By the time you read this, the winners of this year’s Social CEOs awards will have been announced at a special event at JustGiving last night. Once again this year’s winners show how charity leaders at the helm of organisations of all sizes and budgets can use digital to help their charity increase its networks, fundraise and engage stakeholders in creative ways, giving an extra dimension to achieving their organisations’ goals. But this can only be done if leaders are willing to take risks, be visible and have courage about trying new things.
So what can we learn from 2018’s winners, including the new digital awards? We’ve pulled together the key lessons below in the hope that other charity leaders see what is possible, and how their charities can benefit.
Kate Collins, CEO of Teenage Cancer Trust took home the award for overall winner of the top CEOs. Kate’s talent for building relationships, flying the flag for her charity’s work and helping her team feel recognised can be seen in her tweets. With 2019 likely to be a volatile year, Kate’s inspiring Twitter presence helps motivate her staff and shows what they are aspiring to achieve. ‘Building a movement’ has been one of the buzzwords in the charity sector for the last few years but it is meaningless unless it starts with your workforce, and your CEO is prepared to rally them behind your cause.
Delighted to see the hard work of the @TeenageCancer L&D team recognised - our Leadership Development Programme has been shortlisted for @learningaward— Kate Collins (@KateCollinsUK) October 23, 2018
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You need a multichannel strategy
Many of the charity leaders who were nominated focused on Twitter. This is a really good place to start but the charity CEOs who were doing something creative on other platforms, or who had thought about their presence across all channels stood out. The judges noticed how Josiah Lockhart, CEO of Firstport, had a well thought out approach across Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram, talking about charity and social enterprise developments relevant to his charity and sharing his lessons learned as a leader. This gives a strong impression of his charity’s work, their ethos and his expertise.
Whoever came up with the phrase that a picture is worth a 1000 words obviously had social media in mind. A quick video or photo can highlight your charity’s cause in a memorable way, such as in this example from Martin Houghton-Brown, CEO of St John Ambulance.
It’s all about balance
Two of the winners in the Best Leader on Social Media category juggle a range of relationships and interests with skill. Caroline Price, winner in this category and Director of Services at Beat, is notable for the way she takes time to talk to service users on Twitter with empathy.
Thank you so much for the support I'd love to be an ambassador one day and continue to help @BeatEDSupport with their important and vital work— emily nuttall (@emily4993) October 22, 2018
Rob Murray, Head of Scotland at Changing Faces juggles this role alongside being a Commissioner at Scouts Scotland effectively on Twitter, sharing just the right amount of content from each. The panel felt that Rob was a good example of how many charity leaders can share their portfolio of roles and interests online.
The sector needs more from trustees
Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of The Royal College of General Practitioners won both Best Trustee on Social Media and Best Digital Trustee. Under her leadership the RCGP has launched an ambitious digital transformation programme, changing the way it offers curriculum, training, assessment and continuing professional development (CPD) resources, with the aim of improving the quality of service which RCGP can offer patients. 100,000 users have already signed up to its eLearning hub. Helen’s social reach has influenced some key national policy decisions, such as the suspension of the obligation for doctors to share patients’ confidential NHS data with the Home Office for suspected immigration cases. The judges discussed how this shows that the sector’s expectations of trustees and how they lead on digital is evolving, and how they need to show that they are thinking big.
Many delegates were energised yesterday by presentation about potential of Group GP consultations @RCGPAC - not suitable for everyone but evidence suggests are showing great potential for some conditions and patients really value them https://t.co/6U57l7ZtBB— Helen Stokes-Lampard (@HelenRCGP) October 6, 2018
Grassroots change can be powerful
Digital transformation isn’t just about big organisational change programmes. It’s also about the people within those charities who are at the coalface and can encourage everyone around them to do things differently. Nikki Bell, relationship manager at the British Heart Foundation and winner of the Best Rising Star on Social Media award was praised for her ability to inspire other fundraisers to improve their fundraising approach with social media, and for the fact that her teachings reach BHF volunteers who then put good practice into their voluntary work. Liz Green of YouthLink Scotland, winner of the Digital Champion award is clearly passionate about how digital can help her sector punch above its weight.
She has brought staff together at lunch and learn sessions where she has helped those with relatively low digital skills see the different benefits of using digital in a youth work setting.
Julie Dodd, winner of the Best Digital Leader award, was commended for her cross sector perspective on digital change, which helps get her peers talking about wider digital transformation issues.
We need more digital skills in the sector
Whilst this year saw an increase in nominations, with some excellent charity leaders being put forward, the judges only selected 25, rather than 30 CEOs as in previous years, for the top CEOs category, and chose not to make an award in the Digital CEO category as none of the nominees met the criteria. All of this indicates that whilst there is more traction in the sector around digital, stand out skills in this area are still in short supply. We hope that 2018’s winners will therefore ‘pay it forward’ by nominating charity leaders from organisations of all sizes and causes next year. And we hope that you will also tell us who you think should win then. These awards are about continuously raising the bar for what we expect of how our leaders use digital, and how this can expand their charities’ horizons.
To see the winners and get more resources to help charity leaders with social media see http://www.socialceos.org/


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REUTERS: Borussia Dortmund have received more than half a million ticket applications for the Champions League final against Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga club said on Monday.
Borussia, who have an average home attendance of around 80,000, said 502,567 fans had applied for tickets online before Sunday’s deadline.
“It’s absolutely crazy,” said the club, adding that a draw would be made to determine who would get the 24,042 tickets the club has been allocated for the match on May 25.
The two finalists have been allocated 50,000 tickets for the final at London’s Wembley Stadium, even though the total capacity will be 86,000.
Prices start at 60 pounds per ticket and go up to 330 pounds for the top category, a shock for German fans used to much lower prices for Bundesliga matches.
Fans could end up paying more for a ticket for the Wembley final than they do for a season ticket at home in Germany where modern stadiums have low-cost standing areas.
Borussia reached their only previous final in 1997 when they beat Juventus 3-1.

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Today, on June 26, India is celebrating the victory of Kargil war or Operation Vijay. A war which was thrust upon us by an unscrupulous enemy, who exploited our trust to change the status-quo in an extremely difficult and unforgiving terrain, and required a military-diplomatic might of India to win it. The story of Kargil war is a story of a humble soldier who rose to the occasion and won the battle against all odds.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a message, paying homage to the soldiers, said, “On Kargil Vijay Diwas, a grateful nation pays homage to all those who served the nation during Operation Vijay. Our brave soldiers ensured that India remains protected and gave a befitting answer to those who tried to vitiate the atmosphere of peace.” Our prime minister is correct, the victory was the achieved through the age-old, time-tested bravery of humble foot soldiers.
A lot has been written about the war and lot more will be written in future. There are not many stories left to tell, but no matter how many times the well-known stories of the self-sacrificing acts of brave men are retold, every time they fill us with the same emotion of gratitude towards them.
In the winters of 1998-99, Pakistan crossed across the line of control (LoC) in the Kargil-Dras area of the Northern Ladakh region and occupied the winter-vacated posts of India army overlooking the Srinagar-Leh National highway (NH1). This sector covers approximately 168 km of the LoC from Zoji La in the west to Turtok(Siachen Glaciers) in the east with varying heights between 4,000 to 5,000 metres. This threatened the national integrity as well as the two and a half lakh Indians in Zoji La.
The terrain is such that large gaps could not be avoided between the protected areas. Indian army deployed one infantry battalion at Dras, two infantry battalions and a BSF battalion at Kargil. Ladakh Scouts defended Chorbat La.
The well-documented misadventure was planned by Gen Pervez Musharraf, then Army Chief of Pakistan later President of Pakistan, was based on a simple premise that India will not be allowed to declare war on Pakistan by the international community as the nuclear tests of 1998 had made both nations nuclear power.
The premise was perfect and the plan on paper was full proof. Playing to the Pakistani script, then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asked Indian army not cross the LoC, thus putting most of the easy routes to occupied heights out of bound to Indian soldiers. And given the challenges that the icy terrain posed to using many of the equipment of Army, the battle was reduced to the soldiers climbing to those peaks through the enemy fire to dislodge the enemy and reclaim the posts which they did proving Pakistan wrong.
Everything around the war is a story of limitations from intelligence agencies which failed to know the movement of Pakistani army, their deployment to Indian military planners who failed to foresee possibility of Pakistan doing something of this kind to political leaders who could not fathom courage to go for full-fledged war pushing Pakistan into a situation where it did not have matching conventional capability. One can’t overlook the naivety of Indian nuclear doctrine planners who allowed Pakistan to threaten India with nuclear attack if it crossed the international border in another sector thus lowering the nuclear threshold.
Kargil became a war against odds of all kinds. In an era, post Gulf war, when armies began to look at wars being led by military equipment under the protection of the fighters of Air Forces, Kargil was fought in a primitive way by the infantry soldiers with the support of heavy mortars and artillery (wherever possible). It is important to note that India did not have enough ammunition for our artillery guns! This prolonged the war and it took nearly two months, and over 500 dead soldiers and support of Israel’s weapons supply to win the war.
The brave hearts
Battles to capture Tiger Hill, point 4875, Tololing are some of the famous battles which have become folklore of India and soldiers like Capt Vikram Batra, PVC (Posthumous) of 13 JAK RIF and Lt Manoj Kumar, PVC (Posthumous), of 1/11 GR folk heroes. The war which saw four Param Veer Chakra, ten Maha Veer Chakra and 49 Veer Chakra.
To understand the difficulties that Indian soldiers faced, one has to understand the terrain, in addition to challenges coming from terrain like shortness of breath from the rarified air, required acclimatization before moving in the sector to operational challenges like steep climbing and dearth of any natural protection. It is well known that Indian army calculated a ratio of one is to eight to recapture the posts. A very high rate of attrition. But Pakistani were well entrenched behind bunkers on hilltops.
The only option left was to climb through machine gun fire from one point to another disregarding the personal safety. But the worst waited for them when they reached on top. Every effort to capture post required closed one to one fight. No post could be captured without physically silencing the enemy machines guns. This brought the best from Indian soldiers. Each post cost India dearly but there was no dearth of brave hearts ready to jump in front of the fortified enemy positions.
Nineteen years hence, one can say that when all options betrayed India, it was the men who overcome every challenge to win what was near impossible. Kargil war was the victory or Vijay of the Indian soldier and his grit, determination and valour. Jai Hind.


