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COVID-19 Testing, Vaccines, 5G, the Connected Community and a Massive Market Expansion
By Daisy Liu & Roger Bohannan | January 21, 2021
PART 1 of 3
2020 has ended and a new year is upon us. Reflecting on the fight against COVID-19, the FDA has approved medical equipment, COVID-19 testers, pharmaceutical therapies and vaccines. One of these newly approved COVID-19 testers is allowing for home-based information that provides immediate results of your contact and the potential infection from the virus.
As we have seen from the testing process today: you encounter a symptom, symptoms intensify, you get a Covid test and wait. Days later, you receive the results. Hopefully the results are negative. But if it's positive, over the pre-symptom period, who knows how many people you have encountered and potentially infected. As more information comes in, we are seeing greater transmission from asymptomatic carriers than we are seeing from people showing symptoms. More frequent testing is necessary.
Some interesting data. We see the comparisons for each country: number of tests vs. number of cases vs. number of fatalities.
Data courtesy of: © statista 2021
What can we derive from these numbers? Generally, the countries with the most tests have the most cases. The Asia region, excluding India, show fewer cases and is an outlier in this conclusion. That can point you to the potential that countries with low testing are missing cases and the spread may be more extensive than the numbers indicate.
Expanded testing globally is needed urgently.
Global COVID-19 case numbers are increasing quickly. Transmission is accelerating. Advanced, portable and connected tools are needed to slow the spread of this virus. The world also needs access to fast, affordable, easy-to-use home testing to release the burden at hospitals and test centers. Necessity is the mother of invention. Along comes Ellume. A digital diagnostics company headquartered in Queensland, Australia. They have received FDA approval for their home-based COVID-19 tester. It is aligned with a digital platform that allows for full process analysis, traceability, and post testing health follow up.
A positive test result will allow for immediate isolation and a great deal less potential for spread.
This tester provides a home base analysis. The test is performed by the tester's electronic analyzer. Using internet or Bluetooth connectivity, the test result will notify the user via smartphone in 15 minutes or less. With the rise of virtual medical and telemedicine promoted by COVID-19, this testing expansion is most obvious for COVID-19, but the flu and critical vital statics are needed from tele medical patients for an accurate and complete diagnosis. As with the home based COVID-19 tester, we need connected tools and personal measuring devices. Tele-healthcare providers need the assistance. New devices are launching allowing for this type of data to be available accurately and to doctors immediately in real-time.
C&K is recognized as the leading manufacturer of high quality, micro miniature, electromechanical switches in the world. Helping global brands and product innovators by providing advanced switching solutions and innovative products for medical device manufacturers. We don't stop there. C&K also provides the most useful switching solutions for automotive, consumer and industrial applications.
C&K's "NanoT", the world's smallest tactile switch, meets all the performance needs for the most demanding medical applications. Low profile (0.55 mm above PCB and 2.1 x 1.65mm), the ultra-compact size offers designers the freedom to create products without compromising on product size, quality or performance. With its small footprint, designers can now have the flexibility to either free up room in their designs to add additional functionality or reduce the overall size of their printed or flexible circuit board (PCB/Flex).
Seamless and rounded screens on next generation medical devices are where miniaturized solutions are in high demand. Innovation and ergonomic designs often create difficult geometries to reach on new devices. C&K's integrated actuator provides full interface buttons for both top actuator version and side actuator version. The side actuator version is designed with an edge mount soldering configuration with excellent resistance to shock and shear testing, improving equipment lifetimes. The product design also ensures a high sealing level, IP67 rated, offering the ultimate protection against dust and water ingress. The "NanoT" offers 100, 160 & 240 gf with life cycles up to 500k cycles, which are all the most common versions used by the market.
Another solution is the RKA2. If customer has a little bit space, C&K RKA2 series is another good option in the medical market. RKA2 has also low profile only 0.55mm above the PCB and 4.5 x 4.5 mm dimension, the low profile and compact size gives designers the room to choose to add additional functionality to their units or reducing their PCB size. RKA2 series offers operating forces from 160gf, 250gf, 400gf to 540gf version, those are the most common versions used by the market. Life cycles up to 500K cycles provides reliability for customer's application.
When you are designing a medical device, think of C&K first. If you have a switching or detection challenge, call C&K. When your next generation connected device needs added capability from your switching or detection strategy, C&K can help.


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Open House on Saturday, June 25, 2022 1:00PM - 3:00PM
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"Serving Today's Ministries With Purpose"
Our Unity Worldwide Ministries (UWM) board and central office staff are in the midst of a strategic planning process to help us better serve you. It's called the "Better Together Project." John Wimberly served as our coach and consultant in 2020 to help us gain clarity on the purpose of our UWM central office and board. All success begins with clarity of purpose, then goals and strategies will follow. Be sure to check The Path e-newsletter for more information as it develops.
We Want Your DEI Ideas!
Rev. Sandra Campbell and Rev. Toni Fish have volunteered to collect information on the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs and activities that are being developed and used in our communities. They will be creating a platform on which we can easily share the information and resources. Please use this fillable form to provide information on your program/activities. Resource lists are always welcome. Please send your completed form to firstname.lastname@example.com.
New Purpose Statement
With lots of input from two rounds of focus groups from the field and staff, our board of trustees has discerned our new purpose statement (July 20, 2020):
Develop, equip, and support Unity leaders and communities to grow in innovative, sustainable, and cutting-edge ways.
Strategic Plan
Strategic Goals for 2021-2022
2021 Year in Review
2021 Video PowerPoint (released March 2021) Español
After many rounds of refinement within in the Leadership Team and with approval of the Board, our multi-year strategic plan focuses us on our what, who, why, and how. This is our roadmap for the next few years, to assist you to thrive in an ever-changing world.
Reports and Updates
Thank you all for your input to the Focus Groups! Below are the first draft documents from our consultant John Wimberly.
Work Efficiencies and Workload Reduction, December 10, 2020
Updates from the UWM Board, July 20, 2020
Better Together Phase 2 Report to the Board of Trustees, July 20, 2020
Updates from the UWM Board, May 22, 2020
Better Together Phase I Report to Board of Trustees, May 15, 2020
First Draft of UWM Purpose Statement and Priority Areas, May 7, 2020
Thank you again for sharing your wisdom and passion for Unity and Unity Worldwide Ministries with us!
Better Together Beginning
See Rev. Patricia T. Bass, Interim CEO, introduce John Wimberly in her video update.


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Less is more?
I found this, from Ric Bucher, on ESPN:
…the harsh reality, says one GM, is that winning a championship this year is not a priority over keeping free-agent-to-be LeBron James. In fact, there's a concern that if James wins a title this year for the Cavs, it might be easier for him to go elsewhere. The best scenario, then, if the Cavs want to make it hardest for LeBron to leave, is give him everything he wants and have their title chase falls short. And if you question valuing LeBron over a title, forget it. James roughly doubles the value of the Cavs' franchise, according to league sources. It might offend winning-is-everything sensibilities, but the truth is $200 million (the value James adds to the Cavs) means more."
What is the implicit model? Is it a behavioral claim about James, namely that he dislikes frustration and wants to finish the job in Cleveland? Or is it about the bidding behavior of other teams, namely they want him most (and there are more dimensions to a deal than just salary-capped $$) if he wins a title and less if they think he will quit on them too?


