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Beware buying 3rd party, this seems to be limited to them, not like the big Newegg Counterfeit Intel processors scandal a while back.
Buyer Beware! Reports Of Fake Ryzen CPUs Popping Up On Retail Sites
In this case, it seems the crooks behind the caper used low-cost Celeron processors for the scam. The process works something like this: The scammer buys a handful of legitimate high dollar AMD Ryzen 7 1800X processors, scans the CPU heatspreader, and then prints a sticker and applies it to the face of the fake CPU (in this case an old Celeron processor). The scammer returns the counterfeit processor to the box, reseals it, and then sells it on eBay / Amazon. This type of scam works because the counterfeit processor looks authentic from the outside of the package.


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-If you feel the Wind whistling
In your ears
I am the Air who whispers love
Kissing you.
-If you feel the Rain rolling down
Your cheeks
I am the Water who gives the life
Kissing you.
-If you feel the Heat burning up
Your skin
I am the Fire who gives you warmth
Kissing you.
-If you feel the Ground pushing up
Your feet
I am the Earth who embraces you
Kissing you.
-But if you don't feel my Heart knocking
In your chest
It is because he Bits in the same time
As yours
And so when we be One I am
Kissing you

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Calls & Opportunities
January 30, 2020
We are happy to present a new formula for our intensive training TFL Extended – Story Editing, enabling even deeper networking and a more hands-on experience.
For the past 10 years, TorinoFilmLab has offered through the ScriptLab programme a hands-on training for film professionals from all over the world, who are interested in accompanying writer/directors in the development of their feature film projects. The TFL Extended – Story Editing residential workshops in Turin are another opportunity to discover the writing process and to benefit from immediate training by highly-qualified tutors.
In 2020 we will organize 3 sessions, each of them taking place in parallel with a TFL Extended – Feature Film workshop and welcoming 5 participants per session. After a first day dedicated to the fundamentals of story editing, each of the story editor trainees will join a specific group composed of 5 feature film projects and guided by a tutor acting as a mentor.
The workshops are open to script consultants, producers, commissioner editors, film festival and fund representatives, readers for production companies/film funds, etc., interested in gaining an insight into the development process of fiction feature film projects, working closely with the authors of the projects. Participants will acquire skills in the fields of treatment and script analysis, assessment of project development and script consulting.
The first session is scheduled from 16th to 21th of April 2020 in Turin. Candidates who are interested in this workshop can apply until March 6th, 2020.
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How to watch the historic Indian Chandrayaan-2 moon landing today
- by Lorene Schwartz
- in People
- — Sep 7, 2019
After several tense minutes as the expected landing time came and went, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan announced that communication with the lander had been lost.
While thanking ISRO, the Prime Minister said India was certain that there would be many more opportunities to be proud of the country and rejoice. "It takes time. We are not sure", Karnik said on being asked if the Vikram lander had crashed. The orbiter carries eight scientific payloads for mapping the lunar surface and study the exosphere (outer atmosphere) of the Moon. I said this earlier today, and I am repeating it again - I am with you, the whole nation is with you.
Scientists believe that large amounts of water are in the South Pole, and Chandrayaan 2 will explore further how much there might be. In the early hours of Saturday, communication from Vikram lander to ground stations was lost during its powered descent to the Lunar surface, and ISRO said data is being analysed. Lastly, it could be a suitable pit stop for future space missions, due to its elemental and positional advantages.
Later, Sivan made the announcement that communication was lost with the lander, while Modi boosted the morale of the scientists asking them not to lose hope.
India's ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 is scheduled to make a soft landing on the surface of the moon on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday between 1:30 am and 2:30 am. India's space scientists had a narrow one-minute window for their second attempt at launching the moon mission, a week after the mission was aborted 56 minutes before lift-off. Let us move with courage.
China files case at WTO against United States tariffs: MOC
Regardless of Trump's criticisms Washington has, actually, received almost all of complaints it has filed with the WTO. Commerce negotiations between the 2 nations have been at an deadlock for months.
If the lander had pulled off the historic touchdown, the country could have joined the US, Russia and China in soft landing on the lunar surface.
"ISRO's achievement with getting Chandrayaan-2 so far has made every Indian proud".
Space scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation spent almost six hours analyzing various data and telemetry they received before communication with the spacecraft was lost at an altitude of roughly 2 kilometers above the moon's surface. The mission involved an impact probe that was created to collide with the lunar surface to disperse materials for remote measurement by the orbiter. However, the Chandrayaan-1 was successful in achieving at least 95 per cent of its objectives.
Rahul Gandhi also took to Twitter to say, "Congratulations to the team at Isro for their incredible work on the Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission".


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Projects per year
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Science is active. These topic labels come from the works of this organisation's members. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Karen Anthony
- University of Northampton, Science - Senior Lecturer in Molecular Bioscience
- Centre for Physical Activity and Life Sciences
- Northamptonshire Dementia Research & Innovation Centre
Person: Academic
Mark Antrobus
- University of Northampton, Science - Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Physiology
- Centre for Physical Activity and Life Sciences
Person: Academic
Sindy Banga
- University of Northampton, Science - Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology
- Centre for Physical Activity and Life Sciences
Person: Academic
Safeguarding Pollination Services in a Changing World: theory into practice (SURPASS2)
1/01/19 → 1/01/22
Project: Research › Research Council
Nenescape - Stage 2: Revealing the hidden stories of Nene Valley
1/10/16 → …
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
Research Output
Research Output per year
An evaluation of the Elders' Dance Company pilot programmeSpencer, M., 2 Jun 2020, 16 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
An Updated Classification System and Review of the Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthesis Gene Locus in Campylobacter jejuniMachado, L., Woodacre, A., Hameed, A. & Marsden, G. L., 19 May 2020, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 677, p. 1-11 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review Article
Factors influencing the Quality of the Coach-Athlete Relationship During the Specialisation Phase in Female FootballBradley, S. & Brient, R., 1 Apr 2020, p. 62.
