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The inhibitory effects of major long-chain fatty acids (LCFA), which have 16 or 18 carbons, not only on acetate degradation, but also on propionate degradation and β-oxidation were examined in anaerobic serum bottle tests at 35°C with the acclimated granular sludges. A modified Gompertz equation described cumulative methane production to assess the rates of VFA degradation and β-oxidation, which were applied to a simplified noncompetitive model and a simplified substrate inhibition model, respectively. The specific methane production rates on acetate decreased as LCFA concentration increased, which was in good agreement with the noncompetitive inhibition model. Unsaturated oleate (C18:1) and linoleate (C18:2) were more inhibitory than saturated stearate (C18:0) and palmitate (C16:0) on acetate degradation. LCFA inhibition on propionate degradation was similar to that for acetate; however, propionate degradation was less inhibited than acetate degradation, β-oxidation was the rate-limiting step in LCFA degradation in most cases. As LCFA concentration increased, β-oxidation rate reached the maximum value, and then decreased, which confirmed the substrate inhibition of LCFA. Oleate, the most abundant LCFA in wastewater, could be degraded more quickly than saturated LCFA containing the same or even less carbon in spite of relatively high toxicity on acetate degradation.
Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 139-146 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Water Science and Technology |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Environmental Engineering
- Water Science and Technology


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Sports News of Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Source: goal.com
Ghana ace Asamoah Gyan wants CK Akonnor's job as Black Stars head coach to be free of any interference.
Akonnor has been at the helm of affairs since replacing James Kwasi Appiah in January.
"CK is a man of his word. I have had a meeting with him and people who are close to him can testify that no one can dictate to him," Gyan, Ghana's all-time top scorer and most-capped player with 51 goals 106 internationals, told Adom FM.
"He will do what favours him as a coach in the sense that when things do not go on well, he takes the blame.
"We Ghanaians should allow the coach to do his work. He should take control of the national team so that when things go wrong, he can be blamed.
"If you [force] players on him and he doesn't perform, whom are you going to blame? But I think CK has played in Germany and with his mentality, no one can dictate to him.
"I'm reliably informed that he quit most of the clubs [he coached] because he didn't want anyone to dictate for him."
The Ghana job is Akonnor's first head coaching job with a national team.
He briefly joined the Black Stars as an assistant coach under Appiah last November before taking over the mantle as head coach two months later.
At club level, however, the former Wolfsburg captain has had separate stints with local giants Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak - Ghana's two biggest clubs.
He has also worked with four-time Premier League champions Ashanti Gold, Dreams FC and lower division side Eleven Wise.
Akonnor has been set an immediate target of leading Ghana to victory at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon next year. The Black Stars have not won the title since 1982.
At the 2019 edition in Egypt last year, the four-time champions were bundled out of the competition by Tunisia at the Round of 16, the first time the Black Stars failed to reach the quarter-final since 2006.
Akonnor has also been tasked to secure Ghana a return to the World Cup after a disappointing 2018 qualification campaign.
Gyan, who was on the books of Chinese Super League side NorthEast United last season, would hope to convince Akonnor for a Ghana recall, having been successively snubbed since featuring at Afcon 2019.

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How effective is random drug and alcohol testing, especially outside the safety-critical environment? And with cannabis oils now complicating the picture, how should employers – and occupational health – approach workplace testing? Ashleigh Webber listened in to a recent conference.
It is not uncommon for organisations to operate random drug and alcohol testing, especially in safety-critical roles such as HGV driving or in construction. But just how effective is such random testing at deterring drug use and excessive drinking, especially outside the safety-critical environment?
Should all staff be tested to check they are healthy and "fit" to do their job, not just those in jobs with high levels of physical risk? Moreover, with substances such as cannabis oils now becoming legalised, do employers, and OH practitioners, need to be rethinking how they approach drug and alcohol testing?
These were among the challenging workplace health questions addressed at last autumn's Occupational health and safety in transport workers: air, rail and road conference, hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine. While the conference focused mainly on supporting the health of transport workers, its learning points will be useful for OH practitioners working in a multitude of sectors.
Dr Rikard Moen, chief medical officer at occupational health provider Optima Health, got OH professionals thinking about some of the wider issues within this complex area by emphasising that drug and alcohol use, and misuse, has to be seen, first off, as very much a multi-generational workplace challenge.
Younger workers, for example, may socially be more likely to take illicit drugs, but it may be older staff who are more likely to find themselves dependent on prescription medication, he pointed out.
Equally, some people might not even be aware they have a drug or alcohol problem. "Some people have a double gin and tonic when they get home, then a couple of glasses of wine with dinner and then a whiskey after dinner. When you count those up, that could be 10 units per day. 'But I'm not an alcoholic,' they say," he highlighted
Alcohol consumption is also increasing as more people are able to afford it, Dr Moen noted. According to NHS figures, alcohol has become 64% more affordable since 1980, as price increases have not kept pace with the increase in personal disposable income.
"Has society changed since then?" he asked. "There's a lot more marketing and social media – social media has the capacity to normalise almost anything. Drugs are part of that too."
The Scottish government has tried to tackle this issue by requiring retailers and wholesalers to charge a minimum 50p per unit of alcohol. While alcohol consumption in the country had fallen as a result, Dr Moen argued, Scotland, like the rest of the country, still had some way to go towards tackling alcoholism.
Value of drug and alcohol testing
From an employer perspective, while having an effective drug and alcohol testing regime can be useful for all organisations, Dr Moen suggested it was of little benefit if those enforcing or carrying out testing or dealing with the results did not understand what employees were taking.
There are hundreds of different substances and varieties of substances in existence, he explained, peaking in the mid-2010s as more synthetic cannabinoids entered the market.
"It's important to know the language, because if someone admits they've been taking skunk or spice, you need to know what it is and what those drugs do," Dr Moen said.
One area of particular growth has been cannabis oils and CBD oils. While CBD or hemp oils are now legal in the UK, as they do not have the psychoactive substance THC in them, cannabis oils do. It was therefore important not to confuse the two, he warned.
Cannabis-infused drinks are also available nowadays, so employers need to be aware of what these do and the effects they can have on the body.
"A lot of these products are being purchased on the internet and shipped in from abroad. You have no idea what the quality is like," Dr Moen said.
Complication of medicinal cannabis products
A further area of potential concern for OH practitioners is medicinal cannabis. Since November 2018, medicinal cannabis products have been available on the NHS for conditions such as multiple sclerosis and severe epilepsy, but only in situations where other medications have failed.
While such medication might be beneficial to some employees in terms of alleviating symptoms, it can also limit an individual's capacity to do their job or potentially create safety issues.
Dr Moen said there was "no right answer" as to how OH practitioners should manage employees who have been prescribed medicinal cannabis, but they should consider the risk it poses to the organisation and to the individual themselves if it is not managed correctly.
However, he did offer some advice: "I think that everyone who is going to go on prescription cannabis should be referred to OH, be asked why they need [the medication] and OH needs to make sure the right thing is in place.
"But CBD oil shouldn't be taken in safety-critical roles because they can't guarantee how much THC is in there. There is a possibility it could impair their performance."
More generally, Dr Moen asked delegates how effective they thought their drug and alcohol testing regime was. The majority of attendees, many of whom were involved in the transport sector, operated random spot tests, it transpired.
Yet, explained Dr Moen, random testing may not in fact be the most effective method of deterring drug and alcohol use, as employees can often go years without being screened.
"With the model that the UK has for drug and alcohol testing, it's designed as a deterrent. It's not like the European one, which is designed almost like a diagnostic tool. I wouldn't feel comfortable knowing that I'm only testing people once every 10 to 20 years, on average," he said.
"What I find interesting is that the industries that are the most safety-critical have a significant risk [of excessive drinking and drug use]. It isn't mandatory to do drug and alcohol testing in the aviation industry, although things are beginning to change – that scares the hell out of me. But on the railways or for HGV drivers, for example, or on construction sites in the UK, they test staff."
Dr Moen noted that those who work in aviation are at higher risk of drug and alcohol misuse than most other industries, as the nature of the job means they are away from home frequently, have their social life disrupted by their job and work in shifts – all factors that heighten the risk of misuse.
It was worth thinking about such risk factors when considering whether to introduce drug and alcohol testing in other professions, he recommended, adding that "in the medical profession there is a lot of burnout and mental ill health. We're very fortunate in the occupational medicine specialty, but we need to look at why we in our industry have such a low incidence of alcohol abuse, compared to surgeons, for example."
Practical considerations for employers and OH
At a practical level, legally, employees must consent to screening. They can refuse to take a test, but if there is a good reason for the employer to ask for a sample, such as safety, then disciplinary action should be considered.
And, if an employee does test positive for a substance or is over the blood-alcohol limit (either set by the organisation or over the legal drink-drive limit, if that is the company's policy), what should employers do?
"In the oil and gas industry employees are stood down," said Dr Moen. "This is good in some respects, but at the end of the day after you've done the confirmatory testing and there is a legitimate medicine they've forgotten to declare, they've been stood down for two weeks and everybody knows that John has been off because he's failed his drug and alcohol test."
He also advised employers to build some flexibility into their policies. In many cases, having a limit of "zero" is unrealistic, he explained.
Employers needed to be clear about the steps that will be taken if an employee fails a test and whether they will be subject to disciplinary action. This should be written into their drug and alcohol policy so all employees were aware of what both the organisation and the individual themselves are required to do.
Dr Moen advised that, while it is ultimately a deterrent, drug and alcohol testing should also be used by employers as a way of identifying which employees need help.
"You should have a rehabilitation programme in your organisation. If you're opening a can, make sure you know what to do if you find something inside it. If you're going to be testing someone and they come back positive, don't just kick them out – have a programme and be fair," he said.
NHS Digital (2018) Statistics on Alcohol, England, 2018. Available at: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/statistics-on-alcohol/2018/part-7#affordability-of-alcohol
Managing drug and alcohol misuse at work, Health and Safety Executive. Available at: https://www.hse.gov.uk/alcoholdrugs/screening-testing-drugs-alcohol.htm
Scottlish Government, Minimum Unit Pricing, https://www.gov.scot/policies/alcohol-and-drugs/minimum-unit-pricing/
Guidance on Cannabis Products for Medicinal Use, Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/letter-guidance-on-cannabis-based-products-for-medicinal-use..pdf


