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You can now register your packaging innovation for the 30th edition of De Gouden Noot. Registration closes on 1 March 2020 or when the maximum amount of 40 participants has been reached. The ten finalists will be on display at the NVC stand at the busy North Entrance of international packaging exhibition interpack (7-13 May 2020 in Düsseldorf, Germany). The Award Ceremony will take place 8 October 2020 in the A'DAM tower in Amsterdam. Contact the NVC Office, for more information.
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Since its inception in 1958, Packaging Innovation Contest De Gouden Noot ("The Gold Walnut") has developed into the world's most competitive packaging contest. With De Gouden Noot, NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre stimulates 'holistic' innovation in packaged products and packaging. The contest has no subcategories; all entries are judged on their over-all innovativeness.
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The judging takes place in two rounds. The jury is independent and covers all aspects of packaging in terms of composition. The chairman of the jury is Professor Renee Wever. In the first round of the jury, ten finalists will be selected from a maximum of 40 entries. Non-finalists will receive a report containing the Jury's findings on their submission.
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During the Award Ceremony on 22 November 2018 the winners of the 29th edition of De Gouden Noot have been announced. De Gouden Noot 2018 was won by ACU-Drop® II, a unique, patented packaging form that revolutionises quality control in the In Vitro Diagnose (IVD) market. ACU-Drop® II has been developed and put on the market by Verhoeven Ontwerpburo and Eurotrol.
The Zilveren Noot (Silver) went to the Combo Excelsior®, a multiple-use container with many new innovative features, produced by Schoeller Allibert. The Bronzen Noot (Bronze) was for Arcwise, a patented alternative way to produce corrugated board, which was sent in by Brohl Wellpappe.
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text: Today we spent our first day in Mexico building a house for an elderly woman whose house had burned down. While some worked on the house, several of the other students played soccer with the young kids from local homes. While the day started a bit chilly for southern weather, by noon the sun had come out and it was a hot afternoon. We were able to get to know missionaries who work on the border and build many houses for Mexican families. This evening we spent some time together as a team in worship and prayer. Several stayed up to play games as well. Please keep praying for safety for our team, good health, ease of travel crossing the border, and more fun times together!


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The amount of food waste worldwide is enough to feed 1 billion hungry people each year.
Can you believe that statistic?! You know what the most frequently wasted food out there? Fruits and veggies. I'm constantly baffled by it and at the same time, not the least bit surprised. How many of us have a half-eaten head of lettuce in the back of the fridge going bad?
We all do, myself included. We have to do better. Whether you're cooking for 1 or a family of 5, it's often a challenge to cook the right amount without having a ton of waste. The trick I use is to start planning the meal(s) before I even hit the grocery store. Try these other tips to help you reduce the amount of food waste you create, and check out my recipe below for an easy meal using items you likely have extra of in your pantry!
1. Take stock of what you already have.
So many spices and veggies and sauces get stuck in the back of the pantry or the fridge. Before heading to the grocery store, check out your recipe and make sure you aren't duplicating any ingredients.
2. Make a list.
There are a few sites out there that will adjust an online recipe for different servings. A yummy dinner for one will obviously require a lot less food than feeding a family of 5. Know your audience, and adjust accordingly.
3. Prepare for leftovers.
Similarly to #2, if you know you'll have leftovers of either your recipe or ingredients (you didn't use the entire bag of carrots, for example), make a plan for those leftovers. A simple way to do this is to designate one day each week as a "cleanout meal". Chop any extra veggies from recipes throughout the week, roast them up with some garlic, oil, and whatever spices you like. You can serve them over a bed of rice with any leftover meat or plant protein.
4. Shop wisely.
For things like veggies, shop the loose section instead of pre-packaged and bagged foods. This way, when you're shopping for a recipe that calls for 2 tomatoes, you're not bringing home the whole bag of 6. Shopping the bulk section of dry goods (like rice) is another great way to make sure you're getting exactly what you need. Those scoops are generally exactly 1 cup!
5. Last purchased, first in.
When you bring your groceries home, move older things to the front and slip in the new stuff in the back. This way, older foods closer to perishing will be front and center, and easily accessible. No one wants to open the fridge to find a rotten pineapple dripping all over the back shelf.
6. Compost.
If you can't use it, you can at least keep your food scraps from heading to the landfill by tossing it in the compost instead. If you're in a small space, there are loads of cute countertop compost bins and you can usually drop off your compost at your local municipal waste center. If you have more space, the countertop bin is a great way to collect waste and then take it out to a larger compost bin in your backyard. Find one that is self-turning so you don't need to get in there with a spoon. Save yourself that yucky experience.
When you think about it, and really choose consciously at the store, it's not too difficult to drastically reduce your household food waste. Even if you simply choose to compost your coffee grounds or sprinkle them in your garden (they keep bugs and critters away!), every little step helps. If you need a little help getting started with a no-waste week, try out this recipe below. It's full of healthy, yummy foods and is great hot for dinner or cold for lunch leftovers the next day.
