text:
No Review is there
cold cream- Pomegranate extract- pomegranates promote smooth,firm skin by boosting collagen and elastin production and soften skin. Skin naturally loses collagen with age, and poor diet, smoking, and other adverse lifestyle habits can make you lose it even faster. Pomegranates' antioxidant makeup can help reduce the appearance of skin aging, but studiesTrusted Source support vitamin C's topical role in developing collagen, and not necessarily pomegranate fruit. o2 skin care- Prunas avium fruit extract- It moisturizes skin, nourishes and provides a smoothening effect to the skin.It can protect skin from environmental damage from free radicals.It decreases visible signs of aging like fine lines and wrinkles. lipbalm- Beetroot extract-Using Beetroot extract as natural coloring agent for feodora vegan lip balm made it elixir. Beetroot extract is very effective in clearing out the pigmentation of the lips. It gets rid of flakiness and makes lips soft and supple.
Lip balm -Use feodora lipbalm round the clock to heal lip damages and also to get soft, supple and pinkish lip. Reapply once in every 4-5 hours or if needed. o2-Take two drops of feodora skin care o2 with half cup of warm water in morning on empty stomach and add ½ drops of feodora skin care o2 with any of your skin care product & blend it well before apply. cold cream- Take appropriate quantity of feodora cold cream and apply gently on all over your clean face and neck for better result use with feodora o2 skin care. Apply 2-3times a day to get a soft,smooth and glowing skin during winter.
Any body can use this combo products.
Softens and intense moisturizes the skin.
Increases skins elasticity.
Stimulates the regeneration of skin cells.
Deeply nourishes and repairs the skin.
Helps to maintain natural pinkish lip colour.
It Moisturises dry lips.
Protects against sun burn.
Heals chapped lips.
This lip balm keeps your lips healthy.
It helps fade away any kind of hyperpigmentation, dullness and dark spots that are present on your lips.
o2,coldcream,lipbalm & cleanser combo


text:
GREAT FALLS – After weeks of training, athletes from all over the state competed in the Race Montana Triathlon in Great Falls on Sunday.
All competitors started in the pool, headed to the bike portion, and finished off the last leg with a run.
There were different groups for different difficulties like the Olympic Distance course, Sprint Distance, Youth Long and Short, and even the Try a Tri.
Along the course, there were several volunteers in yellow vests who served a very special purpose.
They're called amateur radio operators and their job was to communicate throughout part of the course to one another.
Amateur radio, which is commonly referred to as ham radio, was the beginning of radios.
Some of the cycling course goes into unpopulated areas, making this old-fashioned skill extremely valuable.
"Unfortunately, going out that course, Lower River Road, Eden Road, out in the countryside, there are spots where cell coverage are very spotty, but our radio repeater system has good coverage. So we can be out there and be kind of the eyes for the race officials. So if someone is struggling, we can let them know," said Bruce Clark, an amateur radio operator.
People from the Great Falls Area Amateur Radio Club volunteer every year for the event.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the RET, the Natatorium, and the Gibson Lighting Project.
Keely Baker and Matthew Handwerk took first place in the Sprint Triathlon.
Olivia Gibbons, 10, and Jackson Rothweiler, 9, came in first for the Youth Long Course.
Amanda Manuel and Joel Bischoff won first in the Olympic Distance Course.
To see more standings, click here. To learn more about the radio club, click here.
Reporting by Kaley Collins for MTN News

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Right price, right product, right time – everytime
Matching the right facility with the right job, ensuring exact specifications are met
Any print job imaginable. We do it all (and we've done it all)
Cost competitive across the board
Personal service, international reach
End-to-end, everything-under-one-roof print management solutions
Family business with family values
Beyond print – logistics, stationery, packaging, clothing & gifts
Unrivalled experience, unmatched expertise
Unlimited rolling power
"On an annual basis, Contact Media and Communications' print requirements for our numerous publications go out to tender. As an independent company we see our print partners as a critical part of our success, and for the last five years, Kadimah has proven that overall they are one of the best partners when it comes to price, quality, flexibility, service, consistency and ethics.
As a company, we offer a full-service suite of publishing and creative work, and whether we are doing a high-end coffee table book or a small run of memory sticks, Kadimah has proven time and again that our decision to work so closely with them is the right one.
Kadimah is a family-owned business that offers a top-quality service at a fair price, and we feel confident not just in working with them, but in referring them to companies within our network, which is not something we do lightly."
"I have always found Kadimah not only to deliver excellent quality at fair prices but what I believe has set them apart, is their attitude towards customer service. Jobs are always delivered on time and on the very few occasions when there has been a problem with a job over the years, Kadimah have always gone to any required lengths to ensure that it was rectified quickly and to absolute satisfaction of my clients.
I believe the fact that they have been our choice of printers for over 13 years says everything which needs to be said about the quality of their operation."
"I would like to place on record the efficient work and high quality achieved by Kadimah in producing and delivering a sizable order of printed material for the program I manage – the Improving the Quality of Primary Education Program in Ethiopia, funded by USAID. All aspects of the work done were efficient, reliable and professional."


text:
Posted on 07/27/2004 5:28:00 PM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON While Democrats party with champagne and caviar in Boston and fete Michael Moore for his propagandistic movie Fahrenheit 9/11, a documentary is making the rounds in the heartland that makes a compelling case for President Bush.
Last week in Washington, Iraqi documentary film producer Jano Rosebiani began a cross-country tour of his new Saddams Mass Graves, a poignant examination of Iraqis who thank President Bush every day for what the filmmaker calls unabashedly the gift of life.
Those who have watched Moores Fahrenheit 9/11 might conclude the corpulent director was from another planet when his film portrayed Saddam Husseins Iraq as a modern-day Shangri-la with children dancing in the streets.
Rosebiani reveals a different Iraq. His poignant film displayed for journalists at an event that paired the preview with the live testimony of Iraqis back from the grave shot and pushed into mass graves only to miraculously survive their wounds and escape.
Rosebiani told NewsMax that he was in discussions with a distribution group in Los Angeles that has expressed interest in getting the provocative new film onto U.S. movie screens.
But if patrons expect the slapstick partisan style of Moore, they should be forewarned that Graves offers not a single image of Bush. I wanted to keep the message absolutely free of politics, Rosebiani told NewsMax.
And this he does religiously even cutting tempting footage of gushing families in northern Iraq who have named their new baby sons Bush, always politely shaking off the suggestion that Bush is a last name in America.
The Genocides
Instead, the riveted viewer is given an up-close-and-personal look at the genocide of dictator Saddam Hussein.
I shall be sad forever, laments one woman into the lens of Rosebianis camera. From the town of Hillah, the veiled woman literally wilts before the eyes as she sums up the unbearable agony of losing her entire family to the brutal regime.
The filmmakers somber message to the world at large: Send doctors and help instead of terrorists.
Saddams Mass Graves debuted recently at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, where, as Rosebiani recounted to NewsMax, I had some tough customers there to see the film they were solidly against the U.S.s intervention in Iraq. They told me that this was no longer their opinion after seeing the film.
But its not just cynical Americans that Rosebiani hopes to sway with his work product he wants to turn the heads of the doubters in Iraq and eventually even hostile Arab Street and Europe.
Already he has aired his film on the Iraq Satellite Network and through Voice of America. He entertains hopes of convincing Al-Jezeera, the Arab media giant, to show the film throughout Arab nations.
In the meantime, Rosebiani will be trekking through New York, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles to promote Graves, which is actually the middle part of a trilogy that started with Jiyan and ends with another brutally honest report in the forthcoming final chapter Chemical Ali.
Change the World
I really believe you can help change the world through the medium of films, the soft-spoken native of the town of Zakho in Irags Kurdistan, tells NewsMax.
Educated in the U.S., Rosebiani is now headquartered in Iraq, where he says, Mine is the only Iraq-based company that is producing films to Western standards.
Rosebiani is the first to agree that his film does not have the raw entertainment flair of Fahrenheit. After all, his is a most serious subject that leaves precious little room for levity.
The quiet man is a bit shy when he suggests to NewsMax that Moores film was engineered to appeal on some levels to the dumb and dumber set.
His own raw images of unimaginable suffering and cruelty lead the viewer inexorably to a number of conclusions.
Paramount is the lesson that Hussein could have only been stopped by direct military intervention.
Second is that the carnage under his regime was biblical Hussein outright murdered an estimated 300,000 civilians. In the so called Anfal ethnic cleansing of 1988 - alone -- 4000 villages were wiped from the face of the earth.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has gone on the record as believing that the figure is more like 400,000.
Rosebiani summed up: An old man told me: In Iraq when you dug in the ground, you would find oil. Now, all you find are bones.
Following a simple formula of just show it, Rosebiani has Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds recount in their own words how their brothers, husbands, children and friends were dragged from their homes in the middle of the night, beaten and starved at holding camps, and finally shot their bodies pushed into mass graves. Foreigners from Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran also came under the mantle of the systematic killings.
Director-producer Rosebiani interviews long-suffering Iraqis who came under sentence of death for the mere suspicion of opposing the dictators Baath party: They took away the men and boys in trucks -- some of them barefoot and naked - never to be seen again.
Filmed in cities and towns across Iraq, the films horrors include the opening of mass graves discovered in May, 2003, following the defeat of Saddam Husseins regime.
There are 270 known mass grave sites in the battered country. Rosebiani tells NewsMax that he suspects his countrymen will find even more during the course of a painstaking forensic exercise that may take 50 years to complete.
Rosebiani confesses that the greatest difficulty in making the film was listening to people pouring out their hearts, and often they would make us cry behind the camera. And then spending all this time editing, well, the human mind or heart can only take so much. Every Iraqi you talk to has a close relative or somebody they know who disappeared.
But, insisted one reporter at the news conference, if getting rid of Saddam was such a boon to the country why all the continuing bloodshed and violence toward the Coalition forces?
Rosebiani answers the question simply, describing that after decades of tyranny, the country remains traumatized even to the point of still fearing Saddam, a man presumably safely incarcerated and awaiting his date with justice. He noted further that he would get one take on camera and yet another off the record.
Theyre still afraid to talk, he explains about his countrymen.
The film was made with the cooperation of the Iraqi regional Human Rights Ministries, the Free Prisoners Association and supported by grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development, working with the Coalition Provisional Authority.
I think everyone of these leftist nuts should be tied to a chair and forced to watch this film.
The quiet man is a bit shy when he suggests to NewsMax that Moores film was engineered to appeal on some levels to the dumb and dumber set.
Makes sense to me, the dumbest fatass in America dreamed it up.
OK..it's understandable that the Crimes of Saddam will not be shown at a RAT orgy. The real question is will they be shown at the Pubbie Convention.
I wouldn't think films of Saddam's mass graves will be shown at the Republican convention either since many of those graves were filled when Saddam crushed the Shiite & Kurdish uprising at the end of the first gulf war. Thankfully our mistake in 1991 has been corrected.
When this is shown in all of our public schools ..............NEVER MIND.
I heard the filmmaker and a victim who survived a mass execution on Hannity the other day, they were awesome. I wish Bush would have them speak at the convention (they also speak very good English).
Not a peep about mass graves or rape rooms at this RAT convention...
"rape room"----the Green room Clinton gets dressed in.
Rosebiani's "Saddam's Mass Graves" vs Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11"
HRW Film Festival
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.


