Gigabyte Z490 Intel Comet Lake And B550 AMD Ryzen 3000 Motherboards Leaked By EEC
Motherboard makers can ill afford to let their foot off the gas pedal, not when there are now chipsets on the horizon. Intel is readying its Z490 chipset
for its upcoming Comet Lake-S processors, while AMD is apparently prepping a B550 chipset for its Ryzen 3000 series. Meanwhile, Gigabyte is locked and loaded for both launches.
Starting with the Z490 chipset, several Gigabyte-brand models
were spotted at the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) website back in September. They included the following models...
- Z490 Aorus Elite
- Z490 D
- Z490 Gaming X
- Z490 UD
- Z490 White
- Z490M DS3H
- Z490M Gaming X
Since then, there have been several new models listed at the EEC, including a few more that just showed up. All of the additional models since the September leak include the following...
- Z490 Aorus Xtreme
- A490 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce
- Z490i Ultra
- Z490 Aorus Pro
- Z490 Designare
- Z490 Aorus Ultra-GU
- Z490 UD AC
- Z490 Vision G
- Z490 Vision D
- W480 Vision D
It is quite the extensive lineup with 17 Z490 motherboard models, and a single W480 board for home brewed workstations. Perhaps the biggest surprise, however, is the new Vision series. It is not entirely clear what will separate the Vision models from the rest of the pack.
The Z490 chipset will bring with a new socket, LGA 1200. There will not be any major I/O enhancements, such as PCI Express 4.0 support (that will have to way for Intel's 10nm Tiger Lake
Based on prior leaks, the Comet Lake-S
family will feature processors with up to 10 physical cores (and presumably 20 threads) of computing muscle, up to 30 PCH-H high-speed I/O lanes for port flexibility, up to 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes (16 CPU, up to 24 PCH), integrated and discrete Wi-Fi 5 support, Intel Wi-Fi 6 support, integrated USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10Gbps) support, and a few other odds and ends.
Gigabyte Is Readying Motherboards Based On AMD's B550 Chipset For Ryzen
Over in AMD
territory, there is a B550a chipset for OEMs, but no such equivalent for the consumer market. According to AMD's Robert Hallock, it only supports the PCIe3.0 standard and not PCIe 4.0.
"OEMs are customers, too, and they may have different needs and wants than a DIYer. Not every product decision is considered through the lens of a channel product," Hallock stated on Reddit
It is anticipated that the regular B550 chipset
for consumers will feature PCIe 4.0 support. It essentially takes its place as a mid-range offering. Just as with Z490, Gigabyte has a whole bunch of B550 motherboards planned. They include the following...
B550 Aorus Master
- B550 Aorus Elite
- B550 Aorus Pro AC
- B550 Aorus Pro AX
- B550 Aorus Pro
- B550M Aorus Pro
- B550 Gaming X
- B550M Gaming
- B550M DS3H AC
- B550M DS3H
- B550M H
- B550M S2H
It appears there will be at least half a dozen micro-ATX and mini-ITX models for small form factor (SFF) builds, alongside several regular ATX models. And at least one of those will feature built-in Wi-Fi based on the Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard.
We will have to wait and see when all of this materializes.


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tamp Set: Beautiful Balloons, Alphabest
Cardstock: Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lime Twist, Bright & Beautiful DSP
Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Berry Burst
Other: Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Bone Folder, Beautiful Balloons Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals
1. The base of the card is Lemon Lolly cardstock cut at 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” and scored at 4-1/4” in the middle.
2. The second layer is the Bright & Beautiful DSP approximately cut at 2-1/4” x 5-1/4” and adhered to the left side of the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
3. Die-cut three balloons, Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath, and Lemon Lime Twist cardstocks using the Beautiful Balloons Dies.
4. Ink up Happy Birthday with Berry Burst ink on the Bubble Bath Balloon. Ink up “60” from the Alphabest stamp set, and “It’s Your Day” with Blueberry Bushel to stamp on the other balloons.
5. Adhere the balloons with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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SPRINGFIELD — A donation from E.F. Corcoran Plumbing & Heating is helping to restock the Mental Health Association’s (MHA) supply of personal-care items for the vulnerable population it serves.
“Our supply of personal hygiene and other sundry items has been depleted with the demand for services we have met through the pandemic, and the generous donation of supplies for our Good to Go program from Alyssa Toomey, owner of Corcoran Plumbing, means we will once again have personal-care products available,” said Kimberley Lee, MHA’s vice president of Resource Development and Branding. “Many individuals, especially those coming from emergency situations for residential rehabilitation services for mental health and substance use, or in need of transitional housing from living on the street or in temporary shelter, or for better placement with developmental disabilities, come with little in their possession.”
MHA launched its Good to Go initiative in 2018 to ensure individuals arriving in MHA programs would have access to needed personal-care items, often purchased with discretionary funds provided by donations, or by companies like E.F. Corcoran that purchase and donate them.
“There are a lot of people with mental-health challenges who need help or rehabilitation services for a drug problem or who were born with a developmental disability and require support,” said Susan Toomey, vice president at E.F. Corcoran Plumbing and Heating. “All of us either know someone in these circumstances or know of someone in these circumstances. We should just be there for them: it is the right thing to do, and it is nice to know that there are organizations, like MHA, who can help.”
Toomey said she purchased “a little bit of everything” for the Good to Go program.
“Items for the kitchen, like ClingWrap; personal-hygiene items, like shampoos and conditioners and toothbrushes; sanitary napkins for the women; and even a few things for individuals with dentures,” she said. “Also, dryer sheets and socks, as everybody likes socks.”
Toomey said she knew about MHA through Corcoran’s work with for the property-management group that services MHA residences.
“My niece, myself, and two of my friends played in MHA’s golf tournament last year,” said Toomey of MHA’s largest fundraiser, the annual Wellness Classic golf tournament, being held for the 24th year in 2022 at the Country Club of Wilbraham. “It was a lot of fun, and I’ve already committed us to do it again this year.”

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OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — A person was arrested after punching a police officer during an Oakland sideshow Sunday night, the Oakland Police Department said. The suspect is facing multiple charges, including battery on a police officer.
The sideshow took over several intersections on 82nd Street between MacArthur Boulevard and Ney Avenue, police said. It involved 100 vehicles and 200 spectators.
The officer was punched when trying to intervene on a fight between two people. The person who threw the punch was arrested and the officer’s injuries were treated.
When officers attempted to stop the sideshow, people in the crowd fired automatic weapons in the air. There were no reports of anyone being struck by gunfire, police said.
Officers towed more than 12 vehicles but did not locate any firearms. Anyone with information about sideshows is asked to contact OPD at email@example.com, or (510) 777-3333.

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Malicious Mischief in Tacoma
How is malicious mischief defined? Simply stated, it is the destruction of property. This serious crime is broken down into three subcategories, each with its own level of severity and punishments. No matter which classification applies to you, malicious mischief is a potentially devastating crime with serious consequences, if convicted. Contact one of our Tacoma malicious mischief lawyers if you've been charged with any of the following crimes:
- First Degree Malicious Mischief is a Class B felony with serious consequences. If the perpetrator of the crime damages property valued in excess of $5,000, a conviction could result in up to ten years in prison and $20,000 in fines. This end result should be avoided at all costs.
- Second Degree Malicious Mischief is a Class C felony, which is still very serious. If the perpetrator of the crime damages property valued between $750 and $5,000, they could face five years in prison and fines of up to $20,000.
- Third Degree Malicious Mischief is a gross misdemeanor, but should never be underestimated. If the perpetrator damages property valued at less than $750, a conviction may result in up to a year in jail and fines totaling $5,000.
The Tacoma malicious mischief attorneys at the Law Office of Jason S. Newcombe have more than thirty years of combined experience. No matter what malicious mischief crime you've been charged with, we will protect your legal rights and ensure that you are treated fairly by the prosecution and court.Schedule A Consultation With One Of Our Tacoma Malicious Mischief Lawyers
When you're charged with a serious crime in Tacoma, you have urgent questions concerning your future. You may feel like you have few options, but our Tacoma malicious mischief attorneys will work diligently to discover whether legal options you may not have considered exist.
For example, the prosecution must prove the value of the property that was allegedly destroyed. This process if often subjective, and even a minute over-calculation by the prosecution could significantly increase the severity of your crime. The goal of your lawyer will be to minimize your punishments and do everything the law allows to resolve your case quickly, and with a more favorable outcome.
Right now, you probably have many questions running through your mind. You may also feel like your world is closing in all around you, but it's important not to let the emotional strain of dealing with criminal charges prevent you from taking action. Contact one of our experienced Tacoma malicious mischief lawyers immediately and schedule your own confidential case evaluation.
Your Tacoma criminal case will likely require a thorough investigation, significant legwork, and thorough preparation on the part of your attorney. Contact our Tacoma law office by phone or fill out our online form, and put our decades-long experience to work for you.


