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Vans hired its first global executive creative director, Erwin Federizo, in January. The former agency executive is focused on improving Vans’ consistency on social media.
The streetwear brand is on a high, swept up in a flurry of celebrity endorsements, street-style sightings and high-end collaborators, but it’s trying to stay grounded. Federizo, for example, believes the brand’s “social voice needs to strengthen” if it is to venture into emerging markets.
A Brandwatch analysis of conversations across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram that used one or more of Vans’ handles — @vans_66, @vansskate @vanssurf, @vansbmx66, @vanssnow or @vansgirls — between Feb. 15, 2017 and Feb. 15, 2018 revealed that 74 percent of the mentions came from the U.S. The U.K. was the next biggest market, with 3 percent of shares in the period. Both Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is banned in China, but each of the other three emerging markets Brandwatch tracked — Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia — accounted for 1 percent of shares each.
Federizo said finding ways to grow Vans’ following in emerging markets is at the top of his to-do list.
Asia, specifically China, is the growth opportunity for Vans: Sales across its Asia-Pacfic region rose 23 percent year over year in its most recent quarter versus an 43 percent jump in EMEA over the same period. In a market like China, where members of the younger generation are more eager to portray themselves as global citizens, Vans understands its focus on subcultures over the mainstream could be an advantage.
WeChat is Vans’ biggest social network in China and has become a staple in Vans’ marketing for most of the decade Vans has been there. Vans has had great success with publishing content on the app, said Nick Street, vp of global integrated marketing for Vans, whose team has turned photos and editorial features from events in China into magazines within the app. The brand has also bought WeChat Moments ads, which appear in a user’s feed in the app, and experimented with QR codes in the app. Street, who spent three years as Vans’ marketing boss in China, said “it’s a little easier” to gain reach there than in the U.S. and Europe.
Vans sees higher engagement on its livestreamed videos on WeChat versus those posted to other other social networks in other markets, said Street, who was unable to disclose figures by the time this story was published. He did, however, share that around 70 percent of Vans’ content on WeChat comes from its global team and therefore isn’t as localized as the output coming directly from the brand’s marketers there. Maintaining global consistency in a market like China, which has vast cultural differences from Western markets, is key to getting across the core of the brand, said Street, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of local relevancy.
The important thing the global marketing team at Vans must remember, he said, is to keep the curated content linked to the overall themes and identity of the brand. “We’re actually hearing from more followers [in China], asking that they hear more from our local creators and fellow fans in WeChat,” he said.
Less than two months into the role, Federizo described his plans beyond cracking China as “conceptual” rather than concrete. He reports to Jamie Reilly, vp of global creative at Vans, but will oversee the brand’s creative directors, who act as the day-to-day managers in a multidisciplinary team of around 30 in-house creatives. Vans has always worked this way, preferring to come up with its own creative ideas and work with agencies on a project-by-project basis.
Eventually, Federizo wants to make the brand’s products and marketing more customizable, while also developing a retail strategy that pushes stores beyond their product-focused role. The stores have become the face of Vans for many of its customers, said Federizo, who plans to bring immersive experiences around music, art, street culture and sports into those environments.
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Chris Brown and Kevin McCall used to be good friends and even better collaborators (“Deuces, “No B.S.”), but now they’re more like enemies.
It seems to have started a while ago; back in 2015, Kevin spoke with VladTV about being in disagreement with Brown about the direction of Kevin’s image and career.
“Chris had this image of me, he wanted me to be grown, sexy, have this thug appeal and we kinda just didn’t see eye to eye. I didn’t see the vision he had, at the same time it could have just been a small conversation, but for whatever reason we didn’t see eye to eye or what he was trying to do for my career. At the time and I feel like I was just sitting on my hands waiting on him to do something. He was touring with Tyga and all that but he wasn’t taking me with him and performing my songs and I’m seeing that, so I’m like ‘I gotta do my own thing.’ He had a conversation with me, ’cause I was upset. He was like, ‘I can lead you to the door, but I can’t make people f— with you, you gotta do that!’ ” McCall revealed.
Later in the interview, he then revealed Brown was upset he worked with KeKe Palmer, saying Brown thought it wasn’t a good look for his career.
Now, the most recent blow up all started with a tweet on Tuesday where Kevin reached out to Chris on Twitter after failing to get Chris’ attention after prior, more private attempts to talk “business.” “We need to sit down and handle business. I tried the adult business route. I feel my kindness is being taken for weakness,” he tweeted.
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It seems Kevin at one point was waiting for Brown to put him on, but he never did. Chris heard about Kevin’s tweets and boy, that set Chris off! What followed was a lengthy post on Instagram, where he said Kevin halted his own progress in the industry with his arrogance, not Brown’s neglect.
In part, Chris tweeted,”N*GGAS BE IN THEY FEELINGS SNEAK DISSING BECAUSE THEY FUCKED UP THEY LIFE BEING TOO FUCKING ARROGANT AND THEN NOBODY WANTED TO WORK WITH YOU KEVIN,” he said. “THE LABEL DROPPED YOU BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE A BETTER PRODUCER AND WRITER THAN THE N*GGA YOU ARE TODAY.”
Ouch! And it doesn’t end there…Chris soon after started threatening violence in the later part of the post (cuff off below). “KEEP FUCKING WITH ME AND YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO WALK LET ALONE SING AGAIN. It’ll be hard to play piano with no fingers.” Yikes!
And if the petty parade wasn’t over, Kevin dragged Chris’ ex Karrueche Tran’s name in the mix, insinuating that she went to model Tyson Beckford shortly after her split with Breezy last year. Brown briefly had beef with Beckford after seeing a photo of Tran and Beckford together.
“@tysonbeckford Wussup big bro…I was thinking lets go out & take some light skin n***** girls later today,” McCall tweeted, “you already did? Damn *laughing-crying emoji*,” he tweeted.
Sheesh!! “R&Beef” is the new beef, I guess.

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Back in April Philips took the wraps of its W6618 entry-level handset, which promised 66 day standby time and 33 hours talk time. The handset managed this feat thanks to modest specs and a massive 5,300 mAh battery. For those looking for equally impressive battery life but slightly more aggressive specs, it seems that Chinese-based THL could have a treat for you with its new THL 5000.
As you might have guessed by the name, the THL 5000 packs a massive 5000 mAh battery, which is slightly smaller than the Philips W6618. Aside from the battery, however, nearly every other spec is considerably improved with 2GB RAM, a 5-inch 1080p display (instead of qHD), a 13MP Sony Exmor RS rear cam, 32GB storage, microSD, a 5MP front cam, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC and HSDPA+ support. The only black mark on the record (aside from no LTE) is the fact that the handset uses a Mediatek processor like the Philips smartphone, though it is a faster 1.7GHz quad-core chip.
Bottom-line, the THL 5000 packs nearly the same specs are most 2014 flagships, with the only trade-off being you get a bigger battery in exchange for a much less impressive CPU. For those willing to make that trade, you’ll be able to get roughly 1000 hours standby time (a little over 41 days!), 47 hours talk time, 11 hours web-page browsing, 125 hours music listening or 11.6 hours of video playback time.
So how much will the THL 5000 set you back? While the phone is being targeted at the Asian market, you should have little problem getting it in Europe and the U.S. through Chinese wholesale sites in the near future for around $299 once it formally launches in China. For those looking for a handset with crazy battery life, this is a great price and not much more than the weaker-spec’d 5300mAh-touting Philips W6618.