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract
University of Northampton Early Career Researcher of the Year
Ryan, Declan (Recipient), 18 Feb 2020
Activities per year
Understanding the brain in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Karen Anthony (Author)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
Companion Animal Nutrition 2020
Sarah Nzolamosi (Participant), Wanda McCormick (Participant) & Jodie Score (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Companion Animal Nutrition 2020
Wanda McCormick (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Press / Media
Virtual research café was the bee's knees
1 item of Media coverage
Highlighting UON team's vital research on Rare Disease Day
1 Media contribution
Advising the Scottish Government on Waste Management
Margaret Patricia Bates (Principal Investigator)
Impact: 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities (UN SDG), 12: Responsible Consumption and Production (UN SDG), 13: Climate Action (UN SDG), Environmental impacts, Public policy impacts
Contributing to Best Practice for Waste Management in Europe
Terry Louis Tudor (Principal Investigator), William K Townend (Principal Investigator), Christopher R Cheeseman (Principal Investigator) & Jen E Edgar (Principal Investigator)
Impact: Environmental impacts, 06: Clean Water and Sanitation (UN SDG), 13: Climate Action (UN SDG)
Contribution of Evidence Regarding Bone Density and Physical Activity for the UK Chief Medical Officers' Physical Activity Guidelines
Declan Ryan (Co-Investigator), Gladys Onambele-Pearson (Principal Investigator), Conor Doody (Co-Investigator), Christopher Morse (Co-Investigator), Hans Deagens (Co-Investigator) & Jorgen Wullems (Co-Investigator)
Impact: Health and Well-Being impacts, Public policy impacts, 03: Good Health and Well-Being (UN SDG)
Student theses
Characterisation of the lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis gene cluster in campylobacter speciesAuthor: Hameed, A., Oct 2019
Supervisor: Machado, L. (Supervisor), Woodacre, A. (Supervisor) & Marsden, G. L. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Characterising the Role of the Calcium-dependent Citrullinating Enzyme Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase 2 in Ovarian CancerAuthor: Albalbeisi, N., Oct 2019
Supervisor: Livingstone, I. (Supervisor), Machado, L. (Supervisor) & Anthony, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Kinematics of the equine axial skeleton during aqua-treadmill exerciseAuthor: York, J., 2017
Supervisor: McCormick, W. (Supervisor) & Littlemore, J. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis


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Handset-use flexible PCB (FPCB) and keypad maker Ichia Technologies has announced consolidated revenues of NT$513 million (US$15.7 million) for May 2016, down about 17% on year.
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Know Your Rights: Stop and Search
The information produced in this article is intended for our UK readers. You may still find this article of use if you visit the United Kingdom but I would appreciate any overseas readers to send me information regarding your own laws in your country with regards to stop and search.
During a search, both you and the police have rights that are in place to protect both parties.
It is important to understand that the police can stop and question you whenever they want. However, they cant search you unless they suspect that you have carried out a crime, are carrying out a crime, or suspect that you are about to commit a crime.
A police officer does not need to be in uniform when they stop and question you but if they are not, they must show their warrant card (badge/ID). A police community support officer (PCSO) however, must always be in uniform when stopping and questioning anybody.
As of the 11th May, 2017, police in Scotland have a new stop and search code that must be followed. You can see this at here.
Stop and Question: Police Powers
There are a few reasons as to why a police officer may stop and question you but common questions that you may be asked include:
- What your name is
- What you're doing in the area
- Where you're going
Understand that by a police officer trying to stop and question you, it does not mean that you are under arrest. You do not have to answer any of their questions. Your refusal to stop and answer questions can not be used as a reason to search and/or arrest you.
Stop and Search: Police Powers
If a police officer has 'reasonable grounds' to suspect that you're carrying any of the following items then they have the power to stop and search you. These items are:
- Illegal drugs
- A weapon
- Stolen property
- Something which could be used to commit a crime, such as a crowbar
You can only be stopped and searched without reasonable grounds if it has been approved by a senior police officer. This can happen if it is suspected that:
- Serious violence could take place
- You're carrying a weapon or have used one
- You're in a specific location or area
There are certain things that a police officer must tell you before searching you. These are:
- Their name and police station
- What they expect to find, for example drugs
- The reason they want to search you, for example if it looks like you're hiding something
- Why they are legally allowed to search you
- That you can have a record of the search and if this isn't possible at the time, how you can get a copy
Removing Clothes: Police Powers
A police officer can ask you to take off your coat, jacket or gloves when you are stopped and searched. They might also ask you to take off other clothes and anything that you're wearing for religious reasons – for example a veil or turban. If this is the case, they must take you somewhere out of public view.
If the officer wants to remove more than a jacket and gloves they must be the same sex as you.
Remember that being stopped and searched does not mean that you are being arrested. Your refusal to stop and answer questions can not be used as a reason to search and/or arrest you.


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Reports making the rounds on social media has it that UK based Ghanaian Gospel singer Sonnie Badu has been arrested. However, the reason for his arrest is not immediately known.
In the short video, the musician is spotted in handcuffs in a police vehicle with a Police Officer by his side. Inspite of the arrest, he still manages to smile and does not look disturbed. Information is scanty on the video, as efforts to verify what the reasons for his arrest are, have not yielded results yet.
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Staff Spotlight: Maylee Calvo
The last month has been incredibly challenging, but sometimes the most difficult times bring out the best in people, and never has this been more apparent than in the last few weeks. Bideawee is considered an essential business so many of our staff members have continued to go out, ride empty subways, put their own fears aside, and show up for work so that our animals receive the care they need. We truly have the best employees and volunteers and are grateful to each and every one of them. Maylee Calvo is one of those employees and today we're taking a moment to acknowledge her selfless efforts during this time.
Maylee is known for her upbeat attitude but we would have all understood if she was not her normal self in the face of so much fear and uncertainty. However, this wasn't the case; if she was frightened or sad, she didn't show it. Instead, she remained positive and cheerful, helping to care for and support clients, animals, and her colleagues. Despite difficult circumstances, she came into work religiously, even filling in last minute when other colleagues were out sick. She always puts the animals first, is a pleasure to work with, and her positive energy was exactly what her team needed during these challenging times. Thank you, Maylee, and thank you to all the amazing colleagues and volunteers who have been right there beside you. You are all HEROES.


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The influence of marital status on the use of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening.
Recommended Citation
Hanske J, Meyer CP, Sammon JD, Choueiri TK, Menon M, Lipsitz SR, Noldus J, Nguyen PL, Sun M, and Trinh QD. The influence of marital status on the use of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening. Prev Med 2016; 89:140-145.
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Publication Date
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Preventive medicine
PURPOSE: To examine the impact of marital status on the use of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer.
METHODS: We relied on 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey age-appropriate screening cohorts. Appropriate screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer was determined according to United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations in effect at the time of the 2012 survey. Complex samples logistic regression models were performed to examine the effect of marital status on cancer screening.
RESULTS: Overall, 81.6, 83.9, and 68.9% of married participants underwent breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer, respectively, relative to 74.2, 75.1, and 60.9% for divorced/widowed/separated, individuals, and 74.7, 78.7, and 53.4% for never married individuals. Marital status (married vs. never married) was an independent predictor of screening for all cancers examined: breast cancer, odds ratio (OR): 1.42 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.25-1.61); cervical cancer, OR: 1.29 (95% CI: 1.16-1.43); colorectal cancer, OR: 1.63 (95% CI: 1.51-1.77). Gender-specific subgroup analyses for colorectal cancer suggests that marital status may exert a greater effect in men, relative to women (married men: OR 1.75, 95% CI: 1.56-1.96; married women: OR: 1.52, 95% CI: 1.35-1.70).
