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They're lurking in travel toiletries cases, bathroom drawers and even makeup bags, these small seemingly non-threatening bits of cotton and plastic that people use to clean and sanitize, apply and remove cosmetics, and make crafts. But the cotton swab (AKA cotton bud, AKA Q-Tip) doesn't just disappear from the planet once you're done poking in and around your various facial orifices with it.
According to a recent report put together by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the UK alone uses approximately 13.2 billion cotton swabs per year, more than any other European country, with many of the plastic-stemmed items ending up in landfills if they're thrown out, or in the oceans if they're flushed down the toilet.
And you know what lives in the ocean, right?
That's right, millions and millions of adorable fish — OK, plus some terrifying ones, too…we've all seen Blue Planet — and they're all chowing down on broken-down plastic particles from the billions of flushed plastic q-tip handles.
In fact, according to the 2016 Marine Conservation Society's Great British Beach Clean, plastic cotton swabs were the most common plastic, sewage-travelling trash found on UK shores and rivers. Not plastic water bottles or plastic bags, but cotton swabs. To combat the epidemic, some brands, like family cosmetics company Johnson & Johnson, have made the switch to non-plastic swabs, which are biodegradable.
The British government is also taking steps to prevent plastics from clogging up the bodies of water that surround the UK.
PM @Theresa_May has called on Commonwealth countries to unite on marine waste, with ambitious plans to ban the sale of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds #CHOGM2018 pic.twitter.com/2c6vDHaPGQ
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) April 19, 2018
Across the pond, North Americans are likely swiping and tossing just as many of the everyday sanitary objects. And there may not be a ban in site in Canada or the US, but making the switch to a non-plastic option and always disposing of them properly can make a difference.


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The phrase gimme a break is used in a few different ways in English. For today's English lesson, I'm going to show you how to use gimme a break in your everyday English conversations.
Here are the example sentences:
Gimme a break (1)
- Bob: I heard that someone jumped off the Empire State Building with a parachute.
- Joe: Give me a break! The security in that building is too tight for such a stunt.
- Ted: Joe said that he saw Johnny Depp at the diner on 6th Ave.
- Jen: Give me a break! I doubt any movie star would eat at that crappy diner.
Gimme a break (2)
- Jack: Are you finished yet? I want to watch TV?
- Jane: Jack! Give me a break! I told you I am studying for an important exam. Go watch TV at your friends house.
- Dan: Isn't dinner ready yet? I'm so hungry!
- Serena: Oh, give me a break! It's not easy to cook popovers.
Gimme a break (3)
- Boss: You know you've been late twice this week.
- Worker: Can you give me a break? My daughter caught the flu and I've needed more time to care for her in the morning.
- Policeman: Miss, you were driving too fast on that street.
- Danielle: I'm sorry officer. Please give me a break! I am going to a job interview and if I am late, I'll never get the job.
Yesterday's listening challenge answer:
- Michael's day was busy because he had several things to do!
Today's listening challenge:
- Why is it unbelievable that someone jumped off the Empire State Building with a parachute?
- Why is it unbelievable that someone saw Johnny Depp at the diner on 6th Ave?
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James Wallner on the Filibuster
Michael Ramsey
At Liberty Law Blog, James Wallner (Catholic University Department of Politics): Ditching the Filibuster Won't Save the Senate. From the introduction:
In contrast to the conventional view [that the filibuster is the key problem], approaching the Senate from the perspective of what the Framers of the Constitution intended it to do suggests that the institution is dysfunctional not only because partisans produce gridlock. The dysfunction also comes from the fact that the Senate no longer performs its deliberative role very well. Reasoned deliberation has nearly disappeared in the institution, as decision-making has gradually migrated from committee hearings and action on the floor of the Senate to informal and ad hoc meetings of interested members—meetings typically held under the auspices of the party leadership, out of public view and behind closed doors.
This leadership-led way of proceeding is problematic given that the institution's architects shared broadly in the belief that they were creating a deliberative institution, one explicitly designed to limit the power of popular and transitory majorities as reflected in the House of Representatives. Indeed, a deliberative Senate was key to making the new government work.
And further:
To provide such a check [on majoritarianism], the Senate would have to differ significantly from the House in both its composition and the way in which it conducted its proceedings. Charles Pinckney observed during the debate over ratification in South Carolina that "the purpose of establishing different houses of legislation was to introduce the influence of different interests and principles." In Federalist 62, Madison explicitly connected the Senate's ability to perform its checking function to the extent to which it differed from the House, writing that
as the improbability of sinister combinations will be in proportion to the dissimilarity in the genius of the two bodies, it must be politic to distinguish them from each other by every circumstance.
This illustrates the two distinct roles that the Framers charged the Senate with performing: passing legislation along with the House—but simultaneously checking popular opinion as expressed in the House by promoting thoughtful deliberation in the writing of the laws. This sentiment is reflected in the convention and ratification debates on bicameralism, as well as the Senate's method of selection, size, nature of representation, and term length.
As regular readers know, I hold what Professor Wallner calls the conventional view, that the filibuster is a problem. I agree with all he says about the framers' design for the Senate, and I agree that in theory one might expect the filibuster to promote deliberation (by giving the minority a stronger position). But in fact it does not work that way, under current conditions: the minority (whether Republicans or Democrats) would prefer that nothing be accomplished -- and indeed the majority may prefer that as well. I think there would be more deliberation without the filibuster. It might be chiefly deliberation within the majority. But the majority would have an incentive to deliberate, because what it decided upon might actually pass (instead of being filibustered).
Consider, for example, the current situation of health care reform, passed quickly in the House but now the subject of deliberation within the Senate majority precisely because it is operating under a procedure where the filibuster won't apply. If the minority could filibuster, the majority could afford to be much less careful.
ALSO AT LIBERTY LAW BLOG (and somewhat related), Michael Greve describes his ideal constitutional amendments (to make Congress deal with the budget deficit): Amending the Constitution with Buchanan and Buckley.


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Program 133
"More Melodious MacDowell"
MUSIC: MacDowell: opening of Phantasie-Tanz, from Second Modern Suite, Op. 14, performed by James Barbagallo, piano [Naxos 8.559030, track 7] [under the following]
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I'm your
guide, Fred Flaxman, and this is the second hour that I am devoting to
the music of the Romantic Period American composer Edward MacDowell.
We'll listen to his unjustly neglected First Piano Concerto, followed by three pieces from his Second Modern Suite and three other works from his large collection of melodious piano music.
MUSIC: fades out
MacDowell, who lived from 1860 until 1908, was a contemporary of
Debussy at the Paris Conservatory and later a pupil of Raff in
Frankfurt. He was the first American composer to achieve international
recognition, writing, as he did, in the European tradition of Schumann
and Grieg.
Let's hear his first Piano Concerto, which, like those
single piano concertos of Schumann and Grieg, was written in A Minor.
It was composed# in 1882 while MacDowell was studying with Raff in
Frankfurt. It was completed in two weeks and dedicated to Franz Liszt.
MacDowell played it for Liszt in Weimar, who was impressed with the
work and helped the piece receive its world premiere in Zurich the same
The rarely performed concerto is more showy than the more famous Second Piano Concerto.
It is a virtuoso showpiece for the pianist, like those of Liszt, with
taxing technical demands and difficult musical structure. In this 1992
release from Centaur Records, we have a pianist who is up to the task:
Thomas Tirino. The Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is conducted by
Vassil Kazandjiev.
MUSIC: MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15,
performed by the Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vassil
Kazandjiev with pianist Thomas Tirino [Centaur CRC 2149, tracks 1-3] [28:12]
Edward MacDowell's Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15, performed by the Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vassil Kazandjiev with pianist Thomas Tirino.
You are listening to "More Melodious MacDowell" on this hour of Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide, Fred Flaxman.