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Brandon "Atrioc" Ewing — the Twitch streamer who in January accidentally revealed he was viewing explicit deepfake content featuring women streamers he's friends with IRL, setting off a massive controversy — recently returned to the platform to update his fans.
During his March 14 stream, which was mired in technical issues due to internet problems, Ewing claimed that he has been working "pretty much every day" on helping combat deepfake porn content since his rather "really terrible" apology video, in which his wife cried in the background and his chat overlay steadily scrolled through viewer comments on-screen.
Atrioc vows to fight deepfakes
Ewing claimed he's been working with "reporters, technologists, researchers, women affected" in the month and a half since his last stream. "A week after the event, the first thing I did was wire Morrison Rothman [an LA-based law firm] about $US60,000 ($AU90,100) to cover any woman on Twitch who wanted to use their legal services for DMCA takedowns or reputation management," he claimed, saying that one of the streamers depicted in the deepfake content he was viewing, QTCinderella, had recommended the firm to all the women streamers affected by Ewing's deepfake incident.
Morrison Rothman founding partner Ryan Morrison, known as the "video game attorney" on social media, confirmed this to Kotaku via Twitter DM. "Atrioc sent a $US60k retainer to be used exclusively for women affected by deepfakes and similar issues," he wrote, "[and that amount] goes a long way with our rates for such services."
Read More: Twitch Finally Addresses Porn Deepfake Scandal Over A Month Later
During yesterday's new stream, which periodically stopped and restarted because of tech issues, Ewing also claimed that he was contacted by Genevieve Oh, whom he described as "a leading researcher in the fight against deepfakes." Ewing said Oh sent him a 25-page document that she had compiled about the technology behind deepfakes and how the rapid leaps that tech has taken in recent years is contributing to its prevalence today.
Kotaku also received such a document from Oh when the controversy first began, and can confirm that it contains the information Ewing discusses in his stream. It explains how just a few years ago, the technology required to create deepfake content required a lot more computing power than it does today. Now there are even phone apps that can make passable deepfakes, hence why the content is proliferating on social media and the internet in general.
Ewing thanked Oh for getting him up to speed faster than he could have on his own, but said his initial reaction to the prevalence of this content and the difficulty inherent in removing it was depression. However, he said he then shifted his focus, narrowing his scope so that he could hone in on things he could control. "Using Genevieve's doc and my own research, I tried to find the 'bright spots' in the fight against this type of content," he said. And according to him, there's one group of people who are "way better" at fighting against deepfake content and getting it taken down.
Taking down unwanted content with 'AI'
That group is OnlyFans creators. "They were way ahead of the curve on the best practices on fighting this kind of thing, and it's because they have a direct financial incentive," Ewing said. So, he began looking into what OnlyFans creators use to take down illegally reproduced content. He eventually ended up getting in contact with an employee at Ceartas, an "AI-powered" DMCA takedown company based in Ireland that offers content creators a selection of service plans costing from $US99 ($AU149) to $US549 ($AU825) a month.
Ceartas' site claims it has a 98 per cent success rate in helping content creators "recover lost revenue by automatically finding, de-indexing, and eliminating illegally hosted platforms and bad actors that steal and leak your copyrighted content." Ceartas, said Ewing, is "basically a technology that uses bots and AI to fight bots and AI" that "automatically flags improper use of your likeness, dangerous keywords, and fills out and sends DMCA notices" for its subscribers. OnlyFans has designated Ceartas an official OnlyFans safety partner, as noted in the February 2023 OnlyFans transparency report.
Ewing said that he wanted other content creators in need of DMCA takedown assistance to work with him and Ceartas to see how effective the service would be, but that he initially couldn't get any other streamers to work with him — understandably.
But, Ewing claims, one of the Twitch creators portrayed in the deepfake content he was viewing on his infamous January stream, Maya Higa, allegedly responded to his apology and request to work together. Ewing said he and Higa then tested Ceartas, and said they found it to be far more effective than the traditional, manual method of paying a lawyer to submit DMCA takedown requests.
Higa, who Ewing says used the money he wired to Morrison Rothman to issue takedowns, tallied only 51 successful content takedowns during the month of February. The Ceartas test, which Ewing said "takes a while to set up," apparently resulted in 512 confirmed takedowns and over a thousand DMCA requests related to Higa's content and her likeness.
Read More: Twitch Streamer Pokimane Wants Tougher Laws on Revenge Porn
Ewing showed the results to QTCinderella, who agreed to test Ceartas for herself, and he claimed her testing went even better. From there, Ewing said popular streamers Pokimane and Amouranth agreed to get involved.
Kotaku reached out to reps for Maya Higa, QTCinderella, Pokimane, and Amouranth to confirm the details Ewing shared.
Twitch streamer Sweet Anita, who was also affected by the deepfake content, confirmed to Kotaku via Discord DMs that she was not contacted by Ewing or anyone from Ceartas, but she did express interest in the service after Kotaku sent her a link to the site.
Ceartas' founder and CEO Dan Purcell confirmed via email that the company initially ran a trial of its AI DMCA-takedowns with Ewing and the "creators mentioned in his stream," and that their work has now "gone from trial to service."
Ewing confirmed in an email to Kotaku that he is offering to pay for Ceartas services for "any broadcaster on Twitch (male, female, or nb) who has legitimate issues in this space" and that he's got enough money budgeted to cover services for 30-60 days. He also told Kotaku that he is using "the remainder of [his[ $US60 ($83),000 ($83,292) retainer at Morrison Rothman on a project involving mass Reddit takedowns of infringing subreddits."
Ewing seems intent on adopting a conciliatory tone. "I messed up, I'm sorry about it, but words don't mean much so I'm really just focused on actions to be someone who helps going forward."
Update 16/3/2023 8:22 AM AEDT: This story has been updated with quotes from Brandon Ewing and Dan Purcell.


