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Invitation to join the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) in advancing gender equality in the Built Environment! Theme: Overcoming Leadership Barriers. The Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) committee was established to consider current policy gaps in women's economic empowerment and Government programmes that address them. This duly undertaken, the WEGE TCC would make proposals for improvement and implementation since public procurement is a lever for the empowerment of designated groups.
The WEGE TCC’s focus is to ensure an increase in women’s participation in the Built Environment in the economy of the country, and fair treatment in their areas of work. This TCC will consider the gaps in the current policy on women economic empowerment and in Government Programmes meant to address them in order to make proposals for improvement and implementation. The working committee shall also look into the resuscitation of the DPWI Gender (Women Empowerment) Council. The committee could be autonomous or merge with the first committee since public procurement is used as a lever for the empowerment of designated groups.
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New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced a massive cash splash to help revive events across the state.
More than $530 million will be invested in the state’s events recovery including $6 million to bring business events back to Sydney, an Event Saver Fund to support cancelled events and $150 million to support the recovery of major event activity across the state including $50 million for regional events.
“Millions of people around the world dream of visiting Sydney and our regional areas,” Perrottet said.
“This package not only ensures they can, but that they’ll experience the very best of what we have to offer.
“It’s also great news for people right across our state, reviving events and businesses and bringing our major drawcards back to life. Importantly, more than 300,000 people rely on our tourism industry and our aim is to reclaim our position as one of the world’s favourite destinations.”
The tourism and events recovery package includes:
- $250 million for the expanded Stay & Rediscover scheme providing a $50 voucher to all NSW adults to redeem at accommodation premises across NSW;
- $150 million to support the recovery of major event activity across the state including $50 million for a Regional Events Package to support major events, festivals, agricultural shows and community events across the regions.
- $60 million for an Aviation Attraction Fund to incentivise international airlines to re-commence flights to Sydney;
- $6 million to bring business events back to the city;
- $50 million for the CBDs Revitalisation Program to support events and activations in CBDs across Greater Sydney and surrounds; and
- An Event Saver Fund to provide immediate support to organisers if events are cancelled or disrupted by any public health orders during the 2021-22 summer.
- $25 million for the Festival Relaunch package – to stabilise established commercial and not-for-profit festivals, big and small, so they can program with confidence into 2022/23.
- $10 million for a Recovery Marketing Campaign including an extension of the successful roadtrips campaign launched in 2020
Minister for Tourism Stuart Ayres said the much needed investment will help revive shuttered businesses and bring tourism providers back to their best.
“This was a one in one hundred year event which severely damaged our tourism industry, operators barely hung in there as they lost bookings, customers and staff, now as we rebuild we can do so with confidence,” Ayres said.
“For our visitor economy to reach its full potential we need event owners to dream big, airlines to fly in and for locals and visitors to embrace our world class venues and hospitality with enthusiasm once again.”
Treasurer Matt Kean said getting tourism back on track and reviving the visitor economy is key to the state’s economic recovery.
“We want to support citizens to get out and explore their own backyard, give our events sector the confidence to get back to business and send the signal to the airline industry that NSW is and always will be Australia’s gateway to the world,” Kean said.

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All Bedlam Courses Past (part seventy-five)
All Bedlam Courses Past
An Object in Motion
The start of a speech that would have done. They were hurting not Élucide Gremot, but Bertrand Sartain, a man who would never in return hurt them, or any soul in the world. They were stubborn, and stupid, and wrong about her family, who owed them nothing.
She cried instead.
Verbena jumped to hug her, crying too.
Lawrence, she saw this, while angrily balling a handkerchief to her face, had a red and shamed look on his, which he ought to. She moved, awkward in Verbena’s embrace, onto the front porch, where Shad put a sheltering hand on her elbow.
Honoré would not come down, he was overdone by the excitement; he was having his last afternoon with Gilbert, and Clotilde never left Honoré.
But along with Bertrand and Madame, the children were there. New Wedgewood graced the table, not simple of design or cheap, but blue. A pinstripe linen, cream on tan—that Rutherford’s fabrics manageress had scorned the notion could not, in an hour on the Singer, be turned into a cloth—lay below.
Uncle George and Fannie, arriving at dinnertime on the dot to say: “We can only stay for coffee”, had thrown off the schedule—for a first omen. Polly Nachfolger, sharing a love seat with Dr. Signorelli, sighed at the clock. Even Mrs. Koker had joined in this contrivance, of too-few perches in a small room…what could be done…?
But while heavily rumored to spark, and wholly endorsed if they did… Today the mood was gloom, silence, possible resentment.
“Will we meet your parents?”
Élucide answered Madame, “Travel is such a rush, isn’t it? Once things are less busy.”
The telling pause occurred, marred by Mariette’s fidgeting. “Well. You will sit with me and advise me what to write, when I send my card. Child!”
The child slipped to the floor, landed on a turned ankle, shrieked as a three-year-old will, for having brought trouble on herself. Élucide grabbed a small hand, and smiled with detectably false rue. “I’ll take her outside.”
On the paved patio above the steps, they crumbled a roll. They waited, clucking, for a moment or two. The chipmunks, Mariette felt, had gone away. They had gone away. They were gone.
“Oh no, now…chin up, lovie. Chipmunks are shy little things. Let’s see if they’re hiding down below!”
Either side of the steps were grated doors, storage for gardeners’ tools, latched. Whether one should be unlatched, and peeked into… But the mesh, hard-pressed by the rhododendron, had a nest fixed on, of mud and pine straw.
An ovenbird…didn’t they…? Maybe not. “An ovenbird,” Élucide said. “A nest. Babies.”
The nest broke away as Mariette crushed fingers into it, and in pursuit of science stomped on the fallen remains.
“Where are the babies?”
“Oh, they’re all big now.”
(2023, Stephanie Foster)

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Introduction. In today’s society, in order to be a successful entrepreneur you must be able to adapt to the ever-changing market conditions. To do this, it is important to be able to utilize your resources to their maximum potential so as to gain the best results possible. As such, it is important for an entrepreneur to have very good leadership skills in order to mobilize his team to achieve the vision of the company.
Aim of the study. The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of leadership for organizational success in nowadays business environment. In particular, the paper focuses on the transformational style of leadership employed by famous entrepreneur Jeff Bezos that has managed to grow Amazon to the point that it is considered the biggest online retailer in the world. The methodology used is qualitative and is based on the research of secondary sources such as articles, books and interviews. The findings show that transformational leadership is a key solution that fits the needs of companies finding themselves having not only to strive to survive, but to flourish in this fast-paced, ever-changing environment of the business world.
Keywords: leadership, transformational leadership, Jeff Bezos, Amazon
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3 Simple Healthy Dressings
To make salads and veggies delicious
I really do love healthy food and healthy eating as much as the next health food blogger, however I’m not going to lie, raw veggies are not the tastiest of dishes I’m sure most people will agree. But paired with other elements such as these 3 simple healthy dressings makes it a dish to die for.
You can use these dressings on anything you want though. Jazz up some plain rice and chicken. Use as lubrication on your baguette or sub sandwich. Anything you want to add that missing element to bring it all together. I mainly use these healthy dressings for my salads and roast veggies or even raw veggies. It’s a great way to get your veggies in and genuinely enjoy the meal. Feel like you’ve had a treat.
Its all about seasoning
Making veggies and salads taste amazing is all about seasoning them. I use pink Himalayan sea salt and fresh black pepper for maximum health and flavour. I season my veggies and my dressings. It really does make everything so much more delicious.
So here are my 3 go to recipes for my healthy dressings
Tzatziki Style Yoghurt Dressing
This is simple and tangy inspired by Tzatziki with a natural yoghurt base, seasoning, mint and lemon juice. It goes lovely on salads with greens like spinach, cucumber and avocado. It also compliments spicy dishes with its coolness. I also love this on a veggie burger. Yum!
- 2 tbsp Plain Natural Yoghurt
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
- Salt and pepper
This healthy dressing is featured in my Super Green Quinoa Salad Recipe
Honey Olive Oil & Lemon Dressing
This recipe I learnt from Jamie Oliver. This is the most versatile dressing with its simple sweetness. This healthy dressing goes with salads, roast veggies and grains. Its gives moisture, sweetens and seasons the dish. It is extremely easy to make with ingredients you will likely have in your cupboard all of the time.
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1.5 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
Sweet Tahini Dressing
This is my favourite dressing of the three. It is simply delicious! Tahini is a sesame paste, similar to peanut butter. It makes any dish tasty with its depth of flavour. Paired with honey to sweeten it is the perfect dressing if you don’t like the tang of lemon or vinegar.
- 3 tbsp tahini
- 3 tbps extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp honey
- salt and pepper
If you want to eat healthier but find salads and veggies boring try topping your dish with on of these delicious healthy dressings! I promise you wont be disappointed.

