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In this time of festivities the image of snowflakes falling and woolly hats seems a world away from the heat and bustle of the UAE. The thought of being sat around a warm fire with some hot cocoa is somewhat less appealing than being in the firing line of a functioning AC.
The chance of snow here in the UAE this year is minimal to say the least – unless you’re in the peaks of Jebel Jais.We will, however, get snow in the oceans. It’s not the type of snow you would wish to catch on your tongue, make snowmen out of (or women, shouts Eric Idle) or make into a snowball to throw at your friends. Nor is it picturesque snowflakes of ice.
Marine snow is extremely important to the equilibrium of marine ecosystems as well as terrestrial ecosystems and the climate of the earth itself.
To acquire marine snow, first, like the majority of ecosystems, we need the sun. The photic zone is the area of the ocean that sunlight can penetrate down to. In crystal clear water the photic zone can be as deep as 1000m, but realistically this is limited to 200m even in clear water and in coastal waters typically only 50m. Photosynthesis requires light energy, converting it to chemical energy, so in the oceans this means that marine plants (algae) are limited in habitat space to this photic zone, as without light they cannot feed themselves. The majority of the open ocean’s marine algae are microscopic organisms called phytoplankton. These phytoplankton form the foundations of the open ocean’s food webs, fulfilling their roles as primary producers. Primary producers are autotrophs meaning they produce their own energy in contrast to heterotrophs which acquire energy from other organisms normally by means of feeding. Imagine the importance of plants to the terrestrial land ecosystems of the planet and you can understand the significant role of marine algae in the oceans.
Marine snow is organic particulate matter that falls from the upper oceans (photic zone), down into the depths of the aphotic zone where there is no light. These organic, therefore carbon based particulates originate from dead zoo/phytoplankton and waste products from larger marine animals. These particulates are denser than the water column which makes them sink, coagulating on the way to form aggregates which in turn fall faster towards the depths of the abyss.
Down in the abyss the particulates usually remain there and enter food chains. Whales however (particularly sperm whales) dive down from the surface to feed on different organisms, returning to the surface and restoring this energy to the surface waters. Sperm whales (the largest predator on the planet) commonly feed on large squid, which have beaks that are indigestible and precipitate in the whales’ gut to form a substance known as Ambergris. It is a bile duct secretion in the intestines that is excreted by them or found in dead sperm whales. This substance costs more than gold and truffles per gram and its main use, therefore the reason for its high value, is its scarcity and its function as a fixing agent for odours in high end perfumes.
Okay… that’s all well and good, some dead stuff and some “waste” falls from the surface waters to the ocean floor. It doesn’t sound too earth shattering, however this is actually one of the most crucial comnponents of the most important biological and physical pumps on the planet – the carbon cycle; and more relevantly, the oceanic carbon cycle. The oceanic carbon cycle consists of three pumps: the solubility pump, the carbonate pump and the biological pump.
The solubility pump is the dissolution of Atmospheric CO2 into the oceans, forming carbonic acid (the same stuff that makes even plain sparkling water not great for your teeth) and carbonate ions. This dissolved inorganic carbon circulates throughout the whole ocean by means of the thermohaline conveyor belt. The thermohaline conveyor belt is a global system of water movement whereby dense, cold, salty water sinks into the deep oceans driving the thermohaline current and circulation of water throughout the global oceans, as all the Earth’s oceans are connected. The more CO2 that dissolves in the oceans the more acidic it becomes. This is the process known as ocean acidification which could potentially have more of an immediate impact on the oceans and in turn the global climate, than the process of global warming.
The carbonate pump is the process by which the carbonate ions formed from the solubility pump and dissolved calcium in the oceans are utilised by marine fauna and flora to form calcium carbonate. This calcium carbonate is used to form the shells of many marine animals and importantly the plant phytoplankton called coccolithophores. Foraminifera also form calcareous structures but are far less abundant than coccolithophores. Coccolithophores are phytoplankton that form coccoliths, calcium carbonate plates surrounding the organism. Although tiny at 2 – 25 micrometres across, their sheer numbers amount for a huge amount of carbon. For example, the 100m tall, white chalk cliffs of Dover on the south east coast of England are primarily composed of billions of these tiny coccoliths. Coccolithophores are one of the most abundant species in the ocean and are the main primary producers in the marine environment – re-enforcing their importance to planet earth.
A couple of fascinating topics regarding marine plankton, coccolithophores and their role in sequestering excess atmospheric carbon is the CLAW hypothesis and iron fertilisation. Starting with iron fertilisation, plankton blooms are restricted in growth by limiting nutrients in the oceans, primarily iron, so the addition of solute iron to the ocean promotes and allows growth. The natural process where winds blow westerly across the Sahara and northern Africa gathers dust containing iron along the way, before depositing it into the mid-Atlantic Ocean. This fertilises the oceans and allows for a naturally occurring bloom of phytoplankton and subsequently the organisms which thrive on them. This increase in phytoplankton decreases the amount of dissolved CO2 in the oceans and causes more atmospheric CO2 to be removed from the atmosphere by dissolution into the ocean. A prospective answer to climate change would be to artificially add dissolved iron into the seas to trigger a bloom increasing the amount of carbon sequestration.
The other topic is the CLAW hypothesis, Coccolithopores produce a chemical called dimethyl sulphide (DMS) as a metabolic waste product, this is released into the atmosphere forming aerosols which act as cloud condensation nuclei, similar to the cloud seeding undertaken here in the UAE. Therefore an increase in atmospheric CO2 would increase the abundance of coccolithophores and the production of DMS which would in turn increase the amount of cloud formation to block more of the sun’s rays, decreasing the global temperature. This suggests that phytoplankton play a huge role in the Earth’s homeostasis. This is still a hypothesis and should not be considered as a hard fact that climate change does not exist.
The last system in the oceanic carbon cycle is the biological pump. The biological pump is the process by which energy is transferred in the form of organic carbon from one organism to the other. This energy is cycled between organisms through feeding, excretion, death and decay, remaining in a semi-closed system. A large proportion of the organic material will remain in this cycle for considerable periods of time until it falls out of the system in the form of marine snow.
This is where the marine snow comes into its own with regards to the importance of maintaining the earth’s thermal equilibrium. Marine snow acts as a carbon sink through the loss of this organic material from the food chain though death, fecal matter or waste which are the main contributors to marine snow. This falls down into the abyss, becoming sequestered into the sediments and acts as a major energy source for the base of food chains in the depths, where autotrophic self feeding is impossible due to lack of sunlight. Once in the ocean depths, the organic material can remain there for more than 1,000 years, negating its detrimental effects on the earth’s climate.
This organic sequestered material, formed from large quantities of marine snow, is then buried underneath further sediments. Over millennia, subjected to intense heat and pressure, it forms oil or specifically petroleum. Once upon a time the fuel you put in your car this morning was plankton and whale poop, fuel for more than thought. It’s through this process that marine snow plays a vital role in the carbon pump. It removes carbon dioxide from our atmosphere and reduces the effects of our impacts from burning the fossil fuels, which releases the carbon from oil, leading to climate change.
Climate change is something that I hope everyone is aware of, especially in the diving community, with the impacts of rising sea surface temperatures and ocean acidification directly damaging the coral reefs we love. Increasing levels of Carbon Dioxide is a leading cause of the greenhouse effect, raising the temperature of the planet and in turn driving the rising sea surface temperatures. Our burning of fossil fuels should be exactly that – fossilised, antiquated, left to ancient history. Unfortunately we’re not there yet. However, the world is changing and leaning more on renewable energy sources and collectively the human race is becoming more conscious of climate change and the impacts humans are having upon the environment
So this Christmas let’s be thankful for marine snow – it’s our greatest safeguard against global warming – without marine snow there would be no more white Christmases. Merry Christmas!
Written by James Campbell, our resident marine biologist
Article first published in the December 2020 EDA Divers for the Environment magazine.