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Marvel fans are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the highly-anticipated trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home. On Sunday, they got a quick glimpse when the trailer appeared to leak online.
The grainy footage of the unfinished trailer appeared on social media with videos circulating on Twitter and TikTok, with some details and rumors confirmed.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is scheduled to arrives in theaters December 17, but a date for the official trailer remains to be seen.
In the meantime, you can check out some of the best and funniest reactions to the trailer leak and anticipation of the official trailer from Marvel fans below.
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We introduce high-resolution solid-state imaging detectors for the search of neutrinoless double β decay. Based on the present literature, imaging devices from amorphous 82Se evaporated on a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) active pixel array could have the energy and spatial resolution to produce two-dimensional images of ionizing tracks of utmost quality, effectively akin to an electronic bubble chamber in the double β decay energy regime. Still to be experimentally demonstrated, a detector consisting of a large array of these devices could have very low backgrounds, possibly reaching 1 × 10-7/(kgy) in the neutrinoless decay region of interest (ROI), as it may be required for the full exploration of the neutrinoless double β decay parameter space in the most unfavorable condition of a strongly quenched nucleon axial coupling constant.
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Bentleyâ€™s ultra-high-performance two-seat flagship, the 621hp Continental Supersports, has recently been certified by both Germanyâ€™s Motor Transport Authority (KBA) and TÃœV, to meet the 85 percent recyclability standard (95 percent for recoverability). With this, the $273,295 Supersports joins the rest of the Continental range and makes Bentley one of the first luxury car manufacturers to attain this standard, in which virtually all of the Continentalâ€™s materials can be reused or re-processed by other industries.
So buyers of this bold and beautiful Bentley can luxuriate in their â€œgreenâ€ status as they top off with E85 biofuel. Dr. Arno Homburg, head of whole vehicle development at Bentley Motors, said, â€œProducing the fastest Bentley was a challenge in itself. However, we were equally determined not to sacrifice any environmental aspect in pursuit of this goal. The result is the paradox that the most extreme Bentley ever is also the greenest.â€
Bentley has pledged to reduce the companyâ€™s average fleet CO2 emissions by 15 percent by 2012, as well as to introduce a new powertrain that uses 40 percent less fuel. Check out the Continental Supersports at www.bentleymotors.com.
(This post originally appeared in the December 10, 2009, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)


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In case you missed it, here’s another reason to
throw the bums out: The Los Angeles Times reports it has obtained
documents showing that Halliburton, Bunker Boy’s old company, won a lucrative extension of its
no-bid military contract after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did an end-run around its own
chief contracting officer, who objected to the proposal in vivid, handwritten notes.
Times reporter T. Christian Miller quotes documents for the first time showing that chief
contracting officer Bunnatine Greenhouse wrote her
objections on a version of the $165-million extension proposal. She scrawled comments such as:
“I cannot approve this”; “Incorrect!”; “No! How!”; and “Not a valid reason.”
After Greenhouse raised her objections, she was threatened with demotion. She nonetheless
recorded her complaints in a letter her lawyer wrote to acting Army Secretary Les Brownlee. As
reported in the Times and elsewhere, Halliburton is being probed by the FBI in an expanded
investigation of alleged company overcharges of millions of dollars for fuel deliveries in Iraq.
Halliburton’s response to the Greenhouse case is the usual. The company blames politics. “On
the overall issues, the old allegations have once again been recycled, this time one week before the
election,” a spokeswoman is quoted as saying.
“But,” Miller writes, “the previously undisclosed documents are part of a growing body of
evidence indicating unusual treatment was given to government contracts won by the
“Career civil servants repeatedly raised objections to contracting decisions that benefited
Halliburton, only to be overruled by higher-ups.”


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London: A simple five-minute neck scan could predict the potential onset of dementia 10 years before symptoms appear, researchers have found.
Experts hope it could become part of routine screening for those in middle-age at risk of developing the disease.
The study, led by scientists from University College London (UCL), involved monitoring the strength of the pulse travelling towards the brain.
As the heart beats, the physical pulse it generates reaches different parts of the body at different levels of intensity.
Researchers said that healthy, elastic vessels near the heart usually cushion each heartbeat, diminishing its energy and therefore preventing it from reaching delicate blood vessels elsewhere in the body.
However, factors such as ageing and high blood pressure can cause the vessels to stiffen and may diminish their protective effect. As a result, a progressively stronger pulse can travel deep into the brain's fragile vessels.
Over time, this can cause damage to the small vessels of the brain, structural changes in the brain's blood vessel network and minor bleeds known as mini strokes, that could all contribute to the development of dementia.
Professor Metin Avkiran, the associate medical director of the British Heart Foundation, which co-funded the research, said: "This test may provide a new way to identify people at risk of cognitive decline long before they display any noticeable symptoms.
"What we need now is further research, for example to understand whether lifestyle changes and medicines that reduce pulse wave intensity also delay cognitive decline."
The study involved almost 3200 middle-aged volunteers who were tracked over a period of 15 years.
Participants were given an ultrasound in 2002 that measured the intensity of the pulse travelling to the brain. Their memory and problem-solving abilities were then monitored. Those with the highest intensity pulse at the start of the study were about 50 per cent more likely to exhibit accelerated cognitive decline over the following decade compared with the others.
The difference was present even after adjustments for possible confounding factors, such as age, body mass index, blood pressure, diabetes and any other heart conditions.
Researchers said cognitive decline was a noticeable and measurable reduction in cognitive abilities including memory, language, thinking and judgment. They plan to test whether the scan improves predictive "risk scores" for dementia that already exists.
The research is being presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions conference in Chicago.