Veggie Rice Bowl
1 cup of jasmine rice
1 box of extra firm tofu, cut in small chunks
2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce or tamari
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 heads of broccoli
Salt and pepper to taste
Red pepper flakes, optional
- Preheat oven to 375°, line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cook rice according to directions on the package. Generally 1 cup of rice to 1 ¼ cups water. Boil water, add rice, cover, and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix tofu and broccoli with soy sauce and nutritional yeast.
- Toss tofu and broccoli on the baking sheet and cook for about 30 minutes.
- Turn off the oven and let the pan sit for 15 minutes. (Important. This makes the tofu yummy and crunchy.)
- Scoop rice into a bowl, top with cooked tofu and broccoli.
- Sprinkle salt & pepper to taste and red pepper flakes, if using.
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Portrait of Mme. Rimsky-Korsakova. 1864
Aristocratic families were Franz Xaver Winterhalter's strongest patrons. He was comissioned multipul times by the royal families of England, France, Spain, Russia, Austria and many more. One of his more popular portraits is The Family of Queen Victoria in 1846 (coming soon to Masterpiece Monday). He was commissioned by Queen Victoria over 100 times to paint portraits of herself and family.


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|Any one of these is probably a bad sign...if you start to notice multiple
signs, just start running and don't look back.
#10: Replaces your pillow with a new 'asbestos-stuffed' pillow.
#9: Keeps dropping hints on how steroids could help improve your
physique...and more importantly, your sexual abilities.
#8: Installs a new X-Ray machine in the house...and every bump and
bruise now requires extensive X-Ray examination.
#7: The garden (where you spend hours a day) is now covered in
industrial strength pesticides.
#6: All silverware in the house is replaced with a new lead-based variety.
|#5: Calls your cell phone hundreds of times a day, ensuring that damn
thing is constantly glued to the side of your head.
#4: Insists on eating fish for every meal (while some fish is good, too much =
mercury poisoning = hello cancer)
#3: Tries to sell you on new medical procedure for colon cleansing...
plutonium enema.
#2: Replaces all lighting throughout the house with tanning bed lamps.
And the #1 sign that your spouse is trying to give you cancer:
Every time you ask for something to drink, they offer you a bottle of
Chernobyl Springs Bottled Water.
|Top 10 Signs Your Spouse Is Trying To Give You Cancer
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(if medical knowledge was measured in parenting skills, we'd be Britney Spears) and thus, all of the
claims and/or suggestions detailed on this site should not be taken as medical advice. Always consult
your physician before beginning and/or modifying any alternative course of treatment.
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Wes Temby had reached burn-out and wasn't getting any younger. Living in Las Vegas and slogging through the doldrums of corporate law wasn't exactly the quixotic future the then-27-year-old had intended.
"I got into law because I wanted to save the world," he said. "But the legal system is just such a racket. Then I went into corporate law because I thought I'd at least make money. But that was even worse because it's just faceless and heartless and bad."
In 2008, Wes got out. He moved to San Francisco, and took to writing ad copy and catalogue blurbs for whomever would pay. Eventually, though, he found himself right back in the same dark existential hole. "It was fun work, but I got to the point where I was asking myself, 'Does this job matter?'" he said.
A year ago, Wes discovered West Marin, and with it a renewed sense of purpose. He studied permaculture in Bolinas, and this past spring started an internship with Marin Organic. He makes ends meet by working part-time jobs at Nicasio Valley Cheese and Terra Firma Farms, and by writing.
Still, some things are missing: a steady job and a home. Now 30, Wes commutes from San Rafael, where he rents an apartment with his partner.
"It would be a lot easier if I lived out here," he said. "I think especially when you're dealing with agriculture or something like that, for me, it's about respecting the land and being there and living it and being a part of it, and not just day-tripping out."
For the longest time, Arron Wilder thought he wanted to be a doctor. Then he went to college and met a girl, and realized that what interested him most was not was medicine, but dirt.
The epiphany led him to Wisconsin, where, in 1997, he was introduced to the subscription-based system of farming known as community-supported agriculture (CSA). "I liked it because it seemed like a good way for people to really participate in the farming process," he said. "As opposed to just seeing where their food comes from."
In 2001, Arron moved to West Marin, but eventually left because of the lack of young people. "It was so isolating and really hard because most of my friends were 50 and up," he said. "And I was fine for a little while, but in order to relate to anyone my own age I felt like I had to go to the city."
Ten years later, he's trying once again. He found a room on the Mesa, in Point Reyes Station, and an acre of arable land nearby to tend. This spring, with support from Gordon Hull, who owns the land, he launched the town's first-ever plant-based CSA program.
To make the most of what he has, he practices very small scale, labor-intensive agriculture, which he says "doesn't require the use of heavy equipment or petroleum products or stuff like that."
