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Nottingham Forest appoints Levy as catering and hospitality partner at City Ground
By James Billington on 28th July 2021 Catering & Concessions, Seating, Luxury Suites & Premium Seats
With the new Sky Bet Championship 2021/22 season beginning, Nottingham Forest Football Club has announced the appointment of Levy UK + I, the sports and hospitality sector of Compass Group UK and Ireland, as its new catering and hospitality partner.
The five-year deal will see Levy supporting Nottingham Forest to deliver new matchday food and beverage experiences at the City Ground stadium on matchday, as well as bolstering the venue's conference and events operations.
The partnership will see Nottingham Forest fans additionally benefit from Levy's focus on culinary creativity and community sourcing. Central to the new food strategy Levy will be in discussions with a number of local food and beverage companies about partnership and supply. This approach reinforces Nottingham Forest's commitment to supporting local businesses and providing employment and apprenticeship opportunities to its community.
In keeping with Levy Cares, Levy UK + I's sustainability commitment to the planet, its people, and the communities it operates in, the new partnership will enable Nottingham Forest to build on its work to improve the sustainability of its operations. Levy has committed to work with the best local suppliers, using a minimum of 80% UK-produced seasonal fruit and vegetables by the end of 2021. The Levy culinary team will be working in partnership with Nottingham Forest to develop a number of plant-based food options, as well as enhancing fan favorites, to serve on its menus.
Levy will also work to deploy new and innovative technology to enhance fan experiences at City Ground. This will include the introduction of a new till system and digital screens that will speed up service and also reduce physical contact to boost fan confidence that the best hygiene measures are being adopted as they return to the stadium following the Covid lockdown. App ordering systems will also be implemented throughout the season to offer fans even more contactless ordering.
Levy will additionally work to support events at City Ground on non-match days, amplifying Nottingham Forest F.C.'s conference and events operations and building relationships with local business owners and industrial estates in the area. The venue will also join Lime Venue Portfolio, Levy's sales and marketing partner.
Jon Davies, Managing Director of Levy UK+ I, said: "After a trying season for football clubs and fans, we are thrilled to be partnering with Nottingham Forest F.C. to support them in bringing the very best in food and beverage experiences to City Ground. Together, we will build on Forest's existing philosophy of providing a phenomenal matchday experience to every fan, while enriching and supporting the local community in everything we do. A big focus for us in our work will be to support and nurture local food and hospitality talent in Nottingham and promoting the professional development and welfare of everybody we work with. We'll be working closely with Nottingham Forest to bring a fresh, modern approach to food and drink, whether it's for matchdays or conferences and events. We are confident that we will give fans yet another reason to look forward to returning to City Ground in the 2021/22 season."
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Today J surprised me by taking the day off. Though at 6:45am when I rolled over and noticed he was still in the bed I panicked and was then wide awake. He is normally gone by 6:05am. I took the kids to VBS and then came home and we tag teamed some much needed cleaning. Then he took Peanut on an errand while I fixed my hair! After VBS we had a play date lined up with a few different families. We had a picnic at the park and then the kids played. Since J was home he decided with my help to not come to get the kids instead he was going to take Peanut on a bike ride and then put her down for a nap. He ended up showing up at the park with her and played for 30 minutes and then went home to give her a nap. The kids had a great time playing with all the friends that they had at the park and us moms, well I guess I can only speak for myself, had a great time too! We got home about 3:30pm. When we came home our neighbor Jack was outside. He has been outside almost everyday it is nice outside since we moved in 5 years ago. The kids love him and they actually learned to say his name before they learned to say their siblings name. Well about two weeks ago he was having some health issue and ended up admitted at the hospital for a week. After all the tests were run they found that he had stage 4 cancer of the bladder, bone and prostate. He has been home for about 4 days and has been outside 2 times. It is so good to see him back at his "post" waving to all the cars that pass by. He is very weak from his stay because he was in bed for a week straight so he uses a walker to get around. Peanut cried the first time she saw him use it and she calls it his owies. I am not looking forward to the day he is gone and we have to tell the kids.
So sad about your neighbor Jack. Sorry to hear about his cancer. It was great spending time at the park with you gals and the kiddos!
So sorry to hear about your neighbor. Wish I could join you all at the park!!
Aww. :( Poor Jack. That is sad. I hope he gets many more nice days to sit outside.
I am really sorry to hear about Jack. Wow. :( So very sorry.
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Why are the Indian and Chinese economies decoupling?
BY ATUL SINGH, MANU SHARMA & VIKRAM SOOD
India has strong geopolitical, historical and economic reasons to disentangle itself from China's arms
Many experts argue India is the weaker power unable to take on China. In an article in Foreign Policy, James Crabtree argues that a trade war with China would be a bad idea for India. In his view, India's "military is inefficient, underequipped, and dogged by procurement corruption scandals". To develop its military strength, India needs a dynamic economy, and an "inward economic direction" would only benefit China in the long run. Therefore, an India-China decoupling is a terrible idea.
These analysts are wrong. Their argument against decoupling is based on three implicit assumptions. First, India is a deeply-divided country unable to act or respond decisively. Second, India is dependent on the Chinese economy for its growth. Third, China's rise is inexorable and India has no option but to come to terms with it. These assumptions are true, but it is an error of judgment to treat them as unqualified truths.
A Trip Down Memory Lane
For Indians with longer historical memories than many of these experts, these arguments sound familiar. Anglo-Saxon publications have long hectored, advised and moralized on Indian issues. On July 5, 2014, the editorial board of The New York Times made a case against India's membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. To be admitted, India needed "to sign the treaty that prohibits nuclear testing, stop producing fissile material, and begin talks with its rivals on nuclear weapons containment".