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Shards of rain and near-freezing temperatures in the middle of December did not prevent me from making a desperate pact with Horace. As a financially hopeless traveling boy, I often asked dead authors for help. I showed up at their graves and pleaded, "I'll keep writing, you just show me how to pay the bills. Show me how to make a living." That's what I said, or some variation thereof.
Otherwise known in Italy as Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the legendary Roman lyric poet Horace was born in 65 B.C., in Venosa — these days about halfway between Naples and Bari, more or less in the middle of nowhere. Horace left a serious legacy. "Carpe Diem" was his signature phrase, long before Robin Williams popularized it again. Seize the day while you still have time.
As such, our van motored down the road in Basilicata, the arch of Italy's boot, with rural badlands surrounding us in every direction. Heritage countryside cathedrals and ancient ruins were on the itinerary, but on the way, though, our guide informed us that a statue of Horace existed in Piazza Orazio Flacco, the main square of Venosa, in the old part of town. Venosa included an old section and a modern section, she said.
"The modern part is the ugly part," she told us. "That's where I live."
Outside the van, shards of rain continued to plummet from dismal gloomy skies. Everything else along the highway seemed various shades of green, with swaths of hilly agricultural lands stretching as far as I could see through the gray veil of weather.
We were not scheduled to spend that much time in the city of Venosa itself. The small village of 11,000 would be empty, our guide said. Due to the weather, no one wanted to be outside. But as soon as I learned that a statue of Horace awaited me, I became obsessed. I needed to see him. I'd previously visited the graves of Hermann Hesse, Leonard Cohen, James Joyce, Jorge Luis Borges and others, all to make desperate pacts, hoping their spirits could show me a better way to make a living. Horace was not buried here, but his statue would have to suffice.
There was only one problem. The rest of the group did not need to make a desperate pact with a dead poet. They didn't need to walk through empty streets in the dreary cold drizzle just to see a statue in an empty plaza. Thankfully, the group surprised me. They acquiesced. They went along with my ridiculous idea. Carpe Diem. Take advantage of the moment!
The van dropped us off at an entry point to old-town Venosa, since the vehicle was unable to navigate narrow cobblestone streets. Our entire group then had to walk through the rain for about half a mile into the desolate village, with the guide and I breaking away from the group toward the statue of Horace. It was perhaps a few degrees above freezing and the rain was starting to come down even harder. After 15 minutes, we approached Piazza Orazio Flacco, but the rest of the group needed a place to get out of the rain. It was miserable. I felt like a heel for inconveniencing the rest of them.
Thankfully, lo and behold, as we shuffled down Via Vittorio Emanuele II, we passed by a storefront set back a few feet from the road, in a building centuries old. Everything else in the neighborhood was closed for the afternoon, but Eccellenze Lucane, an organic gift shop, appeared to show some signs of life. Inside, the lights were on and we could see some activity, so we banged on the door and a woman came downstairs to let us in. Everyone in the group began to dry off, remove their gloves and rave over the product line.
Eccellenze Lucane featured a curated selection of local products. It was a lovely wine merchant and a place offering cheeses, grappa, sausages, pasta, jams, wicker baskets, gift packages and a variety of artisanal goods from the Basilicata region. Lucania was the ancient Roman name for Basilicata, so the store's title simply referred to local excellencies of the region.
Our visit became an unexpected, instant success. Each person found something to take back home. The shop seemed like every textbook hidden local joint one would want to discover on a chance encounter. We couldn't have planned this visit ahead of time. As the group chatted it up with the proprietor, she opened a bottle of wine and gave everyone a sample. A few members of the group gravitated toward cute wicker placeholders, perhaps meant for carrying wine and cheese, or maybe to hold jewelry. One guy needed to bring home bags of pasta for his friends, so he made a beeline to the pasta shelves, where small packages sold for various prices. The entire group began to whip out their wallets and credit cards. The proprietor was blown away. As the group continued to browse and partake in more product sampling and conversation with the owner, I headed out into the rain to find Q. Horatius Flaccus, as Horace was often abbreviated. Carpe Diem. Live for the day and don't trust tomorrow. I could almost hear Horace in the original Latin piping through my head.
Sure enough, he was down the street and around the corner. The plaza was so empty I could have shot a cannon without hitting anyone, but there was Horace in all his glory. The icy drizzle still poured from the sky and it was hard to get a decent photo, but my jacket protected me enough to stand there and make a pact with the legendary poet.
"Alright old man, I will keep writing. You just show me how to pay the bills." That's what I said to him. Out loud.
But only then did I start to wonder what Horace was really saying in his famous ode that included the words, carpe diem. He was saying, don't put too much trust in tomorrow. Be grateful for what you have today. Who knows what the gods have in store for any of us. Meaning, I didn't even need to be asking him for help. Who cared if I ever made a real living as a writer? Maybe I should just seize the damn day, shut up and get on with it.
And that we did. Afterward, several of us had an espresso inside the only other establishment open at the time, a small tobacconist's shop on the plaza, a place that also sold lottery tickets and other sundries. The guide assumed I wanted American coffee, but I ordered an espresso doppio and some acqua gassata before she had a chance to say anything else.
I was enchanted. Tired, damp and worn out, but enchanted. By sheer chance, we had come to the middle of rain-soaked Venosa during the empty hours of the afternoon. The rest of the group found a spectacular shop to buy just the gifts they'd been looking for, while I found the dead poet I was looking for. Everyone came out a winner in the end. I didn't need to worry about tomorrow. I had seized the moment.
Eventually the van picked us up on the other side of the village and away we went toward the heritage cathedrals in the countryside. I was alive, here, today, and I was grateful to be in Basilicata. Carpe Diem. To Horace, and to Venosa, I said, Arrivederci, alla prossima. Farewell, and see you next time.


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Windscreen Milky in P3Dv5 HF1
The view through the cockpit windscreen is milky in P3Dv5 HF1, was not like this in P3Dv4. I think the changes LM made to how the PBR works may be the cause. I see the glass .dds files in the DR400 texture directory, there must be an easy way to replace them with clear files, no effects. Pictures of the view through the windscreen and the actual scenery view with no cockpit below.
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Is there support in this forums or does it take always more than 15 days to get a reply?
If you need support your best bet is always to contact Just Flight direct.
You can ask a question here:
@AnkH I submitted a support ticket for this issue, and got a quick reply.
The reply stated: "The cloudiness you are seeing is the glass from the windscreen."
Wow, I guess JF support thinks the customers are dumb as rocks. I had no idea I was looking through a windscreen in the DR400! And they also stated it is not going to be fixed! I was going to get the PA38 Tomahawk, but not now, as I don't have any confidence any issues would be fixed.
Here's the quickest way to fix this fogged-up cloudy windscreen issue for now. The offending file is:
\simobjects\airplanes\JF_DR400\texture\DR400_ext_glass.dds. Just rename the file by adding a .bak to the end of the filename, and it will be disabled, and the cloudiness will be gone. You will get an error message in the sim message line that a "CFG file is missing", but there are no ill effects, and the message will go away with the next message to come up on the line.I am going to fsdeveloper.com and try to learn how to edit the .dds or create a new clear one, so the error message will be eliminated. I suspect a developer could correct this in just a few minutes, but if I am able to create a clear glass file I will post it on the freeware sites as a mod.
The development team are currently investigating this as it is likely to affect several of our aircraft in v5 due to changes in the way that it interprets PBR materials. We'll supply updates for any affected aircraft ASAP.
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An important exhibition of recently restored works from the Archaeological Museum on view to the public for the first time. Among others, the famous statues from various digs at the Villa dei Papiri
The Archaeology Museum in Naples is home to the antiquities brought to light during the dig organised by Charles III of Bourbon in 1738. Apart from the paintings, the things that aroused most interest among historians and classical scholars were the large bronzes. During this initial stage of exploration pictures and commemorative statues of the emperors Titus, Claudius and Augustus were found. A large number of statues in bronze and in marble also come from public and private parts of the ancient town buried in the Vesuvius eruption.


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Air quality swung back to pre-Diwali levels with most monitoring stations in the NCR registering "very poor" on the index. This was primarily due to elevated concentrations of particulate matter 2.5, a class of pollutants implicated in aggravating respiratory diseases.
Data from 15 stations on Sunday said that AQI stood at 329 or the "red zone", but several points below the "maroon zone" or 400, when air quality is deemed to be "severely" bad. The day after Diwali, the AQI had dropped to "severe".
Stagnant air
Experts said this was due to stagnant air that had partly resulted from a depression in the Bay of Bengal. The effect of this, however, wasn't specific to Delhi and air quality was "very poor" in several parts of north India including Agra, Moradabad and as far as Amritsar.
Despite a ban on the sale of crackers, the evening after Diwali saw Delhi record its sharpest dip in air quality this year.
This Diwali, the CPCB said, the concentration of pollutants was significantly lower than last year, when cracker-burning and unfavourable weather saw pollution levels spike above the maximum readings at several monitoring stations.
The Supreme Court has already directed a phase-down strategy in its directive of September 12 that asked for regulation of chemicals, reduced quantum of crackers, and controlled bursting through community events, among others.
Experts say that bringing down pollution requires much more than a cracker ban. These include steps to control emissions from continuous sources of pollution, including vehicles and industry, while placing curbs on episodic pollution such as from firecrackers and farm fires.
Action plan
A comprehensive action plan must be drawn up on priority, which will combine short and long-term strategies for vehicles, industry, waste burning and construction activities, experts added.
The Supreme-Court mandated Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has, in the light of poor air quality in Delhi, directed that the Badarpur Thermal Power plant be shut and diesel gensets banned in the city. It will review these decisions next week.