But Arron, 34, would be remiss to say that the farm, with all 16 of its current members, is what actually pays his bills. For that, he relies on another full-time job as an ecological landscape designer. He is grateful for the work, but would rather focus on farming.
"All I really want is to do good work and be part of some future here," he said. "Where we can produce a lot of food in our own area and people can be proud of that."
Miss June came to West Marin because of a man. They met in New Orleans; he played music, as did she. In 2005, they moved to Inverness Park, where he had grown up, and started a band.
The relationship didn't last, but her affection for the area, and all its similarities to her native Santa Cruz, did. "The wilderness is beautiful," she said. "And the small town feel is a huge draw to me. It really forces you to have to work out your issues because you see everybody all the time."
Last year, June began organizing a free, local educational network called the West Marin Free Skool. The network's structure is based on "pay-it-forward" economics, which requires a lot of faith, and is not always easy to support. "It's also hard," she said, "because you have to have a free space in order to hold a free class."
This month, June, who is 32, and her four-year-old daughter, Clementine, will move to Bolinas. This will be their third move this year. To make ends meet, she works part-time jobs at Vita Collage and Toby's Coffee Bar, in Point Reyes Station, and also cuts hair on occasion.
Though she has no plans to leave the area, which she now considers a home, she wishes it were easier to stay. "We're sort of in this catch-22 of not being able to have housing here," she said. "If everybody in this younger generation had the foundation of being steady and having a home, then we would be able to focus a lot more energy on some really amazing, exciting new things."
Community Conversation #7 will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 21 at the Dance Palace, in Point Reyes Station. Food and free childcare provided.


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Regular readers would be familiar with the ongoing case between Sotheby's and the Cambodia on the sale of statues from Koh Ker. This NPR is a timely update of recent events.
Cambodia Vs. Sotheby's In A Battle Over Antiquities
NPR, 23 October 2012
The governments of Cambodia and the United States are locked in a legal battle with the auction house Sotheby's over a thousand-year-old statue. The two governments say the statue was looted from a temple of the ancient Khmer empire. Sotheby's says this can't be proved, and a court in New York will decide on the matter soon.
The case could affect how collectors and museums acquire artifacts, and how governments recover lost national treasures.
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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 6, 2018 – This month, Hyundai is teaming up with BuzzFeed and iHeartMedia to introduce Kamp Kona, an all-new, three-part music experience that celebrates local creators. Headlined by electronic artist Dan Deacon, Kamp Kona invites all those who appreciate art and music culture to participate in the unique interactive live shows, which will feature special guests, local performers and alternative artists. The program is an extension of Hyundai's ongoing partnership with BuzzFeed and a collaboration to support the launch of the first-ever Kona SUV, a vehicle inspired by creative and adventure-seeking individuals featuring a dynamic style, immersive performance and a fun-to-drive nature.
Tour Dates and Locations
Each of the locations was selected for its local flair and commitment to art and culture. As with BuzzFeed's approach to content, each event will be built to share socially. The attractions, including interactive elements, such as a Ve-Lasso-Raptor (a life-size dinosaur that fans can learn to lasso with a rope), unique art installations by acclaimed alternative artists and groups such as Nico Salazar, Young and Sick and Natalie Melendez, complement the immersive musical performances. Several Konas will be on-site at each stop and serve as props to allow attendees to have those Instagram moments they love.
As a broadcast partner, iHeartMedia will amplify the event series with live on-air talent at each location, capturing content and sharing across the iHeartRadio Network.
"We're excited to extend our partnership with BuzzFeed to introduce a program that reaches a youthful, passionate and energetic audience—those who are experiencing life, not just watching it pass by," said Dean Evans, CMO, Hyundai Motor America. "The Kona fits perfectly for this program as the millennial target has a strong sense of discovery, a love for music and a desire to engage in Instagram worthy adventures that allow them to live free and drive smart."
In addition to the concert events, BuzzFeed will feature custom branded content, including a Kamp Kona documentary, across BuzzFeed properties, including a Tasty story, Bring Me videos at each tour stop and an As/Is video on concert looks. Kona vehicles will be seamlessly integrated into the content highlighting some of its technology and fun-to-drive features.
"BuzzFeed was first to crack socially shareable content and create culture that drives human connection all over the internet, and now we're excited to bring those experiences to life with Hyundai at Kamp Kona, our first branded experiential music tour, " said Ben Kaufman, Head of BuzzFeed Commerce. "In addition to Kamp Kona, BuzzFeed is thrilled to extend our strategic partnership with Hyundai to continue the success of the award winning Hyundai Young Entrepreneurs series. "
BuzzFeed & Hyundai Young Entrepreneurs
The Hyundai and Buzzfeed partnership also extends the BuzzFeed & Hyundai Young Entrepreneurs series for five new episodes in 2018. The award-winning series, which first aired in 2017, profiles inspiring and motivating young entrepreneurs who believe anything is possible. The first episode features two women who are changing the way we look at ocean conservation and highlights their efforts to turn decmissioned oil rigs into reefs as they drive around in the Hyundai Kona. The episode was released in mid-May and already has more than three million video views.
