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Rays DFA Renfroe amid Rule 5 roster moves
ST. PETERSBURG -- En route to building one of the best teams in the American League, the Rays have had a lot of success in some of the recent trades they've executed. One deal that hasn't gone as planned is the deal that landed Hunter Renfroe and top infield prospect Xavier Edwards in exchange for Tommy Pham and Jake Cronenworth.
Since both teams executed that deal last December, Cronenworth finished third in this year's National League Rookie of the Year voting, Pham battled through an injury-plagued season but is a prime bounce-back candidate in the final year of his contract. And while scouts believe the Rays have a perennial All-Star in Edwards, the club was only able to get 122 at-bats from Renfroe, who was designated for assignment, along with infielder/outfielder Brian O'Grady before Friday's deadline to protect prospects from the Rule 5 Draft.
"I don't think we would go back and do anything differently, and I think we were very happy with the contributions that Hunter added this year, and we all saw it in the playoffs," said Rays vice president of baseball development Peter Bendix. "I think we got what we were hoping to get from him and some other guys also stepped up, and we made other moves that added to our outfield logjam in a way that I don't think we would've anticipated a year ago."
Renfroe, who slashed .156/.252/.393 in his lone season with the Rays, was going to be a likely non-tender candidate before the Dec. 2 deadline for teams to tender contracts to any unsigned players on the 40-man roster, according to Bendix. MLB Trade Rumors projected Renfroe to earn more than $3.5 million in 2021 via arbitration.
With Kevin Kiermaier, Austin Meadows, Brett Phillips, Manuel Margot, Yoshi Tsutsugo on the roster alongside the emergence of postseason star Randy Arozarena, the Rays weren't prepared to commit to Renfroe at that figure.
The Renfroe decision was the latest move for the Rays in what has been a busy start to the offseason for AL champions. Last month, Tampa Bay declined options on Charlie Morton and Mike Zunino while also waiving Michael Perez, Chaz Roe and Andrew Kittredge.
"We figured that it was best for everybody involved to let him get into the free-agent market at this point rather than waiting until the non-tender deadline and happen later," Bendix said. "Not closing the door on anything with him, but just figured it was better to do it now."
Designating Renfroe and O'Grady for assignment were the necessary moves for the Rays in order to make room on the 40-man roster for outfielder Josh Lowe, right-hander Drew Strotman and infielder Taylor Walls, protecting them from the Rule 5 Draft.
Lowe and Walls spent the entire season at the club's alternate training site in Port Charlotte, Fla. Lowe, who is the organization's No. 10 prospect per MLB Pipeline and the younger brother of infielder Nate Lowe, has hit 37 home runs and stolen 72 bases over four Minor League seasons. Lowe was also named the best defensive outfielder in the Rays' organization by Baseball America.
Walls, the team's No. 17 prospect, is a career .277 hitter over three Minor League seasons and was tabbed by Baseball America as the best defensive infielder and best infield arm in the Rays' system.
"With Josh Lowe and Taylor Walls, we got to see them a lot," Bendix said. "And both were as impressive as they've been in past years, if not more so. Our player development staff raved about each guy and the development they've had, just kind of maturing as baseball players, and both of them playing premium positions and being really well-rounded guys that add to our crop of young players."
Strotman was not part of the Rays' 60-man player pool this season, but he was one of the standouts in the team's instructional league in October. After missing most of the 2019 season due to Tommy John surgery, Strotman impressed the Rays with good velocity on his pitches, as well as the addition of a cutter. He last pitched for Class A Advanced Charlotte in '19, but Strotman has a chance to make an impact with the Major League roster due to the injuries to Brendan McKay, Jalen Beeks and Yonny Chirinos.
With the moves on Friday, the Rays' 40-man roster is now full.


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General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) stock rallied on Tuesday, ending the selloff that's been going on since earlier this month. Monday's declines followed a downgrade from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Tuesday's rally comes despite additional bearish comments from an Oppenheimer chart technician. The next General Electric earnings report is slated for release on Wednesday before opening bell, so analysts are lining up their comments.
General Electric earnings: what to expect
GE earnings are expected to come in at 29 cents per share on an adjusted basis, a decline from the 46 cents per share the company reported a year ago. Wall Street is expecting the company's revenue to come in at $33.87 billion, an increase from the $33.09 billion it reported in the same quarter a year ago.
Consensus for aviation revenues stands at $7.16 billion, while analysts are looking for $5.25 billion in healthcare revenue. The Street estimates $2.84 billion in renewable energy revenue and $1 billion in transportation revenue.
GE stock rallies despite bearish commentary
Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Andrew Obin downgraded GE stock from Buy to Neutral in a note to investors on Monday. He also trimmed his price objective from $22 to $17 per share, saying that earnings revisions seem to be the key driver of GE stock. He upgraded the stock after the company's weak third-quarter results because he thought the new management team "would be able to establish firm guidance that it could beat into '18."
Contrary to this view, however, GE management cut their guidance at the Nov. 13 meeting and then again on Jan. 16. Obin warned that he expects management to cut their outlook again on the GE earnings call on Wednesday.
Obin isn't the only analyst offering bearish comments on GE stock right now. Oppenheimer chart technician Ari Wald told CNBC this week that the GE stock chart is showing a "classic falling knife" right now, so he and his team "recommend staying away." His firm has rated GE stock a Sell for almost a year, and since then, the stock has almost been cut in half.

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AgTech America is the only Spanish language digital media, specialized in providing information for the production of high-value crops throughout the Americas. With more than 34,000 subscribers, AgTech Americas brings specialized and curated information to specific fresh produce audiences in the Americas: Horticulture, Berries and Biotechnology. If your interest is promoting your technology to thousands of growers of high-value crops in the Americas, we are your option.


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Cinven announced Thursday the close of Cinven VI at its €7 billion ($7.8 billion) hard cap.
The European buyout fund reached the amount within four months of fundraising and surpassed its fundraising target of €5.5 billion, said a spokesman in an e-mail. About 90% of the fund's committed capital came from investors in prior Cinven funds.
Investors in Cinven VI include the Oregon Investment Council, Tigard, which oversees the $68 billion Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund; $178.1 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany; $128.2 billion Texas Teacher Retirement System, Austin; $104 billion Washington State Investment Board, Olympia; and $12.3 billion Ohio School Employees Retirement System.
Predecessor fund Cinven V closed at €5 billion in 2013.


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(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — This year's Friendship Fest, a music festival held in Marrakech, Morocco drew at least double the crowds that turned out last year, attracting over 220,000 attendees. The festival, which brings Christian American and Moroccan musicians together is in its second year.
Originally conceived in 2004 following an invitation by Marrakech Regional President Abdelali Doumou, and with the full support of the Moroccan Wali (Governor), to bring a festival of music to his region, US promoters Harry Thomas and Tim Landis put together a lineup of seven contemporary Christian music artists including: The Crabb Family, Jaci Velasquez, KJ-52, Joy Williams, downhere, George Huff and Ashley Cleveland who performed at the three day festival which ran from May 5-7.
The purpose of Friendship Fest according to festival organizers was to "use the universal language of music to bridge cultures and make friends – to show that people of different cultures and faith traditions can be friends and live in harmony with one another." When asked for his view regarding whether or not these goals were achieved, Regional President Doumou responded: "The goals of Friendship Fest were most definitely achieved. We strengthened our relations with our American brothers and sisters and set the stage for ongoing discussions and future cultural exchanges between our countries. We truly believe that this event represents an historic opportunity for Americans and Moroccans to celebrate together, through music, in friendship and peace." – CelebrityAccess staff writers.


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About Me
Senior Software Developer - Ruby Infrastructure
Ottawa, ON
May 2020 - Present
- Working on the Ruby Programming Language.
The Ruby Programming Language
Ruby Core Committer
March 2021 - Present
- Member of the core team of the Ruby Programming Language. Working on performance, fixing bugs, and general maintenance of the Ruby Programming Language.
Production Engineering Intern - Ruby and Rails Infrastructure
Ottawa, ON
May 2019 - August 2019
- Experimented and implemented static type checking for Shopify's core Ruby on Rails monolith system using the Sorbet static typechecker, which was able to find over 30 bugs in the system.
- Contributed to various open and closed source tools to ease transition into Sorbet. Projects include a runtime typechecker for Sorbet, RBI (Ruby Interface) file generator, and Rubocop lint rules for Sorbet.
- Contributed to the popular open-sourced web framework Ruby on Rails, focusing on the asset storage component, Active Storage.
Privacy/Trust RnD Developer Intern
Ottawa, ON
May 2018 - August 2018
- Contributed to kafka-scrubber, a Go project that obfuscates PII (personally identifiable information) from Kafka topics before data is placed in long term storage.
- Designed, prototyped, and implemented a security-oriented microservice platform called minerva-bot. This platform is architected in a component based Ruby on Rails architecture, allowing for loosely coupled components while decreasing development time. The bot performs various services for com- pliance purposes, along with automating tasks such as account permission requests and multi-factor authentication resets.
