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Luxembourg is one of the largest global investment fund domiciles, benefiting from the following factors:
- Flexible and attractive legal, regulatory and tax regimes
- Significant concentration of professional service providers
- Financial and political stability - AAA credit rating and stable institutional framework
- Extensive track record in fund establishment and cross-border distribution.
In April 2016 the assets under management for Luxembourg-domiciled investment funds (including both alternative investment funds (AIF) and UCITS) exceeded €3.4 billion. The domiciling of funds of such value in Luxembourg has also enabled the development of mature cross-border distribution channels.
As an EU founder member, with stable institutional membership, Luxembourg's fund services industry benefits from all EU passporting rights, including under AIFMD.
Accessing EU professional investors – AIFMD passporting
Since the complete entering into force of the EU alternative investment fund managers directive (AIFMD) in the national laws of EU member states in July 2014, initial concerns relating to its potential impact on the industry have been increasingly mitigated and supplanted by the distribution benefits of the AIFMD cross-border EU passport.
Use of the EU passport as a distribution mechanism is simple in relation to Luxembourg AIFs having appointed an authorised Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) whether situate in Luxembourg or another EU member state. The AIFM simply:
- notifies its home state regulator of its appointment as AIFM to the relevant fund, and
- notifies its intention to passport identifying the target investor jurisdictions.
In each case notification is made through the filing of a prescribed form with the AIFM's home-state regulator with some standard attachments / disclosures. In the case of Luxembourg AIFM, the regulator is the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur financier (CSSF). CSSF (or other home-state regulator) then transmits the notice of intention to passport to its equivalent regulator(s) in the target investor jurisdiction(s) within 20 working days of receipt by CSSF of the notification file, provided CSSF does not conclude that there is any breach of AIFMD by the AIFM.
On transmission by CSSF to regulators in the target investor jurisdictions, CSSF informs the AIFM and this constitutes authorisation to commence passported marketing under AIFMD, to the identified target jurisdictions.
Although some investor jurisdictions purport to levy national fees to passport, this is not envisaged by AIFMD.
Passporting distribution obviates certain drawbacks associated with other forms of access permitted under AIFMD such as (i) reverse solicitation or (ii) reliance on national private placement regimes.
Whilst reverse solicitation, which occurs at the instigation of the investor, and not at the instigation of the manager, is not affected by AIFMD, its availability is fact sensitive to each case. There is no EU-level definition of, or guidance on, reverse solicitation. However, in general terms, it must be demonstrated that the investor actively approached the manager to seek information on investment opportunities in the specific AIF in question (and not in response to any action by or on behalf of the manager). It will also be subject to any individual positions on reverse solicitation in each relevant national jurisdiction where target investors are situated. Wherever relied on, it will be prudent to clearly document when and how both the relevant investor relationship and the specific contact in relation to the proposed investment in the relevant AIF commenced.
The other principal route to market involves use of a non-EU AIFM and reliance on individual, national private placement regimes, subject to an AIFMD overlay of universal application.
The AIFMD overlay that a non-EU AIFM must meet in order to use national private placement regimes (where available) requires as follows:
- European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) approved, inter-regulator co-operation agreement(s) between (1) the relevant EU, target-investor, member state(s) and (2) the domicile(s) of the non-EU AIFM and (if different) of the non-EU AIF
- The non-EU domicile(s) of the AIFM and the AIF being on the OECD "white list" relating to non-co-operative territories and jurisdictions
- Tax information exchange agreements between (1) the relevant EU target-investor member state(s) and (2) the non-EU domicile(s) of the AIFM and AIF
- The AIFM does not constitute a "letter-box entity" (an implicit requirement)
- Compliance with AIFMD-required investor disclosures and regulator reporting
The first criterion, the existence of inter-regulator co-operation agreements, is considered to also imply a requirement that the non-EU AIFM is subject to regulatory authorisation and oversight in its jurisdiction of establishment.
The regulator reporting obligations require the non-EU AIFM to use an ESMA pro-forma reporting template to report both annually and either quarterly or semi-annually (depending upon assets under management) to the national regulator in each target-investor EU member state where marketing occurs. The annual reporting includes: financial and activities reporting for each AIF marketed in that member state together with any material changes to the AIF's offering document disclosures; a summary of the total remuneration paid by the AIFM, the number of recipients of that aggregate remuneration and the fixed and variable allocations within it. The quarterly or semi-annual reporting includes a summary of the AIF's principal assets or trading, any change to liquidity arrangements, stress testing results, and a summary of the risk and leverage profiles.
Whilst many of these general, overlay requirements are met (or are easy to satisfy) in relation to structures established in the principal non-EU international fund domiciles, accessing investors through this route also requires the availability of, and then compliance with, individual, national securities laws in each target investor jurisdiction.
Certain EU member states have tightened or stated an intention to tighten, under national law, their existing private placement regimes. For example, Germany now requires a new form of notification to, and approval from, the German regulator and the appointment of a depositary under national law. The Netherlands has indicated a very similar proposal to change its registration requirements under its securities laws. It is also the case that some jurisdictions' existing national private placement regimes are considered less feasible to use in practice or uncertain as to their scope or existence.
Market trends in certain jurisdictions also appear to indicate a growing internal asset allocation preference by certain EU institutional investors for AIFMD compliance.
Use of the AIFMD marketing passport avoids the uncertainties, complexities and multiple requirements of navigating several, national distribution routes by providing.
- Easier access to professional investors in jurisdictions which are restricting their national private placement regimes or where such regimes are uncertain
- Access to institutional investors whose internal asset allocation requirements prefer such a platform
- Cross-border ease of distribution to all EU-domiciled, institutional investors, following a single notification to the AIFM's home regulator.
Authorised AIFM
To utilise the AIFMD marketing passport available to authorised AIFM, two options exist:
- Set up an in-house AIFM in an appropriate EU member state; or
- Appoint an independent AIFM as a service provider to the relevant fund(s).
In each case, this will also require full compliance with AIFMD and any applicable, additional national financial services regulation (in Luxembourg exemptions apply from any additional, national requirements). Full AIFMD compliance is a detailed area. The following is a headline summary only of the most relevant points:
- Regulator approval of AIFMD directors and ownership
- Physical office and staff (a Luxembourg requirement in practice)
- Full AIFMD-compliant remuneration policy and delegation arrangements
- Leverage and risk management-policies
- Functional and hierarchical separation of risk management from portfolio management
- Regulatory capital requirements
- No undisclosed differential treatment between investors
- Conflicts of interest management policy
- Leverage and liquidity management policy and stress testing
- Data control rules
- Regulation of employees' personal transactions
- Independent portfolio valuation requirements
- Delegation criteria
- Regulated depository, administrator and approved auditor to the AIF(s)
- Required investor disclosures
- Private equity specific requirements & regulatory notifications
- Notification of ownership-threshold changes in portfolio companies
- Notification to portfolio companies of annual business review, future development & conflicts management policies
- No capital returns or distributions from portfolio greater than available profits for two years post-acquisition.
Arm's length regulatory oversight of AIF
Whilst the regulatory process for authorisation as an AIFM is lengthy and detailed, there are two positive factors. First, it is a single process which relates exclusively to the AIFM. Secondly, no regulation of the AIF itself is required under AIFMD.
Extrapolating this, CSSF policy allows authorised AIFM to act in relation to Luxembourg AIF without requiring the AIF also to be separately regulated, although the AIF could elect to do so if it wished. Therefore, no additional regulatory approval is required in relation to AIF within an AIFM's authorised asset class. Notification only of appointment to the non-regulated AIF is required, although authorised AIFM are themselves subject to ongoing regulatory oversight monitoring, as are all regulated businesses.
Non-regulated AIFs
This CSSF policy position has enabled the development of substantial market usage of recently modernised Luxembourg limited partnerships as non-regulated AIF appointing established AIFM, with the flexibility and speed to market that this entails but with the benefit of the EU AIFMD marketing passport.
These limited partnerships, the Special Limited Partnership (SCSp) and Common Limited Partnership (SCS) are specifically modelled on international, Anglo-American investment fund norms and provide:
- Tax transparent, fully flexible limited partnership fund & carried interest vehicles
- EU professional investor AIFMD marketing passport
- Maximum structuring flexibility and speed-to-market.
Tax opaque, but substantively neutral, regulated AIFs in corporate form are also available and widely used for investors requiring such characteristics.
SCSp / SCS - key characteristics
The SCSp and SCS are substantively identical in all respects except one. This is that the SCSp is an unincorporated association of persons without separate corporate legal personality (similar to many standard common law limited partnerships). In contrast the SCS has separate legal personality (similar to the Jersey Separate Limited Partnership, the Guernsey Limited Partnership Inc and the Scottish Limited Partnership model).
In accordance with international norms, both of these Luxembourg limited partnerships require one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. General partners have joint, unlimited liability for partnership obligations. Limited partners' liability for partnership obligations is limited to the amount of their agreed partnership contribution, provided they do not act, in their capacity as limited partners, in the management of the partnership towards third parties or hold themselves out as being general partners. There are extensive non-management safe harbours.
In practice, the general partner's liability risk in this area is neutralised by use of a limited liability vehicle to act as general partner.
In a departure from civil law norms, no notarial involvement (or consequent fee) is required to constitute or amend the constitutional documents of SCSp or SCS. These documents can also be exclusively in the language most appropriate to the funds' investors, without requiring a parallel version in French, German or Luxembourgish.
Limited liability for limited partners exists immediately from signature and exchange of the limited partnership agreement, notwithstanding the fact that the limited partnership will then need to be registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register.
One of the most important characteristics of both the SCSp and the SCS is a very high degree of flexibility, disapplying civil law requirements, in the following ways:
- No minimum capital requirement
- Limited partners may also be general partners (provided there are at least two different partners overall)
- Partnership interests may be unitised (ie represented by shares) if appropriate
- Partner contributions in services are now accepted, in addition to contribution in cash or in tangible assets. Thus contribution of management, advisory or general partner services are specifically recognised with the valuation of such contributions being entirely a matter of private contract
- Freedom of contract prevails to create different classes of partnership interests with different rights
- Conditions of issuance of partnership interests are a matter of freedom of contract
- Debt securities may be issued
- Internal authorisation requirements, required voting thresholds and procedural requirements are (in the vast majority) private, contractual matters for the partnership agreement.
- Voting rights and profit sharing are private, partnership agreement matters, weighted voting rights or non-voting interests, complete contractual determination of profit sharing without statutory constraint are available and there is no partnership law requirement for a general partner profit share (although such a share may be appropriate for other reasons)
- No requirement to allocate profits to a legal reserve
- For non-regulated AIFs, no investment, diversification or leverage rules or constraints apply outside of the fund documents
- Admission and exclusion of partners are entirely determined by the partnership agreement.
Management and governance
One or more managers may be appointed separately from the general partner (although, if appropriate, the same person or vehicle may undertake both roles).
The manager may also delegate its management powers to another party acting as the manager's delegate or agent (subject to AIFMD) and is authorised to act in the name of the SCSp / SCS and to carry out any act necessary or useful pursuant to its objects.
Managers who are not also general partners will not be liable to third parties for obligations of the SCSp / SCS. Managers owe duties only to the partnership itself which are similar to directors' duties in relation to a company.
Limited partners may also either be appointed as a manager or as the delegate or agent of a manager to carry out some of the manager's powers. Such delegation or agency may also be granted by a manager who is also a general partner, to a limited partner. In both of these cases, the limited partner acting as manager (or as a manager's delegate or agent) does not forfeit its limited liability (as limited partner) to third party creditors of the partnership, provided that the representative capacity in which it is acting is clearly stated in all circumstances.
To provide assurance to limited partners undertaking activities in relation to the SCSp / SCS, safe harbours of specifically non-management activities have been created to protect such limited partners. Non-exhaustive examples of such safe harbours include as follows:
- The provision of advice, including investment advice, to the limited partnership, its affiliates or its managers
- The oversight, monitoring and supervision of acts of the limited partnership
- The granting of loans, guarantees and security interests to the limited partnership (or its affiliates) and
- The authorising of the managers' actions outside the specific authority granted by the partnership agreement.
There is no requirement to publically file and publish the partnership agreement or limited partners' names, contributions or interests. Filing is limited to an extract of the following matters:
- The general partner(s') name(s
- The name, corporate objects and registered office of the limited partnership
- The manager(s) name(s) and signatory powers and
- The formation date and duration of the limited partnership.
SCS are required to prepare annual accounts. For non-regulated SCSp, whether formal annual accounts are required is a private matter for the partnership agreement.
As between partners, for SCS, annual accounts, the management and auditor's report (if required) are to be made available to partners at the registered office at least 15 days prior to the annual partners' meeting. In contrast, for SCSp, freedom of contract prevails and the information to be made available to partners is limited to what is provided for in the limited partnership agreement.
Annual accounts for an SCS will be filed and available at the Luxembourg public registry. In contrast, annual accounts for a non-regulated SCSp (if required) will not be.
Partners' interests
Both SCS and SCSp will maintain a partnership register. A partner may access this register, subject to any limiting provisions of the limited partnership agreement.
Allocation of profits/losses between partners, any required conditions for distributions, payments in respect of loan contributions or the return of partnership capital are private matters regulated solely by the limited partnership agreement. There is no insolvency clawback risk in respect of such payments (absent fraud).
Both SCS and SCSp can be funded either purely by way of equity commitments or by a mixture of equity and partner loan contributions, as appropriate.
Any conditions for authorisation of a reduction or buy-back of partnership interests must be set out in the limited partnership agreement, they are not prescribed by statute.
The same applies for the admission of new limited partners on an issue, transfer or sub-division of limited partner interests.
This significant contractual freedom to regulate internal partnership matters enables these Luxembourg limited partnerships to adopt international norms relating to AIF with absolutely minimal localisation requirements.
In relation to such AIFs, there is full tax transparency and neutrality in respect of Luxembourg direct tax, ie income tax, net wealth tax and municipal business tax, provided that the partnership interest of any corporate general partner stands at less than 5% of aggregate partnership interests. As will be apparent, this can be achieved in full compliance with commonly encountered structuring norms.
This briefing provides a general summary only of this area based on current law and practice in Luxembourg at July 2016 and is subject to changes therein. It does not purport to be comprehensive and is intended for information only. It does not constitute specific advice issued on a reliance basis. Such specific legal advice should be sought on each occasion.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Gravitational effects in
planetary and stellar bodies
from a configurational perspective.
It is a fairly unanimously accepted,
and logical, assumption that stellar and planetary
bodies are formed by aggregation of material
from dust clouds. Generally referred to as an
'accretion disc' from which gravity attracts
material to increase the mass of the body.
This process is initiated as a result of electrical
and gravitational attraction and eventually
gravitational forces overcome all others and
the body is compacted and grows as more
material is added.
Naturally the heavier materials will migrate
toward the gravitational centre and the lighter
materials will be forced towards the outer layers.
This scenario is fairly realistic to a certain extent
but as the body grows gravitational forces will
realign and the gravitational concentration will
not be at the centre of the body.
Gravitational forces will compact
the body but gravity is NOT a
compacting force.
It remains an attracting force...
……a force of tension exclusively
Further discussion on the hypothesis
In a solid nickel/iron ball the size of earth
this cavity forming process will not happen
but in a forming body subjected to dynamic,
fluid type conditions the gravity will alter the
internal structure and the gravity concen-
tration will realign to the spherical form.
The centre material will experience attraction
from the surrounding mass so heavier
materials will not remain in the centre.
....Heavier materials will not remain in the
centre. That is the important aspect.
As the heavier materials gravitate outwards
.....a gravitational concentration sphere will
become more defined and increase in strength.
Then the cavity will form. In a planet the size
of earth that cavity could increase to
3000 km diameter.
Earth's odd satellite
The 'gravitational concentration sphere' hypotheses could possibly be an explanation for the axis aligning orientation of the moon around earth. 'Tidal lock'
Theory - As the moon formed inside the accretion disc a large, solid object remained at the centre as material was added to the main body. The main body then grew to the point where the gravitational concentration became spherical and gravitational tension started acting on that central object. At some point, after the main body had some time to cool down, equilibrium was disturbed and the object moved off the centre position and embedded into the inner side. This caused lopsided mass distribution which eventually ended with permanent alignment to earth's gravity
This theory is also applicable to Uranus with it's rotational axis pointed toward the sun.
Star anatomy
Most interesting would be the inner structures and conditions of stellar bodies.
The inner cavity of a star is a cauldron of astronomically () high pressures and temperatures.
The cavity is filled with a gaseous plasma at millions of degree C and pressures of millions of bar. The pressures are so enormous that it could account for significant expansion of the star's diameter.
The entire shell of the star is a liquid plasma and is structurally contained as an envelope by the tremendously powerful gravitational concentration sphere.
The star will ignite by the gravitational
fusion of light gasses (standard model)
but it is not certain that enough fusible
gas will remain in that high pressure
region to keep it burning for such a long
duration. Fusion may not continue for
more than a few million years at most.
Although gravity remains the continuous
driver of the star's energy the largest part
of the radiated energy comes from the
ionised plasma fields in the inner cavity
and in the outer atmosphere.
See the work of Prof. James McCanney
on the electric plasma of stellar atmospheres.
For a star the size of the sun the shell will
be over 300 000 km in width. That is past
the distance from earth to moon!
Just as ejections are observed on the
outside of the sun so there are ejections
into the inner cavity. But that is not how
the inner cavity is energised. The inner cavity
is first energised during the nuclear ignition
stage of the star and this energy state is then
perpetually maintained by the continuous
gravitational flux. There may be a settling
period after the nuclear phase where the
overall energy output reduced to the stable,
long term state.
This is not to say there would not still be
some fusion activity continuing but it would
be limited and would not account for the
radiated energy as hypothesised in the
standard model.
The inner wall of the material shell is by
no means clearly defined.
Convection gouging and gravitational
retraction creates a deep
layer of highly excited froth.
The inner cavity of a star is a very interesting
environment but it is not clear how the ionised
gasses and materials will behave under such
highly compacting pressures at such
high temperatures.
Update October 2018
The density of the sun is determined to be only about 25 percent the density of earth. Intuitively that does not seem realistic. With the sun at the centre of the original aggregation disc it is more reasonable to expect the sun to be at least as dense as earth if not more so.
The extreme temperatures raging inside the sun would of course be expected to have an effect on the mean density but then the enormous gravity would offset the effects of the thermal expansion....
The enormous cavity inside the sun can very easily account for this density anomaly.
More exploration of this subject is required but seismic patterns of inner earth can certainly be reinterpreted to show an inner cavity with a higher density region that would then be the gravitational concentration sphere
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"Gravitational Concentration Sphere" hypothesis
in the comment section below

