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We are pleased to announce that Professor Ram Jakhu, currently serving as Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL), has been reappointed, for a rare fourth consecutive term, to the Global Agenda Council on Space of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Robert Leckey as Dean of the Faculty of Law at McGill University, starting July 1, 2016.
Professor Leckey joined the Faculty of Law in 2006, and is currently a full professor and a William Dawson Scholar. He does research and teaches in the areas of constitutional law and family law, using a bilingual and transsystemic approach. He has received the McGill Law Students' Association's John W. Durnford Teaching Excellence Award (2009) and the Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2010).
After many years of extraordinary service and scholarly commitment to McGill University, our colleagues Paul S. Dempsey and Margaret A. Somerville will be retiring respectively on June 1, 2016, and August 31, 2016.
It is with regret that the Faculty of Law and the Institute of Air and Space Law must announce the passing of Dr. Nicolas Mateesco Matte, OC, QC, FRSC, CR, SRC, on April 13, 2016, at the age of 102. Throughout his distinguished academic career, Nicolas Mateesco Matte contributed to the development and better knowledge of international air and space law.
The Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) of the Faculty of Law at McGill University is seeking to fill a position of full-time Faculty Lecturer for the 2016-2017 academic year.
The position will be funded in part by the Erin J C Arsenault Trust Fund and the appointment shall be for an initial duration of one year, with a possibility of renewal at the discretion of the Dean and subject to budgetary resources.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Ram Jakhu has been appointed Director of the Research Center and the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL), for a one-year term that will begin on June 1, 2016, when the outgoing director, Professor Paul S. Dempsey, will be stepping down.
As in the previous five years, the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) of the Faculty of Law at McGill University intends to appoint one or two Postdoctoral Research Fellow(s) during the 2016-2017 academic year.
Deadline to apply: 31 January 2016.
The Institute of Air and Space Law of McGill University wishes to invite submissions for its 4th Manfred Lachs International Conference on Conflicts in Space and the Rule of Law, which will take place on May 27-28, 2016.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2016
Download our Call for Papers for the themes, procedure and complete list of deadlines [.docx].
To encourage innovation and stimulate interest in research among law students at faculties of Quebec civil law, the Paul-André Crépeau Center for Private and Comparative Law is launching a student poster contest.
The contest is linked to the conference that will mark, on 12 February 2016, the Crépeau Centre's 40th anniversary, during which poster submissions will be displayed and the winners announced.
We are proud to announce that Professor Lara Khoury has been named as the Faculty's Associate Dean (Research) starting September 1st, 2015.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Richard Gold has accepted to serve the Faculty as Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) for a three-year term which started on September 1st, 2015.
A James McGill Professor, Richard Gold was the founding Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy. He teaches in the area of intellectual property, international intellectual property, comparative intellectual property, innovation policy and intellectual property management. His research generally focuses on the life sciences.
Professor Angela Campbell was recently appointed Associate Provost (Policies, Procedures and Equity) (APPPE). She will step into the role on September 1. The APPPE is one of two Associate Provosts assisting Provost Christopher Manfredi in top-level academic governance at McGill.
Distinctive curriculum and international career opportunities hallmarks of the McGill program.
McGill University's Faculty of Law has been ranked 26th among the world's law schools by the QS World University Rankings – Law for 2015.
The Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) of the Faculty of Law at McGill University intends to appoint one or two Postdoctoral Research Fellow(s) during the 2015-2016 academic year.
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John Fetterman Blasts Dr. Oz For Insensitive Comments Relating To His Stroke At The Indiana County Rally
John Fetterman's Rally in Indiana County, PA At a campaign stop on Tuesday, John Fetterman slammed Dr. Mehmet Oz for his comments pertaining to his stroke. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman held a campaign rally in Indiana, PA as he seeks the Keystone State's open senate seat. A progressive Democrat, slammed his Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former TV star, for comments pertaining to his recent stroke. Fetterman mocked the sparse Valley crowds and returned to familiar insults pertaining to Oz's crew. Fetterman and Oz are in a tight race and many recent polls show the GOP challenger within the margin of error. The scene in Pennsylvania could determine the balance of power in the Senate.


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Some calls to 911 and the City's non-emergency number are for situations that do not need a police officer to respond. To develop Antioch's program to address non-emergency calls using well-trained community respondents. Urban Strategies Council is collecting input from Antioch residents who have experience with the 911-system or feedback on how the City addresses non-emergency 911 calls and community needs.
This survey aims to understand community needs from the voice of the people most impacted.
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Hydrate formation is a known flow assurance risk in deepwater flowlines, and remediation via single-sided depressurization presents unique challenges to ensure the mechanical integrity of the subsea infrastructure. This paper describes the gas lift depressurization technique that was developed for hydrate remediation and the engineering study that was conducted to assess the risks.
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Top 25 Outdoor Movies of All Time Wrapup
Yesterday we wrapped up the Top 25 Outdoor Movies of All Time with a review of Star Wars, and before moving on to other outdoor movie reviews, we wanted to publish links of all the movies on the list. We hope everyone is having an amazing summer while enjoying outdoor movies under the stars! Is there a movie that you think should have or shouldn't have made the list? Post your suggestions to the comments section below, and we'd love to review or feature your favorite films! We'll continue to review movies throughout the year, so if you have any suggestions, or would like us to focus on a specific film, post your comments below. TOP 25 OUTDOOR MOVIES OF ALL TIME FAMILY NIGHT: 1. Cool Runnings 2. Crocodile Dundee 3. E.T. 4. Flight of the Navigator 5. Goonies 6. It's a Wonderful Life 7. Mary Poppins (Sing-along Version) 8. Monsters Inc. 9. The Muppet Movie 10. Pirates of the Caribbean (1-3, Do a series!) 11. The Princess Bride 12. The Sandlot 13. Robin Hood (Disney Version) 14. Wall-E 15. Wallace and Gromit (trilogy) 16. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 17. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Original) 18. Wizard of OZ DATE NIGHT: 19. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20. Fantastic Mr. Fox 21. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 22. Life is Beautiful 23. Rocky (original) 24. Star Wars (1977) (Do a series with all 6!) 25. The Blind Side


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I've mentioned Calibre before, but I don't think I've ever spent an entire post talking about its value. Last week I had a conversation with a reader who had never heard of it before (which was a shock to me!). It cemented the idea of writing about Calibre even though it has been around for


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February 13, 2019
With another busy month behind us, we have some new product features that we're excited to share with you. This month's updates include Weekly Email Summaries, Vehicle Alerts and Counts, Alert Trends, and Time-Lapse Videos.
This week, we are officially rolling out our weekly email summaries which provide a weekly snapshot of your account to inform you of any potential issues, such as down cameras or cameras that have a weak Wi-Fi connection. These emails will be sent to Admins within your account by default. However, in role settings, you can enable any role within your company to receive these emails.
This feature allows you to receive alerts for any type of vehicle motion. To configure this feature, create a policy and assign it to the appropriate camera. Just like human events, you'll be able to see when a vehicle was captured in the video player and skip directly to that particular event. In an effort to always continue improving your subscription with us, this feature is now available across all Starter, Professional and Enterprise subscriptions plans.
With your Perception license, you'll now have the ability to acquire vehicle counts. See below for a graph on what this looks like.
Vehicle count graphs are available on both the Dashboard and individual camera pages. The graph is also customizable based on timing and can be exported via csv file.
When creating new features, they often come as a customer request. We deeply enjoy learning how a business can benefit from certain features, and how we can incorporate specific features into our road map. The inspiration for this feature came from a customer who wanted to see the historical trend of alerts they were receiving. We built and released a graph to show this data, and it's now available on the dashboard. This graph will show you the types of alerts that you have received over a period of time.