Security DevOps Engineer Intern
Ottawa, ON
June 2017 - September 2017
- Worked with Ruby on Rails to fix security vulnerabilities in critical components of Shopify, including authentication and API.
- Rebooted an internal project at Shopify called push-scraper, which detects secrets (such as API keys/tokens, passwords, etc.) that get accidentally committed onto GitHub.
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Toronto, ON
2017 - 2023
Conference Talks
Rails and the Ruby Garbage Collector: How to Speed Up Your Rails App
- Given at Rails World 2023.
1.5 is the Midpoint Between 0 and Infinity
- Given at RubyConf 2022.
Automatically Find Memory Leaks in Native Gems
- Given at RubyKaigi 2022.
Optimizing Ruby's Memory Layout: Variable Width Allocation
- Given at RubyConf 2021, RubyKaigi 2021, and Euruko 2021.
Certifications & Awards
Canadian Computing Olympiad Bronze Medallist
May 2017
- Invited to the University of Waterloo to compete in the CCO as one of the top 30 contestants (out of more than 3000) of the Canadian Computing Contest (CCC).
Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE7 Programmer
May 2016
- License: 240037109OCPJSE7
Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE7 Programmer
July 2015
- License: 240037109OCAJSE7
CompTIA A+ CE
September 2015 - September 2018
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Looking to build a table for a dryer to fit inside a laundry closet. The table must be assembled inside the closet, as such it has three parts: two legs and a metal sheet for the table top. Here's a picture of the table outside the closet:
Here's a picture of the dryer on top of the table:
Weights, Measures, and Materials
- Dimensions: 65.5cm x 60cm
- Weight: 50kg
- Dimensions: 106cm x 63.5cm
- Material: Steel alloy
Same, but without the wireframe:
Without the table top to show the supporting flaps:
I'm concerned that the table thickness will be insufficient to support the load. A flat plane deflector calculator is useful for calculating the total load applied to center of plate, but doesn't quite tell me if the distributed load of the dryer (not a point load) will be structurally sound.
In comparison, commercial heavy gauge machine tables support over 900kg, so it looks like the design is sound.
Are these calculations reasonable? (Especially pertaining to the forces imparted by the dryer?) That is, will a 1.25cm (approx. ½") steel alloy table top outlast the dryer?


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick said Wednesday he has been fined more than $11,000 by the NFL and he will appeal the penalty for what an official called "inappropriate language" by the 49ers quarterback following a fourth-quarter interception in Sunday's 28-20 loss to the Bears.
Kaepernick reiterated that he did nothing wrong when he and Chicago defensive end Lamarr Houston went at it — and Kaepernick points to Houston's comments that the quarterback didn't say anything offensive or out of line. Kaepernick shoved Houston.
"It will be appealed," Kaepernick said. "I didn't say anything. Lamarr Houston said I didn't say anything. We're going to leave it at that."
Side judge Laird Hayes threw the flag for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Houston told the Chicago Tribune after the game that he hadn't heard anything from Kaepernick and that he had said something to the quarterback after the first of two late interceptions by rookie Kyle Fuller that helped rally the Bears.
"I said, 'Nice pass,'" Houston said.
Because of Houston's comments, Kaepernick believes he has a case for an appeal.
"The player that I supposedly said something to has been quoted saying that I didn't say anything, and I don't know him, so it's not like he would have a reason to just randomly stick up for me," Kaepernick said.
In the letter from the league informing him of the fine, Kaepernick said there was no explanation as to what Hayes claims the quarterback said.
Coach Jim Harbaugh sought his own explanation and has heard from the NFL that there won't be a change to the call.
"Colin says he didn't say anything, this person says what they say and somebody else heard something else," Harbaugh said. "I don't have a stance. You can only imagine. I don't have a stance because I don't know, I didn't hear it. Colin's always been truthful 100 percent of the time."
Now, everybody is trying to move forward and focus on a key division game for the 49ers (1-1) at NFC West-leading Arizona (2-0) on Sunday.
Kaepernick has plenty on his mind following one of his worst performances as a pro. He threw three interceptions — two in the final period — and lost a fumble. In just his second full season as a starter, he expects more from himself, especially after signing a $126 million, six-year contract extension in early June.
Kaepernick's 57.0 passer rating was his fourth-lowest as a starter. He had three last season that were lower, including a career-worst 20.1 rating in a Week 2 loss at Seattle last September.
"It's a new week," Kaepernick said. "We have to play better."
His leadership in meetings and at practice hasn't wavered if you ask his teammates.
"He's a competitor," said rookie wide receiver Bruce Ellington, whose cousin is Cardinals running back Andre Ellington. "He'll come out to prove everybody who's shooting him down that he can come out and get a win."
Kaepernick was 21 for 34 for 248 yards and a touchdown and was also sacked four times.
Last season, he led two wins against the Cardinals, including a wild 23-20 road victory to end the regular season that gave the 49ers a six-game winning streak to take into the playoffs.
"We all understand we're in the bouncing back business. That's part of our job description," Harbaugh said. "Nobody does it better than our team. Tough loss, fortunately we're a tough team."
Harbaugh was asked again about keeping defensive lineman Ray McDonald on the field while he is being investigated for domestic violence.
"We're following a process and our position is well-stated," Harbaugh said. "I'm not in contact with the NFL on this matter."
Notes: TE Vernon Davis hobbled to the weight room on crutches as he nurses an injured ankle. Davis' status is unclear, but Harbaugh offered "feel like we dodged a bullet with Vernon," on the injury not being serious. ... RT Anthony Davis, who has missed the first two games with a hamstring injury, worked out on a side field.
AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent
FCC rejects "Redskins" claim (and the argument that the term is constitutionally unprotected "hate speech")
Critics of the term argued that broadcasters that used it shouldn't have their licenses renewed. Not so, said the FCC on Thursday, in In re Red Zebra Broadcasting Licensee, LLC (FCC Dec. 18, 2014). Here are some excerpts, which strike me as quite right:
Profanity. The Commission defined profanity in 2006 as "language so grossly offensive to members of the public who actually hear it as to amount to a nuisance." Due to "the sensitive First Amendment implications in this area," the Commission limited its regulation of profane language to "the universe of words that are sexual or excretory in nature or are derived from such terms." However, even that limited definition was invalidated by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [Petitioner John F. Banzhaf III] argues that the word "Redskins" constitutes profanity. He does not allege, however, that the word is sexual or excretory in nature or derived from terms that are. Instead, he asserts that the word "Redskins" is racially derogatory. While the Commission has "recognize[d] that additional words, such as language conveying racial or religious epithets, are considered offensive by most Americans," it made clear its intent "to avoid extending the bounds of profanity to reach such language given constitutional considerations." Accordingly, we reject the argument that the word "Redskins" falls within the Commission's definition of profanity.
Public interest, convenience, and necessity. Banzhaf states that "repeated and unnecessary exposure" to the word "Redskins" causes "psychological harm, not only to Indian and non-Indian children, but also to Indian adults." He asserts that, for these reasons, it is contrary to the mandate that broadcasters operate in the public interest, convenience and necessity for the Station to broadcast the word in its coverage of Washington's professional football team….
The First Amendment and Section 326 [of the Communications Act] prohibit the Commission from censoring program material or interfering with broadcasters' free speech rights. In view of this, the Commission has stated that it will not take "adverse action on a license renewal application based only upon the subjective determination of a listener or group of listeners as to what constitutes appropriate programming." It has recognized that: "Licensees have broad discretion—based on their right to free speech—to choose, in good faith, the programming they believe serves the needs and interests of their communities. This holds true even if the material broadcast is insulting to a particular minority or ethnic group in a station's community." Indeed, the Commission has held that "if there is to be free speech, it must be free for speech that we abhor and hate as well as for speech that we find tolerable and congenial." …
Hate speech. Banzhaf asserts that the term "Redskins" constitutes hate speech and incites violence against Indians. There are no provisions in the Act or the Commission's rules banning hate speech. We have recognized that, under the principles enunciated in Brandenburg v. Ohio, the Commission can take enforcement action based on broadcast speech that "is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action." We will not do so, however, unless a local court of competent jurisdiction has determined that the speech at issue meets the Brandenburg test. Here, Banzhaf has not proffered any evidence that a court has found broadcasting the word "Redskins" to meet the Brandenburg test….
Character qualifications. In evaluating an applicant's character qualifications, the Commission considers misconduct which violates the Act or a Commission rule or policy. The Commission also takes into account certain adjudicated non-Commission misconduct. The Commission generally considers only three types of non-Commission misconduct: felony convictions; fraudulent misrepresentations to governmental units; and violations of antitrust or other laws protecting competition.