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Fifth competition in Russian for schoolchildren concludes in Israel
The fifth competition in the Russian language for schoolchildren, organized by the Israeli Center for the Support of Children's Creativity in cooperation with the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Israel and the Russkiy Mir Foundation, ended in Israel.
The purpose of the competition is to preserve and popularize the Russian language in Israel and to increase the interest in studying it among the younger generation of Russian-speaking Israelis. The competition was held from October 1 among schoolchildren in three age groups (from 7 to 18 years old) and consisted of two full-time rounds - qualifying and final.
The winners were awarded with medals, diplomas and prizes during a solemn ceremony in the Russian Cultural Center in Tel Aviv on December 12. The art director of the Israeli Center for the Support of Children's Creativity and the organizer of the competition Irina Deitch, jury members, expert philologists - the teacher of the Russian language at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Marina Niznik, and the methodologist of the Russian Cultural Center Dr. Tatyana Yatsyuk - took part in the ceremony.
About 800 schoolchildren who studied Russian in Israeli schools, Russian-speaking cultural and educational centers and evening schools from all regions of the country participated in the competition. 60 contestants made it to the final.
The winners were awarded with certificates, medals and the latest Russian editions of Russian literature. Two participants received tablets for originality and creativity.
The teachers of the Russian language, who prepared their students for the competition, were awarded with thanks and prizes.
Four winners also received the certificates for a trip to Russia during the summer holidays as part of the cultural and educational project Hello, Russia!
The winners performed poems and songs in Russian during the evening.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease specialist at the National Institutes of Health, has often appeared to contradict Donald Trump at daily White House press briefings on the coronavirus crisis. Most recently at Saturday’s briefing, Trump declared that a drug widely used to prevent malaria could also be effective in treating COVID-19, the respiratory ailment caused by the virus. Moments later, Fauci took the podium to say that no hard evidence backed up Trump’s claim, as Politico reported.
In an interview published Sunday by the scientific journal Science, Fauci explained how he handles his differences with Trump — and gave Trump credit for not having fired him.
“Even though we disagree on some things, he listens,” Fauci told Science interviewer Jon Cohen, adding that though Trump “has his own style,” he will listen to Fauci’s views on “substantive issues.”
In an appearance on the CBS News program Face The Nation on Sunday, as quoted by Politico, Fauci attempted to brush off his public disagreement with Trump over the use of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat disease caused by the coronavirus.
Fauci said that his statements were made from a “medical, scientific standpoint,” while Trump was “trying to bring hope to the people.”
But in the Science interview, Fauci appeared more frank about his feelings during press conferences when, in Cohen’s words, Trump makes statements that “aren’t true and aren’t factual.”
“I can’t jump in front of the microphone and push him down,” Fauci told Science. He added that when Trump makes such false statements, Fauci will often attempt to speak to him off-camera, to “get it corrected for the next time.”
In another noteworthy incident at a press briefing about the pandemic, taking place on Friday, Fauci appeared exasperated as Trump went into a rant about the State Department, saying, “as they call it, the Deep State Department.”
Seen in the background, standing behind Trump and to his right, Fauci appeared to “facepalm,” that is, hold his hand over his forehead and face in frustration.
But when Cohen asked Fauci if Trump or anyone in the administration had criticized him for the apparent expression of exasperation, the 79-year-old doctor replied “no comment.”
In a separate interview, also published on Sunday in The Atlantic magazine, Fauci said that neither Trump nor anyone in the administration had pressured him to deliver any specific “message” about the coronavirus pandemic.
Fauci told The Atlantic that he had encountered a similar situation in the 1980s when he was forced to “speak the truth to Ronald Reagan” about the HIV/AIDS crisis, which at the time was not being taken seriously by the Reagan administration.
“I was, like, the lone wolf out there,” he told the magazine.
“This is going to be big. We’ve got to do something about it.”

