The Google Pixel 7a launched quite recently during Google I/O 2023, and it became Google’s brand new mid-range offering. We’ve already compared it to several devices at this point, and the next in line is a mid-ranger from Samsung. In this article, we’ll compare the Google Pixel 7a vs Samsung Galaxy A54. These two phones do have similar price tags, and are kind of direct competitors, especially in the US. So, it’ll be interesting to see how they compare.
We’ll first list their specifications, and will then move to compare their designs, displays, performance, battery life, cameras, and audio performance. These two phones are quite different, both in terms of the design, and their internals. That ought to make for an interesting comparison. Let’s get to it.
|Google Pixel 7a||Samsung Galaxy A54|
|Screen size||6.1-inch fullHD+ flat OLED display (90Hz refresh rate)||6.4-inch fullHD+ Super AMOLED flat display (120Hz)|
|Screen resolution||2400 x 1080||2340 x 1080|
|SoC||Google Tensor G2||Samsung Exynos 1380|
|RAM||8GB (LPDDR5)||6GB/8GB (LPDDR5)|
|Storage||128GB (UFS 3.1), non-expandable||128GB/256GB (UFS 3.1), expandable|
|Rear cameras||64MP (f/1.9 aperture, 26mm lens, 0.8um pixel size, OIS, Dual Pixel PDAF)
13MP (f/2.2 aperture, 120-degree FoV, 1.12um pixel size)
|50MP (f/1.8 aperture, OIS, PDAF, 1.0um pixel size)
12MP (ultrawide, f/2.2 aperture, 1.12um pixel size, 123-degree FoV)
5MP (macro, f/2.4 aperture)
|Front cameras||13MP (f/2.2 aperture, 20mm lens, 1.12um pixel size)||32MP (f/2.2 aperture, 0.8um pixel size)|
|Battery||4,385mAh, non-removable, 20W wired charging, 18W wireless charging
Charger not included
|5,000mAh, non-removable, 25W wired charging
Charger not included
|Dimensions||152 x 72.9 x 9mm||158.2 x 76.7 x 8.2mm|
|Weight||193.5 grams||202 grams|
|Connectivity||5G, LTE, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi, USB Type-C||5G, LTE, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi, USB Type-C|
|Security||In-display fingerprint scanner (optical)
|In-display fingerprint scanner (optical)|
|OS||Android 13||Android 13
One UI 5.1
Google Pixel 7a vs Samsung Galaxy A54: Design
Both of these phones feature a centered display camera at the top of their displays, and have flat displays. That’s where similarities end, though. The Pixel 7a has a more squarish shape, while the Galaxy A54 includes considerably rounded corners. Its display corners are also more rounded than the ones on the Pixel 7a. Both smartphones do include physical buttons on the right-hand side, but the order is different. The Pixel 7a has a power key above the volume rocker buttons, while it’s the other way around on the Galaxy A54.
If we flip them around, you’ll see even more differences. The Pixel 7a has a camera visor on the back, which is covered by metal. The Galaxy A54 includes three separate camera islands on the back, which are vertically oriented in the top-left corner. The Pixel 7a comes with a frame made out of metal, and a plastic back. The Galaxy A54 is the other way around, it includes a plastic frame, with a glass back (Gorilla Glass 5).
The Pixel 7a is considerably smaller, so it’s easier to use with one hand. It’s noticeably shorter, a lot narrower, and slightly thicker. It is also lighter than the Galaxy A54, but not by much. It weighs 193.5 grams, compared to 202 grams of the Galaxy A54. Both smartphones are IP67 certified for water and dust resistance. They are both slippery, so keep that in mind. The Pixel 7a is easier to grip, however, due to its size. They both feel like well-built pieces of tech.
Google Pixel 7a vs Samsung Galaxy A54: Display
There is a 6.1-inch fullHD+ (2400 x 1080) 90Hz OLED display included on the Pixel 7a. That display supports HDR content, and it is flat. You will notice that the bottom bezel is thicker than the rest of them, and the display ratio is 20:9. This panel is protected by the Gorilla Glass 3. That is not the most modern or the best protection, so it would be wise to use a screen protector here.
The Galaxy A54, on the flip side, has a 6.4-inch fullHD+ (2340 x 1080) Super AMOLED display. This panel is also flat, and it has a 120Hz refresh rate. It supports HDR10+ content, and gets up to 1,000 nits of peak brightness. This display has an aspect ratio of 19.5:9, and a slightly higher screen-to-body ratio. Its bezels are also not uniform, and the Gorilla Glass 5 protects this panel. That’s a considerably better option than Gorilla Glass 3.
Both of these displays are quite good. They have good viewing angles, and are quite vivid. The blacks are deep, to respectable levels, and the touch response is also good. Both displays are more than sharp enough. They also get similarly bright. The Galaxy A54 does have the advantage of a higher refresh rate, which you’ll notice during usage, and it also comes with better display protection.
Google Pixel 7a vs Samsung Galaxy A54: Performance
The Google Pixel 7a is fueled by the Google Tensor G2 SoC. The phone also includes 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 flash storage. The Galaxy A54 is fueled by the Exynos 1380 processor, while it comes in 6GB and 8GB LPDDR5 RAM variants with either 128GB or 256GB of UFS 3.1 flash storage. The Tensor G2 is the more powerful processor here. Does that reflect on performance, though?
Well, for regular, everyday stuff, both smartphones do a great job. Both are quite snappy, and do everything you’d want them to rather fast. We could nitpick here, but there’s really no need to. Both are fast in opening apps, multitasking, browsing, and so on. The difference can be seen when it comes to gaming, however. The Tensor G2 is not really made for gaming, but it still does a better job than the Exynos 1380.
The Pixel 7a has proven capable of playing basically anything we threw at it, including Genshin Impact, though it doesn’t perform at the same level as some Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 phones. That is to be expected. The Galaxy A54 is below that level too, and below what the Pixel 7a has to offer. Don’t get me wrong, you can play games with both phones, without a problem, but the Pixel 7a will ultimately offer better performance.
Google Pixel 7a vs Samsung Galaxy A54: Battery
Out of the two, the Pixel 7a has a smaller battery, but that is to be expected considering the fact it has a smaller display, and a lower display refresh rate too. The Pixel 7a has a 4,385mAh battery, while the Galaxy A54 comes with a 5,000mAh unit. Having said that, we’ve had some issues with the Pixel 7a battery life at first, but it stabilized since our initial usage, and it’s now quite good, actually.
Getting around 7 hours of screen-on-time from the phone is not a problem, though your mileage may vary, of course. The Galaxy A54 does go beyond that, however. You can cross the 8-hour screen-on-time, well, some of you will be able to. Your usage, apps that you have installed, and your location (cell signal) will play a huge role when it comes to battery life. So, your results may be vastly different from what we’ve seen.
Now, do note that neither phone comes with a charger. The Pixel 7a does support 18W wired charging though, and 7.5W wireless charging. The Galaxy A54 offers support for 25W wired charging, and no wireless charging. The wireless charging on the Pixel 7a is very slow, so chances are you won’t be using it all that much, unless you’re charging overnight, of course. The phone’s wired charging is not particularly fast either. That goes for both devices, actually.
Google Pixel 7a vs Samsung Galaxy A54: Cameras
There is a 64-megapixel main camera on the back of the Pixel 7a, and a 13-megapixel ultrawide camera. The Galaxy A53, on the other hand, has a 50-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera, and a 5-megapixel macro camera. Spoiler alert, the Pixel 7a is the better camera smartphone here, and it’s not even close. That actually goes for video recording too, but let’s take it one step at a time.
Images from the Pixel 7a end up looking more balanced, with better dynamic range and white balance. The Galaxy A54 images do not exactly look washed out, but in comparison with the Pixel 7a, it may seem that way. Both phones do capture plenty of detail, but the colors look richer on the Pixel 7a. In low light, the Pixel 7a manages to capture more detail, as the images end up looking less blurry than on the Galaxy A54, and also show more color at the same time.
The video is more stable on the Pixel 7a, even though the footage looks good on both, if we disregard the stabilization factor. Even if we talk about the front-facing cameras, the Pixel 7a comes out on top. The bokeh effect from its front-facing camera looks more realistic, and the images look richer and overall better. The Pixel 7a is not the best camera smartphone out there, not at all, but it does beat the Galaxy A54, at least in our opinion.
You will find a set of stereo speakers on both of these devices. Those speakers are good on both phones, they’re loud and offer good sound. If we had to nitpick, however, we’d side with the Galaxy A54 here. Its speakers are a bit louder, and do offer slightly more bass.
You will not find an audio jack on either of these two smartphones. You can always use their Type-C ports to connect wired headphones, though. If you opt for a Bluetooth connection, do note that both phones are equipped with Bluetooth 5.3.