[optional one-minute break not included in the total timing of the program]
Edward MacDowell completed his Etude de Concert, Opus 36,
in May 1889 at the request of pianist Teresa Carreño. She was playing
MacDowell's music all over North and South America and in practically
every country in Europe. Although MacDowell didn't care much for
writing music to order, he gave his friend the brilliant composition
she requested -- one that was highly pianistic, dazzling, and one which
at the same time contained a beautiful melody. This étude became one of
MacDowell's most frequently played pieces. We hear it now as played by the American pianist James Barbagallo, who
was in the process of recording the complete piano works of Edward
MacDowell for Marco Polo when, in 1993, he died of a heart attack in
California at the age of 43.
MUSIC: MacDowell: Etude de Concert, Op. 36, performed by pianist James Barbagallo [Naxos 8.559030, track 1] [3:29]
Edward MacDowell's Etude de Concert, Op. 36 performed by
the American pianist James Barbagallo, winner of the Bronze Medal at
the Seventh International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in
You are listening to "More Melodious MacDowell" on Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide, Fred Flaxman.
MacDowell's Second Modern Suite was written at the age of
22. It became so popular at the time that its European publisher
entered into an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with G. Shirmer
in New York, it was reprinted in a new edition in 1896, re-issued again
in 1906, and re-copyrighted in 1911. We'll hear three pieces from this
suite now: the opening Praeludium, the Scherzino, and the closing Phantasie-Tanz. The pianist, once again, is James Barbagallo on a Naxos compact disc.
MUSIC: MacDowell: Second Modern Suite: Praeludium, Scherzino and Phantasie-Tanz, performed by pianist James Barbagallo [Naxos 8.559030, tracks 2, 5 and 7]
Three pieces from Edward MacDowell's Second Modern Suite, performed by pianist James Barbagallo.
MacDowell's Serenata, Opus 16,
was first published in Leipzig in 1883. He dedicated the piece to his
friend and colleague, the Swiss composer, pianist and teacher Hans
MUSIC: MacDowell: Serenata, Opus 16, performed by James Barbagallo, piano [Naxos 8.559030, track 8] [3:59]
Edward MacDowell's Serenata, Opus 16, performed by James Barbagallo.
You are listening to "More Melodious MacDowell" on Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide Fred Flaxman.
We'll conclude with James Barbagallo's recording of one of MacDowell's Two Fantasy Pieces, Op. 17, and one of the Twelve Etudes, Op. 39. You can hear both Fantasy Pieces and all 12 études on the Naxos recording that I'm using here. We have time for just the Hexentanz and Hungarian movements.
MUSIC: MacDowell: Hexentanz, Op. 17, No. 2 and Hungarian Etude, Op. 39, No. 12, performed by James Barbagallo, piano [Naxos 8.559030, tracks 10 and 22]
Edward MacDowell's Hexentanz, Op. 17, No. 2 and Hungarian Etude, Op. 39, No. 12, performed by pianist James Barbagallo.
That brings this hour of "More Melodious MacDowell" on Compact Discoveries
to a close, but it doesn't exhaust my list of favorite MacDowell
pieces, so I hope you'll be able to tune in for "Even More Melodious
MacDowell" on the next hour of Compact Discoveries. The major work on that hour will be MacDowell's very beautiful Sonata No. 2, Opus 50, known as the "Eroica" Sonata. This is Fred Flaxman thanking you for listening.
MUSIC: MacDowell: opening of Phantasie-Tanz, from Second Modern Suite, Op. 14, performed by James Barbagallo, piano [Naxos 8.559030, track 7] [under the following]
For a complete playlist with details on the recordings played
during this hour, go to www.compactdiscoveries.com. There you will find
information on every Compact Discoveries program, this being program number 133. Listener comments are always welcome there, or you can write to me at Compact Discoveries, 36 Pickens Lane, Weaverville, North Carolina 28787.
At the web site you'll also find links you can use to stream most Compact Discoveries programs on demand.
My thanks to Thomas Tirino and to Victor and Marina Ledin for their
help with the program notes for this hour, and my thanks to you for
supporting your local public radio station.
This Compact Discoveries program is a presentation of WPVM, Asheville, North Carolina, a broadcast service of the Mountain Area Information Network.
MUSIC ends at 57:30
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Council has held the Community Conversations meetings for 2018.
The Mayor, Councillors and the management teams opened discussions on key projects in the community.
Below is the list of presentations made and minutes from the meetings.
Mount Archer and Frenchville presentation(PDF, 14MB)
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Mount Morgan - 32 Hall Street
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The 2009 Grammy Nominations came out on December 2, and some of my favorites are in the running. Then again, some things that I'm not so down with are also representing (and does anyone else think that it's a little strange that The Lonely Island & T-Pain's "I'm on a Boat" is in the running for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration? I mean, yeah, it's pretty funny [my friends and I still refer to sandles as "flippy-floppies"], but doesn't its inclusion here undermine the appreciation of hip-hop/rap as a legitimate musical form?).
HQ and I will be thoroughly reviewing the nominees, but here's the list to get you started.
*Note that Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 is conspiculously absent from the Best Rap Album category – this is due to a late release date. Also, Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…Pt.II isn't nominated…
Best Rap Album
Common – Universal Mind Control
Eminem – Relapse
Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Q-Tip – The Renaissance
Best Rap Solo Performance
Drake – "Best I Ever Had"
Eminem – "Beautiful"
Jay-Z – "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Kid Cudi – "Day 'N' Nite"
Mos Def – "Casa Bey"
Best Rap Song
Drake – "Best I Ever Had"
Kid Cudi – "Day 'N' Nite"
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – "Dead And Gone"
Jay-Z – "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)"
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – "Run This Town"
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group
Beastie Boys & Nas – "Too Many Rappers"
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – "Crack A Bottle"
Fabolous & Jay-Z – "Money Goes, Honey Stay"
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – "Make Her Say"
Kanye West & Young Jeezy – "Amazing"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Beyoncé & Kanye West – "Ego"
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo – "Knock You Down"
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – "Run This Town"
The Lonely Island & T-Pain – "I'm On A Boat"
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – "Dead And Gone"


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Appraisal of employees often gets a bad press, but recent research suggests if it involves.
A look at several measures of the quality of early childhood education suggests that the.
It's a lesson in scholastic humility: You waltz into an exam, confident that you've got.
How languages and accents develop is fascinating, and production's of many works of Shakespeare are.
There are just so many great teaching resources on the web these days, but being.
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With so many messages thrown to young people through Social Media channels, media images, and.
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Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 01/21/2020
Rating: (8) Recommended
My wife and I both had the Spring chicken salad whis was good. What she wanted was the French onion soup but was told she could not have that as a QS choice but would have to pay for it.
Pros:Salads were good. Pretty setting.
Cons:Soup not an option for QS.
Reviewed by magicalcouple Review Date: 11/27/2019
Rating: (8) Recommended
We had lunch here a few weeks ago and went in with low expectations. However, we had a very good experience. All the cast members were attentive, friendly, and helpful.
I can review that I had the French onion soup and the ahi tuna salad. The soup was a little salty but super cheesy and I enjoyed it. The salad...was...TERRIFIC! I mean it- that salad was terrific. They did not short me on the tuna nor any other item. It was perfect for lunch. My DH claimed his ham sandwich was too hard (nearly burned bread) but otherwise enjoyed his lunch as well. It's a fascinating experience if you haven't tried it!
Pros:Food, Ambiance, Cast Members
Cons:Crowded, Noisy
Reviewed by annat856 Review Date: 09/27/2019
Rating: (8) Recommended
My party of 6 ate lunch here on 9/7. My D got the gluten free roll for her Carved Turkey Sandwich, she says it was "Amazing" H and DS got the Croque Monsieur and liked it, DS and I got the Coq a Vin my son loved it. I liked it the pork was better, but now it's the ok chicken. Going to breakfast next time!
Pros:This is a must do for us if we can get in! It's so pretty and we really love Beauty and the Beast.
Cons:Lunch is the most affordable but if you're on the DDP then breakfast is a great use of your cs credit.
