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Our Vision
We are a globally admired group of diverse educational institutions enabling students to become valued citizens of the World.
Our Mission
To develop an all round personality of our students by:
- Providing child-centric learning.
- Encouraging critical thinking.
- Encouraging problem anticipating and problem-solving thinking.
- Celebrating diversity.
- Working towards every aspect, no matter how small.
- Working consistently as a team.
We are open and responsive to ideas and feedback from all our stakeholders.
Student Centric
Our students are our pride and central to all our efforts.
We respect and celebrate all faiths equally.
We have the power to deliver on our responsibilities.
We have a safe and encouraging environment with opportunities to fulfill our potential.
We collaborate to bring out the best in each other and achieve common goals.
Management and Administration
Shri S. D. Sharma
Chairman, The Lexicon Group of Institutions
"From the day we embarked upon this journey, we knew that it would be filled with great efforts, great initiatives and hopefully, great impact. Since 2006, the last thirteen years have allowed us to offer education to thousands of young minds, and to leave a mark in their lives. Today, our alumni are making us proud globally as university students, corporate leaders and promising entrepreneurs. Through our hard work, integrity and sound values, we are humbled to have received recognition from various national and international education bodies. We still have many more miles to go, and many more lives to nurture!"
Awards & Achievements:
Pride of Maharashtra 2017
Late. Mrs Kamal Sharma
Trustee – Lexicon Group of Institutes
Mr. Pankaj Sharma
President, The Lexicon Group, President, Pune Times Mirror
Mr. Pankaj Sharma, President of The Lexicon Group of Institutes, is a pioneer educationist who is redefining the education system in India. The Lexicon Group of Institutes, founded in 2006, is led by this visionary man who has worked relentlessly for the last two decades to make The Lexicon Group what it is today. The journey of The Lexicon Group began with only 19 students; however, just over the last thirteen years, Mr. Pankaj Sharma has realized his vision to make The Lexicon Group synonymous with excellence, intelligence, hard work, value education, and high-quality education services.
Across the sectors of pre-schools, high schools, special schools and post-graduate institutes, Mr. Pankaj Sharma has ensured a multifold growth of his institutes. With an unwavering determination and an indefatigable leadership approach, he has provided thousands of students with an unparalleled opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed. He has also made The Lexicon Group home to hundreds of passionate faculty members and a highly effective administrative team.
With an education background combining computer technology and management studies, Mr. Sharma is able to successfully bring the best of technology, innovation, administration and education at The Lexicon Schools. With a conscious plan of action and a clear vision, he has taken The Lexicon Schools to national and international platforms, and with an inimitable innovative pedagogy designed using new-age teaching methods, he has transformed The Lexicon Group to become a hub of both academic excellence and social responsibility through value education.
An orator par excellence, a leader who inspires, and a visionary not afraid to take risks, Mr. Pankaj Sharma is the strongest pillar of The Lexicon Group of Institutes. Without his unwavering faith in his vision and his unparalleled contribution, The Lexicon Schools would not be what they are today.
Awards & Achievements:
- 'Asia's Greatest Emerging Leader Award': AsiaOne Awards, Singapore, 2018
- Pune's Visionary Award: Times of India, 2018
- Awarded for making education accessible to all, by the Honourable Governor of Maharashtra
- Times Man of The Year Award for Education: Times of India, 2019
- Leaders of Education (the only educationist from Pune): Forbes India, 2019
Mr. Neeraj Sharma
Vice Chairman, The Lexicon Group, Director, Pune Times Mirror
Mr. Neeraj Sharma, Vice Chairman of The Lexicon Group of Institutes, is a visionary dedicated to establishing premier education centres in the country. With his dynamic approach to leadership and his indefatigable work ethic, Mr. Sharma has led his team to achieving excellence across various sectors of education.
Mr. Neeraj Sharma expresses that, "Today, our students are graduating to become citizens of the world, where digitalization has connected us to the remotest parts of the globe. It is imperative that we expose them to the academics, cultures and traditions of the world, to ensure that they are independent and confident leaders of tomorrow!" With this vision of nurturing global citizens, Mr. Sharma ensures that he continues to integrate the newest trends in education and technology into the curricula of The Lexicon Group of Institutes.
With a belief that education is an amalgamation of all rounded academic and personal growth, Mr. Neeraj Sharma places great emphasis on the inculcation of value education and real world exposure in the pedagogy of The Lexicon Group of Institutes. He works consciously with the faculty members to ensure that students receive adequate experience to succeed in the real world.
Over the last two decades, Mr. Sharma's contribution to education has led him to be recognized as the epitome of entrepreneurial and educational success!
Awards & Achievements:
Times Man of The Year Award for Education: Times of India, 2019
Mrs. Monisha Sharma
Director – The Lexicon Group
Mrs. Monisha Sharma is the Director of The Lexicon Schools and The Lexicon Rainbow School. Mrs. Sharma is the woman visionary of the 21st century, truly embodying a unique penchant for success. She has led The Lexicon Schools for the last thirteen years with a grand vision and an indefatigable work ethic. She is the perfect blend of influential leadership and encouraging inclusivity, and this unmatched combination has allowed her to make The Lexicon Schools the best CBSE schools of the city.
Mrs. Sharma believes in accomplishing the simple goal of "No child left behind" for all her schools. This goal has extended from just The Lexicon Schools to a new initiative this year. Under her tutelage, The Lexicon Group has now launched The Lexicon Rainbow School, which is a unique support school for children with developmental difficulties.
Mrs. Monisha Sharma's educational profile is as extensive as her vision is for her Schools. Her B.Tech in Cosmetics, an MBA and her specialised PhD have all broadened and deepened her pespective on education and administration. She also has a keen interest in integrating technology and various educational advancements into her pedagogical design, thus giving the Lexicon curriculum an edge over all other curriculas. She has brought exclusive and unprecedented concepts and opportunities for growth at The Lexicon Schools. Some of her most celebrated concepts being practised at The Lexicon Schools are:
- Caterpillar to Butterfly
- Research & Development
- Jolly Phonics
- Seven Habits of Happy Kids
- Quick Maths
- MCL (Minimum Competency Level)
and several other programs, which have given all the students myriad prospects of translating their curiosity and creativity to concentration and confidence.
Her directorship and philosophy of education is driven primarily by innovation and advancement. Whether it is in redesigning pedagogies to incorporate the most effective teaching methodologies, or digitalizing the classroom with technology and a refined approach to learning, Mrs. Sharma emphasizes that excellence can only be achieved when we start to grow holistically.
Awards & Achievements:
- Femina Pune's Most Powerful 2019-20
- Yashada Award for Noteworthy Contribution to Education and Curriculum Development 2008
Award for Contribution in the field of Education: Honourable Governor of Goa, Ms. Mridula Sinha 2014
Mrs. Deepti Sharma
Director – The Lexicon Group
Mr. Nasir Shaikh
Group CEO – The Lexicon Group of Institutes, EduCrack & Easy Recruit+, Associate Editor – Pune Times Mirror & Civic Mirror
Mr. Nasir Shaikh is the Chief Executive Officer of Lexicon Group of Institutes in the education sector the group boasts of over 15000 children being nurtured by them every year through Lexicon Kids, The Lexicon Schools and Lexicon Management Institute of Leadership & Excellence.
