The Regional Transportation Authority board agreed Tuesday to provide $500,000 next year for added security on the Chicago Transit Authority, but officials acknowledged that the money is largely symbolic and won`t rid the CTA of crime.
One transit official marveled privately that so much attention was being focused on the allocation by the media and the RTA board. ``It`s a drop in the bucket,`` he said. ``It`s really a token.``
CTA Chairman Clark Burrus, who requested the extra money, said that it
``sends a sign to the public that we do recognize that there is this problem and we want to address it.``
The CTA has not yet decided how to spend the funds, Burrus said, but it would be enough to pay the salaries of five or six extra Chicago police officers and several additional canine teams to patrol the transit system.
The CTA operates up to 1,780 buses a day over routes totaling 2,092 miles, and 923 rail cars over a 215-mile rapid transit system that has 142 stations.
With the new money, the CTA is expected to spend $5.5 million for security in 1989, including $5 million that will pay for operation of an existing Chicago police unit that patrols the bus system. That is less than 1 percent of the CTA`s planned $662 million budget and slightly more than the agency spent last year to clean graffiti from buses, rail cars and stations.
Separately, the Chicago Police Department spends about $12 million annually to operate its Mass Transit Unit, which patrols the CTA rail system. Critics contend that the amount of money devoted to CTA security is important, but that the quality and commitment of officers assigned to trains and buses is even more crucial.
Some officials, both inside the CTA and out, say that members of the bus unit make a minimal effort to monitor routes; that the ranks of the Mass Transit Unit, which is about 240 officers strong on paper, shrink dramatically with temporary assignments to special events such as Taste of Chicago; and that many Mass Transit Unit members routinely loaf on the job.
State Rep. James Stange (R., Oak Brook) said Tuesday that he has received calls recently from seven Chicago police officers, all currently or formerly assigned to the CTA, who have told him the same thing: ``Police officers on both buses and trains work for 15 minutes or half an hour when they start their shifts and they are gone until it is time to go home.
``They`re at coffee shops, whatever, and they are not working,`` Stange charged. ``There is no supervision whatsoever.``
Cmdr. Carlo Maggio of the Mass Transit Unit and Deputy Chief of Patrol Sherwood Williams were unavailable for comment Tuesday. But police officials have defended the performance of the Mass Transit Unit overall as well as the department`s general oversight of the CTA.
Stange was a friend of Bruce Plattenberger, an Oak Park lawyer who was shot to death on a CTA train on Sept. 12. The shooting was followed less than a week later by the killing of Anthony Bruno, 17, who was stabbed on a Fullerton Avenue bus.
Pressure for increased security mounted last Thursday when a woman was forced off a CTA train by a man and sexually assaulted at the Randolph Street elevated station.
``The whole point is being missed,`` one local transit official said of the $500,000 RTA allocation. ``Nobody is asking questions about how many
(officers) are out there and what they are doing.``
RTA Chairman Samuel Skinner has credited the police with doing ``a pretty good job`` with limited resources, and he said that police Supt. LeRoy Martin has shown a willingness to cooperate in an effort to improve security.
Recent attacks on the CTA are ``tragedies,`` but ``we should not get too hysterical,`` Skinner said Tuesday.
Skinner termed the new money for CTA security ``a step in the right direction.`` But, he added, ``I firmly believe that we are not going to solve the problems of crime through the RTA budget, and we shouldn`t be expected to.``
By a 10-3 vote, the RTA board also approved 1989 funding levels for its three operating subsidiaries-the CTA, Metra and Pace.
Under the board`s action, the CTA will receive $321 million in operating subsidies, down about $10 million from the amount it had requested, while Metra will get $125 million, down about $2 millon from its original request, and Pace will receive about $50 million, roughly $1 million under what it had requested.
CTA and Metra officials expressed satisfaction with their allocations, but Pace chairman Florence Boone contended that her agency suffered unfairly. While the CTA and Metra will get between 3 and 4 percent more than in 1988, Pace will suffer a freeze, she complained.
RTA officials countered that Pace received a generous increase in subsidies this year and has won $11.5 million in special grants over the last two years.


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There’s another factor we discovered while in San Francisco. We were told more than once that people are sharing houses everywhere. A NASA engineer said that when he lived in San Jose, most of the homes in his suburban neighborhood had four families living in them. There might be six or more incomes helping to make the payments on the house.
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A new study of options for the census says Statistics Canada should stick with a traditional approach in 2016.
The report was commissioned by the government after the changes made to this year’s census.
The idea of collecting data through a national register of personal information as northern European countries do has been floated frequently in the media and in political circles.
But the study’s author says such a change would take decades to fully implement and the public would have to agree with the concept of having all their private data in a central database.
Another option of holding rotating censuses like France and the United States do would take at least 10 years to get off the ground.
The study recommends that the government look at having one mandatory census with more questions in 2016, or some combination of mandatory and voluntary surveys as it does now.

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Santaco provincial spokesperson Gershon Geyer said they had a meeting and would now consult with all the associations before making a decision.
He says operating at 70 percent capacity as per government’s Covid-19 regulations has affected their members financially with some owners’ losing their vans.
“Our members are suffering because they can’t afford to pay for their taxis and they are being repossessed,” he says.
He said the government is also not helping them because they do not get any subsidy such as Metrorail.
Geyer says Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula was supposed to meet with Santaco Western Cape over the weekend but he cancelled the meeting.
Mbalula has slammed Santaco’s decision to flout regulations and operate at full capacity during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The taxi association threatened to block major roads if any taxis are impounded due to loading 100 percent.
They also said inter-provincial travelling would resume whether government likes it or not.
Mbalula said they condemn any call encouraging taxi operators to violate the law: “While we have expressed support for a review of loading capacity to 100 percent, until the current directions have been revised the legal loading capacity is 70 percent and enforceable by Law Enforcement authorities.”

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Digital Management, Inc. (DMI) today announced Golden Gekko, a DMI company, was recognized as the “2013 Best Developer of an Enterprise App” for its development of the Warburtons‘ Red Insights app at the eighth annual Mobile Entertainment (ME) awards. The app was also recognized as the “Most Effective B2B Mobile Application” at the 2013 Effective Mobile Marketing Awards. Both ceremonies took place in London and recognized the mobile industry’s finest achievements and innovations.
“It is an incredible honor to be recognized by two the highly esteemed organizations,” said Magnus Jern, President of the Mobile App Division, DMI. “Our extremely talented and highly skilled team of developers worked very closely with Warburtons to develop Red Insights. The app provides its sales team with the tools to tap into new revenue streams and improve customer service. We look forward to continued growth in the mobile app development business and are extremely grateful that our hard work is being recognized.”
The Red Insights App was developed for use by Warburton’s retail field team to assist in the management of inventory across more than 20,000 retail outlets in the UK. The app integrates easily with Warburtons’ backend enterprise systems and is estimated to have saved 5,000 man-days a year on time previously spent manually inputting data.
The Warburtons brand is the most popular bread in the United Kingdom, a position it has held since 2008. Overall, Warburtons products are the second-best selling food and drink brand in the UK after Coca Cola.
The full list of winners for the Mobile Entertainment Awards and the 2013 Effective Mobile Marketing Awards can be seen here.