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In 2016, the Noordbrabants Museum in the Dutch city of Den Bosch held a special exhibition devoted to the work of Hieronymus Bosch, who died 500 years ago. This late-medieval artist lived ...
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In 2016, the Noordbrabants Museum in the Dutch city of Den Bosch held a special exhibition devoted to the work of Hieronymus Bosch, who died 500 years ago. This late-medieval artist lived his entire life in the city, causing uproar with his fantastical and utterly unique paintings in which hell and the devil always played a prominent role. In preparation for the exhibition, a team of Dutch art historians crisscrosses the globe to unravel the secrets of his art. They use special infrared cameras to examine the sketches beneath the paint, in the hope of discovering more about the artist's intentions. They also attempt to establish which of the paintings can be attributed with certainty to Bosch himself, and which to his pupils or followers. The experts shuttle between Den Bosch, Madrid and Venice, cutting their way through the art world's tangle of red tape, in a battle against the obstacle of countless egos and conflicting interests. Not every museum is prepared to allow access to ...
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) was born Jheronimus (or Jeroen or Joen) Anthonissen van Aken. The first names are Latin and various Middle Dutch forms of "Jerome," and the last two mean "from Aachen," now part of Germany. He signed his paintings Jheronimus Bosch to indicate his birthplace, and the town where he lived all his life, 's-Hertogenbosh, commonly known as Den Bosch, or "the forest." See more »
Hieronymus Bosch: Touched By the Devil follows the development of an art exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of Bosch's birth at a museum in the artist's hometown. Although the film requires a keen attention span and leaves one wishing to learn more about the artist, it offers good insights about the art world.
The documentary is at its best when focusing on the intricacies of constructing an art exhibition. The curators are faced with numerous issues, not the least of which is determining which paintings are actually works by Bosch. They employ some surprisingly high tech methods in their quest for the truth. Some of the best moments in the film are when a curator tells someone whether the work they've volunteered for the exhibition is - or isn't - by Bosch.
However, the film also digs into the seamier side of the art world. We encounter collectors who purchase art works they don't appreciate simply for their value as an investment. Viewers also get a look at the wrangling that goes on when one museum tries to borrow an art work from another, with the curators at a certain Spanish museum displaying an unseemly glee over the fact that they have more works by the Dutch Bosch than Bosch's hometown.
The main challenge facing a documentary dealing with Hieronymus Bosch is that little is actually known about his life. Even with this restriction, it would have been nice if the curators had engaged in a bit of speculation about what forces molded his distinctive vision. Was he an early surrealist? Was he mentally ill? Even so, the film is worthwhile for those who are interested in art.
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I had an interesting conversation with my friend Ryan yesterday on the topic of conscience. He mentioned that he believed conscience was something all of us had… just some hear it more or less quietly. He thought it shared common principles.
I disagree. I think conscience has two parts:
- Genetic: this is the amity – enmity theory… basically people will take care of and love people in their “in” group, and not care if bad things happen to those in their “out” group.
- Socially learned: behaviors ranging from cutting someone off in traffic, stealing, caring for the environment, all the way up to things like murder. Each society has different byzantine learned rules. For example in our society is perfectly okay for a military person to kill on command, but not okay for a “unlawful” killing to happen.