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CPGS proposes launch of Pakistan-EU Friendship Forum: Senator Sehar Kamran T.I.
Islamabad, February 26, 2014: CPGS will be establishing a 'Pakistan-EU Friendship Forum', under the able chairmanship of Former Secretary General MoFA Ambassador (R) Akram Zaki, Member CPGS Advisory Board. This was announced by President CPGS Senator Sehar Kamran (TI) during the Roundtable on Pakistan-EU Relations: Convergence and Divergence, organized by Centre for Pakistan and Gulf Studies (CPGS) on February 26th, 2014.
This was the fifth in the series of such discussions conducted by the CPGS. The earlier rounds included Pakistan's relations with the U.S., "Pakistan-Russia relation: Challenges and Prospects", "Pakistan-Afghanistan relations: U.S. drawdown and its implications for Pakistan", and Pakistan-China relations: Challenges and Prospects".
Besides the CPGS President, Senator Sehar Kamran and researchers of the Centre, today's event was also attended by a large number diplomats, senior scholars and students. Prominent among the participant were Charge d'Affaires of the EU Delegation Mr Pierre Mayaudon, Mr Shahbaz Hussain Director Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Akram Zaki, former foreign secretary of Pakistan, Gen. Owais, Dr. Tahir Ameen, Dr. Noman Sattar, Dr. Mansoorand Dr. Marwa Enayat.
Senator Sehar Kamran emphasized the need for greater cooperation between Pakistan and EU in the fields of education, health and energy. Pointing out the discrimination against Pakistan by some members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Senator Sehar Kamran called upon the European Union to facilitate Pakistan's access to NSG on equal footing with India.