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Healthcare sector is one of the most crucial stakeholders of research and development in software industry. Apart from IoT based machines connected with smart devices, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, and Robotic Process Automation are also enabling significant improvements in this sector. One highly rated business model is that of a telemedicine platform.
Many telemedicine startups have emerged in the ongoing decade. The regulators are also developing regulatory framework for mainstreaming of telemedicine service providers. This article shares some of the most noteworthy use cases of telemedicine, the challenges posed to it and their solutions.
The introduction of telemedicine software platforms was aimed at facilitating the patients and their guardians at the places of their choice. However, more use cases started to emerge with time. Some of the most notable applications of telemedicine platform are shared below.
Carrying an ailing patient to hospital for routine check-ups is one of the most debatable topics. At one end, healthcare practitioners discourage frequent traveling whereas, on the other end, they push for regular examination. Traveling causes fatigue and may exacerbate health conditions especially amongst patients with chronic diseases and those aged above 70 years.
Telemedicine platform enables patients to access medical services without moving out of their homes. A doctor can examine patient via video call or may travel to patient’s home. The latter model, called on-demand healthcare services, is gaining incredible momentum in the industry.
One does not necessarily have to be a patient or a guardian to use telemedicine apps. These apps can serve as awareness and education platforms to familiarize users about prevention, cure, and symptoms of diseases.
The research and development in big data and AI allowed innovators to capacitate software systems in automatic medicine prescription. The systems are trained on case studies from hundreds of thousands of patients so that correctly predict the disease or illness depending on the symptoms and suggest the most suitable prescription.
This smart prescription model demonstrates remarkable results as the AI outsmarts human experts in disease prediction efficiency. Despite this impressive outcome, intelligent prescription for the most part is still in its testing stages. Nevertheless, regulators allow using such telemedicine software systems for prescription in situations which are considerably less likely to become life threatening.
A considerably large number of Americans are unable to speak English and Spanish correctly. This limitation often leads to a communication gap between healthcare practitioner and patient/guardian. Moreover, most of the clinics do not have Spanish speakers adding to the woes of 41 million native Spanish speakers who are not bilingual.
Many top service providers of telemedicine software platforms ensure that their system performs real-time translation to enable seamless communication between patients and physicians. This activity is relatively easier when communication happens remotely.
Earlier, analysts believed that automated translation using AI was ineffective because it often changed the context of speakers’ point. However, the advancement in natural language processing (NLP) is resulting in maturity of virtual assistants up to a remarkable degree. The NLP for telemedicine app is capable of not only translating the words but also understanding the tone and expressions to differentiate literal meanings from wit, metaphor, and sarcasm.
Telemedicine software platforms are not only capable of prescribing medicine but delivering them on-demand as well. A consumer can place order for the prescribed drug from the store of their choice. Top mHealth systems also inform about the store where patients can find prescribed medicine. This is particularly important in case of rarely available drugs.
Some service providers use drug store suggestions as a way to earn revenue. They suggest a store in return of monetary benefits from store owners. There are medicine delivery app startups which serve as gateways between customers and pharmacies. For instance, Eaze is a startup which delivers cannabis to customers from the store of their choice.
It is notable that telemedicine app should remain a single stop shop to acquire each of the services including physician on-demand, intelligent prescription, translation for comfortable communication, and medicine delivery. This ability would prevent users from using multiple software systems for healthcare. You may also choose to offer a set of these features.
In the contemporary highly busy routines of Americans, it is intensely challenging to spare time for mental health. Anxiety disorders alone make the most prevalent illness in the US with 18.1% population suffering from it. Anxiety and Depression Association of America reveals that these mental conditions are curable regardless of their intensity.
However, only a small proportion of people seek services of psychiatrist or rehab center. The primary reason is the lack of time and excessive costs. The introduction of telemedicine app platforms is enabling patients to get treatment in the comforts of their homes. As a result, the annual number of individuals seeking rehab services is gradually increasing.
This incline is going to take pace as the patients get aware of such platforms. Thus, entrepreneurs have a huge business opportunity which can also serve as social responsibility fulfillment cause.
Although startups and established healthcare providers are rapidly adopting telemedicine software systems, yet it is not free of challenges. Fortunately, the advancements in technologies are enabling providers to address challenges in both traditional and telemedicine based services. Following are some of the notable developments.
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Fact Sheet: President Bush Addresses the United Nations High-Level Plenary Meeting
Today, President Bush Addressed The Delegates Of The United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The President outlined an agenda of progress and reform to advance the UN's vital work and ideals by confronting the scourge of terrorism, fighting poverty and disease in developing nations, and spreading human liberty. By working together, the members of the UN will create the conditions for progress and peace in this new century.
- President Bush Thanked The UN And Member Countries For Contributions To Hurricane Katrina Recovery Efforts. In this time of great challenge for the United States, many nations have sent a clear message that the American people are not alone. Assistance is pouring into the Gulf Coast from virtually every corner of the globe. More than 115 countries and nearly a dozen international organizations have offered assistance. Our Nation is lifted and strengthened by the care and support of the international community.
- The President Challenged The International Community To Help Developing Nations Through Free Trade. The international community must work together in the Doha negotiations to eliminate agricultural subsidies that distort trade and stunt development, and to eliminate tariffs and other barriers to open markets for farmers around the world. The United States is ready to eliminate all tariffs, subsidies, and other barriers to the free flow of goods and services as other nations do the same. This is key to overcoming poverty in the world's poorest nations - and promoting prosperity and opportunity for all nations.
Confronting The Threat Of Terrorism
- The Global Community Is Working To Confront Terrorism And Must Complete The Comprehensive Convention On International Terrorism. Terrorism has come to cities and countries across the globe. In response, nations have worked together to break up terrorist networks that cross borders while rooting out radical cells within their own borders. Terrorist sanctuaries have been removed and terrorist financing has been drained. As we fight, we must be clear about our purpose. The Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism must be completed to put every nation on record - the targeting and deliberate killing of civilians and non-combatants by terrorists cannot be justified or legitimized by any cause or grievance.
- The Global Community Is Working To Prevent The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Must Sign The International Convention On The Suppression Of Acts Of Nuclear Terrorism. The international community has joined together to break up and bring to justice terrorists who are trying to acquire these dangerous weapons. Already, more than 60 nations have joined together in the Proliferation Security Initiative to intercept shipments of these weapons. Further, the nations of the world must sign the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The UN must send a clear message that it will not allow the rulers of outlaw regimes who sponsor terror and pursue weapons of mass murder to threaten the peace and stability of the world.
Fighting Poverty And Disease In Developing Nations
- Promoting Reform And Confronting Poverty In Developing Nations. The international community is taking steps to change the way it fights poverty, curbs corruption, and provides aid. In 2002, nations created the Monterrey Consensus linking new aid from developed nations to real reform in developing ones. Through the Millennium Challenge Account, the United States has increased its aid to developing nations and helped expand economic freedom and investment in education and health. These programs help unleash the entrepreneurial spirit in the developing world - and bring the citizens of these countries into the world economy.
- Confronting Global Health Epidemics Such As Avian Influenza. The President announced a new International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza that will bring together key nations and international organizations to improve global readiness on this growing threat. The Partnership will require transparency of nations to rapidly respond to dangerous outbreaks. For many countries, AIDS, malaria, and other diseases have become humanitarian tragedies and significant obstacles to development. The United States and other countries are working together to provide poor countries with emergency life-saving drugs they need to fight infectious epidemics. Through these efforts, we fulfill a moral duty to protect our citizens, heal the sick, and comfort the afflicted.
- Lifting The Crushing Burden Of Debt. The United States and many nations have acted to lift the financial burden that limits economic growth in developing countries and holds millions of people in poverty. Today, poor countries with the heaviest debt burdens are receiving more than $30 billion in debt relief. To prevent the future build-up of debt, the United States and other nations have agreed that international financial institutions should increasingly provide new aid in the form of grants, rather than loans.
- Promoting Free Trade Through The Successful Conclusion Of The Doha Round. The international community must reduce trade barriers and subsidies that hold developing economies back. The Doha Round is the most promising way to achieve this goal. The elimination of trade barriers under Doha could lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty over the next 15 years. To help alleviate poverty in this new century, the Doha trade talks must be brought to a successful conclusion.
Spreading Human Liberty
- The Members Of The UN Must Work To Spread The Hope Of Freedom Around The World. Those who stand for human rights must also stand for human freedom. Freedom is the permanent hope of mankind, and free nations are peaceful nations. Today, the world is presented with a moment of great opportunity for the cause of freedom. In the last two years alone, tens of millions have voted in free elections for the first time in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, and Georgia. These nations are inspiring millions more across the broader Middle East. The UN has a vital role to play in encouraging their aspirations and nurturing freedom's progress.
- The United Nations Democracy Fund Will Help The Advance Of Freedom. Through the new UN Democracy Fund, proposed by President Bush at last year's General Assembly, UN members are working to help nations who want to join the democratic world. Eight nations have already pledged tens of millions of dollars to get the Fund started. This year, President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Singh will join Secretary General Annan and other leaders in inaugurating this new institution. Every free nation has an interest in the success of this Fund - and every free nation has a responsibility in advancing the cause of liberty and, through it, the cause of peace.
- The United States And The United Nations Are Working To Build A Lasting Iraqi Democracy. The whole world has an interest in the success of the Iraqi people, and no civilized nation has an interest in seeing a new terror state emerge in Iraq. The UN played a vital role in supporting the success of Iraq's January elections and drafting of a new constitution. Now, the international community must continue to support the Iraqi people as they complete the journey to a fully constitutional government, because an Iraqi democracy will help the Middle East grow in peace and hope and liberty.
Reforming The UN
- The UN Must Reform And Renew Itself In Its Own Great Ideals. The UN must be strong and efficient, free of corruption, and accountable to the people it serves. The UN must stand for integrity - and live by the high standards it sets for others. When member states choose notorious abusers of human rights to sit on the UN Human Rights Commission, they discredit a noble effort and undermine the credibility of the whole organization. If member countries want the UN to be respected and effective, they should begin by making sure it is worthy of respect.
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Mariska Hargitay looks sassy and confident on the cover of More magazine’s February issue. The 45-year-old Law & Order: SVU star, married to Peter Hermann, opens up about how their 3 ½-year-old son August Miklos Friedrich has helped her heal old wounds.
August is almost exactly the same age as Mariska was when her mom — legendary sex symbol Jayne Mansfield — died in an automobile accident in 1967. Mariska and her brothers were in the backseat and escaped without serious injuries. The Golden Globe-winning actress opens up about the loss of her famous mom at the tender age of three.
I love it when people say, ‘She had such a great laugh, and so do you.’ When I find similarities, it gives me so much peace. Children, when they lose their mother, have a different antenna. [They wonder] ‘When will I be safe? When will I be home?’ I lost my home too early. I’m getting it back through Peter and August. It’s about following the signs, listening to your inner voice. I’m living my life, and I know that this is what I’m supposed to be doing.”
The gorgeous Golden Globes winner goes on to say that she hasn’t given up hope of making August a big brother. “It’s in God’s hands,” she says. “But we’re always open to it.”

