text:
Earnings season is upon us time to go, as they say, to the scoreboard for an update on some of the sector’s perennial favorites.
GPRE earning, DSM acquiring, AMRS shipping some welcome pars, even a birdie or two, from the front-lines.
Now, the ethanol sector has been going through one of its periodic rough patches in recent months in this case, courtesy of the dire US drought last year which has forced up corn prices and tightened inventories. A number of ethanol plants have tumbled into the red, or shut down production entirely until corn and ethanol prices become better aligned.
First up to bat: Green Plains Renewable Energy
So, it was surprising news when Green Plains Renewable Enegy (GPRE) came out with positive earnings for the 4th quarter and the year as a whole.
Net income attributable to Green Plains for the full year of 2012 was $11.8M, compared to net income of $38.4M in 2011. Revenues were $3.5B for 2012 compared to $3.6B in 2011. For Q4, net income was $33.0M, compared to $13.3M in 2011. Revenues were $883.7M for Q4 compared to $922.8M for Q4 2011.
“All of our business segments reported positive operating income during both the fourth quarter and the last half of 2012,” said CEO Todd Becker. “We ended 2012 with $280 million in cash and the lowest ethanol plant debt in our history. This positions us for the future to take advantage of growth and diversification opportunities and to continue to withstand the cyclicality of our business.”
The strong earnings earned high marks from investors. Overall, shares jumped from a closing low of $7.59 on January 30, to $9.90 at the closing bell on Valentine’s Day before settling back to $9.88 at yesterday’s close. A very impressive 30% leap and an upgrade from TheStreet Ratings (from sell to hold).
Looking at the company’s longer range future, news continues to be positive in GPRE’s BioProcess Algae venture. The start-up initiated and completed construction of Phase III Grower HarvesterTM reactors in Shenandoah, Iowa. Construction of Phase IV, involving an additional 4.25 acres of reactors and a new downstream processing facility, has begun with completion expected in September 2013.
The upside there is to convert the low-value CO2 byproduct at the conpany’s Shenandoah plant to a feedstock for a high-value algae venture in producing feed, nutraceuticals and fuels. A Bioseutica deal for Omega-3 oils is a first step in monetizing that project.
It’s proof positive, GPRE’s results that is, that lean times in corn do not necessarily have to translate into disaster at the earnings call. Investors who bought in during the company’s long run at the $10-$12 range may not have received satisfaction both those who took the plunge when the company’s shares were trading at $3.57 back just 6 months ago are pocketing large gains.
Over to Amyris
Next on the docket Amyris, Inc. (AMRS) reported in yesterday with its Q4 and year-end results.
Overall, aggregate revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 were $5.9 million versus $41.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. The decline in revenue was due to the Company’s planned transition out of the ethanol and ethanol-blended gasoline business, which was completed in the third quarter of 2012.
Of the $5.9 million in aggregate revenues during the quarter ended December 31, 2012, $3.0 million related to renewable product sales compared to $0.7 million for the same period in the prior year.
On a non-GAAP basis net loss attributable to common stockholders was $29.7 million compared to $52.8 million ($1.15 per share) in 2011.
For the year as a whole, 2012 revenues were $73.7 million versus $147.0 million for 2011. On a non-GAAP basis, the net loss for 2012 was $131.8 million ($2.32 per share) compared to $153.4 million ($3.42 per share) in the prior year.
“In the final quarter of 2012, we completed commissioning and began commercial production of our industrial-scale farnesene production plant in Brazil. Also, we secured additional capital from some of our largest shareholders,” said John Melo, President & CEO of Amyris. “Amyris is focused on continued execution of our business strategy with the goal of achieving positive cash flow in 2014, underpinned by a reduced operating expense profile, strong product and collaboration revenues, and ongoing support from our investors,” Melo concluded.
Over at Cowen & Company, Rob Stone wrote: The Q4:12 cash loss was 20% wider than St. on lower revenue, weak mix, and higher expenses. Product and collaboration revenue both fell short of our estimates. Squalane and niche diesel are still the only products shipping; others should follow in H2:13. Despite the recent financing, only about 50% of expected 2013 collaboration funding is firm. Maintain Neutral (2).
Over at Piper Jaffray, Mike Ritzenthaler wrote:
“We maintain our Neutral rating and $3 target on shares of AMRS following their 4Q GAAP print of ($0.72) in loss per share, below our estimate of ($0.55). Gross margins on farnesene again appeared to be above zero, and $3 million in product sales were about half of the total 4Q revenues. Management’s focus continues to be on reducing costs, but with ~$30 million of burn in 4Q, cash availability remains a central tenet of the Amyris story. The Paraiso startup and new potential volumes are promising steps in the right direction, but with $30 million in cash on hand and ~$85 million in burn on tap for 2013, we remain on the sidelines.”
The stock is on a run in recent weeks running up over $4.00 per share briefly, prompting a technical downgrade from Raymond James after shares shot up 60% in a month and overshot the RJ’s price targets. Since then, the buyer jets have cooled somewhat and the stock has settled back to $3.13 this morning after taking an 8% hit following the earnings announcement.
But, by any measure, miles better than the $1.57 low that AMRS shares reached after a steep slide last spring when the company’s ramp-up targets were abandoned due to technical problems in scale-up.
Over to DSM
This morning, Koninklijke DSM NV (DSM.AS) reported €243 million in EBITDA for Q4, with the company noting that this result came despite a €100 million lower contribution from its caprolactam activities compared to Q4 2011. For the full year EBITDA amounted to €1,109 million, 14% lower compared to 2011. Profit growth in all clusters was more than offset by approximately €300 million lower results from DSM’s caprolactam activities in Polymer Intermediates and Performance Materials.
Nutrition results in Q4 increased by 6% versus Q4 2011 and full year results increased by 8%, as a result of contributions from acquisitions and continued organic growth.
Pharma results in Q4 as well as for the full year 2012 were slightly above the level of the comparative periods of 2011.
Performance Materials recorded 21% higher EBITDA in Q4 compared to Q4 2011 due to higher volumes, improved margins and lower costs. Full year EBITDA was 4% lower due to lower margins in the polyamide-6 value chain (caprolactam effect) and lower volumes at DSM Dyneema.
In early trading, NYSE-traded shares in Royal DSM were up to $15.78, nestled quite close to an 18-month high (the stock briefly touched $16.00 in late January). DSM has not hit the $18 mark in the past five years is the company poised to make a strong run in 2013, after dipping to as low as $10.83 in mid-summer. Certainly, the company has been active in M&A, most recently acquiring enzyme-related businesses from Cargill.
The Bottom Li
For all three reporting stocks the companies have recovered strongly from share price jitters in the past year. Intrepid investors have been making large returns in all three stocks over the past few months. Each of the three issued relatively bullish outlooks for their development efforts more cautious on the short-term economics and earnings.
But a whale of a lot batter than seven months ago when scale-up concerns, drought concerns and capital-finding woes had tumbled shares associated with advanced bioenergy and renewable chemicals into the tank.
Jim Lane is editor and publisher of Biofuels Digest and BioInvest Digest where this article was originally published. Biofuels Digest is the most widely read Biofuels daily read by 14,000+ organizations. Subscribe here.


text:
The Senior Director, Cytogenetics, reports to the licensed Medical Director or Chief Director and is responsible for providing technical interpretation of results and signing reports; implementing new assays, assay troubleshooting, acting as a technical consultant to operations staff and participation in QA responsibilities, and reviewing SOPs. Assumes Clinical Consultant or Technical Supervisor responsibilities as assigned by the Medical Director.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Utilizing laboratory procedures, diagnoses from body tissue, fluids, secretions, and other specimens, the presence and stage of diseases. Reviews, interprets and documents clinical test result within established turnaround times.
2. Due to the importance of quality patient care, servicing consultation requests of all types in considered imperative.
3. Attendance at National meetings in area of assigned expertise to maintain/build knowledge and to provide representation for Quest Diagnostics.
Assists the delegate Clinical Consultant or Technical Supervisor in the responsibilities in Cytogenetics Specialty as delegated by the “Laboratory Director Responsibilities” Policy:
1. Collaborates in reviewing test method selection and validation.
2. Collaborates in ensuring that the proficiency-testing program is conducted in a timely manner, reviewed by appropriate staff, and approve of corrective action when a proficiency testing result is found to be unsatisfactory.
3. Collaborates in monitoring quality control to ensure that acceptable levels of analytical performance are maintained for each test system. Ensure that patient test results are reported only when the system is functioning properly.
4. Collaborates in corrective action and preventative action plans and procedures.
5. Collaborates in the annual review of Standard Operating Procedures for test systems.
6. Collaborates in review of report format for appropriateness of clinical information communicated in areas of assigned expertise. Collaborates in review of interpretative reporting comments as needed.
Supervision Exercised: N/A
•MD degree or Ph.D. degree, or equivalent.
•At least 3 years related experience.
•NGS experience, particularly with exome sequencing is preferred.
•Experience with high-throughput laboratory automation is a plus.
•Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
•Demonstrated good decision-making and organizational skills.
•The capability of being continuously updated in literature with regard to its medical applications.
Technical Training and Professional Licensing
•Board eligibility in the appropriate genetic subspecialty (Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics) by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, or equivalent.
•Any appropriate State DOH personnel license/eligibility as required by the Clinical Cytogenetics Specialty.At least three years of practical doctoral experience in a clinical cytogenetics laboratory.
All requirements are subject to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Quest Diagnostics is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Disabled / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity.

