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#Commercial construction
Rosendin Electric: Unparalleled Construction
Dale Benton
For almost a century, Rosendin has stood in the midst of the most groundbreaking projects and industries in the world. From building one of the first clean rooms for chip fabrication, to being a leading builder in mission critical and renewable energy in the US, Rosendin has delivered the facilities that have changed all of our lives.
Rosendin was founded by Moses Rosendin. The company started life supporting the agricultural business in turn-of-the-century Silicon Valley, winding pump motors, and rural electrification. As Rosendin grew over the next 95 years, the company developed into a multi-billion dollar, full service design+build electrical contractor and technology integrator. Expansion was first derived from working with Intel across Oregon, Phoenix and Albuquerque then jumped to geographich expansion encouraged by other customers, leading to what Rosendin Electric is today.
For Bill Mazzetti, Senior Vice President, his journey with Rosendin started back in 2005 and his introduction represented what he describes as a "changing of the guard". Mazzetti joined after divesting his family's engineering business in 2004 to his old partners.
"Looking at our progression as a company in the late 90's and into the 2000's, management bought out the Rosendin family via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which widely distributed ownership of the firm. And then starting in 2005, several new executives joined a growing number of home grown leaders all to add new perspective to the company," he says.
"As we had some new ideas and our existing markets were getting a bit crowded, we started looking at opportunities that weren't organically grown. Before, we worked with existing clients like Intel, we now work more prospectively and in concert with a strategic plan for the company." Some of that growth came in the renewable energy and data center businesses. While the renewable energy business was founded as a wind power group in 2000, in the past five years, it has blossomed into a leading provider of grid storage, distributed generation and grid-based solar work. Similarly, their data center business grew from zero in 2005 to over $650M in installed work in 2016, while simultaneously giving birth to Modular Power Solutions, Rosendin's factory-built provider of complete electrical systems, and the leader in the field today.
Rosendin Electric is the largest speciality contractor in the United States and works with some of the US's largest companies, with particular focus on tech companies in Silicon Valley, Rosendin's home court. While Rosendin works with many of the most sophisticated companies in the US, their tech clients press the known limits for speed to market and innovation for their builds.
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By all accounts, everyone marvels at the work's size, scope and design aesthetic. Some projects are so large that the Pentagon could be dropped into the middle of them and the Pentagon would not touch the outside walls.
"Like many of the large, complex and rapidly-constructed projects we are engaged with, there are often times that labor resources or the sheer speed of the work demands a different approach to delivering the project on time and with quality.
But with a job of this size, we at Rosendin had to ask ourselves, "How do we build it differently," he says. "The traditional approaches and techniques simply won't work at that scale and speed."
While the public has seen the design and scale of the recent projects in Silicon Valley, it's the construction techniques that are the most innovative approaches that Rosendin had ever seen. The use of prefabricated system, modular power and the general assembly of the building electrically will give a road map for what is now possible.
"This level of innovation in construction will make people turn their heads and is reflective of where we feel the industry needs to go. With the commercial construction business losing skilled craftsmen at twice the rate it is replacing them, the construction methods and habits must address this labor shortage. Especially with one of our ongoing projects, it is a good step in showing people that, actually, we can do something different and change our methods to address projects that while aren't labor-constrained but certainly very, very fast."
With a commercial construction project, the size of the project often dictates just exactly which company can take on the project. Once a project is announced, contractors must look at the resources at hand, the field leadership, their finances, and supporting resources, both internal and external to the company. For large and complex work with a high degree of schedule or performance risk, this makes the list of contractors who are compatible with the project relatively shorter. It is an arena that Rosendin thrives in.
Another key challenge is the resources available. Mazzetti believes that there is a general societal mindset that looks down upon the construction industry - that it is not technology savvy, too dangerous, difficult and therefore unworthy of their consideration. In the current economic climate, this poses an especially acute problem as employments rates are persistently low in the most active construction markets.
"There just aren't enough people coming through the door who see construction as a noble, intelligent and worthwhile career," he says.
Couple this with the fact that even though there are a huge number of young people who come out of college and into the construction industry, the process in going from fresh out of school to fully licensed and certified electrician or electrical engineer ready to work is often a long one.
"Our cycle time between layman and fluency is a much longer than most jobs and when the economy is busy, good people are hard to find. That is not news, but it is one of the biggest challenges the industry is facing today."
This is nothing new for Mazzetti. When he was chairman of his former business, Mazzetti, his own father spoke of the challenge in getting fresh out of high school and college kids excited about construction and engineering. This generational problem has been one that has been tackled with constant outreach, but Mazzetti admits that while the mindset is changing, it is still an ongoing and difficult process.
2016 has proved a very successful year for Rosendin Electric, with two of its projects being selected for the 2016 Global Best Projects Awards by Engineering News Record (ENR). When it comes to singling out achievements though, Mazzetti places greater value in two areas – customer satisfaction and employee retention.
"The rewards you don't see is what keeps 6,000 people in the field and 800 people employed in the office every day, the customers coming back," he says.
This echoes the ethos that Mazzetti has had with him since he was a child, the most important aspect of being a contractor really is the customer.
"If you don't have customers, you are not a contractor. The key to building a great firm with a great team is having great clients that allow you to do that every day.
Those sophisticated customers have high standards and unique demands. "Rosendin really takes that and says if you don't offer something different then you don't get to work with those customers."
As a contractor, competition is inescapable, and in all ways healthy. There are a wide number of other people out in the market who could take on a job that you are chasing. But when it comes to what separates Rosendin from others is the integrity of the business.
"If we tell you it's going to cost a dollar, it's going to cost a dollar. Or should we suggest any one of several courses of action, they will be viable, with proper cost, schedule and risk attached to them. It is about arming our clients with the information to make the right decision for themselves. This is in our DNA. Clients reach out to us because they want a peer who is sophisticated and forthrigth," says Mazzetti.
This "straight shooter" approach is something that Mazzetti firmly believes in, but admits in some instances has lost potential customers. "The buying process and experience varies widely in construction, as it does for all commercial endeavours for that matter. But when you are trusted with hundreds of millions of dollars of your client's capital, and in all cases, being further trusted to deliver a strategic asset absolutely vital to their business, there is no room for nonsense and not having a crisp, truthful and sober approach to it all."
Integrity, and bringing out the best behaviour in people to generate a more beneficial relationship with a client, is a mindset that is coached throughout the business from the CEO on down. It is this approach that has allowed Rosendin to retain customers over the years, a level of trust and respect but also safety in the knowledge that the company will be the best for the job.
"There's a saying I have, 'I worry about a great many things but the one thing I don't worry about it is us doing a great job'," he says.
Rosendin has invested heavily in its people and not simply the customer facing part of the business. Training, employee ownership and safety are hallmarks of the Rosendin culture. And while Rosendin has been entrusted to deliver for our clients and our confidence in that is no issue, Mazzetti is mindful of one thing – complacency.
"The fact is, you want to stay far enough ahead of everyone so they can't catch you but at the same time not too far where you are not relevant," he says. "In every way, we are only as good as out last project."
What most folks don't see is that technology is continuously transforming the commercial construction industry. Rosendin has extensively invested in technology over the past decade. "The realities of our business today is that the speed, financial size, operational complexity and the sophistication of the projects themselves demand it." That includes drone observation and testing, interactive design and building modelling system and business intelligence.
For Mazzetti, technology has enabled Rosendin to ask the question, whether it comes to budgets, quality of work, timescales, safety or logistics, are we in the spot where we believe we are and is the project going as we expect it to?
"To put it simply, we are giving the pilot better instruments to fly with," he says.
Rosendin uses Oracle software for data analysis and their ERP and this allows the company when working on projects to understand exactly where it is with regards to its projected outcomes. This is something that isn't restricted to Rosendin, but its customers too. Over the past three years, process automation and business intelligence has reached every corner of their business. That allows us to give a very accurate picture of where our projects and the firm is every day.
"Sophisticated customers want sophisticated reporting and execution," he says. "Customers want jobs completed faster and cheaper with very high quality, and you have to have the processes in place to support that."
Looking to the future, Mazzetti sees Rosendin expanding both geographically and in its offerings. The company has worked with their tech clients in countries such as Sweden and Israel. As it was in the first days of expansion Rosendin follow its clients.
Whatever the future does hold for Rosendin, Mazzetti is wise enough to acknowledge that the economy is uncontrollable, but as a company it can continue to make smart business decisions.
"We are a company that flows to need, like the river flows where it flows. While we have strong roots in several industries and markets, we are wise enough not to force it either, we've all learned the hard way earlier in our lives," he says.
"Rosendin allows me to do what I want to do and what is best for our clients, which is solve problems for clients and customers every day. There's an inescapable draw based on our capabilities and our client's challenges that we can't resist."
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Q: group by nvarchar First of all, sorry for my English I will try to explain in the best way.
Is there a way to group by a column of type nvarchar in SQL Server 2008?
I am going to explain it better: (at least I try)
If I have a table like this:
ID  Quantity   City   Code   WebSiteLink
__  ________   ____   ____   __________
1      10      Milan   R2    home/images/1.jpg
2      20      Milan   R2    home/images/2.jpg
3      30      Rome    R2    home/images/3.jpg
4      55      Rome    R2    home/images/4.jpg
5      4       Naple   R2    home/images/5.jpg
6      1       London  R2    home/images/6.jpg
7      30      London  R2    home/images/7.jpg
8      40      London  R2    home/images/8.jpg