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net income or net profit – the amount by which revenues exceed expenses
Double- entry accounting – a financial recordkeeping system in which each transaction affects at least two accounts; for each debit there must be an equal credit.
Equity, Retained Earnings – Type and Statement for: Retained Earnings, Beginning Balance
External transaction – Involves someone outside of their company
existencias al cierre del ejercicio – stock at year end
Permanent (real) – accounts report activities related to one or more future accounting periods. They carry ending balances to the next accounting period and are not "closed."
copyrights – give the exclusive right from the U.S. Government to reproduce written work. A copyright is granted for 70 years past the life of the author
A country that wants to be able to influence its own currency must have a supply of the reserve currency.
Par Value – An arbitrary amount stated on the face of the stock certificate. It represents the legal capital of the corporation. Stock is recorded at this amount times the number of shares of stock issued.
Revenue expenditures – Expenditures reported on the current income statement as an expense because they do not provide benefits in future periods.
Accural – describes an earning event that is recognized before cash is exchanged
withholding allowance – a deduction from total earnings for each person legally supported by a taxpayer, including the employee.
What type of account is service revenue – Credit
2 types of Accounting – Financial, managerial
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A corp's net income is eventually recorded in the following stockholder's equity acct: – Retained earnings
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Current Assets – Cash, accounts receivable, inventory, and other assets that are likely to be converted into cash, sold, exchanged, or expensed in the normal course of business, usually within a year.
#29. What is the owner's equity at the end of May? – $100,000 owners investment
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It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here,” James Hansen, a lead NASA climate scientist, told Congress in June. His declaration was front-page news. George H. W. Bush, campaigning for president, promised to do something about it: “Those who think we are powerless to do anything about the greenhouse effect forget about the ‘White House’ effect,” he declared on the trail.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/01/2019-was-2nd-hottest-year-record-nasa-and-noaa-say/604939/
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- How does carbon capture and storage work?
- Climate Code Red: New research on forests and oceans suggest projections of future warming may be too conservative, with serious consequences
- Extreme drought and fire risk may double by 2060
- Energy efficiency boosts jobs and cuts climate heat
- How much longer will top of news be nonsensical ancient female paedophile? Please find sensible news. @abcnews 4 hours ago
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Journal of Financial Planning: January 2022
Barbara Kay is a business psychology and productivity coach specializing in growth, productivity, teams, client relationships, behavioral finance, communication, change, and leadership. She serves financial services leaders, teams, and professionals nationwide. Barbara is the author of numerous articles and two books, Top Performer’s Guide to Change and The $14 Trillion Woman. She holds dual degrees and credentials in clinical psychology and coaching. She can be reached HERE.
Remember public health experts’ mantra in the early days of the pandemic: “14 days to slow the spread”? The presentation of a focused threat flips our internal switch to high alert. This triggers a jolt of adrenaline, nature’s caffeine. Like caffeine, a little jolt stimulates. Two years later, we’re facing the aftereffects of nonstop threat stimulation.
What’s the impact of high stress on your team? Imagine your entire team is suffering from mononucleosis. That’s the impact of chronic stress—stress mono. Like mono, stress mono can cause a variety of aggravating symptoms. Some cases are severe, others milder. Yet, everyone experiences persistent strain, and patience wears thin the longer it endures. That’s the reality leaders and teams face today.
Fortunately, psychology has uncovered the keys to resilience under duress. I recommend leaders start with three steps to build team vitality: recognize, relate, and rebuild.
On the stress severity scale, the pandemic meets and exceeds the definition of trauma. It’s been uncontrollable, unpredictable, inescapable, isolating, and unrelenting. This level of threat naturally triggers human survival reactions: flight, fight, freeze, and fold. Left unchecked, these affect work performance. Here’s how they tend to show up:
Flight: Avoiding danger is the focus of the flight response. Those in flight mode may strongly resist returning to the office. They may be highly productive, just unwilling to leave home.
Fight: The fight approach is assertive. Those in fight mode may take back their pre-pandemic lives. They can feel frustrated with both safety measures and cautious peers.
Freeze: A deer in the headlights is the picture of the freeze response. High anxiety leads to difficulty performing. You may notice a lower ability to focus and execute. Formerly highly productive team members may be surprisingly less effective.
Fold: Folding is characterized by listless deflation. People who fold may seem apathetic or discouraged. Similar to those in freeze mode, normal productivity may drop dramatically for those in fold mode.
All of these reactions are entirely normal. People may have a preferred response, or switch based on the circumstances. In addition, individuals will exhibit different responses based on their acquired resiliency. For some, the pandemic has been a tsunami of stress. They may have a severe case of stress mono. Those with acquired resiliency experience the trauma, but their symptoms are less severe.
Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all way to lead people out of a crisis. The first step is to recognize that stress responses vary, and adapt accordingly. That’s it. Moreover, it’s essential to avoid labeling anyone as “stressed.” This will do more harm than good. After quietly observing various individual stress responses, move on to the active resilience technique: relate.
Active empathy reduces stress and builds connections. There is a tried-and-true method for expressing empathy: reflective listening. Happily, reflective listening is extremely effective and simple. There are two steps:
- Quiet your internal mind-chatter and listen carefully to the person speaking. Notice both the facts and the feelings expressed.
- In your own words, summarize what you heard, including the work and human elements.
A key to reflective listening is to hear with your heart. Stressed people are largely driven by emotion. Acknowledging emotional concerns is essential. Don’t forget that acknowledging is not the same as agreeing. Never agree just to appear sympathetic. Instead, let the person know you heard their concerns. Imagine how they’re feeling and relate to that. We don’t have to agree with why they feel worried, frustrated, or discouraged to show genuine concern over their distress. People value being heard and understood. It’s powerful.
To lead people forward, practice the discipline of empathic acknowledging with reflective listening. It’s good in every conversation, and essential when leading people toward resilience. Then continue with steps to rebuild.
Over the course of the pandemic, I’ve been studying the impact of remote work on individuals and teams. In addition to social psychology research, I’ve heard first-hand accounts from financial services professionals across the country, in firms large and small. I’ve listened to leaders, advisers, and client-service, risk, and operations professionals share their experience of work during the pandemic. For many, remote work degrades teamwork and the overall work experience. Daily communication is fragmented into digital conversation bits, vastly decreasing efficiency while increasing volume and frustration. The loss of face-to-face dialogue exacerbates difficult conversations, creating more tension among peers. Video meetings require a level of attentive poise that is exhausting. Unrelenting screen time is abnormally sedentary and draining. At the same time, the positive shared experiences evaporate. Gone are the vital in-person connections that make working with peers more productive and enjoyable. Important bonds of empathic understanding and relational loyalty are severed by distance. Unless the people are highly skilled at virtual teaming, remote work decreases the fun and increases the aggravation of teamwork.
Making matters worse, the few gains of the pandemic are a result of not going to the office. As teamwork became more difficult, no commute and flexible work time became even more attractive. Given the loss of connection to the office team and the pull of home interests, it’s no wonder many feel disengaged from work.
It will take time to rebuild the positive elements of working together. Those back in the office will be much farther along than those still working remotely. Regardless, leaders can boost team bonding with three rebuilding techniques:
1. Be optimistic and realistic. Both negativity and positivity can be toxic to a team. Obviously, negativity depresses motivation. Excessive positivity ignores team challenges. It’s the opposite of empathy. It undermines leader credibility and increases team cynicism. Instead, be both encouraging and honest about team challenges. Acknowledge and appreciate team efforts to unwind pandemic patterns.
2. Make it fun and bonding. There’s a reason college freshmen experience a fun orientation. Orientation is designed to accelerate bonding to the campus and making new friends. It helps unhook from home and hook onto the college, so they don’t quit. If freshmen went straight to classes, they’d just get the pain of hard work without the pleasure of friends; much like the pandemic experience of remote work.
Teams need to rebuild bonds lost during the last two years. If coming back to the office is nothing but a hassle, or worse, anxiety-producing, the negatives may easily overpower the positives. To rebuild attraction, create positive team experiences. Don’t be surprised if it takes time for the team to reattach. That’s normal. Being apart fractures human relationships. Bonding experiences can accelerate the renewal.
3. Empower positive meaning and purpose. There’s a hierarchy to motivational incentives. External motivators such as gifts and cash are weak and lose power over time. The most powerful are motivators tied to internal values. People will work long and hard for things that build a positive identity, meaning, and purpose. Conversely, they are demotivated by worthless busy work. Pandemic surveys show work satisfaction dropped dramatically as administrative tasks multiplied with remote work. The negative impact of burdensome busy work cannot be underestimated. It makes work much more painful.
Where possible, eliminate inefficient tasks as people return to the office. Reduce extra emails, unnecessary steps, burdensome bureaucracy, pointless meetings, and anything that gets in the way of significant accomplishments. In my professional opinion, many will resent taking time to travel to the office to face the same hassles they experienced at home. Do everything possible to make in-office work more meaningfully satisfying than remote work. Engage the team to maximize effectiveness and satisfaction. We all learned lessons during the pandemic. Use them to make in-office work more effective. In addition, engage the team to highlight the positive purposes of working together. The effort of coming to the office will be assuaged as people feel more effective and purposeful working in person.
Finally, I feel great empathy for leaders today. Leading a team out of the pandemic is tough. Chronic stress makes people much more reactive. They’re likely to resist being cajoled, coerced, or compelled to follow orders. Look no further than the national conflicts over vaccines, masks, schools, and lockdowns for a prime example of how people erupt when pressured. Moreover, leaders have been under the same pandemic stress. While leading your team, engage support to build your resilience. You’ll be happier and more successful as you lead your team in 2022.

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Nanticoke (nănˈtĭkōk) [key], city (1990 pop. 12,267), Luzerne co., NE Pa., on the Susquehanna River; founded 1793, inc. as a city 1926. It is largely residential. Plastic products are manufactured. Nanticoke was formerly the heart of an anthracite-coal mining region, but production has declined.
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Rock band Anberlin just released a video on Anberlin.com minutes ago that serves as a retrospective look at the band. In the video, which shows a mashup of the on-the-road footage, the band members reflect on the past 12 years of Anberlin while announcing that 2014 will be their final year as a band. To retire the band right, they plan on recording a final album this year and touring the world one last time in hopes to see all of their fans one more time.
No release date has been given for the album, but the video curiously concludes with a name stamp of their former label, Tooth & Nail Records. So it looks like fans can expect the band to return to the label that gave them their start for their swan song.