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The City wants your help to understand the space needs of Vancouver businesses
The City of Vancouver is conducting a review of Vancouver's employment lands and economy. This review will help develop a plan to ensure local businesses have enough land and floor space to support the growth of our economy.
As a business owner or operator in the city, you have valuable insight to contribute to this plan. You can provide input through a short, confidential survey where you can share characteristics of your business, your space preferences, and some of the challenges you may have experienced doing business in the city. The information and feedback collected will help the City develop recommendations for supporting Vancouver's employment lands and our economic future.
Why now?
Vancouver has a limited supply of commercial and industrial land. Today, about half of all jobs in Vancouver are located on 10% of our land base.
As the population continues to grow, our economy will need to keep pace. Understanding the current capacity of Vancouver's employment lands, along with the future demand for job space, will be essential to ensuring a strong and diverse economy for future generations.
The Employment Lands and Economy Review will examine all of Vancouver's employment sectors across the city, including office, commercial, retail, and industrial uses. It will build on Vancouver's strengths and look at issues such as the intensification and densification of our employment lands.
The review will help inform the next Regional Context Statement (RCS), required by the Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy.
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Raz-Plus resources organized into weekly content-based units and differentiated instruction options.
Informational (nonfiction), 153 words, Spanish Level I (Grade 1), Lexile 340L
Through the fields, past the towns, over rivers, and on to the big city the train travels. Taking the Train provides students with a detailed look at the experience of riding a train. The book can also be used to teach students to ask and answer questions and to identify the author's purpose.
Reading Strategy
Ask and answer questions to understand text
Author's Purpose : Determine the author's purpose
Grammar and Mechanics
Declarative Sentences : Recognize and use declarative sentences
Word Work
Antonyms : Identify and use antonyms
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
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Most people associate double glazed residential glass windows with keeping out the winter chill, but they do a stellar job of keeping you cooler in summer, too.
Double glazing offers remarkable insulating properties, whether it's used for domestic windows and doors, shop front windows or office glazing, far outperforming ordinary window glass.
And it's that insulation that repels the sun's harsh rays as well, ensuring your thermal comfort all year round. Double glazed windows also save more of your hard-earned cash by reducing your energy bills and creating an energy efficient home. They will keep your home naturally brighter, cleaner and healthier.
Two panes are better than one: How does double glazing keep your space cooler?
Double glazed windows reduce the amount of energy that streams through them through a scientific process called 'convection.'h
Instead of the traditional single pane window or glass door construction, in double glazing (as the name suggests) two panes of glass are installed parallel to each other with around nine millimetres of still air trapped in between them, which is instrumental in repelling the heat.
When one pane heats up (whether due to the sun or internal heating), it begins to vibrate at a molecular level so quickly it's not evident to the naked eye. The space between the panes restricts the flow of this heat energy because the molecules have nowhere to go.
That means – when it's hot outside – the interior glass pane will remain cool, effectively blocking the heat. The effect is reversed in winter when internal heat is trapped inside your home, while cold air is refracted. Radiant heat is therefore retained within, with less heat loss through the glass.
Some modern double glazing adds a vacuum to the empty space between the panes or injects an inert gas into it, which delivers even more effective insulation. You can also choose windows that are coated with a reflective pyrolytic during manufacture to further absorb and radiate energy.
Double glazing your windows and glass doors can also reduce outside noise levels to create a more ambiently comfortable space without cutting down on your view – great for office buildings where quiet, close work is required.
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(Gray News) – The folks at Charmin have rolled out toilet paper targeting millennials.
It's hard to say if anyone is flush with excitement over this development, but the rolls are massive – 12 inches in diameter for multi-user households and 8.7 inches for the single-user size.
They're called Forever rolls.
Because more Americans, particularly millennials, are living alone, Procter & Gamble developed the giant rolls for people who may have limited storage space. A bunch of little rolls take up more room than one big one.
A P&G executive told The Wall Street Journal that one Forever roll can last up to three months in a single-person household and requires half as much storage space as a conventional roll.
If you'd like to give this type of toilet paper innovation a "swirl," Charmin has a $30 Forever Roll "starter kit" on its website.
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Arnold Ahlert describes in a recent piece how GE CEO Jeffery Immelt, Obama's head of the newly-created President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, is a crony capitalist. Here are some of the key excerpts:
Mr. Immelt has made no secret of his intention to advance the fortunes of General Electric using government contracts as his vehicle of choice.
Beginning in 2007, General Electric was also directly involved in the successful campaign to eliminate incandescent lights bulbs.. On September 8, 2010, GE shut down its last incandescent bulb factory in the United States, laying off 200 American workers in the process. Where will they be manufacturing their new fluorescent bulbs? In China.
Immelt is so confident about his company's "special" relationship with the Obama administration that, according to Fox News, he has "consistently argued to shareholders that there is big money to be made in advancing the Democratic agenda." Not the American agenda. The statist, crony capitalist, corporation-nationalizing, Obama administration agenda. The one which most recently demonstrated that agenda by granting waivers from the health care bill to over 200 "favored" constituencies, including unions in favor of the bill.
How good are Immelt's credentials regarding job creation? During his tenure, GE has seen a decline in the number of its employees, and its stock underperform the Dow and the S&P by 60%. More importantly, GE was given a $139 billion government bailout for its lending subsidiary, GE Capital, during the financial crisis.
Did Obama choose Jeffery Immelt for his cronyism or does the President really believe that Immelt will help create jobs. Is President Obama corrupt or just naïve and inept? Discuss!