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This is a game movie of Little Nightmares: The Hideaway with no commentary. You get all the story related cutscenes and gameplay so you won't miss out on anything. Gameplay that doesn't add anything interesting or is unrelated to the narrative is edited out to keep the story moving.
Official Little Nightmares summary:
Immerse yourself in Little Nightmares, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears. Help Six escape The Maw – a vast, mysterious vessel inhabited by corrupted souls looking for their next meal.
Capture device: Elgato HD60
My video is at DLive


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Experience a wide variety of integrated farm and orchard activities in sunny Eastern Washington fruit growing region. Our farm includes a small herd of goats, including new kids, berries, and vegetables.
We sell our fruit at the local farmers market and at fruitstands in the area. Room and meals provided.
Position is for this summer from early May to end of August. This is a paid position $1500 per month. approximately 40 hours week. Bonuses depending on performance. Hands-on learning opportunities.
Pick, pack, deliver, and sell cherries, apricots, peaches, apples, and vegetables.
Care for small herd of goats including new kids.
Sell at local farmers market Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Mow, weed, tend garden and organic cherries.
Assist in preparation of family style meals with home grown produce and wild meats.
Some farm experience. Willing to learn and work independently. Drivers license required, clean driving record.
Send resume, cover letter and 3 references, and contact information (including phone number for interview) to our e-mail address at firstname.lastname@example.org
Deadline is March 31, 2018.

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#024 DOMZ | Pushy Bunny
Recalling DOMZ x PERKS 2016 'WANNA TASTE MY PERKS' collaboration, Pushy Bunny features inspiration from a children rabbit drawing, painted with weird colour, and also emphasis the letter 'P' from PERKS. In 2021, we bring back the most popular colorway and created 2 brand new colors combos!
Craft: Soft Enamel
Back Lock: Rubber Clutch (RANDOM COLOR)
Offest Printing Standard Packaging
Design and illustrated by DOMZ.
Produced by PERKS PRODUCTION.

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Nestled in the heart of the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps, this exclusive 4 residence offers traditional Savoyard 'chalet' architecture combined with modern lines to create comfortable and modern spaces that are ideal for relaxation and fun.
Possibility to have the 9 years rent paid at the beginning giving a reduction of 25% on the purchase price.
From one-bedroom to three-bedroom duplexes, each apartment has a unique design, is fully furnished and equipped. The apartments boast magnificent views of the surrounding mountains from their spacious terraces and balconies. The exceptional quality of the materials such as solid oak, blown glass, metal, stonework etc. serve to create a warm and cosy interior, and the contemporary design and furnishings accentuate the feeling of wellbeing. Each apartment features underfloor heating, a f
ully fitted open plan kitchen, bathrooms complete with towel drying rails and a hairdryer. Furthermore, every owner will enjoy an INDIVIDUAL SKI LOCKER with a BOOT DRYER, a COVERED INDIVIDUAL PARKING SPACE, a CELLAR (providing useful room to store bikes and other items), free WiFi internet connection, satellite TV in every bedroom as well as in the living-room and a terrace or a balcony. Each owner has access to the residence common area services which include a swimming pool, a sauna and a bar. This is an excellent development in a highly sought after location.
Sainte-Foy is a hamlet full of authentic Alpine charm, off the main road from Bourg St Maurice to Val d'Isere. It is less than half an hour's drive from four of the best known ski resorts in France - Val d'Isere, Tignes, La Plagne and Les Arcs - yet it feels a million miles from the hustle and bustle of the big resorts and has enough skiing of its own to keep an advanced skier happy. Sainte-Foy offers unlimited and varied off-piste skiing in a beautiful unspoilt wilderness; take a guide to explore one of these renowned off-piste routes to the deserted farming hamlet of Le Monal, or the infamous 1700 m vertical descent of the north face of Fogliettaz. It is a warm and welcoming hamlet full of charm that combines tradition and modernity. Sainte-Foy installations are at its best and they are being constantly developed.
Located on the edge of a large forest, the residence is set in majestic surroundings with many activities to enjoy in both summer and winter. In winter, you will undoubtedly enjoy skiing as well as heli-skiing, ice climbing, ski-biking and snow shoeing. In the summer months you can enjoy mountain biking, horse riding, hiking, mountain climbing, rafting, canoe rafting, canoeing, mini-golfing, tennis, paragliding, ....or even glacier skiing (in Tignes). Hiking is particularly popular for all age groups; you can go to Grande Sassiere or other peaks at over 3000m altitudes surrounding Tarentaise, families will particularly enjoy hiking to the listed site of Monal to discover 18th and 19th century chalets have been beautifully preserved.
The management company:
The exclusive company managing this residence specialises in luxury eco-hotel residences around the world.
Commercial lease of 9 years
Rental income paid quarterly Possibility to have the 9 years rent paid at the beginning giving a reduction of 25% on the purchase price
3 investment options:
- 4-week occupancy option: 2 weeks in both summer and winter (1 during high season + 1 during medium season)
- 6-week occupancy option: 3 weeks in both summer and winter (1 during high season + 1 during medium season + 1 during low season)
-1 week occupation option
We have our own French mortgage brokerage service in order to find the most suitable mortgage for each client. Whether you want an interest-only mortgage, a traditional repayment mortgage or hybrid mortgage, we can get the right mortgage for you.
Sainte Foy is located in the French Alps, Savoie department, south east of France and is highly accessible.
By road: Dual carriageway A43 Lyon/Albertville and N90 towards Bourg-Saint-Maurice
By Rail: Eurostar London-Bourg Saint Maurice
SNCF Lille or Paris-Bourg Saint Maurice
A bus links Bourg Saint Maurice and Sainte-Foy ski resort
By Air: Chambery Airport is under 70 miles from Sainte Foy (90 minutes) with regular coach transfers
Grenoble Airport is 110 miles from Sainte Foy (90 minutes)
Geneva is 118 miles away (2 hours) and Lyon Airport is 116 miles from Sainte Foy (2 and half hrs)
Prices do not include the legal notaire fees.
Prices in GBP and US dollars are subject to currency fluctuations, the exact price is in Euros. Less

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US: Murray’s Chickens – resumed normal operations
Murray’s Chickens announces that the company has amicably resolved all issues with the USDA resulting in full compliance with the requirements of the USDA Food and Safety Inspection Services agency (FSIS).
With that resolution the USDA has ordered a full reinstatement of Murray’s Chickens FSIS inspection program beginning immediately and the company has now resumed normal operations. At no point during the closing were there issues with the healthfulness of any Murray’s Chickens products in the marketplace.
Murray’s Chickens started processing on Saturday, July 31st, and will continue to update delivery schedules.
“The support from our loyal customers and the 100 local family farmers who raise our poultry has helped to ease anxiety for our entire 350 person workforce over the past few days. For that, our heartfelt thanks” says Murray Bresky, CEO Murray’s Chickens. “As we move forward, we will continue to produce the safest, best tasting and healthiest antibiotic free chicken in the marketplace. What we’ve learned in the past four days is that our goal as a company is to be better than before and to grow from the experience.”
Bresky has also issued an open invitation to visit his plant announced our unannounced to observe first hand Murray’s Chickens.


Update written 9:30 p.m. March 30
Leiding has been found safe. RCMP thank the public for assistance.
Original article written 10 p.m. March 29
Saskatchewan RCMP issued a Missing Persons Advisory this evening, asking for the public's help.
Melissa Leiding was last seen on Tuesday at midnight.
RCMP described Leiding as female, 177 centimetres tall and weighing around 130 pounds. It is unknown what she was wearing the last time she was seen.
Anyone with information is asked to contact their nearest detachment. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers.


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Black Health Activists Renew Push Against Menthol Cigarettes
A group of black health activists has renewed its push against menthol cigarettes, saying action must be taken against flavored tobacco products.
According to a statement issued by the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council on Tuesday, “Over 80% of Black smokers use mentholated tobacco products, which is due to decades of geographically racialized targeting of mentholated tobacco products by the tobacco industry.” Tobacco use leads to the deaths of 45,000 black Americans annually.
The group has asked President Obama to direct the FDA to remove all flavoring, including menthol, from tobacco products, as those additives can make smoking easier to start and harder to quit.
In July, the NAACP voted to support restricting the sale of menthol cigarettes on state and local levels, the New York Times reports.
The FDA “is continuing to consider regulatory options related to menthol,” a spokesman told the Times.

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Cindy B, the East London prodigy, who has been painting the music industry with her vibrant palette of influences, has returned to the scene with her pulsating summer anthem "Like The Water".
Being a mere twenty years old doesn't hold back this gifted singer-songwriter, whose music presents a sonic tapestry woven with threads borrowed from Aaliyah's sultry R&B, Bowie's eccentric rock, Taylor Swift's narrative lyrics,...
Lasmid - Sika feat. Dead Peepol (Official Video)
Highly Spiritual Music artiste, Lasmid dishes out the music video to his song "Sika" which features Dead Peepol shot and directed by Kojo Myles.

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“Neighbours” is a short story written by Tim Winton and is about a young couple’s settlement in a new neighborhood. They are moving from a suburban neighborhood to a neighborhood inhabited by immigrants from across Europe. The shift in neighborhoods is a big change of scenery for the young couple.
Next door, live both a Polish widower and a Macedonian family. They live with other norms and values than themselves which the young couple finds shocking. When their new neighbors across the streets, they don't greet each other or help each other with small things around the house.
After some time, the young couple realizes that their neighbors are not the crazy foreigners they thought at first, but they accept the other's differences. Eventually, when a baby is delivered, they fully accept their neighbor and become friends.