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Nagpur: A 16-year old girl was raped by a teenage boy by doling out marriage promise. The accused rapist and his friend on whose house the heinous act was perpetrated were booked. It could not be verified whether the friend of the accused also exploited the girl sexually.
A resident of Aradhana Nagar, Nandanvan, the accused has been identified as Shubham Bhimrao Kanharkar (19). The 16-year old girl, probably staying in the same area, was lured by the accused Shubham with marriage promise. On May 14, 2018, Shubham took the girl to house of his friend Yash Rajesh Gadekar (19) and raped her between 5.30 pm and 8 pm. It could not be verified whether the friend of the accused also exploited the girl sexually. The rape survivor registered a case against the accused with Nandanvan police only on June 7 for reasons better known to her.
Nandanvan API Lepade, acting on the girl’s complaint, booked the accused Shubham Kanharkar and his friend under Sections 363, 376, 201 of the IPC read with Section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Further probe is underway.

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Vishal and Arya are star heroes of Kollywood who are coming together for an interesting film. This is not the first time that they are coming up with a multistarrer. The film unit of their next has confirmed the title of the movie yesterday. Titled Enemy, the film will see both the actors locking horns with one another.
"It's final. My best friend @arya_offl is now my "ENEMY".We have no choice, except to fight it out in a battle of epic proportion. gonna be good." posted Vishal on his Twitter profile, confirming the film's title.
"Can’t be Friends always. Ooo...Aaa U r my #ENEMY da. Really excited to face my #ENMEY @VishalKOfficial. Here’s the title of our next film." posted Arya on his Twitter.
Touted to be a thriller, the movie features Mirnalini Ravi in the leading lady role. The film's shoot started in Hyderabad. Thaman scores the music for the movie. RD Rajasekar is handling the cinematography. Ramalingam is the art director. Raymond Derrick Crasta has been roped in as the editor.
It's final. My best friend @arya_offl is now my "ENEMY".We have no choice, except to fight it out in a battle of epic proportion. gonna be good. 😘😘😘 GB#ENEMY @anandshank @vinod_offl @MusicThaman @MiniStudio_ @mirnaliniravi @RDRajasekar @RIAZtheboss @baraju_SuperHit pic.twitter.com/9jQ0RjLIJz— Vishal (@VishalKOfficial) November 25, 2020


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Global warming poses particular challenges for urban areas due to the greater intensity of rainfall and issues of stormwater runoff, and the heat island effect generated by the reflection of the sun off hard surfaces, such as buildings and road pavements; for example, in Australian cities (i.e., Sydney), roads account for approximately 25% of all urban land use. The challenge for road authorities is to implement green infrastructure in road planning, design and implementation as the term “green infrastructure” has appeared increasingly throughout the world in land management and planning. Despite these environmental challenges, traditional highway engineering practices use arguments regarding the economic inefficiencies of urban traffic congestion to justify the business case for road-widening schemes and new road construction projects with associated de-forestation and vegetation loss.
An international literature review and site visits of green infrastructure best practice in Australia, Singapore, the U.K. and the USA is reported. A typical road authority project is described in Sydney, Australia, where the initial design concept to accommodate growth in all modes of transport was road widening and land acquisition, but the authors persuaded the local and state government authorities to consider other options to “green” the infrastructure, particularly opportunities to add trees and vegetation near the roadway, which provide the additional bonus of managing surface water runoff. From this general problem, the case for, and value to, road authorities to develop green infrastructure guidelines for project planning and implementation, are presented. The conclusions include ongoing research to formulate draft guidelines for governments based on a holistic approach to the planning and design of high-density urban development around transport nodes that includes green infrastructure principles.
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Last night was the first screening of Ingenue, directed by Kate Chaplin. I’ve mentioned it a number of times, but to recap, I was the visual effects artist and title designer (and DVD author…and blu-ray/screener maker..) for the film. The “premiere” was held at the Indiana State Museum IMAX theater at 7PM after red carpet arrivals. The screening was sold out — over 400 seats. Lots of people in the audience obviously knew the cast and crew, so they were very engaged with the whole event.
Interestingly, this is the first time the film has been screened in its native resolution for anyone. The process of getting the Blu-ray burned was interesting since I’d never done it before, but I’ll save that for later and say it was a fun night and I’m glad so many friends and family came downtown to support local filmmakers. It was also great to see so many of my film friends who I haven’t been around in a while.
And ALWAYS a good time to introduce yourself to an actor with “hi, you don’t know me, but I’ve stared at your face a WHOLE BUNCH!”
I tweeted a bunch of junk throughout the evening, so here’s a mess of it for posterity.
Video, of course.
Vines, for good measure.
Good times. Can’t wait for The Impersonators. Gotta finish it first.

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Unveiling the Secrets of Sustainable Weight Loss: A Holistic Approach
In a world where the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle has become a global phenomenon, weight loss remains a key focus for many individuals. The journey towards shedding excess pounds is often filled with challenges, misinformation, and fad diets promising quick fixes. However, sustainable weight loss is not just about shedding pounds; it's about adopting a holistic approach that encompasses physical, mental, and lifestyle changes. This article explores the foundations of effective and sustainable weight loss, emphasizing the importance of a balanced and long-term strategy.
- Understanding the Basics: Calories In vs. Calories Out
At the core of weight loss is the fundamental principle of calories in versus calories out. To lose weight, one must burn more calories than they consume. This can be achieved through a combination of dietary modifications and increased physical activity. However, it's crucial to strike a balance—extreme caloric restriction can lead to nutrient deficiencies and unsustainable practices.
- Nutrition: Fueling the Body Right
A healthy diet plays a pivotal role in weight loss. Focus on whole, nutrient-dense foods, including fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains. Limit the intake of processed foods, sugary beverages, and excessive amounts of refined carbohydrates. Consider consulting a registered dietitian to create a personalized nutrition plan that suits your individual needs and preferences.
- Physical Activity: Finding Joy in Movement
Regular exercise is key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Engage in activities you enjoy, whether it's walking, cycling, swimming, or dancing. The goal is to make physical activity a sustainable part of your lifestyle. Aim for a combination of cardiovascular exercises, strength training, and flexibility exercises to promote overall fitness and well-being.
- Mindful Eating: Listening to Your Body
Practicing mindful eating involves paying attention to hunger and fullness cues, eating slowly, and savoring each bite. This approach helps prevent overeating and fosters a healthier relationship with food. Mindfulness techniques, such as meditation and deep breathing, can also help manage stress-related eating.
- Adequate Sleep: The Overlooked Factor
Sleep is often underestimated in its role in weight loss. Lack of sleep can disrupt hormonal balance, leading to increased cravings for high-calorie foods and decreased motivation for physical activity. Aim for 7-9 hours of quality sleep per night to support overall health and weight management.
- Hydration: The Elixir of Weight Loss
Proper hydration is crucial for overall health and can support weight loss efforts. Drinking water before meals can help control appetite, and choosing water over sugary beverages reduces overall calorie intake.
- Building a Support System: Accountability Matters
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Sustainable weight loss is a journey that requires patience, commitment, and a holistic approach. By incorporating healthy eating habits, regular physical activity, mindfulness, adequate sleep, and a strong support system, individuals can achieve lasting results. It's essential to view weight loss not as a temporary fix but as a lifelong commitment to health and well-being. Remember, small, consistent changes over time can lead to significant and lasting improvements in both physical and mental health.
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Trying to live a thousand lives...
Reviewer at Fantasy-Faction.com
Up From the Grave
Dreams of Gods & Monsters
Tears of the Moon
4:00 pm 30 March 2012
What an extremely annoying female character Brenna is. She can't carry a single conversation without flying off the handle. No growth or maturity at the end. Really wish I didn't spend the time reading this.
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Volume 31 - Article 44 | Pages 1311–1336
Ageing dynamics of a human-capital-specific population: A demographic perspective
|Date received:||12 Mar 2014|
|Date published:||03 Dec 2014|
|Keywords:||aging, educational attainment, human capital, old-age dependency ratio, pensions, projections|
Background: Research on how rising human capital affects the consequences of population ageing rarely considers the fact that the human capital of the elderly population is composed in a specific way that is shaped by their earlier schooling and work experience. For an elderly population of a fixed size and age-sex composition, this entails that the higher its human capital, the greater the total amount of public pensions to be paid.
Objective: The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the link between human capital and retiree benefits and its effect on population ageing from a demographic viewpoint.
Methods: We construct an old age dependency ratio (OADR), in which each person, whether in the numerator or the denominator, is assigned the number of units corresponding to his/her level of human capital. Based on data for Italy, we study the dynamics of this human-capital-specific OADR with the help of multistate population projections to 2107.
Results: Our results show that under specific conditions a constant or moderately growing human capital may aggravate the consequences of population ageing rather than alleviate them.
Conclusions: With those findings, the authors would like to stimulate the debate on the search for demographic and/or socio-economic solutions to the challenges posed by population ageing.
Dimiter Philipov - Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna), Austria
Anne Goujon - Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna), Austria
Paola Di Giulio - Vienna Institute of Demography (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Austria
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Damian Green – who has an unbroken record of backing every losing Tory leadership campaign – was spinning for Basher’s team immediately post the result. On the BBC he blamed the dismal declining Basher vote on tactical voting for Liam Fox to keep out Clarke. The spectacle of ultra-wet Damian Green arguing that right-wingers backed Fox to keep out Clarke was toe-curling, and a little bit humiliating. Oh, the irony.
“This is, at its heart, a matter of public trust,” he told the PM, concluding: “I cannot reconcile the terms of the proposed deal with the promises we made to the country in our manifesto at the last election… I believe that the regulatory regime proposed for Northern Ireland presents a very real threat to the integrity of the United Kingdom. I cannot support an indefinite backstop arrangement, where the EU holds a veto over our ability to exit…”