He is the winner of many awards which include – Debbie Marriott Harrison Take Care Award of Excellence 2017, Asia Pacific Take care Award 2019, BW Hotelier – General Manager of the year 2017, Best Business Council of the World – Marriott International 2019. Mr. Shaikh is also the Board Member for the Rising Star Outreach of India, A Life Leadership Coach, TEDx Speaker, A Passion Catalyst and Golfer.
He has always lead with passion for the success of his team and organization while focusing on driving more. His penchant for innovation and leadership skills have helped the brands he has worked at, to weave several success stories of growth, cementing his position as a name to reckon with. His empowering direction led his organization and him to win numerous awards over the years.
Mrs. Anju Luthra
Deputy Director- The Lexicon Schools & Principal-The Lexicon International School, Wagholi
Mrs. Anju Luthra, MA, B.Ed in English literature has over 20 years of experience of having worked as an educator in the varying capacities of a facilitator, academic head and as a Principal across several reputed schools of the country.
She is an accomplished educator with exceptional organizational abilities, possesses strong leadership, administrative and communication skills and has achieved excellent academic results throughout her career.
She is the recipient of Progressive Principal Award 2017 given by Rethink India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award 2017- By Avantika, Best Principal's Award by Swach Bharat, Early Childhood Association Award 2016-17, Best Teacher's Award- Dronacharya 2008-09 to mention a few. She is also the proud recipient of the commendation certificate received from the commanding Major General of her good administration and academic skills demonstrated in the capacity of the Principal of a school run by Army.


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In Part 1 Creating a Database with SQLite3 we built a database. In Part 2 Populating an SQLite Database using Python we inserted values into TABLES within our database using Python 3.4 and SQLite3. Here we continue using the functionality of Python 3.4 to retrieve and visualize forecasts contained within our database. Again, I cannot thank enough David Branner, for his efforts with this project!
Our desired end-product will be to produce the map below of the differences between forecasts that were made for a specific calendar day and the forecast for that day.
Figure 1. Maps of forecasted differences (the difference between the day of forecast and the forecast for X days out).
Part 3. Retrieving data from an SQLite Database using Python
First we need to retrieve the weather forecast data we made in the previous posts. Our database contains the forecasted maximum temperature (maxt), minimum temperature (mint), rain and snow for a given day that were made the day of to fourteen days prior. So, we need to be able to extract this information from the database. This code uses the sqlite3 module in python to extract the information:
import os import sqlite3 def get_single_date_data_from_db(exact_date, db='weather_data_OWM.db'): """Retrieve forecasts for single date.""" # exact date should be in the form YYYYMMDD connection = sqlite3.connect(db) with connection: cursor = connection.cursor() try: cursor_output = cursor.execute( # This should all be old hat to you now... '''SELECT lat, lon, ''' '''maxt_0, mint_0, rain_0, snow_0, ''' '''maxt_1, mint_1, rain_1, snow_1, ''' '''maxt_2, mint_2, rain_2, snow_2, ''' '''maxt_3, mint_3, rain_3, snow_3, ''' '''maxt_4, mint_4, rain_4, snow_4, ''' '''maxt_5, mint_5, rain_5, snow_5, ''' '''maxt_6, mint_6, rain_6, snow_6, ''' '''maxt_7, mint_7, rain_7, snow_7, ''' '''maxt_8, mint_8, rain_8, snow_8, ''' '''maxt_9, mint_9, rain_9, snow_9, ''' '''maxt_10, mint_10, rain_10, snow_10, ''' '''maxt_11, mint_11, rain_11, snow_11, ''' '''maxt_12, mint_12, rain_12, snow_12, ''' '''maxt_13, mint_13, rain_13, snow_13, ''' '''maxt_14, mint_14, rain_14, snow_14 ''' '''FROM locations, owm_values ''' '''ON owm_values.location_id=locations.id ''' '''WHERE target_date=?''', (exact_date,)) except Exception as e: # What exceptions may we encounter here? print(e) retrieved_data = cursor_output.fetchall() # We receive list of simple tuples from database. composed_data = generate_dict_of_tuples(retrieved_data) # Now we need to build some function that converts the retrieved data into a dictionary. return composed_data
Note the line:
composed_data = generate_dict_of_tuples(retrieved_data)
Here we need some way to make a usable form of the dataset. In this case the function generate_dict_of tuples receives the raw data from the SQLite3 database and converts it into a more usable dictionary of tuples:
def generate_dict_of_tuples(retrieved_data): """Compose the data into a succinct dictionary of tuples.""" # Our re-composed data type is a dictionary of tuples. # Each tuple contains three items: # sub-tuple containing latitude and longitude (floats); # list of 15 sub-sub-tuples, each containing # maxt, mint, rain, snow (floats). # For dates where the database contains no data, the forecast tuple # would be: `(None, None, None, None)` but this is replaced by `None`, # using an `if-else` clause. composed_data = {} for item in retrieved_data: lat_lon = item[0:2] forecasts = [subitem if subitem[0] or subitem[1] or subitem[2] or subitem[3] else None for subitem in zip(item[2::4], item[3::4], item[4::4], item[5::4])] composed_data[lat_lon] = forecasts return composed_data
Now having both of these functions in place, if we run:
We get a dictionary that looks like this:
{(38.576698, -92.173523): [(18.71, 6.97, 0, 0), (21.03, 8.7, 0, 0), (20.67, 9.72, 0, 0), (19.01, 7.23, 0, 0), (22.08, 9.07, 0, 0), (21.68, 9.53, 0.34, 0), (22.33, 10.22, 0, 0), (16.18, 12.14, 1.23, 0), (19.05, 12.02, 10.08, 0), None, None, None, None, None, None], (34.154179, -117.344208): [(17.37, 6.16, 0, 0), (19.66, 7.48, 0, 0), (21.24, 6.27, 0, 0), (21.71, 5.5, 0, 0), (18.34, 8.88, 0, 0), (20.78, 4.73, 0, 0), (20.78, 4.73, 0, 0), (22.96, 7.06, 0, 0), (20.78, 4.73, 0, 0), None, None, None, None, None, None], . . .}
The keys are the location's latitude and longitude, and the values are the forecasts. In this example we have 9 forecasts: one for the day of and 8 days out (other values that are not present are marked as 'None').
Fabulous. In Figure 1 we focus only on the maximum temperature (maxt) forecasts. We visualize the absolute differences between the maximum forecasted values for the day of and the forecasted value for that day at some time in the past. The differenced values are presented on a map of the United States using warm colors to reflect that the forecast the day of was warmer and cooler colors to reflect cooler temperatures (pun intended). With our data extracted, we need only to calculate the differences and we will plot the data using python's matplotlib with the basemap toolkit.
This visualization will include six subplots- one for each successive day leading up to our target date. Thinking about this another way, if our target date is April 22, 2014 (20140422), and we assign that the letter t, then we are making a subplot for differences between t, the day of forecast, and the forecast made at t-1, t-2, t-…n days.