In response, Gurmeet Kanwal, a retired Indian brigadier-turned-defense analyst, called the editorial "partisan and condescending". Some even saw it as neocolonial. He pointed to "the existential threat posed by two nuclear-armed states on India's borders" that led India to develop its nuclear weapons capability. Kanwal argued that India had been a "responsible nuclear power" with a "positive record on non-proliferation" and had "consistently supported total nuclear disarmament." In typical Sikh humor, he advised nuclear ayatollahs to focus on real proliferators and let go of the cap, roll-back and eliminate (CRE) stance they had adopted against India since the 1990s.
Just as India stood up to the US on the nuclear issue in the 1990s, it is capable of standing up to China in 2020. An India-China conflict is highly undesirable. Ideally, New Delhi and Beijing should be able to work something out over endless cups of tea. However, sanctimonious advice from foreign experts about dire consequences of an India-China decoupling has to be taken with a bucket, not a pinch, of salt.
In 1998, India went nuclear despite dire predictions for its economy. Many in Washington assumed that India depended on the West for its economy. Barely seven years prior, India had experienced a serious financial crisis. The Gulf War and slowing exports to the US crippled an economy by rising deficits and increasing debt. The precipitous decline of the Soviet Union meant India no longer had a godfather to bail it out. So severe was India's 1991 currency crisis that it had to pledge its gold reserves and liberalize its economy to get a bailout from the International Monetary Fund. In 1998, India was better off than in 1991 but certainly not in a strong position. Nuclear tests put it under immense pressure.
At the UN, the Conference on Disarmament condemned Indian nuclear tests. In the preceding years, India had watched the West ignore the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and fete China for its economic reforms. Condemnation for nuclear tests strengthened, not weakened, India's response. It stood up to the West, ignored experts and upended nuclear apartheid. Today, India is again in a mood to defy experts and stand up to China.
Like Love, Trade Is Complicated
As troops amass on the India-China border, a full-scale economic war has broken out. It is leading to a structural break in the Indian economy. Both public opinion and political leadership is now committed to decoupling from China. In India, there is a ban on 59 Chinese apps by government authorities. Major trade bodies have formally announced boycotts of Chinese products. For instance, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has listed 3,000 such products. CAIT is a national umbrella organization with 40,000 smaller trade bodies and 70 million traders as members. The government has tightened country of origin rules for e-retailers and other sellers.
Demand for Chinese products is declining. Xiaomi is no longer India's top-selling phone. Samsung has replaced it. Increasingly, selling Chinese goods using Southeast Asian free trade agreements is becoming difficult. The existing business model of buying in China and selling in India is under pressure.
In an additional twist, Indian tax authorities have conducted raids on Chinese companies and individuals for money laundering. It led to the arrest of a Chinese national. Apparently, he was married to a woman from India's northeast border state of Mizoram, had spuriously obtained an Indian passport and been arrested earlier for espionage. It seems trade is not as simple as experts imagine it to be. Intelligence, influence and geopolitics are inextricably intertwined with trade, business and investment. In the India-China economic relationship, three largely forgotten factors are noteworthy.
First, India enhanced trade ties with China not only for economic reasons but also geopolitical ones. Becoming a key market and investment destination for China was supposed to reduce the risk of conflict and wean Beijing off Islamabad. Aggressive Chinese actions have made India reconsider this strategy and change tack.
Second, India's manufacturing sector is reasonably well developed but has suffered from Chinese competition since China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. A 2018 parliamentary report concluded that Chinese imports were playing "a negative role for (India's) domestic industry". The report warned about the loss of jobs, an increase in bad debts for banks, a decline in tax revenues and a worrying dependence on China for critical products. It concluded that China does not play by WTO rules and "the problem of Chinese dumping is a matter of concern across the globe".
India is not alone in having concerns about China's abuse of WTO rules. A 2018 report to the US Congress expressed concern at "China's continued embrace of a state-led, mercantilist approach to the economy and trade". It detailed "substantial costs borne by WTO members as a result of China's problematic trade regime" and the challenges presented by its "non-market economic system". Given China's track record, there is a case to be made for India taking a more protectionist path.
There is another tiny little matter. Protectionism has played a key role in industrialization for any latecomer. Furthermore, industrialization has been the key driver of economic growth. In a 2019 article, one of these authors observed that the first major act passed by Congress was the Tariff Act of July 4, 1789. Without protecting its infant industry, the US would not have emerged as an industrial power.
Since 1978, China has followed the American playbook on steroids. It has powered through the largest and fastest industrialization in history. Its companies enjoy the advantages of infrastructure, cheap financing and political support. Therefore, they have been able to achieve economies of scale. As a result, Indian companies have been blown away. An India-China decoupling might give sectors from aerospace components to advanced pharmaceuticals a second chance.
Third, Chinese imports into India are nice-to-have, not must-have, goods. Demand for them is elastic unlike the inelastic demand for energy from the Middle East and the US. An India-China trade war that leads to a decoupling of the two economies could lead to short-term pain but has a strong rationale for the longer term.