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Collection consists of SPICE's bylaws, articles of incorporation and subsequent amendments. It also includes special studies carried out by SPICE regarding federal Turkey Marketing Orders (1961-1962) and freight rates for feedstuffs set by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Eastern Rail Carriers (1964-1966). Records of organizations which become part of the federation (New York State Poultry Council, SPICE Marketing Cooperatives, New York State Egg Distributors Association, and the Poultry Improvement Board of New York, Inc.) are also included and contain minutes of meetings, membership lists, officers, financial records, and records of actions taken to improve the financial situation
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Mayor Jorge Elorza today joined City Council President Pro Tempore Michael Correia, Director of Art, Culture + Tourism Stephanie Fortunato, PLANT CITY owner Kim Anderson, Providence Flea Market Manager, and owner Maria Tocco, local business owners and community members to launch the City’s fifth annual #ThinkPVD campaign.
On November 30, 2019, an ordinance regulating the short-term rental of housing or dwelling units located in residentially zoned areas will go into effect. As defined by the ordinance, a short-term residential rental is a unit/room in a single-family home, apartment or condominium that is available for a fee for less than 28 consecutive days.
Jorge O. Elorza today announced transitions in the City of Providence’s finance leadership team. Lawrence J. Mancini, current Director of Finance, is to be appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the current Deputy Director of Finance Sara Silveria will be appointed to Finance Director-designee. Once approved by the Providence City Council, Silveria will be the first woman in City history for the senior role.
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism (ACT) and the City Council announced a proposed ordinance to form a Special Committee to Review Commemorative Works.
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Rocketship Public Schools is hiring for the part-time Family Recruiter positions. The primary purpose of the Family Recruiter role is to support new and growing Rocketship schools to fill open spots and build robust waitlists of prospective students. This position will require you to work closely with the school's Office Manager, Community Development Manager, and Principal to execute on recruitment plans and meet goals set by the team. Ability to engage families in dialogue about Rocketship and a passion for our mission to eliminate the achievement gap is a must. Family recruiters are our faces and voice to new families and will be expected to execute their responsibilities with professionalism and a high degree of customer service.


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In the third quarter too, business development in our Performance Polymers segment remained below the level of the prior-year period. Sales decreased by 4.3% year on year, to €1,045 million. Development was mainly impacted by a negative price effect of 1.6% and by 2.0% lower volumes. A slightly unfavorable currency effect and a slightly negative portfolio effect from the divestiture of the company’s interest in Perlon-Monofil GmbH, Dormagen, Germany, accounted for 0.7% of this decrease.
Nearly all business units in this segment were impacted by declining market prices and lower volumes. The Performance Butadiene Rubbers business unit registered an increase in selling prices. The Performance Butadiene Rubbers, Butyl Rubber and High Performance Materials business units saw volumes decline. In addition, the High Performance Materials business unit registered a slightly negative portfolio effect. Nearly all business units were held back to a small extent by exchange rate developments. Segment sales developed positively in the Asia-Pacific region, but declined in the other regions.
EBITDA pre exceptionals in the Performance Polymers segment advanced by €9 million in the third quarter, to €93 million. All business units except the Butyl Rubber business unit contributed to this development. A positive impact on earnings resulted especially from considerably lower manufacturing costs, which were attributable in part to lower idle capacity costs, and also from lower research and development expenses. Lower selling prices resulting from the persistently difficult competitive situation for synthetic rubbers and due to a decline in purchase prices for some raw materials had the opposite effect. In addition, the development of volumes diminished earnings at the segment level. Currency and portfolio effects had a slightly negative impact. The segment’s EBITDA margin climbed to 8.9% compared with 7.7% in the prior-year quarter.
The exceptional charges of €5 million, which fully impacted EBITDA, mainly related to the “Let’s LANXESS again” program. In the prior-year quarter, exceptional charges mainly resulted from measures within the “Advance” program.