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You can go to Wal-mart or BI-LO, they have $4 Prescriptions. You could pay for that... can't you? Not to be mean but.... "MONEY RAISER!!" :)
Thank you for the information! I'll be using it i'm sure.
Taylor I don't think that you understand but walmart's $4 program does not cover insulin lispro or other insulins. They may be able to help if you speak with a pharmacist to lower the price though. I have seen lispro for as low as $33- that is only a few dollars more then what I am paying with insurance.

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Last week we posted a Quentin Tarantino story where Fox 'News' began phase one of their freak-out over the fact that a Hollywood celebrity joined in protest against police brutality, not law enforcement as a whole.
Members of the law enforcement community are utilizing reactionary techniques to falsely link peaceful protests to violence against police officers. As expected, their misdirected paranoia is shared by most of the right-wing media, and Fox 'News' is happy to lead the brigade against those damned (famous) liberals who demand accountability from the police.
Rod Wheeler is just one of Fox's many Black anti-President Obama law enforcement experts. He actually blamed POTUS for the violence in Ferguson, because the actions of the cops had nothing to do with the frustration and outrage of the citizens. Wheeler also condemned the movie Straight Outta Compton for any retaliation against the police.
Tarantino spoke with Chris Hayes about the misconception that protesting against senseless and tragic police brutality is the exact same thing as being a cop-hater. He sees the pattern at Fox, and mentions wingnut Sheriff David Clarke, another go-to-anti-Obama Black man that Fox 'News' calls upon to reaffirm how black people are supposed to behave. Clarke and Wheeler can't speak highly enough about the infallibility of law enforcement officers (LEOs). Here's a small clip from last night's All In.
Quentin Tarantino: "I'm not a cop hater" https://t.co/HTr5khXvBc
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 5, 2015
This morning, Tarantino's logical and sensible words were twisted around in a manner customary for the paranoid viewers and producers of GOP-TV: to reflect an alternate universe. Wheeler said,
'(that) Jamie Foxx said, All of the haters need to stop hating on Quentin, but if you think about it, it was Quentin who started all of the hating.'
He believes it's the fault of these Hollywood types who were encouraging the crowd to be anti-police, even if this is patently false.
Doocy goads him to continue on with his imagined fantasy of police persecution and said,
'He said that the police brutality is from White Supremacy. Hmmm. Great....What do you think about that?'
Wheeler said that there must be something in the water out there in Hollywood that makes these A-Listers not understand that it's not White Supremacy at all. It's the cops doing their best, you silly heads! There's absolutely no evidence of any White Supremacy by LEOs. If you listened only to Wheeler, you'd think that the police are infallible to a fault, there's NEVER a reason to protest the killing of unarmed Black people (especially), the cops do their jobs without any reason to complain. It's the marriage of the Hollywood liberal elite and President Obama and all his thugs with whom he is surrounded.
Tarantino, whose new film "The Hateful Eight" premieres this Christmas, told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, "All cops are not murderers. I never said that. I never even implied that."
"What they’re doing is pretty obvious. Instead of dealing with the incidents of police brutality that those people were bringing up, instead of examining the problem of police brutality in this country, better they single me out," Tarantino told the paper.
"Their message is very clear. It’s to shut me down. It’s to discredit me. It is to intimidate me. It is to shut my mouth, and even more important than that, it is to send a message out to any other prominent person that might feel the need to join that side of the argument," he said.
This is not something new. This is exactly what happens when any proactive measures are taken by those who the Right Wing perceives as 'Liberal.' More specifically, Fox 'News' carts out one of these token Uncle Ruckus-types whenever there is a 'race issue' regarding the conduct of law enforcement. At least they understand what their place is in the Fox hierarchy and what they consider, proper society.
It's a shame these celebrities (like Tarantino or Jamie Foxx) are unaware of their rightful 'place' and should conform like they (Wheeler, Clarke) have. Any deviance from said Fox 'News' reality is just a case of those crazy, hippy, liberal, commies who read from President Obama's anti-cop manifesto, who are just trying to empower all those homo-loving, Black or 'illegal,' arugula-eating, science-obsessed traitors to take our freedumbs, grab our guns and burn our Bibles.
I personally believe that this attempt to denigrate Tarantino's films will only earn him more box office scratch. Once again, Fox 'News' is on the wrong side of another social issue.

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And funny men Alan Carr and David Walliams have seized the opportunity to live like Orlando Bloom for the day - as they stripped off to imitate his and his girlfriend's famous moment.
The comic duo posed for the photo as part of Heat magazine's Christmas issue - which sees a host of celebrities imitating the biggest celebrity moments of 2016.
Mirroring the exact statures of Orlando and Katy, the pair looked hilariously similar to the iconic holiday snap as they superimposed themselves onto the paddle board in front of the blue Sardinian sea.
Standing upright with the oar in his hand, Alan, 40, looked like he was enjoying every minute of imitating hunky Orlando as he gazed into the distance, completely n3ked.
Not holding back on the recreation, the Weymouth-born comic even sported the same cap and bracelet as the actor - but made the shot more entertaining with the imprints of his socks still on his ankles, and a confident flaunting of his less-toned physique.

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Dr. Volker Simon was born on December 22, 1962. He has been a member of the Management Board of Progress-Werk Oberkirch AG since July 1, 2014 responsible for the areas of Market and Technology. At the same time, he has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer.
After completing his degree in mechanical engineering at the Technical Universities of Munich and Darmstadt as well as at Cornell University (USA), he went on to receive his doctorate in Darmstadt. He then began his career at the Power Generation division of Siemens AG in Mülheim an der Ruhr which spanned from 1993 to 2001. He was first a design engineer for steam turbines and later assumed various management positions as Head of steam turbine blading development, steam turbine technology, and ultimately blade manufacturing. The next phase of his career, from 2001 to 2014, was spent at Isringhausen GmbH & Co KG in Lemgo. Here, he initially began as Manager Research and Development and was then appointed as Director Sales and Development. In this role he was responsible for the engineering and sales of commercial vehicle seating systems worldwide. Since 2007, he has held the position of Group Vice President Sales and has been responsible for all worldwide sales activities.
Dr. Simon has several years of international management experience in the areas of engineering, manufacturing, and sales, particularly in the automotive supply industry.