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C.O.R.E Crew!
We bet you can't find interns doper than ours? From bomb interviews to fresh write-ups, our squad is covering a variety of topics for C.O.R.E mag this summer so stay tuned! Meet our amazing crew from Bela High School in Brooklyn!
CORE Crew: Naomi Aubin, Sanaya Brister, Melanie Santiago, Mariam Sikiru, Jada Jackson , Taffia Evelyn
Melanie: What is your dream job?
My dream job is to become a writer because it is a very vulnerable form of art which allows people to express their deepest feelings.
Sanaya: If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
The random hate people have for each other.
Naomi: What does empowerment mean to you?
To help everyone, starting with yourself, to be the best versions of themselves they were created to be.
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Walker 1.13 "Defend the Ranch" Review
"Defend the Ranch", Walker's 13th episode of its first season, explores what happens when the place you think is safe and the people you want most to be safe suddenly aren't. The guilt and sense of helplessness this creates is felt by all to varying degrees. No one feels those feelings more strongly than …
Walker blames himself for everything. Why Clint is mad and at the ranch. Why his brother's life hangs in the balance. Why his parents and children are in danger at the hands of a vengeful murderer. Why his best friend is in this fatal situation. Why he has to lie to his partner and captain. He even takes some blame for why Trevor lost his mom.
Jared plays the nuances of emotion perfectly – devastation, anger, bargaining, reluctance, gratitude, and finally, determination. The audience feels the stress of the situation, and Cordell is the perfect gateway – honestly, perhaps a bit too perfect, because though Cordell thinks he is at fault, the audience feels differently. They blame …
Clint West
Austin Nichols plays this villain flawlessly. Someone who has distorted reality to justify his monstrous actions. Someone who turns a son's love into a cruel allegiance. A man for whom pain and cruelty is the point. A man whose inability to stop ends up costing him his life, and leaving …
Gavin Casalegno adds a humanity and heart to Trevor as he is torn between a father he fearfully loves and the family of the girl he loves. The struggle within him is constantly apparent. His innate goodness wins repeatedly as he risks his father's ire to help Stella and August save their uncle. He also refuses to shoot Cordell, the man his father has convinced him is responsible for his mother's death. One feels his pain and devastation as, by the end of the episode, he has lost not only his father, leaving him an orphan, but also …
Stella and August
These two have different levels of guilt, with Stella taking the brunt of it due to her past actions, but they are both called to be mature and cool in the face of being held hostage, and having to save their Uncle Liam's life. Violet and Kale portray their emotions incredibly well, including their shocked devastation at the end. Because even though they save their uncle, they lose …
Matt Barr shines as the ne'er do well who was in the wrong place at the right time. Though he was there to confront Cordell about kissing Geri, that quickly took a back seat to keeping his adoptive family alive. He uses his life of being a loudmouth to distract Clint from hurting Bonham. He also revels in the fact that his past as an outlaw can help his best friend. He even makes Cordell seem innocent of the robbery, though he does gleefully take a chance to hit Cordell, as he promised when Walker apologized for breaking his trust and getting him involved. It's Hoyt's quick thinking that saves the Walkers, but heartbreakingly, he bears the brunt of Clint's revenge. He dies surrounded by those he loves, and who love him, as he is the arms of …
Abeline and Bonham
The matriarch and patriarch suffer the feeling of helplessness the most intensely. Though Bonham does rescue Liam from bleeding out on the sidewalk, he quickly loses all control. He even loses control of his secret cancer diagnosis, as Clint figures this out in front of Abeline. Mitch Pileggi and Molly Hagan wrench hearts as they have to sit by, holding Hoyt's body as the day is saved by …
Poor Liam, injured himself, but feeling guilt he couldn't save his family, or himself. Keegan Allen is the epitome of pained bravery. Liam even endures makeshift surgery and branding at the hands of his niece and nephew. He only lets the mask slip after coming to the rescue of his brother and family by having to take a life. He does look good doing it, though, sporting a new "tattoo" that was needed to cauterize the wound, a recommendation by ….
Coach Barnett's previous medic skills and personal connection to Stella, August, and Trevor save Liam. Trey quickly becomes the calm voice of reason, walking them all through how to save a life.
This leaves …
Micki and Capt. James
Both of these people sit mostly on the outside of the action this episode, though Micki does lend a hand and a shoulder at the end, helping Trevor make the right choice.
Capt. James has to watch helplessly as Cordell decides the job has cost him too much and turns in his badge. Lindsey and Coby use their time on screen to make the maximum impact in their roles.
The characters and their emotions are incredible this episode. It is intense and action packed. Sadly though, continuity remains a weak spot. Though there are great call backs to previous episodes (the brand and the mushroom hunting knife), other parts aren't so great. The timeline again is wonky, with the DPS hearing that was first scheduled a month ago being delayed for months. The rate at which night falls is also too quick. But those are small errors, and don't really affect the episode.
The one that pulled me out of the episode and the story was Cordell's sudden, heartfelt apology for kissing Geri and breaking Hoyt's trust, even though we never see Cordell find out why Hoyt was at the ranch. Yes, there are several ways he could have found out, but since we see none of them, the apology seems to come out of nowhere.
The only other flaw seems to be the unevenness of Micki's intuition. She can't tell that Bonham's call was a cry for help, but can pinpoint the exact moment Hoyt and Walker will be driving across the bridge? It just seems…odd.
Thus, a potentially fantastic episode is reduced to simply a really good one.
3.8 out of 5 stars.
What did you think? Please share your thoughts on the episode below!
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Paris is a unique city experience unlike any other I've partaken in. So many sites to visit, places to eat, districts to explore…how can one possibly get to them all? Simple: the Metro! Paris has an extensive metro system that covers any point you could ever want to visit. Atlanta may be fantastic in other respects, but the MARTA is definitely not set up for the burdens of massive public transportation. Riding the Metro daily to and from class was an entirely new process for me to get used to, from the rapidly closing doors to complete lack of personal space. Attached here is a picture of me in front of the station for the Balard train at the ACCENT center stop, Ledru Rollin.
One of the first things I noticed about Metro riding was the efficiency; the doors closed so quickly after each person, I was shocked no one got stuck! As I got used to the train, I observed a noise that is played in front of every door right before it closes to alerts passengers that the door is closing. This noise is poignant and cutting, eliciting a harsh auditory reaction that informs passengers to stay clear of the area. As you hear it, you register that it is loud and unpleasant. What interested me so much is how this closing noise utilizes tonal dissonance to be more brash and effective. Attached below is an audio recording of the noise, taken during my morning commute (it may not open in Chrome, but it works in other web browsers).
This simple use of two tones causes such a visceral reaction for a reason; the frequencies of pitch and how they travel to the brain. Two pitches that are half or eight steps apart affect the same area of the basilar membrane, a structure located in the cochlea that is responsible for converting sound waves into nerve impulses that head to the brain. This joint stimulation results in beating (roughness in the basilar membrane) at a frequency that is determined by the difference between the two frequencies of the initial pitches (Johnson-Laird 2012). The clash between these almost-identical frequencies interact with one another to make a warbling, distorted sound.
This can be defined as a harmonically incongruous combination of notes, which is one that does not conform to the rules of harmony. The response to this in the brain is called the early right anterior negativity (ERAN); this event-related potential component occurs at an early latency, is prominent over anterior regions of the scalp, and tends to be lateralized to the right side. The amplitude of this response is modulated directly by attention and is more prominent in those with a familiarity towards music. An experiment was done observing harmonically incongruous chords in the context of a melodic sequence of chords and is shown in the figure below. Harmonically incongruous chords result in an attenuated response of neuronal firing when the tonal discord is in different positions (Positions 3, 5, 7) in the melodic phrase (Leino 2007). The hemispheric lateralization of the ERAN response is visible in the Position 3 example. In Position 7, the incongruous chord occurs at the end and elicits the strongest response and the greatest difference in neuronal firing rates.
Of course, every individual has a different level of pitch identification. Absolute pitch refers to the phenomenon of identifying any pitch without given an external reference. Even during our pitch identification process, we activate the auditory cortex, prefrontal cortex, and certain parietal regions of the brain (Brauchli 2019); yet, we are not all as heavily invested in pitch as a musical function. Why is the ability to identify harmonic versus dissonant sounds in everyday life even important? Besides the tones used in music, language lends itself to a variety of colorful tones and variations in pitch. We use pitch in everyday conversation with specific inflection; for example, a rising pitch at the end of a sentence is often used to indicate a question. On the Metro, this understanding is important because it allows us to register a harmonically incongruous sound like the door closing and turn that into information: the train will soon close the doors. A small part of the everyday Parisian experience, yet an important one nonetheless. Maybe this is something you have yet to notice about the Metro experience, but it is fascinating regardless!
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Brauchli, C., Leipold, S., & Jäncke, L. (2019). Univariate and multivariate analyses of functional networks in absolute pitch. NeuroImage, 189, 241-247. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.01.021
Jonhson-Laird, P. N., Kang, O. E., & Long, Y. C. (2012). On Musical Dissonance. Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 30(1), 19-35.
Leino, S., Brattico, E., Tervaniemi, M., & Vuust, P. (2007). Representation of harmony rules in the human brain: Further evidence from event-related potentials. Brain Research, 1142, 169-177. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.049