Banzhaf alleges that Snyder—and thus Red Zebra—lacks the character qualifications required of a Commission licensee. To support his claim, Banzhaf cites the Station's broadcast of the word "Redskins," which he characterizes as a "racist and derogatory term." However, as discussed above, the broadcast of this word does not violate the Act or any Commission rule or policy. Further, Banzhaf has not offered any evidence of adjudications that the Station's broadcast of the word "Redskins" violates any other laws. Banzhaf also points to a newspaper article that accused Snyder of various transgressions. Banzhaf does not proffer any evidence regarding these alleged non-FCC transgressions. In any event, Red Zebra rebutted Banzhaf's claims. Accordingly, we find that Banzhaf has not established a prima facie case that Red Zebra lacks the character qualifications to be a Commission licensee.
(RELATED: Petition to block Dan Snyder's radio station from renewing its license dismissed by FCC)
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Widows Mite Ring
This ring has an authentic widow's mite coin in the ring. It is made of bronze and was circulated in ancient Judea between 100 B.C. and 60 A.D. This ring was designed several years ago when the GCUMM was promoting Servant Stewardship. This symbol of Servant Stewardship is crafted in solid sterling silver.
We do not have all sizes of this ring. Only size 13 and 14 basically. It is our understanding that this ring cannot be sized down without damaging it.


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The natural resources on the earth are overused and consumed rapidly. Taiwan is short of nature resources and most resource was imported from oversea. Thus, how to efficiently recycle the resource become one of the most important issue in the recent years. In this work, different methods to fabricate TiO2 supported on waste sludge (ESF) are investigated. Furthermore, various nitrogen sources are used to prepare the N doped TiO2-ESF composites. In the experiments, the loading of TiO2 onto ESF to prepare well dispersed active sites on ESF in order to enhance the efficiency in the process of synthesis TiO2-ESF composite. In addition, the effects of different synthesis methods and the amounts of ESF addition are discussed. XRD results show that TiO2 crystal structures still remain anatase phase after heat treating at 723 K whether the ESF is added or not. Among all the photocatalysts, the TBE-1.5 has the best photocatalysis efficiency under simulated sunlight and visible light. In the doping nitrogen experiments, the different nitrogen sources (NH4OH, Ethylenediamine, Urea) are used to synthesize nitrogen doping TiO2. The results show that NH4OH as the nitrogen source have best photocatalysis efficiency. Afterwards, the NH4OH is used as the nitrogen source to synthesize TiO2ESF doping nitrogen (N2TBE-1.5). The composites are characterized by TEM, UV-vis, BET, XPS analysis. The results indicate that the preparation of N doped TiO2ESF photocatalysts is successful. Under visible light situation, the photocatalysis efficiency of MB can reach 39.6% which is better than commercialized photocatalysts P25 (3.6%).
原文 | English |
出版狀態 | Published - 2017 |
事件 | 14th International Symposium on East Asian Resources Recycling Technology, EARTH 2017 - Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 持續時間: 2017 9月 26 → 2017 9月 29 |
Conference | 14th International Symposium on East Asian Resources Recycling Technology, EARTH 2017 |
國家/地區 | Japan |
城市 | Sapporo, Hokkaido |
期間 | 17-09-26 → 17-09-29 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- 一般環境科學


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Our Favorite Kid-Friendly Activities in Athens
- by XpatAthens
- Friday, 31 March 2023
Athens is a large metropolis that might not seem particularly kid-friendly at first sight. However, despite what most people think there are lots of exciting things to do and see with your children in Athens. Home to numerous museums, parks, and playgrounds, the Greek capital provides endless options for a fun and educational family outing.
Here are some of our favorite children's activities in and around the center of Athens:
Athens Happy Train
Courtesy: athenshappytrain.com
Courtesy: athenshappytrain.com
To enjoy a great sightseeing tour of the historical center of Athens, all you need to do is hop aboard the Athens Happy Train. This toy-like street train starts from Syntagma Square and will take you and your family around the most famous sight and landmarks of the city. You can even transform the 40-minute tour into a day trip by hopping on and off and exploring your favorite monuments and attractions along the way.
Address: Ermou Street, Syntagma Square
The Planetarium - Eugenides Foundation
Courtesy: Eugenides Foundation
Visiting the Planetarium is a great opportunity to familiarize your children with complex concepts in a fun and interactive way. Kids love the huge domed screen, the amphitheatrical auditorium, and of course the state-of-the-art interactive shows that take place in the Planetarium. It's a fun and educational outing for the whole family.
Address: 387 Syggrou Avenue, 175 64, Palaio Faliro
Hellenic Children's Museum
Credit: @hellenicchildrensmuseum
Credit: @hellenicchildrensmuseum
Located inside the Athens Conservatoire, this museum aims to teach children all about the world they live in. Its philosophy is based on the phrase 'I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand therefore its activities include things like creating with building materials, experimenting with different ingredients in the kitchen, and learning about the concepts of supply and demand in the museum's marketplace.
Address: 19 Vasileos Georgiou B, 106 75, Athens
Flisvos Park Playground
Courtesy: paleofaliro.gr
Located near the Flisvos Marina, this playground is one of the best in Athens. It covers an area of almost 13 acres and offers various exciting activities. The park is divided into several sections; one for children aged 2 to 5, one for children up to 12 years old, walking and cycling paths, mini soccer, and basketball facilities, and an outdoor gym! Just a step from the sea and full of exciting games and constructions, the Flisvos Park Playground is ideal for a fun family outing.
Address: Flisvos Park, Posidonos Avenue, Palaio Faliro
Goulandris Natural History Museum
Courtesy: Goulandris Natural History Museum
Focused on the study, conservation, and protection of the natural environment, the Goulandris Natural History Museum will certainly impress children of all ages. The museum's collection is focused on botanology, entomology, minerals, paleontology, and marine biology and includes hundreds of thousands of specimens. Children will be impressed by the life-sized replicas of animals and rare plant species that will help them comprehend the earth's ever-changing ecosystem. The museum is also home to the Gaia Centre and the unique 'Geosphere' monitor, which presents the geological evolution of the planet from its creation, 4.6 billion years ago, until today.
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September, 2018 – Bowman, the premier manufacturer of world class, American-Made XRF measurement instruments, has introduced an extra-long, extended stage option for its XRF plating thickness instruments that are primarily used in the semiconductor / wafer manufacturing industry.
In this sector, circuit density, trace spacing, board gauge, aspect ratios and microvias dominate, and demand is strong for a way to measure more and smaller test points.
In some high-volume operations, rigid / flex boards can be as large as 610x530mm, and while it is impractical to cover that surface area in one pass, the Bowman extended stage option allows the task to be accomplished with just a single, quick re-positioning step.
The Bowman extended stage option had its genesis with two long-term PCB customers, independent of each other, who requested a 400x300mm (16×12") table stock with a tabletop size of 800x600mm (32×24").
A longer stroke potential and a more expansive tabletop has created an efficient and unprecedented new dynamic for quality labs throughout the microelectronics sector.
Bowman's extended table precision is ±3µm. The option is now available for 3 of Bowman's 7 XRF coating thickness instruments:
"P" Series "O Series" "M" Series


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A man was purported stabbed to death by his friend during a contention over not buying duck meat for alcohol at Guduvanchery town in Tamil Nadu's Chengalpattu locale on Saturday.
Friendship Turns Evil
In a stunning episode, a 38-year-old person supposedly stabbed his 43-year-old friend to death during a contention over not buying side dish for alcohol at Guduvanchery town in Tamil Nadu's Chengalpattu area on Saturday.
The accused, identified as Vasu, is still on the loose. The dead man, identified as Vinayagam, and denounced were friends. They were expedited in some land business and got by selling flowers and driving taxis.
After the legislature allowed reviving of alcohol shops, the duo arranged that Vinayagam would buy alcohol, and Vasu would avoid meat to make side dishes. On Saturday evening, Vasu got a greeting for drinks from Vinayagam, and the two friends went to a tamarind ranch situated in Dargas.
After arriving at the spot, when they sat for drinking, Vasu revealed to Vinayagam that he didn't bring the meat. Irritated by the action, Vinayagam started contending with Vasu. In the scuffle, Vasu supposedly cut Vinayagam and left from the scene, as indicated by a report of the Times of India.
Afterward, Vinayagam's body was spotted by bystanders, who gave a call to the police control room. A group of police authorities showed up at the spot, took the dead body under their ownership, and sent it for post-mortem.
The examining authorities have enrolled a case and arrested other suspects for leading the request. Attempts to catch Vasu are in progress.


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Shortly after moving from Canberra to the South Coast in 1998, Heide and I published our fourth book of photographs of Canberra "Canberra a personal perspective ". In all, the four books had sold 25,000 copies, and we thought "enough was enough". But last year we were persuaded to publish another; a special book covering a third of Canberra's history as Australia's National Capital. It would portray not only the city, but also Canberrans, and it had to be out in time for the Centennial Celebrations. We quickly realized that we would need financial support to produce a book of suitable quality. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Canberra Airport, we believe that "A Portrait of Canberra and of Canberrans 1979-2012" will satisfy that criteria.