I am able to group all columns except WebSitelink because it is an nvarchar type.
My need is to get a random img link, is that possible to do it with a query?
I don't want to use a stored procedure.

A: To get a random link, you could use the following:
SELECT TOP (1) WebSiteLink
FROM YourTable
ORDER BY NEWID();

You can add a WHERE clause if you have more specific needs for your random img link.

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My need is to get a random img link:

For example, if you need a random image for each code, e.g. GROUP BY code, you can use this query:
  SELECT Code, (SELECT TOP(1) A.WebSiteLink
                  FROM tbl A
                 WHERE A.Code = B.Code
              ORDER BY NEWID()) RandomWebSiteLink
    FROM tbl B
GROUP BY Code

Or the windowing function. Here is "groups by" City, Code and shows one random WebSiteLink
  SELECT City, Code, WebSiteLink
    FROM
       (
  SELECT City, Code, WebSiteLink,
         Row_Number() OVER (Partition by City, Code
                            Order by NewID()) RowNum
    FROM tbl
       ) X
   WHERE RowNum = 1;

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Meghan Markle Says Denying Education To Girls Is 'Robbing' Society Of Cultural Richness
By Aayush Sharma @JournalistWFH
Meghan Markle says educating girls opens the door for "societal success"
Markle and Prince Harry joined Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai for a video call on International Day of the Girl Child
Prince Harry shared that educating young girls can also help address climate change
Meghan Markle recently delivered an important message, saying that denying education to girls is like "robbing" the society of its cultural richness.
Markle and husband Prince Harry recently joined Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on a video call and discussed how education plays an important role in the lives of young girls on International Day of the Girl Child, which was observed Sunday.
"When young girls have access to education, everyone wins and everyone succeeds. It just opens the door for societal success at the highest level. It's not just robbing society of the cultural richness that comes with educating young girls. It's also robbing these young girls of childhood," Markle said during the call.
Markle also noted that the dynamics of the community are "shifted" when women take over and talk about important topics such as policy change and legislation.
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Teste di serie

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 Sloane Stephens (primo turno)
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De groep wordt verder verdeeld in verschillende klassen, die in vergelijking met andere stekelhuidigen zoals zeesterren vrij ongekend zijn. De zeelelies zijn de enige groep die enige bekendheid geniet, onder meer omdat een aantal soorten als aquariumdier wordt gehouden. Het is daarnaast ook de enige groep die levende vertegenwoordigers kent, al zijn ook de meeste zeelelies alleen als fossiel bekend.

