Down Payment for Designers - Distant Dream or a Surprising Reality?
Whether or not to charge a down-payment from clients before starting a project has always remained a debatable topic in the freelance graphic designer community. After all, you're signing the terms and conditions stipulated by your client, which means you're bound to abide by the deadlines, payments and schedule set by the client.
Most such terms and conditions laid out by clients protect them financially and not you. In fact, clients reserve the rights to pull out of the project any time they wish to, at their will!
Well, you've been working dedicatedly on a project, spending your time and efforts to craft a custom logo design or a killer site design for the client! And it could really disappointing if you get to lose the project midway.
Wouldn't it be good if you had the security amount (a down payment) to protect you against such contingencies?
1. Down Payment Will Keep Both Parties Happy – By giving the down payment, the clients ensures the designer that, "We will be with you till the end of the project?" On the other hand, it keeps the designer motivated to complete the project on time with a satisfied mind of receiving the balance payment at the completion of the project.
2. Down Payment Builds Trust – A down payment is the way of clients showing trust in you and your work. They pay you a good amount of money even when their project is not completed means that they have confidence in you that you will complete the project well and on time.
Down payment will not let the client walk away at any point of time. If the client has invested and signed the contract, they will remain with you till the end.
So, if the question is – whether designers actually deserve down-payments? The answer is a resounding YES!
Okay! Now, you understand that designers do deserve a down-payment! But you wouldn't disagree that it's not too easy to convince the clients to pay just any amount. Remember, they too try to pay as minimum as possible and that too with a lot of terms and conditions.
So, how do you convince your clients for down-payment? Confused?
1. Draft an elaborate agreement with details of down-payment and payment schedule. Before you take up any assignments or make any commitments, make sure that you have presented the standard agreement to your clients. It is mandate, trust us.
2. Be clear with your communication. Let your clients know the specifics of what you are expecting from them in terms of payment. The more professional and detailed you'll be with your communications, the better will be your chances to convince your clients. But remember, communication is a two-way street. So, listen to what your clients have to say.
3. Use invoices. All invoices have payment terms listed on them. Show your client invoices that you've sent out to other clients to make them feel secure. Be as clear and specific as possible on your invoice. Do not use any industry jargon in your product or service description on your invoice. If your invoices clearly indicate down-payment, your clients wouldn't paying it upfront.
4. Give references of your existing clients to the newer ones to make them feel more secured about their decision to work with you. Update them about things you've done in the past and your achievements. This will ensure that you've thorough understanding of your work and they wouldn't be hesitant to pay a down-payment.
5. To get down-payments, you'll need to build a strong relationship with your clients. If you get to hear from a client, walk them through all key deliverables and payment dates at the start of the new project. Give them enough time to make a decision. But don't forget to follow up with them.
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In one-to-one projects, payments are securely deposited with Designhill. So, even if a client chooses to abandon the project midway, your money stays safe and secured.
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In May 2017 we started a green bean sourcing company. We focus on Indonesian specialty coffee covering Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi. In order to accommodate European buyers, currently we set up new office in Berlin. To maintain sustainability of coffee production, we build and develop close relationships with group of farmers and cooperatives. Delivering transparency is our main concern to achieve long-term partnerships with prospective buyers.


Grant & Jolize's wedding day slide show.
Grant & Jolize's wedding day slide show.
We are a bit behind with our post production work as a result of my trip to Paris and some other personal matters like a baby on the way. But rather late than never so without further delay here is the web slide show of their wedding day. We had a total blast shooting this wedding. Grant & Jolize are super nice people and very natural in front of the camera.
I reworked this image. Like the way it ended up.
Here are the shows, I hope they like the images.
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iO Tillet Wright and the Self Evident Truths Project
How do you confront bigotry, fear, and intolerance? What do you do when you realize that your country is treating you as a second class citizen?
For actor-turned photographer iO Tillet Wright, the answer was to put a human face to the LGBTQ acronym, first with 50 portraits in her native Manhattan, then hundreds more as she traveled across the country. Today the Self Evident Truths Project is on its way to an eventual goal of 5,000-10,000 photographs, dedicated to humanizing "anyone in the United States that is, or EVER has been, anything other than 100% straight."
Along the way, Tillet Wright has come to firmly believe "familiarity really is the gateway drug to empathy." In this 2011 promotional video, supported by the HRC, she sums up the Project's mission: "I challenge you to look in the faces of these people and tell them they deserve less than any other human being."
To get more background on the artist and where the Self Evident Truths Project is today, check out her TEDxWomen talk, released today, at http://www.ted.com/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay.html
You can see all of Tillet Wright's compelling, unedited photographs on the project's website: http://selfevidentproject.com/
The Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/SelfEvidentTruthsProject
And you can take a look behind the scenes at the Self Evident Truths blog: http://selfevidentproject.tumblr.com/
A full-length documentary and several exhibits are also in the works.

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This home near UBC in Vancouver boasts a spectacular view from its rooftop deck overlooking English Bay and the North Shore mountains.
Livable and beautiful, this home was designed entirely in a refined French Provincial style.
The clients recognized home's potential, but wanted a total transformation of a mid-80's home.
The My House Design Build team completely reconfigured the main floor, to position the kitchen towards the ocean view. The clients love to entertain, and the now open-concept kitchen is a focal point. There's also a separate spice/wok kitchen, to hide more complex cooking from eye sight. Coffee maker and fridge were positioned so visitors and family could easily grab snacks and drinks without disturbing the chef.
Find out more about the My House Design Build team's work as builders vancouver. The team has created many award-winning custom homes in Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, and across the Lower Mainland.


Pet parents beware, the canine influenza virus (CIV), or dog flu that first unfold through Florida and Georgia earlier in 2017 has made its approach to Texas. Signifies the amount of shedding you need to expect when owning considered one of these breeds. If a dog sees a dog at a distance, runs up to and attacks it, there's a reason. Dog homeowners typically look at their dog with such care and concern, just like the way in which they look at the kid.
Mud rooms for moist paws, waterproof flooring, doggy doorways to outside, canine showers and tubs, constructed-in feeding stations and matching dog bedding and pillows are adding both functionality in addition to visible continuity to those redone properties.
Dog grooming is essential for a wholesome dog and to keep him trying and smelling good too. More lodges have turn into dog friendly for vacationing pet families and it's also grow to be extra widespread for doggies to go to boarding services where they not solely play together, however the owners can monitor their pup on an internet-cam.
Measurement and power stage: Most dog breeds were initially bred for a particular reason-akin to looking, guarding, or companionship-so measurement, temperament, and power degree will normally correspond with a breed's historic goal.
Another standard selection is the Martin Goodman Trails that run alongside the waterfront and just a little additional west is the Humber Bay Parklands that also offer off leash areas as well as winding trails and paths that create a dog homeowners outside paradise within the Metropolis.


PLEASE NOTE: The Saturday, May 27 day retreat with Bhante J is full-up.
We are glad to announce a visit to Charleston and Huntington, W.Va., by the Theravadan Buddhist monk Bhikkhu Jayasara (Bhante J) on Friday, May 26; Saturday May 27; and Sunday, May 28.
Below is the schedule for his visit. We encourage folks who have a meditation practice to sign up early for the Saturday day-retreat as space is limited at the PeaceTree Center for Wellness and we will be limiting registration to the first 30 people who sign up through EventBrite, in order not to overwhelm the room. There is also a sign-up for the Studio 8 meditation on Sunday, May 28 because of the size of the room.
LOCATION: Unity of Kanawha Valley, 804 Myrtle Rd., Charleston, W.Va.
DETAILS: Bhante J will speak on bringing more mindfulness and awareness into our daily lives and then take questions.
LOCATION: PeaceTree Center for Wellness, 5930 Mahood Dr., Huntington, W.Va.
WHEN: Morning Session: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Afternoon Session: 1 to 4 p.m.
DETAILS: This will be a silent retreat with several sessions of guided and quiet sitting meditation, with a chance to ask questions during the retreat. Cushions and chairs will be available and you are welcome to bring your own cushion. Because of space limitations, the retreat will be limited to the first 30 people who sign up. Some experience with quiet sitting meditation is encouraged though not required.
SIGN UP: This retreat is full-up.
SIGN UP: Click on this link to register for this Dhamma talk and meditation.
Bhikkhu Jayasāra ("Bhante J") is an American-born Buddhist monastic who currently resides at Bhavana Society of West Virginia near High View, W.Va. He was born in 1978 and raised Catholic. He came to Buddhism in his late 20s and officially took refuge and precepts to become a practicing Buddhist lay disciple on Vesak in 2008. In 2011 he took the Eight Lifetime Precepts with Bhante Gunaratana and was given the name Jayantha.
For more on the PeaceTree Center for Wellness, visit this link. PeaceTree is a growing wellness development and training center. It is designed to connect individuals, families, and communities to activities that support our mission and vision of peace, wellness, and hope.