To collect the data for our target date we run the function below, which makes lists containing the latitude, longitude and differences, and sends them off to be processed by our next function:
def make_map(target_date=20140422): '''Make a basic map of the United States''' # target_date is the day the forecasts were made for lat=[]; lon=[]; diff=[] forecasts = get_single_date_data_from_db(target_date) # Call earlier function to get dictionary for city in forecasts: # First collect the lats and longs of the cities lat.append(city[0]) lon.append(city[1]) #Collect differenced maxt values diff.append([ (forecasts[city][0][0]-forecasts[city][1][0]), (forecasts[city][0][0]-forecasts[city][2][0]), (forecasts[city][0][0]-forecasts[city][3][0]), (forecasts[city][0][0]-forecasts[city][4][0]), (forecasts[city][0][0]-forecasts[city][5][0]), (forecasts[city][0][0]-forecasts[city][6][0]), (forecasts[city][0][0]-forecasts[city][7][0]), (forecasts[city][0][0]-forecasts[city][8][0])]) make_basemap(lon,lat,diff,target_date) # Send this information to make_basemap --> our next function! plt.show()
The second function we have named "make_basemap", and does the mapping work:
import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap, cm def make_basemap(lon,lat,diff,target_date): for day in range(1,7): # Run this for each forecasted difference subdiff = [] for city in range(0,len(diff)): subdiff.append(diff[city][day]) plt.subplot(3,2,day) # Define where the subplot will lie on figure mindiff = min(subdiff) maxdiff = max(subdiff) # create Mercator Projection Basemap instance. m = Basemap(projection='merc',\ llcrnrlat=25,urcrnrlat=50,\ llcrnrlon=-130,urcrnrlon=-60,\ rsphere=6371200.,resolution='l',area_thresh=10000) # draw coastlines, state and country boundaries, edge of map. m.drawcoastlines() m.drawstates() m.drawcountries() # draw parallels. parallels = np.arange(0.,90,10.) m.drawparallels(parallels,labels=[1,0,0,0],fontsize=10) # draw meridians meridians = np.arange(180.,360.,10.) m.drawmeridians(meridians,labels=[0,0,0,1],fontsize=10) # draw Circles on the map # Determine min and max differenced values jet = plt.cm.get_cmap('jet') x,y = (m(lon,lat)) sc = plt.scatter(x, y, c=subdiff, vmin=mindiff, vmax=maxdiff, cmap=jet, s=8, edgecolors='none' ) # add colorbar plt.colorbar(sc) # add title plt.suptitle("Differenced Max Temperatures (degrees C) for day "+str(target_date), fontsize=18) plt.title("Forecast Day 0 - Day "+str(day))
Executing make_map() we get the Figure 1. Note that a subplot is created for each differenced forecast through a for loop which also defines the subplot being created.
Like what you see? Stay tuned, the next step on my agenda is making an interactive website that will allow users to play with the data! Thanks for reading!

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Yes I am finished
Thursday, September 9
After finishing the Four Corners Loop on September 8, 2021. I am now resting in Santa Fe New Mexico waking up in an amazing hotel bed and getting ready to go shopping for a shirt I can fly home in. Right now I am still slightly speechless, so when I collect my thoughts I will write a longer post. With that said the four corners soup was an amazing experience and I look forward to improving the experience for others to follow.
David B
9/10/2021 12:52:51 pm
Glad I ran into you on your way to Serpert Lake. Congratulations. Have passed your website on to lots of people so for.
Jim tyra
9/25/2021 05:10:18 pm
You did it! Into the wild and back again!! Super excited that I briefly bumped into you in Dinosaur National Monument and was able to follow your adventure through this website. Congrats, Animal!
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The Knights of Columbus will have a benefit dinner this Saturday to benefit the Luberts family, whose home just over the Phinney Ridge/Ballard line was destroyed in a raging fire less than two weeks ago. Luckily, all seven family members escaped.
Come support a local Ballard family by sharing a delicious meal featuring pasta and meatballs, green salad, rolls and butter, coffee and punch.
The benefit is Saturday at 6:15 p.m. at St Alphonsus Parish Family Center (1415 NW 58th St). Donations will be collected and 100 percent of the proceeds benefit the Luberts Family Fund at Key Bank.


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The Star Tribune sends some sports reporters on the road to cover teams. We do this always for our largest beats, such as the Twins or Vikings, and for peak moments of other beats, such as the Lynx or United.
We make the effort and spend the money to travel to report news, cover games with our own eyes, gather information for future stories, get to know the players and staff, build a complete report of a period of time (a streak, a full season), uncover creative story angles within teams and just generally stay as close to a team and its season experience as possible.
Writers passionate about "being there every step of the way" and access to their sources (players, coaches, staff, executives) could give you a longer list of reasons.
After four months of pandemic, we're back making travel plans. Our reason for not having Jerry Zgoda in Orlando, though, shows that our calculations have changed. Safety for our reporters is where the "should we travel?" conversation starts now.
Zgoda, our Minnesota United beat writer, had begun making travel plans for the MLS is Back tournament a few weeks ago. Since then, Florida's COVID-19 situation worsened in alarming ways and that, more than any other consideration, put a red line through our plans. Zgoda covered the United match on Sunday night from home, using the broadcast and information from interviews conducted before and after the game.
This is far from ideal. Our reporters have no interest in covering games or teams from afar. We plan to be back to our ambitious "they go, we go" approach as soon as this virus allows. The Wild soon will be heading to Edmonton, and the Twins have travel plans to Chicago and beyond. We plan to be there, but to reuse the phrase of the year: Plans are subject to change.
Until we are able to return to our usual approach, we hope our readership understands our caution and appreciates the coverage we are still able to provide with our expertise, additional information from sources and pregame and postgame Zoom interviews with players and coaches.
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The Evenflo Chase LX is probably one of the most affordable booster seats on the market, but I think that the price does reflect performance in this case after reviewing the product.
Out of the box the car seat seems like it would be a great fit for my child, but it wasn't. I was immediately disappointed by the flimsy and thin fabric. There have been issues of poor quality and degrading of the fabric, which I can see happening. Additionally, the straps twisted very easily.
I do like the fact that the seat is lightweight and washable. I was able to remove the seat pad easily and put it in the washing machine. Additionally, the cupholders were a nice addition as it helped keep my child's snacks and drinks secure.
Lastly, I want to mention installation. Installation was easy, but removing it from the car was difficult. Once latched, the straps were difficult to unhook from the anchors in my car. This was a complaint from other people too.
I don't recommend this booster, even at such a low price. I suggest spending the extra money on a more reliable booster with better quality fabric and less uninstallation issues.
Price Comparison
Specifications and Features
- Weight: 9.14 pounds.
- Width: 18.5 inches.
Positive Reviews
- The company boasts the ability to continue to innovate in ways that support families and find innovative solutions for their lives.
- The Chase is no different in that goal to innovate for the betterment of parents and families
- The convertible five-point booster offers options for growing children to use the same seat for many years.
- It is a forward-facing seat that can only be used as a high back and is not appropriate for children younger than two years old.
Other Popular Models
There are a few models of the Evenflo Chase LX Booster include
- the Evenflo Chase Harnessed Booster Jubilee.
- the Evenflo Chase Harnessed Booster Jameson.
