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We reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posts (including email) by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the mobile application and website and/or Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability.
If you consent to receive commercial/ marketing email, text, and other messages from us and agree that we may use your email address, phone number, and other personal information for the purpose of initiating commercial messages, you will be able to opt-out later.
We also collect your email address at the time of registration. Once the email is confirmed we send transactional emails depending on specific actions. Such as; when someone sends/ accepts your friendship request, sends you a message, visits and/ or likes your profile, comments on your photo etc. These emails are to notify you of said actions and are separate from email marketing and promotional emails. If you want to opt-out of these emails you can do so easily from your account settings.
Go to Account settings--> Push notifications.
From there you may disable types of emails you would like to stop receiving.
We reserve the right to change these Terms of Service at any time. We will notify you through your confirmed email address or within the mobile app and website. You are responsible for keeping yourself apprised of any such changes if you dismiss these notifications. If you object to any Terms of Service or any subsequent changes or you become dissatisfied with our Services in any way, your only option is to delete your account. Your continued use of our Services after we post revised Terms of Service means that you agree to the revisions. You must be at least 18 years old to download our Services. By requesting to use, or using our Services, you represent and warrant that you are not required to register as a sex offender with any government entity.
Our Services are free, but your Internet provider’s or mobile operator’s fees and rates may still apply. However, we do have in-app purchases that you can buy if you want to use some of our extra features.
4.1. You understand and agree that our Services may review and delete any content, message, photo, profile, video, sound, musical work, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that is in the sole judgment of us.
4.2. You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service or any material or information that you transmit to other Members.
4.3. By posting any Content to the public areas of the mobile application and website, you hereby grant us the non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, reproduce, publicly perform and display such Content on the mobile application and website, including without limitation distributing part or all of the mobile application and website in any media formats and through any media channels. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on the mobile application and website or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) your Content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyright rights, or other intellectual property rights of any person. You agree to pay all royalties and fees owing any person by reason of any Content you post on the mobile application and website.
4.4. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the mobile application and website. We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the membership of such violators.
Prohibited Content includes Content that:
i. is patently offensive and promotes racism, sexism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual, any content that is obscene, pornographic or otherwise may offend human dignity.
ii. Harasses or advocates harassment of another person or contains language which could be deemed offensive or is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
iii. involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming" or pyramid scams;
iv. promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
v. promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
vi. contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
vii. provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
viii. provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, providing or creating computer viruses;
ix. solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; or
x. involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes.
4.5. You must use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
4.6. You may not include in your publicly accessible Member profile any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs, usernames from any social platforms or email addresses.
4.8. You may not attempt to impersonate another user or a person.
We reserve the right to investigate, suspend and/or terminate your account if you have misused the Service or behaved in a way we regard as inappropriate or unlawful, including actions or communications that occur off the Service but involve users you meet through the Service. The following is a partial list of the type of actions that you may not engage in with respect to the Service. You will not:
We reserve the right to freeze your account if we see that your actual location is different from the location you provided, or your IP address changes continuously varying between countries. You agree that all information that you submit upon creation of your account, including information submitted from your Facebook account, is accurate and truthful and you have the right to post the Content on the Service and grant the license to Pomodoro Digital above. You understand and agree that we may monitor or review any Content you post as part of a Service. We may delete any Content, in whole or in part, that in our sole judgment violates this Agreement or may harm the reputation of the Service.
In consideration for Pomodoro Digital allowing you to use the Services, you agree that we, our affiliates, and our third-party partners may place advertising on the Services. By submitting suggestions or feedback to us regarding our Services, you agree that we may use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensating you.
You agree that we may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary, such as to (i) comply with legal process; (ii) enforce this Agreement; (iii) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties; (iv) respond to your requests for customer service; or (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of the Company or any other person.
Though we strive to encourage a respectful user experience, it is not responsible for the conduct of any user on or off of the Services. You agree to use caution in all interactions with other users, particularly if you decide to communicate off the Service or meet in person. You should not provide your financial information (for example, your credit card or bank account information), wire or otherwise send money, to other users. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members. We reserve the right but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.
You may not engage in any activity involving spam on our Services. Violations of this policy may result in immediate termination of service and legal action against any spammer. Accordingly, you may not upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available junk mail, commercial advertisements, or any other form of commercial solicitation on our Services. Violations of this policy could subject you or your agents to civil and criminal penalties.
We are always striving to improve the Services and bring you the additional functionality that you will find useful. This means we may add new product features or enhancements from time to time as well as remove some features, and if these actions do not materially affect your rights or obligations, we may not provide you with notice before taking them. We may even suspend the Services entirely, in which event we will notify you in advance unless extenuating circumstances, such as safety or security concerns, prevent us from doing so. You may terminate your account at any time, for any reason. We may terminate your account at any time without notice if we believe that you have violated this Agreement.
Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. By using the mobile application and website and the Service, you represent and warrant that all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate. You represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older and that your use of the Service shall not violate any applicable laws or regulations. Your profile may be deleted without warning if it is found that you are misrepresenting your age. Your Membership is solely for your personal use, and you shall not authorize others to use your account, including your profile or email address. You are solely responsible for all Content published or displayed through your account, including any email messages, and for your interactions with other members.
You may purchase a subscription product in various packages, such as one-month, three-month, or six-month subscriptions. For all mobile subscriptions, payment will be charged to your iTunes or Google account when you confirm your purchase. Your subscription will renew automatically for the same amount of time as your original subscription unless you switch off the auto-renew feature at least 24 hours before the end of your current subscription. This is because your account may be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of your current subscription period. You can manage your subscription and switch off auto-renewal by accessing your iTunes or Google account settings. You may not cancel your current subscription during the subscription period, although you may cancel automatic renewal at any time.
Both Apple and Google facilitate “50% OFF” of subscription products (such as VIP) for first-time users, and we take advantage of that ability. For example, from time to time we offer a free initial week to our first-time VIP subscribers. Eligibility for any such trial is limited to users who have not previously subscribed to our VIP subscription, through either a current or prior Pomodoro Digital account. If you are a previous Pomodoro Digital VIP subscriber and try to claim a discount, you should be aware that Apple or Google may recognize your ineligibility. If so, you may not receive a discount, but instead may be charged immediately for your first subscription month. This is a feature controlled by the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, depending on which platform you use for our Services.
Purchases of Subscriptions are non-refundable and non-transferable, even if they expire or are discontinued. We may change the purchase price for Subscriptions at any time, as well as the features included in Subscriptions. We reserve the right to stop issuing Subscriptions at any time and to set expiration dates for Subscriptions. Subscriptions may not be redeemed for any sum of money or monetary value.