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Mel Brooks is one of America’s greatest comedians and the man who probably best understood comedy since the silent film era. He became famous with farces and parodies, and he is one of the few people who won the famous EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). The 1970s were Brooks’ most fruitful period, and after achieving huge success in the second half of the 1960s with a parody of the musical “The Producers”, his next film project was a screen adaptation of the 1928 Russian novel by Ilya Petrov. Although “12 Chairs” today may not have the same status as some of his most famous and well-known films from that era, such as “Hot Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein”, this comedy is an exemplary example of his creativity and his humor.
Brooks’ comedies exude physical humor, gags that date back to the silent film era, emphasis and an intentional lack of subtlety. He often likes to play with words, profanities that for him even exceed the limit of profanity and hit the target brilliantly, breaking the taboos of the time and making fun of everything that comes his way. In his films, he makes fun of the standard conventions of American cinema and deliberately violates them (the best example is definitely the masterpiece “Blazzing Saddles”), and in a similar way, in “The Twelve Chairs” he decided to play with a popular historical film of the time. As a template, he took a classic satirical Russian novel set in the early 1920s in the Soviet Union, where the civil war had just ended. On her deathbed, the mother of yesterday’s aristocrat will confess to her son that she sewed the family treasure into one of the 12 chairs in their former house. The greedy son of Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody) will go in search of chairs along the entire Soviet Union.
By force of chance, his ally in this search will be the young fraudster Ostap Bender (Frank Langella, who was somehow strange to see as a young man), a man also of aristocratic origin who now survives by small frauds and thanks to street wisdom. Their competitor in the search for the treasure will be the priest Fyodor (Dom DeLuise) who will also learn about the treasure during the mother’s confession. He too will be blinded by wealth and he too will embark on a crazy, typical Brooks charming and silly adventure that could be classified as a classic example of a chase comedy.
It’s a film full of metaphors and brilliantly poking fun at human nature and the somewhat cynical idea of human greed that will blind almost anyone when given the chance. It is interesting that “The Twelve Chairs” was filmed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, since he did not really have the opportunity to shoot the film in the Soviet Union itself, and at its core it is a story about human greed and the corruption that hides in everyone. However, this film is not at the level of Brooks’ best films, although those who love his work will surely enjoy “12 Chairs”.

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Offer a day of gluten free food samples including snacks, side dishes and desserts. Have your nutritionist or dietitian on-site to answer questions about a gluten-free lifestyle.
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Automatic elevators provide simplicity and convenience in terms of usage with their comfort and safety.
It is generally observed that the buildings having machine room are affected unfavorably in terms of esthetics and sighting.
Hydraulic elevators are generally preferred for the buildings not having machine room, the buildings having few person traffic, factories, shopping centers and villas.
Passenger elevators should be manufactured in accordance with the traffic calculations made at the stage of building project and elevator preliminary projects.
The elevator capacity of carrying goods or materials is more important than comfort and speed for freight elevators. They are mostly used in places which freight carrying is very intensive such as shopping centers, factories and warehouses.
Hospital elevators may be preferred as to their variable carrying capacities from 1600 kg to 2000 kg and their various speeds from 0,40 m/s up to 30m/s.
Car lifts are commonly used in automotive firms, car parking and car maintenance-repair services.
The most prominent feature of panoramic elevators that distinguishes them from other elevator models is that one or few walls of cabin is/are made of glass.
Disabled lifts are designed for the people who are sick as much as being not able to ascend a stair or step up on any elevation and to make these persons pass over these obstructions easily.
Dumbwaiter elevator is elevator model that persons cannot go into because of their dimensions and intended use.
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While the previous government failed to keep its promise to spend some parts of revenue generated from subsidy cuts to healthcare, the new government has already launched the Public Healthcare Plan initiatives. The initiative seeks to cover all people without health insurance. Their insurance premiums are said to be financed by subsidy cut’s revenue.
While the previous government failed to keep its promise to spend some parts of revenue generated from subsidy cuts to healthcare, the new government has already launched the Public Healthcare Plan initiatives. The initiative seeks to cover all people without health insurance. Their insurance premiums are said to be financed by subsidy cut's revenue. The overall goal of the plan is to fulfill the legal obligation to extend full health insurance coverage to all undertake and develop Referral System and Family Physician Initiative. It also aims at promoting health, regulating treatment behavior of people, physicians, medical-diagnostic institutions, reducing the burden of medical costs on people, reforming methods of payment to medical-diagnostic institutions and physicians, unifying basic insurance services and extending service coverage, promoting fair access to services and finance, preventing unnecessary hospitalization cases, reducing induced demands and directing health subsidies in an
In this year's budget law, healthcare share rose from 12% to 15% and 3000 billion tomans have been allocated to cover the poor and marginalized groups under insurance. 4800 billion tomans are also envisaged to be paid to the Ministry of Health out of the revenue generated from subsidy cuts.
The minister of health considers the aggregation of insurance schemes in order to offer integrated medical services inevitable and calls it the only solution to reform the healthcare system in the country. People should be granted a health ID card by which they can enjoy basic medical services from pharmacies, hospitals, dental clinics and laboratories.
Qualitative and quantitative development of insurance schemes is not ensured unless the integration happens faster. Currently, despite the significant number of insurance companies, the patients are underserved and discriminated to the point where they have to bear more than half of the cost of surgical operations, medicine and equipment. Masoud Pezeshkian, Healthcare Commission member of the parliament insisted the Ministry of Health to expedite the integration of medical insurance companies under one public insurance scheme and considered it the only way to give supplemental insurance a real function and promote quality insurance services.
Insurance penetration rate in Iran
Insurance penetration rate is defined as the ratio of the percentage of total insurance premiums to gross domestic product. It is measured by calculating generated insurance premiums in proportion to GDP. It indicates the level of development of insurance sector in a country. Higher rates indicate higher growth in the insurance sector. In Iran, the insurance penetration rate is approximately 1.8%, significantly below the global average of 7% in developed countries. According to the reports released by Sigma, the most well-known insurance journal in the world, England with 15.74% and Algeria with 0.5% rank first and last respectively in terms of insurance penetration rate.


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When you purchase our products, you are investing into a concept to popularise and inspire kids to think ‘design’. In addition, we set aside a % of our profits to work with Underprivileged kids on art. Our objective is to provide a platform to empower and inspire kids by enhancing and showcasing their creativity.


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I am afraid that we have got into a situation where people in Northern Ireland have become, to some extent, a prisoner of their own rhetoric. As I understand it, there is opposition to what people imagine is being proposed on the basis that it draws some form of moral equivalence between the forces of law and order and those people who went out, illegally armed, to commit terrorist offences. It does nothing of the sort. The only equivalence that anyone can or should read into such measures is the basic equivalence before the law that applies to everyone.
I have made this point before, and I am afraid that I am going to keep making it until one day more people accept it: already, in the form of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, such equivalence is quite clear. What that Act provides for is that if somebody has been convicted of not just one grave offence but even multiple murders, they might well be given a life sentence, but under that legislation no one will ever serve more than two years of that life sentence in jail. That has sometimes been thought to be something that applied to paramilitaries and terrorists but not to the armed forces, but in repeated debates on this subject it has been established very clearly and unambiguously in ministerial statements from the Front Bench that it applies to everyone. That does not create moral equivalence between the people it applies to; it simply creates the same equivalence before the law that applies to every British citizen, whether virtuous or villainous.

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I personally like satin fabrics but I've come to the conclusion that they just never photograph well. They often come out looking cheap plus they show every single wrinkle so it never looks very professional.
ITA. I think it's the lighting in particular that makes the fabric look so bad.
I don't mind the design of the dress though, I think it's quite attractive. I'm also not too sure about attending film premieres. I suppose it's okay as long as they aren't claiming they're doing it as a royal duty. Maybe they're serious James Bond fans, who knows...
I wouldn't be surprised if Abdullah were a James Bond geek as well as a trekkie
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Some veterans struggle after coming home from war, but not with physical wounds. They have scars in their mind.
It's a problem across the country, but veteran suicides are happening far more in the Valley. In one year alone, 259 Arizona veterans took their own life.
This week, our own government leaders are in Washington, D.C. trying to develop a plan to make this stop, to protect the people who protect us.
"I don't think I had grasped what I had really signed up for," said Adrian Romero, a veteran now back home and living in Phoenix.
Adrian was just two weeks out of high school when he joined the Marines in 2000. His own mother told him not to.
"I chose on my own to sign my papers and now I see what she was trying to prevent me from," said Adrian.
For the next four years, Adrian would serve his country. Seven months were in Iraq.
He says it's hard to process watching a friend, a fellow soldier, die in battle and not be able grieve their loss because you're afraid for your own life.
"Once your life has been threatened one time, you're different," said Adrian. "When your life is threatened multiple times, you stay in a constant state of fear, so that's kind of what I deal with daily."
Adrian was diagnosed with PTSD, but denied it for years. He even thought about taking his own life.
Adrian is far from alone.
According to the VA, in 2014, 259 veterans took their own life in Arizona alone. The suicide rate is especially high in Maricopa County. About 54 per 100,000. The national average 38 per 100,000.
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton says the numbers are shocking.
"I don't know why. I don't think anybody knows why," said Mayor Stanton. "But we have to find out."
The Mayor's Office, along with 21 other people, are part of a new inter-agency team to increase veteran support and reduce suicides in the county and Arizona.
The VA says Phoenix could lead the way nationally with its plan.