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Asian Popular Culture in Transition Hardback
Edited by John A. Lent, Lorna Fitzsimmons
Part of the Routledge Contemporary Asia Series series
Asian Popular Culture in Transition examines contemporary consumption practices in South Korea, China, India, and Japan, and both updates and extends popular culture studies of the region.
Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection of essays explores how recent advances and shifts in information technologies and globalization have impacted cultural markets, fashion, the digital generation, mobile culture, femininity, matrimonial advertising, and a film actress' image and performance.
Drawing upon a diverse range of sources and methods including historical research, content analysis, anthropological observation, textual analyses, and interviews, Asian Popular Culture in Transition makes a significant contribution to this growing area of research.
Given its broad range of countries, theories, and approaches, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Asian studies, cultural studies, media and communication studies, and gender studies.
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 190 pages, 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Tables, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date: 06/11/2012
- Category: Popular culture
- ISBN: 9780415692847

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Where will your retirement money come from? If you’re like most people, qualified-retirement plans, Social Security, and personal savings and investments are expected to play a role. Once you have estimated the amount of money you may need for retirement, a sound approach involves taking a close look at your potential retirement-income sources.
Why are 401(k) plans, annuities, and IRAs so popular?
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Regardless of how you approach retirement, there are some things about it that might surprise you.
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A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
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Retiring early sounds like a dream come true, but it’s important to take a look at the cold, hard facts.


Is The Land Cruiser Body-On-Frame?
Yes, the Toyota Land Cruiser is a body-on-frame SUV. The body-on-frame construction is a traditional design used in rugged and off-road-capable vehicles.
It provides several advantages, including…
- Durability – Body-on-frame construction is known for its durability and ability to withstand rough terrain and heavy use. It allows the vehicle to flex and absorb impacts without compromising its structural integrity.
- Off-Road Capability – This construction method is well-suited for off-road driving, as it provides a strong and stable platform for the vehicle’s suspension and drivetrain components. It helps maintain traction and stability in challenging off-road conditions.
- Towing Capacity – Body-on-frame SUVs tend to have higher towing capacities compared to unibody vehicles, making them suitable for towing trailers and heavy loads.
- Repairability: – In the event of damage, body-on-frame vehicles are often easier and less expensive to repair because damaged components can be replaced or repaired individually without affecting the vehicle’s frame.
- Longevity – Body-on-frame vehicles are known for their long service life, making them popular choices in regions with demanding conditions and rough terrain.
While body-on-frame construction offers several advantages, it can also result in a stiffer ride and reduced fuel efficiency compared to unibody designs. These trade-offs are often acceptable for those who prioritize off-road capability and durability, which are core features of the Toyota Land Cruiser.


April Fools’ Day, or more accurately called “the day that everyone lies to each other,” is one of the stranger holidays on the calendar, mostly because it seems to be just one of those things that we, as a culture, collectively agreed upon. It’s on no public calendars anywhere except for possibly the Grand Duchy of Jokia, however, almost every country has some version of the holiday, which seems to be more agreed upon than the need for a United Nations.
Turns out that the holiday may have origins that are far older than previously thought. There are three original holidays that April Fools’ Day can trace its origins to: the Roman festival aptly named Hilaria, the Indian festival Holi, and the medieval Feast of Fools.
While the claim is disputed as to the meaning of the passage, The Canterbury Tales, specifically “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” contains one of the first references to April Fools’ Day in western literature.
Another possible reference to the holiday can be found in a 1508 writing by the French poet Eloy d’Amerval when he mentioned a “poisson d’avril,” which when literally translated means “April Fish” but contextually it is a reference to “April Fools.”
There may also be a more practical reason for the holiday, as sometime in the 16th century the practice of celebrating the new year moved officially to January 1st, while many still celebrated at the end of March. In a sense, to continue celebrating then was considered foolish, so this may also have something to do with the origin of the holiday as it exists today.
Ultimately, by the mid-19th century, the practice that we know and love was well established, and the tradition has carried on ever since. So next time you pull one of those “hilarious” office pranks that everyone politely pretends to like, or you jeopardize your marriage by feeding your spouse something that isn’t food, you can thank your ancestors for their weird festivals, cryptic references, and calendar confusions!


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February 02, 2017
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has reorganized its board meeting proceedings in an effort to streamline board meetings. Beginning in January 2017, the Consent Calendar portion of the meeting is now held on the second Tuesday of each month rather than the second Wednesday when County Board meetings are generally held. The change is intended to reduce excessively long meetings.
The Consent Calendar is a compilation of resolutions concerning deaths, anniversaries and congratulations for notable achievements. It often lasts more than an hour. Typically each resolution is read aloud for the meeting record, then Commissioners and honorees are given the opportunity to say a few words, followed by photographs of honorees and guests.
County board meeting days are already filled with large agendas and multiple committee meetings. Committee meetings are typically scheduled in the morning before the Board of Commissioners meeting, which is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m. However, they often run well past that hour.
Prior to the change in board meeting procedures, the order of business for board meetings was typically to hear public testimony first, followed by the Consent Calendar agenda items, new business and committee items requiring board action. It was not uncommon for the Board to take the Consent Calendar out of the regular order of business and to hear the Consent Calendar resolutions first. As a result, those attending the meeting to provide public comments would sometimes have to wait until long after 11:00 a.m. before the Board reached the public testimony portion of the meeting. On days when the Board votes on controversial agenda items, several hours of public testimony and discussion among Commissioners of the items at hand could push the meeting into the late hours of the afternoon.
Concerns about the meeting process had been noted by groups including the League of Women Voters and by several Cook County Commissioners, who suggested moving the Consent Calendar to a separate date and time.
During summer 2016 Commissioner Larry Suffredin and Commissioner John Daley introduced an ordinance to remove the Consent Calendar from regular board meetings and hold a separate Consent Calendar meeting. The Board of Commissioners approved the ordinance at the November 16, 2016 meeting, creating a standing monthly meeting for the Consent Calendar at 9:00 a.m. on the same day as the Forest Preserve District Board meetings when they fall on the day preceding the County board meetings, which is typically the second Tuesday of the month.
Notably, the Forest Preserve District and Cook County share a Board of Commissioners. The shared board structure makes the Forest Preserve District’s board meeting dates the optimal dates to hold the Consent Calendar meeting given the fact that the board members will already be there for the 11:00 a.m. Forest Preserve District meetings. Cook County’s 2017 meeting proceeding guidelines require that a quorum, or at least half of the 17 commissioners, be present in order to hold the Consent Calendar meeting.
The Civic Federation applauds the County’s procedural change because it both guarantees that resolutions for those being honored will be heard at the designated start time and makes the County’s already busy meetings more efficient. As a large government with a $4.4 billion operating budget in FY2017, twelve large administrative departments and the charge of running a criminal justice system and a hospital system, Cook County has a large amount of business to cover during its board meetings. We believe that this is an appropriate action for a large government like Cook County.
The Federation will continue to monitor the Cook County and Forest Preserve District meetings and evaluate the effectiveness of the change in meeting procedures.
 Discussion of moving the Consent Calendar took place at several Board meetings and committee meetings. For example, see videos of the Board of Commissioners meeting held on July 13, 2016 and the Rules and Administration Committee meetings held on October 5, 2016 and November 16, 2016 available at https://cook-county.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Coverage of this issue is also available at the Daily Line. Note that the Daily Line is a subscription news service.