text:
The mobile game development company 'Light Beats LLC' is bringing out the beta for their upcoming apolitical presidential election game. Starting from July 14st through till the 21st and with a release expected in September 2020.
Campaign Trail is a "presidential game for everybody" focusing on the strategy and management of a presidential campaign to become the President of the United States. This game is perfect for those looking for a political game or those who are simply fans of politics, or even those who wish to helm the country for themselves.
You begin by selecting your home state, name and campaign archetype. Once you start on your campaign trail, you must begin to boost your support. This can be done through the campaign menu, whereby utilizing campaign points, increasing your abilities or purchasing rallies and advertisements.
Throughout the gameplay, your goal as a candidate is to be desirable in either rural or urban states. Your traits will play a crucial role in determining the speed of the growth in supporters. This, in turn, would aid your movement to a different state in any given turn.
If you are low on funds or support you can opt for a shadier route by taking to the corruption screen. Just as in the real world, corruption plays a big role within the game. As a candidate, you'll have the ability to commit campaign frauds, bribe your way into new states, suppress opposing voters and lie to your own supporters. Each of the aforementioned mechanics also come with discrete effects, that may prove detrimental while helping you get closer to the oval office.
The progression system in Campaign Trails comes in the form of challenges that a player must complete during play-throughs. After completing enough challenges, the player will be able to unlock new archetypes with different abilities and traits, requiring different strategies to reach the White House.
For more updates on the game, you can follow 'Light Beats LLC' on Twitter and Instagram as well as on their website where you can find the signup details.


text:
ART+ Winter Showcase will celebrate equity, diversity, inclusion and pluralism (EDIP) in the arts, including local artists from all Western and non-Western art disciplines. It would be an opportunity to create cultural exchanges between artists belonging to equity-seeking groups and the local community.
We have an exciting lineup of local artists and artists groups: King Kimbit (literary hip-hop artist), OTTAPAE (Korean Traditional Music Team), Zilla Manikongo (Hip-Hop), and Larissa Desrosiers (Singer/Songwriter from Couchiching First Nation in Treaty #3).
There are only 25 tickets available, registration is required to enter.
By donation ($10 suggested)


text:
Back to Back Issues Page |
The Sales Buzz Issue 196 - In this week's Sales Buzz Ezine:Objection tip March 13, 2013 |
Hi, In this week's Sales Buzz Ezine: Objection tip using a tried and tested technique called Feel Felt Found. If it's new to you then you really need to see this.
But before you read this week's Sales Buzz Could we ask you to do us a kindness. Would you to take a look at our website home page because it has had a makeover, and as a reader of the Sales Buzz we would value your opinion. If you like it please give us a click on the LIKE button, in the left hand column below the navigation bar, because then we can assess the reaction. Thank you for helping. The home page will open in a new window: Homepage...
In This Week's Sales Buzz Ezine:
The Feel Felt Found objection handling technique is great way to get past some obstacles that stop you closing the sale.
Back to Back Issues Page |


