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There are still no fair trade shops on the Kalamazoo College campus.
After returning from study abroad trips in Thailand and Kenya and Botswana, a group of Kalamazoo students wanted to open a store that would showcase goods that artisans in those countries made for a living wage.
But before leasing a storefront, the students conducted a study to see whether a fair trade shop would be viable. Their findings suggested it wouldn’t. Instead, they helped convince local businesses to carry fair trade goods.
President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran considers the project part of the pragmatic approach to social justice taught at her campus’s Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership.
The Kalamazoo center is part of a growing trend, particularly at liberal arts colleges, to expand social justice education. While many colleges have for years housed social justice groups and boasted about the commitment of their students and faculty members to social justice, the new programs are more formal and more closely tied to academic missions than most earlier efforts. Often seeking to encourage student leadership and reconnect with an institutional history of activism, at least a half-dozen new or expanded programs have started in recent months and years.
The Arcus Center’s focus, Wilson-Oyelaran said, is in giving all students an idea of how to impact the world. The goal isn't to teach students what to believe, but instead to give them the business and technology savvy for them to turn their passion into a viable social justice enterprise through classes and financial support.
Founded in 2009, the Arcus Center also seeks to integrate social justice topics into courses across campus. A recent $23 million grant, the largest in the history of the Michigan liberal arts college, will expand the center by offering two endowed faculty chairs, scholarships, internships, annual lectures and other programs.
Elsewhere, similar projects are taking root. Whitman College in Washington and Philander Smith College in Arkansas both have new programs on social justice. Brandeis University offers a minor in social justice and social policy. Grinnell College offers an award to young social justice leaders. Lake Forest College in Illinois also offers a minor. Saint Mary’s College of California just announced a new master’s degree concentration in social justice leadership. And the movement isn’t limited to private institutions: Arizona State University introduced a master’s degree in social justice and human rights last fall.
The reason the programs are so common at liberal arts colleges can often be traced back to their founding, Grinnell President Raynard Kington said. Abolitionists founded his college in Iowa, and early civil rights leaders like Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth spoke on campus in the early days of Kalamazoo College.
The social justice program at Philander Smith also has roots in the drive for racial equality. In 1957, faculty members at the historically black college tutored nine students barred from attending Little Rock Central High School because of their race. The Little Rock Nine helped integrate the nation’s schools at a time when skin color still dictated which water fountains one could drink out of in the South.
Joseph Jones, director of the college’s new social justice program, said the lessons from the civil rights movement are still relevant today when discussing the aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake or food availability in Little Rock. Instead of creating a separate academic program, Jones said the goal of Philander Smith's new center is to promote service learning and inject social justice concepts into different classes.
And with that history, he said, a new generation of Philander Smith students is uniquely positioned to take a look at social justice issues in Arkansas that are often ignored. “It’s meaningful,” he said, “especially for a city like Little Rock that has a lot of issues there that haven’t really been dealt with in a serious way.
“If we can provide a framework, we can get students to think about some of these problems and thinking about doing something to solve them.”
Like Philander Smith's, Grinnell’s social justice emphasis has grown stronger in recent months. The college awarded its first three awards last fall to young people working for social change, with $50,000 going to each winner and another $50,000 to a charity of their choice. Grinnell received 1,200 applications.
The winners –a rabbi connecting Palestinians with American Jews, an activist in Ghana and a pair of young men who helped install a social justice component in Uganda’s national curriculum – spent a week on campus meeting with students and speaking in classes with social justice themes. Two have agreed to come back to teach short courses at Grinnell and two have taken on Grinnell interns at their organizations. Back in Iowa, students are helping with a growing prison education program and managing a local microlending program.
That renewed interest in social justice both at Grinnell and elsewhere, Kington said, might be partially due to the economic downturn. He sees students evaluating whether fortune or good works are more important and looking for concrete ways to improve the world.
“Students are having serious discussions about what they want out of life,” he said. “They may very well die with fewer toys and richer lives and that would be O.K.”
Wilson-Oyelaran, the Kalamazoo leader, attributes the growth of social justice programs in part to the new skill set needed to have an impact. Enthusiasm isn't always enough to create change as an activist or organizer, something her students found out first-hand when trying to open that fair trade store.
"I think it’s very important to link the practicalities with the passion and ideals," she said. "The skills which are needed now are slightly different than the current leaders."


To continue its expansion Scottish ladies fashion retailer is fitting sara LBS loading pods, complete with retractable shelters, internally to the loading bays of the new distribution warehouse. The retailer sells ladies’ fashions, footwear and accessories through outlets across the UK and, increasingly, overseas.
This network is growing, as is the company’s on-line sales. As the business grows, its directors have been investing in increased warehouse capacity and improved logistics facilities to make sure that it’s able to keep up with orders.
When the company moved into the new facilities it soon became apparent that during spells of cold weather the warehouse temperature quickly dropped. This created an uncomfortable working environment and resulted in increased heating costs.
The retailer invited sara LBS’s Area Sales Manager, Guy Windle, to offer suggestions on how to improve the facility. Assessing the situation, Guy suggested that an internal dock loading pod in each bay may be the best option.
Sara LBS dock loading pods (or loading houses) are self-supporting enclosures which house a complete loading system independent of the main building structure. These are typically positioned on the outside of a building; however, for this application, the idea was to install the pods inside the warehouse and add a retractable shelter to the outside. When the seal was activated against the delivery vehicle there would be an airlock between the warehouse and the outside, which would drastically improve thermal efficiency.
Loading pods are particularly suited in applications where temperature control is an issue; loss of heat through an open loading bay can add significantly to a company’s energy bills and also make working in the loading bay very unpleasant. Installation of a pod overcomes these issues and also provides a barrier to prevent access by animals, birds and unauthorised personnel. They are also ideal where hygiene is important, as they act as a barrier to airborne bacteria.
The dock seals eliminate gaps between the pod and the vehicles, while the insulated roof and side panels ensure that heat (or cooled air) cannot escape and wind and rain are prevented from entering. They are of a flexible design that allows for a range of door positions and sizes of vehicles.
Typically pods include integrated controls for hydraulically operated dock levellers with telescopic lips, red and green driver signal lights and internal lighting. They can also include wheel guides, buffers and bollards.
The retailer liked the idea of internal pods and worked with Guy to develop an arrangement that best suited their needs. With the objective of keeping goods flowing in and out of the warehouse, it was decided to upgrade two loading bays at a time. The first two have been completed and are proving very popular with both operational staff and management. The remaining bays will be fitted with similar pods before this winter.