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You’ll be interrupted. Sometimes it’s tough to hold onto thoughts before they float away like balloons. I want to tell you something, so right when it comes to me I’ll be blurting it out, half-constructed.
I might insult you a little every once in a while. Like I said, thoughts jump off my tongue as I think them, half-baked. But we only interrupt you if we really like talking to you – you make us think, you give us tons we want to tell you. It’s really a compliment.
I might be the best listener you’ve ever met. Or, you might find yourself talking to an empty house; lights on, no one’s home. Sometimes my thoughts pull me inside my own head. No offense, it’s not that you’re boring (well, maybe you are), it’s just that my thoughts are incredibly loud, fast, and colourful. My internal dialogue has more voices than most and they whiz by like neon race cars.
I can text and listen at the same time. Sometimes it’s easier for me to split my attention like this. So when my phone’s in front of my face, I’m still listening.
We’re very intuitive. If you’re upset, odds are I already know. We’re very sensitive to moods, and they affect us. If you’ve got a black cloud hanging over your head, we’re the only ones in the room who can see it. And we’re likely to get rained on, too. The moods of others have a way of seeping under our skin and chilling us to the core. Likewise, our moods are sensitive to our environment. If I’m nervous for a test, the classroom can sound as loud as a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert.
When we like something, we really, really like it. I mean learn-all-about-it, read-all-the-wiki-pages, watch-all-the-Youtube-interviews, read-all-the-books (twice) kind of like. This goes for the people in our lives, too. We are your ride or die friends. We are an intensely passionate people, and once rattled, it takes the bars of our cages a very long time to stop vibrating. So, if I don’t respond to your text or call for a while, sorry, I got stuck on something. We have trouble regulating attention, so either I’m jumping from task to task or I’m completely absorbed in something, be that my homework (unlikely) or Netflix (much more probable).
We may be tough to warm up to (sorry, we seriously can’t stop interrupting you), but once you do, I promise, we’ve got your back.
Your friend with ADHD.
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Average Residential Solar System Size
Investing in a solar system is one of the smartest things you can do for your home. Not only will you save money on your energy bill, but you'll also be doing your part to help the environment. Solar power is a clean and renewable resource, and more and more homeowners are switching to solar.
But what size solar system do I need? What is the average residential solar system size? In this article, we explore these questions in detail. We look at the factors that affect solar system size and give you tips on choosing the right size for your home.
Factors that Affect Solar System Size
Before you go to the market searching for the Bluetti ep500 price, there are a few factors you need to take into account that affect the size of solar system you need. These include:
The Amount of Energy You Use
This is perhaps the most important factor to consider.
The amount of energy you use determines how much solar power you need to generate. To find out how much energy you use, take a look at your electricity bill. It gives you an idea of your average energy consumption per month.
Another way to find out how much energy you use is to look at your home's energy audit. An energy audit gives you a more detailed breakdown of your energy usage and helps you find ways to reduce your consumption.
The Amount of Sunshine in Your Area
The amount of sunlight your area receives also affects the size of system you need. If you live somewhere that gets a lot of sun, you don't need as large of a system to generate the same amount of power as someone who lives in an area with less sun.
Even though solar panels can generate power on cloudy days, they are less efficient. So, if you live in an area that generally experiences a lot of cloud cover, you may need a larger system to make up for the reduced efficiency.
The Orientation of Your Roof
Solar panels need to face the sun to work most efficiently. So if your roof is oriented in such a way that the panels get direct sunlight, you won't need as many panels to generate the same amount of power.
However, if your roof is oriented so that the panels only get indirect sunlight, you need more panels to generate the same amount of power.
As a rule of thumb, south-facing roofs get the most sunlight, while north-facing roofs get the least. West- and east-facing roofs fall somewhere in between. Therefore, a south-facing roof requires a smaller system than a north-facing one.
The Size of Your Roof
The size of your roof is another important factor to consider. Obviously, the larger your roof, the more space you have for solar panels. If you have a large roof, you don't need as many panels to generate the same amount of power as someone with a smaller roof.
However, you also need to consider the weight of the solar panels. Solar panels are quite heavy, and some roofs may not support the weight. Check with your installer to see if your roof can handle the weight of the solar panels before you make a purchase.
If you own a cabin or tiny house, make sure not to overwhelm your roof with a large solar system. There are solar systems for cabins that are much smaller and still provide plenty of power.
The Shape of Your Roof
The shape of your roof also affects the size of solar system you need. It also impacts the amount of sunlight the panels receive and the weight the roof can support.
It’s easier to install solar panels on a flat roof than it is on a pitched roof. That's because there are more options for mounting solar panels on a flat roof. You can either mount them directly to the roof or use a frame.
Pitched roofs are more difficult to work with because the panels need to be mounted at an angle. This can make installation more difficult and expensive.
Gable roofs are the easiest type of roof to work with because they have a simple, symmetrical design. However, solar panels can only be mounted on one side of a gable roof.
The slope of your roof also affects the amount of sunlight the panels are exposed to. Solar panels need to be installed at an angle to maximize their exposure to the sun. The steeper the slope, the more sunlight the panels get.
Your Energy Goals
The final factor to consider is your energy goals. How much power do you want to generate? Do you want to offset your energy usage or just a portion of it?
If you only want to offset a portion of your energy usage, you can get by with a smaller system. However, if you want to offset your energy usage, you will need a larger system.
You should also consider the future when setting your energy goals. As time goes on, solar panel technology will continue to improve and become more efficient. So, if you want to generate the same amount of power in the future, you need to install a larger system now.
How to Calculate the Size of Your Solar System
Now that you know the factors to consider, you can start calculating the size of your solar system. The first step is to determine your energy usage.
To do this, look at your electricity bill and find the total number of kilowatt-hours (kWh) you use in a month. This is the amount of energy you will need to generate with your solar system.
Next, you need to determine how much sunlight your location receives. This will help you determine the number of panels you will need.
You can use a solar insolation map like this one from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to find out how much sunlight your location receives.
Another vital thing to consider is the size of usable space on your roof. This helps you determine the number of panels that can fit on your roof.
Now that you have all of the necessary information, you can start calculating the size of your solar system. Use the following formula to determine the number of panels you will need:
Number of Panels = (Total monthly kWh usage) / (Average production ratio per panel) / (watts of panels)
For instance, if your monthly electricity usage is 10,000 kWh and you live in an area with an average production ratio of 1.5, you will need approximately 400 watts of solar panels.
Therefore, your calculations will look like this:
Number of Panels = (10,000 kWh) / (1.5) / (400 watts)
This means you need approximately twelve solar panels to offset your monthly electricity usage.
Remember, these are just estimates. The only way to get an accurate assessment of the size of your solar system is to contact a professional solar installer. They will give you a more accurate estimate based on your specific needs and location.
Determining the Average Residential Solar System Size
Even though this formula is a good starting point, there are other factors to consider when determining the size of your solar system.
Production ratio is the amount of sunlight that hits a solar panel and is converted into usable energy.
The average production ratio for most panels is between 15-20%. This means that for every 100 watts of sunlight that hits the panel, 15-20 watts are turned into usable energy.
However, this number can be higher or lower depending on the type of panel you choose.
For instance, monocrystalline panels have a higher production ratio than polycrystalline panels.
Therefore, when calculating the size of your solar system, you need to consider the production ratio of the panel you plan on using.
The average U.S. home is about 2,600 square feet, but this number is generally different depending on where you live.
For instance, homes in California are larger on average than homes in Texas. The size of your home is important because it determines how much electricity you use.
If you have a larger home, you need a bigger solar system to offset your electricity usage.
Product Efficiency Ratings
Another factor to consider is product efficiency ratings. Solar panel efficiency is measured by the amount of sunlight that hits the panel and is converted into usable energy.
The average solar panel has an efficiency rating of 15-18%. However, some panels have an efficiency rating of up to 40%. If you choose a more efficient panel, you’ll need a smaller solar system to offset your electricity usage.
Natural Degradation of Performance
Another sizing factor to consider is the natural degradation of performance. Solar panels degrade over time, which means they become less efficient at converting sunlight into usable energy.
The average solar panel has a lifespan of 25-30 years. However, the average solar panel will lose about 0.50% of its efficiency each year. This means that a solar panel with an efficiency rating of 15% will only have an efficiency rating of 14.50% after 25 years.
When sizing your solar system, you need to take the natural degradation of performance into account.
Relationship Between System Size and Number of Panels
The relationship between the size of your solar system and the number of panels you need is simple. The bigger the system, the more panels you’ll need. This is because each panel produces a certain amount of electricity.
For example, a 100-watt panel will produce 100 watts of electricity per hour when placed in full sun.
Therefore, if you want to have a system that produces 1000 watts of electricity, you would need ten 100-watt panels.
However, it’s important to remember that solar panels don’t produce electricity all the time. Mostly, they produce electricity during the daytime when the sun is out.
They also don’t produce as much electricity in the winter as they do in the summer. This means that you may need more panels if you live in an area with long winters and short summers. Conversely, you may need fewer panels if you live in an area with short winters and long summers.
Finding the average residential solar system size is a complex task. However, with all the information provided in this article, you should be well on your way to finding the right size for your home.
Remember, you can always work with a professional solar installer to get the most accurate estimate for your home. They can accurately tell how many solar panels you need for a 5kw system or any other size system you need for your home.
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By choosing a hostel in Antalya, you can cut your spending on lodging and use more of your budget for fun things to do during your trip. You can check out cultural highlights like the historic sites in this destination, or enjoy the sporting events and other activities.
When Is the Best Time to Visit Antalya?
Good weather's definitely a plus when you're experiencing new places, so here are some stats that might be helpful:
- The hottest months are typically August and July, while January and February are the coldest months
- January-March: Daytime temperatures average 20° C and night-time temperatures average 5° C
- April-June: 33° C is the daytime average and 9° C is the night-time average
- July-September: Daytime averages are around 35° C and night-time averages are around 17° C
- October-December: The average temperatures are 29° C during the day and 6° C at night
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Depending on what interests you, you might appreciate these places:Top Sights
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CSIdentity Corp. acquired Waltham, Mass.-based IdentityTruth Inc. for an undisclosed amount, the company announced on Tuesday.
Austin-based CSIdentity, founded in 2006, sells proprietary software and data sets for identity protection. It is backed by international firm Investcorp Technology Partners, which acquired a $35 million equity stake in the company to expand globally.
CSIdentity would not reveal the transaction cost, but said it was funded through cash from profits and funds from Investcorp. The company now employs 80 people in Austin, San Diego and Massachusetts.
Last month, CSIdentity co-founder William Morrow, a past Ernst & Young's entrepreneur of the year award winner, stepped down as CEO in favor of the chairman's role. President Joe Ross will serve as interim chief while an search firm finds a permanent replacement.


THE popular world music production Afrique mon désir, performed by Laurinda Hofmeyr and the Afrique mon désir Ensemble and directed by David Kramer, will be staged at the beautiful Cascade Country Manor in Paarl on Saturday, February 16. Treat your romantic other half or bring your friends for a lovely concert at the stylish manor`s romantic and beautiful outdoor setting. Enjoy a picnic (book separately) while listening to mesmerising poetry set to music as the Drakenstein mountains blush in the light of the setting sun.
In Afrique mon desir, Hofmeyr, well known for setting poetry to music, combines exhilarating rhythms with beautiful Francophone poetry from as far as Madagascar to Mauritania and Cameroon to Cape Town while exploring haunting themes of displacement and longing and a deep connection to the continent of Africa.
Presented by the Cape Town Music Academy*, this world class production debuted in 2018 at the US Woordfees and Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK), where it received nominations for Best Music Group and Best Music Production. Afrique mon désir has also been nominated for a kykNET FiëstasAward 2019 in the category for Best Musical Theatre Production.
Vicky Davis, programme manager at Cape Town Music Academy says: “What makes this show special is that it is musically and visually quite spectacular. A selection of Africa`s most renowned poetry is put to exciting world music rhythms and energetic dance routines and performed by an ensemble of some of SA`s most talented musicians and West African singers. With the combined forces of David Kramer as director, Schalk Joubert as musical director and the mesmerising compositions of the very talented Laurinda Hofmeyr, you cannot expect anything less than something extraordinary.”
An album with the same title was released in May 2018. It was picked up for international distribution by the French music label, In Ouïe. Physical copies of the album will be available at the show and can also be ordered via Laurinda Hofmeyr`s website here.