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Though the Rs 40,000 crore-worth private-security industry in India is hardly a preserve of big companies, corporate leaders still need to feel fear. Ramdev's new foray indicates he is game to rush into an unrelated business and, as his track record suggests, can give the biggies a run for their money. In just 10 years, his Patanjali Ayurved has grown from a small ayurvedic pharmacy to a giant-slayer in the FMCG sector. If Ramdev's new venture meets with success, who knows he can even get into, say, telecom, tomorrow. Imagine a Ramdev smartphone that comes loaded with yoga videos, health tips and ayurvedic remedies.
Possibilities are endless for Patanjali because it is already the biggest home-grown brand in India, unusual for one that sold only ayurvedic drugs just five years ago. In a recent study by global research firm Ipsos, Patanjali ranked fourth among the top 10 influential brands in India, below Google, Microsoft and Facebook. It beat biggest bank SBI, telecom leader Airtel, disruptor Reliance Jio and storied internet retailer Flipkart.
Ramdev's entrepreneurial genius combined with his huge mass following is a big challenge to corporate India. He has carved out for himself an entirely new segment of loyal customers who would buy whatever he offers due to his carefully crafted image—a televangelist promoting yoga and ayurveda, a religious guru, a health campaigner fighting big companies, especially multinationals, and a crusader against corruption.
Association of 'Brand Ramdev' with tradition, health, spirituality, justice and patriotism ensures a vast base of committed customers. His backward-caste background gives him a wide acceptance among the lower classes, especially in the Hindi heartland. That's why even though he has backed right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological parent, the RSS, various parties opposed to right-wing politics have courted him at different times.
In India, which has been built on socialist ideology, the masses have a general distrust towards big business, especially multinational companies. After Mahatma Gandhi, whose alternative to capitalism was a utopian village-based spinning-wheel economy, Ramdev presents another 'swadeshi' alternative which is credible and works: a not-for-profit enterprise that swears by nationalism, tradition, health and spirituality.
Ramdev's potent mixture of right-wing politics and business could be more than what his rival corporate India can handle if he keeps expanding into new territories.
Mixing of politics and business is a global trend today. The boom in craft products in the west is a good example of how consumers prefer to align their consumption with their politics. Liberal politics in the west has converted hand-made, ethical and craft products—from beer and cheese to home accessories—into big business.
Ramdev chose private security as his next business foray not just because it is a booming sector today; it also sits well with his brand that thrives on nationalism. He is not shy of announcing the nationalist sentiment behind his new venture. According to a statement released by the yoga guru, the company's aim is to "instill patriotic fervour among youngsters and create an ambience conducive for physical and mental development of the trainees". With terror and India's inimical neighbours Pakistan and China becoming part of the nation's daily discourse today, Ramdev's venture is timely.
Also, a private security business will give his brand a unique force multiplier. Thousands of security guards spread all over India will certainly be seen as his brand ambassadors.
It is not unimaginable that Ramdev rides the huge nationalist wave sweeping India to eventually become the next Tata or Ambani, and create a new business template for other religious gurus—the cow capitalism where consumers are offered products steeped in the goodness of tradition, spirituality and patriotism.


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When I was growing up, my mom was smack dab in the middle of the "health food craze." I'm not sure if that's a product of the fact that she was a runner and a mother of young children and as both, she thought about food in a different way. Or if it was just a general consensus of the time. I'm pretty sure though, that having young children and being a runner was probably the beginning of her seeing food more as fuel for your body than just feeding your cravings. She was ahead of her time with the whole disdain over heavily sugared and processed foods. And since I grew up with it from the start, it didn't bother me as much as the rest of the family…
The only bread I ever had growing up was wheat bread and that was when the ONLY kind of wheat bread available was Roman Meal. I distinctly remember the very first time I had white bread. I was in the 3rd grade… I was at my friend's Christin's house and her mom made us peanut butter sandwiches.
I was completely disgusted! Yuck!!! This bread is so mushy that it sticks to the roof of your mouth! It was so different than the hearty wheat bread I'd had before, that I couldn't believe people preferred white bread to wheat bread. I continued to dislike white bread, until finally… I'd had it so much at friends houses, that I actually started to gain a taste for it. (It's best with mayo, deli ham and of coursed... crushed potato chips in the sandwich.)
That was how I found out about "normal" foods… at friend's houses. I mean… I couldn't believe that people had chocolate chips in their pancakes and fruit loops for cereal. All we were allowed for breakfast was Cheerios, Corn Flakes, Total, Oatmeal, or toast (wheat, of course). We NEVER had cokes around or even boxes of cookies… if we wanted cookies, my mom would whip up a batch and you better believe they had some oatmeal and maybe some whole wheat flour and god knows whatever else she could find to throw in there to make them healthier.
She definitely relaxed the restrictions as I got older and my brothers got into the teenage stage, but it does make for some funny stories… "Hey remember the time mom made buckwheat biscuits????? Gross."