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How to Clean Your Gas Furnace Vent Lines
2-4 hours
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Gas furnaces can accumulate a significant amount of dirt and filth given they are not cleaned for a significant interval of time. Such gas furnaces are connected with a vent pipe, which is placed on the exterior of the house, and transfers the by-products of the furnace outside.
This vent pipe can get easily blocked with all forms of debris, and can also prove to be dangerous if the exhaust air has no path to leave from inside the house. Therefore, it is essential to clean out the vent pipe every so often. It is not very difficult to carry out this task, and only requires a few hours of your time. Follow the steps below to clean out a gas furnace vent pipe.
Step 1 - Locate Exterior Vent of Gas Furnace
Firstly, consult the operating manual of the gas furnace and read through the instructions mentioned. These must be carefully analyzed to assure that the warranty remains valid. Next, locate where exactly the vent pipe of the gas furnace is positioned outside the house. Make sure no shrubbery has grown around the vent pipes that may block the exit path.
Step 2 - Start Cleaning up Vent Pipe
Once the vent pipe has been located, open it up using the screwdriver. Before starting to clean out the dirt, please put on the dust mask and rubber gloves. This will help you avoid any filth, and ensure that no dust comes near you. Then extract all the dirt and debris from it. When you open up the vent, all kinds of filth will be evident. Debris such as nests, leaves, snow, and ice in the middle of the winter shall be present. Now, using the brush and a soft cloth, remove as much of the debris as you can. To ensure all the dirt has been eradicated, use the vacuum cleaner to thoroughly clean out the vent. If any shrubbery is present in the vent, cut it off using a scissor.
Step 3 - Ensure No Blockage is present in Vent
In order to ascertain whether a blockage is present in the vent, make use of a wire hanger bent in the shape of shepherd's crook. Subsequently, stick the wire hanger inside the vent pipe, which will indicate whether the pipe is clogged. Remove the blockage with the aid of the wire hanger.
Step 4 - Close up Vent
Now that the vent pipe has been thoroughly cleaned up, the next step is to close it up with the help of a screwdriver. Your vent should now be completely clear of all debris and dirt. It will now efficiently transfer all the by-products of the gas furnace outside the house. Try to clean the vents pipe every three to six months. You can now safely put away your tools.


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As the midterm elections approach, the Democrats and Republicans are trying to convince their partisans that the fate of civilization depends on the outcome. If new, cutting-edge American political science is correct, however, no matter which party prevails in this year's House and Senate elections, public policy will continue to be shaped by the preferences of the rich and well-organized, and politicians will continue to disregard many of the preferences shared by most American voters.
For generations, political scientists have been skeptical about the textbook definition of representative democracy, which treats the electorate as an undecided jury for whose support politicians compete on the basis of thoughtful, coherent, empirically plausible plans for public policy. In a forthcoming essay in Perspectives on Politics, Martin Gilens of Princeton and Benjamin I. Page of Northwestern summarize the dominant schools of thought about democracy among American political scientists:
While this body of research is rich and variegated, it can loosely be divided into four families of theories: Majoritarian Electoral Democracy, Economic Elite Domination, and two types of interest group pluralism -- Majoritarian Pluralism, in which the interests of all citizens are more or less equally represented, and Biased Pluralism, in which corporations, business associations, and professional groups predominate).
The conclusion of Gilens and Page, after examining the data?
Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. The results provide substantial support for theories of Economic Elite Domination and for theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism. …
One [result] is the nearly total failure of "median voter" and other Majoritarian Electoral Democracy theories. When the preferences of economic elites and the stands of organized interest groups are controlled for, the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy…
On to the polls in November, citizens! According to Gilens and Page you may have, at best, "only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy," compared to wealthy individuals and powerful lobbies. (Gilens and Page conclude that, with the exception of organized labor, influential interest groups, including progressive ones, do not serve as "transmission belts" connecting ordinary citizens with politicians.)
Another political scientist, Nicholas Carnes of Duke University, has recently addressed a related issue: What impact does class background have on the worldview and actions of elected leaders? According to Carnes:
Politicians in the United States tend to be vastly better off than the people they represent. They are wealthier, more educated, and more likely to come from white-collar jobs… If millionaires were a political party, that party would make up just three percent of the country, but it would have a majority in the House of Representatives, a filibuster-proof super-majority in the Senate, a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court, and a man in the White House. If working-class Americans — people employed in manual-labor and service-industry jobs — were a political party, that party would have made up more than half of the country since the start of the twentieth century, but legislators from that party (those who last worked in blue-collar jobs before getting into politics) would never have held more than two percent of the seats in Congress.
In another study, Carnes asks "Does the Numerical Underrepresentation of the Working Class in Congress Matter?" On the basis of a study of the correlation between class background and voting in the House of Representatives, he concludes that it does:
Although the near absence of working-class people in American political institutions could not have been the origin of the rising inequalities in distributional outcomes that the United States has experienced since the 1970s (since workers were underrepresented long before then), it may have muted the government's response to these sweeping economic changes. This article's empirical results suggest that America's class-imbalanced legislative branch tends to favor economic policies more in line with the interests of the haves than with the needs of the have-nots. Although this study does not directly link economic inequalities and the class composition of political institutions, its findings suggest that our government might have done more to slow the rapid growth of resource disparities — and might do more in response to future economic shocks — if more policymakers were drawn from the social strata that suffer when inequality rises and economic hard times hit.
This conclusion dovetails with another recent study claiming that those who have money — including lottery winners who come into it by chance — tend to develop inegalitarian attitudes.
But haven't major reforms to benefit America's working-class majority passed before — in some cases, thanks to the leadership of upper-class politicians like the two Roosevelts and the Kennedys -- notwithstanding levels of plutocracy and corruption as bad as today's, or worse? Yes — but in the past, political elites supported pro-majority reform under the pressure of war (the Emancipation Proclamation, the G.I. Bill) or mass protest movements (the Populists, organized labor strikes, civil rights activism). The evidence of social science suggests that giving the wealthy and well-organized interests what they want, even if it means disregarding majority preferences, is the default strategy of the mostly-rich people in Congress, the White House and the federal courts, along with their equivalents at the state and local level.
It is easier to identify the problem than to identify a solution. Campaign finance reform, now under assault from conservatives in the federal judiciary, might reduce the influence of rich individuals. But it could backfire by merely increasing the clout of interest groups.
Early twentieth-century progressives sought to limit the influence of special interests by transferring as much power as possible to altruist technocrats in the civil service. But countries with traditions of strong civil servants, like France and Japan, seem to have as many corruption scandals as we do. In any event, why would Ivy-League-educated super-bureaucrats be any more attentive to the needs and values of the working-class majority than K Street lobbyists?
If political science does not show us how to make America less undemocratic, at least it has ruled out the idea that American government can be described as a functioning majoritarian democracy that represents the wishes of most of the people in any but the most formal and technical sense. Is American government an example of Economic Elite Domination or Biased Pluralism or the devil-child of both? Discuss among yourselves.