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There are several things to look at when considering how to evaluate an innovative idea. My focus today is more on how well the idea and the idea owner fit with the entrepreneur's motivations and expectations.
Get it
Is it a business concept that you "get"? Are you familiar with the pain point it's trying to solve? Does it resonate with you? You're going to be living with this idea a long time, spending countless hours making sure others "get it." Be sure it's one you're fully behind.
Assess it
Is the market big enough for your goal? Is it a market that you can access – do you have connections there? What are the barriers to entry that you have to overcome?
These questions are important to determine if you'll eventually have a paycheck. That threshold alone can make for a very nice lifestyle business. If it's a venturable idea, you'll need to show that your investors will see their own pay day.
Share it
Don't worry about the idea being stolen. Most people are too busy with their own ideas to steal one, and the idea is only a small percentage of business success when compared to execution.
You need to share the idea, especially with people that are potential buyers so you're getting some degree of validation. You'll also need to share with fellow CEOs and entrepreneurs to get started on the right path. There's far more to be gained by sharing as compared to the risk of losing the idea.
Validate it
Look for ways to validate the concept. Nothing shows validation like a sale. Figure out how to sell your first unit, either through a consulting engagement or prototype. If that's not possible, then poll prospects & experts in the industry. They can tell you if your earlier analysis is correct but there will be a greater margin of error. What people say they will do often differs from actual behavior.
Evaluate innovative idea people
At least as important as the idea is the person with the idea. Who came up with the idea? If you're not the idea person, how does that person or institution align with your interests? Are their motivations similar to yours? Similar to "getting it", you'll most likely end up in a long-term relationship with the idea person or institution so you want to make sure motivations are aligned.
Some idea owners are so close to the vest with their idea that they will never see it commercialized. In these cases, the idea person can burn a lot of your time and others who will help execute, before all parties realize the idea will never become a business. There are others that are more open so you can properly evaluate the idea.
Consider how much capability does the idea person bring to the execution side of the venture? If none, it's not a show stopper, but you will need to account for this as part of your business planning.
Keep in mind, there are a lot of ideas and idea people out there. Not all ideas are equal, not all idea people are entrepreneurs and the idea is only the beginning.


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It was an eventful Town Council meeting Monday evening. Several important issues were discussed and voted upon concerning both the Town and Westlake Academy. Here's a recap of what happened.*Council held a public hearing and approved the 2023-2024 fiscal year Town budget *Council held a public hearing and approved the ad valorem tax rate of $0.167880 per $100 of value (No change from prior year)*Approved a resolution ratifying the property tax increase as reflected in the fiscal year 2024 annual operating and capital budget*Heard discussion regarding Town financial policies*Council received a quarterly financial report*John Ard was sworn in as the new Westlake Fire Chief*Council heard a presentation of state assessment results from Westlake Academy*Proclamation recognizing October 5th as World Teachers' Day in the Town of Westlake*The WA 2023 AP Scholars, recipients of the College Board National Recognition Program, and the National Merit Semi-Finalists were honored*Discussion regarding international trips for WA high school students*Approved TTESS appraisal handbook for Westlake Academy*Approved resolution for economic and development agreement for the Villaggio residential development*Discussion regarding cell tower coverage*Approved repairs to Westlake backflow preventer devices*Tabeled the vote for the purchase of network security equipment until the October 9th meetingOn behalf of the Mayor, Council, and Town and Academy staff, we want to thank everyone who attended the meeting in person and watched live at home. If you weren't able to attend in person, you can always access the archived video on our website.


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Sharon Tadmor, soprano
Sharon Tadmor (b.1998), soprano, was born in Brussels, Belgium. She started her musical education as a recorder player at the Giv'ataim conservatory and afterward at the Tel-Aviv conservatory. She began learning vocal practice at the age of 14. In 2016 she graduated with excellence from Thelma Yellin High School of Arts. Sharon has obtained a Bachelor's degree from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, under the instruction of Prof. Sharon Rostorf-Zamir. Currently, she has started her Master's degree at the DNOA (Dutch National Opera Academy) in the Netherlands.
Her repertoire includes the role of Pamina and Queen of the night from "Die Zauberflöte", Mrs. Gobineau from "The Medium", Ms. Pinkerton from "The Old Maid and the Thief" and S.Michele from "La Caduta Dell'angeli" by Francesco Rossi.
Sharon's concert performances include Bach's "Magnificat" and Mass in b minor, Charpentier's "Te Deum", Jesu Meine Freude" by Buxtehude, Schnittke's Requiem, and cantatas by Bach and Mendelssohn. She performed with leading Israeli orchestras including Phoenix Ensemble, The Barocadde Ensemble, and the Israel Chamber Orchestra, under conductors including Ronen Borshevsky, Yi-An Xu, Yizhar Kershon, and Andres Mustonen.
Her awards include first prize at the Clara Schumann (and other female composers of her generation competition), (2019), third place in the Paul Ben Haim competition (2020), Givatayim conservatory Excellence Scholarship (2013), the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Excellence Scholarship (2018-2021), and the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship (2016-2017, 2020-2021).
Sharon has participated in the music fest – Perugia, which was held in Perugia, Italy (2015), and the Israeli Vocal Arts institute's summer program for young artists (2019).
Since September 2021, she is an Artist in Residence a the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, under the guidance of José van Dam and Sophie Koch.


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We can finally say it – 2020 is over. It was a year defined by a pandemic and how it changed the way we live and conduct business. Yet, you probably feel like it's still hanging around despite what it says on your calendar.
It's because several of the accelerated changes that took place in 2020 are here to stay, including how:
- It altered the way people work, shop and live.
- It changed the way customers demand value.
- It forced companies to adapt quickly or lose business.
We saw the 2019 (or older) way of doing things turn into the 2021 (or later) way in a matter of days. McKinsey actually said by May of 2020 we had, "vaulted five years forward in consumer and business digital adoption in a matter of around eight weeks."
The implications are on a regional and global scale. Here's Part 1 of what it all could mean for your business in 2021.
The Digital Workplace and Digital Transformation Endure in 2021
It's a new year, but the pandemic is still here, and the demands of digital transformation continue to grow. In fact, 80% of organizations indicate digital played an important role in getting through the economic slowdown, and while many hope the pandemic goes away in 2021, the digital workplace isn't going anywhere.
Organizations lacking digital maturity find themselves struggling to keep pace with competitors, and those unable to find their digital footing may be unable to survive.
Over two-thirds of organizations with over 25% organic revenue growth in the last three years say they invested more in digital-related capital expenditures than their peers.
Organizations planning to address digital transformation over the next few years were forced to take immediate action.
Even before the life-changing pandemic, McKinsey found that the percent of products or services partially or fully digitized went from 35% in December 2019 to 55% in July 2020.
In 2021, Gartner sees the Internet of Behavior consisting of people centricity (people work/interact with a business), location independence (the shift of ecosystems) and resilient delivery (process adaptability).
That last component is critical. If the pandemic taught organizations anything – it's the serious risks involved in a lack of agility or adaptability. In their 2021 strategic tech trends, Gartner called "disruption" the hallmark of 2020 and noted that organizations prepared to "pivot and adapt" can weather any kind of disruption. Some of their suggestions include a public/private distributed cloud, anywhere customer support, AI-driven business automation and flexible cybersecurity controls.
As a global multi-tenant data center platform provider, we bring together connected communities to help customers adapt. As 2020 drew to a close, we announced a partnership with AWS outposts to provide a comprehensive hybrid IT model that addresses challenges associated with IT deployment, data localization, AI development, exchange optimization and Data Gravity on our global platform, PlatformDIGITAL®.
It Will Be Banner Year For Data Gravity
If 2020 was known for disruption, 2021 could very well be known for Data Gravity. Data Gravity describes the process in which data accumulation attracts additional services and applications to the data in the way gravity attracts objects around a planet. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, data volumes were growing at exponential rates—and the expedited adoption of digital transformation accelerates data growth. Data Gravity was always a component of digital transformation, but 2020 was a game-changer.
Once the pandemic hit, people stayed home and internet use skyrocketed. Business went remote, and meetings went virtual. Starting in 2016, Gartner pointed out that the amount of new corporate and consumer data being generated every day was literally incalculable. Imagine what it is in 2021. Meanwhile, The Data Gravity Index showed Data Gravity intensity growth across 53 global metros by a compound annual growth rate of 139% globally through 2024. IDG indicates data volumes are growing at an average of 63% per month, and by 2025, over 463 exabytes of data will be created each day. That's a rapid amplification in the Data Gravity megatrend. As more applications create more data and more data needs to be exchanged with more applications, the gravitational effect of the data increases in volume, velocity, and scale. Again, think about that on a global scale.
Data volumes are growing at an average of 63% per month and will generate over 463 exabytes each day by 2025.
Take the definition of Data Gravity and think about the significant challenges it can create. We're talking everything from inhibited enterprise workflow performance and impeded customer experience to expanded security risks and increased costs. Don't forget – these issues are further complicated by regulatory requirements and other artificial constraints.
This is a modern problem with an accelerated paradigm, and current backhaul architectures simply aren't able to solve for Data Gravity. An inverted data-centric architecture deployed at points of presence in neutral, multi-tenant datacenters is needed in 2021.
To understand the dynamics of Data Gravity across industries and regions, visit the Data Gravity Insights Hub.
You can also learn more about transforming into a hybrid IT infrastructure by building centers of data exchange with AWS Outposts.
You can also follow Digital Realty on LinkedIn to see more trends and insights.