Reviewed by Foodrocks Review Date: 09/07/2019
Rating: (7) Recommended
Be Our Guest is a very nice restaurant to visit. The meal at lunch is in some ways the best if you are not on the Dining plan since there are many meals that are not priced too high and you can see the beautiful setting. We ordered two turkey sandwiches and one beef dip. My younger daughter did not like anything on the menu and brought in a meal from Friar Tucks that she enjoyed. My husband and older daughter loved their sandwiches. For me, the turkey sandwich is just ok. It took a very long time for our meal to arrive and the person next to us was very upset when her meal arrived as it looked like her friend had finished her meal for a long time and she had been waiting. This has happened to us before. We didn't order dessert this time however we have in the past and the cupcakes are all delicious.
Pros:Beautiful setting
Cons:slow service limited menu
Reviewed by Foodrocks Review Date: 08/23/2019
Rating: (7) Recommended
We went to Be Our Guest for lunch ( my husband and two daughters ages 17 and 13 years). My husband ate the French dip which he really liked and my older daughter and I had the turkey sandwich with fries. She loved her meal and this is her favourite meal and that is why we went there. She also had the chocolate cupcake which was good. I don't love turkey but I thought it was ok. There wasn't anything else that I would eat so I went with the turkey. The coq Au vin looked very good as did the creme brûlée. My younger daughter doesn't like the menu at all so we ordered something elsewhere for her. The vegetables they include instead of fries includes a white bean and it tasted weird. The service was also very slow and much slower than normal. My daughter received her cupcake before everything else and we ordered thst after our main meal. Also they make you wait on the bridge which is very hot and sunny whereas most places you wait in an air conditioned building.
Pros:Tasty food
Cons:Limited menu
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 08/21/2019
Rating: (7) Recommended
Be our guest is our family's favorite restaurant. The food is absolutely wonderful. We had lunch on August 20th and I would love to have given it a 10 rating, however, while you need reservations for lunch, there were no tables available at all. We, along with so many other people, just walked room to room trying to find a place to sit. Finally I asked a server for help and was told to just stand near a corner and watch for people to get up from a table and grab it. Why have reservations at all if they are letting more people in than the facility can hold?
Pros:Food is fantastic
Cons:Finding a table
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 08/12/2019
Rating: (5) Recommended
Food is average. You pay for the atmosphere. Be sure to order ahead or else you will be waiting in line to place your order.
Cons:Its not any better than any other QSR restaurant.
Reviewed by Becky B Review Date: 07/24/2019
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Lunch at Be Our Guest. You try very hard to get reservations for Be Our Guest. You get them and celebrate. Then when the time comes, you wait in a very long line outside to get in to the place, order your food from a machine, then wander around a crazy, loud, busy dining room to find an empty (not clean) table. We went with extended family, about 10 of us total, and it was a nightmare for all of us to find a place to sit. By the time our food came, I thought some of our party was going to lose their tempers (very out of character!). Food was very "ok" is the best I could say. Cold, severely over-cooked. If something doesn't come out right, good luck. There is no one you can find to help you. Not what you would expect from an experience requiring a reservation. We will likely never go back. I just don't know why anyone who goes once would find it something they would want to do again.
Pros:Atmosphere is nice, snowing windows, stormy west wing
Cons:Food is very overpriced and very poorly executed. Almost no level of service - self-service everything except delivery of food, no assistance available if food/things go wrong
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 06/19/2019
Rating: (9) Recommended
the food was fresh, pleasingly prepared, and delicious!
Pros:easy to order kiosk, plenty of seating in dining room
Cons:not quite the same ambiance as dinner, no Beast, and no gray stuff
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 06/18/2019
Rating: (9) Recommended
The food was very good and they were extremely accommodating for my daughters food allergies!


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Over the past several years, the always popular macaroni and cheese has taken on a new identity in the food world.
Previously thought of as an item on the kid's menu or at best, a side dish, mac and cheese has now attained entree status, with restaurants across the country serving up traditional or gourmet versions of the cheesy goodness.
With dozens of mac and cheese options in Tucson and probably thousands in the state, Best Things Arizona took on quite the task when deciding to narrow it down to the 10 best.
The good news for Tucson: Three of our hometown spots landed on the list, each serving up very different versions of mac and cheese.
First on the list is The Fix, 943 E. University Blvd., which serves up some 40 different versions of mac and cheese. With classic, buffalo chicken and a wide variety of other options, "The Fix has upped the ante for other restaurants with their mix of delicious cheese and home made recipes," according to Best Things.
A few spots down on the list is the mac and cheese at 47 Scott, located Downtown at (surprise) 47 North Scott Avenue.
"They may specialize in modern American fare, but don't sleep on the old classics," according to Best Things' review, which lovingly describes the dish's house Mornay cheese sauce and sourdough breadcrumb topping.
As if that weren't good enough, 47 Scott diners can also add toppings like mushrooms, bacon and sautéed vegetables.
The third and final Tucson spot on the list is Brushfire BBQ, located at 2745 North Campbell Avenue and 7080 East 22nd Street.
While Brushfire is primarily known for their barbecued fare, there's no going wrong with the messy mac and cheese, according to Best Things.
"It's a pile of mac and cheese, French fries or Fritos, and topped with your choice of meat, barbecue sauce, cheese and pork belly bits," the website says. "Start prepping your stomach."
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Woman Gaga may have been scorned for Best Actress at the Golden Globes, yet her emotional clothing is evidence she is the most keen star on celebrity lane. Through the span of the most recent four months, as she made her definitive rebound – neighboring with another new profession move – advancing A Star is Born, she has turned into mold's endless visit de compel. It was just eight years back that she was wearing meat dresses andA arriving by means of egg to the Grammys, moves which epitomized her identity as an engaging and erratic craftsman, and it has taken that long for the world to make up for lost time with her message and comprehend that no, it wasn't in every case only an exposure stunt. The scandalous meat dress, at the 2010 VMAs, was in a joint effort with her challenge to the US military's 'don't ask don't tell' strategy and the preferences gay officers were looked with ("If we don't battle for our rights, entirely before long we will have as much rights as the meat on our bones," she said after) and the egg unit was an exceptionally strict understanding of her resurrection. It is safe to say that they are unrestrained and hotshot? Truly, obviously, however so is her industry. She works in a business fixated on ladies' looks – their ages, their bodies, their stature, their muscles, their hair styles – with inflexible norms of what traditionally delightful looks like and will accordingly have on your profession. Gaga comprehended this from the get-go, and in her 2016 Netflix narrative Five Foot Two, clarified the engaging explanation for her stunning dress. In 2000, the 1954 film was chosen for safeguarding in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "socially, generally, or tastefully critical" and Gaga recognized its advanced contact with her celebrity main street clothing at the Golden Globes, paying reverence to the late legend, who wore a close indistinguishable Jean Louis dress in the image. It was a genuine and rich choice. These most recent couple of months have appeared progressively develop stylish, with increasingly layered translations of her cautiously picked troupes: there may not be any steak headwear, but rather no form decisions of hers ought to be fully trusted.


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Looking at the entirety of Kylie Asmus' three years at Ashland University, it makes perfect sense that she was chosen as the 2018-19 AU Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
On the softball diamond, Asmus, a three-year starter at first base, was a .330 hitter, and compiled 69 runs scored, 174 hits, 33 doubles, four triples, five home runs, 74 RBIs and 11 stolen bases.
Asmus was named the AU Class of 2019 valedictorian, and graduated in May with a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average as an Exercise Science major. She was the Ashland athletic department's 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee, making it to the conference honoree level.
She is the fourth player in program history to be Student-Athlete of the Year, following Alicia Longstreth (2002), Desi Gillman (1996) and Heather Lefford (1995).
"I thought it was a real accomplishment," Asmus said. "I was surprised, but excited to represent the school and the program. It took a lot of time management. There were long days with games and practice and I didn't want to do homework, but I had to set that time aside."