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Rikke Kaastrup-Hansen
- MSc in Production and Management
- 20 years of work experience from a number of Danish and international production companies
- Has worked with project, line and program management within production, logistics and HR / training
- Experienced teacher and coach from 7 years of connection to Aarhus University and regular teaching and coaching as an integral part of management roles in business.
- Teacher in the following languages: Danish and English
Rikke is a consultant at BTP. Rikke teaches and advises in TWI 10-hour Job Instruction, Process Confirmation and "Spot the Talent".
Rikke has since 2008 been working at the wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa and for the last three years has implemented Training Within Industry (TWI) at factories and sites in Denmark and abroad. It has included recruiting coaches, conducting courses, setting up systems and workflows, and ongoing support of people in production in connection with the operation of the training system.
Throughout her career, Rikke has given high priority to having a close connection to the production floor and has a good understanding of the mechanisms that are at stake when coaches and managers have to change their working methods and behavior.
Rikke lives in Herning with her husband and 3 children. The children are becoming big and self-driving, so it gives time for a good balance between exciting work, time to get involved in the children's hobbies and weekend breaks and holidays with family and good friends.
Favorite quote:
Live now, wait not till tomorrow.Pierre De Ronsard
Rikke has completed 3 TWI Job Instruction courses at Dansac for both managers and operators. Rikke has done this with an overview and a professionalism that has given us the right point to succeed with TWI implementation, and we look forward to continued cooperation.Dinny Nielsen, Team Lead – Dansac


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When a food is found to be contaminated with dangerous bacteria or toxins in Tennessee, certain safety precautions are taken to protect consumers, such as recalls and media announcements. In some cases, federal agencies determine that it must oversee a company in order to ensure that future products do not suffer from the same problems. Sometimes, however, tracking down a contaminant's source leads to more questions than answers.
Authorities with the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service are puzzled by a continuing outbreak of salmonella, tied to Foster Farms chicken products. Incidents of salmonella poisoning began about a year ago, and have resulted in almost 600 cases. Although the federal agency has been monitoring the company's facilities and has been seeing low contamination levels, 50 new cases have arisen. Further complicating the matter is that the new poisonings are linked to fresh chicken, not frozen.
Because of the discrepancy between the FSIS' findings and the continuing outbreaks, the agency suspects that the contamination might be occurring outside of Foster Farms' facilities.
There is a growing sense of urgency to discovering the contamination source; approximately 13 percent of the salmonella poisonings have led to life-threatening conditions--3 times the amount usually seen with such incidents.
Those who have had loved ones die due to consumption of tainted food products may want to speak with a lawyer about pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit. An attorney may be able to assist these victims with claims involving product liability, manufacturer negligence, and death as a result of a defective product.
Source: NBC News, "Salmonella Surprise: 574 Sick In Foster Farms Outbreak, CDC Says," Jonel Aleccia, May 27, 2014.


text: Social Pro Daily 3 Ways Both Publishers and Advertisers Can Reach Generation Z Opinion: They are the first to have been immersed in digital since birthBy Jessica Rovello|March 23, 2018 Gen Z has come of age on digital mediaDrazen_/iStockShare By Jessica Rovello|March 23, 2018 Share Millennials: The word alone is probably enough to draw a reaction from most people. In digital media, however, this generation has represented one thing: a profitable audience.But as millennials transition to adulthood, publishers and advertisers alike are diverting their collective attentions to the next generation: Generation Z.The successor generation to millennials is the first to have been immersed in digital since birth. So, while publishers and advertisers can employ some of the tactics used to reach, attract, engage and retain millennials, there's still plenty to learn. But the question remains: How do you reach, attract, engage and retain this generation? Here are three things that can help.Know your audienceThis generation of digital natives is comprised of those born from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. Currently, Gen Z makes up one-quarter of the population. And by 2020, it will account for 40 percent of all consumers.As digital natives, Gen Z-ers are constantly consuming media through their personal devices, and they spend considerable time engaged with social media apps. In fact, about one-half of them are connected online about 10 hours per week. Gen Z already boasts an astonishing $44 billion in annual purchasing power, with 75 percent of participants in an IBM survey saying that they spend more than one-half of the money that's available to them each month.For brands, messaging matters, of course, but perhaps not as much as product quality. The IBM study also found that 52 percent of Gen Z consumers will transfer loyalty from brand to brand if they find product quality to be subpar. Correspondingly, 66 percent said quality and availability are the most prominent issues when choosing one brand over another.Overall, Gen Z-ers expect experiences to be both experiential and rewarding—they're not wooed or easily impressed by extravagant or intrusive content. It's become clear that connecting with this generation will require a change in strategy from both digital publishers and advertisers. Tap into audience consumption habitsWhen targeting Gen Z, digital publishers are paying attention to which social platforms they're flocking to the most. Female-focused Gen Z publisher Obsessee turned to social media to reach its desired audience. Interestingly, Obsessee doesn't have a traditional homepage or website for that matter. Instead, all of its content exists on social media platforms—10 of them, to be exact.But to understand where Gen Z consumes content, it's important to first understand where it doesn't. According to a study conducted by Cassandra, an authority on millennials and Gen Z, 29 percent of Gen Z-ers deem Facebook outdated and "uncool." Instead, they prefer platforms that allow for more visual creativity. More than 56 percent regularly use messaging applications such as Snapchat.For Gen Z, media consumption is more than just entertainment—it's part of their daily routine, from start to finish. According to eMarketer, Gen Z's time on publisher sites show more time and engagement with video than text. 57 percent of 13- to-17-year-olds said they're watching more short-form video than they did a year ago. Just 45 percent of millennials—defined here as 18- to-34-year-olds—said the same. Another publisher taking a unique approach to luring Gen Z-ers is Galore, which has opted for a branded approach to content. Galore focuses on creating content for marketers, connecting them with influencers and monetizing in a way isn't off-putting to Gen Z consumers. CEO Mike Albanese noted the stark contrast between Galore's methods and the long-accepted approach of yesteryear, saying the key is to "make a lot of content, figure out how to drive lots of traffic, get some big audience numbers and kind of wrap advertising around it."Continue ReadingPages: 1 2 Share http://adweek.it/2tP2n0H copy Adweek Adweek