In any case, experts forget that India is unlikely to turn entirely inward as it did after independence in 1947. Recently, billions of dollars have poured into India from the US. Reliance Jio, an Indian mobile internet company, raked in $15 billion in 10 weeks. This is indicative of a deeper trend. Given new geopolitical imperatives, India is now looking to boost economic ties with friendly powers. It wants Korean, Japanese, European and American firms to set up shop in the country. Foreign market players who can act nimbly would be in a good position to grab some of the approximately $60 billion China's trade surplus with India. There are new investment, manufacturing and trading opportunities emerging as the status quo changes and a new order emerges.
Many economists predict a short-term price shock as Chinese goods stop coming into the country. They forget that India has struggled with jobless growth even during the best of times. Decoupling with China could boost domestic manufacturing not only for large but also for medium and small industries. This would increase employment, tax revenues and even demand thanks to a multiplier effect. Improved job figures further increase political support for decoupling and decrease India's need to subsidize agriculture so heavily. For decades, agricultural subsidies have put pressure on public finances. If a lower amount is spent on subsidies, pressure on the fiscal deficit would abate.
To sum up, India has strong reasons to decouple and no longer consider WTO rules sacrosanct. A tectonic shift is underway. After World War II, a new rules-based order emerged. The end of the Cold War strengthened this order and led to visions that Western democracy was the final destination for all societies. With polarization and partisanship at home, Western democracies themselves are in peril. The order that emerged in 1991 is crumbling and a new one is about to emerge. History offers us lessons as to what to expect.
In the past, India and China focused on their spheres of influence with the Himalayas keeping them apart. Both prospered. In this age of trade, peace and prosperity, a Chola empire based in the modern-day southeastern state of Tamil Nadu ruled Malaysia (Putrajaya), Indonesia (Srivijaya), Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The Middle Kingdom held sway over Mongolia, Korea and Japan. Both India and China could go back to sticking to their historic spheres and to trading with each other.
At the moment, China has followed salami tactics and encroached on territory India claims as its own. China has also been meddling in Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, India's key neighbours. Since 1963, China has been in a close alliance with Pakistan. Yet China has never played a role in the Indian subcontinent and cannot suddenly turn into an overlord here. Therefore, close India-China economic ties no longer make strategic sense.
Additionally, China disingenuously claims to meet India halfway while insisting that the onus to improve the border situation lies entirely with its neighbour. This is a one-way, not halfway, diplomacy that suggests aggressive intent. The Chinese also seem determined to win the war of narratives and are enlisting the support of free market ayatollahs to do so. It is only natural that the Indian narrative is bound to be different. It is in sync with the new realities of the day, which drive India's decision to decouple its economy from China. Trade, investment and deep economic ties are a jolly good thing with allies and friends, not with rivals and foes.
(Vikram Sood is former RAW chief and Atul Singh is a journalist, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of Fair Observer. The views expressed are personal.)
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mmacante Wrote: Is there any way to hit "play all" for a playlist in my account? Don't want to manually queue them after I already did on YouTube.com. Don't see an option currently.
The playlist should have a "Queue folder" context menu option, then you only have to start playback..
does your xbox version support RTMPe? have you tried to find 4oD content?
lots of ERROR reasonCode: [limitedSyndication] Syndication of this video was restricted by its owner.
in logs, related to missing shows perhaps?
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It's not my code but as far as i remember, limitedSyndication error are merely a warning we write out to the log to tell ourselves that certain videos were removed from the result set cause the user wouldn't be able to access them anyway.. we're basically trying to remove YouTube's annoying habit of showing you video results that are unavailable to you.. It' might be that youtube thinks you're located outside the UK since 4oD's content is geo-locked to that region..
But without a log it will be difficult to know..
as you can see there's two results, both are just short trailers not the show.
this was the search suggested in the 4oD thread linked above.
my region in plugin settings is Great Britain. i am in the UK.
i really feel i must be doing something retarded.
er i'm assuming the youtube search isn't case sensitive?
with a space between "4oD" and "comedy"
Try and see if that query works better..
I can see series 5 episodes DO show up there near the bottom, posted by ahunter1973 and they work in my web browser no problem.
they do not show up in the plugin for me though, using exact same search. there is only one page of results.
12 syndication errors in plugin log..
I'm having bufferproblems, out of sync problems and lag problems.
Are these known issues? nukas youtubescript worked fine (unless for some VEVO-videos ofc ) so I'm guessing either youtube did something or maybe it could be a bug or something (hoping for the latter so it can be fixed).
Do you need any logs I'll be happy to provide them!
Quote: Dharma beta 2 is out you should try upgrading, but must say I've only had issues with lag on SD videos. Anything 720p and above playback is usually smooth, but you have to have a reasonable machine to handle the playback demands, although YouTube doesn't exactly deliver blu-ray quality 1080p streams they do require a certain amount of processing power..
What video quality are you trying to play? what kind of machine are we dealing with (does it have enough cpu power and or hardware acceleration? ), is there any other activity on the network when you're attempting to play the video?..
This looks like a great way of keeping on demand services on XBMC, but I cannot for the life of me log in.
Any help getting this fixed would be great. I'm on XBMCFreak's live install, a pretty new SVN so hopefully this is not the issue.
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I'm unfamiliar with that release of XBMC, usually an upgrade of xbmc won't destroy all you're settings but i dont know how the XBMCFreak cd works it's upgrade magic.


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Mr. Meyerson, who will remain chairman, said the move gives the 52-year-old Mr. Cannavino more responsibility and control over more projects. Mr. Meyerson said the move won't reduce his involvement with the closely held information-services concern, which expects to double its revenue this year to $680 million and tentatively...