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Britain's biggest budget airline has cancelled more than 40 flights to and from London Gatwick, its main base, on Thursday – including round-trips to Malta, Bodrum in Turkey and Paphos in Cyprus.
In addition easyJet has cancelled the outbound flight from Gatwick scheduled for Thursday to Hurghada in Egypt. It is flying out a empty plane to pick up returning holidaymakers after cancelling its early summer programme to the Red Sea resort.
The Independent calculates around 7,000 easyJet passengers are affected by the day's cancellations to and from Gatwick.
Most passengers appear to have been notified at least a day ahead, though some short-notice cancellations have been made – including the morning round-trip from Gatwick to Edinburgh and a link to Paris CDG.
On the latter flight, the airline says: "We have been advised by French authorities that firefighting an rescue services in Paris Charles De Gaulle airport will be taking part in industrial action between 0600 to 1300 local time.
"As a result of this action, only one runway will be in use instead of two and all airlines have been told to reduce their flight schedule at Paris CDG airport by 25 per cent during this time period."
Also from Gatwick, Wizz Air has grounded two round trips on Thursday to Madrid, while British Airways' departures from the Sussex airport to Amsterdam, Malaga, Palma and Tenerife have all been axed.
BA is cancelling upwards of 100 flights to and from its main base at London Heathrow each day, though most passengers are given weeks of warning.
All passengers whose flights are cancelled are entitled to be rebooked on the same day if a seat is available – even on a rival airline.
If a same-day flight is not possible, the carrier that cancels the flight must provide hotel accommodation and meals.
In addition, if a cancellation is made within two weeks of departure, cash compensation is generally payable – unless the airline can demonstrate "extraordinary circumstances" were responsible for grounding the flight.
The lowest rate is £220, with £350 payable for flights between 1,500km and 3,500km and £520 for longer sectors such as to and from Egypt.
easyJet flights cancelled from Gatwick:
- Alicante
- Athens
- Belfast City
- Bodrum
- Bordeaux
- Edinburgh
- Faro
- Gran Canaria
- Hurghada
- Krakow
- Madrid
- Malaga
- Malta
- Milan Malpensa
- Montpellier
- Munich
- Nice
- Olbia
- Palermo
- Paphos
- Paris
- Prague
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Well it is about time Activision, for weeks rumors have been surfacing about the latest entry in the Skylanders franchise where we have heard a lot including about the name and finally as we expected Activision would soon enough make the official announcement for the newest game. Activision has finally taken the opportunity to officially announce Skylanders Superchargers. From the look of things Skylanders Superchargers is set to be quite different to previous entries in the franchise with the featuring of vehicles and other things which could potentially make this one of the best entries to date.
Here is the details on Skylanders Superchargers as provided by Activision:
At the helm of powerful, tricked-out land, sea and sky vehicles, Portal Masters can engage in a high-octane action-adventure videogame like never before. Kids can speed across Skylands' roads in vehicular combat, race down roaring rapids and engage in aerial dogfights as they barrel-roll through enemy swarms for the first time. Developed by Vicarious Visions, Skylanders SuperChargers offers a rich story-driven gameplay experience, filled with vehicle-based and on-foot adventures, combat, puzzles, mini games, activities and platforming, set within a variety of all-new compelling environments.
Skylanders SuperChargers features a brand-new class of heroes, called SuperChargers who are distinct with fresh moves, powerful attacks and all-new weapons. These SuperChargers also have special in-game abilities that help Portal Masters fight Kaos. Twenty new SuperChargers character toys and 20 new vehicle toys will be available.
Players will have the ability to customize all vehicles in-game with super cool modifications and upgradeable weapons. For the ultimate gameplay experience, players can pair a SuperCharger Skylander with its signature vehicle to create a SuperCharged combination, unlocking an exclusive mod that revs up the performance of both the vehicle and character. Not only are the vehicles playable in the game, but also many feature moving parts, making them fun to play with outside of the game. Additionally, Skylanders SuperChargers supports all 300+ Skylanders toys from previous games, enabling all Skylanders characters to pilot land, sea or sky-based vehicles.
The game's storyline focuses on Kaos' latest attempt to rule Skylands. In his efforts to take down the Skylanders, Kaos has unleashed his most sinister weapon ever – a massive "Doomstation of Ultimate Doomstruction" capable of eating the sky itself! Fortunately, Master Eon has seen the warning signs and assembled a special team of Skylanders to pilot an unstoppable fleet of land, sea and sky vehicles with the power to travel through the reign of destruction to stop Kaos!
This is sounding truly exciting and a lot better then other entries. Skylanders Superchargers is set to come to just about every available platform, this also includes the 3DS and Wii, so there are plenty of console options.
A Starter Pack will be sold for $74.99, which comes with two new Skylanders characters, a first-of-its kind Skylanders vehicle, newly designed Portal of Power+, and the full game.
Skylanders SuperChargers launches on September 20 in North America, September 24 in Australia/New Zealand, and September 25 in Europe. You can see the first trailer for the game below:
Time to get excited for possibly the first time ever about a Skylanders game.


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From design to production to installation, quality control is one of the most important aspects of a branding project. In fact, quality control is something that begins at the genesis of a project by accurately defining the message you're trying to convey in your space. Unfortunately, it's often not considered until the end of a project, when the product is being installed. If the branded environment you want to create isn't feasible, that error should be caught long before production begins, allowing for a solution to be devised. The sooner you can bring in experts to assess the quality control of your project the better.
After deciding to invest in a branded environment, you'll need to choose between a generalist marketing agency and a specialist such as Continental Office. Be mindful of this partner selection process. Generalist agencies tend to offer a more basic solution whereas specialists can evaluate designs from concept to completion. While a generalist might be more cost-effective in the short-term, consider the long-term effects of a branding project. Quality control will vary widely when the project is a two-week promotion as opposed to permanent signage.
Make sure your branding partner is checking in every step of the way and contributing directly to the process. If you choose to go with a generalist, check their references and make sure those references have completed a project similar to what you're considering. Working with industry experts that can show you graphic and material examples of how the project will be executed is just as important as the final design. A specialist will stand by their final deliverables and make sure that you're 100% satisfied, providing the highest quality solution allowed on a given budget within time constraints.
Quality control is a system of checks and balances and must come from every department. When everyone brings a carefully trained eye to the project, it ensures that the user experience is a great one and guarantees that:
- The message is told on brand and on voice
- The color selection is exact
- There are zero errors or typos
- The quality of materials and imagery is high
- All text is legible from appropriate viewing distances and angles
- Accessibility requirements are met, such as the proper height for monitors or signage
- The final product is perfect and lasting
Ultimately, communication is key to ensuring quality control runs smoothly throughout a branding project. Make sure everyone is on the same page and collaborate not just with your branding specialist but your internal stakeholders as well. Having your physical space and assets prepared at the start of the project will help experts to conduct a thorough space audit and confirm the quality of your assets. Have a realistic expectation of how long you want your branded environment to last. Some designs are intended to change every few weeks while others will last for years. If you'll be updating a digital display wall monthly or even daily, make certain you have someone to do that to ensure the permanency of your display. Determine who's responsible for the life cycle of your branded space.
Embark on your journey to a branded environment. You'll be so glad you did!


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A tres leches cake, also called pastel de tres leches is a type of sponge cake. Butter cake is soaked in three different types of milk, which creates a light airy cake. The texture is far from soggy and very popular throughout Latin America. Modern Taste adapts tres leches into cupcake form which bake brilliantly.
Tres Leches Coconut Cupcakes
200 g all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
113 g butter at room temperature
180 g sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
120 ml milk
Cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Mix flour with salt and baking powder. Add half of it to butter mixture, then still mixing start slowly pouring milk. Add remaining flour and mix.
Fill muffin pan. Bake in 180C (350F) for 20 minutes. Cool completely and make holes in each cupcake using toothpick or fork.
milk mixture:
200 ml coconut milk
200 ml sweetened condensed milk
Mix well both milks. Pour them all over the cupcakes and leave for about 30 minutes.
250 g mascarpone cheese
4 tbsp sugar
5 tbsp coconut milk
Cream cheese with sugar. Start adding coconut milk, one tbsp at a time and keep mixing. Frost soaked cupcakes.


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Once a month our weekly Handmade Trivia night has a theme, June is Parks and Recreation! As always it's free to play + prizes!
Local Mistress of Trivia, Donna Smargiassi will be doling out 7 rounds of 5 questions each.
Donna has been involved with trivia locally for quite awhile as well as authoring questions for various trivia nights. Now she has a night of her very own and instead of the same set of questions you'll find everywhere else all of them will be fun, challenging, and handmade…just like our delicious craft beer!
After the first three rounds, the team in the lead will receive a prize!
First and second place teams at the end will receive prizes!
Teams limited to 6 people.