CONCLUSION: Being married is associated with increased utilization of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening. The influence of marital status was greater in men relative to women eligible for colorectal cancer screening. Our results emphasize the importance of social determinants of health-seeking behaviors.
Medical Subject Headings
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Breast Neoplasms; Colorectal Neoplasms; Early Detection of Cancer; Female; Humans; Marital Status; Sex Factors; United States; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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The Importance of Relationships
Starr books has been in business here or there in the last few years since about 2008. In these turbulent times the ideas of the business relationships of Starr Books, as well as the Author and Owner of Starr CAE, either DBA or LLC, is important to United States.
For instance business relationships with Common Wealths and Alumni Associations as well as Societies can come to play. All Ir REverncy aside, the relationships are different and change year to year, month to month, etc. So in order to make Starr CAE survive further penmanship may be involved.
For instance in the case of the number of guns on a Pinnacle class boat, such as the Speedwell that supported the Mayflower, the internet seems not so easily searched. But due to the defininitions of the boats on the ocean related to Burden Tonnage, then if like a Sloop, about 6 cannon.
Have a Good Day.
Copyright 4 13 2020 Mister Brian Starr
Library of Congress Catalog Number
The library of Congress Catalog Number I sometimes refer to as a control number because as a consultant engineer I have considerable experience in that application of a process. And as Robinson Crusoe always explains to the bothersome Friday that perhaps Engineering will not be necessary 24/7 and he gets time off for the weekend, in refernce to the pervious published number of books, that is correct about the 43 catalog numbers, and the tracking number for the USPS box was delivered 2/10/2020 and their presence is on federal land and the Eagle still holds more than 2 straws in its beak.
Because Previously I had looked on the catalog online and seen 21 titles there, with the additional 13 titles that were in the box Tracking # 9549313951920038175514 with a weight of 12 lb. 0.8 oz It was delivered on February 10, 2020.
The location of the books previously told what shelf but the search box with my name on it said the numbers were in the Catalog.
So in Engineering Summary applied to Authorship on this 10th day of the month April 2020 Friday still wants the weekend off and still needs to be cussed out daily for bothersomeness, so on Friday you got to Cuss out with more strength in my Engineering experience Mr. Robinson Crusoe and dont go away since maybe on day Friday can take it !!!
Starr Books Today
Starr Books original Logo , with First Book Published (Saints Who Left Descendants), with First Business License from Tennessee, now also with Ohio, and now with two branches, Authorship, and Consulting Engineering, leaving Web Site Design and Computer Repair as a business branch that fell to competition.
As an Engineer first Collegiate in 1985 (AAS - 2 year) and then higher in 1997 (BS-AST - 4 year) as an Engineer and hobbiest as a Genealogist, my authorship first was published on CD as Bootleg offerings on Ebay for less than 10 dollars each. The profit was not really big, but it was fun, and eventually people noticed.
So following advice it became a good idea to get a business license and start publishing in paperback and have the books printed. So in 2008 first license in Tennessee and then join the Local Chamber with the Logo design things.
Pretty soon as an Engineer I figured out these people wanted a lot of layers to the Authorship, the Logo's the Cover's the interiors of the Books etc... as protected by Copyright, would make a good way for people to enjoy the books.
As an Engineer you are trained to cut to the quick and go straight for the non function in order to save human life and get to the safety of the Plant. Well as an Author the reader wants to relax, have a time to think, and not be bothered, and study or get into the content, yet get the concept easily.
So as an Author the disicplines are different, but it the building blocks are made in Engineering for the Reader to enjoy the content of the books, then it is obvious that for certain types of books like text books, Lists, functional type books, it would be a good idea to have all the parts put together to make a work for the Readers Enjoyment and Enlightenment.
So first the business license is a way to separate oneself from the unknowning public on how a business license works. Basically it allow a way for the license holder to offer a product sale or experience, such as healing a patient or reading a book, in a way that no one get hurt and of course it is monitored mainly in the way of how much money it makes and how many employees are in the company and how these employees are handled.
So, in the event of an Author, the possibilites are endless, not just a recording of Genealogy Research compilations, but also Recipes, Jokes, Model Shoots, and is as great as a Consulting Engineer (Artisan) but yet part of the Artist World where Free Expression and Freedom are allowed and encouraged. This allows better research and development of things related to Authorship and the building of the Blocks to create a good experience of reading for the buyer and customer.
Considering Best Selling Authors and Celebrities, it becomes important to have a public aspect of life. The Actress has to have body guards, some celebrities do and some do not.
With the level of success in my life due mostly to succesful Engineering the Authors existence as an Artist and public figure is different than a successful Engineer. The basic drives are the same for Success. Hard work, Knowledge is Power, defeat the dangerous, ignore and help the innocent some, but if innocent likely weaker so help gently, while the dangerous you got to correct in some manner to keep the process safe and growing.
To turn the negative, work and row hard, but when turned from the good strive against it until the good is better and of course leave a path to thank who helped correct whatever got you going to correct the bad (usually unscroupulus businessmen) in the first place.
Leave the really difficult stuff to those allowed to use the weapons at the time, and if you get the chance do not hesitate, its really fun to go to the Range and fire a few weapons.
So anyway the Logo when asked is a good part of the Advertising and the four pillars usually represent the four pillars of the Chambers, which is made to protect the Author and the readers, and the businesses. So also the attorneys who get involved when the going gets tough. Well basically this is all just paperwork of people who need a job and something to do so its good and nobody gets in harms way. So when the fellow business men in your first Chamber of Commerce say your Logo cannot have all the pillars of the Chamber, then that opens negotiation for all pillars to get stronger, which initiates which business is in conflict with a Consulting Engineer and Author. While the first business had Website Design and Computer Repair, this became a teaching this business owner had in that its possible to have to much to do so the competition can do the job better, and the customer is smart, so experience becomes important. So it became a wise business decision to retire the Front of the Web site design and computer repair, as other businesses foxed the business owner into a realization that the Consulting Engineering would likely not fall due to experience of 35 or 40 years with Education while the Computer repair and web site design were just really adders with little experience and was in fact proven that per hour spent the return was much less. While the Authorship or Book Sales had ten or so years related to the Lists of Saints and others the Documentation and so on related to Engineering was over 35 years in experience. So the Authorship education with a few courses from Volunteer State in Tennessee related to business and writing etc. and getting a good business relationship results in many hours of the 190 plus passed collegiate course work to become related to Authorship. Previously these were related to Engineering only while they apply to all aspects the empasis now on Authorship, many of the humanities are related to some subjects of the Authorship while others of the Humanitites are not. While the Humanities are usually Collegiate Electives you select beause you are interested the interest continues throught your life.
However to offer full attention of each Humanity and subject for each copy sold, warrents teaming up with foundations like Libraries and the Colleges and Alumni Associations and other connections, that become both many in number and the easiest ones are the low maintenance meet once or twice a year, and many you just gotta pay the membership dues. Well some Authors are like Models and Actresses artists as you know. So I do like good cooking.