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Last year, the president eased decades-old travel restrictions to Cuba, allowing Americans to fly from the U.S. to the country for the first time in years. That's exactly what Tara Hitchcock did.
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The issue of lookalikes is one that has been on the policy and business agenda for at least two decades. Well-known brands, and brand-owners’ groups, have long advocated specific and adequate protection against lookalikes under United Kingdom (UK) law, particularly in the context of possible business-to-business harm. More recently, the issue has also become more prominent on the agenda of the European Union (EU) both in the context of so-called “free-riding” in relation to trade mark law, and with respect to possible unfair commercial practices.
This report uses a working definition of a lookalike in the following terms: a lookalike product is a product sold by a third party which looks similar to a manufacturer brand owner’s product and, by reason of that similarity, consumers perceive the lookalike to share a greater number of features with the manufacturer brand owner than would be expected simply because the products are in the same product category. This report further defines own brand in this report as a product sold under a retailer’s brand name (whether or not is it also a lookalike), and a manufacturer brand as a brand controlled by an entity that manufactures the products itself, rather than applying its own branding to something manufactured by a third party.
The literature review
The literature suggests that innovation leads to growth in consumer markets. Further, brands provide consumer security as brands need to retain consistent quality to survive. The literature also indicates that large brand owners, who manufacture and design their products, innovate more than non-manufacture brands rivals.
The existing literature suggests that own brand products have an evolutionary life cycle with lookalikes existing in the later stages of that cycle. It also indicates that own brands are more successful in low innovation product categories. Accordingly, incremental innovation by manufacturer brand owners makes it more difficult for own brand to penetrate the market. This in turn might be a driver for manufacturers to innovate.
There is little empirical evidence on whether own brand affects innovation. Further, in the food sector it has been found that the existence of own brand has had no effect in Europe (except in Spain). Nevertheless, it has been suggested that lost sales caused by own brand would lead to less money being spent by manufacturers on research and development
The literature postulates certain types of business harm which might be caused by lookalikes. This includes lowering the level of innovation, wasted rents on packaging changes, brand followers being pushed out of the market place and an adverse effect on advertising. In addition, it suggests that there is a need to protect the investment in market research to obtain new consumer insights.
The existing consumer evidence suggests that in the absence of the brand leader, products that look similar to that leader are better received by consumers than those that look distinct. In addition, when a lookalike is on the shelf at the same time as the brand leader the lookalike might be used for comparison purposes. Further, the presence of lookalikes will reduce a consumer’s reaction time in selecting a product and may (under time pressure and outside the normal shop environment) increase the chance of mistaken selection. 8. There have been numerous consumer surveys on the issue of similar packaging for fast-moving consumer goods. These studies demonstrate a high level of consumers making mistaken purchases. The reasons for these mistakes include similar packaging such as cues of colour, shape and size. Additionally shelf position is reported as a factor.
Previous consumer surveys show that consumers have a perception that own brand goods have a common origin with manufacturer brand owner products (irrespective of packaging) and when packaging is similar there is an increased perception of common origin. Additionally, those surveys suggest that consumer perceptions of own brand are generally good with at least a quarter (and possibly three-quarters) of consumers perceiving own brand to be as good as the manufacturer brand owner’s products.
The present research was divided into three parts. The first part comprises interviews with stakeholders in the fast-moving consumer goods market. The second part of the research comprises two consumer surveys: one considering whether there is a lookalike effect; and the second addressing the advantages and disadvantages perceived by consumers across three jurisdictions. The final part of the research involved the analysis of sales figures for certain brand leading products to see the impact, if any, of a lookalike entering the market.
The study found a small, but statistically significant, lookalike effect leading consumers to believe that similar-looking products have similar product characteristics and similar origin. The effect is greater, however, in those consumers who do not use products within a particular product category (and so the effect is lower in relation to the persons most likely to buy the product). This is consistent with the existing literature which suggests consumers are confused when packaging is similar.
It was found that that a high number of UK households reported that the accidental purchase of lookalikes disadvantages them very much (1.68 million) or somewhat (9.92 million). Conversely, a substantial number of households reported such a purchase to advantage them very much (0.99 million) or somewhat (8.99 million). This suggests that some consumers suffer detriment from the mistaken purchase whilst others find it to be a positive experience. However, the research did not investigate why some consumers perceived the purchase to be a good or bad experience.
Impact of Lookalikes
The study revealed that a substantial majority of consumers had deliberately purchased a lookalike and, of those consumers, most of them found the experience to be advantageous. The research did not analyse why some consumers perceived the purchase to be advantageous.
The research found that there is a fine line between confusing packaging and using generic cues to provide useful signals to consumers.
The study found limited evidence to support the suggestion that lookalikes spur manufacturer brand owners to innovate as it is the best way to maintain the price differential. Such an effect, however, might disappear in markets where market share (more precisely, sales) has declined so much that the cost of research cannot be recovered. 16. It was not found that lookalike products directly cause brand manufacturers to make additional (and wasteful) changes to their packaging.
The literature suggested that lookalike packaging causes a greater loss of sales (or market share) than distinctive competitors. However, in interviews with the research team only one of the manufacturer brand owners reported this finding; the others gave a mixed picture.
The statistical analysis of the sales figures showed that in a very limited number of product categories, an association was found between a reduction in the sales of the brand leader and an increase in the sales of the lookalike. This could have been caused by numerous factors, one of which is the similarity of the packaging (the lookalike effect at work). Such associations did not appear to relate to consumers’ relative perception of packaging similarity or common production origin and also did not generally appear to exist within the particular supermarket selling the own brand. The evidence is therefore inadequate to determine whether lookalike packaging generally diverts sales or if the effect of that packaging is negligible.
In relation to advertising spend, there were differing responses by manufacturer brand owners when a lookalike enters the market. Accordingly, no meaningful conclusions can be drawn as to the effect on advertising spend when a lookalike enters the market.
The discussions with manufacturer brand owners, reviews of the literature and the surveys suggest that if there were to be a statutory definition of a lookalike it could be: “goods which by virtue of their name, shape, colour, packaging or labelling or any combination thereof, are similar in overall appearance to the goods; but excluding any of those things where they are descriptive, functional or commonplace.”
Manufacturer brand owners reported that lookalikes enabled competitors and retailers to take unfair advantage of the manufacturer brand owner’s research into consumer insights and packaging design.
In none of the three jurisdictions examined - the UK, Germany and the United States – was the legal position of lookalikes particularly clear. Nevertheless, at the interim stage, there is a perception that a claimant is more likely to be successful in the favourable German forum than in either of the other two countries.
It is probable that the prevention of certain lookalikes is within the scope of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC). Under this assumption, the United Kingdom may not be free to legislate to further prevent lookalikes save in business-to- business transactions. However, it would also mean that certain lookalikes are already unlawful under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. 24. Accordingly, if there is a restriction on legislation in relation to lookalikes, a private right of action under the Consumer Protection from Trading Regulations 2008 would be permitted under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.

