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April 27, 2005
Statement by Bill McDonough, UFCW Executive Vice President
Wal-Mart demonstrated its true colors with its firing of Jared Bowen who blew the whistle on the company’s “union project.” That Mr. Bowen has asked the U.S. Attorney for protection as a federal whistleblower demonstrates the fear Wal-Mart instills in employees who use what the company calls the “”Open Door”” policy—and employees call the “”Out the Door”” policy. Treating workers fairly and with respect is not a choice—it’s the right thing to do.
Time after time, on issues of child labor, gender equality, protecting a workers’ democratic right to organize, and now, defending a worker’s right to report wrongdoing, Wal-Mart has chosen the wrong path. It’s time for Wal-Mart to wake up and do the right thing.
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April 26, 2005
Washington DC – Today, on Capitol Hill, five distinguished Members of Congress – Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rep. George Miller, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Rep. Hilda Solis, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky – joined with Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice-President of the AFL-CIO, a plaintiff in the Wal-Mart gender discrimination lawsuit, and former Miss America Carolyn Sapp to pledge their support for the “”Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart”” campaign.
The “”Love Mom, not Wal-Mart”” campaign, the latest initiative by WakeUpWalmart.com, unveiled the “”Mother of all Mother’s Day”” card. The card is an enormous 8 foot by 8 foot Mother’s Day card, a symbol of how large Wal-Mart’s discrimination problem is, calling on CEO Lee Scott to stop ignoring Wal-Mart’s record of discrimination and start doing the right thing for all our Moms and all women.
As sign of their support for the “”Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart”” campaign, Rep. DeLauro, Rep. Miller, Rep. Sanchez, Rep. Solis, and Rep. Schakowsky, former Miss America Carolyn Sapp, and Linda Chavez-Thompson signed the “”Mother of all Mother’s Day”” card. The card reads, “”Dear Lee Scott, It’s time for Wal-Mart to honor and respect all women. This Mother’s Day, Wal-Mart should stop discriminating against women. Happy Mother’s Day, WakeUpWalmart.com.””
“”We are so pleased that these well-respected leaders have joined America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart,”” said Paul Blank, WakeUpWalmart.com Campaign Director. “”We can only hope that this Mother’s day, on behalf of all mothers and women across America, Wal-Mart will finally do the right thing and end its discrimination of its women workers.””
As part of the “”Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart”” campaign, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro released a dear colleague letter for other Congressional members to sign calling for a Congressional review of Wal-Mart’s wage statistics. The letter reads, “”We would ask Wal-Mart to disclose its wage statistics for congressional review, including any documents submitted to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.””
The “”Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart”” is kicking off a two-week effort, including blog ads and on-the-ground organizing, to ask all Americans to sign the “”Mother’s Day Pledge”” promising not to buy their Mother’s Day gift at Wal-Mart this year until Wal-Mart finally ends its discrimination against women workers. Already, thousands of Americans have signed the pledge.
“”How can America’s richest company and largest employer of women discriminate against more than 1.5 million of its women workers, many of them Moms? It is time for Wal-Mart to wake up and stop treating its female employees and their families like second class citizens.”” added Susan Phillips, Director of Women’s Outreach for WakeUpWalMart.com.
The “”Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart”” campaign highlights Wal-Mart’s terrible record of discriminating against its women workers. Wal-Mart is currently involved in a gender discrimination lawsuit covering more than 1.5 million women. The case is the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history. The suit documents Wal-Mart’s systematic discrimination against women for lower pay and unequal promotion. In fact, in a recent study, women made-up 72% of Wal-Mart’s hourly workforce, but accounted for only 33% of managers and only 15% of store managers. In addition, women earned from 5% to 15% less than men for the exact same work. This equates to nearly 40 cents less per hour for female hourly workers or nearly $5,000 less per year for female managers.
The “”Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart”” campaign is part of WakeUpWalmart.com, a growing grassroots campaign calling on Wal-Mart to change. As part of the Mother’s Day campaign, supporters can sign the Mother’s Day pledge and send the pledge to their friends. Supporters will also be able to send Mother’s day e-cards, purchase discounted flowers and download a volunteer action toolkit which contains a fact sheet and flyer detailing Wal-Mart’s record of gender discrimination.
CONGRESSWOMAN ROSA DELAURO’S LETTER
TO WAL-MART CEO LEE SCOTT
Dear Mr. Scott,
We are writing to bring to your attention an ongoing matter involving
Wal-Mart and its policy regarding gender discrimination. As you know, pay
inequity is a serious issue in the United States, with women still earning
only 76 cents for every dollar that a man earns. That is why it is of great
concern to us that Wal-Mart, America’s largest employer, does not pay its
women the same wage as men for the same work.
A recent analysis of Wal-Mart’s own payroll record conducted by Professor
Richard Drogin, Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley,
showed that Wal-Mart paid its female hourly workers 40 cents less per hour
than their male counterparts, with female managers earning nearly $5,000 per
year less than managers who were men. In addition, while women comprise 72
percent of your workforce, almost 700,000 overall, women only account for a
third of your managers and only 15 percent of your store managers – this,
despite the fact that your female employees, on average, earn higher
performance ratings than men and turnover less frequently.
In view of this, we would ask Wal-Mart to disclose its wage statistics for
congressional review, including any documents submitted to the federal Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. In doing so, we seek to further
understand why Wal-Mart pays its women associates less than men and promotes
its female workers less frequently than their male counterparts.
We welcome your new commitment to begin a national discussion about
Wal-Mart’s business practices; certainly, as the nation’s wealthiest and
largest employer and largest company, Wal-Mart has a unique role and
responsibility to do the right thing and set the best standard for America.
But it remains unacceptable for any employer, much less our nation’s
largest, to discriminate against its women workers. We would urge you to
take a personal interest and active role in resolving this issue as soon as
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. We look forward to
April 22, 2005
Omaha, Nebraska — Respondiendo a cargos que la Union de Trabajadores Comerciales y de Alimentos (UFCW) presentó a nombre de trabajadores, la Junta Nacional de Relaciones del Trabajo (NLRB) ordenó una nueva elección en la planta Nebraska Beef en Omaha, Neb., al sancionar a la compañía por violar los derechos de sus trabajadores en las elecciones de Agosto del 2001. La NLRB confirmo las conclusiones y recomendaciones de un oficial de audiencias de desechar las elecciones del 2001, en las cuales la compañía uso una amplia gama de tácticas de intimidación para negar a los trabajadores una voz en el trabajo.
Nebraska Beef, una de las plantas empacadoras de carne de res en el país, fue sancionada por violaciones que incluyen:
Interrogación ilegal de empleados acerca de sus simpatías hacia la Union;
Amenazas ilegales de perdida de empleos o beneficios si los trabajadores seleccionaban una Union como su representante para negociaciones colectivas; y
Amenazas ilegales de cambiar las condiciones de trabajo si seleccionaban una Union.
La compañía emplea aproximadamente 1,100 trabajadores, en su mayoría latinos, que matan y procesan 2,400 reses al día y generan cerca de $2.7 millones en ganancias al día.
La opinión de la NLRB es solo la última de una serie de acciones de agencias federales contra Nebraska Beef por violaciones a la ley en años recientes. El Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos retiro de la planta temporalmente al personal del Servicio de Inspección y Seguridad de Alimentos en el 2003 debido a las violaciones a la seguridad de los alimentos por parte de la compañía. El Servicio de Inmigración y Naturalización de los Estados Unidos allanó la planta en 2000 y detuvo a más de 200 trabajadores indocumentados y encausó a varios administradores de nivel medio.
“”Esta decisión es una victoria para los trabajadores de Nebraska Beef, quienes tuvieron que esperar cuatro años antes de que se hiciera justicia por la conducta escandalosamente ilegal de la compañía,”” declaró Donna MacDonald, presidenta del Local 271 en Omaha. “”Esperamos que la comunidad entera de testimonio de lo que ocurre en la planta desde ahora y hasta que se lleve acabo la elección, y que se haga responsable a Nebraska Beef de respetar los valores de la comunidad.””