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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART I, SECTION 1,]
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Dated: March 9, 2016
In pursuance of clause (b) of paragraph 2 of the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968, published in the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) notification number G.S.R. 1136, dated the 15th June, 1968, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) number 7/10/2014-NS.II, dated the 28th July, 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 1st August, 2014, namely :-
2. In the said notification, in paragraph 1, after the figures, "1968", the words, brackets, figures and letter "and sub-clause (ii) of clause (e) of rule 2 of the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Rules, 2004, published vide number G.S.R. 490(E), dated the 2nd August, 2004" shall be inserted.
F. No. 7/10/2014-NS.II.


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Seeing Akashi’s eyes open to reveal two red irises and a kind smile on his face, you gasped, letting out a happy sob as you felt Akashi’s hand gently caress your cheek, wiping the tears away.
“I’m sorry (___), I’m back now” Akashi apologised, smiling as you felt a happy smile form on your own face.
“Hey, can someone please explain what’s going on?” asked a member of Akashi’s team, voicing his confusion. Akashi sat himself up a little, smiling at his teammate apologetically.
“My apologies Kotaru, Mibuchi, Nebuya, Chihiro… I’m alright, and I’ll explain it all later. We have a game to play after all” Akashi explained, smiling gently at his team mates. You couldn’t suppress your happiness any longer, tackling Akashi in a tight hug. Akashi froze, wondering what had tackled him tightly but let out a light chuckle as he wrapped his spare arm around you, holding you reassuringly as your trembles began to fade away.
“It’s alright (___), I’m here, I’m not going anywhere…” Akashi reassured you, pushing himself up so he was sitting, then began to gently run a hand through your hair. You sniffed, trying to hold back your tears.
“I’m so sorry… about everything that happened… I never wanted any of it to happen…” you apologised, whimpering a little. Akashi let out a light chuckle, a smile on his face as his team mates watched in confusion, unused to such a sight.
“(___), fear not, let’s put it behind us. Come now, we should be returning to the game” Akashi reassured, pulling you gently by your shoulders back, smiling. You smiled back down at him, hearing Kuroko step beside you. Looking up at him, you flashed him a bright, tear filled smile as he offered you a hand up. You grabbed his hand, feeling him pull you to your feet. Akashi stood up a second later, smiling at Kuroko kindly.
“Tetsuya, I leave (___) in your care for the match, take care of her for me” Akashi stated, earning a nod from Kuroko. Kagami stood behind you, chuckling to himself with a big grin plastered on his face.
“I promise Akashi-kun” Kuroko answered, smiling happily back at his friend. The coach approached Akashi, looking at him in concern.
“Are you alright to continue?” the coach asked. Akashi turned to look back at him, nodding.
“Yes, I apologise for the scene. I will explain everything after the match. But I am okay to continue. I look forward to finishing this match against Seirin” Akashi explained, bowing his head in apology to the coach. The coach and all his team mates looked shocked from seeing this behavior from Akashi.
“(___)!!!” yelled a voice from the crowd, making you turn to see Aomine, Kise, Midorima, Murasakibara and Satsuki all leaning against the railing and looking at you in a mixture of disbelief and happiness. Satsuki was waving madly with Kise, Murasakibara gave a small wave while Midorima pushed his glasses up his face, a small smile on his face. Aomine was grinning madly, the beginning of what looked like tears running down his cheeks. You smiled brightly, waving to the group as they chatted excitedly to each other. Riko walked up to you, smiling as she offered you her hand. Smiling, you took it and began to walk back to the Seirin bench.
In a matter of seconds, the second half of the match continued. You sat on the bench, watching happily as both teams began playing for the ball.
“GO SEIRIN! GO RAKUZAN! DO YOUR BEST!!” you shouted, cheering from the side lines. Riko giggled alongside you, knowing that you weren’t going to pick a side. You were practically on the edge of your seat, watching in suspense as the match continued until the final seconds. If Seirin didn’t manage this score then Rakuzan was going to win. You held your breath, seeing Kuroko about to make the final shot. Akashi jumped up, attempting to stop Kuroko’s shot.
“It’s over Kuroko!!” he shouted, glaring down as Kuroko smiled up at him.
“Not yet. I am a shadow” Kuroko stated, shooting the ball up and over Akashi. Kagami jumped up, catching the ball and shot it into the basket, performing an alley-oop. You gasped in shock, everyone else equally shocked as the buzzer sounded, Seirin’s score only one point ahead of Rakuzan.
“WE DID IT!!!” shouted all members of Seirin as Kuroko and Kagami, and everyone else, began cheering and screaming loudly, tears in their eyes. Riko and the others on the bench jumped up to their feet, running to the team as the group formed a large tackle hug, celebrating and cheering happily. You watched from your spot on the bench, seeing the defeated faces of the Rakuzan team members. Akashi had the beginning of what looked like tears forming in his eyes, clutching at the front of his shirt. You smiled sadly, standing from your spot and walking to him. You gently took his hand, placing it on your hand and gently placed your other hand over it, holding him as if he were a fine piece of China. Akashi looked up at you, looking puzzled as you smiled kindly at him.
“I know it’s painful now, but there’s always next time? The good thing about basketball, and anything really, is that no one stays at the top forever. The best at the game this year could be the first team knocked out next year, it always changes as the team practices and grows stronger” you stated, seeing him look shocked before a smile formed on his face. You nodded, knowing he was going to be okay now. Stepping aside, you let Akashi’s hand slip from yours. He walked forward, heading to Kuroko. Kuroko watched him, seeing Akashi hold out his hand for a handshake.
“Congratulations. This was your, no, your team’s win Kuroko” Akashi congratulated. Kuroko smiled back, taking his hand and giving it a firm shake.
“Right. I look forward to facing you again next year Akashi-kun” Kuroko replied, a warm smile on his face. You giggled happily, watching the sight.
“Hey, excuse me? But, can I ask how you know our captain?” asked an uncertain voice behind you. You turned, smiling at the blonde.
“Certainly. I’m (___) (___), I’m a childhood friend of Akashi’s. You’re a team mate of his right? You’re the one he called Kotaru, right?” you replied, seeing his eyes sparkle excitedly.
“You remembered me? I’m honored miss!” he exclaimed, almost looking like a dog with his tail wagging happily. You giggled, smiling as the other team members walked up to you.
“You’re a very pretty little thing, but you look sickly, are you alright?” asked an overly feminine boy with black hair who you learnt was called Mibuchi.
“T-Thank you… I probably look a bit sickly because I’ve actually been in a coma for three years recently. I was hit by a car and I only just woke up not long ago” you answered, seeing them look shocked.
“Was the driver charged?” asked the silver haired boy called Chihiro. You thought to yourself for a second.
“I haven’t heard anything about it. My guess is it was dealt with while I was asleep. They weren’t actually sure I was going to wake up for a while apparently” you replied, earning a laugh from the big black guy called Nebuya.
“At least you’re here now!” he exclaimed, swinging his arm, hitting you harshly on the arm, sending you flying a little. You didn’t feel the floor though, only feeling arms catch you and hold you steady. You glanced up to see Akashi looking at you worriedly.
“Are you alright? I know Nebuya can be a little uncontrollable…” he asked, glaring quickly up at Nebuya who flinched, looking apologetically at the ground. You giggled a little, standing on your own and letting Akashi talk to his teammates. You couldn’t help but feel overwhelming relief and happiness flow through you, watching Akashi talking with his teammates with a smile on his face. A genuine smile, not the false ‘emperor’ smile he’d been wearing at the beginning of the match. Turning to see Kuroko talking with his Seirin teammates, you smiled to yourself as you slinked off, exiting the court and heading over to meet up with the other generation of miracles. They must’ve wanted to catch up as well, so you wasted no time trying to get to the auditorium.
After you’d gone down a few hallways, you spotted someone out the corner of your vision. You froze to the spot, seeing him freeze equally to the spot, staring at you in shock and horror. Masaomi Akashi, staring at you in horror and as if he were holding back the urge to strike you.
“You…” he hissed, his shock fading as his expression turned into pure rage. You gasped, stepping back. To him, three years had passed, but for you, it felt like only a few months since you’d last seen him, so the fear was still fresh. He took a step towards you, making you turn on your heel and begin a mad dash for the auditorium. He couldn’t do anything in a crowd.
“Get back here!!” Masaomi shouted after you, running after you as quickly as he could. You hadn’t even spotted Akashi who’d come out looking for you. He spotted your figure running away as he saw his father run after you, freezing in shock.
“(___)!” he shouted, running after his father. He had to get to you before his father did!
Turning a corner and running up the stairs as quickly as you could, you burst into the auditorium and spotted the Generation of Miracles all chatting in the stands.
“Guys!” you shouted, catching Aomine’s attention first. He turned, spotting you running to them. He smiled, lifting a hand to wave before pausing at your expression. Seeing Masaomi hot on your heels, he gasped, standing to his feet.
“Oi! Murasakibara!” Aomine shouted, making Murasakibara look up sleepily. He turned, spotting the scene before standing, walking so he was standing directly in your path. You didn’t have time to stop, bumping into him, but he caught and supported you. Shifting you so you were now behind him, he glared down at Masaomi who had stopped in his tracks, but was glaring. Aomine took your shoulders from behind, looking down at you in concern.
“(___)! Are you alright?” Satsuki asked, rushing up to you in concern. You nodded shakily, exhausted from running.
“Ehh…? What’s Mr Aka-chin doing chasing (___)-chin? I won’t forgive you if you hurt her again…” Murasakibara asked, sending a sharp glare at Masaomi. He growled under his breath, unshaken by Murasakibara’s words.
“It would be wise if you left Mr Akashi… You wouldn’t want to face us all” Kise declared, stepping around the three of you and standing beside Murasakibara. Midorima stood from his seat, smirking as he adjusted his glasses on his face.
“I agree with Kise… For multiple reasons, including the one behind you…” Midorima stated, smirking as Masaomi raised a brow, turning before gasping to see Akashi standing behind him, a dark glare on his face.
“Seijirou… Is she the reason you lost today!? You’re an Akashi! You are not allowed to lose, otherwise you are unworthy of being an Akashi!” Masaomi declared but Akashi’s glare didn’t fade.
“Father… Are you the reason for what happened three years ago? Are you the reason she tried to leave? You’re the reason she ran out blindly and ended up getting hurt? You must’ve been thrilled the moment you heard of her condition, and that’s why you told me to forget about her! You told me she wasn’t going to ever wake up and that I should just move on with my life! Why father!?” Akashi shouted, his glare dissolving into an expression of hurt. Everyone watched in shock, this being one of the first times they’d ever seen such an expression on Akashi’s face. Masaomi glared, balling his hands into a fist.
“I did it for you! You are an Akashi! We are absolute! We only marry or socialize with only the very best! These misfits are only dragging you down!” Masaomi yelled, his expression one of pure rage. Akashi lowered his head, staring at the floor.
“Wasn’t Mother one of those misfits though?” Akashi asked. In a matter of seconds, before anyone had time to react, a loud smack was heard and Akashi’s face had been turned, a red mark on his cheek. You gasped, raising your hands to cover your mouth in shock. Akashi didn’t react though, he just raised his head to look up at Masaomi.
“I’m right, aren’t I? You couldn’t handle Mother’s passing, so as a form of grieving, you pretended she never existed. That might’ve worked just fine for you, but as a ten year old child in the fifth grade, that method of grieving doesn’t work! It only damages them! I ended up broken, my personality began to warp to cope with the pressure and pain. I finally found refuge in basketball, then (___) came back into my life. I felt like I could handle anything life threw at me then, but you just had to ruin that too, didn’t you? You took (___) from me, then slowly I began to lose basketball. I lost it and turned into someone completely different. I ended up hurting all those that I love, I even hurt (___) when she returned… But I’m back now, and I don’t intend to let anyone hurt (___) ever again!” Akashi declared, raising his head and glaring at Masaomi in determination. You watched in shock, hearing everything from his side of the story, tears forming in your eyes.
“Why…? Why is this one girl so important to you Seijirou? There are thousands of other people out there” Masaomi asked, his voice finally calm. Akashi closed his eyes, as if preparing himself, then looked up at his father with a gentle smile.
“Why…? Because I love her of course” Akashi stated, making you gasp and freeze to the spot. Masaomi gasped in shock as well as you heard the other Generation of Miracles gasp at the sudden declaration. Masaomi was the first to recover, his shoulders slacking.
“I see… It’s like when I was young, and I fell in love with your mother… I apologise Seijirou… I lost myself, and I never realized how much I was hurting you. I know words can’t fix the past, but I’ll leave you be. Come see me later and we can talk more” Masaomi apologised, bowing his head for the first time to Akashi. Akashi blinked in shock, silently gasping as he watched Masaomi turn to you, bowing in apology as well. He raised his head, turning and exiting the auditorium. You were still frozen in shock, unable to process what had just happened.
“(___)” Akashi stated, walking up to you and looking you in the eyes. You felt Aomine’s hands on your shoulders slacken as he backed off, dragging Satsuki back with him. She squirmed, trying to get away, but Aomine just laughed.
“Oi, (___), you better come hang with us after you’ve finished talking to Mr Bossy here, okay?” Aomine declared, laughing as he grabbed Satsuki. She squealed, yelling insults at him which earned laughter from the group as they left. You turned your attention back to Akashi, seeing the kind smile on his face.
“I know my declaration probably caught you off guard, so I don’t expect an answer straight away-…” Akashi began to say before you’d recovered from your shock. Tears began to fall down your face, making him stop mid-sentence. A huge smile formed on your face as you suddenly tackled him in a hug, wrapping your arms around his neck as you buried your face in his shoulder.
“Me too!” you replied, feeling him freeze before he wrapped his arms around your waist, pulling you in closer for a tight hug. He buried his face into your hair, one hand rising to gently stroke your long hair.
“(___)… Thank you… I swear I will make us happy…” Akashi vowed, earning a giggle from you. He paused, confused by your laughter.
“Silly Akashi… It not you that had to make us happy, it’s the both of us” you corrected him, smiling happily. You couldn’t see Akashi’s face, but you could tell a content smile had formed on his face as he snuggled his face into your hair.