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Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989), The March of Folly
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984), p. 125:
Disregard of the movements and sentiments developing around them was a primary folly. They were deaf to disaffection, blind to the alternative ideas it gave rise to, blandly impervious to challenge, unconcerned by the dismay at their misconduct and the rising wrath at their misgovernment, fixed in refusal to change, almost stupidly stubborn in maintaining a corrupt existing system.
Not politicians in present-day Washington, D.C., but Renaissance Popes from Sixtus IV to Clement VII.

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The Journal Pioneer
[SUMMERSIDE, PE] – A new restaurant is opening at a location that has already built a solid reputation in the food service community.
As early as month's end, Poppy's, a 40-to-50-seat sit-down restaurant, will open at the Summerside Legion.
For decades the Legion and its Ladies Auxiliary has provided food service for countless banquets, weddings and special events.
Manager Robert Palmer said opening a restaurant with many of the dishes it's become known for seemed like a natural progression in the Legion's growth.
"It was something we were thinking about for the last couple of years," said Palmer. "We feel it is a good time to open. Overall, the response that we got when we announced that we were going to provide food on a daily basis has been great. I think we are going to do really well."
The menu will include pub fare and favourites from Legion banquet menus such as hot turkey dinners and lobster suppers.
"We are not looking at anything that is going to be mass production. To a certain extent, we feel our markets may be a little bit different than other restaurants that are in the city," added Palmer. "It's not fine dining. It will be more of what the Legion already offers, which is that home-style meal that's been offered upstairs by our Ladies Auxiliary for 50 years."
The restaurant is located on the main level in the lounge area. A full downstairs kitchen was added during recent renovations.
There will be little change to the current décor. The intent is that photographs now hanging will provide dinners a glimpse into Legion's history and purpose.
Poppy's will be open seven days a week, offering Sunday brunch and extended hours on weekends. It's expected the Legion's staff will grow from 21 to 30 full and part-time employees with the addition of the restaurant.
"It's not going to be a gigantic restaurant, but we feel we can keep those 44 seats filled," said Palmer.
Revenue will go back into the Legion's coffers and go to causes it supports.
The hope with the new venture is to get new people through the Legion's doors.
"We constantly see in the paper ... that Legions are becoming smaller and some smaller Legions are closing their doors. We are really not looking at doing that. We've actually been quite successful in holding our membership and it looks like this year our membership will increase."

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Editorial: Website spins city's whims
The City of Savannah has launched a page on its website that officials say is meant to answer questions the public may have about decisions the city has made or services it offers.
Unveiled this week, a month before municipal elections, the website, labeled Just the FAQs, is free of "spin," according to city spokesman Bret Bell.
The site is informative, given the issues facing City Council incumbents and the mayor, who are all facing challengers in November. However, the information isn't necessarily accurate.
Open a link to a page on the long-awaited Cultural Arts Center, and the first sentence is less than truthful: "The City has the funding in place, and has recently completed the design phase of a plan to build a new center for the arts in Savannah."
The city has a plan for funding, but the money is not in place. Most of the funding will come from Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax funding that was initially approved by voters in 2006. At that time, the budget for the center was $13.4 million.
Since then, the property at Hall Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard that was originally purchased for the center, at a cost of $1 million in 2007, was deemed too small, and the city has moved the site for the center to city-owned land at the corner Oglethorpe Avenue and Montgomery Street.
Meanwhile, the budget for the arts center has ballooned to nearly $25 million. A design is still waiting for approval, and the center isn't expected to be completed until 2017 at the earliest. The result will be a building that took 17 years to complete at a budget double of what was originally proposed and will be insufficient according to two experts who should know: the Savannah Music Festival's Rob Gibson and the Telfair Museums' Lisa Grove.
As a result of all this rigmarole, the city came up with a financial plan to bridge the gap between proposed cost and available funding. It's a plan that makes some whimsical assumptions. One assumption is that the city will sell the Hall Street site for the $1 million it paid for the property. It's been on the market since 2009.
The second assumption is that the city will collect another $500,000 from the sale of a piece of property on the project site along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
But perhaps the most fanciful part of the plan relies on each alderman forgoing $100,000 out of $1.5 million each was to receive from current SPLOST dollars for district neighborhood projects, a proposal the alderman have not signed off on nor appear in any hurry to do so, especially in an election year.
And regarding the "completed" design phase, the Historic Review Board has approved the mass and height of the center. The actual design elements still have to go before the council.
We support and appreciate the city's effort to address citizens' questions and concerns on the city website - and we await the date that residents can conveniently pay their water bills online, and give these payments the same priority as paying parking tickets and red-light violation fines - but the timing is troubling and the accuracy leaves much to be desired. And based on the cultural arts center page, it's not "spin" free. Instead, it's enough to make one dizzy.

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Product Canvas: Product Development Made Easy
With a Canvas Product all relevant information of a planning process can be clearly presented on one page. Thereby, it is possible to each of the product development stakeholders at any time, to obtain information about the current status of the planning process.
The Product Canvas is developed by Roman Pichler method from the “agile project management”. As basic idea behind the agile project management is the assumption that the planning process in the modern working environment cannot be set in stone and the continuous adaptation of the original plan is inevitable.
A product should therefore be developed as part of an adaptive planning process. This method includes the development in short sections, so called “sprints”. The target is set before each iteration in a team meeting. Here, the team members organize themselves; the product manager moves into the background and operates in the role of a moderator.
By developing the product in short sections you can flexibly responds to customer requests for changes or to unforeseen problems.
Thus the procedure for “agile project management” represents a break with the traditional methods of project management. These are mainly characterized by clear hierarchies and fixed targets with little room for flexibility.
The Product Canvas in detail
The Product Canvas is oriented towards the functionality of a pin board. All information about the planning process will be summed up in the provided areas.
A Product Canvas contains these steps:
– Vision or Goal: At this point, there is room for your vision statement, the overall goal, the basic idea for the development of your product.
– Product Name: This field contains the name and a brief description of your product.
– Target Group: In this section you define the target group for your product. To do this, first create so-called Personas. These describe fictitious users of your product with their characteristics, requirements and desires. Design for all personas user stories, in which you describe how these are likely to use the product.
In the central area of the Canvas Product describe the so-called Big Picture. In this draft the desired user experience, this should be composed of the functionality, the design and other characteristics of the product.
The Big Picture should include these elements:
– Epics: With Epics you describe the product requirements at a high abstraction level. Formulate these in everyday language. With the help of Epics you will sketch roughly the requirements for the product.
– Journeys: Journeys meant to provide an idea how the desired user experience should look like.
– Design: Gather here the drafts to design your product.
– Constraints: In this section you will summarize the information on the general operational qualities of your product.
– Ready Stories: Here you define based on the designs from the Big Picture, the goals for the next sprint. Therefore, make sure that these are clearly formulated and implementable.
After each sprint, you can respond to the results and issues you may have during the sprint and customize or extend individual information from the separate components. This means that your project planning remains flexible and always provides a detailed overview of the course of the development process to your team.
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Weekly F&O contracts: How have they changed the market & what’s in store?
Speculators and institutions are using the weekly options to hedge short positions.
Open interest data of weekly options indicates widespread acceptance of these new contracts among market participants. With the launch of weekly options, there has been an increase in market participation, especially traders, hedgers, speculators, brokers and other market intermediaries.
Speculators and institutions are using the weekly options to hedge short positions. The weekly options have been offering market participants a flexible and precise hedging tool to manage their exposure and trade short-term market movements. Additionally, they have led to better price discovery and improvement in market depth.
As their name suggests, Weekly Options expire every week, typically on Thursday at market close, excluding the Thursday of the monthly expiry week. Now with the launch of weekly options, traders who historically enjoyed 12 monthly expiries on the last Thursday of each month can now enjoy 52 expiries a year. In the case of weekly options, the maturity ranges from one week to five weeks. Furthermore, weekly options have been providing an opportunity for arbitrage between options maturing in one week and those expiring in two weeks. Even traders are seen doing arbitrage between weekly and monthly options.
Undoubtedly, options have been a great way of mitigating risk and can help boost portfolio income. Retail traders, too, are also benefiting from the weekly options, as premiums are lower compared with those for monthly options. As premiums are low; weekly options are powerful enough to create profits quickly. They have become meaningful for traders to get more targeted exposure to market events, such as earnings reports and economic data releases. Moreover, premiums get adjusted to evolving developments quickly. Thus, they are helping market participants take advantage of market events more efficiently, thereby creating more opportunities to make profits and compound returns.
Seeing the huge response of market participants to the weekly index options, BSE has launched stock options recently. However, volume is yet to pick up in these weekly stock options. There is also a buzz in the street that NSE will come out with weekly stock options soon. Trading parameters such as tick size, price bands and market lots, among others, are the same as existing futures and options contracts on existing stock derivatives.
Remember, at the end, they are just options. One has to use them carefully and wisely; because of they are of shorter durations, thus led to quick time decay.
(DK Aggarwal is Chairman & Managing Director of SMC Investments & Advisors)