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Natalia Tortoiseshell Resin Double Bangle
Chic and understated, our Natalia bracelet is crafted from a classic tortoiseshell resin. It’s a double bracelet design finished with a stylish black grosgrain ribbon bow which matches with our Gaby earrings. Minimalist in style but with vintage appeal, it looks perfect over the sleeve of a fine knit.
Material: 10% Brass, 90% Acetate

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Welcome to VP Vending Products of Canada
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We are a leading Canadian Wholesale Cash and Carry/Distributor supplying value products to the Vending, Office Coffee Service provider and foodservice industries.
When it comes to supplying your wholesale confectionery, beverage, snack and coffee, our goal is to be your one stop shop resource where you will find all the merchandise you require to run your business with competitive prices.
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Motor insurance claim
A claim under a motor insurance policy could be
- For personal injury or property damage related to someone else. This person is called a third party in this context
- For damage to your own, insured, vehicle. This is called an own damage claim and you are eligible for this if you are holding what is known as a package or a comprehensive policy.
Third Party Claim
In a third party claim, where your vehicle is involved, You need to ensure that the accident is reported immediately to the police as well as to the insurance company.
Own Damage Claim
In the event of an own damage claim, where your own vehicle is damaged due to an accident, you must immediately inform insurance company and police, wherever required, to enable them to depute a surveyor to assess the loss.
Do not attempt to move the vehicle from the spot without informing the insurance company. They may have to send a surveyor for on the spot checking.
Thereafter shift the vehicle to repair garage & another surveyor will inspect your vehicle. If your policy provides for cashless service, which means you do not have to pay out of your pocket for covered damages, the insurance company will pay the workshop directly.
If your vehicle is stolen, you must inform the police and the insurance company immediately. In addition you must keep the transport department also informed.
If you have to make a claim, ensure that you collect all the required documents and submit them along with the requisite claim form duly filled in, to the insurance company.
There may be certain specific documentation requirements for specific types of claims. For instance in respect of a theft claim, there is a special requirement that you should surrender the vehicle keys to the insurance company.
Documents required for filing Claim
Details you will need to provide in the loss intimation to insurer:
- Policy number
- Your contact numbers
- Name of insured person
- Date & time of accident
- Vehicle number
- Make and model of the vehicle
- Location of loss
- Extent of loss
- Brief description of how the accident took place
- Garage name (with contact details)
- Contact details and name of the insured person (if the person intimating the claim is not insured)
List of documents required.
- Proof of Insurance – Policy / Cover Note copy
- Copy of Registration Book, Tax Receipt (Original required for verification)
- Copy of Motor Driving License (with original) of the person driving the vehicle at the material time
- Police Panchanama / FIR (In case of third-party property damage/ death / body injury)
- Estimate for repairer, where the vehicle is to be repaired
- Repair bills and payment receipts after the job is completed
In the case that the claim is to be paid to repairer submit the following along with the documents mentioned above:
- Claims Discharge Cum Satisfaction Voucher signed across a Revenue stamp in this format.
- Original Certificate/Policy Document
- Original Registration Book, with Theft endorsement from concerned RTO, and tax payment receipt
- Previous Insurance Details :
– Policy number
– Insuring office / company
– Period of insurance
- All the sets of keys/service booklets/Warranty card
- Police Panchanama / FIR and final investigation report/JMFC report
- Acknowledged copy of letter address to RTO intimating theft and making vehicle “NON-USE”
On Admission of Liability:
Form 28, 29 and 30 signed by the insured
- Form 35 signed by the Financer, as the case may be, (undated and blank), on admission of liability of insurers.
- Letter of subrogation
- Consent towards agreed claim settlement value from you and Financer
- NOC of the Financer if claim is to be settled in insured’s favour.
- Claim Discharge Voucher signed across a Revenue Stamp (Format Attached below).

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Canadian folk-pop legend Valdy will return to White Rock’s Blue Frog Studios this weekend with a Christmas-themed show featuring some of his favourite compositions from over the years.
The shows are scheduled for Friday and Saturday (Dec. 9 and 10), at 8 p.m, at the intimate venue, 1328 Johnston Rd.
Now 71, the Juno-award-winning, Order of Canada honoured singer-songwriter-storyteller – born Valdemar Horsdal, in Ottawa – has amassed some 22 albums all told, plus 22 singles and four gold records over a career spanning more than 50 years.
He has toured everywhere from Denmark to Australia – and was even featured on the iconic Canadian TV series The Beachcombers – but is probably best remembered for Play Me A Rock and Roll Song, his bittersweet recollection of facing a rambunctious crowd at the Aldergrove Rock Festival in the late 1960s.
“I play that at almost every concert I do, and the surprising fact is that I’m still doing it in the key I wrote it in, now almost 50 years ago,” he told Peace Arch News by phone from his home base on Saltspring Island.
“I consider it still a valid song – a lot of people still find themselves in front of a crowd that isn’t right for them, and they’re not right for the audience.”
Fortunately that doesn’t happen to him a lot these days – his loyal audience knows what to expect and turn out faithfully, as they did for the last three times he appeared at Blue Frog.
“I also find a lot of people are coming to see for the first time, which is just lovely.”
He said his favourite part of performing is singing “the latest song” – which, currently, is his tribute to the victims of the Fort McMurray fire, Rolling North on Highway 63.


