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The importance of product packaging isn't hidden from any manufacturer or production company. Everyone knows that the packaging of a product is as significant as the product itself. So, every company wants to develop a strong and meaningful packaging strategy for their products.
A packaging strategy should align with the goals and principles of a company, the need of consumers and the product as well. Moreover, the packaging of every product of your company depends on the effectiveness of your packaging strategy. That's why; developing a packaging strategy is a challenging task.
People who are struggling to create an effective packaging strategy for their company should read this article till the end. Yes, you will find the ways or the steps to create an ideal packaging strategy here. To know more, keep reading on.
- Discover Organisational Goals:
To create a strategy, you first need to gather the background knowledge that will be essential in determining the whole plan of action. In the case of packaging, you need to discover the goals of your organization. Knowing the general goals of the company isn't a very difficult task.
For example, many companies focus on sustainability and environment friendliness. So, this is an easily visible goal that these companies would consider while forming their packaging strategies.
But, you need to go a little deeper to create an ideal packaging strategy. You should understand not only the general organizational goals but also the specific industry and the goals of stakeholders.
Doing industry analysis will help you in knowing the basic essentials of packaging in your particular industry. You will also be familiarised with the packaging trends of your industry. Understanding the goals of stakeholders will enhance the effectiveness of your packaging strategy as you will be able to cover their expectations as well through your strategy.
- Determine Objectives to meet the Organisational Goals:
Objectives are the steps that you will take in order to fulfill the organizational goals that you have discovered earlier. Objectives will help in setting day-to-day activities for meeting the big goals of packaging.
Every company have different goals so; they will have to set unique objectives as per these goals. In short, there is no set formula for this. However, you can understand it better through an example.
Suppose your organizational goal is to promote environment-friendly packaging. So, your objectives will be related to that only. Now, in this case, some of your objectives can be creating guidelines and policies to follow a sustainable approach of packaging, finding the best packaging materials and designs that are environment-friendly, selecting an environment-friendly color palette, etc.
In this way, you will create more specific objectives or the tasks to do for each and every organizational goal. These objectives will help you in moving from general or broader to specific or narrow tasks.
- Consider the Functions that your Packaging should Fulfil:
Product packaging is meant to fulfill some functions. Knowing these functions is very important to create an ideal product packaging strategy. Your packaging will be able to play those roles only if you will consider them before making your packaging strategy. Let's see the common functions of any packaging that you can consider:
- Safety: The first and foremost function that packaging must play is keeping a product secure from everything that can spoil it. Packaging can't be useful if it fails in protecting the product from any exterior harm.
- Convenience: The convenience of the user is another function that every packaging should play. The packaging is convenient only if it provides a good experience to the user. Opening it, storing it and using it should be convenient for the users.
- Functionality: The product packaging should be functional in order to keep the product in its initial shape, size, taste, etc. If a company focuses on the product freshness, then the package should be able to maintain it.
- Promotion: The packaging of a product should also promote the brand as well as the particular product.
- Communication: The packaging communicates with the buyers. It should tell the buyers about the ingredients of a product, the way to use it and other necessary information related to the product.
- Packaging differentiation: The packet of a product also helps in making the product different from all the other products available in the market. This function of packaging provides a unique identity to your product.
- Brand Reinforcement: The packaging of products is used for brand promotion purposes also. The colors, shapes, typography, etc. of all the product packages build the identity of a brand together.
You should always consider all these things while curating the packaging strategy for your products.
- Find the Unique Elements of the Products:
Now, you need to discover the unique elements of your products and services. As we all know, the market is full of many similar products. So, in this scenario, you need to find the highlighting things that make your product different from others.
Knowing these things or the highlighting points of your product and brand will assist you in promoting these through your packaging strategy. For example, a brand uses all the natural ingredients to create cosmetics. Now, this is a point that makes the brand and its products stand out.
In this case, this particular brand will use this feature while creating the packaging strategy. They will create some content or some symbol to showcase people this special quality of their products.
By seeing this example, it's clear that knowing the plus points of your products is an essential part of developing a successful packaging strategy.
By following all these ways or steps, you can create an exceptional product packaging strategy for any brand.


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This is my cartographic interpretation of Lake Tahoe and surround. Lake Tahoe a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, straddling the border of California and Nevada. It has been totally reimagined to resemble the cartographic style of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of many seminal works including The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and the Lord of the Rings.