Growing up that way definitely had a positive effect on me, though. And as a runner myself, I am constantly thinking of what I put into my mouth… whether or not it's healthy and how my body will like it. Granted, I don't ALWAYS eat exactly what I should, but I do a make an effort.
Granola is one of those things that I totally see my mom making back in the day (although, I can't really remember if she actually did). It's totally up her alley, with the oats, the flax seed, the nuts, and dried fruit.
I've never really gotten onto the granola train. I never really saw the point… I mean, I like my yogurt, oatmeal, and cereal just the way it is… But, when I saw this recipe on Cookie Baker Lynn's site for Almond Vanilla Granola… I instantly wanted to hop onto the granola train. And… so, I did… and it's delicious. I like to eat it just by itself. But, I did sprinkle some in my cereal one morning and enjoyed it that way, too. I used dried cherries, and think it would be delicious with some golden raisins, as well.
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Worth the Fall (The McKinney Brothers #1) – Claudia Connor
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Loveswept
Release Date: 9th September 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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They meet on a beach. . . . Abby Davis isn't wearing a skimpy bikini or sipping umbrella drinks, not when she's busy chasing around four little ones. And Matt McKinney isn't looking for fun—he's a Navy SEAL, a grown man with a long list of missions . . . and fallen brothers.
They only have a week. . . . Abby has brought her children to this beach to start over, to give them the enjoyable memories they deserve. Matt's been sidelined by a combat injury, and haunted by the best friend he lost and the promise he made: to remain a SEAL—focused and dedicated. This leaves no time for what he's always wanted: a family.
But a week is all it takes. . . . Matt opens her heart while Abby soothes his soul. And though they plan to say good-bye when the week is over, something magical happens on that beach, something neither can forget. Something utterly, completely worth falling for.
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This is such a beautiful and loving story between Matt and Abby. I could relate to most of the story being an Army Wife so I could feel the pain Matt's family and Abby went through! I have started and finished this in one sitting and now I am trying to stay awake for work with little sleep. That's how this book captivated me, I couldn't put it down!
Matt is so sweet towards Abby and her kids, you could tell they were missing a father figure in their life and sweet sweet Annie! She brought tears to my eyes on many occasions, it is at these moments that you realise that kids know and hear and see everything, no matter how hard you try to hide stuff from them.
Abby has been through a hell of a lot and her struggles to trust someone, anyone was painful but also beautiful to read. You want her to trust Matt, but at the same time, because of the emotional background, you don't want her to trust in him straight away. Trust needs to be earned, from both sides, and I think this book has captured this very well.
I felt the anxiety of Abby starting to be part of a big loving family, I felt her fears and tremors and shared all of her joy of being accepted. She's a fierce little kitten at times and this made me smile ^_^
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When towards the end certain decisions are made, I knew that would happen. With T-Bone in mind and the fact a SEAL stays a SEAL I could feel this decision coming up. And this was beautifully written, it captured the angst and anxiety of both people, Matt the Navy SEAL and the family, Abby, left behind and the kids. I didn't felt anger towards Matt, I felt that he made the right decision.
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The impact of web hosting companies in the environmental context should not be taken for granted rather it should be something that companies should put emphasis on.
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What does it stand for? Does it hold a deeper meaning for your team?
The name came about to show that we not only provide excellent interNET solutions for businesses but we also provide all the eCETERA's that businesses need to flourish when they embrace the internet and technology.
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Two decades in the industry must not have been a walk in the park. You started out when the Internet is still starting out as well.
With all the companies starting out the same time you did, it is hard to ensure the longevity of your own. Yet you're still here with us today. With that level of competition, how were you able to properly stand out?
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From data centers to cloud servers, you provide almost all the client's needs in Web Hosting. What services found an immediate crack in the market?
At the start it was website hosting. 20 years ago businesses were only just starting to use the web as a way to create sales and generate awareness. We found that there was a huge demand for reliable cost effective hosting. This is still the case but we're now finding a lot more interest in scalable cloud solutions and dedicated servers with a level of management.
Competition in the industry must have been really tough. Yet you still managed to nab the Best Shared Hosting award from one of the biggest award giving body for the Internet Industry in the UK.
The Internet Services Providers Association awarded NETCETERA the Best Shared Hosting Award for 3 consecutive years.
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That's quite unique. Tell us How is it implemented on your data centers?
In 2013 in light of various reports made into climate change we decided to go green and show our support for green energy. Although green energy is slightly more expensive than normal energy from oil or gas we were able to offset the additional costs through the use of energy efficient server and cooling, this meant we didn't have to pass these costs onto our clients. So far we have saved almost 2 Million Kilograms of CO2 from the atmosphere.
So who do you think will listen to your USP and How do you make sure your message is getting heard with all the noise in the market space?
Anybody who wants reliable hosting. Just because we are green doesn't mean that we are any different in what we provide. We just provide it in a clean way with no damage to the environment. Also many of the global companies that we work with have their own environmental management policies so green hosting is an easy choice for them to make.