domain: health


The Milo Yiannopoulos show made a stop at the University of Washington in Seattle Friday night, the night of Minority-President Trump’s inauguration. And what a s#!t show it was.
The venue was a large auditorium, and the free tickets were all taken. So, if you are one of the many people wondering if Milo is really all that much of a big deal, take note that on one of America’s most liberal campuses, in one of America’s most liberal cities, Breitbart News-affiliated Milo Yiannopoulos packs auditoriums and leaves others wishing they had tickets.
When I arrive at 6 p.m., an hour before the scheduled start time, there are already lines of of hundreds of people waiting to get in, some of whom have been waiting for some time.
Between the lines of people and the entrance to the auditorium is a group of, say, 100-150 young adults clad entirely in black: black jeans, black coats, black hats, black boots, black backpacks, and black masks or scarves covering their faces. The large sign they hold announces “No More Presidents.” A smaller sign declares “We Are Ungovernable.”
Known as the “black block,” or “anarchists,” or as some of their critics call them, “man-archists,” they were the plague of the occupy movement and have now moved on to become the plague of campus protests. Their role in political protest, as they see it, is to show up as often as possible in places where nobody likes them, and fuck shit up. Break windows, light fires, trash newspaper kiosks, stuff like that. The more everyone around them tells them to go away, the more certain they are that they are right where they should be. The particulars of any given street protest is of no concern: no matter the issue, no matter who called the protest or what the organizers hope will happen, no matter the place or time, they fuck shit up.
Milo is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he did figure out that the man-archists are an always-available cast of unpaid extras he can count on to show up on cue and perform exactly the script he has written for them in his traveling alt-right reality show. Imagine the expense of hiring a hundred extras at each of the twenty-three college campuses Milo will visit on his tour, outfitting them in black, and training them in the caricatured posturing of man-archists. Milo gets all that for free.
To be sure, not all the blockaders are man-archists. There are other militant left groups present from a range of ideologies. But with everyone gathered around “No More Presidents” sign, with faces covered and in no mood to answer even the most polite questions, it is a man-archist contingent.
But tonight is not just any night. This is Minority-President Trump’s inauguration day, and anyone with a political nose can smell that the man-archists, all dressed up in their ridiculous black, have decided that tonight is the night to start fighting fascism in earnest.
This is a widespread notion among college students who are freaked out and scared and overwhelmed by Minority-President Trump: the time has come to fight fascism. A few days ago on the campus of the University of California at Davis where I teach, I ran into one of my favorite students who excitedly told me that she and her peers “have learned that in Germany the Communists formed street fighting gangs to fight the fascists.”
“That’s true,” I replied, “and look where it got them.”
“Wow, you’re right. I hadn’t thought of that.”
Love this kid. Open mind. Big brain. Big heart. We need more of that. We don’t have nearly enough.
Beyond the man-archists are the campus police, standing impassively, all dressed up in the standard robocop riot gear we have all come to know and love.
Off to the sides are pockets of rather forlorn looking students who have come to peacefully protest against the Milo show without attempting to shut it down. In today’s vernacular they are “peaceful protestors.” They carry signs that say stuff like “Love Trumps Hate.” A few intrepid teams of people are using battery packs in shopping carts to project slogans of similar sentiment on the surrounding buildings. Towards the far end of the plaza someone has laid out giants scrolls of paper for students to write on. The scrolls are full of the hopes and fears of college students on Minority-President Trump’s inauguration day. Up near the man-archists, a woman holds a piece of cardboard on which she has written “Milo, Let’s Talk.” But no one is going to be talking tonight, at least in the sense this woman hopes for. She and the other peaceful protestors look forlorn because it is clear to everyone on the plaza that love will not be trumping hate tonight.
Andre, a smallish twenty-one-year old pre-med student, wears a white t-shirt with the words QUEER IMMIGRANT FEMINIST OF COLOR scrawled in magic marker. He appears to the be only happy person in the plaza. I figure I could use some of that on this dark and ominous night. We chat. I ask what he thinks of the man-archists blocking the entrance. He is torn about it. On the one hand, he believes in free speech. On the other hand, well, this is Milo. I ask if he is aware that queers were not able to advocate for their rights in written materials in this country until 1958, when the Supreme Court effectively ruled that even though this was offensive to many it was protected free speech. He had not known. He says he has a lot to learn and wants to give me a hug.
So here we all are: a lovely university campus plaza, a beautiful lecture hall, robocops in front, unpaid Milo man-archist extras next, a smattering of “peaceful protestors” off to the sides, and long lines waiting to see Milo. The latter outnumber all of the former added together.
I am curious who these hundreds of people are, braving the cold and the insults and the insanity of it all to hear a ridiculous man make a ridiculous speech. And the blockaders don’t want to chat. So I spend the next couple of hours talking to the people in line.
There are two lines, one for students and one for everyone else. The everyone-else line is much shorter, and is mostly composed of the people you might imagine: hard right adults with Trump t-shirts or Make America Great Again hats. The student line is altogether different. Maybe 5-10 percent are conservatives who voted for Trump. Maybe another 30-40 percent are actual Milo fans: they have been following Milo since long before his appearance on this campus was announced; they watch his YouTube videos; they like what they see. The Milo fans run the political spectrum. Some “lean right” or “lean left.” Some think of themselves as libertarian and voted for Gary Johnson. Many describe themselves in some way or another as occupying the political center. Still others describe themselves as off the political spectrum. Nearly all the Milo fans tell me they “don’t agree with everything he says,” but this does not trouble them in the least, because they see him as a comedian. They think he is funny. They watch his YouTube videos because they laugh. They point out how many of the current crop of pop culture comedians that populate late-night cable TV put offensive speech at the center of their act, and they see Milo as part of that cohort. They have come out tonight for a comedy show.
Many in the student line, perhaps the majority even, say they are here primarily because they are fed up to here with political correctness on campus. They crave actual political debate which they think the campus left – both faculty and students – have made impossible. They are angry about this. They think that political correctness has made their education not as deep as it should be. They are tired of having to watch what they say. They want free speech. They are curious about who this Milo guy is who is so outspoken about free speech, and who seems to be completely unafraid to say stuff that will start all the usual folks screaming. Many of them, perhaps even the majority, voted for Clinton. One student explains:
Even though I don’t agree with a lot of the stuff he says, I like that he is really confident and unabashed in his opinions, and that he is really open about what he believes. I wish everyone would kinda take note of that and be more willing to speak about what they believe. So even though I don’t agree with what he is saying all the time, I still support his right to say it. And I want to support him. He is one of the few people who is willing to go out of his way to speak his mind.
I find only one gay student in line. He lost two friends in the Orlando night club massacre. Milo went straight to Orlando and gave an impassioned speech against the totality of Islam, and in favor of gays arming themselves and, as he put it, “firing back.” This student heard this on YouTube and was immediately converted. If you want to see Milo at his non-comedy hard-right, progressive-nightmare, way-gay best, watch that speech.
Nearly all the students in line are majoring in the sciences. When I mention this they are not surprised. “Of course!,” they laugh. “Everyone in the humanities is brainwashed.” The fact that it is the students in the sciences, not the humanities, who think free speech is a big deal – is just one more upside down piece of this upside down world.
I had seen and heard nearly the exact same sights and sentiments the week before when Milo visited the University of California at Davis, where I teach. The same man-archist-dominated phalanx blocking the entrance to the hall. The same outnumbered peaceful protestors off to the side. The same lines of people waiting to get in, outnumbering everyone else on the scene. The same mix of opinions among those in line. The same complaints, again and again, about the lack of actual political debate on campus.
One particularly thoughtful student, one of the few African Americans waiting in line, told me:
The solution to freezing to death isn’t to light yourself on fire. The things people get upset about on Twitter, people take anything you say literally, it’s very – not unnerving but annoying. You hear something someone says on the far left and you say, “This is absurd.” And then they say, “Oh so you are on the far right.” And I’m like, “No, not at all.” Everybody has lost track of balance. Nobody wants to be a reasonable person. I am not a Milo supporter. I find him very interesting. I don’t know if admire is the right word, but I would very much like to have a conversation with him. I would be friends with Milo. There are people who hate the people who are here just because they are here. Like, I am from the South, from Mobile, Alabama. I have friends who are white males who I have known since I was five. Just because I disagree with them politically doesn’t mean I now hate them. That’s absurd. People exaggerate what Milo says. Even if it is in some ways problematic, they exaggerate it and make it even more hyperbolic than it already was. Milo has a lot of character. He’s interesting. Of course he says blatantly absurd things so you listen to him. He makes you want to listen to him.
Here in Seattle, around 7 p.m., the advertised start time for the Milo show, things on the plaza turn from testy to ugly. The people waiting in line are cold and tired and fed up. The man-archists are ready to fight fascism. The peaceful protestors are looking more forlorn than ever. The man-archists chant “No Milo, No KKK, No Fascist USA.” The Trumpists at the front of the non-student line chant back “USA, USA.” The students in line don’t chant anything. They just want to get into the warm building, and they are a bit frightened by the macho posturing of both man-archists and Trumpists. Fights break out. The robocops manage to open enough of path to get a couple of hundred of people from the line through the door. The man-archists throw bricks and paint bombs. Some are lobbed at the cops, others at those in line. Most of those remaining in line decide they have had enough and depart. Andre moves to the middle of the chaos and stands serenely still, as a sort of one-person barrier of peaceful protest between the sides. Brave guy.
Inside, Milo’s stage entrance is preceded by an utterly bizarre video of a student from another campus who occasionally comments on how much he likes Milo and hates protestors, but mostly brags about how drunk he is. He has to lie down before the video ends. He appears on the verge of barfing. Weird.
Then Milo appears and things go from weird to weirder. He sashays onto the stage is his contrived uber-gay style. He appears to be nearly as drunk as the idiot in the video. He teeters over to the microphone and leers at the crowd. “Hello Faggots!”
Huh? A smattering of nervous laughter from the Milo fans in the crowd, but nothing from the Trumpists who came expecting to hear an alt-right firebrand. But Milo laughs long and loud. Milo certainly thinks of his performance tonight as comedy. Maybe there is some good comedy among all his YouTube videos which I have not watched, but tonight he is an extraordinarily bad comedian. When a comedian laughs longer and louder at each of his jokes than anyone in the audience, the comedian is failing. Milo is failing spectacularly. But he does get laughs, with a sort of hard-right gay-sissy-frat-boy kind of potty-mouth humor that appeals to certain sort of college-aged male who make up most of the audience.
“Are there any other faggots here?” he asks. Did the student who lost friends at Orlando raise his hand? I can’t tell. “One? ... Two?”
No Milo, you seem to be just about the only faggot in your strange world.
But Milo is not deterred. He tells any faggots who might be hiding in the audience that he has brought something special for them. He pulls out a pair of jumper cables, and launches into a truly mental bit about how they should get Mike Pence to use the jumper cables to connect their nipples to a car battery just to see if “electro-shock conversion therapy really works.” Or something like that. I didn’t really get it. No one else did either. Maybe he blew the joke. Maybe there wasn’t a joke. Maybe it was just Milo thinking jumper cables would be fun to have onstage. Weird.
And so it went, Milo stumbling from one blown joke to another, until a student in the audience who was watching the news on his smartphone shouted out that someone in the plaza had been shot.
Milo isn’t sure what to do. The unpaid extras outside must be veering off script. He asks the audience to sit tight and disappears backstage. He returns to announce that yes, someone has actually been shot. Based on no information whatsoever, he assumes the shooter was one of the “leftists” outside. He is uncertain how to proceed. He wonders aloud if humor is appropriate. Then he answers himself, declaring that humor is always appropriate. And, he adds, “If I stopped my event now, we are sending a clear message that they can stop our events by killing people. I am not prepared to do that.” He gets a standing ovation and lurches onwards.
When he is finished, police tell the audience to remove their Donald Trump hats and escort them out through an underground parking garage.
Outside all is confusion. The victim, bleeding profusely from the abdomen, is being extracted from the scene by medics. A large crowd of marchers arrives from a different rally. The last of the Trump supporters flee, the entire square is held by protestors, and the atmosphere begins to lose its dangerous edge. Leaving the plaza I see the massive law enforcement response which has been mobilized: many blocks of ambulances, police cars, fire trucks, and more. An older man with the look of a professor and blood all over his face is being attended by medics.
For several days, the only word from the police is that the shooting victim is in critical condition in an intensive care unit, and that someone turned themselves in as the shooter, claiming they shot in self-defense. After four days, The Seattle Times reports that the shooter, whose name has not been released, sent a social-media message from out on the plaza to Milo not long before the shooting:
Hey Milo, im outside in line to your UW event. I got sucker punched (he was a bit limp wristed) and someone jacked my #MAGA [Make America Great Again] hat. Anyway for me to get a replacement signed by you?
The newspaper also reports the man’s Facebook page indicates he is a member of the National Rifle Association.
The shooting victim is identified as James Dukes, described by friends as an activist and “longtime anti-fascist.”
The victim’s lawyer says:
My client wishes to express his empathy for the person who shot him. He hopes to engage in constructive dialogue with that person, in order to de-escalate and provide a community-based response to this violence.
Next week Milo goes to the University of California at Berkeley, which promises the mother of all Milo wars. Already, over one hundred Berkeley professors have added their names to the ranks of those trying to prove Milo’s point that political speech is overly regulated on college campuses. They have signed a series of letters to the chancellor demanding the event be cancelled.
These letters, and other developments surrounding Milo’s visit be Berkeley next week, will be the subject of my next post.