Said Ashland head softball coach Emlyn Knerem, "Kylie is one of those kids that you wish you could have forever. She does anything you ask of her. She's great in the classroom, you never have to worry about her. It's sad to not have her back in the program this year, but she deserves every honor that she's gotten."
As for being named valedictorian, Asmus said, "It was awesome to be able to represent my class at a graduation, and speak in front of them. It was a humbling experience."
Asmus transferred to Ashland following her freshman year from NCAA Division III Ohio Northern.
"It was a little difficult at first, because some classes didn't transfer over," she said. "I was able to make it through and make friends in my group and make good relationships with my professors."
Said Knerem, "She stepped in and had no issues with the transition. She got the job done. She got those seeing-eye hits, she found a way to get on base, she found a way to get rallies started, she found a way to get runners in.
"We would not have been the same team without her."
In her three seasons as an Eagle, Asmus played in three Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournaments, and as a senior, helped the team improve by 10 wins from the year before.
"It was awesome to be able to be a part of an awesome program, and play with such a good group of girls and have mentors who were here before," Asmus said. "It was a great experience academically and on the field."
Asmus will be honored at the 2019 Ashland University Hall of Fame Induction and Student-Athlete of the Year Recognition on Saturday (Oct. 12) at 9:30 a.m. in the Faculty Room at the John C. Myers Convocation Center.
"It will definitely bring back a lot of memories, even from when I was little," she said. "Sad that I'm not able to play anymore, but happy that I was able to have that kind of experience."


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12,000 Jewish Israel settlers raid historic West Bank cemetery
Some 12,000 Israeli Jewish settlers yesterday raided several historic Muslim tombs belonging to scholars and prophets in the village of Kafl Haris, east of the West Bank city of Salfit, Quds Press reported.
Local sources told the news site that a large number of Israeli occupation forces also raided the city to secure the invasion of the settlers.
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Israeli settlers regularly raid Islamic sites to perform Talmudic rituals that provoke Palestinians.


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THE decision of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) to review downward, the commission rate to 15 per cent with its attendant implication on the revenue of advertising agencies notwithstanding, there may be rise in the number of marketing communication firms this year.
This is the prediction of Mr. Henry Alade, Chief Operating Officer, Troops Integrated, a Lagos-based marketing communications outlet.
His forecast is premised on the expansion that the Nigerian business environment has continued to witness in the last couple of years.
As part of resolutions reached at its Annual General Meeting held on October 24, 2007, the association had expected its members to commence the implementation of the new commission rate regime from January 1, 2008.
In the last couple of weeks, members have embarked on enlightenment campaign sensitising the public, especially stakeholders in marketing communication industry to the latest development.
The NPAN claimed that the decision was not new, "it was first taken at the NPAN's general meeting of August 26, 1999, held at the Champion House, Isolo, Lagos."
The association explained further that, "in many parts of the world where agencies are still on commission, the rate is within the new margin decided by the NPAN. In fact, in Portugal in 2005, some agencies agreed to unilaterally slash commission rates to 10 per cent to shore up the dwindling fortunes of newspaper industry there. In India, the world's largest democracy and a reference in pluralistic media, agency commission remains 15 per cent. In South Africa the rate is 16.5 per cent."
Although, the regulatory body of advertising in Nigeria, the Advertising Practitioners' Council of Nigeria (APCON) was quoted to have recommended the new NPAN's position, investigation revealed that the Advertisers' Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) as well as the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) was not in support of the decision.
Their argument was that a reduction in commission would reduce their budgets and upset their schedule. It was even claimed that some ADVAN members earn the commission directly and pay their agencies fixed, negotiated rates.
Rather than reduce the commission, it was gathered that ADVAN members preferred a slight increase in rates.
But NPAN President, Chief Ajibola Ogunshola insisted that reversal of the decision was unlikely more so when some media houses had begun implementation.
On whether there would be sanction for any defaulting publishers, Chief Ajibola said "sanction has not be considered", expressing optimism that it "is a popular decision" that meets the aspiration of print media owners.
The boss of Troops Integrated, Alade, however believed that, commission rates reduction or not, there are signs that the New Year portends business breakthrough for agencies. "I can see the feeling all over. I know by the end of this year, many of us will be counting our blessing. At Troops, we will have one or two brothers that will follow us soon. Even, there are a whole lot of undercover agencies that is yet to come out in their true colours. So, I see a great industry doing a great thing this year 2008."
He said his firm is not afraid of competition, the expectant result of rise in marketing communication agencies. "We are ready for the battle, although we are still young, but we are not young because all of us came from a different background, all of us came with different experiences and the guys you see, everyone of them have done one or two great things in the industry, but on various great grounds, so we are really old schools, and we all have what it takes to take the industry by surprise."
Alade explained that the name of the agency was a reflection of owner's desire to "look at marketing from the military position. We are trying to change things, try to do some things right, and the only way you can do such thing is by coming in with full force to gather armies that are of like minds to face the battle. So, that is why we picked that name Troops from the military setting."
He does not believe that the market is already saturated. And with more than 70 marketing communications agencies in the country, the Troops, he stressed, is already creating a niche for itself. "This occurrence is not yet over. A whole lot of agencies are still coming behind and the fact is not far fetched. It is a pointer to the growth of the Nigerian economy at large, because right now everyday is like the general scenario around human beings, they give birth to a child today, definitely there is somebody that is going to drop dead today, it's just a vicious circle. Everyday brands come in, ideas and strategy for brands come in, and everyday the people who will push the brand forward are forming things to be on ground. It is very big, but though a small market. For every player, there is always a way to go. For every player as long as you know what you are doing and what you are in for. So more are still coming".
The strength of his outlet, according to him, lies in the deep appreciation of what he termed 'Active Engagement.' He explained: "Active Engagement evolved over the years. What we knew was the traditional set up of below the line, along the line, through the line, down the line, that is what we have been hearing, but right now, we are looking at the marketing setting from a different angle, and now we need to do something that will take everything together, as a brand. When you are working on a brand, you are looking at the brand, engaging the consumer full time. You look at the brand from the strategy angle of it, you dissect it, and you look at the suitable way to attack the problem of the brand or the brand features. So, you are looking at a full time Active Engagement all around our services coming in with new rules of engagement, not the old way of doing things."
The firm, he revealed, has propriety tools which Alade called 'the intelligent stamp.' "It is like you write a document and you put your stamp on it. The intelligent stamp indicates our approach to brief. Once we receive your brief, we dissect it and execute it. We put our stamp on it and say, yes!, this is powered by Troops, and then post, and the pre-activation, this means that the processes of activation is being followed strictly by Troops."
His assessment of the industry underscored the fact that there exist loopholes that his company has come to correct. "There are loopholes.
But I wouldn't disclose them. It is part of our strategy. Those holes are what we are coming in to close and closing them right now to the glory of God. One or two things are already on board, that we have tried out some of our strategies and I can say at the moment it is working."
Although, the market is growing, the enabling business environment is yet to be created, Alade lamented while calling on government to focus on creating social amenities that facilitate rapid economic growth. Provision of uninterrupted electricity supply is one of them.
Alade began his Marketing Communication career from the old Group Africa where he retired as a compere; moved to the Creative Office, later to the Client Service Department and ended up in the Operations Department before he later moved to ESP communications as a Client Service Person. He was moved to Operations, and later left for TQA as Head of Experimental Marketing before he final quit to pursue his dreams.
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Dr. Mohamed Omar Salem
Consultant Psychiatrist & Head of Dept.
- British (UK)
Medical Schools:
- MBChB, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt (1975)
Specialty degrees and qualifications:
- Membership of the Royal College of psychiatrists (MRCPsych), London, UK (1992)
- Board Certification in Psychiatry (BCPsych), Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK (1991)
- Diploma in Psychological medicine (DPM), Royal Colleges of Ireland, Dublin, (1990)
Membership in Professional Societies:
- Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych), London, UK
- Member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists
- Member of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
- Middle East Representative of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, (USA).