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Natural Star Nani is in a swing with his movies. His latest movie MCA collected a decent amount of money at the box-office. Nani is all set to appear on the screen with his upcoming movie KRISHNARJUNA YUDDHAM. Being directed by 'Venkatadri Express' fame Merlapaka Gandhi, this movie stars Nani in two different roles.
Slated for its grand release on April 12th, Krishnarjuna Yuddham is prepping up with the promotional activities. Nani essays dual roles in this movie. One role is to depict a mass middle-class boy from Chittoor District, while the other role is to portray Nani as a Prague-based rockstar. Anupama Parameswaran and Rukhshar Mir are the female leads opposite Nani.
The makers of Krishnarjuna Yuddham are planning to organize an event to launch the audio of the movie. Well, the Audio Release Function is to be held at the foothills of Tirumala, in Tirupati. The audio event is to be held on 31st of this month. Hit duo Hip Hop Tamizha of DHRUVA fame has scored the music for this movie.


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Epic Games Store's Epic Mega Sale has just started and of course, it won't be complete without free games! Starting today until May 27, you can get the NBA 2K21 for free. The Epic Mega Sale will continue until June 17 and they'll be giving away free games every week.
NBA 2K21 is free on the Epic Games Store as long as you have an Epic Games Account. Once you add it to your library, the game will be forever yours to keep. Aside from that, Epic Games will be giving away a $10 coupon for games at $14.99 and up.
So if you're reading this, be sure to claim the free NBA 2k21 now at the Epic Games Store


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb left the hospital and went home Sunday, one day after he was hit in the right ear by a line drive.
The Rays announced during their game against Kansas City that Cobb had been released from Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg. The team said he will be placed on the seven-day concussion list.
There was no timetable for when Cobb will rejoin the rotation.
Cobb texted teammates Sunday morning, including pitcher Matt Moore, saying he had a headache but would soon be out of the hospital.
In a message posted on his Twitter account, Cobb thanked Rays head athletic trainer Ron Porterfield and the doctors at Bayfront, and said that he "woke up with only a minor headache."
Cobb was struck by a liner off the bat of Kansas City's Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning of Saturday's game but remained conscious the whole time. He was taken off the field on a stretcher.
Moore was among a group of around 15 players, which included Hosmer and former Cobb teammates and current Royals James Shields and Elliot Johnson, who went to the hospital after Saturday's game.
"I think he was very happy to see how many people wanted to come and see him," Moore said.
It was a tough week for Cobb, who left the team after starting Monday night's game against Boston due to the death of his grandmother. He was informed of the death after the game in which the 25-year old gave up a season-high six runs over four innings in a 10-8, 14-inning loss to the Red Sox.
This latest incident of a pitcher being hit by a batted ball is sure to spark more discussions about new pitching protection equipment.
"Whoever comes up with the solution for this, they're never going to have to work again in their lives," Rays pitcher David Price said. "It's scary. We know about that. You think about it, and then you don't think about it when you're on the mound. But when you see it happen, and you see line drives and hard groundballs up the middle, it definitely cross your mind."
Moore said he would be willing to wear headgear if it was developed.
"A cricket helmet, or whatever it was, I would give it my best effort to make sure I pitch with that," Moore said. "If I could prevent something like that by wearing something, without a doubt I would."
The incident involving Cobb was the fifth time in the last five months of regular and postseason major league action that a pitcher has been hit in the head by a liner and the second such episode in a game this spring involving the Rays at Tropicana Field, as last month Toronto's J.A. Happ was hit on the left ear by a shot off the bat of Tampa Bay's Desmond Jennings.
Beginning with then-Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy suffering life-threatening head injuries when struck by a ball off the bat of the Los Angeles Angels' Erick Aybar on Sept. 5, four of the five incidents involved contact below where a cap covers the pitcher's head. MLB says it is actively trying to come up with a protective cap, with padding to decrease the risk of injury on balls that hit above the cap line -- but no efforts are underway to achieve broader protection of the head.
Chris Young, now a pitcher for Washington's Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs farm team, told "Outside the Lines" before the Happ and Cobb injuries that MLB should consider headgear with more coverage than caps, as catastrophic injuries because of the exposure of the face, eyes and temples are a deep concern.
Young has graphic firsthand experience with shots to the head.
In 2008, when he was pitching for the San Diego Padres, Young was struck between the eyes by an Albert Pujols liner and suffered a fractured skull, fractured right orbit and deviated septum. He said protective headgear including a visor, along the lines of what is worn in hockey, would've been beneficial, and he noted that the helmets batters wear don't protect the eyes and the face. He added that catchers are the only players who don headgear that comes close to full protection.
Young said padded caps could be a good first step toward helping reduce the injury risks, and that pitchers accept their profession's inherent danger, but that without further measures of protection, "somebody will die from this."
Information from ESPN's Willie Weinbaum and The Associated Press was used in this report.