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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Spain will trigger Article 155 of its constitution over Catalonia this Saturday.
The article, dubbed the "nuclear option," will allow Madrid to suspend Catalonia's political autonomy.
It has never been invoked before.
Tensions between Spain and Catalonia go back centuries.
Spain will start suspending Catalonia's autonomy on Saturday, AlphaXYZ seperti dia - https://saarc-smrc.org/ms/alphaxyz-ulasan-harga-bagaimana-ia-berfungsi-u... the Prime Minister's office has said
Cabinet ministers will meet on Saturday to put in place Article 155 of the country's constitution, which will allow Madrid to take control of Catalonian political affairs.
It comes after Carles Puigdemont, VaricoFix Como funciona - https://saarc-smrc.org/pt-pt/varicofix-reviews-precos-como-funciona-opin... the president of Catalonia, failed to clarify whether or not the region had declared independence after a contentious referendum that saw the region's population vote overwhelmingly to separate from Spain.
The Spanish government - http://Blogs.Realtown.com/search/?q=Spanish%20government originally set the region a Monday deadline to clarify whether or not it had declared independence, but Puigdemont failed to do so. Spain set another deadline for Thursday morning, but this was again not met by Catalonia.
Article 155 has never been invoked in the Spanish constitution's 39-year history and Erectina information - http://forums.mischiefworks.net/index.php?topic=441.0 has been dubbed Madrid's "nuclear option" in the Catalonia crisis.
Although the article's language is vague
— it allows the government to "take the necessary measures" if an autonomous region "seriously undermines the general interest of Spain" — Madrid can, in theory, take control of Catalonia's police, finances, and replace its current administration with a new one, Reuters noted
The ratings agency Moody's said Article 155 was one reason why Catalonia's independence wouldn't take place, according to the Financial Times
"The government will do everything in its power to restore legality and constitutional order as soon as possible, to restore peaceful coexistence among citizens and to curb the economic deterioration that legal insecurity is causing in Catalonia," Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a statement.
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont signing a "symbolic" declaration of independence in Barcelona.
The Catalonian referendum, which took place on October 1, saw about 2.2 million Catalonians — or 43% of the region's electorate — vote by a 90% margin to leave Spain.
Thousands of police officers sent by Madrid to the region wielded batons and fired rubber bullets into demonstrators that day, leaving hundreds of people injured. The Spanish government has since apologised for the police violence
More than a week after the vote Puigdemont signed a "symbolic" declaration of independence
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, to allow exit negotiations with Madrid.
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, saarc-smrc - https://saarc-smrc.org/th/alphaxyz-%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%9e%... the constitution "does not recognise the right to self-determination and establishes that sovereignty resides with Spanish citizens collectively."
History of Catalonia's independence
An Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) and Spanish flag hang from balconies in Barcelona.
Located in northeastern Spain, near the French border, Catalonia has its own language, culture, and traditions. Its tensions with Spain have existed for at least three centuries, and the region played a key role in the Spanish Civil War.
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During the civil war, however, General Francisco Franco took control of the region in 1938, killing 3,500 people, and forcing more into exile. After the war, the nationalist Franco regime cracked down on Catalonia's language and institutions and curtailed its citizen's rights.
After Franco's death in 1975, Catalonia won back some control of its rights. Its autonomy was once more enshrined in the country's 1978 constitution
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Catalonia is one of Spain's economic powerhouses, and contributes nearly a fifth of the country's GDP, the FT noted
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Composer talks exclusively to us about the challenges of making one of the most innovative TV documentary programmes ever to be made in, and about, India…
IF YOU WERE to turn the smash hit “Slumdog Millionaire” into a musical with children at the very heart of it, it might look something like the BBC’s “Mumbai High: The Musical” – at least in spirit.
A musical one-hour long documentary, it turns the spotlight on the dreams and hopes of teenagers attending a school in the sprawling Mumbai slum area of Dharavi; and will screen on BBC 4 on Monday (September 14) at 10pm as part of the broadcaster’s ‘India Season’.
Through numerous songs, we learn about how several special children see their world and the future in front of them.
Just like “Slumdog Millionaire” it appears upbeat and positive and is a glimpse of a world where poverty and destitution can be overcome. One of the children featured lives in a tin shack by the railway; another speaks six languages but still worries about global warming, despite being only 12.
For Nainita Desai, commissioned to compose the songs and music on “Mumbai High“, it was both professionally and personally, a demanding and affecting project.
“It was a sort of coming home,” Desai revealed to www.asianculturevulture.com. “The children were wonderful and inspiring.”
Before “Mumbai High”, she had never done any work with a South Asian angle to it.
“I never got offered work to write Indian or Asian influenced music for a feature, it never happened,” admitted Desai.
Commissioned by BAFTA winning director Brian Hill who had been working on the project for around eight years, Desai hadn’t had much experience of actually writing songs.
Very much a sound designer, when she emerged from university, her work for legendary film director Bernado Bertolucci on “The Little Buddha” (1993) and musical icon Peter Gabriel at his Real World Records Studio and label, helped to put her on the industry map.
Since then, she has been in much demand for TV and film projects but never for a full-length feature in a South Asian context. She had, however, won an award for her music on a short film, “The Little Terrorist” and the film was nominated for an Oscar in 2004. Last year she was also involved in another short, “Checklist” a political drama with a South Asian angle, garnering an award nomination for music and sound.
So, not only was she composing a major music score for a considerable South Asian centred production for the first time, but creating songs too.
“He (Brian) had the idea before ‘Slumdog Millionaire‘ but was working on it on and off, and only got the funding in April,” revealed Desai.
“He asked me whether I could write the songs.
“It really was a baptism of fire – I said ‘yes’, because it was a project that interested me so much – I thought I just have to do this and jumped at the opportunity. Then I panicked,” she joked.
But she didn’t have a lot of time, only starting in May, and it meant filming on location in June, with the onset of the monsoon. She enlisted street poet Alex Frost to help her hone the lyrical content of the songs.
Desai was also shown clips of the children the production company wanted to feature in its documentary – none of the subjects were chosen for their musical ability.
“Some of the children were very poor singers – they didn’t have any sense of pitch or timing which was a huge challenge.
“The film is about the power of education and how important it is to the children, so they chose these children not on their musical ability, but their stories. There are 7-8 of them and all from very different backgrounds. They all have hopes and dreams and ambitions to make something of their lives. They are wonderful.”
The children who attend the Chhatrapati Shivaji school in Dharavi speak a variety of languages and so Desai, whose mother tongue is Gujarati, had to write with this in mind. The production decided on Hindi (the national language), Marathi (the local language) and English (regarded as a second national language).
“I had to write each song in three days, the music and the lyrics, my Indian language skills are poor,” Desai conceded, “though I understand Gujarati fluently.”
“I initially wrote the songs in English. The music had to be very diverse stylistically with Indian influences. The songs had to match the personalities of the children and had to be catchy and memorable.
“They range in style from western pop, Bollywood lating, RnB, urban ballads to ambient songs sprinkled with authentic Indian elements.”
“It was very important to me whatever the language these songs were sung in, the rhythm and metre and poetry of the English lyrics had to be the same whatever the language.”
She sent her songs off to a Bollywood lyricist Arun Kumar, who translated the songs. She then checked the translations, kept the same melodies and sent the versions to a vocal coach Agnel Roman in Mumbai.
She then flew out herself and had limited time to record the children singing their songs in a studio and taking a rough mix of the final songs out to the location for filming.
“The process was the same as a Bollywood movie. We used the playbacks and filmed the children singing and dancing in various locations. There is a spectacular end finale featuring 1,000 children singing and dancing, and mixing it with living singing,” explained Desai.
It’s clear she’s built a fantastic rapport with her young charges and hopes the world, not just a BBC audience, will get a chance to see their exuberance, warm spirit and determination to make a better life for themselves and those around them. A longer version of “Mumbai High” will be cut for the film festival circuit.
“It’s very difficult to watch and not be moved. They were an absolute delight to work with,” said Desai.
As part of the final process of making all the music for “Mumbai High“, she recorded with a 28-piece string section in Bulgaria to boost the sounds of the original Indian music.
She also called on India-based musicians Sabir Khan on sarangi, Amar Sukhi on Bollywood saxophone and UK based musicians, Jyotsna Srikanth on Carnatic violin, Alok Verma on tabla, Mehboob Nadim on sitar and Alex Teymour Housego on Bansuri Flute, to raise the level yet further.
Desai has also contributed to the music on other parts of the BBC’s Indian Season this autumn, composing music for Sue Perkins’ documentary on Kolkata (broadcast last week) as well as well as the history run of three, “Treasures of th Indus (which concludes tomorrow).
Passionate about music from a young age, she learnt Indian classical styles through sitar and tabla lessons at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Hammersmith and grew up in Balham, South London. Her family were never opposed to her career in music but did wonder whether she might ever do what they saw as a “normal job”.
Clear-minded and focused, she got her first breaks in the more technical aspects of sound and music production in film and TV, but as well as playing and experimenting with a wide variety of instruments from around the world, it’s clear she’s growing and expanding her range – especially in the more creative aspects of music in film and TV.
Hill, who is regarded as a pioneer of the musical documentary and had won a BAFTA for “Feltham Sings” in 2002 and high praise for “Songbirds” in 2005, had come across Desai’s TV and film work and had heard her scores for trailers for Nordic noir TV, including “Wallender” and “Borgen” and subsequently asked her to score his feature documentary, “The Confessions of Thomas Quick“, about Sweden’s most prolific serial killer, released in UK cinemas this summer.
He was impressed by her songwriting skills, when she wrote a song for the popular Viking songstress Eivør Pálsdóttir for the feature and asked her to write the score and the songs for “Mumbai High: The Musical“.
What makes Desai almost unique is that while she has largely worked in western musical genres along with her partner Malcolm Laws for almost all her working life, she’s also always had a foot in World Music and has begun to engage more professionally with her interests in Indian musical styles.
“I’ve always had a real passion for music,” revealed Desai who along with Laws make up a company, Soundology. “I got involved in every type of musical activity you can think of – singing, playing, writing; and world music was a serious hobby and I listened to everything from pop, rock to Indian classical music.
“I loved film music growing up and loved the heyday of classic Bollywood cinema. I remember going to the local cinema with my parents.”
Remember AR Rahman’s big cinematic breakthrough in the West came with Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” – now maybe Desai’s looking the other way …
Main picture top: Mary and Philomela (courtesy of Brian Hill, Century Films)
- ‘Mumbai High: The Musical’, Monday, September 14, BBC4 10pm.


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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Liquid Nitrogen - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Global Liquid Nitrogen Market to Reach $19.1 Billion by 2027
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Liquid Nitrogen estimated at US$14.7 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$19.1 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3.7% over the analysis period 2020-2027.
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 4.6% CAGR and reach US$7.8 Billion by the end of the analysis period. After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Food & Beverage segment is readjusted to a revised 3.4% CAGR for the next 7-year period.
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The Liquid Nitrogen market in the U.S. is estimated at US$4 Billion in the year 2020. China, the world`s second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of US$4.1 Billion by the year 2027 trailing a CAGR of 6.9% over the analysis period 2020 to 2027. Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 1.1% and 2.8% respectively over the 2020-2027 period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 1.9% CAGR.
Metal Manufacturing & Construction Segment to Record 3.1% CAGR
In the global Metal Manufacturing & Construction segment, USA, Canada, Japan, China and Europe will drive the 2.6% CAGR estimated for this segment. These regional markets accounting for a combined market size of US$2.1 Billion in the year 2020 will reach a projected size of US$2.5 Billion by the close of the analysis period.
China will remain among the fastest growing in this cluster of regional markets. Led by countries such as Australia, India, and South Korea, the market in Asia-Pacific is forecast to reach US$2.7 Billion by the year 2027, while Latin America will expand at a 3.9% CAGR through the analysis period.
The report presents concise insights into how the pandemic has impacted production and the buy side for 2020 and 2021. A short-term phased recovery by key geography is also addressed.
Competitors identified in this market include, among others:
- Air Liquide SA
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Emirates Industrial Gases (Airtec)
- Gulf Cryo
- Linde AG
- Messer Group GmbH
- Nexair LLC.
- Praxair, Inc.
- Southern Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd
- Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
Key Topics Covered:
I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & REPORT SCOPE
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. MARKET OVERVIEW
- Global Competitor Market Shares
- Liquid Nitrogen Competitor Market Share Scenario Worldwide (in %): 2019 & 2025
- Impact of Covid-19 and a Looming Global Recession
2. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS
3. MARKET TRENDS & DRIVERS
4. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (End-Use Industry) Global Opportunity Assessment in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (End-Use Industry) Historic Sales Analysis in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (End-Use Industry) Percentage Share Breakdown of Global Sales by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027
- Food & Beverage (End-Use Industry) Worldwide Sales in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027
- Food & Beverage (End-Use Industry) Historic Demand Patterns in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019
- Food & Beverage (End-Use Industry) Market Share Shift across Key Geographies: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027
- Metal Manufacturing & Construction (End-Use Industry) Global Market Estimates & Forecasts in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027
- Metal Manufacturing & Construction (End-Use Industry) Retrospective Demand Analysis in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019
- Metal Manufacturing & Construction (End-Use Industry) Market Share Breakdown by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027
- Healthcare (End-Use Industry) Demand Potential Worldwide in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2020-2027
- Healthcare (End-Use Industry) Historic Sales Analysis in US$ Million by Region/Country: 2012-2019
- Healthcare (End-Use Industry) Share Breakdown Review by Region/Country: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027
III. MARKET ANALYSIS
GEOGRAPHIC MARKET ANALYSIS
- Market Facts & Figures
- Liquid Nitrogen Market Share (in %) by Company: 2019 & 2025
- Market Analytics
- Liquid Nitrogen Latent Demand Forecasts in US$ Million by End-Use Industry: 2020 to 2027
- Liquid Nitrogen Historic Demand Patterns by End-Use Industry in US$ Million for 2012-2019
- Liquid Nitrogen Market Share Breakdown by End-Use Industry: 2012 VS 2020 VS 2027
Total Companies Profiled: 42
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“The Glee Project” has been a blessing for Lindsay Pearce. Interestingly, she was discovered by Bonnie Lythgoe while Bonnie was surfing TV channels and came across Lindsay on “The Glee Project.” Bonnie right away realized she wanted Lindsay Pearce to play Snow White in the Lythgoe Family Productions of “A Snow White Christmas” now playing at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA from November 30 thru December 18, 2011.
Pacific Rim Video / Front Row Features correspondent Pete Styles interviewed Lindsay Pearce. Check it out below. We also had celebrity guest correspondent AJ Rafael interview both Erich Bergen and Lindsay Pearce. Check it out.
“A Snow White Christmas” stars Neil Patrick Harris in the onscreen role of “The Magic Mirror,” Lindsay Pearce in the title role, Marina Sirtis as The Wicked Queen, and Erich Bergen as the Prince, the production is helmed by Bonnie Lythgoe from So You Think You Can Dance AU and choreographed by So You Think You Can Dance’s Spencer Liff with American Idol’s Michael Orland serving as Musical Director.