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Tegucigalpa, November 17, 2011. The True Commission (CDV), the entity created by the Human Rights Platform in June 2010 with the goal of clarifying the events that occurred before, during and after the coup d’e’tat on June 28th of 2009, announced today the presentation of its final report in the first trimester of 2012.
According to Elsy Monge, President of the Commission, “the collection of information and documentation for the report is very extensive and its principal mandate implies investigation of the consequences of impunity and investigation of the antecedents of the coup d’e’tat including the structual, institutional, economic and historic causes that correspond to the expectations of Honduran society and provide elements to begin a process of justice.
In the same manner Thomas Loudon stressed that the True Commission has centered its work on examining the rupture of democracy caused by the coup d’e’tat and the deterioration of the human rights situation and its implications for the Rule of Law.
Both Commissioners lamented that some functionaries refused to interview with the CDV or to collaborate in this important investigation to clarify the events after the coup d’e’tat and that despite the repeated complaints by national and international human rights organizations, the current regime, two years after the coup d’e’tat, still does not look at the participation of justice officials in the violations of human rights.
The commissioners reported that the CDV will continue its work of investigation of human rights violations before, during and after the coup d’e’tat, for that reason the report will be presented in the first trimester of the year 2012.

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In celebration of its 70th anniversary, Finnish lifestyle brand Marimekko will host the world’s most inclusive digital fashion party in which everyone is welcome.
FOUNDED IN 1951, the Finnish lifestyle brand Marimekko turns 70 and will be hosting a 12 hour digital event named The Marimekko Summer Market on a dedicated, interactive, colorfully illustrated website. A true antidote to the exclusive, invitation-only fashion parties, the event is Marimekko’s one-of-a-kind version of a festival experience in a new, socially distanced reality.
The digital event continues Marimekko’s tradition of open, inclusive fashion events. This year would have marked the 30th anniversary of Marimekko’s colorful, public summer fashion show event that has gathered thousands of people each year at the Esplanadi Park in the heart of Helsinki.
“Our purpose at Marimekko is to bring joy to people’s everyday lives, and in celebration of our 70th anniversary year, it felt paramount for us to express our company’s positive and inclusive lifestyle philosophy with something warm, communal, joyful and full of optimism. The Marimekko Summer Market is a completely new, digital way of experiencing Marimekko’s art of printmaking through a visual space and virtual clothes. We cannot wait to reveal this playful, digital world that will allow us to come together with our community despite this socially distanced reality”, says Sanna-Kaisa Niikko, Chief Marketing Officer of Marimekko.
During the Marimekko Summer Market guests will be able to try on virtual clothes from Marimekko’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection and participate in an array of concerts by up-and-coming artists, among other things.
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My second collage with photos from Odango! She was very kind to give me permission to use her photos. Thank You! Please check out her amazing cosplay site! She is so talented, and she did a beautiful job with her Supergirl costume!
Indeed mate! One of my favourite characters as well. I think the model's Carly Spade...she's here on DA too. Wow you do have a long list of supergirl commissions. You and I've done some supergirl pics for him. Would you be interested in some?

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AUGUSTA, Maine — A new study examining the economic impact of Hispanics in Maine says that from 1997 to 2002, business ownership by Hispanics increased by 34 percent and revenues by 117 percent.
A report presented Thursday was prepared by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a liberal advocacy group.
Census figures show that Maine’s Hispanic population grew by 67 percent from 2000 to 2007 and at last count totaled 15,656. The report’s authors said Hispanics have much to offer Maine in the labor force as the state’s predominantly white population ages and young people leave.
Juan Perez-Febles of the Labor Department’s migrant division said Hispanics comprise Maine’s largest minority, but still seems to be “invisible.”

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ATHENS (Reuters) – Hunker down at home a bit longer is the message a Greek pianist has sent to a world in coronavirus lockdown with his latest composition, the “Isolation Waltz” – and he’s just seven years old.
Stelios Kerasidis first performed in public at the age of three, and has played in New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall in London.
“Hi guys! I’m Stelios, I’m at home too. Let’s be just a teeny bit more patient and we will soon be out swimming in the sea! I’m dedicating you a piece of my own,” he says in a youtube video before turning to play the wistful, hypnotic melody.
The clip – here – has had more than 42,000 hits.
He has also composed two piano concertos, “Veronika” and “Anastasia”, named after his sisters.
“Music is my entire world,” he told Reuters last year, his fingers dancing over the keys, his feet barely touching the ground as he sat on the stool.
The son of a piano teacher, his favourite pianist is the late Canadian Glenn Gould, renowned for his interpretations of JS Bach.
Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; editing by John Stonestreet


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Investors have not written off Shopping Centres
Chariot, a company managed by Griffin Real Estate, has sold four retail parks located in Olsztyn, Opole, Kielce, and Tychy to EPP. This is the third and final phase of a transaction that started in 2018. Even though the recent €106m deal results from arrangements made three years ago, it shows that investors have not written shopping off centres despite the current difficulties caused by government restrictions. As noted by Penteris Senior Partner Andrzej Tokaj, retail parks are among the best performing commercial properties. “One of the advantages of older facilities, such as those acquired by EPP, is the fact that they already have a loyal customer base. On the other hand, they are likely to require some modernisation to bring them up to standard,” he adds.
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A few months ago Nicolas Jaar’s new signee on Other People managed to shake – if not break – the internet. The enigmatic compositions of a 19-year-old composer named John Bence were spreading rapidly amongst various blogs and websites around the world. After we noticed the arresting cover of his début single, “Disquiet”, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on the record. The more we were listening, the more hooked we were by the eeriness of the piece, which almost felt holy-esque. Bence’s intriguing ambient – classical crossover plays with harmony and cacophony, using equally both to create his disquiet compositions.
The question was one; who is this mysterious young composer named John Bence?
Little can be found around your name, all I know is that you are a young London-based composer… What is your musical background?
I come from a very musical family. My mum plays classical piano, my dad wrote electronic music in the 1990’s and my sister studies oboe at the Royal College Of Music. Music is a huge thing at home. I have grown up singing in my local church choir and this had a huge influence on me, singing Gibbons, Byrd, Howells, Purcell and then going home to listen to my dad and his electronic sounds, “Disquiet” makes sense when I look back on my past. I listen to a lot of electronic music and classical music. I am classically trained and have been studying composition for a long time.
I feel much more liberated and excited as a composer then I think I would have done 20 or 30 years ago. I live in a very exciting time to be a composer.
You have a unique sound with elements of an ambient – classical crossover. Which sort of musical movement do you think you most fit in?
Nico Mulhy sums it all up to me, the walls are falling down between everything. The internet pulls everything together. The barriers are weaker between genre more then ever before.
I feel much more liberated and excited as a composer than I think I would have been 20 or 30 years ago. I live in a very exciting time to be a composer.
Do you ever feel that age could be a barrier in the music field you’ve chosen?
I live in a world of child prodigies, so not really.
You belong in a very difficult musical genre for the “average listener”. How do you react to people unable to understand your music?
I think Disquiet is pretty accessible. I write music for people to listen to. If people are prepared to put the work in to understand my music then it will be rewarding – after a couple of listens the discords become necessary. The piece moves between harmony and disharmony but we need both to make sense of either.
“Disquiet” is a spot-on description of your aural experiments. It’s a very evocative piece, having some sort of eerie – mournful elements. Can you elaborate a bit more on the concept behind it?
The concept was to work to a strict process. The process starts with traditional score, voices and strings are recorded live, then manipulated to create something new, then scoring those manipulations you can create new material, just like a painter painting over a canvas but leaving some of the past still in view. It was a long task that I have been trying to succeed at for a large part of my life, to combine electronic manipulation with my traditional roots.
What about the breakup of the piece into three different Movements: I, II, III. Was that on purpose?
I think that it just came out of the composition process and it made sense at the time. I see it as one piece with three linear progressions. They don’t make sense apart to me.
Your creative process is very complicated. Is this technique something that defines your music?
It is a huge part of my work, it is the best of both worlds; classical composition and electronic methods of composition. I couldn’t imagine life without both. It will take some years to see if it will define my music…