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Christina Ricci says her husband, Mark Hampton, changed their daughter’s name without consulting her.
During an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Thursday, Ricci, 41, explained that she and Hampton have settled on Cleo. But just before the ‘Yellow Vests’ actor was rushed into the operating room for a C-section, Hampton dropped a bombshell.
He thought the baby nickname would be Cleo – short for Cleopatra.
“My husband was like, ‘Well, we’re going to give him a full name, right?'” Ricci recalled.
Ricci told Hampton they would discuss it later. But Hampton, a hairdresser, couldn’t wait. As Ricci recovered from surgery, he shared a post on Instagram announcing the birth of Cleopatra Ricci Hampton.
“He was so excited he put it on Instagram,” she said. “And then the media picked it up. So I was like, ‘I guess her name is Cleopatra.’ »
Ricci took it all in stride.
“Cleopatra is good,” she told DeGeneres. “It’s a queen’s name.”
The “Addams Family” star is also mom to son Freddie, 7, from her previous marriage to James Heerdegen.
“He loves being a big brother. He kisses him all the time,” Ricci said. But she noted that Freddie “dislikes the lack of sleep” and general “chaos” that comes with a newborn baby.
Ricci also opened up about hiding her pregnancy while filming Showtime’s survival drama “Yellowjackets,” which has been renewed for a second season.
“It was a bit harsh. I tried not to show for a very long time. So I intentionally wore a lot of jackets,” she revealed. “I was tired, I was hungry. I got a little vicious…and no one knew it was because I was pregnant. I would have these mini panics.
Ricci and Hampton, who tied the knot in October 2021, welcomed Cleo weeks later on Dec. 8.
“Baby Cleo is here,” Ricci wrote on Instagram. “We are so in love with her. She also has the most amazing dad you could imagine.


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“My life in a nutshell” has always been a phrase stuck in the back of my mind. I am not sure where it came from and what it means but I love it dearly. I do often find myself in a nutshell of silliness. Strange things happen to me probably because I am strange. There is always that one person in the family that is a little bit weird compared to the rest of the crew; well in my case my whole family is that “one person” we are indeed a family made up of weirdoes. We each have our own little quirks that work together to form a very eccentric gathering of souls.
Recently after I explained my little shell-life to a friend, she said she imagined me like Thumbelina sleeping in a walnut. This seems like a really lovely idea sleeping in a walnut; unfortunately it will probably never happen for me. But imagine flower petal skirts, bark sleeves and a fresh palette of creams and lavenders to create a sweet little collection of spring time. I am so incredibly overwhelmed and happy about mauve and cream and a little khaki here and there in the weeks to come.

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October 1, 2011: That was the last time UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (pictured) was seen defending his crown.
During his extended hiatus, the UFC was forced to manufacture an interim title, which Renan Barao gladly collected one year ago and has defended two times against the division’s top dogs – excluding Cruz, of course.
With UFC president Dana White losing patience with Cruz’s seemingly never-ending injury streak, it might be time for the powers that be to strip Cruz of his belt and remove the “interim” moniker from Barao’s business card.
“We’re expecting [Cruz’s] return at the beginning of the year, and if he can’t return at the beginning of the year, then we’re going to have to make a decision,” White said earlier this month of possibly demoting Cruz.
Barao continues to put the pressure on the UFC to make a move with his actions inside the cage. The Brazilian hasn’t lost a scrap since his professional debut in April 2005. That was 32 fights ago, which includes one no contest in the middle of his torrid run.
However, he remains the UFC’s least known title holder by a wide margin. Barao is ready to receive the hoopla every non-interim UFC champ deserves and wants to prove his mettle ASAP. Saturday’s highlight reel TKO over Eddie Wineland was his latest resume builder.
“I’m hoping he recovers as fast as possible so we can put on a great show for the public,” Barao stated at the UFC 165 post-fight press conference.
Barao isn’t the only one itching to prove who the planet’s top 135-pounder is.
“The difference is I earned the title,” Cruz stated on the Fox Sports 2 post-fight show. “I earned that position in a line of great athletes. I want to fight the best guy when I come back.
“I think I can challenge [Barao] and I know I can beat him. I can really trick him out. I want to prove to the world why I have the title. I look at it as a chess match. He mixes it up better than anyone in the division. I’m ready for that and I cannot wait.”
Neither can the fans. The only problem is, they’ve been waiting for two years and counting…