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It will cost Kenyan taxpayers more than Sh97 billion to repay the first Eurobond
Repayments towards external debt are projected at Sh364.66 billion, up from Sh240.10 billion in current year
Treasury has set aside Sh78.303 billion to clear the first Sh75 billion portion of the debut Eurobond and a further Sh19.41 billion towards interest servicing of the entire facility.
Kenya borrowed Sh202 billion from international investors in June 2014 and a further Sh75 billion in December that year under a transaction known as tap sale.
Repayments towards external debt are projected at Sh364.66 billion in the year which ends June 2019 from Sh240.10 billion in current year, a growth of Sh124.56 billion.
Statistics from the Central Bank of Kenya indicate that more than half of the country’s Sh4.88 trillion total public debt in March was foreign (Sh2.51 trillion).
President Kenyatta's administration has heavily relied on external debt to spur infrastructure development in the country.
This despite calls by Central Bank to cut on external borrowing and shift focus on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and non-debt models for the financing of projects.
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Not a lofty, ambitious to-be-read list consisting of 100+ book titles. Just a simple plan for the upcoming week — what I’m reading now, what I plan to read next, and what I’m hoping to squeeze in among the nooks and crannies.
How did I do with last week’s agenda?
I love these kind of weeks when I end up loving everything I’ve read.
The Humans by Matt Haig: Done! My review is here.
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole: Done! My review is here.
The Returned by Jason Mott: I’ve read about a third of this book so far… and it’s a good one!
The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis: Done! Book #6 in our great Narnia read-aloud was terrific. I can’t believe we’ve almost finished the series!
One new book, and a copy of a book I’ve read already but just had to have:
What’s on my reading agenda for the coming week?
I aim to finish The Returned in the next few days.
Next up, a review copy of The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker, which I think sounds like a lot of fun.
At the end of the week, I’m heading off on a week’s vacation — and I’m working on the all-important decision of what books to bring. As of now, top contenders are:
Four books for a one-week trip is a bit excessive, but I have until Friday to narrow it down!
And… the Narnia read continues! As of Sunday night, we’ve officially started the last book, The Last Battle.
So many book, so little time…
That’s my agenda. What’s yours? Add your comments to share your bookish agenda for the week.

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This payment method, which has been available at this hotel since May 2022, “has been widely accepted by guests”, according to information provided by the hotel in a statement and reported by Publituris. For this reason, and “thinking about the needs of its customers”, The 7 Hotel has launched this special promotion.
The offer is in effect until the end of March and is only available for direct bookings, as this payment method is integrated with the main wallets and brands on the market, such as Binance, Trust Wallet, Uphold, Ledger, among others.
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Watch hot-dog eating champ Takeru Kobayashi down an entire gallon of milk in just 20 seconds... after eating a record 13 cupcakes in one minute
- Takeru Kobayashi easily completed the 'gallon milk challenge'
- It is often attempted by college students and celebrities
It is a challenge favoured by college students and celebrities.
But rarely has anyone completed the 'gallon milk challenge' is such impressive fashion as Takeru Kobayashi.
The former hot dog eating champion downed an entire gallon of whole milk in just 20 seconds.
Amazingly, he set the record after eating 13 cupcakes in a minute.
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Building up: Takeru Kobayashi starts by psyching himself up as he holds his gallon of whole milk
Tough: After an announced revealed Kobayashi would attempt to drink the milk in less than a minute, he begins his challenge
Challenge: With his eyes fixed on the milk carton, he looks relaxed at ease as he begins to down the milk
A YouTube video posted yesterday, shows Kobayashi behind a table in front of a crowd of people.
A man holding a microphone tells the crowd: 'We are going to try and drink a gallon milk in a minute.'
As the crowd starts counting down from ten, Kobayashi psychs himself up with the large container of milk.
Holding the carton with both hands, he then starts drinking, taking enormous gulps without a break.
Despite setting the target of one minute, Kobayashi races through the carton. Only a few tiny drops escape from his mouth.
Impressive: Within seconds, the former hot dog eating champion drinks huge amounts of the milk
Fast: Lifting the bottle up to his face, he quickly drinks the remaining liquid
After about 20 seconds, the milk is gone and Kobayashi tosses away the carton nonchalantly.
The clearly impressed announcer at Uncle Bob's Self Storage in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, says: 'That was certainly less than a minute.'
Kobayashi was previously banned from Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2011.
He won the competition every year between 2001 and 2006.
Success: The crowd cheer and clap as he finishes the bottle
Happy: Kobayashi nonchalantly tosses away the carton after completing the challenge
Recently, he has devoured 337 chicken wings in a half-hour.
The gallon milk challenge has gained popularity in the U.S.
It is often attempted by high school and college students, as well as celebrities.
A person is given 60 minutes to drink a full gallon of whole milk without vomiting.
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Top Liberian singer, Semah G. Weifur, has won the award for “Shining Star”, at the 2018 edition of the prestigious AFIMMA.
Receiving his award, Semah walked on stage with International hits making representing Nigeria Flavor & Culture Ambassador Juli Endee
The 5th edition of the Annual African Muzik Magazine Awards 2018 ( AFRIMMA ) was held at House of Blues in Dallas Texas with lots of energetic performances from several artiste.
Nigerian superstar, Wizkid won Song of the year Award and Yemi Alade clinched best female artiste of the year award. Fally Ipupa copped 3 plaque at the night, Kenyan Rapper, Khaligrah Jones won the Best Rap act of the year and Gospel act, Papa Dennis won Best Gospel artist of the year. Humanitarian award went to Nigerian singer Flavour.