domain: finance


The Income Tax department has reminded the small companies and taxpayers to file returns by domestic businesses and corporates in Form 10-IC under Section 15BAA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to claim a concessional corporate tax rate of 22 percent.
“The clock is ticking as the due date to file your Form 10-IC for AY 2020-21 is close! The extended due date to file Form 10-IC is 30th June 2022. Don’t wait for the last day. #FileNow,” the department tweeted through its official twitter handle today.
“Eligible Companies, if you had opted for concession tax rate under section 11513AA while filing ITR but failed to file Form 10-IC, please file it before 30th June 2022,” it said.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for the filing of form 10-C.
Section 15BAA of the Income Tax Act was inserted in 2019 and came into effect in 2020. As per Section115BAA, domestic businesses can opt for a concessional income tax rate of 22 percent, along with surcharge and cess (subject to satisfaction of conditions), if they forego certain specified deductions and incentives. Once this option is exercised, it will apply in the subsequent years as well and it cannot be withdrawn.
As per the subsection and the rules of Section 15BAA, companies are required to fill and submit Form 10-IC electronically on or before the due date of filing of return of income to exercise this option.


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Katrinkles Woodland Stitch Markers
This adorable set of stitch markers features the cutest little woodland critters you’ve ever seen! Use them on your current knitting project and see for yourself. The set of six stitch markers includes a wooden fox, a bird, a snail, a sheep, a moth, and a red acrylic mushroom, all drawn in a whimsical style that will bring some smiles to your stitching.
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The major problem sand presents is to gain traction
without digging in. Sand can be stabilized with a large
volume of water but loosens as soon as it dries out.
Often, tires spin and dig into the sand rapidly which
causes a jerking motion in the drive line.
NOTE: This jerking motion can cause severe
damage to axles, differentials, and propeller shafts.
All-wheel drive vehicles have less difficulty, but they
consume considerable power.
Should you have to operate in sand, there are some
actions you can take to help you out when a winch is not
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over and allow you to spread the load of your vehicle
over a larger area.
Driving cross-country can produce many problems.
Should you have to drive cross-country, it is best to have
someone walk in front of your vehicle to look for holes,
stumps, and ditches that may damage your vehicle.
Proceed slowly and use the lowest gear possible. Avoid
wet, marshy areas if possible because a marsh will crust
over and break through if you drive over it. When it
breaks through, there is little you can do but call for
assistance to be towed.
Watch out for stumps, rocks, or anything on which
you may get high center. Sometimes it is better to keep
your tires on large rocks and go over them, rather than
straddle them. Stumps may be cut off for your vehicle
Driving hours are regulated by the U.S. Department
of Transportation, Code of Federal Regulations, Title
49. These regulations are reflected in the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations Pocketbook, ORS-7A. You
are restricted to drive no longer than 10 hours in a
15-hour period after 8 hours off duty. You, the operator,
are responsible for the safe operation of your vehicle.
As a safety measure, an operator should take breaks
or rest stops when becoming fatigued or sleepy. After
parking the vehicle, get out and walk around to stretch
your muscles. Rest stops are especially important on a
long trip requiring many hours of driving.
Extended periods of driving often results in
driver fatigue. Physical and mental fatigue
brought on by extended periods of time behind
the wheel is a frequent problem encountered by
operators. If operators are exhausted, they may
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resulting in a serious or fatal mishap.
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you must select lower gears to climb the hills. When
going down steep hills, the pull of gravity speeds you
up. You must go slow so your brakes can hold you back
without overheating. If the brakes become too hot, they
may start to fade. This means that you have to apply
them harder and harder to get the same stopping power.
When the brakes continue to be used hard, they continue
to fade until you cannot slow down or stop at all.
Use of Gears
No matter what size of vehicle you are descending
long, steep grades in, going too fast can cause your
brakes to fail. Lower gears allow engine compression
and friction to help slow the vehicle. This is true whether
you have an automatic or a manual transmission.
When you are operating a large vehicle with a
manual transmission or a fully loaded bus, do not wait
until you have started down a hill to shift down. You
could get hung up in neutral and find yourself coasting,
which is not only illegal but is also dangerous.
Remember: Choose the right gear before starting down
For older trucks, the rule of thumb for choosing
gears is to use the same gear going down a hill that you
would use to climb the hill. New trucks have low friction
parts and streamlined shapes for fuel economy and often
have more powerful engines. This allows them to go up
hills in higher gears. They also have less friction and air
drag to hold them back when going down a hill. For this
reason, operators of newer trucks often have to use
lower gears going down a hill than needed to go up the
When going downhill, brakes tend to heat up. When
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By 1992 the thrash scene like many other genres of metal and hard rock was falling out of favor. That didn't stop Defiance though as they were actually getting better on this their third album. On their first two releases Defiance were very much like fellow Bay area thrashers Testament only maybe an album behind them style wise. However while many other bands of this style were slowing down, Defiance actually became heavier and faster as they went along. Unfortunately the fan base for this type of music was slimming down so not as not people were witnessing the fairly impressive transformation that Defiance made over the course of just a few years. The lyrics were the same old thing, but the playing had gotten tighter as they worked on more pace changes. The sense of control that the band administer to the tracks on this album is certainly worth noting. Unlike a number of their peers, Defiance were not out to become more accessible. They knew the brand of metal they wanted to play and they just kept chipping away at it and growing stronger at their craft. Their music is the same type of thrash that was so big say around 87-90. It still worked in 1992 because their songwriting had grown leaps and bounds from their 1989 debut "Menace to society". This re-issue includes seven bonus tracks with some live songs and some demos. Once again another impressive package from the kind people at Metal Mind who know to add on the extras. So the third release from Defiance is definitely worth getting for fans of old school thrash.