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Geisha Coffee Collection's Packaging Embraces Negative Space
by Chloe Gordon on 07/20/2021 | 3 Minute Read
In an effort to honor the Geisha, Lung-Hao Chiang created Geisha Coffee that embraces negative space to draw consumer's eyes upon the image of the woman. The eye-catching design features striking yet unassuming prints combined with colors ranging from purple to grey. Once the boxes are opened, you'll find the silhouette-inspired image of a Geisha resting upon a bag of coffee beans. While there was extensive thought that went into the execution of this design, the finished product is sleek, simplistic, and sophisticated.
Collected four geisha coffees to present the image of geisha in the packaging more closely.
Geisha coffee in Taiwan is usually associated with a geisha in Japanese culture because of its name, so the image of a geisha is chosen as the main visual to strengthen the memory point of the packaging design.
I hope to minimize the explanatory text in the packaging design, and I hope to attract consumers' attention in a more eye-catching way.The packaging design combines the exquisite and elegant image of the geisha, and uses the unique walking style of the geisha as the coffee bean label. The coffee bean box design is also inspired by the kimono. The process of assembling and combining the packaging is like dressing up and putting on the geisha. Elegant kimono.
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Becoming a foster parent is rewarding and easy! All it takes is filling out an application and, if approved, a volunteer will visit your home with potential candidates for your first foster pet. Our goal is to match a foster animal with you and your lifestyle that will be mutually beneficial — you know you are doing a wonderful service to an animal in need and the animal is introduced to what a true loving environment feels like. By taking an animal into your home on a temporary basis, the animal is given an opportunity to adjust to a home environment, and we are given additional time to find a permanent home.
Take Home A Shelter Pet
What is a foster home?
A foster home provides a stable, loving environment for a pet that has potentially been neglected and abandoned. You’re also providing much-needed socialization, and basic training, that will make our pets more appealing for adoption and better members of their adoptive families.
Our organization’s goal is to not only be an asset to the homeless pets, but also to our community. Fostering is a commitment that will affect your entire household: your family, your permanent-resident pets, and your house and yard itself! Bastrop Animal Rescue will match you with a dog or cat that works with your schedule. You’ll need a pet that fits your lifestyle, even if he/she is only a temporary resident. Your Bastrop Animal Rescue, Inc. representative will work with you to ensure that we understand your personal situation and what types of pets are appropriate for you.
Discuss your plans with other family members and get their input on how to make it work out best for everyone. Include in the discussion what kind(s) of dogs or cats are appropriate for your household: small/large, young/old, active/not active. Do you thrive on a spunky pet with lots of energy who is a willing playmate for your active resident pet? Or, do you have an older dog or cat who would appreciate not being pestered? How long are you gone during the day? How much time will the pet be left alone?
Do I get to choose which animal I want to foster?
Yes, whether you’re looking for a mellow kitty cat that sleeps all day or an active, ball-chasing dog that you can take on jogs, our goal is to place an animal with you that fits your needs and wants and is compatible with your lifestyle. We will help determine which of our pets fits that description.
I don’t think I could be a foster parent, I’d become too attached.
This is one of the most common phrases we hear each and every day. We share the sentiment whole-heartedly. Because we take these needy animals from dire situations, nurse them back to health if they are sick, rehabilitate and train, and discover and love each of their individual personalities, we know how hard it is to separate from them when they go to new, permanent homes. But because of this strong bond, we also know how rewarding it is when watching their new owner shower them with kisses and love, and know that we had a hand in saving a life and creating a new family unit.
Foster parenting is an integral part of the process of getting this abandoned pets into loving, forever homes and is one of the most rewarding things around, and the reason we all work tirelessly to make it happen!
What if the animal I am fostering doesn’t work out for me?
If at any time the fit of the animal in your care is not working for you, we will be happy to take the animal back and try a different animal in its place. Just like people, animals all have different personalities, and our goal is to help find the right animal for your situation.
Do I have to pay for food or supplies for animals in my care?
Bastrop Animal Rescue, Inc. will provide all necessary equipment and preventatives while the pet is in your care. We do ask that the foster parent provide quality food and treats.
What about veterinary fees or emergency care?
Bastrop Animal Rescue, Inc. gives all foster parents a list of veterinarians with whom we due to business with and we pay for all veterinary fees for animals that are in foster care.
If I have other animals in my home, can I still be a ‘foster parent’?
Absolutely, as long as your pets are up-to-date on vaccinations and comfortable with their new short or long-term visitors.
If I have children, does that rule us out as a foster family?
Absolutely not, although if you have toddlers in your family, we are careful in the choice of animal for your situation.
But how will the animal find a permanent home if it is living with me?
Bastrop Animal rescue, Inc. requires the animal to be available for weekend mobile adoptions where we show our animals to the public. We ask our fosters to transport their dog or cat to at least one off-site adoption each month.
How long will I be required to foster?
Because our animals have been shuffled from the street or shelters, to vet offices and then to different boarding situations, we prefer the foster parents keep the pet for as long as they are in Bastrop Animal Rescue, Inc.’s care. Although we can’t guarantee how long it will take to find the animal a home, the average is several weeks. However, it could be as little as a few days or as much as a few months. If at any time you would like to discontinue fostering, you are always given the option to stop.
What if I have to go out of town on business or vacation?
If you need to go out of town for just a night or for a whole month, we can make arrangements to find another foster parent or a place for the animal to be boarded until you return.
Is there a limit to the number of pets I can foster?
Our priority is that the animals receive the best care possible and are introduced to a loving environment where they can grow and become accustomed to new situations. Each situation is evaluated and then we help determine how many pets is practical to have in your care. We don’t want to overburden our foster families and also want to be sure our animals, and possibly your own, are all receiving the care and love they deserve.