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Mining mergers slowed down in 2013
The number of merger and acquisition deals in global mining sector fell by 31 percent in the first half of 2013, according to a new report from PwC, Global Mining Deals Mid-Year Report: Deals in the Dumps.
The report looks at trends in the global mining industry and found that although merger and acquisition (M&A) activity was slow in the first half of the year, the United States was the third most active country in terms of M&A activity. For the rest of 2013 and into 2014, M&A in the mining industry is expected to remain lethargic. However, deals will come together for companies that have enough cash to seize the opportunity and as their peers unload assets that are no longer considered a fit in the renewed cost-cutting environment, PwC said in the report.
The current volatility in the mining sector has had a noticeable impact on merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2013. While some companies have taken advantage of lower prices to pick up assets, the number of deals across the global mining sector fell by 31 percent in the first half of 2013 compared to the same time last year, which was already considered to be a slow time for deal activity. While majors continue to invest in their operations, projects have been deferred and capital spending has been curbed.
The real challenge in the current M&A market is finding buyers. Juniors are not seeing the same level of takeovers they have come accustom to at a certain stage in their growth, while majors are mostly looking to divest assets, not pick up more. Meantime, mid-tier consolidation interest has waned due to tight financing conditions and fewer buyers overall.
Equities across the sector have fallen by about 30 percent so far this year, which has also impacted the size of deals. Deal value fell 74 percent to US$20.6 billion between January and June 2013 versus the same period last year, which was a period highlighted by Glencore International US$54-billion purchase of Xstrata, the largest-ever takeover in the sector. Even without the blockbuster GlencoreXstrata agreement, deal values were down 21 percent for the first half of 2013 as compared with a year earlier. Gold and copper continued to be the most active for buyers and sellers in the first half of 2013. That trend is expected to continue as depressed prices create opportunities for companies that can afford to buy, and may force others to sell, PwC found.
One shift so far in 2013, as compared to previous years, is in the geography behind some of the top deals, and who is making them. Unlike in previous years, when deals were dominated by players in countries such as Australia and Canada, top M&A activity so far this year is coming from former Soviet Union states, namely Russia and Kazakhstan. Russia accounted for more than a quarter of deal value by geography in the first half of 2013, followed by Kazakhstan. The United States rounded out the top three. That's a new lineup compared to last year when Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland (thanks to GlencoreXstrata) and China dominated the top spots for deal activity by geography. Deals by Russian and Kazakhstan oligarchs led M&A activity for the first half of 2013. Two Russian billionaires are behind the top deal, which was for a stake in Polyus Gold International Ltd., the country's largest gold miner, while Kazakhstan billionaires were behind the second and third-largest transactions for the January-to-June period.
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Fordham Responds To The Common Core "Counter-Manifesto"
The following post was written by Chester E. Finn Jr., President, and Michael J. Petrilli, Executive Vice-President, of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, D.C. It was originally posted here, on the Fordham Institute's blog. We have reprinted it with the permission of the authors.
The "counter-manifesto" released this week in opposition to national testing and a national curriculum is full of half-truths, mischaracterizations, and straw men. But it was signed by a lot of serious people and deserves a serious response.
First, let us dispatch some silliness. To the best of our knowledge, and based on all evidence that we're aware of, neither the signers of the Shanker Institute manifesto, nor leaders in the Obama/Duncan Education Department, advocate a "nationalized curriculum" that would "undermine control of public school curriculum and instruction at the local and state level" and "transfer control to an elephantine, inside-the-Beltway bureaucracy." Nor is anybody calling for "a one-size fits all, centrally controlled curriculum for every K-12 subject." We certainly wouldn't support such a policy—and can understand why the conservative luminaries who signed the counter-manifesto wouldn't want it, either. As parents, grandparents, charter-school authorizers, and champions of school choice in almost all its forms, we believe deeply in the importance of schools having the freedom to shape their own unique educational approaches.
The recent, breathless opposition to the idea of common curricular content led us to reflect on just how long educators have been asking for this practical tool for better schooling - only to be rebuffed by those more interested in playing politics. It's been generations. More than 20 years ago, Al Shanker waded into the fray. The following, entitled "An American Revolution in Education: Developing a Common Core," was published by Al in his weekly Where We Stand column on Feb. 24, 1991.
If anyone had talked about a common curriculum for US schools a few years ago, people would have said he was crazy. Sure, that's the way they do it in most other industrialized countries; and, sure, their students achieve at a much higher level than ours. But the education system in those countries are under the control of their central governments, and the idea of our federal government dictating what children learn in schools was out of the question. Now, we have begun to understand the price we pay for our fragmented curriculum. We've also begun to find ways of building a common curriculum in a typically American way — through voluntary effort rather than government intervention.
Why should we be so eager for a common curriculum? Exactly what difference does it make in an education system — and, ultimately in what children learn?
During the recent debates over public employees' collective bargaining rights, especially around the Wisconsin protests, I heard a few people argue that Republican governors are intent on destroying public sector unions, at least in part, because union members are more likely to vote – and to vote Democratic.
The latter argument (union members are more likely to vote Democratic) is generally true (also here) – although the union "effect" on candidate/party choice is of course complicated. The former argument (more likely to vote in general) is also valid, but there is some underlying public/private variation that is both interesting and important.
As is almost always the case, isolating the effect of a given factor (in this case, how being a union member affects the likelihood of voting) requires one to compare how this factor "operates" on people who are otherwise similar. For example, in a previous post, I compared public and private sector workers' earnings. In order to uncover the "effect" of public sector employment on earnings, I used models that controlled for other relevant, measurable factors, such as education and experience. In doing so, I was able to (imperfectly) ensure that I was comparing public and private employees who were similar in terms of skills and qualifications.