La UFCW Local 271 representa aproximadamente 1,000 trabajadores empacadores de carne en Omaha. La Union Internacional UFCW representa aproximadamente 250,000 miembros en la industria de empacadoras de carne y procesamiento de alimentos.
April 22, 2005
Omaha, Nebraska-The National Labor Relations Board ordered a new election at Nebraska Beef in Omaha, Neb., after citing the company for violating workers’ rights in an August 2001 election, after the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) had filed charges on behalf of the workers. The Board ordered the election to take place on May 26. The NLRB upheld a hearing officer’s findings and recommendation to set aside the 2001 election where the company used a broad range of intimidation tactics to deny workers a voice on the job. The workers had tried to organize with the UFCW Local Union 271.
Nebraska Beef, one of the country’s largest meatpacking plants, was cited for violations that included:
Illegal interrogation of employees concerning their union sympathies;
Illegal threats of job losses or loss of benefits if workers selected a union as their collective bargaining representative; and
Illegal threats to change working conditions if they selected the union.
The company employs approximately 1,100 mostly Latino workers who slaughter and process 2,400 cattle a day at the plant.
The NLRB ruling is just the latest in a series of actions, over the last few years, directed at Nebraska Beef by federal agencies for breaking the law. The U.S. Department of Agriculture temporarily removed federal Food Safety and Inspection Service personnel from the plant in 2003 due to the company’s food safety violations. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service raided the plant in 2000, detaining more than 200 undocumented workers and indicted several mid-level company managers.
“”This ruling represents a victory for the workers at Nebraska Beef, who have had to wait four years before justice was done about the outrageously illegal behavior of the company,”” said Donna McDonald president of Local 271 in Omaha. “”We hope the entire community will bear witness to what goes on in the plant from now until the election is held, and hold Nebraska Beef accountable if they don’t live up to community values.””
UFCW Local 271 represents nearly 1,000 meatpacking workers in Omaha. The UFCW International Union represents approximately 250,000 members in the meatpacking and food processing industry.
April 20, 2005
Washington, D.C. – WakeUpWalmart.com, America’s Campaign to change Wal-Mart, announced today a new grassroots initiative to highlight Wal-Mart’s systematic discrimination against women workers. The “”Love Mom, not Wal-Mart”” campaign, the name of the initiative, will ask all Americans to sign a “”Mother’s Day Pledge”” promising not to buy their Mother’s Day gift at Wal-Mart this year until Wal-Mart stops discriminating against women.
As part of the campaign, the group will also be mailing Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart, Inc. the “”Mother of all Mother’s Day Cards.”” The enormous card, a symbol of how large Wal-Mart’s discrimination problem is, will ask Lee Scott to stop ignoring Wal-Mart’s record of discrimination and start doing the right thing for all our Moms and all women.
“”This Mother’s day, on behalf of all mothers and women across America, Wal-Mart must do the right thing and stop discriminating against women,”” stated Paul Blank, WakeUpWalmart.com Campaign Director. “”Wal-Mart’s systematic discrimination against women is simply un-American.””
The “”Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart”” campaign highlights Wal-Mart’s terrible record of discriminating against its women workers. Wal-Mart is currently involved in a gender discrimination lawsuit covering more than 1.5 million women. The case is the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history. The suit documents Wal-Mart’s systematic discrimination against women for lower pay and unequal promotion. In fact, women make-up 72% of Wal-Mart’s hourly workforce, but account for only 33% of managers and only 15% of store managers. In addition, women earn from 5% to 15% less than men for the exact same work. This equates to nearly 40 cents less per hour for female hourly workers or nearly $5,000 less per year for female managers.
“”How can America’s richest company and largest employer of women discriminate against so many of its women workers, many of them Moms? It is time for Wal-Mart to wake up and stop treating its women workers and their families like second class citizens.”” added Susan Phillips, Director of Women’s Outreach for WakeUpWalMart.com.
The “”Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart”” campaign launches today on www.WakeUpWalmart.com . The Mother’s Day campaign includes discounts on sending flowers and tools for Americans to join the campaign. Supporters can sign the Mother’s Day pledge and send the pledge to their friends. Supporters will also be able to send mother’s day e-cards and download a volunteer action toolkit which contains a fact sheet and flyer detailing Wal-Mart’s record of gender discrimination.
The text of the Mother’s Day pledge is as follows:
As a symbol of love and respect for my Mom, and all women across America, I pledge not to shop or buy any gifts for Mother’s Day at Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart’s company-wide policy of discriminating against so many hard-working women is terribly wrong. I stand with all of the 1.5 million Wal-Mart women who are part of the largest gender discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history.
In my America, Wal-Mart should do better than pay women and mothers less than men for equal work.
In my America, Wal-Mart should do better than disrespect all women and mothers by providing them with poor pay, poor health care, and poor working conditions.
As the largest employer of women in America, Wal-Mart has a responsibility to do the right thing!
I can easily say that my mother deserves better than Wal-Mart.
Until Wal-Mart changes for the better, I have one thing to say:
“”Love Mom…Not Wal-Mart.””
April 13, 2005
Washington DC- The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) filed a “”Unfair Labor Practice Charge”” against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The charge against Wal-Mart is in response to the serious allegations that former Wal-Mart Board member and Vice Chairman Thomas M. Coughlin, the #2 person at the company, operated an illegal anti-union slush fund as part of a company program to monitor and suppress the democratic right of workers to organize.
In a letter to the NLRB, the UFCW states that “”the charge complains that Wal-Mart, acting through officers, employees and agents, including those at the highest levels of management, systematically denied workers their democratic right to exercise a choice for union representation. Wal-Mart’s actions seemingly involved the criminal misappropriation of company funds to create an illegal anti-union slush fund.””
It also calls on the Board to “”use the NLRB’s subpoena power to obtain all relevant information from Wal-Mart, particularly the documents that are in possession of Wal-Mart according to former Wal-Mart Vice Chairman Thomas Coughlin and which, according to Coughlin, substantiate the alleged scheme.””
“”The point of the UFCW filing this charge with the NLRB is simple,”” said UFCW Executive Vice President Bill McDonough. “”The UFCW and the American people deserve to know what Wal-Mart knows about this ‘union project’ and when they knew it.””
In previous filings with the NLRB, Wal-Mart, Inc. has been found guilty of illegally spying, bribing with promotions, firing and intimidating workers. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the latest revelations, if true, mean that Wal-Mart’s anti-worker, anti-union program “”would represent a criminal offense under the federal Taft-Hartly Act,””-a federal felony to pay employees to persuade coworkers to abandon support for union representation. The Journal also reported that Coughlin “”is expected to use the ‘union project’ as part of his defense to the charges about mismanagement of funds.””
April 10, 2005
Washington DC—Today’s Wall Street Journal revealed that former Wal-Mart Board member and Vice Chairman Thomas M. Coughlin, the #2 person at the company, alleges that he operated an illegal anti-union slush fund as part of a company program to suppress the democratic freedom of workers to make a choice for a union voice at work.
The UFCW calls on the company to publicize all documents connected with the U.S. attorney’s criminal probe of the Coughlin case.
Wal-Mart has already been found guilty of illegally spying, bribing with promotions, firing and intimidating workers. According to the Wall Street Journal, these revelations, if true, mean that Wal-Mart’s anti-worker, anti-union program “would represent a criminal offense under the federal Taft-Hartly Act,”—a federal felony to pay employees to persuade coworkers to abandon support for union representation.
The Journal also reported that Coughlin “is expected to use the ‘union project’ as part of his defense to the charges about mismanagement of funds.”
“We are deeply disturbed by these allegations of Wal-Mart’s anti-union activity,” stated UFCW Executive Vice President and Director of Organizing Bill McDonough. These are serious criminal offenses and cast Wal-Mart’s systematic anti-worker activities on a much more sinister level. Wal-Mart should not try and cover up its activities but should do the right thing and make all of the documents public immediately.”
April 6, 2005
WakeUpWalmart.com, America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart, challenged Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart, Inc. to explain his statement yesterday regarding Wal-Mart’s health care coverage. During “”Wal-Mart Media Days,”” a two-day public relations effort to improve Wal-Mart’s image, Lee Scott answered questions from reporters.