Patricia Molette Professor Grace Schwanda MUS 110 â€“ Appreciation of World & Western Music 9, December 2013 Musical Heritage Paper I choose Carrie Underwood for my musical heritage paper. I am a huge fan of her work and enjoyed reading her biography. Her musical heritage began very similar as mine did growing up and we both had our roots planted in country music since before we were born. The backgrounds of our families and their love of country music helped to shape us into the music lovers and listeners we are today. Carrie Underwood was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on March 10, 1983, she is only five years younger than me, and probably why we both love the same singers and listen too much of the same music. Although she was born in Muskogee, Carrie attended school in Checotah where her family lived, which was a small farm town. Her parents Stephen and Carole Underwood had two older daughters, Shanna and Stephanie and Carrie was the youngest of the three girls. Her father Stephen worked as a paper mill operator for 30 years at Georgia-Pacific and Carole is now a retired teacher from an elementary school. Growing up in a small town and living on a farm was the life of Carrie Underwood for many years. Her love of country music and singing was born in that sleepy little farm town. It was apparent from the beginning that she was going to be a singer. Her parents still have photos of her singing into hair brushes as a child or anything she could get her hands on to pretend it
was a microphone. Her family and her parents provided her with a stable background and both were supportive in her early days when she would go out of her way to do whatever she could to get on stage. Whether it was singing in the church choir or singing at festivals around town, she was always trying to sing, wherever and whenever she could. Carrie attended Free Will Baptist Church in Checotah with her parents, and she started singing for the church when she was only three years old. Her faith is still very strong to this day and she believes that “God bestows everyone with a particular talent and then presents them with opportunities to use those talents.” (pg 4) Her faith is something that I can definitely relate to, having believed the same thing myself growing up. Church was a great start for the singer but eventually she looked outside Checotah to perform music as she got older. She traveled to other towns to perform in festivals, car shows, races, and opened for some other bands as well. She always maintained a desire to follow her dreams and make a career out of singing. Carrie graduated from Checotah High School and decided to pursue a degree in mass communications at North-Eastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and joined the Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority. Carrie left the University just three credits shy of graduating to compete on American Idol, she was 23 at that time. She eventually went back and graduated with a bachelor degree in mass communication with an emphasis in journalism. When Carrie saw an add for the American Idol auditions and realized it was an 8 hour trip to St. Louis, Missouri to try out, she decided it was too far for her to go just to be turned away. Her mother offered to drive her there and her first reaction was no, but then she changed her mind and decided to go. Luckily for her, she belted out the Martina Mcbride song “Phones are ringing all over town” written by David
Mackechnie, Kin Vassy, and Marc Beeson. McBride just happened to be her favorite singer! The second song she sang was another by McBride, “Independence Day”, and the third and final round she choose “ I can’t make you love me,” written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin. She was liked enough by the judges to be sent on to the competition. Carrie was on her way to Hollywood and it was her first time to ever be in an airplane. Of the thousands that auditioned for Idol, only 193 got to go to Hollywood, and she was one of them. Carrie made her way out of the 193, down to the final 12 contestants. She managed to stay on board every week. During her weeks on American Idol she choose many of my favorite songs, all the while I was home rooting for her. Although the judges were not always nice, on March 22nd, she gained the lead when she broke out of the norm and took a risk singing an 80’s rock song “Alone” by Heart, where she was able to wow the judges. Simon Cowell made the statement “Carrie, you’re not just the girl to beat you’re the person to beat.” (pg 13) Very unlike Cowell who spoke his honest feelings all the time, which were usually not very nice. Underwood finally beat out her last competitor Bo Bice and she was declared the winner of American Idol season four. With tears running down her face she declared it the best night of her life. Rushed into the studio after her win, stardom was almost overnight. With 30 million viewers watching the final episode of season four of American Idol, she already had a fan base set up and they were anxiously awaiting the arrival of more music from the singer. Carrie soon made history on the Billboard magazine charts. “Inside Your Heaven” went straight to the tops of the 100 charts by June of 2005, which was the very first time a country singer made it to number one on this chart. This song also sold 170,000 copies in its first week, and became the bestselling song of 2005. (pg 21)
Although Carrie was considered to be a county singer from the start, her first single wasn’t even played on the country radio. She enjoyed many different genres, but went straight to working on her country tunes and stayed true to her roots not long after her first single was released always staying at the top of the charts. My grandmother was a big fan of country music singers especially those who were women, and had she still been alive when Carrie came out, most of her music would have probably went straight to the top of her charts also, as it did mine, along with the rest of the world. Staying true to her roots, Carrie’s second single “Jesus Take the Wheel” rose to the top of the country music charts, and she became an instant country music star. Soon she started working on endorsements, which granted her immediate money. Carrie signed with Hershey’s chocolate and Skechers shoes right away and then about a year later she became part of the “Got Milk” campaign. Eventually she gained even more endorsement opportunities, the major one, was being the face for Glaceau’s Vitamin Water, and they sponsored her first headline tour. Carrie received a new red Ford Mustang, one million dollars and a recording contract all thanks to American Idol and the “Pop Tarts Presents American Idols Live! Tour 2005”. Carrie Underwood had many obligations to fulfill from her Idol win, she was introduced to many people in the business, and established many contacts through this overnight stardom. She was set up with a song plugger, who picked songs that Carrie would most likely be interested in singing, and then would pitch them to her in an effort to get her to choose songs and get them recorded. She only chose one song from her first album to co-write. Being new to the business, she never had the chance then to write any songs for that debut album. Eventually she wanted to meet songwriters, get to know them, so they would have a better idea of what she wanted to sing and have them write her songs. She met with producers who directed the entire
album, and engineers who control all of the instrumentals that are on the session as well as the vocals. Many of her songs would have lead guitar, piano, drums, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, many include a mandolin, steel guitar, banjo, or fiddle, especially in country music. After all the fuss of figuring what direction the album was going to go and finding the perfect instruments to go along with the vocals, Underwood would have a mixing engineer, and then a master engineer. The master engineer viewed the album as a whole instead of fixating on the smaller pieces of the music. The record label decided to first release “Jesus Take the Wheel” as her second single before they put out her first album in November of 2005. As she was making her music and doing endorsements, she was also busy singing at festivals, and giving interviews, she performed at the CMA Music Fest, then on to her Grand Old Opry debut. Carrie was a very busy overnight star at this point. She was invited to sing the national anthem before game four of the National Basketball Association’s finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills, in Michigan. Before July of 2006 she had sang for many different sporting events including; NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 and at the 77th Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Pennsylvania. A young star very busy in the spotlight indeed, Carrie was off and running to radio stations, and meeting deejays who would be playing her music. Idol had made the appearances very easy for Carrie and she had no trouble getting these deejays and radio stations to play her songs. She pushed on and searched for a booking company to sign with to book a major concert tour. She ended up signing with one of the largest booking agencies in the world, Creative Artists Agency. This agency put Carrie out on the fair and festival circuit, where she would be performing in front of huge groups of country music fans. She was scheduled to do as many as 40 solo performance’s before they joined her with Kenny Chesney on his “The Road and the
Radioâ€? tour. Kenny was one of the biggest country music singers at this time and Carrie had even seen him in concert when she was younger. This was major for the new singer. She was working with one of her idols in country music. The doors were then opened for her to work with many other country music stars including; Dierks Bentley, Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich, and on to tour with yet another star, being Brad Paisley. By the end of the year 2006, Carrie had done over 150 shows, ending the year by headlining a USO tour during the Christmas holiday season, performing for U.S. troops in Kuwait and Iraq. (pg 45) Before long her singles were going double platinum. She was receiving Grammy nominees and winning awards for album of the year, top female vocalist, along with many other awards and trophies. She does benefits for St. Judes and donates to humane societies. She has found many ways to use her stardom to benefit many different organizations. I absolutely love that about Carrie. She has a great heart, a love for people, and animals. She uses her fame to help the unfortunate and that is probably another reason why America loves her. After being so busy with her success in Idol and working on another album, she finally gets to a place where she felt the need to plant her feet firmly on the ground in her very own residence. Even though she is still very busy working on another album, she was able to purchase her first home and establish her residence in Nashville as her primary residence. She began working on writing her own songs, many songs on her second album were written by her or with help from her. Her journey into the unknown also made her a recognizable force in the songwriting industry. This was definitely a smart and bold move on her behalf, but none the less she excelled and broke barriers she never dreamt possible. She put her heart, her soul, and her everything into her career. She loved what she did and it definitely shows.
Stardom always comes at a cost and Carrie was not exempt from scrutiny, nor was she exempt from rumors or the never ending paparazzi, but she has managed to keep her small town, all American girl reputation. She tries to live a life as normal as she can for being a super star and never lets the fame go to her head. She has been able to preserve the grace and honor of a small town girl. She is constantly thinking about what other people might say if she has a drink in her hand or when it comes to her dating life, and has managed to keep some of that private or from the public eye. She has also managed to keep some close relationships with friends and family who treat her like a normal human being and the Carrie they all loved and adored before her fame. Even bigger than keeping close relationships, her biggest accomplishment that might mean the most to her was her induction in the Grand Ole Opry. “Opry is the heart of country music, the church, the sacred place, the super-elite club, that says you love this music” (pg 122) according to Carrie. She has a special place for this particular award and shed quite a few tears when she received it. Garth Brooks was there to induct her as the Opry’s newest member and recalled how many tears he shed while receiving this award himself. For country music singers this is the icing on the cake. Carrie worked very hard to earn this spot with her hard work and dedication. Her willingness to push herself and take herself to the next level has been one of her greatest accomplishments. Going from the Grand Ole Opry to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009 was another fantastic advancement for the singer. After that she was on and running with her third album entitled Play On. Her song “Cowboy Casanova” climbed billboard charts just as all her songs before that one, but this song made the fifth-highest debut by a female artist on the chart, it
also gave Underwood the distinction of being the first femal solo artis to have 10 top 10 hits on the country chart in the 21st century. (pg 129) Throughout her career, into her stardom, and up until now Carrie had grown and matured as a person and a singer. She is more confident within herself and it shines through in all of her performances. With her new found confidence, Underwood also made some waves in an acting career in 2010 as a guest on the television show How I Met Your Mother. During this same year she made an appearance on Sesame Street, and also landed her first movie role in Soul Surfer. This all around American girl is also all around talented to say the least. Her appearances on the big screen were probably a nice change of scenery for the artist but her passion is in her voice, her music, and her love of singing. She continues to excel and break records that she never thought possible. She continues to tour and make music. She is working on bringing her tours outside of the U.S. so the entire world can hear her tunes. I canâ€™t help but root for her and just know that where ever she goes or whatever she does, that she will continue to break records worldwide and continue to push herself to levels that she has never thought possible. She will not only be our American Idol star but she will be an international star as well. She is excited to continue to put in work to keep making her dreams come true, to make her career soar to new heights, and to use her fame and fortune to benefit charities. I have no doubt that she will be around for many years to come, and continue to impress the world with her music. She is an excellent role model for young women around the world. Our American Idol and international superstar will surpass every other superstars alive today, all the while remaining our American girl.
Carrie Underwood is a woman I can relate to, appreciate, adore, and love. Her musical heritage started before she was born, much like mine. Our families both had their roots in country music long before either of us had been born. Carrie has sang different genres of music, and I have listened to different genres of music but both of us stay true to our roots at the end of the day, and country music will always be a big part of my life as well as Carrie’s. Times are definitely changing but our hearts are planted in the love of the music that we listened to growing up. This love was inherited from our parents, and grandparents before that. Listening to music in the days when our grandparents did, was much different than how we listen to music now. I’m sure they had 8 tracks, old 45’s, and records. I started off listening to music on cassette tapes, and then cd’s. Now we listen to music on Ipods and Mp3’s. These are only devices though, the real listening is in the lyrics, guitars, drums, bass guitars, and other instruments used in the making of music. Learning the differences between what we hear and how we hear has been a hard road for me. This class has definitely shaped me into a better listener. I can hear and recognize many different things in my music that I never even heard before. I catch myself listening to the beat, trying to find the tempo, tapping to feel whether a song is in duple or triple meter, interested in the sounds I hear rather than the words. Even listening to Carrie Underwood’s music since this class I can feel many new things; I can count different bars, and know what instruments are involved in the making of this music. Much like Carrie, and her maturity in her music as time passes on, I am becoming a much more mature listener as the time passes. Many things have influenced my musical heritage; my parents, my friends, this class, country music in general, other genres of music, along with Miss. Underwood.
I have many people that helped in the growth of my musical heritage and many singers that led me to be the listener I am today, but one of the greatest contributions to being a great listener was this class and the things Iâ€™ve learned and been able to apply to my listening perception skills. I am truly thankful for the experience of the work and guidance from my professor and the things I learned through the readings and lessons of this class, and also through the biography of Miss Underwood.
Works Cited Hackett, Vernell. Carrie Underwood: A Biography. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2010. Print.