text:
We’re here when you need us.
One of life’s most difficult times is the end-of-life journey. And we don’t want anyone to be alone. We offer expert care and heartfelt comfort. We give freely of ourselves to help make life’s final days some of the best of a lifetime.
Hospice care is integrated, person-centered care for individuals facing a terminal illness. A medical director, nurses, social workers, home health aides, clergy, therapists, and specially trained volunteers join forces to deliver comprehensive care, comfort, and support for patients, families, and their circle of loved ones. We free caregivers to focus on sharing the journey, with support in addressing the entire family’s needs. We free the patient from worry about the caregiver’s stress or exhaustion. Families can focus on quality time together while your hospice team ensures faithful management of pain and other symptoms.
Have questions or want more information?Contact us to discuss your needs
Inside the VNA Arthur B. and Ethel V. Horton Hospice Center
Non-profit hospices provide patients with 10 percent more nursing visits, 35 percent more social worker visits, and twice as many therapy visits versus for-profit hospices.
Where can I receive hospice services?
Hospice services are available in your private home, retirement community, or long-term care facility. Inpatient hospice is also available at the VNA Arthur B. and Ethel V. Horton Hospice Center, based on your choices and medical needs. At VNA Hospice NWI, inpatient hospice care takes place in a facility that is wholly dedicated to hospice care. VNA Hospice NWI is an ACHC Accredited program.
Does insurance cover hospice care?
Yes. Hospice is covered by Medicare and Medicaid, as well as most private insurance programs.
When is the right time for hospice?
Hospice is available to anyone with a prognosis of six months or less. One of the biggest regrets families have is not seeking hospice care sooner. Research shows that with the support you need and deserve, hospice care can extend life. Take this quiz to see whether hospice care might be a fit for your family.
VNA Hospice NWI is honored to receive our Education Certificate from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's Quality Connections program. Participation in this voluntary program showcases our continuing commitment to providing high-quality, person-centered care to patients and their families.
Online Bill Pay
VNA Hospice of Northwest Indiana now offers our customers a secure, convenient, and flexible method of paying their bills through our online bill payment feature.


text:
Searching is fun. We found 187500 agencies and freelancers for you!
larissakasper has not yet updated their profile
Rebellious thinking for effective ideas.
Creative energy to light up your projects.
We're a design consultancy from Helsinki, Finland working on strategy, products & services. Tweets by...
Constant collaboration and thoughtful creation.
A creative advertising, interactive and branding agency.

domain: design


How to Replace the Lid Lock on a Maytag Bravos
Your Maytag Bravos top-loading washing machine comes equipped with a lid lock that locks the washing machine lid in the closed position during the wash cycle. This lock acts as a safety mechanism to keep you from accidentally injuring yourself should you reach into the machine during the wash or spin cycles. When the lid lock fails it can cause the machine to produce the “dU,” “dL” or “lid” error codes and the washer cannot operate normally, says ApplianceAssistant.com. Replacing the lid lock clears the error codes and allows you to use the washer.
Unplug your Maytag Bravos from the electrical outlet. Pull the appliance from the wall to access the rear of the machine.
Look for the three screws on the back of the control panel. Remove the three screws and rotate the control panel forward to access the washer’s control wiring.
Find the wires connected to the back side of the touch control. Trace those wires to the connector on the washer. Unplug the connector from the control board to release the control panel and place it aside.
Tape the washing machine lid shut. Measure approximately 6 1/2 inches from each side of the washer moving in toward the front center. Lightly mark the top of the washer with a pencil at the 6 1/2 inch marks.
Insert a putty knife into the top horizontal seam beneath the pencil marks. Push the putty knife into the seam to release the tension clips holding the washer top to the cabinet. Raise the top to access the lid lock.
Remove the two screws from the lid lock to release it from the top of the washer. Release the lid lock wires from the top of the washer by inserting the screwdriver into the metal retaining clips and prying them open. Pull the wires from the top of the washer.
Grab the plastic retainer around the lid lock wires near the back of the washer top with needle-nose pliers. Pull the retainer from the top of the washer to release the lid lock wires.
Move to the rear of the washer. Trace the lid lock wires through the hole in the top of the washer and to where it connects to the control board. Pull the lid lock wire connector from the board.
Position the replacement lid lock at the front of the cabinet top. Secure it with the screws you removed from the original lid lock.
Snap the lid lock wires beneath the metal retaining clips. Push the plastic retainer into the small hole near the back of the washer top.
Feed the lid lock wire connector through the hole in the top of the washer. Grab the connector and plug it into the control board.
Lower the top of the washer. Push down on the top until it snaps over the retaining clips.
Plug the touch control wire connector into the control board. Re-install the control panel over the control board. Replace the three screws along the back of the touch control panel. Plug the Maytag washer into the electrical outlet.
Things You Will Need
If replacing your lid lock doesn't solve the problem. Repair Clinic points out that you may have a problem with the main control board.