10.2 Virtual Currency and Gifts
When you purchase or receive Virtual Currency products such as Coins, gifts or Points you do not own them. Instead, you receive a limited right to use them for eligible services and merchandise on our Services such as VIP, gift card redemption, Coin Redemption or cash redemptions, etc. We offer a cash-out option with respect to Gifts and Stories (Points). When we enable said feature, users will be able to redeem Gifts and points for cash, gift cards, Coins or VIP. Coins are used to buy gifts, unlock locked stories and to upload stories. We expect that initially, a user must cash out at least five thousand points (5000 points) worth of points for each request and maximum redeemable points are ninety-nine thousand points (99000 points), and may cash out only once a month. We may change the cash-out minimum and maximum increments and frequency from time to time, and we reserve the right to do so from at any time without notice. We will also determine the rate of redemption in our sole discretion, and we may change the rate from time to time without notice. The rate will be displayed at the point of redemption. You agree that we have the absolute right to manage, modify, and/or eliminate such redemption feature in our sole discretion. The cost of the Gifts that you give to another user may not correlate with the amount of money such user is entitled to receive from us. You agree that we will have no liability to you based on the exercise of our rights with respect to Gifts, points, and coins. We intend to use a third-party vendor (Amazon, etc.) for the redemption, and users wishing to redeem Gifts for cash must 1) agree to the vendor’s terms of service, as well as its policies and procedures, and 2) bear any charges that the vendor may impose. User understands that all information submitted during the cash out process will be stored by the vendor on the vendor’s servers, and will not be under our control. You understand that we have no control over our third-party vendor’s practices and the user releases us from any and all liability associated with information submitted to our third-party vendor, including, without limitation, liability related to the unauthorized release or use of user’s information. We reserve the right to verify your identity and eligibility to receive the redemptions prior to payment.
You may use Coins to purchase Gifts, unlock locked stories and add stories for other users. The price for each Gift will be displayed at the point of purchase. Gifts constitute a limited license to access a certain feature on the Pomodoro Digital platform when, and if allowed by us. All sales of Gifts are final, and we do not offer refunds for any purchased Gifts. We are not responsible for repairing or replacing Gifts, or providing you with any credit or refund in the event that we modify, suspend, or terminate the Gift, Story or the Points program, or for loss or damage due to any service error, or any other reason. Purchases of Virtual Currency (Coins), Points and Gifts may not be sub-licensed and are non-refundable and non-transferable, even if they expire or are revoked or discontinued. We may change the purchase price for Virtual Currency (Coins), or Gifts at any time, as well as the ways you can use Virtual Currency (Coins), Points and Gifts. We reserve the right to revoke or stop issuing Virtual Currency (Coins, Points) and Gifts at any time without notice, refund, or compensation, and to set expiration dates for Virtual Currency (Coins, Points) and Gifts. Virtual Currency (Coins) and Gifts may not be redeemed for any sum of money or monetary value. If you delete your account or your account is terminated for any reason, you will lose all accumulated and unused Virtual Currency (Coins, Points, etc.) and Gifts without refund or other compensation. You agree that we will have no liability to you based on the exercise of our rights with respect to Virtual Currency (Coins, Points) and Gifts.
Purchases of Subscriptions are non-refundable and non-transferable, even if they expire or are discontinued. We may change the purchase price for Subscriptions at any time, as well as the features included in Subscriptions. We reserve the right to stop issuing Subscriptions at any time and to set expiration dates for Subscriptions. Subscriptions may not be redeemed for any sum of money or monetary value.
Gifts purchased or received by any user do not constitute property and are not transferable.
Pomodoro Digital Coins: are used to buy Gifts, unlock locked Stories and upload Stories.
Pomodoro Digital Points: Gifts and unlocked stories turn into points, may be redeemable.
Offers: You may redeem your points and convert them to VIP subscription, Coins, prepaid cards or redeem as cash if you have enough points to redeem. (All rights reserved to Pomodoro Digital and we reserve the right to make changes at any time with no prior notice.)
To Redeem your points, you will have to verify your account from appropriate pages. If your account is not fully verified, you may not redeem your Points. All Gifts in your account are forfeited if you delete your account or your account is terminated, banned or suspended for any reason.
All users who redeem Points are solely responsible for the reporting and payment of any taxes and fees due on the amounts redeemed.
Once you opt-in for the cash-out process you agree to forfeit all of your remaining points. You will be able to redeem your points for only one item in a single cash-out process.
Once you cash-out your points, all the Gifts on your profile will be removed from your profile.
10.3 Payment Method
Pomodoro Digital's Paid Services may be purchased through your accounts with certain third-parties, such as your Apple iTunes account or your Google Play account (a “Third Party Account”). If you purchase any Paid Services through a Third-Party Account, billing for these Paid Services will appear through your Third-Party Account. You should review the Third-Party Account’s Terms of Service, which we do not control.
10.4 Cancellation of Subscriptions
If you purchase a subscription through a third-party account, you will need to cancel your subscription through that third-party and in accordance with that third party’s terms of Service. If you cancel your subscription, your subscription benefits will continue until the end of your then-current subscription term, but your subscription will not be renewed after that term expires. You will not be entitled to a prorated refund of any portion of the subscription fees paid for the then-current subscription term.
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the mobile application and website and/or the Service. We may terminate your membership for any reason, at any time, without notice. If we terminate your Membership in the Service, you shall not be entitled to a refund of any unused portion of subscription fees, if any. Even after membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect. our Services' Terms of Service and/or subscription fees, if any, that were provided to you at registration is subject to change if needed. By using the Service and becoming a Member, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to charge for the Service and has the right to terminate a Member's Membership, should a Member breach this Agreement or fail to pay for the Service if necessary, as required by this Agreement. Standard usage charges for SMS, MMS, and other data charges may apply and may be billed on your wireless service bill or deducted from your prepaid balance.
We are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the mobile application and website or in connection with the Service provided, whether caused by users of the mobile application and website, Members or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service. We are not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the mobile application and website or Member of the Service. We assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any user or Member communication. our Services is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, wireless phones or other devices, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any mobile application and website or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to users and/or Members or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the mobile application and website and/or in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances shall Pomodoro Digital be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from the use of the mobile application and website or the Service or from any Content posted on the mobile application and website or transmitted to Members, or any interactions between users of the mobile application and website, whether online or offline. The mobile application and website and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and Pomodoro Digital expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Pomodoro Digital cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the mobile application and website and/or the Service. We take no responsibility for third-party advertisements which are posted on this Pomodoro Digital mobile application and website or through the Pomodoro Digital Service, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers.
Software from this mobile application and website (the "Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the mobile application and website or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other Country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
You agree that any dispute relating in any way to these Terms of Service or Pomodoro Digital, including without limitation your or third-parties’ access to or use of our Services, will be resolved by binding arbitration and not through litigation in any court (except in small claims court if the claim is within the court’s jurisdiction and proceeds on an individual basis). Claims are subject to arbitration, regardless of what they are based on or whether they seek legal or equitable remedies. Arbitration applies to any and all such claims or disputes, whether they arose in the past, may currently exist, or may arise in the future.
You agree to indemnify and hold Pomodoro Digital, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third-party due to or arising out of your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above.
There is no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship between Pomodoro Digital and any User of the Service.