text:
Best Marine Coolers
What is the Best Boat Cooler?
For years now, marine sailing has continued to be a popular leisure activity in contrast to the past, where only fishers enjoyed the thrill of long voyages. It's no longer an unusual occurrence for families and friends to sail out in the sea for days to have a good time.
The key to any sailing experience rests on having a reliable marine cooler to keep your provisions and catches fresh and cold until you return ashore. Running out of fresh provision in the sea can cut short your expedition and it can also endanger your life.
Most standard marine coolers are large to offer you enough space to store your provision and whatever fish you might have caught on your voyage. Thanks to their sizes, they can accommodate even large fish species.
It is for these reasons that it is advisable to carry along a good marine cooler on any fishing or sailing trip. Lucky for you, there are plenty of marine cooler brands and models that you can choose from.
However, the challenge lies in finding a suitable product for your needs. Let's look at some of the best marine coolers in the market.
Top Marine Coolers List
① Tundra 110 -TOP PICK | |
② Mammoth Ranger MR125W | |
③ Grizzly 75 QT Cooler | |
④ Pelican Pro-gear Cooler | |
⑤ Coleman Pro-series Cooler |
① Tundra 110
The first cooler on our list is the Tundra 110 cooler by YETI. This sturdy rotomolded cooler is built to handle any rough waters and bumpy off-road trips without enduring a single bump. For this reason, this product is popular among rafting enthusiasts and rough water sailors.
Its ingenious design allows it to fit perfectly and anchor on most rafts, reducing the risk of falling overboard when water gets rough. I love this feature as not worrying about your provisions being carried away by waves gives you plenty of time to enjoy your rafting experience.
The product is also very popular for its ability to keep ice for a long time, even up to 10 days, depending on the ambient temperatures. With this cooler, you can sail for days without worrying about restocking, your food going bad or having to dock to restock ice.
Other great features this product is known for include heavy-duty rubber latches that won't tear easily. The same materials are used on the handles, making them durable. The product also has a basket for dry storage where you can keep supplies moisture-free.
- Keeps ice for days
- Has plenty of storage
- Keeps food frost free
- Expensive
- Has no bottle opener
② Mammoth Ranger MR125W
The Ranger MR125W cooler by Mammoth Coolers is one of those coolers that can meet all your needs in any sailing or fishing expedition, whether for a few hours or several days. This product is fortified to handle extreme turbulence without breaking down.
The product has double walls made of durable rotomolded material that can endure a lifetime of prolonged use. The walls are stuffed with top-quality insulating foam, which prevents cold air in the cooler from escaping to the outside environment, therefore, keeping your provisions cold for days.
To eliminate airflow, the product has an efficient rubber gasket lid that tightly binds to the rim, ensuring that no air from the surroundings enters the cooler. This, together with its onboard interlocking hinges ensure your provisions don't go bad or accidentally fall out of the cooler.
What I like about this product is its drainage system. The cooler has integrated threaded holes at the bottom, which allow for fast draining if need be. You will also love its enhanced grip feet, which restrict it from sliding when dealing with a bumpy terrain or rough waters.
- Has a perfectly sealing lid
- Drains water efficiently
- Can keep ice for ten days
- Lid latch is slightly out of place
- Heavier than most coolers
③ Grizzly 75 QT Cooler
The grizzly cooler is another great marine cooler that can enrich your sailing experience. This heavy-duty product is made of durable plastic that can withstand many years of use. To improve its durability, the product is made of evenly thick walls.
The product's ability to keep ice for many days is remarkable. This is made possible by the two-inch high pressure fitted foam that acts as an insulator between the two walls ensuring that your items in the cooler remain cold for days.
To maximize its cooling capabilities, the product features a durable rubber lid gasket, minimizing airflow, therefore, keeping your cooler contents cold. The lid also has interlocking hinges that work well all times.
For the safety of your items, the product has two lockable holes that you can use to lock away your items from intruders. Unlike other products, this cooler is bear-resistant. It, therefore, offers protection to your items against bears and other stray curious animals.
- It can keep ice for days
- Costs less compared to other products
- It has a stylish appearance.
- Has no drainage system in place
- It is bulky
④ Pelican Pro-gear Cooler
Coming fourth on our list is the pro-gear cooler manufacture by Pelican Coolers. For its many features and reliable functionality, this product can be said to be underpriced. It is an ideal cooler for large families that have a limited budget.
Like most high-end coolers, this product has an amazing capability to keep your ice-cold for over a week. This feature is made possible by the high-quality polyurethane form filled between its walls. This foam acts as an insulating material preventing your ice from melting.
The cooler also has a freezer like a gasket lid, which restricts warm air from the surrounding from finding its way into the cooler, thereby keeping your provisions cold. With its large size, you can use it to keep your catch for several days until you cook it.
This product is perhaps one of the most portable coolers. It has both molded and hinged handles, making it easier for you to carry with or without a partner. It also has latches wide enough for your hand to fit in with gloves on.
- It can keep ice up to 10 days
- It is affordable
- It is bear proof
- It leaks fluids at its feet
- Some people find it to have an unattractive appearance.
⑤ Coleman Pro-series Cooler
Lastly, we have the pro-series cooler by Coleman coolers. I love this product for its durability. Its manufacturers put a lot of features into place to make it resistant to dents, rust, odor, and fungi. It is an excellent product for fishing or sailing in saline waters.
A feature that sets this product apart from its competition is its specially treated liner. The liner is treated to resist the growth of mold and fungi, which are toxic when ingested. It also does not absorb odor from fish, making it easy to clean.
This cooler can keep your provisions cold for up to 7 days. This, together with its large storage capacity, makes it ideal for large family retreats. You can stuff over 300 cans in there and still have plenty of space to store your catch.
- Has plenty of space
- Can keep ice for a week
- Has a durable lid spring
- Handles tend to break off underweight
- Its drain plug does not fit well.
Factors to Consider While Purchasing Marine Coolers
As you already know, the market is filled with all kinds of marine coolers, and this has made it difficult for many folks to choose the best ice chest their money can afford. Although it may look like it, buying marine ice chests is not an easy task.
It would help if you looked into several things before making a purchase, many of which people tend to ignore. If you are here reading this review, then you are likely one of the responsible and careful folks.
It is always recommendable to do some research before buying any product to avoid buying items that won't meet your expectations or serve you well. In this review, we have prepared some guidelines that will help settle on the best marine cooler.
Storage space
When it comes to storage space, they are two size metrics to look into; storage capacity and overall size of the cooler. To get the best cooler, you need to consider both the two size metrics carefully.
Storage capacity is the amount or quantity of items an ice chest can hold. It would be best if you were careful, as many people tend to get confused in this area. Storage capacity may include insulated and non-insulated regions.
For instance, if a marine cooler is listed to accommodate 70q storage volume, that does not necessarily mean that the cooler has to take in items equal to 70q. It may take less space because the original stated volume capacity may have included the volume of the insulated region.
Now the cooler size means the total space that the cooler occupies. Marine coolers are larger than many other types of cooler in the market. And in the category of the marine cooler, we also have some that are massive than others.
When choosing a marine ice chest, always consider the benefits and drawbacks that it comes with. For instance, substantial marine coolers always have a challenge of storage as they tend to take up too much space. Also, the transportation of such coolers has proven to be difficult.
On the other hand, they have one upside of providing extra room storage for you to store all the drinks and foodstuff you need for your long trip into the waters.
Also, it is vital to take into account the amount of space taken by ice. It is pretty much obvious that once you have filed your cooler with ice packs, the volume is going to reduce. Therefore knowing the space occupied by ice will help you better determine the storage capacity of the cooler.
When still focusing on storage capacity, it would be smart to consider the inside space's compartmentalization. Some coolers have compartments for chilled foodstuffs and non-chilled foodstuffs.
The material used in making the product is another crucial thing to keep in mind. The material will determine the durability, weight, and even efficiency of the ice chest. It is, therefore, imperative to always consider the fabric.
A marine cooler can be manufactured using various materials, including plastic, metal, and rubber. Each material has its ups and downs; you need to weigh and go with the one you can live with.
Ice chest made using plastic are light in weight, sturdy, and water repellant. Given that you will be spending much of your deep in the water, it may be salty sometimes, having a water-resistant cooler is advised.
Furthermore, plastic marine coolers are often manufactured using a process called roto-molding. This process eliminates all the joints in a cooler, thereby addressing leakages and weak joints. Product manufactured using the process mentioned above is always durable.
If you are looking for a product that you can easily carry and transport, I suggest you buy one made using plastics. Coolers made using metals are highly-priced because they are hard to come by and process compared to other materials.
Also, cooler manufactured using metals are heavy, and you may need an extra hand to carry it. Talking about marine ice chest made using rubber, you need to know the following. The rubber components are usually fitted in specific components.
I am yet to see a cooler that is entirely made using rubber that is not possible yet. Rubber materials are used in making the following components wheels, handles, and seals.
The ease of transporting your cooler should be on top of the list in your buying guide. Generally, marine coolers are massive in size and thus weigh more than other types of coolers. As a result, you need to caution while buying one, not to get one that will give you a hard time to transport.
Some marine coolers have an extended length; this makes it difficult for one person to carry it. Such items are fitted with side handles, which could either be built-in or hinged to enable two people to carry it on the sides.
If you are planning to carry the cooler by yourself, there are plenty of coolers with lid handle, which is located on the top lid or cover of the cooler. Also, note that the lid handle mainly fits in a smaller cooler because they are not that strong.
More so, you are likely to find a marine ice chest that is fitted with shoulder straps. Shoulder straps that are padded are the best; they are comfy and won't strain your shoulder muscle much.
The good thing with shoulder straps is that all your hands will be free, and you can carry additional things with your hands whenever you are transporting the cooler around. Some manufacturers are appreciating the idea that marine coolers are heavy and are fitting their products with wheels.
This is a great deal in coolers since you can always manage to transport it; however, heavy it is as no lifting will be required; all you need is little energy to push or pull it.
You never leave aside the product life of an item you want to buy in your buying guide list. How long are you planning to use the cooler? Most of the time, we buy products that we plan to use for long periods.
Several factors, like the material and techniques used in the manufacturing process, determine the durability of a cooler. As mentioned above, coolers made using roto-molding techniques are highly durable.
Reason being that they are no weak joints, as you would expect. Coolers made using metals are also durable, but they came with a price, which is quite heavy, thus hindering smooth transportation.
You need to know about durable products because they are usually high-priced, and their long product life can justify this. Do not purchase cheaper products to save on money; you will always spend more on maintenance costs.
Insulation capabilities
This is also another important factor you need to keep in mind. The main purpose of a cooler is to offer refrigerators the services, and that is to keep things cold and fresh where refrigerators can't be used.
Marine coolers can retain ice for a longer period of up to ten days, and that is why they are preferred by many. But do you know the magic behind that all?
Marine coolers are meant for those who like spending up to a week in waters because that is how long they can keep your drinks and food fresh.
One feature that makes it possible for marine coolers to hold for that long is the unique insulation techniques. They have thick insulation walls of more than two inches; this is enough to do the trick.
One downside of the thick insulation is that it increases the weight and size of the product. But given that the cooler has added features like wheels and handle to ease transportation, that shouldn't be a problem.
The smart move here will be to buy a cooler that suits your adventures if you are looking for something to keep your drinks colds for a day or so, go for products with less ice holding duration, and vice-versa.
Maintenance cost
In your voyage across the water or even if you have a long land trip in the woods, many unplanned things could happen, and the environment may be harsh sometimes.
Therefore kindly buy a cooler that will need little maintenance to enable you to have a fun time without worrying about repairing. Cooler with low maintenance are cheap to keep and always buy those.
Ease of access
You have your beverages and snacks inside a cooler; you better have an easier way of accessing them anytime you feel. Marine coolers with the small opening panel are the best since you won't have to open the entire top lid.
By just opening the small access panel, you use your hand to reach your essentials. Apart from offering easy access, such openings also help a lot keep the cooler's internal temperatures constant since little air from the atmosphere enters the panel.
This will, in turn, increase the ice retention capabilities of the cooler.
Visual appeal
This may not be a crucial factor to consider, but it won't hurt going an extra step to ensure you have a marine cooler that attracts your attention. If you are a simple person, you can always buy one of those plain coolers.
On the other hand, if you like to match your items, you could decide to buy a cooler that rhymes with the surrounding environment or your boat.
Remember, the cooler will be among the things that you will be staring at for more than a week in the waters; therefore, you should get something that you will like looking at.
A marine cooler is a must-have equipment for any memorable voyaging experience. However, with so many products at your disposal, it is difficult for you to select the best, and the fact that each of them comes with many promises makes it even harder.
For maximum value for your money and nice sailing experience, I recommend the Tundra 110 cooler by YETI. This is the most popular product among seasoned sailors because of its ability to keep items cold and last for years, even when regularly exposed to extreme weather conditions.
Its thick walls filled with top-quality insulating materials ensure that your catch can stay fresh for days until you complete your voyage. It also has plenty of space for dry storage where you can keep your items free from moisture.
The product also has heavy-duty rubber latches built to function properly, even under a lot of weight. Its handles are also strong enough to carry the weight of the cooler when full. Additionally, the product is verified and certified as bear-proof. Your items can't be any safer!
Even though the Tundra Cooler costs a little more than its competition, you may find it to be worth every single cent! This is the secret to a great sailing experience.