Just a reminder - if you have any ideas, please share them with us. We can't always get to every request in a timely manner, but sometimes we can get it done rather quickly!
A feature we're probably most excited about, and something we've been working on for quite some time, is the ability for time-lapse videos. Regardless of your video storage duration, Rhombus Systems can now generate a time-lapse video on up to 12 cameras over any configurable time period (1 week to even 1 year)! Try it out today by going to your Saved Videos -> Timelapses.
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Ung Cancer / Young Cancer
Check your balls
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|Maria Cruseman / BCW
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This 2018 Clio Health Silver winning entry titled 'Check your balls' was entered for Ung Cancer / Young Cancer by BCW Stockholm, Stockholm. The advertising agency is part of the agency network: Young & Rubicam. The piece was submitted to the medium: Public Relations (Health & Wellness) within the entry type: Disease Awareness. It consists of 1 video and 1 image.


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Executive functions in recently postmenopausal women: Absence of strong association with serum gonadal steroids
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Ryan, Joanne L., Stanczyk, Frank Z., Dennerstein, Lorraine, Mack, Wendy J., Clark, Margaret S., Szoeke, Cassandra and Henderson, Victor W.. (2011). Executive functions in recently postmenopausal women: Absence of strong association with serum gonadal steroids. Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.093
|Ryan, Joanne L., Stanczyk, Frank Z., Dennerstein, Lorraine, Mack, Wendy J., Clark, Margaret S., Szoeke, Cassandra and Henderson, Victor W.
It is controversial to what extent endogenous gonadal hormone exposures influence executive functions in midlife women. Participants in the population-based Melbourne Women's Midlife Health Project were administered a battery of neuropsychological tests on two occasions 2 years apart. Tests of executive functions were the Trail Making Test (Part B), Tower of London (administered at baseline only), Symbol Digit Modalities Test, Digit Span Backward, and Letter–Number Sequencing. Estrone, free estradiol, and free testosterone levels were measured at the time of the first testing, and analyses were restricted to 147 women aged 56–64 years who had recently undergone natural menopause (mean age of menopause 53 years) and were not using hormone therapy. In multiple linear regression analyses, 2 of 20 baseline associations were significant at an alpha level of 0.05. Estrone concentrations were positively associated with Tower of London performance (p = 0.02), and the ratio of free testosterone to free estradiol was positively associated with scores on the Symbol Digit Modalities Test score (p = 0.04). No hormone measure was significantly predictive of 2-year change in executive functions performance. Significance levels in these exploratory analyses were unadjusted for multiple comparisons, and observed associations could be due to unique psychometric properties of these particular tasks or due to chance. Sex hormone binding globulin concentrations were unrelated to executive function scores. In recently postmenopausal women not receiving hormone therapy, serum concentrations of estrone, estradiol and testosterone, and the testosterone/estradiol ratio are not strongly associated with executive functions.
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The San Francisco 49ers season took a big swing on one player. Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo suffered a knee injury in the fourth quarter, and head coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game that the trainers think it is a torn ACL. Garoppolo will undergo an MRI on Monday when the team returns to Santa Clara, at which point they will know for sure.
Whatever the injury ends up officially being, Garoppolo is out indefinitely, and that means the backup quarterback gets the call. C.J. Beathard takes over as the starting quarterback, and Shanahan said the plan is to promote Nick Mullens from the practice squad to serve as his backup.
This is not Beathard's first run as starting quarterback. The 49ers drafted him out of Iowa last year in the third round, and he replaced Brian Hoyer midway through the season. Beathard eventually lost his job Garoppolo, but he made five starts (plus the second half against Washington) before then. In that run, he completed 54.9 percent of his passes for 1,430 yards, with four touchdowns and six interceptions.
Beathard met with the media following the game and said he was ready to go. He met with Garoppolo and told the injured QB he is praying for him. Garoppolo told him, "Lead these guys."
Fooch's update: Kyle Shanahan was asked about C.J. Beathard taking over as starter and offered a vote of confidence —
"I got a lot of confidence in C.J. He got a lot of playing time last year, led us to our first win last year. Came in today, made a hell of a throw on that fourth down. No hesitation. CJ's a gamer. Everyone in here has a ton of respect for CJ, how he handles himself. He's a man out there, and he's a very good quarterback, and I'm fortunate to have him."
CJ Beathard now at the podium. #SFvsKC https://t.co/azXCLrhakw— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) September 23, 2018


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January 6, 2021
Just before the turn of the year we completed a great project: the commissioning of a UNIPORT6000 at MultiCam in Dallas, Texas.
MultiCam is familiar with our UNIPORT CNC machining centres. Since 2006 they are operating a UNIPORT6000 to their full satisfaction. The new UNIPORT6000 is a valuable addition to their manufacturing capabilities offering their customers highest quality and accuracy.
We would like to thank Brian Reddin and his team at MultiCam for the excellent support and teamwork during installation and commissioning!
Specialist in complete CNC cutting solutions
Founded in 1989, MultiCam is proud to have served the global manufacturing industry for over 30 years, delivering high-quality Made-in-America products using American made steel, components, and people. MultiCam has delivered over 14,000 machines, each made to order and built to last. MultiCam supplies innovative, CNC cutting solutions for a multitude of industries and applications ranging from sign making to digital finishing, and aerospace to automotive, sheet-metal to plate-steel processing, hardwoods to cabinet making, thermoform trimming to plastics fabrication. MultiCam provides support to their global customers using a network of sales, service and process application experts, including 60 locations worldwide with 20 Technology Centers across North America. MultiCam's product portfolio includes CNC Router, Digital Cutter, Laser, Plasma, and Waterjet cutting machines.
High flexibility
The UNIPORT6000 offers Multicam a truly productive machining centre. Able to handle multiple operations in a compact footprint.
Main features of this portal CNC machining centre:
- X = 8,000; Y = 4,000; Z = 1,000 mm
- Main drive with gearbox 36 kW / 6,000 rpm / 720 Nm
- Siemens 840D-sl control with hand wheel
- Angled head with 6,000 rpm in pick-up station on the column
In addition, the machine is executed upwards compatible with the existing machine, so that existing CNC programs can be used error-free on the new CNC machining centre.


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Mountain Point Virtual Library.
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At Mountain Point, our literacy program consists of Whole Group Instruction, Shared Reading, Word Work, Guided Reading, and writing. We strive to help each child show growth by focusing on fluency and comprehension. We use the Houghton-Mifflin Literacy Program called Journeys.
|Journeys is a comprehensive K-6 English language arts program. It provides an instructional system for reading both literature and informational texts, for acquiring foundational skills, and for developing mastery of speaking, listening and writing.
|Teachers will access each child's reading level using the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System. The assessments are accurate and reliable tools to identify the instructional and independent reading levels of our students and help us document student progress through one-on-one formative and summative assessments.
|As part of our digital learning program at Mountain Point, students will be using Lexia® Core5® Reading. This program supports our teachers in providing differentiated literacy instruction for students of all abilities in grades pre-K–5. Lexia's research-proven program provides explicit, systematic, personalized learning in the six areas of reading instruction, targeting skill gaps as they emerge, and providing teachers with the data and student-specific resources they need for individual or small-group instruction.
|We will work hard to help students succeed in reading. One way we will support students who struggle is providing teachers with time to pull students for 5-10 minutes during rotations to give one-to-one support. We will also have a WIN (Whatever I Need) Club during our reading block. Aides will work with students who need extra support for 30 minutes a day, Monday through Thursday. These aides will be trained to provide the 95% Group program, a tier II intensive phonics program designed to help students who struggle in reading.
|Teachers are in the process of being trained and beginning the implementation of Really Great Reading, a strong tier I program that helps students develop strong phonemic awareness and phonics skills.
