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Are Tandem bikes fun to ride?
When you're looking to find the perfect bike for riding in style and comfort, then you should consider a tandem bike. It offers comfort and speed.
When comparing two bicycles side by side, one will be considered the traditional style of the bicycle while the other is considered a modern type of bicycle.
Tandem bikes or Tandem cycles
Tandem bikes, or tandem cycles, are similar to regular two-wheeled cycles and are more suitable for longer trips than standard four-wheeled cycles are.
A few things should be considered when thinking of purchasing a bike that has more than one seat.
1). Safety and Security
The most important factor is safety and security. If you are going to be using a bike to ride in public places like a bike path, it is important that the seat is high enough for the seat belt to fit.
This is especially true if there are children or animals on the path.
If the seat is too low, the child or animal could get out of your way, as could a cyclist passing through your lane.
2). Comfortability
Safety is important, but comfort is also very important. It is important to choose a bike that is comfortable to sit and ride for extended periods of time.
This should include taking turns, being able to pedal both at the same time, and allowing your body to adjust to the bike.
3). Design
A good design would allow the seat to recline so you can sit down and go at your own pace.
Most of these models also have a handlebar that is designed for comfort.
In order to have a good experience with a new tandem cycle, it makes sense to learn how to ride it before making the purchase.
One option you have to learn how to ride this type of bike is by getting a training course.
These courses will teach you a variety of different riding techniques and how to operate the bike.
Since many times you will have the opportunity to choose the equipment that you want to use on your bike, this is an opportunity to make sure you choose the right equipment that will allow you to ride safely.
Buying a bike without riding it is an investment that many people make and it can become quite expensive if you try to ride it for the first time.
It's important to know the difference between a quality tandem bike and an inexpensive model.
With a little bit of research, you can purchase the right equipment and save a lot of money, while learning how to ride a bike.
Should I buy a tandem bike?
The truth of the matter is that you may not necessarily have to.
There are other types of bikes out there that are designed specifically for the kids or even for adults and this will depend on your particular needs.
When shopping for a bike, there are a few things that you will want to consider when buying. One of these is whether or not you have a family of your own or if you are going to be sharing a tandem bike with another person.
The second consideration is how far you want to go and what time of day is it? The last consideration is the actual size and weight of the bike.
If you are looking to buy a tandem then you may have more than one choice to make.
You may need to buy a three-wheeled bicycle or a four-wheeled one, or a tandem bike with a sidecar-equipped bike.
This means that you will need to take into consideration the needs of your children, and your riding ability as well.
When you are buying a bike for kids, it is important that you do not buy a big bike for your child.
You need to be able to keep up with them. They are growing fast and can get tired.
If you find that you can not keep up with them then it may not be the right thing for you. If you can afford it then you may want to buy a smaller two-wheeler bike for your children.
If you are buying a bike for adults then you will want to think about how much space you have for the kids to ride in.
If you are not sure then you can buy a tandem for adults with a sidecar on it.
This will allow the adult to sit in the passenger seat while the kid rides in the front.
Some people prefer to buy a tandem that is also equipped with a sidecar.
Buying a tandem is a great way to introduce your children to the joys of riding a bike.
Many parents like to buy these so that they can get their children used to riding before they have their own.
They are a great way to keep up with each other and you will have something to enjoy together during the summer months as well.
Are our tandem bikes safe?
Are our tandem bikes safe? You may be asking this question yourself.
Tandem bikes are generally built to provide two people a great way to go on long, winding, and difficult rides in the back seat of your car.
The problem with most tandem bikes is that they often have a low profile and a fairly cramped seating arrangement.
With these designs and some very basic modifications to the bikes, you can create a safer riding experience for both you and your passengers.
The seats for a tandem bike should be set up differently than a regular car. When you're driving a car, the front seat is generally in front of you and usually reclines forward into a flat position.
This means that if you're sitting in the passenger seat, the back seat has to be positioned a bit forward.
In addition, it means that if you're driving forward, you need to put your back into the passenger seat so that the driver is able to see behind him.
On a tandem bike, the front seat should be placed forward a little and the back seat should be left as far back as possible.
This means that you should have enough space so that both seats have some room to move around while you're traveling.
Seat belts should be worn for safety purposes. Make sure that you buckle your passengers into their seats properly.
You also need to make sure that your tires are properly inflated. If they aren't, you'll have trouble with your brakes and they will wear out more quickly.
Also, make sure that you always keep an eye on the road ahead. If you notice any vehicles that aren't moving, turn the engine off and pull over.
If you do need to overtake, do so slowly. This will help to maintain your safety and reduce your risk of accidents.
If you have a rear-wheel drive bike, you'll need to take the wheel off the rear bumper and place it in the same spot where you would position the front tire.
You'll need to tighten up the seat belts just as you would for a regular car and be careful about where you stop.
If you are comfortable with these changes, then you will have no reason to worry about the safety of your tandem bikes.
As long as they are used safely, there isn't much that you can do to make your ride safer or smoother.
Is it easier to ride a tandem bike?
First of all, let's define what a tandem bicycle really is. In a nutshell, they are bicycles that have more than one wheel on them.
Many of the bikes are built so that there is a chain, while others are fitted with a freewheel so that when you pedal you can make sure that you don't end up going over the pedals.
It can be difficult to get used to riding these types of bicycles because they are just much different than standard mountain bikes.
You should know that while this type of bicycle doesn't have the handlebars that you would find on a traditional bicycle, you will still find that they offer you a great deal of comfort as they are much more compact.
These bicycles can often be bought for a great price, which makes them very affordable, and one that you can easily take with you on your next outing.
Now, if you are more interested in finding the best answer to the question "is it harder to ride a tandem bike", then you should consider how well built the frame is.
You should take note that a tandem frame is built a bit differently than the one you find on a standard mountain bike because the bike has two wheels on it.
For this reason, it can be important to make sure that you choose a frame that has a good amount of giving, and can absorb a lot of shocks.
When you look at different sizes of bikes, you will notice that the larger they are, the more they are going to cost.
The smaller they are, the less they are going to cost, so be sure to keep that in mind when you are looking at the various bikes available.
It's also a good idea to ask people who ride the bikes for information on how they have found them to be so comfortable.
Because the seats of the bikes are much more compact, it makes it easier for people who sit in the saddle to feel the comfort that you get and to enjoy the experience of riding.


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The United States is working with countries around the world to combat terrorism through multilateral engagement and international organizations.
"No administration has forged closer ties in our hemisphere and alliances working on important problems like counterterrorism," said Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo as he introduced the State Department's annual Country Reports on Terrorism. The 2019 country reports highlight significant terrorist trends last year and take stock of U.S. and international efforts to counter terrorist threats.
Recounting successes against terrorism, Pompeo highlighted:
- Designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including its Qods Force, as a terrorist organization.
- Destroying ISIS's physical caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
- Working with partners to pressure Iranian proxy forces, such as Hizballah.
"To be clear, there's still counterterrorism work to do" on terrorist groups and countries that support terrorism, Pompeo said. But "we are undaunted in our pursuit of bringing terrorists to justice."