text:
Popularly known for its spirituality, Uttarakhand is also a famous adventure destination in India. It's just a paradise for tourists & thrill-seekers looking for experiencing scenic beauty with a mix of adventure. With a large number of adventure activities, Uttarakhand also offers various camping destinations nestled in the beautiful Himalayan mountains & valleys and completely away from the hustle-bustle of the city.
SAVE Rs 400 on Camping in Rishikesh UPTO 25% OFF
Fees* All Inclusive : 1400 USD 999 USD | Highly Rated : ★★★★★ (5) Chat Now
Uttarakhand is also known as a hub of adventure & camping destinations in the Indian travel industry. The amazing Camping in Uttarakhand has been developed to be experienced as a holistic vacation that heals body, mind, and spirit by spending your day embarking on beautiful treks, indulging in a whole bunch of adventure activities and then finally sleeping in some of the most luxurious tents right in the heart of nature!.
Uttarakhand offers an array of fantastic camping destinations and from them, few are listed below -
It's a famous & most visited camping destination among peoples living around in Delhi, Haryana & Uttar Pradesh. Rishikesh is a beautiful city located in the foothills of Himalaya and also known as Yoga Capital. Apart from camping, you can experience some amazing adventure activities in Rishikesh like river rafting, bungee jumping, etc. Camping in Rishikesh promises you an amazing combination of soul-soothing peace and fun-filled adventure.
Shivpuri is a small but beautiful village nestled in the foothills of Himalaya along the banks of river Ganga. It is just 16 Km from Rishikesh and takes 20 minutes to reach there. This place is popularly known for camping & river rafting.
Shivpuri is also known as the rafting & camping hub. You can find an array of beautiful campsites there with some great adventure activities.
Camping in Shivpuri Uttarakhand includes staying in swiss or alpine luxury tents with 3 times meal, evening snacks, bonfire & music at night, volleyball, jungle walk, riverside activities, fun at Ganga beach, river rafting, etc.
With camping in Shivpuri, you can also take part in Kayaking courses, a zipline tour over the Ganga, rock climbing, and many more activities.
After Rishikesh & Shivpuri it is the third most visited place for camping in Uttarakhand. Kanatal is a small village of Uttarakhand attracting tourists with its rustic charm and mesmerizing mountain views. This place is located far away from the crowd and noise of the city at an altitude of 2590 m from the sea level. You'll find there the dense forest comprising of various flowers, fruit trees, and ayurvedic herbs. Here you enjoy activities like hiking, trekking, valley crossing, zip-lining, yoga & meditation. Also, here you can find the snowfall during the winter season.
Hill stations are the best place for Indians to escape from the atrocious heat of the city. Surrounded by oak, deodar along with rhododendron dense trees forest, Dhanaulti is a very famous hill station of Uttrakhand, located near Mussoorie. Here you will get an opportunity to stay in luxury swiss camps with all the modern facilities and some great fun activities like rock climbing, rappelling, hiking, and trekking. On reaching this fabulous camping destination you'll be rewarded with the mesmerizing views of the glaciers surrounding Gangotri-Yamunotri.
Being one of the most popular hill stations of India, Nainital is heaven for camping lovers. Thousands of tourists every year come to Nanital for vacation and to enjoy the adventure with lovely nature. Beautiful Pear Shaped lake & the hills attract the tourists to visit this place. There are ample campsites available in Nanital where you can enjoy the adventure camping and experience the unspoiled beauty of nature. With camping in Nanital, you can also take part in some great adventure sports like trekking, rock climbing, paragliding, hiking, and so on. The adventure activities in Nainital are available at a budget price that fits every tourist pocket.
Popularly known as "Queen of the Hills", Mussoorie is a very popular hill station in Uttarakhand. It is one of the best places for camping that can be visited with both friends and family. This great camping destination is more of a tourist spot that provides the best combination of visual and splendid pleasure with the most memorable and captivating experiences ever.
During your vacation in this beautiful destination, you can visit some more nearby hill stations of Dhanaulti and Kanatal. As you move away from the heart of the city you can see the vast span of tourist attractions like George Everest, Kempty Market, Hathipaon, Library Chowk, Mall Road, Waterfall, and Landour.
With staying in a luxury swiss tents of Mussoorie or a forest camping in Mussoorie, there are plenty of adventure options to enjoy in hills like boating, rappelling, rock climbing, trekking, hiking, valley crossing, and most popular paragliding.
Located at the height of 8,200 feet in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Auli is a very popular winter destination for skiing in India and known for its snowy slopes, Sight of oak-edged, heavy dense coniferous woods mist-laden valleys, Himalayan Views, romantic vistas, cable cars and much more.
If you are looking for some pleasant situations in your life with your friends and family, then camping in Auli is the best option. The popular things to do in Auli are Skiing, Camping, trekking, Snow biking, Paragliding, Rappelling, and quad biking. During camping in Auli, you can indulge in various adventure activities like hiking through the forest, visit Chattrakund lake, trek to the nearby lush green Gurso Bugyal, jungle walks, and bonfire at night. If you are an adventure enthusiast, visit this place during winters to take part in winter activities like skiing.
Also known as 'Mini Switzerland', Chopta is a small area in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. This place is located at the height of 8,790 feet in the Himalayas. This place is surrounded by meadows and pine, deodar, and rhododendron trees and is also the starting point of many popular treks.
If you have an adventure in your mind and loves to do trek the Chopta is a perfect place for you to do camping in Uttarakhand. You can set your camp up in the green meadows and greet yourself with a mesmerizing view of Nanda Devi and Chaukhamba range.
Chopta offers the unbeatable, nature & hill camping experience that you will not find anywhere else. The climate in Chopta is always pleasant and cold throughout the year, which makes camping in the hills of Chopta all the more fun and you can enjoy nature and stillness in peace.
Uttarakhand is one of the Indias's premier camping destinations. Here at Camp Ganga Vatika, however, we prefer quality over quantity and, if you're planning for camping in Uttarakhand, you've come to the right place. Whether you're looking for jungle camping in the Uttarakhand, riverside beach camping, or luxurious camp camping in the hills, our curated collection showcases only the very best campsites in the state.
Here are few best campsites in Uttarakhand where you can experience camping at its best-
With some great camping destinations, Uttarakhand has to offer lot more adventure activities to the thrill seekers. Below are some activities which you can enjoy in Uttarakhand
Get your trip planned by our experts and know about latest offers and packages
Get All Information on your whatsApp or Email
Submit Your Query :)
Rishikesh, Shivpuri, Chopta, Auli are some most visited camping destinations in Uttarakhand.
The Summer months of March to June are usually considered as the most ideal time to visit Uttarakhand for camping.
Yes, in some places camps are located in the remote area where you get things a little bit costly.
Yes, it's totally safe to camp in Uttarakhand.
River Rafting, paragliding, bungee jumping, zipline over the Ganga river, kayaking, camping, trekking, skiing, air safari, rappelling, and rock climbing are some great adventure sports which you can enjoy in Uttarakhand


text:
In 1979 on our 25th wedding anniversary, we visited our friends, Jay and Lynn Clark in Washington DC. They each worked for Congressmen as aids, and while Jay was working, Lynn took us on a grand tour!!!
First we toured the White House. (That was a time when the public could tour the White House.) I was so busy watching the Secret Service watching us that I think I missed part of the tour! Then, we went to the House of Representatives and from the Gallery watched the House in session. Next, she took us to the old original Senate Room, where we saw the school desks that were used in the 1800s. Many of the Senators had carved their names on these desks; very impressive. We actually had lunch in the Senate cafeteria where they served their famous Senate Bean Soup! Then, on to the Smithsonian, where we saw the Hope Diamond and the former First Ladies gowns, among other things. Finally we wound up at Mount Vernon to see George Washingtons home and artifacts .Lynn was an amazing tour guide and we moved to swiftly to get everything in!
Lynns Hershey Bar Cake
(Modified, in my own words)
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
8 plain Hershey Bar candy bars(regular chocolate
and/or milk chocolate)
1, 8-oz. can Hershey chocolate syrup (1 cup)
2 sticks butter, room temperature,
to the touch but not too soft
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
2½ cups cake flour
½ tsp. baking soda
1 cup whole buttermilk
2 tsp. pure
Grease & flour the tube pan. I also line the bottom with waxed paper to be sure the cake wont stick. In top
of double boiler combine the Hershey bars and chocolate syrup. Melt over simmering water, stirring constantly. It does not take long
for them to melt and chocolate burns easily so keep stirring with a rubber spatula and do not walk away! Spoon the melted chocolate
mixture in a bowl to cool while you mix the rest of the cake ingredients. Fluff the flour in the bag or canister and then measure.
Sift the flour and baking soda together. Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
Add the cooled melted chocolate mixture, beating till mixed in completely. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately in 3rds, beginning
and ending with the flour (my mother taught me that!) Add the vanilla and beat a little just until batter is smooth. Pour into greased
and floured tube pan, (I line the bottom of the pan with waxed paper to be sure cake doesnt stick). Bake 1 hr. and about 10 minutes.(test
with a straw for doneness). Do not overbake or it will be dry. Cool in pan about 10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
Optional: As
if thats not enough chocolate, heres a chocolate glaze to pour over top of warm cake and sprinkle with a few chocolate chips! (shown
in photo)
Whisk together: ½ stick butter, melted, 1/3 cup cocoa powder, 1½ cups sifted powdered sugar, 1/3 cup half & half and
1 Tbsp. vanilla.


text:
Three games ago, Chelsea looked like they were in danger of falling off the face of the earth. Nine points later, and we're all wondering what the fuss was about. Truth be told, we were probably overreacting to a bad run of form, and Andre Villas-Boas has demonstrated that he's not completely wedded to the idea of playing a two-man defensive line by actually reacting to our defensive difficulties. Hooray!
And now we get to ditch the high-stress stuff and play Wigan Athletic away.
Chelsea's schedule for the rest of midwinter is actually very friendly. Aside from Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane in six days, the Blues don't play anyone particularly worrying until February. The trip to the DW Stadium represents a pausing of the breath before our last major challenge for the next six weeks.
Is there a risk that Chelsea don't take this match seriously enough? Certainly. But bearing in mind that we've only dropped points to teams in the bottom half of the table when playing nine vs. eleven at Loftus Road, it's not the easy games I'm concerned about. Wigan play good football, but they're not good at playing good football, and if the Blues are even close to top form they'll bowl them over.
There's obviously no such thing as a sure three points in top-flight football (even Carlo Ancelotti's double-winners lost at the DW!) but this is pretty close. Wigan have twelve points from the season and just five from seven games at home, and they're not looking anything like threats to get results against the top sides. Out of their six positive results, three came in the first three matches of the season, and wins at the Stadium of Light and at the Hawthorns seem more accidental than anything else.
Can they threaten? Yes. Will they? Don't count on it. Chelsea are more dangerous than Wigan at every position, and there's no reason we should be worried about dropping points. This is one of those opportunities to play the guys who haven't seen much time - it'd be a pretty good time to pull a certain Josh McEachran out of the basket, for example.
Oh, and if Fernando Torres doesn't start I think we should probably light some kittens on fire or something, because otherwise we're going to have 'Chelsea are selling Spanish flop' stories for the next month and a half, and I don't want to have to deal with that nonsense.
Here's my (hoped for) lineup:
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Petr Cech; Ashley Cole, John Terry, David Luiz, Branislav Ivanovic; Ramires, John Obi Mikel*, Frank Lampard; Juan Mata, Josh McEachran, Daniel Sturridge; Fernando Torres.
*Turns out that Ramires is a yellow card away from suspension, so it may be best to keep him out of this one.
What's far more likely is a repeat of the starting eleven against Valencia, but oh well. Anyway, be here for the game thread at 5:30 PM GMT (12:30 PM EST) on Saturday. It should be good, relaxing fun, unless it isn't and then you'll at least have people to scream at/with.