This article was originally published in the December 2017 issue of Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine.
“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a kid a bike, and that’s pretty close.”
Do you remember receiving your first bike? Or the excitement and freedom you felt as a kid riding your bike down the street in the fresh air? At onbikes, the mission is to create that feeling of pure joy among kids in our community.
Onbikes is a nonprofit organization that builds and delivers new bicycles and helmets to local at-risk and foster children, primarily raising funds through an annual city-wide bike ride called The Winter Wonder Ride.
Onbikes was formed in 2011 when a group of friends organized a community bike ride during the winter holiday season to raise funds so at-risk kids could receive their very first bike. It has grown significantly since then, and Sarah Breseman, recently appointed executive director, intends to keep the momentum going. “I’m honored to have joined the onbikes team and look forward to helping further this amazing cause. Onbikes is truly special in that not only do we provide at-risk and foster kids with their very first brand new bike, but we offer a fun and unique way for our community to get involved. Everyone remembers the day they got their first bike. We believe every child deserves to have that moment and we aim to create that for as many kids in our community as possible.”
Since 2011, onbikes has built and donated over 3,500 bicycles to children in need while aiming to restore the self-confidence, health and overall well-being of those kids in our community.
The expressions on the children’s faces when they receive their bike is unforgettable, and though it may seem like a small gesture, it makes a very real difference in the world of a child.
There are two ways to get involved: The annual bike build where hundreds of volunteers gather at Amalie Arena to put together new bikes that will be delivered to the kids, and the annual bike ride where thousands of people gather to celebrate the cause.
Each December, onbikes hosts a holiday-themed bike ride at Curtis Hixon Park where riders assemble dressed as snowmen, reindeer or elves to bike through downtown Tampa, cruise along beautiful Bayshore Boulevard and reconvene at the park for a post-ride celebration.
This year, the Dec 9 Winter Wonder Ride theme is “Ho! Ho! Ho!” So get your tickets, bikes and Santa hats ready.
Headliner acts DJ Jazzy Jeff and Salt-N-Pepa are scheduled for after-ride entertainment and everyone’s invited, so make sure to tell your family and friends. If you’re interested in volunteering, want to learn more about onbikes or want to purchase tickets to The Winter Wonder Ride, visit www.onbikes.org.


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Friday, March 20, 2015 @ the Hermosa Beach Playhouse
Motivated Movement, School of Dance & Music's Elite Dance Company presents..."Dear Diary" featuring performances in Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop and Tap dance.
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2 lbs ground pork
12 pcs vienna sausage or 6 pcs hotdogs, cut in half lengthwise
3 pcs hard boiled eggs, sliced
1/2 cup sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup tomato sauce
2 pcs raw eggs
2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
1 cup red bell pepper, minced
1 cup green bell pepper, minced
1 1/2 cup raisins
1 cup carrots, minced
1 cup onion, minced
salt and pepper
2 cups bread crumbs (made by placing 4 slices of tasty bread in a food processor. If not using any food processor, just tear the bread.)
Prepare a large bowl and add ground pork, bread crumbs, crack 2 raw eggs and mix it well to combine.
Next, add the carrots, bell pepper (red and green), onion, pickle relish, and cheddar cheese. Mix it well.
Add the raisins, tomato sauce, salt, and pepper then mix well to incorporate the flavors evenly.
Place the meat mixture in an aluminum foil. Spread it to form a flat rectangle, even it out.
Put in the sliced vienna sausage and sliced boiled eggs alternately on the center of the rectangle meat mixture.
Lift one side of the foil to make a roll. Form a cylinder locking the sausage and egg in the center of the meat mixture. Pressed lightly and gently, so as not to break the filling in the center. Then lock the edges of the foil and secure.
Place in a steamer and let cook for 1 hour.
Place inside the refrigerator until temperature turns cold
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CULedger originally started as a blockchain consortium and became a credit union service organization (CUSO) which a month ago confirmed a Series A funding round of $10 million.
Its flagship solution MyCUID was developed in conjunction with identity startup Evernym and uses the Sovrin Network which is based on Hyperledger Indy. When a credit union member phones a call center their identity is verified using a Sovrin-based mobile app, as opposed to the usual mother’s maiden name type of questions. CULedger’s technology partner BEST helped them to integrate MyCUID with voice banking so members can use MyCUID combined with Amazon’s voice appliance Alexa to make transfers.
Today’s announcement outlines the IBM scope of work as improving identity authentication and know-your-customer (KYC) compliance. It also mentions plans to implement applications around lending and payments.
KYC and credentialing
We spoke to Julie Esser, CULedger’s Chief Engagement Officer who explained that the immediate focus is on KYC and credentialing and particularly sharing that work within the industry. “It’s not only between consumer member or business member, but it’s also know your suppliers, know your employees. So any type of relationship that exists that requires some level of credentialing and KYC is a perfect fit for that.” Esser confirmed the work is based on Sovrin which IBM also uses for applications and is a steward that hosts a node.
Additionally, the KYC system uses Hyperledger Fabric. Self-sovereign identity implies that users control their own data. In the case of MyCUID, the consumer controls the sharing mechanism using Sovrin which also ensures authenticity of the identity. Fabric will be used as an immutable log so regulators can audit that the credit union is compliant.
But the consumer can also choose to share data with other credit unions. That’s because credit unions have a shared-branch concept so customers can go into a branch to execute transactions at their existing credit union or a branch of another credit union if they’re out of town.
“Credit unions will be able to cooperate and receive shared value from quickly exchanging sensitive data in a permissioned, individually controlled and transparent way. This decentralized approach using blockchain helps put the customer in control of their own identity,” said Marie Wieck, General Manager, IBM Blockchain. “The work underway between CULedger and IBM will also lay the foundation for new kinds of services and collaboration among credit unions as we work together to scale and extend the network.”
A network fo networks
CULedger had previously stated it would use the public Hedera Hashgraph network for cross border payments. IBM also has its IBM Blockchain World Wire for international transfers, which wasn’t mentioned in the announcement. In December CULedger disclosed it had joined R3’s global blockchain ecosystem. So one question is how do all these platforms fit together?
Esser clarified that CULedger’s vision is to build a network of networks. “We want the credit unions to have options so they can ultimately decide whether that platform works for their credit union and its membership. We’re not pushing one particular product, we’re making a menu of products open for them.”
She continued: “We’re building a peer-to-peer network of digital exchange. Digital exchange can be credentials. It can be things utilizing smart contracts. It could be things of value, currencies, loyalty points, settlements, wire transfers, all of those different things.”
John Ainsworth, CEO and President, CULedger commented that “a cooperative model that helps improve the member experience while benefitting all credit unions is the ideal approach to ensuring the next wave of financial innovation for the credit union industry.”
This article was updated with details about the network of networks, Julie Esser quotes and the Alexa integration.
A second update clarified that the credentialing / KYC solution uses both Sovrin and Hyperledger Fabric.