It's clear that your main goal for The Netcetera Green Initiative is to reduce carbon footprints.
How do servers directly impact the carbon footprints in the environment?
All of the hosting we provide, from a small website to a set of racks is powered by green energy. The more hosting we provide the less CO2 that is created. When you think IT and datacentres possibly cause more damage than aviation then we can't just sit back and do nothing.
In line with the question above, how do you create carbon neutral logos for your clients?
Once a client has signed up for one of our hosting packages we can send them a choice of green initiative logos that they can use on their own websites to show their clients that they take their environmental responsibility seriously.
For the benefit of our readers, can you please clear things out on your datacenter colocation? How is it beneficial to your client's web server?
Our datacentre location has many benefits. Firstly the infrastructure is first class, it has to be as we are located in one of the world's leading offshore financial centres. Our utility supply is second to none and our links to the outside world are as we say world class. We're also in a very safe location, easy to get to and with a very low risk of terrorism attacks unlike some of the datacentres in some of the bigger cities around the world. Being based where we are doesn't create any problems for our clients after all we have clients as far away as New Zealand and Australia along with the USA, Africa and all over Europe and India.
You maintained a ?99.97% uptime record? over the past 11 years. What's the secret sauce that enabled you do to hold such a record?
?We pride ourselves on continuous improvement and monitoring. One of the reasons why we have such high percentages is because of the infrastructure and the other is because we continually upgrade the technology we use.
You hold open house tours of your data centers in Isle of Man. Are there any special considerations before our readers complete the booking form?
Anybody can come to the Datacentre for a tour. It's important to book first and for people to remember to bring some form of photo ID. We take security very seriously, saying all that the tours are fun and informative and we'll throw in some drinks too.
That's about the time we have for today. Before we wrap up, can you share with us promo codes or discount coupons for when we subscribe to the service?
We'd like to think that we always offer excellent value with the best support around but as a thank you we would like to offer your readers the opportunity to get some great offers and super discounts, starting with an extra 10% off our already great value hosting packages. Readers can use HRB10 promo code.
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Now there you have it folks. I hope that you learned more about NETCETRA through this interview. Thank you for your time, Steve. Those are some interesting insights. We wish you success on your campaign and good luck to your folks back in NETCETERA.
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The service will allow consumers to use their mobile phones to send money to other people and to pay for goods, pay utility bills and top up their sim cards with credit.
To support this services the statement said Nokia is building a wide network of Nokia Money agents that will provide facilities for consumers to deposit or withdraw cash.
Nokia Money would be useful in developing countries where access to banking is restricted but mobile phones have penetrated to even the remotest of corners.
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Immigration, MS-13 and crime: the facts behind Donald Trump's exaggerations
President Donald Trump linked illegal immigration to the violence of the MS-13 gang, claiming "open borders" have caused the death of many people in the United States.
During his State of the Union speech, Trump highlighted the 2016 killings of teenagers Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens in New York and the related murder charges against MS-13 members.
"These two precious girls were brutally murdered while walking together in their hometown. Six members of the savage MS-13 gang have been charged with Kayla and Nisa's murders," Trump said Jan. 30. "Many of these gang members took advantage of glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors. And wound up in Kayla and Nisa's high school."
The U.S. Justice Department did not specify in a 2017 press release on the indictments if the defendants charged for the murders of Cuevas and Mickens came to the United States illegally as unaccompanied minors. We asked the department to clarify, but it referred us to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which did not provide a response by deadline.
PolitiFact decided to fact-check whether gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes" and laws to come in as unaccompanied minors, as Trump claimed.
The White House did not provide on-the-record information to back Trump's claim.
It's unclear exactly how many gang members have come to the United States as unaccompanied minors, but federal authorities have identified a small number as suspected or confirmed gang members.
Nevertheless, what Trump refers to as "loopholes" are actually specific protections for undocumented minors called for by law. Some of these minors are actually fleeing gang violence in their own countries. Finally, experts note that unaccompanied minors are vulnerable to gang recruitment after their arrival to the United States.
Here's a closer look at the complex issue.
La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, grew out of poor Los Angeles neighborhoods where many refugees from civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua lived in the 1980s.
The Justice Department said the name Mara Salvatrucha comes from the word "mara," a term in El Salvador for gang, "salva," short for "Salvadoran," and "trucha," a slang term for "alert," "look out," or "cunning." The 13 refers to "M" — the thirteenth letter of the alphabet, denoting allegiance to the prison gang Mexican Mafia.
MS-13's motto is "kill, rape and control," Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said.
The Trump administration says there are more than 10,000 MS-13 gang members across 40 U.S. states and more than 30,000 worldwide.
Experts have told us that the growth of MS-13 in the United States is related to draconian policies in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador that pushed many gang members out of Central America.