Klassen
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Save the Severely Malnourished Lion at Bangladesh National Zoo
Most of the animals at the Bangladesh National Zoo are passing days with immense suffering without proper medical care, scarce food and in congested cages. The animals are in states so poor and miserable that it isn't even fun for the visitors anymore. There is no Zoo Act whatsoever to ensure that the zoos treat their animals right as a result there are reports of animal abuse in almost every zoo in Bangladesh. The lion is in need of emergency medical attention and we must reach the appropriate authority as soon as possible.
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28 new supporters this week
Petition to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), World Wildlife Fund, International Animal Rescue
Stop cruelty to Animals of any form !
Each day thousands of animals are being used by humans either for their skin, for food, for enjoyment, and so on. But now they have even started to use the animals in the laboratories only to test their own products. The animals are being burned, shocked, poisoned, isolated, starved, drowned, addicted to drugs, and brain-damaged. ... No animals are safe from experimentation—primates, dogs, rats, mice, rabbits, pigs, fish, and cats are just a few of the animals who are routinely used in these tests. In one experiment, monkeys were shut inside a converted refrigerator and repeatedly electro-shocked until they finally used their disabled arm, if they could. The inside of the refrigerator was covered with blood. In another experiment, monkeys were strapped into a crude restraint chair—their waist, ankles, wrists, and neck held in place with packing tape—and pliers were latched as tightly as possible onto their skin, including on their testicles. Each year, more than 100 million animals—including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds—are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing. You can help stop this.And we can together bring a change and bring a better life for the animals
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Petition to chief justice of india
Indian Police Need Leaves, Overtime Pay, Its Their Right. PIL in Supreme Court,India
It is unfortunate that a clause in the Indian Police Act 1861 is hilariously misinterpreted by a handful of people in history and the same element has been sold to all the officers who joined the forces thereafter. Simple Lies and grave violation of Human Rights. Issue: Wrongful interpretation of Section 22 of Indian Police Act (IPA for brevity here on) 1861 leading to deprivation of Human Rights & Civil Right so the individuals employed in "Police Force" in India. What Section 22 of IPA 1861 Says: "22. Police-officers always on duty and may be employed in any part of district.--Every police-officer shall, for all purposes in this Act contained, be considered to be always on duty, and may at any time be employed as a police-officer in any part of the general police-district." Now anybody with basic minimum common-sense will not read the above section as the "Police Officers" are required to be on duty for 24 hours a day. It simply means that the police officer who is off duty can use his authority to stop a crime and being off duty does not mean he cannot stop the crimes around him. Now, this clause has been time and again sold to the new generation officers to mold them to become SLAVES IN OUR COUNTRY. If the ones who wrote the Indian Police Act in 1861 wanted a human being to be on duty for 24 hours; I am sure they would have written as "Every Police Officer is supposed to be on duty for 24 hours". I am sure back then; the ones who drafted the law were better in English than our folks. (in 1861 I mean). Now what is the issue? Well, the police officers in India do not have weekly off's, No Over Time paid, No Holidays (unless the so called superior officer is gracious), Work for minimum 12-14 hours a day. The cops in the U.K, In the U.S.A have rights, they also work only for 40 hours a week, also get over time if they exceed these hours + 2 weekly off's (as they are in a 5 day work week concept unlike India where we are in a 6 day workweek.) I had filed RTI application in 2016 with Hyderabad Police (all Zones, East, West, North, South and Central Zones) asking them to furnish the details of number of HC they have and the number of days each of them had worked to gather some sample. The results shook me off and confirmed the perception I had until then. All of them worked for 30 days in a month, if anyone wants an off; need to do a double duty and leave. Just appalling. In 2014 Government of India's own department; Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) conducted study to understand the issues of long working hours, side effects of the same on the mind set of the police officers and how that was affecting their work/performer and how they become frustrated, less social, more annoyed, and discourteous over a period of time due to the work style the Indian Police is being sold with lies. The BPR&D confirmed that the police department needs another 61% more people than the current Headcount we have order to even meet the basic policing needs. Note: This 61% is only basic policing keeping the special scenarios of VIP movement management, etc off the books. Now how can we have better society with weaker police?; this is also a major reason as to why our police is always on the lookout for lame reasons to avoid filing cases as they do not have enough man power to do the job; hence they play ignorance card. I also add that most of them are also not good enough with laws to understand what amounts violations as how the Indian Penal Code applies to crimes/violations. Bu that will be a different subject to debate on. Having had due regard to their side of the issue; we will need to fix it too. Now that I have filed 5 PIL's (Public Interest Litigation's) in the High Court of Telangana about different public related issues; I am about to file a PIL in the Supreme Court of India to ensure that the police get their basic Human Rights and Civil Rights. This should be on bench by anytime July 2019 end. However as always; I need you all to support and Donate whatever you can THROUGH THIS LINK in order FOR US to bear the legal expenses of the case (Supreme Court Cases Charge a BOMB). We all know how it feels to work without a week off, no over time, discourteous people, etc. Request you all to sign this petition and show your support for better police for better society. We cannot expect better policing with the current format of the Police Departments Frame Work. Sincerely, Vijay Gopal President: Forum Against Corruption, Hyderabad, Telangana
Vijay Gopal
8 new supporters this week
Petition to NARENDRA MODI
STOP THE MISTREATMENT OF FARM ANIMALS
Today we often hear the news of the farm animals like cows, goats or hens treated very badly at the farmhouse. These farm animals are just used as a source of getting milk and eggs and for the sake of that the farm owners treat them very badly. Recently i saw a video on a popular site by PETA where they had gone an undercover investigation to find out the conditions of the animals in the industry and the results that they got were very severe. These animals were kept in a very confined space where humans like us cannot even survive. There are machines installed that suck the milk of cows and often it happens that the machines suck more milk than the producing capacity of cows which causes them major pain. Apart from this the cows or the hens that are not able to produce more milk or eggs are just thrown away since they are of no use to these farm owners. Thus on the behalf of all the animals that cannot speak i would like to say that one should take strict action against all those farm owners who just consider the farm animals as their source of income. If they cannot treat the animals well then they have no right even to take any advantage of them. So i would like you to sign my petition so that this problem becomes an issue and actions could be taken. These farm animals too are a part of our environment and they too have the sole right to live peacefully without any problems THANKS.
Diwakar lohia
Update posted 1 week ago
Petition to ARVIND SAWANT, Prakash Javadekar, Poonam Mahajan, Shashi Tharoor, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Varun Gandhi, Aditya Thackeray
Increasing Fines and Punishments for Animal Cruelty
According to The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, you can get away with being cruel to most animals by paying a fine of anything between Rs 10 and Rs 50 ! If you repeat the offence within three years, the penalty may go up to anything between Rs 25 and Rs 100 and in the rarest circumstances you will be thrown into jail for 3 months. This law has not been updated since 1960. A nation which is home to the greatest number of animal lovers and one of the greatest number of pet owners such preposterous and weak legislature is appalling. It must become a priority task of our newly elected MPs (Members of Parliament) to update the fines and punishments DRASTICALLY for such cruel and heartless crimes. Be the voice for the innocent and voiceless. IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE. In 2016, several MPs and celebrities had launched the #NoMore50 campaign for increasing fines and punishments for animal cruelty. However, we never saw this campaign come to life as part of Indian, binding law. Please bring forth an amendment in the Lok Sabha in order to majorly increase the fines and punishments mentioned in 'The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960'. Oh and yes, we do hope that MPs of the Rajya Sabha place politics aside and endorse this amendment as well considering no party has majority in the Rajya Sabha yet. Help us make a change for the innocent and voiceless.
Kushaal Patel
Update posted 2 weeks ago
Petition to Animal lovers, Chief Minister West Bengal
#5000 COWS Rescued by BSF Need FOOD/MEDICINES. Please HELP !
Dear Animal Lovers, Dhyan Foundation in collaboration with BSF working towards uprooting the cattle smuggling issue on Indo-Bangladesh border.Our brave BSF soldiers are rescuing hundreds of voiceless beings everyday from the clutches of cattle smugglers ,from Dec2018 apprx 5000 cattle have been rescued and handed over to Dhyan Foundation. As per govt records more than 1lakh cattle are rescued every year on Indo-Bangladesh border and more than 10lakhs smuggled to bangladesh for slaughter. Dhyan Foundation feeding thousands of cattle on border posts and then rehabilitating to Dhyan Foundation Gaushala. Dhyan Foundation working with 12 BSF battalions in West Bengal,Meghalaya and Tripura , we have built 4 big enclosures near border posts malda and krishna nagar in West Bengal and Kullubari,Srinagar in Tripura ,some more in process. Work done by Dhyan Foundation in past 4 months - Close to 5000 cattle rescued by BSF and taken care/fed by Dhyan Foundation from Dec-2018 2000 plus cattle already rehabilitated to Gaushalas by Dhyan Foundation Remaining #3000 cattle taken care by DF volunteers on various BSF border posts in temporary enclosures made by Dhyan Foundation and to be rehabilitated. Food and medical help to all by Dhyan FoundationEveryday 40-50 rescued cattle are adding to DF family Where would YOUR DONATIONS go - Feeding the cattle (Rs.70/- per day per cattle) Medicines (Most of the rescued are weak and need medical attention) Sheds to protect the innocent beings from scorching sun/rains 2 Trucks to transport 100s of cattle from border posts to Gaushala Temporary enclosures for cattle on border posts before they get rehabilitated Dhyan Foundation daily spending 3 Lakhs plus on cattle upkeep.NO HELP HAS ARRIVED FROM GOVERMENT. PLEASE HELP US ! You can DONATE - Donate via DF website- https://bit.ly/2OidVPdDonate via paytm- http://p-y.tm/N-a0spj Milaap Link- https://milaap.org/fundraisers/help-bsf-rescued-cattle Direct Transfers(For Indian Nationals/NRI/People with Indian Passport)Dhyan Foundation: Savings Account #00921000102439, IFSC Code: HDFC0000092, HDFC Bank, GK 1, New Delhi Direct Transfers(For People with Non-Indian Passports)Dhyan Foundation: Savings Account #00921170000063, IFSC Code: HDFC0000092, HDFC Bank, GK 1, New Delhi Swift Code: HDFCINBBDEL * All donations made to Dhyan Foundation are exempted from Tax under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961. WE NEED YOUR HELP !Dhyan Foundation need monetary and voluntarily help to take care of these voiceless beings and the ones who await our help! For more information, +919958888000 or +919830267347Email us transfer details at info@dhyanfoundation.comwww.dhyanfoundation.com Thanks for Your Support ! Regards Dhyan Foundation
Dhyan Foundation
Started 2 weeks ago
Petition to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
SAVE BIRDS SAVE LIFE
The most beautiful thing in the world is to hear a bird chirping and twittering around us.But nowadays the birds are dying due to electromagnetic radiation. This radiation is created by high tension wires and cell phone towers. Ornithologists say birds may be killed over the course of a few years. Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study on birds. For the sake of birds, we must live in a better manner; if the number of birds decreases, then we too end up dying soon. How? Many species of birds eat little insects or worms, saving food crop. It is even believed that the rain comes to a particular place, in preparation for coming of migrated birds. The harmful effects of radiation and other electrical units on birds are precisely perceived. Some years ago, the 'Green city' of India, Chennai, woke up to a rude shock: numerous birds were found dead. In Chennai, there are nearly 4,000 cellphone towers. In Chandigarh, there are nearly 200. The ill-fated city of Chennai had killed a huge number of its birds to the deadly effects of EMR (Electromagnetic Radiation) emitted by both cell phones, and their towers. It should be remembered that birds' brains are equipped with the power of navigation during flight. But when the radiation attacks their mind, they become confused. navigate incorrect, and suffer the unbearable pain of radiation. Some might fall out of the sky, dead. Some months ago, there was a big and continuous experiment of 5G network in a city in Netherlands. It killed hundreds of birds there. EMR or electromagnetic radiation can destroy the birds eggs and embryos. The huge reduction of house sparrow populations, red-whiskered bulbul, brahminy kite, and the spotted dove and many more is alarming. But we can stop it. Whenever possible we can minimize our phone call time and try to use texting to communicate The government can also take down the towers which emit more emr than the limit and they can also make a maximum tower limit in a city . For example no more than 200 towers in small cities and no more than 500 towers in big cities SAVE BIRDS SAVE EARTH