According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Scott, in response to a reporter’s question about why Wal-Mart has the most number of employees on state Medicaid rolls, apparently said, “”There are government assistance programs out there that are so lucrative it’s hard to be competitive, and it’s expensive to be competitive,”” Scott said.
Georgia state legislator Nan Orrock was shocked. “”It should be an embarrassment to Wal-Mart that our tax-payer funded Medicaid programs compete with their dismal health care,”” stated Orrock. “”Our programs are intended for our state’s poor and underserved as a safety net, not as a better alternative to the largest corporation with more than $10 billion in profit.””
Instead of living up to its responsibility as America’s largest corporation, Wal-Mart continues to ask taxpayers to pay their health care costs. Several states are considering addressing this health care cost shift. In Maryland, for example, the State Senate passed a bill yesterday requiring corporations to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health care benefits for its employees or put the difference into Maryland’s Medicaid fund. According to the Baltimore Sun, Maryland has several employers with over 10,000 employees, but Wal-Mart is the only company that fails to meet the 8 percent threshold.
“”This is outrageous! With over $10 billion in profits, Wal-Mart has a moral responsibility to provide decent healthcare for their 1.4 million employees,”” stated Paul Blank, Wake-Up Wal-Mart’s campaign director. “”It is a sad day when the largest company in America admits that taxpayer sponsored healthcare programs, like Medicaid, provide better health care than our nation’s largest employer.””
It should also be noted, in the 11 out of 12 states where we have data, Wal-Mart is the company with the highest number of employees on Medicaid. In addition, more than 500,000 of Wal-Mart’s employees do not receive coverage under Wal-Mart’s health care plan.
“”It’s quite simple. Wal-mart needs to wake-up and do what is right for America! Wal-Mart has a responsibility to provide affordable, comprehensive health care to its employees not shift the cost onto the American taxpayers. America’s largest company should reflect America’s values,”” added Blank.
The Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaign was launched on April 5, 2005 by the UFCW and more information is available at www.wakeupwalmart.com.
April 5, 2005
The UFCW announced today it is launching a new grassroots, community-based campaign to wake up Wal-Mart. The campaign’s website “”www.WakeupWalMart.com“” and the campaign’s blog “”http://blog.WakeUpWalmart.com“” will be at the center of this new grassroots movement that will lead and revolutionize the national fight to change Wal-Mart.
“”This is a new day and a new strategy in the fight against Wal-Mart,”” stated Paul Blank, the new campaign director for the Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaign. “”Wal-Mart’s greed puts profits before people. Today, we are forming a grassroots movement to empower millions of Americans to ask Wal-Mart to put people first.””
“”The rise of Wal-Mart as the world’s largest retailer has come at a high cost to our society. Traditional organizing campaigns are too limited for a greedy, global company who is willing to cut its nose to spite its face rather than do the right thing and stand up for people,”” said Blank. “”For too long, Wal-Mart’s business practice has been to lower our wages, pressure suppliers to ship our jobs overseas, shift their health care costs onto American taxpayers and ask communities to give over $1 billion in subsidies for their expansion.””
“”All across America, consumers and taxpayers are waking up to the high cost of Wal-Mart’s poverty wages, reliance on taxpayer funded state health care programs and devastating impact on communities. Wal-Mart’s values are not America’s values,”” stated Blank. “”There is only one force powerful enough to change the largest corporation in the world, the largest retailer in the world and the largest employer in the world-the American people. We are Wal-Mart’s consumers and it is time for Wal-Mart to wake up and start doing what is right for its employees, our families, and our country.””
The Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaign will give people the tools they need to join together in common purpose in order to change the largest corporation in the world. The campaign will utilize an array of organizing strategies, innovative media, a blog and other internet tools that have been used successfully in previous political and grassroots campaigns.
The website, WakeupWalMart.com, will offer concerned citizens, community leaders, activists, and workers an online vehicle where they can learn the truth about Wal-Mart’s record, as well as become an active member in this new grassroots movement. The “”Take Action”” center of the website will even feature a new tool for community leaders to Adopt-A-Store and begin forming community coalitions around every Wal-Mart location in the United States.
The website will also be used to form a new group of current and former Wal-Mart employees called the Wal-Mart Veterans Association. This will be a place for former and current employees to join together and share their Wal-Mart experience.
In addition, the website will feature a blog about Wal-Mart that will be updated throughout the day on news and stories related to Wal-Mart. It will become a vital resource for the millions of Americans who believe Wal-Mart needs to be changed.
March 29, 2005
Washington, DC — Twenty-one Members of Congress released a joint letter today calling on ABC News to drop Wal-Mart as a sponsor of Good Morning America’s “Only in America” series. The letter to David Westin, President of ABC News, states that in the “name of honesty and accuracy in the media, we ask that ABC News remove Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.” as a sponsor.
“Wal-Mart values are not American values. Crummy healthcare, an assault on small businesses, and poor wages is not what we value in America,” said Representative Anthony Weiner, who signed the letter.
The letter highlights Wal-Mart’s consistent attempts to use misleading advertising and slogans to confuse consumers and the American public about their real record. In fact, Wal-Mart’s attempt to wrap itself in the American flag is both hypocritical and misleading. For example, “”80 percent of the six thousand factories in Wal-Mart’s worldwide database of suppliers are in China.”” Amazingly, if Wal-Mart were a country it would be China’s seventh-largest export market, ahead of Germany and Great Britain. According to Ted Fishman, author of China, Inc., “”Wal-Mart’s growth as an economic force is inseparable from China’s rise as a manufacturing giant … no company has been a bigger catalyst in pushing American…manufactures to China.””
“It is a sad day when ABC News would allow itself to be used by Wal-Mart to sell a corporate image based on lies and myths,” said Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. “One only has to look at the real Wal-Mart record to realize the severe damage this company has done to American families and communities.”
Joe Hansen, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, was delighted to see so many Members of Congress join in this growing movement to pressure ABC News to drop Wal-Mart as a sponsor.
“I join with other Americans who think it is time for Wal-Mart to stop relying on slogans and start doing what is right for our families and America,” said Hansen.
The joint Congressional letter is the latest step in a growing grassroots movement. Already, over 13,000 concerned citizens have signed the UFCW petition that asks David Westin, President of ABC News, to drop Wal-Mart as a sponsor. The petition can be found at www.ufcw.org.

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Bananas, grounded oats, and peanut butter dog biscuits.
Hello dog lovers! Your pooches are going to love these easy and delicious biscuits! My dog Bailey loves them. They’re really easy to make and have simple ingredients. You probably have them on hand already.
You need two bananas, grounded oats, and peanut butter. I just grind the oats in the Nutribullet (there’s a grinding blade) but if you don’t have one, you can just use a blender or food processor.
The reason you have to grind the oats is because if you don’t the dough will be watery and sticky (trust me, I’ve tried it before without grinding them). So the grounded oats helps it to be like dough.
For the bananas, you can either mash them or I just let the KitchenAid mixer mix them.
The peanut butter is obviously pretty simple. Just add that and you’re golden!
If you don’t want to roll them out, just make them like cookies! I’ve done that before and Bailey likes them just the same. 🙂 They will make about two dozen. It all depends on how big you make them.
Bake them at 325 degrees for 10-15 minutes or till slightly hardened. You want them to still me soft though.
Let cool and hope your dogs enjoy them!
- 2 bananas
- 2 cups grounded oats
- ½ cup peanut butter
- Put bananas in mixer.
- Grind oats and mix them with bananas. Add peanut butter.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until slightly hardened.
- Let cool.

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Hi! I’m Mercedes, a Spanish self taught photographer currently based in Zurich. I’ve always loved photography, but after five years living in Sweden and Ireland I’ve developed a love for capturing with my camera the beauty of nature and the cities I explore. Now I enjoy photographing the outdoors, whether that’s here in Switzerland or around the world.
Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. I hope you enjoy my gallery and I am looking forward to seeing you here again.