So today at Starr Books the research goes on and the non profits guys can sense the Disporia Research as well as many people in the allied Countries where the Posts or Hoodlums or Israelelites ran off too and the idea of world wide travel other than the internet is again a good idea.
One thing The Authors Guild does that is good, is basically protect the Author and allow the Reader and customer to get into it. Thus the open forums, the advancement of ideas, allowed in this country due to freedom of thought and Freddom of the press, while the international countries if allied now or then or soon, then the commerce international makes a good forum for letting the commputers and the large conglomerations of big business Book outlets take the big shots while the Guild will monitor and keep track.
In some ways Authorship in this type of manner is a way of advertising since it is possible to read Starr Books in the neighbor hood of 350,000 pages read while each page is only a reference from a search engine on the internet it is still a good advertisement. So then of course Idealogies and the ideas get into it which is what this type of Artistry called Authorship is about.
So after the Logo, then the dedications, the disclaimers, the tables of Contents, the indexes, the other sub parts of a book are a good part of the readers experience. So they say the cover sells many or most copies so real artists who are image types imaginative with brush or computer can get the ideas of the cover and interior art better than the painters or recorders of ideas, while the visionary types of inspirational Authorship can be better left to the people in the areas of the listed Saint or Vitae offering such that the location of the Saint and the Life where lived. Adding the Saints Family is an idea that keeps the Neophyte from fighting it so much since he or she was part of a family even if an orphan, and can become a novice if the mind is there for the advancement, and then the insignificance of the ideals can be recgonized until the significance of climbing all the steps past being important become the Political aspirations of Enlightened Politcal Science Majors with Social Scientists ( Socialigist courses ) and Doctors in Medicine who just just get the educated Nurse to Zap Ya while he heals your body. The other Doctorates are still experts, and are still likely significant or important and once you climb up one way or another it is fun to help the younger guys and gals get better while their disipline may or may not be in conflict with your goals, aims, or business sales. Unlike Engineering Authorship does not have as many safety checks involved so the idea of a restive type of life, is such that the docile beast of laziness can make it difficult to continue wholeheartedly while the idea that Quality is important the Quanity is part of what is already written.
Then the concept of combining all the research and getting it all to work in one final work of ten or twenty years of research (usually means an advanced degree as monitored by an accepted authority ) however since the research abilities of the computer and the compilation time advance thru the computer there is not too many pioneers in this field at the time, so the competition is fierce and the publishing is not always polished at the time of publication, however not as much pressure as a daily news journal or news paper, but the sales stuff like the Press Release and the local advertising and the local books signings are not as pervalent in this authorship. So soon into the full time aspect of being an Author, and frankly I really miss the Engineering and the toil of Daily Routine, yet the aspects of getting something done past a machine that is controlled to a thought that will grow, is better than the regimental existence.
It is not a matter of Security but of Freedom, (with Defensive Security) and It is just a matter of thought. In Engineering there are not so many young or neophytes or just people who don't have a clue, or at least when engineering you are separated by them by the receptionist in a controlled environment. Yes the receptionist will tell you when the sales men are there for the Engineering Bill of Materials. Well the Authors also has a Heirarchy as well, and the college text books, are part of the Ivory Tower, while in truth Electrical Engineering has been around a while while Electronic Engineering and Controls is not as solid based.
So the begining of the Authorship is fully developed past the CD's on Ebay , the first and second Chamber of Commerce , and the first issues of the printed books, where the advertisers get the Author into the ideas of the immortal Author leaving words and books that will exist in or out of copyright years after the Authors gets his final rest, and the fan base knows the books were one hundred years old, so the Quality becomes important.
And the Diclaimers where the arguments are presented, because some of these lists are thousands of years old. So most of History is presented as a study in the past to get the future better.
So that is the ideas today about Starr Books.
Logo, first and second with software to get it developed, Artistry for the covers, with Artists, while the Pages get more copies than others while again the readers want to feel the impressions of the books, it is good to let the readers experence it and so not indulge too much. First second third and fourth printers, either money up front to publish or money after sales or ebooks or advertisement that works, while the internet reputation is important to maintain, in the case where customers and other people will not like the image. Some Christians will not accept books by other Christians if there is one bad or wrong thing in the Reputation or even a misspelled word. !! (mis spelling is a way of expression to contact the subconsious (anyway its a good excuse !!!)) (Artists are allowed excuses Engineers are not !!) Well Authors and other Artists have a life and a private life as well.
Recreating web sites by just surfing the internet about Starr Books and downloading older advertisements etc. over the last ten or twelve years gets many of the good times and the reviews and the pictures and the Newer titles and the better titles on the new web site, and the stronger help from the legal people involved with the business and the Selling of the Books has made this site priceless.
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Exactly how do most companies currently have an existence online?
The truth of the matter is, nonetheless, that sites have considerably evolved over the previous decade – as well as the methods of old are not practical for contemporary company.
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Sales funnels (also called advertising and marketing funnels) are multi-step campaigns that are designed to relocate possible leads through your sales procedure, and also transform them right into buyers.
Picture a real-life funnel. On top, you put liquid in, which narrows down to one fixed destination.
In sales, a comparable event takes place. At the top, visitors come to your site, however not all that go into make it out of the various other end as buyers.
Lots of things have to occur from the time a site visitor enters your channel, to the time they take action and efficiently complete an acquisition.
By breaking down the consumer's trip into smaller sized actions, you can be a lot more accurate concerning just how when you present an offer to your target market.
The comprehensive steps in a channel may look something similar to this:
- Unqualified lead gets to landing web page
- Page interacts the very first deal (something cost-free to collect an e-mail).
- When email is accumulated, primary offer is pitched.
- Lead becomes a paying consumer.
- Even more email communication providing client worth.
- Further partnership structure
- Recurring sales.
ClickFunnels additionally has a visuals that describes this in a simple means:.
Just what is ClickFunnels?
As pointed out earlier, ClickFunnels is the very best sales funnel software application around today.
The business makes the bold case of offering you every little thing you should market, sell, and also supply your products online – and they absolutely deliver.
A common channel will utilize an opt-in web page (to accumulate email addresses), an e-mail automobile -responder (to send out emails to your customers), plus an added sales page with some web content as well as an order form, potentially adhered to by extra material, a subscription site, etc
. Previously, you would have to make use of various systems and devices to accomplish all these jobs such as:
- Produce a website
- Find Hosting
- Locate an autoresponder solution
- Locate subscription website software program
- Locate split-testing software … and so on
But ClickFunnels looks after every little thing with their system. You not just save a ton of cash by not having to buy various products/services, yet you also prevent the technological mess of having to establish every little thing up, as well as could focus on what's truly vital – growing your business.
ClickFunnels offers a Totally free 14-Day Trial, so you get to check out the device and really see if it's best for your service.