These models include the same features and basic specifications but differ in color design and fabrication, only.
The Evenflo Chase LX Booster Car Seat is two seats in one. The Evenflo Chase LX Booster Car Seat manual Manual outlines the most important specifications for families to consider. This seat is meant to be used in the forward-facing mode only.
In its harnessed seat installation, children should
- Weigh between 22 and 40 pounds
- Measure between 28 and 50 inches tall
- Be at least 2 years old
In its seatbelt installation, children should
- Weigh between 40 and 110 lbs.
- Measure between 43.3 and 57 inches tall
- Be at least 4 years old
Weight Requirements. Many parents report frustration with the 40-pound maximum for the 5-point harness. Oftentimes, children were 40-pounds, but not tall enough for belt positioning.
Evenflo Chase Harnessed Booster, Jubilee
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Safety Ratings
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), all manufactured car seats meet Federal Safety Standards and crash performance standards.
The NHTSA rates seats on their ease of use out of five stars.
- The Evenflo Chase LX earned two out of five stars. The NHTSA noted that this particular seat does not come assembled, so parents need to use tools and screws to fully assemble the seat. This, if done incorrectly, could be a safety concern.
- According to Evenflo, the seat has been side-impact tested as well as strict company safety requirements. The seat meets or exceeds all applicable federal safety standards. The seat has been designed two times the federal crash test standard. Evenflo tests its seats at high and low temperatures.
- The seat meets FMVSS 213 and 302, plus Canada's CMVSS 302 and 313.
Expiration Dates
Each Evenflo seat has the expiration date clearly attached to the car seat.The Chase Booster expires eight years after its manufacture date. Parents should be sure to always check their car seat's expiration date that is physically attached to the seat.
Each seat comes with different specifications, so families should be sure about the expiration dates of their seats.
The following models used a harness crotch buckle which became difficult to unbuckle over time due to sticky substances (food and drinks). This made it more difficult for families to unbuckle and remove children from the vehicle. If the buckle is functioning normally, there is no risk.
Affected Models
Evenflo Chase, Chase LX, and Chase Select (manufactured 8/23/11-3/3/14)
Evenflo provided consumers seats with a free kit to replace buckles. Parents and families can order a replacement kit by calling 1-800-490-7591.
Evenflo Chase LX Reviews
Here's a quick highlight of some of the positive customer feedback of the Evenflo Chase, which are mixed. There are many folks who seem to love the seat for its value and safety, and others frustrated by the weight/height requirements and quality.
Unique Features
The Evenflo Chase LX Booster has a few unique features that separate it from other boosters of its kind:
1. Machine Washable Seat Pad.
Parents can quickly clean the seat pad by tossing it in the washing machine, drying for a few minutes on low, and letting sit to dry completely.
2. Dual Cupholders.
Most boosters have cupholders, but the Chase offers fixed cupholders that do not expand the width of the seat.
3. 2 Crotch Buckle Positions and Multiple Belt Positions.
This allows parents to adjust as necessary for their children to achieve a better fit.
What We Like
- It's lightweight. It's one of the lightest two-mode boosters on the market, so it's convenient and easy for families.
- Children can grow with the seat. Many families keep this seat for years and use it for children as they grow-up.
- Great for flying with toddlers. Toddlers will fly safely in this seat and because it's so lightweight, it's easy to carry through security and all of the hustle and bustle at the airport.
What We Don't Like
- Quality concerns. Customers reported issues with the quality of the fabric and its deterioration over time.
- Tricky straps. They also noted that the straps can twist and become difficult to untwist.
- Easy installation, but difficult to get out of the car. Parents say getting the seat in is a breeze, but getting it out might be a little trickier. Be sure to do a bit of research on uninstalling your seat should you need to move it.
- Highback Booster only. This seat can only be used as a highback booster. The top does not detach from the bottom booster portion.
Flexible and versatile. The seat grows with children and can be used in harnessed or seat belt mode.
Lightweight. This seat is extremely light and can be installed quickly and easily.
Value. This particular booster is one of the most affordable on the market.
Excellent return policy. Evenflo promises a 30-day return policy regardless of the retailer and a 90-day warranty.
Easy Cleaning. The seat fabric pad can be machine washed.
Safety. Evenflo tests their seats to withstand two times more than the national safety standard. The red tether also reminds parents to utilize this feature during installation.
Dual Cupholders. The cupholders are built into the seat and offer two places for snacks and/or drinks to rest near the child.
Removable Head Pillow. This allows parents to adjust the pillow as necessary or remove it entirely, as desired.
FAA Approved. In the five-point harnessed mode, this seat is approved for air travel.
Evenflo Chase Vs Maestro
The Chase and Maestro boosters are similar seats, but there seem to be higher parent approval review ratings on the Maestro versus the Chase.
- The Chase is a lighter than the Maestro. The Chase booster is a little bit lighter than the Maestro.
- Lower price point. The Chase tends to be a bit more affordable than the Maestro booster.
- Slimer than the Maestro. The Chase width measurements are smaller than the Maestro, making it easier to fit seats with multiple children in the back seat.
- Installation and uninstallation problems. There are several reviews from parents and customers online about the difficulty of removing the seat from the vehicle. The Maestro does not report as many issues with uninstallation.
- Quality. There are some fabric concerns with one design of the Maestro, but in comparison to the Chase, it seems that quality is less of a concern with the Maestro versus the Chase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Evenflo Chase FAA approved?
Yes. The Evenflo Chase can be used during air travel, but only in the five-point harnessed mode.
How to adjust Evenflo car seat straps?
The straps can be adjusted easily in different crotch and shoulder locations. The manual offers a detailed step-by-step, but here's a quick overview. To adjust the crotch straps or shoulder seatbelt position, simply rethread the strap through the desired location from the back of the seat.
What do you do with expired car seats?
There are many retailers that will exchange expired car seats and offer a coupon or credit towards the purchase of a new seat. Do not donate the seat to Goodwill or reuse the seat in any vehicle. Take advantage of a retailer's recycling seat program and capitalize on those savings.
Safe and Affordable Option
The reviews from customers and parents are mostly positive on the Evenflo Chase and its many different design options.
However, there are some concerns with uninstalling and quality over time. Overall, it's an affordable, safe, and reliable option for parents when choosing a car seat for their children.
Looking for other high-quality booster seats? Our review of the "Graco TurboBooster | Top Graco Boosters" can help you find the perfect fit for your child. Check out our review!


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The following is a partial list of technologies developed through DWSL projects that are available for licensing. More information can be found about DWSL technology through the Drexel Applied Innovation.