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Medical Billers Beware - You can be sued under Florida’s Consumer Protection Law
If you are a medical provider sending bills to patients who may have suffered an injury compensable by workers’ compensation, you should be aware of consumer protection lawsuits. Under Florida law, a health care provider may not directly collect, receive a fee from, or bill a patient who is obtaining workers’ compensation benefits.
South Florida Medical Malpractice Update: Ready, Set, Trial!
Get ready defendants, the trial blitz is here! On April 30, 2021, The Florida Supreme Court implemented a new fast track system with the hope of getting all pending and new civil cases tried as soon as possible.
Congratulations to our 2021 Essay Scholarship Winner
On Behalf of Lubell Rosen we would like to send a special congratulations to our 2021 Essay Scholarship winner. Alexandra is a currently attend the University of Wyoming, located in Laramie, Wyoming. She is studying biology, with the goal of going to medical school after she graduates.
If you get an EEOC Complaint you need an Employment Lawyer from day one.
If you are in business long enough, and you are successful, chances are you are going to face at least one EEOC Complaint, because success attracts lawsuits. Having an experienced employment lawyer, versus not, can either make it a slightly unpleasant experience, or a very expensive, extremely unpleasant, experience.
Can I Require My Employees to be Vaccinated for COVID?
The question, “can I require my employees to be vaccinated for COVID,” does not have a yes or no answer. Like most things in employment law the answer is, it depends. The EEOC has released new guidance on the issue, and what is clear, is that most, but not all, of your employees, can be required to get a COVID Vaccine.


Director, Digital Transformation, PTC
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“As your list of friends grows on Twitter, the amount of messages that scroll across your screen increases exponentially. Pretty soon it becomes impossible to catch messages directed your way in real-time. Ultimately you have to resort to backtracking or using a search tool like TweetScan (R.I.P Terraminds!). Increasingly members of the Twitter community are demanding better ways to filter and group all of this information. One of the new solutions has been Twitter Hashtags and channels.”
Yes, Twitter Hashtags are becoming more widely adopted. I have used them more often, especially for tweets regarding Austin, where I vacationed. Hashtags is a site that tracks the use of the # symbol in Twitter posts. It’s really that simple but that one act provides a wonderful opportunity. That’s the opportunity to follow all of the posts about a specific # tag.
In my case, I tagged posts with #Austin where I provided links to pictures and blog posts, even people. At the outset one might think there is little extra value here so far. Hashtags turns that into tweets that users can subscribe to.
Now a user can go beyond following real life friends without having to add lots of strangers on Twitter. Hashtag will send those tweets with the # tag, say #Austin, right to your door Twitter box.
So this sounds great right? There are downsides though.
1) # tags interrupt the conversation – yes, as they are still new, when used, followers may inquire about their use and the conversation strays; the tags also interrupt literally by breaking up the flow of words and letters. Several of my followers have actually complained to me.
2) #tags are seen as link bait – because the tags intended purpose is to allow Twitter messages to be found by engines such as Hashtags, your Twitter buddies might feel put off that your post is more to draw attention to you and your links than be real conversation. This is a valid concern in my opinion. I’ve already seen that use where no attempt is made to engage others. Those tweets stand out often by a lack of any other text in the message.
3) #tags waste space – and there’s a shortage of that built right into Twitter. This is probably the most reasonable argument against their use. Paisano and others agree that it’s time for Twitter to bring on tagging outside the message.
I’ll keep using # tags for now, but only where it really serves a purpose. Already evident is the use of the # even when the post has no intrinsic value about the tagged word.
What will you do? Use them? Abuse them? Ignore them? Drop your friends that use them? What will come next? Are you working on the next best thing for Twitter?


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San Anselmo property owners with a financial hardship due to unemployment, a catastrophic emergency, or low income are invited to apply for a rebate of the town’s municipal services, pension override and library parcel taxes.
The rebate program defines low income as below $24,956 a year for a one-person household, $28,514 for a two-person household, $32,083 for a three-person household, and $35,618 for a four-person household.
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Thursday, 17 December 2009
7. The Polar Express (2004)
The newest film in the countdown, this is the first Christmas I have watched The Polar Express. I've avoided it for the last 5 years because of one thing, the character animation. And finally, after some cajoling I gave it a chance.
My opinion is unchanged. There really is something creepy about the way the people are animated in this film. There eyes are sort of lifeless and too close together and the children's faces in particular are devoid of the emotion and excitement they should, considering the circumstances, be showing. The elves are also a little bit disturbing particularly the elf modelled on Steve Tyler of Aerosmith which appears towards the end of the film.
However, it seems a bit unfair to be too judgemental about the animation of the characters when animating realistic human characters is no easy feat. Which is probably why a lot of Computer animated films avoid it by either stylizing the appearance of human characters as in Up (2009), or avoid showing the human characters as much as possible like in Toy Story (1995). And what is lacking in character animation is made up for the magical and breathtaking journey The Polar Express takes us on.
I happen to know that this film is one of my nephew's favourite Christmas films even though he wasn't even born when the film was released. I can understand why he likes The Polar Express so much; His two favourite things are trains and Christmas. And so every year from about October running up to Christmas he watches it over and over again.
And that's the only thing that would make this film better, to watch it as a child with all the innocence and excitement that children should have at this time of year. To actually believe that such a place exists and that such a journey can take you there.
Make the bell ring again, go on give it a chance. Watch The Polar Express this Christmas.


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Despite the surge in remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows that offices continue to be essential for productivity.
The researchers had not made a mistake. Rather, they received more precise data, including detailed work schedules. Not only did employees answer fewer calls when remote, the quality of their interactions suffered.
A study found that employees working from home experienced a decline in productivity, with less calls answered and lower quality interactions with customers.
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Boris Mendelevich: “Doctors are afraid to work in a situation of enormous control!”
The State Duma deputy from Tatarstan is preparing an initiative on the insurance of professional liability of medical workers
Boris Mendelevich, State Duma Deputy from Tatarstan, member of the Duma Committee on Health Protection, raises the issue of insurance of professional liability of medical workers. What it is and how it will affect the work of medical institutions and doctors themselves in the future — the deputy explains in the author's column, written specially for Realnoe Vremya.
More than 2k criminal cases against doctors
I will give just a couple of figures to explain why I am in favour of introducing professional liability insurance for medical workers and why I started working in the State Duma on this topic. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, 878 criminal cases were opened against medical workers in 2016, 1,791 — in 2017, and 2,229 — in 2018. The number of complaints and appeals related to medical errors has also increased. Two years ago, there were about 4,900, and in 2018 — 6,600.
In addition to the checks of the Investigative Committee of Russia, medical activities are actively covered in the media, and even in the case when initially all the stories and articles accused a medical worker, and after his or her guilt was not proven, not all the media write about the results of inspections. And in such a situation of total control, doctors are really afraid to work. Although the preservation of health is the concern of both the doctor and the patient: after all, a visit to the doctor is not a panacea if the patient does not follow the instructions of a specialist. However, according to our legislation, even if the patient was initially wrong, the doctor's activity will be checked by law enforcement agencies. This is where competent lawyers are needed.
What is professional liability insurance?
This is a type of insurance that is common among representatives of a number of professions: lawyers, architects, medical professionals. In simple terms, this is insurance for doctors and nurses against lawsuits. Statistics on the annual growth of inspections by the Investigative Committee indicate that this issue is overdue and even overripe!
What does insurance do?
Professional liability insurance will allow the health worker to safely perform their direct duties, without looking back at possible prosecution by law enforcement agencies. After all, in the event of legal claims against a doctor or nurse, the situation will be dealt with not by the health worker himself, but by a representative of his insurance company — a professional lawyer with experience in this field. This will allow, first, not to distract the health worker from his work and perform it more professionally. In case of minor errors on the part of the doctor, the insurance company will be able to compensate the patient.
Will doctors abuse it?
This is the first question that arises in many patients. But we must understand that there is the experience of such activities in many countries of the world and it has already shown its effectiveness. Besides, insurance companies do not distribute insurance to everyone: insured persons (i.e. doctors and nurses) must have the necessary level of knowledge, be fully competent in their field of activity and treat their duties in good faith, fulfilling all the requirements imposed on them as specialists in their field.
What is the current stage of professional liability insurance in Russia?
I have spoken and written a lot about the need to introduce a system of professional liability insurance for health workers. And this year, I have gathered initial consultation where we together with Chairman of the Duma Committee on Health Dmitry Morozov and representatives of the ministry of healthcare, ministry of finance, Central Bank, National Medical Chamber, Russian Union of Insurers discussed the issue.
It was a very heated and stormy discussion, from which I learned one thing: each of the participants in the meeting simply had diametrically opposite positions. There is not even a common understanding of the terminology we use!
Now the discussion is conducted mainly in several areas. First, there are disputes about whether insurance should be voluntary or mandatory. The majority of agencies, including representatives of insurers, oppose compulsory insurance. In this case, there are two types of voluntary insurance: voluntary and imputed insurance, when a medical institution is required to have this insurance when obtaining a license.
Second, the legal framework. So far, there are a huge number of legal regulations that do not allow the introduction of this type of insurance. But we must clearly understand that we should not wait in vain for something: we must at least write out a list of these bills and understand how we can change them.
Third, statistics. The ministry of finance, the ministry of healthcare, and the Central Bank noted the absence of any statistics that can be used to calculate the tariff. But there is a vicious circle arises: we can't enter insurance because of the lack of statistics, and there is no statistics because of the absence of insurance. At the same time, one of the proposals was to implement the project in the pilot regions. And Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District Grigory Kuranov, who participated in the meeting, even offered his district to launch the experiment. However, Vice-President of the National Medical Chamber, Sergey Dorofeev, who made a report, said that voluntary insurance has been carried out in Novosibirsk for 7-8 years and there are statistics.
So, what's the result?
Of course, there are a huge number of issues, and not all of them are solved in a day. I suggested creating a working group with representatives of all the departments that participated in the meeting. In 1-1,5 months, we must develop a road map that would be adopted by all parties and help us to create a bill.
Of course, starting this way, putting forward the initiative, I knew that it would be difficult. In any case, all parties agree that medical liability insurance is necessary. It is necessary to move beyond words. You don't have to wait for quick results, but we learn by doing, achieve by pursuing!