The mobile application and website is for the personal use of Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by the management of our Services. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the mobile application and website will be investigated. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from member profiles without notice and may result in termination of membership privileges. Appropriate legal action will be taken by Pomodoro Digital for any illegal or unauthorized use of the mobile application and website.
Pomodoro Digital provide assistance and guidance through its customer care representatives. When communicating with our customer care representatives, you agree not to be abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexist, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or not to behave inappropriately. If we feel that your behavior towards any of our customer care representatives or other employees is at any time threatening or offensive, we reserve the right to immediately terminate your account.
You use Pomodoro Digital services and products at your sole risk. We do not guarantee that our Services will always be safe, secure or error-free or that our Services will always function without disruptions, delays or imperfections. We make no warranty that our Services will meet your requirements, or Pomodoro Digital will be uninterrupted, timely, secure and error-free. We make no warranty that the results obtained from us will be accurate or reliable. We make no warranty that the quality of products, Services, information, material or purchased features obtained through our Services will meet your expectations. Any of downloaded or obtained material through our Services is done at your own risk. You will be solely responsible for any damage to your or others' devices directly or indirectly from the download of any such material. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of such warranties or the limitation or the exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Some of the limitations of warranty may not apply to you. In such cases, the warranties and liability will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. It is the policy of our Services to terminate membership privileges of any member who repeatedly infringes copyright upon prompt notification to Pomodoro Digital by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on our Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Designated Copyright Agent with the following information: (i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (ii) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (iii) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on our Services; (iv) your address, telephone number, and email address; (v) a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. Our Services' Designated Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: email@example.com.
We do not currently conduct criminal background screenings on our Members. We reserve the right, however, to conduct any criminal background check we deem appropriate, at any time and using available public records. By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you hereby authorize any such check.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password you designate during the registration process, and you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password. You agree to immediately notify us of any disclosure or unauthorized use of your username or password or any other breach of security at firstname.lastname@example.org and ensure that you log out from your account at the end of each session.
Your correspondence or dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through our Services, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the advertiser. We will not be liable to you for any failure by an advertiser to provide any service or product you ordered from it.
The sites linked to by the Pomodoro Digital mobile application and website are developed by people over whom we exercise no control Pomodoro Digital cannot and does not screen the sites. Some people may find these sites objectionable, inappropriate, or offensive. We cannot guarantee that our Services will not link to unintended or objectionable content and assume no responsibility for the content of any site linked to by the Pomodoro Digital Services.
In no event shall our Services be liable to you or any third-party for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages including lost profit damages arising from your use of the mobile application and website or the Service even if our Services have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Pomodoro Digital's liability to you for any cause, whatsoever and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to us for the Service during the term of Membership.
This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the mobile application and website and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member of the Service. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Pomodoro Digital regarding the use of the mobile application and website and/or the Service. The failure of Pomodoro Digital to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Please, contact us with any questions regarding this Agreement. I have read this Agreement and agree to all of the provisions contained above.
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1.What Data We Collect
We collect certain data from you directly, like information you enter yourself, data about your usage, and data from third-party platforms you connect with us. We also collect some data automatically, like information about your device and what parts of our Services you interact with or spend time using.
1.1. Data You Provide to Us
We may collect different data from or about you depending on how you use the Services. When you create an account and use the Services, including through a third-party platform, we collect any data you provide directly, including:
* The data listed above is stored by us and associated with your account in our Services.
1.2. Data From Others
In addition to the information you provide us directly, we receive information about you from others or by automated means, including:
- Device Information: We collect information from and about the device(s) you use to access our Services, including:
hardware and software information such as IP address, device type, device-specific and apps settings and characteristics, app crashes, advertising IDs (such as Google’s AAID and Apple's IDFA, both of which are randomly generated numbers that you can reset by going into your device’ settings), browser type, version and language, operating system, time zones, identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
- Other information with your consent: If you give us permission, we can collect your precise geolocation (latitude and longitude) through various means, depending on the service and device you’re using, including GPS, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connections. The collection of your geolocation may occur in the background even when you aren’t using the Services if the permission you gave us expressly permits such collection. If you decline permission for us to collect your geolocation, we will not collect it. Similarly, if you consent, we may collect your photos and videos (for instance, if you want to publish a photo, video or streaming on the Services).
We use tools like cookies, web beacons, analytics services, and advertising providers to gather the data listed below. Some of these tools offer you the ability to opt out of data collection.
We use and may allow other service providers acting on our behalf (like Google Analytics and third party advertisers) use server log files and automated data collection tools like cookies, tags, scripts, customized links, device or browser fingerprints, and web beacons (together, “Data Collection Tools”) when you access and use the Services.
We use third party SDKs for various reasons and down below is a list of each third party SDK we use to give better results by receiving better analytics. These information we give and receive are non-user specific. We use these tools to analyze your use of the Services, including information like third party websites you arrive from, how often you visit, events within the Service, usage and performance data and more. We use this data to improve the Services, better understand how the Services perform on different devices and provide information that may be of interest to you. All the information we send is anonymized and cannot be tracked back to specific users. In other words, it is not possible to draw conclusions about a specific person.
- 3rd Party Usage Analytics Tools: We use tools provided by Google Inc (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, “Google”) in our Services for usage analytics purposes. Answers tool owned by Fabric and acquired by Google is used for usage statistics (https://docs.fabric.io/android/fabric/data-privacy.html). Firebase (https://www.firebase.com/terms/privacy-policy.html) and Google Analytics (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) operated by Google are also used for usage analytics purpose.
- Crash Detection Tools: We use Crashlytics tools owned by Fabric (https://docs.fabric.io/android/fabric/data-privacy.html) for crash detection. It facilitates maintenance and improvement of the Services. All your crash data is collected anonymously.
2.3 Online Advertising
We use third-party advertising services like Google’s ad services (DFP, Admob, AdX. The ads may be based on information we know about you as detailed in Section 2.2 Data From Others and information that these ad service providers know about you based on their tracking data. The ads can be based on your recent activity or activity over time and across other services and may be personalized to your like and interests. When using other services you may also receive personalized online advertisements. From time to time we also advertise our Services on some third-party platforms like Google’s Adwords, Facebook, Apple’s Search Ads. Depending on the types of advertising services we use, cookies or other tracking technologies may be placed on your computer, phone, or other device to collect data about your use of our Services, and those tracking technologies may be accessed in order to serve these personalized advertisements to you. To help deliver personalized advertising, we may provide these service providers with a hashed, anonymized version of your personal information in a non-human-readable form and content that you share publicly on the Services.
Only irreversibly anonymized data is used during all advertising processes including personalized adverstising thus this does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the identity of the person concerned.
The main reason we use your information is to deliver and improve our Services. Additionally, we use your info to help keep you safe and to provide you with advertising that may be of interest to you. Read on for a more detailed explanation of the various reasons we use your information, together with practical examples.