Method for selecting state of a reconfigurable antenna in a communication system via machine learning
Symmetric encryption key generation using wireless physical layer information without sharing any information pertinent to the key
LinkPursuit - A reinforcement learning method and protocol for distributed antenna state selection to mitigate wireless interference
Through close collaboration with the Drexel Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization (OTTC), DWSL maintains close ties with industry. DWSL has a very broad intellectual property portfolio in new types of antenna and wireless technologies and has highly active technology commercialization activities in these areas. Drexel OTTC has helped publicize and license DWSL intellectual property with industrial partners. Commercialization and technology transfer efforts from DWSL include the following areas:
Reconfigurable Antennas - Electrically reconfigurable antenna technology from DWSL has been licensed by Adant, founded by Daniele Piazza, a DWSL PhD graduate. This company has attracted third party VC funding and is actively commercializing reconfigurable antennas for residential and enterprise wireless local area networking access points. Adant Inc. is a startup company that develops reconfigurable antenna systems that are suitable for a large number of different applications including WiFi access points and routers, desktop/laptops/tablet PCs wireless cards and other home networked devices, wireless sensor networks and other ad-hoc networks, and RFID. Adant has licensed reconfigurable antenna technology from DWSL. Adant has commercialized its reconfigurable antenna technology in the market of wireless access points, electronic tolling systems and UHF RFId systems for automatic inventory.
Optically Transparent Antennas - Prior DWSL research has demonstrated how transparent conductive polymers can be used to realize antenna and RFIDs. This technology was recently showcased in a press release that appeared in more than 90 news media outlets including Forbes.com, Reuters, and the Philadelphia Business Journal. Optically transparent antennas from DWSL have also been spun off by university researchers into the company MetaTenna, LLC that has received SBIR funding to commercialize transparent antennas for wireless local area networks. MetaTenna, LLC was founded in 2009 and develops and commercializes new, low-cost, thin-film antennas that are transparent, flexible, conformal, and capable of being directly printed on unusual substrates including plastic films, fabrics, and paint. MetaTenna has been supported through several SBIR grants and has expertise and capabilities to produce innovative thin-film antennas based on in-depth knowledge of materials printing, organic conductors, and antenna systems.
Textile Electronics - Intellectual property relating to textile based antennas is currently being cultivated by internal research for commercialization in medical body-worn personal area sensor networks. We have worked with the Drexel Center for Functional Fabrics, and the Coulter Foundation program administered by the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, to seek commercial partners for textile electronics based biomedical monitoring systems.


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On Ariana Grande's first three albums, she was restrained by the rules of grammar. The titles of her songs, including hits like "Break Free" and "Into You," were capitalized in the conventional style: first letter of the first word, plus all nouns and active verbs. But no longer. On her 2018 album Sweetener and 2019's thank u, next, only two of Grande's 27 songs include a capital letter ("R.E.M." and "NASA"). She even decided that hits like "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored" and "no tears left to cry" were fine in only lowercase.
Grande is not alone. Billie Eilish, whose hit "bad guy" is currently the No. 1 song in the US according to Billboard, also eschews capital letters in song titles; she appears to have saved them all for her debut album's title: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Other artists with all-lowercase hits include Post Malone ("rockstar") and XXXTENTACION ("changes").
Meanwhile, a number of musicians are swinging the other way. For 2017's Pulitzer Prize-winning album DAMN., Kendrick Lamar went all caps. Artists J Balvin; Tyler, the Creator; and Daniel Caesar all followed suit, among many others. Travis Scott goes both ways: He went all lowercase for the songs on 2016's Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight and all uppercase for the songs on 2018's ASTROWORLD.
Quartz analyzed the data, and this is a trend with legs. In the last week of December 2018, just eight of the 200 songs on Spotify's top 200 streaming songs were either all uppercase or all lowercase. In 2019, more than 30 songs in a typical week have non-standard capitalization.
So what's going on? Do millennials have a thing for E.E. Cummings?
The most likely answer is that this is a manifestation of artists growing up in the texting and social media era. Ariana Grande (26), Billie Eilish (17), and Travis Scott (28) have spent much of their lives communicating by text message, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter, and their capitalization choices show it.
Though writing has historically been a more formal way of conveying information, these newer methods are informal. Writing in all lowercase is intended to signify a lack of stuffiness, and has become so popular that many people now turn off the autocorrect in their texting app that capitalizes the first letter of sentence. Linguistics professor Lauren Fonteyn told Mashable that many people are beginning to ignore this "non-functional" grammar rule so they can use capitals for other purposes. The lowercase default allows the writer to employ capital letters for accentuation or sarcasm.
The choice to use uppercase is simpler. All caps is generally used for emphasis. Katy Waldman at Slate points out that Twitter and some other texting apps don't allow for italics and boldface, which makes capitalization an increasingly important way to show enthusiasm.
Young musicians are using the tools of their generation to title their songs. It's changing the actual look of the pop charts, and mostly for the better, by offering more variety and style. BRING ON THE ERA OF WEIRD CAPITALIZATION.


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On a recent visit to downtown San Jose, the actress Adrienne Barbeau, a South Bay native and alumna of Del Mar High School, reminisced about the start of her musical comedy career at the Montgomery Theater. Although she still has family in Los Gatos, Barbeau was brought to town this month to play the part of Berthe in the touring production of Pippin.
In 2013, the musical was entirely reconceived from its original 1970s, Bob Fosse-choreographed incarnation. This high-flying, updated version of the Broadway show went on to win four Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.
If you're not familiar with either version of the show, Pippin is the story of a young man on the search for something to give meaning to his life. As Berthe, Barbeau plays the titular character's grandmother, who provides some much needed grounding to her grandson.
"She has my philosophy, which is that you need to live in the moment," Barbeau says. "You think too much. Enjoy this day, because this is all we have. In no time at all, it's going to be gone." In one sense, her character's feet are firmly planted on the ground. When you see the moment performed on stage, she conveys her wisdom with an unexpected kind of levity.
According to Barbeau, the show's director, Diane Paulus, "reimagined the musical with a group of circus performers and acrobats. She hired Gypsy Snider, who was from a family of circus people, to draw on acrobats and circus performers from Cirque du Soleil and Les 7 doigts de la main. We're not talking elephants here."
What we are talking about, however, is a lot of spectacular trapeze. "What drew me to the role of Pippin's grandmother is that half of my number is done singing as I'm hanging upside down in the air." It all sounds daunting at first, until you hear about her early work with the San Jose Light Opera.
"I went to Southeast Asia with the Opera in a musical comedy revue and entertained the G.I.s there for three months under the auspices of the State Department a week after I graduated high school."
After Barbeau returned to the States, she packed her bags and moved to New York despite not knowing a soul. By 1972, she'd earned a Tony nomination as the original Rizzo in the Broadway production of Grease. From there, the Norman Lear sitcom Maude with Bea Arthur kept her busy for the rest of that decade.
In thinking about the arc of her career-from her film collaborations with the director John Carpenter (Escape from New York, The Fog) to guest-starring roles on a wide range of television shows: Fantasy Island, Dexter, The Drew Carey Show, Sons of Anarchy-where should someone unfamiliar with her work begin? Barbeau has a suggestion:
"I loved the role of Lucy in HBO's Carnivale. She was just a fantastic character." After many years in the show business carnival, the actress still retains her sense of wonder watching the acrobats perform in Pippin. "Every night, I stand in the wings and hold my breath to make sure everybody makes their leaps and jumps and catches."
Pippin runs through Jan. 10 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.