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City Clerk Robert Byrne said Tuesday night that Yun has filed the requisite petitions to run for the Ward D City Council seat.
Yun, who heads the Central Avenue Special Improvement District, is not affiliated with a slate for now. He will run against Assemblyman Sean Connors, candidate for the Ward D seat on Councilman Steve Fulop’s ticket.
Bill Gaughan, the council’s current Ward D rep, announced earlier this month he will not seek a sixth term on the nine-member body. Gaughan is the city’s longest-serving council member.
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Bringing improvements and updates in newly produced cars is essential for every car company. Hyoung Keun Lee, KIA’s CEO plans on launching cars with a sportier look and performance, as he stated in an interview. In order to refresh the reputation of the company, he said that they were on to building a production version of the GT concept. One of the new concepts will be shown at the Geneva Motor Show, but before doing anything more serious, they will turn to customers, consumers and media for opinions, and based on that, they will do their best to create new cars.
At the moment, the company is focused on designing a Procee’d model with even higher performance and even more updated features, which will most probably be named Procee’d GT, with a powerful 1.6 petrol engine that reaches up to 200 bhp (149 kW).

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As a result of COVID-19, heavy hitters in the United States and elsewhere are talking about shifting investments and supply chains out of China. This dovetails with existing strategic concerns about Beijing. When looking around the Indo-Pacific for an alternative democracy-compatible, large market that has the potential to be increasingly strategically useful, India pops to the fore. There is enormous potential, and at least one major roadblock. One of the biggest strategic mysteries of the past few decades is why India hasn’t lived up to its vast economic potential.
A series of court cases currently underway in India is starting to decode some of that mystery. What is being alleged is a decades-long complex, sophisticated, high-stakes scheme that led to the multibillion-dollar capture and manipulation of core elements of the Indian economy, masterminded by some of India’s most senior leaders. This is serious.
The highest profile arrest so far is India’s formerly untouchable finance minister, Pallaniappan Chidambaram. The cases against Chidambaram are spearheaded by two investigative agencies, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a specialized financial investigation agency under India’s Ministry of Finance, and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s main police investigative agency.
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Just leave it, Boss-up and Woosah!
I have resigned to the fact and have accepted the idea that I am raising the next Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso or someone comparable. I was headed out the door to pick up my pre school boys from school and I get a phone call from one of my instructors saying he is running late to one of our sites. I had to immediately stop everything to resolve the situation as this is one of my largest contracts currently.
So, as I’m putting on my Rocking MommyPreneur hat and scurrying to put out the fire, I happen to look up and my 1 year old was drawing intensely as if she is Andy Warhol with an orange crayon all over my wall. Are you kidding me? Oh well, the work fire was put out, but meanwhile we had to leave the artwork on the wall. I had to pick up the boys so that I wasn’t late to the drop off and pick up line which tends to be a nightmare.
Just leave it and move on has become my motto for the past several years. As a former perfectionist this was a long journey to arrive at. But, as a mom of 3, wife and small business owner that’s the only way to have a woosaw moment and quite frankly not go crazy. Trust me without your woosaw moments times are rough.
Check out these tips to help you woosah…
*Design your daily schedule and try to stick to it.
*Start out slow with daily mompreneur work. Make it a few days at a time during the week rather than every day. This way it eases up mommy guilt, expectations are not that high and if it doesn’t get done this week, oh well leave it. As there is always next week.
*Commit to the amount of weekly time you a lot. For instance, I am committed to working 3 days weekly. Now don’t get me wrong, I have to be on call throughout each work day, but I am able to be my best visionary and mom yet with my allotted schedule.
So when Andy Warhol, aka my 1 year old shows up ready to color away, sometimes I just have to leave it. Or if my instructor has a mess up, I just handle it. Why you may ask, because I don’t sweat the small stuff, I have a woosah moment, lower my expectations for being a perfectionist and I Boss-up.