In the United States, law enforcement officials have indicted MS-13 members for a wide range of crimes, including murders, attempted murders, assaults, obstruction of justice, arson, and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
Waves of unaccompanied minors, mostly from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, have come to the United States illegally in recent years fleeing gang violence and poverty.
Southwest border apprehensions of unaccompanied minors peaked in 2014 at 68,541. Around 41,400 of them were apprehended in fiscal year 2017, a 31 percent decrease from fiscal year 2016, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Unaccompanied Alien Child is the legal term for an individual who does not have a lawful immigration status in the United States; is under 18 years old; and has no parent or legal guardian in the United States, or for whom no parent or legal guardian in the United States is available to provide care and physical custody.
Trump has previously claimed that "loopholes" prevent the deportation of unaccompanied minors. That's Mostly False.
The "loopholes" he has referred to are matters explicitly called for in the law. Unaccompanied minors from contiguous countries (Mexico and Canada) can be quickly returned to their countries; but unaccompanied minors from other countries are not immediately sent back, but rather placed in formal removal proceedings and can apply for asylum.
Individuals can seek asylum if they have suffered persecution or fear they will suffer persecution due to race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
Regarding Trump's "glaring loopholes" and gangs claim, we asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its agencies for data on unaccompanied minors who have sought asylum in the United States while belonging to MS-13 or other gangs at time of entry. None provided information.
Immigration experts told us that while gang members can apply for asylum, it would be difficult for them to receive it.
"If the gang member persecuted others or committed a serious crime in the United States or his country of origin, he would likely be barred from asylum," said Fatma E. Marouf, a professor of law and director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at Texas A&M University School of Law.
"Most of the asylum seekers we see are fleeing gangs or refused to join a gang. It is also very difficult for them to obtain asylum in the United States because they don't fit easily into one of the five grounds for asylum," Marouf said.
According to June 2017 written testimony from U.S. Border Patrol Acting Chief Carla Provost, since fiscal year 2012 U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 159 unaccompanied alien children with confirmed or suspected gang affiliations. Of the 159 children, 56 were suspected or confirmed to be affiliated with MS-13, according to Provost.
(Around 45,400 unaccompanied minors, on average, were apprehended per fiscal year from 2012 to 2017.)
Provost's testimony did not break down how many unaccompanied minors were confirmed to be gang members and how many were suspected.
"The language of 'suspected' is important because DHS's internal enforcement, ICE, has alleged gang membership or affiliation against a number of Central American immigrants without substantiating these allegations at all," said Saba N. Ahmed, a clinical instructor in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic at the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law.
"In fact, in the very recent class action case of Saravia, arising out of Operation Matador activity in New York, a federal circuit judge ordered the government to substantiate these allegations, and they could not," Ahmed said.
Conflating "suspected" and "confirmed" exaggerates the gang problem in the United States, said Sonja Wolf, a researcher with the Drug Policy Programme at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), a think tank in Mexico.
"Not all unaccompanied minors get involved in gangs, and not all gang members are undocumented immigrants but were often born in the United States," Wolf said.
ICE has reported that operations targeting gang members have led to the arrests of individuals who came as unaccompanied minors. But it's unclear if they arrived as gang members or joined gangs after coming to the United States.
Experts on immigration, gangs and criminal networks, and law enforcement have said unaccompanied minors are clearly targets for MS-13 recruitment.
Timothy D. Sini, then-Commissioner of the Suffolk County Police Department in New York (now the county's district attorney), told a Senate committee in May 2017 that unaccompanied minors are vulnerable to recruitment because they are young, unaccompanied, adjusting to a new country, culture and language, and seek a sense of belonging.
"While the overwhelming majority of these children live law-abiding lives, (unaccompanied alien children) are undoubtedly a source of recruitment for MS-13," Sini said.
Of a sampling of 156 active gang members in Suffolk County, Sini said 39 were unaccompanied minors. "It is not entirely clear, however, the percentage of (unaccompanied alien children) who came into the United States as MS-13 gang members, were recruited while in federal custody or were preyed upon once they reached Suffolk," Sini said.
In testimony to the same committee, Scott Michael Conley, a detective in the Chelsea Police Department in Massachusetts, said that while the majority of unaccompanied minors were fleeing violence, "the smallest group of unaccompanied minors are 'homeboys' being sent by the gang to bolster the ranks of MS cliques operating in the United States."
Conley presented a recruitment scenario when gang members and minors who are not in gangs travel in the same group to the United States. Gang members gather information from non-gang members, such as where they lived and who their relatives are, and later use that information to recruit them. Those who refuse to join are subject to assaults or threats that their relatives will be killed, Conley said.
MS-13 also exploits human smuggling organizations to bring unaccompanied minors to the United States, said Angel M. Melendez, a Special Agent in Charge for ICE's Homeland Security Investigations in New York, during a House committee hearing in 2017.
"Illicit pathways go hand-in-hand with MS-13 increasing its membership," Melendez said. "Once these children are smuggled into the United States, they become prime targets for enlistment into the gang."