What is 3D puff heat transfer vinyl?
The puff heat transfer vinyl is made of polyurethane (TPU) elastic material.This HTV vinyl will expand or puff up after being heated and ironed.Once transferred,it gives your design a 3D effect in appearance.Puff vinyl is a sticky release substrate, which is not deformed or degummed by high temperature hot stamping.
How to use puff heat transfer vinyl?
Design patterns on the computer
Cut with cutting plotter
It is suitable for DIY at home and commercial production.You can cut the design with scissors or machine,such as Silhouette Cameo,Cricut,Pazzles,Roland, Graphtech and so on.
Transfer Temperature: 155℃
Time: 20 seconds
Peel: hot peel
Care: Wash after 24 hours of transferring.Wash inside out, cold water, gentle cycle, tumble dry low.
3D puff htv is easy to weed even in your most intricate designs. Easily remove unnecessary vinyl, whether it’s lowercase letters or tiny details. In addition, our high-quality vinyl won’t peel, crack, or fade after washing.
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3D Puff Vinyl is our new line of vinyl production in 2022.We have 10 colors for your choice.It is very easy to use as you can get the puff effect with just one press.
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Proposed Trucking Regulation Aims to Reduce Speed-Related Accidents and Fatalities
The Department of Transportation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have proposed regulations to limit the speed of large trucks, buses and other large commercial vehicles while traveling on highways. The proposed regulation would require such large vehicles (weighing more than 26,000 pounds) to be equipped with an electrical speed limiting device to cap or limit the maximum speed of the vehicle to 60, 65 or 68 miles per hour. Vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds typically include multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses and school buses, as well as big rigs, tractor trailers, dump trucks, and other large commercial work trucks/vehicles.
The purpose of the proposed regulation is to reduce the number and severity of crashes involving large vehicles and to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries. Excessive speed is a contributing factor in 33.3% of all motor vehicle accidents, and 23% of all large truck accidents. According to the FMCSA, collisions involving large trucks and buses led to more than 4,000 deaths in 2014, and typically, speeding trucks and buses cause more than 1,000 fatalities each year. Proponents of the regulation estimate that limiting the speed limit of large trucks to 68 mph could save 27 to 96 lives each year in speed-related accidents. Furthermore, a maximum speed limit of 65 mph could save between 63 to 214 lives, and a maximum speed limit of 60 mph could save between 162 to 498 lives each year.
While the proposal is said to ensure that the country’s fleet of large commercial vehicles operate more efficiently, opponents in the trucking industry view the proposed regulation as an attempt by the government to interfere with “every single aspect of a truck driver’s business.” Opponents argue that the speed-limiting technology could actually create a safety hazard on the roads by causing roadblocks, traffic congestion, increased collisions, and road rage amongst drivers.
If approved, the regulation would not take effect until 2018. The trucking industry and other interested parties have until November 7, 2016, to comment on the regulation.
Tampa Tractor Trailer Accident Law Firm
The Tampa truck accident injury lawyers at Capaz Law Firm are experienced in handling and investigating large commercial truck accidents, including those involving large trucks, semi trucks, tractor trailers, 18-wheelers, big rigs and other heavy commercial vehicles. If you or a family member has been injured in accident involving a semi truck, tractor trailer or commercial truck, contact the Capaz Law Firm. We will review your claim and develop an aggressive course of action for holding each negligent party responsible. Call 813-440-2700 for a free legal consultation.


Sabre Travel Network has signed a deal with Italy’s national rail company to distribute its fares on the Sabre GDS.
Rail operator Trenitalia has reached an agreement to make its rail fares available to travel agents across the globe. Trenitalia's fares will appear in search results alongside airfares.
Sabre senior vice-president EMEA Harald Eisenaecher said he expected a growth in combined rail and air business trips in Europe, with increased demand for more cross-border rail travel.
He said: “Sabre is acutely aware of the importance of rail transport in Europe and has invested heavily in developing technology to provide bookers with a transparent platform to shop, compare and book fares.”
In a meeting with international journalists at the company's development centre in Krakow, he said Sabre was investing $500 million a year in new technology, and was focusing on gaining market share from competitors in the EMEA region.
Eisenaecher also forecast "huge market growth" in Africa, and said the GDSs were capable and eager to distribute all airline ancillaries, in a market where the trend is towards a wide variety of bundled and unbundled hybrid fares.


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August 30, 2011 |
I stumbled upon Scientology quite by accident some five years ago, when I drove a relative across to their centre in the capital. While there, I took a personality test and was gently persuaded by their German mission holder, Horst Tubbesing, to enroll for a 20-hour self-study life-improvement course on 'How to Improve Relationships'. It was reasonably priced and I thought, why not. That chance trip changed my life; it taught me to deal positively with some unflattering truths about myself!
November 20, 2002 |
NEW DELHI: Tucked away in a quiet corner of Defence Colony, the Delhi headquarters of the Church of Scientology is surprisingly nondescript. So low-key have scientologists been that the entry of the world's "newest religion" in India, that has among its followers Hollywood heavyweights Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley, has gone almost unnoticed. Founded by one-time sci-fi author, the late L Ron Hubbard, in 1954, the Church now claims eight million followers worldwide.
December 29, 2008 |
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes have reportedly received death threats from anti-scientology groups . Sources have revealed that that the security around the couple and their two-year-old daughter Suri has been beefed up following the threats. They are presently living at separate locations, and move around in bombproof vehicles. Cruise has also been under fire for portraying Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg ?
January 2, 2009 |
Mariah Carey may part ways with her rapper hubby Nick Cannon while fellow artist Amy Winehouse will get back on the track against alcohol and drug addiction, all thanks to Scientology ? these are the shocking predictions made by a leading psychic. According to Joe Power and William Hill, R&B diva Mariah, who had tied the knot with Nick in February in the Bahamas in 2008, just two months after knowing him, may have to be on the look out to keep her marriage from failing.
January 14, 2013 |
A new Scientology book, which threatens to blow the lid on Tom Cruise's personal life, has revealed that the leading Hollywood actor held 'wife auditions', where top female actresses took screen tests that were intended to select a new bride for the star. The controversial book adds that actresses like Scarlett Johansson , Jessica Alba , Lindsay Lohan and Kate Bosworth were all auditioned to be Cruise's next wife. While none of the above names made the cut, Cruise finally zeroed in on Katie Holmes in 2005.
July 7, 2012 |
Katie Holmes may have said that she was doing fine earlier, but photos show that the strain of her divorce from husband of five years, Tom Cruise , is taking its toll on her shrinking frame. The 33-year-old actress has put on a brave face as she's been spotted leaving her Chelsea home, but, on Thursday, her backless halterneck blouse revealed a rail-thin figure. The divorce battle took another malicious turn after Cruise's powerhouse attorney Bert Fields accused Holmes' team of "playing the media".
November 10, 2009 |
John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston have talked about their lives for the first time since the tragic death of their son in January this year. The grieving couple lost their 16-year-old Jett after he suffered a seizure during a family vacation in the Bahamas. The actors spoke to media as they returned to spotlight to support their new release Old Dogs, crediting controversial religion Scientology for helping them deal with the grief. "We"ve been working very hard every day as a family to heal.
August 10, 2012 |
Katie Holmes is said to have hired a confidence coach to help get her back on her feet after her split from Tom Cruise. The 33-year-old split from the movie megastar - the father of her daughter Suri - earlier this year, ending their five-year marriage. But Katie has apparently been left in need of a new direction since her break-up with Tom - a devotee of creepy cult Scientology. "She foresaw an incredible golden future for her and Suri, free of Tom and Scientology," the Sun quoted a source as telling a magazine.
June 16, 2003 |
In collaboration with Times foundation, Khilona Theatre Group, the first Indian company of adults to perform with children, is conducting a 15-day theatre workshop with the purpose to help young ones express themselves at all levels and in different situations. The workshop will begin from June 15 for children in the age group of 6 to 16 years. It will be conducted from 4.00 pm to 7.30 pm and will continue until June 30. It's fun time for children who will be taking acting lessons and at the same time learning about the essence of value education.
March 22, 2013 |
Hollywood star Tom Cruise opened an account this week on Russia's most popular social networking site, his official Twitter feed said. "VK.com is a European social network w/100mil users & we JUST launched a profile," tweeted "Team TC" this week, adding the Russian-language message "Uvidimsya tam!" (See you there!) VK, formerly VKontakte, is listed as the second most popular website in Russia by the Alexa web information company. Cruise had almost 16,000 "friends" on the site as of Friday afternoon, two days after the account was launched.