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Welcome to Red Carpet Country
Towering red mesas, a proud Western heritage and some of the most unique natural wonders in Oklahoma are the hallmarks of Northwest and North Central Oklahoma known as Red Carpet County.
The Red Carpet Country regional tourism organization represents 16 counties in northwest and north central Oklahoma. A mild climate, rich history, amazing museums and abundant fishing and hunting make Red Carpet Country a popular tourism destination. The counties represented by Red Carpet Country are Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woods, Alfalfa, Grant, Kay, Ellis, Woodward, Major, Garfield, Noble, Dewey, Blaine and Kingfisher counties.
Red Carpet Country is economically anchored by agriculture and oil and gas exploration. The largest cities are Enid, Ponca City, Woodward, Alva and Gyumon.
Red Carpet Country is home to 101 Ranch, E. W. Marland’s mansion, Jesse Chisholm’s trail and the only preserved sod house open to the public. The outstanding rodeos are throughout the region, Vici’s scenic motorcycle ride, the Rattlesnake Round-up in Okeene, the Watonga Cheese Festival, Ponca City’s Herb Festival and Cherokee Strip Celebrations throughout the region marking the great land run of 1893 that opened the region to settlement. Kaw Lake and Canton Lake offer abundant camping, boating and fishing opportunities. The region’s rich culture and history are captured in a number of facinating museums and historic sites including the Standing Bear Museum in Ponca City, Hajek Motorsports Museum in Ames, Fort Supply, The Waynoka Air & Rail Museum, the Windmill Museum in Shattuck and the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid.
Northwest Oklahoma is home to a number of mountain ranges and mesas, a testament to the Southwest Tablelands ecoregion that dominates the area. Canyons and grasslands, such as the Rita Blanca National Grassland, help to give Northwest Oklahoma a distinctive Southwest-like landscape, differing from most of the state. Great Salt Plains Lake, one of the largest inland salt lakes in the United States is located near Cherokee. Rare selenite crystals with an hourglass shape are hidden just beneath the surface of the salt flats and provides hours of entertainment digging for crystals. In the fall and winter months the Great Salt Plains is a bird watchers haven when the lake area is filled with white pelicans, sandhill cranes, and an occasional whooping crane. In winter, several thousand geese can often be seen along the lake shoreline.
Little Sahara State Park south of Waynoka boasts over 1,600 acres of sand dunes ranging in height from 25 to 75 feet. The park is known as one of the best ATV riding spots in the Midwest and is the busiest state park in the state. Alabaster Caverns State Park near Freedom features the largest natural gypsum cave in the world that is open to the public. Black Mesa, the state’s highest peak, is part of a large range of mesas in the panhandle which stretch into New Mexico. Another mesa range, the Glass (or Gloss) Mountains, sits in the center of Northwest Oklahoma, just south of the Cimarron River along Highway 412.


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Whole Man Ministries reverend Kenneth Holly and public relations representative Gerald Green explained only exterior work on the houses can be completed this week. That work will be completed in conjunction with the efforts of a local company that has pledged to remove all of the lead inside the homes, which could pose a threat to volunteers and future tenants, if left unaddressed. After the lead is removed, crews can begin working on the interior of the houses.
The mastermind behind the project is Whole Man Ministries pastor Barry Washington. He told News 2 that on several occasions in which he visited a local homeless shelter, he noticed several veterans who were homeless. So, for the past several months, Washington has been garnering community and local business support to plan out the revitalization project.
Washington said he has not yet begun the interview process by which Whole Man Ministries and Veterans Helping Veterans will select veterans to live in the five soon-to-be refurbished homes. He said already, two veterans have reached out to him inquiring about how to obtain one of the homes. Up to 12 veterans, Washington said, will be able to live in the houses.
Washington and Green said each home will cost between $75,000 and $100,000 to revitalize, and Whole Man Ministries is asking for continued support and funding from the community. The organization affirmed it has begun looking at other properties to purchase, in order to eventually expand the project of providing homes to homeless veterans.
According to the National Coalition of Homeless Veterans, there are an estimated more than 62,000 veterans nationwide who are homeless on any given night. News 2 reached out to United Way of Forsyth County to obtain an exact number of how many veterans in Forsyth County were considered homeless this past year. United Way did not return News 2's requests for information, but Pastor Washington said he estimated about 150 veterans in Winston-Salem, alone, do not have permanent homes.


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Author(s): Larry Allen
Economic theory in modern times imagines a giant clockwork of events, with economists attempting to find the perfect mathematical model of a mechanical movement. The real world is manifestly more complex and unpredictable than the internal workings of a machine, and this may be why conventional economic theories are far more accurate in retrospect. Larry Allen's book, by contrast, recognises and avoids the inherent limitations of mathematical models; his ground-breaking work in no way shuns economic theory, but rather uses it as a framework within which to re-evaluate and offer cogent new interpretations of world economic history from 1945 to the present day. The book describes how, from the end of World War ii until the 1970s, powerful corporations began to lobby governments in an effort to reduce the perceived constraints of regulation. Following the difficulties of the 1970s these voices were increasingly influential, governments worldwide taking on free-market policies, dismantling the scaffolding of economic regulation and promoting the virtues of free-enterprise capitalism.

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text: Two epidemiologic features of sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory infections and prolonged sleep apnea, have not been linked by a known mechanism. Muramyl peptide, acting through interleukin-1, is proposed as that link. Both agents produce fever, activation of the immune system, and of particular significance, increased deep or slow wave sleep. Although sleep apnea is universal, prolonged apnea can, if uninterrupted by arousal, lead to hypoxic apnea, coma, and death. Infants in the first six months of life are particularly vulnerable when arousal mechanisms may not be fully developed, after 9 months of fetal life when life does not depend on respiration.

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Thousands attended the annual event this year to wheelie through the city and call for ‘knives down, bikes up’.
The idea that a younger generation is abandoning work has become a popular narrative online, but it doesn’t necessarily reflect reality.
The workforce is now gearing up for industrial action after receiving a measly pay rise, reports Ella Glover.
Rhiannon Adam spent three months capturing an ageing society wracked by division, isolation, and the aftermath of scandal.
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2009 IERA Award goes to Cyberdyne5th IEEE-IFR Invention & Entrepreneurship Award in Robotics & Automation
Article Type: News From: Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Volume 36, Issue 6
As in previous years, the judging panel had a difficult choice to make. The unanimous selection for the 2009 IERA Award winner was Cyberdyne, Inc. for its Robot Suit HAL, an innovative human assistance system using an exoskeleton.
To foster innovation and entrepreneurial spirit while making the best possible use of synergies between science and industry in the fields of robotics and automation is the aim of the IEEE/IFR Invention & Entrepreneurship Award (IERA) Award, that is co-sponsored between the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) and the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The award recognizes outstanding achievements in commercializing innovative Robot and Automation Technology. The award receives a $2,000 prize and plaque (Figure 1).
The judging panel composed of three distinguished members from each of the IEEE and the IFR selected three finalists:
Barrett Technology, Inc., www.barrett.com, Cambridge, MA, USA (Bill Townsend and Gill Pratt) for the Development of a Revolutionary Servomotor Technology.
Yaskawa Electric Corporation, www.motoman.com (Masahiro Ogawa): Next Generation Robot – Motoman-SDA10.
Cyberdyne Robot Suit Hybrid Assistive Limbs (HAL) (Yoshiyuki Sankai) for a wearable suit that expands, enhances, and supports the physical capabilities of its user.
The finalists each gave a presentation of their innovations and entrepreneurial achievements to the high-expert audience during the Industrial Forum that was organised in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, the largest robotics conference in the world.
Following the IERA award finalists' presentations, the judging panel and audience asked challenging questions. The panel came to unanimous conclusion that Cyberdyne – Robot Suit HAL was the winner of the IERA 2009 award.
IEEE-RAS President Professor Bruno Siciliano presented certificates to all finalists and the winner's certificate to Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai, CEO and Founder of Cyberdyne.
Professor Siciliano said that all the finalists were fine examples of exquisite innovations and demonstrated significant entrepreneurial excellence. The winner Cyberdyne is an exciting start-up company with a new game changing technology. The Robot Suit HAL is a break-through concept that is expected to be applied in a wide range of fields such as rehabilitation support, physical training support in medical field, support for disabled people, heavy labor support in factories, as well as in the entertainment industry. Cyberdyne has managed to attract substantial investment capital within five years with a major R&D facility in Japan, and with plans to expand internationally.
Professor Sankai is also a Professor and the Director of the Cybernics Laboratory at Tsukuba University in Japan. Cyberdyne is an entrepreneurial spin-off from the University.
As according to Professor Sankai, HAL is “capable of expanding, enhancing, improving and supporting the physical capabilities of its user simply by wearing it.”
When a person tries to move his/her body, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles via motor-neuron. During these moments, very weak bio-electrical signals can be detected on the surface of the skin. HAL obtains these signals through sensors attached on the skin of the wearer. The power unit that generates the assistive power is controlled according to the signals obtained, thus moving HAL's joints in concert with the wearer's own movements just before the human's movements. This allows HAL to support the wearer's daily activities or to realize the next generation rehabilitation.