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The State of American Travel - 2018
Consumer insights on vacationing, transportation, accommodation and moreKey Points:
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This poll was conducted from June 04-05, 2018, among a national sample of 2,202 Adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of Adults based on age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational attainment, and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
On a daily basis, Morning Consult Brand Intelligence surveys Americans on over 1,800 brands and products. The brand tracking data in this report is the result of aggregated daily surveys from May 13, 2018 to June 13, 2018. Each brand was surveyed 6,000 times during that time frame, with the exception of Best Western which was surveyed 2,000 times and Southwest Airlines which was surveyed 16,000 times.
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There is just no stopping ProVerb and his love for Liesl Laurie. Week after week we are given a taste of the romance between the two lovebirds with Pro posting loved-up messages on his lady.
Liesl is a contestant on Dancing with the Stars SA and Pro has been in the audience everyweek to support his lady.
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Here's the Latest Collection of Farhan Ali Qadri Naats. In this Collection of 2019, you will find Huge Collection of Naats, Biography of Farhan Qadri & more.
Biography of Farhan Ali Qadri
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Farhan Ali Qadri was born on October 1, 1995, in Jacobabad, Pakistan. He is among the Popular and Most Famous Naat Khuwans of Pakistan. He recited naats in various languages, such as Urdu, Sindhi, Saraiki, and Punjabi. Farhan Ali Qadri Even Recited naats in Bengali and English.
About Farhan Qadri
Farhan Qadri was grown up in Jacobabad and He belongs to Baloch Family. His Father Name is Fazal Muhammad. Farhan Ali Started recited naat sharif at the age of just Five. He started reciting naats from his School life. His Most Famous Naat was "Noor Wala aya Hai" which becomes popular around the world.
He has performed worldwide including, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Mauritius, etc. He also performs on Various TV channels. Farhan Ali Qadri also awarded with many National and Provincial Awards.
Farhan Ali Qadri Naats List:
- Aa Gaye Sarkar (Saw)
- Allah Allah Dil Kehta Hai
- Allah Hi Janta.Hai
- Allah Ho Akbar
- Aankho Mein Bas Gaya Hai Madeenah
- Aapne Maa Baap Ka Tu Dil Na Dukha
- Aagaye Aagaye Mustafa
- Aamina Ka Laal Aaya
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Here I am, unable to make up my mind on whether I should go back to college. Rumours has it that there is some sort of water shortage problem (again).
These few days have been sort of a holiday for me. Thought of wanting to wind down and relax for a bit after the hell-ish sort of days during the entrance exam. Kian Joo lent me his laptop so I am glued practically 24 hours to the screen. Really want to enjoy the freedom as much as I can before going back to the wilderness.
Went to Klang to look for my brother yesterday. We ate a lot (seafood, satay, bak kut teh) and managed to catch a movie. Wolverine is so awesome. I watched it twice already, the first being unsatisfactory owing to the fact that we (me and my friends) watched a pirated DVD version and it was kind of screwed up with lots of CGI scenes uncompleted, sort of like they have not put up the finishing touches (so instead of seeing Logan flying away after being hit with the truck, we saw a grey computer dummy image doing some sort of fake somersault). The real deal is much better.
Bought two books at MPH. I finally found Guitar for Dummies. I have been looking for it for ages. Finally I can really start learning guitar properly. Sometimes it is really amazing how He knows what I am looking for. Even before I pray for it, out pops the exact thing that I want. It has happened so many times that I have lost count. Then there was this time I wanted to find a book on leadership from a different aspect, specifically, leadership as how the Prince of Life would lead. Guess what? Voila, found an excellent book with exactly the kind of content I wanted.
Amazing, no? Sometimes the world is so messy and cluttered that you forget how to stand still and listen. When everything else becomes a blur, when the inner peace engulfs you in the flame of calling out to the heavenly glory, those little things that you hear really reminds you how He is so real.
I have been reading this book called "I Kiss Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris. Still have not managed to finish it though. So far, the content is really good and interesting. I find myself agreeing and committing to doing what the book teaches. You might think it is some sort of lame, cheesy chick flick but surprise,surprise, it is actually a motivational book that teaches why we should avoid dating and how to fully utilise our singleness to a better use. Marvelous read.
1 more month left until our programme is over. In 3 more weeks, we would bid goodbye to the isolated college. 1 year passes quickly. Time flies, and the good times we share remain as mere memories.
Okay, being emo now. Better put the brakes on. There is still the final examination (A2) in 3 weeks and I have yet to start revising.
Running out of ideas. Next update might be in 3 weeks when everything is over (and emo-ness starts its reign in me).


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Party food for Communions and Confirmations
We're heading into party season, and here at Ó Crualaoí, that means we're preparing a delicious menu of party food for you to enjoy. We cater for communions and confirmations, and you can choose from a wide range of hot or cold food options, so head over to our website to check out our party deals and see our party catering menu.
Whether you're celebrating at home or in a local venue, we can create the perfect menu for you, and you can order in advance and collect your party food on the day, ready to go. Read on for our top tips on making the most of the occasion and throwing a party that everyone will remember for all the right reasons!
Our Party Food Deals
Our party menu is extensive and varied, so you can be sure that there will be something for everyone. We have a range of party deals, ranging from DIY to finger food, and you can rely on us to deliver top quality, delicious food every time.
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€60 DIY Party Deal. For just €60, our DIY party deal includes 20 burgers, 20 grill sticks, 20 jumbo sausages and 20 BBQ chicken spears, all ready to cook.
€100 DIY Party Deal. Our €100 DIY party deal includes a great range of top quality meat, including 2kg turkey breast, 2kg ham, 2kg topside beef, 2 bags of goujons and 100 cocktail sausages, all ready to cook so you can be the head chef for the day.
Finger food party deal. Our finger food party deal includes 120 cocktail sausages, 40 chicken wings, 40 chicken goujons and 40 mini sausage rolls, so you can feed 30-40 people, for just €90.
Bumper party deal. If you just want to pick up your food and get the party started, you'll love our bumper party deal, including 2 platters, containing a full roast turkey breast and half a traditional cooked ham, as well as a 5kg selection of salads. You'll have plenty of food for 30-40 people, for only €120.
Cooked meat platters. We have an excellent poached salmon platter, or a range of sliced cold meats including beef, ham and turkey to choose from, ranging from €25-€70.
Sandwiches and soups. Our sandwiches and wraps are made with fresh white or brown doorstep bread, and white tortilla wraps, and gluten free options are available on request. You can choose from a great range of fillings, and several soup flavours, to serve 12-15 people for €30 cold or €35 hot.
Oven ready dishes. You can explore our excellent range of oven ready cooked dishes, including Homemade Fish Pie, Lasagne or Cottage Pie, curry or stir fry. This is ideal if you are planning a sit down meal, and will guarantee you the best of home cooked goodness at your convenience.
We also have a great range of cakes, cookies, breads and scones, as well as plenty of other items to build your own party menu. You can talk to one of our party planners to choose the very best options for your party and your guests, and we can also arrange delivery to your home or venue if required.
Planning the Perfect Party
Special occasions call for special celebrations, and if you're planning a confirmation or communion party, you'll need to consider several things.
• Your guest list. Who will you be inviting to your celebration? If it's a confirmation or communion party, you'll probably want to involve your child in the planning process. Many people stick to family only, especially if they have large families, while some include close family friends and neighbours, and others may extend the guest list to local friends and classmates. Think carefully about how many guests you invite as you will need to cater for them all, and don't be afraid to be ruthless with the invite list as you are likely to have a much better time if you include a smaller selection of people with whom you really enjoy spending time.
• Your venue. Will you be throwing your party at home or in a local venue? If you are planning on inviting a large number of guests, you might prefer a hall or club room, or you may find that a party at home is easier to plan for. Whatever you opt for, don't forget that you may wish to decorate your venue, and you will need to ensure that you collect your party food in time to set it up or cook it before the party begins so that you don't need to spend the whole day in the kitchen.
• Entertainment. When you have a range of children and adults coming to your party, you may wish to think about keeping everyone entertained. It may be that your family members can entertain themselves, catching up with each other if they have not got together for a while, or playing games together, but you may want to consider hiring a children's entertainer or investing in some outdoor games to keep everyone occupied. Hiring a bouncy castle appears to be a popular option this year, although it is only practical if you have a large outdoor space, and you can tailor your entertainment ideas to suit your budget and your guest list.
• Catering. If you're catering for large numbers of people at any time, it can be stressful. If you're throwing a party for your child, however, you will want to join in with the celebrations too. Take the pressure off yourself and relax in the knowledge that you're serving great food that your guests will love when you order party food from Ó Crualaoí. You can choose from a large selection of menus and dishes, as described above, and you'll find our full catering menu online. Our party planners are on hand to help you make the best decisions, and you can order your food in advance to pick up from your local store on the day of your celebration. Some of our options allow you to cook our pre-prepared dishes and snack items at your own convenience, while others are pre-cooked and ready to go.
• Preparation. Preparation is key to make things as easy as possible for yourself. Think about whether you can get the family together to help with the cleaning and tidying before the day, and involve everyone in decorating for the party, too. Children will love to blow up balloons and make banners, and although they may not be as enthusiastic about clearing up their toys, they will probably get involved happily if they know they are preparing for the big occasion. Allocating an area that each member of the family is responsible for can be very helpful, and you may be surprised by how proud even the youngest children will feel when they get involved. Don't worry about making your house spotless, though, as it's you and your family that your guests are coming to see, and no-one want you to feel stressed out by the preparations.
• Getting the focus right. It's important that you don't work yourself into the ground and forget to enjoy the occasion – after all, your child will only experience this day once. Take some time to join in with the celebrations and think about how you will remember the day after it is over. You may wish to ask all of your guests to take photos and share these with you, or you may wish to commission someone specifically to capture the day. Either way, you can collate the photos in a collage for the wall or a photo book to keep, so that you and your child will have a very special keepsake of this memorable day.
Some careful planning will help to ensure that you and your guests can all enjoy a fantastic day, and – most importantly of all – that your child will remember his or her special party forever.
Get Ahead – Order Your Party Food Now
If you're planning a confirmation or communion and want to serve the very best of local, top quality food, we can help. Whether you are looking for pre-cooked platters of quality-assured meat or ready-to-cook items and homemade dishes, we have a great range to choose from. Pop into your local Ó Crualaoí store and speak to one of our party planners, or click here to make an enquiry now.
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June 2020
2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results
Indie Groundbreaking Publisher: Analog Sea
From the Tech Desk: Predictions for the New Decade
Indie Groundbreaking Book: O America
Indie Groundbreaking Bookseller: The Raven
Highlighted Title : Memoir
Freedom Run
When Jamie Summerlin felt the calling to do something more meaningful with his life, the former U.S. Marine came up with an extreme idea. His desire to bring attention and assistance to wounded veterans led to a 100-day, 3,452-mile run across America. His journey was intended to inspire those who sacrificed for America's freedom, but along the way Summerlin realized he was the one being inspired. This book not only tells the story of Summerlin's amazing run across America and his attempt to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project and other similar charities, but it reveals the heartfelt stories of the many veterans he met along the way. Beginning in Coos, Oregon, and ending in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Summerlin's trek across the nation and the stories of the veterans he encountered serve as an inspiring and eye-opening tale of courage, determination, and honor in America.