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Today is a day of rest after a weekend of long-distance travel, interviews and filming; I need time to digest all the information that I'm gathering. At night, Minal, Ammi and I visit Clifton Seawall, a drive that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto once wanted to create as the "Jewel of Asia" and where he supported Tufail Shaikh's vision of building a casino by the sea. The casino, with its curling roof and welcoming doors, was scheduled to open in the late seventies but all action was stalled in 1977when General Zia 's coup toppled Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's popularly elected government. Long after in 1979 when General Zia executed Bhutto, the building remained part of Karachi's southern silhouette against the Arabian Sea, a haunting reminder of how the direction of Pakistan changed when Zia, supported by the US government (led by Ronald Reagan) came to power and brought Islamization into the country.
As teenagers in the late seventies and early eighties, my friends and I used to drive along that strip and often park and sit on the wall to inhale sea spray and watch the glimmering sea. There were no steps leading down to the water or any rides on camels, scooters and horses as there are today. Nor were there restaurants, teashops or glittering nightlights—just gusty winds, the rush of waves and open space.


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The Spanish study group is back…but now they are all taking anthropology. As the study group heads treks through their second year, they grow closer, but one of the members could be a villain in disguise.
Community's first season started out slow and rocky but turned into a great show when they gave up trying the standard sitcom scripts. The second season has no rocky points. The shows are smart and cleverly crafted to utilize the characters. Developing Chevy Chase's Pierce as an out & out villain was the right move since he always seemed to be the weakest link in season 1. This gives his character an almost "Newman" type feel (accepted but rejected at the same time). Bringing Senor Chang back as a student really hasn't quite found its direction yet and seems a bit force.
What works about Community is that everyone is committed to the characters and they put the characters into such outrageous plots that the commitment pays off. The characters almost always react the same way each time despite the reaction and the fact they recognize this (as seen in episodes like the Community take on the flashback episode "Paradigms of Human Memory"). It also hasn't tried to overload the series with guest-stars but what guest stars they have had work well in the context of the stories (like LeVar Burton's appearance in Intermediate "Documentary Filmmaking").
The second season of Community is a great example of why this show needs to stick around. It is a smart show for people who feel jaded by TV and movies because the characters so jaded. Plus if the show sticks around there could be more paintball episodes (a definite reason worth coming back).
Community—Season 2 Complete Episode Guide:
2.1 Anthropology 101 Airdate: 09/23/10
Greendale Community College is back in session and everyone is back for the new year. Britta (Gillian Jacobs) is popular for her public rejection by Jeff (Joel McHale). Jeff is trying to end his brief fling with Annie (Alison Brie). Abed (Danny Pudi) wants new material for his movies. Troy (Donald Glover) has started an internet sensation by tweeting about Pierce (Chevy Chase) and Chang (Ken Jeong) is adjusting to life as a student. Now the class is finished with Spanish and moving on to Anthropology and discovering Chang might not have been the toughest professor when they meet Professor June Bauer (Betty White).
2.2 Accounting for Lawyers Airdate: 09/30/10
Jeff runs into an old friend from work Alan (Rob Corddry) and finds himself drawn back into his old life. When Annie realizes that Alan got Jeff disbarred, it is up to the group to show Jeff that his friend isn't really his friend. Chang tries to get into the group by joining a breakdance competition.
2.3 The Psychology of Letting Go Airdate: 10/07/10
Pierce's mother dies and the group finds Pierce's religion doesn't believe in death. While the group questions how to get Pierce to understand his mother is gone, Jeff finds disturbing news about his health. Annie and Britta get donations to clean up the oil spill but find themselves at odds over how they earn money. Chang finds the restraining order by Duncan (John Oliver) is keeping him out of anthropology class.
2.4 Basic Rocket Science Airdate: 10/14/10
Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) and Greendale decide it has to have the first simulated space program and buys an old KFC sponsored rocket simulator. Annie admits that she has decided to transfer, and the group learns she's going to the rival school. Most of the group gets trapped aboard the simulator when it is hauled away by a tow truck and only Abed can help them complete the simulation and escape.
2.5 Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples Airdate: 10/21/10
Abed reads the Bible and decides to make his version of it. When Abed begins to gain followers, Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) decides Abed and his movie must be stopped.
2.6 Epidemiology Airdate: 10/28/10
It is Halloween again, and Greendale is throwing a party. When tainted military food gets served, everyone turns into zombies. The military has been called and now the only way to survive is to escape the party.
2.7 Aerodynamics of Gender Airdate: 11/04/10
The girls decide to take a women's studies class but find Abed is taking it too. Jeff and Troy find a hidden paradise and learn that a trampoline could be the key to inner peace if they can keep it secret from Pierce. When the girls find the class is full of mean girls, they learn Abed can level perfect insults…but they might have released a monster.
2.8 Cooperative Calligraphy Airdate: 11/11/10
Annie finds her pen is missing and demands that none of the study group leaves until the thief is revealed. When the group is forced to examine each other, Shirley reveals she's hiding a secret about what happened on Halloween.
2.9 Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design Airdate: 11/18/10
Jeff fakes a conspiracy theory class with Professor Professorson, but Jeff finds a man claiming to be the real Professor Professorson when he accused making it up. Abed and Troy decide to make a pillow fort, but the fort grows out of control. When Annie and Jeff decide to investigate Professorson and Greendale's night courses, a greater conspiracy might be uncovered.
2.10 Mixology Certification Airdate: 12/02/10
Troy celebrates his birthday and discovers he's really 21. The study group decides to go out to a bar, but Jeff and Britta can't decide what bar to go to. When they pick a bar, Shirley realizes that she's already been there and Annie becomes the woman from her fake ID. As Troy debates what to have for his first drink, he finds himself playing the role of the responsible one instead.
2.11 Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas Airdate: 12/09/10
Abed finds that everyone's become claymation and decides it must be a sign he needs to find the real meaning of Christmas. When Abed is tricked into a therapy session with Duncan and the group, he transports the group to Planet Abed to find the real meaning of Christmas.
2.12 Asian Population Studies Airdate: 01/20/11
Second semester of anthropology begins and Annie has been seeing Rich (Greg Cromer). When Rich joins anthropology, the group debates taking in Rich as a new member in spite of Jeff's objections. Shirley reveals she's seeing her husband Andre (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) since she's pregnant and Troy and Pierce realize Chang is probably the father from the Halloween party. Jeff decides Rich has to be stopped and petitions Chang join the group.
2.13 Celebrity Pharmacology Airdate: 01/27/11
The group prepares to do an anti-drug presentation for at-risk students and Pierce discovers Annie has been cutting off by her parents. When Pierce loans Annie money, he takes over the play. Chang tries to get Shirley to accept him since he might be the father of her baby. Jeff tries to text Brita's boyfriend but accidentally ends up sending sexy texts to her nephew.
2.14 Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Airdate: 02/03/11
The group realizes Fat Neal (Charley Koontz) is in crisis and decide to join Fat Neal in a game of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. When Pierce jumps in and ruins the game, the group must hunt him down to help Fat Neal get his sword back.
2.15 Early 21st Century Romanticism Airdate: 02/10/11
It's Valentine's Day again and Troy and Abed both target the librarian for a date. The group worries about Pierce's addition to pain pills, and Pierce begins seeing a little man (Andy Dick) giving him instructions. Jeff gets in a fight with the group and ends up getting stuck watching Manchester United with Duncan and Chang, but Chang decides to make it a party. Britta makes friends with a lesbian Page (Brit Marling) but Annie learns from Brit's friend that she thinks Britta's a lesbian.