The same basic concept applies to voting.
The "Closing the Door on Innovation" manifesto issued today by a group of conservatives distorts the purpose of the nonpartisan Albert Shanker Institute-sponsored Call for Common Content statement released in March. The statement was signed by a diverse group of education and other leaders from across the political spectrum - and emphasized that teachers must have access to voluntary curriculum guidelines in order to teach effectively to the new state-led common core standards. Aligning the new standards to high quality curriculum is critical to ensuring that all children in the U.S. receive a rigorous education.
"While we agree that curriculum should be designed before assessments, their claim that the 'Call for Common Content' is about creation of a 'national curriculum' and 'national standards' is just plain wrong," said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the signatories to the Shanker Institute statement.
"What we argued then, and what the AFT's own committee on implementation of common core standards will reinforce in its upcoming recommendations, was that educators need and want a set of curricular roadmaps that are aligned to common standards and developed from various high-quality, content rich, multiple curriculum resources, with strong input from teachers themselves and other curriculum experts."
"And," Weingarten said, "Without these resources, especially in a time of tight education budgets, it will be up to teachers to make up all of this content aligned to standards as they go along, under the guise of local autonomy. That is a recipe for failure and unfair to both students and teachers."
Our guest author today is Stan Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs at IBM, President of the IBM Foundation, and a member of the Shanker Institute's board of directors.
This is a difficult year for city and state leaders. They are struggling mightily with how to cope with both declining revenues and escalating costs, resulting in painful short term decisions about what to cut, how to cut, and ways in which basic or vital services can be maintained. Sadly, we have heard far too little these days about where to invest and how to invest in order to produce longer term benefit and mitigate longer term costs.
As people focus on education, it has been common wisdom that business leaders and those concerned with the bottom line have an interest in education too, but that interest is focused solely on STEM, or Science Technology, Engineering and Math. And that focus is placed on the later grades such as middle and high schools. It is undeniable that STEM is important, especially if we are to nurture the next generation of innovators. To do so, we must invest more creatively to improve teacher quality and student outcomes. But we can not address these challenges by limiting our focus to secondary education. While career pathways are great motivators for teenagers and young adults, we simply can not wait until high school - or even middle school - to prepare students and capture their imaginations. We must start earlier, much earlier. In that effort, early childhood education is vitally important.
Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day, as well as National Teacher Appreciation Week. In various ways, millions of people are thanking their teachers for having made a difference in their lives, including President Obama, who held an official function at the White House today honoring the National Teacher of the Year.
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20 Park Avenue offers luxury apartments that feature tall ceilings, spacious floor plans and oversized windows. The units feature a number of modern fixtures including hardwood flooring and newly renovated marble bathrooms. 20 Park Avenue may seem a testimony to its 1939 construction date, but these old-style design elements are checked at the door. The inside of this building is very contemporary and rivals some of the newly constructed apartments.
The amenities offered to residents are typical for luxury apartments. The building has a doorman, attended lobby and concierge. Residents are treated to both laundry service and an on-site laundry room. Elevators are provided for quick access to each floor. The building is pet friendly and features a renovated lobby and hallways. One unique amenity is the inclusion of an interactive, on-line tenant network. This should prove easy for tenants to use in order to communicate with doormen, lobby attendants and the concierge.
The prime location in Manhattan's Murray Hill is easily an amenity in its own right. Park Avenue is known for its understated grace and old-style charm. Just a short walk from the building is the Metro-North hub at Grand Central Station. A quick shuttle subway ride and residents can find themselves in the famed Time Square. With a wealth of shopping, restaurants, nightlife, galleries and museums around its unlikely residents run out of things to do in the neighborhood.
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Blu-ray and DVD Releases for March 14, 2017!
Hot diggity, what a week for blu-rays! Where do we even start? (Just kidding... It's Firestarter).
Blu-ray & DVD Releases for 3/14/17
Passengers (Read Katie's review in the Jan 2017 issue of Belladonna)
Carl Andersen's Mondo Weirdo (1990) - A Cult Epics Release
Ascent to Hell (2017)
Demon Seed (1977) - Warner Archive Blu-ray Release
The Love Witch
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) - Criterion Blu-ray Release
Red Dawn - Shout Factory Collector's Edition
Firestarter - Shout Factory Collector's Edition
The Valley of Gwangi (1969) - Warner Archive Blu-ray Release
Drive-In Massacre (1977) - Severin Films Release
The Man Who Could Cheat Death - Kino Lorber Release
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Heitzenhofen ist ein Gemeindeteil von Duggendorf und eine Gemarkung im Oberpfälzer Landkreis Regensburg (Bayern).

Das Kirchdorf mit dem Schloss Heitzenhofen liegt im Tal der Naab und an der Staatsstraße 2165 knapp zwei Kilometer nördlich von Duggendorf. Am nördlichen Ortsrand quert die Kreisstraße R 22 den Fluss.

Kleinheitzenhofen, früher ein amtlich benannter Gemeindeteil von Duggendorf, wird jetzt dem Gemeindeteil Heitzenhofen zugerechnet.

Auf der Gemarkung liegen Heitzenhofen, Judenberg, Schwarzhöfe, Weihergut und Zündergut, die Orte der ehemaligen Gemeinde Heitzenhofen.