Favorite Attributes
* Quickly Develop Pages Using Design Templates and Aspects *.
Before getting as well much, it's important to recognize that a channel is a collection of web pages assembled in a tactical order, with the goal of converting as lots of potential customers into customers. And also a web page is merely a collection of various components created to obtain someone to take a certain action.
ClickFunnels uses even more compared to 50 different elements to assist you construct the ideal web page. The editor is extremely simple to utilize and all you have to do is drag and also drop different elements on to the page, and also update the message and appearance to fit your needs – no coding skills required!
ClickFunnels additionally makes your life less complicated by offering you with a lots of free layouts.
Actually, ClickFunnels offers over 37 kinds of pages for you to mix and also match with. These are broken down into the complying with 10 classifications:
- Presell Pages: Study Page, Short Article Page, Presell Web Page, Clickpop Web Page
- Optin Pages: Press Web Page, Reverse Squeeze Page, Lead Magnet, Promo Code
- Thank You Pages: Thanks Page, Deal Wall Surface, Bridge Page, Share Web Page
- Sales Pages: Video Clip Sales Page, Sales Letter Page, Product Release Web Page
- OTO Pages: Upsell Web Page, Downsell Web Page
- Order Forms: Two Action Order Web Page, Typical Order Web Page, Video Clip Sales Letter Order Page, Sales Letter Order Web Page, Item Release Order Page
- Webinar Pages: Webinar Registration Web Page, Webinar Verification Page, Webinar Broadcast Space, Webinar Replay Area
- Membership Pages: Access Web page, Participant's Area
- Associate Pages: Gain Access To Page, Affiliate Location
- Other Pages: Application Page, Ask Web Page, Store Front, Web Page, Hero Page, Hangout Web Page, Live Demonstration Page
The pre-built layouts are fully customizable, as well as are exactly what most users make use of.
You are able to choose a layout, modify or change the components with your own, and also your brand-new web page is ready to go.
You could likewise connect any kind of funnel you create with your own e-mail marketing solution (if you don't make use of the one consisted of in ClickFunnels), and utilize the ClickFunnels integrated in invoicing system.
This is likewise a great time to state that ClickFunnels offers very valuable as well as understandable training videos when you first subscribe. I very suggest experiencing those since they swiftly enable you to utilize the device at its full ability, and you'll have a lot more enjoyable playing around. Join Me Remote Desktop
* Develop One-Click Subscription Sites *.
Among the very best features with ClickFunnels is the capability to conveniently create subscription sites as well as provide content to your audience in one place.
Your subscription site will come complete with registration web pages, subscription access web pages, and web content web pages which you can conveniently secure or trickle feed to your customers inning accordance with purchases they made in your funnel.
ClickFunnels subscription sites allow you to send emails, quickly handle your e-mails, and also develop an area all while eliminating the anxiety that's associated with various other services such as Kajabi, or WordPress platforms.
It's really useful to not have to purchase a different software program or plugin to produce subscription sites.
* Email Integration & Actionetics *.
With every funnel comes e-mail checklist structure chances.
ClickFunnels sustains e-mail integration with every one of the significant e-mail automation systems such as:
- Active Campaign
- Aweber
- Constant Contact
- ConvertKit
- Drip
- Get Response
- Hubspot
- InfusionSoft
- Mad Mimi
- MailChimp
- Market Hero
- Ontraport
- Salesforce
- Sendlane
- And others
Nonetheless, ClickFunnels additionally has their own effective automation device called Actionetics.
Although you can produce, timetable, and also provide emails similar to other e-mail advertising platform, Actionetics is a lot extra.
I like Actionetics since it not just changes your email marketing yet messenger advertising and also SMS advertising softwares too. This takes automation to an entire new level and assists you interact the ideal message to your customers, specifically when they require it. A video clip summary of Actionetics will certainly be supplied even more listed below.
* Invoicing as well as Repayment Assimilation *.
An amazing attribute within ClickFunnels is the capacity to gather all of the billing details from your customers exactly on your sales web page. Selling is made so much simpler when consumers don't need to leave your website.
ClickFunnels incorporates with significant settlement gateways such as PayPal, Red Stripe, and InfusionSoft, to name a few.
ClickFunnels Pricing.
While you could start with the Free 14-Day Trial, there are three different prices choices with ClickFunnels:
- $ 97/month.
- $ 297/month.
- $ 997 mass price cut strategy (recommended).
I'll explain for each and every of these plans below.
1. ClickFunnels Requirement Strategy – $97/month.
The conventional plan includes every one of the features you would require within ClickFunnels, but with restrictions on the variety of funnels (20) and also web pages (100) you can have in your account, as well as the amount of visitors (20K) could view your pages monthly.
You additionally do not receive innovative performance such as ClickFunnels very own email marketing and also associate tracking devices.
2. ClickFunnels Etison Collection – $297/month.
This plan includes all the bells as well as whistles of the standard plan, with no constraints. It additionally features two added products produced by ClickFunnels called Actionetics (email advertising and marketing) and also Backpack (associate monitoring platform).
In Actionetics – you can take care of every one of your contacts that subscribe to your checklist, send e-mail broadcasts, and also develop a host of various other automations. Join Me Remote Desktop
The distinction in between both strategies really is the limitations, as well as Actionetics/Backpack. If you are a standard customer and do not anticipate to utilize more than 20 funnels in your account – the Standard Strategy must suffice.
However, if you plan to have an affiliate program or want to keep your email advertising and marketing within ClickFunnels as well as not utilize a 3rd party software program, the Etison Suite is for you.
You can constantly begin on the reduced plan and upgrade if needed.
3. Funnel Hacks System – $997
For anybody that's severe concerning their organisation, the ClickFunnels Funnel Hacks System is the deal of the century.
The $997 Funnel Hacks System has durable training programs packed with 6-month access to the ClickFunnels Etison Collection.
This is an amazing bargain considering that outside of this program, 6-months of Etison Suite alone would certainly cost you $1782.
Not just are you conserving $785 yet you're obtaining a ton of trainings and guides to aid you get the most out of ClickFunnels!
ClickFunnels Advantages And Disadvantages
- Developing funnels is extremely easy, simple, and quick
- All-in-one system with everything your organisation has to win
- Split screening and also conversion monitoring included
- Email integration with all of the major e-mail autoresponder systems
- Settlement handling capacities within ClickFunnels
- ClickFunnels is always adapting and upgrading to the moments
- There is always sustain available (whether online or otherwise).
- Extremely energetic Facebook Team Neighborhood.
- Free 14-Day Trial – enables you to attempt it run the risk of free.
- As awesome as ClickFunnels is, it definitely is not a cheap service as well as requires a continuous subscription to make use of
- Support isn't constantly the fastest and also may extract from 1 min to 1 Day relying on the problem.
ClickFunnels versus Everyone Else.