text: The oocyte-to-embryo transition may be the developmental course by which an oocyte not only switches from a meiotic to a mitotic program but becomes fully competent to support early embryogenesis. transition to a mitotic cell cycle within the same cytoplasm where the meiotic divisions occurred. The oocyte-to-embryo transition can proceed only when the preceding events of meiosis are completed successfully normally. During Drosophila melanogaster CACNB4 oogenesis an oocyte enters prophase I pursuing conclusion of premeiotic S-phase. After homologous chromosome pairs synapse and recombine the oocyte enters an extended prophase I arrest. Oocyte maturation after that releases this principal arrest enabling the oocyte to keep meiosis until its supplementary arrest at metaphase I in what's referred to as a stage 14 oocyte. Lastly egg activation sets off resumption and conclusion of meiosis concordantly using the oocyte-to-embryo changeover itself [1] [2]. The change from meiosis to mitosis is normally controlled by mobile protein and structures created during gametogenesis with both sperm and egg producing unique efforts. The centrosome very important to correct spindle formation during mitotic divisions is normally brought in to the acentrosomal egg with the sperm [3]. The original rapid divisions of the developing embryo are powered with the maternal stockpile of nutrition Triphendiol (NV-196) manufacture mRNA and translational equipment which are "loaded" in to the egg during oocyte differentiation [1]. And also the egg contains numerous meiosis-specific proteins. These meiosis-specific protein are necessary for correct meiotic development but aren't necessarily needed following the change to mitosis. You can find known types of protein uniquely used in meiosis that require to be taken out ahead of mitosis [4]. In C. elegans the MBK-2 kinase promotes the oocyte-to-embryo changeover. One target may be the katanin subunit MEI-1 [5] and phosphorylation of MEI-1 by MBK-2 marks it for degradation prior to the conclusion of meiosis [6]. A gain-of-function MEI-1 proteins that persists into embryogenesis frequently results in a short mispositioned mitotic spindle [7]. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae meiosis-specific protein Spo13 helps prevent the biorientation of sister chromatids at meiosis I ensuring homologs segregate collectively [8] [9]. Spo13 is definitely actively targeted for degradation during anaphase I from the Cdc20 form of the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C) [10]. Interestingly a nondegradable form of Spo13 does not result in a significant meiotic phenotype; however overexpression of Spo13 leads to mitotic cell cycle problems [10] [11] [12]. This demonstrates the necessity of degrading a meiosis-specific protein not for appropriate meiotic progression but subsequent mitotic progression. The unique mechanisms of meiosis such as segregation of homologs in meiosis I absence of DNA replication between divisions and the meiotic arrests during oogenesis require either unique regulators or modified control of factors that also are used in mitosis. For example during mitosis the mitotic cyclins are completely degraded as the cell progresses through the metaphase to anaphase transition and exits from mitosis. In contrast the mitotic cyclins are remaining at an intermediate level after the metaphase to anaphase Triphendiol (NV-196) manufacture transition of meiosis I; low plenty of to exit from meiosis I but high plenty of to prevent re-replication [13] [14]. This modified control of mitotic regulators may need to be removed upon the start of embryogenesis. The APC/C inhibitor Emi2 is responsible for maintaining Cyclin B1 levels after meiosis I in mouse oocytes but it is quickly degraded to allow for meiotic exit (though it has been shown to reestablish its levels in early embryogenesis in Xenopus) [15] [16] [17] [18]. This illustrates how normal mitotic cell cycle regulation can be altered through the use of unique meiotic proteins. Regulated degradation of proteins particularly by the APC/C plays an indispensable role in progression through the mitotic and meiotic divisions [19] [20]. The APC/C ubiquitylates numerous proteins during mitosis targeting them for degradation and promoting mitotic progression and exit. Similarly during oogenesis proper cell cycle regulation by the APC/C is crucial in maintaining coordination between meiosis and development. The APC/C must use activator proteins (Cdc20/Fizzy and Cdh1/Fizzy-related in mitosis) to recognize its substrates. Interestingly meiosis-specific activators of the APC/C are known to exist in both budding [21] and fission yeast [22] in addition to sex and meiosis-specific APC/C.


text:
1979 - Air Force Captain Jean-Pierre Fartek Spots UFO |
Published: 11:41 AM 9/14/2010
Dijon, France, 1979 In his chapter for "UFOs," French Major General Denis Letty reports on the case of Air Force Captain Jean-Pierre Fartek, then a Mirage III pilot, who had seen a UFO in 1979. (Collection J. Fartek) Captain Fartek's case was most unusual, because the sighting did not occur while he was flying, but had taken place at his home in a village near Dijon, during the day. He and his wife witnessed an oscillating object hovering low to the ground, in front of a row of apple trees. General Letty met with them at the location, and wrote this in his notes during the interview: "The object looked like two reversed saucers pressed against each other, with a precise contour, a gray metal color on the top and dark blue below, with no lights or port-holes." The clarity and precision of the shape of the object left no doubt that it was something solid and physical, and Captain Fartek made this drawing. (seen below) He provided many more details, as Letty describes. The similarities between the object described by the three Captains -- Guerra, Schultz, and Fartek –- in different countries and in different years, are both suggestive and fascinating. (Collection J. Fartek) Captain Fartek submitted a report to the Air Guard Station at the base, and he was instructed not to talk about what he saw. Letty writes that Fartek, shown at left in a more recent photograph, was very upset by this experience. "He told me when we met that the sighting called into question his perception of what were then called 'flying saucers,' because he had never believed in them," Letty says in his chapter. "Now, he acknowledged to me that after seeing this craft he could no longer doubt their existence. Hearing his testimony, I too did not have any more doubt about the reality of the phenomenon. In fact, taken together, I found the Farteks' testimony so disturbing that I have been preoccupied by the UFO problem ever since. In 1996, after he became a Major, Commander Fartek was interviewed for the COMETA study which I initiated, and even then, after seventeen years, he was still visibly shaken by what he saw." (photo (C) courtesy Bernard Thouanel)
source & references:
If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Fair Use notwithstanding, we will immediately comply with any copyright owner who wants their material removed or modified. All articles and images contained on the UFO Casebook which are not created by the UFO Casebook are attributed to the original owner/creator.
The opinions and viewpoints expressed on the UFO Casebook articles are not necessarily those of the UFO Casebook owner, webmaster, or staff members.
Each article is attributed to its originator, which is listed at the bottom of each entry, when available.


text:
Instant Pot Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
Instant Pot Chicken Cacciatore Recipe ,
By www.uniquegiftstips.com .
Total Time: 13 Minutes, Servings: 6 Servings
Ingredients :
Instructions :
Copyright: www.uniquegiftstips.com
Instant Pot chicken cacciatore recipe is easy to make and just takes 3 minutes to cook. You just need 3 ingredients for this low carb dinner. #instantpotrecipes #chicken #healthy
Total Time: 13 Minutes, Servings: 6 Servings
Ingredients :
- 1 jar spaghetti sauce 24 oz.
- 4 chicken breasts boneless skinless, cut into bite size pcs.
- 1/2-1 onion sliced
- 3 bell peppers any variety, sliced
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1/2 c water
- 1 c mushrooms quartered, optional
- red pepper flakes optional for heat
Instructions :
- Pour half jar of spaghetti sauce on bottom of pot. Cube chicken into small bite size pieces and add into your Instant Pot.
- Pour rest of spaghetti sauce over that. Add 1/2 c. water into your spaghetti sauce jar, put on lid and shake to get remaining sauce out of jar. Pour this liquid on top of chicken.
- Cut bell peppers and onion into strips (thicker if you want them firmer when done, thinner if you want them really soft). Add into your pressure cooker.
- Sprinkle your chili powder, garlic salt, and any other seasonings you like over that.
- Set your Instant Pot to manual, pressure, high, for 3 minutes.
- Allow to naturally release steam for 2 minutes, then quick release, lift lid carefully and serve over rice!
- (as always, check chicken when done to make sure it is thoroughly cooked thru, 3 min. is plenty of time if cut into bite size pcs. initially)
Copyright: www.uniquegiftstips.com
Comment 9875 /
Based On 9875 Total User
Rated 4.8
/ Based On 9875 Customer Reviews


text:
How I Helped Fund The Creation of a Whole New Gift Card Genre
Amit Raizada
May 6, 2020
It's hard to understate just how drastically gift cards changed the retail industry. Portable, easy to mail, and easy to give, gift cards gave consumers an unprecedented level of flexibility. Once gift cards were introduced, shoppers no longer had to guess which shirt someone wants from Nordstrom or which handbag would be considered "perfect" from Bloomingdale's. Gift-givers had to simply pick the store, buy the card, and voila: the perfect gift.
For consumers, it's that simple. But for the businesses themselves, it's a little more complicated.
When the gift card industry emerged in the early 90s, it brought a range of benefits to consumers and retailers alike: new shoppers, new marketing, flexibility, and a ton of cash. At first, customers were happy with store-specific gift cards. But like every industry, the gift card industry needed to evolve. That's when Visa and other credit card providers jumped into the industry to provide widely accepted "gift cards" that looked like credit cards. While these cards provided the ultimate flexibility for shoppers, they also came with a significant drawback: exorbitant fees.
Around 2003, I was approached by an entrepreneur who had a novel idea. He suggested setting up a system in which gift cards could be used at any store within a given mall. That way, a recipient could choose a store from the dozens or hundreds of stores housed within a specific mall.
Intrigued by the entrepreneur's Kansas City-based startup, Store Financial, I provided an early investment in the hopes of helping this start-up take-off. Quickly, an ace team of industry experts developed the necessary structure to allow individual malls to implement this kind of system, allowing individual stores to accept both their own gift cards as well as mall-specific gift cards through the same credit card processing system.
Quickly after its launch, Store Financial became the largest mall gift-card provider in North America—eventually growing to several hundred mall locations in the United States and across Europe. Eventually, the Store Financial model evolved into a larger general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid card market, considerably increasing its market reach. The company was eventually acquired by another private equity group, which brought Store Financial's business model to a broader global audience.
As an investor, I am always focused on how my dollars can make a lasting impact and help lift emerging markets off the ground. That was undoubtedly the case with Store Financial, which provided a substantial return and revolutionized the mall gift card industry, moving well beyond the paper gift-certificates that were cumbersome for everyone involved. My experience with the gift card market illuminates two principles that I urge aspiring venture capitalists to consider.
First, invest in emerging markets. Observe the products, experiences, and venues that interest young people and discover opportunities to monetize these interests.
Second, once you identify new markets, look for peripheral opportunities within these markets. My investment with Store Financial did not directly change the basic model of gift certificates. But it provided a novel service that the gift certificate industry needed to survive and thrive. While not directly at the center of the action, peripheral investments like Store Financial can create a ripple of changes across the industry, revolutionizing an industry and providing long-term returns on a risky investment.
Young investors today should look for these qualities in new markets. A venture that sounds outlandish today may very well create a change that echoes across generations.