Geschichte
Die ehemalige Gemeinde Heitzenhofen wurde im Zuge der Gebietsreform in Bayern aufgelöst und am 1. Januar 1971 vollständig nach Wolfsegg eingegliedert. Am 1. Mai 1978 wurde der Gemeindeteil Heitzenhofen von Wolfsegg zur Gemeinde Duggendorf umgegliedert.

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Star and Special Award winners proudly show off their trophiesUxbridge College students received awards from a young entrepreneur who has built a global business from making jam to his Nan's recipes.
The 23-year-old SuperJam innovator, Fraser Doherty, started making and selling jam when he was just 14, and now supplies 2,000 supermarkets internationally including Waitrose, Tesco and Morrisons.
Fraser congratulated the Uxbridge College students who included the overall winner Katherine Price of Ruislip, who received the Super Star prize sponsored by Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets.
Katherine, a student on the BTEC Level 3 in Performing Arts Music Practice, was chosen for her personal achievements, as well as for the way in which she has influenced the course to give it a greater emphasis on classical music. She plays the piano, flute and cello and has performed at events including Cinderella at Ruislip's Winston Churchill Hall, and at College open evenings. She will now study music at university.
Achievers of all ages celebrated with friends, family and staff at Uxbridge College's Annual Awards Ceremony 2012 on 20 September, at The Beck Theatre in Grange Road, Hayes.
The winners were chosen from among the 10,000 full-time and part-time students at the College, which has campuses at Uxbridge and Hayes in west London.
Special guest Fraser Doherty talked about his career and presented the awards, as well as meeting students afterwards. Scottish-born Fraser now supplies supermarkets globally with his 100% fruit jam, has won more than twenty awards, and invests in a number of community and charitable causes. His product is exhibited in the National Museum of Scotland as an 'Iconic Scottish Brand' alongside Irn Bru, Tunnock's and Baxters.
Principal of Uxbridge College, Laraine Smith OBE, said: "There is nothing like this event to demonstrate just how much Uxbridge College means to those who study with us – and the impact it has on the wider community.
"I would like to congratulate all our award winners tonight for their achievements – both our students and those organisations recognised for the support they give us.
Prizes included Achievement Awards and Star Awards for each of the College's teaching areas, and Special Awards, some of which were given to organisations which support the College's teaching and learning.
Jack Holmes (20) of Colnbrook.
Katherine Price (20) of Ruislip.


In the event of a damage to your car's windshield, the most natural course of action would be to ensure that this is fixed and as such you will try to find the quickest and easiest way of dealing with this need. In the cases of the smaller cracks or damages, the case is always that this will be oftentimes overlooked by a number of the car owners. However, you need to bear in mind the fact that the windshield to your car happens to be one of the very important parts of the vehicle and as such for your full protection, you need to make sure that when it comes to auto glass repair or replacements, you need to make sure that you are going for the best. The following are some of the things that your car's windshield does for you.
One of the things that you will have your windshield do you is in line with the need for protection. Fragments that could possibly fly into the vehicle are kept at bay by the windshields. The windshields will as well get to protect the car's interior from dirt and rain. The windshields are as well the parts that will help you protect your car and the items you have inside it from being vandalized or stolen. There are a number of useful aspects of the windshields and all these point to the fact that you will need to have your windshield in place always and in the very perfect conditions.
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ABB robot barista serves up the future
As leaders of global society gathered at the recent 2019 World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, it seemed only fitting that a representative of the future should be serving people coffee in the Garden Lounge – YuMi the cobot.
YuMi, considered the world's first truly collaborative robot, was introduced by Swedish-Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB in 2015.
Since then, it has made quite a few appearances at worldwide events to showcase its abilities.
This includes complex tasks such as operating a coffee machine in less than 90 seconds, including removing the capsule, as well as performing a little dance between making cups of coffee.
"Our CEO wanted something fun," said Benoit Gerber, ABB product manager.
Putting fun aside, YuMi's appearance was a prime example of some of the priorities and agendas shaping the future of the world that participants discussed at the event, especially the effects of automation and labor shortages. Cobots are a viable, safe option for many companies because they are designed to work alongside people without requiring safety cages or barriers.
YuMi, for example, has a many functions and safety features. Its dual-armed, lightweight design includes motion control software, padded arms and no pinch points.
It is a complete assembly solution that can be equipped with part-feeding systems and various grippers, which happen to be 3D printed.
Also, 2D or 3D vision options can be integrated into the robot.
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The incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) and ease of programming are other benefits companies get when choosing to add a cobot into the mix.
AI-based systems "learn" as they go through continual feedback, making them better at anticipating tasks and working next to humans. Many of them, like YuMi, were designed for easy setup so that even people without specialized training can set them up.
While the YuMi at WEF made an impact on current leaders, ABB also uses its series of YuMis garner attention from future world shapers. The company showcases it at schools and colleges to demonstrate to students the possibilities of cobot technology.
"Robots as a whole are always captivating to watch, and always manage to draw a crowd, yet YuMi always seems to be particularly popular," said Per Vegard Nerseth, ABB managing director of robotics.
"From young children to seasoned manufacturing experts, YuMi is helping people of all ages to understand the important and increasing role robots will play in our future."
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Sauers takes lead at Senior Open
CLIFF BRUNTAP Sports Writer
July 14, 2014 Updated: June 11, 2016 8:27 p.m.
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) -- Several years ago, a rare skin disorder left Gene Sauers unsure if he would survive. Now he has a chance to win the U.S. Senior Open.