satvik agarwal
Petition to Peta India, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Prakash Javadekar, Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrasekhar Rao
Justice for the stray dogs poisoned in Telangana
Is this country only for the people who live here? Where are the stray dogs and cat going to live and what if their population multiplies? Is it because, we humans have the brains and power, who gave us the power to destroy them? The people in India, know that the stray dogs and cats live alone wandering here and there for food. While, in some parts of the country people are to be applauded for showing kindness by feeding the animals, there are some regions and even states in India where the locals are taking the matter of killing these stray dogs in hands and it is very disheartening as well as disgusting. On 23 June, 2019 hundreds of stray dogs were poisoned by the Telangana municipal staff. It is really a horrifying incident in which municipality staff in Vikarabad town, 75 km from Hyderabad, poisoned more than 100 stray dogs and burnt their bodies at a garbage dump outside the town. A video went viral, in which a sobbing animal activists who was taking the video emerged out in the social media sites and it would give you a sickening feeling of revulsion and loathing for the people involved in this mass killing of the innocent stray dogs. The man in the video is seen throwing recklessly the carcasasses of the killed dogs into the dumpyard. All he said in the video is that "He is just following the orders." Click to get the: Image of the dead dogs Hands are tied up and lips are shut, people of today only know how to click their tongues and none has the mouth to open and speak about this matter. The Municipality of Telangana clearly took the easiest way of decreasing the multiplying of the breed by simply poisoning them, which is truly disgusting and the fact that they even ignored PETA ABC. To put it straight, here are some rules in India for the animals: 1.To kill or maim any animal, including stray animals, is a punishable offence. IPC Sections 428 and 429. 2. Abandoning any animal for any reason can land you in prison for up to three months. Section 11(1)(i) and Section 11(1)(j), PCA Act, 1960. 3. Stray dogs that have been operated for birth control cannot be captured or relocated by anybody including any authority. ABC Rules, 2001. 4. Neglecting an animal by denying her sufficient food, water, shelter and exercise or by keeping him chained/confined for long hours is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to 3 months or both. Section 11(1)(h), PCA Act, 1960. But it seems people now a days, like to violate each and every rules and it comes up even the municipality is violating the government's rule standing as an example for the people who kill these innocent animals for fun. The question is who is going to speak out for these violent act of the Municipality of Telangana and how are they going to be punished for this. Please sign this petition to bring this horrifying crime of the people involved in this dreadening act in attention and forcing the authorities to take necessary actions for this crime to give Justice to those hundreds of stray dogs who died mercilessly in the hands of those cruel human beings. In the end, all these dogs wanted was love. They even wagged their tails and ate those poisoned food trusting the human who gave them that poisoned food inwardly taking an oath that "I shall remain faithful to this wonderful human being for the rest of my life, for giving me some FOOD." Click to get the: Carcass of the stray dogs thrown like a rag doll, an example of how cruel a human being can be.
Soumiya Seemran Sahoo
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Here are some web sites on skateboarding that I found really interesting.
Skateboards are broken quite often. Usually the plywood boards are just thrown in the bin.
Here are some bags, an ipod case and some earrings made out of recycled skate decks.
This is publicity video where skaters get to snap there original deck (traditionally made out of maple) in return for a new bamboo deck. Apparently the bamboo boards are stronger than the maple plywood decks. go green , go bamboo.
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Here's How to Eat at Ben's Chili Bowl and Benefit J.O. Wilson Tonight
by Tim Regan March 22, 2016 at 2:20 pm 0
The Ben's Chili Bowl at 1001 H St. NE will donate a portion of its sales to J.O. Wilson Elementary School tonight.
For every customer who stops in between 5 and 10 p.m. and uses the code "Cardinal" while ordering, Ben's will donate 10 percent of that sale total to the elementary school at 660 K St. NE.
Click here to view the eatery's menu of half smokes, hamburgers, french fries and chili.
This is the first installment of an event that will occur on the first Tuesday of each month.
Half-smokes, chili, fries, oh my! @benschilibowl, Tue 3/22, 5-10p. 10% of sales donated to @JOWilsonDC. @HStGreatSt pic.twitter.com/SaSwXh2C6Z
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There are those that insist that you paint a mental portrait of your ideal - job, mate, car, house, whatever - so that you know exactly what you're looking for, and can recognize it when you find it.
I've never been very good at that, never really trusting my own desires, thinking I might miss out on something really great that I didn't know I wanted, but might suit me perfectly.
I've never wanted to restrict myself to "tall, dark, and handsome," (though it's probably more like "not too tall, dark, with kind eyes and an adorable face") just in case I meet a blonde guy who rocks my world. Who says I know what's best for me?
When I first started looking for a job after college, I knew I wanted to work at either a record label or a magazine. Consequently, in June 1997 I was interviewing both at Atlantic Records and Billboard. Atlantic ponied up the job offer first, and although it was in classical music - an undesirable department for most music biz job candidates - I jumped in head-first.
When I got hired at Razor & Tie, it was nearly a year after I first applied for a job there, a company I targeted solely on their reputation for reissues and compilations. During my interview, the owner asked me, "How do you feel about....cheesy?" and I enthusiastically replied, "I own Monster Booty. And I bought two copies of Easy Rock!" For those characteristics alone, the job fit the bill, though I was hired at first to work on their non-music projects. But I thought I could make it work: I made it clear that it would be a waste of my music trivia genius to not involve me in some way in their music releases, so soon enough, they were letting me produce compilations for them, and product manage hip hop compilations, classical crossover artists, and their entire children's music business.
When I started really looking for a job again in 2010, I tried to describe my ideal workplace scenario, but all I really knew was that I wanted that which was not the work situation I'd left behind. I wanted a place where I could advance, where women were respected and supported, where there was enough structure and bureaucracy to support the staff when things went wrong, or to prevent them from going wrong. I wanted to work on something I could feel proud of, that I cared about, that somehow helped people or helped the world or did something even remotely good. Other than that, I didn't really know.
Of the two job offers I got in 2010, neither one of them really fit my image of "Mr. Right," but I listened to opportunity knocking rather than to my own instincts. I took a job whose swift hiring process worried me, a concern I disregarded, until they let me go as quickly as they brought me on. But in the end, it's OK. I don't think I was helping anybody there. Once again, it was a job about making money.
So now that I'm back out on a job search, I don't know anything more now about what job I'm looking for than I did last year, but I'm less likely to make something up when someone asks me. The problem is: do I have the luxury of saying - to myself or to others - "I'll know it when I see it"?
I've had that attitude my entire life when it comes to finding a romantic partner, a mate, someone to share my life - or at least, my nights - with. Sure, I can say that my turn-ons include a sense of humor, confidence, talent, machismo, manliness, whatever, but who knew that a year ago, my biggest excitement about a new flame would become, "He's so nice!"? I was never looking for a nice guy. But somehow, some nice guys have found me. And I love 'em like I never thought I could.
I think my biggest challenge here is that I don't really believe my ideal actually exists, so rather than identifying it and then looking for it and only it (and inevitably failing), instead I try to determine what's possible, plausible, probable, and then select the best candidate from those. For my whole life, I have been in browsing mode rather than in search mode - two very different behavioral patterns.
But I do believe it is possible to find something wonderful by browsing, if you know which racks to thumb through, which departments to wander, which aisles to peruse. Is my soulmate the guy who tells me what he's thinking and how he feels, even if it hurts me? The guy who tells me how pretty I look when he sees me in public after our one night stand? The guy who comes over to comfort me after my layoff? The guy who helps me put new sheets on the bed? The guy who walks me to my car or to my door, without me having to ask him to?
All of those guys exist, and none of them want to be my Mr. Wonderful, so I guess that takes them out of the running. But if they did, that would be a wonderful thing.
So then, does it become more about who wants me enough to put the offer out there? I can't force a company to hire me and I can't force a man to date me or love me. But when I find one that does want to, do I have to take it, just because it's my only option, even if it doesn't feel like a perfect match?
I guess that would be a nice problem to have.
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About a year ago, near the Lockheed main parking lot on South Cobb Drive, I noticed a road leading off with a sign that said "Southern Polytech College". I was curious, because Southern Polytech was about a mile away on Marietta Parkway which at that point would be about parallel to South Cobb Drive. I took a Google high-in-the sky trip over that territory and saw , sure-'nuff, a little road winding from South Cobb Drive, through a wooded area and onto the campus then ending on Marietta Parkway.
Yesterday I made the drive. It is a beautiful drive. It is a rambling roving hills little drive that goes by wooded areas, over little bridges with bubbling creeks and is just a nice little pleasant drive, almost in inner-city Marietta.
Also, when Atlanta hosted the Olympics, part of it was on this campus. Don't ask me which part.
Speaking of inner-city, I also went to the Main Library in Marietta to do some genealogical research. I forgot a pad to write on and stopped at a dollar store to buy one in the same shopping center the Census office was at in the year 2000, which I worked for. The shopping center now had a lot of what looked like drug pushers hanging around, leaning against the storefront, each with an invisible sign on saying, "All You Have To Do Is Ask". In the parking lot were two men leaning against their cars, which were parked a couple of rows from each other. Each was playing loud hip-hop music on their car radios. They looked like they were waiting for customers too. The unique thing is that they were both playing loud music from the same radio station. I think if their radios were on different stations it would be an ear-sore, or confusing. I thought that was considerate.
At the Library I got a parking place up front, which I thought was unusual. Usually I have to park a long way away and walk. But not this time. This morning I read in Sister Mary Martha's blog it is lent time. And for lent, one of the things she does is gives up is a good parking place. I wonder if that is why I had my choice of several good parking places? Now, I think it was a divine gift!
I went into the library to the Georgia Room which is for historical and genealogical research. I usually have a target thing to do when I visit the library and that is what I did yesterday. I tackled a book of obituaries in Cherokee County Georgia. I found several items on my ancestors and relatives of their deaths. I think the most news-worthy of something I didn't know before, was one relative was killed in a car crash in Alabama in the 1930s. I didn't know that.
The Georgia Room had mostly the bathed powdered down elderly, each doing his or her research. But, outside the Georgia Room is a reading area. A stench was in the air. A gagging stench.
I noticed a lot of what appeared to be homeless people sitting around reading magazines. They looked unkempt with dirty clothes. They probably had their worldly belongings all in a backpack or rolled up blanket. I doubt it they had a nice warm shower of bath in a long time. It was cold outside, very cold and windy. They were inside where they could be away from the weather. Some looked sad and pitiful. I bet each had an interesting story.
I wonder what they gave up for lent?
I did some rambling myself today.....hope you are well.
Wasn't the Allman Brothers' pa a rambling man on Highway 41. Maybe I got my songs intertwined.
Steve, I'm find, I hope you are too and The Boid is too.