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Teck Resources Ltd.'s third-quarter attributable net income plummeted to C$369 million, or 66 Canadian cents per share, from the year-ago net income of C$1.28 billion, or C$2.20 per share.
The company attributed the drop to weakening commodity markets and an C$812 million after-tax gain a year ago on the sale of its interest in the Waneta Dam to BC Hydro and Power Authority.
Adjusted profit was down to C$403 million, or 72 cents per share, from C$466 million, or 80 cents per share, booked a year ago, according to an Oct. 23 release.
Average realized steelmaking coal prices decreased 9% year over year to US$156 per tonne in the third quarter. Copper and zinc prices decreased 5% and 7%, respectively, to an average US$2.63 per pound and US$1.07/lb.
Revenue slid to C$3.04 billion, from C$3.21 billion a year ago, mainly due to lower steelmaking coal prices and sales volumes. Adjusted EBITDA fell to C$1.08 billion from C$1.16 billion.
Teck sold 6.1 million tonnes of steelmaking coal in the quarter, 9% lower year over year and below the company's guidance range of 6.3 Mt to 6.5 Mt.
Sales were affected by material handling issues and planned construction outages due to ongoing facility upgrades at the Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd. in Vancouver, which limited the company's ability to overcome the shortfall. It expects the Neptune facility upgrades to be completed in the first quarter of 2021.
"Our third quarter sales could have exceeded the high end of our guidance range had there been no logistical issues," the company said. Production grew to 6.5 Mt from 6.4 Mt on the back of quarterly production records at the Line Creek and Greenhills operations in British Columbia and strong processing throughput at other operations.
Sales volumes in the fourth quarter are expected at 6.2 Mt to 6.4 Mt.
Additionally, the company cut its 2019 capital expenditure guidance by C$125 million, to C$1.78 billion, compared to C$1.91 billion in 2018. The cut includes targeted reductions and deferrals of capital projects in line with plans to cut costs.
Profit attributable to shareholders in the first nine months of the year dropped to C$1.23 billion, or C$2.16 per share, from C$2.67 billion, or C$4.59 per share.
Company spokesperson Chris Stannell said in an interview earlier in October that Teck has yet to nail down plans for possible cost controls such as job cuts amid "challenging conditions."


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There's about a 50 percent chance Central Florida will get wet today, forecasters say.
Most of the rain and thunderstorms will be scattered, with a small chance early this morning and then again this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
The chance diminishes through the evening to only about 20 percent tonight, the weather service said.
Forecasters are expecting today to be mostly cloudy with a high temperature near 89 degrees.
Tonight should cool down to near 71 degrees, according to the weather service.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 94 degrees and a 30 percent chance of rain.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 93 degrees and a 30 percent chance of rain.
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Administration's Half Hearted Efforts Come to an End
A catch all spending bill which narrowly passed today in the House of Representatives effectively ends the Obama Administration’s effort to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, such as it is.
The bill, which passed on a 212-206 vote, forbids the Obama Administration from transferring any detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to the United States for the purposes of giving them an actual trial, and mentions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed by name.
This means that even the farcical, half-hearted efforts by the Obama Administration to close the facility will have to stop, and the administration, which already seems quite comfortable with the Bush-era style military tribunals, won’t even be giving lip-service to idea that the facility will close at some point.
President Obama had made the closure of Guantanamo one of his first pledges upon taking office insisting he would get it done in 12 months. After failing in 2009, he made virtually no effort in 2010, though he still claimed it was his “goal.“
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The Grand Theft Auto series has sold 250 million total units since its debut in 1997, with Rockstar Games' most recent crime epic, Grand Theft Auto 5, having shipped 70 million units across all platforms.
The eye-watering figures emerged from Rockstar Games' parent company Take-Two Interactive, during a quarterly investor call. The overall sales number means that even the combined all-time sales of classic gaming franchises such as Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter and Tomb Raider pale next to the success of the open-world behemoth.
Beginning with the original Grand Theft Auto for PC and later Sony's PSOne, the franchise has enjoyed six main-series sequels and multiple spin-offs in the space of almost two decades.
In that time, Rockstar's co-founders Dan and Sam Houser have transported players to fictionalised versions of New York, California and Miami, defining the modern concept of 'sandbox' video game design in the process.
With a whopping 70 million units shipped, Grand Theft Auto 5 easily beats out former top sellers San Andreas and GTA 4 as the highest selling game in the series – partly thanks to its release across a multitude of platforms.
GTA 5 was originally released in September 2013 on PS3 and Xbox 360 before it was later to PS4 and Xbox One in November 2014. Finally, PC players joined the fray in April 2015.
In May, Take-Two Interactive announced that GTA 5 had shipped 65 million units, meaning the title has taken another monumental leap forward in just a few months. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick credited part of the success to the "on-going, robust demand for Grand Theft Auto V," which is due in no small part to the continued popularity of Grand Theft Auto Online.
GTA 5's free multiplayer portion has proven to be an enormous hit for Take-Two and Rockstar, both in terms of its ever-dedicated user-base and revenue via in-game purchases. At last count in April, GTA Online had reportedly raked in $500m (£401m) through microtransactions alone.
Part of the sustained popularity of GTA Online can be credited to Rockstar's continued support through major updates – its last being the hefty 'Bikers' update in September.
Take-Two also revealed during the investor call that Hanger 13's GTA-like title Mafia 3 has shipped 4.5 million copies, making it the fastest selling game ever for subsidiary company 2K Games.
As for Rockstar, the legendary developer has turned its attention away from Liberty City to transport players back to the Old West in its gun-slinging sequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. The follow-up to the studio's beloved 2010 classic is set to arrive on PS4 and Xbox One in Autumn 2017.