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In a move to better serve clients in the Florida, New York, and Texas, Kevin Bowman has extended his client base state wide in these area's. Senior Services Inc. is a well-known and respected agency with decades of experience in the Medicare Insurance market.
Ocala, United States - January 4, 2018 /PressCable/ —
As part of Kevin Bowman's ongoing effort to improve the brokerage services offered to clients, the Medicare Insurance Agency is expanding its territory 'state wide' in Florida, New York, and Texas.
Since 1965, the Medicare service has helped to cover people's basic healthcare needs, however, over the last few years recent changes to insurance requirements have become increasingly complex. According to a recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, seniors report that choosing a plan is a frustrating and confusing process. Many seniors are now reluctant to switch plans to get a better deal because they're not sure which is the best to choose. The confusion is costing seniors a huge amount of money as they simply opt to stay with the same plan year after year, paying out more money then they need to.
The confusion is increased as 'Open Enrollment' occurs for only a short period each year. Combine this with the cultural expectation that cost increases are inevitable for consumer goods, and there is little to motivate seniors to change plans unless they notice the rising costs. The confusing jargon – terms such as; Medigap, Part D, and Medicare Advantage – only adds to the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that consumers face surrounding changing their insurance provider. Some seniors fear that if they pick the wrong plan they could lose access to vital health care services, or end up paying more than they need to for medication that they depend upon.
Senior Services Inc. aims to change that and alleviate those concerns by supporting older Americans who are looking for a better deal on their insurance. The company is known for being a family owned and operated business with a primary focus in the Medicare Insurance Market. Their dedicated and caring staff are committed to helping older Americans adjust to Medicare Insurance and Medicare Supplements without compromising their quality of care. All while ensuring that they get the plan that they need for the lowest possible cost. With over 100 years of combined experience, they not only provide the knowledge, experience, and wisdom to help seniors find the most affordable coverage, but they take pride in having an 'old fashioned' dedication to personal customer service.
Kevin Bowman spoke highly of the change in his brokerage firms, saying "with three generations of knowledge and their combined agency experience, clients can be confident they're in very capable hands".
This new expansion will provide services primarily for seniors 65 and up, those turning 65, and those looking for assistance with Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplements, and RX Plans. The agency also is specializing in helping those on Medicare that are coming off an employer plan, find the right coverage for their needs.
Many seniors are not enrolled on the lowest cost plan. In some cases, this is a deliberate decision, because the true cost of a plan is more than just the premium. The premium is an important consideration, however, other things such as; access to specific health care providers, having coverage for a specific drug or service, or having the same plan as a spouse may be key decision factors for someone choosing a plan.
Advertising, marketing calls, direct mail, and advice from friends and family all guide a person's decision making, but filtering through that information can be a challenge. Kevin Bowman and his team aim to match seniors with the best insurance carriers for their needs by offering impartial advice that is tailored to each person and their circumstances.
Customer service is a major factor in Bowman's business, and to give each customer peace of mind and to put them at ease when they are making their decisions, they're happy to drive out to each customer to meet with them personally. Many of their clients enjoy having the broker visit them in their own home to discuss their Medicare needs in private, however, they're also happy to meet wherever the client feels most comfortable.
Plans available through Senior Services Inc. include:
– Medicare & RX Plans
– Annuities
– Long Term Care
– Senior Life Insurance
The team has many years of experience in dealing with Medicare and helping seniors all over the country, with many users returning year after year looking for the best deals. They're looking forward to adding to their list of satisfied customers with these three new 'state wide' expansions. Whether a person is looking to change from an employer plan to a personal plan, or simply looking to save money by changing plans, their services will help senior citizens to cut through the confusing marketing messages and pick a plan that is affordable and that offers a good selection of services.
All those with questions are invited to get in touch with Kevin Bowman via the Senior Services website by visiting MedicareSeniorServices.com
You may also connect with them on Social Media:
Senior Services LinkedIn Business Page
Contact Info:
Name: Kevin Bowman
Organization: Senior Services Inc.
Address: 12879 Florida 40, Ocala 34481, United States
Phone: +1-800-717-2183
For more information, please visit https://medicareseniorservices.com
Source: PressCable
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Publication Date
Fall 10-24-2011
Quick Facts
- This year's 2011 Alumni Award winners will be honored during a Nov. 12 brunch.
- Tickets for the brunch/awards ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 12, are now available for purchase at http://www.winthropalumni.com for $15.
Recommended Citation
Winthrop University, "Five Alumni to Be Honored During 2011 Homecoming/Alumni Reunion Celebration" (2011). Winthrop News 2011. 179.


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Why do regional planners ignore the future of transportation?
The Weekly Standard recently ran a perceptive piece: The End of the Line: Light rail is a very expensive way to move very few commuters. Lately communities have been hitting the brakes on funding light rail. Last month Nashville's tax increase went down 2-1 at the polls, and Virginia Beach voters turned down light rail in 2016. Tampa and San Antonio are smartly pushing plans that rely on more buses.
"Even in cities where light rail is touted as a success, such as Portland, Ore., light rail accounts for just 0.9 percent of miles traveled." The number for the Twin Cities is just 0.2% of miles traveled for light rail, and 1.1% for all transit.
Here's the San Antonio mayor:
We have the opportunity to be innovators rather than last in line for old technology. … We are beyond light rail. The world is beyond light rail.
At least some of these other communities had the forthrightness to put their transit plans before the voters, and not just raise the sales tax via a board action as Hennepin County did. The Weekly Standard piece continues:
Then there is the question of ride-sharing services and driverless cars. Uber averages 15 million rides a day. Lyft averages more than 1 million. Together, that's nearly 6 billion trips a year—more than 10 times the number of U.S. light-rail rides last year. And these services are growing quickly. A study last year by the University of California Davis's Institute of Transportation Studies found that once people try ride-sharing, they become 3 percent less likely to ride light rail and 6 percent less likely to ride buses. The most common reasons cited were that mass transit is too slow, that there aren't enough stops or stations, and that no transit services are available when traveling.
You'd think that some of the planners employed by the Met Council and Hennepin County would have a better sense of emerging technology and not be so enslaved to a rigid light rail ideology. Uber, Lyft, and soon self-driving cars are disruptive technologies that are making transportation cheaper and more convenient, and we're going saddle ourselves with an old, expensive, inflexible boondoggle? What good are all these planners if they just burry their heads in the sand?
I'd like to see the leaders of the Met Council watch Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation by Stanford's Tony Seba, and then explain why it's smart to spend $2 billion, plus millions more annually for operations and maintenance, on a new SW light rail line. Another good post that explains the reasons that SWLRT is a $BIG TIME mistake can be found here.
Peter Zeller is Director of Operations at Center of the American Experiment.


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2017-2018 Season
19th Annual One-Act Play Festival
By Students
March 2325, 2018
Join us for an evening of short, student-written, directed, designed, and acted plays by budding young playwrights and directors! One of the highlights of the season, the One-Act Play Festival never ceases to delight! Tickets are first come-first served, only available at the door, one hour before performances. Seating is limited, so get there early!
Show TimesMarch 23 at 7 p.m. (Opening Night)
March 24 at 2 p.m. (Matinee)
March 24 at 7 p.m.
March 25 at 2 p.m. (Matinee)
March 25 at 7 p.m. (Closing Night)