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What will the job-starved Obama economy look like during the next few years if he were to win re-election in November?
Not much different than it does today: slow, sluggish, subpar economic growth, higher than historical average post-recession unemployment across the country, increasing poverty, and a line of record-breaking deficits and debt as far as the eye can see.
Mr. Obama is running an empty re-election campaign that does not offer any new agenda to boost our economy. He is not proposing any broad initiatives to spur faster growth or higher levels of private-sector job creation. The nearly $1 trillion stimulus he enacted in 2009 has been spent, most of it ending up in the hands of federal, state, county and local bureaucrats with little if any long-term impact on the economy, which is slowing down, not speeding up.
Few economists see his chronically weak economy markedly improving in the years to come. The Federal Reserve Board forecasts slow growth this year, next and possibly into 2014, if not beyond. That is the reason why it has said it will maintain interest rates of nearly 0 percent for the foreseeable future.
For all intents and purposes, the Obama economy is on automatic pilot, with no visible policies or leadership at the controls, and with the White House blindly hoping that the economy will improve on its own. It won’t. “It is increasingly apparent what the economy will look like when President Obama faces voters in November: pretty much what it looks like today,” the New York Times reported in its lead, front page story last month.
Most economists do not expect longer-range improvement, either, without a sweeping change in policy. “This economy has no forward momentum and little help from monetary or fiscal policy,” said Kathy Bostjancic, director of macroeconomic analysis at the Conference Board.
The network news shows responded to last month’s mediocre jobs numbers with hyper-exuberant rhetorical somersaults that suggested this was the breakthrough everyone has been waiting for. While the economy added 163,000 jobs in July, it was still an impotent number that didn’t come close to what is needed to lower unemployment rates to normal levels.
Total unemployment climbed by another 45,000, boosting the jobless rate to 8.3 percent, and 348,000 workers gave up seeking work and thus were not counted in the jobless equation.
“In the weakest recovery since the Great Depression, nearly the entire reduction in unemployment since October 2009 has been accomplished through a significant drop in the percentage of adults participating in the labor force — either working or looking for work,” writes University of Maryland business school economist Peter Morici.
Though monthly employment growth rose from 80,000 in June to 163,000, it was hardly a blip in a workforce that numbers 150 million Americans — tens of millions of whom are still looking for a full-time job.
Let’s be honest here. The economy would have to add about 13.3 million jobs between now and 2015, or about 370,000 jobs a month, to lower the unemployment rate to 6 percent. To do that, the lackluster Obama economy would have to start growing by 4 percent to 5 percent a year, instead of the weak 1.5 percent it was growing in the second quarter.
Economist Heidi Shierholz at the left-wing Economic Policy Institute told The Washington Post last week that at the average rate of job growth we are experiencing now, it would take a decade for the economy to return to full employment.
This is the grim, jobless future we face under Mr. Obama’s economy. Until now, Mr. Obama and his friends in the news media have managed to keep much of the nation’s focus away from these troubling statistics that threaten our solvency and even our continued status as the world’s largest economic power.
But in the weeks and months to come, Mitt Romney is preparing an avalanche of TV ads to remind voters how bad things have really gotten under Mr. Obama’s leaderless presidency. Among them:
Forty-two consecutive months of unemployment of more than 8 percent and it’s climbing again.

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January 12, 2017
From the Lowell Sun:
BOSTON — The fight against gang violence got a boost in Lowell, Fitchburg and other communities across the state Tuesday.
Lowell received $531,920 in state grant funds to bolster its efforts combating gang violence. Almost $6 million in grant funds were made to 15 communities and 11 research partners through the Shannon Community Safety Initiative. “This is a key foundation of our anti-gang strategy for the city,” Lowell Police Superintendent William Taylor said. “It goes to the agencies that work with at-risk youth in the community, and has been instrumental in reducing the level of gang violence here in Lowell.”
Some of those agencies in Lowell include UTEC, the Boys and Girls Club, Career Center of Lowell and West End Gym.
Read the full article HERE

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Soul Boy, Soul Girl: Reflections on Gender and Northern Soul
Katie Milestone [+]
Manchester Metropolitan University
This chapter focuses on women’s experience of the early years of Soul based clubbing in England. The chapter draws on data from interviews with four British women who were teenagers or in their early twenties from the mid 1960s through to the mid 1970s. Each of these women were regular attenders of Soul events at night clubs in Manchester and the North West and Midlands of England. All four women attended a range of venues dedicated to Soul music during this period. However their recollections are dominated by discussion of trips to Manchester’s Twisted Wheel club. We explore the freedom from traditional gender constraints that participation in Soul fandom offered these young women and the impact these experience had on their identities and personal trajectories. The chapter aims, in a modest way, to redress the disregard of women’s contribution and experiences in accounts of the rare and northern soul scenes.

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Suri Alpaca Vest
Suri alpacas are generally only shorn once every two years. Products made from Suri’s fleece are rare and exceptional! This vest is made of 70% Suri and 30% Merino Wool. This elegant vest is both dressy and sporty adding the perfect complement to any wardrobe. Warmth without the bulk of a coat. There are inside clean closures, stand up collar and side pockets too! Notice the sheen of Suri alpaca … absolutely stunning!
Sizes: S/M. Sizes run on the smaller side.
Color: Black – Medium OR Brown – Small


Ask any sizeable firm what their most pressing issue is and they will likely say 'recruitment'. Car companies are certainly no different, it is one of the reasons why they a) employ a significant number of graduates and apprentices, and b) look to base themselves in established areas of expertise (which partly explains why the Geely design studio that will lead work on Lotus's two forthcoming SUVs is destined for the Midlands, not Norfolk).
Obviously things get even trickier when you're trying to stand-up an entire new production facility all in one go, just as McLaren is doing with its Composites Technology Centre in Sheffield. The manufacturer expects MCTC to be fully up and running next year, which will require a doubling of its current workforce.
Good news then for anyone with experience in boat-building, the textiles trade or sporting goods industries, because McLaren is keen to attract people used to working with fabric. Which is precisely what carbon fibre begins life as before it is cut and placed into the moulds that turn it into impressively strong components like the tub of a 720S.
"As we're working with advanced, lightweight materials in new ways that have never been used before on this scale for car production, McLaren is looking for a range of skills you wouldn't normally associate with the automotive industry," said McLaren's CEO, Mike Flewitt.
"We're also looking to hire apprentices and degree apprentices. The advanced technologies and processes they will be working on could one day be used in other industries to produce lighter, and therefore more efficient, vehicles which will not only help McLaren to continue to innovate, but the UK to become a global leader in composite materials expertise."
The announcement of its recruitment drive comes a year to the day since the Sheffield-based facility was officially opened, and it expects the new roles to be phased in early next year. It's not all about carbon fibre either - a quick look at McLaren's career site confirms that it is also looking to recruit staff in Energy Storage Systems, particularly those with experience of prototype builds as it starts the journey toward a proposed EV hypercar. We can think of less exciting places to work...