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Currently all five trainees from the Identification Trainers for the Future project are nestled away within various departments in the Museum on their curation placements. Here, we catch up with Katy Potts:
I have spent the past month in the Coleoptera department delving into the wonderful world of beetles. Part of my placement involves working on a project under the guidance of Max Barclay, Head of Coleoptera, assessing the beetle fauna on Bookham Common in Surrey.
Early in the season I set up four Lindgren funnel traps in the oak woodland at Bookham Common and I have returned to each trap fortnightly to empty the traps. I can only describe this process as resembling Christmas; as I unlock the collecting pot underneath the funnel I am faced with an array of invertebrates, most importantly the beetles.
An example of some of the beetle families that have found their way into the traps are Cereambycidae (long horn beetles), Scolytidae (bark beetles), Melandryidae (false darkling beetles), Carabidae (ground beetles), Staphylinidae (rove beetles) and Ptiliidae (feather-wing beetles).
During the season I have found observing the changes in diversity of beetles fascinating, with June and July seeming to be the most productive months in terms of diversity of species. Now that the season is ending it's interesting to see a different type of beetle emerging in the traps: the fungus beetles.
After a day in the field collecting the contents of the traps I return back to the Museum where I begin to sort the samples, separating the beetles from the rest of the orders, ensuring all locality and data labels are replicated as the specimens are transferred to fresh tubes of alcohol.
After the specimens have been sorted I then begin the process of mounting; each specimen is considered when deciding which preservation method should be used. The very small beetles such as the Ptiliids are to be slide mounted as they are too small to be point mounted and too soft-bodied to be dried.
Small specimens such as members of Curculionoidae are point mounted, which ensures visibility of all features and protects the specimen from potential damage. Whereas larger specimens such as members of the Silphidae family can be card mounted.
Conservation for families such as the Staphylinidae also need to be made. When dried, specimens in this family have the tendency to curl the abdomen, making them difficult to point mount and leading to potential damage to the specimen. Therefore, Staphylid beetles are card mounted irrespective of their size, which maximises the protection of the specimen.
After preservation methods are complete, the most exciting part commences: identification, a process that my colleagues on the ID Trainers programme and I find enthralling.
When I place a beetle under the microscope I am mesmerised at its beauty, regardless of size, shape and colour. They all fascinate and never fail to inspire me. Learning species identification is a captivating process, one which takes a lifetime to master, but is a reward every step of the way.
There are many ways in which to learn: some people learn by looking at species level, but personally I prefer to work top down, learning how to define each family first before working down to species level. In my time at the Museum by family level identification has improved significantly and I am now finding that I am starting to notice specific features for some families at genus level.
After I have identified the specimens they will be databased and put into the Bookham Common collection here at the Museum. I also plan to write up this project and add to the long-term recording at this site that is being undertaken by the Coleoptera team.
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It's bad enough that Mom and Dad are going on a trip without Judy and Stink and leaving them in the care of Aunt Awful (er, Opal). Now two of Judy's friends are going Splitsville, too! Just when it looks like her summer is going to be the boringest, snoringest ever, Judy concocts a THRILL-a-delic plan. Judy Moody and Frank Pearl dive headlong into nonstop action in pursuit of the Judy Moodiest summer ever!
Adapted from the feature film produced by Smokewood Entertainment and directed by John Schultz, and based on a screenplay by Megan McDonald and Kathy Waugh, Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer will take listeners on a totally awesome adventure—RARE!
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text: Memorializing struggle: Dynamics of memory, space and power in post-liberation Africa (Sept 2016 - Sept 2019) In '2016' Memorializing struggle: Dynamics of memory, space and power in post-liberation Africa (Sept 2016 - Sept 2019)Witchcraft and Conflict: Exploring alternative discourses of insecurity (Jul 2016 - Oct 2017)Governance for Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation (Dec 2016 - Nov 2017)From data to knowledge: Understanding peace and conflict from afar (Jan 2016 - Jan 2018)The Political Economy of Power-Sharing in Post-Conflict Situations Funding agency: German Research Foundation (2016 - 2020) Lead G&S academic: Dr Jonathan Fisher Academic partners: Stephanie Cawood (University of the Free State) Funding: Newton Fund/British Academy Overview In post-liberation societies, memorialising and commemoration often occur at state-level on a grand scale to create new dominant memorial cultures. The key question to explore in this context is how the new ruling movements memorialize their liberation struggles to create memorial cultures that legitimise strategies and cultivate political support, especially in cases where it may be limited or faltering – or where alternative, competing memorialising narratives enjoy favour. This is particularly relevant in polities where post-liberation movements have held power for long periods such as in Uganda and South Africa. The strategies employed by post-liberation movements to maintain legitimacy remain an important but underexplored area of scholarly focus and this project will make a contribution to this nascent literature through exploring memorialisation practices. Substantial research has been undertaken into the memorialisation practices of post-liberation movements in Southern Africa. Comparable work has not, however, been carried-out on, or in, Eastern Africa – where five states are currently governed by such movements. This project therefore not only filled an important conceptual gap but also initiated a novel dialogue and exchange on the links and comparisons between movements and memorialisation in the two regions. In doing so, the project took seriously the narratival linkages which political elites in Eastern and Southern Africa themselves make. Project aims This project compared how liberation struggles have been memorialized in South Africa under the African National Congress (ANC) and Uganda under the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The aim was twofold: 1) to explore how these practices are used and contested within legitimization strategies of post-liberation regimes; 2) to build and develop a sustainable partnership between the institutions involved – the University of Birmingham, UK and the University of the Free State, South Africa. The research focused on museums, monuments, spaces, discourses and ceremonies as sites of engagement and contestation among different memorial cultures. Visual and textual data was collected from archives, mass media, observation and interviews in order to analyse the relationship between memory, space and power. The project made an original contribution to the literature on post-liberation heritage in Africa. More information For further information about this project please contact: Dr Jonathan Fisher.