Sauers crept up on the field and shot a 3-under 68 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead after three rounds at Oak Tree National. He moved to 7 under, passing front-runners Bernhard Langer, Scott Dunlap and Colin Montgomerie along the way.
The journey to this opportunity is what makes Sunday's final round extra special for the 51-year-old Sauers. He said a reaction to a wrongly prescribed medication caused Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a disorder that burned the skin on his arms and legs from the inside out.
While he was in the hospital for seven weeks recovering, he pictured his golf swing. He got out of the hospital in June 2011 and eventually returned to the course.
"The good Lord said I'm going to give you another chance," Sauers said. "Bogey doesn't matter that much anymore. That's when I learned to have a great time and tried to hit everything I was capable of doing, and it worked out today."
Langer, Dunlap and Montgomerie are tied for second at 4 under.
It looked as if Montgomerie might run away from the field early on in the third round. He opened with birdies on 1 and 3 to jump out to a four-shot lead over Langer, who by then had moved from third to second.
Langer remained steady and Montgomerie bogeyed Nos. 5 and 7. Heading into the back nine, Mongomerie's lead was just one shot.
Then Sauers got going. He had a 33 on the back nine, including birdies on Nos. 12, 16 and 18, to take control heading into the final round. It was an impressive run for someone who hasn't placed higher than 15th in a Champions Tour event this season.
"I've got some help back home," Sauers said. "Some friends and some teachers have been helping me a little bit. They've got me hitting the ball solid now. Building my confidence is mainly what they do. They know I still have it. You know, it's just -- go out there and do it. Try not to put too much pressure on myself and try to have fun."
Montgomerie shot a 3-over 74 after leading at the end of the first two days. He was 3 over on the back nine, but is confident he can regain some of his earlier touch.
"I will try to do what I did Thursday with a 65," he said. "If I can do it Thursday, I can do it Sunday. If I can hit it in the fairway, I can play to the strength of my game, which is the iron game."
Langer, who has three wins this season on the Champions Tour, was solid, but had several potential birdies just miss during his even-par 71.
"Sometimes they lip in, sometimes they lip out," he said. "It was frustrating. I played really good golf on the back nine, the last nine holes, had a lot of chances, lot of opportunities and I think I had four lip-outs or something and left one short on 18 and could have easily been three better but could have, should have, would have doesn't count in this game."
Langer isn't conceding yet.
"I played pretty solid golf for three days in a row and the putter was hot yesterday," he said. "Wasn't so hot today, but, you know, we'll see what happens tomorrow. We've still got 18 holes to go. It's a lot of golf left, and anything can happen."
Marco Dawson, who shot a 76 on Friday, rebounded with a 69 on Saturday. He left Friday disappointed and saying he was unsure how to play the course. On Saturday, he was 1 over through six, and then got on a torrid stretch that included birdies on Nos. 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 15 to move into a tie for the lead at 5 under.
Dawson bogeyed Nos. 16, 17 and 18 to fall to 2 under. He is tied for fifth with Jeff Sluman and Vijay Singh.
Dawson said he expects it to be tough to get good scores on Sunday because the course will continue to dry out in near 100-degree heat.
"Unless somebody just gets really hot with the putter and gets some good bounces, you know, the best score may be 4, 5 under tomorrow," he said.
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Today I have part 1 of Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, BC, Canada. Since I took many many photos at this place, I split them into several blog posts.
The flags in the parking lot of the Butchart Gardens.
A pond and fountain at the Butchart Gardens.
The sign for The Butchart Gardens. Photo shot in the Waterwheel Square.
This is the reason the area is called Waterwheel Square.
A special selective coloring process of the above photo.
More photos from the Sunken Garden.
A long exposure still in the Sunken Garden.
A long exposure in the Sunken Garden.
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2 photos of the Ross Fountain in the Sunken Garden.


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Mr. Grube has over 17 years of experience in the energy sector that includes asset acquisitions, finance, development and power marketing. Over this time, he has been responsible for invested capital of more than US$3 billion and 1.5GW of projects currently in operation. At Paragon, Mr. Grube is responsible for working with project sponsors and investors on solar and wind tax equity, M&A transactions and other equity financing. Prior to Paragon, Mr. Grube served as a Principal with Equilibrium Capital, an impact investment platform that builds and operates sustainability-driven real asset portfolios with institutional capital. He led the renewable energy and water initiatives for Equilibrium and currently serves as an Advisor and Chair of the Investment and Management Committees for their $180 million Wastewater Opportunity Fund. Prior to joining Equilibrium, Mr. Grube was president and COO and one of the founding members of Element Power, a renewable energy company and independent power producer (IPP) backed by a leading private equity investor. He led the partial exit of Element Power's solar and wind businesses in the Americas that included the sale of two portfolios totaling more than 1.5GW. Mr. Grube also previously worked for PPM Energy and Iberdrola Renewables, and led regional project development and acquisitions of renewable energy projects in the US and Canada. His experience also includes work at Enron International as a financial analyst for projects in Asia and Africa and developer of gas-fired generation projects in the US. Mr. Grube earned a Bachelor's degree in Asian Studies and Economics from Colgate University and a Master's Degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.


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There is already so much excess CO2 in the planet's atmosphere that it won't be enough for us to stop our current carbon emissions from growing in future. To make a real impact on Earth's climate for the better, we will need to start sucking large amounts of CO2 out of its atmosphere.
The aim is to reduce the adverse climatic manifestations of the greenhouse effect and prevent the planet from warming too much in coming decades, thereby dealing a death blow to fragile marine and terrestrial species and ecosystems. The process whereby excess carbon is sucked out, locked up and stored in a variety of ways is called carbon sequestration.