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Frederick Chapman Robbins Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Frederick Chapman Robbins was born on August 25, 1916, in Auburn, Alabama, United States of America. His father William J. Robbins was a plant physiologist who became the Director of the New York Botanical Gardens. His mother's name was Christine, and she was also a Botanist. He had two younger brothers and was a master polo player in his childhood days. He had won many awards in the game.
Robbins received his A.B. degree in 1936 and B.S. in 1938 from the University of Missouri, which he attended after completing his preliminary education. He joined the Harvard Medical School after securing his B.S. degree and graduated from there in 1940. He was appointed as the resident physician in bacteriology at The Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He underwent the training for the next two years.
Frederick Chapman Robbins joined the United States Army in 1942. He was assigned to the Fifteenth Medical General Laboratory as Chief of the Virus and Rickettsial Disease Section during his military service. In this capacity, he toured the United States, North Africa, and Italy. Simultaneously, he held the post of a supervisor of a diagnostic virus laboratory and studied the immunology of mumps. He also concentrated his attention on investigating infectious hepatitis, typhus, fever and Q fever during this period.
Frederick Chapman Robbins resumed his training as a resident physician in bacteriology at The Children's Hospital Medical Center in 1946 immediately after being relieved of his military duties and completed it in January 1948. Soon after the completion of his training, he received a Senior Fellowship in Virus Diseases of the National Research Council and got an opportunity to work with Dr. John F. Enders in the Research Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital Medical Center. He held the fellowship until 1950 and at the same time served as a member of the Faculty of the Harvard Medical School.
Robbin’s work in collaboration with Dr. John F. Enders and other team members resulted in cultivating polio and other viruses in the laboratory. Together with Enders and Thomas Weller, Robbins succeeded in growing the viruses using a mixture of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue after much effort. They followed it up with the study of the cultivation of poliomyelitis virus in tissue culture and the practical application of the technique. This breakthrough work in isolation and growth of the poliovirus paved the way to develop polio vaccines by the likes of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, etc.
During his stay in Boston, Frederick Chapman Robbins was appointed Associate in Pediatrics on the Faculty of Harvard Medical School, Associate in the Research Division of Infectious Diseases, and Associate Physician and Associate Director of the Isolation Service at The Children's Hospital Medical Center. He was also a Research Fellow in Pediatrics at The Boston Lying-in Hospital and Assistant to the Children's Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital.
In May 1952, Frederick Chapman Robbins moved to Cleveland, Ohio on being appointed as the Professor of Pediatrics at Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Director of the Department of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. He was also selected as the Chairman of the Committee on Medical Education of Western Reserve University School of Medicine since 1958. In 1966, he assumed the charge of Dean of the School of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve Hospital. He served the position until 1980.
Frederick Chapman Robbins assumed the Presidency of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine after that. He led from the front and was instrumental in formulating a national policy on vaccine development and vaccine safety during his tenure as the President of the Institute. He also worked for the development of public policy about AIDS. He returned to Case Western Reserve in 1985 as Dean Emeritus and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus. He continued to be associated with the medical school until his death in 2003.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
In 1945, Frederick Chapman Robbins received the Bronze Star for his distinguished service with the Army during World War II.
In 1954, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with John Franklin Enders and Thomas Weller for successfully cultivating poliomyelitis virus in tissue cultures. He was the youngest among the three.
Frederick Chapman Robbins was elected as the Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Science in 1962.
In 1999, he was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal by the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia for his remarkable achievement in the field of Science.
PERSONAL LIFE AND LEGACY
Frederick Chapman Robbins married Alice Havemeyer Northrop, daughter of Nobel Laureate scientist John H. Northrop in 1948. He met his would-be-wife at Dr. Thomas Weller’s laboratory when she was working there as a Laboratory Technician. They were blessed with two daughters, Alice Christine Robbins and Louise E. Robbins.
On August 4, 2003, Robbins breathed his last in Cleveland, Ohio. He was 86 at the time of his death. The reason behind his death was reported to be congestive heart failure.
In his honor, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine started a society by the name of ‘Frederick C. Robbins Society.’

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Customer Appreciation Customer Appreciation Sale At Ads By Dee. Save 20% on all Vintage Advertisements. Use coupon code 79632 when ordering for 20% off.
Circa: 1927 Condition: Excellent (slightly yellowed) Size: 6 3/4" x 10" Type: Original Manufacturer: Advertisement
This fine vintage advertisement for a 1927 ad for Essex Super Six is in excellent condition but is slightly yellowed. This vintage Car Magazine ad measures approx. 6 3/4" x 10". This vintage Automobile Magazine Advertisement is suitable for framing. This vintage Essex Super Six ad depicts people driving in the car and the caption reads "Essex Created Real Car Luxury at the Cost of mere Transportation".

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Longs Peak Privies
Longs Peak, the tallest and most iconic mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park, has become one of the most frequented 14ers in the State of Colorado. To better deal with human waste on this historic trail, the National Park Service (NPS) installed their first backcountry toilet in 1983. Since its installation 35 years ago there have been few technological advances while visitation to the park has nearly doubled, from 2.5 million visitors in 1982 to 4.5 million people in 2016. The aging technology has deteriorated in the harsh climate to the point that waste is now required to be removed by shovel full, placed into five-gallon buckets, and carried down the mountain using llamas.
Determined to find a better privy design, and a more humane solution of collecting waste, NPS collaborated with ColoradoBuildingWorkshop, the design-build program at the Univeristy of Colorado Denver, to re-design and constructed new backcountry privies. To ensure the project’s success, NPS created an inter-disciplinary team (IDT) to provide feedback to the students throughout the process. ColoradoBuildingWorkshop additionally reached out to a structural engineer, welding engineer, and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to provide additional consultation during design and construction.
The new Longs Peak Privies explore lightweight prefabricated construction and emerging methods of waste collection to minimize the human footprint in Colorado’s backcountry. The final design solution is a series of prefabricated structural gabion walls. Within the gabions, a series of thin steel plate moment frames triangulate the lateral loads within the structure while stones, collected on-site, are used as ballast. This innovative construction assembly allows for rapid on-site construction (the project was erected in eight days) and an architecture that disappears into the surrounding landscape.
Based loosely on Toyo Ito and Cecil Balmond’s structural solution to the Serpentine Pavilion in 2002 the ROMO Privies used 1/16” steel plate louvers as moment frames. Light enough to be lifted by a helicopter but strong enough to sustain winds in excess of 200 miles per hour each structure is comprised of four walls and a waste enclosure box. Each of the steel fins between the gabion modules act as moment frames connected by a ring plate above the walls. The ring transfers the lateral loads from one leg of the moment frame to a matching plate on the opposite wall. To keep the structure as light as possible the rocks in the gabion are collected on-site. The stones act as ballast for the structure and laterally brace each of the 1/16” thick steel plate moment frames to prevent them from deflecting. The system allows the gabion walls to be reduced from the recommended 18 inches in thickness to 12 inches. This minimized onsite construction and rock collection, reducing the impact to the flora by 33 percent.
The new waste collection system utilizes urine diversion technology. The equipment separates the solids from liquids to minimize the overall weight of the waste collected. The urine is diverted into a filtration system while the solids are carried on a conveyor belt to the waste bag enclosure on the backside of the structure. Since the system does not allow the ammonia in the urine to mix with the solids the smell, that most people associate with a vault toilet system, is minimized. The lighter weight also allows NPS staff to reduce the number of trips up to the sites. The plastic bags that hold the waste create a more humane way for staff to collect feces by limiting their interaction and eliminating the need for shovels.