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MLM Software
By Jain Software In Official BlogMLM Software is called Multi-Level-Marketing System
Multi-level-Marketing is a strategy that some direct sales companies use to encourage their existing distributors to recruit new distributors by planning the existing distributors a percentage of their recruits sales. The recruits are known as a distributors downline. All Distributors also make money through direct sales of product to customers.
MLM is one type of direct selling. Most commonly, the salespeople are expected to sell products directly to consumers by means of relationship referrals and word of mouth marketing. MLM salespeople not only sell the company product but also encourage others to join the company as a distributor.
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TRS Releases Investment Report for FY 2012
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) released its FY 2012 Annual Investment Performance Report. The report states that TRS earned 7.58% on its investments for the fiscal year ending August 31. The fund grew by over $4 billion to reach $111.1 billion in assets.
The report confirms the success of the TRS Strategic Partner Network, which utilizes external partners in locating investment opportunities in private equity and real assets, for example. The TRS Strategic Partner Network program independently earned 11.4% during the fiscal year.
TRS Executive Director Brian Guthrie explains that the Emerging Manager program and the use of hedge funds aided TRS in its performance and helped the agency run its investment division more efficiently.
The report also includes information about expenses related to running the investment division, including salaries and building expenses.
TRTA members may recall that the fund's value was at $95.7 billion in August of 2010 and quickly rose to $108 billion in February 2011. TRS continues to perform well through difficult market cycles, coming from a low of approximately $70 billion during the crash of 2008.
While the news we have received this week is good, TRS is not considered actuarially sound by Texas statute. In order for the TRS pension trust fund to be actuarially sound, it must be able to amortize its unfunded liability within 30 years. Right now, TRS has a funding period of "never."
While TRS is financially healthy and your monthly annuity is not at risk of vanishing, retirees who have not received a pension increase in nearly 12 years are feeling the pinch. In order for the fund to achieve the level of success needed to provide you with a permanent cost-of-living increase, the Texas Legislature must consider making a higher contribution to TRS.
Presently, the state contribution is 6.4% for FY 2013. The retirement system was receiving the Texas Constitutional minimum for the benefit program of 6 percent in the previous biennium.
As you have read in recent issues of the Inside Line, the legislatively mandated study of the pension fund performed by TRS indicates that incremental increases in the state's contribution can have a strong, long-term impact on the fund's investment returns.
TRTA will continue to work with legislators now and during the 83rd legislative session to increase the state's contribution to TRS while maintaining its defined benefit structure.
Medicare Advantage Update
TRTA continues to try and answer questions about the upcoming Medicare Advantage plan. Perhaps the most important questions TRTA has tried to answer over the last month are about medical providers in the plan. Many TRTA members emailed us their provider information to a special email account through firstname.lastname@example.com. There were a few challenges that developed out of using this email question and answer system. Surprisingly, they had nothing to do with technology issues, these problems really stemmed from rule limitations placed on Aetna and TRS from answering these emails directly, something we all believed was possible at the time, but turned out not to be the case (thank you federal rules governing Medicare Advantage plans).
Even still, TRS and Aetna worked diligently to help provide the necessary information so that TRTA could respond to these emails (well over 900 emails, and more than 3,000-plus actual provider questions). The bottom line is that TRTA has been responding to these questions as quickly as we receive new information about providers from Aetna.
We know this has been a frustrating transition, and we appreciate your patience and understanding as we have tried to help as much as possible. If you are still waiting to hear about the providers asked about in your email, we are working to get you than information as quickly as possible (TRTA has responded to about half of the emails we have received so far). For an immediate answer, you can always call Aetna and speak to a representative. Hold times on this toll-free call-in service are generally less than 1 minute. As you read in the TRTA Voice magazine, Aetna is the best and only source for information on your medical provider(s) acceptance of the new Medicare Advantage plan.
We know that specific provider information is critical to you knowing more about staying in or opting out of this new plan option. We are replying to emails as quickly as possible, but to restate, the best way to get an answer about your provider questions is to call Aetna. That number is 1.866.217.2409.
Concluding Comment
Thank you for being a TRTA member and supporting our efforts. Our member network exceeded 73,000 members last year. We hope that you will continue to support us as we fight to protect your retirement. If you are not a member and want more information about joining, please contact our office at 1.800.880.1650. TRTA membership costs $25 per year.


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Sony's a9 II is a sports oriented digital camera that features a full-frame 24MP sensor, Sony's Bionz X processor, a tilting LCD and an electronic viewfinder with a a Quad-VGA (1280x960) OLED microdisplay.
The Sony a9 II is now shipping, starting at $4,500 (body only).
OLED type:
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Just one day after ABC fired Roseanne Barr and canceled her hit sitcom in response to her racially charged tweets, the Reagan Battalion dug up some old, wildy anti-Semitic and sexist tweets from Daily Show host Trevor Noah - proving that when it comes to offensive rhetoric, hypocrisy is far from one-sided.
"Almost bumped into a Jewish kid crossing the road," Noah tweeted back in 2014. "He didn't look b4 crossing but I still would have felt so bad for my german car!"
Another tweet of his says, "Behind every successful Rap Billionaire is a double as rich Jewish man. #BeatsByDreidel"
And don't forget the sexism.
"I like women that don't wear makeup." he tweeted "For me they're like pizza still great the next morning!"
How about sexism and anti-semitism in one tweet? Noah has it covered.
"Messi gets the ball and the real players try to foul him, but Messi doesn't go down easy, just like Jewish chicks."
Roseanne and Noah have both made ridiculous attempts at "jokes" that come off as nothing but straight-up bigoted. One still has a job. One doesn't. I wonder why?
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This wedding album is absolutely stunning and unforgettable! We love how tasteful and immaculate this gorgeous Indian wedding at the Dome Marquee in Puteh Subang, Malaysia, is, with its every detail encapsulating the crucial nuances of tradition yet with a modern flair. Thank you for these brilliant captures, Vinoth Raj Pillai!
Being similar in personality meant this couple easily decided on a theme that best represented them both. Minimalists in their lifestyle and being nature lovers, they picked earth elements and neutral tones as a general theme, which worked wonderfully with the venue. The big draw in having their wedding at the Dome Marquee, Puteh Subang, was its natural light, which filled the space for this daytime event.
The bride shared: "This day was also to honour our parents who have been the most supportive throughout our lives, and which has led us to this beautiful day. Honouring them during the wedding rituals led by the priest was moving and very meaningful. There was a candid moment of fumbling that happened onstage when our parents on both sides were reciting unfamiliar words after the priest. We all tried our best to stay serious while words were mispronounced, but eventually burst into laughter, including the priest!"
In terms of décor, the bride only had a specific design request for the stage and was confident enough to give Nas, the founder of Munstara Events, the freedom to decide everything else. "The theme that we picked aligned with Nas' style and he was very pleasant and understanding during all our discussions leading up to the wedding, which led to me trusting him," explained the bride. "He did not disappoint. It was much easier to work with options that were available rather than insisting on exact little details."
To retain that element of surprise yet stay true to their understated style, the couple were both dressed in silver attire instead of the usual red and gold commonly used in Indian weddings. They decided instead that the bridesmaids and groomsmen would be dressed in red. Intent on honouring the individual personalities of her bridesmaids, the bride commissioned sarees in slightly different hues of red and with unique borders attached.
In an effort to reduce wastage and be environmentally conscious, the newlyweds made DIY wedding favours of snack packs filled with Indian tidbits. These were packed in recycled packaging that had self-designed stickers with their wedding hashtag on it. They opted for digital wedding invitations instead of physical ones, which proved to be so much more effective as they live abroad.
Tips from the bride: "Trust your gut. If you feel strongly about something that is not conventionally done at weddings, discuss the pros and cons with your best mate and try your best to execute it. With a limited budget, prioritising is key. We didn't hire an event planner but we did hire an event manager who ensured that everything, from the setup of the venue to the flow of the event, went smoothly. (It was) a much more cost effective choice and truly a life-saving decision!
"We prioritised our spending on the venue, photography, live band and food. In the last week or two leading up to the wedding, we had a daily schedule ready to keep track of our to-do list. Being on time for appointments eliminated a lot of unnecessary stress. If you do not have an event planner, trust your partner to make certain decisions without you. Take responsibility for different things according to your strengths. With the both of us working full time and planning our wedding simultaneously, it helped that I wasn't needed to make every final decision.
"Lastly, manage your own expectations. After identifying vendors that can deliver according to your tastes and preferences, certain demands might still not be met. In this case, it's worth listening to your vendors and working with available options instead of wasting time and energy insisting on the smallest details."
DIVYA & NAVIN {Malaysia}
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Now That We've Seen It…
Seems like the wind is going out of the X-sails.
Suggesting that fans rushed to see it as soon as possible, X-Men: The Last Stand devolved 67 percent to an estimated $34.4 million, the steepest post-Memorial Day opening drop on record.
Still, it made big bucks — but will this be the pattern for the summer (i.e. Superman Returns and Snakes on a Plane?).
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Oregon Pilot Charged for Falsifying his Airman's Medical Applications
On August 20, 2013, Greg M. Traynor of San Ardo, California, was indicted in U.S. District Court, Portland, Oregon, for making false statements to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), on multiple airman's medical applications. Traynor allegedly falsified the applications in an effort to obtain a medical certificate, by stating that he was not taking any medications and had not been previously diagnosed with or presently had any mental health disorder. However, the investigation revealed that Traynor had been taking disqualifying medications at the time he filed the medical applications and that he had previously reported a mental health diagnosis to the FAA.
We initiated this investigation after receiving a referral from the FAA alleging that Traynor made false statements on his medical applications dated November 6, 2008, and January 13, 2011, when he failed to list a medical condition and prescription drugs that he was taking. The FAA requires a medical certification and exam on a periodic basis in order for an individual to maintain currency on his airman medical certificate.
We conducted this investigation with the assistance of the FAA.
Note: Indictments, informations, and criminal complaints are accusations by the Government. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