Special Certifications:
- Certification in Behavior Therapy (Institute of Psychiatry, London)
- Certificate in Medical Teaching, (University of London)
- QCHP - State of Qatar
- Medical License Number - 5767
- General Medical council – UK
- Principal list with License to practice No: 3638866
Work Experience:
- Senior consultant psychiatrist with special experience in Cognitive behavior psychotherapy.
- Previous posts:
Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UAE University
Senior Lecturer in psychiatry, University of Kent, UK
Teacher in Psychiatry, University of London, UK
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Medway hospital, Kent, UK
Languages Spoken:
- Arabic and English
Selected Publications:
- Salem, MO, (2010) Function of Dreams: An Integrated approach, The Journal of the Islamic Medical Association of North America (JIMA), 42(1): 15-22, USA
- Salem, MO, Moselhy HF, Attia, H, Yousef S (2009) Psychogenic Psychosis Revisited: A Follow up Study, International Journal of Health Sciences, 3(1): 45-49
- Salem, MO, (2009) The Heart, Mind and Brain, Review Article, Arab Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.20, No.2:161-168.
- Salem, MO, Abdul Latif M, Yousif S (2009) Significance of Dreams among United Arab Emirates University Students, International Journal of Dream Research , Vol. 2, No. 1: 29-32, Germany
- Salem, MO, Saleh B; Yousif S; Sabri S (2009) Help seeking behaviour among psychiatric patients attending Al-Ain Hospital, International Journal of Social psychiatry Vol. 55, No. 2, 141-148, (UK)
- Salem, MO, Ali, MM (2008) Psycho-Spiritual Strategies in treating Addiction patients: Al-Amal Hospital experience, Saudi Arabia, The Journal of the Islamic Medical Association of North America (JIMA), 40(4): 161-165, USA
- Salem, MO, Moselhy HF, Attia, H, Yousef S (2008) Clinical Characteristics of first episode psychosis: a study in Al Ain, UAE, Arab Journal of Psychiatry , Vol. 19 (2): 25-35
- Salem, MO (2007), First Episode Psychosis: a Trans-cultural Experience, European Psychiatry, Vol. 22- (suppl. 1): S79-80, March
- Moselhy, HF, Salem, MO, Yousif, S. (2007), First Episode Psychosis: Medications and Clinical presentation in Al-Ain, UAE, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 41, Supplement 2, November 2007: A338
- Salem, MO, (2007), Outcome of first episode psychosis in the UAE, 15th Association of European Psychiatrists Congress, Madrid, Spain, 17-21 March.
- Salem, MO (2007), the Decent Psychopath: Case Report, Our Word, Vol. 7: 24, UAE
- Salem, MO (2006), Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry, The Royal College of Psychiatrists SIG Newsletter, 21(10): 1-15
Books and Chapters:
- Salem, MO & Foskett, J (2009), Religion and Religious Experiences, Chapter 12, In Cook, C., Powell, A., Sims, A. (Eds.), Spirituality and Psychiatry: 233-253, Royal College of Psychiatrists Publications, UK
- Salem, MO (2006), The key to Happiness – Self help Book in Arabic (267 pages), University Book House, Al Ain UAE
- Salem, MO, (2008) Light on the Path: My second book on the series of supported self-help for rCBT , ( 336 pages, in Arabic), Al-Resallah Publications, Beirut.
Dr. Rudwan Abdul-Al
Consultant Psychiatrist
Medical Schools:
- MD, Damascus University Medical School, Syria, 1997
- Mater of Public Health, University of Nottingham, UK, 2001
- Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership and Service Improvement, Manchester Business School, UK, 2012.
- Postgraduate Certificate of Medical Education, Hull & York Medical School, UK, 2013.
Professional certificates:
- Member of Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych), UK, 2006.
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Psychiatry and Old Age Psychiatry, UK, 2010.
- National Clinical Fellow with the National Leadership Academy, UK, 2012.
Previous positions held in the UK
- Associate Medical Director.
- Consultant psychiatrist and Lead Consultant.
- Honorary Senior Clinical Tutor, Hull & York Medical School.
- Member of the Board of Governors at a large NHS mental health Trust.
- Honorary Clinical Teacher, University of Sheffield.
- QCHP - State of Qatar
- Medical License Number - P6164
- General Medical council – UK
- Specialist register with license to practice number: 5204130
Work Experience:
- More than 11 year experience in psychiatry in the UK. Worked in different subspecialties including Child and Adolescent, Adult, Old Age, Addiction, Forensic, Asperger's Syndrome and Psychotherapy.
- I did most of my training with Cambridge and Sheffield training schemes in the UK. I have worked as a consultant psychiatrist at different locations in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK.
- Established an Arabic-Speaking clinic in Sheffield to improve access to mental health services.
- Participated in research on schizophrenia at the University of Cambridge then became involved in research governance in one of the NHS Trusts.
- Several publications in scientific journals and a book chapter.
Languages Spoken:
- Arabic and English
Dr. Abeer Mahmoud Ahmed Eissa
Consultant Psychiatrist
Medical School:
- Diploma of Practice Psychiatry (DPP), Guys, Kings and St Thomas Hospitals, London University, Ain Shams University
- Master's degree in Neuropsychiatry, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
- Doctorate degree (PHD) in psychiatry, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
- International Alzheimer's association
- Egyptian Alzheimer's association
- Egyptian Psychiatric Association
- QCHP - State of Qatar
- Medical License Number - P7463
Work Experience:
- Professor of psychiatry, faculty of medicine Ain Shams University- Egypt
- Consultant of psychiatry, Military force Psychiatric and addiction hospital, Medical service compound of military force- Cairo, Egypt.
- Head of the Memory clinic, Institute of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine - Ain Shams University – Cairo- Egypt
- Head of old age psychiatry, Institute of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine- Ain Shams University – Cairo- Egypt
Languages Spoken:
- Arabic and English
Dr. Bassent Mohamed Mostafa
Clinical Psychologist
Medical School:
- Bachelor Degree of Arts - Cairo University
Special Certifications:
- PhD in clinical psychology, Cairo University
- QCHP - State of Qatar
- Medical License Number - 1103
Work Experience: More than 20 years of experience in diagnosing and psychological treatment in the following psychiatric diseases
- Anxiety disorder
- Depression disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Eating disorders
- Personal Disorders
- Marriage Counseling
- Conduct psychological tests to assess
- IQ ratios
- Hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit
- Autism
- Memory Disorders in the Elderly
- Attention deficit and hyperactivity
- Anxiety disorder and depression
- learning difficulties
- Fears
- Pathological disorders
- Unvoluntary urination
- Depression disorder
- Dementia
Languages Spoken:
- Arabic and English
Dr. Nevin Mohamed Abdl Hamed
Medical School:
- Diploma of Practice Psychiatry (DPP) Guy's King and St. Thomas Hospital London University,1997 Ain Shams University, 1997
- Psychiatric Board Ain Shams University, Egypt 2007
- Alexandria Medical School, 1987
Special Certification:
- Certification on Behavioral Cognitive PsychotherapyGuy's King and St. Thomas Hospital London University
- QCHP - State of Qatar
- Medical License Number - P7390
Work Experience:
- Consultant Psychiatry – Mamora Mental Health and Addiction Hospital Alexandria, Egypt
- Consultant Psychiatry – Al Amal Mental Health and Addiction Hospital Kassim , K.S.A
- Special Experience in Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy
Languages Spoken:
- Arabic and English


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Public Cloud, Private Cloud, and Hybrid Cloud approaches as well as services such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) are being embraced for cost efficiency, scalability, and consolidation. Hypervisor technologies, Open Source versus Proprietary Hypervisor technologies, Security, Open Standards, Interoperability, High Availability, and Backup & Recovery are among the issues that are critical to consider when evaluating a move to the cloud.