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Every year we try to out do our Christmas picture from the year before and this one has to be the simplest one yet! With pictures already taken and a picture available depicting Paul’s new love of Rock Band we were set.
Corona, Russ and I don’t have much desire to play in the band but will do whatever is necessary to make Paul happy. I just hope he doesn’t want to go on the road any time soon as that I’m not prepared to do.
So from our Rock band to your band, we are wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years. This Dogo Argentino can’t wait to see what adventures 2009 hold for her!


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Michael Gove has warned that the Government must do more to seize lavish UK homes owned by Vladimir Putin's allies, as ministers fast-tracked plans to publicly reveal overseas owners of British land and property.
The Housing Secretary used a specially-convened Cabinet meeting on Thursday to insist that more action was needed, after independent research suggested that £1.5billion worth of property has been bought by Russians accused of corruption or links to the Kremlin, since 2016.
As part of an initial push to address the issue, No 10 is planning to bring forward an economic crime bill as soon as next week to introduce measures including a register of the ultimate owners of overseas firms that control land and property in the UK.
Tory MPs and peers have been pushing for such a measure for several years to prevent London from becoming a "playground" for Mr Putin's allies and draft legislation was first drawn up in 2018. The register could still take a year to be brought into operation.
The emergency legislation will also contain measures to bolster the system of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs), under which people can be ordered to reveal the source of their wealth and face having their properties seized if they cannot demonstrate that it was obtained legitimately.
'McMafia' orders to be toughened
To date, none of the so-called “McMafia Orders” have been obtained since the end of 2019 and UWOs have only been obtained nine times since their inception in 2018, according to the House of Commons Library.
A Government source said the reforms would give authorities "strengthened powers to investigate and prosecute those corrupt Russian elites who are laundering money and assets in the UK."
The reforms will bolster the system so that UWOs can be used against "complex ownership structures" including where properties are owned by overseas shell companies, according to government sources.
The plans also include allowing agencies to target company directors who have "some form of control" over properties and giving authorities more time to review material before taking action.
The changes would also prevent authorities from incurring substantial legal costs if they use UWOs "reasonably" - based on the belief that a series of legal challenges have reduced the "risk appetite" for targeting kleptocrats with the measures.
A government source said: "It is time to shut down the racket of illicit money in British property. We are sending a strong signal that the UK’s property market is not open to corrupt individuals and regimes laundering their money."
More kleptocrats are also expected to be targeted with direct sanctions in the coming weeks, following initial rounds of sanctions announced last week.


MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday reminded overseas Filipinos to follow immigration rules after the United States banned Filipino workers from applying for some temporary work visas.
The DFA said Filipinos abroad must "follow immigration rules and avoid staying beyond what is allowed in their visas."
"The Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. along with the other Philippine Consulates General in the US, will continue to extend appropriate assistance to all its nationals pursuant to law," the agency said.
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier announced that the Philippines, Ethiopia and Dominican Republic are no longer qualified for H-2A and H-2B visas, work permits given to agricultural and non-agricultural laborers who intend to work in the United States temporarily, due to threats of severe overstaying and human trafficking.
The DFA said it acknowledges the United States' prerogative to cancel the eligibility of Filipinos to apply for some temporary work permits.
"As visa issuances are a country’s prerogative, the DFA notes the concerns that led the DHS to arrive at its decision," the agency said in a statement.
"Nonetheless, the Philippines is open to the possibility of working with the United States in addressing these issues, as it has previously done so with similar concerns involving the Filipino Community there," it said.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo earlier said the Palace respects the US decision, but may appeal it should its enforcement be marred with unjust practices.
"If that is the law in the US, and there are violations, then we will need to respect. We will only react if our workers are being mistreated, maltreated," Panelo said in a Palace press briefing.
"We need to know whether there is basis for the decision. If there is none, we can ask for reconsideration," he said.
Hindi muna magbibigay ang United States ng mga H-2A at H-2B working visas sa mga Pinoy na hangad magtrabaho sa naturang bansa hanggang 2020, ayon sa US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Ibinibigay ang H-2A visa sa mga dayuhang trabahador sa US na nagtatrabaho sa agrikultural na sektor habang ibinibigay ang H-2B visa sa mga dayuhang trabahador na hindi nagtatrabaho sa agrikultural na sektor.
Sa ilalim ng mga nabanggit na visa, pinapayagan ang mga employer na mag-hire ng trabahador na dayuhan na magtrabaho sa Amerika sa pamamagitan ng one-time, seasonal, o intermittent basis.
Sa isang pahayag sinabi ng DHS na ipapatupad ang naturang ban mula Enero 19, 2019 hanggang Enero 18, 2020 kasunod ng mga kasong overstaying at human trafficking na naitala umano sa "malaking" porsiyento ng mga Pinoy workers na pinagkalooban ng mga nabanggit na working visa.
"DHS and DOS (Department of State) are concerned about the high volume of trafficking victims from the Philippines who were originally issued H-2B visas and the potential that continued H-2B visa issuance may encourage or serve as an avenue for future human trafficking from the Philippines," anila sa pahayag.
Ayon sa US Federal Register, halos 40 porsiyento umano ng H-2B visa holder ang lumagpas sa nakatakdang panahon kung kailan sila dapat manatili sa US.
Dagdag ng mga opisyal, nagdudulot umano ito ng banta ng abuso, fraud, at iba pang problema sa integridad ng H-2A at H-2B visa programs.
Bukod sa Pilipinas, kabilang ang mga bansang Ethiopia at Dominican Republic sa tinanggal sa listahan ng mga nationality na maaaring mapagkalooban ng naturang visa.
Sa isang pahayag sinabi ni Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo na nirerespeto ng Malacañang ang desisyon ng DHS.
"If that is the law in the US, and there are violations, then we will need to respect. We will only react if our workers are being mistreated, maltreated," aniya.
Ipapaubaya rin nila ang isyu sa Philippine Embassy sa US at sa Department of Foreign Affairs ng Pilipinas.
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said it will work with the United States government to address concerns that led to the Philippines' disqualification from obtaining a specialized work visa for foreigners.
Filipino workers were barred from participating in the H-2A and H-2B foreign worker visa program due to high overstay rate, according to the US Department of Homeland Security in a notice on Jan. 18.
It also cited concerns on the high volume of human trafficking victims from the Philippines who were originally issued H-2A H-2B visas.
Current Filipino H-2A and H-2B visa holders, however, are not affected.
"As visa issuances are a country’s prerogative, the DFA notes the concerns that led the DHS to arrive at its decision," a DFA statement said.
"Nonetheless, the Philippines is open to the possibility of working with the United States in addressing these issues, as it has previously done so with similar concerns involving the Filipino community there."
H-2A and H-2B visas allow US employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural and non-agricultural jobs, respectively, the DHS said in its website.
In view of this new policy, the DFA called on Filipinos in the US to follow immigration rules and avoid staying beyond what is allowed in their visas.
"The Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. along with the other Philippine Consulates General in the US, will continue to extend appropriate assistance to all its nationals pursuant to law," the DFA said. — RSJ, GMA News
Malacañang on Tuesday raised the possibility of appealing the decision of the United States to impose a one-year ban on the hiring of Filipino workers in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors.
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the government will act as soon as it received a report on the matter from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez.
"What we can do is first, we need to know whether there is basis for their decision. If we can see na wala naman, then we will ask for a reconsideration. But that's the job again, as I said, [of the] DFA and [our] US ambassador," Panelo said at a news conference.
"Once we receive the report [from the DFA and ambassador to the US ], then we will make a move officially."
Panelo also said "anything that will affect our countrymen will always be a concern" of President Rodrigo Duterte.
The US Department of Homeland Security, in its notice posted in the Federal Register, banned the entry of additional Filipino workers with H2-A and H2-B visas due to "severe" overstaying and human trafficking concerns.
"The Philippines has a high H-2B overstay rate. In FY 2017, DHS estimated that nearly 40 percent of H-2B visa holders from the Philippines overstayed their period of authorized stay," the DHS notice read.
H-2A visas are temporary visas for foreign agricultural workers, while H2-B visas are issued to foreign workers providing non-agricultural services in the US.
"If the investigation yields that there was a violation, I don't think puwede tayong makialam doon. What we can do is to do our own controls here para hindi nakakarating doon ang trafficking na nanggagaling sa atin," Panelo said.
"If that is the law in the US and if there were violations, then we have to respect if they have basis for that. We will only react if our workers are being mistreated, maltreated or being discriminated against. And if they violated the laws of the US, then they have to face the music," he said.
Aside from the Philippines, Ethiopia and the Dominican Republic were also removed from the list of countries eligible for the said visa programs. — MDM/RSJ, GMA News
Japan is in need of over 300,000 foreign workers and lucky Filipino applicants can earn at least P50,000 a month as initial salary, according to JP Soriano's report on Unang Balita on Tuesday.
Industries in need of foreign workers are food service, manufacturing, food and beverage, care workers, building and cleaning management, construction, aviation and agriculture.
"Nangangailangan ang Japan ng 345,000 foreign workers but it doesn't mean sa Pilipinas lang iyon," clarified Jocelyn Sanchez, deputy administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).
"Maraming mga sending countries, and of course, pag Philippines world-class."
Sanchez said based on estimate, construction and hotel workers can earn P50,000 and above every month.
Foreign workers who have worked in Japan for five years will also be entitled to bring their families. —KBK, GMA News
The autopsy report on the newlyweds who went to Maldives for honeymoon showed that they died of cardiac arrest and drowning, according to a report by Katrina Son on GMA News TV's Balitanghali on Monday.
The father of Leomer Lagradilla said the autopsy showed that his son died of cardiac arrest, while Leomer's wife Erika died due to drowning.
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday said no Filipinos were hurt in the air strike that occurred in Syria, according to a report by Sandra Aguinaldo on GMA News TV's Balitanghali.
The DFA nevertheless advised Filipinos to take extra caution and stay indoors.
Filipinos were told "to stay indoors and avoid unnecessary movement" after several locations in the Syrian capital were subjected to airstrikes that targeted Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Syrian air defenses.
Manila's last security warning for Filipinos in Syria was in April 2018. The remaining Filipinos in Syria are mostly spouses of Syrian nationals and household service workers.
There were 17,000 Filipinos in Syria when the civil war erupted in 2011. Syria has remained under crisis alert level 4 since then, but hundreds of Filipino opted to stay.
Alert level 4 calls for the mandatory evacuation and total deployment ban. It is the highest security warning given by the Philippines on countries that pose security risks to Filipino travelers and workers due to armed conflict or disaster.