Teachers in K-2 use Heggerty as a daily routine to provide our students with strong phonemic awareness skills.
We also use 95% Group phonics intervention to support students who are struggling in reading.


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Day 1 - Embark at the Port of Palm Beach
Check-in begins at 11:00 AM. Boarding begins at 12:00 PM
Passengers must be on board by 4:00 PM. Departure is at 5:30 PM
Day 2 - Grand Bahama Island
Arrival at destination 8:00 AM. Departure is at 5:00 PM
Passengers must be on board by 4:30 PM
Day 3 - Disembark at the Port of Palm Beach
Arrival at port 7:00 AM
Disembarkation between 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM
Your fare includes shipboard accommodations, round trip ocean transportation, all meals (excluding specialty dining options), select beverages, onboard live entertainment (excluding the adult comedy show), and our supervised kids programs.
Transportation to and from the ship, valet parking at the port, shore excursions, bar beverages, soft drinks, specialty dining, casino, adult comedy show, phone calls, photographs, and any items you may choose to purchase not specifically stated.
Government taxes of $67.37 per person, gratuities of $12.95 per person per night, $1 per person Port of Palm Beach Cruise Terminal Infrastructure Fee.
For your convenience, gratuities are charged to your onboard account at $12.95 per person, per night. This covers all food and stateroom services provided to you by your Stateroom Steward, Waiter, Busboy and Maitre d'. Other staff members may be tipped as services are rendered.
Please note an 18% service charge will be included on all bar, drink packages, specialty dining, and Indulgence Spa & Salon tabs. This is standard in the cruise industry.
Yes, we have a variety of drink packages to offer including:
Unlimited Soda Package | $21* (includes souvenir cup)
10 Alcoholic Drink Coupons | $70* (Retail value $120)
10 Non-Alcoholic Drink Coupons | $30* (Retail value $50)
*Please note an 18% service charge will be automatically applied.
Enjoy the convenience of using your cell phone to keep in touch with friends and family while sailing on the Grand Celebration. To use your cell phone on board, you might need to first activate the roaming service by calling your cellular provider. The network will activate when the ship is at sea, out of reach from land, or your regular cellular provider. When the service becomes available, your cellular phone will display either MCP or 901 12 or indicate digital roaming. This service is charged via your home cellular provider at international roaming rates. For exact pricing, please check with your provider.
Yes, you will be able to stay connected throughout the ship as well as in our comfortable internet cafe. There are 2 packages available for Wi-Fi access:
Option 1 - $15 per device, per day
Option 2 - $25 per device for the full 2-night cruise
Cruise only: Guest completing the booking must be 18 or older at the time of sailing.
Cruise & Resort Stay: Guest completing the booking must be 21 or older at the time of sailing.
Guests under the age of 18 must be in a stateroom with an accompanying adult.
U.S. Citizens: All U.S. citizens must have valid proof of citizenship. While a passport is highly recommended, passengers can travel with an original birth certificate issued by a U.S. government agency (not form a hospital) and a valid government issued photo ID, in place of passport.
Passport cards and enhanced driver's licenses are also acceptable forms of documentation.
Children ages 15 and under only require a birth certificate as noted above. Children ages 16 and over must carry a government-issued picture ID such as a state ID or provincial driver's license and an original birth certificate issued by a U.S. government agency.
Passengers from Puerto Rico must have a valid U.S. passport or a valid government-issued photo ID along with an original issued birth certificate. Birth certificate issued prior to July 1, 2010 are not accepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
U.S. Citizens born outside of the U.S.: Will require a valid U.S. passport for travel or an original naturalization certificate along with a valid government issued photo ID.
U.S. Permanent Residents: Will require a valid Permanent Resident card, also known as a Green Card, with a valid government-issued photo ID or a valid passport from their country of citizenship.
Please note some permanent residents (e.g. Haitian citizens) must carry a valid passport along with a valid Permanent Resident card. Please contact the Bahamian Consulate or U.S. immigration for more information.
Non-U.S. Citizens or Residents:
A valid Passport, Multiple Entry Visa, or Resident Alien Card is required for re-entry to the United States. Please contact U.S. Customs or the Bahamian Consulate for any additional required documentation. Guests from other countries must possess a valid passport and should check with their travel agent or appropriate consulate to determine other necessary travel documentation.
For more information on travel documentation, please visit the Before You Cruise link.
Each guest is permitted to bring two (2) pieces of complimentary luggage, not to exceed 50 pounds per piece. For excess and overweight luggage a $25 fee per bag will be automatically charged to your on-board account. All luggage must be stored in the passenger's stateroom.
The dress code on board is generally casual. Dinner and evening attire is casual elegance, with proper attire required for select restaurants, including collared shirts, blouses, pants, dresses and skirts. Tank tops and swimsuits are not permitted in the dining areas.
You are going to want to capture the moment, don't forget your cameras and chargers.
Please ensure all baggage and personal belongings are properly insured and labeled with the owner's name, address, and ship's name, stateroom number, and sailing date. Suitcases should be securely locked. We are not responsible for theft or loss.
We recommend that you personally carry all medications, jewelry, fragile items, valuables and important documents on and off the ship. Any luggage left at the pier will be forwarded at the guest's expense.
Please let us know at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair-accessible stateroom, accommodations related to medical condition, or have dietary needs. Confirmation of this information may be required in writing.
Guests requiring the use of a wheelchair on board will need to bring their own or make independent arrangements.
Guests may not bring alcohol on board during embarkation. Beverages found in a guest's possession will be confiscated. The legal drinking age on the ship is 21 in US waters and 18 at sea and on Grand Bahama Island. A valid photo ID is required. We have the right to refuse sale and/or service to anyone.
We offer a variety of activities to ensure our young cruisers will have just as much fun as the grownups. We offer three complimentary kids program that includes supervision.
The Grand Celebration is equipped with North American standard, 110 volts AC, which will accommodate most items including your cell phone and computer chargers, hair dryers, curling irons etc.
* Price is per night, per person and subject to availability. Excludes all suites, Friday and Saturday sailings. Ship registry Bahamas. Ship will sail before sunset ** Kids 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult in the same cabin. Taxes and port fees apply for all guests. New bookings only. Ship's registry Bahamas.
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Troy University recognized the late Geri Ann Glasco in a very caring way.
Glasco,the daughter of Louisiana head softball coach Gerry Glasco, was tragically killed in an automobile accident early Thursday morning at the age of 24.
Glasco, who was serving as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for UL, played her college softball at Georgia and Oregon.
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In simple, to bake a cake in the microwave without a convection mode, we need to set the power level to 100% i.e power level 10.
Can we bake cake in microwave without convection?
If you don't have a convection microwave, you can still make a cake in the normal heating mode. Here, it becomes important to note that you can only use microwave safe cookware. This includes a microwave safe glass cake dish or a silicon baking item.
How do you bake in a non convection oven?
Initially, follow the recipe of a cake you are baking and prepare the batter. Then transfer it to the prepared pans. Then place your cake pans in the middle of the microwave and set the power level to 100% of total power and then press the start button. It takes around 8-9 minutes to finish.
What can I use if I don't have a convection oven?
There are three commonly accepted methods of converting recipes from conventional oven baking to convection oven baking.
- Bake at the same conventional oven temperature but for a shorter period of time.