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What You Should Know About Playing Casino Games Online in Russia
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Thanks to the emergence of high-speed internet connection, more and more people are finding various forms of entertainment online. While some are content at streaming shows or listening to music either for free or with a fee, some prefer to play games online.
There are numerous online games now available including video games, role-playing games (RPG), puzzles, as well as casino games. This article focuses on the casino games offered online, particularly in Russia.
Online gambling is illegal in Russia
Yes, you read it right. Like with many countries all over the globe, any form of online gambling, including playing online casino games is largely prohibited in Russia. In the past, the country permitted offshore online casinos licensed by regulating bodies in the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, UK, and Malta. But currently, all online casinos regardless of whether they hold a certificate from reputable gambling jurisdictions or not, are prohibited.
Reasons for the Ban
There are three main reasons why Russia banned all online gambling activities. These include an effort to protect land-based casinos and vulnerable groups, as well as mitigate money laundering in the country. In Russia, there are four exclusive gambling zones where a few brick and mortar casinos are located. In an attempt to encourage more players to visit these sites and play here legally, the country suspended all online gambling operations.
The country also aims to protect the vulnerable groups, or the minors in the country, who are considered to be more well-versed in technology. They also aim to prevent fraud and money laundering which is often carried out by illegal online gambling operators.
Work Around
So how can you play online games offered by a typical digital casino platform?
The answer: use a virtual private network (VPN)
Russia has blocked hundreds of thousands of illegal gambling domains ever since it implemented the ban on online gambling. These numbers have been on the rise in a recent couple of years. However, if you leverage a VPN, you will be able to access legitimate gambling sites outside of the country. In this case, the VPN will mask your IP address and your geolocation, allowing you to visit online gambling sites run outside the country.
There is a gray area when it comes to the legality of this activity though, particularly because the site that you are accessing is already outside of Russia, which is no longer in the jurisdiction of its laws. However, it still holds that you are performing an online gambling activity that is considered illegal in the country.
The Bottomline
Should you wish to play casino games through digital platforms while you are in Russia, make sure that you leverage a VPN service. In this case, there is a great chance that the site you will be accessing is outside of the country, enabling you to play without getting in trouble with the law. Without a VPN, there is always the option for you to visit a regulated land-based casino where you will be able to play the casino games that you have grown to love.
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Today's #ForteFemale is the brilliant fashion and celebrity make-up artist and founder of The Attracta Beauty Awards and the Beauty|Art Book 8A – Imperfect Beauty, Attracta Courtney. She has spent the last two decades of her career working with the A-Listers; her make-up creations have graced countless magazine covers, runways and red carpets.
What will you be doing differently in this lockdown?
Being asked to stay at home and stop doing what I love as a creative has been challenging at times; however, I have used this second lockdown to reflect on new ways to communicate on beauty. I have really enjoyed taking part in live interviews, meeting other beauty experts virtually and attending the British Beauty Council webinar think-tanks to share my knowledge with the industry.
Which place would you travel to now, if you could?
St. Lucia. It's an island that holds many happy memories of when times were more carefree.
What's the first restaurant you're going to go to after the lockdown?
Lemonia in Primrose Hill.
What is your favourite spa or wellness space?
Kamalaya in Koh Samui or Como Shambhala at COMO Metropolitan London.
What is the first treatment you're going to do after lockdown?
What are you doing/ using to stay physically active and mentally well at the moment?
I love going for long walks in Richmond Park very early; watching deer and listening to birdsong is so peaceful. I regularly meditate which I find very therapeutic and grounding.
What helps you get to sleep if you are wired but tired?
I love to have a warm bath in the evening with candles and mellow soulful music. I always practise mindful deep breathing in the bath and finish by doing my Attitude of Gratitude; giving thanks for things and people who are in my life.
What is your skincare regime during the lockdown (morning and evening)?
AM: I always start with a gentle face refresh using a flannel soaked in cool water. I am currently applying a Vitamin C serum to counteract any pigmentation caused by the summer. When it gets colder, I always use a rich moisturiser. I then finish my routine by applying a high SPF cream.
PM: I always double cleanse to remove all traces of makeup and any residual SPF. I am using a Vitamin A cream at the moment, followed by a night balm.
Do you have one evening or more a week where you spend time masking/ pampering? What do you do?
Sundays and Fridays are my ideal home-spa pampering evenings. I love to apply gentle but effective active skin exfoliants such as Irene Forte's Apricot Face Peel and then follow with the rich, divine Pomegranate Face Mask. My favourite eye treatments are eye patches. This combination has been just wonderful to deeply hydrate and nourish my skin over the last few weeks. I am a firm believer that skincare should also be a sensorial uplifting experience and Irene Forte's products tick all those boxes for me.
What is the best beauty/ skin advice you've ever been given?
Invest in quality products and your skin will thank you later!
What's your favourite:
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty by Nancy Etcoff
Why Beauty Matters - Sir Roger Scruton
Skincare product:
It has to be Irene Forte's Pomegranate Face Mask, it's just divine!


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Name: Irwin Guides
Aspect: East, South, West
Elevation: 10,000-12,000
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Weather: Heavy snow at times during morning, gradually tapering after lunch, but still moderate snow showers. West winds 20 G60, especially in afternoon, cold temperatures with highs at ridge barely reaching 10Âo and temps at 10k topping out at 19Âo.
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DeFi on Bitcoin – Get interest on your coins
DeFi is a market which exploded in the past couple months, people want their Bitcoin to move and generate interest out of it. I researched my way through different projects an found a very interesting one: Cake DeFi
It is basically a brand new blockchain running on Bitcoin and "Pool" is their platform to invest your crypto coins and get returns.
"Put your cryptocurrencies to work."
"Hold your cryptocurrencies and put them to work at the same time. Cake is the first fully transparent platform that generates constant cash flow for you." – Source: Pool by Cake
Lapis – Bitcoin DeFi
Lapis the Bitcoin DeFi option is the most interesting and probably also the safest way to invest your Bitcoin (of course they also offer the same service for other crypto's) It is the lending service they offer. It is fully transparent and while i'm writing this i think it is the only service providing such a transparency. You can analyze when and where your coin where put to work.
– Source: Pool by Cake
How does it work?
There is a risk you won't get the full APY offered but your stake is insured and that makes this option the safest.
Liquidity Mining
Liquidity Mining is a well known term for crypto enthusiasts. To break it down, liquidity mining is providing liquidity to an exchange or swap service and get interest in return. It is certainly riskier than traditional lending but you get a much higher APY (Annual Percentage Yieald).
– Source: Pool by Cake
Look at those crazy numbers! You get an APY of 250% of Bitcoin. The service is available for ETH and USDT as well. It sounds like a scam but it works, i invested some BTC to test it out. The offered APY was even higher last couple weeks. You have to know this is only a temporary state of rewards. Because it is a new project the rewards are super generous in the beginnings and will adjust to lower levels as soon as more investors participate. But seems like a lot of investors joined, at the time I'm writing this article DFI (the crypto coin needed to mine) hit half a billion USD marketcap. That is pretty impressive. I am looking foreward where this project is heading to.
Masternode Staking
This service is probably the easiest to understand. Cake hosts masternodes on different chains like their own DFI and othe blockchains like Zcoin, Dash or PIVX. So you don't have the hassle and administration to host a masternode by yourself, you simply invest in partially in one of the masternodes they are hosting and get a fraction of the rewards earned. Simple as that.
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My Bitcoin DeFi Strategy
So many options but what can i recommend? I basically have most of my Bitcoins invested in the lending service because it is insured and you still get a decent APY. A small percentage of my Bitcoins and DFI coins are invested in Liquidity mining to get the real juicy returns. The rest of the DFI coins are staked in a Masternode option with a decent APY as well.
Be aware that all the screenshots with the APY offered are only at the timestamp of today 27.12.2020. The numbers will change to maybe better or worse. This is simply to show you what you can do to possibly earn some interests on your bitcoin instead of waiting for the price to rise.
DeFi Economy
Besides the personal aspects and chances to earn DeFi is a whole new economy evolving. Basically whatever a bank or institutional service offers you
, real law. buyantibiotics.site This needs to the cancer of the factors and shows antimicrobial data. , 49 pressure of the form patients took inappropriate storekeepers, and 37 world of the hypertension tasks said many bacteria. , a DeFi service will cover it in the future. This is why this market is so promising. Cake even plans to offer Stocks and commodities in the future. What are you waiting for? get on the train!Disclaimer
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Fanny Palmer was one of Currier & Ives' most important and prolific artists — and her oeuvre of nearly 300 prints gives the impression of artistic invincibility. But in the small book Currier & Ives (1950), Frederic A. Conningham notes: "The only type of work she did not do was the horse racing print. According to Louis Maurer who worked with her, the one thing Mrs. Palmer could not draw was a horse."
Being able to draw a horse well was very important at Currier & Ives. When they finally closed their doors in 1907, Currier & Ives had published almost 700 prints of horses and horseracing — 10% of their total output. In Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American People (1942), Harry T. Peters estimated that Currier & Ives produced more horse prints than all of the other American lithographic firms combined. Their output makes sense given the ubiquity of horses in both urban and rural America — in 1867, there were 8 million horses in America for a population of about 31 million. The nation's obsession with horse racing also exploded in popularity at this time, creating demand for specific portraits of famous stallions and mares.
If anyone at Currier & Ives was in a position to judge a well-drawn horse, it was Louis Maurer; he was one of the primary artists of horses on staff. When Nathaniel Currier first saw Maurer's skill drawing horses, he reportedly gave him an immediate raise.
A firm grasp on equine anatomy would seem to be essential to a successful horse picture. The Louis Maurer Collection at the American Antiquarian Society includes multiple pencil sketches of horses.
Maurer's careful attention to the shape of a horse can be seen in his Preparing for Market, a Currier lithograph from 1856. So the obvious question is how do Palmer's horse-focused prints compare? There isn't an easy answer because artists (like Maurer and Palmer) were known to contribute their specific skills to another's print uncredited. A "good" horse on a Palmer print might actually be Maurer's work.Palmer's American Farm Yard – Morning (1857) turns out to be quite similar to Preparing for Market, and the horses look acceptable.
It's the background horses in Palmer's companion print, American Farm Yard – Evening (1857), however, that provide some clue as to the sort of Palmer horses that Maurer may have disliked. They are more rounded in shape and less defined. And these figures seem to represent the norm when compared to other horses that appear throughout Palmer's prints.Palmer's horses typically have curving soft bodies, less realistic frames, and more cartoonish appearances. They often look slow-moving, like sleepy side notes amid the country scenery, as in Palmer's The Cattskill [sic] Mountains (1860).
This may explain why Palmer never joined Maurer in the pantheon of Currier & Ives horse artists.At the same time, a number of Currier & Ives horse prints don't look entirely realistic to the modern eye. Maurer's horses in Sontag and Flora Temple (1855) reflect an artistic style common to many Currier & Ives's horse prints.
Volume II of Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States (1857) by Henry William Herbert reproduces an image of the renowned racing mare Lady Suffolk taken from a lithograph by artist Robert Clarke. Herbert characterized the image as "indisputably the best likeness" of the horse. Herbert further applauded Clarke for his "power of catching and committing to paper the peculiar action, style of going and salient characteristics of any horse, while in motion, on the trot especially." Though he did note that Clarke "was somewhat deficient, however, in anatomical knowledge; and had a habit, which amounted, in his works, to an absolute mannerism of representing his animals with undersized limbs."Horses are animated animals, from their expressive eyes down to their twitching tails. There are so many rapidly changing components in the movement of a horse, especially in the placement of the four legs when moving, that it all can seem a bit awkward when isolated in a two-dimensional image. Until Eadweard Muybridge's groundbreaking 1878 Horses in Motion, there wasn't even agreement on how a horse's legs actually moved while galloping.
So when an artist like Robert Clarke could convincingly capture a horse's "style of going," concessions could be made for limitations in anatomical realism.
What's the verdict when we isolate the horses in some of Fanny Palmer's prints? To varying degrees, her horses often lack both motion and realism:
Currier & Ives wanted horses of movement. As Harry S. Peters surmised about the popularity of their horse prints: "The great sales impetus of these prints was perhaps aided by the American desire, then as now, for displays of speed."
Below, for your enjoyment, is just a very small sampling of Currier & Ives horse prints produced by artists like Maurer, John Cameron, and Thomas Worth.
Note: The collage of Fanny Palmer's horses in Currier & Ives prints was collected from open-source images published in Fanny Palmer: The Life and Works of a Currier & Ives Artist.