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This is either an emotional restoration dream, triggered by concerns that you have for your friend, or, this dream is a revelation of what is going on in the life of your friend. It appears that there are some cheating and dishonesty and unfaithful actions going on. It also appears that your friend is living in a state of denial. It is also evident that this situation is draining your friend emotionally as symbolized by the weight loss and the skinny face.
To be certain whether this is just your emotions of concern triggering an emotional restoration dream or whether this is spiritual insight or a revelation, you will have to contact your friend, tell her about your dream and also pray for her and support her.
Explain to her that God is concerned about her well-being and that is why He revealed the situation to you. It is so that you can support her.

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Stuckey 342. Edition of 75. Signed in pencil: "Stow Wengenroth". A fine impression in fine condition with very minimal mat toning and full margins. Published January 1972.
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This vegan aloo gobi masala curry recipe has the perfect blend of spices and is packed with flavor! It's made with a coconut and cashew paste to give it that nice creamy sauce. This makes for the perfect lunch or dinner idea, and leftovers are even more flavorful the next day. Ours is more healthy compared to restaurants because we do not deep fry the potato or cauliflower. And it tastes just as great, I promise! Serve it on top of basmati rice and with a fresh side of garlic naan. Delicious!
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Government refuses to back Swansea Bay tidal lagoon
The UK government confirmed yesterday that it would not provide funding for the world’s first tidal lagoon power plant in Swansea Bay, dealing a hammer blow to the future of the development.
Business secretary Greg Clark argued that the £1.3bn scheme did not represent value for money, and that offshore wind could generate the same amount of power for less than a third of the price.
This is despite the lagoon receiving backing from an independent review last year, and the project’s developers insisting the plant could provide power for 155,000 homes annually.
Clark said: “The inescapable conclusion is that, however novel and appealing the proposal is, the costs would be so much higher than alternative sources of low-carbon power.
“Securing our energy needs into the future has to be done seriously and, when much cheaper alternatives exist, no individual project, and no particular technology, can proceed at any price.”
The lagoon had already received £200m in funding from the Welsh government, while around 120 local people from South Wales had invested in the development.
Tidal Lagoon Power said the project would have delivered 320MW of green energy capacity, provided reliable power output for 120 years, and sustained 2,232 jobs in the process.
However, Clark disputed this, arguing the scheme would only have supported 28 jobs directly in the long run, and cost up to £20bn more than generating the same amount of electricity through a mix of offshore wind and nuclear.
It was also estimated that the lagoon would have cost the average household an additional £700 between 2031 and 2050.
Welsh first minister, Carwyn Jones, described the government’s decision to pull the plug as a “crushing blow to Wales”, while the Green Party said the move was a missed opportunity.
“Once again, we have seen that the Westminster government has no vision for what a fossil-free future will look like,” Green Party deputy leader, Amelia Womack, said.
“This was a fantastic opportunity to use the country’s existing green potential to provide for its citizens, as this pilot scheme could have been expanded across the country.”
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Chris Seekings is a reporter for TRANSFORM


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Profit20 Review Conclusion
It is fair to say that Profit20 offers an amazing scheme for you to invest in. However, the questions you must ask yourself are these: Are you willing to risk an X amount of money in order to see whether this scheme works properly or not? How much money are you willing to invest in the first place?
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New images of Pluto offer a look at the planet like you’ve never seen it before – all decked out in psychedelic colors that remind one of the swinging ‘60s. However, this “psychedelic” image of Pluto is actually a false-color NASA photo released to depict the variance in color of the planet’s surfaces.
The images come from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and were originally taken on July 14 of this year, when the craft had a close flyby encounter with Pluto. That flyby yielded a plethora of photos, and while some of the images were quite striking, the new technicolor photo of Pluto tops them all, though once again we should remind you that this is a false-color image. NASA used such a technique to underscore how varied Pluto’s surface features are – in the agency’s terms, it was used to “highlight the many subtle color differences between Pluto’s distinct regions.”
Some of the features are easily identifiable on the photo. These include the heart-shaped part of dwarf planet which measures 1,200 miles across; it’s shown on the image in pinkish hues on the left side and brighter red on the right side. Another area near the point of the heart is colored yellow, and this is an area that consists of frozen plains without craters. The darkest part of the planet is also featured here – this is the Cthulhu Region, which is located on the southwest corner of Pluto and grayish in color, with pink-purple streaks nearby.
Other terrain is noted accordingly in the picture, though that’s just scratching the surface as New Horizons keeps sending back data that was gathered earlier this year during the flyby.