- Bake for the same length of time as you would using a conventional oven but reduce the temperature by 25 degrees.
Which mode to use for baking in microwave?
Convection mode : This is the mode used for baking where you need the low metal rack to place your baking tray on. In this mode your microwave works just as an OTG works. So you can use aluminum baking tins and pans, glassware,silicon and ceramic ware like ramekins and other oven safe bake-ware.
Can solo microwave bake cake?
Microwave solo and microwave grill cannot be used for baking. The rotation of the glass tray inside the chamber limits the size of the baking tray or baking tin that can be used inside the microwave oven.
How do I bake a cake in a convection oven?
5 Tips for Baking with the Convection Setting
- Lower the temperature by 25°F. …
- Check food frequently toward the end of cooking. …
- Don't crowd the oven. …
- Use low-sided baking sheets and roasting pans. …
- Don't use convection for cooking cakes, quick breads, custards, or soufflés.
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When should you not use a convection oven?
In American baked goods, convection should never be used unless a recipe specifically calls for it. In a home oven, the hot, dry air accelerates crust formation in cakes, cookies, and biscuits which is generally counterproductive to desired rise.
How do I bake a cake in the oven?
- Stir together flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, salt, vanilla, water and oil until the batter is smooth and chocolate-colored.
- Pour the batter into greased and floured cake pan.
- Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until you see the sides of the cake separate from the pan. Remove cake and cool. …
- Makes 1 layer cake.
How long does it take to bake a cake in the oven?
Divide the batter between the prepared pans. Bake until the cakes are lightly golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to racks and let cool 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the pans and turn the cakes out onto the racks to cool completely.
Can you use aluminum foil in a convection oven?
Aluminum foils can be used safely when cooking with convection. Granted, you should take extra care to use them properly when using a microwave convection oven.
What are the disadvantages of a convection oven?
Cons of Convection Ovens:
- Some fans can be louder than a traditional oven.
- They're more expensive than traditional ovens.
- The fan can sometimes blow around foil or parchment paper, interfering with your food.
- Food is more susceptible to burn if the cooking time is not properly adjusted.
- Baked goods may not rise properly.
What foods are best cooked in a convection oven?
These are the types of dishes that will have best results in a convection oven
- Roasted meat.
- Roasted vegetables (including potatoes!)
- Sheet-pan dinners (try this chicken dinner)
- Casseroles.
- Multiple trays of cookies (no more rotating mid-way through the baking cycle)
- Granola and toasted nuts.
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What is micro mode in microwave?
This is done to bake the food item on varying levels of heat at different point of time. For example, if you set total time as 30 minutes, the device will run on micro mode for 30% of the time and rest 70% of time on Convection.
What is the difference between oven and microwave?
"Microwave" is just short for "microwave oven". Both terms mean the same thing: an appliance that uses microwave radiation to heat food. Cooking food in this way is called "microwaving". An oven, on the other hand, has a heating element which heats the air inside, which then heats the food.
How much time we should preheat the oven for cake?
In general, the rule of thumb when it comes to baking cakes is to preheat your oven to the directed temperature for 20 to 30 minutes before popping your cake in. That extra time will pay off when you pull out your perfectly baked cake!


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Chapter 99: Unexpected Plea For Mercy
The old dowager rose huffily and made her way outside. The second and third madame looked at each other, interest flashing through both of their eyes. Although they disliked the old dowager's fence-sitting, fawning ways of currying favor with those in power, they'd also always been at odds with the main branch of the family. This was particularly true for the second branch. The third elder master was concubine-born and therefore unloved, but the old dowager still liked the third madame enough because most of the family's silver came from the third branch. But the second branch? The second elder master was also born of the wife, so why was he so much lower on the totem pole when compared to the firstborn?
Qin-mama stepped forward to support the old dowager to gently persuade, "There's no rush, mistress. We can set out after putting on a cloak properly and adding some more warm clothing. Mistress is of a dignified age, and it would be disastrous if you caught a cold from the wind.'
The old servant's words were slow and measured, and landed on the old dowager's ears like warm rain. After all, they were clearly in her best interests. The old dowager allowed Qin-mama to help her into a cloak and warm hat. She continued cursing the entire time, "That brat definitely wants to lord it over me! It's only been a few days, but look what she's up to! What does she want to do in front of née Cao? Doesn't she know of the difficulties our family is in?!"
Although the old servant was wholeheartedly devoted to the old dowager, she sometimes couldn't bear to see her mistress be so heartless. But as a servant, she was limited in what she could do. She could only grasp the opportunities presented and go along with the flow.
"Don't be angry, mistress. Your children and grandchildren naturally have their own fortunes. It only makes for poor health if you become so angry. Not to mention, when has the lord not gone along with what the fourth miss has done? In this servant's eyes, the lord loves the fourth miss like no other, even raising her like a son. With the lord's character and talents, his thoughts and actions aren't something that a humble one like I can understand. But I know that the lord has always had a reason behind his actions. Now that he's spent so many years at court, the lord has become ever more outstanding. His ability to assess others has also become sharper. Since he's letting the fourth miss do all this, then surely this is something he wants as well."
Qin Huaiyuan was the old dowager's soft spot. In bringing his qualities to the fore, the old dowager was instantly rid of most of her anger. When the old dowager took a moment to think, the old servant's words made sense. Even though she was angry that Qin Yining was being so domineering, perhaps Qin Huaiyuan really had authorized the girl in private to act this way?
She wanted to go ask her son, but it was the sixth day of the month and a great meeting was being held at court. No one could know when Qin Huaiyuan would return.
When the second and third madame saw the old dowager's mood no longer as irate, they found themselves without much to say. They knew that although the old dowager was an impulsive character, Qin-mama was the shrewd one. The old servant would hold a grudge if they so much as spoke a word out of line, and the old dowager would believe whatever the old servant said about them.
When the four of them rushed to Garden of Tranquility, the strong granny servants had already changed the four concubines out of their previous clothes. They looked just as bedraggled now as they did luxurious earlier. They were also being dragged out of the house by the granny servants. Concubine Chen had her arms wrapped around a hallway column, holding on for dear life as tears streamed down her face. Concubine Hua was sprawled on the ground with a death grip on the plinth of a column. The yard rang with all manner of curses, screams, and wails.
Qin Yining was supporting née Sun as the two watched the messy spectacle unfold. Qin Huining kept Cao Yuqing company. When they saw the old dowager arrive, Qin Yining helped her mother down the stairs to curtsey. "Greetings to grandmother."
"Good health to Old Dowager." Née Sun and Cao Yuqing curtsied as well.
"I'd like to be well, but you don't haven't given me a moment of peace yet." The old dowager's expression was dark. "How am I supposed to be well? Née Sun, what are you playing at now? How dare you kick up a fuss like this before the first month of the year is even over? The emperor rules the nation with benevolence and wisdom, and no Great Yan noble has ever had the scandal of beating a servant to death. Don't you go overboard with whatever you're doing!"
Née Sun had been nurturing a grudge all these days because the old dowager's distant callousness had thoroughly broken her heart. Now, faced with this bare-faced lecture and her fiery personality, there was no way she would be remaining quiet.
Thankfully, Qin Yining tugged on her hand before she had a chance to open her mouth. The young miss stepped forward and curtsied. "Don't be angry, Old Dowager. I don't mean to kill them. They just haven't lived up to their duties, so I'm merely going to sell them off. It wasn't mother's idea today, but mine."
The old dowager's sharp gaze stabbed towards Qin Yining as she jabbed at the girl's nose with a finger wearing a gold encrusted jade ring. "And you! I was going to look for you anyways. You rebellious brat! On your knees!"