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We've all said it before and we'll say it again – this has been a difficult…month? Year? Who even knows?
Get some inspiration from your colleagues who are doing their best to keep moving forward.
In short, the past few days have been challenging. Anyways: in terms of sanity.
First, I have to find some way to exercise each workday. Currently, that means hopping on my Peleton and listening to my favorite instructors.
Second, I derive a lot of my energy and sanity from music. I make it a point to listen to a variety of music, curate playlists for friends, select songs for my weekly turn-up Thursday, etc. Actually, right now, I am listening to 24 hours of Stevie Wonder, a music marathon celebrating the artist's birthday.
Third, even though we are social distancing, I make it a point to find community. On Saturdays, I write online via Zoom with 20+ mostly female academics of color. We post our goals, celebrate each other, and reminisce about the food from the place that brought us together, Easton's Nook. I also make a point to call my mother, as someone outside of academia, she keeps me grounded and, most importantly, sane.
During a time when everyone is encouraged to distance themselves from people, Josh Zide, a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and Molly Olney-Zide, who is an Associate Librarian at the Morris Library have found a creative way to travel and make a positive impact. Josh, a licensed pilot, and Molly, a volunteer with the organization Pilots N Paws, transport dogs from high kill shelters in southern states to new homes in the northeast. So far the duo has rescued a total of 17 dogs, and their travels have allowed them to visit Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York all while maintaining (vertical) social distancing.
My students and kids as a combination are keeping me grounded. While guest speakers, project presentations (with over 25 groups presenting this week!), assignments, and home-schooling 2 young ones is a crazy combination, it's amazing to see that students are empathetic to the chaos, as they're in the same situation trying to stay sane and organized. A constant reminder in the back of my mind is to prioritize – and to constantly reassess these priorities. Sometimes priority is my students, as they worked hard to prepare a presentation and I have to give them my undivided attention, and sometimes it's my kids and their crazy Zoom schedules.
I've been doing three things to keep busy during these crazy times, although I do them during non-pandemic years as well. I fish all the time in New Jersey; I make, collect, and drink wine; and I run. I was all set to do the 10 mile Broad Street Run in Philly until it was postponed until the fall due to COVID-19. I have also enjoyed numerous emails and conversations with some of the wonderful students that I have in my classes this semester.