The book is now with the printers and we are on schedule for Robyn Archer, the Creative Director of the Canberra Centenary Celebration to launch it on September 20 at the Canberra Museums and Galleries (CMAG), on London Circuit. We have a blog on our Canberra website following the progress of the new book. If you would like to see a preview of the contents go to; http://www.canberraphotographs.com/blog
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To further meet the needs of U.S. small businesses and non-profits, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has reopened the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance program portal to all eligible applicants experiencing economic impacts due to COVID-19. SBA's EIDL program offers long-term, low-interest assistance for small businesses and non-profits. EIDL assistance can be used to cover payroll and inventory, pay debt, or fund other expenses that can't be paid because of the disaster's impact and that are not already covered by a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.
The EIDL Advance will provide up to $10,000 ($1,000 per employee) of emergency economic relief to businesses that are currently experiencing temporary difficulties. These emergency grants do not have to be repaid, and small businesses may receive an advance even if they are not approved for a loan.
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The Melbourne Grand Prix has received a glowing report regarding the level of publicity generated by the Formula 1 event.
The report, published by British consultancy firm Formula Money, says that the annual Grand Prix around the Albert Park lake has generated exposure for Melbourne valued at $816 million in the past four years.
The report also says that the 2012 race delivered publicity valued at $217 million, and increase of 14 percent over the 2011 race previous year.
In a story published by the Herald Sun today, it says that the research takes into account vision of the city broadcast throughout the world and media coverage.
Over the past few years, the Melbourne Grand Prix has been dogged by negative press regarding its tax payer contribution, estimated at $50 million per year. Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss Mark Stone says that the F1 race is an important event in the city's calendar.
"This single event brings Australia, Victoria and Melbourne invaluable international and national exposure in terms of branding and positioning as a tourist destination, as well as unequivocal employment, tourism and services investment," Stone told the Herald Sun.
"If we are to devalue this lone event to a state where we no longer want it, or worse, to a state where Formula 1 simply takes it away, the catastrophic effect for Victoria will be far-reaching."
The Victorian government and the Australian Grand Prix Corportation have a contract with Formula 1 to see the Grand Prix continue at Albert Park until 2015.
See below for Speedcafe.com's Hungarian Grand Prix Race Guide


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Our series of summer interviews kicks off with Simon March, aka "Dufflinks", who was crowned the overall winner of the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game last Sunday.
A long-standing member of the Fantasy Football Scout community, Simon clinched the title by 21 points, pipping fellow community member, "Jinswick", who staged a dramatic late surge to push for the crown having finished in the top 6k in each of the final three Gameweeks.
Simon talks us through his highs, lows and the tactics used in a season that saw him replace Tom Fenley as the reigning FPL champion.
Congratulations on your victory. After going into the final day with a 34-point lead, did you really expect the final day to be as tense?
Thank you!
I expected it to be tense but probably not as tense as it eventually was. The rational part of me was thinking; "34 points is surely too much to make up in one Gameweek…" but the FPL manager in me knew that anything can happen, especially on the final day! So, even with a solid point buffer and having been number one for 14 weeks, I wasn't taking anything for granted. There was always a fear that somebody could 'Whigfield' me. And they nearly did!
Where did you spend the final fateful hours? What kind of emotions were you going through as the matches unfolded?
The plan right up until Sunday had been to watch the final matches in the pub but, as it got closer and the tension grew, that felt like tempting fate. I ended up watching at home, glued to FFS and the live text and experiencing probably every emotion you could imagine! Looking back, I think if I'd gone through that in a crowded pub with a sketchy internet connection… I might actually have lost it! I'd love to say I was totally cool about the whole thing, but I wasn't.
The next day was, of course, a different story and it was time to celebrate! Now also armed with "a lifetime supply of pub banter" as one friend described it!
What made you decide on drafting in Yannick Bolasie as your final transfer of the season? Did you even consider Theo Walcott as a threat?
That was actually one of the hardest transfers of the season. I had originally planned to bring Hazard back in but, with the "wisdom-teeth saga" ongoing, I decided instead to add some depth to my attack. I needed a nailed-on, low/mid-priced midfielder, on form and ideally playing at home. Bolasie ticked all those boxes and the fact that my nearest competitor had him was ultimately the clincher. In the end, I think Bolasie might have scored the least out of anyone I'd considered. However, his inclusion meant that I'd finally owned a player from each Premier League team over the season. So there was that.
Embarrassingly, since I know all too well what Walcott is capable of, he hadn't registered with me as a major threat. After all, he hadn't been starting and had shown no real FPL form. I should have known better.
The "danger men" in my mind were Hazard, Christian Benteke, Romelu Lukaku and Jamie Vardy. Looking back, Walcott was an inspired differential punt by both Jinswick and Stuart Greenacre, and one that very nearly paid off.
At what point did you begin to realise that the title could be at risk?
As soon as that first Walcott goal went in on four minutes I started to think; "Uh-oh…". Then, all within the few minutes just before half time, Walcott completed his hat-trick. With Diego Costa and Marc Albrighton both also scoring for Jinswick and a Jeffrey Schlupp assist thrown in for good measure, I knew then that I was definitely in trouble. It was the nightmare scenario playing out in front of me. And there was still the second half to go.
Fortunately for me, things then started to swing back in my favour, with Wes Morgan fetching an unlikely assist, Charlie Austin scoring to wipe out Jinswick's double Leicester clean sheet and then, finally, my captain Sergio Aguero scoring a late goal. That's when I knew I'd probably won it. I don't think anyone in the world celebrated that goal like I did.
You were sitting on top spot since Gameweek 24 – do you think that was an advantage? How did being out in front hinder or benefit your methods?
I think it probably seemed like more of an advantage than it actually was. There's a perception that, if you have a decent lead, then you can just "play it safe" while others have to take risks to catch you. The latter part is true but, with a few Gameweeks to go, there are no real "safe" moves available. In fact, it feels like the advantage shifts to the chasers, if not individually then collectively. Chasing managers can differentiate their teams specifically against yours whereas it's impossible for you to cover all the potentially explosive differentials featured among the 100-odd teams that could theoretically catch you in the run-in. You basically watch every match from behind the sofa.
All you can really do in that position is to try and minimise the risks where possible and hope that the most objectively "sensible" options pay off consistently enough. The longer your lead, the greater the risks people seem willing to take to catch you, so I assumed that there would be something to play for right up until the end. For that reason, I avoided the temptation to try and "kill it off" in the final weeks with one massive differential Captaincy punt or by going too heavy with my Wildcard for double Gameweek 34. I wasn't looking to break any points records, I just wanted to make sure I was set up for the long-haul.
We noticed in the opening Gameweek, you left Gylfi Sigurdsson on the bench and watched him score 13 points. Do you remember that opening week? You surely could not have envisaged how things would pan out from that point?
Yes, I benched him for Bojan! I guess that goes to show that you can make costly mistakes and still recover from them. Traditionally I have a poor first Gameweek so I was just glad to get a respectable 65 points. And, for anyone who believes in omens, 65 was my exact average score over the season…
Did memories of that Sigurdsson bench haul guide your decision in Gameweek 20, when you played him over 18-point Harry Kane? It almost seems that the Swansea man was determined to break your season!
It was even worse than that, as in Gameweek 19, I'd played Kane ahead of Sigurdsson. Kane blanked and Sigurdsson scored a goal! It did feel like a conspiracy at the time…
I'd gone into that Christmas period thinking that "strength in depth" was the way to go with all the uncertainty that the fixture congestion creates. It ended up not paying off at all but it had worked at other unpredictable points in the season such as around international breaks when I received some valuable auto-sub points.
It's painful to have points on the bench but, in my view, it's still better than not having had that player at all. Though it rarely feels that way at the time.
You had as many United players as your beloved Chelsea over the season. You also backed Wayne Rooney with the captaincy in five of the first six Gameweeks – a soft spot for United? Are you sure you're not Granville in disguise?
I was surprised to read that actually. I think United had a seemingly good run of fixtures to start the season and Rooney is, of course, a proven Fantasy asset so that was probably me "channelling my inner casual". Looking back he didn't do too badly for me.
I suppose it helps to underline how, if you want your FPL team to be successful, you have to check your real-world allegiances at the door.
One unique aspect of your campaign is that you seem determined not to take point hits for transfers. Presumably, that was a strict policy – can you explain that? Have you applied the same tactic in previous seasons?
Yes I've taken about four hits in all the six seasons I've been playing. I'm not totally against them, there are times when a hit is necessary or potentially advantageous such as when you need to get in a vital player immediately, can't field a full team or around double Gameweeks. Some players seem to have a real skill around taking hits.
Personally, I find it very easy to talk myself out of taking point hits, so generally don't go through with them even when I am considering one. A potential benefit of that mindset is that it forces me into a more measured approach to transfers, so I don't suffer too many knee-jerk transfer disasters.