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FORMER senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s “weak” election protest against Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo is delaying the case, Robredo’s camp has said.
Lawyer Romulo Macalintal, lead counsel for Robredo, made the stance in response to accusations of the Marcos camp that the vice president was resorting to delaying tactics.
Robredo had filed a motion for reconsideration on the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) decision finding Marcos’ protest sufficient in form and substance.
Macalintal argued that for one, Marcos failed to comply with tribunal rules that require a detailed specification of the acts or omissions showing election fraud and irregularities.
Macalintal noted that while Marcos protested results in at least 662 municipalities in various provinces, he only made detailed specification of fraud in 57 municipalities.
“Detailed specification means that Marcos should specifically allege in his protest who, what, where or when these acts were committed. If Marcos only filed a strong and meritorious election protest with full compliance with the rules on the substance or evidence to be alleged in the complaint, we would not have any ground to question his apparent haphazardly prepared election protest,” Macalintal said.
“Marcos is the very root or cause why his complaint is still at the preliminary stage. Let it be of record that it is not a matter of a delayed action on Marcos’ election protest but mainly a matter of a very weak and frivolous case he presented before the PET,” Macalintal added.
Macalintal also said Marcos was bordering on questioning the PET’s competence because of repeated accusations that Robredo was delaying the protest.
“Vice President Robredo, as a lawyer, knows that we should not resort to any act that would give the impression that we are delaying its resolution to show our respect to the members of the PET, thus she gave us her strict in-struction to comply with all its rules,” Macalintal said.
Robredo had said in a radio interview that she would agree to a recount of the vice presidential votes in the May 2016 polls, but Marcos should first prove his claims of fraud.
Marcos, she said, claims poll fraud in 2,537 clustered precincts across the country but did not provide evidence.
“It is wrong to claim that I don’t want a recount. I am sure of my victory. I am no cheat, and it will be better for me if this protest will be resolved sooner,” Robredo said in a dzMM interview.
“We are not delaying the recount. Our point is, where is your evidence [of poll fraud]? You can’t present evidence on a piecemeal basis because you claim that you have proof. Where is your proof, then?” Robredo added.
Robredo beat Marcos by 263,473 votes in the May 2016 polls.


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Geneva- Hopes for a peace deal on Cyprus stalled Friday over controversial Greek and Turkish statements.
A number of officials earlier expressed optimism regarding reaching a deal and solving the issue after five days of negotiations in Geneva between Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, who were joined by British, Greek, Turkish and European foreign ministers.
Yet, the post-meeting statements dispelled hopes in reaching a reunification deal in the near future.
According to Agence France Presse, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said: “A just solution (to division) means, first of all, eliminating what caused it, namely the occupation and presence of occupation forces.”
This followed statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that a full withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus was “out of the question”, knowing that Turkey has deployed around 30,000 soldiers in Cyprus as a response to the failed 1974 coup.
For his part, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades demanded the withdrawal of Turkish forces unlike Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci who hoped otherwise.
In a groundbreaking move on Wednesday, the sides submitted proposals on how to define the post-settlement boundaries. Under the proposals, Turkish Cypriots would retain between 28.2 and 29.2 percent of total Cypriot territory, down from about 36 percent now.
Britain has offered as part of any final peace deal to relinquish about half of the 98 square miles it still administers – equivalent to 3 percent of Cypriot territory.
Greece, Turkey and Britain were assigned as “guarantor” powers in a treaty adopted when Cyprus gained independence of London in 1960. Greece seeks abolition of the guarantor system, accusing Turkey of abusing it through its 1974 invasion and the continued stationing of some 30,000 Turkish troops in the north.


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Football officials are thinking about considering trials of an electronic chip in the shirts of players which could warn them about any medical problems, in light of the heart attack suffered by footballer Fabrice Muamba on the pitch.
The International FA Board (IFAB), the football law body would be asked to consider the decision during its upcoming annual meeting, the Independent reports.
Favouring the move, chief executive of the Scottish FA, Stewart Regan said that it will be advantageous if the chips could warn of any health problems so that there is no repeat of the Muamba incident.
Regan said that the chips, which would be fixed in the collar of a player's shirt, can feed back vital data like heart performance, body temperature and the distance covered by the player.
The IFAB is likely to ask for a trial to take place before any permanent decision is made, the paper added.
Muamba collapsed during an FA Cup tie at Tottenham in March 2012 after his heart stopped for 78 minutes before doctors saved him. (ANI)


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Every time I talk to my sisters about events in the past–sometimes even events in the recent past–I’m struck by how differently we see things. There’s a story we all tell about our mother, for instance, and everyone in my family tells it differently. (My mother’s version of the story insists that she wasn’t even the one who made the decision.)
For the most part, we’re all the heroes of our own tale. We make sense of the world in relation to us. Our world revolves around ourselves, even if we try to be cognizant of the fact that not everyone feels the same way. Even if we try not to be selfish, everyone is inevitable self-centered, at least in so far as their point of view is stuck behind their eyes. Someone tells me what I said and did a few months ago, and their view of it is colored indelibly by their point of view. And while I sometimes hear their account in surprise (I did what? I said what? Surely not!) I have to recognize that my glasses (permanently tinted rose, at least with regards to myself) are affixed.
One of the things I wanted to do with Unveiled (and the sequels involving the other Turner brothers) was explore this phenomenon. Everyone’s the hero of their own tale. I don’t think it’s possible to ever bring accounts of “what happened” into perfect harmony. It’s just not a resolvable problem.
It’s interesting to me now, as I finish touching up Unclaimed–Mark’s story–because I wonder whether people will try to sync up Mark’s view of things with Ash’s. Mark and Ash mention the same stories, but not quite in the same way. I wonder whether people will think that’s a feature or a bug.
The obvious “for instance”: No matter how old Mark gets, Ash will always see him as his little brother, someone who needs to be protected. When Mark is seventy years old, Ash will still be looking out for him, and getting annoyed because Mark failed to mention that he was going on a trip for a few days, and what if something had happened to him? In Unveiled, Ash identifies specific ways in which he needs to protect his brother. But like most grown men, Mark doesn’t think he needs to be protected at all….