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Joanna Lumleys Postcards
In episode two, Joanna takes a journey through her memories of her travelogue around mainland Greece - both the ancient and the modern. Beginning with Greece’s most famous symbol, Joanna battles her fears and climbs the Acropolis in Athens to get a behind the scenes glimpse at the restoration process.
Joanna then heads to a blush-inducing fortune-telling festival and climbs into the mountains of Delphi to take in some of the ancient fortune-telling fumes.
Next, Joanna visits the spectacular ancient theatre, Epidaurus, where world famous singer Nana Mouskouri performs a once in a lifetime performance.
We meet an extraordinary woman Joanna encountered by chance at an abandoned mountain town - before hearing her story over a shared meal of wild asparagus.
The mountain monasteries of Meteora are Joanna’s last stop, a place she remembers as the most spectacular in all of Greece.
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Indian actress Janhvi Kapoor has signed on star in the next film from RRR star N.T. Rama Rao Jr., (a.k.a. NTR Jr.), titled NTR 30.
The pic is scheduled for a release on April 5, 2024. A first-look poster for the pic featuring Kapoor was released this morning. Scroll down for the poster.
The Telugu-language feature will be directed by Koratala Siva, reuniting the filmmaker with NTR Jr. following their collaboration on Janatha Garage in 2016. Anirudh Ravichander is on board to compose the music. The film will also mark Kapoor’s south Indian film industry debut.
NTR30 is produced by Hari Krishna K and Sudhakar Mikkilineni under the banners NTR Arts and Yuvasudha Arts, respectively. The crew also includes Ratnavelu as cinematographer, Sabu Cyril as production designer, and Sreekar Prasad as editor.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the first-look poster features Kapoor sitting on a bed of rocks as the furious waves of the sea crash against a mountain alongside the caption: “The calm in the storm. Janhvi Kapoor is all set to sail.”
NTR30 will mark NTR Jr.’s 30th feature film appearance. The industry veteran played the role of freedom fighter Komaram Bheem in RRR, starring opposite fellow Telugu superstar Ram Charan Teja, and with Bollywood stars Ajay Devgn and Alia Batt also in the cast.
RRR is nominated in the Best Original Song category at next weekend’s Academy Awards.
NTR Jr. is also reportedly working with filmmaker Prashanth Neel on a project titled NTR31. Neel directed Kannada blockbusters K.G.F. Chapter 1 (2018) and K.G.F. Chapter 2 (2022) and recently wrapped a Telugu-language film titled Salaar, starring Prabhas.
Other major upcoming Telugu films expected this year include Meher Ramesh’s Bholaa Shankar, starring Chiranjeevi; Om Raut’s Adipurush, starring Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan, and a sequel to 2021 hit Pushpa: The Rise.
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Oued Ghir Administration
|Oued Ghir Code (ONS)||0651|
|Oued Ghir Post code||06120|
|Oued Ghir Mayor||Yassine Ramdani|
Oued Ghir Demography
Information on the people and the population of Oued Ghir.
|Oued Ghir Number of inhabitants||19,345 population|
|Oued Ghir Population Density||403.6 /km² (1,045.3 /sq mi)|
Oued Ghir Geography
Geographic Information regarding City of Oued Ghir.
|Oued Ghir Geographical coordinates||Latitude: 36.7104, Longitude: 4.97731|
36° 42′ 37″ North, 4° 58′ 38″ East
|Oued Ghir Area||4,793 hectares|
47.93 km² (18.51 sq mi)
|Oued Ghir Altitude||Minimum 99 m, Maximum 99 m, Average 99 m|
|Oued Ghir Climate||Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa)|
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|11 June||06:20 - 13:39 - 20:58||05:50 - 21:29||05:12 - 22:07||04:29 - 22:49|
|12 June||06:20 - 13:39 - 20:59||05:50 - 21:29||05:12 - 22:07||04:29 - 22:50|
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|15 June||06:20 - 13:40 - 21:00||05:50 - 21:31||05:12 - 22:09||04:29 - 22:51|
|16 June||06:20 - 13:40 - 21:00||05:50 - 21:31||05:12 - 22:09||04:29 - 22:52|
|17 June||06:20 - 13:41 - 21:01||05:50 - 21:31||05:12 - 22:09||04:29 - 22:52|
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|Hilton Alger |
Located only a short drive from the airport, this hotel impresses with its seafront location in suburban Algiers, first-class facilities and a relaxing atmosphere... view more
|Sheraton Oran Hotel & Towers |
Overlooking one of the most beautiful bays in Algeria the Sheraton Oran Hotel & Towers is located in the Canastel residential area, which is near the city centre... view more
|Renaissance Tlemcen Hotel |
Set on the Lalla Setti Plateau in Tlemcen, this 5-star hotel is just 8 km from the Sidi Boumedien Tomb. It offers extensive facilities including an outdoor swimming pool with a hot tub, a gift shop and a spa... view more
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|Fort Abd el Kader 11.8 km||Bulima Point 11.8 km||Pointe Boulima 11.8 km|
|Djerbah 12.1 km||Cap Carbon 13.6 km||Rochers des Moules 13.9 km|
|Ablat Amellal 29.9 km|
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Written for The Record by Shantal Otchere
(Appeared in the print edition of the Waterloo Region Record on March 10, 2021)
COVID-19 has escalated the need to address our housing system’s gendered fault lines amid spikes in domestic violence cases and soaring unemployment rates among women.
On its surface, a housing strategy designed to keep people out of shelters seems logical. But a closer look at the region’s homelessness prevention and diversion model reveals a policy, which aims to provide “individualized” solutions, that isn’t equipped to address the distinct needs of under-housed women.
This is concerning for Elizabeth Clarke, CEO of the YW Kitchener-Waterloo— a major service provider for people experiencing homelessness in the region.
“I believe we have created shelters and programs that don’t just fail to serve women, but actually perpetuate their homelessness. And that’s not just here in this region, but everywhere where we have studied men and men’s homelessness,” she explained.
“Because men are more visible when they’re homeless they’re easier to count and they’re easier to research. We’ve lost services over the course of this shelter care experiment because they’ve all gone over to the men’s programs, where the simple numbers say they’re most needed.”
People at risk of becoming homeless or already experiencing homelessness are encouraged to call Prevention and Diversion, a referral service established in the region to avert people away from entering the shelter system when possible and point them in the direction of other housing options. It is the first point of access to shelter services for single adults.
Through a series of questions dispensed by staff over the phone, callers are either propelled along a path toward securing a few night’s sleep in a shelter bed or turned around and urged to reconsider square one.
A Prevention and Diversion assessment template published by Waterloo Region outlines questions used to evaluate urgent housing need. The template, upon which the current Prevention and Diversion framework is likely modelled, reads like a script, helping staff persuade callers not already on the street to stay put.
“Where did you sleep last night?”
“Is it possible or safe for you to go back to your former address?”
“What resources would you need to remain in your current housing?”
But, Clarke affirms, a housing strategy that prioritizes getting people off the street doesn’t prioritize women.
For women, found most often to circumvent shelters in favour of couch surfing, staying in unsafe relationships or doing everything they can in order to avoid rough sleeping or being separated from children, a one-size-fits-all model applied to identifying homelessness leaves them stuck in a cycle of poverty and vulnerable to violence and abuse.
“Women, very frequently, will be in circumstances that are very vulnerable. And, because of the situation that the woman’s in, she’s not likely to express the danger that she may be in,” said Clarke.
“So, this idea that couch surfing is better than being in a shelter is, in my opinion, an economically driven decision rather than one that’s in the best interest of women.”
A ground-breaking report released last year details just how critical the problem of “less visible” homelessness, often described as “hidden homelessness”, is for women and youth across Canada, particularly for women and girls of colour.
“In all provinces and territories, women, girls, and gender diverse peoples experience some of the most severe forms of housing need. Black women, women of colour, Indigenous women, gender diverse peoples, (dis)abled women, poor women, LGBTQ2S+ peoples, sex workers, incarcerated women, newcomer women, and younger and older women are all disproportionately affected,” the report states.
Construction is set to begin this month on a 41-unit affordable housing site for women experiencing homelessness in the Kitchener and Waterloo regions.
With a pledge of $6.5 million from the Federal government to develop the facility as part of the Rapid Housing Initiative and land from the City of Kitchener, perhaps, this project will provide the beginnings of an innovative housing strategy that employs a gendered lens.
Plans for the development, which the YW Kitchener Waterloo will manage, includes allotting units to half the women on the region’s supportive housing waitlist. Families will have access to onsite crisis management, casework supports and visits from healthcare providers.
The nation’s current housing model misses the mark on addressing the needs of under-housed and unhoused women. But experts and researchers agree, a housing strategy that employs a gender equity lens can help pull more women out of precarity to stability.
“I think that what we need to see is a plan that doesn’t treat all homeless people as if they’re homeless men,” asserts Clarke.
Consider donating to the YW Kitchener-Waterloo today and help us house women and families in need through this especially difficult time.