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US Tornadoes: Past 48 Hours. Past 48 Hours. Today in History. Specific Zip Code. hide tornado list Combined, 88 of the more than 3,000 counties or parishes in the Lower 48 states have not had a reported tornado from 1950-2014. MORE ON WEATHER.COM: May 20, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma Tornado 1/22 This tornado, combined with heavy storms, decimated Oakfield in 1996. Nearly 1/6th of the homes in town were destroyed, with another 56 homes and businesses suffering heavy damage. There were 11 other tornadoes in Wisconsin due to this storm, including one causing a casualty in Marytown WISCONSIN (WFRV) - Fifteen years ago this week on August 18, 2005, Wisconsin broke the record for the most tornadoes in a single day in state history. The total amount of tornadoes tallied up to. Thursday, 9:15 a.m. - At least eight confirmed tornadoes. National Weather Service survey teams say at least eight tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin as storms rolled through the state Tuesday.
Wisconsin averages 23 tornadoes annually. During the 2019 season, the NWS confirmed 28 tornadoes touched down in the state of Wisconsin. Of those, 18 occurred during a three-day period in late July, downing countless trees and damaging homes and other buildings across th . -TH If you would like to see the tornado list and ratings back to 2014, please go to this link According to AccuWeather's forecast, this spring season will bring with it a slightly above-normal number of tornadoes. Wisconsin Weather/Facebook. To put that into perspective, it's estimated that 1,350 to 1,450 tornadoes will strike the U.S. in 2020, which is 5 to 15 percent higher than the nation's annual average Tornadoes also struck Albert Lea and Austin in southern Minnesota, tearing the roof off a bowling alley while more than 100 people were inside. The owner, Orin Ostlund, estimated damages at from.
On August 18th, 2005, 27 tornadoes hit Wisconsin. One person was killed and 27 others were injured that day. The strongest tornado was an EF-3 which hit Stoughton. While 2005 doesn't seem that long ago, think about this: Twitter didn't exist yet. Facebook was in its infancy--and restricted only to a handful of college campuses A second tornado was confirmed in Trempealeau County. Both tornadoes have been given an EF-1 rating. The first confirmed tornado touched down in Washington County, MN at 10:07PM on Saturday, July 18th. It then crossed over the St. Croix River into Pierce County, WI, two miles southwest of the town of River Falls May 18, 1883: Three people in Illinois were killed and another died in Wisconsin when tornadoes, later categorized as F4 with winds above 200 mph, blew through the northern parts of McHenry and. The fifth-deadliest F/EF5 tornado was that which destroyed New Richmond, Wisconsin, on June 12, 1899, killing 117. The small town was crowded with people from out of town viewing a circus event WIP, DO NOT EDIT The tornado outbreak of June 12th, 2021, also known as the Great Lakes outbreak, was a tornado outbreak that widely affected the Great Lakes region as well as portions of the Midwest. Over the 16 hour duration of the outbreak, it dropped 38 tornadoes across 6 states, killing 13 people and injuring another 21. 1 Meteorological synopsis 2 Confirmed tornadoes 3 Notable tornadoes.
Updated: 3:14 p.m. on Aug. 11, 2020 CAMP LAKE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Another EF-0 tornado was reported in the Camp Lake area of Kenosha County on Monday, Aug. 10. Prelim info from survey crew found. A tornado occurred at 4:45 p.m. CST in La Crosse County, WI, near Barre Mills and it was surveyed by a National Weather Service meteorologist on Sunday, June 8th. The tornado initially touched down just west of Russian Coulee Road approximately two miles east of Barre Mills (La Crosse County)
This is a map and list of tornadoes since 1950 which the National Weather Service has rated F5 (before 2007) or EF5 (equivalent, 2007 onward, the most intense damage category on the Fujita and Enhanced Fujita damage scales. The tornadoes are numbered in the order they happened since 1950; so the numbers run from the bottom up 1999-2006. The first tornado emergency was issued on January 22, 1999 during an outbreak of severe tornadoes in Alaska.Since its first use in 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) has used the Tornado Emergency bulletin, which is an enhanced form of a Tornado Warning used when a confirmed tornado poses a significant threat to life and property in a populated area Wisconsin: 22: 0: 20: Mississippi: 127: 12: 1: Wyoming: 1: 0: 42: Missouri: 27: 0: 17: United States (4) 1,243: 76 (1) Ranked by total number of tornadoes. (2) States with the same number of tornadoes receive the same ranking. (3) State had no tornadoes in 2020. (4) The U.S. total will not match data used in other charts because it counts.
As a whole, the U.S. averaged 1,225 tornadoes annually from 1999 to 2018, 54% of which occurred between April and June. When and Where the Most Tornadoes Typically Occu There are often tornadoes all over the place, just not many in one spot. 75 tornadoes touch down in August on average, which makes it the March of late summer. The leaders for August again don't include a state starting with T and ending in EXAS. Florida, Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin win this mish-mash lottery
, 116 South Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53703, United States 608 256 357 Sixteen tornadoes have been confirmed by the National Weather Service as of Thursday evening after a severe line of thunderstorms pushed through Wisconsin on Tuesday afternoon. Of these 16, one.
Just before midnight (11:41 p.m.) the night of June 7, 1984, a vicious tornado ripped out of skies illuminated only by lightning and proceeded to tear ninety percent of Barneveld, Wisconsin apart. . The latest tornado added to the list from the NWS' Green Bay office was an EF.
20 EPIC TORNADOES CAUGHT ON CAMER Unusally Far West High Risk for Tornados. Several Violent Tornadoes touched down including the first EF5 in Colorado History. Widespread very large hail and destructive wind also occurred June 25 2020 Michigan 41 EF5 : 120 MPH 6 inch 120 High risk event for eastern Wisconsin and Michigan. Several violent tornadoes and destructive wind and hail.
The New Richmond Tornado killed 117 people and injured 200 on June 12, 1899, in New Richmond, Wisconsin. 10. The Flint Tornado killed 115 people and injured 844 on June 8, 1953, in. However, there was one county that rocketed to the top of the list, head and shoulders above all others. Pinellas County, Florida's second smallest county, racked up 130 tornado segments, for a. Colfax Tornado Disaster 0. M. FELLAND, M.D. Colfax, Wisconsin IT WAS 7:00 P.M., June 4, 1958, when our quiet, peaceful village of 1,000 inhabitants was struck with one of the most devastating torna- does ever to have hit this part of the country
Five tornadoes occurred on June 4, 1958 in Northwest Wisconsin. Here is a breakdown of each: F2 - Rusk, Sawyer Counties, 13.8 mile path; F3 - Chippewa County, 4.3 mile pat This event was a historical event for Wisconsin, as it overtook the number of tornadoes that occurred on August 9, 1979 with respect to the top 10 tornado days. This event was the 6th most active day in Wisconsin history, with the #1 day bringing 27 tornadoes in total (August 18, 2005) Wisconsin averages 23 tornadoes annually. During the 2020 season, the NWS confirmed 20 tornadoes touched down in the state. While spring and summer are the most active time of the year for tornadoes, they can happen in any month. To stay safe from severe weather, ReadyWisconsin encourages people to do the following The event busted in the Northeast and in Wisconsin, but met expectations in the Southeast. 58 tornadoes touched down in total, killing 52 people. The strongest tornado the system produced was a long-tracked EF2 tornado in Wisconsin, but a much more severe long-tracked EF4 would touch down in Alabama. May 28 2018 Upper Midwest 104 EF5 : 107 mph 5 Prior to this, the last time Wisconsin was hit by an F5 tornado was in Barneveld in 1984. 1974. Lomira and Eden aren't a stranger to tornadoes, either
A never ending nightmare as several tornadoes threaten Canton Texas one after another. The third and largest tornado ripped down a transmission tower and wa.. This page documents the tornadoes in which I have judged to have been an F5 or EF5. Sources used to reach this conclusion may include damage surveys, image s of the destruction, reports, or witness accounts. Some tornadoes have been raised to, or downgraded from F5/EF5, but most of the tornadoes here will be listed in official records as F5/EF5 events. NOTE: Tornadoes before 2007 in the US. of F2-F5 tornadoes and 21% of F4-F5 tornadoes during the same period. Thus, while a strong or violent tornado is more likely to occur in a PDS TOR watch compared to a weak tornado, the majority of such tornadoes occur in a regular TOR watch. This is not an unexpected result since only 7% of TOR watches during the period were PDS watches Tornado Risk Map in the USA. You basically don't want to be in the red (mostly Oklahoma, Kansas, northern Texas, Alabama and Mississippi) Picture: blacksamcashinterestingthigs.blogspot.com Analysing all the tornado touchdowns that occurred between 1950 and 2004, most killer tornadoes occurred in the red zones from the upper map as shown below Tennessee averages 18 tornados per year, resulting in an average of 5 fatalities. Counties in a high risk tornado area include Lincoln County, TN, Davidson County, TN and Franklin County, TN. The largest tornado on record occurred on 04/16/1998, measuring a 5 on the Fujita-Pearson scale. Yearly Average of Tornadoes in Tennessee
A history of twisters: Tornadoes in Massachusetts since 1950. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to November 30, 2020, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction A history of twisters: Tornadoes in Ohio 2020. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to March 31, 2021, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. For more recent tornadoes, clicking deeper provides. WI-2018-07, October 19, 2018. WISCONSIN — Victims of severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, flooding, and landslides that took place beginning on Aug. 17, 2018 in Wisconsin may qualify for tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service. The President has declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Wisconsin Photos: Remembering Wisconsin's deadliest tornado in 1899. New Richmond tornado 1899. Elevated view of New Richmond after the tornado hit on June 12, 1899. Many people are gathered around the railroad tracks and a few others are seen among the ruins of homes and businesses. The Willow River is visible in the foreground The earliest reported tornadoes in Minnesota were the three tornadoes that touched down on March 6, 2017. .The previously earliest verified tornado in Minnesota occurred on March 18, 1968, north of Truman in Martin County. The latest in any year on November 16, 1931, east of Maple Plain. Historically and statistically, June is the month of.
Tri-State Tornado, 1925. This is considered to be the deadliest tornado in U.S. history. The 219-mile path it cut through Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois is also on record as the longest in world history. The death toll from this March 18, 1925, twister was 695, with more than 2,000 injured. Most of the deaths were in southern Illinois The Tornado Room is one of the last standing classic supper clubs in the Madison area. Owner Henry Doane discusses his concept of the perfect supper club and shares their famous ribeye steak dinner A history of twisters: Tornadoes in California 2019. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to March 31, 2021, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. For more recent tornadoes, clicking deeper. Tornadoes Are Changing. Predicting whether climate change will have an effect on the frequency and power of tornadoes is a challenge. For all their destructive fury, tornadoes are relatively small when compared to some other extreme weather events. Hurricanes, for example, can span hundreds of miles, whereas the biggest tornado ever recorded. A history of twisters: Tornadoes in Michigan 2019. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to March 31, 2021, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. For more recent tornadoes, clicking deeper.
A history of twisters: Tornadoes in Florida since 1950. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to March 31, 2021, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. For more recent tornadoes, clicking deeper. Read more about supper clubs on my friend Sherry's site: Exploring the Culture of Wisconsin's Supper Clubs. The Tornado Steak House (also known locally just as the Tornado Club) is a great place in Madison to experience supper club vibes. Try the venison. It's amazing Please note this isn't meant to be a full list of all tornado events, disasterous tornadoes, or severe weather outbreaks. This list is reserved for high end outbreaks only! Categories: 1 - Notable outbreak or devastating tornado event 2 - Major outbreak or historic tornado event 3 - Historic..
One of the most severe tornadoes in the history of Wisconsin was in 1996, an F5 tornado hit Oakfield in June of that year injuring 12 and causing $40.4 million damage. Minnesota. Minnesota lies along the top edge of tornado alley and has seen tornadoes in all months between March and November . April, has 189 tornadoes on average, while June has 202. It's very common for tornadoes to migrate from the South and make their way into the Midwest and Plains during April, May, and June Tornadoes can occur anyplace, but they are more likely in some locations than others. Check maps that show the average number of tornadoes in each of the United States over a year or by month, based on tornado observations from 1991-2010
Click through our list of all 50 states and find out who gets the most tornadoes per year! Where does your state land on the list? Data provided by the National Weather Service, compiled over 10. Tornado and severe weather awareness. Although the peak tornado season is in the spring and early summer, tornadoes and other severe weather emergencies can occur throughout the year, in every part of Wisconsin. It is important that providers assist their residents, patients and clients in being prepared for such emergencies The map shows every tornado to touch down in the U. S. from 1980 to 2012, and includes details on casualties and where each ranks on the Enhanced Fujita scale - a system scientists have used to. In Wisconsin, emergencies are often associated with weather events such as ice storms, snow storms, tornadoes and floods. Other types of emergencies that may impact child care programs include, but are not limited to, fires, electrical outages, vehicle accidents, allergic reactions, and threats to the building or its occupants Today's tornado probabilities. The probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point. If a hatched area is included in the image, which is only done with probabilities of 10 percent or higher, strong tornadoes are more of a concern than normal. T he following tornado probabilities correspond to each SPC storm risk category
To be defined as a tornado, it must touch the ground and be a convective cloud at the same time, and the U.S. Tornadoes list doesn't account for tornado-like weather and strong winds in the states. The Midwest and Plains regions have the highest concentration of tornadoes on earth, and despite tornadoes occurring on other continents, amateur. MADISON, Wis. - With no expected risk of severe weather in Wisconsin on April 15, the state's annual tornado drill will proceed as planned. Everyone in the state is invited to participate by going to their designated tornado shelter at 1:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. today, or during a time when they can safely practice SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis., April 4 (AP) - A $1,000 United States savings bond owned by Eugene Dunn, one of the West Bend tornado victims, was found here today, apparently blown 30 miles by the wind. Sirens in the City of Manitowoc use a steady tone for 3 minutes to indicate a tornado and a oscillating tone for 1 minute to indicate a severe thunderstorm. If a siren activates and no severe weather seems imminent, tune to local radio stations for more information on possible non-weather related emergencies WISCONSIN: Tornadoes causing 10 or more deaths before 1953; three or more deaths after and including 1953 JUN 28, 1865 4:00 pm 22 dead 100 injured At Viroqua, Vernon County, nine of the deaths were in a school. MAY 23, 1878 3:00 pm 17 dead 45 injured Deaths were at Mineral Point and in a schoolhouse where a record book was carried 60 miles..
Nine of the tornadoes have been rated an EF-0 and seven were an EF-1, according to the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs. An EF-0 tornado is the weakest, with wind speeds between 65 and 85 mph Largest tornado outbreak in northeast Wisconsin history. (WBAY) -- The National Weather Service offices in Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wis. has revised the number of confirmed tornadoes in affiliate. He's logged more than 20,000 miles chasing and studying severe storms all across the country and witnessed nine tornadoes including six in one day! Matt describes himself as a Wisconsin boy at. Oklahoma's 22 tornado reports ranked it only 21st-most of any state, behind Wisconsin (35), North Dakota (31) and, as mentioned above, Wyoming IL and WI Tornadoes 5-23-20 Featured, Storm Videos, Tornadoes. Illinois, Wisconsin; View Report December 30, 2019 Wintry Weather for the Northern Tier Featured, Ice, Snow. Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin; View Report November 26, 2019 Major Thanksgiving Travel Disruptions.
Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watch: WS1: Sigmet (Northeast) WS2: Sigmet (Southeast) WS3: Sigmet (North Central) WS4: Sigmet (South Central) WS5: Sigmet (Rocky Mountains) WS6: Sigmet (West Coast) WST: Tropical Cyclone Sigmet: WSV: Volcanic Activity Sigmet: WSW: Winter Weather Warnings / Watches / Advisories: WWA: Watch Status Report: WWP: Severe. Careers In Energy Week — October 14 - 18, 2019. Positive Change, Non-Violence, & Opportunities Week — October 12 - 20, 2019. State Firefighters Memorial Day — October 12, 2019. 25th Anniversary of AmeriCorps in Wisconsin — October 11, 2019. PANS & PANDAS Awareness Day — October 9, 2019 Raw video: Wall cloud leads Wisconsin authorities to issue tornado warnings
History Of The Colfax Tornado Of 1958. By Breann Schossow. Air Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 4:15pm. Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 6:15pm. Listen Download. On June 4, 1958, a tornado ripped through the village of Colfax, leaving damage and loss in its wake. We talk with two authors about the history and impact, and what they learned about the. TORNADO HITS IN WISCONSIN. PLATTEVILLE, Wis., June '23 —Rescue workers and members of Company E of the Wisconsin Home Guard today combed the ruins of homes along a 30-mile front in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, searching for more victims of a tornadic windstorm which leveled buildings and communications and caused untold damage to live stock last night
Wisconsin Department of Health warns against eating the 'cannibal sandwich,' a traditional holiday dish in the state (1 2 3) JD59 04-03-2021 09:59 P This page lists the date and location of all the tornadoes that have occurred in Illinois from the year 1950. If you are interested in reading about the worst tornadoes that have struck Illinois (and all other states), see this page on our site.If you want to find out about specific tornadoes that have occurred since 2012, check out the NCDC Storm Events page The dominant tornado states in this region of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas all see tornado averages peak in May. Texas is somewhat unique in the region, in that it has a tornado average in every month of the year. Both the western, and partly mountainous, states of New Mexico and Colorado see their tornado years peak in June on average
A tornado ripped through Dallas, Texas near the home of President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. Thousands are now without power, gas leaks have also been reported. 2. Kansas, 96 tornadoes on. A tornado is as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 mph.  Damage paths of tornadoes can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long.  Tornadoes can accompany tropical storms and hurricanes once on land A rare long lived supercell produced an EF2+ tornado in northwest Wisconsin on May 16, 2017. The tornado began near Clear Lake, WI. The hardest hit area was. The fewest tornadoes are documented during the winter months. Although rare, deadly winter outbreaks do occur. Average Tornado Frequency by Month of Year 1991-2010 . Occurrence Maps. Annual statewide and National tornado maps from 1952 through 2011 are available through. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center - U.S. Annual Tornado Maps (1952 -2011)
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm and comes into contact with the ground, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In an average year about 1,000 tornadoes are reported nationwide, according to NOAA. Tornado intensity is measured by the enhanced Fujita (EF) scale Learn all about thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, lightning, floods, damaging winds and severe winter weather. Thunderstorms. There can be as many as 40,000 thunderstorms each day around the world. They are most common in the U.S., where they can produce tornadoes, floods, lightning and damaging winds In fact, floods were the deadliest type of weather in 2019, which was the last year we have complete data from NOAA via the CDC. Flooding accounted for more deaths than tornadoes and lightning. This is my list of Future EF5 tornadoes world wide from now until 2050. 1 Tornadoes 2 Europe 2.1 2016-2029 2.2 2030-2039 2.3 2040-2050 3 North America 3.1 2016-2029 3.2 2030-2039 3.3 2040-2050 4 Africa 4.1 2016-2029 4.2 2030-2039 4.3 2040-2050 5 Asia 5.1 2016-2029 5.2 2030-2039 5.3 2040-2050 6 Oceania 6.1 2016-2029 6.2 2030-2039 6.3 2040-2050 Milan, Italy, 2019 Duration 9:15 PM- 9:46 PM.
Meat-Eaters Won't Be Disappointed With A Visit To Tornado Steak House, Voted The Best Steakhouse In Wisconsin Steakhouses are as plentiful as the variety of steaks they serve. With so many options out there, it can be hard to weed out the good from the bad Tornadoes like the F5 that hit Woodward and other killer twisters that struck in the 1940s, combined with new technology after World War II, prompted the Weather Bureau -- now the National Weather Service -- to begin its tornado watch and warning program in 1953. This list of deadly twisters contained a lot of death and destruction According to the Tornado Project, the answer is no. When it comes to the total number of tornadoes, Kansas comes in at #4 (behind Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida) and again at #5 for annual tornadoes per 10,000 square miles. In terms of deaths per 10,000 square miles and number of killer tornadoes, the Sunflower State doesn't even make the top 10