How did your Wildcard strategy differ this season? You played it very late in the season – do you think that proved pivotal to your victory?
I think this is the first time my Wildcard has made it past Gameweek 4. Historically my initial team selections have often been too imbalanced or inflexible to take advantage of form players or to adapt to shifts in fixture difficulty so Wildcarding early became a necessity. Other times I used it tactically to build team value.
This season my initial team was well-balanced and, with price-rises slower than in the past, I didn't see an advantage in wildcarding early. Wherever possible, I banked my free transfers and, since I was doing quite well, I sometimes found myself struggling to even use those.
In the end, keeping the Wildcard did prove crucial not, as it turned out, because it was a massive points success when I used it in double Gameweek 34 (thanks Raheem…), but mainly because it forced many rivals to spend four, eight or even 12 points on hits to get a team that I was able get for free. It also helped me set my team up for the run-in, including the double Gameweek 37.
The best time to use your Wildcard is, of course, whenever you need it most, but I think there's definitely an advantage to keeping it late.
You've had strong FPL campaigns before, finishing 3833 in 2012/13 but you then slipped to 114293 the season after. What were the factors that made the difference to your hike in rank this season?
I'd be lying if I didn't admit that there was a huge amount of luck involved. I think you need a certain degree in order to win this game.
In terms of what I did do, the key single principle I worked towards throughout the season was to maintain flexibility. In my initial selection I made sure that I chose players with a range of prices so that I could easily swap in any form players that emerged without the need for major surgery.
I carried over my free transfer wherever possible because you can make a far bigger difference to your team using two transfers compared to just one and I made transfers as late as possible to take into account as much team news as I could.
With the slower price rises, this was a more viable tactic this season, but I was still ready to trade team value for flexibility in most instances.
Finally, I kept both my Wildcards as late as possible which, as mentioned, allowed me to take advantage of double Gameweeks and set up my team for the run-in.
What was your best decision made over the course of season? And what was your worst? Were there any unsung heroes?
The worst was definitely the decision to bench Harry Kane in Gameweek 20. I can laugh about it now but it was so hard to take at the time that I think my girlfriend actually had to console me. Oh, and then there was Loic Remy…
I think all my best decisions involved keeping faith with players a little bit longer than their FPL form at the time perhaps merited. This was definitely true of Dusan Tadic ahead of his 23 points in Gameweek 8 and, later on in the season, of Alexis Sanchez, David Silva and even Aguero. It's surprising how quickly these proven players can become differentials if you remain patient.
I think bringing in John Terry, who wasn't very widely-owned at the time, for his three goals in four matches over Christmas was vital for climbing the rankings, as was getting onto the Kane and Charlie Austin bandwagons quickly. The Terry transfer was a classic FPL manager; "Well, he's due…" selection!
I'll also happily buy my new cult heroes Wes Morgan and Paul McShane pints should I ever run into them!
You've been contributing to the Fantasy Football Scout since 2011. How difficult was it to participate in the community while you were contesting for the top ranks?
Very difficult. I knew that some rivals were following my posts so getting a "Rate My Team" was obviously out of the question. I realised though that I couldn't even offer views or advice without potentially giving away clues to my own plans. So I more or less went quiet for the last few weeks. I'm looking forward to getting involved again next season now I have nothing to hide and, hopefully, some good experience to share.
Like the previous winner, Tom Fenley, you were signed up as one of our members. Did you use any of the tools to guide your progress over the season?
Yes, definitely. I used the Season Ticker, Comparison Tool and Rate My Team in particular throughout the season and especially to guide my initial selection and Wildcards. The Comparison Tool is a great arbiter for choosing between players and the Rate My Team tool came in very handy when trying to identify the relative strengths and weaknesses of my team when compared to those of my rivals.
Unlike Tom, you watched very few live matches, why do you think this worked for you when, for Tom, watching matches proved so important to his win?
Yes, largely due to the time zone here in Singapore, which is seven-to-eight hours ahead of the UK, I saw maybe four live matches over the course of the season. If there is any advantage to this, then it's that good performances in the real world don't always translate into FPL points. I've often watched matches in the past and thought that a certain player looked good and transferred them in on that basis, only for them to do nothing except waste another transfer when I had to get them back out. Meanwhile, players that seem to barely touch the ball are somehow racking up the points.
There obviously are advantages to watching matches, though, but not being able to can force you to think about players differently and, perhaps, in terms closer to how FPL is scored. And adopting that mindset can definitely work to your favour.
How did being in a different timezone affect your season. Did you really sleep whilst matches were being played and tables calculated? Surely that must have been tortuous at times?
Early on, I slept through the evening kick-offs no problem but, towards the end, I would often wake up in the middle of the night knowing that a crucial match was going on and I'd have no choice but to check the scores. If I was lucky, the match was almost over but I remember for the recent Arsenal vs Swansea match, I was sat up in bed at about 3am following the live text from about 20 minutes in. So much was riding on that match that there was no chance of going back to sleep until it was over. It was 'refresh… refresh… refresh' for what seemed like an eternity.
The time difference did have some advantages though. The biggest, I think, was that, with prices changes happening at about 9:40am / 10:40am Singapore time, I usually had until the very last moment to make transfer decisions where price was a factor. A 'Deadzone privilege' perhaps!
Can you describe how your season has affected your relationship with friends and family? To what extent did your campaign take over your life?
My friends and family have been amazingly supportive throughout, I honestly can't thank them enough. It was obviously never far from my thoughts but, towards the end, I think FPL started to take over their lives a bit too and they were kicking every ball along with me. Literally the first thing friends would ask me when I saw them would be; "How's your Fantasy team doing?".
I think my family knew my team about as well as I did as I'd often get random texts like; "Hazard penalty!" from them. A couple of friends told me that, at their workplaces, people I hadn't even met were following my progress and cheering me on. It was the most humbling but surreal thing I think I'll ever experience.
How do you approach next season? Do you still have Fantasy Football ambitions? Will you now consider some of the "money games"?
Right now I'm just thrilled to have won it and relieved that I can go back to following football like a normal person without constantly thinking things like; "Okay, well, I need Terry to score but Ivanovic to blank. How could that work…?". Going forward, I'll still try and be competitive with FPL but also have a bit more fun with it. And I'm looking forward to being able to discuss ideas and strategies with the FFS community again.
That said, there is still the league and cup double left to win….
Finally, do you have any shout-outs to any of the FFS or Fantasy Football Community?
I was honestly blown away by the huge level of support I received from the FFS community. Their reaction when I was climbing the ranks and when I finally won it was, again, truly humbling. I'm so, so grateful for it all. Thanks to all of them for this and for all their advice, this season and in seasons past.
Thanks to all those players who were in or around the top 10 over the last few weeks for making it such a great competition and well played to Jinswick especially for making me a nervous wreck with some legendary final Gameweek punts.
Of course, huge thanks to Mark, Jonty, Paul, Granville and the whole team of contributors at Fantasy Football Scout. I sincerely couldn't have done it without this site and the excellent resources and community you've built.
Finally, I'd like to dedicate this win to the memory of Simon Humber aka "Absinthe"; a much-missed member of the FFS community who many will know passed away recently after a long and brave battle with cancer. A too-small gesture for a real champion.


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Where's Starmer? I didn't think that "responsible opposition to the Tories" meant serial abstention. It's not opposition! Labour has abstained on the Overseas Operations Bill and the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill; they also abstained on a LibDem resolution in the Lords to block evictions as the lockdown provisions expired. I should also add that Starmer's "No ifs, no buts, get them back to school" is likely to haunt him and us. At least he should have added, when you've made it safe. The PLP have been absent on Brexit too. Abstention is not opposition.
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Well-made cycling routes in Slavonia invite you for an active adventure in discovering this area. Cycling through Slavonia, cyclotourists can visit numerous tourist sights entered in the tourist maps and journeying is not difficult because it is all in the valley, except for a few mild ascensions contributing to the dynamics of the journey. There are two international EuroVelo routes passing through Slavonia – number 6 known as the Danube route that is 150 km long and EuroVelo 13 that is 180 km long the route of which goes along the Drava River.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
NEXT CROP CHEF Challenge #2 FAN FAVORITES!
Voting for FAN FAVORITES for Challenge #2 is now closed. And your FAN FAVORITES are:
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Mark Zuckerberg said it first. Other tech leaders are now chiming in, sending the same message to their software developers in Silicon Valley.
Don't worry about returning to the office, they say, at least not right now, perhaps never. And if you want to move somewhere cheaper, go ahead — but be ready to take a pay cut.
As more and more tech workers reconsider living in expensive coastal cities that have been deprived of their usual attractions, companies are being forced to reconsider how they put a price on a person's work.
If remote work goes from a nice perk to a permanent state for legions of computers engineers and others, does it still make sense to set pay depending on where they — at least in theory — could be asked to clock into an office?