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NASHVILLE -- The environmental musical stage play "The Council of Creatures", written by Nashville playwrights and performers Tammy and Jamey Whiting, will hit the Lakewood Theatre stage in Old Hickory, Tenn., with three shows from May 22-24.
"The Council of Creatures" delivers an environmental message for our time from the viewpoint of Earth's creatures. The musical features the iconic Francis of Assisi and his sidekick Clare, along with a host of animals who are given the opportunity to tell humans how they feel about what is happening to the Earth and to their habitats. Described as entertaining and poignant, the musical will be performed as a two-person show by the Whitings.
"Our handmade masks, original songs and animal antics will delight kids and adults alike, which makes 'The Council of Creatures' good family entertainment," said Tamara Whiting. "Come to the Council and find out what the creatures have to say."
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday (May 22, 23 and 24). Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children. Family passes are available for $25. Seats may be reserved in advance by calling (615) 847-0934. Tickets also may be purchased at the door before each show on a first-come, first-served basis. Lakewood Theatre is located at 2211 Old Hickory Blvd. in Old Hickory.


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Things are hotting up on Twitter.
The censorship continues unabated and is obviously run on an algorithm.
Despite this, debate still rages.
Unpacking General Flynn's Actions
Imperator Rex logically looks at General Flynn and how he sees things playing out.
8. And of course, they went after his family, especially his son. Obama and his slaves are the worst people in American history, vile scum. Why wouldn't they?
They made a fatal error. The General was smarter than all of them combined. He set THEM up.
— Imperator_Rex (@Imperator_Rex3) January 23, 2018
No matter which way you look at it, the official narrative of Russian collusion is falling apart.
FBI Agents In Serious Trouble
Thomas Paine reports that Peter Strzok has lawyered up by engaging Harvey Weinstein's lawyer. (Just think about that for a while).
As I was recording this video, tweets start emerging claiming that much bigger names were also lawyering up – we'll probably look at that tomorrow.
The undercurrent running against the Deep State/Swamp is gathering momentum
The Obama/Hillary cabal tried to take out candidate Trump and later overthrow a sitting President.
Attempting to use the powers of the U.S. government to covertly overturn an election is a crime. I don't care what you call it, but these folks need to go to prison for a long time
— Funkytown (@hotfunkytown) January 24, 2018
James Comey is now being openly attacked by Republican's and they have plenty of evidence.
1/ In honor of being #BlockedByComey, here is a thread of tweets to define what "higher loyalty" REALLY means to HIM. #ReleaseTheMemo #SecretSociety pic.twitter.com/AREd8Dw4ZH
— Rep. Steven Smith (@RepStevenSmith) January 24, 2018
But the Deep State isn't the only one in strife….
DNC now eating its own.
Jared BEck succinctly describes the DNC today.
Yes, the Democrats are sick. Their party is fading away and dying — a natural consequence of stomping all over their base with impunity. https://t.co/7rOi0clfqH
— Jared Beck ? (@JaredBeck) January 24, 2018
The people at Vice are trying to put things right by identifying who progressives should target at the primaries.. Their criteria is at best flawed
A breakdown of data shows which Democrats progressives should be thinking about targeting in primaries. https://t.co/3PsJUtnXUn
— VICE (@VICE) January 24, 2018
Other News Include
Unpacking the AI Nightmare
Comment on CHINA'S AI OUTSCORES HUMANS IN READING COMPREHENSION by Will Powers: I think… https://t.co/PruqRD67rU
— Joseph P. Farrell (@gizadeathstar) January 24, 2018
TPP Greenlighted in 10 Countries
The TPP has been revived for Australia, Canada and 9 other countries.
US is out of it, which is a good thing.
BUT we still know NOTHING about it, except a few talking points. But they want us to believe it's all sunshine and rainbows.
Bullshit. Give us details, let us react.
— Bullshit Man (@bullshit_hero) January 24, 2018
NFL Reject Veterans SuperBowl Ad
NFL rejects veterans group's Super Bowl ad urging people to stand for the anthem https://t.co/4AYvVpWVp2
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) January 24, 2018
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NWS To Upgrade Weather Computer
The National Weather Service will update the computer used to predict weather in the United States. Congress approved parts of NOAA's budget request and will direct $23.7 million (or $25 million before sequestration). The weather computer will be funded under what is called the"Sandy supplemental."
Last fall the NWS weather prediction data and the European weather prediction data showed two very different forecasts for Hurricane Sandy. The NWS forecast suggested Sandy would not make landfall until late in the game while the European forecast showed Sandy making landfall from early on. What became apparent is that the NWS forecast model can do short term forecasts but fails for long range forecasts. This upgrade will increase the resolution of the NWS forecasts which should improve accuracy. The NWS will upgrade total computing power from 213 teraflops to 2,600 teraflops. The European weather computer is assumed to have a capacity of 2,217 teraflops.
The Washington Post has three great articles on this and why it matters to the U.S.:
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/second-rate-us-numerical-weather-prediction-why-you-should-care/2013/02/26/d63dc4fc-7f80-11e2-a350-49866afab584_blog.html
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/to-be-the-best-in-weather-forecasting-why-europe-is-beating-the-us/2013/03/08/429bfcd0-8806-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/05/15/game-changing-improvements-in-the-works-for-u-s-weather-prediction/