It is part of the human condition to have implicit biases—and remain blissfully ignorant of them. Academic researchers, scientists, and clinicians are no exception; they are as marvelously flawed as everyone else. But it is not the cognitive bias that’s the problem. Rather, the denial that there is a problem is where the issues arise. Indeed, our capacity for self-deception was beautifully captured in the title of a recent book addressing researchers’ self-justificatory strategies, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me).
Decades of research have demonstrated that cognitive biases are commonplace and very difficult to eradicate, and more recent studies suggest that disclosure of financial conflicts of interest may actually worsen bias. This is because bias is most often manifested in subtle ways unbeknownst to the researcher or clinician, and thus is usually implicit and unintentional. For example, although there was no research misconduct or fraud, re-evaluations of...
Indeed, recent neuroscience investigations demonstrate that effective decision-making involves not just cognitive centers but also emotional areas such as the hippocampus and amygdala. This interplay of cognitive-emotional processing allows conflicts of interest to affect decision-making in a way that is hidden from the person making the decision.
Despite these findings, many individuals are dismissive of the idea that researchers’ financial ties to industry are problematic. For example, in a recent essay in The Scientist, Thomas Stossel of Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School asked, “How could unrestricted grants, ideal for research that follows up serendipitous findings, possibly be problematic? The money leads to better research that can benefit patients.” Many argue that subjectivity in the research process and the potential for bias can be eradicated by strict adherence to the scientific method and transparency about industry relationships. Together, scientists believe, these practices can guarantee evidence-based research that leads to the discovery and dissemination of “objective” scientific truths. The assumption is that the reporting of biased results is a “bad apple” problem—a few corrupt individuals engaging in research fraud. But what we have today is a bad barrel.
Some have begun to use the analytic framework of “institutional corruption” to bring attention to the fact that the trouble is not with a few corrupt individuals hurting an organization whose integrity is basically intact. Institutional corruption refers to the systemic and usually legal—and often accepted and widely defended—practices that bring an organization or institution off course, undermine its mission and effectiveness, and weaken public trust. Although the entire field of biomedicine has come under scrutiny because of concerns about an improper dependence on industry and all medical specialties have struggled with financial conflicts of interest, psychiatry has been particularly troubled, being described by some as having a crisis of credibility.
This credibility crisis has been played out most noticeably in the public controversy surrounding the latest revision to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM is often referred to as the “Bible” of mental disorders, and is produced by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), a professional organization with a long history of industry ties. DSM-5, the revised edition scheduled for publication in May, 2013, has already been criticized for “disease mongering,” or pathologizing normal behavior. Concerns have been raised that because the individuals responsible for making changes and adding new disorders have strong and long-standing financial associations to pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the drugs used to treat these disorders, the revision process may be compromised by undue industry influence.
Researchers, clinicians, and psychiatrists who served on the DSM-IV have pointed out that adding new disorders or lowering the diagnostic threshold of previously included disorders may create “false positives,” individuals incorrectly identified as having a mental disorder and prescribed psychotropic medication. For example, there was a heated debate about pathologizing the normal grieving process if DSM-5 eliminated the bereavement exclusion for major depressive disorder (MDD). The concern was that widening the diagnostic boundaries of depression to include grief as a “qualifying event,” thereby allowing for a diagnosis of MDD just 2 weeks after the loss of a loved one, would falsely identify individuals as depressed. Although it is not the APA’s intent to play handmaiden to industry, the reality is that such a change would result in more people being prescribed antidepressants following the loss of a loved one. In fact, psychiatrist Allen Frances, who chaired the DSM-IV task force, has noted that DSM-5 would be a “bonanza” for drug companies.
After receiving criticism about potential bias in the development of the DSM-IV, the APA required that DSM-5 panel members file financial disclosures. Additionally, during their tenure on the panels they were not allowed to receive more than $10,000 from pharmaceutical companies or have more than $50,000 in stock holdings in pharmaceutical companies (unrestricted research grants were excluded from this policy). The majority of diagnostic panels, however, continue to have the majority of their members with financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Specifically, 67 percent of the 12-person panel for mood disorders, 83 percent of the 12-person panel for psychotic disorders, and all 7 members of the sleep/wake disorders panel (which now includes ‘‘Restless Leg Syndrome’’) have ties to the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the medications used to treat these disorders or to companies that service the pharmaceutical industry.
Clearly, the new disclosure policy has not been accompanied by any reduction in the financial conflicts of interest of DSM panel members. Moreover, Darrel Regier, speaking on behalf of the APA and in defense of DSM panel members with industry ties, told USA Today. “There’s this assumption that a tie with a company is evidence of bias. But these people can be objective.” However, as science has repeatedly shown, transparency alone cannot mitigate bias and is an insufficient solution for protecting the integrity of the revision process. Objectivity is not a product that can be easily secured by adherence to the scientific method. Rather, there is a generic risk that a conflict of interest may result in implicit, unintentional bias. Similarly, as Sinclair Lewis said, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
Lisa Cosgrove is a clinical psychologist and associate professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a research lab fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University. Her current research agenda addresses ethical and medico-legal issues that arise in psychiatry because of financial conflicts of interest.


The Federal Government condemned those calling for the International Criminal Court to probe the former Service Chiefs, describing such calls as unpatriotic.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had last week accepted the resignation of ex-service chiefs —General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin (Chief of Defence Staff); Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Chief of Army Staff); Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas (Chief of Naval Staff); and Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff).
He replaced them with Major-General Leo Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo as Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao as Chief of Air Staff.
Following the former service chiefs removal, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some pressure groups and individuals called on the ICC to begin probe of the immediate-past service chiefs.
But speaking on Tuesday during a Radio Nigeria programme, Politics Nationwide, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said such calls were unpatriotic.
He said: “To the best of my knowledge, our service chiefs obey the rules of engagement and where there are infractions, there are internal regulations and internal mechanisms to address them.
“Those who are calling for the ex-service chiefs to be invited to ICC are unpatriotic people.”
The Minister also slammed Nigerians over talking about military structures and formation, a topic they know little about, according to the minister.
“Those who talk about the structure, what do they know about the structure of the military? I don’t think any of us is competent to talk about the structure of the military,” he said.
He assured Nigerians that the new service chiefs have hit the ground running and would ensure Nigeria overcome the insurgency war in the North-East and in other parts of the country.
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Maya Calendar Delusion
My thanks to Dan Bohle of Geneva NY, who gave me the opening for the following response to a comment. I decided that I would upgrade the comment to a post, since it is more like a post than a comment.
The Maya Calendar foretold nothing other than the end of a cycle. It was just a result of the manner in which they counted. Further, there was no point in building a calendar that counted the days and years beyond a thousand years or so into the future, because no one alive at the time that the calendar was created was likely to still be alive multiple centuries later. It simply wouldn’t be useful.
But people will believe any pile of excrement idea that crawls down the pike. For example, many people believe in the following, though the polar opposites are true.
* Cameras are more important than Photographers
* Benevolent Government
* OJ didn’t kill his wife
* “Reality” TV shows have something to do with reality
* People with University Degrees are all smart (rigid education = intelligence)
* Corporate America really cares about American citizens
* Wall Street operatives have high moral standards, and will not have to pay the Karmic price for ruining millions of people’s lives
* The weapons of mass destruction were real, and we just didn’t find them
* Face Book is not %99.99 lame
* Bigger engine = better motorcycle