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SARAHSVILLE — Shenandoah High opened up the home schedule in fine fashion Friday night with a 28-14 victory over visiting Johnstown Northridge to improve to 2-0 on the young season.
Head coach Jesse Well’s Zeps jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead with a pair of first quarter touchdowns. Senior Kendal Sherman opened the scoring with a 15-yard TD run at the 10:48 mark of the opening quarter, with Easton Hitchens adding the PAT kick for a 7-0 lead.
Junior Briar Portman then extended the Zeps lead out to 14-0 by ripping off a 70-yard scoring run, with Hitchens again adding the PAT boot.
Northridge got on the board to close the first stanza with Dylong Parman reaching the end zone with an 39-yard touchdown run with 3:39 left in the period to close the gap at 14-6.
Portman reached the end zone again for Shenandoah with his second TD run, this one covering five yards with just 57 seconds left in the first half for the 21-6 Shenandoah lead at the halftime break.
Northridge again closed the gap by putting up the only points in the third quarter with a nine-yard touchdown run at the 7:41 mark to reduce the Zeps lead to 21-14 entering the final period.
Shenandoah was able to close out the scoring and the victory with Portman tacking up his third rushing TD of the night with a 35-yard scamper with just 4:39 left in the game for the final margin of 28-14.
Portman led the Zeps’ ground game with 142 yards on just 13 carries with his three rushing TDs, with Sherman adding 44 yards on 12 totes. Shenandoah junior QB Ayden Smith hit on 6-of-11 passing attempts for 123 yards with an interception.
Junior Cade Denius led the Zeps’ receivers with four receptions for 64 yards, with junior Shakur Payton collecting a pair of catches for 13 yards.
NEXT — Shenandoah will host Reigning Sports Academy on Friday night with a 7 apm. kick-off slated.
Buckeye Trail 20, Newcomerstown 7
OLD WASHINGTON — Leaning on its ground game host Buckeye Trail High improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 20-7 week two victory over Newcomerstown in Inter-Valley Conference action Friday night.
"We were able to control the game with our run game for the most part," Buckeye Trail head coach Donnie Kerns explained. "And then our defense really played well...thing we held them to just around 100 yards of offense. So was a pretty solid team effort on both sides of the football."
Trail racked up 225 yards rushing on 44 attempts in the game for a solid 5.1 yards per rush. Leading the Warriors ground game was the one-two senior duo of Isaac Hickman with 80 yards on 22 carries and Jack Parry who also churn out 80 yards in 11 totes.
In the passing game, Hickman hit of 3-of-6 passes for 67 yards with the second quarter TD pass.
Buckeye Trail jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead at the halftime break, with Parry opening the scoring with a 27-yard TD run with 2:18 left in the opening quarter for a 7-0 lead after sophomore Franko Rome’s PAT boot.
In the second stanza, Hickman connected with senior Ronnie Rominger for a 28-yard touchdown pass at the 5:19 mark to extend the Warriors’ lead out to 14-0 following Rome’s second PAT kick.
To open the second half, the visiting Trojans got on the scoreboard with a short three-yard touchdown run from junior Ryan Miller with just 1:48 left in the quarter to pull within 14-7.
But Hickman answered in the fourth period with a two-yard dive into the end zone with just 3:10 left to play to seal the 20-7 victory for the Warriors.
Newcomerstown (1-1) was led offensively by senior Wyatt Conner with a game-high 84 yards rushing on 17 carries, with senior QB Gavin Weaver completing 3-of-6 passing attempts for 27 yards.
NEXT — Buckeye Trial will host Barnesville on Friday, while Newcomerstown hits the road to Conotton Valley. Both sites will feature 7 p.m. kick-offs.
Indian Valley 42, Manchester 14
MIDVALE — Zach Love’s big night propelled host Indian Valley to a lopsided 42-14 victory over Manchester in Friday night action at Kelly Field.
Love churned out 228 yards rushing on 22 carries with a trio of long touchdown runs to lead the Braves’ ground game.
Indian Valley (2-0) held just a 14-7 lead at the halftime break, with Love breaking off scoring runs of 70 and 56 yards in the opening half.
In the second half, the Braves took control by outscoring Manchester by a 28-7 margin with Love reaching pay dirt for the third time with a 53-yard scamper with 3:31 left in the third quarter.
Mason Love added a pair of TDs for IV with hauling in a 77-yard touchdown pass from QB Ty Myers and then taking an interception, his third of the game to the house with a 35-yard return to close out the scoring with 2:53 left in the game. Kent Schubach got into the act with a short five-yard touchdown run at the 3:20 mark of the fourth stanza.
Myers finished his night by connecting on 9-of-16 passing attempts for 182 yards, with Mason Love his favorite target with three receptions for 109 yards.
NEXT — Indian Valley travels to Indian Creek on Friday at 7 p.m.
Eastern 20, Caldwell 14
TUPPERS PLAINS— Caldwell High held a seven point lead at 14-7 headed into the fourth quarter of Friday night’s road game versus Eastern High, before seeing the host Eagles rally back for the 20-14 win with a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns.
Eastern freshman QB Brady Yonker connected on a pair of touchdowns passes to Mason Dishong in the final period, to hand the Redskins the disappointing road setback.
Eastern took the early lead, marching 65 yards on 10 consecutive running plays. Blake Newland gave the hosts their first lead of the night, scoring from a yard out, on a run to the left with 6:42 remaining in the first quarter. Dishong made his first of back-to-back extra-point kicks to give EHS the edge 7-0.
Caldwell (0-2) was held to a single first down in the opening quarter, but got things going on its first drive of the second. A 47-yard run by junior Caden Moore put the Redskins inside the Eagle 10, and four plays later, CHS freshman quarterback Braxton Dudley found paydirt on a four-yard run. Alejandro Poza made his first of two point-after kicks, tying the game at seven with 4:11 left in the first half.
Eastern came up with the game’s lone takeaway with 3:57 left in the third quarter, as Blake Newland intercepted a pass on the EHS 39. However, the Eagles went three-and-out for the third time in four drives and punted the ball back to the Redskins.
Caldwell took a 14-7 lead just two plays later, as Dudley scampered 65 yards for the touchdown with 1:50 left in the third.
Eastern responded with a 65-yard scoring drive of its own, featuring five carries by Steve Fitzgerald for 48 yards. On the seventh play of the possession, a fourth down from the CHS 10, Yonker found Dishong for the game-tying touchdown pass with 10:24 to play.
After a trio of punts — two by Caldwell and one by Eastern — the Eagles started their game-winning drive at the CHS 31. A trio of carries by Fitzgerald moved the Eagles down to the six-yard line, where Yonker completed his game-winning touchdown pass Dishong with 1:46 remaining.
Caldwell’s last-ditch effort was stymied by a pair of penalties, Eastern regained possession and sealed the 20-14 victory with a pair of kneel downs.
For the game, the Eagles held a 12-to-5 advantage in first downs. EHS outgained its guest by a 221-to-193 clip for the game, including 183-to-154 on the ground. Eastern was penalized five times for a total of 40 yards, while Caldwell was sent back seven times for 55.
Dudley paced the Redskin ground attack with 80 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries, along with completing 5-of-15 passes for 39 yards. Moore had 71 yards on 16 carries for the guests, while junior Whyatt Parks caught a team-best four passes for 28 yards.
NEXT — Caldwell travels to Tuscarawas Central Catholic on Saturday at 7 p.m.


LEIA welcomes Government announcement on further support on transition to new UKCA marking regime
The Government announced today [20 June] further support for business as they transition to the new UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking regime. In the announcement Paul Scully, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), and Minister of State (London) said “The Government wants to make it easier for businesses to comply with the […]
LEIA welcomes back Wittur Group to membership
Wittur supplies components, systems and solutions for the industry world-wide. Its expertise covers all fields of application, from lifts in skyscrapers, residential and civil buildings to shopping malls, public buildings, ships and modernisation projects. The company has over 4,700 employees, 13 production sites, 7 competence centres, more than 600 patents worldwide with 126 unique inventions […]
LEIA welcomes Midland Lift Services as newest member
Midland Lift Services is a family business, founded in 2000, and supports individuals, businesses and organisations throughout central England. The company works on all types of passenger, goods and platform lifts of any age, including all manufacturers and models. It helps with all lift requirements, from installing new lifts to refurbishing or offering a service […]
LEIA is the trade association and advisory body for the lift and escalator industry, formed in 1997 by the merging of two long-standing associations with a history dating back to 1932. With a membership of 163 UK registered companies covering 85% of the lift and escalator industry, LEIA represents a single voice for the sector. LEIA members supply passenger and goods/service lifts, stairlifts, homelifts, lifting platforms, escalators, passenger conveyors and a range of component parts for such products. LEIA members also undertake the maintenance of over 300,000 products falling within the scope of the Association.


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Wonderful old city 100 km east of Amerdam. Maybe a bit quiet but really neat shops and places to have a drink or a maal. Nice walks along the river Ijssel and a few great events and many second hand bookstores. Go visit!