To administer your account and provide our Services to you
To help you connect with other users
To ensure a consistent experience across your devices
To provide services to you
To serve you relevant offers and ads
To improve our Services and develop new ones
To prevent, detect and fight fraud or other illegal or unauthorized activities
To ensure legal compliance
To process your information as described above, we rely on the following legal bases:
Provide our service to you: Most of the time, the reason we process your information is to perform the contract that you have with us. For instance, as you go about using our service to build meaningful connections, we use your information to maintain your account and your profile, to make it viewable to other users and recommend other users to you.
Legitimate interests: We may use your information where we have legitimate interests to do so. For instance, we analyze users’ behavior on our Services to continuously improve our offerings, we suggest offers we think might interest you, and we process information for administrative, fraud detection and other legal purposes.
4.1 With Other Users:
You share information with other users when you voluntarily disclose information on the service (including your public profile). Please be careful with your information and make sure that the content you share is stuff that you’re comfortable being publically viewable since neither you nor we can control what others do with your information once you share it.
4.2 With Our Service Providers and Partners:
We use third parties to help us operate and improve our Services. These third parties assist us with various tasks, including data hosting and maintenance, analytics, customer care, marketing, advertising, payment processing and security operations. These service providers may access your personal data and are required to use it solely as we direct, to provide our requested service.
We may also share information with partners who distribute and assist us in advertising our Services. For instance, we may share limited information on you in hashed, non-human readable form to advertising partners (these partners are listed in sections 3.2 & 3.3)
We follow a strict vetting process prior to engaging any service provider or working with any partner. All of our service providers and partners must agree to strict confidentiality obligations.
4.3 When Required by Law:
We may disclose your information if reasonably necessary: (i) to comply with a legal process, such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant, government / law enforcement investigation or other legal requirements; (ii) to assist in the prevention or detection of crime (subject in each case to applicable law); or (iii) to protect the safety of any person.
4.4 To Enforce Legal Rights:
We may also share information:
(i) if disclosure would mitigate our liability in an actual or threatened lawsuit;
(ii) as necessary to protect our legal rights and legal rights of our users, business partners or other interested parties;
(iii) to enforce our agreements with you; and
(iv) to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing.
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With just three days to go to the end of the Olympics, the GB team has already done enough to make us all feel proud. Currently lying second in the medal table, its good to know that a country the size of the UK (population: 64 million) can punch well above its weight, beating the likes of China (population 1.3 billion)!
The 366 athletes that represent Great Britain will rightly be lauded when they return home and no doubt quite a few of them will be making a trip to Buckingham Palace in due course to go on bended knee in front of the Queen.
But lets also salute the small army that have worked behind the scenes to get these athletes onto the winning podiums and acknowledge all the logistics and planning that might otherwise go unnoticed too.
Starting with the biggest items, 35 horses were loaded onboard a special flight from Stanstead on 30th July to join the Team GB riders. The horses had a combined weight of 17 tonnes and were accompanied by a further 17 tonnes of equipment and several tonnes of hay. Each horse was given its own weight limit, although we’re assuming that the excess baggage restrictions were waived on this particular flight.
The horses were then allocated three to a stall and stood for the entire 12 hour flight. Intriguingly the team’s vet noted that ‘it is difficult to tell if horses get jet lag’ so we guess we’ll never know.
We do know that Team GB moved over 3,000 items of luggage and equipment for their athletes when the squad transferred from its training camp in Belo Horizonte to the Village as several items were reported missing. These apparently included swimwear. (Judging by the size of the swimming trunks that the British divers wore, the thieves could probably have carried them off in their pockets).
But not everything that was transported out to Rio will be coming back. The organisers have already opened the official ‘Rio 2016 Official Auction’ website where visitors will be given ‘exclusive access to some of the Games’ most remarkable memorabilia items’.
Listed amongst these items are the torches used in the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay. Those we would probably put in a bid for, along with the GB Athletes’ Parade Flag carried so proudly by Andy Murray at the Opening Ceremony, which comes complete with a Commemorative Leather Tag. But be quick, the current bid is £3,000.
We might also be tempted to go for the match ball used in the rugby sevens final between Fiji and Great Britain. (Current bid £229)
But our hands will be firmly in our pockets when items such as the ‘podia and trays used during the medal presentation ceremonies’ come up for grabs.
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At a point in my therapeutic and coaching practice I ran into situations where the language dependency became a challenge in treating anxiety and phobias. This is how I found Gunilla, Robert and Trauma Tapping and I am since then (2010) actively engaged in the activities of Peaceful Heart Network in Rwanda. I work extensively with Hypnosis and mind strategies, integrating both TTT and TAT in a lot of cases, and I find the combination extremely versatile and gentle.
I believe in spreading the technique through movies, images, paintings and storytelling. I am currently filming the activities with the goal of creating as many useful film clips as possible available here.
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Four street preachers were arrested in Bristol in front of a cheering crowd of shoppers on Wednesday.
The men were preaching in Broadmead, Bristol’s main city centre shopping area.
According to a witness interviewed by the Bristol Evening Post, an angry crowd gathered round them as they preached that “Allah does not exist” and “All Muslims will burn in hell”.
She also said they had called people “disgusting” for being gay, divorced or living in sin.
In the video footage one of the preachers, who says he is called Michael, states: “The purpose is to worship God. I have some sympathy for you sinners, but the purpose of mankind is to worship God.
“You need to obey God and obey his commands.
“I hated his commands once and I remember what that mind frame is – it is like banging your head against a brick wall.”
A police officer then approaches him and states: “Right, mate, look you are causing a disturbance now, you are not welcome.”
The crowd begin chanting “go home, go home, go home” to the four men.
The police officer then warns the man he will receive a dispersal notice under the anti-social behaviour act. He asks for the preacher’s name, to which he replies “Michael” but refuses to give his surname.
He refuses to leave and is forced to do so by the police officer.
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After her much publicized fairy-tale engagement to her South African fiancee in 2015- and a pricey diamond ring to show for it, popular TV queen has revealed to Tuko.co.ke exclusively, details of her much anticipated wedding.
At her engagement in 20015, Kamene Goro, formerly of Ebru TV, revealed the lofty plans of her 2016 wedding. At the time, she had chosen three different locations for her beach wedding.
Geneva in Switzerland, Greece and Hawaii topped her slate as the possible places where she would hold a grand wedding fit for a queen. Her list of invited guests made news too, only a handful of lucky bosom friends and close family members would get to be part of her big day.
Only 60 people will be on her guest list. Her wedding will be in Genoa, Italy on Saturday, September 17, 2016.
With the aid of her fiancee, the lawyer has settled for a beach wedding in one of the biggest fishing towns in the Mediterranean.
The town of Genoa is a picturesque, spectacular seaport that will offer Kamene Goro and her fiance just what they need for their wedding. A beach, gourmet food (that Genoa is best known for) and a scenery that will remain engraved on the minds of the couple and their guests for an eternity.
The former news anchor also let us in on her upcoming pre-wedding in Arusha on Saturday, March 5, 2016.