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text: MADISON, Wis. (1/18/11)--If 2010 will be remembered as the year mobile banking began to go mainstream, 2011 may well be known as the sequel. Credit union technology experts say that mobile banking development will continue to gain acceptance, as smart phone technology becomes more closely integrated into consumers’ everyday lives. And that will have implications for credit unions. This is part 1 of a two-part series on hot technologies for credit unions in 2011. Part 1 focuses exclusively on mobile, which experts agree is the most popular vehicle for delivering information, regardless of the industry. “The smart phone is proliferating,” Rudy Pereira, senior vice president of operations and technology at Alliant CU, Chicago, and chair of the CUNA Technology Council Executive Committee, told News Now. “It’s become preferential.” The key driver of mobile adoption is applications, or apps, as they are better known, small software programs that consumers can download for their iPhones, Androids, or iPads, that perform specific functions to make life easier or more entertaining. In the financial services world, that might include account access, ATM locators, remote deposit or just about any function that can be performed through online banking. “It’s a maturing paradigm,” said Steve Williams, principal of the consulting firm Cornerstone Advisors, Scottsdale, Ariz., and one of the authors of the online newsletter Gonzobanker.com. “It’s not about trying to make the browser work on the phone as much as its focusing on getting the app environment to do anything to serve the member’s needs.” Jim Bruene, the author and publisher of the Online Banking Report and the blog Netbanker, said that at the end of 2009, there were about three dozen mobile applications available from financial institutions. At the end of 2010, that number had increased to about 1,000. “Now virtually every consumer has a financial application they can choose from,” Bruene said. “That will continue to drive adoption.” As the mobile market matures, Williams believes, financial institutions will move toward more hefty mobile applications such as bill payment and loan applications. “I think financial institutions are going to compete on that experience, from bill payment to account opening,” Williams said. “We’re really just getting started on it.” With those capabilities, 2011 will probably be the year credit unions begin to think of mobile as a true part of their retail delivery strategy, Pereira said. “Those that are going to have success are going approach it not as a subset in their delivery strategy but as a completely different channel,” he added Even those credit unions that thought they were ahead of the game in deploying mobile may have to play catch-up to keep up with the fast-changing market. “Those that deployed mobile two years ago are probably going to have to go back and rethink it,” Pereira said. “The market has just started to take off, and that is only going to continue.” Part II will appear later this week.