It is difficult to find someone not talking about or considering using containers to deploy and manage their enterprise applications. A container just looks like another process running on a system; a dedicated CPU and pre-allocated memory aren't required in order to run a container. The simplicity of building, deploying, and managing containers is among the reasons that containers are growing rapidly in popularity.
Posted April 07, 2017
Hadoop continues to gain meaningful traction and organizations are now anticipating onboarding their analytics and business intelligence to the platform. At Data Summit 2017, Josh Klahr, vice president of products at AtScale, will discuss what enterprises users need to know on being successful with business intelligence on big data.
Posted April 06, 2017
OVH is acquiring VMware's vCloud Air business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in calendar Q2 2017.
Posted April 04, 2017
Fujitsu and Oracle jointly announced the launch of Fujitsu SPARC M12, a new lineup of enterprise servers available worldwide. Featuring Fujitsu's new SPARC64 XII processor, the companies say, the Fujitsu SPARC M12 servers achieve the world's highest per CPU core performance in arithmetic processing, offering improvements for a range of database workloads, from mission-critical systems on premises to big data processing in the cloud.
Cohesity, a provider of hyperconverged secondary storage, is receiving its largest funding to date, raising over $90 million in a Series C round co-led by investors GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Sequoia Capital, to expand sales and marketing to meet explosive customer demand. The investment will accelerate Cohesity's research and development of additional secondary storage use cases beyond data protection, with a special focus on analytics, test/dev, file services and object services.
Data security provider McAfee has begun operating as a new standalone entity, with plans to expand upon its security solutions platform to better enable customers to effectively identify and orchestrate responses to cyberthreats.
Teradata is launching an innovative database license model across hybrid cloud deployments, giving users more portability for deployment flexibility, subscription-based licenses, and simplified tiers with bundled features. With portable database licenses, Teradata customers can now have the flexibility to choose, shift, expand, and restructure their hybrid cloud environment by moving licenses between deployment options as their business needs change.
Today's products and services connect to the world around its users. In an effort to help people support more devices and understand the Internet of Things space, Verizon launched ThingSpace, an IoT development platform that allows its enterprise customers to build and connect their own IoT applications.
Posted April 03, 2017
EnterpriseDB (EDB) has released the EDB Postgres Ark Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) framework to the Amazon Web Services Marketplace (AWS). EDB Postgres Ark enables customizable deployments of Postgres clusters to private and public clouds, such as AWS as well as Red Hat OpenStack.
The Oracle Public Cloud Offering has achieved a series of compliance certifications and attestations for for a number of core services.
The top reasons for implementing Internet of Things projects include increasing new business revenue sources, increasing customer and product knowledge, and reducing operating expenses. DBTA recently held a roundtable webinar on how best to derive business value from IoT featuring Kevin Petrie, senior director and technology evangelist at Attunity; Jamie Morgan senior solutions architect at HPE Security - Data Security; and Becky Hanenkrat consulting sales specialist at North America database and data warehousing at IBM.
Posted March 31, 2017
GridGain Systems, provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing platform solutions based on Apache Ignite, has obtained certifications from Hortonworks and Tableau and joined their technology partnership programs. GridGain says these relationships will make it easier for its customers to launch high performance big data systems built on Hortonworks that leverage in-memory computing and to visualize in-memory data held in GridGain using Tableau.
In an effort to alleviate an impending critical shortage of developers, Cloud Foundry Foundation, an open source project whose stated purpose is to make Cloud Foundry the leading application platform for cloud computing, is launching a cloud-native developer certification initiative. The "Cloud Foundry Certified Developer" program will be delivered in partnership with The Linux Foundation. Training will be offered by companies, including SAP, IBM, and Pivotal, to help meet end user demand.
Posted March 30, 2017
The International Association of Cloud & Managed Service Providers (MSPAlliance) has formed a partnership with Ingram Micro Cloud to launch the MSPAlliance's MSP/Cloud Verify Program, an initiative to promote best practices and improve service delivery among the managed service provider (MSP) and cloud computing community.
Qubole, which provides big data-as-a-service, has successfully completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II examination, confirming that Qubole meets stringent guidelines for data security.
Posted March 29, 2017
The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) has represented the voice of data technologists and professionals for more than 20 years, and we are excited about how our community continues to grow and focus on peer-to-peer education and know-how. With that focus we are excited for our premier yearly event: COLLABORATE 17 - IOUG Forum.
ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, is adding two-factor authentication (2FA) support in ADManager Plus, its Active Directory (AD) management, and reporting solution, making its platforms much more secure. The addition of 2FA support establishes an extra layer of security around ADManager Plus logins while user provisioning support makes the iOS app a complete user life cycle management tool for on-the-go AD admins.
Oracle has unveiled its Cloud Converged Storage, which, it says, represents the first time a public cloud provider at scale has integrated its cloud services with its on-premises, high performance NAS storage systems.
Kinetica, provider of in-memory analytics database accelerated by GPUs, is partnering with Safe Software and created FME connectors that read and write data from Kinetica into and out of FME workspaces.
TIBCO Software Inc., a provider of software for integration, API management, and analytics, has announced availability of a new API management offering, TIBCO Mashery Professional, which is targeted at helping to speed up digital transformation activities.
Jethro, provider of an index-based SQL enterprise platform, is launching Jethro 3.0, combining the power of indexing architecture with "auto-cubes" to accelerate all possible business intelligence use cases using big data.
Posted March 28, 2017
IBM has made additions to the IBM Cloud Object Storage family, and is offering clients new choices for archival data and a new pricing model to more easily apply intelligence to unpredictable data patterns using analytics and cognitive tools. IBM also announced an expanded partnership with NetApp that provides NetApp customers with more ways to take advantage of IBM Cloud.
Posted March 27, 2017
IBM has released a new cloud-based solution that provides workload security for data and applications and automates reporting to assist with regulatory requirements.
Splunk and New Relic are forming a strategic alliance and introducing a new integration to help enterprises improve customer experiences. The Splunk App for New Relic gives developers and IT operations teams a comprehensive view into both application performance and infrastructure health by sharing data across both Splunk and New Relic platforms.
SAP is making enhancements to its cloud platform, allowing users to take it on the go and adding comprehensive new business services to the solution. SAP plans to deliver an SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS, giving developers the tools needed to build powerful enterprise apps for iPhone and iPad devices.
MicroStrategy is releasing an enhanced version of its signature platform, delivering a new set of APIs that will allow users to connect to almost any data source. MicroStrategy 10.7 also adds integrations with Natural Language Generation (NLG) providers Automated Insights and Narrative Science, letting users add Intelligent Narratives to their dashboards alongside their reports, graphs, and visualizations.
Huawei, a global information and communications technology solution provider, has formed a new partnership with Software AG, a data center middleware vendor, to support the increasing demand of companies for Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Huawei's Open IoT Platform and Network Infrastructure capabilities are being combined with Software AG's streaming analytics, hybrid enterprise integration and predictive analytics.
Posted March 23, 2017
It all used to be so simple. There were relational databases and they were all on-premises. But today it is an increasingly hybrid world, with virtualization and Hadoop arguably the source of the most dramatic technology shifts of the past 10 years. At Data Summit 2017, Unisphere Research lead analyst and DBTA contributor Joe McKendrick will moderate tracks on these two critical technology trends during Hadoop Day on Tuesday, May 16, and Virtualization Day on Wednesday, May 17.
There is a lot of lot of buzz around IoT, with many companies today seeking to find ways that machine to machine data will affect their industries and their own organizations, according to John O'Brien, principal advisor and CEO, Radiant Advisors, who will present a talk at Data Summit 2017 on "IoT Adoption & Maturity Today."
Posted March 22, 2017
InsideView, a provider of sales and marketing solutions, is advancing its product integration with SAP Hybris Sales Cloud solutions, allowing users to sync customer and prospect data to their CRM records in real time directly from InsideView's global company and contact database.