The pre- wedding in Arusha, Tanzania, was the couple's idea to do something for their family members and friends who would not make to travel to Genoa, Italy, for the wedding.
On the issues of how much the wedding will cost, the couple is not limiting themselves to a budget.
To give you just an insight of what to expect, her wedding organizer is the same lady who organized the wedding of city tycoon, Jared Otieno and Kendi Mwiti!
Kamene Goro, a lawyer, was a TV darling until her exit from the silver screen circa 2015. She went to her farm and later settled for fashion business. She has been doing parties in Kenya and Arusha ahead of her wedding in September.
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When Stress is STRESSFUL!
Yes I made time, finally, to fit time in to visit my doctor. Yes, you definitely did not need to know that! But I have to share this, because while I had to see him for a number of reasons, one of the problems he believes may be caused by stress, or better still depression!
[image by El Ramon and does not reflect my thoughts on my doctor – he is really nice]
Now I have spent the last 24 hours, not worried about the possible alternatives , but instead have been feeling incredibly stressed over the possibility that I am suffering from EXTREME STRESS or SEVERE DEPRESSION. And pondering in my mind if he is right! Trust me, stressing about if you are STRESSED is STRESSFUL and probably can lead to DEPRESSION unless you are already depressed!
Now, was I stress before I went in? Don’t believe so! Spent a nice relaxing 1 hour waiting in the surgery for the appointment, and was REALLY pleased that he took his time so I was finally able to finish reading Wikinomics. Any one who has read Wikinomics will be able to relate to my joy at finishing it!
So tonight I decided, like with any problem I face, to google it and find out if I really am stressed:
- Are You close to Burnout
- How Stressed Are You – Stress Test
- How Well Do You Manage Stress
- Depression Test– did it for bonus points
Amazing, passed all online stress test, not problem, and top marks for my ability to manage stress. Now I am feeling really happy because I managed to pass stress tests but failed both Internet and Blogging Addiction tests.
So then googled symptoms, WOW amazing fully explained condition, and clearly stated that occurs for unknown reasons. NONE of the articles mentioned STRESS as a cause!!!!
Final thought, the doctor is correct.
We all know it! I am doing too much, and I do run on a high stress level. But lets balance it all up by saying that I have been reasonably well, only one cold in 12 months. Yes, I do need to do some exercise, and spend less time online (his fault tonight as I had to put my mind at rest!)
And please note, I ALWAYS believe you should see your doctor! I am just one of those annoying patients that needs more information so I don’t feel stressed!
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Thing I hate with a passion is that you book an appointment and have the schedule double the time in your busy day to allow for the medico to be “running behind”. Hence its stressful for me sitting there doing nothing, now I take my laptop and work.
I spoke to my doctor on this subject and after 15 years of going to the same GP she laughed at me. Took a lot to infact go to see her, I want to discuss the problem and she laughs. Thinks its a joke. Hence now I have a medico I can’t trust. I now can understand why there huge problem in society with stress. Especially when your GP thinks its a joke. No explanation, just being fobbed off and out the door. Frankly I have yet to find a good GP, who will listen.

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Looking for a good book for a holiday gift – for someone else or to yourself? These 10 titles are the best of December's new releases, according to the editors at Amazon.
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If you plan to spend time poolside this summer, a colorful landscape will brighten your backyard resort. Plants not only improve the view, they psychologically soften the blow of the heat.
How much landscaping you tackle depends on your time, budget and energy. You may want to simply group containers on the pool decking. But if you’re so inclined, you could fill a border to soften the pool perimeter or spiff up that skinny space between the fence and the water.

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Once the primary route for vehicles heading between Edinburgh and Fife, the Forth Road Bridge is being prepared to carry traffic of a different kind.
The bridge, opened in 1964, is to become a digital highway carrying fibre cable to allow ultrafast internet access in South Queensferry, the town which lies in its shadow.
Since the opening of the Queensferry Crossing in 2017, use of the Category A listed structure has largely been limited to public transport, pedestrians and cyclists.
On Wednesday, engineers are set to use a giant air compressor to blow a continuous, 3km stretch of glass fibre right across the bridge at speeds of up to 60 metres per minute.
It’s the peak of a two-week project, six months in the planning, which has seen engineers work in enclosed steel tunnels under the bridge’s footpaths to prepare ducts for the new fibre link.
The new 16mm fibre cable – containing 432 tiny glass fibres each a tenth the size of a human hair – will deliver gigabit-capable internet services to thousands of residents and businesses on the south side of the estuary.
Work on the new, ultra-reliable network has already started in South Queensferry – one of more than 260 communities across Scotland set to benefit from Openreach’s nationwide five-year, full fibre upgrade.
Openreach Scotland board chair Katie Milligan called it a “once in a generation engineering task” which will bring the iconic landmark and UNESCO world heritage site into a new digital era.
She said: “This is a unique moment for civil engineering in Scotland as two huge infrastructure projects come together. We’re building a new ultrafast digital highway – and going across the Forth Road Bridge is the fastest, most direct way to get it done.
“It’s impossible to join up spans of fibre on the Bridge, so it has to be done in one long piece. It’s amazing to think that these tiny fibres will future-proof the internet for thousands of homes and businesses on the south side of the Bridge for decades to come.
“This is a once-in-a-generation engineering task to make broadband fit for the future, and we’re proud to be literally bridging the digital divide across this iconic landmark.”
In addition to the work on the bridge itself, engineers have built another 2km of fibre to the north approach, with the new network linking back to a main fibre hub in Inverkeithing, Fife.
Milligan added: “As we saw during lockdown, good connectivity reduces pressures on our road network, and can cut emissions, by giving many Scots the ability to work where they live. It’s great to see the iconic Forth Road Bridge play a part in a new, digital era which, like the Bridge itself, will serve Scotland for generations.”
Chris Tracey, Unit Bridges Manager for BEAR Scotland, which is responsible for the road bridges and has worked closely with Openreach to plan the project, said: “We were pleased to facilitate safe access on the Forth Road Bridge for Openreach to carry out this major upgrade, and we look forward to the benefits it will bring to local residents and businesses.”
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The gifted songstress known as Yuna returns with an intriguing new cover today of Frank Ocean’s “Thinking About You.” It was recorded and filmed inside her home in Los Angeles, and showcases a unique reworking of one of her personal musical favorites. Still unfamiliar? Press play and see what all the buzz is about, enjoy.

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NYC City Council Passes Muslim Holiday Resolution Religious, labor and immigrant groups are calling for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to rescind his rejection of a City Council resolution to close school for two important Muslim Holidays. The Mayor says the city is too diverse for schools to observe every holiday. Quincy Jones May Try to Buy Back VIBE A report published by EbonyJet.com said Jones intends on buying back the magazine after its shut down on Tuesday saying the magazine might have an “online-only” future. Stimulus to Help American Indian State Banks Obama’s stimulus plan will distribute $8 million dollars to 10 U.S. bank institutions that serve American Indian communities. Border Patrol Agent Shoots Suspected Immigrant A border patrol agent in South Texas shot an immigrant man after a brief altercation at a convenience store because he feared for his life.