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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ARGENTINA IN THE THINKING OF MANUEL BELGRANO (1770–1820)
In the last decades, the interest of those who study political economy has been the object of great and repeated mutations. The first jolt produced the Keynesian revolution, which brought to fashion once again macroeconomic analysis and the calculations of national income. Shortly thereafter, the centre of gravity was displaced by input-output analysis, which was introduced with great success by Wassily Leontief, for the benefit of inter-industry and interregional analysis. At almost the same time, the mischievous mood that razed the fields of this science, made the study of the problems of economic development a fashionable pursuit.

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Dyslexia is a 'language-based learning disability' that affects how the brain learns to read. In Ontario, is is more commonly referred to by other names (reading, spelling, or 'nonspecific' learning disability). It is seen by public schools as a 'communication' disability because it affects the students reading and writing skills. As a very positive step forward, the OHRC 'Right to Read' inquiry specifically states that the Ministry of Education explicitly recognize the term 'dyslexia'. The International Dyslexia Association has Fact Sheets and other information available on their website.
Dyslexia represents a form of 'neurodiversity', which is a natural variation in the ways brains learn and the skill sets they posses. This view frames the dyslexic positively, as having a brain that is part of the normal human variation, rather than from a deficit perspective. Dyslexics are not 'disabled', they just have a brain that works in a different way. This means they need specific teaching to meet the way their brain learns. This also means they have talents and skills that might not be recognized in a traditional classroom.
Made by Dyslexia:

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To make up for the slow supply of Alfa Romeo engines, the Regia Aeronautica commissioned Caproni Taliedo to build a prototype fitted with the Isotta Fraschini Delta IV RC.16-48 inverted-V twelve-cylinder engine,
air-cooled, capable of 840 hp (626 kW) at 5,300 m; despite being aware of the lower power available, the authorities were confident that the weight reduction obtained would allow performance comparable to that of the standard Re.2001 to be maintained. In the summer of 1942, a prototype (MM.9920) called Re.2001 Delta was built in Taliedo, ordered one hundred planes the September 8, even before it could be tested in flight for the first time, which took place on September 12. The prototype was transferred to Guidonia in November, but the performance achieved (523 km/h at 5,600 m, 10 minutes and 30 seconds to reach 6,000 m) were lower than those of the standard Re.2001, as the engineer Longhi had foreseen. . The prototype was destroyed by a fire due to engine overheating on January 27, 1943, and the order for one hundred units was cancelled.
2 x 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns, nose-mounted (350 rpg = 700 total)
2 x 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns, wing-mounted (600 rpg = 1,200 total)
Span wings: 11.00 m
Length: 8.36 m
Height: 3.15 m
Wing area: 20.40 m2
Power Plant: Isotta Fraschini Delta IV RC.16-48
Max weight: 3.080 kg
Empty weight: 2.300kg.
Machineguns/Cannons: 2x 7.7 mm Breda Safat Machineguns, 2x 12.7 mm Breda Safat Machineguns,
Max Speed: 523 km/h
Tangency: 11950 m.
Range: 1040 km
Why it should be in game:
Now that Re:2001 is at BR 3.0, it could be an alternative for BR gaps, at 2.3/2.7, it’s still fast and well performing and capable weaponry for that BR.


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Sergey Nivens - stock.adobe.com
Google Cloud’s new CEO Thomas Kurian has confirmed the company’s efforts to win over enterprise users will continue apace on his watch, with the firm focused on becoming the easiest cloud provider users work with.
He made the declaration during the opening keynote of the cloud giant’s annual developer and customer conference, Google Cloud Next, which is his first since joining the firm in early 2019.
Over the course of the session, he talked about the progress Google Cloud is making with picking up customers operating in a range of industries – namely retail, media and entertainment and financial services.
“We are incredibly proud of the momentum we have in the largest companies. Nine of the top 10 retailers, seven of the top 10 media companies, and leaders in every industry have chosen Google Cloud to help them on their digital transformation journey,” he said.
For this momentum to continue, he said the company is focusing on making its proposition more appealing to enterprises by investing in more datacentres where its customers are and creating a suite of products that can aid their digital transformation efforts.
“We’re building capability that offers important solutions for customers: the ability to manage data at scale, to build and modernise application workloads, to do analysis to identify patterns in your data, and to make better business decisions as organisations,” he said.
Kurian took over the reins as CEO in early 2019 from Diane Greene, who announced her departure late in 2018 after three years in charge. He had previously spent 22 years working at database giant Oracle, most recently filling the role of product development president at the firm.
Kurian opened the keynote by thanking Greene for her efforts, before going on to restate the company’s ongoing commitment to making its cloud the best place to run enterprise applications and workloads.
Greene’s time at the company coincided with some sizeable organisational changes at Google Cloud that were geared towards making its proposition for enterprise users easier to understand.
These included the decision to bring its G-Suite online productivity group of applications into the Google Cloud fold, and – in turn – ensure its business applications and cloud infrastructure offerings were more tightly aligned.
In recent years, the firm has embarked on a number of changes to its platform to bolster its appeal to enterprises, including security updates and regulatory-focused amendments.
It has also moved to rapidly expand its datacentre regions to address the latency and data sovereignty of enterprises, and roll out industry-specific services tailored to the business needs of certain industries.
He then went on to detail how the company plans to build on this work to win even more business in the enterprise.
“We at Google Cloud want to be the best strategic partner for organisations [on] their digital transformation journey and we believe we can do that in two important ways,” he said.
“The first way is bringing expertise to help you on that journey, and the second is to be the easiest cloud provider to do business with and to help you on that journey.”
In terms of how it intends to achieve that, Kurian said the firm is in the throes of ramping up its go-to-market teams, so enterprises will have even more technical specialists on hand to guide them through their journey to the cloud.
“We are massively expanding our go-to-market organisation. Not just sales people, but technical specialists who deeply understand technology and [these] industries and can help you with your customer success to build great new transformational opportunities using our technology,” he said.
“To make us easy for our customers to do business with us, we’re introducing simplified pricing, easier contracting, [and] co-innovation frameworks.”
Building out the ecosystem of suppliers who can plug into and complement the Google Cloud Platform, and ensuring its technologies are a good fit for the heterogeneous IT estates many enterprises operate is also another important area of consideration for company.
Examples of this include its Anthos hybrid cloud platform, which is a container-focused software platform designed to give enterprises a consistent user experience when running workloads in on-premise datacentres, as well as in the Google, Amazon and Microsoft public clouds.
So too is Google’s newly announced technology tie-ups with a slew of open source database and data analytics companies, which were also announced during the first day keynote.
“We recognise that partners are very important to Google so we’re broadening our partner reach,” he added.
Read more about Google Cloud
- While Amazon, Google and Microsoft all claim to be picking up customers in every conceivable vertical market, it is the retail sector where the competition between the big three cloud giants is really starting to get interesting.
- Auto Trader is the UK's biggest online marketplace for new and used car sales. Its head of infrastructure sets out how cloud, containers and microservices will help reinforce its market-leading position in the years to come.

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Dubai is one of the world’s most expensive places to live. It is well-known for how appealing it is to tourists and how great its infrastructure is. The Dubai skyline, the Burj Khalifa, and many other famous buildings make the Dubai sky full of stars. Aside from that, infrastructure improvements have turned this semi-arid Arab land into a concrete wonder.
Many famous and well-known buildings add to this state’s charm and good fortune. Aside from this, nearby cities like Sharjah, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, etc. offer people from different countries more job opportunities than they need. People spend millions and billions of dollars to buy property in Dubai because its value on the market keeps going up. The Dubai real estate market is getting bigger and bigger, and people from all over the world, including famous actors, athletes, and politicians, are investing in buying homes there.
In Dubai, freehold areas can be owned by Expats. Foreigners who don’t live in the UAE and expatriate residents can buy unrestricted freehold ownership rights, usufruct rights, or 99-year leasehold rights.
Article 3 of Regulation No. 3 of 2006 Determining Areas for Ownership by Non-Nationals of Real Property in the Emirate of Dubai (pages 129-132) lists the land plots that are freehold properties.
The Land Department in the emirate is in charge of giving out title deeds. In Dubai, you can buy a home at any age.
In this article, we’ll learn an Expats buy commercial property in Dubai and what kinds of properties are available to foreigners in Dubai.