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Q: YouTube-Player-iOS-Helper can't use YTPlayerView class I am trying to implement the youtube-ios-player-helper, found here: https://github.com/youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper
What I did:
Edited my podfile, pod update, everything fine without any errors, Alamofire - which was also added via cocoapods still working
I can see the Pod in my workspace, and I can even select YTPlayerView as Class for my UIView in Storyboard
But when it comes to adding the IBOutlet it doesn't recognize the YTPlayerView Class anymore?!

Shouldn't it be impossible to even select it in storyboard if the Pod wasnt properly added?
I also tried the "manual" method, that gave a slightly better result as it would let me define the Player, but wouldn't let me import the YTPlayerView via Bridging-Header

A: I faced the issue and fixed it by adding
    "#import YTPlayerView.h"
in bridging header file in my project. To learn about bridging header, check this link: adding bridging header in swift ios. I hope it'll help you.

A: The YTPlayerView is in the separate Pods module which you need to import.
My Podfile:
platform :ios, '8.3'

target 'MyApp' do
    use_frameworks!
    pod 'youtube-ios-player-helper'
end

Your Swift file:
import UIKit
import youtube_ios_player_helper // You're missing this line

class MyView: UIView { // Some class

    @IBOutlet var playerView: YTPlayerView!

    // ...

}

If import youtube_ios_player_helper doesn't work for you, you can add #import "YTPlayerView.h" to your bridging header as stated in Fayza Nawaz's answer.

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The Obey Christmas Sample Sale is happening this weekend, 19th December - 21st December. Starting at 11.30am and rolling through until Sunday 5.30pm. They will back in their regular spot within the The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, next t o the barrier entrance on Hanbury Street.


Our team at Barnett Orthodontics consists of a friendly and experienced group of individuals who come together every day to provide the most exceptional medical experience possible. We love to laugh and interact with our patients and their families. We have team members that have been with our office over 37 years and some have even been patients here in the past! We'd love to welcome you into our Barnett Ortho family!
With 40 years in the dental field, 36 have been here at Barnett Orthodontics. I assist Dr. Barnett with patient care and anything needing to be done to make our office run smoothly. For me, the most interesting part of my job is the mechanical aspect: being a part of changing someone's smile and seeing their outlook on life blossom! Each individual on our team brings a different personality to share, which means we have a unique way of helping, caring, and having fun as a team and with our patients. There's never a dull moment!
In my free time, I'm active in my church and with my family. I'm enthusiastic and friendly, and am grateful to have such a wonderful career!
I have been employed with Barnett Orthodontics since 2013. I am responsible for seeing day-to-day patients for all procedures and keeping up with the progress of our younger patients who aren't quite ready for braces yet. I love working with kids and adults while making them smile. Each patient becomes like family. You may find me at the front desk answering phones or scheduling, assisting Dr. Barnett or seeing our new patients. I enjoy working with Dr. Barnett and the team because we are always laughing and having a great time while getting our job done. There's never a dull moment in this office!
I love spending time with my husband Rob and our two young daughters: Aubrey and Ava. We also have two golden-doodles named Gracie and Stella. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with our family and friends while camping over the weekends and are very active with our church family.
I started out as a patient of Barnett Orthodontics back when I was younger, but then in 2013 I became one of our chairside assistants. I also coordinate marketing through community outreach and social media. My favorite part of my job is building a true connection with patients since we see them every 6-8 weeks! It is a very upbeat and fun environment here at Barnett Ortho and we want to do all we can to make you feel comfortable while on your smile transformation journey!
My role in the practice is to meet with our new patients and their family and make them feel welcome and comfortable. I help them to understand their treatment plan and fees, as well as provide them with the needed information to help them make the decision to have orthodontic treatment. I also take care of all the insurance billing and patient accounts, in addition to overseeing the everyday flow and operation of the practice. Though I have many things on my plate, the thing I enjoy the most is getting to know our patients. I love seeing how excited they get about their beautiful and healthy smiles! I also enjoy working with Dr. Barnett and the team because we strive to provide a pleasant and fun atmosphere, the best customer service, and excellent orthodontic care.
I am married with two daughters, Allyson and Kayla. In my free time, I enjoy camping, reading, and baking.
As treatment coordinator, I meet with our new patients and their family and make them feel welcome and comfortable. I help them to understand their treatment plan and fees, as well as provide them with the needed information to help them make the decision to have orthodontic treatment. I love the fun atmosphere here at Barnett Ortho! I love watching the transformation and the confidence a beautiful smile brings!
In my free time, I love spending time with my family. I have two sweet, young kids, Will and Weslyn. I am involved in coaching and playing soccer with Norton youth.
I work in our in-house lab. I prepare indirect bonding trays, make retainers, mouthguards, and appliances. I also pour and prepare impressions when needed. I am also trained as a clinical assistant to provide additional care for our patients. I run our Take a Wild Guess in-office contest for patients as well. I think of my coworkers more as my family than fellow employees. We like to have fun and we try our best to make our patient's experience here memorable.
In my spare time, I like to go camping and craft. I love to hang out with my dog, Chance and my husband, Ben. We recently welcomed our first baby, Bennett, into our family in Februrary 2019! I also like to spend a lot of time with my niece and nephew.
I am a chairside assistant for Dr. Barnett. I joined our team in 2015. I also help organize community volunteer work. I love seeing the transformation in our patients, not only in their smile, but also in their personality and self-esteem.
I spend a lot of time with my husband, John. We have been married for 25 years and have three beautiful children Johnny, Madison, and Christian. I have three dogs, Rudy, Annie, and Millie. In my free time, I enjoy relaxing and spending time with friends and family. I am also active in the Canal Fulton community and volunteer with our church.
I assist Dr. Barnett in the clinic. I started at Barnett Ortho in 2017. Working at Barnett Orthodontics is awesome because everyone here is so fun and caring, patients included! I love my job because I get to bring people smiles while giving them a good orthodontic experience!
In my spare time, I enjoy singing and staying active. I like to hang out with my friends, go fishing and hiking - anything outdoorsy. I also have three fur babies named Mr. Pumpkin, Miss Pepper, and Astro.
I assist Dr. Barnett chairside in the clinic. I enjoy working in the orthodontic field because I get the chance to change a person's life with a new smile. I love the girls I work with! We have a blast every day with our patients.
In my free time, I love to paint, crochet, and go antiquing with my fiance. I love Halloween and fall. I have a cat named Cecil.


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Know Before You Book - High & Low Water European river cruising has gained in popularity for very good reason.
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Technology, regulation and investor behavior has completely changed the asset management landscape. Gone are the days where you and a couple of friends simply create a hedge fund or a wealth management business, print a business card, publish a pro-forma track record and call up your friends and family to seed your new business. Those days are long gone. Technology and Regulation together have created the need for an entirely new fund order.
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While the multitudes run around this Halloween in witch masks and skeleton getups and bed sheets claiming to be scary, we all know that these images dont come close to touching the blank horror that lurks in our everyday lives. Death, in fact, doesnt come as the grim reaper, it comes as a bar of soap in the shower or a speeding bus or an accidentally swallowed lemon drop. Collectively, the staff at City Pages harbors a rich trove of frightening true storiessome might say more than our share. Weve chosen the most hair-raising for your ghoulish holiday delight and enlisted local comic artists to jolt them to life. Want to see an eyeball cut open? How about the crazed fisherman who picked up Brad Zellar hitchhiking? Well then, keep reading.