text:
European-Inspired Manor Home in South Coventry Township
Run your small business or a horse farm from this turn-key property.
Privacy. Peacefulness. Nature. That’s the overwhelming feeling you get as you head through the entrance gates set between a border of towering Green Giant evergreens separating the property from Prizer Road. You’ve entered a little piece of paradise that awaits its next owners.
Take in the 36.6 bucolic acres that stretch out before you. Six miles of fences outline pastures and paddocks. A gentle hill leads up to the manor house. A circle of forest surrounds home, barn, outbuildings and well-tended fields.
Bordered by vast tracts of conserved land, including the Green Valley Watershed and Welkinweir (an over 200-acre sanctuary with arboretum), this property (which includes 15.1 acres under conservation easement) feels even more expansive than its actual acreage.
Surprising Office Space
Given this thoroughly country feeling, you’ll be surprised by what’s behind the doors of the former 10-stall barn. The owners converted the large structure into a stunning office space — retaining the wood beams and supports amid new glass dividers that create a conference room, offices and display spaces in this carpeted area with radiant heat on the first level (an elevator takes you to additional space above). The converted space is as attractive as it is well designed for employees of a small business, complete with breakout room, half-bath and kitchen.
Yet another surprise is at the back of the barn — a fully renovated luxurious guest suite, with living room, kitchen, bedroom and two baths. A separate entrance with covered porch makes this an ideal guest suite away from the main house.
Turn-Key Manor Home
The magnificent manor home, with extensive stonework inside and out, sits near the top of the hill, just a short drive from the barn — perfect on a golf cart.
While it’s impossible to list all the recent upgrades the owners made, here’s a sample that may be less visible but make living here easier to maintain: new cedar shake roof, copper gutters, heating and on-demand hot water systems, new air conditioners, outdoor LED lighting and a 100 KW Mercedes Diesel Whole House Generator, plus another generator for the lower level. Redone garages make the property attractive to car enthusiasts.
Other improvements and updates add to the enjoyment of the property, including upgraded landscaping with automatic irrigation system, a new rose garden with trellis and gazebo, interior painting and opening up the kitchen to improve flow.
Extensive thought, effort and investment by the current owners created a turn-key property that will not become a full-time project to maintain.
Built in 1997, the L-shape design of this 5-bedroom, 7.1-bath home maximizes natural light in every room. Vaulted ceilings, grand interior spaces and oversize windows capture country vistas along with sunsets over the swimming pool and gardens. Wisteria-bedecked pergolas evoke a villa on the Riviera, while Brazilian cherry floors, custom finishes, built-ins and more cherry details add warmth throughout this sophisticated three-level house.
The spacious home’s main level features a great room with vaulted ceiling and cherry trusses, stone fireplace on a fieldstone wall, a full bar plus atrium doors to the secluded screen porch. Pocket doors lead to the dining room, with cathedral ceiling, wooden trusses, fieldstone fireplace and built-ins. French doors lead to a covered terrace and formal rose garden with trellis, surrounded by stone walls. This home was designed for entertaining!
The spacious gourmet kitchen, with coffee bar and breakfast area, includes high-end appliances, cabinets galore, yards of granite counters and access to lush gardens, pool area and pool house.
A sunny informal family room with built-in entertainment center and a cozy library with more cherry built-ins share a two-sided fireplace at the end of the main level.
The second level is comprised of four en suite bedrooms, a cherry-paneled home office and a hexagonal bonus room with covered patio that overlooks a former helipad. The spectacular master suite, with 14-foot coffered ceilings and an equally tall stone fireplace, includes a sunrise balcony, second laundry room, two walk-in closets, built-in storage and two large primary bathrooms — one with an infinity whirlpool tub. Each additional bedroom is uniquely designed to be a private oasis.
The sunny lower level opens to manicured gardens and features a large guest suite with bath, vast game room, custom 2,500-bottle wine cellar, cigar room and a second family room with fieldstone fireplace, full bath and large sauna. Two utility rooms house top-of-the-line systems for a home with many high-tech upgrades.
For the equine enthusiast, there remain five paddocks with turnout sheds, automatic waterers and a full-size outdoor ring with lights on the property. The 10-stall barn, reconfigured by the owners into office space, could be converted back to its prior use. Completing the barn area is a new six-car garage with electric and generator as well as an equipment shed.
Luxurious home, business headquarters, equestrian center — you decide.
For more information about this 36.6-acre property (with 15.1 acres under conservation easement), 5-bedroom, 7.1-bath manor home, converted barn and outbuildings, contact Karen Nader, Monument Sotheby’s International Realty. Price upon request. 484-888-5597; 302-654-6500. firstname.lastname@example.org.
back to top
Our Favorite Resources
- Adorn Goods
- Archer & Buchanan
- Ball & Ball
- B&D Builders
- Berkshire Hathaway Country Properties
- Berkshire Hathaway Gary Scheivert
- Berkshire Hathaway Holly Gross
- Berkshire Hathaway Missy Schwartz
- Chester County Day House Tour
- Chester County Library System
- Dewson Construction
- Dooley Pyne Landscape Co.
- E.C. Trethewey
- Griffith’s Construction
- Giuseppe Kitchen & Bath
- Harper & Sons
- Harrison Hill 55+ Community
- Hazley Builders
- Heritage Design
- John Milner Architects
- John Toates Architecture & Design
- Kim Morgan Designs
- King Construction
- Kurtz Collection
- Main Street Cabinet Co.
- Matlack Florist
- Monument/Sotheby’s Int’l Realty – K. Nader
- Mostardi Nursery
- Period Architecture
- Peter Zimmerman Architects
- Precise Buildings, LLC
- Renewal Dynamics
- Sheller Energy
- Shreiner Tree Care
- Somethings Unique
- table Hollow Construction
- Sugarbridge Kitchen and Bath
- Vixen Hill Gazebos
- White Horse Construction, Inc


text:
Written by Alan Sculley
The first single off Jason Aldean’s album “Old Boots, New Dirt” has become one of the biggest hits of the country superstar’s career.
“Burnin’ It Down” took just two weeks to reach the top of Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, ending 2014 as the year’s No. 2 single on that chart with sales of more than 1.4 million. But “Burnin’ It Down,” was far from a unanimous choice for the lead single.
“That’s a song where I got a lot of sort of resistance from the label and from even from my management and a lot of people on my team,” Aldean said in an early February phone interview.
The reason? “Burnin’ It Down” was not the typical Aldean song. A simmering ballad, its rhythm track is built around a loop, and other programmed percussion mixes with drums and the traditional instrumentation of the song. In fact, one could easily argue that it draws more from today’s glossy pop and hip-hop production than country.
“They wanted something that was a little more safe,” Aldean said. “But to me, I felt like, my career hasn’t become what it is by me playing it safe, ever. The biggest songs we’ve had are things that were a little left of center and things that we sort of stuck our neck out on a little bit and took some chances. And I felt like this was one of those songs. Plus, it was just a great song.”
Aldean said he thought it was an obvious single from the start.
“I felt like it was something that was really different and something that we really needed for the album, and something that wasn’t going to be confused with any other song,” he said. “It wasn’t going to just blend in to the 39 other songs that are on the radio. It’s like it was something that was really different and sort of unique.
“There was no doubt when you heard that song, and still when you hear it, you know what it is, you know who sings it, what the song is, and that, to me, is half of the battle. So to me it was a no-brainer, but it was one that I really had to go to bat for pretty hard for this record.”
As Aldean said, “Burnin’ It Down” isn’t the only time he’s gambled on a song that tested country radio’s status quo. “Dirt Road Anthem,” which featured a pair of rap segments with its easygoing country sound, is another shining example of the adventurous side of Aldean’s music. The 2010 single also generated mixed opinions before being green-lighted as a single.
The song, co-written by Aldean and fellow star Brantley Gilbert, went on to became Aldean’s biggest single to date. It sold more than four million copies and remains the biggest-selling song in digital history for a male country solo artist.
Aldean sees plenty of upside in pushing the envelope on country radio.
“I think a song like that is going to reach a lot more people just because you’re reaching out into maybe the pop world and grabbing some people over there — not that I want to be a pop singer by any means,” the Macon, Georgia, native said.
“But I also think when you record music, you want as many people listening to it as possible. If you’re able to go out and grab a few people that normally wouldn’t listen to country music and sort of draw them in to what we’re doing over here, I think that’s a good thing.”
It’s not just the choice of singles that has given Aldean a reputation as a bit of a risk-taker. With each of his six studio albums, he has walked the line between maintaining his signature sound and cutting songs that take him in new stylistic directions. He feels “Old Boots, New Dirt” is his most adventurous album yet.
“I think you just kind of want to grow a little bit with each album, and I feel like this was one of those albums that probably shows it more than any other album that we’ve done probably,” Aldean said.
Obviously, “Burnin’ It Down” is a prime example of a song that was a stylistic stretch for Aldean. But he feels he pushed forward in other ways on the album.
The rocker “Just Gettin’ Started” uses some synthetic percussion to give its quieter moments a modern feel. “Sweet Little Somethin’” pairs a pulsing synthesizer and banjo as primary instrumentation in its verses — a move that helps make this bouncy rocker a true collision of pop and country.
In a larger sense, Aldean also feels he dialed back on the kind of turbo-charged rockers that have been his musical signature.
“The one thing that’s not on this album that we’ve typically had a lot of over the years is those big, big uptempo ‘She’s Country,’ ‘Hicktown’ kind of things,” he said. “There are a couple of big tempos, but not a lot. I think from a song standpoint, some of the coolest songs that we’ve ever recorded are on this record, if you believe in songs like ‘Two Night Town’ and ‘Burnin’ It Down’ and also ‘Too Fast,’ [ballads] things like that. They’re just really good songs. So I think it’s a little bit about showing some maturity as far as an artist.”
Maturity is one thing, but sounding fresh doesn’t hurt, either. And when Aldean released his self-titled debut album in 2005, his brand of rocked-up guitar-based country was something new — and a bit risky — for the genre.
But the sound caught on quickly, and Aldean is often credited with creating the template for today’s popular “Bro Country” sound, with its rocking tunes and male-oriented, just-having-a-good-time lyrics. For his part, Aldean chafes at the “Bro Country” label because it represents only one side of what is a multi-faceted catalog of music. But whatever you call his sound, it’s connected in a big way.
“Old Boots, New Dirt,” has become the latest in an unbroken string of platinum-selling albums for Aldean that began with his self-titled album and continued with each of his succeeding releases: “Relentless” (2007), “Wide Open” (2009), “My Kinda Party” (2010) and “Night Train” (2012). Those successes have made him a bonafide arena act, able to headline outdoor stadium shows.
Aldean will be back out filling arenas this spring and summer, and between his summer dates, Aldean has sprinkled in about a dozen co-headlining stadium shows with Kenny Chesney. The show Aldean is taking out figures to be a visual as well as musical treat.
“It’s called the ‘Burn It Down’ tour, so obviously we’ve incorporated a lot of fire, a lot of flame, a lot of heat coming,” Aldean said. “Obviously you want it to sound as good as possible, but visually you want it to look great, too. I think from that standpoint, this is by far the coolest thing we’ve ever had on the road.”
Aldean plays the Huntington Center 7:30 p.m. March 26 with special guests Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr and Dee Jay Silver.

domain: artistic


text:
WB 'itself' made PM's relative alternate executive director
04 January, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Submitting a three-page report in the Supreme Court (SC), the federal government on Thursday contended that appointment of Raja Azimul Haq Minhas, the son-in-law of Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf, as alternate executive director of the World Bank (WB) in Washington has been made by WB itself after completing all necessary formalities pursuant to which he assumed the charge.
Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Dil Muhammad Khan Alizai, filing a report on behalf of the Economic Affairs Division and the establishment, also claimed that the government of Pakistan, including the prime minister, do not appoint WB ED.
The government in its report also denied that PM's son-in-law has been appointed executive director of the World Bank in Washington.
"The fact of the matter is that Mr Azimul Haq has been appointed as Alternate Executive Director," said the report.
It also clarified that this appointment had been made by the executive director of the World Bank after accepting the nomination forwarded to the bank.
Narrating the facts, the report stated that a summary for the prime minister was moved by the Economic Affairs Division on November 26, 2012, suggesting that the Establishment Division may submit a panel of suitable officers for the appointment as Alternate WB ED for consideration of the competent authority.
Accordingly, the Establishment Division proposed a panel of four qualified officers, including Raja Azim. The competent authority approved the nomination as Alternate ED of WB.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, will hear the suo motu notice case today (Friday) against the PM's son-in-law over his nomination as an alternate executive director of the World Bank.
The Supreme Court had taken suo motu notice cognisance of the elevation of Raja Azim when he was allegedly tipped to the coveted post of WB ED by the prime minister by exercising his discretionary powers. According to media reports, the quick succession of Raja Azim to the top post in few years when he started his career in grade 18 and eventually ended up in grade 21 raised heart burning among government officials.
Raja Azim, an officer of the Income Tax Group, was working in grade 18 when the PPP government came into power more than four years ago. He left this job and was hired by the EOBI in grade 20 about two years ago.
Soon after Raja Pervez Ashraf assumed the PM's office, he was elevated to grade 21 and has been serving in the Prime Minister's Secretariat to date as additional secretary.