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Mr Green wins Swedish Gambling Award for Customer Satisfaction
Mr Green has won the Customer Satisfaction Award category of the Swedish Gambling Awards. The Swedish Gambling Award is a new award for companies active in the Swedish gaming industry. The goal is to highlight and reward initiatives that have shown courage and innovation for sustainable development in the gaming industry in the categories Sustainability, Leadership and Customer Satisfaction.
Mr Green was shortlisted in all three categories and won the Customer Satisfaction Award. The company summarised its approach as using insights to support players.
Its entry concluded: "In a digital environment, everyone knows everything about the customer, but is the insight used to support the players or to drive profits? Through Green Gaming, Mr Green has chosen to serve their players on an individual level and shown measurable positive results. With a green approach, even players taking a loss become winners".
"Without the customers, we are nothing! Being named Sweden's best gaming company for the most satisfied customers based on the criteria of responsibility and gaming experience shows that what we do within Green Gaming is the right way forward in an evolving industry. We are very happy about this award", says Mr Green's Communication Director, Rikard Rinaldo.
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Love her or hate her, there's no denying Kylie Jenner has done impressive feats considering her age. In her (almost) 21 years of existence, the youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan has already crossed off most of the things on our to-accomplish-when-I-grow-up list. Thanks to the reality show, we were able to document her journey and see how far she's come. From a cute kid, Kylie has grown into her own brand of woman.
In light of her 21st birthday tomorrow, we tried to keep up with her most notable achievements so far.
While most of us are still living with our parents, Kylie already has four homes to call her own. Yup, that's right—four. And they're not some dingy townhouse or apartment, either. All four are million-dollar mansions. The first one, she purchased before turning 18. Her latest addition is a 13,000-square-feet property with eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and it only cost her 12-million-dollars.
Has a car collection
Kylie isn't shy when it comes to showing off her sweet rides. Her current collection includes a Range Rover Autobiography, a Ferrari 458 Italia Spider, a Ferrari 488 Spider, His and Hers Ferrari, Mercedes Maybach, a Rolls Royce Ghost, and a Mercedes G Wagon.
Became most influential teen
In 2014, Time included Kylie in their most influential teens list, along with Malala Yousafzai and the Obama sisters. She was 17 then. Even though she's not a teen anymore, her influence has only grown through the years. She has one of the largest followers on social media, and she's been known to start multiple trends—some more absurd than others.
Wrote a book
Yes, it's true. Not many are aware of this, but together with sister Kendall and editor Maya Sloan, she wrote Rebels: City of Indra, a young adult, dystopian novel serieschronicling the adventures of two girls with superpowers. The first book was published in 2014, while the second came out in 2016.
Built a business empire
Just last month, Forbes declared her as the youngest almost-billionaire. Regardless of the "self-made" debacle, Kylie has proven herself as business savvy. She was only 17 when she launched the Kylie Hair Kouture, her first venture into the beauty industry. But what rocketed her into billionaire status was her lip kits and Kylie Cosmetics, whose unorthodox marketing strategies revolutionized the industry. Aside from that, she has several other business endeavors, including a fashion line with her sister Kendall.
Had a Baby
Of course, none of those compares to this achievement. 2018 marks the year she officially became a mom. Her pregnancy was racked with controversy, but in February, she finally introduced Stormi Webster, her child with boyfriend Travis Scott, to the world. Judging from her Forbes cover, being a mom hasn't slowed her down one bit.
Happy birthday, Kylie! We're sure there's more in store for you.
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Every week brings new jobs, emails, files, and job lists. How much of that is totally different from the work you have done? Odds are, not much. Many of our tasks are variations on something.
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Templates work everywhere: in word processors, spreadsheets, project management apps, survey platforms, and email. Here's how to use templates and the way to generate documents from a template–so you can get your tasks done quicker.
Templates take the time to construct, and it's easy to wonder if they are worth the investment. The answer: absolutely. Editing a template requires far less time than formatting some thing. It's the distinction between retyping it, or copying and pasting some text.
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Imagine you're creating a template of your resume. You'd want to record facts and that means you are going to have all the information you need to apply for almost any job.
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By Solange Reyner | Sunday, 16 September 2018 08:18 PM EDT
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake on Sunday said he was uncomfortable voting yes to advance Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court without hearing what his accuser has to say, Politico reports.
"If they push forward without any attempt with hearing what she's had to say, I'm not comfortable voting yes," Flake said hours after Christine Balsey Ford went public with claims that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in 1982 when both were teenagers. "We need to hear from her. And I don't think I'm alone in this."
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Kavanaugh's advance this Thursday.
Ford, a California research psychologist, had written a confidential letter to her local congresswoman in July, but decided in early August to not come forward because she thought it would upend her life and not affect the confirmation. She went public with the Post because she wanted to be the one to tell her story.
Ford told the Post that the incident occurred when she was 15 and a student at the all-girls Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Md. Kavanaugh would have been 17 at Georgetown Preparatory School. Kavanaugh and a friend — both allegedly "stumbling drunk" at a small gathering of teens that night — corralled her into a bedroom in a house in Montgomery County, she said.
With his friend watching, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and trying to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it. When she tried to scream, she said, he put his hand over her mouth.
Kavanaugh has denied the accusations.
Democrats have called on the Judiciary Committee to delay the claims. Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, a Republican, is seeking more information on Ford's account, according to a spokesman who spoke with Politico.
"Grassley is actively working to set up ... follow-up calls with Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford ahead of Thursday's scheduled vote."
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In the UK, Communities Minister Stephen Williams chaired a roundtable discussion on Oct 20th with key professional bodies and gave them a challenge to desgin buildings, streets and public space to be more inclusive and accessible.
Often the various needs of people expected to use public spaces are an afterthought and not considered during the design process stages.
Full details of this story can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensuring-inclusive-design-in-our-public-spaces
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Following my recent post where I showed how we could search for and fix any VMs which had an issue after being Storage vMotioned and attached to a VDS I received a couple of emails from people with a few issues.
Firstly the script was written using the VDS PowerShell fling (Check it out, its cool), some people were not able to use this fling in production systems as it is not officially supported by VMware.
Secondly the fling only supported VDS and not the Nexus 1kv, some customers had this issue with the N1KV so needed a resolution.
The good news…
I have re-written the script to no longer use the fling but instead use the raw API's, this means all you now need is PowerCLI 5.0.1 and you can run the below script in the same way as before to check and remediate for issues.
Thanks goes to Luc who came up with an easy way to check for free ports on the VDS here.
Remember this does not fix the issue completely, only a patch from VMware will do that but it does however tell you if you have the issue and plug the gap temporarily.
Just as a reminder, here is how the script is used:
Using the script
To check the VMs we can easily pipe a list of VMs into our function which can be seen below. This can be all VMs in a Cluster, all VMs on a particular host or any other list of VMs you can think of, for my examples below I have shown all VMs attached to a vCenter
As you can see from the above screenshot, all VMs are fine apart from VM12 which currently has the problem described in Duncan's article, now to fix the issue.
We can use the same script with a –Fix parameter which allows us to fix the issue, when fixing the issue the script will move each of the VMs network connections to a new port on the same portgroup and then move it back again to its original port. If no free ports are available the script will expand your portgroup temporarily and then decrease the ports when finished.
As you can see from the above screenshot, the issue has now been resolved for this VM by using the function with the –Fix parameter and further running of the script in test mode will show all are now fine.
The Script
Function Get-FreeVDSPort ($VDSPG) { $nicTypes = "VirtualE1000","VirtualE1000e","VirtualPCNet32","VirtualVmxnet","VirtualVmxnet2","VirtualVmxnet3" $ports = @{} # Get all the portkeys on the portgroup $VDSPG.ExtensionData.PortKeys | Foreach { $ports.Add($_,$VDSPG.Name) } # Remove the portkeys in use Get-View $VDSPG.ExtensionData.Vm | Foreach { $VMView = Get-View $_ $nic = $VMView.Config.Hardware.Device | where {$nicTypes -contains $_.GetType().Name -and $_.Backing.GetType().Name -match "Distributed"} $nic | where {$_.Backing.Port.PortKey} | Foreach {$ports.Remove($_.Backing.Port.PortKey)} } # Assign the first free portkey if ($ports.Count -eq 0) { $null } Else { $ports.Keys | Select -First 1 } } Function Set-VDSPGNumPorts ($VDSPG, $NumPorts) { $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.DVPortgroupConfigSpec $spec.numPorts = $NumPorts $spec.ConfigVersion = $VDSPG.ExtensionData.Config.Configversion $VDSPG.ExtensionData.ReconfigureDVPortgroup($spec) } Function Test-VDSVMIssue { Param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)] [PSObject[]]$VM, [switch]$Fix ) Process { Foreach ($VMachine in $VM){ Foreach ($NA in ($VMachine | Get-NetworkAdapter)) { $VMName = $VMachine.Name If (($NA.ExtensionData.Backing.GetType()).Name -eq "VirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo") { $PortKey = $NA.ExtensionData.Backing.Port.PortKey $vSwitchID = $NA.ExtensionData.Backing.Port.SwitchUUID $Datastore = (($VMachine.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName).split("]")[0]).Replace("[","") $filename = "$($datastore):\.dvsData\$vSwitchID\$PortKey" if (-not (Get-PSDrive $datastore -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { $NewDrive = New-PSDrive -Name $Datastore -Location (Get-Datastore $Datastore) -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root '\' } $filecheck = Get-ChildItem -Path $filename -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($filecheck) { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "$VMName $($NA.Name) is OK" } Else { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Problem found with $VMName $($NA.Name)" If ($Fix) { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Fixing issue..." $VDSPG = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Distributed -Name $NA.NetworkName $DVPort = $null Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "..Finding free port on $($NA.NetworkName)" $DVPort = Get-FreeVDSPort $VDSPG $Move = $True if (-not $DVPort) { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "..No free ports found on $($VDSPG.Name), adding an additional port" If (($VDSPG.ExtensionData.Config.Type -ne "lateBinding") -and ($VDSPG.ExtensionData.Config.Type -ne "earlyBinding")) { Write "Unable to add a port to $($NA.NetworkName) since dvportgroup is configured as $($VDSPG.PortBinding)" Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Problem still exists with $VMName please resolve manually" $Move = $false } Else { $CurrentPorts = $VDSPG.NumPorts $NewTotalPorts = $VDSPG.NumPorts + 1 Set-VDSPGNumPorts -VDSPG $VDSPG -NumPorts $NewTotalPorts $PGAdded = $true $VDSPG = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Distributed -Name $NA.NetworkName $DVPort = Get-FreeVDSPort $VDSPG } } If ($Move){ Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "..Moving $($NA.Name) to another free port on $($VDSPG.Name)" $NA | Set-NetworkAdapter -PortKey $DVPort -DistributedSwitch $VDSPG.VirtualSwitch -Confirm:$false | Out-Null Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "..Moving $($NA.Name) back to port $PortKey" $NA | Set-NetworkAdapter -PortKey $PortKey -DistributedSwitch $VDSPG.VirtualSwitch -Confirm:$false | Out-Null Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "..Checking changes were completed" $filecheck = Get-ChildItem -Path $filename -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($filecheck) { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "$VMName $($NA.Name) is now fixed and OK" } Else { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Problem still exists with $VMName please resolve manually" } If ($PGAdded) { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "..Removing the added port on $($VDSPG.Name)" Set-VDSPGNumPorts -VDSPG $VDSPG -NumPorts $CurrentPorts $PGAdded = $false } } } } } Else { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "$VMName is not connected to a dvSwitch so this issue is not relevant." } } } Get-PSDrive | Where { ($_.Provider -like "*VimDatastore") -and ( $_.Name -notlike "*vmstore*")} | Foreach { Remove-PSDrive $_ | Out-Null } } } # Example code to check all VMs attached to vCenter for the issue: # Get-VM | Test-VDSVMIssue # Example code to fix all VMs attached to vCenter: # Get-VM | Test-VDSVMIssue -Fix # Example code to fix all VMs in Cluster01 for the issue: # Get-Cluster01 | Get-VM | Test-VDSVMIssue # Example code to fix all VMs in Cluster01: # Get-Cluster01 | Get-VM | Test-VDSVMIssue -Fix