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TAG CLOUD—Chris Videll has played solo drone/noise music under the name Tag Cloud since 2009 and has several releases on the Zeromoon and Found Tapes labels. He also collaborates regularly with Jim Adams and others in the dark ambient BLK TAG and with Gary Rouzer in the improv duo Lab Mice.
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Inbound marketing has been proven time and again to be the most efficient way of attracting new readers to your company's website. Creating engaging and useful content is the key to having a successful post. Don't fall into the trap of posting sub-par content and letting your competition steal potential clients. By focusing on writing fun to read and important posts, you can build up a user base around your business. Here are the 4 best ways to create original content and increase your inbound marketing abilities.
Understanding how to create posts based on your business is the key to successful content. Depending on what your product or service is, keep all information geared towards potential users. It would be silly to write about cars if your company is an irrigation installation service. Stay focused and write about what you know.
Once you have a target audience in mind, that doesn't mean you only write about your own services. If all your content is sales copy, readers will quickly lose interest and stop visiting your blog for new content. Feel free to post news articles about the industry you are in. Add an opinion piece about a recent breakthrough or a new business method that is gaining in popularity. Another good method is to post light-hearted memes, playing on pop-culture references. The more engagement you can elicit from your target audience, the better.
As you are writing your content, it's always good to exude knowledge on the given topic. Even if you have years of experience, people will want to see citations for information. The best way to add credibility is to link to external sites that prove your points. Good examples of links are news sources and nonprofits focused on the issues important to your industry. Even Wikipedia links are better than nothing. Building a web of related reading materials will keep readers engaged for much longer than not having any. Don't be afraid of social media either. There are plenty of ways to build your reach online.
External link building also increases your SEO. The more links you attach to your own website, the higher the probability of other people doing the same to you. Think about marketing the same way you would networking. It is never a bad thing to make friends with other content producers.
There is nothing worse than clicking a promising link and realizing all the content is just copied from somewhere else on the web. People are not stupid and the reader will always pick up on unoriginal content. Besides, you know your business better than anyone else, don't waste your time copying somebody else's words Spread your wings and publish your own intellect. People want to read what you have to say. There is a demand for the content you are creating, don't settle, push your own brand further. Your content has the potential to revolutionize the industry, write down what it is that people need to know.
Whatever business you are in, potential clients and peers alike want to understand what you do. Even if you are targeting customers that may not understand every facet, they still want to be treated like equals. Nobody wants to be patronized, and assuming a reader will not understand your words is a great way to turn them off from your business. If you don't want a specific phrase of jargon to be misinterpreted, make it link to the definition. This not only gives you an outbound link but allows the reader to engage even more with your writing.
Transparency and honesty are highly sought after by customers. If you can articulate what you do and why your business or service is the best, people will want to know more. It's hard to get into the specifics if you leave out the words and vocabulary you use on a daily basis. Keep it real and don't be afraid to throw in your technical knowledge.
The best content is the type that keeps readers coming back for more. Keep on creating and trying new methods. As long as you stay true to your business, readers will continue to find what you say worthwhile.