domain: news


text:
The concept of voice messaging was invented in the late 1800s by Thomas A. Edison. It would take 100 years for the concept to emerge in the commercialization of voicemail services as we know them today. Voicemail resulted from innovations in telephone products and services made possible by developments in computer technologies during the 1970s.
The innovation began with the Motorola Pageboy, a simple "pager" or "beeper" introduced in 1974. Pagers were generally offered in conjunction with answering services that handled busy / no-answer overloads and after hours calls for businesses and professionals. Operators wrote down a caller's message, sent a page alert and when their party called back, the operator delivered their message.
With the introduction of voice pagers, operators could broadcast directly to their party. However, messages were untimely in many circumstances and privacy issues as well as the high cost eventually caused the demise of these services. By the mid 1970s digital storage and analog to digital conversion devises had emerged and paging companies began recording client messages. Operators recorded a short message (5-6 seconds, e.g. "call home") and the messages were delivered automatically when the client called the exchange.
Innovators began experimenting with digitized voice solutions as larger, faster and less expensive storage devices became available, setting the stage for commercialization of a broad spectrum of voice products including voicemail.
For articles, periodicals and books covering the Voicemail history click here.

domain: history


text:
Album Review: New Multitudes by Jay Farrar/Will Johnson/Anders Parker/Yim Yames
Exceptionally Good, Based on 6 Critics
Rolling Stone - 100 Based on rating 5/5
Making séance music from dead singers' notebooks is now a familiar songwriting practice, and this session, spearheaded by Jay Farrar, taps the same source Jeff Tweedy (his old Uncle Tupelo partner) took with Billy Bragg on the two Mermaid Avenue LPs: Woody Guthrie's fat verse archives. Four singer-songwriters tag-team in a folk-rock vein, and the high points are when voices unite; see the title track and the Jim James-led "Talking Empty Bed Blues." Elsewhere, dudes sound like themselves, but with mouths full of Guthurie's wit and soul. Related• Photos: Random Notes .
The music world is alive with fanfare and platitudes as Woody Guthrie would have turned 100 this year. Thanks in large part to his daughter Nora’s meticulous caretaking of the family estate, the accolades to Woody have been flowing in for years. Billy Bragg and Wilco’s two-volume Mermaid Avenue collections are the most recognizable, but tributes have also come from less buzzed about sources, including Nora-approved sets from Blackfire, Jonatha Brooke, and The Klezmatics.
It's been over 15 years since Uncle Tupelo broke up, and playing compare and contrast with Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy's subsequent work has ceased to be a rewarding pastime, but it's hard not to be amused or intrigued with the nature of this particular project. In 1998, Tweedy and his band Wilco teamed up with Billy Bragg to create Mermaid Avenue, an album in which they composed and performed music set to unpublished lyrics by legendary songwriter Woody Guthrie. Mermaid Avenue was a critical success that helped solidify Wilco's reputation as one of the best bands to emerge from the Americana movement, and since then, the Guthrie estate has worked with artists as diverse as the Klezmatics, Rob Wasserman, and Corey Harris to marry Woody's words to new melodies.
Like Mermaid Avenue, the two-part collaboration between Wilco and Billy Bragg, New Multitudes is a resilient tribute to Woody Guthrie based on the folk pioneer's unpublished lyrics. That's where the similarities end. This project pulls together four more songwriting stalwarts of alt.country and indie rock in Son Volt's Jay Farrar, Centro-matic/South San Gabriel leader and local Will Johnson, My Morning Jacket shaman Yim Yames, and Varnaline's Anders Parker, all of whom have a shared history worthy of a flowchart.
With 2012 marking 100 years since Woody Guthrie's birth, the great American troubadour's life and work are sure to be celebrated in many ways. It's already been announced that Wilco and Billy Bragg's complete Mermaid Avenue sessions will see an imminent release, but this new tribute has beat it to the marketplace. Featuring Son Volt's Jay Farrar, My Morning Jacket's Yim Yames, Centro-Matic's Will Johnson and Varnaline's Anders Parker, New Multitudes finds the quartet refashioning rare Guthrie lyrics in their contemporary folk-rock voices.
This year represents the centennial anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s birth back on July 14, 1912. Even though the Okie troubadour died on October 3, 1967, he left behind an extensive treasure trove of completed and unreleased lyrics written between 1939 and the year of his death. Daughter Nora has guarded her father’s legacy by overseeing the Woody Guthrie Foundation, a non-profit organization that is the administrator and caretaker of the late singer-songwriter’s extensive archives.


text:
Law of sines and cosines review worksheet excelent photo inspirations right triangles trigonometry www tollebild com preschool. Law of sines and cosines review worksheet preschool worksheets word problems answers with tangentsish. Preschool worksheets law of cosines calculator sines and review worksheet kuta answers key functions tangents. Preschool worksheets excelent law of sines and cosines review worksheet photo inspirations the tangents problems kuta functions pdf english.
law of tangents examples kuta software tangents to circles law of cosines calculator law of sines and cosines review worksheet answers key pdf law of sines and cosines calculator worksheet law of sines and cosines examples law of tangents trigonometry table of tangents values tangents english worksheets first table of sines worksheet

domain: law


text:
St Ives does not seem the sort of name for two different villages - but it is. The riddle 'AsI was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
- - - ' has nothing to do with the Cornish village. Cornish St Ives is on the north Cornwall coast well to the west. It has several beaches and like much of Cornwall's northern Atlantic coast it is very good for surfing.
St Ives has always attracted artists and now it has a Tate gallery, beautifully positioned near the sea.The long distance coastal footpath has a very picturesque stretch to the west towards Zennor and St Just in Penwith.
Bournemouth is a town in the South West of England, perhaps best known for its wide, sandy beach and its Victorian pier. The town lies across the water from the Isle of Wight, and South of th…
Salisbury is a magnificent medieval city: historic streets and alleyways, charming half-timbered buildings, traditional English eating houses and characterful shopping streets, and of cause o…
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, St…


text:
Wes is a 4- 6 month old male Lurcher. He is a smashing puppy. Really socialable and well adjusted. He gets on with every person, and also with all the dogs he has met. We are told he has met cats without issue also. He knows how to walk on a lead and enjoys his walkies over the fields. Happy to go with other dogs or just by himself. He has kenneled with other dogs and also on his own. Loves a fuss but also can entertain himself with chews and toys.
GREAT NEWS! This Dog Has Now Been Rehomed
Thanks to good people like yourself who use dogsblog.com on a daily basis, this dog has now found a new, permanent loving home. There are more dogs still looking though…
Allow us to find your new PERFECT canine friend with our dogsblog.com matchmaker service. Enter your details below to receive a tailored, hand-picked list of available dogs for adoption…
Wes is a great boy with a lovely personality. He will make an excellent family member in his new home. Advised okay with cats. Vaccinated, wormed, micro chipped and vet checked.
Allsorts Dog Rescue West Sussex
For further details regarding adopting a dog from Allsorts Dog Rescue in West Sussex, please go to Allsorts website www.allsortsdogrescue.org.uk first to make sure he or she is still available and then fill out an application.
Allsorts is primarily setup to find homes for unwanted, unloved and abandoned dogs in Sussex. Many dogs are strays that have been picked up by various local councils and passed onto us for re-homing. In some cases we take dogs that are 24 hours or less away from being destroyed. We ask for a donation of £205.00 to rehome our dogs.

domain: pet


text:
Suit brewing over atheistic heathen type in public office.
When Bothwell was sworn into office on Monday, he used an alternative oath that doesn’t require officials to swear on a Bible or reference “Almighty God.”
That has riled conservative activists, who cite a little-noticed quirk in North Carolina’s Constitution that disqualifies officeholders “who shall deny the being of Almighty God.” The provision was included when the document was drafted in 1868 and wasn’t revised when North Carolina amended its constitution in 1971.
I’m thinking someone will let these folks know that they are likely to lose and, in doing so, make case law saying the section in the state constitution is unconstitutional in the U S of A.
Just a guess.


text:
A “QUID Declaration” is the name given to a scheme of quantitatively declaring ingredients for a food product. QUID stands for Quantitative Ingredient Declaration. The scheme or method is prescribed very clearly and is easy to use once you undertand the process. The QUID Declaration is always incorporated into the Ingredient Declaration (a mandatory declaration […]
Positive ID Labels are pleased to announce we will be supplying Toshiba sandwich label printers for our sandwich labelling systems with immediate effect. The decision has been taken to improve delivery times for customers after our TSC suppliers lead times became slower. Why supply Toshiba Sandwich label Printers The range of TSC printers we have […]
Food Labelling for Small Food Business. A presentation by Positive ID Labels. Transcript (See disclaimer below) Regulations about food labelling are very complicated and there are lots of them. The first question we have to ask is do we even need to label the food? If you are selling food pre-packaged or prepared for sale […]
The post Food Labelling Regulations – An 8 minute explainer! appeared first on Positive ID Labels.
The quick answer to whether we need nutrition traffic lights on sandwich labels is “no”, well not yet anyway! Despite all the shenanigans of Brexit, the Local Government Association (LGA)* has come out to say that it believes traffic light nutrition labelling should be mandatory on convenience foods such as sandwiches, according to an article […]
The post Sandwich Label Nutrition Traffic Lights – Are they required? appeared first on Positive ID Labels.
Sandwich Labelling Regulations is a pretty tedious topic so if you want to cut straight to the chase, feel free to call us on 01332 864895 during office hours for advice and help setting up a sandwich labelling system. Alternatively, fill in the form at the bottom of this article and we will call you […]
We all need nutrition calculation software now! 13th December 2016 saw the deadline pass for food producers to provide nutrition data on their food labels. This has come about as a result of the EU Food Information for Consumers regulations also known as EU 1169/2011. The regulations specify what must appear on food labels such […]
The post Nutrition Calculation Software – Nutridata Launched appeared first on Positive ID Labelling.
Positive ID are proud to stand out from the competition with standards of service that exceed the norm. Positive ID provide on-going support to our label customers and particularly pride ourselves on our remote support and service for any label printer owners. When selling sandwich label printers, we provide remote installation as standard to all our customers […]
Here at Positive ID, we are proud to offer a complete range of sandwich labelling solutions to cover any size of sandwich labelling operation. These included all the hardware (sandwich label printer) and software you need and the support and training to get you up an running. We recently hit our 300th sale and would […]
Positive ID Labelling are proud to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Bakers’ and Butchers’ Autumn Fair. We will be exhibiting on Stand 19 on Sunday 12th October 2014 at the event. The fair is held at the Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground inside the George Stephenson Hall. The venue is easily accessible via the […]
As a minimum to fit the new guidelines, companies must supply sufficient nutritional information. The nutritional information needed is the levels of energy, fat, saturates, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt. Food scientists analyse and calculate the information for each food by doing different tests. They use expensive and precise machinery and technology to calculate […]