Bio: Pauline has more than 30 years' experience in the insurance industry since joining a school leaver programme after completion of her A levels. During these years she has managed to gain experience across all insurance industry sectors as well as several professional qualifications.
I currently manage two teams (Project Risks & UK Construction) where I am ultimately responsible for team profits and loss (P&L), sustaining a substantial income stream into Willis Towers Watson.
Alongside leadership of the team, my role includes reviewing contracts focused on project agreements, loan agreements, sub contracts, framework agreements and other third party contracts.
As experts in the field, we provide clients with advice on suitable insurance requirements for a project. We will also comment on insurance financial modelling and will ultimately broker and place the required insurance with underwriters (construction and operational).
Another key responsibility is the development of new business opportunities through industry networking events and importantly, recommendations.
I have worked for over 30 years in the insurance industry. Twelve of these were spent managing and servicing multinational accounts with captives. Captives are insurance companies established by a parent group or groups with the specific objective of covering the risks to which the parent is exposed.
I spent the following 18 years in project finance, dealing with limited or non-recourse financed projects worldwide with extensive experience in all industry sectors (health, education, custodial, transport, renewables) providing consultancy and transactional expertise from bid stage through construction to operational.
I had the opportunity to join a school leaver apprenticeship programme after A levels and as I wanted to have a profession, but did not want to go to university, this seemed the ideal career to pursue.
I joined with three A levels and started my ACII exams. The ACII exams are the recognised professional qualification for the insurance industry. Shortly after completing the qualification, I joined what was then called Willis as an account handler and was promoted to Unit Leader within just six months and account executive six months after that!
Curiosity led me to leave Willis a few years after where I fulfilled a director level role for CE Heath focused on multinational accounts. Involvement with my client's Private Finance Initiative (PFI) / Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) projects developed my project finance expertise facilitating a move to the Project Risks team.
In 2013 I returned to Willis (now Willis Towers Watson) and was appointed Practice Leader for Project Risks, a team of 17 people located in Edinburgh, Bristol and London. In September 2014 I was also appointed as the UK Construction Practice Leader, a team of 14 in London and Ipswich.
My training has mostly consisted of on-the-job training. My various line managers have always had faith in my abilities and have allowed me to get involved and to take on more responsibility. This level of trust is something I feel is particularly unique to Willis Towers Watson and has enabled me to get to where I am today.


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Q: How can i put part of a div inserted in a div outside? I have 3 divs like this image:

Two of those divs have the same width and height and the last one (red div) should go outside but not all, only a part (10%) I tried margin-left: -10px; but it didn't work.
Thanks.

A: Try using absolute positioning and assigning a z-index.

A: Please do not use absolute positioning when your problem does not require it.
Negative margin should be enough: http://jsfiddle.net/pmc7B/1/

A: You appear to have set overflow: hidden on one of the outer divs. That's why the inner div is clipped when you apply the negative margin.

A: Give the parent
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Then give the red
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A: I think I see what your trying to do.  Have you considered giving the red div a Z index of +1 so it float over the others and acts independantly of them


Eastern University's Student Development team works to enhance the growth and development of all students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Students who enter Eastern at different times in their lives have very different developmental needs, so Student Development provides support and services in order to meet those different needs appropriately. For traditional undergraduate students, the Student Development staff is concerned with every aspect of the student experience and aims to challenge and support students in this important time of intellectual, physical, interpersonal, and spiritual change and development.
Our caring Student Development Staff is committed to helping students thrive during their transition to college and throughout their time at EU.


FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry (R) arrives with girlfriend actress Meghan Markle at the wheelchair tennis event during the Invictus Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 25, 2017.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo After some 29 million Americans watched the televised May 2018 wedding of Harry to Californian actress Markle, the prospect of the first British royal baby born to an American mother is proving even more compelling.
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Mohamed Helmy, the first Arab to become a Righteou…
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Mohamed Helmy, the first Arab to become a Righteous
recognized by Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem's diploma recognizing Helmy as a Righteous (source: Haaretz)
Mohamed Helmy is the first Arab to be recognized as Righteous among the nations by Yad Vashem. Born in Khartoum in 1901, he moved to Berlin to study medicine and found a job at the Robert Koch institute. Helmy was though fired and compelled to open a private practice because according to the racial laws he was considered as a "camite" and he could not work for public health care in Germany.
When Jews deportations started, Helmy hid a girl, Anna Boros, and her family in a hit he owned in Buch, near Berlin. With the help of Frieda Szturmann, a Righteous already, the man moved the Jews from a shelter to another each time the Nazis came near the hut. When Anna's stepfather, George Wehr, was captured by the Germans and revealed the hiding place of his family under torture, Helmy took Anna to Frieda Szturmann, thus managing to rescue her from deportation. After the war the woman, who had emigrated to the US, wrote several letters to the Berlin Senate to remember the rescue deeds performed by Mohamed Helmy and Frieda Szturmann. Precisely thanks to the finding of these document Yad Vashem retraced Helmy's tale and awarded him with the title of Righteous among the nations. "Despite cultural and religious differences – said Avner Shalev, the museum's director, he honored the loftiest values of humanity, although he was aware he was running a major risk".
Now Yad Vashem is seeking Helmy's relative sto give them the medal witnessing to his recognition. Martina Voigt, the historian who ran the research about Helmy, discovered that the man got married after the war and lived in Berlin until he died, in 1982. Also his wife passed away, in 1998, and they had no children. Mohamed Helmy is the first Egyptian and the first Arab, as well, to receive this honor. In the list of the Righteous among nations there are in fact some Muslims, but no Arab, as Nazi Germany occupied North Africa just for a short time and the local population which rescued the Jews had to run very limited risks during that time.
Mohamed Helmy,
rescuers,
Holocaust,
Jews,
Further insights in Gariwo
Satloff's book about the Arab Righteous in the Holocaust - January 2009 [document]
The Arabs Watched Over the Jews. Chapter 5 of Among the Righteous. Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands
Khaled Abdul Wahab [biography]
a Tunisian Arab who saved Jewish lives during the Holocaust
Desobeir - Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Eric Kempson
The English artist who rescues the 'lost souls' of Lesvos.