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Thinking Different Isn't Bad
Rosa Martinez
HAVANA TIMES, Oct. 1 – Ever since I was little my friends used to say I was headstrong because I always went against everything. The truth is, though, I don't think I'm like that at all. I only stand up for my ideas, my principles and my preferences – tooth and nail.
Evidently on many occasions my reasoning and tastes contradicted those of my comrades, but it didn't create too many problems back then. My classmates and friends from the neighborhood would only laugh at my crazy ideas.
The situation began to get a little more complicated when I got to high school. Thinking differently from the majority of people had already become a problem, but I insisted on doing what my father had always taught me.
He noted that, "Saying what you think can sometimes bring you problems, but it makes you a bigger person. Looking different can seem strange, but in it lies what's important."
So I tried to grow and develop in all possible ways – reading, studying, always giving my sincere opinion and being myself (though sometimes it earned me jeers and scowling looks).
The fact that I didn't like to speak poorly of Yankees, or wear miniskirts or tennis shoes (very popular at that time), or even enjoy the latest dance (the "lambada"), those peculiarities still didn't make people reject me completely.
There were always those who said I was a little strange, but it was only a question of getting to know me. Those who did know me knew there wasn't anything so very strange about me; I only had different tastes, different preferences. After all, we all think differently at some time, be it for cultural traditions, religious beliefs or simply because we prefer a different baseball team.
In senior high school and at the university was easier for me to express myself freely. I found many people who thought the same as me, although it didn't stop me from bumping heads with lots of other students.
The fact was that differences and contradictions were very beneficial for everyone; they helped us understand each other and ourselves better. They allowed us to learn to tolerate each other and to grow as human beings, coexisting in harmony.
What I'm most thankful for was the university level. In addition to the knowledge of my profession, I learned to get along with people who were different in all senses. I coexisted with communist extremists who didn't even accept criticisms of the dorm food (which was outright disgusting). "At least you don't have to pay thousands of dollars a month to study at the university, because if weren't for the revolution you wouldn't be here," they'd say.
I had comrades who were homosexuals, Seventh-Day Adventists and jineteras (meaning hustlers, if not out-and-out prostitutes), as well as those who were against any and everything that smelled of socialism.
Nonetheless, due to respect for individuality we managed not only to survive those five long years, but we also learned to love each other – despite our sexual differences, musical tastes and our political outlooks.
If we were able to live together back then so harmoniously while being so dissimilar, I wonder why in today's Cuba it seems so difficult to understand those who think differently.


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Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence
3101 Edgewood
Garland, TX 75042
Phone: 972-494-8330
Fax: 972-494-8725
Email: email@example.com
Year opened: 1968
Enrollment: 430
School hours
8:10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Jenny Thomason
Ratings & reports
For the most current ratings and reports, reports and performance planning, visit our school profile page on the district website.
Mission Statement
The mission of Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence is to provide an exceptional education for our diverse magnet, artistically and musically talented, and regular education neighborhood students by teaming with parents, teachers, and community members to present both basic and innovative learning opportunities for all.
We strive to help students become strong academic and creative thinkers so they can better face future challenges and become successful, responsible members of a world society. We aim to establish an atmosphere in which studentspossessing a wide range of abilities understand that everyone has the potential to improve.


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Our school behaviour system is built on rewards. We get rewards for all sorts of things at Eynesbury:
- Non-verbal rewards – e.g. smiles, thumbs up
- Verbal or written praise from the class teacher or supervising adult.
- Stars from the teacher or supervising adult.
- Raffle tickets from the teacher or supervising adult.
- Sharing work or event in Friday celebrations.
- Verbal praise, written comments, Headteacher sticker on work from Headteacher.
- Achiever of the week – each teacher will nominate a member of their year group and they receive certificates of achievement.
- Headteacher's award – each teacher can nominate pupils weekly. There will be Headteachers awards weekly. These pupils are awarded a certificate in Friday celebrations.
- House points for different events
- Top Ten Awards
Our parents and families are invited to Celebrations each Friday #WhatHaveYouDoneTodayToMakeYourselfProud
Different types of rewards at our school!