Scientists have been working on numerous ways to sequester CO2, such as by boosting the ability of plants and microorganisms to do so on their own. Now a team of Canadian scientists at the University of Toronto has devised a method for turning atmospheric carbon into something useful: plastic.
Specifically, they have found a way to convert CO2 into ethylene, which is used to make polyethylene, the most commonly used plastic of which some 100 million tons are produced each year. The process entails CO2 reduction reaction whereby the greenhouse gas is converted into other chemicals through the use of an electrical current and a chemical reaction aided by a catalyst.
To overcome that hurdle, the Canadian researchers designed a catalyst for maximizing ethylene production by help of X-ray spectroscopy and computer modelling techniques. In the process, they managed to eliminate the unwanted output of methane during the process. "Paired with carbon capture technology, this could lead to an incredibly green production mechanism for everyday plastics, meanwhile sequestering harmful greenhouse gases," they explain. "It's exciting because we are working towards developing new and sustainable ways to meet the energy demands of the future," De Luna says.
Wait a minute, though. Do we need even more plastics on Earth? Not really. Yet this new line of research may soon enable us to produce plastics in a more environmentally friendly manner, especially when the conversion of CO2 into ethylene is coupled with renewable energy sources.


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Says Gov. Rick Scott's approval ratings are up.
— Brian Kilmeade on Friday, April 15th, 2011 in comments on 'Fox and Friends'
'Fox and Friends' host says Gov. Rick Scott's approval numbers are up
By Aaron Sharockman on Friday, April 15th, 2011 at 5:05 p.m.
Gov. Rick Scott appears on 'Fox and Friends' on April 15, 2011.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott appeared on Fox News Channel's popular Fox and Friends morning show on April 15, 2011, to make the case that it's possible for Washington to solve its debt crisis without raising taxes.
Look at Florida, he said.
Speaking via satellite, Scott noted that he has proposed a balanced budget for Florida (as he's obligated to do by the state Constitution) that cuts spending and reduces taxes. He left out, we should note, that the key parts of his budget proposal -- a cut to the corporate tax rate and cuts to school property taxes -- are currently not part of the plans being considered by either the House or Senate.
Regardless, Scott told Fox and Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade that President Barack Obama needs to extend the Bush-era tax cuts. If the tax cuts expire, businesses will move elsewhere, where the tax climate is more friendly, Scott said.
The message worked on Kilmeade -- who at the end of a four-minute interview said Scott's message and proposals are resonating with Florida voters. His proof? Scott's approval ratings.
"The states that have to balance the budget are making the tough decisions, and getting appreciation for it. Your approval ratings are up," said Kilmeade, who went on to say that approval numbers are also up for governors in similar positions -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat from New York, and Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican from New Jersey.
We don't know much about Cuomo or Christie, but we know Scott's positions have been pretty polarizing on some issues. So we were curious if Kilmeade had it right.
We found two different polls that have tracked Scott's approval rating since taken office -- Public Policy Polling, a firm associated with Democratic candidates, and polling from Quinnipiac University, a group generally considered independent. We found an isolated third poll from Viewpoint Florida, a polling firm run by longtime consultants with ties to Florida Republicans.
We'll start with Public Policy Polling.
A PPP poll from December, before Scott took office, found that 33 percent of Florida voters liked Scott compared with 43 percent who disliked him.
A follow-up poll released March 29, 2011, revealed that Scott's negative numbers had gotten worse -- not better -- since taking office. In the March poll, 32 percent of voters approved of Scott's job performance, while 55 percent disapproved.
"You could say Rick Scott's honeymoon is over ... but that would suggest he had one in the first place," Tom Jensen, a Public Policy Polling analyst wrote last week.
The Quinnipiac polls also show Scott's negatives climbing, not falling.
The number of Florida voters who disapprove of Scott has more than doubled since February, the polling group found. Scott had a positive 35-22 percent job approval in a poll released Feb. 2. In a follow-up poll April 6, 35 percent approved of Scott's performance, but 48 disapproved.
"Today, Scott is a four-letter word to many Florida voters, but political popularity can change with time," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "The experience of Scott's predecessor, Charlie Crist, who had 70 percent approval ratings at this point in his tenure, shows how fickle public opinion can be."
The third poll, from Viewpoint Florida, paints a slightly better picture for Scott. Forty-seven respondents surveyed March 29-30 approved of Scott's performance, while 48 percent disapproved. Pollster Randy Nielsen said the polling group didn't have previous approval numbers to compare it to.
Scott acknowledged his poor poll numbers in an Associated Press article on April 6. "I didn't run to be the most popular governor. I ran to make sure this state is most likely to succeed," he said.
Kilmeade, on Fox and Friends, said Scott's approval numbers are going up. Not according to the publicly available poll numbers we found. We rate this claim False.
Updated to include Viewpoint Florida poll result.
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Published: Friday, April 15th, 2011 at 5:05 p.m.
Researched by: Aaron Sharockman
Edited by: John Bartosek
Subjects: Polls and Public Opinion, Pundits
Gov. Rick Scott's appearance on Fox and Friends, April 15, 2011
Public Policy Polling results, accessed April 15, 2011
Quinnipiac University polling results, accessed April 15, 2011
Miami Herald, "Q Poll: More and more FL voters dislike Rick "4 letter word" Scott," April 6, 2011
Associated Press, "Florida honeymoon with Governor Rick Scott is over," April 6, 2011
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