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Hugh Jackman has enlisted the help of noted frenemy Ryan Reynolds to narrate the latest commercial for his Laughing Man coffee brand, which chronicles a contentious day in the life of the Oscar-nominated actor.
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“This is Hugh Jackman: Noted humanitarian,” Reynolds says at the top of the clip over a shot of Jackman waking up and furiously tossing his alarm clock across the room. The commercial further unfolds via a series of contradictions, as Reynolds describes Jackman as a “goodwill ambassador” (cue Jackman cursing out his adorable dog and yelling at children playing on the street) and an “eternal optimist” (cut to Jackman staring furiously at a blank wall while death-metal music blares in the background).
But, as Reynolds notes, after a sip of Laughing Man, his peer transforms into “the Hugh Jackman we know and love,” like the man seen adorably cuddling his pooch near the end of the commercial.
Finally, Reynolds closes the ad by calling Laughing Man “the nicest f—-ing coffee on earth,” and he’s got a point: According to a press release, the brand “donates 100 percent of Hugh’s profits to fair trade farmers around the world,” so things aren’t all tense in the Jackman home.
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...The deforestation that has stripped the Amazon since the 1970s has also exposed a long-hidden secret lurking underneath thick rain forest: flawlessly designed geometric shapes spanning hundreds of yards in diameter.
Alceu Ranzi, a Brazilian scholar who helped discover the squares, octagons, circles, rectangles and ovals that make up the land carvings, said these geoglyphs found on deforested land were as significant as the famous Nazca lines, the enigmatic animal symbols visible from the air in southern Peru.
“What impressed me the most about these geoglyphs was their geometric precision, and how they emerged from forest we had all been taught was untouched except by a few nomadic tribes,” said Mr. Ranzi, a paleontologist who first saw the geoglyphs in the 1970s and, years later, surveyed them by plane.
For some scholars of human history in Amazonia, the geoglyphs in the Brazilian state of Acre and other archaeological sites suggest that the forests of the western Amazon, previously considered uninhabitable for sophisticated societies partly because of the quality of their soils, may not have been as “Edenic” as some environmentalists contend....
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Small business owners could reap unexpected benefits from employing refugees, according to one Melbourne café owner.
Jane Marx, who is preparing to launch a social enterprise café to give employment opportunities to refugees with husband Francois within the next few months, told SmartCompany business owners would be surprised by the payoffs of training refugee applicants with no previous experience.
“Once you give somebody that first chance – and these people are very eager for that chance – all business owners would be quite pleasantly surprised what they get back from them [refugees],” says Marx.
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Marx’s business, Long Street Coffee, housed down a laneway in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, will be the permanent bricks-and-mortar home of a program launched by the couple early last year, which saw them cater coffee for Melbourne’s popular Laneway music festival.
Due to open by March, Marx says the process of opening the café as a social enterprise has been much harder than the couple, who both comes from a long background in the hospitality industry, could have ever anticipated.
“We set out to start a small business, I didn’t even know what a social enterprise was,” she says.
Initially the pair decided to register the café as a not-for-profit to make their “motives clear”, but reneged on the idea after deciding the potential board, most of whom were refugee advocates, simply did not have the business acumen needed to run a small business.
“They were brilliant candidates for the board in terms of what they knew about refugee issues, but they didn’t know that much about running a small business,” Marx says.
“They knew nothing about wages and running costs. When we showed them budget and how much we wanted to pay the staff, they thought that was too much. That was the final straw, because I thought, if we work 70 hours a week to get this off the ground, I’m going to pay them what I want to pay them.”
Marx says the cafe will pay the staff the exact same wages any Australian might expect from a job in hospitality.
With Long Street Coffee now registered as a normal business, Marx says she and her husband will draw a wage from the café and put the remaining profit back into the business to teach and train more refugees.
The café has partnered with refugee settlement services that Marx says help to find the best candidates for the hospitality industry, such as those with high levels of English and an interest in coffee and food.
“[Finding refugees] is actually the easy part, there are lots of them out there,” says Marx, who spent time volunteering within the local refugee community in Melbourne with her husband.
Although Marx says there are several obstacles to employing people with little to no hospitality experience, such as extra training time and overcoming issues of confidence or cultural difference, Marx believes refugees bring an unrivalled work ethic to a business.
“Generally speaking, they are really hard working. We’ve found people who come from refugee backgrounds are generally survivors and not scared of hard work,” she says.
Marx says one of their employees at the Laneway festival, Dawa, a refugee from Tibet who has since gone on to find part-time work, showed a work ethic far beyond most hospitality employees.
“He was employed to work 10am to 5pm, but he stayed until quarter to one in the morning helping us pack up. We told him we couldn’t keep paying him, but he stayed and helped until the end, wanting to see the job through,” she says.