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Eviction Moratoria – Update
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There have been a lot of twists and turns in the saga of the many eviction moratoria that have been imposed on housing providers, and that seem to never go away. But there are cracks in the wall. As I write this article, the federal ban on evictions, put out by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appears to be dead after a 6-3 ruling by the US Supreme Court decided that the CDC had exceeded its authority. But it's another story in Illinois where it's Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football – over and over again. This little drama stars Governor Pritzker as Lucy, and housing providers in the role of the ever-gullible and hapless Charlie Brown.
This is a fast-moving topic, and the odds are good that by the time anyone reads this, things will have changed again. But for what it's worth, here's a quick overview of where we've been, where we are now, and what may be coming.
But it's another story in Illinois where it's Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football – over and over again.
Many states imposed eviction moratoria quickly after the pandemic first surged in March 2020, citing the health emergency as their rationale for doing so. Illinois and California were two early and prominent adopters of these measures. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not immediately follow suit, but imposed a federal eviction moratorium on September 4, 2020. The CDC moratorium was extended several times, most recently through the end of July 2021.
It's not a stretch to argue that, early in the pandemic, an eviction moratorium was both justified and sensible. Stay-at-home orders were implemented across the country and millions of people were suddenly thrown out of work for no fault of their own. Many renters who, even before the pandemic, were far more likely to be living paycheck to paycheck, were suddenly unemployed with scant savings and few places to turn for help as rent and other bills started piling up. It was an unprecedented situation that called for unprecedented action.
Despite all the economic support and employment recovery; despite the development and dissemination of vaccines; and despite the billions of dollars allocated to rent relief; the moratoria have persisted during these many months since March 2020.
But the initial panic gradually subsided as infection rates came back down and stay-at-home orders were lifted. Since then, infection rates have oscillated between several peaks and valleys, including the most recent Delta-variant spikes we are now experiencing across the country. Despite the continuous cycles of infection, employment has steadily rebounded with nearly 1,000,000 jobs added in July alone.
Nationally, total jobs peaked at 152,523,000 in February 2020, falling to a jaw-dropping 130,161,000 just two months later – a loss of 22,362,000 jobs, or just under 15% of all US jobs! Yet, since that April wipe-out, employment has steadily risen and now stands at 146,821,000 jobs (preliminary July 2021 estimate), just 3.7% below the February 2020 high. Put differently, 75% of the jobs lost have now been regained.
In a "here we go again" moment, Governor Pritzker quickly extended [the moratorium] again, first until Sept. 18 and, most recently until October 3.
You'd have to be living under a rock not to know that several COVID-19 vaccines were developed at lightning speed after the pandemic hit. These vaccines have now been widely distributed across the US population – if admittedly not as widely as many of us expected and hoped.
Many of us also know that Congress has allocated literally trillions of dollars in several economic packages to shore up the US economy, including billions specifically intended for rent relief.
Despite all the economic support and employment recovery; despite the development and dissemination of vaccines; and despite the billions of dollars allocated to rent relief; the moratoria have persisted during these many months since March 2020.
The real question is not whether harm has been done, but who should pay to remedy it? As is so often the case, the consensus, at least in Illinois, seems to be – the housing providers.
The CDC moratorium finally expired at the end of July, but was quickly extended again on August 3 for renters living in communities experience a surge in COIVD-19 cases. Due to the virulence of the Delta variant and the recent spike in infections, this included virtually every major urban area in the country and most of the US population. A recent review of the CDC COVID data tracker map shows that almost all US counties are now shaded red for high transmission.
But, in a widely expected ruling, the Court struck down the CDC ban on evictions, stating in a 6-3 decision that they had exceeded their authority and that Congress would have to reinstate an eviction ban. Needless to say, given the nearly evenly divided Congress and the ability of the Republican minority in the Senate to block legislation that does not get 60 or more votes, there is almost no chance an eviction moratorium will be reinstated by Congress.
Meanwhile, in Illinois, the state had extended its moratorium to August 31. In a "here we go again" moment, Governor Pritzker quickly extended it again, first until Sept. 18 and, most recently until October 3. No one will be shocked if further extensions are forthcoming. The Governor has shown no interest in allowing evictions to resume, listening only to the tenant activists who clearly have his ear.
The damage to our industry has been unprecedented with many small housing providers on the brink of insolvency.
If there is one silver lining, it is that the state did start allowing eviction hearings as of August 1, and enforcement of evictions to begin, well, whenever the Governor finally decides to lift the state moratorium, or is otherwise forced to do so. Given the rapid increase in infections due to the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, it is clear the Governor has all the cover he needs to continue extending the state-wide moratorium for as long as he decides he wants to.
Even after the state moratorium is finally ended, the City Evictions Protection Ordinance, passed last year, will delay evictions in the City of Chicago for an additional 60-day period. The ordinance also requires good faith negotiations between tenants and housing providers after a five-day notice has been filed, and requires housing providers to offer an extended repayment period equal to two months for every month of missed rent. Given that some tenants have now accrued up to a year and a half of unpaid rent, this could translate to a repayment period of three years and counting.
Few would argue that we are not experiencing a true health emergency that had reverberated across the economy. Millions of people remain out of work, many still owing substantial back rent with no way to pay it.
But the real question is not whether harm has been done, but who should pay to remedy it? As is so often the case, the consensus, at least in Illinois, seems to be – the housing providers.
Once again, the economic fall-out from a problem that impacts the entire country is being laid squarely at the feet of housing providers. Sure, governments at all levels have allocation billions of dollars for rent relief. But how much of that money has actually gotten distributed, and how many exceptions are there to who qualifies for these funds? The short answers are, not very much, and too many!
The reality is that housing providers are being asked to pick up most of the financial burden created by the pandemic. Rent relief from federal and state programs may appear to be substantial at first glance. But the reality is that most of this relief money has not filtered down to the tenants and housing providers who need it the most. Distribution of these funds has been fragmented across numerous local governmental agencies. These agencies have largely failed in their efforts to distribute these funds in a timely and efficient manner.
A recent report by WBEZ states that just 36% of the $834 billion approved under the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has actually been funded. IHDA reports distributing about $228 million as of late August, well below half of their allocation. For an update on the IHDA statistics, click here. Even assuming this money does eventually get distributed, the program will not cover lost rent from tenants who have moved out of their apartments, and will not provide assistance to housing providers dealing with uncooperative tenants. These two loopholes are huge, and will limit the benefit of any money that does eventually get sent out.
It remains to be seen if the Supreme Court action striking down the CDC ban will have any impact here in Illinois. We can always hope. What is obvious to all of us in the housing industry is that the state moratorium needs to go. The damage to our industry has been unprecedented with many small housing providers on the brink of insolvency. Even those who are able to survive the financial burden are less equipped to invest capital in their properties for long-term upkeep, or weather any future storms.
One of these days, the eviction moratoria will all be behind us. But the damage has been done and will be long-lasting.