Overall, several studies have found that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born individuals.
Central American immigrant youth — both children and adults — are not only vulnerable to MS-13 threats, extortion, recruitment, but also are almost always their primary targets and victims, said Ahmed, from the University of the District of Columbia's David A. Clarke School of Law.
"DHS, Sessions, and Trump are trying to shift the focus of immigration enforcement to MS-13 in order to repeatedly drill in the message that immigrants are dangerous criminals," Ahmed said.
But many gang members were born in the United States, and gangs form in conditions of marginality, which also exist in other countries, said Wolf, the researcher with CIDE in Mexico.
"There is no doubt that MS-13 has engaged in serious and heinous forms of violence, devastating families and communities. But the emphasis on immigrants as the source of the gang problem in the United States is misguided," said David C. Pyrooz, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, whose research includes gangs and criminal networks.
While evidence suggests that immigrants are less likely to be in gangs than native-born youth, Pyrooz said, MS-13 is "the perfect boogeyman, owing to their ethnicity, transnationality, and extreme violence."
"The problem is that the constant callouts from the highest office in the land are giving MS-13 the notoriety that they could never achieve on their own accord," he said.
Trump said many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."
What Trump in the past has referred to as "loopholes" are requirements explicitly called for in the law. It's also uncertain how many gang members have come to the United States as unaccompanied minors, but some law enforcement officials said some have.
Experts note unaccompanied minors are vulnerable to recruitment after their arrival to the United States. In many cases, these minors are the victims of the gangs rather than perpetrators of crime.
We rate Trump's claim Half True.


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Southwestern Oklahoma State University's Student Government Association has announced the lineup for the 2017 SWOSUPalooza, set for March 30 in the Pioneer Cellular Event Center on the Weatherford campus.
The concert will be headlined by Shane Smith & the Saints as well as Koe Wetzel. Tyler Wilhelm & a Few Dollars More will open the show.
Entry will be free for SWOSU students with their valid student ID. Entry will also be free for the general public with a suggested donation to Relay for Life.
The concert will begin at 7 p.m., and doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
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LONDON The U.S. and British defense chiefs said Saturday the hostage crisis in Algeria ended with more deaths, but that details remained unclear. They blamed the militants who seized the natural gas complex in the Sahara, and not Algeria's government for its rescue operation.
At a joint news conference in London, British Defense Minister Philip Hammond called the loss of life appalling and unacceptable.
"It is the terrorists that bear the sole responsibility," he told reporters.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said much remains "sketchy" about what happened at the remote Ain Amenas gas field.
"We know that lives have been lost," he said.
According to Algeria's state news agency, special forces stormed the complex Saturday in a "final assault" to end the four-day-old hostage crisis. The report didn't say whether any hostages or militants remained alive, and it didn't give the nationalities of the dead.
Asked how many Americans were in danger and what happened to them, Panetta said he knew Americans were still being held hostage earlier Saturday. On what happened to them, he said, "we need to get better information."
Panetta was scheduled to return to Washington later Saturday.


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Advanced Character Model Customization
Character customization is one of the big attractive features of Perfect World. Learn the more advanced character customization.
In this guide I will talk about:
- How to "export" your models.
- How to customize beyond the limits the client imposes.
Have you ever made a model of a celebrity or game character that really resemble them? Usually people show of there models whit screenshots. But there is a better way to show of your work to your friends, and that is what I'm going to talk about next.
How to save your model? What happens when you save it?
When you are in character customization screen, in the top right corner you will have a menu like this one:
If you click on Save Model, it will save the model of the character you have in that moment. The name of the save model will be your current date and time. It will look something like this:
My save model is 2007_7_29_10_53_49. When saving a model the game client creates a INI file to a specific folder depending of what race, class and sex is you character. This INI has all the information of proportions, hair styles, colors, etc. of your model but we will talk more about this later.
I have save the model of a YuLing Male character and the INI file appear in "Your PerfectWorld Folder"\element\userdata\character\customize\70
"Your PerfectWorld Folder" is the Folder where you installed perfect world.
Note: You can change the INI file name to what ever you want.
If you go to: "Your PerfectWorld Folder"\element\userdata\character\customize
You will see a few folders each one is for a specific kind of character, some of them I don't know what are for. Here a list of what i could find out:
00 - Wu Xia /Male
01 - Wu Xia /Female
10 - Fa Shih /Male
11 - Fa Shih /Female
20 - --------
21 - --------
30 - --------
31 - Yao Ling /Female
40 - Yao Shou /Male
41 - --------
50 - --------
51 - --------
60 - Yumang /Male
61 - Yumang /Female
70 - Yuling /Male
71 - YuLing /Female
If you send the INI file to a friend and he puts it to the right Folder, he will be able to see and edit your model.
As and example put this file Romeo.ini in : "Your PerfectWorld Folder"\element\userdata\character\customize\70
And you will be able to see in YuLing/Male customization screen my Model Romeo.