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Historically, Christians would fast all day on a Friday.
It later became no meat day, but they would still eat fish (maybe the source of confusion for some would-be vegetarians? After all, fish is meat).
In recent times, Christians ignored the Friday Fast.
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SAN MATEO (CBS SF/AP) — Concerns continued to mount Monday among the large Tongan community in the San Francisco Bay Area over the well-being of loved ones still living in the Pacific island nation after being rocked by a massive underwater volcanic eruption over the weekend.
New Zealand and Australia were able to send military surveillance flights to Tonga on Monday to assess the damage caused by the volcano, which blanketed the island in a thick cloud of ash and battered by tsunami waves. The towering ash cloud since Saturday’s eruption had prevented previous flights.
Meanwhile, communications with Tonga remained extremely limited. Samiuela Fonua, who chairs the board of Tonga Cable Ltd., the company’s one-stop cable linking Tonga to the outside world via Fiji, said the cable appeared to have been severed about 10 to 15 minutes after the eruption.
He said the cable is above and inside the coral reef, which can be sharp.
Fonua said a ship would have to pull the cable to assess the damage and then crews would have to repair it. A single break can take a week to fix, he said, while multiple breaks can take up to three weeks. He added that it was not yet clear when it would be safe for a vessel to venture near the underwater volcano to undertake the work.
More than 100,000 people of Tongan descent live in San Mateo County – even more than the island nation itself. The photos of the eruption and the lack of communication are worrying the local community.
“The biggest emotion a lot of us have at this point is helplessness. You can’t do anything from here,” said Michelle Tamasese, who works at Tokemoana Foods in Redwood City.
Tamasese said it was nerve-wracking not knowing how her uncles, aunts and cousins were doing. The only information from Tonga are cellphone videos showing severe flooding.
“It just takes you back to fear, that main emotion of fear,” Tamasese said. “I’m just playing the waiting game, hoping they’ll get back to us soon.”
West Coast Tsunami Coverage
A British woman missing in the wake of the eruption and tsunami has been found dead, her family said, in the first reported death in Tonga. Angela Glover’s brother, who ran an animal rescue centre, said the 50-year-old died after being swept away by a wave.
Nick Eleini said his sister’s body was found and her husband survived.
“I understand that this terrible accident happened while they were trying to save their dogs,” Eleini told Sky News.
He said it was his sister’s dream “to live in the South Pacific and she loved her life there”.
Tsunami waves crashed on Tonga’s coastline and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the damage to boats and shops on Tonga’s coastline. The waves crossed the Pacific, drowning two people in Peru and causing minor damage from New Zealand to Santa Cruz.
“We have tried to reach the family and there is no connection,” said Makisi Pensini, who emigrated to the Tonga Bay region in 1977. He said that after communication with the island, no one heard anything. He spent the weekend working at Tonga’s First Assembly of God Church in San Carlo, but his mind and heart were far away.
“The connection is not working in this area,” he said. “We just watch TV, Facebook, everyone was just trying to find an elevated area.”
There is not much relief on the main island and Pastor Vaka Taimani said he was grateful the King of Tonga had been moved to a better protected island. Taimani says he has heard that some of the smaller islands may have been completely submerged and he is deeply concerned for the Tongans living there.
“We still believe. We still believe that something good will come out, you know? he said. “It’s been our prayer all night last night…that God will protect…our little island, that we love so much.”
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the capital, Nuku’alofa, was covered in a thick layer of volcanic dust, contaminating water supplies and making fresh water a vital need.
Aid agencies said thick ash and smoke prompted authorities to ask people to wear masks and drink bottled water.
In a video posted to Facebook, Nightingale Filihia sheltered at her family’s home from a shower of volcanic ash and tiny chunks of rock that darkened the sky.
“It’s really bad. They told us to stay inside and cover our doors and windows because it’s dangerous,” she said. “I felt sorry for people. Everyone froze when the explosion happened. We rushed home. Outside the house, people were seen carrying umbrellas for protection.
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Jumping unicorns and glitter stars add an ultra-girly attitude to this jersey top with an allover Unicorn print. This comfortable cotton tee features long sleeves, a round neckline, and scattered glitter prints that add a touch of sparkle. Pair it with a jumper or jeans for the perfect look!

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Japanese Tea Houses
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- Japan is a fairy-land of flowers in the summer time. The Japanese like flowers as no people in the world do. There are days set apart for flower festivals. This picture was taken in the spring when the cherry trees were in bloom. One day is called the "Feast of the Cherry Blossoms," and then every one goes out to admire the beautiful pinks and whites of the blooms. The fruit of the trees is sour and almost useless, but the trees are grown everywhere for their blossoms. All kinds of flowers are grown. The little gardens are laid out with excellent taste, and are so arranged that the color scheme of the blossoms is a study in harmony. We have in recent years borrowed from the Japanese many flowers, such as certain kinds of roses, chrysanthemums, and dahlias. It is the part of every Japanese girl's schooling to learn to arrange flowers in bouquets and in vases. Japan is also the land of children. Babies are cared for and played with as in no other land. The one the Japanese girl has in her arms appears to be happy and healthy. The one in the basket is just as happy. He is perfectly at home in his basket, for this is his regular way of traveling. Special days are set apart for the children. There is a "Doll Day" for the girls. Then every girl receives two dolls. There is a day for boys called "Flag Day" when the boys receives presents of swords and flags. Tea houses, such as these you see, are common to all Japan. Like all Japanese houses, they are slight buildings, well arranged and tidily kept. In these, and in little arbors, the Japanese sit and sip their favorite drink. Jugglers, sleight-of-hand men, and athletes often entertain the little crowds and thereby earn a penny. Find the policeman in the picture. Notice the dress of the baby and of the woman holding it. Keystone ID: 14045 Note: All titles, descriptions, and location coordinates are from the original Keystone Slide documentation as supplied by the Keystone View Company. No text has been edited or changed.
- Copyright by the Keystone View Company. The original slides are housed in McConnell Library's Special Collections.