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Ragas on Guitar (ONLINE)
Ragas on Guitar
🎸World's 1st Official Guitar Course
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🎸Learn & Play Ancient Indian Ragas
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Ragas on Guitar is one of the beautiful and pioneer Indian classical guitar styles, which is also launched as an official guitar program for the first time in the musical history.
After an extensive research and study of the unique application of Ragas on Guitar, guitarmonk has offered, for the first time in history, an exclusive study to the world and international community of guitar lovers. Yes, you won't find this course anywhere across the world.
Furthermore, Raga on Guitar is also an untouched genre that drives every human into the unmixed world of neat emotions.
Raga is like a hundred times enhancement and improvisation of a scale and there are thousands of ragas in Indian classical music, further having multiple compositions to be played on each raga.
A scale never sounds boring, never remains confined and monotonous when allowed implementing ragas. And the surprising fact about Raga scales is the parent scales (known as Thaats), which are just 10 in numbers in the North Indian study of Classical Music.
Here one can realize that how these 10 simple scales (Thaats) can be enhanced, improvised and applied in playing of thousands of Ragas and millions of compositions, with different moods and feelings, over the guitar.
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Introduction to Raga, Scales, Tabla, basic theory, Indian Notation Method etc.
Raga Exercises on Teen Taal
3 Raga Compositions on Teen Taal
Sheet Music of Raga (For Guitar) with Staff, Tabs
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Exam after completion of program
Certificate of Participation on successful completion
All 10 Thaats Study
20 + Raga Compositions with plenty of improvisations
Covers most significant theory and practical aspects of Raga Playing
You will learn advanced concepts of Tihai with Tabla
Learn Unique Indian Taals and develop/play compositions in Taals of Rupak (7 beats), Dadra (6 beats), Jhap Taal (10 beats), Kehevera (8 beats) and Ek Taal (12 beats) etc.
Sheet Music of Raga (For Guitar) with Staff/Tabs/Indian Notation
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Can I join introductory program even if I have not played guitar ever in my life? You need not to have any guitar knowledge before joining raga course because ragas study doesn't work on lines of western scales/chords. It has its own grammar and approach to music. But a basic finger practice or hand is good (to a level of playing C Major Scale at 120 bpm) for adapting raga exercises and scales. If you have not touched guitar, a minimum 2 live session finger exercise-workout is suggested with guitarmonk trainer before starting Introductory Ragas.
How will I receive learning/sessions? You will receive User Name & Password of a private online-portal (Private Forum).
How many sessions in a week? Submission of Assignments within Time, Receiving of Next Session and Finishing the Program within the tenure
Each program has a fixed tenure with it. We give one session every week and student has to submit corresponding assignment belonging to that session within that week (before the schedule of next session). Student who is not submitting assignment/s on a weekly basis (on time) will not be entitled to receive next session till they submit the previous session assignment. i.e. If they are not submitting assignments on time (weekly). They may end up missing some sessions at the end of the tenure of the program due to their own negligence and other priorities . In that case Guitarmonk will neither be responsible/liable to give you remaining sessions nor to even communicate/answer you for relative communication beyond the tenure of your program. So kindly attend and submit assignment belonging to that session on a weekly basis.What is the tenure of each program?In addition to one session per week standard policy, as a courtesy guitarmonk has additionally given some extension in the tenure. Extension is 2 weeks in case of Introductory Course, 6 weeks in case of Complete Course & 8 weeks in case of Combined Course.
- Introductory Course Tenure is : 10 to 12 weeks
- Complete Course Tenure is 30 to 36 weeks
- Combined Course Tenure: 40 to 48 weeks
What will each session comprise of? Each session will comprise of assignments, lessons/topic with video/audio/sheet music reference. You have to submit assignment as asked for moderation/check by Raga Teacher.
Is it a fully recorded course or interactive program with teacher?
It's a complete interactive program where your each session will be Moderated by Raga Teacher and guided/commented for error (if any). You can ask doubts/questions on the forum itself. They will personally answer your query and give you custom suggestions based on your performance.
Can I download the content?
Yes sheet music content will also be downloadable for your personal practice/record-keeping.
Will I receive Certificate?
If you score more than 60%, you will be provided certificate. The marking procedure is as follows –
- Each session assignment submission will be of 10 marks.
- There will be a written online exam of 50 marks after the course.
Note – Assignment must be submitted within recommended 7 days of receiving the session.
Can I Join Complete Course directly? You need to first join Introductory Course as Complete Course is extension of the Introduction Course. If you want to do complete course then you should directly go for combined course, which comprises both introductory & combined course and further benefits with a discounted fee value.
I am very good at lead guitar. Is raga easy for me? Person having even some basic finger practice on Guitar can best adapt this Ragas style. Good command on leads is an added advantage to enrich style to this study for concert purpose and finer execution/demonstration/presentation of raga skills as Taans, Tihais, Jhala etc. Since Indian Classical Music is totally an Independent style devoid of chord study, it can be studied if a person has basic scales knowledge and sufficient fingers dexterity.
Does Raga Have Spiritual connection? Raga music is a soulful music. Each raga is associated to one particular flavour/mood (we call it 'RASA' in Indian music). There are total of 9 emotions and every single raga is dedicated/focused upon/ to expression of one emotion which has its physiological, psychological affect too. There are various researches on benefits of Ragas and its application in music therapy for healing and overcoming certain diseases. You will experience them while you start practising raga and connect to its frequencies.For more details, refer to the terms and guidelines.
(Eligibility - Complete Course on Raga)
Kapil Srivastava is doing World Record Raga Journey, partnered by Govt. of India. If you have it in you, you can be considered for the amazing opportunity.
You can grow and develop your raga playing on guitar to concert levels, in guidance of veteran guitarist Kapil Srivastava, who has composed, re-arranged several ragas on guitar as a research work for the first time in history of guitar fraternity.
Advanced Raga Concert Program -
✔Develop ragas performance up to 30 minutes for concert playing
✔Give Raga Concerts/Perform with Kapil & Earn
✔Build advanced Ragas application by Kapil of 3 octaves playing, Jhala, Alaap on Guitar.
Raga is one of the fruitful subjects that offers a new room and space for an Independent style of Music, that can be played limitless... on the Guitar."
I wonder when plenty of guitarists say that they are not obsessed with scales but chords, I found a new world of infinite explorations in the scales; in fact I have found my world here through Ragas......Kapil Srivastava
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While I was sitting on my duff enjoying Neighbour's Night Out, a real reporter, Lisa Rainford, attended the meeting to debrief residents after the recent arrests and gun seizures in Weston:
Six weeks after police seized 80 guns off the streets of Toronto as part of operation 'Project Patton' — which targets the infamous Five Point Generalz gang with ties to Weston — officers spoke to the community about its after effects.
The seizure was one of the largest in Canadian history, Toronto police told the dozens of residents who attended a public meeting
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Last Wednesday I saw Paul Weller headline the Crisis charity's Christmas benefit gig at the Hammersmith Apollo. As I gaily anticipated the evening's festivities in The Swan pub just up the road from the venue and mulled over what he might play, what he might omit and what he should play in my head I could not have expected such a listless set list as the one which was to come.
Indeed, I had been forewarned by a couple of people that he would more than likely pack the set heavily with new material, but I could not have foreseen how much of that stuff he would throw in (or how badly it translates live). Weller started the set with the frankly retroactive 'From the Floorboard's Up' from 2005's As is Now in emphatic fashion with gusto and energy in equal measure, leading to a joyous, high octane response from the rather large audience in the West London auditorium. Having done so he raised my expectancy of the evening's potential tenfold and for a little while I was still full of that same hopeful postulation until we got about three quarters of the way through.
As I nipped out for a cheeky cigarette with my brother, I assured him that Weller was sure to play his older, and bluntly better, material in the second half of the gig and so now was a good time for a smoke (this was roughly halfway through). Oh, how we looked forward to hearing 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight' from the Jam period of his career and something from Stanley Road and even a Style Council number might go down well we thought, but alas it wasn't to be.
As we resumed, Woking's most famous son cranked out a thumping rendition of 'Strange Town' and lifted those of us in the upper seating enclosure to our feet to dance. A rapturous, emotive applause went up at the song's summit, leading me to believe we would surely be treated to more of the same now that we had endured a load of sprawling self-indulgence from 22 Dreams and Sonic Kicks. As it was we got another half-hour or so of the new stuff before The Modfather exited stage left. During the encore we had to endure Emeli Sande for a duet and then, finally, we got a decent rendition of 'That's Entertainment' with Bradley Wiggins rather needlessly helping out on rhythm (he's a better cyclist than guitarist) and, of course, as is his wont these days, getting his mug in for some attention and milking the summer of 2012 for all it's worth.
My overall feeling at the end of the gig was one of indifference to what I had just seen. Paul Weller seemingly doesn't know how to keep a paying audience engaged. Looking downwards into his Telecaster and riffing against a backdrop of Dadrock soul instead of firing into a few classics and giving his fans a good time is not how to do it. By all means play some new stuff, but remember where your bread is buttered and keep the customers satisfied.