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From across the pond this morning comes a chilling story of the Russo-Georgian conflict this summer- and a realization, if one was needed, on who exactly is in charge of the Russian Republic.
Nicolas Sarkozy saved the President of Georgia from being hanged “by the balls” – a threat made last summer by Vladimir Putin, according to an account that emerged yesterday from the Élysée Palace.
That’s right, folks- when he wasn’t busy doing this…
… he was demonstrating clearly exactly who is in charge of the Russian Republic- if any evidence was needed. In the process, though, he may just have provided us with one of the few silver linings to the cloud that is the Bush Administration.
It seems that the situation in Georgia was more serious than many have suspected. While the Georgians- understandably upset with the position Russia had taken with their country and the territories of South Ossetia and Abkahazia- perhaps thought they were simply tweaking the Russian bear’s nose, it seems that Mr. Putin took a much harder line on the situation.
With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr Sarkozy told Mr Putin that the world would not accept the overthrow of Georgia’s Government. According to Mr Levitte, the Russian seemed unconcerned by international reaction. “I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls,” Mr Putin declared.
If you’ll remember, this is the man that, a short six years ago, had his soul “sensed” at by our President. Funny, since he’s had a fondness for coarse language and imagery for as long as he’s been in the public eye- in 1999, he talked about running Chechen separatists down “in their shithouses”; in 2002, he threatened a French journalist who’d printed an unfavorable article about him with castration.
According to Mr. Sarkozy, however, he defused the situation with a Gallic deftness.
Mr Sarkozy thought he had misheard. “Hang him?” – he asked. “Why not?” Mr Putin replied. “The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein.”
Mr Sarkozy, using the familiar tu, tried to reason with him: “Yes but do you want to end up like [President] Bush?” Mr Putin was briefly lost for words, then said: “Ah – you have scored a point there.”
Congratulations, ladies and gentlemen. It wasn’t enough we had despots justifying their actions using President Bush as an example; we now have despots who defer their decisions on going to war because of them. President Obama will certainly have his work cut out for him.
In an aside, though, I wonder if President Bush is going to have a lasting effect on the common lexicon of the English language, in the way that you’d hear “Benedict Arnold” or “Quisling”. Only time will tell, I suppose.


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The first thing I though after listening to the first few notes of this album was: 'Where have the riffs gone?' As they seem to have disappeared into a mess of fuzzy distortion, which is a huge shame, as the last album had great riffs. You could tell they would've been great on here, if it wasn't for the huge mess they did.
The vocals are still great, especially the scream at the beginning of Animals, but they seem to sound strangely hollow, and still don't really fit into any of the songs.
The solos are definately more impressive than ever, being major wank-fests most of the time, but really fitting the songs. By the time you get to Mountains, the riffs seem to have pulled out of their fuzzy sound, and become more clear. You can't really tell on this song, though, as it's a clean ballad, with barely any riffs at all.
But, just when you though all was good, Sign Of The Hammer gets drowned in total fuzz, apart from the solo which rockets above the song. Manowar can't seem to make any fully consistent albums.
Thunder Pick is another amazing bass solo, showing off the skill of the band members. They really don't need to do this anymore, as it was done enough across the first three albums. Guyana is another epic album ender, but it's the best I've heard from Manowar. A bass heavy introduction leads into one of Manowar's best songs, and some of the best vocals on any Manowar album.


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Apple is investigating reports that the latest iPhone operating system causes problems for users of the iPhone 3G, after a series of complaints on Apple support forums and technology blogs. Apple is aware of the reports and is looking into the matter, a spokeswoman told Digits.
Despite having many of the new features of iOS 4 disabled, the phone’s older hardware still can’t handle the update. The Next Web seems to think that iOS 4.1 will alleviate the issue, which would coincide nicely with Apple’s reports.
Are any Touch Fans experiencing this problem, has the 4.1 beta helped? Let us know in the comments.


In the pulsating heart of Florida's music scene emerges Blink, an artist with a penchant for blending the nostalgic charm of old-school vibes with the contemporary flair of today. With his latest release, "Leave This Club," Blink ignites the dance floor with an infectious rhythm and relatable storytelling that transcends time and space.
In "Leave This Club," Blink takes us on a journey through the vibrant nightlife, where the allure of the club beckons with promises of excitement and adventure. The song's catchy hook and irresistible beats serve as a siren call, drawing listeners into a world where inhibitions fade and the music takes control.
Blink's smooth vocals glide effortlessly over the track, weaving tales of late-night escapades and irresistible attractions. As the chorus swells with energy, we find ourselves swept up in the intoxicating atmosphere, unable to resist the magnetic pull of the dance floor.
But beneath the surface glamour lies a deeper narrative, one that explores the blurred lines between desire and responsibility. Blink paints a vivid picture of a night out gone awry, where fleeting encounters threaten to derail even the best-laid plans. It's a tale as old as time, told with a fresh perspective and a modern twist.
In the accompanying music video for "Leave This Club," Blink brings his lyrics to life with a visual feast that captures the essence of the song's energy. From intimate moments at the piano to electrifying performances on stage, the video is a testament to Blink's dynamic presence and artistic vision.
Directed with flair and finesse, the music video seamlessly blends live performances with behind-the-scenes footage, offering viewers a glimpse into the world of Blink both on and off the stage. It's a celebration of music, connection, and the transformative power of art.
As Blink continues to carve out his place in the music world, "Leave This Club" serves as a bold statement of intent – a declaration of his talent, passion, and unwavering commitment to his craft. With its infectious groove and irresistible charm, the song is poised to leave an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of listeners everywhere.
So, if you find yourself drawn to the pulsating beat of the club, heed Blink's warning – once you step onto the dance floor, there's no turning back. Embrace the rhythm, surrender to the music, and prepare to leave it all behind as you lose yourself in the electrifying world of Blink's "Leave This Club."
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