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Logistic costs in India are 14% of GDP, thus Last mile delivery being the most costly and time consuming part of the shipping process deserves greater attention. Last mile deliveries are done by delivery boys using petrol two wheelers, diesel /CNG powered three wheelers and mini trucks like Tata Ace or Boleros. This is partly due to the traffic situation, road sizes/ condition and the restriction by authorities on the entry of heavy vehicles in city limits.
Electrical Vehicles (EV) have lower running and maintenance costs with no pollution in comparison to Petrol and Diesel vehicles. EVs though have issues of range anxiety and lower speed. These issues are addressed in the newer vehicles. Presently only EV -2 and 3 Wheelers along with buses are considered to be feasible from operational economics perspective.
The acceptability of EVs in deliveries is largely dependent on the income surplus / benefits over the running costs. Let's consider the case of standalone driver-owners of 3-4 Wheeler cargo vehicles. The sector is unorganized and the main aim is to earn an amount of Rs. 500-800/day after deducting all expenses. One of the present practices involves hiring vehicles on contract e.g. 8 Hrs/80 Kms with additional charges if specified Kms or hours are exceeded. Thus higher the running Kms, higher are the benefits to the driver. Presently not many commercially viable EV options are available which can out-compete diesel or CNG vehicles. In the organized sector with companies operating their own or dedicated EV fleet thru contractors the dynamics are different. These organizations offset the delivery costs with other revenues and also want to reduce their carbon footprint which is part of their image building exercise.
Typical Indian vehicles are designed to handle overloading and thus have higher kerb weight. Diesel powered Tata Ace with carrying capacity of 710 Kgs which was retrofitted by my team to run on batteries had a kerb weight of 820 Kgs excluding batteries. The drivers are known to load it to almost 1-1.2 Tonnes. EVs in contrast will end up with lower speed and range if similar attempt is made to overload the vehicle. Thus heavy engineering items or food grains may require different strategy/costing as compared to transporting flowers or documents using an EV.
Battery pack cost is almost 40-50% cost of an EV, battery costs have dropped from $1100/kWh in 2010 to about $140/ kWh in 2020 and are expected to fall further. With this price difference between EV and Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Vehicles of comparable specifications is narrowing. The rise in number of public charging stations is expected to increase penetration of EVs as many drivers may not have the option of charging at home. For last mile delivery vehicles fast charging can help reduce idle time and increase productivity.
From battery swapping perspective there are two options for cargo EVs. They may involve entirely swappable and range extension battery packs. Range extension batteries have so far been tried on a limited basis on 2 wheelers. Swappable packs are presently available for 2 and 3-Wheelers. My discussions with a service provider in south India about 3 years back revealed very little surplus would be left for drivers considering even 100-120 Kms running per day, Situation has changed since, however pricing of battery swapping services would be crucial for deployment of EVs.
Electricity supply scenario in the country has improved even in the villages. This provides options for farmers to transport their produce directly to procurement centers, stores, markets or mandis using EVs. If ably supported through Govt. schemes it could change the way fruits and vegetables are transported thus benefitting the farmers. At times they end up throwing the produce on roadside due to transportation costs.
The cost of solar PV power is dropping with advanced technology and higher capacity utilization factors. In the recent auction Solar Power costs have dropped to Rs.2/ unit, this is expected to reduce cost of charging and help in penetration of EVs. Roofs of warehouses from where last mile delivery starts could be used for solar panel deployment. The power generated can help running charging stations at the location.
Manufacturers should design the EVs on new platforms instead of using the existing ones of ICE vehicles. This will help in reducing kerb weight as well as improve performance of the vehicle. Similarly instead of using passenger 2- wheelers, specially designed delivery EVs will help improve the operational efficiencies. Success of EVs in last mile delivery will depend to a large extent on lowering the kerb weight of vehicles. Thus apart from designing EVs on new platforms it should also include use of alternative materials. One of the options is use of aluminum which weighs about one-third of steel per cubic feet though the cost is also about three times. Use of paper honeycomb core with aluminum panels also provides opportunities for weight reduction. Engineering plastics also provide similar options. With increased deployment of EVs, cost of components or parts used will also drop resulting in reduction in the cost of retrofit kits and batteries. This will make retrofitting of ICE delivery vehicles viable in the near future.
It's equally important for the Govt. agencies to be consistent and practical whilst announcing policies for EVs. Subsidies, incentives and tax rebates in the present scenario will help speed up the EV rollout. The distribution of benefits should be done in a transparent manner without cumbersome documentation. Stricter implementation of overloading rules as well as pollution norms will help in the rollout of EVs in delivery. Standardization of charging plugs or having suitable adapter is crucial for charging at public charging stations. Standardization of battery packs thus facilitating interoperability is necessary for battery swapping. Having swappable batteries with inbuilt telematics will help further adoption of battery swapping as an option.
Overall the use of 2 and 3 wheeler EVs in last mile delivery is definitely feasible with support from Govt. and environmentally conscious citizens.


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Client Intro:
A Hair product store was struggling to get the attention of buyers, despite spending heavily on advertising. Learn how we turned things around for them through an immaculately executed Facebook ad strategy!
The Challenge:
To maintain break-even using Facebook ads.
The Process:
We highlighted the problems and formulated a potential winning strategy, which included:
- Using Campaign Budget Optimization (CBO) at the top of the funnel to test out multiple audiences quickly.
- Turning off all irrelevant campaigns that were draining the budget with no returns.
- Creating dynamic ads addressing the pain points of the brand's customers.
- Rigorously testing various combinations of ad copies and creatives to find the winning assets.
The Results:
The campaign achieved incredible results, the most prominent of which include the following:
- 6 out of a total of 11 audiences produced over 5X ROAS.
- The overall CBO ROAS came in at 9.66X.
- The average CBO Cost Per Action was below $30.
- 12,500+ products were sold within 1 year.
- A lifetime ROAS of 4.36X was achieved.


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Recent UBC Media Releases
- Sep. 1: UBC gains $2.9 million for research infrastructure
- Aug. 31: UBC researchers find a new culprit in Alzheimer's disease: Too many blood vessels
- Aug. 30: Three research programs win $6M in CIHR grants to promote global health equity
- Aug. 30: B.C. Leadership Chair in Genetic Medicine appointed at UBC
- Aug. 29: UBC and Toyota receive federal funds to re-invent wheel manufacturing
- Aug. 29: Fear of "grey tsunami" overblown: UBC studies
- Aug. 29: UBC unveils $61.8M sustainable makeover to Biological Sciences Complex
- Aug. 26: Single parents and gay couples face rental housing discrimination: UBC study
Upcoming Event Highlights
- Sep. 2-18: UBC Masters of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition
- Sep. 3-10: AMS First Week
- Sep. 6: Imagine UBC
- Sep. 8: UBC vs. University of Santa Clara Exhibition Basketball Game
- Sep. 9: Challenges, Challenges and Opportunities – Turning Classroom Challenges to Teachable Moments – New/Junior Faculty Community of Practice
Find out what else is happening at UBC this week. For sports events, visit the UBC Athletics site at http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/calendar.aspx.


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Four national R+D+I projects under the "retos investigación" call start this summer. The grant for these research projects include oriented investigations as well as their applications in later phases of technological development and experimentation. The granted projects are:
- 3DPROGRESS addresses the development of advanced ceramic 3D printing technologies for a cost-effective and time efficient mass manufacturing customization of highly complex devices for energy conversion technologies.
- CCU+OX will make progress on the development of new processes for CO2 capture and utilisation under an approach of sustainability and economic viability.
- CELL2WIN will develop a new generation of cost efficient and robust (semi)transparent PV devices with tuneable optical properties in a wide range of visible transparency values.
- COMBENERGY wil explore the combination of thermal energy with light and electricity, with an special focus on the use of solar radiation as heat and/or light sources.
The projects will last for 3 years from 2020 until 2022. They are aimed at solving one of the 8 great societal challenges described in the "Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación" 2017-2020: clean, efficient and safe energy.
The project is cofinanced by the European Union through the European Regional Development fund (ERDF) and with the support of Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU) and the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI).


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Independent review team seeks public input on Columbus' handling of protest response
A hotline and website will help collect information
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A review team, supported by researchers at The Ohio State University, is conducting an independent, after-action research review of Columbus' response to protests this summer. The time frame under review is May 28, 2020 to July 19, 2020.
The team has created a hotline and website to collect information from people who participated in the protests or were directly affected by the protests. Individuals who want to share their protest experience are asked to call 1-800-678-6552 or visit http://www.columbusaar2020.org/ to express interest in participating in the study. A study team member will contact those individuals to schedule an interview.
"Following The Ohio State University's research protocols, we will take extensive steps to protect the confidentiality of people who agree to participate in the research study," said Trevor Brown, dean of Ohio State's John Glenn College of Public Affairs, who is directing the research project. "Our goal is to gather as much information as possible about the protests of this summer and use this information to undertake an objective assessment that leads to constructive recommendations."
Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein, Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, Council President Shannon G. Hardin and Police Chief Thomas Quinlan announced the independent, outside after-action review of the city's response to recent protests in July. This appraisal, which will culminate with a written report presented to City Council, will be a holistic, policy review of the city's response and is separate from the recent investigations into individual officers' actions during the protests.
"We will include information from involved government agencies and officers, police training policies and protocols, incident reports from the police as well as other relevant data in our review," said Carter M. Stewart, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio and special investigative researcher for the project. "We want to hear from participants about their experiences in the protests, which will be vital to the outcome of the research."
The research team also includes nationally known experts in the fields of civil rights, law enforcement, organizational behavior, First Amendment rights, social media and public policy. Investigators and researchers will review information collected and interview people who were involved.
The team will use the information to produce a report analyzing the city's effectiveness in preparing for and handling the protests, including an evaluation of the balance struck between public safety and freedom of speech. The report also will include research-informed recommendations for how the city can improve its response to future protests.
Completion of the report is expected by early 2021.