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Ever wondered what apartment managers desired in a renter, besides having no loud parties and paying rent on time?
According to a recent survey by rental website Rent.com, the most important factor in choosing a renter is the gross income to rent ratio, which was rated “important” or “very important” by 74 percent of property managers. The survey was conducted among the site’s property customers, representing about 2 million rental units.
Forty-six percent of respondents say that a renter’s gross income must be at least three times the monthly rental rate, though 30 percent say that 2.5 times is enough.
More surprisingly, 60 percent reported that a high credit score is not important. Instead, managers pay attention to payment history rather than the score itself. “We look at their job history, their rental history and their criminal background,” Vanessa Norton says, a property manager at Belmont Place apartments in Marietta, Ga.
On the other side of the coin, managers are uniquely positioned to understand what renters care about most. In the survey, 45.1 percent of respondents say allowing pets is important, while 47.5 percent say that a washer and dryer are important to renters.
According to Theron Patrick, a data analyst for ALN Apartment Data, rental prices started increasing two years ago. As vacancy rates go down, managers feel secure enough to raise prices. “It’s a landlord market. The landlords are not so afraid that people will leave if they raise the rent,” Patrick says.
Two years ago, the driving force behind vacancies was job loss. Since then, there has been 30 percent decrease in property managers citing unemployment as the reason for vacancies. This is the first time in four years that less than 50 percent of managers felt that job loss affected increasing vacancies. In fact, relocation seems to be the emerging reason for vacancies, according to Rent.com.
Lastly, 62.6 percent of property managers predict that rent will go up in the next 12 months. In fact, 72.3 of managers plan to raise prices, though Patrick says that the rent increases will not be as much as in 2010.


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A federal charge was filed against a man from New Mexico after he sent alleged threatening text messages to people to kill US President Joe Biden.
The suspect, John Benjamin Thornton, is facing the legal consequences of intervening with interstate commerce communications to send out warnings to hurt other persons.
Statements that Thornnton was taking “taking leadership of revolutionary Army called the the [sic] 3%ers” were among the indirect messages from him, which served as a proof for the filing of criminal charges. The messages point to the Three Percenters group, which maintains an anti-government stance.
Thornton, as stated in the complaint, considered himself as a “revolutionary war general.” He allegedly wrote: “5 stars after I execute Joe Biden for Treason.”
The charging documents which received the text messages were not pinpointed by the FBI investigators. They also did not specify if they had contact with the suspect in the past.
The records at Doña Ana County Jail show that the suspect is under the law enforcers’ custody without bond. As of Wednesday afternoon, he also had not been assigned with a legal representative.
The suspect is set to attend a federal court hearing set on Friday morning.
Furthermore, the messages that appeared in the criminal complaint point out that a Canadian computer company makes use of a device in order to “Tunnel into the Brainwaves of ALL Methamphetamine users Brainwaves, globally.”
Thornton, in the messages he suspectedly sent, threatened to “shotgun execute every single one of them”, referring to the company.
He said: “My ex wife is a traitor and is likely to be executed by my new government.”
According to the FBI, the messages originate from the mobile phone Thornton owns, which also carried his photo.
“Thornton has been the subject of complaints since November 11, 2020, by several persons who have received messages characterized as disturbing or threatening since that time,” the complaint stated.


Goalless draw serves Fleetwood better in first Fylde Coast league derby at Highbury, with Blackpool closer to second relegation in as many seasons St George’s Day may have marked the penultimate throes of Karl Oyston’s Blackpool in League One. If they had beaten Fleetwood in the first-ever Fylde…
Blackpool remain in the relegation zone after an uninspiring goalless draw in their first league trip to neighbours Fleetwood Town.
Millwall move closer to securing a League One play-off place with a slim victory over struggling Fleetwood.
Liam Kelly's second-half goal rescues a draw for Oldham Athletic at fellow League One strugglers Fleetwood Town.
Ex-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will open Fleetwood Town's new Poolfoot Farm training centre.
Fleetwood Town forward Bobby Grant remains confident they will avoid relegation from League One.
Conor McLaughlin's late header rescues a valuable point for relegation-threatened Fleetwood at Southend United.


Grammy-nominated reggae artist Etana is all smiles these days. She has a new album in the works and she just unveiled the plaques for her best-selling Billboard Reggae chart topping albums, I Rise and Reggae Forever.
Etana gushed about the crowning achievements.
“There are a few achievements that I’ve kept quiet. I think having such a huge body of work is itself an achievement but coming from August Town and realizing your hard work paid off kinda hits different….I used to see these plaques on TV or in major label offices… having two of my own… makes me feel good about the work I’ve done so far,” she told Loop News.
Last week, she proudly unveiled her latest award on Instagram – the prestigious Billboard No. 1 plaque for her 2014 album I Rise. The 14 track compilation made history at the time of its release, marking the first time in 17 years a Jamaican female reggae artist topped Billboard’s Reggae Albums chart.
Etana has also received the plaque for her chart-topping, Grammy-nominated suite, 2018’s Reggae Forever which catapulted her to be the first female reggae performer to occupy the Billboard Reggae Chart’s top spot consecutively, as well as the first female in over twenty years to be nominated for the Best Reggae Album Grammy award.
In a short IG clip released on Friday, Etana is seen unwrapping the plaque. She wrote a caption thanking everyone who contributed to the success of the album.
“‘Grateful’ Special thanks goes out to all the musicians, writers, composers, producers on this album”, the Happy Heart singer wrote. “Thanks to all my fans who purchased and streamed the music! Thanks to all my band members who toured with me and promoted this album. #atown #etana #billboard.”
Etana’s latest album Pamoja features heavyweight collaborations with Vybz Kartel with a song called ‘Baby O’ and Proppa with Afro-dancehall pioneer Stonebwoy.
She will be performing at the Spread Love Reggae Festival in North Carolina which is set for May 29th.
After an extended period without live shows, this event signals a return to large scale live events as the show promises outdoor vibes and a conscious lineup, including the likes of Edge Michael, nephew of the Stepping Razor, Peter Tosh.