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Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Scaring Old Main
The state of the Pennsylvania budget is currently at a stand-still…as it has been for the last seven months.
This lack of a budget from Harrisburg is scaring Old Main, and rightfully so: being a state-related university, Penn State receives state funding that helps cover some of the university’s budget and keep tuition down. In fact, last year saw Penn State’s appropriation go up which led to a tuition freeze for in-state students, a condition of the bonus.
Pennsylvania being unable to settle the nickels and dimes down for good can hurt students directly and indirectly. Those who rely on state grants from PHEAA have yet to see their funds. At the university, the administration can only wait so long before it starts looking for ways to fill the gap, and it’s not really sure when that would be or how they would do it. No one wants to run a university — the kind of place that makes strategic plans and argues over the money spent to keep its Board of Trustees comfortable — from a point of uncertainty.
The stalemate is even the focus of President Barron’s latest blog post (which is only the second in his effort titled “Digging Deeper,”) in which he outlines the stresses that the impasse places on Penn State.
Barron admits in his post that he spent a day tracking down a number of representatives in the state capitol and lobbying for Penn State to get its money. The president argued, like he did in an effort to get more appropriations, that the university is an economic powerhouse for the state and return on investment to the state is high because of the number of students Penn State educates.
Basically, the administration wants something, or at least wants to know what it’s going to get from Harrisburg. Penn State can’t move forward with its plans until knows what it can expect. This includes things like construction projects that could face serious delay if no budget is reached. With a big renovation on the horizon and an athletic director who may not be best when it comes to balancing the checkbook, it makes sense that Old Main is collectively hitting refresh waiting for an email with some kind of number they can work with.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that 1, 235 permanent voter cards were snatched by suspected political thugs in Kogi on Saturday.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that the thugs snatched the cards during the distribution of the item to registered voters in the state.
He said the cards were snatched from INEC officials in some polling units in Lokoja, Ankpa and Okene.
Agbaje said that 1,020 cards were snatched by the armed thugs in Lokoja, 140 in Ankpa and 75 in Okene.
He however said that 406 of the cards that were snatched in Lokoja had been recovered, and that some arrests had been made.
The resident commissioner also disclosed that the secretary to one of the local government councils in Kogi West senatorial district was apprehended for dual registration.
According to him, the suspect was detected by officials and vigilant members of the public after the secretary signed and collected the cards in two separate polling units.
Agbaje said the one of the cards was retrieved from local council secretary, adding that his case would be referred to the police for prosecution.
The INEC commissioner said dual registration attracts a penalty of 12 years imprisonment and a fine of N2 million on conviction.
He described the overall exercise in the state as very successful, saying that a total of 1.2 million permanent voter cards were issued out for distribution to registered voters.
Agbaje assured that the issuance of the cards would be continued and advised those who had not collected their cards to do so at INEC office in their local government headquarters.
He said those eligible to vote after the last voter registration exercise in 2011 would be registered from May 28 to June 1, and warned against double registration or registration by proxy.


- Is riding a bike an example of mechanical energy?
- Is a bowling ball mechanical energy?
- What kind of energy does a bowling ball transfer to bowling pins?
- What are 5 mechanical energy examples?
- What are the two main forms of mechanical energy?
- What are some examples of mechanical energy at home?
- What are examples of potential energy in your home?
- What happens when a bowling ball collides with a bowling pin?
- What happens to the kinetic energy of a bowling ball once it strikes pins?
- What are the 3 types of potential energy?
Is riding a bike an example of mechanical energy?
When you ride a bicycle, several things happen that require energy and it’s transformation.
You pedaling the bike is transforming chemical energy, supplied by the breakdown of the food you eat, into mechanical energy to turn the pedals.
The chemical energy is potential and the mechanical energy is kinetic..
Is a bowling ball mechanical energy?
The mechanical energy of a bowling ball gives the ball the ability to apply a force to a bowling pin in order to cause it to be displaced. Because the massive ball has mechanical energy (in the form of kinetic energy), it is able to do work on the pin. Mechanical energy is the ability to do work.
What kind of energy does a bowling ball transfer to bowling pins?
kinetic energyThe bowling ball has kinetic energy as it moves toward the pins. The pins scatter in different directions when the ball hits them.
What are 5 mechanical energy examples?
10 Examples of Mechanical Energy in Everyday LifeWrecking Ball. A wrecking ball is a large round structure that is used for the demolition of buildings. … Hammer. … Dart Gun. … Wind Mill. … Bowling Ball. … Hydropower Plant. … Cycling. … Moon.More items…
What are the two main forms of mechanical energy?
There are two main types of mechanical energy. They are motion energy and stored mechanical energy. Motion energy: This is the energy something has because it is moving (eg a speeding cricket ball).
What are some examples of mechanical energy at home?
Everyday Examples of Mechanical EnergyTurning a doorknob.Breathing in and out.Hammering a nail.Riding a bicycle.Sharpening a pencil.Using kitchen appliances.Listening to music.Typing on a keyboard.More items…
What are examples of potential energy in your home?
By keeping in mind all the above information about the potential energy, let us now look at some examples of potential energy from everyday life.Pendulum. … Spring. … Bow & Arrow. … Rock At Cliff’s Edge. … Food We Eat. … Water In Dams & Reservoirs. … Snow. … Bullet.More items…
What happens when a bowling ball collides with a bowling pin?
When the bowling ball collides with the pins, the momentum the ball loses is equal to the momentum the pins gain. An object’s inertia resists changes its motion. … This inertia of the ball will knock down the pins. The inertia of the bowling ball, when rolled down the lane, will resist the change in its motion.
What happens to the kinetic energy of a bowling ball once it strikes pins?
The change in energy is potentail to kinetic energy, when the ball is about to be released it turns from potential to kinetic energy because it starts rolling down the lane. … When you roll the bowling ball until it hits the end of the lane, and the pins will stay at rest until the ball hits them down.
What are the 3 types of potential energy?
Types of potential energy include:Gravitational potential energy.Chemical energy.Nuclear energy.Elastic potential energy, also called spring energy.Electrical potential energy especially in a capacitor.Apr 28, 2020


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At Church Street Library we celebrated National Poetry Day at the beginning of the month with a visit from poet Fran Isherwood. The library welcomed 27 Key Stage 2 children from local school Christchurch Primary for the event.
Fran entertained her audience with her own repertoire of silly, amusing and at times gruesome poems on a range of themes including Star Wars, superheroes, giggling girls and rubber duck cargoes.
With her charismatic and engaging performance she captured the children’s imaginations with further poems about “Cosmic Discos”. After her readings she delivered a poetry writing workshop where she inspired the group to work together to produce a poem entitled “Bad Pets”. Fran also did some teaching on the art of Haiku poetry which the children then had a go at themselves, creating their own individual poems around this year’s National Poetry Day theme “Stars”.
All in all a very successful event which we hope to run again!