Regulations for buying commercial property in Dubai as a foreigner
Is it possible to buy a house in a country where you don’t live? The answer to this question depends on the foreign and domestic policies of each country. In Dubai, a foreigner can buy a home, but only if they follow certain rules and regulations. Let’s look at the rules that must be followed when buying property in Dubai:
A person who doesn’t live in Dubai can buy freehold property there. But the government of Dubai has strict rules about where these properties can be bought.
A foreigner can only buy a home in these parts of Dubai:
Property can be bought and sold in all of these areas on a freehold basis. But the prices of homes in these prime areas are too high for most people, but not high enough for foreigners.
In Dubai, the following kinds of properties can be bought by people from other countries:
- Hotel apartments
- Villas and Townhouses
Let’s find out what kinds of properties a non-Dubai resident can buy there.
What kinds of business properties foreigners can buy in Dubai
In Dubai, the commercial real estate market is huge and offers a wide range of financing and business opportunities, from fully furnished offices to factories that are made just for them. Here is a complete list of all the properties in Dubai’s many business sectors. It will help you put your money in the places where your business is most likely to grow, and it will also give you an idea of how much it will cost to buy or rent these units.
1. COWORKING SPACES
Coworking spaces are becoming more and more popular as the number of businesses and startups grows. Building offices and buying office furniture for coworking spaces takes little money. Freelancers also like coworking spaces because they give them more chances to meet good people and network. These spaces let you set up a workspace like a shared office, giving employees a more professional and comfortable place to work.
The lower cost of renting the spaces because they will be paid for all at once will also be a clear benefit. Fees could be charged by the hour, day, or month to use the properties. There are also a number of well-known single and network coworking spaces in Dubai, such as Nest, Bureau Dubai, Nook, Our Space, and others.
Here, you can buy a company to run one of the already-existing locations or buy an office that you can change to fit your needs and tastes. Most importantly, these places are popular with IT professionals and are great for a variety of things, such as holding specialized lectures and seminars, doing work for authorized businesses, and serving as a treatment and spa.
Most of the time, these properties charge between $2800 and $19,000, depending on the size of the area and where the office is. Also, the price can sometimes depend on the offices around the coworking space. If you want to work in the same room as well-known business people, you might have to pay more.
2. RETAIL STORES
From Dubai’s point of view, buying retail spaces is another great way to put money into infrastructure. In Dubai, commercial properties always give the best return on investment. And if you want to start your own business, you’ll need a nice place to do it. If you want to open a store in Dubai, you should make sure it is in a place that gets a lot of foot traffic and shoppers. Buying stores and shops in Dubai is a very good way to make money. This kind of commercial property is in demand in every part of the emirate, and you can buy it both on the secondary market and off-plan.
The best places to buy these retail stores and shops are in Jumeirah Lake Towers, Business Bay, International City, Dubai Marina, Meydan, DIFC, Downtown Dubai, and Dubai Silicon Oasis. Their sizes range from 344 to 9,945 square feet, and the starting price for a unit is AED 150,000 (about $41,000). In addition to the places already mentioned, you can rent from 99 to 37,996 square feet in Al Barsha, Deira, Jumeirah, and Bur Dubai for between AED 15,000 (USD 4,100) and AED 4,000,000 (USD 1,090,000) per year.
Dubai is a business center with a lot of room for growth. There are both new companies that are growing and big industries that have a lot of power. Foreigners can also buy or rent a wide range of office spaces in Dubai. These spaces can be rented or bought with or without furniture. All of the newly built spaces do have some basic furniture, though. Business Bay, Jumeirah Lake Towers, the Sheikh Zayed Road, Deira, and Bur Dubai are some of the best places to buy these office locations. In Dubai, a 25-35 sq. m. office space starts at an average price of $68,100. Prices for renting and leasing, on the other hand, can vary based on the size of the space being rented.
Foreigner benefits of buying Dubai commercial properties
It’s never bad to buy a house anywhere. You must have extra money and good capital if you want to when purchasing a House in Dubai and invest in real estate. This can be a steady way for you to make money. You can also use the property for your own purposes at any time. Why buying commercial property in Dubai is a good idea.
It is especially helpful for people who live in another country because they have a spare place to go to. If you buy a house or an apartment in a hotel, you can rent it out for a few years. And when the time is up, you can use that property as a place to go on vacation. What could be better than a second home in Dubai?
Second, it can be a good way for foreigners to make money and can help you become a citizen of Dubai in the future. So, if prices go up, you can either sell your property for a higher price and make a lot of money, or you can keep it for yourself. Taking all of these things into account, it seems like a good idea for any foreigner to buy commercial property in Dubai.
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Also I've realized that my art pieces do not translate accurately enough just through flat photographs like on my website as they are replete with textures and different techniques, so I am going to try to post images of the pieces from different angles, etc on my blog. Or I may just upload a video.
Anyways to the exciting stuff...
Last November I took a trip to Japan for three weeks visiting many country side towns and loving the traditional Japanese cultural roots. The leaves were changing colors and it was a treat for the senses. I have always been drawn to the Ojizo-sama which are Japanese divinities or symbols of guardian and protection, in particular children and travelers; they can be found in the most remote places all around Japan. Although they are usually made of stone they seem to have a life and soul of their own. Each one is totally unique and have different expressions, gestures, or postures. People usually make hats, scarves, bibs, etc to keep them warm and show their respect, also leaving flowers, and food.
When I came back from the trip my sketch book was full of Ojizo drawings and I started the painting above. At this time I was not aware of the traumatic and devastating events that were to take place. After the earth quakes and tsunami happened for some reason the painting stopped progressing; maybe a part of me wasn't ready to let go of the little figures watching over me in my studio. Maybe as I had such a wonderful experience in Ofunato (one of the ocean side towns I visited) where the scenery and people were friendly and beautiful, I could not come to terms with the fact that it was now completely engulfed in water, destroyed, and full of chaos and lost souls. I am sure the reasons are many but eventually I came back to the piece and felt ready to proceed. Now complete, I look at it and there is so much life and comfort translated throughout, I am very happy with how it turned out.
Every one of my art pieces go through life experiences and progresses with me, at times it can look disheveled and a complete mess, but time mends and I keep moving forward; this one went through a heck of a transition, WOW, I mean at one point I had colored sugar crystals stuck in the acrylic medium (in Japan the confection is called 'konpeito') which I had to make sure didn't affect the longevity, and properties of the acrylics, WHICH IT DID as it started to weeeeep the colors they were dyed! So I pried them out and had to sand the surface down, etc; very appropriate and in keeping with everyone's reaction and recovery process, never an easy road, at times unexpected and you feel like crap but one step at a time with hope and inner spirit we can heal and create or find a better solution and place (internal or external). I believe spirituality protects; humanity, individual souls, and lives, rebuilds places, gives reason and purpose.
So, I did not expect to write so much but sometimes the story behind the piece is the treasure:) There are also flowers and Japanese maple leaves which I collected, pressed and kept from/throughout the trip within the piece. The next two pieces are quite straight forward compared to the above. Sculpted, dyed, handmade paper incorporated into acrylic medium, mosaic glass tiles (which make the SHIELDS OF BLUE piece super heavy), and many many layers of color that you can sort of make out when you see them up close.
Thank you so much for reading, you are in my thoughts and I hope you have a wonderful long weekend!!!
SHIELDS OF BLUE
WHERE ARE WE GOING?

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Mikel Arteta is set to face the press after Arsenal’s Premier League clash with West Ham United at the London Stadium.
The game got off to a very slow start and the deadlock was only broken when Rob Holding rose high from a corner to nod the Gunners in front.
Their lead didn’t last long though as Jarrod Bowen’s half volley deflected of Gabriel past Aaron Ramsdale right on the stroke of half time.
Not long after the break Arsenal were back in front though as Gabriel Martinelli latched on to a second ball from another corner and crossed to Gabriel who nodded home.
From then on it was a tense game for the Gunners who devastatingly saw Takehiro Tomiyasu go off injured yet again on his return to the side. Eddie Nketiah meanwhile had some good chances.