Qin Huining's lips curled up in delight. Let's see who's the one beaten up first!
Qin Yining didn't care about the command at all and was just about to kneel nonchalantly when a graceful hand caught her arm firmly. Surprised, she lifted her head to see Cao Yuqing's stunning face.
"Please don't be angry, Old Dowager." A charming smile illuminated Cao Yuqing's face even as one arm kept Qin Yining from descending to her knees. If she hadn't been on the receiving end of the grip, Qin Yining would've never thought that the concubine had so much strength to her slender figure.
Qin Huining was also quite perplexed. She was the one who'd taken Cao Yuqing as a foster mother! Why was the concubine helping Qin Yining?
"Old Dowager, allow this concubine to overstep herself. The fourth miss is but a young girl, how can she endure kneeling on such cold stones? The lord would be greatly saddened if she grew ill from this punishment."
The old dowager was quite soothed by these words. Despite her stunning looks and illustrious background, Cao Yuqing had never walked about with the airs of a Cao daughter. She was unfailingly polite and pleasant to her mother-in-law and followed the old dowager's will in everything. She even considered things from her husband's perspective! The matriarch had given orders for Qin Yining to kneel, and even her birth mother had busied herself with being angry and hadn't protested. It had been Cao Yuqing who'd taken a stand for the girl.
"I'll forgive you due to consideration for your Auntie Cao." The old dowager nodded. "So tell me, what's going on in this yard? Who gave you the courage to sell off these concubines?!"
Qin Yining didn't know what Cao Yuqing wanted, nor did she have the time to ponder it. The girl walked over to the old dowager to whisper, "Grandmother, can we talk over there?"
The old dowager followed Qin Yining over when she saw how solemn the girl's voice had become.
"Old Dowager, these concubines don't respect the rules," Qin Yining began murmuring into the old dowager's ear. "I wasn't going to hold them accountable for this at first because the old dowager is wise and kind. I was just going to view it as keeping around some additional servants. But who would've thought that they would be so disrespectful to the senior madame? I feel that the rules of our household can't be broken like this. Not to mention, we can't let gossip start about father being too muddle-headed to properly choose concubines, and be known for a restless inner residence. That's why I had the idea of selling them off. Besides, now that Auntie Cao has joined us, do we really need other concubines?"
The old dowager didn't want to hear any of Qin Yining's earlier words. In fact, she heard only the last line. That's right! Why didn't I think of that?!
Sadly, Cao Yuqing couldn't replace née Sun. There still remained an insurmountable difference between wife and concubine. But apart from an official wife in Qin Huaiyuan's yard, there were other concubines as the same footing as née Cao. Wasn't that just an invitation for ire from the new concubine? So was Qin Yining actually helping the family out by making such an enormous deal today and helping Qin Huaiyuan clean house?
The more the old dowager thought it over, the more she felt that there wasn't much fault she could attribute to Qin Yining for blowing the matter up and selling off the concubine. As the family matriarch, the old dowager had to keep her eyes firmly set on the prize. Qin Huaiyuan wasn't too fond of these four concubines to begin with; he'd always been indifferent to them. Looking at it this way, having just a wife and one concubine seemed to be enough.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Throw these four cheap servants out!" The old dowager nodded almost to her self, and snapped out. "How dare they throw their weight around in front of the senior madame?! Do you think the Qins can be bullied like this?! We fed and clothed you and didn't mind that you never bore any children. How dare you get all high and mighty like this?!"
The crowd was flabbergasted. What on earth had Qin Yining just whispered to the old dowager? In the blink of an eye, she'd convinced the matriarch so thoroughly that the latter was fully supporting her!
The concubines had thought that with the old dowager's attitude towards née Sun lately, she would certainly help them get a few stomps in on née Sun and Qin Yining. But the fourth miss had only spoken a few words, and the old dowager had taken the field against them! Although née Sun easily flew into jealous fits, she'd never shorted them on anything. They always wore the best of fabrics in the Qin Manor and had servants waiting on them hand and foot. How could they go back to being an ordinary person? These days of milk and honey would come to an end if they were sold off!
They were so regretful that they wished they could dig out their guts to express their regret! They shouldn't have stuck their necks out to please née Cao. Now that they thought about it, although née Cao was also a fellow concubine, her background was so much more illustrious than theirs. How could she ever treat them as peers? Not only had they not gotten anything out of this mess, but they'd dragged themselves down instead!
"Mercy, Old Dowager! We know our wrongs!"
"Senior Madame, have pity, please have pity on us!" The concubines screeched and wailed for mercy, the cocky and jeering expressions from moments ago having vanished without a trace.
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TL;DR 2021 will be the year of widespread business adoption of AI. This time SMEs with progressive CEOs will reap most of the benefits.
My 5 AI Trends & Predictions for 2021:
- AI will augment traditional systems such as ERP, decision support/BI or even call centre management systems.
- Cloud platforms will dominate opensource frameworks. The market share of 100 % proprietary AI solutions will shrink.
- AI solutions will differentiate by providing industry-specific business content, pre-trained models & exclusive data access.
- High fail rates of AI transformation programs will continue to frustrate the corporate C-Suite.
- Lower cost and oCDOs and oCIOs will play a key role in making AI accessible to SMEs.
1. AI will augment traditional systems such as ERP, decision support or even call centre management systems.
Specialized Artificial Intelligence systems & tools go beyond just Machine Learning. They consist of a varied set of building blocks. They help to communicate (Natural Language Processing), to understand images & video (Machine Vision), to execute processes (Robotic Process Automation) and to make decisions (Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics). Each of those building blocks requires different specialised skills, technologies and frameworks.
Before 2020 we have seen much effort going into integrating these blocks in ever more complex frameworks. These efforts continue, but in 2020 I have observed much more focus going into evolving specialised tools that are good at one job only.
In 2021 we will see this triggering an avalanche of AI-augmented systems. We will experience ERPs, Internet of Things (IoT), Communication Systems, and even Blockchain solutions that are augmented by AI capabilities.
One of my focus areas will be to use AI to help our clients to automate business to consumer communication and request fulfilment. Having seen this allowing one AI-augmented agent doing the work of > 100 regular agents has been a very inspiring experience for me.
2. Cloud platforms will dominate opensource frameworks. The market share of 100 % proprietary AI solutions will shrink.
The big cloud infrastructure providers such as AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, etc. have heavily invested in providing specialised AI tools & frameworks. At the same time, we are seeing, even the heavily-regulated financial services industry massively speeding up their migration into the cloud. This trend is, of course, chiefly triggered by progressive regulators getting more open to cloud-based innovation.
Scalability, flexibility, lower investment cost, simplified data sharing and solid cybersecurity are strong pulls toward Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions. Opensource frameworks that can not provide those benefits risk becoming academic niche projects.
As customers become captive of the cloud they chose, it will become more and more difficult for independent proprietary AI solution providers to position their products in 2021 and beyond.
3. AI solutions will differentiate by providing industry-specific business content, pre-trained models & exclusive data access.
I firmly believe that as leaders of AI businesses, we have to embrace this trend. Why should we compete with Amazon or Google for the best natural voice recognition engine? The next round in this contest is won by the best data and not the best algorithm. Echo speakers are collecting natural language data in 53.9 million households for Amazon every day. Replicating such a data collection engine is very capital intensive. The opportunity to differentiate for smaller players lies in making sense of the recognised input, combining it with industry-specific data sets and turning it into action.
At ReGov Technologies, our strategy has always been to re-use existing world-class components and develop the proprietary capability needed to achieve specific business outcomes for our clients.