Many people ask how ClickFunnels compares with various other landing page building contractors such as Leadpages, Unbounce, as well as Infusionsoft.
Generally it's not actually a fair contrast due to the fact that each of these tools excels is one area or the other.
The chart above gives a detailed analysis – yet I'll highlight several of the significant contrasts below.
ClickFunnels vs Leadpages
Prior to ClickFunnels, Leadpages was the big pet dog.
Leadpages is merely a lead capture software program – nothing more. You can produce touchdown web pages, lead boxes, accumulate leads … that's basically it. Furthermore, the Leadpages design templates are likewise limited on personalization.
ClickFunnels is even more flexible – it's much easier to use and does so a lot more than develop lead capture pages.
Put simply, Leadpages is actually simply a landing page building contractor, while ClickFunnels is focused around constructing extremely incorporated funnels.
ClickFunnels vs Infusionsoft
Infusionsoft is not a landing page or sales page contractor. It has a few of that performance developed it, yet that's not exactly what it's known for.
At it's core, Infusionsoft is a CRM platform – one that permits you to manage your whole customer data source. ClickFunnels has this ability with Actionetics, but it's not virtually as advanced as Infusionsoft.
Infusionsoft is likewise exceptionally expensive and also pressures every brand-new consumer to pay $2000 for a necessary kickstart mentoring bundle simply to find out how to use the complicated system (which is infamously tough to make use of).
ClickFunnels Associate Program
There are two primary courses people decrease as ClickFunnels individuals.
Those that decide to utilize the tool for their service – in hopes of someday achieve both Comma Club (over $1M in income).
And those that have an interest in gaining easy earnings as a ClickFunnels Affiliate and winning the Dream Auto Competition (where they pay $500/$1000 towards your desire auto if you get to 100/200 active monthly signups, specifically).
With a massive 40% regular monthly persisting commission, ClickFunnels easily has one of the greatest associate programs of any kind of platform out there.
That's right – you earn money a recurring 40% payment on every affiliate signup you make with the ClickFunnels Affiliate Program. But, exactly what does that truly correspond to?
The standard plan is a $97/month financial investment and also the Etison Collection strategy is a $297/month financial investment. for that reason you make $38.80 each standard strategy and $118.80 each Etison Suite strategy … every single month!
Usually, every 100 signups will bring in $4000/month in associate compensations (more or less depending upon the amount of Etison Plan customers remain in there).
Click here to learn more regarding becoming a ClickFunnels Associate.
The Bottom Line
ClickFunnels is pass on the greatest platform if you are planning to conveniently construct high transforming sales funnels.
Because it was constructed from scratch to be the most effective sales funnel building contractor, it beats out all the competitors because regard.
Externally, it might not be the most inexpensive item around – but if you use it to its complete capability, your organisation will certainly end up being extra lucrative as well as you will conserve cash from not needing to utilize various other devices. Join Me Remote Desktop
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Archived — Discussion Paper Number 6: International Market Contestability and the New Issues at the World Trade Organization
by Edward M. Graham, Institute for International Economics, Washington (DC), February 1998
At the first ministerial-level meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in December 1996 in Singapore, ministers of the member nations authorized the formation of working parties to examine whether rules should be added or changed in the body of multilateral trade law in order to address issues of trade and investment and of trade and competition policy. The move was a response to a growing recognition that, even though successive rounds of multilateral trade negotiations have led to substantial reduction or even elimination of tariffs and other traditional non-tariff trade barriers, many persisting impediments to market access do not fall into the category of traditional trade barriers. Indeed, some analysts would claim that the non-traditional barriers to trade have risen precisely as substitutes for fallen traditional barriers.
The newly identified barriers are mostly found behind the national frontier. They are not the result of measures imposed at the border deliberately to impede imports; instead, they are internal to the domestic economy of a trading nation. They include domestic regulatory policies, which often favour established, incumbent firms by retarding or preventing the entry of new competitors into regulated markets. Such regulations are of concern to trade policy if they impede or block market access by foreign firms via either imports or direct investment. Market access barriers can also be created by industrial policies that grant subsidies and subsidy-like benefits to favoured firms.
In addition to government measures, private business practices can create market entry barriers. These practices include "vertical restraints" such as exclusive dealing relationships between firms, thereby forestalling possible sales by other firms. It is difficult for public policy to deal with these practices because they might be economically justified by the efficiencies they make possible. Nonetheless they may create market access barriers and it is legitimate for policy makers to question whether the anti-competitive effects outweigh any resulting efficiencies.
Private and public measures may come in combinations that reinforce their market-restricting effects. Although the combinations are not specifically border measures, it may be argued that in some cases they have been created with the intent to favour domestically-owned firms over foreign-owned or -controlled ones.
Such barriers can reduce the international contestability of the markets concerned. A market is contestable if barriers to entry are sufficiently low that incumbent firms must behave competitively to forestall entry by rival firms. Among other things, pricing in a contestable market is competitive; in other words, prices are maintained at levels that would prevail if a very large number of sellers participated in the market. If prices are held at competitive levels, consumers will receive the benefits of competition even though there may be few sellers in the market. Firms in contestable markets for technologically advanced products and services must also constantly strive to improve the products or services they offer (and to introduce new products at a satisfactory rate) and/or to reduce their operating costs; otherwise, they will be overtaken by new rivals in the marketplace.
Consequently, in contestable markets allocative efficiency is high because prices are competitive and quantities sold are commensurate with demand at these prices. In such circumstances, sufficient resources are allocated to produce the relevant goods and services, with the result that there is neither undercapacity nor overcapacity. Because their innovation rates are high, contestable markets tend to be dynamically efficient as well.
Not all markets can, however, be fully contestable. A prerequisite for entry into some markets is high fixed costs, allowing only one supplier of the good or service concerned to operate efficiently. For example, the fixed costs of creating a network of cables and switching devices needed to provide basic telecommunications services is very high, and in most regions only one such network is economically feasible. In such cases of so-called "natural monopoly", new entry is effectively blocked by the high fixed costs: a second supplier would not be able to garner enough revenue in competition with the incumbent supplier to amortize these costs. Nonetheless, even for natural monopolies, the goal of policy can be to maintain as much contestability as possible. For example, while the market for basic telecommunications services might have to be non-contestable, that for value-added services sold over the network need not be. Instead, to maintain contestability, public policy might require the basic service provider to allow all sellers of such services access to the network, provided of course that sellers pay fees to the basic provider to cover its costs.
Some analysts argue that the main goal of trade policy should be to increase international market contestability (see, e.g., Feketekuty and Rogowsky, 1996; Graham and Lawrence, 1996; and Zampetti and Sauvé, 1996). However, this goal should surely extend well beyond trade policy per se. Indeed, fostering and maintaining an equally high degree of contestability in domestic markets should be a major goal of any government. It is, in fact, the main objective of domestic competition policy. There is thus a natural complementarity between trade policy and competition policy: if a market is internationally contestable (i.e., open to entry by foreign firms), it is likely to be domestically contestable as well.