2.16 Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking Airdate: 02/17/11
Pierce is found unconscious on a park bench after overdosing on painkillers and tells the group that he's dying. Pierce begins to manipulate the group by giving them his final gifts and has Abed shooting a documentary about his life.
2.17 Intro to Political Science Airdate: 02/24/11
It is election time at Greendale, and Jeff faces off against Annie. Abed learns that there are secret service agents on the campus of Greendale in anticipation of Joe Biden's visit and finds he can spot them making him a target.
2.18 Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy Airdate: 03/17/11
Shirley tries to get Chang to sign parental rights away and hires Jeff to help her. Troy and Abed find a new friend named Lukka (Enver Gjokaj) and try to get Britta not to see him since she ruins all their friend.
2.19 Critical Film Studies Airdate: 03/24/11
It's Abed's birthday, and Jeff has organized a Pulp Fiction themed party. Jeff learns Abed has had an epiphany about his life after visiting the set of Cougar Town. Troy learns that Jeff has gotten Abed a briefcase like in Pulp Fiction and decides he has to know what's inside.
2.20 Competitive Wine Tasting Airdate: 04/14/11
It is add class, time and Pierce, Chang, and Jeff end up in the same wine tasting class. Jeff hits on a woman from the wine class but suspects she is using Pierce when she and Pierce decide to marry. Britta and Troy take acting class to improve their dancing and Troy lies about being molested by his uncle to get the class on his side. Abed ends up in a critical analysis of Who's the Boss? but finds himself at odds with the professor.
2.21 Paradigms of Human Memory Airdate: 04/21/11
When the group prepares to end the semester, Troy's monkey's secret stash of memories are found. As the group begins to flashback throughout the year, they realize that they are toxic when they are together.
2.22 Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts Airdate: 04/28/11
The anthropology class final is interrupted when Shirley goes into labor, and the group finds themselves having to deliver Shirley's baby.
2.23 A Fistful of Paintballs Airdate: 05/05/11
It is paintball time again at Greendale and this time an ice cream company has put up a $100,000 prize. As the group splits into factions, a new threat arises when they learn an assassin called the Black Rider (Josh Holloway) has been sent in to win the game.
2.24 For a Few Paintballs More Airdate: 05/12/11
When it is revealed that City College is behind the paintball contest, the students of Greendale Community College must band together in a last stitch effort to save the school from financial disaster, but it could cost the group one of their members.
Related Links:
Community—Season 1 Review and Complete Episode Guide
Community—Season 3 Review and Complete Episode Guide
Community—Season 4 Review and Complete Episode Guide
Community—Season 5 Review and Complete Episode Guide


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Statler Nagle's work with the Alliance for Lifetime Income recently took Jean Statler and Tiffany Westover-Kernan to South Africa to oversee the production of the Alliance's new ad campaign. The shoot took place in Cape Town, which has come to be a top location for advertisement and movie production in recent years, thanks to its perfect weather and beautiful landscapes of mountains, lakes, and ocean.
Statler Nagle believes in implementing values-based marketing in our campaigns, to better connect with consumers on more than just the surface level. By leaning into the values that motivate their behaviors, we can present a message that holds real significance to our audience. The thinking behind this campaign was no exception.
To get to the core of what Americans desire in retirement, we conducted focus groups as well as a quantitative study – and the findings were clear: people want basic financial security so they can feel optimistic and proud about their opportunity to live the life they want in retirement.
The Alliance's ad plays on this sentiment by demonstrating how having protected lifetime income as a base can help fuel a longer, fuller life in retirement. By presenting images of people enjoying the freedom of doing life's everyday pleasures in retirement that we often miss out on when working fulltime – whether it's fishing, playing with grandchildren on the beach, hiking in the mountains, enjoying a birthday party with family, spending time with a daughter on her wedding day – we show that what you've dreamed of doing during these years can become a reality when you have financial security from an annuity.
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Ryan Giggs' eighth-minute header proved enough for Manchester United as the hosts extended their 100% start to four games against a profligate Spurs side.
The Welshman swooped to head in off the bar after Paul Robinson tamely parried Cristiano Ronaldo's swerving free-kick.
Ronaldo was at his magical best at times and was twice denied by Robinson.
Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Jermain Defoe and Mido all wasted superb chances to seal what would have been a deserved draw.
United had Edwin van der Sar to thank for preventing Dawson and King scoring, tipping the former's attempted lob away in the second half before blocking King's follow-up on the floor.
But Defoe had no-one to blame but himself for missing a golden opportunity 20 minutes from time when he contrived to head over the bar from six yards with the goal gaping from Benoit Assou-Ekotto's cross.
And Egyptian Mido, on his return for Tottenham after securing a permanent move from Roma, was equally wasteful when he failed to connect with Reto Ziegler's swirling cross.
A leveller would have been just rewards for the visitors, who reacted well to going behind early.
With Aaron Lennon absent with a knee injury, Spurs' narrow midfield – which included a deep-lying Mido – coped well despite United's abundance of attacking flair and confidence.
Michael Carrick in particular was in impressive form against his former club, dominating the midfield in the early stages and spraying cross-field passes around much as he did for the Londoners last season.
And it was one such Carrick pass that led to United's first chance when Ronaldo drifted in from the right and tested Robinson with a curling left-footed effort.
United always looked dangerous, with Ronaldo at the heart of all their good attacks, tormenting the visiting defence throughout the afternoon, not least when he forced a superb reaction save from Robinson from an angle on the hour mark.
And he set Louis Saha free to almost have the final say of the afternoon when he raced clear of the Spurs defence, held off Assou-Ekotto and blazed at goal only for Robinson to palm away well.
It was representative of an open contest, played out in front of a record Premiership crowd of 75,434.
However, Spurs manager Martin Jol will find it hard to reason how Spurs did not find a goal, with Jermaine Jenas also blazing wide when well-set in the first half.
The Dutchman will have been encouraged, though, by his side's resilience and the performance of new boy Pascal Chimbonda, who hardly put a foot wrong at right back.
But Spurs' missed chances meant United were able to hold on for the win – the first time they have won their first four games of the season in the Premiership – and return to the top of the table.
Tottenham, meanwhile, have now stumbled to their worst start to a season since 1995 with work to be done ahead of their Uefa Cup clash against Slavia Prague on Thursday.
Man Utd Blog Man Of The Match-:
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President Trump this week weighed in on how he thinks Joe Biden is doing as president. And, unsurprisingly, he isn't too pleased.
Trump released a statement on Wednesday to ask a series of pressing questions to Americans. "COVID is raging out of control, our supply chains are crashing with little product in our stores, we were humiliated in Afghanistan, our Border is a complete disaster, gas prices and inflation are zooming upward—how's Biden doing? Do you miss me yet?" he wrote.
The 45th president is not alone in his criticisms of Biden's job performance. Many have questioned Biden's competency on the issues that he referenced in his statement.
Biden campaigned on "shutting down the virus," however, there have been more COVID deaths in 2021 under Biden than in 2020 under Trump, according to data from Johns Hopkins, and cases have averaged over 100,000 daily since the summer, largely due to the Delta variant.