domain: food


text:
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
Now, a book that one celebrated writer considers his guilty or not-so-guilty pleasure. Charles Bock is a novelist. Critics swooned last year over his book "Beautiful Children." And for us, Bock swoons over something less literary for our series My Guilty Pleasure.
Mr. CHARLES BOCK (Author, "Beautiful Children"): I feel no guilt whatsoever about my love for "Motley Crue: The Dirt � Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band." I say this while admitting that Motley Crue's music was its own cliche � a form of lowest-common-denominator hair metal that dominated the rock world during that regrettable time known as the '80s.
The Crue's album titles include such demure offerings as "Shout at the Devil," "Theatre of Pain" and "Doctor Feelgood."
But band quality has no correlation with a quality reading experience. I say to you "The Dirt" is the singularly greatest sex, drugs, rock reading experience of our age. It's one of the all-time great rock bios. Not one sentence in its 448 pages is about Motley's music, which is even more impressive and appropriate.
Chapters are narrated by the band's members: Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars. We start with them as delicate unknowns, torching cockroaches with hairspray in their rat hole pad off Sunset Boulevard.
So what if young Nikki knew so little about music that he showed up at practice thinking the six-string he just stole was a bass? So what if front man Vince Neil regularly could not remember lyrics during concerts? With their black leather, apocalyptic makeup and penchant for setting themselves aflame onstage, Motley Crue was a blunt reaction to the peppish, skinny tie new wave music in vogue at the time. Moreover, the band's ravenous appetite was indicative of the gluttony that epitomized the '80s.
Ghostwriter Neil Strauss deserves combat pay for getting Motley's inner circle to reconstruct this glorious, ridiculous time, from L.A.'s club and flier scene to the newly minted power broker that was MTV, all the barroom fights and upside down drum solos, the strippers and rehab stints and marriages gone wrong.
There's Vince Neil's drunk driving accident that killed a friend from another band. The poetry Tommy Lee writes to Pamela Anderson from jail months after their infamous sex tape. The time Nikki Sixx was declared dead from a heroin overdose, then woke up, left the hospital and changed his answering machine to say: Hey, it's Nikki. I'm not here because I'm dead.
Supposedly, a movie of "The Dirt" in development, it can't possibly be any good. This is too sprawling, too wild, an experience that's better off read and left to the mind's interpretation. So go get "The Dirt." Not a guilty pleasure, just a rocking good read.
(Soundbite of music)
SIEGEL: Charles Bock is the author of the novel "Beautiful Children." His pick for our series My Guilty Pleasure is "Motley Crue: The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band." And you can read recommendations and reviews of all sorts of books at npr.org.
(Soundbite of music)
NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.

domain: literature


Lauren Bosworth is an American reality TV star. She is best known for her roles in MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off, The Hills. Check out GossipGirls.com for the latest news about Lauren Bosworth & Conrad.
Drawing out quite the impressive crowd, the stars were out in full force for the second day of the annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California on Saturday (April 17).
Joining in of the fun-filled festivities were beauties such as Hayden Panettiere, Katy Perry, Paris and Nicky Hilton, Whitney Port, Mischa Barton, Camilla Belle, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Beyonce Knowles, Alessandra Ambrosio, Kristin Cavallari, Kate Bosworth, Lauren Bosworth, Peaches Gedolf, Dita Von Teese, Bridget Marquardt, Shannon Elizabeth and Kelly Osbourne.
She’s always had amazing hair, and Lo Bosworth thinks she’d make a great Reality Hair Star. Why should she be the first reality hair star?
She said….”I’ll tell ya, Pantene. I have so many different looks… I describe my hair as hair-tastic… hair perfection!” LOVE it! Unfortunately, Lo wasn’t eligible in the end since her hair was already TOO fabulous - so this is YOUR chance, ladies! Pantene is accepting videos up through April 18th, so make sure to get yours in TODAY!
Drawing an end to their hit MTV franchise, it has been announced that "The Hills" will come to a close with the upcoming sixth season.
Set to premiere on April 27 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, creator Adam DiVello told EW, "I think we've told the story of struggle and of finding yourself in L.A. A lot of these kids have found themselves and have certainly embarked on different careers and different paths."
Now that she doesn’t have to worry about her competition, Lauren Conrad has recently admitted to loving MTV’s “Jersey Shore.”
Over the weekend, the former reality TV star stopped by the Kari Feinstein Golden Globes Style Lounge in Los Angeles and, of her new favorite show, she told Us magazine, "We had a double episode last night and it was the highlight of my week. It was awesome.”


text:
StLucia@home offers a pleasant relaxing atmosphere and is the perfect place from where to explore this world renowned park and environment.
Accommodation consist of a three bedroom townhouse situated in a secure residential housing complex with a remote controlled gate and garage access. The main en suite bedroom is furnished with a super king bed, air-conditioner, wall safe and abundant cupboard space. The remaining two bedrooms shares a bathroom and is furnished with one double- and one single bed, build-in cupboards and a dressing table each.
The open plan lounge, dining room and kitchen is tastefully decorated with good quality furniture, satellite television and complimentary WiFi internet connectivity. From the double garage you enter a private terrace with barbecue facilities and access to the front- and kitchen door. A second terrace at the lounge side of the house has a quaint private garden. Additionally there is an outdoor shower, fish cleaning facilities and the use of a communal swimming pool.
Nincsenek vélemények (egyelőre)
Ez az otthon nem kapott még véleményeket. Ha itt szállsz meg, a véleményed itt fog megjelenni.

domain: travel


text:
About this listing
Large ranch home on 20 quiet acres with gorgeous views in all directions from rooms, porches and patios. Gourmet kitchen, real art, too many amenities to list, hiking trails, security gate, many nearby wineries. Comfy & romantic!
Casual elegance in amazing setting in the heart of wine country, just minutes from downtown Paso Robles. Walk to many nearby wineries, enjoy hikes & horseshoes, 360 degree views & privacy behind security gate, 8-person jet spa, steam sauna, 3 fireplaces, wood burning BBQ, picnic areas & fire pit, 4 large & uniquely themed bedrooms, beautifully appointed gourmet kitchen, and an eclectic selection of art, literature, music, DVDs, satellite TV & internet plus complimentary wine tasting!
Guests receive their own gate code, private use of the house, and are free to walk around the property and several miles of adjacent trails. Sorry, no off-road riding is allowed.
Dean & Jenn occupy a small home on a hill discreetly separated from the main home, respecting mutual privacy, but happy to say "Hi!" at guests' request (when they are in town).
Romantic views of soft rolling hills dotted with oaks from every room. Patios overlooking hundreds of acres of prestigious Dresser Ranch estates. We are one paved mile up a private road surrounded by vineyards, horse facilities, and open lands. Our electronic gate ensures your privacy and security.
Limousines, private drivers (using your car), and many wine tour companies are available. Rockin' R Ranch is just 6 miles east of the down town Paso Robles AmTrak train station with taxi and inexpensive dial-a-ride service so you can leave your car at home!
Complimentary wine tasting provided for your entire party at our tasting room, plus one free bottle of R-boutique wine for each night's stay.
Private use of entire house; shared use of 20 acre ranch grounds; personal gate access code; all accessed via paved roads. All guest must execute a Booking Agreement between owner and guest prior to arrival.
Interaction with guests
Guests have complete privacy, although we live a few hundred yards away on the ranch and are open to meeting guests at their request.
Open space, nature & wildlife, soft rolling hills dotted with oaks, grasslands, vineyards and equestrian facilities. This is a quiet, star-filled location only a few miles from down town Paso Robles in the heart of wine country!
Limos, personal drivers, taxis, shuttles, tour services and local RTA buses make getting around safe & easy even if your plans include extensive wine tasting.
Other things to note
10% County "Transient Occupancy Tax" must be paid additionally and separately upon arrival (by cash, check or credit card)
The bad news? Strictly NO:
Smoking, pets or animals (indoors or out), parties or events without proper permits and prior written permission from the owners, off-road vehicles, firearms or other contraband.
California natives loving Paso Robles' wine region since 1987. We also love music, literature and the arts.
Guests enjoy exclusive use of this large and beautifully designed home plus non-exclusive use of miles of nature trails.


text:
Dear Munich artists, don’t be afraid to ask an artist to collaborate. Artnet reported that Ai Weiwei agreed to paticipate in a collaboration with artist Bert Benally. Here is an interview with Ai Weiwei explaining in detail why he decided to do the work.
If you are passionate about your art, don’t be afraid to ask other artists to collaborate (Maybe Ai Weiwei will pick a Munich artist next time.)
At a recent Christie’s auction, Tracy Emin’s Bed installation, which sold initially for 150k GBP, auctioned off for 2.5 Million GBP. Ms. Emin created the piece after spending four days in bed after breaking up with her boyfriend. The Japanese tried destroying this piece when it was shipped to Japan for an exhibition which tells you how unhealthy her breakup was.
Kurt Schwitters mixed media work Ja – Was? sold for €17,463,125 which was four times the estimate for the piece.
Battles in the Art World
Düsseldorf based art adviser Helge Achenbach was arrested recently on suspicion of fraud. It seems one of his very wealthy billionaire clients is not happy with him and had him arrested when he returned from a business trip to Brazil. Mr. Achenbach is famous in the German art scene and was considered a major player in the Dusseldorf Art Scene.
Not all press is good press for an artist. Rolf Harris was convicted in the UK and the prices of his works have fallen. There are some collectors who have put his work up on Ebay just in case you were looking for a good deal.