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Data science is the new 'rock star' business profession that picks up where big data and analytics leave off. Tim Phillipps argues that, to become more predictive, organizations should recruit those who see the future and others who can visualize it for the rest of us
The 'data scientist' is a new breed of analytics professional who takes an experimental approach to analyzing data.
Professor Thomas H. Davenport, visiting professor at Harvard Business School, is one of the world's foremost authorities on data science and a senio adviser to the Deloitte Analytics Institute. He says a data scientist is "part hacker, part quantitative analyst, part trusted adviser and part scientist."
Organizations are interested in data science because it has the potential to transform business models and create new ones. It also replaces gut instinct with data driven decision-making and is the basis of a new form of competitive advantage that is difficult to replicate. Consider the following examples.
LinkedIn owes much of its success to the 'people you may know' function, an experiment instituted by its former chief data scientist, DJ Patil, who also coined the term that applies to the new profession.
GE realized that the growing amount of data produced by sensors in the firm's gas turbines, jet engines and other industrial products could be collected and analyzed in real time to improve machine performance and operations, turning unscheduled maintenance into scheduled maintenance and identifying potential operational disruptions before they occurred. The insights it has drawn from its devices are already improving the efficiency of customers' businesses, saving them anywhere from tens of thousands of dollars to millions for each analytics based service.
Worldwide gaming, resorts and hotel empire Caesars Entertainment analyzes data from slot machines to present real-time offers and marketing promotions to its patrons.
While organizations are building their in-house ability to use data to peer into the future, Kaggle, a platform that allows organizations to crowdsource data scientists, has attracted the backing of Silicon Valley high-flyers who were behind the online payments platform PayPal. Kaggle allows organizations to farm out complex business problems to data scientists around the world in return for cash prizes.
Although data science is the future of decision making, organizations must hurdle two obstacles. First, they must bridge a skills gap and, second, understand and act on the predictive business insights that data scientists produce.
A survey carried out last year by EMC revealed that two thirds of data science practitioners expect demand to outpace supply over the next five years.
Even first-year business students know what happens when demand exceeds supply: prices go up. We're already seeing this, with organizations willing to pay top dollar for data scientists. But this is a risky strategy involving considerable expense and with no guarantee that an individual will be a good cultural fit.
So where can organizations find the data scientists of tomorrow? Mark Grabb, analytics technology leader at GE's Global Research Center in New York, suggests PhD graduates are likely to remain a major source of data scientists in coming years.
The private sector, universities and industry bodies like INFORM are also developing tailored data science courses. However, there's a question around whether these courses are teaching the right skills.
Most courses that are currently being developed focus on the data cleaning, mining and analysis skills necessary for data scientists to do their job. But less attention is paid to the ability to communicate those insights, says Davenport.
"Communication still doesn't have the importance it should in most programs," he says.
Bridging the communication gap is of paramount importance. It's great to have a team of big brains that can crunch data, but their efforts are useless if they can't explain what they find to decision-makers.
Communicating the message hidden within data requires a rare capability to combine the right-brain analysis with the left-brain creativity needed to communicate with non-specialists. This isn't just about running experiments with data; it's about being to paint a picture with the results. In many respects, this skill is more art than science, namely 'data artistry.'
There are two key elements to data artistry. First, the data artist must be able to speak both the language of data and the language of business. Second, data artists need to be able to tell stories with data, understanding the most effective way to communicate results, and being able to work with different media to deliver those insights. This typically involves using data visualization tools.
In the past, these might have been static reports, PowerPoint presentations, heat maps and charts. Now, data artists are increasingly turning to new and more creative ways of telling stories with data. They are using audio-visual presentations, dynamic charts, interactive games, 3D models and apps to convey meaning.
In the short term, organizations will struggle to find a professional who embodies a data scientist and data artist in the one 'rock star' package. A better approach is to create rock bands: data science teams with a breadth of expertise.
By focusing on forming teams, organizations can blend a mix of top skills without staking everything on a single risky hire.
It also enables organizations to fish in a wider ocean of talent, rather than the existing pool of data professionals. You can hire in specialists in particular areas: data scientists to run experiments, industry specialists who can apply analytical insights to their work, or even computer games programmers and animators to devise data visualizations.
Finally, tapping into external sources of expertise can bridge skills gaps, benchmark your own approaches against the latest advances in techniques and technology, and source talent in specific analytical areas. The Deloitte Analytics Institute is one such center of excellence; alternatively, organizations like Kaggle offer affordable access to data scientists around the world on a project-by-project basis.
Insurance and data science
The insurance industry is just beginning to take advantage of this new discipline to improve the way it operates in several ways, particularly around pricing risk:
Debunking the myths
Data science is a term subject to confusion and misinformation, partly due to its fast-moving and emerging nature. Here we debunk the most common myths.
Myth #1: Data science is just about big data
Data science is often linked to big data, partly because data scientists often work with extremely large and complex datasets. But there is much more to it than that. Data science uses scientific methods to create experiments that test hypotheses based on any available data. These concepts may glean unique insights from smaller datasets as well as large ones.
Myth #2: Data science is just a trendy rebrand of business intelligence
Data science and business intelligence are very different. Business intelligence and its associated analysis is typically a backwards-looking exercise, intended explicitly for reporting purposes.
Data science, meanwhile, involves running experiments on data, rather than seeking particular outcomes. It's a forward-looking approach that relies on asking "what might happen in future?" rather than stating "this happened in the past."
Myth #3: You can buy software that will do the hard work for you
At its core, data analysis involves people. It requires skilled professionals who can speak the language of business as well as the language of data. It requires critical thought, scientific judgement, creativity, pragmatism and common sense. This is very difficult to outsource to software (for now at least).
Myth #4: Data science is too complex for 'normal' business people
Data science is only successful if the insight it uncovers can be articulated to non-specialists and key decision-makers. This element of the analytics chain—which we at the Deloitte Analytics Institute call 'data artistry'—requires a particular set of skills and is one of the most crucial aspects of data science.
Myth #5: Data scientists work best alone
Yes, there are some people who can do it all, but these people are rare and expensive. It is clear that the most successful data science is done by teams of people—scientists, communicators, other analytical professionals, those with domain expertise, and consultants—combining their expertise to derive real insights that businesses can use.
Tim Phillipps is the DTTL global leader of Deloitte Analytics and is responsible for Deloitte Analytics Institute Asia. He is an authoritative voice on the application of analytics as a source of managerial insight and competitive advantage.


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Jan Chipchase's chapter You are what you carry is a follow-up of his speech 10 years ago. Since his book Hidden in plane sights was published 6 years later in 2013, he mentioned more detailed approaches how people carry their belongings in the future. During his research over decades he found out, that there is a global commonality of how people live and what they value.
The most essential items are keys, money and the mobile phone. Those items help people surviving and satisfy the most primal needs.
In this Chapter he described several factors of how we care about our belongings depending on different places. One of this factors is for example the range of distribution which depends on the presence of familiar people, density of strangers, familiarity and cleaniness.
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The cloud service revolutionized the transport of digital belongings. No matter where we are, we have access to our data from anywhere in the world.
But I think this is not only an advantage. Companies get a deep insight into our lives. Algorithms can help us organizing our things but also analyzes our behaviors. Jan Chipchase said with change comes opportunity. I completely agree with this statement. There are many opportunities to facilitate our lives and make it more efficient. With the digitalization we can reduce the things we carry thus reducing the loss of things, the costs of replacing and recovering things. And the temporary use and rental services get more and more popular.
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Led by the Captain and the rest of the Old Guard, the video includes most of the lap around Stamford Bridge, as well as the quick bit of Jose Mourinho quelling his anger for a few seconds and coming back out of the tunnels to give a wave.
The special cuteness award goes to Ramires's son, who seems to be as full of energy as his father. The award would've gone to Stefan Ivanovic, but he's already got the lifetime achievement version wrapped up. The fact that he runs and celebrates exactly like his father has yet to fail to make me smile.