You can follow every word Mikel Arteta has to say on all of these topics with football.london‘s Arsenal writers Kaya Kaynak and Chris Wheatley in the live blog below.
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Conspirituality is a revolutionary, spiritually conscious and politically charged hip-hop group from Vancouver, British Columbia. The group consists of three members, Gemineye and Zaddik Melchizedek(Sons of Zadok) with BigBrother accompanying them on beats and percussion, providing the soundtrack to Gemineye & Zaddik’s lyrical motion pictures.
Gemineye concentrates mainly on revealing the ugly faces of the powers that be. Even the staunchest non—believers have witnessed Gemineye use calculated intelligence to turn so called conspiracy theories in to stone cold facts before their vary eyes. These conspiracy facts include such white-hot topics as 9/11 Truth, Bohemian Grove, The Illuminati and the Princess Diana Assassination.
Meanwhile Zaddik Melchizedek takes focus and sheds light on ancient world traditions, cultures, mythologies and beliefs. Unlocking secrets buried deep beneath the sands of time and displaying them in the bright sun of today for this generation’s hip hop community.
Conspirituality can constantly be found incinerating stages and blowing away audiences from their local Vancouver all the way to the Eastern Seaboard. They have toured, performed, and collaborated with such artists as Sweatshop Union, Kyprios, Moka Only, Josh Martinez, Kia Kadiri, Zion I and Ndidi Cascade.
In September 2008 Conspiratuality released their limited addition EP titled ‘Evil Politicians’ to coincide with their cross Canada tour culminating in Ottawa with a march on Parliament Hill alongside the Vancouver 9/11 Truth Movement to demand the Canadian government investigate the deaths of 24 Canadian citizens who perished on 9/11/01.
Shortly after the Evil Politicians Tour, Conspirituality with the help of DJBALL from We are Change Vancouver produced and released their controversial video for the anti George W. Bush themed track titled ‘Ambushed’. This video became an instant Internet sensation and received mention in anti New World Order author Mark Dice’s book ‘The Illuminati Facts & Fiction’ published in April 2009.
In June 2009 Conspirituality released their self-titled double disc album consisting of Gemineye’s ‘Ripples in the Pond’ and Sons of Zadok’s ‘Nazarene Vow’. This magnificently packaged 28-track masterpiece was recorded under the watchful eye of JT420 at Paranoyd Sound Studios and released on the independent record label Inner Earth Music.
Conspirituality is a pioneering form of hip hop embodied by a group who no matter how many albums they sell remain so underground, they’re Inner Earth!!!


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|8. Alarm Call|
|10. All Is Full Of Love|
Released in 1997, Homogenic was Bjork's third studio album and saw the artist in a tumultuous state of mind. She was angry at certain people in her life, and this is reflected in the harsh and primal nature of this album. Homogenic is the kind of album that you will not like straight away, but need to give a few listens before you can truly appreciate it. The same can be said for probably most of Bjork's music, but you don't get as much satisfaction after persisting with them than you do in Homogenic.
"Hunter" opens the album in magnificent style. With supersonic beats sliding all over the arrangement and gentle sighing, it's clear from the first few seconds that this is a manic and eccentric song. The paranoid drums and aching violins work in excellent contrast with Bjork's soft vocals. She begins by singing, "If travel is searching, and home what's been found. I'm not stopping, I'm going hunting. I'm the hunter. I'll bring back the goods, but I don't know when.Read more ›
I'm sure that the chances of you ever browsing through the reviews of your own albums on a site like Amazon are greater than finding Paris Hilton's disseration on Nietzsche. However, I am still writing this "review" to you.
First off, I would like to give you an apology. I am so, so, so sorry that during my 16 years on this planet I had never listened to you until now. It has been less than 18 hours since I purchased Homogenic and, without exaggerating, I have listened to it at least 10 times straight through. This is the type of album where every listen, a new suprise unfolds in the structure of the music. The lyrics on Homogenic, rank up there with albums such as Astral Weeks or Ok Computer. The usage of the Icelandic String Octet in your pieces gives the album even more of a dream-like feel to it. I must admit Ms. Guðmundsdóttir that this is the type of album that will withstand the test of time and shall open doors to listeners for years to come.
In the second song, Jóga, she talks of "emotional landscapes." When I listen to that song, I can imagine a panoramic view of a dark green mountain range with the burning orange light of the setting sun silhouetting each peak. I can also see endless fields of grass and flowers, perhaps in Switzerland. This song uses strings Björk's overpowering voice to create what she sings about: emotional landscapes and a "state of emergency."
The song "Bachelorette" is a strikingly toxic song, it's very dark and beautiful. Again, the use of stringed instruments is a very nice touch and it creates a classic feel. This sounds like it could be a hit from some foreign musical, because it has a foreign quality to it. It is also very, very epic in its genre and sound. It gives the sense of a grand tale being told with its bold and melancholy music.
"All Neon Like" is a calming song with an infectious beat. Björk has a nack for smoothing out whatever annoying sounds you can imagine! The beat is a techno-like pulse, but almost sounds like a drum of sorts. I can't explain it, but don't expect a techno song as in clubbing...you'll just have to listen to the sample!
I genuinely smiled after hearing "Alarm Call," it's got a very light and happy message! Björk says, "I want to go on a mountain-top with a radio and good batteries, play a joyous tune, and free the human race from suffering.Read more ›


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Day 01 : Delhi -Shimla
Arrive Delhi, our represetative will meet
and assist you and you will be transfer by
road to Shimla (343 kms / 8 hrs).Shimla is
capital of himachal former capital of
Britishers also set amidst, the snow copper,
shaivalik,mountains which offer some of the
most beautifull view of himalaya
Reach there and check in hotel rest at your
hotel full dayfree at leisure.
Day 02 : Shimla
Early morning after breakfast you will visit
Kufri situated at an altitude of 2500 meters
just an hours drive from Shimla. Later in
the evening have a stroll at shimla's mall
road which is suppose to be the biggest mall
road of all hills, stay over night at hotel.
Day 03 : Shimla - Manali
In the morning after early breakfast you
will procced to MANALI (274 kms/7 hrs)
Manali is a perfect hill station covered
with snow mountains and beautifull water
falls.Arrive their and check in hotel.
Day 04 : Manali
This morning you may take a walking tour of
Manali, visiting the 450 years old temple
dedicated to Hadimba Devi, you can also
visist tibetan market.Rest of the day at
Day 05 : Manali
This morning you visit the Solang Valley and
the not to be missed Rohtang Pass(tourist
spot in himalaya having snow all 12 months)
is the most visited tourist spot.Stay over
night at hotel
Day 06 : Manali - Chandigarh
In the morning after breakfast drive to
chandigarh (272 kms / 7 hrs drive).
Chandigarh is the place which is famous for
its nice weather its cleanings and wide
roads. you can visit in the evening to the
local market.Over night stay at chandigarh.
Day 07 : Chandigarh - Delhi
After Early Morning breakfast drive to
Delhi. On Arrival transfer to the station /
Airport as per your onward journey.


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Based on the generalized charts, the error involved in the enthalpy of C02 at 300 K and 5 MPa if it is assumed to be an ideal gas is
Obtain the following properties of from table A-1, “Molar mass, gas constant, and critical-point properties” from the textbook.
Calculate the reduced temperature.
Substitute 300 K for T and 304.2 K for .
Calculate the reduced pressure.
Substitute 5MPa for p and 7.39 MPa for .

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“Bandon Beachmen will meet Friday evening at the city hall. Bring parasols,” reads a notice in the August 28, 1924 edition of the “Western World.”
Though not exactly superheroes, the Beachmen were a band of caped crusaders who worked to promote Bandon in the 1920s.
A March 1925 special edition of the Western World included a picture of the Beachmen and adds a further description of what they wore to attract attention to Bandon’s beaches—“an original costume consisting of a bathing suit, a cape and a turban—set off by a reckless disregard for the formal requirements of social usage, and the whole topped by an umbrella designed for use much as a duenna uses a fan.”
Though officially “The Beachmen,” the group was more popularly known as the “Sons of the Beaches.”