'It was good to have him back' - Dubs boss Jim Gavin delight at Alan Brogan return
Dublin manager Jim Gavin was delighted to seek Alan Brogan pull on the Dublin jersey for the first time in 2015 at the weekend.
It had initially been reported in the wake of last August’s All-Ireland semi-final loss to Donegal that Brogan, who has featured 62 times for Dublin in Championship action, with a tally of 11-127; was hanging up his boots.
The 33-year old marked his return for the Metropolitans with an impressive four points from play as Dublin drew with Galway 1-16 apiece in a Senior Football Challenge to mark the opening of the Skerries Harps clubhouse on Sunday.
“It was good to have him back. He scored four nice points from play. Again he adds a lot, not just on the field of play, but he is a big leader off it, so it’s good to have him back," Gavin said.
”I’ve watched Alan playing with the club a few times this year, and obviously he has been doing a bit of work with us. That’s the form - what he showed out there."
Asked if Brogan is in the picture for a place on the Dublin team for next Sunday’s Allianz League Final against Cork, Gavin is keen to have as wide a pick to choose from as possible.
“All players are. The whole panel of players are in the mix now and we’ll see how guys feel after that session (against Galway).
“We had a good week of training, so we will reassess next week."


Discuss about the Strategic Information Security of IBM.
IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is the manufacturer of computer hardware, software and also provides infrastructure service for other small companies. IBM is an international brand and serves more than 170 countries in the world. IBM has steadily evolved its business and has focused on the profitable areas on the market resulting in increasing the value of their products and service (Www-07.ibm.com. 2016). IBM Corporation's vision, main goal and worth proclamations have not changed on the basic subsequent level to the organizations. The values, vision and mission statement of IBM is "Dedication to every client's success. Innovation that matters, for our company and for the world. Trust and personal responsibility in all relationships."
The report discusses about the principle point of IBM business process and basically assesses the strategies utilized for arranging the business and sorting out it effectively. The issues are distinguished that go about as a boundary for the development of the business procedure and diverse techniques that can be connected to the business procedure are talked about in the report. In addition, the diverse contenders having the same business ranges additionally broke down and the distinctive focused techniques the organization can embrace to pick up favourable position are likewise talked about in the report.
The particular study is aimed to identify the current security state of IBM and the suggestions for the improvement of the IBM security levels. The researcher selected IBM from the case study to make the audience understand the security issues in a multinational IT company in a better way. A few operation procedures are incorporated into the report like operation technique definition, usage, observing and control of the operational systems.
With the assistance of examination goals, the sub-division of the exploration subject will be empowered that will permit legitimate categorisation of wide point into proper structures. Rundown of goals accommodating in fruitful accomplishment of the exploration point are as enrolled beneath:
- To critically analyse the present security state of IBM
- To propose strategies to improve the security levels in IBM
- To suggest some effective measures for improving the accuracy, efficiency and cost incurred by IBM
- To identify the basic strategies that can be implement for sorting out the business and systems administration
Current Security State of IBM
The common problem associated with every business or organization is the security. Whether small or large business and any type of business be it retail or finance they are all facing threats of security (Saaty and Kearns 2014). Every organization has a gap in their protection layer of the organization and the attacker finds the gap to intrude into the system and carry out their noxious activities. IBM is a multinational company and has adopted all the security programs to keep its organization highly secure from any external attacks (Fowler 2013). IBM has technical persons who identify the flaws in the system and address the problems and manage the system efficiently. IBM provides security solution to other business and it should highly secure its own organization or it would lose faith of its customer (Ulrich 2013). It has the need to maintain the confidentiality of the business, integrity of the solution to the targeted business and analysis of the business and identify the gaps. The key tool for identifying the current security state is assessment of the whole business process.
The main security issues associate with the IBM is the impact of the unspecified errors after the launch of a software product (Scott and Davis 2015). The software is incompatible with many of the platform for which it is designed. They also faces buffer overflow error in their launched software. Thus a huge amount of money is lossed by IBM during the recession period and the company have to think for new strategies in which they can invest to recover their business. A proper analysis is done on the emerging technologies such that they meet all the requirement and gain profit from the investment. The main focus is given on the following three entities which the emerging technology lacks.
- Data confidentiality is a certification that data is available just to the individuals who ought to have admittance to it.
- Data integrity manages that unapproved gatherings ought not to have the capacity to adjust or change the undertaking information (Benn et al. 2014).
- Data accessibility guarantees that basic data and administrations will be open to the general population who need it, when they require it.
- Evaluation of the current emerging technologies and risk on investment in the technologies.
IBM faces a decline in their natural business growth and experienced less demand for their software products. They also experiences less sales in their microelectronics, servers and customer care service. Thus there is a fall in the revenue of IBM and to overcome this problem IBM analysed its business process and started developing some strategic plans for the business growth and generating revenue (Www-07.ibm.com. 2016). They analysed their business process and searched new business which have demand in the market and they adopted the strategy of investing in cloud computing, Big data, mobile computing and providing security solution to other business (Senge 2014). They expect that the fields in which they invest would help them to grow its business in future. Risks are associated with this emerging technologies and IBM need to address the risk and mitigate them in order to grow their business.
Suggestion for Improvement of Security level of IBM
Strategy adopted by IBM: It is a good strategy adopted by IBM to invest in the emerging technologies like cloud computing, big data, and providing solution to the business organization and other enterprise. As there is a less demand of the software and the hardware they manufacture IBM implemented new strategy for the evolution of their business.
Analysis on the emerging technology: A proper analysis on the emerging technology should be done by IBM in order to reduce the risk of loss in the business. The security solution provided by IBM should be up to the mark and defend any external attacks that may happen in the organization. IBM has specialization in producing software service and thus they can build programs to increase security in the cloud platform and the Big data environment efficiently. The cloud platform is increasingly used as a database server for most of the companies but there is lack of confidence for the companies storing their data in the cloud servers. They usually store the data that are not confidential and the confidential data are still stored in the local servers of the company.
Risk associated with the technology: There is a risk of data theft associated with cloud computing, the data stored in the cloud servers can be accessed by an external agent. IBM providing security solution must mitigate the problems and it is expected that it would take the technology to a new end and make the user of the cloud platform to store their data confidently.
Suggestions for the improvement of the accuracy, efficiency and cost incurred of “IBM”
Applying ECM (Enterprise Content Management) abilities to center business process it is possible to change the route in which an association conduct the key areas of the business, for example, client administration or supply chains (Dutta et al. 2013). By changing existing business exercises into more streamlined procedures, organizations can decrease expenditure, build profitability and proficiency, get marketplace knowledge, lessen hazard and turn out to be more receptive to persistently changing business atmospheres.
Numerous associations apply ECM to enhance a solitary movement, yet neglect to understand the extra advantage and degree of profitability that can be accomplished by applying ECM systems and advancements to extra business territories. Organizations can pick up huge quality by stretching out ECM to different exercises, as opposed to acquiring point answers for every business zone (Mavodza 2013). IBM ECM encourages the reconciliation of substance with different offices, procedures and applications. By consolidating content, process, data lifecycle administration and investigation and incorporating with existing IT situations and applications, IBM ECM empowers organizations to make exceedingly versatile procedures so they can foresee and react to occasions as they happen (Wermelinger et al. 2015).
The center business exercises examined in the accompanying areas are proportional ascribe as the way in which records are utilized. IBM ECM empowers an association to enhance the effectiveness of each of these procedures while bringing down IT costs:
1. Lifecycle management of customers (customer service, electronic statement and market analysis).
2. Management of the employees.
3. Management of the service and the products
4. Managing the assets
5. Management of the project
6. Commercially authorized and monitored
7. Supply chain management (ERP transaction, contacts and accounts payable)
8. IT administration and infrastructure management
Lifecycle management of the customer
IBM ECM encourages better client administration, self-administration and case taking care of effective administration of substance and forms connected with client data and exchanges. IBM ECM can be incorporated with CRM to empower a solitary perspective of the client (Zhu et al. 2015). This helps client administration delegates to rapidly resolve client demands started by telephone, web, email, composed correspondence and in individual by giving them access to all applicable data (Gwyer 2015). Administrators can utilize process measurements to assess client administration patterns and effectiveness, and can break down client correspondence and call logs to reveal patterns, needs or issues. Government and social organizations benefits that utilize a case administration procedure can use IBM ECM to encourage gathering and administration of all unstructured data all through the lifecycle of the case (Galliers and Leidner 2014). Organizations can offer their clients more precise, cutting-edge charging data, and can convey it over the web or to portable gadgets.
Management of the employees
IBM case administration capacities can help associations productively handle and hold all substance and records connected with workers—from contract through resign (Ulrich 2013). HR offices can apply robotized business procedures to oversee high-volume HR exchanges, for example, enlisting, changes in employment status and retirement, subsequently diminishing managerial overhead. IBM ECM can be incorporated with existing HR frameworks to make a solitary, far reaching perspective of worker data. It gives an archive to safely catch and hold worker reports. Business process administration (BPM) and electronic structures abilities further enhance proficiency by empowering representative self-administration (Saaty and Kearns 2014). With a predictable procedure set up, HR can make, redesign and distribute strategies, techniques, advantages data and that's only the tip of the iceberg, which likewise enhances general corporate effectiveness (Scott and Davis 2015). The move to electronic records powered by ECM advances and a propelled case administration procedure drastically decreases the requirement for HR to store representative data in file organizers and offsite storerooms.
Management o the service and the products
IBM ECM helps organizations oversee unstructured substance, and also the procedures connected with the advancement, creation, conveyance and utilization of items or administrations. IBM ECM additionally offers content examination abilities those utilization modern characteristic dialect calculations to create business knowledge from for all intents and purposes any sort of substance in any arrangement (Breiter et al. 2014). For instance, item directors can influence IBM ECM capacities to pinpoint an issue with item plan by investigating substance of approaching client bolster calls. Furthermore, IBM ECM arrangements give a focal store to deal with the creation, procurement, overhauling and distribution of item data, for example, information sheets, particulars, guarantee, specialized outlines, guarantees, value records and media resources (Paroutis et al. 2014). Extra efficiencies might be accomplished by incorporating IBM ECM with item lifecycle administration applications or other item data administration frameworks, for example, IBM InfoSphere™ Master Data Management Server for Product Information Management. Utilizing IBM ECM advancements, makers, makers, suppliers and administration associations can give and keep up precise item data, build up a standard procedure for redesigning item data and use item data over different channels and media.