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Johnny Carson, Lee Marvin, Capt. Kangaroo & Mr. Rogers
Captain Kangaroo passed away on January 23, 2004 at age 76 , which is odd, because he always looked to be 76. (DOB: 6/27/27 ) His death reminded me of the following story.
Some people have been a bit offended that the actor, Lee Marvin, is buried in a grave alongside 3 and 4-star generals at Arlington National Cemetery His marker gives his name, rank (PVT) and service (USMC). Nothing else. Here's a guy who was only a famous movie star who served his time, why the heck does he rate burial with these guys? Well, following is the amazing answer:
I always liked Lee Marvin, but didn't know the extent of his Corps experiences.
In a time when many Hollywood stars served their country in the armed forces often in rear echelon posts where they were carefully protected, only to be trotted out to perform for the cameras in war bond promotions, Lee Marvin was a genuine hero. He won the Navy Cross at Iwo Jima There is only one higher Naval award… the Medal Of Honor!
If that is a surprising comment on the true character of the man, he credits his sergeant with an even greater show of bravery.
Dialog from "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson": His guest was Lee Marvin… Johnny said, "Lee, I'll bet a lot of people are unaware that you were a Marine in the initial landing at Iwo Jima ..and that during the course of that action you earned the Navy Cross and were severely wounded."
"Yeah, yeah… I got shot square in the bottom and they gave me the Cross for securing a hot spot about halfway up Suribachi. Bad thing about getting shot up on a mountain is guys getting shot hauling you down. But, Johnny, at Iwo , I
Capt. Kangaroo
served under the bravest man I ever knew… We both got the Cross the same day, but what he did for his Cross made mine look cheap in comparison. That dumb guy actually stood up on Red beach and directed his troops to move forward and get the hell off the beach.. Bullets flying by, with mortar rounds landing everywhere and he stood there as the main target of gunfire so that he could get his men to safety. He did this on more than one occasion because his men's safety was more important than his own life.
That Sergeant and I have been lifelong friends. When they brought me off Suribachi we passed the Sergeant and he lit a smoke and passed it to me, lying on my belly on the litter and said, "Where'd they get you Lee?" "Well Bob…. if you make it home before me, tell Mom to sell the outhouse!"
Johnny, I'm not lying, Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew.
The Sergeant's name is Bob Keeshan. You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo."
On another note, there was this wimpy little man (who passed
away) on PBS, gentle and quiet. Mr. Rogers is another of those you would least suspect of being anything but what he now portrays to our youth. But Mr. Rogers was a U.S. Navy Seal, combat-proven in Vietnam with over twenty-five confirmed kills to his name. He wore a long-sleeved sweater on TV, to cover the many tattoos on his forearm and biceps. He was a master in small arms and hand-to-hand combat, able to disarm or kill in a heartbeat. After the war Mr. Rogers became an ordained Presbyterian minister and therefore a pacifist. Vowing to never harm another human and also dedicating the rest of his life to trying to help lead children on the right path in life… He hid away the tattoos and his past life and won our hearts with his quiet wit and charm..
America's real heroes don't flaunt what they did; they quietly go about their day-to-day lives, doing what they do best. They earned our respect and the freedoms that we all enjoy.
Look around and see if you can find one of those heroes in your midst.
Often, they are the ones you'd least suspect, but would most like to have on your side if anything ever happened.
Take the time to thank anyone that has fought for our freedom. While they might not be the next Captain Kangaroo or Mr. Rogers…they have stood tall for our country. Salute them, one and all.
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Many have tried to discredit these stories,yet they don't show any proof to the contrary,only speculation. Are these stories true? Are they false? I'm not sure,but I know there's a lot of people in this country trying to destroy our heroes. Many of them are also trying to create heroes out of villains and glory-hounds,aka celebrities.