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Welcome to the Fab Friday Challenge Blog! We are a group of stampers (mostly Stampin' Up demonstrators) who just LOVE to create! Join us every other Friday for a fabulous stamping challenge and enter your project to be picked as a Fab Fave!
Hi stampers! Thank you all for playing in our last challenge! We love seeing what you make! Here are our picks for this round!
Fab Fave
Fab Four
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20 kuntil the Lord gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also occupy the land that the Lord your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.'
44 sAnd the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. tNot one of all their enemies had withstood them, for uthe Lord had given all their enemies into their hands.
4 yAnd now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, zwhich Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
Joshua's Charge to Israel's Leaders
1 A long time afterward, when the Lord had given erest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua fwas old and well advanced in years,
11 Therefore I yswore in my wrath,
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RVA Green's Tom Griffin with First Lady of Virginia Dorothy McAuliffe awards the Virginia Green Travel Event of the Year Award to the City of Newport News' Jennifer Privette for its efforts to make the One City Marathon GREEN!
Our Philosophy
There are many green certifications, voluntary programs, and sustainability focused models. W encourage our clients to participate in any such programs that provide incentives and marketing value relative to their given industry or place in the global economy; and we are equipped to manage involvement in these programs in order to maximize the opportunities for public recognition, awards, and other incentives.
We encourage all of our clients to adopt a simplified sustainability model that immediately provides structure to their environmental efforts and integrates these efforts with the organization's core mission.
We work with a range of customers, but specialize in:
Green Tourism Certifications & Assistance Services
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La Coque Francaise Transparent iPhone 14 Pro Max Case
This transparent, silicone case from La Coque Francaise, makes the perfect pair alongside their gorgeous chains. With two small loops at the bottom, you can easily attach your chain to the case and wear it across your body or around your neck. Change up the chain depending on your outfit to create a chic look.
- La Coque Francaise Transparent iPhone 14 Pro Max Case
- Transparent, silicone, shockproof phone case
- Chains sold separately
- Season: Spring/Summer 2023
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Heavy Goods Delivery (3-5 working days) - £50
Furniture Delivery - £150.00 (12 Weeks - Please contact customer services for an up to date lead time)


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Being a follower of Jesus means being ready to change course suddenly. This sermon follows Nathaniel who did just that and was the first person to recognise Jesus as the person he had been waiting for. What or who are you waiting for? Could you change course?
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Rollover Correction Event : Sub Balances Missing With Two Resources
(Doc ID 1512539.1)
Last updated on MAY 27, 2022
Applies to:
Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management - Version 188.8.131.52.0 to 126.96.36.199.0 [Release 7.4.0 to 7.5.0]Information in this document applies to any platform.
Customer has a cycle forward monthly product with two resources containing the financial bucket. One tax free and the other with taxes.
When they generate the rollover event, there are the two sub balances which are present.
When they generate the rollover correction event, there is only one sub balance which is present.
Steps to reproduce:-
1) Create a cycle monthly product with two financial resources with two different resource_id.
2) Create a customer and subscribe the product
3) Modify the value of the config_billing_delay in the pin.conf:
- fm_bill config_billing_delay 5
4) Enable the rollover_correction_during_billing in the config_business_params
5) The first month of the subscription (for example: from 05/10 to 05/11), rate a cdr which use a part of the monetary bucket.
For example, the monetary bucket is 19. The cdr consume 4.
6) make a billing at step 1 (the end of the cycle)
7) Rate a cdr with a calling date that is include in the previous cycle period (for example: 10/10). The duration of cdr will use a part of the monetary bucket.
For exemple, the cdr consume 2.
8) Make a billing at step 2 (the end of the delay period)
9) It should create a rollover correction event.
==> Do a robj and verify the sub balances which are present: for one resource or both
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The Culinary Curiosity Exhibition organizes the tools by techniques familiar to professional chefs, such as size reduction, extrusion, and heat transfer. The displays are placed throughout the building so that students, faculty, and visitors can interact with them daily.
The donors hope to inspire students' curiosity, not only about technologies and techniques from the past, but also about entrepreneurship and careers in the food sciences.
This display features a sample of key objects that represent the variety and rarity of artifacts in the collection. Check out the pre-Energy Star, zero emissions, spring-driven spit roaster! And get the scoop on how a change in production methods bogged down our cranberry harvester for good.


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Maria Stanley Skinny Luna Pant, Noir
$113 was $284.00 [sold out]
This silhouette is a tried-and-true favorite from Maria Stanley, now available in a skinny leg made from the highest quality Italian cotton-elastane twill fabric. This pant is form-fitting but comfortable with good stretch and range of motion. There's no side seam which makes them flattering through the hips. The rise is strategically placed to hit at the smallest part of the waist, with a 26" inseam. Finished with all-natural and plastic-free seashell buttons.
Lila is 5'8" and typically wears a size 25 in bottoms. She's wearing a size 2 here. If between sizes, we recommend taking one size up in these bottoms, as they are running a bit small.
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AN-22 returned after a commercial mission
On February 13, 2020, AN-22 Antei of ANTONOV Company's air transport subdivision known as Antonov Airlines returned to Kyiv-Antonov-2 airport after successful commercial mission. The airplane carried HCVMT Trailer (X-Ray/Scanner for Vehicles) from Paris, France, to Baku, Azerbaijan. The AN-22, which is still remains the world's biggest turboprop aircraft, was chosen for this mission because of the cargo dimensions: 1400 х 300 х 402 cm. The trailer weighting 28 t was loaded into AN-22 using unique equipment for long-measuring wheeled vehicles loading.
On February 27 this year, the 55th anniversary of the first AN-22 prototype's maiden flight will be celebrated. Antei opened an era of widebody transports in the global aviation history.


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ScriptLogic to be Acquired for $90M
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. & BOCA RATON, Fla. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT – News) and ScriptLogic Corporation (www.scriptlogic.com) today announced a definitive agreement for Quest to acquire ScriptLogic in a cash transaction valued at approximately $90 million. The union is a natural fit for Quest, a market-leading provider of database, applications, and Windows management solutions, and privately-held ScriptLogic, a leading provider of systems lifecycle management solutions for Windows-based networks. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, including expiration or termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, and is expected to be completed early in the third quarter of 2007.
In addition to expanding Quest's presence in the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) space, the deal broadens Quest's capabilities to support both Windows server-based and client-side needs as well as allowing ScriptLogic to benefit from Quest's global footprint and extensive presence and knowledge in the Windows market.
"Windows server-based services and products have become a cornerstone of Quest's success and central to our opportunity for on-going growth," said Vinny Smith, Quest CEO. "By adding ScriptLogic's established strength in PC life-cycle management to complement our current offerings, we are increasing our ability to meet the Windows management needs of SMB customers while at the same time extending Quest's direct sales model further with ScriptLogic's successful high-volume, indirect reseller channel approach to market."
ScriptLogic will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quest with Jason Judge, ScriptLogic CEO, reporting directly into Smith, and other key members of the management team remaining in place following the acquisition. With revenue around $20 million last year, the company has generated positive cash flow from operations and has more than 19,000 customers including many leading small and medium-sized businesses.
"We are excited about becoming part of Quest as that will help us penetrate further into existing markets and give us the resources and expertise to expand into new markets," said Judge. "We've been successful in building a strong reputation in the SMB market for Windows-based products that complement the existing Quest products. Now we're looking forward to capitalizing on this momentum as part of Quest and taking our success to the next level."
About Quest Software, Inc.
Quest Software, Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases and Windows infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 50,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest's Windows Management solutions simplify, automate and secure Active Directory, Exchange and Windows, as well as integrate Unix, Linux and Java into the managed environment. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.
About ScriptLogic
ScriptLogic Corporation is a leading global provider of systems lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft Windows-based networks. ScriptLogic's award-winning suite of desktop, server, and Active Directory management solutions help empower IT organizations to proactively save time, increase security, and maintain regulatory compliance. More than 19,000 customers use ScriptLogic solutions to manage approximately 4.75 million desktops and 110,000 servers. ScriptLogic solutions benefit any size network in any industry. ScriptLogic is currently headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida and can be found on the Internet at www.scriptlogic.com. Quest and Quest Software are registered trademarks of Quest Software, Inc. The Quest Software logo and all other Quest Software product or service names and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of Quest Software, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.