Ownership Transfers for Properties with Onsite Sewage Disposal Systems in Maricopa County
Pursuant to A.A.C. R18-9-A316: Transfer of Ownership Inspections for On-site Wastewater Treatment facilities:
Onsite wastewater facilities (septic systems) must be transferred from the seller to the buyer when a property is sold. The Notice of
Transfer (N.O.T.) form must be given to Maricopa County to update the ownership of the septic system on a given parcel within 15 calendar
days after the date of property transfer. Provide a complete N.O.T. application and transfer fee of $50. A N.O.T application is required per parcel.
Incorrect or incomplete N.O.T. forms will be returned with a Deficiency Form to the sender. Please find the most recent ADEQ form at:
Maricopa County accepts only original signatures on Notice of Transfer forms. Forms with faxed signatures will be returned as deficient.
Make check of $50 payable to Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (M.C.E.S.D.).
The Report of Inspection is a disclosure document from the seller to the buyer. The inspection should occur within the six
months prior to the transfer of the property. This report is not to be used for submittal purposes unless specifically requested by the Department. The
form can be found at:
click on Report of Inspection.
Mail check with Notice of Transfer form to:
Maricopa County Environmental Services
1001 N. Central Ave., Suite 150
Phoenix, AZ 85004


Intravenous Vitamin C Kills Cancer Cells
by Bill Sardi
Recall how hydrogen peroxide is poured on wounds to
kill germs. Well now researchers clearly show
high-dose vitamin C, when administered intravenously,
can increase hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels within
cancer cells and kills them. I.V. vitamin C was also
demonstrated to kill germs and may be an effective
therapy for infectious disease.
With a growing body of evidence mounting, National
Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers conceded today
that intravenous vitamin C may be an effective
treatment for cancer. Last year the same researchers
reported a similar study but the news media failed to
The latest study, published in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, confirms the work of
Nobel-Prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling who conducted
cancer research in the 1970s with vitamin C. Dr.
Pauling's studies were discredited at the time by
poorly conducted research studies at the Mayo Clinic.
Unlike cancer drugs, I.V. vitamin C selectively killed
cancer cells, but not healthy cells, and showed no
toxicity. The ability of intravenous vitamin C to
kill lymphoma cells was remarkable – almost 100% at
easily achievable blood serum concentrations.
For inexplicable reasons, NIH researchers continue to
maintain high-dose oral vitamin C can produce a
limited increase in serum vitamin C concentrations.
However, their earlier study published in 2004 clearly
showed oral-dose vitamin C can achieve three times
greater blood concentration than previously thought
possible, a fact which negates the current Recommended
Dietary Allowance for vitamin C. [Annals Internal
Medicine 140:533–7, 2004] NIH researchers refuse to
issue a retraction of their earlier flawed research
which mistakenly claimed humans cannot benefit from
high-dose oral vitamin C supplements.
The NIH also offered no explanation why it has taken
35 years to confirm the work of Dr. Linus Pauling.
September 14, 2005
Bill Sardi is a consumer advocate and health
journalist, writing from San Dimas, California. He
offers a free downloadable book, The Collapse of
Conventional Medicine, at his website.
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."-George Orwell
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority.
It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the
people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who
mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good
masters, but they mean to be masters." -- Daniel Webster
"Great empires cannot subsist without great armies, and liberty cannot subsist with them." - Cato, anti-federalist