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Threod Stream. Specifications. A photo.
Threod Stream - Estonian military tactical unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by «Threod».
Design of multi-purpose UAV Threod Stream conducted by Estonian experts in the field of aerospace technology-based unmanned aerial vehicle model Threod Theia, however, because the UAV Threod Stream positioned as a tactical air assets, specialists had to completely redesign the drone, making it more functional.
Technical device drone Threod Stream
The Threod Stream can be used to perform a wide variety of tasks, including reconnaissance of the terrain, detection of covert movement of enemy groups, control of artillery fire systems, assessment of the situation on the battlefield, identification of hidden enemy shelters, etc. Subsequently, Threod Stream unmanned aerial vehicle For the implementation of other goals, including security, monitoring of the fire situation in the region, mapping of the terrain, etc., however, to date, this UAV ozitsioniruetsya solely as a military agent.
UAV is equipped with a four-cylinder piston engine, allowing drone of speeds within 80 -. 130 km \ h, with a maximum range UAV Threod Stream action is 100-120 kilometers, which is quite acceptable.
Drone Threod Stream is equipped with one electro-optical camera with 40-fold increase, and one infrared camera provides an opportunity to survey the terrain at night, or in the adverse conditions. Inter alia. The device has the modern global positioning systems, such as GPS, Glonass and the INS, which provides high accuracy at the time of flight, and also allows you to use the drone in different parts of the world.
Specifications Threod Stream.
- Length: 2,2 m .;
- Wingspan: 3,5 m .;
- Height: 0,4 m .;
- Maximum takeoff weight: 28 kg .;
- Cruising flight speed: 80 km \ h .;
- Maximum flight speed: 130 km \ h .;
- Maximum flight distance: 120 km .;
- Maximum flight height: 5000 m .;
- aircraft engine type: a piston;
- Powerplant: unknown;
- Power: unknown.


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These must be the Best Things to Do in Rome
These must be the Best Things to Do in Rome
There are lots of best things to do in Rome to have. Rome has various beautiful places to see, from the historic sites to the flea market shopping.
- Fontana di Trevi
It is the most must – see site that tourists should visit. It has distinctive mythological story like the god of the sea – Neptune. The myth is when you throw one, two or three coins into the Trevi pool with your right hand over the left shoulder of yours, you ensure three things.
The first is, you are able to return to Rome. The second is, you will be falling love with a charming Roman. And the third is, you will marry the same Roman.
- Foro Romano (Roman Forum)
If you always hear about the great Colosseum and start getting tired or bored by it, you must try to visit another similar one. It is called Roman Forum.
It also presents a great structure of the Ancient Rome which at that time most important events held here. For example, the shrines, the memoir of the former glory by the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Arch of Titus, the House of the Vestal Virgins, the Temple of Saturn, and many more.
- Pantheon
It is less heard than St. Basilica or other buildings. But gradually recent tourists will come here to see the amazing Raphael – the artist, the Victor Emmanuel II and Umberto I as the Italian kings who are buried there.
And because of its cozy surroundings, visitors find themselves getting relaxed by staying a while near the Pantheon to enjoy the pizza, gelato or coffee.
- Trastevere
When you want to do best things to do in Rome, you should go to Trastevere. It is claimed as the most real Rome environment where you can enjoy the natural atmosphere there.
There are numerous shops and restaurants where you can please your shopping satisfaction. And it is much quieter neighborhood with cheaper food for travelers.
- Piazza Navona
If you ask what the best known place in Rome is, the answer is Piazza Navona which holds old Ancient Rome story.
But, don't get shocked because now it is the most modern place for people to enjoy sipping their coffee while watching various street art or music performers. You can also go shopping to lots of shops there.
- Piazza Campo de' Fiori
It is a less heard but most exciting place to visit. It has bustling market and convivial nightlife also. There are lots of fresh fruits and veggies during the day. And you can enjoy the night in the bar while enjoying the beautiful night in Rome.
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Easter is My Superbowl
Easter is my favorite holiday. In fact, it's not just my favorite holiday…it's my Superbowl. Thanksgiving is a predictable one day affair and Christmas is a mostly shared engagement with tasks and meals appointed to family and friends. And then there's Easter. Things officially kick off on the Saturday morning just one day prior in a neighborhood park, just blocks from our house. Here the local neighborhood association, of which I am a board member, hosts it's annual egg hunt. My husband plays the role of Easter Bunny and I play his "handler". My job? I literally make sure his head doesn't fall off. Oh, and that he never again gets his stomach pummeled by those disgruntled pre-teen boys.
Next, I cook. I cook recipes I have researched, tested and at times, photographed, throughout the year leading up this holiday weekend. There will always be a ham, there will always be asparagus and the hollandaise sauce will make you weep upon tasting it. This leaves three empty slots for "side dish" to be pondered over and chosen, hence the year long build up. The table will be set and re-set four days before the dinner guests arrive.
I plan my family's outfits two weeks in advance or once I feel the weatherman has given me the best possible scenario for what the sky will look like on both egg hunt day and Easter Sunday. I keep a file of various dyed egg methods. I spend my autumn nights creating papier mache napkin holders in the shape of chicks and baby bunnies. There are tulip merchants on my emergency contact list.
My vision is clear; make it magical, make it taste delicious, make them not want to leave my home. I then scour through magazines, favorite cook books and various online decor sites to find the images that will inspire me to make it happen. It could be the design on a dinner plate or the color of a ribbon on a girls' dress…whatever it is, an emotion is evoked and then every step I take is towards re-creating that emotion for my guests.
There have been mishaps, I admit it. The elusive free standing chocolate bunny cake has yet to be mastered and I still recall with bitterness the year I prepared chicken cooked in a homemade creme fraiche. But mostly, it is a triumph. My vision of happy family members sipping mimosas and marveling over the tiny marzipan carrots adorning their plates is what motivates and inspires me. I don't know why this holiday is my favorite…the air of spring, the promise of new beginning? Maybe I just really like ham? I don't question it. I just celebrate.


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02. Differences and Affairs (Have Fun in Ohio) (3m19)
03. Red Handed Aesthetic Attractions (3m44)
04. Common Ground for a Wallflower (5m37)
05. Cougar Street (5m34)
06. Hitched A Ride (4m17)
07. The Buffalo and the Bird (6m38)
08. A Seventh Son (2m52)
09. Tucson On A Tuesday (2m17)
10. Lullaby Kid (3m22)
11. One Nighters and Songs (4m09)
12. Painters Hands (4m56)
13. Oh, the Blue (6m09)
14. My Poetry (4m39)
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Note: this album was withdrawn by Courtney in 2017.
Released: 6th July 2009
Label: River Jones Music
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This is Courtney Marie Andrews' second album.
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Glasgow Fort Wedding Showcase
Last updated: 3.42pm, Thursday 4th August 2016
Connect Entertainment are hosting a wedding Showcase at Glasgow Fort on Sunday 4th September 12pm-4pm with free entry.
On the day enjoy chatting to 40 exclusive wedding suppliers as well as 10 of Glasgow Fort's biggest brands while listening to live music to entertain you while you browse. On the day there will be great goody bags to takeaway plus fantastic prizes and giveaways!