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Great apes face extinction – Goodall
By	AFP	 - 30 July, 2014	 - News 24	Recent News
Nairobi – The world's great apes face extinction within decades, renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall warned on Tuesday in a call to arms to ensure man's closest relatives are not wiped out.
"If we don't take action the great apes will disappear, because of both habitat destruction as well as trafficking," Goodall told AFP in an interview in Nairobi.
In the past half century, chimpanzee numbers have slumped from some two million to just 300 000, spread over 21 countries, said Goodall, a British scientist who spent more than five decades studying chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park.
"If we don't change something, they certainly will disappear, or be left in tiny pockets where they will struggle from inbreeding," said 80-year-old Goodall, the first scientist to observe that apes as well as humans use tools.
Experts predict that at the current rate, human development will have impacted 90% of the apes' habitat in Africa and 99% in Asia by 2030, according to a UN-backed report last month.
Infrastructure development and extraction of natural resources – including timber, minerals, oil and gas – have devastated the prime habitat of apes and pushed chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, orangutans and gibbons closer to extinction.
For Goodall, the destruction is part of mankind's wider attack on nature.
"If we don't do anything to protect the environment, which we've already partially destroyed, I wouldn't want to be a child being born in 50 years time," Goodall added.
"We're schizophrenic: we've got this amazing intelligence, but we seem to have lost the power of working in harmony with nature."
As well as a tragic loss, Goodall said the death of man's closet relatives would act as a stark warning sign of climate change and global warming.
"If we lose them [apes], it is probably because we have also lost the forests, and that would have a totally devastating impact on climate change," she said.
Destroying planet quickly
"Climate change is so evident everywhere. There are leaders who say they don't believe in climate change, but I can't believe they really believe that, maybe they are just stupid."
All species of apes are listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), some critically so.
"People are losing the connection to the natural world," said Goodall.
"You'd think that the most intellectual creature on the planet would know better than to destroy its only home, but we are destroying the planet very, very quickly."
But Goodall, who has set up volunteer conservation groups across the continent, urges people not to despair but rather take action.
"Climate change threatens every little part of the planet, and we can't stop that, but if we get together we can help to slow the effects," she said.
Goodall recounted how in war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, children inspired by her conservation group negotiated with a local militia force, persuading the intially puzzled commander to give them access to replant trees on a hillside.
"Within 30 minutes, all four soldiers with them had laid aside their guns and were helping the children to plant the trees," she said. "It is symbolic of what can happen if we can work together."
"My last message to everybody, really, is to understand that your life matters, your life makes a difference," she said.
"So many people give up and they feel hopeless.. and so do nothing. But if you take action locally, you can do something."
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Woman develops gonorrhea rash on her hands and all over her skin
globalnews.ca 18 Apr 2019 at 05:58
A 20-year-old woman in the U.S. visited the emergency room after developing a rash all over her hands, arms, legs, trunk, and scalp.
It turned out that the cause was gonorrhea .
The young woman had had unprotected sex with a new partner two weeks before, and in the meantime, had developed muscle aches, fever, and pain in both ankles, as well as the rash, according to a case report in the .
The doctors examined her and found pustules on her skin, and swelling and pain in her right ankle. Suspecting gonorrhea, they started her on antibiotics and confirmed the diagnosis with a blood test.
The antibiotics worked to relieve her symptoms, and at a follow-up appointment three months later, she was fine.
This particular kind of gonorrhea, a "disseminated gonococcal infection," isn't that uncommon, according to Dr. Ameeta Singh, a clinical professor in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alberta.
Up to three per cent of gonorrhea cases present this way, she said, and she's seeing these severe cases more often lately simply because the overall number of gonorrhea cases in Canada is rising. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, gonorrhea infections rose 65 per cent between 2010 and 2015.
In most cases, said Singh, people with gonorrhea infection — especially men — might get discharge or burning with urination. Many women might confuse mild symptoms with a bladder or vaginal infection, according to PHAC.
"A significant proportion of people will have no symptoms at all. So they can carry the infection and not know it," Singh said.
Left untreated, the infection can cause pain in the pelvis or testicles, complications with pregnancy and occasionally infertility.
And gonorrhea can present in places other than the genitals. "Depending on the type of sex, they can also get infections in the throat as well as in the rectum," Singh said.
A gonorrhea infection in the throat might be hard to spot, she said.
"It would be just like a regular sore throat that you would get with other viruses or other bacteria like strep infections." But if it's not responding to treatment, Singh encourages doctors to test for gonorrhea.
"We can also see infections occurring in the eye," she said. "So the eye becoming pink or red and also with discharge. So it can look basically like pink eye, but much worse."
In this young woman's case, the infection entered the bloodstream. Her ankles likely hurt because, Singh said, "It seems to like the joints and so sometimes you can get septic arthritis which is actually an infection of the joint itself."
Despite having lesions on her hand, Singh thinks it's unlikely that the woman would be able to transmit gonorrhea through skin-to-skin contact. "The lesions themselves are not infectious. They would have to have sex with somebody who was infected."
Luckily, she said, if someone went to the doctor complaining of fever, a rash and joint pain, doctors would likely order a blood test, which would quickly pick up a gonorrhea infection. Although gonorrhea is increasingly becoming resistant to common antibiotics, she said, it's still treatable.
Bottom line though, she said, it's best to prevent the infection in the first place by practicing safer sex, like using a condom, reducing the number of sexual partners you have, and getting tested for STIs.
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BirdCagePortal.com - Pet Bird Supplies, Parrot Supplies, Cages & Bird Products - Welcome!
Not too long ago … actually in late 2006, I decided to create my second bird related website which is ultimately the reason this new blog exists. But perhaps I should digress slightly and explain that my first website revolved around my interest in bird watching and especially backyard bird feeding. I enjoyed the experience of creating Birdwatchin'.com so much that I knew developing a site devoted to pet birds would be the next logical step. After all, I've been a devoted pet bird owner for over 23 years! I might even confess my involvement with them is my life's passion.
As I said, in 2006 I began creating BirdCagePortal.com, a site devoted to helping bird lovers provide the best lifestyle and environment for their pets. As a natural progression this blog has come to life to talk more about the various products, bird supplies, and basic care information that pet bird owners will discover at BirdCagePortal.com. Knowing myself as I do, it is a sure bet that I'll be chatting about my life with pet birds, too.
So here I am making my first post to this new blog, a project that along with the others, will fill my remaining years with more to do than I ever imagined. Weblogs, by their very nature, are never finished and it will definitely be that way for me.
So let me welcome you to the BirdCagePortal Blog and extend an invitation to revisit to see what's coming up. Your comments are welcome so please share your thoughts and any info that you'd like other bird lovers to know. An educated owner is empowered to provide the best care for their bird. It is the goal of this blog to help us all improve the quality of life for our pets. After all, that's what we all want for these amazing and dearly loved creatures, isn't it?