I see similar strategies being adopted by AI startups and mid-size tech companies at scale in 2021. Smaller players will more and more differentiate by offering specialised business content, pre-trained data models and exclusive high-value data sets.
4. High fail rates of AI transformation programs will continue to frustrate the corporate C-Suite.
Research data suggests that in 2020 corporate executives entered the trough of disillusionment of the AI hype cycle.
According to the Harvard Business Review, 77% of executives report that the adoption of AI is a significant challenge, with 83% of respondents blaming people and process issues as an obstacle. PWC reported that only 4% of executives surveyed planned to deploy AI enterprise-wide in 2020 vs 20% in 2019.
This data is entirely consistent with anecdotal data obtained from my many conversations with AI practitioners and clients.
Several high-level studies refer to lack of C-level aspiration, incomplete visions, lack of organisational engagement and the inability of technical leaders to obtain sufficient buy-in and investment as critical reasons for past failures.
I think it is to easy to blame the classical "top reasons" that make transformation projects fail. I see two key reasons why big companies fail their AI transformation projects:
- Lack of quality data. AI as any computer system follows the good old "garbage in, garbage out"-principle. I saw many companies start AI or analytics projects without first addressing the fact that they had no mature master data management practice in place. Equally that the data needed by the AI program was in different silos managed by, sometimes competing, organisations was ignored. External data acquisition also requires a solid, aligned strategy instead of departmentalised action.
- It was a big AI transformation project. Unless the CEO makes it a personal priority to push the program through, a big program is destined to fail for all the reasons perfectly outlined by HRB & PWC. Small projects with empowered, dedicated and highly skilled teams have a much better chance to succeed and become the seed of a more significant iterative transformation.
Issue number two is easy enough to tackle. The predicament is that the small team will fail as well if issue number one is not addressed. And here comes the real problem: Data quality programs are some of the most challenging efforts a corporate manager can endeavour on. They require highly experienced (=in demand) cross-functional staff, take long, require significant operational process changes and are political minefields for the leaders in charge.
How to resolve this predicament goes beyond the scope of this article. I hope it illustrates, though, why it is difficult for several large organisations to adopt AI effectively and efficiently.
My prediction for 2021 is that only a few organisations will leave the trough of disillusionment and take decisive action to tackle the root of the issue. The success of those few will force their competitors to take action leading to potential mass adoption of AI and good data management practices within the next five years.
5. Lower cost and oCDOs and oCIOs will play a key role in making AI accessible to SMEs.
The AI adoption challenges faced by SMEs are very different from large corporates. They often lack the technical expertise and thought leadership to adopt AI successfully. In many cases, there is also no capital available to invest in expensive AI teams and experienced technical executives that could put them to use effectively.
A trend I observed closely over the last two years is the emergence of outsourced Chief Data and Chief Information Officers. Experienced consultants are offering their guidance for decades already, of course. What is different about an oCxO is that he/she takes accountability for executing on the strategy as well. Further, the most effective oCxOs come with their own existing technical teams. It is obvious how this can speed up moving from strategy to implementation. Another advantage, executives often overlook, is access to better talent. The best AI experts want to work in teams where they are surrounded by peers to learn from. They also prefer to work with a leader that understands the work they do at least on a fundamental level.
The key concern about outsourcing AI and other technical work in this way, I hear most of the time, is "lack of trust". Indeed trust is critical. Clients and friends that used this model successfully aligned goals by using revenue sharing or equity participation to align incentives. This focuses your oCxO on optimising his team's actions to grow your business. The ability of SMEs to act decisively, having fewer legacy data structures, combined with improved access to world-class AI talent, makes me predict that in 2021 they will be among the big beneficiaries of AI adoption. If… their CEO's take action…


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NORFOLK, Va. - Town Point Park is usually always filled with strollers, people gazing at the Elizabeth River, and curious minds wanting to know more about the city's naval history.
Many stop and stare at "The Homecoming" statue.
"It was always nice to get home and see family, friends, and girlfriends," says Lewis Vaughn, a Korean War veteran.
The bold statue, standing in bronze, perfectly depicts the emotions of a sailor embracing his wife and son for the first time in months.
More than three hundred sailors experienced a similar homecoming when USS Leyte Gulf came home just a couple of days ago.
"The Homecoming" statue was dedicated in 2000 in honor of all sea service personnel and their families, past, present, and future.
Intrigued by the details, Lewis Vaughn served six years in the Army and fought in the Korean War. He too knows it's like to be overseas separated from loved ones. Vaughn says he wishes he had something like this see when he came home from war.
"Korean War veterans came home to nothing, just a void. This country had been in denial about it being a war. It was called a "police action" first and then the "forgotten war,'" says Vaughn.
A vital necessity representing sacrifice to remind all who serve our country, they're treasured and forever remembered.
"I wouldn't know art if it jumped up and bit me on the nose, but I know what I like and I like this kind of thing," says Vaughn.


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The new iPad Air Apple unveiled earlier this month now has an official pre-order date.
Kindly shared by an Appleosophy follower, this exclusive image reveals the pre-order date of the new, refreshed iPad Air.This Apple customer service representative through iMessage has confirmed the iPad Air pre-order date as October 1, and states it is 'just around the corner'. It is possible that the Apple customer service representative made a mistake on when the iPad Air pre-orders will open, but we will see when the time comes. Appleosophy does not know the exact time pre-orders will open for the new iPad Air 4th generation.
Announced at Apple's September event on Tuesday, September 15, the new iPad Air was unveiled with a refreshed base iPad, along with the Apple Watch Series 6.
With pre-orders starting at $599, many are excited for the new features coming to the Air lineup.
The new iPad Air boasts an iPad Pro like design language with an All-New 10.9-inch with a resolution of 2360×1640. The Liquid Retina Display covers almost the entirety of the front of the iPad Air.
The new display has even thinner bezels when compared to the previous generation of the iPad Air. Its cameras have been updated as well with an 8MP rear camera and a 7MP TrueDepth camera with Portrait Mode. The edges of the iPad Air have been squared-off as well to match the iPad Pro's design.
The iPad Air measures in at just 6.1 mm. Internally, the iPad Air gets an upgrade as well, it now ships with Apple's new A14 Bionic Chipset, which is based on a 5nm process with 11 trillion operations per second. This A14 Bionic is the chipset which will debut in the iPhone 12 series later this fall.
Other technical specifications of the Apple A14 Bionic consist of a new Hexa-Core CPU and a Quad-Core GPU. Neural Engine, which has been updated to include 16 cores now. It will ship with iPadOS 14 out of the box and weighs just one pound.
Apple has additionally opted out from bringing its top tier tech, which consists of the buttery-smooth 120Hz ProMotion to the new iPad Air. For now, it is stuck with the standard 60Hz display.
The stereo speakers setup that has consisted of four speakers on the four corners of the iPad has been removed in favor of the Two speaker audio in landscape mode.
Its new design also leaves out the 3.5-mm headphone jack.
The Lightning port on the iPad Air has been replaced with a USB-C port like on the iPad Pro. This new port now supports all of the iPad Pro features. Wireless charging for the Apple Pencil 2 has also been added to the new iPad Air.
This new generation of the Air is now compatible with the Magic Keyboard Case and the 2nd Generation Apple Pencil.
Apple has ditched Home Button for the iPad Air making it an all-gesture-controlled iPad. This move also leaves behind the traditional placement for the Touch ID sensor in the Home Button. Instead, Apple has added Touch ID to the power button at the top of the iPad.