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Euphonia : for solo euphonium [eScore] / Andrew Batterham.
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Orange Spiced Krumkake
"This recipe is for use with a krumkake iron. The rich smell of orange and spices will fill the air."
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- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, orange peel and eggs. Sift together the flour, cloves and cardamom. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Mix until batter is completely smooth.
- Grease the krumkake iron with oil or vegetable spray. Heat iron over medium low heat. You only need to grease the iron once.
- Place one tablespoon of batter at a time onto the center of the iron, close, and hold firmly. Cook for 15 to 20 seconds, turning iron over halfway through. Remove krumkake from iron and roll into a cone. Repeat with the rest of the batter.
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Robert J. MacLean
Robert J. MacLean, former U.S. Air Force, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service, September 1988
|Born||March 8, 1970|
Torrejón Air Base, Madrid, Spain
|Service/||United States Air Force|
|Years of service||U.S. Air Force: 1988–1992
United States Border Patrol Agent: 1996-2001U.S. Federal Air Marshal: 2001-2006
|Unit||44th Strategic Missile Wing|
|Awards||Air Force Good Conduct Medal |
Basic Training Honor Graduate Ribbon
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
National Defense Service Medal
Robert J. MacLean (born March 8, 1970 in Torrejon Air Base, Spain) is a United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) air marshal. On December 8, 2015, the United States Merit Systems Protection Board's November 3, 2015 ruling, in MacLean's favor, became final after the United States Department of Homeland Security chose not to appeal. The decision legally designates MacLean a protected federal employee whistleblower. On July 28, 2003, he made disclosures to national media about a strict dress policy that exposed air marshals' identities, and a proposed TSA operational plan that he believed would have reduced aviation security: removing air marshals from long distance, nonstop flights to save on hotel costs. TSA reversed all of the policies MacLean blew the whistle on. He was fired on April 11, 2006, and has claimed whistleblower protections.
On April 26, 2013, a unanimous panel of three United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Judges found that MacLean was entitled to protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act and remanded the case to the Merit Systems Protection Board for further proceedings. DHS then appealed the three-judge panel's decision to ten judges on the Federal Circuit, all ten rejected DHS' appeal without comment.
DHS appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court accepted DHS' appeal for review and affirmed the Federal Circuit's decision in MacLean's favor 7-2. The decision was written by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts.
Shortly after a United States Merit Systems Protection Board administrative judge issued an April 14, 2015 order that he was inclined to rule MacLean made protected whistleblower disclosures, on May 8, 2015, TSA voluntarily reinstated MacLean, but it opts to continue litigating the case in order to reduce the fees it owes MacLean's attorneys.
MacLean served in the U.S. Air Force from 1988 to 1992. In the Air Force, MacLean was a nuclear weapons maintenance technician for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). He was awarded the Basic Training Honor Graduate Ribbon, Outstanding Unit Awards, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Air Force Good Conduct Medal
After his discharge, MacLean entered the U.S. Border Patrol as a border patrol agent and served almost six years in its San Diego Sector as a trainer. MacLean was recruited by the Federal Aviation Administration's Federal Air Marshal program immediately after the September 11 attacks. MacLean was in the first air marshal class to graduate after the September 11, 2001 attacks. After subsequently hiring a significant amount of new air marshals, the FAA program was moved under the new Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration and called the Federal Air Marshal Service.
On July 28, 2003, MacLean told an NBC News reporter that every federal air marshal in the U.S. and in his Las Vegas office received an unsecured text message ordering them to cancel their hotel reservations from August 2, 2003 and on. MacLean had been told that in an effort to reduce spending, air marshals would be removed from many long-distance flights that required hotel stays. The next day, MSNBC would report that several sources would confirm that every Federal Air Marshal was sent this text message. The TSA sent the unmarked message to unsecured cellular phones as opposed to the password-protected encrypted cellular Smartphone or Personal digital assistant (PDA).
MacLean said he previously brought his concerns to his TSA managers and a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General field agent, but was rebuffed, leading him to make contact with national media. MacLean was quoted, anonymously, along with other unnamed sources, in a story written by Brock N. Meeks, Chief Washington correspondent for MSNBC.com.
TSA investigation and self-identification
Immediately after the disclosure, TSA managers began an investigation to determine the source of the leaks. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin later confirmed that TSA and FAMS managers threatened air marshals with prosecution for talking to the press. Weeks after MacLean made the disclosure, he stopped being anonymous, founded the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association's Federal Air Marshal Service agency chapter and accepted the position of Executive Vice President.
Firing by TSA and administrative appeals
MacLean was fired by the TSA on April 11, 2006, on the grounds that he disclosed prohibited security information. On August 31, 2006, more than six months after he was fired, the TSA retroactively marked MacLean's July 2003 disclosure as being Sensitive Security Information, an unclassified information category.
MacLean appealed this decision to the Merit Systems Protection Board, but after the TSA issued its August 31, 2008 "Final Order on Sensitive Security Information," the agency argued that the MSPB had no jurisdiction to challenge an "Agency Order." The MSPB Administrative Judge dismissed the appeal without prejudice so MacLean could challenge the Agency Order in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On September 16, 2008, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled that the Transportation Security Administration was within its authority to retroactively classify the information as SSI, but found that MacLean could contest his termination before the MSPB under the authority of the Whistleblower Protection Act by arguing that he had a "good-faith belief" that the information did not qualify as "sensitive security information."
On June 22, 2009, a full MSPB panel declared that MacLean was not protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act. On May 12, 2010, MSPB administrative law judge Franklin M. Kang issued an Initial Decision to uphold MacLean's removal. MacLean appealed the decision to a 3-member appellate MSPB panel in Washington DC, but on July 25, 2011, the full panel denied all of MacLean's Whistleblower Protection Act defenses and affirmed the TSA's decision to terminate him.
Appellate court decision
A unanimous panel of three United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Judges ruled in favor of MacLean on April 26, 2013. The court ruled that MacLean's disclosure did not violate the law and he may have defenses under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (WPA). In a concurring decision, Judge Evan Wallach wrote "Mr. MacLean presented substantial evidence that he was not motivated by personal gain but by the desire to protect the public."
Supreme Court case
On January 27, 2014, the federal government filed a petition for writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court granted the government's appeal on May 19, 2014 conference and posted its decision online on May 5, 2014. One hour of oral arguments was held before the nine Supreme Court justices.
With MacLean's U.S. Supreme Court victory, the United States Merit Systems Protection Board remanded his case to San Francisco administrative judge Franklin M. Kang for a new hearing. On April 14, 2015, Judge Kang issued an order informing DHS that he's inclined to rule that MacLean made a "protected [whistleblower] disclosure", therefore he may not sustain "the sole charge and specification" in his court, and "a continuation of the hearing does not appear to be necessary."
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SpaceX has reportedly fired at least five employees who circulated a letter that urged company executives to condemn CEO Elon Musk’s public behavior.