Managing the assets
IBM ECM helps organizations oversee reports and substance connected with capital resources, from resource arranging through resource retirement. The advantage lifecycle can be dealt with as a "case," so different individuals can add to its administration after some time (Talley 2014). IBM ECM gives a solitary, secure store to oversee content, paying little heed to source or configuration, identified with the arranging, assessment, obtainment, operation, support and retirement of capital resources. A solitary, secure wellspring of benefit data makes it altogether less demanding for representatives to get to precise, current resource data to perform their occupations (Andrijcic and Haimes 2016). Organizations can consequently recognize, catch and oversee resource data as a corporate record, enhancing efficiencies while empowering vital business knowledge and administrative consistence (Kandiraju et al. 2014). By incorporating with other venture applications, for example, ERP and IBM Maximo®, IBM ECM permits different lines of business and remote representatives to get to resource documentation when required. Along these lines, effective substance administration can encourage better resource use and develop the life of key capital resources.
Management of the project
IBM ECM gives a community oriented environment that empowers representatives and additionally customers, suppliers, accomplices and temporary workers to add to venture achievement. Members can exhibit thoughts, create plans, offer data, settle on choices and oversee archives (counting email) connected with a task (Senge 2014). IBM ECM permits associations to compose the record sorts connected with every venture so that the members have simple yet secure access (based upon their task or authoritative part) to the data. IBM ECM empowers venture groups to set up repeatable business procedures to quicken venture finish (Fowler 2013). For associations that have broad undertaking administration exercises, IBM ECM empowers them to make layouts, repurpose already made work and keep up a library of venture related substance that backings different task exercises (Wermelinger et al. 2015). At the point when current task data is accessible through a solitary, secure purpose of access, organizations pick up venture administration efficiencies: workers can make speedier, more exact undertaking appraisals and choices, while supervisors can secure task data based upon member parts.
Commercially authorized and monitored
IBM ECM helps corporate legitimate staff discover, get to and oversee records and substance connected with lawful matters, cost effective discovery crosswise over big business content (both physical and computerized) and be significantly more successful in overseeing basic corporate substance connected with lawful issues (Mahindru et al. 2014). Key to viable substance administration inside the connection of corporate legitimate exercises is the capacity to execute an endeavor data lifecycle administration and administration system. IBM ECM content appraisal abilities empower an association to powerfully investigate endeavor data to recognize content key to the business and substance that can be decommissioned (Jablokov et al. 2014). Setting delicate and rules-based IBM arrangement and classification capacities can mechanize order and encourage more steady treatment of big business content. IBM records administration abilities give a unified arrangement to document arranges, maintenance plans, legitimate safeguarding holds and evaluating, all of which address quickly advancing orders and administrative, lawful and trustee necessities (Mahindru et al. 2014).. IBM eDiscovery enables corporate lawful groups with a faultless procedure for quickly finding, surveying, conveying and creating a streamlined gathering of applicable materials to decision bodies or outsider administration suppliers.
Supply chain management
IBM ECM is as often as possible used to supplement ERP applications. By means of incorporation with ERP, content made outside of an ERP application can be caught and kept up in the IBM ECM storehouse for simple and secure access over the span of an exchange. IBM ECM empowers all important substance connected with suppliers and inventory network exchanges to be midway and safely overseen, yet be open to the ERP clients and different lines of business that use the data in their day by day exercises (Christopher 2016). Numerous archives created over the span of production network procedures are genuine corporate records. The IBM ECM records administration ability empowers an organization to naturally catch and hold production network archives and hold them electronically the length of legitimately required—which likewise lessens paper stockpiling costs (Monczka et al. 2015). IBM BPM capacities coordinate with ERP frameworks to give best-of-breed work process, empowering ideal store network preparing. Creation or catch of a report, for example, an email, fax or receipt, inside IBM ECM can naturally start a work process, further diminishing the quantity of manual strides required in the store network (Ross 2013). Associations that desire to enhance inventory network procedures can apply IBM business movement checking abilities to persistently examine process efficiency with the objective of disposing of bottlenecks and conveying assets ideally.
IT administration and infrastructure management
IBM ECM offers IT associations the capacities to address each of the issues referred to above. IBM ECM examination and grouping abilities permit an association to stock an accumulation of records and evaluate the quality and pertinence of everything with the objective of erasing unneeded substance, chronicling substance to more practical stockpiling media or relocating/solidifying content into a halfway oversaw vault (Sivasubramanian et al. 2015). Wiping out superfluous records and decommissioning out of date archives can altogether decrease stockpiling, permitting and IT regulatory expenses. Moreover, IBM ECM association abilities permit connection to keep up its interest in a current, legacy content vault while making a venture content metadata inventory that gives a main issue of access to the substance sources that are united under the IBM ECM framework (Mahindru et al. 2014). Reconciliation with IBM ECM can essentially upgrade the quality and profitability of utilizations that require continuous access to an extensive variety of reports as a major aspect of the business movement. Utilizing IBM ECM to oversee and file the archives and substance connected with ERM or CRM frameworks empowers an association to enhance framework execution, especially as for report recoveries; kill offsite capacity costs for paper records; and naturally oversee electronic report maintenance to keep things just the length of lawfully required (Gwyer 2015).
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MEDIA ADVISORY WORKSHOP ON SERVICES SECTOR DEVELOPMENT INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
When: 1st October 2016 Where: Medium Conference Hall - AU Headquarters, Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia Who: Organised by the Department of Trade and Industry Format: The three-day workshop will be divided into various sessions. During each session, participants will have the opportunity to exchange views and share experiences. Objective: The Objectives of the Meeting are to: Review and Enrich the draft Services Sector Development Programme (SSDP); Develop Capacity building for Member States and RECs in Tailoring the SSDP to their respective jurisdictions; Provide an Overview of the Services Negotiations under the CFTA; Participants: The meeting shall be attended by Member States of the African Union, RECs and Partners. Background: There is consensus between, researchers, policy makers and private sector that economic transformation cannot be achieved with a lagging services sector. The evidence produced has changed the traditional growth trajectory where Services came at the latter part of the economic development. The value of trade in services, when taken from a value added perspective, may be approaching half of world trade exports (45% OECD) and half of African exports (UNECA 2015) and that reduction in supply chain barriers like Customs Administration, Transport, Communication infrastructure and services could increase world GDP over 6 times more than the removal of all tariffs (WEF-WB) 2013. Services industries continue to drive FDI growth and LDCs remain key services investment destinations despite of fall in other sectors like manufacturing. Specifically for Africa we know that for example in 2012, services accounted for 70% of FDI projects in 2012 (up from 45% in 2007(EY), limited manufacturing base has given rise to the movement of workers in Africa into services from Agriculture (World Bank 2014) and services employ an average 47 per cent of the workforce in the 12 African countries. The Share of services in overall output rose by 3.2% between period 2001-2004 to the period 2009-2012 and this was highest among exporters of manufactured goods (UNCTAD 2015). This evidence points to the fact that services are key determinant of competitiveness of manufacturing exports and crucial for the industrial and manufacturing development of African countries, as well as in boosting agricultural productivity. Journalists are invited to cover the Official Session of the Capacity Building Session on on 1st October 2016. Media Contacts: Mr. Patient Atcho, Department of Trade and Industry of the AUC, Tel: +251 911335250, Email: email@example.com Mrs. Esther Azaa Tankou, Ag. Director of Information and Communication of the AUC, via E-mail: YambouE@africa-union.org / firstname.lastname@example.org For further information: Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@african-union.org I Website: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia Follow us Face book: https://www.facebook.com/AfricanUnionCommission Twitter: https://twitter.com/_AfricanUnion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AUCommission Learn more at: http://www.au.int
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Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council Festus Keyamo has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the removal of the vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, from the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
The Tinubu campaign had on Friday, published 422 names as members of its PCC for the 2023 presidential election, with Osinbajo, Mustapha, among others missing from the list.
Political observers were, however, quick to observe that despite the names of party dignitaries including APC governors, ministers, lawmakers, ambassadors as well as serving and past public office holders, several notable names of members and former aspirants were omitted.
Aside from Osinbajo and Mustapha, other missing names included former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba; Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu and one of Tinubu’s sweat merchant, Adebayo Shittu, who heads one of his biggest support groups — Asiwaju Tinubu-Shettima Coalition for Good Governance.
However, providing explanation for the omissions, Keyamo in a statement on Saturday, said it was all down to the instruction of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The statement said, “Our attention has been drawn to some stories making the rounds that there may be something amiss within the family of the All Progressives Congress as the name of our own revered and respected Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, is not included in the list of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.
“Nothing can be farther from the facts. For the avoidance of doubt, President Muhammadu Buhari , GCFR, is the Chairman of the Campaign Council. As a result, Mr. President has specifically directed that the Vice-President and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, should be left out of the Campaign Council to concentrate on the governance of the country and administration of Government.”
The statement came a day after the APC published 422 names as members of its PCC for the 2023 presidential election.
Keyamo in the statement added that, “As a responsible Party and Government, all the key functionaries of government cannot abandon their positions for electioneering campaigns. The APC has the mandate of the Nigerian people to administer the country on their behalf at least till May, 29, 2023, and this we intend to do with all sense of responsibility.
“Our candidates and the leadership of the APC have also indicated that the list is not sacrosanct as there may be periodic review of it as circumstances dictate.
“We will not toe the path of those who governed the country in an irresponsible manner before us and our Party is not in total disarray like those who wish to ‘rescue’ the country, but cannot simply manage their own internal affairs.”