And while many firms so far are sticking to their tried-and-tested methods, experts caution that remote work is here to stay — and that those pay strategies, too, eventually must be re-thought.
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Worker Flexibility
"This debate was a long time coming," said Dan Walter, a managing consultant at FutureSense, which helps companies with personnel matters. "And it should have been dealt with before everybody moved to remote work."
While the coronavirus outbreak has pummeled swaths of the U.S. economy, the tech industry has largely been spared, and in many cases thrived. As stocks have soared, companies like Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., ServiceNow Inc. and VMware Inc. have given their workers flexibility to decide where and how they want to work during the pandemic and beyond.
Many have already decamped to Texas or Colorado, fleeing the high cost of housing in the Bay area and taxes that are among the steepest in the country. What's more, wildfires across California have destroyed thousands of homes this year and choked the region in smoke for weeks.
Read more: VMware Cuts Pay for Remote Workers Fleeing Silicon Valley
Zuckerberg said in May that Facebook Inc. employees who work remotely and elect to move will be paid based on their new location. Several other firms plan to follow suit. Jennifer Tejada, chief executive officer of PagerDuty Inc., told reporters in September that the San Francisco-based firm historically has paid people based on local benchmarks. "We will continue that process," she said.
Box Inc. CEO Aaron Levie said the company is working to firm up its own policy. Stripe Inc. plans to make one-time payments of $20,000 to employees who relocate from the Bay area or New York while also cutting their pay by as much as 10%. Slack Technologies Inc., which previously used two compensation bands for employees — one for those in New York or San Francisco, and one for everyone else — has implemented a more detailed list based on location, according to CEO Stewart Butterfield.
'Flip Side'
"The flip side to 'I should get paid the same for the same work everywhere' is that 'It's not fair that I get paid the same as that person when their cost of living is 40% less than mine,'" Butterfield said. "But since they almost always, or maybe just always, net out ahead, even considering that, it hasn't been a big issue."
The tech industry has long embraced remote work, but few operated with fully-remote workforces. There's also uncertainty about how long the pandemic will drag on, and whether employees will ever populate corporate campuses and office towers like in pre-Covid times, said Adrienne Altman, a managing director at human resources consulting firm Willis Towers Watson Plc.
"The way we've always thought about pay is where the job is located — the job, not the person," Altman said. "But if the labor market is national, what's the value of that job nationally?"
Almost half of 6,300 respondents to a survey on anonymous professional networking site Blind said they shouldn't have to take a pay cut if they move somewhere cheaper. About 43% said they're willing to take less salary in exchange for a better quality of life.
Fluctuating Levels
Disgruntled employees aside, companies face a slew of other challenges. For tax purposes they need to know where their employees are located. If hiring is no longer limited by geography, they will have access to a wider pool of candidates — but so will their competitors. Regional pay levels may fluctuate, making it more difficult for firms relying on remote workers to determine how much to budget for additional roles.
"It's a constant cycle of work to update and maintain the bands because they do move so quickly and it's such a competitive market," Slack's Butterfield said.
This method may work for a while, but will lose its usefulness over time, Altman said. "If you say the job doesn't have to be anywhere, you're eventually probably going to have to shift your strategy away from geographic differentials."
There's also the question of fairness among employees. Pay for senior executives at large companies, for example, is generally not linked to the location of a company's headquarters. And there's no clear consensus on whether remote employees who choose to move to a costlier area should get a raise.
Compensation Bands
Brex, a San Francisco-based fintech company, recently circulated a memo among its employees laying out terms regarding remote work and relocations. The memo, which was reviewed by Bloomberg News, showed Brex has implemented three compensation bands. An employee who moves from the Bay area or New York to Massachusetts or Austin, Texas, for example, must take a 15% cut to their salary and annual equity awards. If they move to Utah or Georgia, the reduction would be 30%.
But an employee living in Utah who relocates to the Bay area will only get a commensurate raise if there's a "business need" for them there, according to the memo. What's more, any employee who moves from an expensive city to a lower-cost location before September 2021 will be excluded from the cuts and get to keep their current pay for several years, potentially causing wide internal pay disparities.
Brex's pay policies were designed to provide flexibility for employees and not pressure anyone to remain in their current location for compensation reasons, a spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. Work-from-home stipends and other perks won't be adjusted by location.
"A primary reason we currently pay differently across markets is in response to local talent supply and demand," she said in the statement. "As those dynamics adjust over time, we could see compensation philosophies adapt."
FutureSense's Walter said firms should develop a national average derived from pay levels in a number of different cities and pay remote workers at that rate, regardless of where they live.
"If you know you're going to have to change, why wait 10 years?" Walter said. "Why not change now?"
Scott Farquhar, the co-founder of Sydney-based software company Atlassian Corp., isn't convinced the model needs to be rejiggered immediately. "We anticipate paying locally in each jurisdiction," he said. "Yeah, there'll be some pushback on that."
But, he added: "Hopefully over time it normalizes so that someone in Kansas doesn't get paid a pittance compared to someone in New York City."
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The Big Review: Blackstar Dept. 10 Boost, Dual Drive & Dual Distortion
Pedalboard amp, guitar recording interface, distortion pedal, virtual speaker simulation suite, gig-saver… is there no end of the potential of Blackstar's innovative new stompbox line?
Although world-renowned for delivering high-quality amplifiers used by such diverse luminaries as Jared James Nichols, Gus G, Neal Schon and Richard Hawley, the Blackstar design team are no strangers to the pedal scene, either. The Northampton company's tube-loaded HT units were groundbreaking back in 2007 but now it's time to meet the next generation of Blackstar stompboxes: the Dept. 10 Boost, Dual Drive and Dual Distortion.
Named after the company's in-house team responsible for "blue-sky innovation", each of this trifecta boasts a single ECC83 triode running at more than 200v at its sonic heart, along with a dizzying array of chunky control knobs and switches on the Dual models. The larger units also come loaded with Blackstar's new Cab Rig speaker simulator technology, featuring over 250 mic and cab combinations, a choice of mic type and axis, room mics and master EQ for each virtual cabinet. With deep editing carried out via USB, each of the Dual pedals allows you to store three onboard Cab Rig presets accessible via a mini-toggle on the front of the unit.
We'll dig into all this shortly but another feature worth flagging is that, unlike some other valve-driven pedals which require bulky power supplies to function and indeed their power-hungry HT forebears, each of this trio of tubular belles runs from a supplied nine-volt DC adaptor, which is greatly appreciated when it comes to pedalboard integration.
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By far the simplest and most affordable pedal in the Dept. 10 range, the Boost combines a class A gain stage with passive James-Baxandall-style EQ. In practice, this means that the dead-centre position gives us an unadulterated clean boost while deviation from that point will either cut or boost the low and high frequencies. The boost knob itself governs the amount of sting you apply to your amp and, with up to 25dB on tap, there is more than enough grunt here to either push your pedals harder at the start of your chain or levitate your solos into the realms of unfettered melodic communication.
If you're boost-minded then this little beast deserves your immediate attention. However, while it pains us to skim over such a good pedal, we're keen to get as in-depth as possible with its Dual siblings – and there's a lot to get our teeth into.
Both Dept 10. Dual pedals offer twin channels in an angled, double-width chassis. Each channel sports level and gain knobs and a mini-toggle switch offering two voices of increasing grit. There is a master three-band EQ section, while Blackstar's patented ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) gives a rolling continuum between British and American voicings. These knobs are gathered around a friendly ECC83 tube which pokes its head out of the top of the pedal and is protected from your rhinestone Crocs by a stout little roll-bar. Just below that is the aforementioned Cab Rig toggle.
Both pedals come festooned with ins and outs. There's an internal effects loop, USB out, XLR line out, standard output jack and a separate Cab Rig/headphone out. Whether you plan to use one of these units as a home practice or recording rig, a pedalboard amp direct to the PA or a good old-fashioned dirtbox in front of your amplifier, the Dept. 10 Dual units have all the connectivity you need.
Blackstar's Architect software is free to download and provides the gateway to controlling many of the more advanced features of the company's products. Here, it's all about Cab Rig. Once connected to a MacBook Pro via USB and selected in Logic, Cab Rig's elegant monochrome GUI offers an experience close to that of industry standard recording solutions such as Universal Audio's OX. We aren't talking about impulse responses, though – Blackstar says Cab Rig "overcomes the shortcomings of IR 'snapshots' and uses state-of-the-art digital processing to reproduce the sound and feel of a mic'd up guitar cab in incredible detail".
Cab Rig's latency-free simulations cover a huge amount of ground from a simple DI and 10-inch combos, to 4×12 cabs with a choice of closed or open backs and alternative speakers. In addition, the organic goodness of the ECC83 can be tweaked to mimic the voice of a 6L6, EL34 or EL84 power amp with separate resonance, presence and drive controls. As if that wasn't enough, the microphone models, room simulations and master EQ allow for further detailed tone-shaping. Sophisticated stuff indeed.