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"Presentation and New Media - 10 Years checkpointmedia: Concepts, Paths, Visions"
Since 2001, the Vienna-based company checkpointmedia has produced multimedia Gesamtkunstwerke for exhibitions, museums, visitor centres and organisations. Besides an overview of projects carried out over the last ten years, the book "Presentation and New Media - 10 Years checkpointmedia: Concepts, Paths, Visions" contains essays by leading contemporary protagonists on the current discourse in the media, worlds of experience, communication and internet sectors. Seven chapters of the book are devoted to experts' contributions, interspersed with illustrations of checkpointmedia projects. The book elucidates the various aspects of the company's work, from research, artistic involvement, storytelling and the provision of information on subjects such as design, architecture and the integration of new technologies such as websites and content management systems, to the exploration of questions of identity, culture, communication and implementation - all of which are inextricably linked to one another. Published by Springer-Verlag Vienna/New York


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In the project “District of New Technologies – Katowice Gaming and Technology HUB” the high historical and aesthetic values of the historic post-industrial complex were exposed and functions enabling the technological development of the city were introduced there.
A new version of industrial areas
The revitalisation of the area formerly occupied by the KWK “Wieczorek” coalmine, which has become a permanent part of the city’s landscape and has witnessed history for years, should, in the authors’ opinion, preserve and contribute to the cultivation of the cultural and architectural heritage of this unique place. The architects took a holistic approach to the area and sought to arrange the space in such a way as to preserve the valuable historical fabric while creating an attractive, immersive, multi-layered experience while staying in the modern Gaming and Technology HUB, where different functions meet in the historic buildings.
It is worth noting that Katowice itself is a young city developing at a very fast pace. Although its beginnings date back to the 16th century, it received city rights only in 1865. Currently, Katowice is undergoing a transformation – from a city full of industry to a modern city of new technologies. The site of a coal mine that has been in operation for 200 years is to become, among other things, the headquarters of companies active in e-sports and computer games production (Katowice has been the arena for the world e-sports championships for several years). Preservation of the historical tissue combined with modern architecture will help preserve the historical heritage of Katowice.
Arranged in this manner, the contemporary public space will not only be open to the users of the office and conference spaces located there, but will also attract people from the gaming and technology sectors as well as tourists visiting this region of Poland.
In addition to the already mentioned office and conference functions, the planned area will include, among other things, a multifunctional main square with a fountain, a modern education centre, a conference centre with a spacious foyer with a viewing tower, an auditorium for 500 people, a restaurant that will seat 200 people, and a museum with a café.
The representative entrance area was located in the former Guildhall building. The creators have also proposed a loop – that is, an internal loop to activate all functions, which is a treadmill for pedestrians and cyclists and meets the requirements of a fire road.
Demanding context, complex project
When designing such a vast area, the authors faced a very demanding context. This is always a big challenge and requires the developers to be sensitive, to interpret the site and to understand what value this place has for the residents, as well as to skilfully combine care for the historical content and to introduce modern solutions that are essential for this type of HUB. In the revitalised area there are both buildings of little aesthetic value, built in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, as well as historic buildings of the “Pułaski” shaft and the KWK “Wieczorek” mine, which were built in the early 20th century. In addition, the site is adjacent to the architectural gem that is the Nikiszowiec estate.
With the environment in mind
The sustainable approach to the project includes environmentally friendly solutions such as rooftop cultivation, rainwater retention, the possible use of the mine shaft for heat pumps and the use of geothermal energy. In addition, designs include photovoltaic panels on roofs, green roofs, green parking spaces made of openwork paving blocks interspersed with grass, optimum glazing, charging stations for cars and electric bicycles, nesting boxes for birds, insect houses and hedgehog houses.


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Rising poverty caused by global competition between corporations forces thousands of people to flee their homelands and immigrate to the U.S. every year. These people leave their loved ones behind, as well as their culture and language, to be able to feed their families.
If immigrants are fortunate enough to make it into the U.S. and find work, business owners “reward” these extremely hard-working people with the least desirable jobs, the lowest pay (often below the legal minimum wage), few benefits, and discrimination.
Government raids and deportations rip immigrant families apart, forcing undocumented workers to live in hiding in constant fear of deportation.
During his 2008 election campaign, Barack Obama pledged to improve these conditions on the Spanish TV network, Univision: “What I can guarantee is that we will have, in the first year, an immigration bill that I strongly support and that I’m promoting.”
Lured by promises like these, 67% of Latino voters chose Obama over the Republican candidate in 2008. Three years later, Latinos are feeling betrayed.
Rather than improving immigrants’ rights, President Obama actually ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to intensify militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border in 2010, which has led to an increase in deaths along the border. Obama also carried out a record number of deportations in 2009 and 2010, the highest of any two-year period in U.S. history, more than Bush or any Republican. The Obama administration’s goal for 2011 is to deport 404,000 undocumented workers - over 1,000 per day, (www.ice.gov).
But now the 2012 elections are approaching, and the Latino population is growing fast, including the Latino voting population in key states that swing national elections. Under pressure from growing protests and annual immigrant rallies on May 1, International Workers’ Day, Obama decided to launch a series of six speeches in April and May promoting “immigration reform.”
“I want to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, to enforce our laws, and also to address the status of millions of undocumented workers. I want to sign the DREAM Act into law.
“This is not going to be easy. It’s going to require bipartisan support. I’m going to need your help. We’ve got to keep doing the hard work of changing minds and changing hearts and changing votes, one at a time. But all of you are going to be out there, and you’re going to have to help make this happen.”
Obama makes excuses for the Democrats’ broken promises by claiming that Democrats need the help of Republicans and ordinary people. However, ordinary people overwhelmingly voted in 2008 to give Democrats complete control over the White House and Congress, including a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate in 2009. For two years from 2009-2010, Democrats could have used their supermajority to pass whatever legislation they wanted, and Republicans could not stop them.
These betrayals by the Democrats and a rise in harsh anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona and other states finally compelled many immigrant youth to take action themselves. In 2010 and 2011, they organized student walk-outs, road blockades and occupations of senators’ offices. Undocumented youth boldly risked arrest and deportation, and they demanded that the Democrats pass the DREAM Act.
These young people’s tremendous courage and sacrifice deserves our full support. At the same time, we need to take a critical look at the details of the DREAM Act.
The DREAM Act
The DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) promises undocumented youth a limited, conditional legal status in exchange for completing two years of college or military service.
However, racial barriers, rising tuition and the lack of financial aid prevents an estimated 90% of undocumented students from ever completing college. According to a study by the National Council of La Raza, Latinos receive the least funding and preparation for college. They have the highest dropout rates (52%), lowest graduation rates (45%), and are least likely to receive a bachelor’s degree (8%).
In effect, 90% of undocumented youth would have to join the military to obtain legal status under the DREAM Act.
Democratic Senator Durbin was quoted in the Army Times (7/16/07), saying: “It turns out that many in the Department of Defense believe, as I do, that the DREAM Act is an important part of making certain we have talented young men and women ready to serve in our military.” Some Republicans support the bill, too, because it would provide more soldiers for a military that is overstretched in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.
An earlier version of the bill did not contain the military services option and instead include community service as an option. The Pentagon was heavily influential in getting the military service option inserted into the bill.
Furthermore, in order to obtain legal status under the DREAM Act, undocumented youth would have to prove they entered the U.S. before the age of 16, resided in the U.S. for five years continuously, obtained a high school diploma or G.E.D., avoided travel restrictions and committing crimes, paid back-taxes, learned English, and fulfilled many more bureaucratic requirements.
After thirteen years they could apply for citizenship. Until then, they would be barred from many public benefits including Medicaid, food stamps, Pell grants, and tax credits under the Democrats’ new health insurance law.
In conclusion, we should support the courageous protests of DREAM activists, but we must also criticize the DREAM Act for its many barriers to citizenship for 90% of undocumented youth and its requirement that most youth fight and possibly die in imperialist wars. Instead, we need to build a movement, independent of both corporate parties, that focuses on fighting for what all immigrants deserve: immediate, unconditional citizenship rights.
We also need to counter the corporate elite’s attempts to pit workers against one another by demanding living-wage jobs and free higher education for all workers of all races. This could be paid for by taxing corporations and millionaires and ending the wars.