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Hancock Associates, a local provider of land surveying, civil engineering and wetland science services, hosted an open house to celebrate the relocation of their Newburyport branch. According to the company, the new central downtown location is more convenient for clients, and the expanded space provides Hancock Associates workspaces to increase staff, resources and services.
“It was great to see clients, partners and employees from other Hancock Associates branches come together to share our excitement about our Harris Street location,” said Hancock Associates President Wayne C. Jalbert, PLS. “The new space will help us continue to provide our Newburyport and Plum Island clients with the exceptional service they depend on.”
Hancock Associates is made up of surveyors, engineers, and scientists dedicated to excellence in land/coastal development, construction and preservation. They have maintained their position through their investment in exceptional staff, state-of-the-art equipment/technology, the acquisition of multiple surveying and engineering firms, and historical survey records dating back to 1852. Since 1978, Hancock Associates has been providing land surveying, civil engineering and wetland science services throughout Massachusetts and now cover southern New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island. For additional information, call (978) 777-3050 or visit www.HancockAssociates.com.


List of Music Of Indonesia Bands and Artists : Vote for your favorites.
The music of Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity, the local musical creativity, as well as subsequent foreign musical influences that shaped contemporary music scenes of Indonesia. Nearly thousands of Indonesian islands having its own cultural and artistic history and character. This results in hundreds of different forms of music, which often accompanies by dance and theatre.
The musics of Java, Sumatra, Bali, Flores and other islands have been documented and recorded, and research by Indonesian and international scholars is ongoing. The music in Indonesia predates historical records, various Native Indonesian tribes often incorporate chants and songs accompanied with musics instruments in their rituals. Today the contemporary music of Indonesia is popular in the region, including neighbouring countries; Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
Traditional regional musics and songs of Indonesia natively compromises of strong beat and harmony type musics with strong influence of Indian and Malay classical music. The influence is strongly visible in the traditional popular music genre of Dangdut.Read more...