Learning how to use APA effectively may be a challenge at first, but life's greatest successes often come from challenges, so don't be discouraged!
APA, the American Psychological Associate, is the format used in research papers and in some essays in the social sciences, such as psychology, sociology, and political science. APA is more technical than MLA, but over the years it has become more popular. Previously, the MLA style was used for all research papers in high schools and universities. Now, there are universities and graduate programs that require all term papers and essays to be written in the APA style. If you are most familiar with the MLA style, which is a bit easier to learn, learning the details of APA may help you come out ahead, whether it be in school or just life in general.
In APA papers, clarity is crucial when reporting on research papers involving experiments. Do not confuse readers with too many unnecessary words. Be concise. For clarity, be specific rather than vague in descriptions and explanations. Condense as much information as you can.
Word choice is important in APA papers since they are within the social sciences. Research the field you are writing on to see what the proper terminology is. Commonly used words take on various meanings, but can have a profound effect on how those who read your report interpret your reported conclusions, findings, implications, and claims.
Avoid creative writing in APA papers. Otherwise, you may not illustrate your information clearly. Minimize figurative and poetic language. Avoid verses and rhymes. Use simple, descriptive plain language that is not confusing to your readers.
Headings are important in APA papers, because they separate sections and show a good flow of your information.
There are two types of types of APA papers: the literature review and experimental report. Each type of paper has a specific list of sections.
The main type of APA paper is a literature review. It is a summary of what literature says about your topic. It involves research amongst many sources. There are four sections to an APA paper: the title page, an abstract, the main body, and references. Additionally, appendices may be necessary at the end of the paper.
(2) The Abstract – The abstract should be a summary of your research paper with approximately 100 to 150 words. The word Abstract should be centered horizontally with no special formatting. The abstract should be a single, double-spaced, paragraph in block style. Each page, including the abstract, should have the page number and your running header. Other things that can be included in the abstract include: the key points of the paper, research questions you answered, data analysis completed, topics covered, participants, methods, results, conclusions, and future work connected with your findings. At the bottom of the abstract (indented), you may list key words from your paper. This helps readers search for your paper in a large database.
(4) References: Requires all in-text citations to be included on the "References" page, and all references on the "References" page to be cited in the paper somewhere.
(5) Optional: Add appendices for any charts, graphs, figures, etc.
Which type of paper have you had to use the APA style on?
This article accounts for all situations that are involved in an APA paper, even specialized ones. If you find that you are unsure about a source and how to properly cite it, consider asking your teacher. He or she may appreciate the honesty.
If there is one author with a complete work: The stones were not to be touched (Carter, 2000). Final punctuation should be placed outside the parentheses. Five million men go swimming yearly, according to a 2004 article by Monica Kale Johnson. According to a recent article by Monica Kale Johnson (2004), five million men go swimming yearly. According to a recent article (Johnson, 2004), five million men go swimming yearly.
If there is one author, citing part of work: Women suggested that cellular phones "may be the revolution" (Darning, 1999, p.13). Always give the page number.
If there is only one author with more than one publication: Even though mice did not cure cancer, scientists continue to have hope (Penneys, 2003a, 2003b). The references in the "References" section will be: Pennys, A. (2003a). A Cancer Project Involving Mice. Science Daily, 145, 199. Pennys, A. (2003b). Solving Cancer with Experiments. Science Daily, 145, 388. If the same author has published two or more articles in the same year, avoid confusion by placing a smaller letter "a" after the first work listed in the "References" list, "b" after the next one, and so on.
If there are two to five authors: Oklahoma's population has risen (Jones, Jacobs, Candor, West, & Wilshire, 1999). All authors, up to as many as five, must be mentioned in the text citation. For works with more than two, but less than six authors, list all the authors the first time; after that, use only the name of the first author followed by "et al." both for the first work cited in the text and all works cited after that. List all authors on your "References" page. Owners planned with a "SWOT Analysis" (Jones, et al., 1999).
Indirect Source: If you want to cite a source in your report that is part of another source already mentioned in your report, cite the indirect source, using the words "as cited in." This was a study by Gueirmo (as cited in Gober, 2007).
Anonymous Work: Accountants affected the field ("Accountant Life," 2010). Accountant Life is the name of the article.
Long Quotations: Type quotations of 40 or more words block style flushed left, five spaces from the left-hand margin. Indent the first line of additional paragraphs in the long quotation five spaces from the opening quotation mark.
Two or more works in a parenthetical reference: Today, there are more unmarried men (Smith, 2001; Kelsey, 2005). Two or more works with different authors with the same last name: Today, there are more unmarried men (K. Thompson, 2002; E. Thompson, 2000).
Personal Communication (personal letters, phone calls, memos, and interviews): The company is dying according to M. A. Jessep (personal communication, May 22, 2012). The company is dying (M. A. Jessep, personal communication, May 22, 2012).
Organizations: According to the American Psychological Association (2003), Bipolar is genetic. First citation: (American Psychological Association [APA], 2003). Second and the rest of the citations: (APA, 2003).
Unknown author and unknown date: Use the title of a phrase or the first few words of the title in parentheses. School had unlimited supplies ("School Life," n.d.).
Internet: When a source, such as one on the Internet, lacks page numbers, you need to refer them to the paragraph. Acting as coordinator, Yates (2011),….(Management section, para. 3).
They are the set of values (Ivancevich & Duening, 2006) and applied to corporate behavior.
An accountant must consider the welfare of others (Smith, 2003).
The employee may choose to work (Atkinson, Banker, Kaplan, & Young, 1997).
"The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) adopted an ethical code for accountants" (Garrison, Noreen, & Brewer, 2010, p.14).
If unethical behavior occurs, they should report it (Neil, et all., 2008).
Walmart is considered to be the largest retailer (Kitlertphiroj, n.d.).
Employees are sources of new ideas (Wal-Mart: The Key to Success, 2007).
According to Walmart's Equal Employment Opportunity Report (2005), over 40 percent of management is female.
They extend a warm welcome to customers (Walmart.com, 2011c) and hold the ten-foot rule.
This gives them on the job training (E. Sexton, personal communication, November 1, 2011).
A telephone system produces sounds at a distance, where those sounds are converted into electrical impulses for transmission (by wire or radio waves) ("Telephone," 2010).
Paperwork would be minimized, and there is no annual fee for these cards (University of Washington, 2007a).
"Wal-Mart has had a history of opposition to unions and the best way to avoid a union is to go into states where it's more difficult to unionize" (Schepp, 2011, para. 20).
APA does not recommend footnotes or endnotes, but if you must use them to clarify your point, following the instructions on the Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide.
How many times have you had to use the APA style of writing?
a. According to Bryan (2013), "a soft heart is easy to mend" (p.123).
b. In 2013, Bryan noted that "a soft heart is easy to mend" (p.123).
c. In fact, "a soft heart is easy to mend" (Bryan, 2013, p.123).
d. "A soft heart is easy to mend," according to Bryan's (2013, p.123) analysis.
e. Bryan's (2013) findings were that a "soft heart is easy to mend" (p.123).
2. Facebook or Twitter: Monica K. Jacobson uses Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/jacobsonmonica) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/monicajoacobson) to keep up to speed.
4. Formal and Legal Materials: The founders of the United Nations encouraged countries to work together on "international problems" (U.N. Charter art. 1, para. 6). This style of citing legal materials is based on The Bluebook (REF SL 654 B99 2006).
5. Header – The header of the first page should be different than the header on the second and following pages. (1) Insert Header, typing in the text you would like for the first page. (2) The Design tab at the top of the screen should be highlighted. (3) This will allow you to type in different text within your header beginning with page 2. The title page's header should look like this: Running Header: SHORT SUMMARY OF TITLE. The rest of the pages should have headers that look like this: SHORT SUMMARY OF TITLE.
Papers that are to be done in the APA writing style are typically for the social sciences. APA papers should have clarity, proper word choice, and not be written in a creative, poetic style. The two main types of APA papers are a literary review and an experimental report. In general, in-text citations show in parenthesis the author, a comma, a space, and the year. Punctuation is shown on the outside of the sentence. If a quotation is listed, it is done in the same layout, except the page number is added. For multiple authors with the same last name, letters ("a," "b," etc.) are used to distinguish between the sources. This Hubpage goes over how to cite in-text multiple authors, indirect sources, anonymous works, long quotations, interviews, organizations, unknown authors and dates, Facebook and Twitter, You Tube, formal and legal material, and the Internet. Footnotes and end notes are not encouraged in APA style papers. Once you become familiar with how APA style papers are done, you can easily do them, even if you are accustomed to doing MLA papers.
References will be discussed in detail in the APA Paper – Part 2 Hubpage. Please read this Hubpage if you are writing an APA style paper. It is crucial that your "References" section be correct, as it could be half of your grade.
In writing a research paper, knowing how to use the APA style is important for research papers in the social sciences. References can be a huge part of your grade in a research paper for school.
Thank you! I agree with you; when I was in school we used MLA, but years later when I went to grad school I had to learn APA and it was like a foreign language to me. It took me awhile to get the hang of it and it definitely didn't come naturally! I was really hoping to help others like myself to learn the ends and outs of this format.
Great resource. Am helping a student with APA Style. When I was in college -- ancient history -- it was certainly different.
Research papers should be documented and there should be some basic style rules. However, it is getting to the point that each paper looks like every other paper. The emphasis on rules and style, is putting a crimp on creativity.
I wrote 12 term papers in my college career and two reports for a governmental committee. All were well received.
I had enough trouble with ibid, loc cit and op cit. I am glad I am not in a position where I have to write such papers any longer.


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Mike Lilley of Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey has a new analysis out called, "Before You Go, Gov. Murphy,…
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According to a new analysis from Bellwether, New Jersey's teacher pension system, the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF), is…
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 25, 2018-- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:XERS), a specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging its novel technology platforms to develop and commercialize ready-to-use injectable and infusible drug formulations, today announced the presentation of positive results from two of its Phase 3 clinical studies on its investigational ready-to-use, room-temperature stable liquid glucagon rescue pen during oral and poster sessions at the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) 78th Scientific Sessions, June 22-26, 2018.
In addition to the Phase 3 study results presented at the ADA conference, Xeris also generated positive data from an additional Phase 3 cross-over study of the Xeris rescue pen among adults with type 1 diabetes. In that study, all participants (100%) treated with the Xeris rescue pen achieved plasma glucose of >70 mg/dL or ≥ 20 mg/dl increase within 30 minutes of injection. There were no reported significant adverse events and adverse events were generally mild to moderate in severity, with the most common being nausea and vomiting.
The study, conducted among 80 adults with type 1 diabetes, found the efficacy to be comparable between the two groups with 100% of patients being successfully rescued from insulin-induced hypoglycemia without other rescue therapy, and 97.4% of subjects achieving a plasma glucose of >70 mg/dl or ≥20 mg/dl increase within 30 minutes of glucagon (versus 100% for GEK). GAI was generally well-tolerated, with all adverse events being mild or moderate in severity.
A total of 31 pediatric patients (divided into age groups 2 to <6 years, 6 to <12 years and 12 to <18 years) participated in the Phase 3 study to evaluate two age-specific doses of the GAI (0.5 mg or 1 mg) in the treatment of hypoglycemia. All participants achieved statistically significant increases in plasma glucose levels within 30 minutes of administration, reaching an increase in mean plasma glucose levels ≥ 25 mg/dL from baseline. The rate of reported adverse events was low.