text:
PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator Mod Apk is a very popular game in which you will become a famous video blogger, upload your videos to your channel and become a YouTube superstar. Become the star of YouTube by becoming more popular.
Build up a large fan base, bypass the famous ones, to take the top spots in popularity, and earn good money for your efforts, for which you can buy yourself new equipment and furnish your room. This fun game allows you to always be at the center of the action in the PewDiePie Tuber Simulator mod apk.
In this exciting game, the creator is pewdiepie tuber simulator mod YouTube, a funny person who has always been in good spirits. You can play the game for free and make in-app purchases to support faster gameplay and win more rewards. You can also access all in-game features for free.
The player creates a video and earns views and subscribers, simulating YouTuber's success. From a list of three randomly generated titles, such as 'Mourning My Digipet' and 'I'm a Tree Hugger', you can select the category that you want for the theme on your YouTube channel. You will earn a lot of money from views and YouTube subscribers, and you will use the money you earn to purchase accessories for the room you recorded the video in.
You can play Puggle, a fun little animated game for you while you wait for the exciting rewards of the game. Additionally, you can also earn brain points by completing the quests that the game offers, which will allow you to improve your abilities and make more videos at the same time. Furthermore, the game can be played entirely on your own for free, as well as connected to other social networks on your device.
Easy-to-understand and self-explanatory player interface. The store and video recording room are easy to access. To change quests, reset player information, or link accounts, click on the corresponding icon at the bottom.
Additionally, you can shop and upgrade your video studio to become more comfortable and luxurious so viewers will be drawn to it. This exciting simulation game will attract more players with its simple graphics and matching game interface.
Also Try This: FlipaClip Cartoon Animation MOD APK
A player can view their avatar in a nostalgic way as video creators and viewers increase their viewership. As you start small, you will add new products to your inventory based on what is trending online. Your YouTube channel can be enhanced by adding new sections to the store once you have followers and subscribers.
PewDiePie's voice in real-time:
What's more, we even have pewdiepie tuber simulator hack apk himself voice our PewDiePie characters. Interact in many ways with your favorite YouTuber when you play this amazing game. Take the first place in the YouTuber rank for your own channel by supporting his videos to overthrow the "evil" TeaSeries.
Have fun playing this mini-game:
On their devices, users also have access to mini-games in addition to the addictive YouTuber simulations. Get your favorite games, play them, and perhaps you can do some reviews about the games to share your thoughts with others. Using Puggle, Crainac, and other software to make video game content.
YouTubers' lives are now available to gamers in the most realistic and entertaining way ever. Utilize your creative talents to create videos that will attract viewers. Be clear in your titles so your users aren't misled, as this won't work. Build a large following, deliver regular content, and become a YouTube official partner.
Earn varied rewards by completing epic quests:
You will be introduced to epic quests as you progress in the game so you can speed up your coin collection. Earn yourself valuable rewards and accelerate your success. Additionally, you may be able to collect unique prizes that aren't found anywhere else.
If you can't show off your new furniture and equipment in the virtual world, what is the point of decorating your rooms with them? However, sharing your room with viewers via the Internet is also an enjoyable experience. Share your amazing space with the entire world.
Play this game with your friends and experience exciting gameplay. Get in touch with friends, send them gifts, give and receive ratings, and more. You and a friend can also collaborate on video production.
Experience exciting gameplay with friends while playing:
In the survival arena, you can compete with your friends. Get a chance to brag about your wins on Facebook when you beat your friends in unique gameplay.
Technical details of PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator Mod Apk:
Personal review:
I have personally played this game pewdiepie tuber simulator hacked apk and enjoyed playing it too much. While playing we concluded that this is one of the best in all expects because having great graphics and speed. No type of lag has been faced by me and our team so I really recommend this game to all of you.
How to Install On Andriod:
To download pewdiepie tuber simulator apk hack, you need to enable the Installation feature for 3rd party apps from unknown sources. For that you need to do is enable the "Allow installation of apps from unknown devices" option.
This feature will allow installing the apps from any third-party website, as well as this feature is also required to install the apps apart from Google Play Store.
So the question raise is how to enable this feature for installing the apps?
For this, follow these steps:
• Go to a Mobile setting.
• Then go to the Additional settings option.
• Now select the privacy menu.
• Here you will find the "Allow installation of apps from unknown sources" option.
• Enable this option.
Once you enable the feature, your mobile device is set to install the app on your devices
• Then click on the Downloaded Apk file.
• After that, click on the install button and wait for a few seconds for installing the app on your Mobile.
• Once the installation is finished, you will find an open button. Click on it to open the application, and you are all done.
Download PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator:
• Click on the "Download Now" button and you will be moved to the next Download page.
• On the next page, download the file from the Download button.
• You can see the downloading file in the notification bar.
• Visit us daily for more apps, enjoy and bookmark our website.
Before Installing you can delete the previous application of this game so the pewdiepie's tuber simulator apk will work well for you. Hope you will like this mod menu apk very much.