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Revolutionising Coastal Surveillance With State-Of-The-Art Patrol Boats
The rise of new maritime threats seen by nations in recent times has changed the operating landscape for coastal surveillance for homeland and maritime security agencies. Quick response with ultra-high speeds platforms, usually in excess of 60 knots; unmanned payload systems, and excellent seakeeping characteristics, are no longer options.
The marine arm of ST Engineering Super Swift series of super high speed aluminium designs are exactly what these agencies around the world need to meet such demands. The series combines state-of-the-art hull technologies with our shipbuilding experience to produce a highly effective, fit-for-purpose platform. Using modern predictive software and traditional tank testing techniques to validate engineering calculations, we are ready to roll out our Super Swift Series of various planing hull designs.
Meticulous design considerations
In arriving at our current designs, we took a deep dive to understand the design shortfalls of conventional high-speed craft, so as to be able to deliver the key characteristics required on such platforms including high sprint speeds.
Reduction of wave-making resistance was a key focus area. We evaluated a number of hull forms in building the Super Swift — from stepped-planing, to advance deep-vee planing, enhanced hard-chine planing and air-cavity hulls. This was to examine practicable alternatives for different types of operation and target audiences.
The low displacement-to-length ratio commonly found in conventional high-speed craft put a restrain on the vessel’s seakeeping performance and operational capabilities. A closer study on viscous resistance, or the effect of surface friction when particles move through liquids, was among the engineering studies undertaken. This enabled us to optimise design techniques and combine further hydrodynamic principles into our solution. We also looked into modern designs that provided higher versatility in response to emerging threats.
A more than often neglected design consideration is crew comfort. Crew suffers the most as their nature of work requires them to work long hours on board such high speed crafts. Injury due to high vertical accelerations, constant exposure to noise levels beyond permissible exposure limit (PEL) and uncomfortable working environment due to high vibration levels will lead to long term side effects.
Human factors and ergonomics should now be equally as important as the technical performance of the craft in terms of speed and survivability in heavy sea states. Crew are the most important assets on board the craft and the success of the operation will be dependent on the crew’s wellbeing.
Operators and designers often have different views in terms of design aspects. Designers are generally objective driven while operators tend to look at finer details to better facilitate and to streamline their daily workflow. Such differences will led to several rounds of design iterations and will influence the final design.
The importance of understanding the operator’s needs and to strike a balance will be the key to develop a well-balanced design to avoid complications and to achieve a state-of-the-art design.
Conceiving the winning formula
Knowing the shortfalls and drawing from the experience of designing and building the past generations of high speed craft in both its shipyards in Singapore and the US, the Super Swift series was developed to meet the requirements of some potential customers. The resulting effort has been validated by the Singapore Police Coast Guard, who contracted us to design and construct their 5th Generation Patrol Craft (5GPT) series based on the Super Swift concept.
Various SMART solutions were incorporated to improve conventional design parameters, such as weight control, speed powering, seaworthiness and hull form. For the latter, we trialled various modifications of the Super Swift’s original 17m deep-vee planning hull. This included (i) creating a step hull at the aft of the step to reduce pressure from the boat’s movement; (ii) creating an air cavity at the bottom of the hull to improve hydrodynamic performance and reduce drag; and (iii) introducing an enhanced planing hull for greater vessel stability at high speeds. While all of these were able to pass our computational fluid dynamics and model tests, a detailed resistance-to-speed comparison eventually revealed the enhanced planning hull to be best-suited for the design concept.
To improve crew safety and comfort, the bridge and crew accommodation areas were designed to be quiet. The aim was to keep the noise levels below 75dB at 100% MCR, which refers to maximum engine output when running continuously. This was achieved using the suspending deckhouse concept, whereby the floor, walls and ceiling were vibration-isolated from the vessel structure. We also incorporated semi-floating cabins to reduce the weight increase.
The SMART hull form of the Super Swift series was designed to achieve very low vertical acceleration. This is critical for mitigating crew injuries and fatigue, which can impact daily operations. At the same time, the Super Swift was designed for optimal ergonomics, allowing head rooms of more than one metre across the whole vessel. Controls and monitors were well-arranged so that crew missions may be performed seamlessly and simultaneously.
Due to their compact sizes, conventional patrol vessels of between 17m to 35m are unable to deliver multi-role capabilities. Modern patrol vessels like the Super Swift, however, can be configured for tasks ranging from firefighting and search and rescue, to carrying secondary rigid inflatable boats via our proprietary launch and recovery system.
The 23m Super Swift has been the result of innovative design. By overcoming the shortfalls of conventional designs, it has demonstrated our engineering value and advantage when it comes to high-speed vessel designs.
It is heartening to be part of the design and development of the Republic of Singapore Navy’s 25m Specialised Marine Craft programme, as well as the latest 23m 5th Generation Patrol Vessels designed and built for the Singapore Police Coast Guard. These innovative vessels help to safeguard against maritime threats and protect our homeland; Singapore’s coastal borders.
Find out more about the 5th Generation Patrol Vessels here.
For more marine-related articles, please visit onward.stengg.com
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The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Southeast Division has awarded $473,000 in community grants to 24 nonprofit organizations that champion the causes of children at risk, education and military veterans.
Representatives of these nonprofits received their grant checks from members of the IICF Southeast Board of Directors on April 9 at the annual IICF Southeast Division Grant Reception, this year hosted in Dallas at the offices of Zurich North America, one of IICF’s Key Partner Company supporters.
Since the 2012 founding of the IICF Southeast Division, over $3.2 million has been granted to more than 125 nonprofits in the region through the IICF Community Grants Program.
The Community Grants Program is funded in part by events throughout the year and supported by the insurance and business communities in Atlanta, Dallas and Houston and more
The IICF Georgia and Houston Chapters both host fall fundraising events as well, a carnival networking event and a sporting clay tournament, respectively. The Georgia Chapter has granted $358,000 since its inception three years ago and the Houston Chapter, which launched in late 2016, has already contributed $88,000 in the local Houston community.
In 2017, following the devastating natural disasters, insurance industry supporters contributed more than $630,000 to the IICF Disaster Relief Funds to help recovery throughout the Southeast and beyond.
IICF is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2018, having granted more than $30 million to nonprofit and charitable organizations and involving more than 100,000 insurance industry professionals in community volunteering.
The 24 grant recipients in the IICF Southeast Division for 2018 are as follows:
- Alliance for Children
- Camp Summit
- Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Veterans Program
- Children’s Advocacy Center of Colin County
- Children’s Health
- Con mi Madre
- Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center
- Foundation for C.H.O.I.C.E
- Gratitude Initiative
- Lakeshore Foundation
- Make A Wish North Texas
- Mi Escuelita
- Mobile Loaves & Fishes
- Operation Healing Forces
- Our Friends Place
- People’s Community Clinic
- Rainbow Days
- Soldier’s Angels
- Sons of the Flag
- Read2Win Tarrant County
- Team Rubicon
- The Toby Keith Foundation
- Vogel Alcove
Source: IICF Southeast Division
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People have been telling me to invest for years now. Sadly, with the amount of money I have to pay for student loans, that's been harder to do than it probably should have been. Hopefully I'll be done with that sooner rather than later, though, and then I'll be free to finally save a good amount.
For advice on that, one place to turn is FutureAdvisor, an automated investment advisory platform for “mass-affluent” families, described as those who have paid off their debts and are now focused on growing their wealth.
FutureAdvisor is about to get a whole lot bigger now that it has been purchased by global investment management company BlackRock, which announced on Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the company. While no financial details of the transaction were disclosed, though the Financial Times has the price pegged at between $150 and $200 million.
FutureAdvisor helps to manages its customers existing IRA, Roth, taxable accounts, and other investment accounts by monitoring, rebalancing and tax-managing their current investments.
The company is typically mentioned in the same breath as other so-called “robo-advisors," such as Betterment and Wealthfront, which are automated systems that help build client portfolios based on a number of factors.
FutureAdvisor is actually different in that it is a hybrid human-algorithmic advisor. That means that portfolios are monitored by both the company's software Recommendations Engine and by its human investment team as well. For example, if the Recommendation Engine proposes adjustments to the portfolio of a particular client, they are reviewed by our investment team before being executed.
For BlackRock, buying FutureAdvisor allows the financial institutions that use the platform, including banks, insurers, large and small broker-dealers, 401(k) platforms, and other advisory firms, to be able to better serve FutureAdvisor's clientele of “mass-affluent” professionals.
"The combination of BlackRock and FutureAdvisor will empower financial institution partner firms to better serve their clients by providing a unique offering including FutureAdvisor’s high-quality, technology-enabled advice capabilities with BlackRock’ world-class investment products and proprietary technologies and risk analytics of BlackRockSolutions," a spokesperson for BlackRock told VatorNews.
For FutureAdvisor, it gets access to BlackRock's resources, which will help the company grow quickly.
"BlackRock has dedicated enormous effort over the years to improving financial outcomes through its leading active and passive investment offerings as well as innovative retirement planning tools including their CoRI Retirement Indexes," Bo Lu, Co-Founder and CEO of FutureAdvisor, wrote in a blog post.
"We look forward to integrating and delivering this expertise both directly to clients such as you as we’ve done to date, as well as in partnership with financial institutions in the months to come."
The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015, and when it does FutureAdvisor will continue to operate as its own business within BlackRock Solutions, the company's investment and risk management platform.
The unit will provide financial institutions with technology-enabled advice capabilities to improve their clients’ investment experience.
Other than that, Lu says that not much else will change for its customers.
"Our brand, our culture, and our people will work to serve you and improve your digital experience every day just as we all did before the acquisition," he said, also noting that the company is keeping its San Francisco office, and the 40 member same staff it had before, though he expects the number of employees will be growing soon.
Founded in 2010 by Lu, along with Jon Xu, and launched in 2012, FutureAdvisor had raised $21.5 million in venture funding, most recently a $15.5 million round in May of last year. Investors in the company include Canvas Venture Fund, Sequoia Capital, Devonshire Investors, Y Combinator, Ben Ling and Great Oaks Venture Capital.
VatorNews has reached out to FutureAdvisor for further details on the acquisition. We will update this story if we learn more.
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Reanna Coleman was a female R&B singer from the '80s. Not much information is given about her, but she was signed to Konduko Records.
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However, there was little information quantifying the chemical attributes of the reconstructed soil and the relative effects of subsoil thickness on salinity and sodicity to generate a trend analysis of long-term changes in soil chemistry, the 2013 results were compared with the historical mean for the 1980s soil monitoring. Summary at very low levels, some salts that are naturally present in soils are taken up by plants as nutrients however, at higher levels, soluble salts can inhibit the dryland soil salinization in the prairies as a function of changing land -use and management practices that by the analysis in order to isolate the impact. Effect of soil salinity and nutrient levels on the community structure of the root- associated bacteria of the facultative halophyte, tamarix ramosissima, in southwestern the ordination scores of nonmetric multidimensional scale analysis of rb community composition show significant relationships with water content, calcium. The consequences of salinity are detrimental effects on plant growth and yield damage to infrastructure (roads, bricks, corrosion of pipes and cables) reduction of water quality for users, sedimentation problems soil erosion ultimately, when crops are too strongly affected by the. Salinity & sodicity chapter 4 summary • salinity is the presence of soluble salts in the soil solution • salinity decreases plant growth by: - osmotic stress, which reduces the plant's capacity to extract soil water - specific ion effects, such as chloride (cl-) toxicity - creating an imbalance in ions (ca2+, k+ na+) required for. The spatial variation of soil salinity is affected by many factors, and their interactions are complex in this study, we utilized grey relational analysis to evaluate the factors that affect soil salinity in china's minqin oasis and the interactions among them and then ranked the significance of their impacts on soil. Proper irrigation management analysis of soil, irrigation water and leaf tissue can diagnose conditions in which toxic ion effects may be a concern pistachios have a root physiology that can exclude the uptake of excessive cl or na unfortunately, we do not have sufficient data to separate the impacts of salinity in general. Results of an analysis of historical air photos to determine changes in visible soil salinity in alberta soils over the past five decades.
Forward selection for the environmental variables in canonical correspondence analysis showed that soil salinity was the most important factor related to the variation of species composition between roadside and non-road areas our study demonstrates that road effects have a significant impact on the. We focused our analysis on the spectral effects of gypsum on local saline soils using principal components analysis and the continuum-removal techniques to observe variations in the spectral reflectance, brightness and depth of the major absorption bands the implications of the results to mapping and. Salinity management interpretation guide arris agricultural & environmental 8 table 22 percentage of available soil water not taken up by plants in different soil types, due to osmotic effect of a given soil salinity laboratory measured soil salinity percentage of available soil water not taken up by plants due to osmotic.
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Soil water salinity 6 soil extract salinity 11 3 determination of soil salinity from soil-paste and bulk soil electrical conductivity 15 equation for calculating effect of insertion-depth of four-electrodes large area with conventional soil sampling and laboratory analysis procedures becomes. A graphic plot of field data on crop production versus production factors, eg soil salinity, usually shows analysis of crop yield on two production factors, using linear regression equations whereby the values of both the relative influence of the two production factors, as well the effect of their degree of correlation, can be. The effects of soil salinity on growth and yield of sugarcane (saccharum spp hybrids) are used to illustrate how soil and plant samples («ground truths), digital videographic or spot hrv spectral observations, and image analysis by unsupervised classification can be used jointly to quantify and map variations in weighted. Salinity is the result of excess groundwater moving downward and laterally through the soil dissolving and transporting soluble salts large areas in in many saline soils, it is not possible to see the salts and a laboratory soil analysis must be used to confirm their presence plants growing in.
Soil salinity and impact on yield of sugar cane laquatwin is a series of pocket ion meters using ion selective electrode (ise) technology, they are available for measuring conductivity, calcium, nitrate, potassium, sodium, salt concentration and ph measurement using just a tiny amount of sample, the laquatwin. The objectives of this study are: (i) representation of the current situ- ation with the corresponding soil salinity levels (ii) simulation of a future situation without the effects of salinity (iii) estimation of soil reclamation costs and benefits and, (iv ) economic feasibility of the land reclamation project the method of analysis used is. The results of analysis of the variance revealed significant variations among different salinity levels, genotypes and interaction effects of salinity levels × genotypes for days to flowering, days to end of flowering, days to maturity, plant height and seed yield due to increasing salinity levels, days to flowering, days to end of.
While salinity can improve soil structure, it can also negatively affect plant growth and crop yields sodicity refers specifically to the amount of sodium present in irrigation waterirrigating with water that has excess amounts of sodium can adversely impact soil structure, making plant growth difficult highly saline and sodic. Salinity is widely perceived to have severe effects on farmers in pakistan however, to date there is little direct evidence on how salinity specifically affects farm operations and the patterns of agricultural activity, and how farmers seek to overcome the effects of salinity the purpose of this study was to. Statistical analysis of salinity and texture effects on spatial variability of soil hydraulic conductivity1 eshel bresler, g daoan, r j wagenet, and a laufer2 abstract a statistical analysis that identifies the dominant factors respon- sible for the spatial variability of the saturated conductivity (k,) in a selected. Methods to isolate the effects of soil salinity on vegetative growth from ity as mentioned, these other factors will vary spatially and in most settings their effect will overwhelm the first term related to salinity as a result, crop biomass at any single time will ex- the promise offered by trends in remote sensing analysis and.