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If you're looking for small-town vibes without the long commute, Hilliard may be the perfect place for you. This suburb has been surging in popularity lately, with new housing developments cropping up throughout the area and popular retail and dining setting up shop there as well. While other Central Ohio suburbs are limited by their close neighbors, Hilliard is able to expand and take advantage of spacious undeveloped tracks of land still within its limits.
Ohio History. Hilliard has been an established part of Ohio for over 150 years. It was founded as Hilliard's Station by John Reed Hilliard in 1852, sitting at a critical cross-section of railroad lines that allowed its farmers to export food easily by train. Eventually the "Station" was dropped, and though there no longer is a railway through the town, the original station was restored and incorporated into Weaver Park. Hilliard consistently grew through the decades, with particularly large population increases in the 1950s and the 1980s.
Vibrant Uptown. Oakwood community Landmark Lofts sits just around the corner from Old Hilliard, the popular uptown district with walkable gathering spots and numerous retail and dining options. One staple located in Old Hilliard, a resident favorite known for its eclectic décor and unique diner-meets-Cuban-fusion menu. Nearby you'll find Packrat Comics, a delightful shop that welcomes longtime comic lovers and newbies alike can shop for colorful pages. For family events, pop over to Hilliard's Station Park, which has a splash pad for little ones to cool off on summer days and an outdoor amphitheater. There's so much to do in Old Hilliard, you'll be sure to fill your free time with fun in this little part of town.
Plentiful Recreation. Since Hilliard isn't as densely populated as other parts of Central Ohio, there's plenty of beautiful outdoor spaces to enjoy, including thirty parks and recreation centers. The Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park has something for everyone, from various sports fields for the competitive park goers to lovely trails overlooking ponds for the casual hiker. This park is also home to the Hilliard Family Aquatic Center, which has several pools and waterpark style entertainment to help you cool off on hot summer days. Residents can purchase a plot at one of two community gardens, where they can enjoy the hobby while socializing with other Hilliard neighbors.
Ideal Location. Hilliard sits to the west of Downtown Columbus, with no other major towns immediately farther west. Thus, Hilliard can expand comfortably without being boxed in by competing suburbs or already established communities. It offers an easy commute to downtown and quick access to Interstate 270. Additionally, the area features some of the most popular public schools in the Central Ohio area. Hilliard City Schools are rapidly expanding due to the increased demand to live within its limits, which, for many residents, has to do with its great schools. As of 2018, the district had over 16,000 students!
Upcoming Growth. As the city of Columbus continues to grow, many new inhabitants look to the suburbs for their first apartment or home in the area. Meanwhile, current Columbus residents may relocate to Hilliard for its ideal location or to explore all the West side of town has to offer. This desire for Hilliard living has been matched by new construction and redevelopment, including the creation of Hilliard Place, a neighborhood-style apartment community featuring large floorplans. Similarly, a major development was proposed between several of the major Hilliard schools, offering a New Urbanism style development with over 1,000 homes.
There's a reason everyone's talking about Hilliard – actually, several reasons! Next time you're trying to plan what to do with your weekend, consider making a trip out to this growing suburb to see what all the buzz is about.


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The Senate Committee on Economic Policy, Innovation Development and Entrepreneurship held an extended meeting where deputies discussed the bill "On Making Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Public Procurement, Procurement of Subsoil Users and Natural Monopoly Entities, Communications, Road Transport and Defense".
The bill proposes to carry out public procurement from single source only in exceptional cases. The document also envisages intensification of accountability, in particular, the customer's chief executive must be personally responsible for the conduct of such purchases.
After discussing these and several other innovations of the bill, the Committee deputies decided to pass the document to the House for consideration on second reading.
(Press Office of the Senate, 74-72-27. Photo by N. Baibulin)


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Workshop,cursus borduren, Kalmthout (Antwerpen) start sept 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
Finished long nose bear
Sunday, August 24, 2014
A bag for my bear making tools
I bougt this pattern from the french embroidery artist, Cecile facile, and loved to make it. I made the pattern a little bit smaller and the embroidery is diferent to, but with those yoyo sides this is such a fun project.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Greetings from the beautiful Caribbean! Yes, the most frequent blogger (MFB) has left Tucson for a big gay vacation. Why are we taking the time to blog this? Well, since this blog is part of a business, two words: tax writeoff.
Ha! We kid, because the drinks are cheap here in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where we spent the day touring a fort and enjoying a vanilla soy latte at Starbucks.
We also had a drink at a restaurant that was notable because it had flowers floating in a lovely bowl of water at each table. And these flowers were plastic.
We have a horribly blurry picture of these flowers, but we don't have time to upload it now. Because we have food to eat and drinks to, um, drink. And we think this fulfills our business duties enough for tax purposes.
Until we return, we are SURE the other bloggers will be blogging their hearts out, like they're supposed to be doing, although they're apparently not yet. If they don't, we promise you, blog readers, these absentee bloggers will get a dose or two of plastic flowers in a very unpleasant place when we return.
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Jaeger LeCoultre Powermatic - Steel 33mm Case - Calibre 481 - C.1952 ***SOLD***
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Founded in 1833, Jaeger LeCoultre are one of the outstanding Swiss watchmakers with their outstanding movements and their jaw dropping elegant designs! This Jaeger LeCoultre Powermatic C.1952, in a stainless steel case with a cream dial embodies both of these traits and looks utterly fantastic!
The rounded Stainless steel 33mm case with tear drop lugs is in excellent condition! Featuring a white power meter at 12 o'clock. The high grade "Fab Suisse" Jaeger fully signed automatic 'Bumper" movement runs effortlessly and of course shows signs of bumping which is to be expected, and does not take away the simplistic yet elegant appeal of this watch. The Jaeger signed ivory/white dial is it pristine condition and looks seriously impressive when married up with the applied pointed dagger style hour indices, with quarterly applied Breguet style numerals and the gilt dagger hands, adding to a subtle yet perfect blend, sitting perfectly within the case.
For a vintage piece that is very rare & highly collectable this has been seriously well maintained and to be honest seems to have little to no signs of wear! Which is fantastic for you! A truly great example of a vintage watch that's over 67 years old! Don't pass this chance up, it will be a long time before you find another model in such great condition as this!
- Model ref: Powermatic
- Year: 1952
- Warranty length: 12 Months
- Box and papers: No
- Movement type, calibreand jewels: Automatic, Calibre 481, 17J
- Case: Stainless Steel
- Dial: Cream
- Crystal:Plexiglas
- Bracelet: Leather Strap
- Width (w/o crown): 33mm
- Height, lug to lug: 41mm
- Lug width: 16mm
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SXSWi Monday
The first panel I made it to was Designing Games for Documentary. This panel had members from academic programs (USC primarily
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Saturday Grabbed a cab with very nice couple, including one of the panelists I saw the afternoon before, Charlie Wollborg. Shu
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Check out the PW coverage! On the PWxyz blog and on the PW site. On Saturday, my first panel was Drawing Back the Curtain on C
SXSW: Day One
After having a relatively relaxed morning at our hotel, we went to the convention center and checked out a few of the corporat
SXSW Countdown
Due to a mixup with our tickets (curse you Orbitz!) Calvin and I got to Austin around noon today, a day before any of the offi