The city began routine maintenance of its water lines Monday that will run through Aug. 15. During that time, city water customers — which also includes residents of the towns of Palm Beach and South Palm Beach — might notice either a slight taste or odor of chlorine in their water. West Palm Beach officials said it will not pose any health risk, and that residents can place an open container of water in the refrigerator for a few hours to allow the chlorine to dissipate. Hospitals, dialysis clinics, users of home dialysis machines, owners of tropical fish and managers of stores and restaurants with fish and shellfish holding tanks should seek further information by calling the city's utilities department at (561) 822-2200.


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Zac Purton's hot streak continues, but suspension sullies treble
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The in-form Australian jockey is riding in terrific form, but he'll miss two meetings after causing interference in the final race of the day
by Alan Aitken
on Sunday, January 8, 2017 10:36 PM
Zac Purton enjoys a big day at the office, collecting a treble at Sha Tin. Photos: Kenneth Chan
A white-hot run of form for Zac Purton came to a halt in the stewards' room after the final race on Sunday but the Australian jockey will be back to keep his ride on Beauty Generation in the Classic Mile on January 22.
Purton has been in sensational form, with Mr Potential, Ashkiyr and Beauty Generation taking his tally to 10 wins from his 26 rides over the past eight days, and his head-to-head contests with Joao Moreira have been a highlight.
Purton came out on top narrowly in the Jockey Challenge on Sunday but stewards later put the brakes on his streak and he will miss next Saturday and the following Wednesday over interference caused as he secured a position at the first turn for his final winner.
While the Dennis Yip Chor-hong-trained Mr Potential has been a winner in search of the right circumstances for much of the season, Ashkiyr entitles Purton to a place among the greats just for getting the reluctant eight-year-old home first.
"Ashkiyr's record shows that he is not easy to win on but his three wins now have all been 1,800m here and it all fell into place for him today," Purton said. "In saying that, it was a pretty ordinary Class Four race too. He's got the win but I don't think he's racing as well as he was a year or two ago."
Purton's ride had everything to do with Mr Potential's breakthrough win, as the gelding had consistent struck trouble or difficult trips in his other starts but he said the horse helped himself out too.
"He's often a bit keen but he today he relaxed really well and that made the difference," he explained. "His last couple were really, good, he was in a race with no speed and in the right spot."
Moreira replied with his own treble – Amazing Kids, Big Bang Bong and Roundabout – but Purton landed four minor placings to the Brazilian's three.
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Race 1, 12:30pm
Race 2, 1:00pm
Race 10, 5:15pm
MEDIC KINGDOM HANDICAP
1800 / Class 5 (rated 40-0)
Horse Last runs Draw
1MISTER MONTE 4/6/6/5/0/5 8
2SKY GEM 0/0/0/9/9 7
3GOLDEN KID 7/7/8/8/0/5 14
4GOOD RUNNERS WAY 0/0/9/0/5/2 9
5CAPTAIN BOSS 0/8/9/6/9/8 3
6ABOVE 7/8/7/7/5/3 12
7WHAMPOA STAR 9/5/0/8/3/9 5
8LETSGOFREE 0/8/0/8/5/7 10
9YOUNG GLORY 3/7/0/3/0/0 4
10PROUD SKY 4/1/4/9/4/4 6
11LITTLE FANTASY 4/3/3/3/1/4 13
12CELEBRATIO... 4/9/7/5/5/7 1
13INVESTOR BOOM 0/8/4/8/8/6 11
14ROCKET GO 0/0/0/0/8/0 2
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Okay, so I used up my old list with crossing stuff off and writing stuff on. It's a bit dispiriting to see some quilts that never seem to launch, but I'll give it a go. Again.
I had fun at this web site, making these titles in a "text generator." Scroll down to where you type in your text (on the left), choose the kind of font you want (scroll up on the right to see the categories), add color, effects and then generate it. As a Mac owner, I hold down the Shift+Command+4 and it turns the cursor into a crosshairs pointer so I can capture images. I wadded them all up into one document and printed it off. I hope soon to get to crossing off things.
I use a cardboard template behind my block to help me remember what to sign (and I also back the signing place with a piece of ironed-on freezer paper and use a .08 Micron pen). Seems to work okay.
Hope you get your summer launched off to a great start!


It's fine. It'll do what you want. $700 is a good price.
That's a solid price for a pre-built. Sounds like the RX 580 will meet your needs, and that CPU will be good for 4-6 years probably. In that time you'll be able to add a new GPU or two if you see the need.
Solid PC for the price. 580 should be fine for what you're doing now. You can always upgrade down the road.
I also meant to add that Xbox One has this new app Wireless Display to where you can stream your PC games to your Xbox... I think the HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-0034 should have no problem doing that?
You can always upgrade down the road.
No. Don't tell him that. Chances are he can NOT upgrade an HP Pavilion. He's not buying a standard size generic case. I guarantee that Pavilion is a weird, small case with a proprietary motherboard and some super slim power supply. Upgrading will be a pain unless he's some super modder.
It's not super slim and it has a PSU that can handle a power-hungry 580. The motherboard won't precent a GPU upgrade, either.