text:
CALGARY, Alberta – Pieridae Energy Limited (“Pieridae” or the “Company”) (PEA.TO) announces the release of its third quarter 2022 financial and operating results, highlighted by year-over-year improvement in financial metrics such as Revenue, Net Operating Income and Adjusted Funds Flow and continued debt reduction. A full version of Pieridae’s management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) and unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal period ended September 30, 2022 are available at www.pieridaeenergy.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
During Q3 2022 Pieridae:
- Generated quarterly Revenue of $113.3 million up 39% from $81.3 million in the comparable period in 2021;
- Generated quarterly Net Operating Income1 of $30.0 million ($0.19 per basic and fully diluted share) up 67% from $17.9 million in the comparable period in 2021;
- Generated Adjusted Funds Flow from Operations1 of $22.2 million, up 102% from $11.0 million in Q3 2021;
- Realized net loss of $1.6 million ($0.01 per basic and fully diluted share), an improvement of 89% from a net loss of $14.8 million ($0.09 per basic and fully diluted share) in the comparable period in 2021;
- Produced 35,959 boe/d (weighted 84% to natural gas) down 5% from the comparable period in 2021, due primarily to the previously discussed re-injection of ethane volumes into the sales gas stream, and management’s decision to shut-in a portion of production for a short period in response to volatile AECO gas prices during the quarter; and
- Repaid $15.3 million of senior secured term loan, reducing the amount due at maturity to $227.8 million2.
“During the third quarter we generated strong cash flow despite volatile commodity prices and the decision to curtail production for a short time in August. We also reduced our debt by $15 million during the quarter,” said Pieridae’s Chief Executive Officer Alfred Sorensen. “Additionally, we are pleased to report that subsequent to the end of the third quarter, the Company commenced its previously announced Fall drilling program in the Brown Creek / Stolberg area.”
Selected Q3 2022 Operational & Financial Results
|($ 000 unless otherwise stated)||Q3||Q2||Q1||Q4||Q3||Q2||Q1||Q4|
|Natural gas (mcf/day)||181,030||178,918||187,719||198,596||191,439||194,232||215,179||212,220|
|Total production (boe/d)||35,959||36,378||40,491||41,304||38,595||38,404||43,997||44,800|
|Realized natural gas price before physical commodity contracts ($/mcf)||4.38||7.13||4.66||4.62||3.58||3.10||3.12||1.96|
|Realized natural gas price after physical commodity contracts ($/mcf)||3.62||4.67||4.08||3.67||2.7||2.59||2.63||2.16|
|Benchmark natural gas price ($/mcf)||4.28||7.22||4.75||4.69||3.59||3.11||3.16||2.67|
|Realized condensate price before physical commodity contracts ($/bbl)||103.71||132.60||112.09||91.69||85.25||76.72||68.85||53.48|
|Realized condensate price after physical commodity contracts ($/bbl)||105.82||116.61||106.13||69.71||65.33||68.08||58.4||53.48|
|Benchmark condensate price ($/bbl)||115.66||132.49||122.62||100.1||70.25||64.82||59.05||56.01|
|Net income (loss)||(1,573||)||22,982||10,549||4,661||(14,846||)||(10,058||)||(19,547||)||(45,968||)|
|Net income (loss) per share, basic||(0.01||)||0.15||0.07||0.03||(0.09||)||(0.06||)||(0.12||)||(0.29||)|
|Net income (loss) per share, diluted||(0.01||)||0.14||0.07||0.03||(0.09||)||(0.06||)||(0.12||)||(0.29||)|
|Net operating income (loss) (1)||30,014||55,969||47,295||30,845||17,920||14,444||20,876||12,829|
|Cashflow provided by (used in) operating activities||9,899||34,922||3,212||21,139||6,885||12,093||11,000||2,362|
|Adjusted funds flow from operations (1)||22,224||48,710||45,144||23,317||10,981||8,516||14,878||8,535|
|Working capital (deficit) surplus||(63,245||)||(61,634||)||(64,413||)||(87,665||)||(52,534||)||(47,862||)||(28,314||)||(19,615||)|
(1) Refer to the “non-GAAP measures” section of the Company’s Q3 2022 MD&A.
|($ per BOE)||Q3||Q2||Q1||Q4||Q3||Q2||Q1|
|Revenue before physical commodity contracts||35.54||52.94||37.04||33.53||27.40||24.28||23.82|
|Loss on physical commodity contracts||(3.64||)||(13.34||)||(3.18||)||(6.04||)||(5.69||)||(3.86||)||(3.19||)|
|Third party processing and other income||2.34||2.27||1.75||0.88||1.19||1.47||1.48|
Commodity Pricing and Hedge Position
Commencing the third week of August 2022, daily AECO spot prices dropped significantly as a result of pipeline maintenance on TC Energy’s Nova Gas Transmission Line (“NGTL”) and Enbridge’s Transportation South (“T-South”) systems, an unplanned compressor failure in Alberta and restrictions to gas storage injections. These pipelines connect most of the natural gas production in Western Canada to domestic and export markets, and the pipeline downtime created negative AECO spot prices as volumes were unable to be transported to local and international terminals. Subsequently, current AECO prices have rebounded, however, AECO prices have remained volatile through September and October as further maintenance on the NGTL system was completed.
Notwithstanding the fluctuation in the daily spot AECO pricing during the quarter, the AECO monthly natural gas price index increased 19% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021. Average North American crude oil prices increased 30% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021 based on persistent supply constraints and market uncertainty due to ongoing geopolitical events.
Pieridae’s realized prices reflect the mix of spot sales and physical forward sales contracts consistent with the Company’s hedging policy. In the nine months ended September 30, 2022, volumes sold under physical forward sales contracts represented 61% of total production and 43% of total revenue.
|Nine months ended September 30, 2022||Average Realized Prices||Benchmark Prices|
|Natural Gas before physical commodity contracts ($/mcf) (1)||5.37||5.41|
|Natural Gas after physical commodity contracts ($/mcf) (1)||4.12||5.41|
|Condensate before physical commodity contracts ($/bbl) (2)||115.89||123.56|
|Condensate after physical commodity contracts ($/bbl) (2)||109.37||123.56|
|Sulphur ($/tonne) (3)||47.93||395.61|
(1) AECO 5A benchmark price ($/mcf) assuming a 1.0551 gj/Mcf conversion rate
(2) Condensate benchmark price ($/bbl)
(3) Sulphur ($/tonne)
Pieridae’s outstanding physical forward sales contracts are currently as follows:
|after September 30, 2022||Natural Gas||Condensate|
Pieridae’s outstanding financial risk management contracts are currently as follows:
|AECO Swap||WTI Swap||C5 WTI Differential Swap|
Pieridae will continue to hedge in order to mitigate commodity price volatility and protect the cash flow required to fund the Company’s facility maintenance capital requirements, debt service obligations and capital development program while allowing the Company to participate in future commodity price upside.
Production in the third quarter of 2022 averaged 35,959 boe/d, a 5% decrease from 38,595 boe/d in Q3 2021, due to re-injection of ethane volumes into the gas stream and temporary shut-in of production due to AECO spot price volatility.
Pieridae had approximately 54% of its natural gas production hedged during the month of August. However, Pieridae determined it was prudent to temporarily shut-in certain gas wells during this period of extremely low spot AECO prices. As a result, the Company shut-in unhedged gas volumes (750 boe/d) for several days in our Lynx, Palliser, Moose and Tay areas.
As previously mentioned, Pieridae has re-injected liquid ethane (“C2”) back into the natural gas sales stream at two gas processing facilities during the quarter forgoing C2 production of approximately 1,800 – 2,300 boe/d but increasing the heat content and value of the gas stream, resulting in no material impact to revenue. Pieridae expects to continue re-injecting liquid ethane into the gas stream for the remainder of the year and into 2023.
Foothills Drilling Program
Subsequent to quarter end, the Company commenced its three well drilling program at Brown Creek and Stolberg in our Central Alberta Foothills area. The project will incur gross development capital costs during Q4 2022 and Q1 2023 of approximately $27 million. Successful wells in these reservoirs provide significant upside potential of up to 39 additional drilling opportunities in the Central AB Foothills core area.
|($ 000s unless otherwise noted)||Revised 2022 Guidance||Previous 2022 Guidance|
|Total production (boe/d)||37,500||39,500||37,500||39,500|
|Net operating income (1)(2)||160,000||180,000||150,000||180,000|
|Implied operating netback ($/boe) (2)||12.00||14.00||12.00||14.00|
|Sustaining capital expenditures (3)||17,000||22,000||17,000||22,000|
|Development capital expenditures (4)||20,000||25,000||25,000||30,000|
(1) Refer to the “non-GAAP measures” section of the Company’s Q3 2022 MD&A.
(2) 2022 outlook assumes average 2022 AECO price of $5.22/Mcf and average 2022 WTI price of USD$90.11/bbl and accounts for fixed price forward commodity sales contracts as of September 30, 2022
(3) Comprised of facility maintenance and turnaround capital expenditures
(4) Comprised of seismic, development and land capital expenditures
Pieridae’s priority is on improving financial flexibility by strengthening the balance sheet while sustaining production, implementing cost control initiatives, optimizing infrastructure logistics and executing non-core asset dispositions.
The Company’s 2022 development capital program guidance range has been decreased and narrowed to $20 – 25 million reflecting small reductions in scope of optimization work and rescheduling of costs related to the Fall drilling program into the first quarter of 2023.
Conference Call Details
A conference call to discuss the results will be held for the investment community on Thursday November 10, 2022 at 8.30 a.m. MDT/10.30 a.m. EDT. To participate in the conference webcast or call, you are asked to register using one of the links provided below. Details regarding the webcast or call will be provided to you upon registration.
Webcast participants registration URL:
Live call participants registration URL:

domain: finance


text:
CFC Partner Brian Eckel Awarded 2022 Q1 CoStar Powerbroker Award
Apr 28, 2022
CoStar Group, Inc., the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces, has announced its Power Broker Quarterly Deal winners for the first quarter of 2022 — and Cape Fear Commercial Partner and Co-founder Brian Eckel has claimed a top spot.
During the year’s first quarter, Eckel made the largest office-leasing transaction in the Wilmington market, according to CoStar. The 5,262-square-foot lease at Renaissance Courtyard was signed by MegaCorp. The office building is located within the Landfall submarket: just a few minutes’ drive from Wrightsville Beach, with easy access to Downtown Wilmington.
Eckel co-founded Cape Fear Commercial in 2001 and has since guided the firm’s evolution into one of the region’s leading providers for brokerage, property management, and development services. He is also a partner in the firm’s development arm, Cape Fear Development; and this year Eckel oversaw the launch of Cape Fear Construction Group, a subsidiary organization that integrates Cape Fear’s real estate and development services with the expertise of a full-service general contracting provider.
View the full Power Broker awards list from CoStar Group.