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Q. Which stations offer appointments?
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Q. Why do I have to provide personal information to make an appointment for inspection?
Q. Where can I go to find information related to the inspection process?
Q. When are the inspection stations open?
Q. When do I CANCEL an appointment?
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Q. What about motorcycle inspections?
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Which stations offer appointments?
Cape May, Salem, and Washington, All other locations provide service on a first come, first serve basis.
Are appointments necessary?
We encourage appointments for all inspections and re-inspections. We will service all customers as quickly and efficiently as possible and appointments will be serviced first.
"Same Day" appointments may not be made.
Will I be seen exactly at the time of my appointment?
Appointments are scheduled based on the average of time it takes to inspect a vehicle. On average 3 vehicles may be inspected in a 15-minute period. Equipment malfunctions, unusual inspections and weather conditions could cause minor delays.
Why do I have to provide personal information to make an appointment for inspection?
Phone numbers are collected as a precautionary measure. In the event there is a malfunction at the station causing major service delays, we will attempt to contact you and reschedule your appointment. Email addresses are optional, but without them you will not receive confirmations and reminders regarding your appointment.
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Please use the New Jersey Inspection web site at
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Inspection stations are open Monday through Saturday every week. All stations are open from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday and 7:00 am to 12:00 pm on Saturday. All legal holidays are observed as noted at
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Appointments may be canceled anytime prior to the scheduled appointment day. "Day of" appointments may be canceled by using the "CONTACT US" feature or by calling the Customer Service Center at 1-888-NJ-MOTOR. If you want to re-schedule your appointment, please use the "CHANGE" feature rather than the "CANCEL" feature.
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Use the "CHANGE" feature any time you are going to reschedule to another station, date or time. This feature also allows changes to any field containing personal information. To completely cancel an appointment, please use the "CANCEL" feature.
What about motorcycle inspections?
Effective August 1, 2010, motorcycles are no longer required to submit for an inspection in New Jersey and display registration decals. Registration decals will no longer be issued. Decals may be removed from license plates.
How do I know if I have a "Heavy Duty" vehicle?
Heavy Duty vehicles are defined as vehicles having a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 8,500 pounds or more as noted on the doorjamb of the vehicle. These vehicles include Campers, Motor Homes and Large Trucks. In addition to the GVWR please also note that Stretch Limo's and Trucks with Dual Rear Wheels must also be processed through the Heavy Duty Lane. Please feel free to contact the Customer Service Center at 1-888-NJ-MOTOR (1-888-656-6867) if you would like to verify that the Heavy Duty Lane is operational before proceeding to inspection.
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Water crises are among the fastest-growing social, political and economic challenges, ranking as one of the greatest long-term risks in the world. Water scarcity is bound to become more and more pressing.
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What is the reason for the inexplicable shutdown of fire pumps? Why does the fire pump suddenly stop? What are the unknown reasons behind the fire pump shutdown? Some customers who don't know much about the fire pump will be helpless when they encounter a sudden shutdown of the fire pump. However, in some enterprises and institutions, especially for manufacturing enterprises that frequently use fire pump water supply, it will affect the progress of the work. It affects life and health.
Better Technology Co., Ltd. After 15 years of research and service, the understanding of fire pumps has a certain right to speak in the industry, and there are certain studies on many details such as fire pump shutdown. Today, we will talk to you about why the fire pump will suddenly stop. What are the reasons?
1. The packing or seal in the fire pump packing box is worn out, causing air to leak into the pump casing.
Action: Check the packing or seal and replace as needed. Check that the lubrication is normal.
2. Insufficient suction head when pumping hot or volatile liquids.
Action: Increase the suction head and consult the manufacturer.
3. The bottom valve or inlet tube is not deeply immersed.
Action: It is recommended to consult the manufacturer for the correct immersion depth and use a baffle to eliminate eddy currents.
4. The fire pump suction stroke is too high.
Action: Check the existing net head. If the inlet line is too small or too long, it will cause a large friction loss.
5. The impeller or pipeline is blocked.
Ways to improve: check for obstacles and clean up in time.
6. There is a leak in the air or inlet line.
Action: Check the inlet line for air pockets or air leaks.
7. The fire pump casing seal is damaged.
Action: Check the gasket and replace it as required.
Today, is your fire pump working properly? For more information on fire pump expertise, stay tuned to the official website of Better Technology!