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell explained the firings in an email to staff, according to a New York Times article. “The letter, solicitations and general process made employees feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or angry because the letter pressured them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views,” Shotwell wrote, according to the NYT. “We have too much critical work to accomplish and no need for this kind of overreaching activism.”
Shotwell’s email to staff also said, “Blanketing thousands of people across the company with repeated unsolicited emails and asking them to sign letters and fill out unsponsored surveys during the work day is not acceptable.” Shotwell urged employees to “stay focused on the SpaceX mission, and use your time to do your best work. This is how we will get to Mars.”
Reuters reported that the number of fired employees was at least five.
Letter cited allegation against Musk
The internal letter drafted by employees was circulated inside SpaceX on Wednesday and revealed in an article by The Verge. The letter said SpaceX executives should “publicly address and condemn Elon’s harmful Twitter behavior” and that the company “must swiftly and explicitly separate itself from Elon’s personal brand.”
The letter called out “recent allegations against our CEO and his public disparagement of the situation,” a reference to a Business Insider report last month that SpaceX “paid a flight attendant $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim” against Musk in 2018. Musk denied the allegation, and Shotwell defended him in a company-wide email.
“Personally, I believe the allegations to be false; not because I work for Elon, but because I have worked closely with him for 20 years and never seen nor heard anything resembling these allegations,” Shotwell wrote to staff at the time, according to CNBC.
Musk’s behavior called a “source of embarrassment”
The employee letter that led to the firings said that “Elon’s behavior in the public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks.” The letter accused the company of not applying its policies equally to executives and employees, writing that “SpaceX must establish safe avenues for reporting and uphold clear repercussions for all unacceptable behavior, whether from the CEO or an employee starting their first day.”
The letter was a result of a collaboration by “employees across the spectra of gender, ethnicity, seniority, and technical roles,” it said. The letter requested an in-person meeting with executives to discuss the employees’ requests.
“Our unique position requires us to consider how our actions today will shape the experiences of individuals beyond our planet. Is the culture we are fostering now the one which we aim to bring to Mars and beyond?” the letter asked.


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Photo of a girl in PA who went to prom thanks to a Fairy Godmother gown.
On Feb. 16 and 17, Metrocenter Mall and a nonprofit Fairy Godmothers, Inc. are hosting a great community event called Prom Fair 2013. Fairy Godmothers, Inc.collects donated gowns from places like Alfred Angelo and David’s Bridal, as well as gently used gowns through local Gown Drives, and sells them to local high school juniors and seniors for prom at only $10 each. Girls who otherwise might not be able to attend prom due to financial hardship may get to experience one of the most prominent and memorable moments of the high school life.
For those who are able to contribute donations, it is more than welcome for the community to drop off gowns at the Metrocenter Guest Services Desk during regular mall hours.
Since the start of Fairy Godmothers, the organization has been able to dress more than 10,000 young ladies in Arizona, Delaware, Florida, New York and Virginia. Their mission for the past 13 years has been to ensure a special high school prom experience for financially unstable students.
The Prom Fair will be in the south entrance of Mentrocenter Mall Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. After arriving and signing into the event, students are assigned a “personal shopper” to assist with the selection of their gown and final purchase. All purchases are cash only. In addition to $10 gowns, miscellaneous prom accessories will also be available to purchase for $2 to $6.
For more details on donating a gown, visit http://www.fairygodmothersinc.com/donate/
To volunteer as a Prom Fair Personal Shopper, or to assist the event, email firstname.lastname@example.org


Chongqing Pingshan Electromechanical Equipment Co., Ltd., formerly known as Chongqing Pingshan Mine Electromechanical Equipment Co., Ltd., was built in 1998 with a registered asset of 51 million yuan. It is a company integrating R & D, production and sales of all kinds of coal mine full hydraulic tunnel drilling rig, coal mine crawler full hydraulic tunnel drilling rig, double arm roof cutting drilling rig, crawler anchor drill, directional drilling rig, intelligent drilling rig, high-speed soft coal seam drilling rig, angle online measurement drilling rig, pneumatic drilling rig, water exploration drilling rig, anti outburst drilling rig, mobile gas drainage pump station, coal mine fan It is a comprehensive coal machinery enterprise integrating drilling angle measuring instrument, drill bit, drill pipe and other mine electromechanical equipment.
The company is located in NANPENG street, Banan District, Chongqing, with convenient transportation and two manufacturing bases. NANPENG covers an area of more than 60 mu, with a standardized plant of more than 20000 square meters, a boundary stone of more than 50 mu and a plant of more than 48000 square meters. It has first-class office facilities, spacious and bright staff canteen, warm and comfortable staff apartment, modern production and processing workshop, more than 300 sets of various production equipment (turning, milling, planing, grinding, drilling, punching, wire cutting, processing center, friction welding machine, etc.), and more than 200 sets of measurement and testing equipment.
The mining products produced by the company mainly include:
1. Crawler directional drilling rig series for coal mine
2. Crawler full hydraulic tunnel drilling rig series for coal mine
3. Tunnel drilling rig series for coal mine
4. Crawler type high speed soft coal seam full hydraulic tunnel drilling rig series
5. Tunnel repair machine series for coal mine
6. Crawler type double arm seam cutting drill series for coal mine
7. Intrinsically safe drilling angle measuring instrument
8. Crawler type water injection slag removal device for coal mine drilling
9. Mining fan series
10. Hand held pneumatic drill
11. Sealing pump
12. Hydraulic rotary drilling rig
13. Mining mobile fire prevention and extinguishing grouting device
14. Emulsion pump
15. Various types of mining drill bits, drill pipes and accessories.


Client Introduction & Business Requirement:
Our client is a large US based Industrial Automation Company manufacturing Industrial Controllers. They wanted to eliminate the line stoppage of their Pick & Place machines and activate proactive alerts in case of performance deviations in their nozzles.
Their Pick & Place machines extract components from flowing ribbons, known as Tape & Reel and place them accurately on the PCB. Each machine can hold up to 400 nozzles, which are programmed to perform the function of extract (via suction/vacuum) and place for each PCB. The nozzles are primarily designed to accommodate suction and placement of components.
They needed a solution to provide insights from the data while in production, and to notify technicians about potential anomalies in the machine. Nozzle drifts cause rejects which results in raw material wastage and line stoppage, thus impacting productivity loss.
- Solution was implemented to consistently monitor and track nozzle performance and generate alerts upon deviation from the desired/designed performance metrics thresholds. The solution was enabled on Web as well as on a Mobile App to track nozzle performance (fluctuations/anomalies) in real-time.
- For the Pick & Place machines line, we provided an end-to-end solution for data acquisition from OEM machines across the globe. It also provided these essential capabilities:
- Data Processing Platform on the Cloud.
- AI/ML Predictive Algorithms for Nozzle Deviation predictions.
- Mobile Applications for Shop Floor Operators and Managers.
- Alert Notifications using SMS and Emails.
In this manner, we deployed the solution for Edge Device Management and Containerized application deployment on the Edge.


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