In the end, the new iPad Air is a slight cut down version of the 2018 iPad Pro adjusted to be aptly named the "Air."
The 2020 iPad Air starts at $599 with 64GB as its base storage. This iPad Air is available in silver, gold, blue, pink, and Space Grey variants with Wi-Fi or cellular versions in each configuration.
Will you be pre-ordering the new iPad Air? Let us know on Twitter at @appleosophy.


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UPDATE: Watch the scrimmage here, courtesy of spurs.com.
Captain Oblivious and I attended the open practice today. Some thoughts after the jump.
Decent crowd for a pre-preseason game. The lower level was pretty full--they didn't open the box seats though. Last year's jerseys were 40 percent off in the fan shop, so I brought a Blair jersey home.
James Anderson seems bigger than the 6'6" that he is listed at. Standing next to Gee, who is also listed at 6'6", Anderson's shoulders seemed to be about 2 inches above Gee's. Given this, Anderson has the size to back up the small forward position.
Blair definitely looked sleeker--but he is still a big guy.
Manu and Tony led the silver squad, Tim headlined the black squad and was supported by Blair and Hill.
To the best of my knowledge the rest of the silver squad was Jefferson, McDyess, Anderson, Bonner, Penney, Gee, and Simmons, while the black had Anderson, Cousin, Gist, Jerrells, Neal, and Temple.
Hill looked great. He had 20 points and ran his squad well. Someone will complain that he only had one assist, but it won't be me. He scored when he had the opportunity and wasn't taking ill-advised shots.
Blair has definitely worked on his outside shooting. Late in the game, he had a beautiful shot from about 20 feet out that swished through the net. He also put in a couple little jump hooks closer to the basket.
Tim, Tony, and Manu all looked fine. Manu had a nice drive through a crowd for a lay in that we didn't see until the second half of last year.
Gist had a couple of dunks and played pretty well. He has the height the team is looking for and I think he outhustled Simmons.
Jefferson missed a lot of shots, but he looked more comfortable on the court.
Captain O thought that Neal showed good court vision and leadership.
Temple played solid perimeter defense.
None of the "shooters" were red hot today or even lukewarm.
Penney appeared to mess up his finger pre-scrimmage and had it taped up, so that may have affected his play, but he didn't seem to do enough to displace Neal.
Matt Bonner was Matt Bonner. He played well. So did McDyess.
Marcus Cousin was better than expected, probably not NBA ready, but a potential serviceable role player in the future. He would be a great D-league pick up for the Toros.
Gee didn't stand out one way or the other. He wasn't bad, but he wasn't great either. Based on today, we'd play Anderson ahead of Gee at the SF position.
Simmons is an NBA role player, definitely more polished than Gee at this point.
Our first cuts would be Jerrells and Penney.


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Attorneys, advocates, journalists, federal agencies, and members of Congress are working to learn more about what happened to the women at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) who allege they were sterilized and operated on without their full and informed consent by Douglas, Georgia, doctor named Mahendra Amin. The women's stories about how they ended up in his operating room are remarkably similar, and their experiences were buried until last week.
Based on information from attorneys and interviews Prism conducted with formerly detained immigrants, the process seemed to go something like this: As part of regular detention center operations, detained people who have any kind of ailment or sickness have to fill out a "sick request" in hopes of accessing medical care. These requests usually aren't taken seriously at detention centers. ICDC was no exception, as whistleblower Dawn Wooten alleged in a complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General. Across many detention centers, this is true both in urgent situations and when a detained person simply needs basic care. But for some women at ICDC, a sick request would inexplicably lead a detention center nurse to refer them for outside medical care with Amin.
On their first visit with Amin, formerly detained women told Prism the doctor would tell them they had fibroids or ovarian cysts, both of which are common. Amin would reportedly inject these women with a progestin shot called Depo-Provera, a common form of birth control, that he said would "keep things in check," according to a survivor. Based on different studies, progestin may shrink fibroids or may make them grow. However, when the Depo-Provera shot eventually caused bleeding, as it's known to do in the weeks after the first injection, Amin allegedly used this as reasoning to operate: removing a fallopian tube, as he did to Pauline Binam or performing a hysterectomy, as he did to Maria.
Rev. Leeann Culbreath is a member of the South Georgia Immigrant Support Network. Before the COVID-19 crisis, Network volunteers regularly visited with people detained at ICDC to listen and "be a friend," and refer people to resources or advocate for them individually if requested. During these visits, detained immigrants sometimes shared what they were enduring inside of ICDC. Culbreath said she doesn't remember the name of any specific doctors coming up, but she does recall hearing about "gynecological procedures" and women at the facility appearing to have "regular gynecological care."
"It was curious because we would so often hear that people could not get medication they needed, in one instance could not get a broken bone taken care of. They sometimes couldn't get basic cold and headache medication or extra feminine hygiene products. It was a daily battle to get basic care, so it was just odd to hear from women about all of the gynecological care. The whistleblower's testimony confirmed to us an investigation is needed," Culbreath said, referring to Wooten's complaint.
Based on conversations she had with women who received outside gynecological care, Culbreath said they reported that they did not receive pain medication of any kind after surgery or if they did, it was delayed by several days. This was also the experience of survivors who spoke to Prism. Some women also told her that they recovered from surgery in their dorm unit, but Culbreath said it may have been their choice because the other option would have been medical segregation.
"They wanted to be where people would take care of them, and the women take care of each other. Going to medical or being put in medical isolation felt like a punishment," Culbreath said.
Prism could not confirm the number of women who were reportedly sterilized or operated on by Amin without their informed consent, but an attorney investigating the medical care at ICDC told The Washington Post Amin saw at least 60 detained women.
Scott R. Grubman, a lawyer for Amin, did not directly respond to these latest allegations against his client.
"We are aware of the whistleblower's allegations as they relate to Dr. Amin, and vehemently deny them. Dr. Amin is a highly respected physician who has dedicated his adult life to treating a high-risk, underserved population in rural Georgia," Grubman wrote in an email. The attorney went on to cite a Washington Post article in which Priyanka Bhatt, a staff attorney at Project South, acknowledged that she did not speak to any of the women directly who were reportedly operated on by Amin without their informed consent. Project South is the organization that filed the original complaint with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General that included Wooten's allegations.
"Moreover, after an investigation, the Associated Press concluded that there was no evidence of mass hysterectomies at ICDC," Grubman continued. "We look forward to all of the facts coming out and are confident that, once they do, Dr. Amin will be cleared of any wrongdoing."


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Meghan Gaucher is a student at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a Classmates Connecting Cultures Blogger corresponding with a writing class at HWS. Meghan is currently studying abroad with Interstudy in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Right as spring break approached, so did a spontaneous cancellation of classes due to peaceful campus-wide strikes at the University of KwaZulu Natal regarding on-campus housing. This extended my vacation about 9 days. My first instinct was to get to the coast to see dolphins, breathe in that thick saltwater air and walk for miles along strips of sandy beaches during the early morning, watching as the sun rose higher and higher into the sky, toasting the ground below like marshmallows over a roaring camp fire. That was when a group of friends and I came to the conclusion we would head to Ballito, a small town on the Dolphin Coast.
A few memories are still sharp in my head and have made an impression not only in my mind, but in my heart too. The Dolphin Coast is National Geographic calendar worthy — vines of yellow, pink, and neon orange flowers crawl out over the sandy beaches, scattered like veins over the earth. The waves are surf-credible and raging with bubbling energy and anger, crashing to the shore with such aggression that I almost jumped back in fear of being swallowed whole into the great abyss. The sun growled down at us from above and glistened off the sea-glass green waves; as each turned downwards with a crash, the white caps gleamed like whites of a smile, the waves baring their vicious teeth.