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FMCC member organization Nanaandawewigamig (First Nation Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba) is hosting two upcoming conferences on First Nations ICT initiatives:
Nanaandawewigamig will be hosting the 1st ever in Canada: National First Nations eHealth Conference on February 6 to 7, 2017, and following with our 2ND Annual Manitoba First Nations ICT Summit on February 8 to 9, 2017 at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
We are expecting to host over 500 participants from across Canada and from our province. This 4-day event will include a trade show, youth participation, international presenters and the ability to get direct contact with the decision makers from the community.
For more information on these two events, and to get involved, visit the conference website.


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London, UK – June 12th 2012 – Telehouse Group, the leading global provider of dedicated data centres, international internet exchanges, and managed IT services announces today that its parent company, $42 billion telecommunications giant, KDDI Corporation (TOKYO:9433), will invest approximately $140.6 million (11 billion Japanese yen) to expand its data centre business in the Chinese market. The new Telehouse data centre will be opened in Beijing, proudly offering the Telehouse global standard of data centre services in December 2012. Telehouse will also seek to expand its customer colocation space in Telehouse Hong Kong CCC.
KDDI, along with SINNET, a provider of data centre and internet services based in Beijing, have worked together to establish the joint venture, Telehouse Beijing BDA Co, Ltd with both companies operating and maintaining the Telehouse Beijing site.
KDDI presently operates four data centres in three cities inside the Greater China Region, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The newest Beijing data centre will become the fifth Telehouse colocation facility with total floor space of 67,000 m².
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- SparkNet: Training deep networks in Apache Spark
- The state of Spark and where it is going in 2016
- Distributed stream processing with Apache Kafka (introducing Kafka Streams)
- A year of anomalies: Building shared infrastructure for anomaly detection (Netflix' platform for anomaly detection)
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- Attack graphs: Visually exploring 300M alerts per day (large-scale, interactive visualizations using GPUs)
- Fast big data analytics and machine learning using Alluxio and Spark in Baidu
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- Scala and the JVM as a big data platform: Lessons from Apache Spark
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- How to make analytic operations look more like DevOps: Lessons learned moving machine-learning algorithms to production environments
- BayesDB: Query the probable implications of your data
- Visualization as data and data as visualization: Building insights in a data-flow world
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Farnese Aviaries: Work and Projects 2012-2016
The Farnese Gardens are located on the Palatine Hill, once the heart of ancient Rome. Since 2007, WMF has supported the conservation of the Casina Farnese, and in 2014 the aviaries were listed on the 2014 World Monuments Watch, spurring restoration work to combat their advanced state of decay. Farnese Aviaries: Work and Projects 2012-2016 describes the range or works carried out at the Farnese Gardens in recent years.
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In Lyssa Adkin's Stalwart's session at Agile2017, she shared a provocative concept that "we should stop bolstering the organizations that are going to die" by continuing to try to push the agility mindset on them when it's not a good fit.
At the Chicago Agile Open Space Meetup earlier this week, I brought this up, and someone in the audience was abhorred with the notion. At the time, I hadn't thought through my opinion on this, so now that I have, I'm putting my thoughts out there.
Companies either need to evolve or die. Someone else at the conference said the quote, "Darwin must be right because the alternative is death."
Agility supports evolution. If a company doesn't see the benefit of evolving, then maybe the most humane thing is to let it go peacefully into the night. Lyssa also brought up that "an agile transformation is sometimes to hospice the death of process and structures that no longer work."
In Darwin's Origin of the Species, he also speaks about a "living fossil," where he states that "these anomalous forms may almost be called living fossils; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition."
Companies can survive with their process and structure, as long as they are in their confined area and aren't subject to competition. Outside of monopolies, when is there not competition for companies?
Companies need to evolve or die. If they have no interest in evolving, they will go the way of the American Mountain Deer, Dire Wolf, and the Saber-Tooth Cat. Why are we shoving survival down their throats? Would our efforts be better spent enhancing the evolution of a company that will survive? Are we too close to it to recognize the difference? Do we believe that all companies can survive? How much fighting do we endure when we "know what's best"?
There are things that a daily stand can't fix.
Does it come down to the arrogance of a company that they will survive no matter what? Too big to fail?
I think about growing up and going to Blockbuster. Blockbuster was such a part of my life. I remember when the first Blockbuster came into my neighborhood, and their selection was so much larger than the local rental stores – and they had ALL the new releases. Late fees aside, Blockbuster was as integral to my life as going to Barnes and Noble for books and going to the Kroger for my groceries (okay, I just described a usual Saturday).
Nowadays, I can sit on my couch, watch Netflix, order Kindle books and have Instacart deliver my groceries. That's the new norm.
Is this a natural state of evolution? Could Blockbuster have done something to leapfrog Netflix? I know some say it was the customer experience, maybe, but I believe they could have changed it. For a while, Blockbuster had mail-order DVDs. It was when Netflix offered streaming that created the nail in the coffin.
In contrast, Adobe, who until a few years ago, sold their software in an off-the-shelf manner. Each year, they were faced with the question of "how do we create billions in revenue starting from scratch?" Because they had to rely on and trust that their customers would consistently buy the latest version of their software each year, it was a gamble every time. The way that their software was bundled was also extremely expensive.
To solve for this, and have 1) more predictability in their business model and 2) lower the barrier (cost) of access, they moved to the subscription model. This was a huge effort and many of their customers did not like it. But, it allowed them to remain competitive (release new features and value more quickly), lower the cost of entry (buy what you want for as long as you want) and create some predictability in their revenue (the dirty secret in subscription models is that most people don't cancel or even notice it on their credit card statement).
They created a recurring revenue model that allowed them to survive.
To bring us back. Lyssa tied it up with explaining that maybe our efforts are better off being used for good and organizations that want to evolve. She said that she'd like to see that over time, agile techniques find their way into non-profits.
This is not an easy topic, especially for me, because I do believe that evolution is possible and that we can save the world; I also recognize that it's extremely difficult to see the forest for the trees when we're in the thick of it. I appreciated the perspective and will keep it in mind.