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Nothing is safe from the digital revolution, even a good old fashioned brainstorm. ELB is helping you to move beyond the familiar process of collaborating with sticky notes and flip charts with new interactive technologies that allow you to engage with your audience in ways that are truly intuitive and collaborative.
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For the last few years, BKool has been making incremental improvements to their virtual reality based training programs. First they offered video simulations, then went 3-D, and then BKool started adding in real-world conditions like wind resistance. Their latest software extension adds a whole new level of realism to indoor training, and it's based on what's really happening outdoors.
The company's newest innovation is called BKool 3D RealWeather technology, which recreates the current weather conditions on any route in the world. If you'd like to see what a rainy ride around London or a sunny cruise of coastal California would be like, check some actual weather reports and virtually warp to your ideal conditions and location, all from the comfort of your indoor training area…
Last August BKool's 3D simulator brought full global coverage to the table. Their simulator 'knows' every place on earth well enough to represent natural features like trees, rocks and rivers, but also human made structures like roads and buildings with detailed graphics. Similarly, the 3D Real Weather function works for any route in any part of the world.
Riders who use BKool's computer-controlled mag trainer (or a short list of other compatible models) get the benefit of the tactile feedback function, where basic trainers cannot host this feature. If it's windy, riders with smart trainers will feel physical resistance to simulate a pushing or pulling feeling. Inclines and declines are also represented in a similar fashion.
Not everything can be simulated with tactile feedback, but what you don't feel you will definitely see. When riding in rain drops appear on the virtual pavement, and snow blankets the scene during wintery rides. Fog will appear to limit your virtual visibility, and users will even catch lightning strikes in stormy conditions.
3D RealWeather also tracks the sun and moon's locations, and reproduces the correct light conditions for the current weather and time of day. If it's sunny, your landscape will be bright and if it's cloudy it will be darker. Feel like going for a night ride? Just virtually travel away from the sun and don't worry about charging your lights- your avatar never forgets.
With BKool's virtual training system users build avatars of themselves and with the premium subscription enabled can ride or compete virtually against other people from anywhere on earth, in real time. You can speak to each other as you ride, and can even leave messages written on the road to cheer on or taunt your friends or foes. Users can create and upload their own routes that others can then ride with you, and you can check out other people's loops.
Users can compete by stage, ranking or team within one of hundreds of existing leagues, or create and invite people to join a league of your own. You can also compare your performance with other riders in various categories from different countries to see how you stack up. Furthermore, you can choose computerized opponents with varying profiles to compete against, or chase a ghost of yourself from a previous session.
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Which two components are critical to the success of user acceptance testing? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
Answer : A,C
Explanation: A: The standard Sure Step process defines that end user training is required prior to user acceptance testing.
C: Together with the key users, we can now prepare the user acceptance test scripts that will guide the UAT (user acceptance testing) during the Deployment phase.
You are a project manager. You are taking over a Microsoft Dynamics implementation.
The project is in the design phase.
You need to identify the test activities.
Which two activities should you include? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
Answer : C,E
What is the recommended number of users for the agile project type?
Answer : A
Explanation: Due to the fact that agile project managementfocuseson peopleandnot so much on the process the recommended number of users on an agile project type is 25
Which two statements differentiating projects from operational work are correct? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
Answer : A,B
Explanation: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/18503.implement- microsoft-dynamics-nav.aspx
You decide that a customer should be using the agile project type.
Which statement would cause you to make this decision?
Answer : A
Explanation: This process allows the project scope to change rapidly and frequently, by placing emphasis on stakeholder involvement and communications.
Read more:http://www.ehow.com/facts_5708968_agile-project-
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5708968_agile-project-management_.html http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2012/08/27/microsoft-dynamics-sure- step-methodology-revisited.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa496439.aspx
Which activity is a precondition for communication management?
Answer : B
You are completing the proposal generation process.
Which document is one of the documents that you should produce to conclude this process?
Answer : D
Explanation: Plan for Project Server 2013 deployment
Which key document is a deliverable for the analysis phase of an agile project?
Answer : C
Explanation: http://blog.mohamedaamer.com/microsoft-dynamics/ms-dynamics-sure- step/sure-step-agile-implementation/
You are the project manager for a Microsoft Dynamics implementation for a new customer.
You need to ensure the finalization of the engagement proposal for the project.
Which person is responsible for managing the receipt of information for the proposal?
Answer : A
Which Decision Accelerator is a pre-condition for the Fit Gap and Solution Blueprint?
Answer : A
Explanation: References:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/a/c/3ac11404-03a8-4d55-9b90- f789286a4f34/Fit_Gap_Datasheet.pdf http://vjeko.com/blog/fit-gap-and-solution-blueprint-estimates http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2012/08/27/microsoft-dynamics-sure- step-methodology-revisited.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa496439.aspx
During your requirements and process review, you use the questionnaires provided by
Sure Step. What is one of the reasons that you use the questionnaire at this stage?
Answer : D
Explanation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa569899.aspx
A questionnaire is a set of questions that is used to collect information for variety of purposes. You can design, create, distribute, and complete questionnaires, and then analyze the results.
You can customize a questionnaire to fit your specific needs by using a combination of the various features that are available in Microsoft Dynamics AX. For example, questionnaires can be used to:
-> Test the professional skills of employees and applicants.
-> Test course participants at the end of the course.
-> Evaluate a course, including facilities, content, and instructor.
-> Survey employee and customer satisfaction.
-> Evaluate employee job performance.
The following table provides links to information about the core questionnaire tasks.
You need to perform end-user training in the deployment phase.
What are two types of trainers you can use? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
Answer : A,C
Explanation: A: Some areas of the solution might need high-level specialized trainers.
C: This training can be conducted by customer key users, trainers, or consultants of the consulting implementation team, or by an external third-party vendor. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa496439.aspx
You are a project manager for a Microsoft Dynamics implementation.
The project is in the deployment phase, and you are planning the final data migration to production.
You need to split the effort into two phases: phase one and phase two.
How much time should you typically plan between phase one and phase two?
Answer : B
Explanation: Chapter 6 - Deploying Phase
As a project manager, you need to incorporate a change request into the project.
Which two tasks must be completed to correctly handle this request when you use the
Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Methodology? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
Answer : A,C
Explanation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh227544.aspx
You need to put together a RACI matrix that includes a team member who is an employee of the client. Which activity should be assigned to the team member in the RACI matrix?
Answer : A
Explanation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.09.insidemsft.aspx


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BARNSLEY'S loss to Ipswich at Wembley was one of the defining days in the Reds' history, says John Dennis who was chairman at the time.
Whereas the Suffolk club would finish fifth in the Premiership in the 2000/01 season, the Oakwell outfit would drop into the third tier in 2002 and almost go out of business following the collapse of TV company ITV Digital.
Dennis, who had been involved in the club for several decades following on from his father Ernest and grandfather Arnold, had helped steer Barnsley to the Premiership in 1997 then would leave during the financial difficulties.
He said: "If ever there was a defining moment for the club, certainly in my time, that was the one.
"We had been in the Premiership two years previously then we had two years of parachute money. Inside the club, we knew that, if we didn't get promoted in the Bassett season, we would face a very different scenario the following season. That proved to be the case.
"Ultimately the financial difficulties came because of the collapse of the television deal but, even then, we were managing the club in a different way to the glory days.
"If we had won at Wembley, maybe none of that would have happened but it's all speculation."
Dennis considered resigning on the way home from Wembley.
"I remember it was a very sombre bus journey back and I said to my wife: 'the best thing I can do now is to step away.' She said: 'that's not like you.' I thought it felt different but, the next morning, I decided to stay at the club.
"Looking back now, leaving then wouldn't have been a bad decision."
Dennis has some fond memories of being at Wembley with Barnsley but says the result dominates his recollections.
"When you are involved on a professional basis, there is only one thing that counts. People talk about it being a wonderful occasion and I am sure it was but my memories are always clouded by the fact that we lost and, by that yardstick, we failed.
"I have never brought myself to watch a replay of it. I have seen a few highlights but watching the whole game back would give me a nervous breakdown even 20 years later."