The 1925 “Western World” article goes on to toy with that more suggestive name. “The Beachmen have become widely known throughout the state as the Boosting Sons of Bandon Beaches, a title bestowed on them as a result of their being lineally descended from early settlers who made their living on the beach, and reared their sons in the image of frugality and virtue.”
The construction of the Roosevelt Highway, the precursor to Highway 101, in the 1920s brought new tourism possibilities to the coast and a new emphasis on tourist promotion.
A June 21 article in the “Eugene Guard” (it had not merged with the Register yet) is headlined “Bandon Beachmen Will Parade Here.” The article says, “Bandon will be well represented here during the ‘Trial to Rail’ celebration August 19 and 20 and the Bandon Beachmen, booster organization of the coast city, will take part in the parade.”
The Beachmen were members of the Oregon Hospitality club and were one of many groups competing for Oregon tourists. Said the 1925 article, “They have been received by royalty and by some people on the other end of the social scale—notably the Coos Bay Pirates who hold the Beachmen in high regard for their many amiable qualities.”
Early photos of tourists on Bandon’s beaches document that men really did wear the singlet style suits similar to what the Beachmen were wearing, though seldom with the knee socks and capes.
Bandon’s Historical Society Museum has on display a woolen, one-piece, men’s bathing suit similar to the ones worn by the Beachmen. The museum has also released a “Sons of the Beaches” coffee mug which is for sale in the museum’s gift shop. The Bandon Historical Society Museum is open February through December, 270 Fillmore Ave SE.
Contributed by Jim Proehl, republished from the Bandon Historical Society newsletter.
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Marbles have been valued by collectors for nearly 100 years. Collectors must quickly identify a vintage marble, recognize its manufacturer, spot any flaws and have an in-depth knowledge of the market. Value is only assigned by what another collector pays for a particular piece. Avid collectors regularly study realized prices at vintage marble auctions to maintain a working knowledge of a particular piece's worth.
Identify The Marble Manufacturer
Identify Champion Agate marbles by their trademark swirls. These marbles are often difficult to distinguish from swirled marbles made by other manufacturers. Look for recognizable patterns such as the "Furnace Swirl" and the "Champion Swirl."
Look for a corkscrew pattern when identifying marbles manufactured by Akro Agate. Corkscrew patterns generally have a white base, with a second color twisted into a helix. Other styles and patterns include moonies, oxbloods and corkscrews with three or more colors.
Examine the marble for a logo from a comic strip. These specially licensed marbles were typically manufactured by the Peltier Glass Company, and are prized by collectors. More common marbles made by this company are from their colorful "National Line Rainbo" collection. The various patterns found in this series are usually nicknamed by collectors; various patterns are given names such as a "Zebra" or "Flaming Dragon."
Recognize valuable "Guinea" marbles from the Christensen Agate Company by their brilliant, rare colors and specific pattern. The "Guinea" pattern is a tiger-stripe featuring three or more colors. It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market.
Identify marbles manufactured before 1950 -- by the Vitro Agate Company -- by their patchwork of colors. Patches-style marbles are generally opaque; they feature three to four colors in a rough, quilt-like pattern.
Determine Estimated Auction Value
Inspect the marble using a jeweler's loupe. Check for pits, cracks, chips or other damage. Evidence of wear or damage reduces the realized price of a marble at auction by over 50 percent.
Check the marble for overall shine. A marble dulled through use or handling has significantly less valuable than one with a bright, glossy finish.
Look for fine bubbles and inclusions; these are signs of a flawed marble or a possible fake. Mass produced and imported cat-eye marbles often have tiny bubbles in the glass; these flaws are evident when viewed through a jeweler's loupe.
Evaluate the marble for its artistic merit. This is a very subjective measurement, because particular qualities of a marble are valued differently by individual collectors. The qualities in most demand are bright, four-color combinations, recognizable shapes within clear glass and marbles that are unusually large or small.
Review auction results and locate marbles with similar qualities. A comparable marble is one of similar size, color and quality, made by the same manufacturer. Marbles typically sell for 50 to 75 percent of the realized auction value when offered in a private sale. Commissions and fees charged by the auction house are responsible for the lowered price.
Things You'll Need:
- Jewelers loupe
- Marble collection
- Recent auction results


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Research Article - (2022)Volume 11, Issue 5
Social about entrepreneurship warn a process of deliberate, planned and systematic rational choice which promote intellectual capital formation are predominant determinants. Specify a model for the study of trust dimensions: experiences, knowledge, capabilities, emotions, and abilities. Not experimental, documentary and retrospective study with a nonrandom selection of sources indexed repositories, considering the keywords and the publication period 2015-2020. A model with eight hypotheses three paths dependency relationships between nine variables put forward in the state of knowledge was specified.
Heads of family; Social work; Entrepreneurship; Specification; Mode
At the time this work is written, the policies to mitigate the pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 have reported 17 million infected, 9 million sick and 700 thousand deaths in the world. In Mexico, 500 thousand have been infected, 300 thousand sickened and 50 thousand died.
In this scenario of risk, uncertain situation and health contingency, the formation of the traditional classroom where the stage is controlled by the teacher, in the electronic classroom technology defines the type of communication between the parties involved .
The aim of this study is to specify a model for the study of social entrepreneurship in household heads. From a review of the literature, the variables that allowed the systematization of the determinants of entrepreneurship paths are extracted.
How is the capital formation process reported in the literature from 2018 to 2020 in international repositories, considering the prestige of the source?
The hypothesis that guides this study refers to the fact that the determinants of the formation of intellectual capital are different in the traditional classroom with respect to the virtual classroom, as well as among users, considering their acceptance, adoption and compatibility of technology with their school functions .
In this way, the theoretical, conceptual and empirical frameworks related to the formation of intellectual capital in risk scenarios and uncertain contingencies are exposed. Next, the methodological decisions to address the phenomenon are described and the corresponding diagnosis is presented. Discussion of the findings with other works is included and the implications in the virtual classroom are reflected upon.
Theory of intellectual capital
The principles that guide the rational choice lie in the tastes and preferences crystallizing objectives of the actors . Therefore, before taking any decision binding preferences strategies, achieve collect information that will determine the election. If individuals rather have an indeterminate number of tastes, objectives and goals, then your preference swill no longer depend on their capacity of choice and action. Therefore, they act in a non-rational way.
The rational choice theory also warns that a decision is a result of an estimate of the costs and benefits of carrying out an effort regardless of their degree of significance . This is a utilitarian dimension in which control of a situation from establishing a favorable balance of benefits versus costs will determine the election. More specifically, the benefits and costs translate into a ratio of risk, effort and reward. This means that a choice be rational when the risks and efforts are minimal provided that the rewards are greater.
In contrast, when the recognition of an effort and risk not up to expectations, then the choice has not been entirely rational and rather approaches an irrational dimension if the risks and efforts are increasing and intense with respect to the absence of rewards . This is because the individual who tries is committed to the risks that will be activated by profit expectations.
Integrating each of the variables represents a series of paths in which the correlations explain each choice . The rational choice explained in general terms the process by which preferences are the determining factor by other factors which generate information or sense an atmosphere of certainty when deciding and act accordingly. To the extent such information is available, accessible and actionable, then the rational choice will emerge as an option, but rather proliferates ambiguity, then a non-rational decision will be generated with irrational consequences.
However, when information is not available or is very abstract, rational choice is replaced by a tighter option to culture; values and norms of people with respect to a contingency which no known precedent some, but people always react the same way .
Studies of intellectual capital
If rational choice is brewing from preferences based on information available to determine tastes and objectives, the prospective attitude suggests that the absence of information creates uncertainty that determines risk aversion or waiver of certain gains and risk appetite when losses are imminent . Thus, the utility, benefit or happiness crystallizes into losses or gains, circumventing the process of rational choice and legitimizing an irrational choice.
Therefore, a prospective is more than a decision lies in attitude and expectation of risk or certainty to gains and losses in the immediate future. In that sense, a retrospective is an attitude that is the same relations but compared to last .
The prospective attitude is a hinge between rational choice and reasoned action . Each of these theoretical and conceptual frameworks based its scope and limits from the availability of information, if the individual is able to assume an attitude, make a decision or take an action that corresponds to the available information and representation that you have it.