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'I think we are better than we were last season' - Sean Dyche
After Ross Wallace's exquisite 96th minute free-kick salvaged a point before the international break, the Foxes chief suggested: "I think we are better than we were last season. I don't think they are as good as they were last year on today's performance."
However, Dyche refused to be drawn in to a war of words and confessed that his focus was strictly on the goings-on at Turf Moor: "I made a conscious decision when I first came in to management that I don't question the opposition, I don't de-brand other managers and I don't talk about them. I just talk about myself. I very rarely mention the opposition.
"I think it's more important to look at my own business - that's how I conduct myself. As regards us as a team - the reality is there are some challenges for us as a club. I think we're a good side, I think we're heading in the right direction, I think there's growth in the side and I think they'll continue to grow in to this season."
Ahead of the clash with Sam Allardyce's Hammers, Dyche commended the club's form on home soil. The Clarets embarked on a 23-game unbeaten run at Turf Moor which was brought to an end in March when Leicester City won 2-0 en-route to sealing the Championship title last term.
But Dyche fully acknowledges that the Premier League poses a much tougher challenge. "We had a year unbeaten at home over last season and the season before so we know we made it a tough place for teams to come. But we have gone up a level and the level is different there's no two ways about it.
"There's a higher tactical understanding from teams, physical presence and capability is good, the skill level has increased and of course the mentality. There's more players that have experienced more Premier League football than ours. Every game is a different challenge."
West Ham, who spent around £17m in the summer on the likes of Ecuadorian striker Enner Valencia, French midfielder Morgan Amalfitano and defender Aaron Cresswell, arrive in good form having taken 10 points from seven league outings, including a 3-1 win over Liverpool. Ahead of Saturday's 3 p.m. kick-off Dyche said: "It's well documented they've done very well. They've spent a lot of money in the summer and spent wisely by the looks of things. They've got a different kind of edge to them this season and they've done very well. They've got a very experienced manager, experienced staff and an experienced group of players. It's another great challenge for us with them coming up to Turf Moor."


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For the company's fourth quarter, analysts are forecasting adjusted earnings of 47 cents a share on sales of $3.02 billion. AMD divides its business into two broad segments. Computer and graphics is expected to generate sales of $1.83 billion. Its second segment includes its data center business and revenue from the custom chips designed for next generation videogame consoles; it's expected to bring in revenue of $1.21 billion.
Similar to Intel, which reported earnings last week, AMD is likely benefiting from strong personal computer sales as more people work from home. Citi Research analyst Christopher Danely wrote in a client note early Monday that he expects shares to rise after earnings because of a favorable environment surrounding the company—a weaker Intel, has benefited AMD's computer and data center chip sales. The analyst expects demand for PCs to slow by the second half of this year.
Wall Street is generally bullish on Intel shares, with 60% of analysts rating the stock at Buy or its equivalent. The mean price target, at just under $96 a share, implies minimal gains for the stock, though. It closed Monday at $94.13.
Roughly 10% of analysts rate AMD at Sell, including Citi's Danely. He says there's likely to be a price war between Intel and AMD.
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While the new console systems will boost the top line, the yield on the new semiconductors will likely be less favorable on the first batches of chips—as with many new customized processors—eating into AMD's profit margins. That will change over time, which RBC Capital Markets analyst Mitch Steves says could be some time in the first half of the year.
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A law of public office crystallized in Anglo-American law in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This body of law—defined and enforced through a mix of oaths, statutes, criminal and civil case law, impeachments, and legislative investigations—imposed core duties on holders of public executive offices: officials needed to serve the public good, not their own private interests; were barred from acting ultra vires; could often be required to account to the public for their conduct in office; and needed to act with impartiality, honesty, and diligence. Officeholding came to be viewed as conditional, with officers removable for misdeeds. These substantive duties within the law of public office—even if not its enforcement structure—reflected something that looks similar to modern fiduciary duties of loyalty and care.
In this Article, we extend the historical record describing this law of public office and make several new historical and theoretical claims. First, there are reasons to suspect that what we identify as the law of public office and what are now generally considered private fiduciary duties developed together and influenced each other. During the critical centuries we explore, the duties of officeholders such as trustees, executors, and corporate directors were developing alongside the duties of public officials such as tax collectors and government commissioners. Parliament and other actors repeatedly used the language of trust, trusteeship, guardianship, and account to define the law of public offices. Additionally, public law concerns about abuse of power and the need for honesty, fidelity, and altruism in service of others may have seeped from public law into private fiduciary law. Influential political theory about the monarchy and lesser magistrates also used trust and related legal language to set forth a fiduciary conception of public officeholding; the theoretical developments in political theory not only drew from legal concepts but also may have helped shape them.
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Repository CitationEthan J. Leib and Andrew Kent, Fiduciary Law and the Law of Public Office, 62 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1297 (2021), https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol62/iss4/6
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If you're looking for inspiration on what types of content I would love to publish on Beat The Fish, look to something like my review exposes on BetOnline Poker, Bovada Poker, or 888 Poker, which consists of real experiences from a real player.
Okay, I know you aren't going to be quite that… verbose, but I'm looking for poker content I would be proud to write myself.
Guides covering things like the US poker market are always welcome or strategy pieces like my recent battleplan for Sit and Go's.
Now get those fingers tapping in between fast-fold hands. I'm looking forward to reading what you come up with.
A lifelong poker player who moved online in 2004, Josh founded Beat The Fish in 2005 to help online poker players make more-informed decisions on where to play and how to win once they got there. He hopes to counter the rampant dishonesty in online gaming media with objective reviews and relevant features. Tech nostalgic. Fondly remembers the soup avatar at Doyle's Room.