text:
I sense a #market opportunity for disabled Telekom/T-Mobile SIM cards .
Just an idea that came up, I always intially install/deploy my own smartish phones after buying them without a sim card at all, so initialisation/provisioning at the very beginning without any mobile provider whatsoever. maybe that gives the phone thereafter a different approach or channel for updates, more like vanilla basic manufacturerer (fairphone here) update channel, instead of maybe a more customized or reviewed or delayed update channel when using different mobile/sim providers during an initial phone provisionment?
My current understanding (and I could be wrong) is that the last known primary network's (seems to be whichever SIM had the data connection last) MMC and MNC value is part of the request that gets sent to the android update servers when checking for updates. The update server response varies depending on those values, which allows country and/or carrier-specific updates to be provided. The update server used is a Google one.
I do not know who needs to OK the update - Fairphone or the carrier. If the carrier ultimately has control, maybe some carriers automatically OK manufacturer-provided updates and other don't?
Mine is setup without SIMs. Didn't seem to help it didn't work now.
Could be, would require some digging though. Has anyone gotten a response from Fairphone?
There is hope for Fairphoners with a SIM from HollandsNieuwe.
Today I received the update message out of the blue.
The update went smoothly.
Since there's no real progress on this (contacted the FP support 3 weeks ago), I tried installing the update manually today via adb and ran into the exact same problem:
Installing update...
E: Error in /sideload/package.zip (Status 1).
Can anyone confirm that the linked OTA-zip file is the correct one? Has anyone tried updating from A.0105 with this package and succeeded?
Small addition: I had a call with a technician from Vodafone and he told me that the manufacturer has to give the "go" for the android updates to be rolled out on a provider level. Without that, the update cannot be released.
So far it has been impossible to sideload any of the updates via adb. I think because there is no /sbin/update_engine_sideload
in the boot image (ramdisk), I just checked the A.0111 images that are available here in the forum.
This would be a static update engine binary that needs to be enabled in the android build configuration but it seems Fairphone / Arima didn't do that.
Oh ok, thanks for explaining, didn't know that. Guess I will buy a Sim-Card from a different provider next week, exclusively for updating.
One more information for the affected: I got a reply from the FP support and they confirmed that the latest update is currently not available for Vodafone in Germany (beside other providers). They are waiting for the approval from Vodafone which is mandatory. Hopefully we're not ending up in a situation where everyone is waiting for the other.
Just my 2 c: Experienced the same problem here (Germany/Vodafone, FP3 vanilla). Solution was to buy a cheap prepaid card from another carrier, disable sim card 1 (V.), reboot, search for the update - et voilà: update was offered, installed and is now running w/o any problem on sim card 1 (V.) for days.
I have no clue why V. is blocking the update for weeks now, but one thing I know for sure: this messes w the security of my communication. This is absolutely inexcusable! I will change my carrier as soon as possible. So you just lost a customer, V. (but I know you don't care).
Got a message to update a few days ago on Sky/O2 in UK
() Update was seen as soon as I plugged in the T-Mobile SIM and disabled the Vodafone one. It cost me 10 EUR, unfortunately, (plus 5 EUR for the KPN/Xs4all nanoSIM which did not work) but the T-Mobile one does work with updates.
The update does not work. When I download it, it asks me to resume the installation. When I do this, it says "installation failed, tap for more info". When I tap, I see no info whatsoever. It just allows me to restart the process…
I've tried a few things: without the Vodafone SIM (instead of it being disabled), I tried a factory reset. In logcat there is also no info related to why it fails, except for.
04-08 17:15:44.077 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.077534:INFO:delta_performer.cc(374)] Opening /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system_b partition without O_DSYNC
04-08 17:15:44.078 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.078799:INFO:delta_performer.cc(126)] Caching writes.
04-08 17:15:44.079 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.079017:INFO:delta_performer.cc(386)] Applying 6620 operations to partition "system"
04-08 17:15:44.093 730 730 E update_engine: [0408/171544.093555:ERROR:delta_performer.cc(990)] The hash of the source data on disk for this operation doesn't match the expected value. This could mean that the delta update payload was targeted for another version, or that the source partition was modified after it was installed, for example, by mounting a filesystem.
04-08 17:15:44.093 730 730 E update_engine: [0408/171544.093803:ERROR:delta_performer.cc(995)] Expected: sha256|hex = 4624201CA589D350FB5CACFEFBB1B585CA128D42E0B2FEF8B5F0A17145C697C9
04-08 17:15:44.093 730 730 E update_engine: [0408/171544.093846:ERROR:delta_performer.cc(998)] Calculated: sha256|hex = 9866EBBF4F92986C2EA4E4740E29B5778DDAA6E93FF92BDB8F7A7419BD2F4881
04-08 17:15:44.093 730 730 E update_engine: [0408/171544.093942:ERROR:delta_performer.cc(1009)] Operation source (offset:size) in blocks: 0:2,191:16,222:295,8289:2,8303:2,8352:1,8371:1,8383:1,8424:1,8484:1,8488:1,8523:1,8554:1,8559:1,8563:1,8576:1,8601:1,8633:1,8637:1,8658:1,8666:1,8670:1,8682:1,8690:1,8717:1,8724:1,8736:1,8775:1,8779:1,8785:1,24002:8,24362:5,28648:1,32593:1,32768:2,33229:8,38050:20,38116:1,38488:2,38930:1,39799:1,42717:1,46743:1,47109:3,51082:8,54916:31,54948:1,54950:34,54987:6,54996:3,55001:18,55020:1,55022:13
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 W update_engine: [0408/171544.094018:WARNING:mount_history.cc(66)] Device was remounted R/W 3 times. Last remount happened on 1970-04-10 21:45:16.000 UTC.
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 E update_engine: [0408/171544.094073:ERROR:delta_performer.cc(1191)] ValidateSourceHash(source_hash, operation, source_fd_, error) failed.
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 E update_engine: [0408/171544.094119:ERROR:delta_performer.cc(298)] Failed to perform BROTLI_BSDIFF operation 1399, which is the operation 0 in partition "system"
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 E update_engine: [0408/171544.094161:ERROR:download_action.cc(337)] Error ErrorCode::kDownloadStateInitializationError (20) in DeltaPerformer's Write method when processing the received payload – Terminating processing
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.094483:INFO:delta_performer.cc(314)] Discarding 379674 unused downloaded bytes
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.094539:INFO:multi_range_http_fetcher.cc(172)] Received transfer terminated.
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.094575:INFO:multi_range_http_fetcher.cc(124)] TransferEnded w/ code 200
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.094610:INFO:multi_range_http_fetcher.cc(126)] Terminating.
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.094647:INFO:action_processor.cc(116)] ActionProcessor: finished DownloadAction with code ErrorCode::kDownloadStateInitializationError
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.094684:INFO:action_processor.cc(121)] ActionProcessor: Aborting processing due to failure.
04-08 17:15:44.094 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.094720:INFO:update_attempter_android.cc(431)] Processing Done.
04-08 17:15:44.095 730 730 I update_engine: [0408/171544.095456:INFO:update_attempter_android.cc(450)] Resetting update progress.
What can I do at this point?
EDIT: This solved it, my bad.
Edit: Ok, so you unlocked your bootloader and used TWRP. I'll leave my post here anyway for other passers-by.
The telling bits are these here …
I got these messages, too, simply from using TWRP for the Fairphone 3.
It's important to use the latest TWRP version and only let it mount system as read-only.
Without that setting even just installing something with TWRP without you explicitly mounting system before will mount the system partition read-write nonetheless and thus break OTA updates.
With an unlocked bootloader you can boot TWRP and restore the stock OS (currently A.0105 or A.0110).
Or you can flash stock A.0111 with fastboot onto the active slot.
Both methods should leave your data and the Apps intact.
Yep your post and the replies solved it.
My bootloader was locked. I'd like to keep it locked for security reasons (even if they're not very strong measures against a determined actor). So I did lose my data. But next time, OTA should work when I disable my Vodafone SIM and enable my T-Mobile SIM (it is the other way around as it is). I'll stick with Vodafone for the time being, as we got a good deal with them.
I was having the exact same problem for months. Using a "Lidl Connect" SIM which is a German Vodafone reseller. April 20 and still no January update, no February update, stuck in December 2019. So annoying, especially as we are talking about security updates!
The Fairphone support is useless in this case: I just keep getting excuses and helpless, meaningless replies as if Fairphone was not aware of the problem at all.
Finally, I checked with another SIM card: I removed the mentioned above and put in a 2017 inactive SIM from Laos(!), started the phone and it successfully installed the update immediately! Swapped the SIMs back again and everything is fine.
I think Fairphone should have talks with Vodaphone as this behaviour is simply inacceptable. And so is, sadly, the Fairphone support, too.
It's interesting that it works with that Sim card for you. I tried it with 3 different American cards (all non Vodafone) and it works with none of them. It seems it heavily depends on the provider and country and not only the already discussed Vodafone+Orange are affected.
Anyway, since it doesn't look like theres a Google-free OS coming up from Fairphone side I am thinking about switching to the soon to be released /e/ for the FP3. Then the topic should be solved anyway.
quick update from my side:
after some e-mail discussions with FP support finally including harsh words from my side they finally managed to give me the following feedback:
"Dear xxx … After consulting with the tech team, this is what they told me: ***The update was not delivered on devices with Vodafone SIM cards because in some specific conditions it might have caused some malfunctioning. This will be fixed with our next software release which will be deployed also to Vodafone SIM card users and will contain all of the previous updates.***"
Until today no automatic update with my Vodafone SIM, but using the known SIM-swap mechanism I immediately got A.0118. (which includes "Minor fixes for various carriers configurations" according to FP release notes)
After reboot I immediately switched back to Vodafone SIM and even with this SIM I immediately got A.0120. hallelujah ! So this topic seems to be solved …
This topic was automatically closed 180 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.


text:
Why Using Adaptive Designs Can Attract Investors to Your Trial
Adaptive designs are the unsurprising hot topic of this year's Joint Statistical Meeting, which features over one hundred and thirty sessions on the subject. Statisticians at Cytel look forward to contributing to the dialogue with two papers on adaptive designs, and a workshop for using simulations to benefit from interim data (i.e. for prediction and trial forecasting.) In addition, Cytel Senior Director & Consultant Jim Bolognese has organized a session on making use of adaptive designs to optimize strategy for drug development programs.
In the Ernst & Young 2014 Biotechnology Industry Report, Cytel CTO Nitin Patel writes: "Historically, biotechnology companies haven't fully appreciated the link between trial design and the ability to secure external financing. Yet, adaptive trial designs - which often reduce the risk, time and cost associated with clinical development - can make the math more attractive for investors." [Beyond Borders, p. 20].
One strategy that has proven successful has been to use adaptive designs to improve a trial's risk profile. Sunesis Pharmaceuticals recently used an adaptive promising zone design to secure $25 million dollars in funding for its Phase III VALOR trial. Sunesis had initially planned a conventional trial, but found few willing investors for a large scale Phase III trial in a therapeutic area widely associated with high financial risk (relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia). By designing an adaptive trial with an interim look after 50% enrollment, Sunesis was able to secure funding conditional upon the trial not stopping for futility.
Royalty Pharma agreed to provide Sunesis $25 million in trial funding in return for 3.6% of net sales, only if the trial continued after the interim look. If interim analysis was 'promising,' (i.e. revealed that the trial required a sample-size re-estimation,) then Royalty Pharma's return on net sales would increase to 6.75%. The adaptive design thereby allowed investors to hedge their bets on a trial's success, based on information provided during an interim look. [Watch Sunesis CMO Adam Craig talk about the Phase III VALOR trial.]
The arrangement was also quite beneficial for Sunesis. In the case of the VALOR trial, the interim look was promising, and encouraged a sample size re-estimation of 225 patients. This meant that while the original, conventional design struggled to receive funding for a sample size of 450, the VALOR trial successfully obtained funding for a well-powered trial of 712.
Techniques for adaptive portfolio optimization are rapidly becoming invaluable for sound clinical investment. The panel at JSM will explore financial de-risking for both Phase IIb and confirmatory trials.
Cytel Abstracts for Adaptive Design talks at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meeting:
Phase 2B Strategies and Optimization of Drug Development Programs
Designing Phase III Trials to Optimize the Value of a Portfolio
Adaptive Switching from Noninferiority to Superiority in Cardiovascular Outcome Trials
Related Items of Interest
5 Reasons to Invest in Adaptive Designs for Population Enrichment
De-Risking Drug Development Using Adaptive Designs
To Adapt or Not to Adapt? 10 Simple Steps to Deciding Whether Your Next Trial Should be Adaptive
Beyond Borders: Biotechnology Industry Report 2014 (Ernst & Young)


text:
Griffons vanquish a man
On the front side of the capital two griffons stand symmetrically turned towards each other with raised claws. With pointed ears and a tuft of hair under their beak, they resemble at first sight a bearded eagle. Breast, head and stomach are covered with diamond-like plumage, while their pointed raised wings are formed of single feathers. The bodies of these hybrid beasts, however, morph into those of lions, with strand-like fur covering their backs and hindquarters.
The griffons hold fast with their claws a naked figure that grasps a chalice with its left hand.
Given that the representation of Daniel in the Lions' Den is found on the opposite side of the capital (S12PP40), and that this pillar is placed in the vicinity of the refectory, it is possible that this scene alludes to the punishment of gluttony and that the prophet should be understood as an antithesis to the predominance of sin.