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FBC Holding, Inc. (FBCD) Provides Shareholder Letter Update
SCOTTSDALE, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / January 10, 2022 / Today FBC Holding, Inc. (OTC PINK:FBCD) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Formrunner Apparel Inc. is pleased to announce the following updates moving forward. Formrunner Apparel Inc. has entered this entity as of 12/10/21. The company is in the Retail Clothing Industry along with the Entertainment sector. Formrunner Apparel has been in business for two years.
FBC Holding, Inc. is excited to head into 2022 with an aggressive approach on multiple things coming up! The company is going to get heavily involved with NFT's right away with an awesome plan intact to create digital clothing & accessories that will be wearable in the Metaverse so this will be huge as time goes on and it gets developed. One of FBC Holding, Inc. main focus now is to bring on NBA, NFL, MLB players along with Hip-Hop Artists as Brand Ambassadors and this will lead to other avenues of business for the company that will bring in big revenue and more attention to Formrunner Apparel as a whole. The company is currently in the works of doing a music festival in the late spring. Formrunner Apparel currently has a high-end store located in Scottsdale, Arizona at Fashion Square Mall called Hyperviolent that contains not only Formrunner, but big names such as Supreme, Bape, Chrome Hearts, Palm Angels, etc. Not only does the company have a store in the mall, but it is looking to expand into other locations around the world and have multiple locations. New President & CEO Lisa Nelson states 'The local sports teams here in Arizona love the streetwear, as we have already been approached by some of the Suns & Cardinals players!' Lisa Nelson also states, 'One of the goals we want to accomplish is to do near term strategic acquisitions with other high end clothing brands along with partnerships.' In conclusion, 2022 is going to be a great year and FBC Holding, Inc. is only getting started. OTC Markets is currently being updated periodically and there will be more updates to come overall!
About Formrunner Apparel Inc.
Formrunner Apparel Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of FBC Holding, Inc. Formrunner Apparel Inc. carries a variety of Top-Notch Streetwear & Accessories located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Formrunner can be viewed and purchased on the Company's website at www.formrunnerapparel.com
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Home Culture Commentary NYCC '14 panels you missed: Geeks of Color Go Pro
From L to R: Diana Pho, LeSean Thomas, Alice Meichi Li, Daniel Jose Older, I.W. Gregorio and Tracey J. John
NYCC '14 panels you missed: Geeks of Color Go Pro
Beat Staff
by Edie Nugent
The main stage spectacles of NYCC saw panels filled with celebrity actors and moderators alike, whipping thousands of screaming audience members into a frenzy. No less intense or enthusiastic, however, were the panels scheduled towards the end of the night in the smaller conference rooms at the Javits Center. Once such panel—Geeks of Color Go Pro—filled its room to capacity with a diverse audience of fans and comic book industry hopefuls cheering just as passionately as fans in the rooms twice its size.
"Don't be afraid to challenge the status quo," declared Tracy J. John, writer for such marquee video game franchises as Oregon Trail and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This comment, which came later in the proceedings, proved to be a kind of mission statement for the panel as a whole. Moderated by Tor Books editor Diana Pho, the panel participants represented a diversity of gender, race, and sexual orientation.
Pho opened by asking the panel to tell their "origin stories," referring to how they arrived at their current careers within an industry that has long suffered from a dearth of diversity. Tracey J. John kicked things off, saying: "a long long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…I went to NYU and got a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies." She went on to say that she garnered an internship at MTV News, which led to a job working for MTV.com. "We wrote about these things called 'music videos,'" she joked. This job placed her in the perfect spot to capitalize on her World of Warcraft addiction when MTV looked to launch a video game focused section of its website. She recalled thinking, "whoa, I can get paid to write about video games?" She later turned to freelance work for Wired, NY Post, and Playstation Magazine. Desirous of a more stable paycheck, she turned to a job at Gameloft and worked in game development. Recently she decided to shake things up again, and has returned to freelance work.
I.W. Gregorio, who claimed she's still getting used to being addressed by the pen name her day job requires, opened by speaking the question on the minds of many an audience member: "How did a urologist end up being a YA author?" She went on to explain she felt the better question to be "why would an aspiring author become a doctor?" She spoke of her racially isolated childhood where she knew immediately she wanted to be a writer, but felt family pressure "like a lot of kids of color" to enter either law or medicine to be deemed a 'success' culturally. Her talents in math and science led her to choose the path of medicine, "enough people had told me that I wanted to be a doctor that I ended up being one." She did attempt, in her words, to "try to have my cake and eat it too" also studying English while in college. She went on to pursue medicine and take a 10 year break from writing before her passion was reignited during her residency. She was grateful to be a doctor because she felt it enables her "writing career…and gives me a lot of stories." She described how her new book None of the Above was inspired by an intersex teenager she treated during her residency.
Daniel Jose Older, author of the upcoming Half-Resurrection Blues, the first book in what is to be an ongoing urban fantasy series for Penguin Book's Roc imprint, began by saying that Gregorio's story "actually really connects to mine. In 2009 I was a paramedic and community organizer doing work on gender violence and intersections of racism. I was trying how to figure out how to have a voice and what that meant as a writer." He explained that he loved Star Wars and Harry Potter, but that he and the kids of color he was working work didn't see themselves in those stories, "and there was a disconnect." This inspired him to "sit down and write Shadowshaper which got picked up by the folks at Scholastic that put out Harry Potter, so it was this really big dream come true." He explained that the process of publishing his first work took over 6 years and that "publishing will make you learn patience" which drew a big laugh from the crowd. He continued to work on stories during that time, and work on adult fiction, which led him to Half-Resurrection Blues, due out in 2015. His background as a paramedic inspired the new book: "a lot of this comes from being on the front lines…dealing with life and death."
Author Alice Meichi Li knew she wanted to be an artist since the age of five. "I grew up in a Chinese restaurant in a really rough part of Detroit," she said. She explained how this kept her indoors for her own safety, drawing on the back of the placemats of her parents' restaurant. She also felt pushed towards a career in more economically dependable fields like law, medicine, or IT technologies. "When faced with the prospect of applying for college, all I could think about was arts school," she said. "I was in Army Junior ROTC and my Staff Sargent saw some of my art and he said: what are you doing here? You should be taking art class, you should be pursuing this." She eagerly took his advice, worrying her family members regarding her future. She graduated High School at the top of her class and her family told her she should be making "six-figures somewhere"—not becoming a starving artist. She conceded that's "pretty much what happened," to the amusement of the audience. "I did have to end up balancing a day job," she said, with her art career: she worked at the well-known comic book store Forbidden Planet. "But I was doing Artist's Alleys and that's how I made a lot of my connections. If you're trying to be an artist in comics that's pretty much your best bet."
"Everybody's got all these cool stories," remarked Black Dynamite producer and director LeSean Thomas. "I was born and raised in the South Bronx, John Adams projects at 152nd Street," he said. Some in the crowd applauded this mention—then laughed as Thomas joked that he was in the part of the Bronx that exists "past Yankee Stadium" where most New Yorkers' familiarity with the Bronx begins and ends. "I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons, reading comic books, " he recalled. He said he felt comic books were a more realistic career path for him, as the tools used to produce comics were more affordable than those of cartoon animation: "they don't sell light-boxes at the bodegas," he quipped.
Thomas ended up in a High School arts program called Talent Unlimited. Following High School he took a job at a sporting goods store to make ends meet. While working there, he was spotted sketching by his store manager whose wife worked at a children's accessories company. The company quickly employed him to work on designs for accessories featuring licensed characters. Through his work there, he met Joe Rodgers who mentored the young artist and eventually "I became a flash artist/storyboard artist on this web-cartoon called WorldGirl, and it got picked up by Showtime, I think it was the first cartoon to get picked up by a major network," he said. His success there led to him meeting Carl Jones, who moved to Los Angeles and teamed with The Boondocks creator Aaron MacGruder on the now famous Cartoon Network series based on MacGruder's comic strip of the same name. "He [Jones] needed people who could understand Hip-Hop culture, Anime, and social/political/racial satire, and it was very hard to find that kind of talent in Hollywood," he paused as the crowd laughed before putting it bluntly: "let alone somebody who could draw a black person." This led him to move to Los Angeles to work on the show, which he feared would soon be canceled due to its controversial and sometimes "wildly inappropriate" content.
The series proved a critical and ratings success for Cartoon Network, and Thomas said he felt liberated by the mostly black racial makeup of The Boondocks' creative team. "I grew up in a society where the White male was the dominant character…to be able to work on a show where my boss was Black, the characters we were creating were Black and we were saying the things we wanted to say without caring what other people thought, Black or White, was really liberating," he said, "and was one of the best experiences for me." He went on to comment that his experience working on The Boondocks "catapulted his career," gave him the chance to move overseas, opening many career opportunities for him—not the least of which was his teaming up producer Carl Jones to produce the Adult Swim series Black Dynamite. He noted how rare it was to have three shows in a row to his credit that found him working under Black people, on shows starting Black characters: The Boondocks, Legend of Korra, and Black Dynamite.
"I guess I should pitch in about myself, and I thought: oh, I'm the moderator—just sit here and look pretty," joked Diana Pho, before continuing: "I grew up in New England, in a very White town. I was always the only Asian girl in my class and my family is from Vietnam: no one knew where Vietnam was, because actually in my High School they never talked about the Vietnam War." This statement elicited shocked sounds from the assembled crowd, but also some knowing murmurs that appeared to understand all too well the sort of erasure her statement described. Pho explained that she found escape from her outsider status through books, especially science fiction and fantasy novels. While studying English at college, she felt her options for employment were limited to work as a teacher, continuing her studies of Russian—her minor field—in order to obtain a Master's Degree in it, or something else. "I chose something else," she said, "and that was publishing."
She explained she felt publishing to be a small field, insular in nature-and a field where it: "has to do with the connections you make, that's what I learned," she said. Her first job involved editing test books for college admissions for a summer. "What it did provide me was internship experience in marketing," Pho said, explaining that this led to her getting a job with Hachette Press. She worked there in sales and marketing for several years before a colleague recommended her for a position at the Science Fiction Book Club making catalogues. She ended up following this with a Master's in Performance Studies—doing her thesis in Steampunk performance—and graduated to assume her current role at Tor Books.
The panel then opened up for questions from the audience where Pho asked that the questions be "tweet-sized" to try and get to everyone's question, but the line for the microphone grew long enough that the panel was forced to wrap up with audience members still on line. One asked: "what was one thing that you wish you knew when you started out that you know now?" Gregorio explained that as a representative of the We Need Diverse Books campaign (weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com): "I'd be remiss if I didn't say that there are obviously challenges for diverse authors, the first book I wrote had and Asian-American multicultural protagonist-and three different editors said: oh, it's too similar to another book with an Asian-American character." She explained that she knew other authors of color who had run into enough of the same problem that they feared they might have to only write about White characters going forward. "The We Need Diverse Books campaign is most effective because it's been showing the gatekeepers that they are wrong. Fifty percent of children in schools today are children of color, but only ten percent of books have minority protagonists." She also called upon the audience to open up their wallets and support works by authors of color and/or featuring main characters of color.
John added on to Gregorio's comments by telling the audience to not be afraid of the status quo, and gave an example of her work in gaming journalism. "Things that I did…aside from asking the questions I needed to do my job, I'd throw in some poignant questions—I've asked Shigeru Miyamoto: why does Princess Peach need saving again? Didn't she get some self-defense classes by then?" John continued: "or the developer of a family game why there wasn't an option to be a Black person, they just had different tans? Ask those kinds of questions. It can be intimidating: Oh I have this opportunity to interview a game developer, I don't want to screw it up. I'd say ask the normal questions and then save those for the end."
Older replied: "when you're starting out as a writer there's a lot of advice given out to you, like: you have to build your platform, you have to network! And there's this very common, very White Western narrative of breaking out as an author," he said, "where you're that singular rocket ship that flies away to become famous overnight…what it requires us to do, especially as writers and creators of color, is to really reimagine what success means to us anytime we're entering into any kind of project or career." He went on to emphasize the need to build community, outside of what he called a "putting points on your resume" style of thinking. "What will sustain you is unity. That's what will have your back when things are hard," he said, "and things will be hard." He noted that more than fans, writers need people who will tell them the truth—people who will give them the "hard critique." He also said he wanted to shout-out to: fanbros.com, nerdgasmnoire.net as well as blackgirlnerds.com, saying of the organizations: "these groups are collectives of people of color, proudly nerds, proudly of color, talking about racism, talking about Sleepy Hollow," he said, "we need to talk about these things because that's community" drawing many loud cheers from the audience.
Li wished to add a piece of advice she claimed to hear often: "you are the average of the five people you interact with most in life," she said, "so if you have a bunch of people who are ambitious, who are trying to do what you're trying to do you're going to kind of automatically get lifted up with them. You want at least three of them to be in a place where you aspire to be." She paused, then continued: "I add that you should look for someone who is: 1) an older mentor, to get advice from, 2) an equal, that you can be a comrade-at-arms with and share you career path with and 3) someone you can mentor, because you can learn a lot from teaching."
"The thing that I wish I'd known before getting into animation, that I do now is that all the animation jobs are in California," said Thomas, to loud laughter from the crowd. Thomas clearly meant the comment seriously, adding: "I wouldn't have stayed in New York as long if I'd have known there were no real animation jobs in New York the way there are in California…I probably would've made my pilgrimage a lot sooner."
Another attendee asked how the artists dealt with accusations of racism. "I just got called racist the other day, so that was fun," recounted Older, saying that because the bad guys in a story were White he'd had the accusation leveled at him. "There's no easy answer, but you have to go with your gut and trust your instincts because when the shit flies, you have to be able to stand up for your work. I know what I did in that story—and I have much worse stories about White people than that," he said, laughing.
Gregorio added: "publishing is a team sport, you're going to have editors and marketing people—they'll catch anything really bad," she said, "and also you have to realize we're all going to get criticism. Haters are gonna' hate, it's alright!"
A reporter asked if the panel felt any responsibility towards social justice storylines. Thomas replied: "you know on Black Dynamite me and Carl Jones, the executive producer, always used to joke that we were like social workers in animation, not to belittle social work, but we liked to joke that because we were one of the few [shows] that touched on those issues," he said. "The most important thing for us is that it has to be funny, that's the golden rule. The second rule is that it has to be genuine. If it's honest, if it comes from a good place there's always humor in it….and the third is to make people uncomfortable, not in a negative way but to make them think outside what they normally expect."
The final question came from a Bleeding Cool reporter who asked, "Why are we still having this conversation? I feel like we're constantly having the same conversation: do you see an end to it, do you think? Where we're not going to need to have 'Geeks of Color' in the corner at 8:00pm?"
"So you're saying Geeks of Color needs to be at noon, is what you're saying? I agree I think it should be much earlier." Thomas joked.
Pho added: "we're going to keep having this conversation until we hit critical mass," she said. Pho explained that critical mass was not when people stopped asking questions, but rather that: "we need a critical mass of answers from all over the place, not just from us but from you guys—not just from you guys but from everyone at this convention, and not just this convention—about how pop culture functions, how media functions," she said, "we all have to hit that critical mass point and that's when the conversation stops."
"I feel your point a lot," Older added, indicating the reporter, "we do need this and part of the reason is the industry is still very racist, still very White, and so we need to have these conversations…the job and the struggle and the challenge for us is to push the conversation forward so it's not so circular," he said. "So that's why we need diverse books, which is such an important way to get everyone together. We need to talk about power analysis." Older also stressed that he felt there were necessary conversations that weren't had before this generation of creators and it was important to recognize those that came before him. "We're here because the folks before us fought their fight," he said, "so we're fighting our fight for the next generation of artists of color, writers of color…and that involves getting together and having 'geeks of color' panels which makes people uncomfortable, which is good, as it should."
Alice Meichi Li
Black Dynamite
Daniel Jose Older
Diana Pho
Geeks of Color Go Pro
Half-Resurrection Blues
I.W. Gregorio
LeSean Thomas
NYCC '14
Tor books
Tracey J. John
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