No, Obamacare will not go away. Despite a federal judge ruling it unconstitutional, you can bet that Congress will find a way to keep it on the books.
There is a lot more at stake here than just Obamacare. If this case, known as Texas v Azar, goes all the way to the Supreme Court, it could set a precedent for other entitlement programs. For this reason alone, neither Democrats nor Republicans will let that happen.
I hereby challenge anyone, conservative or liberal, to debate paid family leave in a public forum.
This challenge goes out to the Independent Women's Forum, the American Enterprise Institute, or anyone else who is in favor of paid family leave.
I have no allergies. Strike that: I have one. I am allergic to perbertility.
Perbertility is the combination of stupidity and arrogance. I do not often come across examples of it, which makes every case of perbertility stand out even more.
The paid-family leave issue has brought such a case to the spotlight: the Independent Women's Forum.
All it takes for socialism to conquer a country, is for intelligent people to do nothing. That is how Venezuela fell from being the wealthiest nation in Latin America to a runaway economic, social and moral disaster.
With the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Congress, America has decided to glance through the door, to the long walk from prosperity to totalitarianism and chaos.


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El Banants Stadium () es un estadio multiusos ubicado en la ciudad de Ereván, capital de Armenia. El estadio fue inaugurado en 2008 y posee una capacidad para 5000 espectadores, es la casa del FC Banants Ereván equipo de la Liga Premier de Armenia.

En 2006, con el apoyo de la UEFA, comenzó la construcción de la instalación deportiva. Dos años después, se inauguró el estadio. Los trabajos de renovación comenzaron en 2011 y finalizaron en 2012. En noviembre de 2016, se celebraron tres partidos del 7º Grupo de la primera ronda de clasificación del Campeonato de Europa de Fútbol Sub-19 2017: Suiza vs. Armenia (4-0), Italia vs. Armenia (2-1) e Italia vs. Suiza (1: 1).

El 8 de mayo de 2019 albergó la final de la Copa de Armenia entre el FC Alashkert y el Lori FC con triunfo del primero por 1-0.

Véase también
 Anexo:Estadios de fútbol de Armenia

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Estadios de fútbol de Armenia
Estadios de fútbol inaugurados en 2008

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Zamek w Cheverny – jeden z zamków Doliny Loary, położony na południowy zachód od Orleanu i 193 kilometry od Paryża, w departamencie Loir-et-Cher we Francji. Posiadłość ta od ponad 600 lat należy do rodziny Hurault i bez większych zmian zachowała wygląd z XVII wieku.

Obecna budowla została wzniesiona na miejscu wcześniejszej rezydencji przez Henryka (Henri) Hurault i jego żonę Małgorzatę (Marguerite) Gaillard. Budowa trwała od lat 20. XVII wieku do ok. 1635 roku i podobno była nadzorowana przez samą hrabinę. Prace zostały powierzone architektowi i rzeźbiarzowi Boyer (Jacques Bougier) i malarzowi Jean Monier. Obecnie przypałacowy park ma powierzchnię 100 ha, a las – 2 tys. ha.

Zamek w Cheverny jest słynny z organizowanych do dziś polowań. Zwiedzający posiadłość mogą zobaczyć psiarnię, liczącą około 100 żywych psów i Salę Trofeów (Salle de Trophées) z około 2 tys. poroży.

W 1922 roku zamek został udostępniony zwiedzającym przez prywatnego właściciela - było to pierwszy taki przypadek we Francji.

Wygląd
Zamek został zbudowany w XVII wieku w stylu Ludwika XIII, z białego tufu wapiennego, a przykryty został stromymi dachami. Fasada jest prosta i symetryczna, bardzo charakterystyczna i różniąca się mocno od innych zamków w dolinie Loary, które najczęściej zostały wzniesione bądź przebudowane w epoce renesansu.

W centralnej części budynku znajduje się klatka schodowa, do której przylegają dwa identyczne skrzydła, w pełni wyposażone oryginalnymi meblami.

Na parterze znajdują się:
 jadalnia, ozdobiona malowidłami, wykonanymi przez Jeana Moniera, które przedstawiają przygody Don Kichota z powieści Miguel de Cervantesa,
 Wielki Salon z kolekcją obrazów i mebli,
 Mały Salon,
 biblioteka z 2 tysiącami woluminów,
 salon tapiserii flamandzkich z XVII wieku.

Na pierwszym piętrze można zwiedzać:
 prywatne apartamenty (m.in. jadalnię, pokój dziecięcy i salon),
 zbrojownię – największe pomieszczenie na zamku, z kolekcją broni i zbroi,
 Sypialnię Króla, ozdobioną przez Jeana Moniera.

Cheverny a Tintin
Hergé, belgijski autor komiksów o przygodach Tintina, wykorzystał fasadę Cheverny do stworzenia zamku Moulinsart, zamieszkanego przez kapitana Haddocka.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne
 Oficjalna strona zamku
 Mapa miasta Cheverny
 Informacje turystyczne