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The concrete wall, first erected in 1961, was once the most visible international symbol of the Iron Curtain between the capitalist West and the communist East.
East German authorities erected it overnight to halt a steady stream of defections. At least 136 people died, most of them shot, as they tried to scale it to escape.
Images of jubilant Berliners chipping away at the Wall with pickaxes that were broadcast around the world in November 1989 helped accelerate the downfall of the Soviet Union.
After reunification, many had mixed feelings about preserving reminders of division. Some communist-era monuments, such as the Palace of the Republic, the former seat of the East German parliament, were torn down altogether. Others, such as Checkpoint Charlie, a famous border crossing between East and West Berlin, have been paved over with food stands.
In 2007, another portion of the East Side Gallery was removed – with little protest – to create a riverside park.
In 2009, on the 20th anniversary of the fall, 25 U.S. universities received a piece of the wall. One of those is on display in Liberty Plaza at Chapman University.
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What is actually psychology everything about?
A science of studying individual visible and hidden behavior and also notion, psychology is actually commonly undervalued by practicians of ‘challenging’ science. As well as for the nonprofessional, properly, beware a psychologist. Telepathic transmission is actually typically attributed to psychologists, as is actually seeing right into the depths of people around all of them. I believe it is basically a fear of being ‘seen through’ by any person as well as being actually determined on the basis of this that absolutely distances the common man from his psychological peers. On an extra straightforward scale, it is true that a research study of psychology offers its own student a much more discriminating perspective of his fellow guy. Body language, kinesics, verbal expressions do help psychologists and mental health experts to decipher any sort of communications in between folks better.
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Why this is actually, is given that there are a bunch of components to interaction. Words, talked or even written, are just one aspect of it. Facial expressions, gestures, gestures, posture all claim a whole lot during your terms, as well as also when you are actually quiet. Everybody recognizes things like that, yet they perform not commonly think about it. They just ‘recognize’. Studying psychology, regardless of whether one performs certainly not want to choose to practice it as a line of work, does offer idea in to the means individuals act and understanding why.
Recognizing folks helps anyone to put on their own right into the shoes of others as well as cope with damaging emotions and also situations through adapting processes that aids all of them handle lifestyle and also people much better down the road. It additionally helps all of them to place on their own in people’s shoes. Fear as well as anger can easily often lead people to respond in unreasonable as well as unpredictable methods. In whichever ability you are linked to all of them, whether as families, pals, co-workers, or even companies, individuals’s functionality is improved when they store the secret to understanding and also understanding individuals as well as circumstances in the course of a nerve-racking time period.
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