since the start of his professional career. Previously he needed to make sure that he was front and centre in every competition possible, he was able to do this as he was younger and slightly more agile than he is today. At this point in his career he feels that it would be much more productive for him to be fresh for the bigger competitions.
The French Open is due to start on May 28th.


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PHOTO: Creepy 'clown' along rural WV road sparks concern
(FOX NEWS)- A photograph of a creepy clown standing along a rural road in West Virginia is creating a stir on social media.
The photo, which apparently was taken on Simmons River Road near Duhring, W.V., represents the latest in a string of alleged clown sightings.
"We don't know the person's purpose, and if someone took the picture just to scare folks," Mercer County Chief Deputy Darrell Bailey said. "But it's dangerous, and dangerous for them if it's a joke. We would like to put a stop to it -- whatever it is. I have a deputy working on it, and trying to figure out where the picture originated, and who was the first person to post it."
In recent weeks, creepy clown sightings in North and South Carolina have been making headlines.
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