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Having first gained notoriety for his recurring role in the second season of "Chappelle's Show," Bill Burr developed a comedic style of uninformed logic and thought provoking wit that has made him a regular face on the late night talk show circuit in addition to comedy clubs, theaters and arenas.
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James Akam can now check "Enjoy a Molson Canadian" off his patriotic to-do list.
Add that to the Tim Hortons coffee he had after landing at Pearson airport Friday and his phone chat with hockey legend Don Cherry moments later.
The 29-year-old former interpreter who risked his life alongside our troops in his native Afghanistan is getting a handle on this whole Life in Canada thing.
"I definitely feel free," James said during his first full day in Canada.
We had lunch at a Moxie's restaurant in Mississauga and reflected on all that's happened to him since he fled Afghanistan more than a year ago with hopes of building a better life for his family.
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His brother Nick, also a former interpreter who worked with Canada's troops in Afghanistan, arrived from Calgary Saturday afternoon. He drove all night from Marathon, Ont., 1,100 km away on the north shore of Lake Superior, to see James for the first time in six years.
The brothers wasted little time before talking about what's next for James.
"I may be going to Calgary or I may stay in Toronto. We are going to meet with some people on Monday and whatever city has the most job opportunities is where I will likely stay," James said. "My brother loves Calgary and is doing well there, but I know that there may be more employment here, so we'll see how it works out. Either way, I'm in Canada and I'm happy about that."
James also reflected on his time on the battlefields of Afghanistan with our troops from 2008-2011, including the carnage they witnessed, and his months-long journey to escape the Taliban's wrath, much of it on foot across Europe, before arriving at a refugee camp near Frankfurt, Germany, where he was stuck for months as he waited to be accepted to Canada.
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Chicken Parmesan Taquitos – Filled with chicken, 3 cheese, and Italian seasoning, dunk these taquitos in a marinara sauce and you have an easier & simpler twist on an Italian classic.
My family love Chicken Parmesan and really the only time we have it is out to eat. I love making it but making it in a traditional way is so time-consuming that I'd much rather do something else with my time and not worry about getting into a meal that is so involved. The only time I would really try to make a meal like this is during Christmas break. Otherwise, when it comes to Chicken Parmesan I would much rather make these Chicken Parmesan Taquitos. The hardest part of making these is rolling them up. Seriously this recipe is so easy and a great busy weeknight meal.
This recipe for Chicken Parmesan Taquitos became all because I didn't want to run to the grocery one chilly afternoon, so I was looking through my fridge trying to figure out what to make and I saw that we had leftover spaghetti sauce, but if we had spaghetti again my kids might flip because that would be the 3rd night in a row. And then I saw an entire rotisserie chicken from Costco that we were supposed to eat in our sandwiches for lunch but the kids went for PBJ instead. So I went with taquitos with a dipping sauce. I thought of some other ideas but these Chicken Parmesan Taquitos were my first thought so I ran with it.
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I was so excited because not only was this meal a twist on one of my favorites but it was so easy. Serve with salad or a veggie tray and you have a simple and complete meal. I loved that these taquitos are baked as well. Nothing fried or over breaded and you could taste the chicken.
The kids love how fun they were and to my surprise, there were not any leftover. I had one little one, Cannon, – who only ate the filling and left the tortilla which was fine by me as I loved the crispy baked outer shell.
These make an easy meal that the entire family will love. So whether you just want to try a twist on an Italian classic or looking for something easy and delicious, whip up a batch of these Chicken Parmesan Taquitos. Enjoy friends! XOXO San
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Chicken Parmesan Taquitos
- 4 cups shredded cooked chicken I used a rotisserie chicken
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning plus a little extra for garnish
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- olive oil cooking spray
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 12-16 flour tortillas
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Spray baking sheet with cooking oil, set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl combine chicken, cream cheese, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, garlic & Italian seasoning. Mix together until well combined.
- Place tortilla on your work surface and in the center of your tortilla add 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture. Tightly roll up the tortilla and place on prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining tortillas and chicken mixture. Makes about 12-16 taquitos.
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A: One F&B booster pack per round win + Armory kit promos (when in stock)
Q: I'm brand new and have never played Flesh & Blood, how do I get started?
A: Come to the shop and we will try to hook you up with a welcome deck as well as community resources to get started. We highly encourage you to jump in with both feet to one of our Blitz sub-super nights though as they are specifically geared towards new players.
Q: I don't have a deck, what should I do?
A: We have ready to play Blitz decks for sale. Pre-built decks are $5.00 and they are ready to play. We also have LSS pre-constructed Blitz decks for sale for $14.97 and they are ready to play for regular Blitz events. If you really want to play but don't want to buy just yet, we can probably round up a deck for you to borrow.
Q: Isn't Flesh & Blood really expensive?
A: Flesh & Blood is not any more expensive to play than any other TCG out there. If you'd like, THIS video will give you a great breakdown on pricing.
For any questions you can think of that we didn't provide answers for here, please call us at the shop, 801-999-4709
We hope to see YOU at our next Armory event!
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What is the difference between electronic (Solid State) and electro-mechanical (EM) pinball machines? Electro-mechanical (EM) machines are run by a large number of switches, relays, solenoids, score reels, and an electric motor. Electronic games have digital displays and have Integrated Circuit (IC) devices on many circuit boards.Any pinball machine made prior to 1977 is referred to as EM and after 1977, are Solid State. 1977 is the crossover year and offers a mix of both EM and Solid State machines depending on Manufacturer. If you don't know the year the machine was made the simplest way to tell is to examine the game displays. Mechanical scoring reels denote it is EM while digital displays represent Solid State.
Game Sales & Service performed at our Shop- Due to the fragile nature of transporting games from our shop back to your location, no warranty is expressed or implied. We have no control of your moving process- road conditions (vibration/pot holes), hot/cold temperatures, rough handling of the machine, and the possibility that the machine was dropped. It is important that you test your machine fully before leaving the shop as we are not responsible for any repaired or purchased machines that have stopped working when they arrive at your destination. All game sales are final, no returns or exchanges.
Electromechanical Pinball Machines (Older than 1978)- Due to their age, numerous switch contact alignments, sensitivity to damp (basement), hot/cold environmental conditions, no warranty is expressed or implied on location or in the shop. There are too many parts that are old and worn out from game play with 40+ years of wear and tear.
Solid State Pinball Machines (Newer than 1978)- Our 7-day warranty covers any repairs that were performed by My Arcade Repair including any new parts that were installed.
Contact us immediately if your repaired machine exhibits the same issues, our warranty is for 7-days from the date of the Service Call regardless if the machine has not been played" or "has been played a couple of times "during the warranty period We reserve the right to not warranty a game if the customer has attempted to re-repair, modify, adjust contacts, over-play the machine until it "breaks" and/or have another repair person look at the machine.
Video Games- Our 7-day warranty covers any repairs that were performed by My Arcade Repair including any new parts that were installed.
On Location Repairs- All games repaired on location include a 7-day warranty on location, if the warranty applies. Additional charges will apply if any additional work is required during the warranty visit outside of the warranty work, including- labor, travel time & parts. Additional repairs needed could be the result of many underlying issues that may not surface until the machine is placed back in service and is now being played. However, if the cause of the re-repair is a result of My Arcade Repair's poor workmanship or faulty new parts that we supplied & installed, your repair is fully covered. We are not responsible for any parts that are supplied by the customer.
Shop Repairs- Any game/monitor/circuit board repaired in our shop includes a 7-day warranty at the shop, if the warranty applies. The game/monitor/circuit board must be returned to the shop by the customer for evaluation and any warranty work. Circuit board repairs can be the result of many underlying issues with the customer's game that are undiagnosed, including- bad power supplies, burnt coils, faulty wiring inside the machine or misadjusted power supply voltages. When your repair is picked up, we will guide you on the potential cause of your board failure and what is needed to avoid it happening again. These underlying issues are beyond our control and will void the warranty if the board fails again in the same manner.