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RCW 70.84.040 outlines how drivers of vehicles are required to yield right-of-way to visually-impaired pedestrians:
The driver of a vehicle approaching a legally blind pedestrian who is carrying a cane predominantly white in color (with or without a red tip), a totally or partially blind or hearing impaired pedestrian using a dog guide, or an otherwise physically disabled person using a service animal shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to such pedestrian.
Any driver who fails to take such precaution shall be liable in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive into or upon any crosswalk while there is on such crosswalk, such pedestrian, crossing or attempting to cross the roadway, if such pedestrian is using a white cane, using a dog guide, or using a service animal.
The failure of any such pedestrian to signal shall not deprive him of the right of way accorded him by other laws.
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text: Love long soak in the bath with your favorite book? The designers of this room went even further and created a real mini library for inhabitants of the house, built it into the tub on the outside. Well, gorgeous round window on the floor, the walls – that's really something! Indeed, in the interior will want to stay longer..


text: Once upon a time, I tried to organize something for this festival's March March in an effort to promote Anonymous. That was fail. Fast forward a few years later and Going Clear is announced. I figured this would be shown at True/False, but I wasn't sure. I mean...if they screen Zoo, surely they would screen this, right? But I wasn't able to confirm it until recently when they put up the film list. You'll notice that the film is listed and has reserve tickets sold out at every venue. Guys (and gals), this is a MAJOR. FUCKING. WIN. This festivals attendance is regularly in the tens of thousands, with some film-goers coming from across the country. I know many people in Missouri are completely ignorant of anything having to do with Scientology. Hell, I don't have to do a goddamn thing, including attend or even mention this film and if the film is good enough, the buzz around it will make it a hot rental item. However... if you are still feeling frisky, brave and noble keyboard warriors, then I humbly ask that you join me in a quest of education as missionaries of Anonymous in a grand celebration of faggotry. The director Alex Gibney will be there in person, so I would consider this a pretty good opportunity, since Q&As usually follow a screening. Or we could just have cake or something. Keep in mind that simply because there are no reserve spots for the venue does not mean that you will not get in. There is a "Q" system, which allows you to get into any film you want if you are early enough to catch it: So, yeah that's about it. Important postscript to any newfags, if you wish to help/attend, please keep any sensitive info on the down low and PM me or a trusted user any personals if during our coordination the situation requires it. Somebody important will vouch for me. Maybe.


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Last week I took you through two interviews, one with Andrew Desjardins and the other with Logan Couture. This week I'll take you through the interviews with Ryan O`Reilly and Jamie McGinn , and a quick clip with Drew Doughty. These all had to be much quicker than the other two because of timing. The guys walked briskly from the autograph table to the dressing rooms. There were more people than expected and so they were running a bit behind. As I was brought to the back I was brought into one lockerroom, Team Lucan, I walked out the door, afterall, I had a mission. I needed to get interviews of Ryan and Jamie for you lovely folks. Ryan and Jamie came out - I was interupting the few moments they had to much down on some grub - pizza - and they were kind enough to answer questions for me. I should mention that I interviewed these two at the same time, which is tougher than it sounds, so my apologies, but the interview will only be a few questions today, and then a the rest a bit later on. To appease you though, I've got a ton of hockey pics?
SG: Why did you guys want to get involved with this charity?
JM: Well, for me, like most here, I grew up playing against Lucan.
RO: For me it's a lot of fun, Logan and I are good buddies, so here to give the moral support. It's great for the kids and to give back.
SG: How's your summer going?
JM: It's going good, just training... and that's about it! Just being home, being on Lake Huron and getting in the boat when I can and stuff. So it's going good.
RO: I'm enjoying the family, being around family. Being on the water. Being at the cottage everyday is nice. It's flying by with training, and looking forward to next year.
SG: What do you hope for next year?
JM: A season.
RO: Yeah, we hope to have a season to be playing.
(to be continued...)
If you haven't had your fill of pictures, I've uploaded a bunch more to my Flickr account. Sadly, this isn't even all of the pictures I took.