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Ed Oldfield was born in Orillia Ontario in 1955. While still young, he moved with his family to Duncan, British Columbia. He graduated from high school there in 1973 and went on to the University of Victoria where he studied Visual Art and graduated with a B.F.A. in 1977.
He continued his studies in the Faculty of Education receiving his teaching certificate in 1978. In 1992 he earned a M.Ed. degree in educational administration also from the University of Victoria.
Ed now lives in Powell River where he taught grade 7 students until very recently. After 28 years of teaching visual arts and pottery at the high school level, Ed now channels his artistic energy into creating uniquely west-coast artwork – Raku pots and sculptures.
Raku pottery is created with a firing process that uses both fire and smoke. With Raku pottery, the piece is first bisque fired. Then, it is glazed and undergoes a Raku firing process. The Raku firing process requires a special kiln where the pots remain in the kiln for approximately 30 minutes.
While the Raku is still hot and glowing, it is placed inside a metal can full of combustible materials. The heat emitted causes these materials to catch on fire. A lid is placed over the can and the Raku pottery is sealed inside.
As the fire consumes the oxygen within the can, it also draws the oxygen out of the Raku pottery and its glaze. This process is called post fire reduction. It is this stage that creates the unique look of Raku pottery. The resulting patterns and colors are unpredictable, as they are created through the natural process of oxygen removal. After about 15 minutes, the pots are removed and placed in a can of water. This freezes the patterns that were created during the post fire reduction stage.
You can find more of Ed’s beautiful work at https://www.sidestreetstudio.com/
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One of the great pleasures of owning a studio is that just occasionally you meet an artist who produces some really creative and beautiful work. Darcy Epp is a perfect example. Her Raku is stunning and very well worth viewing.
Darcy began her pottery career in 1993 by taking some night classes with a studio potter. She immediately realized that working with the magic of clay on the potter’s wheel and individual hand sculpting was something that would be immensely fulfilling.
She has taken many workshops in both functional and decorative pieces at North Island College and Metchosin International School of the Arts, as well as specialized workshops and seminars from Gordon Hutchens (Denman Island), Siegele and Haley (Arkansas), Alan Burgess (Courtenay) as well as many others.
Not limiting herself to one medium, she has learned and crosses over between traditional thrown pottery to slab work, Raku and porcelin, often incorporating the theory of one discipline to another. A passion for ocean themes, her attention to the intricate details of orcas, starfish, and rockfish has earned her pottery prominence in some of the most exclusive resort destinations venues.
Raku is an ancient type of Japanese firing dating back to the 16th century. Beautiful iridescent blues, violets, copper and crackle glazes are produced on either wheel thrown or sculptural pottery. The pottery is fired to 1800° and then “reduced” in a chamber which catches fire immediately. The fire uses up all the oxygen in both glaze and chamber, thus producing one of a kind results.
Darcy lives in Black Creek on lovely Vancouver Island. B.C. and you can find more of her beautiful work at Side Street Studio, Victoria, B.C.
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Why Quick Roast Turkey? Roasting a turkey at the typical 325°F takes forever, and it ties up the oven right when it needs to be available for the rest of the meal. All those hours under heat take their toll, and you’ll frequently find yourself apologizing to everyone with “Well… I think the breast turned out a little dry.” At 375°F, it is an entirely different story. The bird gets crispy on the outside but remains moist on the inside. Once you discover how easy this is, you will wonder why you ever did it any other way. For the most attractive presentation, select a bird with the breast skin intact to cover the breast meat completely.
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Bioelectronic medicine has taken another forward leap, thanks to the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research’s latest professional alliance.
The research-and-development arm of the Northwell Health system announced Thursday that it will apply its cutting-edge bioelectronics and cell-therapy technologies to cardiology and hypertension cases through a new “strategic partnership” with United Therapeutics Corp.
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The pivot into bioelectronic medicine – a top field of study at the wide-ranging Feinstein Institute, home base of global bioelectronics pioneer Kevin Tracey – is a bit of a departure for United Therapeutics, which will also be funding and testing bioelectronic methods of promoting “tolerance induction” in certain post-transplant cases.
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We’re pumping you up today with some Toronto beats and rhymes, and it ain’t Drake so all the better, right? Sarcasm aside, Lexxicon is a hip-hop/dancehall artist who is ready to drop his new record Bashment Trap House on January 31st. (Check out more Lexxicon’s existing catalogue on Spotify.) The forthcoming album focuses on the artist’s journey through life as a Jamaican/Canadian musician and how he has made headway through the local music community. The first single “Fatty Fatty” has already been released and is now being followed up by the R&B jam “Lonely.” While “Fatty Fatty” is a celebration of life and positivity, “Lonely” takes on a more serious tone that focuses in on Lexxicon’s diagnosis with Crohn’s disease.
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Video: The Water Risks Facing California
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AT A GLANCE
- A roundtable of experts discuss the old and new tools available to California agricultural producers looking for solutions to their annual water needs.
- A new futures contract based on the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index provides longer term visibility into the price of water, according to Roland Fumasi of RaboResearch.
California is facing another dry spring and summer in 2021, and for agricultural producers that means a difficult growing season. Drought emergencies have been declared for 41 California counties, mostly in Northern and Central California, home to the majority of the state’s farmland. The situation has put a strain on the state’s traditionally fragile water resources, resulting in water price spikes for producers looking to sustain their crop.
“This year is a critically dry year in California. It’s the second consecutive dry year in a row. And we’re seeing really high prices and lots of buy side competition,” said Matt Payne of WestWater Research of the current water situation in California. That point is supported by the Nasdaq NQH20 index, which reached a record near $900 per acre foot in May.
Payne joined Roland Fumasi of RaboResearch Food and Agribusiness in a discussion with Tim McCourt, CME Group’s Managing Director of Equity Products, about the water challenges facing California and how a new water futures contract based on the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index (NQH20) is playing a role as a new risk management tool available to producers in the state. Watch the full discussion in the video above. Intro Text can be Placed Here
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California is the top producing agricultural state by cash receipts. It’s top five products by total value in 2019 were dairy, almonds, grapes, cattle and strawberries, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Traditionally, ag producers in the state have dealt with challenges of accessing scarce water supplies in one of a few ways, says Fumasi: Using reliable wells (up to 15,000 are drilled each year in the state), long-term contracting to buy water where there is an abundance, fallowing farm ground or buying additional surface water on the open market. “In the short run, that’s where you can see users have to deal with a lot of price variability,” says Fumasi.
The financially-settled futures contract is another tool that producers can turn to when managing the risk of rising water prices. “The futures add a non-structural financial tool to assist with that risk management. The futures are not the end-all, be-all, they’re not the single solution. They’re part of a portfolio of risk management tools that is now available to water users in the state,” says Payne. No physical water changes hands when two parties trade the futures contract, he adds. “It’s really a financially settled risk management tool. Trading of the futures does not influence how water is delivered, where it’s delivered to, how it’s used or who has access to it.”
Fumasi told McCourt that the NQH20 index and futures contract will help add transparency to the market for producers and ag lenders.
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Dunkel & Schürch latest hubware Priority Partner
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Zone sponsor LGBTQ+ football team Birmingham Blaze FC
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia – a worldwide celebration of sexual and gender diversities.
Coinciding with this, it is an honour to announce that Zone Contractors are the official sponsors of Birmingham Blaze Football Club for the 2022/23 Season
At Zone we are massive football fans but understand that the construction industry as well as football has historically been less accepting of a persons sexual orientation. We hope this partnership will ensure LGBTQ+ people feel welcomed and included when joining the organisation and whilst working within the industry. Zone Contractors main goals for this partnership is to get across that we are a organisation that stands against discrimination of any kind and to raise awareness to teams such as Blaze.
We are committed to making equality, diversity and inclusion integral to the way we work. Our commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion shadows the great work that Building Equality do to support LGBTQ+ inclusion within the building sectors.
Construction and football are both stereotypically associated with being masculine and we hope this partnership will ensure LGBT people feel welcome and included across all aspects.
Birmingham Blaze have been established since 2005 and are currently a fully-fledged Sunday League side, sitting in the top tier of the Festival League and also competing within international football tournaments.
Training sessions take place on Wednesday evenings and are open to players of any sexuality, background or ability. and play 11-a-side matches Sunday mornings.
We will be sponsoring their home and away kits so keep your eyes peeled for their upcoming reveal!
This continues to be a timely and increasingly discussed issue. We want to applaud Jake Daniels who yesterday publicly came out, making him the only openly-gay male player playing professionally in the British game. While it shouldn’t be such a big announcement this is a crucial step to making the subject less taboo.