Similarly, there can be a natural complementarity between the goals of competition policy and those of policy affecting foreign direct investment (FDI). In FDI, a firm based in one nation extends business operations into the market of another nation. The parent firm is the investor and the foreign operation under its control is the investment. FDI differs from long-term portfolio investment: in this case an investor in one country passively holds an investment in another country, without attempting to manage the activities of the investment except perhaps in the capacity of a shareholder. An internationally contestable market is, by definition, open to entry by foreign firms. Those that choose to enter the market do so because they believe that they can offer better products or lower prices than their domestically-owned rivals. The result is that consumers benefit and domestic firms are likely to be pressured to improve their products or increase their efficiency. Thus, open FDI policies — policies that do not discriminate against foreign firms by subjecting them to barriers not placed on domestic firms—are consistent with increased international market contestability. A question that naturally presents itself is whether WTO rules should require nations to maintain open policies toward direct investors.
The complementarities described here form the intellectual basis for the investigations to be carried out by the new WTO working parties. This article explores the possible directions for their studies. We begin by considering why markets are not always contestable.
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JasonB wrote:birddogger wrote:For those of you with football experience:
Why has the defense regressed? Stronger competition, injuries, scheme, talent?
I haven't watched enough to get a handle on this. Memphis has more talent it seems, but did we catch up-and-coming Tulsa and ECU, which seem to be playing better football these days?
I'll take a stab at this.
1) Defensive numbers looked better than they actually performed for the first several weeks because of some timely drops.
2) Ever since the Houston game, we have given up a number of huge plays out of the slot. Teams have figured out our zone scheme with man on the outsides. The first breakdowns we saw were during the Tulsa game, when the corner would bite inside on the slot, leaving the outside receiver running free. They adjusted to keep the corner outside, but now the safeties aren't able to match up with the slot once they get past the LB zone.
3) In modern football, you have to generate negative plays in order to stop the other team. Sacks, penalties, turnovers. Teams have started to take advantage of the SMU blitz packages, so SMU hasn't been blitzing nearly as much the last three games. The quarterback has had enough time to wait for the slot receiver to shake the LB coverage and get past the safety. With the blitzes early, the other team didn't have that much time to throw. And there were lots of overthrows and drops when it was there.
4) The new scheme - I'm not a fan. This past game, we played a three man front, one DE dropping in the LB group, two middle LBs, and then a three safety line. Our stength is DL, so taking one of those players off the line and playing them in coverage doesn't play to strength. Sitting 3 in favor of 43 takes playmaking and athleticism off the field, which is another bad aspect of the scheme. Playing the second leading sacker in the country 10-15 yards off the line of scrimmage is playing against his strength. I'm hoping that scheme was driven by injury rather than a new idea. But playing a passive defense like that plays against the strength of the defense. It also creates a lot of holes on the field, which allowed for easy completions as well as the QB scramble.
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In a moment when experimental guitar music seems to be out of place, when you hear and see many of the things that sound on the radio or that occupy much of the space and the time you invest checking them, it is refreshing to see bands from two different continents and separated by 10,000 miles (at least) joined by their mutual love of pushing the limits of what instrumental rock music can be.
El Pumarejo is an artistic cooperative that operates in the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain. Located in a refurbished warehouse, it's a warm, welcoming place that is ideal for enjoying any kind of music.
The line-up for this gig on Thursday, February 20th was a mix of young talent, experimented scoping masters and musicians who want to confirm they leased the scene in yours truly's region.
First on the bill were newcomers Atarax. The quartet are finalizing their first record with the help of Blak's drummer, Carles PD, and they showed a surprising control of the tempos and how to craft crescendos, climaxes and declines in their compositions. Not too intricate yet not too simple, it really feels they have invested a considerable amount of imagination and effort in their music.
They look very young; so much so that sometimes they feel rigid onstage, but melodies like "Shadows On The Wall" or "Liars From Behind" may grant them a leading position not only in the Catalan scene, but also in the Spanish one. They clearly are ahead of Moby of more consolidated combos.
Then we had the, say, exotic side of the evening, in the forms of artisans of sound and melody, Presence of Soul.
Hailing from Tokyo and protégés of Godspeed You Black Emperor!, the quintet's music expresses desolation, darkness, solitude and anger, but also hope, light, strength and power.
Presence of Soul are direct yet subtle, gentle yet forceful, very skilled yet not gratuitously virtuoso. A gig by the Japanese is a rollercoaster of emotions, even if their live versions can be miles away from the roughness of the studio. Songs like "Antinomy" are more fluid and less extreme onstage than in their original recordings. And even if the contrast of some passages can be pretty big, there's always a reason for that, a sensation to be found, a colour to be exposed. Not your average post-metal band.
And, finally, Catalonia's Blak are back! The quintet is giving the final touches of what will become their second full-length album.
For this gig, most of the material came from their first record, Between Darkness and Light, a record that positioned them between California's Red Sparowes and Japan's MONO.
Their juxtaposition of melody and rhythm still distills a subtle melancholy and nostalgia, as you can hear in probably their most metal track to date, "Impression Of An Even Deeper Darkness" with the final dialogue between main guitarists Eloi Casellas and Eloi Roca. Two intertwined lines of guitar that will sound familiar but that you will be unable to pinpoint where you heard them.
This time, contrary to what we witnessed at the AMFest, there were no keyboards around so the dramatic lines were even starker, punchier and more dense.
As it was, Blak seemed to be in the middle ground from Atarax and Presence of Soul: brutal like the Japanese, passionate like the newbies; overwhelming like the eastern band, soothing like the Barcelonan one.
For their second release, Blak have promised to take things even more to the extreme. That doesn't't imply they will necessarily be noisier, but it is only obvious they want to see how far they can go with the current line-up and their current line of composition.
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MASS TIMBER | Kyle Freres, Freres Lumber Co.
For more than 90 years, the Freres family has been a steward of Oregon's forests.
For more than 90 years, the Freres family has been a steward of Oregon's forests.
In 2019, Katerra opened one of the largest mass timber manufacturing facilities in North America.
The 270,000-square-foot-facility in Spokane Valley, WA manufactures cross-laminated timber (CLT), a fully renewable, pre-fabricated, engineered wood product with unique and often superior building, aesthetic, environmental, and cost benefits. Mass timber sequesters carbon and can be used in place of steel and concrete in buildings up to 18 stories tall.
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Coming soon from #forestproud. A film featuring architect Michael Green who is leading the way towards building the cities of the future with mass timber.
Heroic strength. Unflappable bravery. A commitment to doing what's right. Wearing a cape. This is what it takes to be a guardian.
The Emmerson family got started 70 years ago as a small sawmill operation in California. Today, their company Sierra Pacific Industries owns and manages over 2 million acres of forest across the West, employs 5,2000 people, and has donated over a million dollars a year for the last decade to community non-profit organizations and education scholarships.