SAP is making a round of enhancements to the SAP Vora platform to help customers accelerate project implementations and offer speed, ease, and affordability to their enterprise business analytics. "Our goal continues to be delivering that insight from big data to the customer," said Ken Tsai, vice president, head of cloud platform and data management at SAP. "We have been on a mission to simplify big data for enterprise consumption."
The SAP HANA express edition platform is now available from Google Cloud Launcher, allowing users the space to grow and gain real-time insights. SAP HANA on GCP will be able to deliver real-time insights and run mission-critical applications and analytics on a scalable and secure cloud infrastructure. GCP will provide an automated provisioning capability of certified SAP HANA instances to deliver enterprise-grade security, high availability, disaster recovery, and scalability.
A team at SAP is diving into the world of college basketball again this year to help bring sanity to March Madness through the latest innovations in the cloud analytics product SAP BusinessObjects Cloud. Using the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball championships to highlight the value of analytics and hard data over intuition or sentiment, the Data Genius team at SAP is forecasting which of the 68 college basketball teams will advance in this year's tournament.
At its premier developer event, Oracle announced that more global enterprises, SMBs, and ISVs are choosing the Oracle Cloud Platform. 7-Eleven, Altair, Astute Business Solutions, Bitnami, Calypso Technology, Ford Motor Company, GE Capital Business Process Management Services, HashiCorp, Infotech, SAS, Vertiv Corporation, and Zensar Technologies are just a few of the many organizations that are using Oracle Cloud's PaaS and IaaS services to easily develop, test, and deploy high-performance applications in the cloud.
Posted March 21, 2017
HOSTING, a provider of managed cloud services, is acquiring Stelligent Systems, LLC, a provider of DevOps automation and continuous delivery solutions within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud. HOSTING will integrate Stelligent capabilities into its managed and professional services platforms, broadening its solution scope to further support mid-sized and enterprise organizations developing and hosting applications on AWS. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
MuleSoft, Inc., which on March 16, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 13,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $17 per share, opened trading the following day with shares rising more than 44%. This, according to industry observers, could put the company on track for one of the best first-day gains of an IPO this year.
Posted March 17, 2017
COLLABORATE 17: Technology & Applications Forum for the Oracle Community is set for April 2-6 in Las Vegas and, for Oracle users, there is simply nothing like being there. Packed with user-focused education and networking, COLLABORATE creates a welcoming atmosphere where participants can candidly share their ideas, challenges and questions.
There is just one event held each year that presents the full array of Oracle Applications and Technology education under one roof from three major Oracle users groups.
SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has added capabilities for end-to-end hybrid IT management through updates to its Orion platform and related products.
Posted March 16, 2017
Dell Boomi (Boomi), which provides a platform for application and data integration, has acquired ManyWho, a unified cloud and low-code development platform that helps simplify workflow automation and allows businesses and developers to translate business processes into software applications for connecting employees, customers, and systems.
Three new e-learning courses have been introduced to help foster expertise in big data and analytics, fraud analytics, and credit risk modeling. The courses were developed by Big Data Quarterly columnist Bart Baesens, who is a professor at KU Leuven (Belgium), and a lecturer at the University of Southampton (United Kingdom). The courses are being offered in partnership with SAS, but do not focus on the software but, instead, on the general concepts and modeling steps.
Last February, Oracle introduced a new Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Cloud Program to provide organizations with technical and go-to-market assistance. Today, according to Oracle, the OPN program has 25,000 partners worldwide, over 200 specializations, 5,000 specialized partners and 150,000 certified partners. As the OPN Cloud Program marked its 1-year anniversary, Kimberly Lasseter, senior director of World Wide Alliances and Channels for the Oracle PartnerNetwork program, reflected on what has been achieved to date and what's ahead for Oracle partners.
Posted March 15, 2017
Oracle has announced that the latest version of the Oracle Database—12c Release 2 (12.2)—is now available in the cloud, with Oracle Cloud at Customer, as well as on-premises.
DH2i Company, a provider of Microsoft Windows Server application virtualization and management solutions, has announced the general availability of DxEnterprise version 16 (v16). The updated release of DH2i's container virtualization and management software includes added support for Oracle Database on Windows, enabling Oracle users to create stateful containers for new and existing Oracle databases using the Vhost container technology of DxEnterprise.
Signals from IoT-enabled devices represent an opportunity for organizations to better manage, interpret, and leverage data, and the organizations that have the ability to integrate device data into their business processes and applications can gain critical predictive insights and drive cost-effective actions.
The rise of big data and the growing popularity of cloud is a combination that presents valuable new opportunities to leverage data with greater efficiency. But organizations also need to be aware of some key differences between on-premise and cloud deployments, says Charles Zedlewski, senior vice president, products, at Cloudera.


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Laketran Helps Over 10,000 Lake County Residents to CAVS Championship Parade
Sunday Evening
The Cleveland Cavaliers take the NBA title in dramatic fashion, beating the Golden State Warriors 93-89 and breaking the 52-year Cleveland sports championship curse. We thought the day would never come!
Monday Morning
Blackbird launches a new Laketran.com, a more customer-focused website featuring real-time rider tools. The new site couldn't have come at a better time – there's a parade to be planned to welcome our champs back home, and Cleveland wants to celebrate. Droves of fans await the team's arrival at the IX Center/Cleveland Hopkins Airport. If this crowd is any indication of what to expect for the official celebration, Downtown Cleveland is going to see crowds like never before.
Tuesday Afternoon
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson declares Wednesday as a local holiday.
Parade details are officially released – it's all going down the next day, Wednesday June 22 at 11:00 AM. Crowd estimates grow as the day goes on from 700,000 to 1 million fans expected. It's going to be an interesting commute!
Laketran posts a press release offering special commuter service to downtown Cleveland from Lake County Park-n-Ride locations. The cost is just $5, round trip.
Laketran daily traffic hits over 12,000 visits. Rider Alerts SMS subscriptions soar.
Families line-up at Park-n-Rides.
Wednesday Morning
10,000+ Lake County residents line-up at Laketran Park-n-Ride locations to take the trip to the parade. Lines are long, but move fast.
Wednesday Afternoon
It's a warm, beautiful day in Cleveland. Parade-goers start to arrive at Park-n-Rides at 3 AM to get Downtown and a good spot to view the parade.
Laketran lines are long, but move quickly, and Lake County is well represented.
Way to go, Cleveland!
It's estimated 1.3 million fans took to the streets, parking garages, building tops and light posts to celebrate our long awaited victory.
As things return back to normal, Laketran receives an outpouring of well-deserved praise from the riders they serve.
"Thank you Laketran and to all your hard working drivers. It made our day feel safe and stress free! Hope your drivers got some rest!"
Blackbird is proud of our long-standing parntership with Laketran. In addition to website design/development, Blackbird has provided Laketran with award-winning marketing campaigns, way finding materials, radio spots and more.
We are even more proud of the small part that we were able to provide this week, in helping Laketran riders find their way to a historic celebration.


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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this evening met President Uhuru Kenyatta at the beginning of his three-day visit in the country and assured him of his Government's commitment to Kenya on trade and security.
Mr Tillerson said US is interested in widening its investment in Kenya as well as strengthening the bilateral and trade relations between the two countries.
"There is no question about US commitment to Kenya on trade and security," Mr Tillerson said during the meeting at State House, Nairobi.
The US Secretary of State appreciated the cooperation between his country and Kenya on security in Somalia and South Sudan, saying the US stood ready to offer additional assistance whenever called upon to do so.
He said the US was also eager to engage Kenya in the Big Four to assist in its delivery, especially on relevant investments.
"The US is glad to see Kenya building investor confidence because that will help in the growth of the economy," the US Secretary of State said.
Mr Tillerson assured President Kenyatta that the US was also keen to see continental reforms of the business environment but was glad that the judicial reforms in place meant contracts were respected and there was a clear path on investment.
He added that the US looked forward to seeing successful implementation of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) because it offers a big market in which the US want to engage.
Mr Tillerson also spoke on cooperation in aviation where he welcomed the impending direct flights between the US and Kenya. He urged Kenya to maintain the security framework it has established to make the initiative a success.