Cheverny, Zamek
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Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, of Japan, from left, NASA Astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins walk after arriving at Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Nov. 14, 2020 (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts have arrived at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for SpaceX's second crew launch next weekend.
This time there are twice as many astronauts as the test flight earlier this year, and the mission will last for a full six months.
The three Americans and one Japanese astronaut flew into Kennedy from Houston on Sunday.
They're scheduled to rocket away Saturday night to the International Space Station. For NASA, it marks the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations, with private companies providing the lifts. The astronauts have named their capsule Resilience given all the challenges of 2020.
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G Harding Flooring's owner says his company is run according to a very design-led ethos. He explains his journey into flooring, and shares his views on terms and conditions of doing business and the future, By ADAM BERNSTEIN.
GLENN Harding, owner of Leicester-based flooring contractor, G Harding Flooring, followed an often-used route of entry into flooring – chance. He was just 16, had left a job when a friend of his asked if he could help him in the carpet shop that he was working in.
And the rest, as they say, and as we'll see in this feature, is history.
But chance aside, Glenn notes almost everyone else he now knows who are fitters had family members or close relatives already involved in the industry; their knowledge and training had been passed down to them on leaving school and they jumped into the family business.
Back to his entrée into the world of flooring, Glenn, as he says, thought he had little to lose by making the move – 'It'll give me something to keep busy for now'.
Starting from the bottom
Logically, he had to start at the bottom and work his way up. 'I was stacking up remnants and end-rolls of carpet and vinyls outside the shop, but most importantly, I was learning very quickly how to judge the distance with 2, 3, 4 and 5m remnants balancing on my shoulder' – a trick he knows all seasoned floorlayers have learned.
The job also meant keeping the shop tidy, deciding where to stack the hundreds of sample books throughout the shop, measuring and pricing up remnants, and pre-cutting up orders for fitters.
But with time, growing experience and knowledge Glenn soon found himself dealing with customers and advising them on suitable choices and visiting homes to measure up and offer quotes. He also occasionally uplifted existing flooring prior to the fitters attending.
He says: 'The more involved I became with everything, the more knowledge and information I wanted. I wanted to spend more time with the sales reps that visited to question them about the different ranges, the construction, the materials used and so on… I wanted to know everything.'
The time – many months – he spent shadowing various fitters and undertaking preparation work with grippering and installing underlay, fitting box rooms and cupboards served him well; he teamed up with a friend 'who I had known for years… I was soon out fitting full time'.
That said, Glenn still carried out work for the shop through measuring and drawing up the cut plans.
But tragedy struck two years into the venture: 'My fitting partner was involved in a motorcycle accident which made the workload difficult to cope with on my own; I had to take a step back from fitting.' He says he then found himself running various carpet shops throughout London – ordering stock, meeting with sales reps, running fitting teams 'and everything else involved in running a retailer'.
Plenty of connections
A few years on and Glenn had a black book full of connections with various fitters he had made; he was tempted to get back on his knees and start installing again, but his great leap forward was 'to leave the general public and domestic sector and move into the commercial sector of flooring – and this was a whole new ball game'.
And as he says: 'Adapting the thought process from people's homes to a commercial and industrial scale was an eye-opener for sure.'
He points to how, for example, subfloor preparation plays a vital role in the world of contracting; this meant he had to 'harness and improve my skills, upgrade my knowledge and understanding' of the procedures necessary to complete work to a high standard.
Glenn explains he had to put a go-getting hat on: He 'got in touch with professionals in that field' and attended courses, training days and undertook online learning CPD programmes with Ardex, Mapei and F Ball & Co and others'.
With this background set, it's easy to see why Glenn believes 'upskilling and training is of utmost importance to us at G Harding Flooring – an old dog can always find new tricks and tips in this trade'. He continues: 'With new products coming to the market, its vital we understand the process for installing them. And by directly working with manufacturers on how best to fit, we can ensure their products perform as they should.'
Covid-19 is an inescapable truth of the past 18 months. That aside, Glenn tells how, 'with such an unhealthy passion for all things flooring' he attends almost every show or conference run by the industry including Harrogate, Clerkenwell Design Week, and specific road shows that several manufacturers hold throughout the year.
He also ventures overseas to Germany and the Domotex show. As Glenn says: 'It's a great venue to see what's hot, what's new to the market, all while networking and establishing new contacts and forging stronger relationships with our current suppliers.'
Beyond the obvious, Glenn reckons that by taking the time to visit these exhibitions it gives him a valuable insight into where the market is currently, what trends are coming through and the materials that are seeing a spike in interest.
'This,' he says, 'gives us the opportunity to pass over and discuss insightful ideas to our clients and this helps them keep their finger firmly on the pulse with what's new in flooring for their future projects.'
In fact, this activity, 'the attention to these details', is what he thinks helps him retain his current clients. Even better, and gratefully, he feels that 'this opens up further business for us with current clients recommending us to their network of friends and work colleagues after receiving a service that's second-to-none'.
Risks to counter
The business has developed and grown. As Glenn describes it: 'Having gradually built up our clients – manufacturers, contractors, interior designers, house builders and so on – we've always remained busy.'
He puts this down to 'steadily building a strong reputation across a platform of sectors and being known for quality work and reliability. We're also called on to provide small teams of fitters for larger flooring contractors that need assistance on certain projects that require experienced and skilled installers'.
On this, Glenn says the company only uses skilled, trained, and vetted installers: 'It's without doubt, the best way of eliminating poor work and keeping our reputation for quality high and delivering projects on time as we try to exceed expectations.'
He notes how, in his view: 'Too many companies are interested in growing the size of their business quickly in the hope of working on (thin) margins based on volume.'
That course, he says, opens the door to failure and sacrifices standards and quality. He believes that 'these companies jeopardise future contracts and their reputation with current clients by using fitters they have no knowledge of and it's a risk which they burden themselves with.'
Fighting off these companies is one of the minefields he must navigate. Other risks he faces include the economy and Covid-19 where he says, 'a surge of companies being forced into administration and are collapsing leaving colossal debts in their wake'.
He's also troubled by 30-, 60- and even 90-day payment terms along with retentions which he describes as 'the biggest downfall for the whole construction industry… it's in dire need of attention and redressing to support growing companies'.
He kicks into the long grass the saying 'that's how it's always been done'.
'There are too many fundamental issues 'deeply set' into the process and they need weeding out.'
Being amenable
Starting with the business's terms and conditions. Glenn tells how, understandably, they don't always meet with instant approval from prospective new clients. But Glenn isn't rigid or hung up on them – as he says: 'This is where we discuss options, address the issues, explain the service provided by us, why a job needs to be undertaken in such a way, and the benefits from perhaps implementing our process.'
For him, much boils down to trust and it's central to how he wants to do business. An extension of this is how he deals with unforeseen problems that crop up onsite. 'It's nice to be able to discuss problems, offer a few solutions and have the trust from your customer that your professional opinion is valid, and they give freedom to make those judgement calls.'
One of Glenn's biggest strengths is, in his view, not being too big as it allows the company to maintain its business ethics and morals. Further, he knows that staying a certain size allows him to adapt and change at speed instead of having to run ideas and plans by several departments before they can be implemented.
Allied to this, Glenn thinks his clients like being able to directly contact those they need to speak to – even out of hours: 'It's a more personal touch where we can be approachable if clients think of something else they need – a change of design on the spur, or even they want to discuss what's happened on the last Peaky Blinders episode they've just watched.'
In summary, Glenn likes his business – and those that work for it – to be 'friendly, fun, genuine and to make it a pleasure having us onboard with their projects'.
He continues: 'Golf days, meals out, coffee and lunches are all things we enjoy with our clients… it helps retain solid relationships and we feel puts them at ease when conducting business. A direct link to the owner, the decisionmaker and the installation team can't be a bad thing.'
In terms of the jobs undertaken and completed, Glenn possesses a strong sense of pride.
He considers that his online presence has helped his business over the past few years in attracting new clients and in generating interest for the services the company offers.
He uses the website to introduce new products and designs from all around the world – he showcases not only his projects but, occasionally, other's ideas and designs that he thinks highlights flooring and good design.
Glenn says: 'We mention manufacturers and the products we've used. We're regularly approached by them shortly afterwards so they can use our projects on their own websites for case studies.' The most recent examples of this he cites involve Quantum Nosings, Paragon Carpets and Tuskbond who have all, he says, added his work to their websites.
As for types of installation he feels his company excels at – and so specialises in – he highlights 'creating walkways and creating seamless transitions that are not only a great feature but functional too'.
To the future
One area Glenn addresses is sustainability. He, like others, is seeing environmentally friendly products growing increasingly popular – 'the designs and materials being used now offer many choices nowadays. We love supporting this process by being involved with groups like Recofloor and the manufacturers that offer take back schemes on their old or unused products; the recycling of vinyl flooring and carpet tiles gives not only us, but the clients a real way of doing their bit towards the environment'.
Glenn's company aims to collaborate with like-minded customers 'where recycled products are paramount to them. We work with companies which provide reuseable or pre-fitted carpet tiles. Hopefully the steps being taken now will help towards a new way of flooring that can be used safely, cleanly and 'greenly' in the future.'
As for the future of Glenn's business, he simply says: 'We aim to continue what we set out to do from the very start. That is, to keep quality paramount to everything we do; to never sacrifice it or the integrity we've earned and built up with our customers and suppliers; and to offer pragmatic advice and solutions on every project we undertake.'
But of course, there's more to Glenn. As we've read, design is important to him and he considers it his duty to 'source new funky, quirky, and eye-catching flooring products to amaze clients'. He also wants to stay, as he puts it, 'sniper-focused' on ensuring his fitting team – termed 'the wolf pack' – are trained and continue to learn by attending training centres such as FloorSkills and FITA.
In essence, he sees his company's role as assisting clients through each process they're involved in 'and to make and keep business fun while ensuring we're approachable to anyone who requires help with anything flooring related'.
He makes the point that he's 'constantly focused on finding new and exciting designs to 'capture the eyes' of our audience online'.
For him, this, he reckons, shows 'our passionate and borderline 'nerdy' fascination with flooring'. He also says: 'By finding new and niche products our enthusiasm will radiate through to our customers which we hope instils confidence.'
Fundamentally, he's of the view 'if someone has a true interest and passion for what they do then high quality and professionalism will tend to go hand in hand with service'.
Of course, jobs may be similar but they're never the same. It's for this reason Glenn values having what he terms 'a strong online presence' in tandem with social media. The reason for this is that it gives him the 'opportunity to engage with some great designers and refurbishment companies' where all can share ideas and designs for their upcoming projects'.
In other words, it allows a discussion on what's achievable, what's practical and what his company can do. Even so, Glenn emphasises that each project must be adaptable and will expectedly evolve. This is because 'trends are constantly changing within the workplace, even more so now with Covid-19 regulations coming in to play. Designs are having to be thought through on a more thorough scale – space allowance and zoning areas are top of the list of priorities'.
Looking to the future, he says the company 'is making a bigger push into the personal branding element of flooring, creating hand crafted logos, emblems, drawings and even quotes and text that are set into the flooring'.
He also aims to have features that offer guidance and maps throughout an office, quirky signs for restrooms and breakout spaces – and even a welcoming message on entrance matting to a business. Where he draws a distinction between his business and rivals is that they're 'usually based on a large-scale order to warrant them creating this type of flooring, but not with us. We can generally create whatever is needed in almost any type of material used for flooring and bring their vision to life'.
So, it appears that with a 'can-do' attitude G Harding Flooring has a very bright future.
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Jaime Munguia (33-0, 26 KOs) retained his WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion against mandatory challenger Dennis "Hurricane" Hogan (28-2-1, 7 KOs) via 12-round majority decision victory in front of a packed house of fans at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. One judge scored the fight a 114-114 draw, while two judges saw Munguia winning the fight with scores of 115-113 and 116-112. The battle was streamed live exclusively on DAZN.
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In the co-main event, the scheduled 10-round featherweight battle between Diego De La Hoya (21-0-0-1, 10 KOs) of Mexicali, Mexico and Enrique Bernache (24-12-0-1, 12 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico ended in a no contest at 2:25 of the second round. The fight was stopped after a clash of heads caused a nasty cut on Bernache's forehead.
Patrick Teixeira (29-1, 22 KOs) of Sao Paulo, Brasil retained his WBO Latino Junior Middleweight Title with a 10-round majority decision win against Enrique Bernache (24-12, 12 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico. The judges scored the fight 95-95, 96-94, and 96-94.
Boxing on DAZN returns with an action packed weekend on Friday, April 26 at The Forum for the rematch with WBC World Super Flyweight Titlist Srisaket Sor Rungvisai defending his belt against Juan Francisco Estrada. On Saturday, April 27 from Lafayette, Louisiana, #1 World Ranked Junior Welterweight Regis Prograis takes on WBA Junior Welterweight World Champion Kiryl Relikh in the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series.