Of course, if you simply want to use the Dual units as standalone pedals in front of your amp, they do an excellent job – in this case pushing our Cornford Hurricane gleefully towards saturation. Both pedals offer a clean voice on channel one which works as an efficient boost, but the fun really starts when you dial in the filth. The Dual Overdrive brings out some excellent low-gain and classic rock sounds, while the Dual Distortion takes us firmly into fire-breathing territory. It's the sort of relentless heavy aggression that has us wondering whether chalking a protective pentacle on the floor might not be a bad idea.
However, it's in conjunction with the Cab Rig software that these pedals really shine. Anyone who has dedicated time to the sometimes frustrating art of recording electric guitars will find the latency-free response and immediately useable sounds a welcome relief. Yes, there may be potential for option paralysis as you scroll through the menus auditioning sounds but if you start off with a target timbre in mind, it's a quick and simple process.
As well as offering a remarkable amount of flexibility for the price point, the virtual playing experience here is very convincing – not only do these pedals offer an organic valve sound but they also respond to your touch and dynamics in ways that many plugins just can't. When compared with dedicated guitar-recording software, both Dual pedals perform very well indeed – the distorted sounds in particular coming across with a vitality and power that is very impressive.
The process of finding a good core sound before fine-tuning it with Cab Rig is engaging and the UX is well thought-out. If we were to judge these pedals purely on their potential as standalone units they would score well, but the functionality offered by Cab Rig takes them to another level. As an all-rounder, the Dual Drive is our pick of the bunch. For just £249, it's one of the best examples of a no-brainer purchase in recent times.
Key Features
Dept 10. Boost – 8/10
- DESCRIPTION Valve boost pedal, made in China
- CONTROLS Boost, low, high
- FEATURES 1x ECC83 triode valve, 9v DC mains power
- DIMENSIONS 108 x 74 x 68mm
- VERDICT A great little boost that brings tube power to the table
Dept 10. Dual Drive – 9/10 (Editor's Choice)
- DESCRIPTION Twin-channel valve overdrive pedal, made in China
- CONTROLS Gain 1, level 1, channel 1 voice switch, bass, middle, treble, ISF, gain 2, level 2, channel 2 voice switch. 3-way Cab Rig mini-toggle
- CONNECTIONS Instrument input, effects send/return, USB, XLR line out, instrument output, Cab Rig output
- FEATURES 1x ECC83 triode valve, 9V 500mA DC mains power, Cab Rig speaker emulation
- DIMENSIONS 118 x 74 x 149mm
- VERDICT Supreme versatility and some fantastic chewy amp tones in conjunction with the Cab Rig emulation
Dept 10. Dual Distortion – 9/10 (Editor's Choice)
- DESCRIPTION Twin-channel valve distortion pedal, made in China
- CONTROLS Gain 1, level 1, channel 1 voice switch, bass, middle, treble, ISF, gain 2, level 2, channel 2 voice switch. 3-way Cab Rig mini-toggle
- CONNECTIONS Instrument input, effects send/return, USB, XLR line out, instrument output, Cab Rig output
- FEATURES 1x ECC83 triode valve, 9V 500mA DC mains power, Cab Rig speaker emulation
- DIMENSIONS 118 x 74 x 149mm
- VERDICT Need heavy? Here it is! Aggressive tones that translate into powerful recordings
- CONTACT blackstaramps.com
Like this? Try these
Dept 10. Boost
- MXR Micro Amp Plus £119
- Greuter Audio Fokus £169
- Audio Kitchen The Small Trees £319
Dept 10. Dual Drive
- EarthQuaker Devices Palisades £219
- Strymon Iridium £379
- Line 6 HX Stomp £469
Dept 10. Dual Distortion
- Wampler Dual Fusion £249
- Empress Heavy £289
- Neural DSP Quad Cortex £1,599


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"Almost Paris" may sound like an unusual title for a film about the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, but even more unusual is the film's connection to the North Fork.
Cynthia and Tom Rosicki, owners of Sparkling Pointe Winery in Southold, are the film's executive producers.
"Almost Paris" is about Max, a former banker who returns to his hometown after the crisis to face his family and friends and see the impact of his actions.
The film was conceived and written by Wally Marzano-Lesnevich, a native of Tenafly, N.J., who plays Max.
"I was curious about how the financial crisis impacted people in the real world, not just what you saw on TV, but how people dealt with it in relationships," he said.
Marzano-Lesnevich showed the script to childhood friend and classmate Michael Sorvino, son of actor Paul Sorvino, with whom he'd also studied acting at Rutgers University.
"I was stunned and honored," said Sorvino. "This was the best thing I'd read in the past 10 to 15 years."
At the time, Sorvino was working in Sparkling Pointe's tasting room and trying to convince the Rosickis to finance a play. But after reading "Almost Paris," he showed them the script instead, which he'd decided to co-produce with Marzano-Lesnevich.
"We read the script and really liked it," said Tom Rosicki. "We said, yes, we will executive produce, as long as we are the only ones. We don't want to share that control with anyone else."
The first thing the couple did was convince the filmmakers to move the shooting location from Tenafly to Oyster Bay. In fact, that was their only production directive.
"I knew it would be better," Cynthia Rosicki explained. "I've lived there my whole life, so I spent a good part of last summer being a location scout."
Thanks to the couple's connections with the town and its businesses, the filmmakers we able to shoot virtually anywhere they chose.
"All the restaurants, bars, supermarkets – they all know us so they were very gracious in giving us the venues to shoot in for free and staying open all night long," she said. "I knew that was not going to happen in Tenafly."
With the location decided, the Rosickis were thrilled to learn that Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, daughter of Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, would direct.
"That was like manna from heaven," Tom Rosicki exclaimed.
An actress who has also directed several short films, Cameron-Scorsese chose "Almost Paris" as her feature film directorial debut because it raises many challenging issues.
"Even though the film is Max's journey, it's really an ensemble piece," she said. "I could explore a lot of themes that feel like pay dirt for me, like personal turning points, characters facing uncomfortable truths about themselves and their interaction with what makes them who they are."
During shooting, the executive producers were careful to limit their time on the set.
"We're not micro-managers," said Cynthia Rosicki. "We wanted them to do what they do best."
"What was fun," her husband added, "was that a lot of people working on the film stayed at our house. Domenica stayed with us, other people stayed in our poolhouse, it was a lot of fun."
Because the film was such a family affair, other Sparkling Pointe employees got a chance to appear in small roles.
Marketing and social media coordinator Kelsey Cheslock and wine educator Peter Nesi play a couple Max turns down for a loan. Cheslock has appeared in several productions with North Fork Community Theatre, but this was her debut in front of the camera.
"It was so different from working on the stage," she said. "I loved it and it was great working with Domenica, Michael and Wally, who have become great friends."
"There's a lot of talent here at Sparkling Pointe," said Sorvino. "They have become like a second family to me."
"Almost Paris" will premiere April 24 at the Tribeca Film Festival — and tickets reportedly sold out in five minutes."
"I've been in the business for 20 years," said Sorvino. "I've made 15 films and produced several, but this is my biggest opening. Tribeca is my hometown film festival. We shot in Oyster Bay and the city, so it's like our backyard festival."
The entire filmmaking process was such a great experience that the Rosickis are open to a repeat performance.
"This has been a real education to see what it takes to make a film," Tom Rosicki said. "It's spawned a real appreciation for the art."
And the film's connection to Paris? Marzano-Lesnevich is keeping that a secret until after the premiere.


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"Collections" refers to the process by which creditors attempt to get nonpaying debtors to pay what is owed. There are numerous laws in Morrison, Illinois regulating the conduct of collections agences.
What if I Am Owed Money in Morrison, Illinois?
If someone owes you money and refuses to pay it, you have various options at your disposal. However, when it comes to collecting their debts, creditors are governed by strict consumer protection rules. Violation of these rules while attempting to collect could hurt your chances at successfully recovering your money, and/or subject you to civil penalties.
Some practices that collectors cannot engage in include the use of abusive language, contacting third parties about the debt, and threatened or actual violence.
You may, however, send a written demand for timely payment. The demand should lay out precisely how much the debtor allegedly owes. If there is a large amount of money involved, it might be worth it to hire a Morrison, Illinois collections agency, which will probably take its fee in the form of a percentage of the debt collected. You should do some research on various collections agencies in your area, to make sure the one you hire is trustworthy, and carefully follows the law.
What if Someone Is Trying to Collect Money Against Me in Morrison, Illinois?
If you truly owe the money that they are trying to collect, and are able to pay it, doing so would be your best option for ending the collections calls. Of course, this is not everybody's situation. When dealing with collectors, you should try to maintain the high ground by behaving in a calm and cordial manner. In any event, you should never ignore the problem, as this usually makes things worse.
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NUS appoints new Dean for Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has appointed Norwegian composer and researcher Dr Peter Tornquist as the new Dean to lead the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST). Dr Tornquist will begin his term of office in February 2022.
NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye said, "After a rigorous international search, we are delighted to welcome Dr Peter Tornquist, who is an influential voice in higher music education. Peter's work has been central in establishing artistic research as a pivotal field of knowledge in modern conservatories, and a strategic tool for developing students as inquisitive artists. With his keen understanding of the evolving higher music education landscape in the 21st century, I am confident that YST will continue to make great strides under Peter's stewardship."
Dr Tornquist joins YST from the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he served as Principal from 2013 to July 2021. During his tenure, he contributed to the development of higher music education through a widening network of strategic national and international partnerships, and helped position the Academy as one of the highest ranked institutions in the Performing Arts globally. A graduate of the Royal College of Music in London, he has been awarded Honorary Fellowships by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Northern College of Music in recognition for his services to music.
Prior to his role as Principal of the Academy, he was its Head of Composition, Theory and Music Technology from 2007, and Associate Professor in Composition from 2008 to 2013. His academic expertise covers the fields of composition, electronic music, improvisation and music theory, alongside rich experience in classroom teaching, curriculum development and graduate student supervision. He has also contributed extensively to the development of phenomenological approaches to music analysis based on the writings of Pierre Schaeffer.
As a composer, performer and conductor, Peter possesses a broad repertoire, working across improvising soloists, orchestras, recitals, ensembles as well as live electronics. His compositions have been performed by ensembles such as the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and the London Sinfonietta. His work focuses on the interaction between composers and performers through live electronics and improvisation. He has also performed at various international music festivals and released several records with Fabror Melker Records, Aurora Records and Hemera Records.
An active contributor to the international music community, Dr Tornquist has served as Chair of Institutional Accreditation for the Royal Danish College of Music in Copenhagen, and chaired institutional reviews for numerous higher music education institutions across Europe and Asia. Within Norway, he has been President of Ny Musikk (the Norwegian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music), and Vice Chairman of the Norwegian Composer's Association and of the Norwegian Performing Rights Society.
YST Governing Board Chair Ms Chong Siak Ching said, "The Governing Board and management of YST are excited to welcome Dr Tornquist to our conservatory. We are confident he will continue to advance YST's artistic, educational, research and community work, as the Conservatory grows from strength to strength as Asia's most exciting international conservatory and one of the world's most distinctive music schools."
Dr Tornquist said, "I am delighted to be joining YST and working alongside the highly qualified and dedicated team of colleagues here. YST has been a longstanding partner of the Norwegian Academy of Music, and I have been fortunate to get to know it during my past visits. Amidst a rapidly-changing global economy, our job as educators is to prepare students to push the boundaries and explore the full potential of their musical identity. My heartfelt thanks to Prof Bernard Lanskey for his leadership, which has shaped YST into the dynamic conservatory it is today, and I look forward to contributing my experience in furthering the Conservatory's mission."
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Bo Song 1,*,Jia She 2,Ning Guo 1,Risheng Qiu 2,Hucheng Pan 3,*,Linjiang Chai 4,Changlin Yang 5,Shengfeng Guo 1 andRenlong Xin 2,*
1School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
2College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
3Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), College of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
4College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China
5State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
Regulating precipitates is still an important issue in the development of high-strength Mg alloys, due to it determining the precipitation hardening effect. Cold deformation, as a simple and low-cost method, can remarkably influence the precipitate features. It is found that pre-cold deformation before aging can be utilized to enhance the precipitation hardening effect of Mg alloys. Moreover, post-deformation after aging could be an effective method to regulate precipitation orientation. In this review, recent research on the regulation of precipitation behavior by cold deformation in Mg-Al, Mg-Zn, and Mg-RE (RE: rare-earth elements) alloy systems was critically reviewed. The changes in precipitate features and mechanical properties of peak-aged Mg alloys via cold deformation were summarized. The corresponding strengthening mechanisms were also discussed. Finally, further research directions in this field were proposed.
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Listen to this: Porn can be found wherever on the web.
So with regards to getting your children far from pornography on the web, guardians are normally placed in a problem.
As clarified in an article distributed on HuffPost, guardians can set a wide range of web channels, pornography blockers, and parental controls to get their youngsters far from pornography yet,
Even subsequent to setting up a wide range of protection settings and parental controls, children may in any case have the option to watch pornography on their cell phones.
So what should be possible to keep them from watching pornography?
How to not let kids pull off parental controls on their gadgets?
How to hinder pornography on Android gadgets of your youngsters and make them stop?
We will investigate this issue in detail in this post.
Numerous guardians gripe that their kids are not investing enough energy with them as they are occupied with utilizing their Android telephones.
They have low communication with their youngsters because of consistent web use.
While the web may assist them with picking up information about so numerous new things, it can likewise open ways to the universe of erotic entertainment and explicitly express substance for them.
Guardians are worried about the possibility that that their children may get to pornography recordings or sites and therefore, ruin themselves.
An ongoing report has demonstrated that kids who begin watching grown-up content at an early age are bound to have intercourse, take part in sexual action, and create sexual propensities
that may change their way of life until the end of time.
Consistent introduction to sexual entertainment may influence their perspectives and ideas about affection, connections, and want.
The most effective method to Block Porn on Android Devices
Since most children are dependent on their cell phones, it is inappropriate to prevent them from utilizing their telephones.
Rather than confining them from utilizing their Android gadgets, you should impede pornography sites on their gadgets.
Nonetheless, simultaneously, you ought to likewise begin discussions about pornography with them.
Utilizing pornography blockers and web channels work best when joined with transparent discussions about affection, sexuality, and connections.
SecureTeen is viewed as extraordinary compared to other pornography blocker applications accessible for both Android and iOS gadgets.
This pornography blocker encourages you block wrong sites on an Android gadget.
In this article, we will discuss how to hinder pornography on Android gadgets utilizing different strategies.
SafeSearch is a default parental control include offered by Google.
By empowering this element, you can limit your youngsters from visiting pornography sites and watching grown-up content.
Here's the manner by which you can empower this element on your child's Android gadget:
Stage 1: First of all, you have to open the Google Chrome application on your kid's Android gadget.
Stage 2: Once you have opened the application, tap on the three-spot symbol on the down-right corner of the screen.
Stage 4: Once you are in the Settings, you have to tap on General
Stage 5: In this segment, you have to tap "SafeSearch" to flip the change to the correct side.
By flipping this switch on, you will hinder unseemly pictures, recordings, and destinations from showing up in your kid's list items.
Stage 6: Simply return to the Google application and let your youngster peruse the web.
Follow the bit by bit measure underneath to impede pornography on your child's Android gadget utilizing Google Family interface:
Stage 1: First of all, you have to ensure that you fit the bill to utilize Google Family Link.
A specific model must be met before you can utilize Google Family Link.
Here it is as per the following:
Your kid should be under 13 years old.
You can likewise make a Google represent a sub-13-year-old child in the event that you need to utilize this element for your high schooler.
Your youngster's Android telephone or tablet must be running Android Nougat (Android 7.0) or higher.
You should live in an upheld area, for example, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, United States, and the United Kingdom.
Stage 2: In the subsequent advance, you are needed to download the Google Family Link application on your Android gadget.
Ensure that you download the application on your Android from which you will control and screen the other Android gadget having a place with your child.
This application ought not be downloaded on the Android gadget on which you need to obstruct pornography.
Introduce the Family Link application once it is downloaded.
Stage 3: Now, you have to begin the arrangement cycle.
Tap GET STARTED to push ahead and afterward tap START.
Stage 4: In the subsequent stage, you have to address a few inquiries.
You will be needed to choose the right responses to set up the Family Link application on your Android telephone.
Stage 5: After addressing the inquiries, you will be considered creation segment.
Stage 6: Now you have to make a Google Account for your youngster.
On the off chance that your kid has a record as of now, you will at present need to make another one for them.
Enter your child's subtleties, for example, their complete name, date of birth, email address, and secret phrase and afterward you're all set.
At long last, you simply need to enter your charge card subtleties for an affirmation exchange that costs just $0.01.
Every Android gadget is outfitted with a specific arrangement of pre-introduced applications.
When you are finished setting up the Family Link application, you will be approached to permit or square each application before the arrangement cycle is done.
For example, in the event that you block the Google Play Music application, you will have the option to direct the substance that your kid can access on their Android gadget.
Then again, applications like YouTube and Android Pay are hindered as a matter of course as your youngster must be more than 13 years old to utilize them.
Stage 9: You would then be able to empower the SafeSearch highlight for programs on your kid's Android telephones.
There would be three implicit programs on your kid's Android telephone like most Android gadgets, for example, Google Chrome, Google Search, and a "Web" program.
You can empower the SafeSearch highlight on every program to keep your child from watching pornography content.
When you are finished with setting up Family Link, your kid won't have the option to get to pornography recordings, grown-up content, or unapproved applications on their Android telephones