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BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and the North Dakota State Rehabilitation Council are seeking public comments and suggestions on VR employment services for people with disabilities. Interested individuals are invited to a public comment meeting on Feb. 27 from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Central Time.
The meeting will originate in Bismarck at the department’s Prairie Hill Plaza location at 1237 W. Divide Ave., Suite 1B, in the Prairie Rose Room, and interested individuals can also participate at video conference sites in Devils Lake, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Minot and Williston.
“North Dakota leads the nation in the employment rate of people with disabilities,”1 said Acting VR Division Director Robyn Throlson. “However, we are striving to connect even more individuals to meaningful competitive employment. We are starting earlier by working with schools and special education districts, employers and other partners to help young people with disabilities discover their interests and talents and begin planning to reach their employment and career goals after graduation.”
Throlson said the VR division also helps employers meet their workforce needs by connecting them with people who have the right abilities and training to fill job openings and providing consultation when employees experience a disability and may need an accommodation.
VR clients, employers, advocates and other interested individuals can participate in the public comment meeting from these video conference sites:
- Devils Lake: Lake Region Human Service Center, 200 Hwy. 2 W., East Conference Room;
- Dickinson: Vocational Rehabilitation office,1674 15 St. W., Unit E, VR Conference Room;
- Fargo: Vocational Rehabilitation office, 1655 43rd St. S., VR Conference Room;
- Grand Forks: Northeast Human Service Center, 151 S. Fourth St., Ste. 401, Conference Room 5E;
- Jamestown: South Central Human Service Center, 520 Third St. N.W., Room 317;
- Minot: Vocational Rehabilitation office, 1015 S. Broadway, Ste. 21A, VR AT Lab Conference Room 105; and
- Williston: Northwest Human Service Center, 316 Second Ave. W., Room A200.
During the 2016 Federal Fiscal Year, the department’s VR professionals worked with hundreds of employers and 3,528 individuals with disabilities and helped 613 North Dakotans reach their employment goals.
Throlson said the public comments collected help shape North Dakota’s state plan on Vocational Rehabilitation services, which outlines priorities. Individuals who are unable to attend the meeting, can submit written comments until 5 p.m. CST, on Feb. 28, to Kayla Conklin, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1237 W. Divide Ave., Suite 1B, Bismarck, N.D. 58501, firstname.lastname@example.org.


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18.6 A business that is interested in starting an on-line shopping service is interested in finding out whether or not there are differences in how women shop on-line. They are interested in capturing people who are already connected to the Internet, so they run a Web. based survey. They ask respondents how many purchases they have made on-line in the last three months. In addition, they ask demographic questions about gender, age, and level of education. The data for women respondents in three age categories are shown below:
21-30 30-45 45-60
2 4 3
2 5 3
3 6 4
4 6 5
4 8 6
5 9 6
8 9 9
(b) Set up the hypotheses to see if there is a difference in the number of purchases made on-line by women for the three age groups.
(c) Find the rank for each data value, and find the rank sum and average rank for each sample.
(d) Perform the Kruskal- Wallis test at the 0.05 level of significance. What can you conclude?
15.25 The British Bankers' Association wanted to look at the relationship between the amount of deposits made (in billions of £) and the number of customers that a bank had. Analysts collected data on six different large banks and found the following information:
Bank Name Deposits (£ billion) Customers (million)
Abbey National 101.7 13.6
Barclays 108.2 10.0
Lloyds 96.9 15.0
National Westminster 113.8 7.5
Woolrich 27.5 4.0
Halifax 77.1 7.6
(a) Which variable is the independent variable? Which is the dependent variable?
(b) Create a scatter plot of the data. Does it appear that the amount of deposits is related to the number of customers?
(c) Find the equation of the regression line for the data-
(d) Plot the regression line on the same plot as the data. Do you think that the line does a good job of predicting the amount of deposits? Why or why not?
(e) Calculate the standard error of the estimate, Sylx' for the regression line.
(f) At the 0.05 level, is the model significant?© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com October 24, 2018, 5:16 pm ad1c9bdddf
Answers questions on Kruskal- Wallis test , scatter plot, regression equation. The hypothesis to see if there is a difference in the number of purchases made on-line by women are determined.
Regression and testing of hypothesis problems
Attached Data Files: FUNDS - This file contains 185 rows of data points
1st Column : Fund Name
2nd Column : Fund Type (Balanced = 1, Equity-Income = 2, Growth and Income = 3, Growth = 4, Aggressive-Growth = 5, Small-Company = 6, International and Global =7)
3rd Column : Five Year investment performance
4th Column : 1992 Return (in percentage)
? Calculate descriptive (or summary) statistics for the entire sample. What are the mean five year performance and mean 1992 return?
Standard and Poor's 500 Stock Index (commonly called S & P 500) is the widest general-market index of stocks produced by the U.S. credit-rating agency Standard and Poor. The index is constituted by using the prices of securities of 425 U.S. industrial companies and 75 railway and public-utility corporations. Investors regard the S & P 500 as representing the market, the general level of the price of securities in the U.S. The success of an investment strategy is often measured by the degree to which the strategy beats the S & P 500. The reason for this is that by holding a portfolio that represents the S & P 500 (a Market Index Fund), one can do nearly as well as the S & P 500. The S & P 500 is often used as a base level for comparison. The five-year performance and 1992 return for the S & P 500 are $15,440 and 8%, respectively.
1. Taking these as base level performance figures, what does that say about the investment abilities exhibited by the managed mutual funds in the study?
2. Next, look at the five-year performance first. Construct side-by-side boxplots, forming groups based on the different types of funds. What can you say about risk based on the boxplots? Also, examine descriptive (or summary) statistics separated by type of mutual fund. Are there differences in five-year performance relating to fund type? Do certain types of funds seem to have been more successful than others over this time period? Are the patterns surprising, given that the market did well during this time period?
3. Do you note any unusual funds in terms of performance from examination of the boxplots? Do you see any relationship between the variability of returns for a given fund type and the performance itself? Given the general investing axiom that higher performance goes with higher risk, what sort of relationship would you expect to exist?
4. Now shorten the time horizon from five-year to one-year (1992) performance. Repeat the analyses previously done on the five-year return variable. Are there differences related to fund type? Are any observed differences between fund types similar to ones observed for five-year performance? What does that imply about the connection between short and long-term performance? Another way to investigate this is by constructing a scatter plot of one-year versus five-year performance. Does this plot suggest that funds that do well (or poorly) on one measure necessarily do well (or poorly) on the other?
5. Based on your analysis from above, you identified that the 5 year performance and 1992 Return are different for the various funds.
6. Conduct a "t" test using 5-step hypothesis testing procedure for the different funds (compare say "Balanced with respect to others). What do you conclude?
7. Repeat the analysis using either Kruskal Wallis test or Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for the different funds. Is the conclusion the same as in the "t" test? Why?
8. Construct a scatter plot of the 1992 Return (vertical axis) versus the Five Year Return (horizontal axis). Does it appear that a linear regression model would be appropriate for these data?
9. Now, calculate/plot the least squares regression line for predicting the 1992 return from the five year return. Is there a significant relationship between the two variables? Prove or disprove it with an appropriate test. Do you notice any apparent systematic violations of the regression assumptions?
10. Construct and examine the regression diagnostics for this model.
(a) Do you notice any outlier? If yes, remove the outlier and rerun the regression.
(b) Is the regression model satisfactory?
(c) Do you notice any apparent systematic violations of the regression assumptions?
What will you advise an investor like me to do, given that I have access to these mutual funds?
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Some cities will likely see more visitors over Labor Day weekend than others.
The number of flight bookings on the platform went up by 18% for July 2021 – which is a number that’s nearly three times as many the app received the same time last year, according to TripIt.
The five U.S. cities that topped TripIt’s bookings this year are Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, New York and Seattle.
TripIt's Labor Day 2021 Domestic Flight Destination Rankings
- Las Vegas
- New York
While it’s not immediately clear if the shifting state of the coronavirus pandemic has played a role in recent flight bookings, New York went up 10 places in TripIt’s ranking this year and Seattle went up one place.
Sunnier cities in California, Florida, Hawaii and Arizona notably went down in rank this year, according to TripIt.
In terms of which airports might be the busiest over Labor Day weekend, TripIt reports that travelers will likely see larger crowds at San Francisco International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Denver International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
The digital travel resource also predicts that Labor Day travelers will see the highest traffic on the Thursday and Friday before the holiday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently urged unvaccinated Americans to avoid non-essential travel as the country tries to get a handle on the COVID-19 delta variant, which has a high transmission rate.
As of Sept. 1, more than 1.4 million Americans were screened through TSA checkpoints, according to the agency’s daily passenger throughput.
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