Modeling of intellectual capital
Unlike the rational choice theory that focuses on the usefulness of the information available and the theory of prospective attitude that focuses its interest in the certainty of the information, the theory of reasoned action assumes that information, any it is, it is a general environment that will influence the behavior to the extent that information is transformed into rules . This is because the theory of reasoned action considers that all information is cognitively process.
Therefore, an overview of the environment, their demands and opportunities conducive categories of accessible and abundant availability of information that will influence a spendthrift behavior such as believing that jobs, wages and financial credits significantly increase . On the contrary, if one considers that the context is rather recession and economic crisis, then austere styles, cooperative and innovative life will be adopted.
However, the theory of reasoned action, like the rational choice theory and the theory of prospective attitude pose a general scenario incident on a specific behavior without considering the current situation and specifies decision maker .
Design: Documentary work was carried out with a selection of sources indexed to international repositories such as Scopus and WoS, considering the keywords of "specification" and "intellectual capital" in the period from 2015 to 2020.
Instrument: An inventory of systematic reviews was constructed that includes the analysis and qualification of the findings, considering their relevance, distance and quality with respect to the updated and specialized literature. In three phases; qualifying, comparative and consensual, expert judges in the matter qualify, comment, and reconsider the assignment of numbers to the items of congruence, title, objectives, premises, method, technique, parameters, discussion and conclusion.
Process: A search for summaries was carried out in order to subtract the indicators of intellectual capital, considering equation. Then, once the indicators of empathy, trust, commitment, entrepreneurship, productivity, competitiveness, innovation, satisfaction and happiness were selected, experts on the subject rated these indicators in order of importance, being 10 of greater importance and 0 of zero or no some importance Data were processed in the statistical analysis package for social sciences version 20.0.
Analysis: Percentages, contingencies and proportions were estimated to establish risk thresholds in decision-making regarding intellectual capital indicators.
Interpretations: Thresholds were established; lower limit and upper limit of homogeneous random effects . In this way, the values included in the interval were assumed as evidence of systematic review and application of the findings in the construction of public policies, government strategies and political programs . In contrast, the values outside the threshold were assumed as heterogeneous random effects and therefore susceptible to high-risk scenarios in decision making.
The trust indicator obtained the highest percentage (25%) followed by commitment (22%), empathy (17%), entrepreneurship (13%), satisfaction (9%), innovation (6%), productivity (4%), competitiveness (3%), happiness (1%). This means that decision-making is a function of the level of trust, although the instrument does not specify the type of trust that can be organizational, interpersonal, intra-personal or technological (Table 1).
Source: Elaborated with data study; E=Extract, e1=Trust, e2=Commitment, e3=Empathy, e4=Entrepreneurship, e5=Satisfaction, e6=Innovation, e7= Productivity, e8=Competitiveness, e9=Happiness, M=Mean, SD=Standard Deviation, C=Category, c1=Skills, c2= Knowledge, c3=Experiences, c4=Emotions, c5=Capacities.
Table 1: Instruments descriptions.
The contingency parameters suggest significant differences between the decisions made based on intrapersonal trust with respect to interpersonal (x2=16.27 (16 df) p<0.05). In other words, as an educational process, intellectual capital is focused on internal capacities, experiences, skills, knowledge and emotions rather than their outsourcing when socializing knowledge (Table 2).
|C1||12,12 (10,21 to 21,23)|
|C2||15,46 (11,34 to 16,57)||18,39 (14,32 to 21,24)|
|C3||16,57 (10,56 to 24,35)||17,32 (15,43 to 19,40)||18,34 (13,24 to 18,70)|
|C4||15,38 (12,43 to 19,40)||10,23 (10,01 to 16,23)||17,45 (12,34 to 19,56)||14,32 (11,21 to 20,31)|
|C5||14,35 (12,31 to 20,34)||18,45 (14,32 to 23.45)||15,46 (10,45 to 19,45)||16,57 (14,35 to 23,56)||16,21 (13,24 to 21,34)|
Source: Elaborated with data study; E= Extract, e1= Trust, e2= Commitment, e3= Empathy, e4= Entrepreneurship, e5= Satisfaction, e6= Innovation, e7= Productivity, e8 = Competitiveness, e9 = Happiness, C = Category, c1 = Skills, c2 = Knowledge, c3 = Experiences, c4 = Emotions.
Table 2: Relations between categories.
The proportions of probability suggest that the formative process of intellectual capital, centered on the intra-personal confidence of abilities (OR=17,21(13,24 to 19,20)), skills (OR=18,21 (14,35 to 20,21)], knowledge (OR=15,43 (13,24 to 21,23)), experiences (OR=18,20 (14,32 to 23,45)) and emotions (15,46 (10,21 to 22,31)), is at an allowable threshold of risk. It means then that the intervention of social work can be cemented in the formation of intellectual capital and its indicators of intrapersonal confidence (Table 2). In order to appreciate the structure of axes, trajectories and relationships between the categories and the extracts, a model of equations was carried out (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Structural equation modeling.
The adjustment and residual values χ2=14,35 (15 df) p>0.05; GFI=0.997; CFI=0.995; RMSEA=0.008 suggest the norm of the null hypothesis relative to the significant differences between the structure of categories and extracts reported in the literature with respect to the structural model established in the present work.
The contribution of the present work to the state of the matter lies in the specification of a model for the study of intellectual capital, considering the dimensions of intra-personal confidence in which skills, emotions, experiences, abilities and knowledge, in the qualification of experts, were located in tolerable risk thresholds.
In relation to the literature where the intellectual captain is approached from non-formative organizational dimensions such as cooperation, tasks, goals, objectives or innovations, this paper suggests complementing these dimensions with intra-personal ones to establish differences between professional training and job training.
Future lines of research concerning the structural models of intellectual capital, human capital and social capital will allow establishing a predictive explanation of academic, professional and labor training [16,17-22].
Given that the information is not available or are process able actors requiring immediate planning of their actions, the determinants of the planned behavior are those in which information can be delimited and specified depending on a particular situation or to an event which is the subjective control from decision-making and the information available and actionable.
The theory of planned behavior finds that perceived control is a significant determinant of behavior in direct and indirect mode. To interact with subjective norms and attitudes generate an intention that is also assumed as a determinant of behavior.
However, it perceived control, as the norm and attitude, depend on a set of beliefs about information availability. In this sense, the specification of a model would include variables that anticipate the behavior, but not from the beliefs of availability of information, but from provisions to cooperate by actors that form an entrepreneurial project to develop their skills, not only of choice, deliberation or planning, but innovation.
Citation: Guillen JC, Sanchez JA, Lirios CG, Ruiz HDM, Campas YQ, Ornelas RMR (2022) Formation of Intellectual Capital in the Face of COVID-19. J Hotel Bus Manage. 11:025.
Received: 08-Apr-2022, Manuscript No. JHBM-22-16657; Editor assigned: 11-Apr-2022, Pre QC No. JHBM-22-16657(PQ); Reviewed: 25-Apr-2022, QC No. JHBM-22-16657; Revised: 07-Jun-2022, Manuscript No. JHBM-22-16657(R); Published: 14-Jun-2022 , DOI: DOI: 10.35248/2169-0286.22.11.025
Copyright: © 2022 Guillen JC, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


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It’s definitely worth considering being tested for specific allergies. Your GP can arrange this for you. I was often surprised by what some of my patients were and importantly weren't, allergic to. You just never know. The most common allergies are to pollen and grasses, but it could just be dust or dust-mites. In that case, 90% of the remedy lies in a proper Spring cleaning.
Antihistamines are a staple of managing seasonal allergic rhinitis. While they are similar, my patients invariably found that one was more effective than another, so it’s worth testing a few out (including generic unbranded ones). Beware that some antihistamines, like promethazine (Phenergan), cross the blood-brain barrier. In doing so it causes drowsiness (that’s what makes them so popular with hospital doctors trying to sleep during the day when on a run of night shifts!). In more severe cases, doctors may consider prescribing corticosteroids like budesonide either topically, as a spray, or in tablets.
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