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Swap spandex and super powers for guardianship spanning generations and you have true modern day guardians in the Emmerson Family and Sierra Pacific.
On its surface, forest products manufacturing looks very different than it did 100 years ago. But, behind the machines and the new technology is a group of skilled, dedicated, and hardworking individuals who make it all possible.
In Baltimore, MD there are more than 46,000 vacant or assumed-vacant homes. For years, the city has been tearing them down and disposing of the materials, leaving scars on the landscape, holes in communities, and condemning premium materials to rot in city landfills.
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On its surface, forest products manufacturing looks very different than it did 100 years ago. But, behind the machines and the new technology is a group of skilled, dedicated, and hardworking individuals who make it all possible.
We'll be honest, designing buildings didn't initially make our shortlist. That is until we met Susan Jones.
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When you look at it like that, it's hard to see Susan Jones as anything but a Guardian.
On its surface, forest products manufacturing looks very different than it did 100 years ago. But, behind the machines and the new technology is a group of skilled, dedicated, and hardworking individuals who make it all possible.
How much CO2 would a skyscraper save if a skyscraper was made of wood?
Wooden skyscrapers are already a thing in Europe and Canada. Now, they're slowing becoming more popular in the U.S. How do they work and what do they mean for the future of cities?
For the first time in history, more than 50 percent of the world's population lives in a city.
What is mass timber? It's a building material that's as strong as steel, lighter than concrete, fire resistant, and carbon friendly.
Our forests are home to the most technologically-advanced material and processes we have. Built and run on solar energy, they lock away carbon and provide light, strong, renewable materials.
Already, mass timber construction helps us build faster and more efficiently, while keeping carbon locked away. Innovative wood and paper products – renewable, recyclable and biodegradable – help store carbon, reduce waste, and protect wildlife.
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How many trees do you need to offset your commute? Roughly one tree for every 2 gallons of gas.
Sustainable forests, and the renewable products from them, are helping us rethink our carbon future.
As research is being conducted and becoming available, findings reinforce what much of the urban forestry community already knows — that trees have a positive impact on human health.
Studies show that trees along streets lead to safer driving. Just another way trees are helping us to reimagine our communities for the better.
For the first time in history, more than 50 percent of the world's population lives in a city.
More than half of the drinking water in the U.S. comes from a forest. By making choices that keep our forests as forests, we are keeping our water clean. Learn how forests help keep our water clean and impact your daily life.
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Doctor Who: Why Clive Finch is one of the best tributes to the fandom
He may have made only one brief appearance in Doctor Who, but Clive Finch still stands out as one of the best representations of fandom within the series itself.
I'm not the first person to write about the brilliance of Clive Finch – Mark Benton's doomed conspiracy theorist in opening episode Rose. Only a few months ago, my fellow contributor Raphael discussed why he was such a great Doctor Who character in a fantastic article that's well worth a read.
But I wanted to look at the character from another perspective. Because – after listening to his recent return appearance in Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon – something else leaped out about Clive. Specifically, how he's one of the best representations of the Doctor Who fandom within the show itself.
Sometimes, a series will include a character that's very obviously inspired by its rabid fandom. And often, these will usually be intended to be jokey characters who are completely obsessed with the heroes. As genuinely funny as these characters can be, (Sarah Silverman's character of Marci in the TV series Monk was especially fantastic,) it doesn't exactly paint the best picture of the fandom.
Even Doctor Who has been guilty of this. While neither obsessed with the Doctor nor particularly funny, there's no question that the character of Whizz Kid from The Greatest Show in the Galaxy was a clear parody of the fandom. The stereotypical image of a total geek, he was someone who was obsessed with the Psychic Circus and was eager to not only see it, but also mention a ton of facts about it to anyone who would (or wouldn't) listen.
The character's fate – being suddenly killed after failing to entertain the audience – teaches a harsh lesson: knowledge and enthusiasm are no substitutes for talent. And while this may be true, again, it's not exactly the best depiction of fandom.
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Which is why Clive was such a huge breath of fresh air. When Russell T Davies needed to inform both Rose and the audience about the Doctor, a conspiracy theorist who knew so many stories about him was the perfect way to do it. It was also a great way of representing the voice of the older fans within the Doctor Who universe itself.
As I mentioned, characters representing the fandom had been done before. But what Russell T Davies did so brilliantly was avoid all the stereotypes. Instead of giving us a lonely, or at least insular person living on his own, Clive was immediately shown to have a family. He had a wife and kids, and he wasn't exactly afraid of meeting new people. He even had a sense of humor!
These are little, ordinary things, but at the same time, geeks are so often presented in such a clear and stereotypical way that it's refreshing to see it subverted so brilliantly. To see someone who's passionate about something also having a family, too. It made Clive that much more likable, and it also made his sudden death that much more shocking.
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- Doctor Who's traumatizing moments (and why we love them)
- Doctor Who review: The Worlds of Doctor Who is an ambitious crossover
Clive's return
The parallel version of Clive that features in Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon is introduced as being on his own when he meets Rose. But in all other aspects, he's still just as likable as the version we know. On top of that, we get to hear him meet his wife, or at least a parallel version of her, and it's a really sweet story, too. (The fact that they got Elli Garnett to reprise her role of Caroline is a huge bonus.)
Almost fifteen years on, and Clive is still one of the best and most grounded takes on fandom in Doctor Who. Don't get me wrong, Osgood's a brilliant character. But again, her character reflects some of the more exaggerated areas of fandom. Still affectionate, and nowhere near as bad as Whizz Kid. But not quite as wonderfully grounded as Clive. So I'm glad that the character has been brought back, and in a way that doesn't undo his tragic ending in Rose. I hope we get to hear plenty more of the character in future.
Are you a fan of Clive Finch? Do you think he's a refreshingly grounded take on fandom? What did you think of Mark Benton's performance in the role? Let us know in the comments below.


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One of the UK's biggest gaming retailers reopens next week, but staff are concerned about the company's approach to social distancing. According to a report from Eurogamer, CEX employees were hoping the company would follow GAME in quarantining stock, but this does not appear to be the case.
Yesterday, GAME announced that as part of its reopening strategy, traded in games would be cleaned and quarantined for 72 hours before being available for repurchase. The store is also not allowing customers to browse inside the store, instead relaying their purchase requests to in-store staff.
According to Eurogamer, staff at CEX have seen no evidence of similar measures at their stores. Customers will be allowed to browse the shop floor, and limits on customer numbers are said to exceed two dozen. Stock will be cleaned at the end of each day, but staff are concerned this process could take "hours upon hours" due to "incredibly high touch rates" and large numbers of cases on display. Gloves, masks, and hand sanitiser will be provided to staff, although they will not be required to wear them.
GAME and CEX stores in England will reopen on June 15, with shops elsewhere in the UK to follow in the future.
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