text:
Thursday, July 2, 2009
"Home" is knowing your way around
I am away from "home" as I write this. I am at my sister's house in Southern Utah surrounded by red rock and looking over a magnificient view of the valley. I'm very comfortable in my sister's home. I know where everything is and how she likes things done. I came to help her out for about a week because she just had surgery. I spent 14 hours at the hospital yesterday; first in the waiting area and later in Camille's hospital room.
Being in the hospital brought back many memories of all the days and even weeks I spent at Phoenix Children's Hospital with BJ during the years of his illness. We never left him alone there for more than the 30 minutes it might take me to shower or go get something to eat. If I needed a longer break, someone would come and spell me. I even slept in his room in a chair that was supposed to turn into a comfortable bed (it wasn't). I became very familiar with the hospital during those times. I knew the best floor to find a shower room available, the back stairs down to the cafeteria, where the treats were that I was free to go and get for my son, which floor had what kinds of patients and I was well known among the nurses and staff. I often had people bring me veggies that I would steam in the microwave and managed to create delicious and aromatic meals. We had a stack of movies and games and spent hours together, when BJ was up to it. Other times I would read. BJ's engaging personality had a stream of visitors and staff members in his room most of the time. Being there for extended periods strangely evolved into a feeling of "family." It even became our "home away from home." I knew my way around the hospital only too well.
Other places over the years have been our "home away from home." When our children were young we used to go camping at a family reunion for nearly a week each summer. The tents were set up, cooking and eating places created and sleeping bags were unrolled. I even went so far as to create an enclosed stall out of PVC pipes and shower curtains for our porta-potty. We had it down to a routine. We knew how it worked and nestled into our temporary "home."
A delightful "home" was created in a small cabin on a cruise ship when Jim and I discovered the Mexican Rivera for eight days. Our belongings were unpacked, meal schedules memorized and it wasn't long before we had a routine going. For eight glorious days we knew our way around that ship; it was 'home."
Visiting family, traveling, even being diplaced for unexpected emergencies, it is human nature to nest, to figure out how things work wherever we are and to settle in. This is why I titled my blog, "Home is knowing your way around." Once we are close enough to a situation or a location to know our way around, we become more at ease and start to "feel at home." There is much truth in the familiar sayings, "Home is where the heart is," or "Home is where you hang your hat." I think any place where we feel welcomed, comfortable and can learn our way around begins to feel like "home."
This brings me to my final thought: I hope and pray that when the time comes that I really go home, to that Father who created me, that somehow I will have done enough. My motives are pure, but there is so much that I never seem to get to … I only hope that whatever I have managed to accomplish, it will be sufficient to have the Savior, in His mercy, take me in His open arms and say, "Welcome Home." And I pray also, that I will know my way around well enough to know that I have finally come home.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)


text:
We pick up from last episode's Marketing & Fundraising conversation with regard to Board members being active in fundraising - how much should they be doing and what should an Exec Director do if the Board refuses to fundraise, especially during Covid?
We get an update on contingency plans and we tackle the thorny subject coming on our radars now about potential merger and closure of programs and organizations.
Find out more at kevkhayat.com and discover other episodes or register for the live Q&A calls at NonprofitProblemSolver.com.
Expertly produced by Glen Munoz at PodProAudio, https://podproaudio.com/


text:
ITServices continues to update materials on all aspects of teaching online at: https://teachingremotely.uchicago.edu.
How to set "Only Authenticated Users Can Join" for Zoom class meetings in Canvas
ITServices has added the Authenticated Users-Only option within Canvas-Zoom integration.
For any new classes you create, this option will be available in both the Zoom website's "Meetings" section and in Canvas.
Set Security via the Zoom Website (uchicago.zoom.us)
Login at uchicago.zoom.us and select "Meetings," then, "Schedule a New Meeting". After setting the date time, etc, for the meeting, before clicking on save make sure you check "Only authenticated users can join":
- From the dropdown you can choose either "Sign into Zoom" or "Campus Only". The former means that only those with a Zoom account can join the meeting, a low level of security. The latter, campus only, prohibits anyone without an @uchicago.edu email address from attending. However, you can add additional domains if you have guest speakers, lecturers, etc. from another university.
Security on New Meetings via Canvas
- Log into your Canvas site, select Zoom from the lefthand menu bar and click on "Schedule a New Meeting"
- Again, set the time and date(s) of your meeting but before clicking on save, make sure to check "Only authenticated users can join". You will have the same options of "Sign into Zoom" or Campus only" as above.
Add Authentication to previously created meetings:
If you would like to add this authentication feature to classes you have created previously, you can edit Meetings by going to either the website or to your Canvas site, selecting the meeting you wish to edit, and then when the details for that meeting open up, scroll to the bottom of the options and click on "Edit this Meeting."
On Canvas you'll find the "Edit this Meeting" button here:
At the uchicago.zoom.us you will find the "Edit this Meeting" button in the lower right corner:
Once you are in the editing window, you can use the same instructions as above to add authentication.


text:
Easily Defog Your Car Windows
During cold or humid months, car owners frequently deal with fog. This usually happens when the colder air hits the windows which are warm from the heat inside. Or maybe you just got in your car after a nice day at the spa and condensation arises. The fog created this way can seriously impact your view of the road and you won't be able to drive safely.
What Causes Car Windows to Fog?
Lowe temperatures cause lower relative humidity. Generally speaking, cool air has more reduced moisture compared for example a warmer interior environment. Let's say that it's raining heavily outside and you enter your car with a wet jacket. This way you are increasing the humidity of your car's interior. And since the inside of your car is warmer, the excess moisture will start evaporating and sticking to your car windows.
What Can Do to Defog My Car Windows?
There are four quite easy steps that you can take in order to quickly defog your car's windows.
1. Crank Up the Heat!
This should be the No 1 think you do when you get into your car. Turn on the heating to maximum! Because of the high heat level in your car, the moisture will be absorbed by the car interior.
2. Turn on the AC
The second thing you can to od turn on the AC. Yes, you might think that turning on the AC will make things worse, but you're wrong. The air conditioning will further reduce the amount of moisture in the car and thus defog the car windows.
3. No Air Recirculation
In order to defog the car windows, you need cooler air from the outside which has less moisture than the air in your car. That's why you should turn off air recirculation and let your car's AC 'exchange' the interior highly-moisturized air with the outer moisture-deficient air. Turning off air recirculation is dead easy. You just have to press a button with a curved arrow in a vehicle sign. This dramatically speeds up moisture elimination.
4. Open Side Windows
And lastly, make sure that you open your side windows, even by an inch or two. Thing might not be pleasant to your other passenger, but it won't take long. With this trick, you're basically letting in cooler air with less moisture in your car which 'pushes' out the warmer moisture-rich air out of the car. Very much like when you turn off air recirculation.
Can I Avoid Foggy Car Windows?
Avoiding foggy car windows is possible, and it's not rocket science. The first thing you should do is to properly prepare your car windows. Auto Glass specialists recommend using a higher-quality cleaner that has NO ammonia and a microfiber towel. Remember, microfiber cloths or fibers also prevent windshield scratches.
The second step is to remove any excess grease or oil works from your car windows. You can do this by using an alcohol-based surface cleaner. This will clean up the surface nicely and prepare it for the second stage.
The last step is to apply anti-fog products to the inner part of your windshield or car windows. Just spray it on the micro-suede applicator and that should do the job. After that, continue whipping the windshield with this solution. You first start with vertical strokes and after that, you do with horizontal strokes. The solution would take about 2-5 minutes to dry up. Wait it out and just polish it with a clean and dry microfiber cloth.
However, if you need help with this, we at Auto Glass Express can do this process for you. And if you need tips on windshield maintenance, make sure to reach out!


text:
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Friday there is growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, with the majority of violations attributable to Russian forces.
The U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has been gathering and documenting evidence of hundreds of alleged unlawful killings of civilians in Bucha, and in towns in the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Sumy. All of those places were under the control of Russian armed forces in late February and early March.
Bachelet said Russian armed forces have indiscriminately shelled and bombed populated areas. Her spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani, said they killed civilians and wrecked hospitals, schools and other civilian infrastructure, actions that may amount to war crimes.
She said the monitoring mission verified more than 5,260 civilian casualties, including 2,345 killed and 2,919 injured. More than 92 percent of the casualties were recorded in government-controlled territory and the rest in Russian-controlled regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.
"We know that the actual numbers are going to be much higher as the horrors inflicted in these areas of intense fighting, such as Mariupol, come to light," Shamdasani said. "The scale of summary executions of civilians in areas previously occupied by Russian forces are also emerging. The preservation of evidence and the decent treatment of mortal remains must be ensured, as well as the psychological and other relief for victims and their relatives."
Shamdasani said the willful killing of protected people, including summary executions, are gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law, and amount to war crimes.
The monitoring mission also documented what appears to be the use of cluster munitions by Ukrainian armed forces in the east of the country. Those weapons indiscriminately kill and maim civilians and are banned under international law.
Shamdasani said the high commissioner is calling for this senseless war to stop. Since the fighting shows no sign of abating, she said the high commissioner is appealing to the parties to respect international humanitarian and human rights laws.
"This means distinguishing between civilian and military objects," Shamdasani said. "It means not targeting or deliberately killing civilians. It means not committing sexual violence. People, including prisoners of war, must not be tortured. Civilians, prisoners, and others hors de combat must be treated humanely."
High Commissioner Bachelet called on the parties to the conflict to investigate all breeches of international humanitarian law, and to prosecute and hold perpetrators of crimes accountable. This is in line with their obligations under what are defined as the rules of war.