Mr Tillerson praised President Kenyatta for reaching out to NASA leader Raila Odinga, saying that was a major milestone in consolidating national unity.
"I am cheering for success of Kenya," Mr Tillerson said, praising President Kenyatta for reaching out to Odinga.
President Kenyatta said the solid friendship and cooperation that continues to deepen, only serves to encourage Kenya to strengthen its resolve to work together with the US towards an even brighter future.
The President said he was keen to see an increasing footprint of US companies and businesses that have chosen to establish their regional bases in Kenya.
"Leading US multinationals such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, General Electric, Coca Cola, and Bechtel, to name but a few, have opened their regional offices in Kenya; thereby providing themselves with the best platform to access the vast African market," the President.
With direct flights between Kenya and the US commencing this October, President Kenyatta expressed optimism that there will be an exponential increase in the number of American tourists, business people and students, taking advantage of world-renowned tourism products and growing trade and investment opportunities in Kenya.
On security, the President said the long-standing mutually enhanced security and military collaboration between Kenya and the US has played a big role in counter-terrorism, especially in the fight against Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
President Kenyatta pointed out that the security situation is still dependent on AMISOM and Somalia partners, saying the planned UN/AU withdrawal of AMISOM by 2020 needs to be carefully reviewed.
"Kenya calls on the US to strongly consider the proposal made to have a surge operation in Jubba Valley region, which was made almost three years ago, in order to root out al-Shabaab," President Kenyatta said.
On South Sudan, the President said Kenya, together with other IGAD members, has remained fully engaged in finding a lasting solution.
"We are committed to supporting the IGAD High-Level Revitalization Forum, encouraging President Salva Kiir and the opposition to support the peace process, humanitarian assistance and the deployment of Regional Protection Force (RPF)," the President said.
President Kenyatta also informed the US Secretary of State of Kenya's recently concluded hotly contested and protracted election, saying "The values and tenets that we both share and cherish, including; democratic governance, constitutionalism, rule of law, and human rights, were tested."
He pointed out that although Kenyan institutions - including the judiciary, security services and the election body, IEBC - were also tested, they emerged stronger.
"As a people, we are more determined to forge a united front as we march forward in the path of progress," President Kenyatta said.
The President told Mr Tillerson that Kenyans bestowed his Administration with a new mandate and his Government has initiated the Big Four Agenda, which offers a solid launching pad for enhanced partnership and collaboration at bilateral, regional and global arena.


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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 823) to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and
A resolution designating the week beginning on October 13, 2019, as "National Wildlife Refuge Week". (10/24/2019 legislative day)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the
A bill to permit States to transfer certain funds from the clean water revolving fund of a State to the drinking water revolving fund of the
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 205) to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act (09/09/2019 legislative day)
Emphasizing the importance of grassroots investor protection and the investor education missions of State and Federal securities regulators,
Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019 (06/05/2019 legislative day)
H.R.1044 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 H.R.5428 - Stand with UK against Russia Violations Act H.R.9 - Climate Action Now
William Cooper, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice Steven Croley, resigned. (04/11/2019 legislative day)
One Woman s Trek for the Antioquia Brushfinch
Birds in Brief – Bird Conservation Updates Winter 2019 Pt. 1
Potatoes Loom Large Over Rare Mexican Grassland
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maikJ necesitaba un nuevo diseño de póster y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
didacta DIGITAL Austria
didacta DIGITAL Austria is the first education festival in Austria. Following a successful first edition in 2019, it will once again take place in Linz in 2020. The event generally consists of a trade fair – focused on digitalization in the education industry – jazzed and loosened up to a certain extend and expanded by several festival-like components.
- Each of the four event segments should be represented by one color. Please note, that the segments are also subdivided and we will need "sub colors" of the four main colors.
- The event logo is to be used and not to be changed. The design does not have to emerge from the logo, but the logo should still fit into the design.
- The design should connect the modern style of a festival with the more conservative/classic and tidy approach of the education industry.
- If relevant for the designing process: All our material will be produced in German and English language and peppered with anglicisms in the German versions.
The following bullet points should give you a proper overview on the event and a better background to dive into it:
Event concept Education Festival:
- Stimulating interaction: active participation and contribution to the event program by all participants (visitors, speakers, exhibitors)
- Political support by the ministries of education and digitalization/economic affairs, the federal state of Upper Austria as well as the city of Linz
- Specialization in digitalization within the education industry
- High quality framework program
Four event segments:
- Make it:
-> Active participation of exhibitors and visitors in creating ideas and concepts
-> Maker-space (technology lab)
-> App speed-dating (presentation of education apps in speed-dating format)
-> Digital Activity Zone
- Learn it
-> Speeches and presentations by Keynote speakers and Education Rockstars
-> Masterclasses, Workshops and training for educators and stakeholders
-> Contests (coding challenges)
- Share it
-> Panel discussions
-> Networking events
-> Podcasts
- Explore it
-> Exhibition stands and exhibits
-> Start-up-Area
-> Innovations
Target groups:
- All sectors of education: early education, kindergarten, school, university, vocational training, further education and lifelong learning
- Visitors from Austria and neighboring countries
- Pedagogues and Trainers
- Education authorities, school boards
- Parents, grand parents
- Political decision makers
- National and international exhibitors
- Education providers
- Education Start-ups
- Experts (scientists, associations and institutions)
- Distributors
- Basic digital education
- Pedagogic deployment scenarios and concepts
- Digital teaching material and apps
- Effective technical infrastructure
- Making, robotics, coding
- Suitable advanced education
Targets of the event:
- Establish the event and its location as the center of digitalization in the education industry
- Inform teachers, political stakeholders, private persons and companies about trends, products and solutions
- Stimulate communication between market participants
- Identify and illustrate risks and chances of digitalization
Targeted public image of the event:
- High quality standard in all segments
- Sincere and trustworthy acquaintance with business partners
- Progressive mindset, incorporating established concepts
The design should not resemble the following competitor events:
- INTERPÄDAGOGICA (http://www.interpaedagogica.at)
- LEARNTEC (http://www.learntec.de)


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This subliminal uses the energy of the universe that instantly makes you taller as you listen to these affirmations.
(Yes i included get result in zeptosecond (made by me) and detachment booster in this subliminal)
B e n e f i t s:
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– produc tall cells in zeptosecond
– bones grow proportionally and fast in under a planck of time
– mental and physical ready for extremely fast growth
– boost your hormones and motivate them into growth
– mind and body completely focuses on growing extremely tall
– turn on all your stem-cell production for your rapid height growth
– accelerate the process of growing extremely tall
– genes allow you to grow extremely tall
– DNA modifies to produce your desired height
– to have growth stage activation for all genetic ages
– naturally have tall height DNA\genes
– carry STC2 gene to increase height
– develope DNA potential to have gigantic massive height
– body opens all channels and pathways for rapid growth
– naturally produces Vitamin B1, B2, C, D and Calcium, Phosphorus
– easily absorbs Vitamin B1, B2, C, D and Calcium, Phosphorus
– receives all nutrients required for rapid proportionate height growth
– you choose to be extremely tall
– activate your rapid growth stage, growth plates
– produce massive amounts of human growth hormone
– pituitary gland release perfect massive amounts of HGH
– increase production of growth hormones
– have growth hormones stimulation
– have strong bones to compliment height increase
– extremely long legs
– grow distal end of Femur and Tibia
– extremely symmetrical body
– always have a good posture
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♡ are unisex// downloadable
♡ i don't use frequencies// binaural beats
♡ can be listened overnight// with speaker (but i prefer ears/headphones)
♡ it still works even you don't know english
♡ i don't use negative things
♡ are permanent, safe
♡ drink lots of water
♡ you can multi task
♡ it's better when you're listening to it when you're positive
♡ use booster
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// listen more than 6 times/day for the fastest results.
*if you have a headache, please break for 10 min.