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I was appalled years back during the pre-marital session at Church when some of the other couples were cagey about sharing details regarding money matters with each other – some believed that women tend to spend too much money and therefore as bread winners they wouldn't want to be open about how much they earned – some preferred simply to hand over a fixed amount to their wives in the beginning of the month on the premise that she wouldn't ask for more – some wanted the wife to play no role in financial decisions – it would solely be the husband who would decide.
My husband and myself didn't believe in any of the above as we were both independent thinking people and strongly advocated that financial matters had to be a joint decision. We each began supporting our parents immediately after getting jobs so didn't want to let go of that after the marriage, we knew that we wanted to spend a certain amount of money on ourselves and we knew that we would want to spend money as a family and within that save up for the future – 'our' future together.
Why is it so difficult for people to accept that money matters and does play a huge importance in our lives? Why should it matter if one partner earns less than the other? Why is it so difficult to cope with the money equation? What is it about money that makes one feel insecure?
Money = Power
Could this be the only reason? Money matters as money talks – so the person with more money has more power! After all, earning more doesn't make one a better person. Nor does being in the same income bracket as your partner guarantee everlasting happiness.
Also, if that's the case then the basic premise of a 'equal partnership' becomes baseless. Being a couple, togetherness, a unified marital identity does include money as one of its crucial pegs to stand on – indicating that an imbalance can create undue pressure – but which also means that the relationship will continue to stand its ground if the other pegs are strong.
Each partner carries their own baggage about money – their understanding of money matters, respect for money and its potential, acceptance of roles with money, their own earning potential to create or provide a comfortable haven – all are based on how they've been brought up, their parents and family's reaction to money and what roles they've demarcated for themselves through their various life experiences. Even what money can buy or cannot reflects this baggage. Therefore a compromise has to be sought between partners – clarity of each other's perspectives needs to be taken into account and it's crucial to be honest with each other. Being in a relationship is all about maximizing each person's assets including accepting what each partner brings to the table over and above the paycheck.
Loving someone and having that person love you back for who you are knows no price tag. My husband earns much more than I do – I've moved cities with my husband as and when he's changed jobs. Yes it has impacted my work – yes it has meant that in every new city I have had to rebuild my professional career, I've had to establish my net worth – yes it's meant that there have been breaks in my career. But simultaneously, it's also true that no one pressurized me to take those decisions. We wanted to be together – as his earning potential increased it meant that our lives together became more comfortable. It opened up our perspectives on life in general and broadened our horizons. It also brought us together as a couple since in each new city we had only each other to depend on and make a new life together.
There is a clear understanding between us – we each pay for certain fixed costs, we each continue to support our families, we each have our salary accounts, we have separate saving accounts, insurance policies etc but we're each other's nominees, buying household goods is a joint decision (although my husband does most of the research in terms of companies & their offer), sometimes we pay each other's credit card bills (especially if we've returned from a holiday or bought something for the house or if during a particular month one of us is stretched), we eat out regularly so either one of us picks up the tab or sometimes it's only one of us paying for it and it's the same with buying personal items.
Having said that, we're not perfect – we continue to have our battles over what is necessary and what is not, how much is enough, who spends more, loosing track of monthly budgets, our struggle with saving money etc.
Therefore as life happens, the process of continuously balancing the sheets is essential for happy living.


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The use of traditional medicine by Ghanaians in Canada
Publication date16/06/2008
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Barimah , K B & Van Teijlingen , E R 2008 , ' The use of traditional medicine by Ghanaians in Canada ' , BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine , vol. 8 , 30 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-8-30
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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Argentina Construction Overcame the Farmer Stoppage and Rose 7.5%
In June 2008, Argentina experienced a sharp fall in construction due to the problems between the Argentine government and the farmers. According to the article "Construction Overcame the Farmer Stoppage and Rose 7.5%," which appeared in La Nacion in August, construction picked up again in July, rising 7.5 percent in comparison to the previous July. It also rose 10.6 percent from June, the largest rise between months since early 2002. The amount of surface area registered for construction in the 42 municipalities on which the Indec reports also rose in July. It went up 38.2 percent compared to June and rose 25.3 percent compared to July 2007. There was also a strong upturn in the sales of some raw materials and supplies. Sales of iron for reinforcing concrete went up 28.1 percent compared to last year, hollow brick sales rose 24.7 percent, cement rose 6.9 percent. Since the beginning of July, the materials sector has expanded by 9 percent compared to last year. All of these numbers indicate that the construction industry is not only recovering but doing well. Though the growth is not as high as it has been, it is still more than acceptable.
A study done by the consultancy Abeceb.com reported on the year-by-year growth of oil company constructions and business offices. The business grew by 19.8 percent and 13.5 percent respectively between 2007 and 2008. They also found that the businessmen involved in these types of construction were less pessimistic than they had been about the fate of the market. A lower percentage of business people believed that the market would drop and most believed that the market would at least remain stable.
Road work increased 4.3 percent compared to 2007 while other infrastructure projects grew 10.1 percent. However, due to many poorly carried out road projects, the sales of asphalt fell 19.3 percent in July 2008 compared to July 2007. Many regions blame the failure of these public works projects and roads on the national government using the money for other fiscal needs. A report argued that the "loss of dynamism" in the sector was due to fiscal adjustments made by the national government which negatively affected the financing of public works in the provinces. This sector was once one of the most important in the country and was one of the fastest growing. When it began to decelerate at the beginning of 2008, some jobs were lost and people across the country felt the impact.
Following in the tradition of her husband, President Cristina Kirchner announced in late August of 2008 that the government was inaugurating work on a third high-tension electrical line. The line will bring electricity to Yacyretá and, according to Kirchner, it will create jobs and opportunities for many working class Argentines. This announcement was coupled with optimism on the part of the President that the growth figures in the construction industry were a good sign for the future.
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