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3M recently announced its Post-it® brand is sponsoring Startup Weekend, a program intended to help entrepreneurs launch their businesses in one weekend, organized by the non-profit UP Global. As part of this sponsorship, Post-it will provide products to approximately 300 Startup Weekend events throughout the U.S.
"The Post-it brand is excited to sponsor Startup Weekend and support their spirit of fostering creativity and innovation among the nation's leading entrepreneurial minds," said Jeff Hillins, Global Business director, Post-it brand. "Through this sponsorship, we look forward to learning how Startup Weekend's participants use Post-it products to help them create bigger, better ideas together."
For more information, visit www.3m.com or www.up.co/programs.


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Paducah's Program
The City of Paducah offers voluntary, single-stream, curbside recycling for its residential customers.
- Residential service only
- Voluntary subscription
- Sign up at any time
- Single-stream (no sorting necessary for accepted items)
- $3 fee per month per subscriber. If additional recycling containers are needed, each one is an additional $3 per month charge.
- Collection at curbside/roadside (no alleys)
- Collection twice per month on Mondays. If your normal trash collection day is either Tuesday or Wednesday, recycling will be collected on the first and third Monday of the month. If your normal trash collection day is either Thursday or Friday, recycling will be collected on the second and fourth Monday of the month. View the Interactive Map to find out your collection days based on address.
- Uses 96-gallon blue rollout containers
- The recycling collection day may change due to holidays. Visit Holiday Schedule for more information.
Sign Up for Curbside Recycling
To sign up for curbside recycling, click the Recycling logo or call the Public Works Department at 270-444-8511. The fee appears on the property owner's Paducah Water bill. The Paducah Water account number associated with the address is required in order to complete the registration process. The person responsible for that account must be the one who requests the recycling service.
Accepted and Not Accepted Items
This is a single-stream program which means that all accepted recyclables can be placed in the recycling rollout together. There is no need to sort. The recyclables are taken to Green for Life in Paducah, a private company that has contracted with the City of Paducah for the transfer and proper disposal of solid waste and the transfer of recyclables to a processing facility.
Accepted Items - office paper, newspaper, junk mail, catalogs, shredded paper, steel cans, aluminum cans, pasteboard (cereal boxes, etc.), #1 and #2 plastics, and cardboard. Residents are encouraged to rinse and crush containers. Please place items loosely in the recycling rollout and try not to use plastic bags since bags can get caught in the mechanical parts during the single-stream sorting process.
NOT Accepted - Items that should NOT be placed in the recycling rollout are electronics, batteries, household and medical hazardous waste, Styrofoam, waste oil, tires, and glass.
Recycling Drop Point Location
In addition to the residential curbside recycling program, the City offers a recycling drop point location at Green for Life (GFL) located at 400 State Street. The drop point location is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon. There is no charge for the general public to drop off recyclables.
Keys to Success
The keys to the program's success are public participation and the efficiencies gained in the Engineering and Public Works Departments through a restructuring of the brush and yard waste collection program. Residents should manage some of their yard waste/grass clipping at the household level by mulching or by using the garbage rollout for smaller volumes of twigs and bags of yard waste. To request a collection of yard waste or brush, call Public Works at 270-444-8511.
The City of Paducah's voluntary, single-stream, curbside recycling program launched with the first collection on Monday, January 22, 2018.
The City of Paducah is committed to providing a responsible and efficient curbside recycling program that enables our community to make a positive impact on the environment.


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Ticket inspector badge – sample
The control activity is carried out by our ticket inspectors, in order to ensure optimum safety and order conditions within the surface public transport vehicles and to combat fraudulent trips.
During their activity (depending on the season) the inspectors wear blue vests, with the STB SA logo (on the front) and the CONTROL inscription (on the back), or blue polo shirts, with the same inscriptions.
A decent outfit, consisting of light-colored shirt and dark-colored trousers, is imposed by STB SA on the employees with control duties.
In order to efficiently carry out the activity of verifying tickets and passes in the public transport vehicles, starting with June 2022, STB SA also carries out overcontrol activities, with ticket inspectors who do not wear blue vests with the CONTROL - STB insignia.
When carrying out the control activity, the ticket inspectors are trained to present the control card, the operator card and the control equipment.
The control card contains the photo and the identification data of the STB SA employee (name, surname and service number), and on the back is the control delegation, which represents the empowerment of the STB SA employee to verify tickets and passes.
The operator card with active control application (known as an identity card) also contains the photo and the identification data of the STB SA employee (name, surname and service number), through which the ticket inspectors authenticate and initiate the control status at the electronic equipment installed into the vehicles. This card cannot be cloned and is in the possession of the ticket inspectors only during working hours.
The control equipment allows the verification of tickets and passes, through an application.
When asked by the inspectors, passengers must provide the tickets or passes they are using and the owners of nominal passes must provide, on request, their IDs.
According to art. 18, Ordinance no. 2/2001, regarding the legal regime of contraventions, the offender is bound to provide to the inspectors, on request, his/her ID. In case of refusal, the inspectors can call the police, the constables or the local police.
The regulations regarding civil sanctions are specified in The regulation of the local public transport community service for Bucharest and Ilfov County.
The following facts are considered offenses in the field of the Public transport service for passengers in Bucharest and Ilfov County and are sanctioned with a fine:
The above-mentioned contraventions shall be sanctioned as follows:
The offender can pay, within maximum 15 days from the receipt of the offence report, half of the minimum fine specified by the normative act.
The passenger who committed one of the contraventions specified in paragraph 2, letter a, may pay on the spot the value of a travel title with a special price – surcharge, and the ticket inspectors will not write a report on the offense.
The referred contraventions are in accordance with the regulations contained in the Government Ordinance no. 2/2001 regarding the legal regime of contraventions, approved with amendments and completions by Law no. 180/2002.
According to OG 2/2001, for contraventions committed by juveniles less than 14 years of age, the fine for the offense shall be reduced by half.
The contravention fines can be paid online (on the www.ghiseul.ro platform, at this link https://www.ghiseul.ro/ghiseul/public/amenzi), through authorized credit institutions that have signed agreements or at the cashiers of the local public administration authorities or in other public institutions entitled to administer the local budgets irrespective of its residence, the citizenship or residence of the offender or the location where the offence took place, as well as at the single window in the Romanian border crossing points. A copy of the receipt will be sent by mail or email to the Bucharest Transport Company (STB SA).
One can pursue the report on the offense within 15 days since it has been handed out or communicated. The complaint will be submitted at the courthouse in the district where the offence was committed.


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Managers, IFRS conversion knowledge
Location | North America |
Sectors | Professional Practice |
Destination: USA
Fantastic opportunities to move to the USA as we are currently recruiting for one of our Big 4 clients in the southern States of the USA for qualified individuals with IFRS conversion knowledge. Ideally you will have managed small teams in this and able to hit the ground running leading teams. Priority will be given to those with the right to work in the USA. These are excellent opportunities for those to make a real impact on the firm and develop this area, whilst progressing and this firm offers excellent promotion opportunities. You must be qualified and have excellent interpersonal skills.
In return, they offer excellent remuneration as well as relocation. Please do not hesitate to contact the KLW International team for more information.
Contact the KLW International team for more information now.
- Email:
- firstname.lastname@example.com (From KLW website)
- Phone:
- +44 141 942 1265