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YORK — Eric Martens said it was too early to tell, but from what he saw, the first practice for the York High School boys soccer team went “really well.”
“I knew the guys had a good summer regimen,” said Martens, who is beginning his second year as head coach of the Wildcats. “They trained together and I feel they are coming in with a good base level of fitness; it’s just about getting the new guys on board. We have a lot of incoming freshmen and we want to incorporate them into the program as quickly as possible.”
Preparing for his second season has been a “massive” difference from last fall for Martens.
“(Having been here last year) just puts you a couple steps ahead in planning, and you are evaluating players less,” Martens said. “We can start working on things right away.”
York advanced to the Class B South semifinals last season, falling to top-seeded Maranacook, 2-1 in overtime. York, as the No. 4 seed, beat sixth-seeded Carrabec/Madison, 6-0 in the quarterfinal round.
"That loss (to Maranacook) was tough for us, but I do know it was further than the program has been for awhile and we felt like we could have come out with a victory in that game,” Martens said. “We feel really confident we can get back there if we work hard, focus on our process and how we do things.”
York returns many of its core players from last year’s team, including leading goal scorer Alex Nickerson, now a senior, and junior James Peter, who Martens calls the “heartbeat of the team.”
Other key returnees include Zach Westman, who had a “really good summer and was very productive,” and Dinon Hughes, who had a “strong season last year and came back looking great.”
“There are a lot of guys who are going to contribute,” Martens said. “We are very fortunate to have a lot of key guys back.”
Nickerson, according to Martens, looked strong in Monday’s practice.
“He gets better every year,” Martens said. “He plays soccer year-round. I think the biggest thing is that he’s going to contribute this year is his leadership; he’s a great leader by example with a great work ethic and I think the younger players will respond to the energy that he brings.”
Martens and the Wildcats would like to repeat last year’s success and make another run in this year’s Class B South tournament.
“I think it’s too early to set goals, but that’s in the back of everyone’s mind though,” Martens said. “We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves. We’re going to focus on our (opener) and I think if we can keep our short-term goals in mind, and focus on those, we have a lot of potential to do some good things like we did last year.”
York is scheduled to open its 14-game regular season schedule on Friday, Sept. 1 at Greely; its home opener is slated for the following Tuesday against Fryeburg Academy.
“I think we feel like we can compete with any team but we like focusing on the short term,” Martens said. “We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, but we feel we are a competitive class and that if we are committed to our process, that we have as much potential as any other program out there.”


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Town of Ridgway: Known as “The Town That Refused to Die”, it is located in the heart of the Uncompaghre River Valley. With origins dating back to an 1870’s ranching center and the Rio Grande Southern Rail Road Depot, it is no wonder John Waynes’ True Grit was filmed here, and our office is located next door. Ridgway is home to the only stop light in Ouray County, sitting at the cross roads of US Hwy. 550 and Colorado Hwy. 62. With easy access to Telluride and Montrose, Ridgway offers the best of Southwestern Colorado in an open, airy and sunny environment. Views are expansive and include the majestic snow capped peaks of the San Juans, incredible Alpin Glow of the Cimarrons and open pasture land of the infamous ranches of the old west.
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The Next Normal for an Industry in Flux
The World Federation Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and McKinsey & Company have teamed up to present a first inaugural Sporting Goods Industry Report —The idea for the report was born out of a series of webinars organized by WFSGI (World Federation Fitness and Sporting Godds Industry) and McKinsey & Company in March 2020. The high number of attendees and the positive reception sparked the idea for a more in-depth analysis, both of the present situation and of the “next normal” that is slowly taking shape.
This report is designed to present the latest thinking on themes that have either dominated the past year or will likely become cornerstones of the emerging reality. The trends may be broadly described under three banners: Consumer shifts, digital leap, and industry disruption. The used research drills down into a range of trends shaping the industry — including the rise of athleisure, the impact of digital, the surge in demand for home fitness solutions, and increasing inequality in physical activity. The report looks at the changing face of retail and the growing importance of sustainability, as well as new business models and the need for reformed supply chain relationships. Some of these trends were already in play ahead of COVID-19, while others represent a departure from the status quo. In both cases, companies face rising risks and opportunities. Finally, the report discusses potential strategies that might form the basis of a winning path forward.


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Thursday, March 19, 2009
A dusty road.
A vast expanse.
Winds of freedom.
A breath of beauty.
The sands of time.
Moments of release.
The burning heat.
And its soothing effect.
Feet that sinks into sand.
Souls that still dare to stand.
Eyes- that look the sun in the eye.
A thirst-that threatens to drink up the sky.
One moment of purity.
For a thousand worldly distractions.
One toss of the coin.
And you are no more mine.
You chose the world.
And its appearances- fake and hollow.
I choose my way out of civilization.
The call of the wild-now I follow.
You chose to live in an oasis of hire.
As you please.
I chose to burn in the desert of desire.
And that is my release.
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| Kuala Lumpur city is sitting
on Karstic limestone geology with high ground water
table. The Special Features of Karstic limestone include
cliffs, pinnacles, cavities, collapsed cavities and
sinkholes. Overlying these Karstic limestones is loose
alluvium from previous tin mining activities.
Due to the nature of the soil condition,
much thought and planning was channeled towards the
selection of a construction method that would have
minimal negative impact on the geological
condition of the soil.
Some Features of Karstic Limestone
It is known that the tunnel boring machine
is the most advanced and cost effective method used
in the construction of tunnel in Europe. However,
TBMs come in a variety of shapes, sizes, using a variety
of technology according to need. For SMART, after
much research, study and survey, the Slurry Shield
TBM was opted for. This machine is designed to overcome
problems of groundwater drawdown which has been identified
as the root cause of incidences of sinkhole appearance.
In terms of cost, the slurry shield
machine is not different from any other type of TBM
but unlike other types, the slurry shield machine
is designed to create a pressured shield made up of
bentonite and air pressure.
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In the sleepy English village of Wall--so named for the cobblestone divider that has, for hundreds of years, kept the villagers safely apart from the strange, supernatural realm that lies just on the other side--young Tristan Thorne makes a wild-eyed promise to the prettiest girl in the village. It is hers, whose heart he hopes to win: by bringing her back a fallen star. But in order to make good on his promise, Tristan will have to cross the forbidden wall, and enter a mysterious kingdom lit by unending magic, and holding legends of which he will quickly become a part. In this fantastical realm known as Stormhold, Tristan discovers that the fallen star is not the meteorite he expected, but a beautiful, spirited young woman injured by her cosmic tumble. Now, she is in terrible danger--sought after by the King''s scheming sons for whom only her secret powers can secure the throne; and, as well, hunted by a chillingly powerful witch desperate to use the star to achieve eternal youth and beauty. As Tristan sets out to protect the star and bring her back to his beloved on the other side of the wall, his journey will bring unforeseen romance, highflying adventure, and incredible encounters with a pirate captain, a shady trader, and an enchanted unicorn among other surprises. But if he can survive on his wits and the strength of his newfound love, Tristan will also uncover the secret to his own identity, and a fate beyond his wildest dreams.
Against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, a young working-class woman named Evey is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as "V." Profoundly complex, V is at once literary, flamboyant, tender and intellectual, a man dedicated to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have terrorized them into compliance. He is also bitter, revenge-seeking, lonely and violent, driven by a personal vendetta. In his quest to free the people of England from the corruption and cruelty that have poisoned their government, V condemns the tyrannical nature of their appointed leaders and invites his fellow citizens to join him in the shadows of Parliament of November the 5th--Guy Fawkes Day. On that day in 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered in a tunnel beneath Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder. He and his co-conspirators had engineered the treasonous "Gunpowder Plot" in response to the tyranny of their government under James I. Fawkes and his fellow saboteurs were hanged, drawn and quartered, and their plan to take down their government never came to pass. In the spirit of that rebellion, in remembrance of that day, V vows to carry out the plot that Fawkes was executed for attempting on November 5th in 1605: he will blow up Parliament. As Evey uncovers the truth about V''s mysterious past, she also discovers the truth about herself--and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to ignite a revolution, bringing freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.
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Two new towers slated for a Harlem site will be the neighborhood's tallest. A pair of 320-foot-high buildings totaling 650,000 square feet will go up at 1800 Park Ave., between East 124th and East 125th streets, across from the Metro-North station, according to the New York Post.
The new tower, which will include 120 affordable units and about 380 market rate apartments, will be developed by Ian Bruce Eichner's Continuum Cos. The developer bought the site earlier this year for $65 million. Mr. Eichner is the owner and operator of a controversial time-share condominium in midtown Manhattan called the Manhattan Club.