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Russia to deploy NUCLEAR-capable ballistic missiles in the heart of EUROPE
RUSSIA plans to station advanced nuclear-capable missiles deep inside Europe - putting vast swathes of the continent in the crosshairs of Moscow's short-range ballistic missile program.
Kremlin insiders say the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad - on the Baltic Sea wedged between Poland and Lithuania - will host the Iskander missile - dubbed the Stone by Nato.
Crimea, which was annexed from the Ukraine in 2014, could also host a second Iskander missile base, Russian defence sources claim.
Russia has been accused of blatant acts of aggression in eastern Europe and the Baltics, with land grabs, military exercises and close fly-bys of its fighter jets.
The move is in defiance of a US-backed Nato missile shield that was erected in Romania last month, with a second planned for Poland in 2018.
With a range of roughly 300 miles, the Iskander missile could hit targets as far away as eastern Germany, the entire Baltic region and Poland, as well as parts of Sweden.
But experts say the targets it will cover can be struck by longer-range Russian missiles anyway.Relations between Russia and the West have plunged to their lowest point since the Cold War in recent months.
Both sides have ramped up their defence spending, missile programmes and defensive shields as Europe enters what many observers believe is a new Cold War.
However, Russian and Western experts say the US-backed shield in Romania may simply have given the Kremlin the political cover it needs to justify stationing nuclear-capable missiles in central Europe - something it was planning all along.
Steven Pifer, a former US ambassador to Ukraine, said there was a "long history in Moscow of saying what they're doing is in response to what you guys did, even though they planned it in advance".
Moscow is thought likely to wait until the planned Polish missile defence site opens in two years time before it unveils a more serious response.
The Kremlin has often threatened to put nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad as a riposte to the shield.
Mikhail Barabanov, a senior research fellow at the Moscow-based Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, which advises the Russian Defence Ministry, said it was now "inevitable" that the Kremlin would deploy the missiles there permanently by 2019.
The Iskander, a mobile ballistic missile system codenamed SS-26 Stone by north Atlantic military alliance which replaced the Soviet Scud missile and can carry conventional or nuclear warheads.
Iskander missiles have been deployed twice by Russia on exercises in Kaliningrad - but on both occasions they are believed to have been withdrawn.