domain: economics


Federal Trade Commission Announces New Rulemaking on “Made in the USA” Claims
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will be conducting a rulemaking on “Made in the USA” (MUSA) labeling requirements—a development that potentially will allow the agency to impose even stiffer monetary penalties on companies that it finds in violation. A key issue in the rulemaking will be the degree to which the final rule covers product advertising or marketing claims in addition to product labeling. In any event, the rulemaking points to more aggressive enforcement when it comes to U.S.-origin claims.
FTC’s Authority Over “Made in the USA” Claims
Although U.S. Customs and Border Protection is generally responsible for enforcing rules relating to the marking of imported goods with their country of origin, the FTC is in charge of policing claims about whether a product is “Made in the USA.” The agency requires that “all or virtually all” of the product must be made in the United States if a company makes an unqualified MUSA claim. It has released detailed guidance on this standard and an Enforcement Policy Statement. The FTC has long brought MUSA enforcement actions under the FTC Act, which prohibits deceptive acts and practices, and recently—as we highlighted here—has begun seeking monetary awards against companies in violation.
The FTC has increasingly focused on the issue of MUSA claims and held a workshop last year to determine whether it should alter the existing standards for such claims, or the agency’s approach to enforcement. Last week, it released both a staff report summarizing the findings of the workshop and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The staff report concludes that the agency will continue to enforce the same legal standard for evaluating MUSA claims, noting “no stakeholder presented consumer perception evidence that would support updating the Policy Statement.”
However, while the staff did not find evidence to support changing the existing standard, the majority of workshop participants and public submissions were in favor of the FTC strengthening enforcement of the MUSA standard, including significant support for issuing a MUSA rule.
The Proposed Rulemaking
The FTC’s NPRM seeks comment on a MUSA labeling rule that would apply to unqualified MUSA claims. The rule would impose the same requirements that the FTC enforces under existing law. The primary purpose of the rulemaking appears to be to give the FTC the ability to impose civil penalties on first-time offenders.
The FTC Act provides that the FTC can pursue civil penalties for violations of cease and desist orders, or for violation of rules issued pursuant to the agency’s authority to address MUSA labeling, as codified in 15 U.S.C. § 45a. The proposed rulemaking is the first time the FTC has chosen to use its rulemaking authority pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 45a with respect to MUSA claims.
The key issue in the rulemaking likely will be the extent of the rule. The NPRM indicates that the rule would cover unqualified MUSA labels, as well as unqualified MUSA claims appearing in “any mail order catalog or mail order promotional material.” Depending on how “mail order catalogs” and “mail order promotion material” are defined, the rule could potentially apply to online advertising or marketing. Commissioners Noah Joshua Philips and Christine S. Wilson issued statements indicating that they would not support extending the rule to advertising and marketing, while Commissioner Rohit Chopra issued a statement supporting that extension. It is unclear where the Commission majority will land.
In any event, the proposed rule is likely to be used to target what the FTC considers to be “egregious offenders,” those companies engaged in “intentional deception.” The staff report notes that staff has received “only a small handful of reports of egregious MUSA deception per year – perhaps one per quarter – and almost every verified report has led to administrative or federal court action.” At the same time, depending on the scope of the rule, it could also give staff additional leverage when dealing with the more common MUSA complaints it investigates, which (according to the report) primarily involve broad website and social marketing claims and unqualified claims for products that incorporate imported content though they are substantially transformed in the U.S.
Comments will be due 60 days after the NPRM is published in the Federal Register, which should be sometime the week of June 29, 2020.


Cindy RomperRegular price $14.99 Sale price $8.99 Save $6.00
Our Cindy Romper features a cinched waistband with a drawstring tie, pockets and an adjustable key hole!
Kiara is 5'8" and is wearing a size small.
Product Info: 57% polyester, 38% rayon, 5% spandex.
Care Info: machine wash cold, hang dry.


text:
The education system in my country is different from us education mostly it is similar to france education system the education system in my country is very restricted and it is not easy to graduate from high school. Summary in the essay “the chinese and american educational systems” the author compares two educational systems from his experiences asian elementary through high schools pay more attention to academics than to extracurricular activities. An essay or paper on the education system of today testing today has taken over schools the pressure of society for a person to strive to reach the best schools and therefore the best education, to do this your test scores have to be the best. Education system is biased towards the culture of dominant social classes and values the skills of the working class culture capital is the knowledge. Public education system research papers examine the changes over the past decades and the future of public education buy a research paper online to help write your own research paper or essay perfectly. American education system essayspeople come to united states from all over the world to get a better education although this seems to demonstrate the success of the american education system, i believe that considering education as a marketable product for a long time has had a key role in the succ. Essay the education system the education system in my country is different from us education mostly it is similar to france education system. South african education systems south africa is a multi-cultural diverse country this is in spite of the many disputes within our historically rich nation.
Read this essay on opinion essay about the education system come browse our large digital warehouse of free sample essays get the knowledge you need in order to pass your classes and more. Short essay on education and its advantages category: essays, paragraphs and articles on july 24 however, apart from an improved system of general education. Compare two countries their educational system one country, two systems one country, two systems is a concept proposed in 1981 by ye jianying, one of the ten founding marshals of china. I will start with the problem of our current education system the biggest problem is, it did not motivate kids millions of kids do not know any purposing of going to school, except obligation.
Advertisements: essay on education: short essay on education education is an effort of the senior people to transfer their knowledge to the younger members of society. Free essay: education system of pakistan introduction it is mandated in the constitution of pakistan to provide free and compulsory education to all children.
These are the education topics for essays we present to you in hopes they will inspire you for your own academic paper along with them we present a sample essay, enjoy. Introduction to academic writing 2: comparison and contrast essayswhat are comparison and contrast essays comparing things is somet. Introduction the philippine’s education system is managed by the philippine department of education it controls the general running of schools and colleges in the philippines and controls the curriculum in the philippine’s education system.
Free essay on the educational system in america available totally free at echeatcom, the largest free essay community. Free essay: the advantages of american educational system parents and the older generation americans always complain about the educational system of the. Database of free education essays - we have thousands of free essays across a wide range of subject areas sample education essays.
Find essays and research papers on education at studymodecom background of pakistan’s educational system educational system in pakistan. The failing education system 7 pages 1815 words march 2015 saved essays save your essays here so you can locate them quickly. Some people say that the education system is the only critical factor to development of a country to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement education is analyzed as being an important role in the society, where the structure of teaching, learning, and environment is frequently. To strengthen the indian education system essay on indian education system: primary, secondary, higher secondary , work-oriented, and correspondence education. The educational system of pakistan has been a topic of debate in the country since independence there are different points of views regarding what type of education system would be in the best interest of the country and yet there has been no.
Co-education is a system of educating boys and girls together in ancient times, co-education was prevalent in greece related articles: paragraph on co-education. Education is an important activity in society, it gives an opportunity to man to understand the world around him and his place in it in ancient times man was completely at the mercy of nature which was a complete mystery to him. Free essay: going to school and getting a great education is important for a successful future in today’s world years ago, many children did not go to. The education system in pakistan education essay by amir muhammad jamal khan year 0 education plays an import role in the progress and development of a. Creating a good paper about us education system is a very complicated task if you want to succeed with your writing, be sure to read this essay example. This sample essay explores discrimination within the united states school system, as well as an overview of discrimination history and how to overcome it. Education is fundamental to human progress it plays a prominent role in all-around development of individual as well as society a large number of books have been written on the importance of education.

domain: sociology


text:
Presentation -- "Digging Up the Graves: Exploring Death Records"
"Visitation of God; more probably intemperance; body found in an outhouse." Such was the fate of Joseph Harris in 1839, whose death was recorded in the inquest book of the St. Louis County coroner. Inquests are just one of many resources that can provide valuable information regarding our ancestors. Join Missouri History Museum Associate Archivist Dennis Northcott for a look at a variety of death records,
including newspaper obituaries, company employee magazines, military veterans' associations, funeral home records and much more.
When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Where: Lee Auditorium, Missouri History Museum (Lindell & DeBaliviere, in Forest Park)
Recent Additions to the Genealogy and Local History Index
The following sources have recently been indexed and added to the Missouri History Museum's Genealogy and Local History Index:
1. Lindenwood College yearbooks, 1927-1929
2. Washington University commencement program, 1934
3. The Handclasp Across the Sea, 1918-1919 (St. Louis Globe-Democrat composing room newsletters that include articles about St. Louis-area soldiers in World War I.)
4. Washington School (St. Louis) graduation program, 1909
5. St. Louis High School graduation program, 1886
Associate Archivist for Reference
Missouri History Museum

domain: library


text:
$40 per domain
Typically delivered in 30 days
The more you purchase, the more you save with our automatic dynamic pricing. Pay less per domain when you buy in bulk on a single order.
As Low As 20$ Per Domain For Bulk Orders (100+)