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Will Smith and Bomba Estéreo are taking their relationship to the next level. On November 19, Smith will join Bomba on the Latin Grammys stage for their “Fiesta (Remix)” collab. In a press release, Smith continued to give the group enough praise to land him a permanent spot in the group.
“Performing at the Latin Grammys is a great honor for me,” he said, according to Variety Latino. “Being around the quality of artists with such global impact excites me. I can’t imagine a more perfect stage to premiere ‘Fiesta (Remix)’ live with Bomba Estéreo.”
OK, but will he break out these moves?


According to an article published on August 5, 2014 by the European news provider EurActiv the European Commission’s (EC) President Manual Barroso, who is to step down in a few weeks, blocked a variety of environmental legislations including the criteria on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). According to EurActiv, the information was leaked by a senior official of the European Commission who contends that Barroso and the EC’s Secretary General Catherine Day interfered with a variety of environment proposals originally part of the Commission’s work program for 2013-14. The deadline for publication of EDC criteria was missed in December 2013 and postponed indefinitely. The unnamed official details that this was a result of lobbying by the cosmetics industry with the Commission. Similarly, sustainability requirements for biomass, draft criteria for bioenergy, and a Europe-wide inspection regime for illegally-imported timber were postponed as a result of interference by the EU executives during the 2013-2014 period, EurActiv reports.
EurActiv (August 5, 2014). “How the Commission ‘blocked’ key environmental plans.”


- What is Pytorch?
- What is the GTSRB dataset?
- How can Pytorch be used with the GTSRB dataset?
- What are the benefits of using Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset?
- How to install Pytorch?
- How to get started with Pytorch?
- What are the features of Pytorch?
- How to use Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset?
This blog post will teach you how to use Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset. By following the instructions in this post, you will be able to train a model that can accurately classify images from the GTSRB dataset.
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Pytorch is a powerful tool for training deep learning models. It is widely used in the research community and has been adopted by many companies for deploying deep learning models in production. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use pytorch to train a model on the German Traffic Sign Recognition Benchmark (GTSRB) dataset.
The GTSRB dataset consists of images of traffic signs from Germany. The dataset is divided into a training set and a test set. The training set consists of 43,540 images, while the test set consists of 12,630 images. Each image in the dataset is 32x32 pixels in size and has been annotated with a label indicating the traffic sign it depicts.
To use pytorch with the GTSRB dataset, we first need to install the pytorch and torchvision packages. We can do this using the pip package manager:
pip install torch torchvision
Once pytorch and torchvision are installed, we can import them into our Python program:
What is Pytorch?
Pytorch is a powerful open-source software library for machine learning that provides a wide range of algorithms for deep learning. It is also one of the most popular frameworks for training and deploying neural networks. Pytorch is easy to use and has a simple, yet effective, programming interface. It also has strong support forgpu computing, which makes it a good choice for training deep neural networks.
What is the GTSRB dataset?
The GTSRB dataset is a dataset of images that are split into training and testing sets. The training set is used to train the model, while the testing set is used to evaluate the performance of the model. The dataset contains a variety of images, including traffic signs, pedestrians, and vehicles.
How can Pytorch be used with the GTSRB dataset?
Pytorch is a powerful tool for training machine learning models. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset. The GTSRB dataset is a standard benchmark for traffic sign recognition. It consists of images of traffic signs from around the world, annotated with labels indicating the type of sign.
What are the benefits of using Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset?
Pytorch is a powerful and versatile deep learning framework that can be used for a variety of tasks and applications. One of its many strengths is its compatibility with a wide range of datasets, including the GTSRB dataset.
The GTSRB dataset is a publicly available dataset that contains images of traffic signs from around the world. It is an important dataset for research in the field of computer vision and has been used in a number of papers and studies.
Using Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset has a number of benefits. First, Pytorch’s data loading utilities make it easy to load and manipulate the dataset. Second, Pytorch’s neural network modules can be easily used to train models on the dataset. Finally, Pytorch’s extensive documentation makes it easy to find code examples and tutorials for using Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset.
How to install Pytorch?
Pytorch is a free and open source machine learning library for Python, based on Torch, used for applications such as computer vision and natural language processing. It is one of the most popular libraries in the world.
The GTSRB dataset is a image classification dataset of 43 Classes. In this tutorial, we will be using Pytorch to train a convolutional neural network on the GTSRB dataset.
This tutorial assumes that you have Pytorch installed on your system. If you do not have Pytorch installed, please follow the instructions given in the link below to install Pytorch:
How to get started with Pytorch?
Pytorch is a powerful and easy to use programming framework for deep learning. In this tutorial, we will show you how to get started with Pytorch and the GTSRB dataset.
The GTSRB dataset is a popular dataset for traffic sign recognition. It consists of images of real-world traffic signs from various countries. The images are in different sizes and resolutions, so we will need to pre-process them before we can use them with Pytorch.
We will start by downloading the dataset and extracting the images. Then, we will resize the images to a common size and convert them to Pytorch tensors. Finally, we will create a Pytorch dataloader that can be used to train a neural network on the GTSRB dataset.
This tutorial assumes that you have some experience with deep learning and Pytorch. If you are not familiar with these concepts, we recommend that you check out some of our other tutorials first.
What are the features of Pytorch?
Pytorch is a powerful tool for deep learning because of its ability to easily create complex models and its inherent flexibility. Pytorch also has some great data visualization tools, which can be very helpful in understanding your training data and diagnosing problems in your model. The GTSRB dataset is a great dataset for testing Pytorch’s abilities because it is relatively small, but still has a complex structure.
How to use Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset?
This document shows how to use Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset.
The GTSRB (German Traffic Sign Recognition Benchmark) is a multi-class classification task, where the goal is to classify traffic signs into one of 43 classes. The dataset contains around 50,000 images, split into 43 classes. The dataset can be found here:
Before you begin, you will need to have Pytorch installed on your system. You can find instructions for doing so here:
Once you have Pytorch installed, you will need to download the GTSRB dataset. You can do so by running the following command:
wget https://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/fileadmin/datasets_1/gtsrb/GTSRB_Final_Training_Images.zip -P data/gtsrb/
unzip data/gtsrb/GTSRB_Final_Training_Images.zip -d data/gtsrb/
This concludes our guide on how to use Pytorch with the GTSRB dataset. We hope you found this helpful and that it will make your work with this dataset easier.


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Low Back Pain
Since you haven't recently changed your lifestyle dramatically, your back pain is most likely due to muscle strain, sprain or other minor injury from your daily activities. The pain should go away over time.
To decrease pain, avoid overuse, rest briefly if necessary (but avoid complete bedrest for more than a day or two as this appears to provide little benefit in most cases), and avoid those activities that might have triggered your pain in the first place. Over-the-counter pain medications, topical medications (such as Icy Hot or Ben Gay), or the application of ice may be helpful.
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