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This book does a good job of showing the evolution of Kwame Nkrumah's thought. It not only details Nkrumah's many accomplishments but his mistakes especially the ones that led to his fall from power. The book contains many interesting facts about Nkrumah's life, such as his having been baptized as a Catholic and being a choirboy in his youth. Nkrumah spent many years in America where he learned much about America's race problem and met famous African-Americans such as Paul Robeson, and Richard Wright. Despite Nkrumah's overthrow with the help of the CIA, Nkrumah's influence on the African Liberation and Pan-African movement is still strong.


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This proposed millage rate of 4.93 is higher than the calculated rollback rate of 4.809 mills. The rollback rate is the rate that would generate the same total revenue as the previous year after removing growth added due to re-assessments.
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The proposed 4.93 millage rate will result in a property tax increase of 2.52 percent. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $300,000 is approximately $30.24 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $720,000 is approximately $72.58.
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Love is a Song
There's nothing more beautiful than the blend of mathematics, emotions, melodies, harmonies, and instruments (vocal and otherwise) that is the gift of song. I do not share in that gift. Both of my parents studied music in college, sing and play instruments. I did not inherit this gift, but I appreciate its imperceptible ability to sway the human spirit.
God = Love = Song
Whether it's David's Psalms, the laments of poetic Solomon, or the Israelites' songs of praise and Hallelujah, song is a strong component of the God story. A love for God is represented in a love for music, a prayer/praise language of sorts. This is, in some respects, represented today in modern worship music.
Literary Creation and the Love of Song
I love how that translates into fiction as well. I am an amateur Tolkien nerd, and I love the Silmarillion, with its creation myth, histories, and tales of love and loss. But it's strongest gravitational pull for me is in its story of Middle Earth's creation, and – at its core – the choice of song to manifest a creators' love for its creation.
Eru – a literary God-like being by Tolkien's design – begins the creation of the world with a song among his angelic beings.
In the beginning Eru, the One, who in the Elvish tongue is named Ilúvatar, made the Ainur of his thought; and they made a great Music before him. In this Music the World was begun; for Ilúvatar made visible the song of the Ainur, and they beheld it as a light in the darkness. And many among them became enamoured of its beauty, and of its history which they saw beginning and unfolding as in a vision. Therefore Ilúvatar gave to their vision Being, and set it amid the Void, and the Secret Fire was sent to burn at the heart of the World; and it was called Eä.
Tolkien, J. R. R.. The Silmarillion (p. 15). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
It's very interesting to me that Tolkien would use music as part of his mythological creation story. It ties much of his books' poetry and song to the very beginning of time. In all of creation, music is tied to the created as a link to the creator.
Tolkien's creator birthed a created world out of love, displaying it as light in a darkness. And the music was an integral beauty in that creation.
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I enjoy looking at other aspects of culture for spiritual lessons, and this was something I had been thinking about for a few weeks. I hope that it gives others an openness to ponder the power of song as a spiritual concept.


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What does the future hold for metro Atlanta?
That's the tantalizing question behind the What's Next ATL talks, unveiled at the State of the Region Breakfast. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published three talks as op-eds in a recent issue, along with an editorial from AJC editorial editor Andre Jackson, highlighting the series. Jackson writes:
Metro Atlanta and its leaders have historically done a very good job of setting the pace…to position this place for tomorrow's opportunities. We can't afford to lag now.
All of which makes intriguing a series of talks that the Atlanta Regional Commission have gotten underway…
Given how quickly ideas that seem far-outside-the-box can zip toward mainstream reality in today's fast-moving world, we applaud this effort to look ahead and embrace the future's opportunities and challenges. Atlanta certainly can't afford to fall behind in this regard.
The paper featured three talks — from Eloisa Klementich, Wanis Kabbaj, and Ellen Dunham-Jones — that took place at ARC's State of the Region Breakfast.
- Innovative thinking deserves our ear by Andre Jackson
- Let's improve metro Atlanta's economic mobility strategy by Eloisa Klementich
- Taking a look at what a driverless world could look like by Wanis Kabbaj
- Create public spaces to enhance 'we,' not 'me' culture by Ellen Dunham-Jones
- Ellen Dunham-Jones, director of the Urban Design Program at Georgia Tech.
- Wanis Kabbaj, director of global strategy for healthcare logistics at UPS.
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Listening Project Resources
Elizabeth Parks, Ph.D.
Dr. Parks' research was a catalyst for the Listening Project. Embracing a mixed method approach that draws from both social sciences and humanities, her current research focuses on the ways in which cultural diversity and embodied difference impacts perceptions and practices of "good listening" that ultimately promote ethical dialogue across difference.
Brownell, Judi. "The Skills of Listening-Centered Communication." In Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Century, edited by Andrew D. Wolvin, 141-155. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Browning, S. and Waite, R. (2010), "The Gift of Listening: JUST Listening Strategies." Nursing Forum, 45: 150-158.
Global Listening Centre http://www.globallisteningcentre.org/
Harger, Honor. "A History of the Universe in Sound." TEDSalon, London, Spring 2011. Video 11:10.
JUST Listening… for the common good https://justlistening.net/
Lipari, Lisbeth. "Listening, Thinking, Being." Communication Theory 20, no. 3 (2010): 348.
Lipari, Lisbeth. Listening, Thinking, Being : Toward an Ethics of Attunement. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2014.
Mongan-Rallis, Helen. Featured speaker, Annual Women's Luncheon, Commission for Women, University of Minnesota Duluth. Duluth, MN, April 14, 2015.
Otto, Lauren. "Learning to Listen: Students Get Together to - Calmly - Share Their Opinions." Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 8, 2018.
Stewart, John. "Empathic and Dialogic Listening." In Bridges Not Walls : A Book about Interpersonal Communication, edited by John Stewart, 225-244. 11the ed. Dubuque, Iowa: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2012.
Treasure, Julian. "Conscious Listening." YouTube Video, 19:30, TEDxDanubia 2011, April 16, 2011.
Ueland, Brenda. "Tell Me More." In Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings, 205-210. Duluth, Minnesota: Holy Cow! Press, 1993.
Ury, William. "The Power of Listening." YouTube Video, 15:40, TEDxSanDiego, January 7, 2015.
Wolvin, Andrew D. Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Century. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Wood, Zachary R. "Why It's Worth Listening to People You Disagree With." TED2018, April 2018. Video, 11:23.


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The process is consistent with any canning process. Make sure to gather all items needed including a funnel, jar grabber and magnetic lid tool. Clean and sterilize everything.
Red raspberry Kool-aid used in the original recipe is not readily availble. Lounsbery uses 2Tbsps of Lemon Juice to make sure that there is an appropriate amount of acid.
• Make certain to use a large pot that allows for expansion. The liquid volume will increase as it boils.
• When filling, leave a quarter inch head space in each jar. Wipe excess off the rim to ensure a tight seal.
• Also, pay attention to duration of time in the canning bath. Due to South Dakota's altitude, jelly jars should be boiled for an additional five minutes to get a safe seal.
This recipe makes six pints of jelly. Lounsbery points to a number of resources available for canning. It's a fun hobby that anyone can enjoy.


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SAS Forum UK 2018 Review
Posted by Emma McMahon on 25 June 2018
We would like to thank SAS for inviting our Director and Co-Founder, Simon Trewin, to talk at the SAS Forum UK this year. Simon said the event was very exciting and brought a fresh, progressive perspective into how SAS is paving the way forward for businesses.
Simon spoke about how our DataOps approach blends with SAS tooling, showcasing our work on agile development, governance and modelling. The presentation, 'Accelerating Analytics with Agile Governance', is available to download either on the SAS Forum website or click here to request a copy.
We were delighted by the turn out and would like to thank the attendees, especially those who provided us with such positive feedback!