Yep, I had several concerts in a row and they all went very well. All of this performing has put me in a good place. I like that! Just checking in. I will write a full post soon.
Here are a couple photos of my ever widening cat: Shana Punim.
Shana Punim needs to go on a diet.
So my dear Shana Punim turned out to be a very "social cat" with a "great personality" and "gorgeous" according to my pals at The Canine Social Club.


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Dumping the clean-up
By Tom Shanahan on November 8, 2020
A once iconic Australian tradition is set to be replaced by an on-demand service in some of Perth's most populous suburbs.
The Town of Cambridge is bringing an end to verge clean-up this November, to help reduce litter and crime in the district.
Verge clean-up on Cambridge Street – photo: Tom Shanahan
The jurisdiction is trialling a valet service for twelve months, as the new method of bulk waste collection, allowing residents to have their unused collections picked up upon request.
Town of Cambridge councillor Alaine Haddon-Casey said the end to verge clean-up has been a long time coming, following a series of complaints about stolen items.
"During a typical week of verge collection, verge crawlers start coming into our streets who may be looking for things other than what is on the verge," she said.
"Often things from car ports and front lawns go missing, not just the stuff that's put out on the verge."
She said the verge clean-up would often see litter spill-off front lawns and into the street.
Items piled up on the side of the road spill onto a footpath in Floreat –
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"A lot of this waste ends up on roads and in gardens, so it makes a real big mess," she said.
"We used to call it 'bring out your dead day', as it seemed everyone would be dumping their old broken waste on the side of the road."
Floreat Lions Club former president John Syers said he and his family have to deal with illegal dumping on their street every year due to verge collection week.
"We live alongside a vacant block, so lots of people come by from other suburbs and they toss their waste and rubbish, that don't belong to us, onto that block," he said.
"It is annoying, when you think the Town of Cambridge is providing the service and other people from other areas are taking advantage of it."
The new service, which began in late October, gives residents the power to decide when to call for their collection to be picked up.
In a press release, Cambridge Mayor Keri Shannon said the service is a more efficient way to manage the community's bulk waste.
"With Verge Valet, Cambridge residents can book a direct bulk and green-waste collection if and when they need it on a date that suits them," she said.
The Town of Cambridge is not the first council to adopt the scheme, with the City of Swan, the Town of Cottesloe and the Town of Mosman Park also having valet waste services.
It comes as part of an overall commitment by Perth councils to improve recycling and waste reduction rates following the start of Containers for Change in September.
This scheme aims to improve Western Australia's poor re-use record, with the state sitting five per cent below than the national recycling average rate.
According to the National Waste Report.
Despite the potential to reduce waste in the community, some residents are disappointed about the end of verge clean-up and are doubtful about whether the new scheme will work as well as the original.
Floreat parent Carolyn Aylmore said the verge clean-up has allowed her kids to re-use neighbours' items as their own.
"I think it saves money and waste, as a lot of the items are taken before the council comes to collect them, as a lot of people are re-using items found on the verge," she said.
Ms Aylmore said she and her family will be disappointed when the verge-clean up ends.
"Every time there is a verge clean up, the kids are excited to keep an eye out for hidden treasures things and things they can be creative with," she said.
"The current system is low-effort and I am not confident the new valet service will work as well as it plans to."
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Ok, there is no "personnel" section for the initial Jo Passed album Their Prime on its Bandcamp page, and under "Credits" it says only "released May 25, 2018," so I'm a little at a loss as to who's doing what here. In this big, huge quotation it seems to say that the singer's name is Jo Hirabayashi, so I guess we'll go with that… it hardly matters since his voice is so cloaked in overdubs, reverb and a sort of compulsory Tame Impala "coolness" that it could be any hipster on the street and it wouldn't make quite a bit of difference.
Somewhere in that unorganized, discombobulated Bandcamp page (accompanying the Facebook promo where the band most modestly compares itself to the Beatles, Can, Neu! and XTC) it says that there's a "multi-instrumentalist," but I'm pretty sure I heard programmed strings in there, the type of thing that's neither very inspiring nor indicative of actual technical skill on an instrument. Actually, instrumentally, all I hear is some guitarist aping Joey Santiago (circa "Vamos") and then busting into the sort of masturbatory ja**-off riffs that Ratt might have pulled off, at least having had the common courtesy to muster up a little more fun with, and be a little less poker-faced and Bowie-hobbling with, in the process.
And apparently these divine arbiters of "cool" hate Facebook, despite the fact that they used said website to pontificate and compare themselves to the Beatles, since they titled one of their songs "Facetook." I guess I'll skip to listen to this song, just to hear how evil Facebook is… it's not like it matters as this album is basically a putrid washed up version of Washed out without even the semblance of joy you get with that particular DJ. Almost to its credit, it's not at all '80s as it purported to be — there's no noise rock, no angry political lyrics addressing Reagen/Trump-onomics, really no Beatles influence at all I can hear (to say nothing of R.E.M., The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Stone Roses that is). "Facetook" opens with a watery electric guitar sound, without percussion, which reminds me very much of the last song on the Go! Team's album Thunder, Lightning Strike, Hirabayashi singing like he wants to be Daniel Rossen, without the courage to actually be understandable in any way. "Facetook" is riddled with that same, infinitely obtuse androgyny of vocal (remember Sonic Youth MOCKED metrosexuality with "Androgynous Mind" and would toggle in a twisted female singer when they actually, you know, wanted to be female), like as if this band would loathe nothing more than making a statement of any kind.
For more than a month now, I think, I've suffered through the hype machine that is Jo Passed, and similarly I've seen their label Sup Pop ruin many of my favorite bands like Wolf Parade, Beach House and (temporarily) No Age and Fleet Foxes, meanwhile doling us that thicker-than-pig-sh** Kyle Craft (whose music kind of reminds me of Kraft mac 'n' cheese), and all I get is this stagnant, androgynous slop. Maybe I'm just insensitive for not liking effeminate men in music, but I highly fu**ing doubt it. The '70s are over. Gayness in rock is about as radical or avant-garde as a fu**in' cow bell. All over Their Prime, I hear mimickry, as when the band pathetically attempt to foray into a Gaslight Anthem-branded punk rock in "MDM." They seem pretty comfortable with making fun of themselves, as on the Bandcamp page they furnish the quotation "The nicest thing that anyone has ever – ever – (sic) said to Jo Hirabayashi, frontman of Jo Passed, is that his band's debut album sounds like fu**ed-up Beatles." First of all, the album just came out, so this is obviously a retarded statement. Second of all, NOT EVEN CLOSE, not even in the ball park, and there is a veritable litany of bands which already qualify as a "fu**ed up Beatles" out there if you just look, from Blur, to Ween, to The Clash, to The Verve… the list goes on and on. Jo Passed are stars now, that they're signed to Sub Pop. I am certainly having a hard time, though, attempting to grasp what exactly it is they're doing here, why they'd call their album "Jo Passed Their Prime" and also compare themselves to the Beatles with a pomposity which is nothing short of utterly repugnant, or apparently refuse to play a single unorthodox musical instrument, such as the sitar George Harrison mastered. I don't know if they're aware, but they're 25 years too late for this slacker laziness and chickensh** self-mockery.