I cannot describe to you the amount of milkshakes I consumed. It must have been over ten! Thank you South Africa for your fair share of refreshing, chocolate-enhanced creamy ice cream wonders. The Milo milkshake is infamous in South Africa and is crowned for the shards of dark chocolate in a caramel, chocolatly sauce, drizzled with milky vanilla and icy goodness. The ice cream café "Milk" looked like the Easter Bunny's haven, covered in pastel colors like J Crew men's spring trousers (so in right now)! It was this moment where I didn't feel like I was in South Africa at all but my hometown on the North Shore of Boston at a public beach. South Africa, I realized, might be halfway around the world but still has accommodations and beach front developments that look so similar to the West. This made me a bit sad, considering the South Africa I have seen is rich in preservation, conservation and farmlands, exploding with diverse culture, sinking into its own African roots. I couldn't see fresh food markets or street sellers here, and trash wasn't scattering the streets. I missed that South African charm — people of varied backgrounds floating through the crowded streets, the beginning of forming a rainbow nation, a South African vision.
I felt like Ballito, with all its fancy restaurants and large sky-scraping hotels and resorts, was similar to the West, possessing the development that has cursed our nation with a large waste issue and a sky-rocketing environmental crisis and having little to no self sustainability without our precious imports. Although I was able to hide away from campus life, dig my toes into the sand, head into my book and my heart into the essence of the place, I couldn't help but feel like I was in Florida or the Carolinas, a place almost too safe without mystery, culture or clumsy charm.
Nights and early mornings pulled me away from this sensation as I watched the sun set and rise in the same day, looking out over the Indian Ocean. The infinite vision of the sun was a welcoming presence and made me feel grounded again, content with my surroundings and blessed to be in South Africa. The simple things in Ballito were most pleasing to me, like the rounded backs of the dark grey dolphins as they traveled in clichés across the ocean a couple of meters off the coast, lolling up and down amongst the garrulous waves. Ballito also had a long boardwalk that stretched across all the hotels and resorts, connecting people and places in an eco-friendly way. The boardwalk crossed parking lots, rocks, beaches, pools and other developments, coasting along until the very end of the Dolphin Coast. The coffee shops surrounding Ballito were all privately owned, run by proud women who lived in the area. Not only was I excited to see so much women ownership in this patriarchal society, but also to see the gleaming smiles and the assertiveness that came with such a demanding job in the restaurant business.
There was one night, past midnight, where my friends and I headed down to the ocean water and wanted to go swimming in the natural tide pools that were made with cement walls to keep them shallow. We went screaming towards the ocean, looking at the moon with childish delight, grabbing each others' arms and whooping with laughter. We dove off rocks into the moon-reflected surface of salt water. We swam to the wall right on the open water's edge and gazed out into the sky across Ballito, searching for shooting stars like little kids hunting for eggs at Easter. Ballito never seemed so close to home as I spotted the Big Dipper, but this urgent bliss that serenaded the night sky was all South Africa's gift to us, and we all spent the night reminiscing about our favorite memories of this country. Ballito couldn't have been a better way to spend a couple of days mellowing out, and I can't wait for another opportunity to get on the road again!


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The Silver American Eagles from the United States Mint represent one of the most popular annual issues from any mint. Though the US Mint does not colorize or otherwise alter its bullion coins directly at the mint, third-party authorized dealers have been known to create special colorized sets featuring the Silver Eagle. The new Save the World Edition of the popular Four Seasons Set is one such example. Today, 2020 Silver American Eagle Save the World Edition Four Seasons Coin Sets are available to you online at Silver.com.
Coin Set Highlights:
- Available to ship in a wooden display box with an included Certificate of Authenticity!
- 35th year of issue for Silver American Eagles!
- Issue limited to 2,000 coin sets only!
- Colorized visuals on both sides of the coin!
- Consists of One Troy ounce of .999 fine silver per coin in BU condition.
- The individual face values of $1 (USD) are fully backed by the US government.
- On the obverse side is Walking Liberty.
- The reverse face includes four unique designs of world ecosystems in peril.
In the new Save the World Edition of the Four Seasons Coin Set, the 2020 Silver American Eagles do not feature the heraldic eagle design on the reverse. Instead, in a bid to call attention to the hazards posed by climate change, the design elements have been altered to show four different ecosystems on planet Earth and the damage possible in the future or already being done to some of these beautiful places.
All of the 2020 Silver American Eagle Save the World Edition Four Seasons Coin Sets come with four individual 2020 Silver Eagles packaged together in a box. Each coin is in Brilliant Uncirculated condition and has its own protective slot in the case. The coins are housed together in a beautiful wooden display with an included Certificate of Authenticity from Emporium Hamburg.
On the obverse side of each 2020 Silver American Eagle in the Save the World Edition Four Seasons Set is the depiction of Walking Liberty. Her graceful figure walks from right to left across the coin with the American flag draped over her shoulders, branches of oak and laurel in her left hand, and her right hand reaching out for the sun on the horizon.
Each coin has its own distinct colorization for the background field at Liberty's feet and her figure. The coins capture the design element in the four seasons of the year. For example, the winter coin has snow on the ground with a pale-yellow sun as Liberty wears a dark green dress and the branches she carries have withered.
The reverse face of 2020 Silver Eagles in this Four Seasons Set focuses on the impacts of climate change around the globe. A pristine beach, African savannah, dense rainforest, and polar region are all depicted in a small snapshot as they should be, with the background depicting the negative impact climate change is actually having on some of these ecosystems.
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The role of media strategy has become much more important than ever as it helps deliver the right brand messages in a more targeted and receptive manner than earlier, feels Maithreyi Jagannathan, Vice-President, Brand at Procter & Gamble.
Jagannathan, who is on the jury of the upcoming Rising Star Awards, says young media planners now need to be more innovative, proactive and be constantly in touch with what is happening around them.
Talking about her expectations from the upcoming Rising Star Awards, she said, "I expect to see breakthrough and out-of-the-box thinking from all the entrants."
Why is media strategy today more important for any business than ever as most of them are struggling in a volatile and uncertain world?
Media consumption has drastically changed over the years from being more mass media-focused to be more personalised and targeted today especially with the increase in smartphone usage. The number of media platforms and avenues has proliferated over the years and people have access to media on their hands. Hence in today's context, media strategy becomes extremely important if we really want to target the right target audience with the right message.
How do you see media strategy function today in comparison to the time when you started? Has it become tougher?
When I started out, mass media such as TV, radio and print were the primary mediums for media consumption and it was comparatively easier to reach out our target audience. However, today, with the explosion of smartphone and internet penetration, people have a lot more avenues to consume media. Media delivery is also more customised, especially with OTT platforms and social media. The role of media strategy is extremely important today as it helps us deliver the right brand messages in a more targeted and receptive manner than earlier. This also means that as brands, we need to constantly reinvent the way we communicate to our consumers both in terms of the formats of our advertising as well the content.
With media strategy becoming more complex, what should be the key traits for young professionals to make a mark in this field?
Professionals today need to be innovative, proactive and be constantly in touch with what is happening around them so they can come up with dynamic solutions and strategies.
How would the Rising Star Awards help the young media strategists?
BestMediaInfo.com has always focused on encouraging young rising stars since its inception. Hence these awards will be a huge recognition for these young achievers and provide a strong platform to bring out the best in them.
As a juror for the Rising Star Awards 2021, what do you expect from the entrants?
I expect to see breakthrough and out-of-the-box thinking from all the entrants.