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Elegant but fun black base wrap with bright red cherry print with white dots in a sustainably sourced polyester. Flattering elbow length ballon sleeves with elasticated cuff and tie waist. Perfect with heels, boots, cherries stay cute all year long.
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About 10 WA schools are yet to be free from Asbestos after the contaminant was discovered a year ago. And four schools of this number are still contaminated. The State Government is now demanded to explain to parents why this hazardous product was left in schools for up to a year.
As early as May 2015, an inspection was carried out in these schools revealing asbestos contamination with risk ranking of one or two.
Opposition Education Spokeswoman Sue Ellery said, “If I was the parent of a child at one of these schools I would be demanding to know how the priorities of the Government have become so skewed that it thinks it is acceptable to leave children exposed to high-risk asbestos for such a long period of time,”
A year long delay is an unexcusable negligence.
Ellery find no reason for such a long delay of work. Robert Vojakovic, president of Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia criticised the asbestos removal method and the time for such work that are under the responsibility of Education Department.
“All asbestos must be safely removed from buildings, particularly in schools where children have long latency periods to experience some sort of disease associated with asbestos dust exposure,” Vojakovic further said.
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This women’s cycling glove is a perennial favorite, and we’ve improved it with a neWomen'smethod of incorporating the pad within the palm to reduce bulk and improve comfort. A synthetic leather palm features four-way stretch for a great fit, with the added benefit of easy to clean washability. This value-packed glove echoes the size-specific pad shaping and fit of our top-of-the-line PRO glove for impressive protection and performance. FEATURES - Durable synthetic leather palm - Gel-foam based padding offers superior riding comfort - Soft terry cloth nose wiping surface - Hook and loop closure for perfect fit FABRIC - Palm: 60% nylon, 40% polyurethane Back: 76% nylon, 13% polyester, 9% spandex, 2% polyurethane Made in Vietnam
- TransTextura™ 4-way stretch shell fabric - Adjustable waistband - Open hand pockets and a zippered stash pocket - Liner short not included - Relaxed fit
- Body-mapped, impact-absorbing SmartFlex pads layered on top of a ventilated, soft inner foam layer allowing for maximum protection, comfort, and breathability - SmartFlex pads offer form-fitting and lightweight protection that is flexible as you ride and hardens on impact - Moisture-wicking, UPF 50+ fabric - Machine washable - Compression sleeves with grippers at the top and bottom to keep guards in place - CE 15613 impact with 1621 coverage
Invisa-Lite shin guards feature harder durometer 3D foam on the outside and an inner softer layer for comfort. - Breathable, lightweight lycra body - Interior anti-slip silicone band - Protection Area: Shin - Pad Type: Foam
FOOT REFRESHER. The new Podium sock features lightweight 168 needle high-gauge sock features X-Odor yarn and TransTextura Plus technologies for optimal comfort and durability. Keep your feet cool, dry and smelling fresh with for long-lasting results. Features - High-gauge 168 needle count for thin, smooth touch - TransTextura Plus fabric transfers moisture and eliminates odor-causing bacteria - High ventilation and moisture transfer with X-Odor yarn for anti-odor and anti-bacterial - Arch compression for better support and muscle stabilization - Y-gore heel construction - 8-inch cuff
The Mixie Liner is a novel under-skirt, under-short garment that instantly transforms streetwear into cyclewear. Outfitted with Terry's Urban chamois, it's ideal for rides of 1-2 hours. Available in distinctive prints, the Mixie coordinates beautifully with the Terry Mixie Skirt. - 90% nylon/10% spandex - 4-panel fit - soft, exposed, elastic waistband - enclosed elastic leg band - Urban Chamois—Shorter front-to-back and less bulky for riding in a more upright commuter position. - Breathable - Moisture Wicking - 5-inch inseam
Giant's Core Baggy Shorts are a solid foundation for a great day of riding. The breathable polyester/spandex shell has a relaxed fit for all-day comfort and a great range of motion. The soft elastic waistband means these shorts are always comfortable and the two hip pockets let you carry your on-the-go essentials. The Core Baggy Shorts feature an inner mesh liner equipped with Giant's CoreComfor chamois, made from dual thickness high-density foam for all-day support. - Polyester/spandex shell with permanent moisture transfer - CoreComfor chamois with dual thickness high-density foam - Inner mesh liner short - Silicone gel leg gripper - Relaxed fit for all-day comfort
The DeFeet Woolie Boolie is our cushiest sock, with a cult following for all the right reasons: woolie warmth, padded comfort, and durability. - Full padding - 3-season - Wool Content: 70% Merino Wool, 27% Nylon, 3% Lycra
Once long ago, wool was the material of choice for cycling clothes and other active clothing. In the 80s, synthetics began to replace wool because they were new and shiny and stretchy and you could sublimate flashy, detailed graphics onto them which was a nifty thing for teams and shops. Even while synthetics enjoyed their era of dude-holding-the-bong popularity, however, wool did not die off. It still offered some really great features, like great moisture control and a resistance to putrescent reek. Our jerseys are an excellent example of wool done well. We've tried hard to produce something we hope will become your favorite piece of cycling clothing. Our long sleeve jerseys are made from medium-weight Merino wool. Merino fibers are soft and non-irritating even on sensitive skin. The fabric weight makes them suitable for cool weather to cold weather. They have a high collar to help keep the cold out and the warm in, and feature long body and long sleeves. The sleeves have reinforced thumb holes to help make sure they stay all the way down as you ride. Like our short sleeve jerseys they feature a full length zipper and a reinforced rear pocket with zippered access on both sides.
With the Flow Evo+ knee guard, iXS provides super thin, light and comfortable knee protectors. Developed with mountain bike legend Hans Rey, pads are super compact to fit any backpack. The integrated Xmatter padding concept provides high impact absorption and protection. With the Flow Evo+ we introduce product properties like exchangeable padding, structurally improved AeroMesh of newest generation offering a higher level of comfort and structural strength. - Xmatter Protection Foam (exchangeable) - Aeromesh, Light, Moisture Wicking, Breathable, Anti-bacterial, Added Structural Strength, High Level Of Comfort - Looplock Closings - Silicon Stopper - En1621-1:2012 Certified
Features D3O high performance foam and an open-back construction so no shoe removal is necessary. • D3O high performance shock absorbing foam on the front and foam padded sidewalls for additional coverage • Perforated Neoprene enhances venting and moisture control; terry lined for wicking and comfort • Integrated stabilization pad centers the knee and ensures a secure fit • Branded rubber grab tabs and RF moniker logo • Open back construction; no shoe removal necessary
Giant's Active Compression Socks are great when you're relaxing on the couch after a tough ride, traveling back from a trip, or just standing on your feet for long periods of time. The gradient compression from these socks increases blood flow to your lower extremities which aids in recovery. You'll find a great fit thanks to the left- and right-specific fit, breathable TransTextura fabric, and snug-fitting heels. - TransTextura fabric - Left and Right specific fit - Compression varies from 15mm HG at the arch to 12mm HG at top - Y-gore heel construction
A neoprene pogie designed to work with drop handlebars fitted with integrated shift/brake levers with externally routed shift cables and housing. - Waterproof, 5mm neoprene construction with nylon lamination inside and outside - Attaches to handlebars - can be easily installed and removed for temperature changes - Can be used with regular cycling gloves of varying thickness - Reflective material on seam and logo - Stays open, allowing easy access and removal of hands - Opening measures 8.5" across
Lightweight and flexible padding that is barely noticeable — ideal for riders who want complete freedom of movement and reliable protection. The VPD Air padding is both highly flexible and highly ventilated for optimal freedom of movement, comfort and temperature control. The pad is housed in reinforced stretch fabric that stays securely in place thanks to an inner lining of anti-slip neoprene and an elastic strap with Velcro fastening. A low-profile design further supports practicality and comfort, enhancing the barely-there feel of the pads. - Lightweight and impact absorbing VPD compound. - Reinforced stretch fabric. - Elastic strap for a comfortable fit. - Neoprene anti-slip on the inside. - Designed with a low profile.
Your feet will be happier in SockGuy cycling socks. They're made of a supportive, comfortable, and fast-drying Micro Denier nylon/spandex fabric and boast double-stitched toes and heels for excellent durability. Plus, for a perfect fit on any foot, they feature SockGuy's Stretch-to-Fit sizing and Easy-Fit cuffs.
If you're heading off-road, treat your feet to Giant's Realm Quarter Socks. Extra cushioning in the forefoot and heel relieve pressure on your feet, and compression material stabilizes your feet and ankles. A tall, 7-inch cuff protects your ankles from brush and trail obstacles. - High-tech look, reinforced specifically for intensive off-road protection - Cushion knit on forefoot and heel to release pressure - Muscle compression and stabilization - 7-inch cuff
MINIMUM CUSHION AND FIRM COMPRESSION. RESPONSIVE FEEL. Firm compression provides contoured support for running, cycling, triathlon and other endurance sports. ASPIRE has Swiftwick’s widest selection of cuff heights and colors. Providing maximum support, our twelve inch compression socks stabilize muscles to reduce fatigue and improve performance. Made in USA.
With the Flow ZIP knee guard, iXS provides super thin, light and comfortable knee protectors. According to its name the Flow ZIP features an elastic zip FlexZip which simplifies putting them on and off. Developed with mountain bike legend Hans Rey, pads are super compact to fit any backpack. The integrated Xmatter padding concept provides high impact absorption and protection. With the Flow ZIP iXS introduce product properties like exchangeable padding, structurally improved AeroMesh of newest generation offering a higher level of comfort and structural strength. - Xmatter Protection Foam (exchangeable) - Flexzip, Stretchable Zipper - Aeromesh, Light, Moisture Wicking, Breathable, Anti-bacterial, Added Structural Strength, High Level Of Comfort - Looplock Closings - Silicon Stopper - En1621-1:2012 Certified
This 100% Merino tee is made with ultra-soft 150-gram jersey knit wool that wicks moisture, regulates temperature, resists odor, and has stretch for freedom of movement while riding. These features make it the perfect shirt to wear as a base layer or out casually with your friends. With an active cut and crew neck, this Merino wool bike shirt fits nicely under your mid layer and looks right at home anywhere else. - Made of 150 g Merino wool - Naturally odor-resistant - Moisture-wicking
A neoprene pogie designed to work with flat or riser style handlebars to keep hands warm when encountering the cold, wind, rain and/or snow. - Waterproof, 5mm neoprene construction with nylon lamination inside and outside - Attaches to handlebars - can be easily installed and removed for temperature changes - Can be used with regular cycling gloves of varying thickness - Reflective material on seam and logo - Stays open, allowing easy access and removal of hands - Vent zipper can be opened if hands start to overheat - Measures 10" wide by shifters/brakes
We designed the Women’s Naughtvind Pants to protect you from winter’s harshest elements. Using our own experiences riding through Minnesota winters, we built these pants with a stretchy, breathable, wind- and water-resistant material. Fleece-lined thighs keep body heat in, while vents let you regulate temperature. Features such as reflective accents and an adjustable waist suit many types of riding and riders. Beat the cold with these winter cycling pants. - Bike-focused design with high rear waist and articulated knees for riding comfort - Made with recycled materials - Water- and wind-resistant shell material stretches as you move - Fleece-lined thigh offers protection from extreme wind and cold - Two ventilation areas for dumping excess heat - Adjustable waist for dialing in fit - Fits over bibs for easy layering - Reflective accents for safety - Adjustable ankle for boot-compatible fit - Available in Women’s (fitted) and Men’s (straighter) cuts
A neoprene pogie intended for colder temperatures beyond the standard Bar Mitts and is designed to work with flat or riser style handlebars to keep hands warm. - Waterproof, 6mm thick neoprene - Fleece lined inside and nylon lamination outside - Removable Velcro cuff provides increased insulation from cold - Vent zipper can be opened if hands start to overheat - Can be easily installed and removed for temperature changes - Reflective material on seam and logo - Measures 11" wide by shifters/brakes
The SupaG glove is the pinnacle of glove design. Functional in all weather and terrain conditions, the SupaG glove always delivers. The comfortable ergonomic design and Clarino palm make the SupaG the perfect glove. The SupaG Long features SiliGrip technology maximizing control.
The Award-Winning REFLECT360 Cycling Jacket is the world's first to be designed using a 100% reflective outer-shell. The globally best-selling jacket's high-quality material is designed to look and feel great while keeping the weather out. The reflective capability of the material helps other road users to identify a cyclist's position on the road at night, giving them extra time to react and maneuver appropriately. The REFLECT360 jacket incorporates multiple vents—front, shoulder/back, and underarm. This allows the user to regulate body temperature. By opening the front zipper vents a "through-flow" is achieved. The air enters the front vents, cools the body, and exits via the shoulder/back vents. During the winter, the vents can be closed and are designed to also be used as extra pockets, if required. These features enable the jacket to be used all year round. The jacket also has an inside chest pocket and a large lower back pocket to store any extra layers or a map. About the fabric: The fabric used for the REFLECT360 range is highly technical. During daylight, it is a modest grey color. At night, when the fabric picks up an external light source, e.g. vehicle headlights, it gives "astonishing reflectivity" (quote: Cycling Active Magazine). The material is CE EN 20471 certified. - 100% reflective outer-shell - Waterproof (5000mm) - Built-in air vents (front, under-arm, and shoulder/back) - Fleece-lined comfort collar - Adjustable waistband and hook-and-loop cuff - Waterproof storm zip - Seam-sealed for extra waterproofing - Inside chest & back pockets - Low profiled rear spray guard - Zip pulls - Inside mesh lining for added comfort - Machine washable - Approximate weight (size variable) - 500g
Go the distance with Podium. Featuring gel padding for improved vibration damping on longer rides. With a Lycra stretch and practical sweat wipe terry towelling rear, Ergo Bolton thumb structure and a long, no-fuss Lycra stretch cuff Podium give you the comfort you need to take on more miles. Features - TransTextura fabric wicks moisture and dries quickly - Reinforced Amara palm with Plush Gel multi-thickness memory-foam padding - Bolton thumb construction for impeccable fit - Large, highly absorbent micro-fiber wipe area
Keep riding all year long! Planet Bike's Borealis Gloves are versatile full-finger models perfect for the demands of cool-weather riding. Made of wind- and water-resistant fabric, they feature Serino palms and breathable liners, too, so they'll keep you dry, warm and comfortable. Plus, the fleece index fingers and thumbs are great for wiping your face. With the neoprene cuffs and the Velcro closures they offer a custom fit, too.
Riding in cool and windy weather requires that you protect your hands from the elements, but that shouldn't come at the expense of dexterity. This warm and tactile glove will keep you in control, while aiding comfort and warmth throughout your ride. - Reflective logo - GORE-TEX INFINIUM Product: Versatile, medium thermal protection, totally windproof - Velcro cuff closure at wrist - Pre-shaped fingers reduce bunching of material - Optimized for gloves-on use with touchscreen devices - Grippy silicone print on thumbs, forefingers, and palm - Box end finger construction increases dexterity at your fingertips while reducing bulk
The testers at Bicycling Magazine raved about the unobtrusive chamois, pajama-soft fabric, and non-binding waist and leg openings, which stayed in place without pulling or squeezing our legs as we pedaled. Terry, a perennial Editors’ Choice finalist, makes the Breakaway in the United States. Fleet Air Chamois: Seamless chamois with 4-way stretch Elastic Interface Technology and multi-level foam padding, perforated for ventilation and breathability. Light, smooth microfiber fabric and Terry's signature soft-wing construction reduce bulk at the inner thigh to avoid chafing. Made in Italy. - Nylon/spandex fabric - 2-inch elastic-free, self-fabric leg bands for comfort - 2-inch elastic-free comfort waistband - Flat-seam construction helps prevent chafing - Fleet Air Chamois with soft wing technology & perforated foam for breathability - Antimicrobial - Breathable - Made in USA - Moisture Wicking Terry proudly manufactures this knicker in the USA at a green energy-certified sewing facility. Best quality, highest standards, local jobs.
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When the weather starts to turn you need the warming power of Giant's Realm Merino Quarter Socks. Wool is unbeaten when it comes to warmth-to-weight ratio, and its funk-fighting properties are legendary. Giant's Realm Merino socks incorporate a nylon reinforced heel and toe for increased durability and a 7-inch cuff to keep the cold winds off your ankles.
The Terry Tech Tee is a deal for those times when you just don't need/don't want to wear a bike jersey. Casually styled yet packed full of performance, it provides a street smart approach to bike apparel. Beyond the loose, flowing fit, the magic is in the moisture wicking, antimicrobial fabric Terry uses to keep you dry and odor free, no matter what. - 88% polyester/12% spandex - moisture-wicking and antimicrobial - simply styled crew neckline provides good coverage - mobility-friendly raglan sleeves - single rear patch pocket with flap - custom graphics - Relaxed Fit - Moisture Wicking - Antimicrobial
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