Biden has been widely panned for his mishandling of the Afghanistan exit. Biden ignored the advice of his top military and national security advisors when he ordered an end to the longest war in American history.
According to the Daily Wire, "Gen. Austin Miller, the Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 2018 through July of this year, reportedly warned Democrat President Joe Biden against withdrawing all forces from Afghanistan, and he strongly pushed back against intelligence reports that said the Afghan military could hold off the Taliban for 1-3 years, indicating that they would collapse significantly faster."
General Miller was not the only advisor who reportedly warned Biden of the potential dangers of his withdrawal policy. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also reportedly advised Biden against his planned withdrawal of forces.
The New York Post reported, "President Biden overruled Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who advised him to slow the military withdrawal in Afghanistan."
On the border, images of thousands of Haitians living under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas personified what has been an inundation of migrants crossing the Southern border.
During Biden's nine months in office, there have been 1.5 million arrests of illegal immigrants at the border, with encounters averaging over 200,000 per month, according to the New York Post.
Prior to Biden's border crisis, the number of arrests and encounters at the southern border was falling precipitously following a spike in 2019 that abated soon after Trump made a border security deal with Mexico.
Adding to Biden's unpopularity is the fact that Americans are paying more for a wide range of goods. Inflation is at it's highest in 13 years, and the Social Security Administration has warned that benefits will have to rise at the highest rate in 40 years to keep up with the cost of living.
Furthermore, gas prices are at the highest they've been in seven years. Last year the national average for a gallon of unleaded gas was Only $2.18. Now the national average is $3.22.
And these are the metrics that have left President Trump wondering if Americans "miss" him yet.


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So, you've developed your program's core messages, you've got your digital ad and social campaigns running, and you're tightening your SEO strategy, among other things. And, you're actually seeing more interest in and discussions about your program from prospective students. Congrats! You're definitely building awareness.
Hint: If you missed our Part 1 post about building awareness for your higher ed program, read that here first.
But, where do you go from here? How do you keep those students interested in you, and how do you convert them into leads when there are so many other competing programs out there? Fear not! In this post, we're going to continue our journey down the higher ed enrollment funnel and talk about the next few stages – consideration, decision, and engagement – and how you can continue leveraging your digital marketing tools (with a more targeted engagement strategy, of course) to keep prospective students' interest, turn them into trackable leads in your CRM, and get them interacting with you.
Consideration, Decision, and Engagement: Turning Awareness Into Interest
We talked about the various tactics you can use to make students aware of your program and all that it has to offer. The only problem is that there are a lot of other programs out there using the same or similar tactics. That's why converting the prospective student into a lead and being able to directly connect with them, tracking their journey down the funnel is so integral to driving higher enrollment numbers. These stages are where a student will actively make a decision to learn more about your program and begin engaging more with your social media, your website, or – better yet – your admissions staff. Therefore, how do those touchpoints with your prospective students evolve from awareness to consideration? Let's explore.
- Optimized Landing Pages: Optimized landing pages are one of the most important tools you have in your belt as a higher ed enrollment marketer. A well-designed landing page with lots of targeted content and specific calls-to-action will encourage prospective students to start interacting with you and will also get their contact information into your CRM. We mention landing pages before everything else because landing pages are ultimately where your digital marketing tactics will lead the student when they take action (clicks, follows, etc.). So, it's essential that you put lots of thought into your pages, and it's important to remember that you don't have to have just one. You can create main landing pages for your program or even landing pages for different segments of it depending on its structure. Or, you get more specific and create landing pages for program information requests, campus visit registration, campus events, and webinars that will incite the student to begin engaging with you.
- Remarketing: Remarketing can be a valuable tactic for converting a prospect into a lead. Say a student sees an ad for your program on a relevant website for the first time and they decide to click over to your site. Perhaps they get distracted by something else while browsing, or they aren't that serious about looking into programs just yet, so they click away after a few minutes. As they continue browsing on the web, you can ping them with remarketing tactics, such as targeted display ads or paid search tactics, that will lead off to your optimized landing pages and remind them of their initial interest in your program.
- Targeted Social Media: Using targeted social media campaigns can be a very helpful consideration and engagement tactic. Where your social media awareness campaigns promote your program's core messages or give general, eye-catching information, your consideration posts can be centered more on student engagement and can drive out to landing pages, such as registrations for events or webinars. Also, when students register for these kinds of events or request to speak with a counselor, you have the opportunity to collect their email addresses or phone numbers to follow up with email marketing or phone calls.
- You can also use social media for editorial content that talks about fun things going on on your campus, spotlights on student life/culture, or even short pieces on achievements by students who are currently enrolled in or who have graduated from your program. We'll talk about how you can also use editorial content in your email marketing strategy below, but it's definitely worth noting that lively and engaging editorial content on social media can feel less produced than curated and targeted emails, meaning that it may seem more authentic.
- Email Marketing: Speaking of emails, email marketing is a great tool to help engage prospective students. Email marketing allows you to aim specific content at segmented email lists, ensuring that you're sending students information and content that is relevant to them. For example, you can use emails to notify students of upcoming application deadlines, or you can use it to create dynamic editorial content that highlights noteworthy or exciting events happening on your campus, news items, faculty or student spotlights, long-form information about specific programs and more. It's also a great way to promote virtual or in-person campus tours.
A Quick Note About Graduate Programs
Because of the differences between the application processes of undergraduate vs. graduate programs, you'll need to take a slightly different approach with your consideration and engagement marketing. First of all, undergraduate students will typically apply to a larger number of schools because they are casting a wider net covering both their "dream programs" and their "safety programs." Plus, undergraduate students typically have less rigorous criteria for their potential program choices.
Graduate students, on the other hand, may only apply to the one or two programs that are the closest matches to their future study plans. That's why targeted social media and email marketing is so important during this stage of the enrollment funnel. Where undergraduate students may frequent platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok, or Instagram, you can leverage other, more career-oriented platforms such as LinkedIn to target graduate students.
Social media and email are great tools to use for putting a spotlight on your most important or distinguished faculty members in certain disciplines, to highlight job placement data for your graduate and professional level program, or to talk about attractive and unique academic resources that are available to graduate students. Remember, prospective graduate students are especially hungry for information, so make sure that your digital marketing efforts meet their needs and give them all they need to know.
The Takeaway
Making students aware of your program is just the first step. You have to keep them interested by showing off all of the great things that make your program unique, and the good news is that there are lots of ways to do that! Targeted ads, social media campaigns, and email marketing set up to inspire and motivate prospective students to take action are your most powerful tools.
If you want to ensure your higher ed digital marketing strategy is as effective as possible, check out our Higher Ed Digital Marketing Plan Checklist.
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Donald Trump may have decided to withdraw the US from the 2015 Paris accord—but America's states are not willing to abandon the landmark climate agreement just yet.
So far, nine states have joined to form the United States Climate Alliance (paywall) to implement the Paris accord's goal of cutting carbon emissions by as much as 28% at the local level, undermining the US president's pullout and acting as as a sort of rebellious "shadow government" on the environment. The states—California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Oregon, and Hawaii—collectively represent a quarter of the US population and produce 30% of the country's annual GDP.
They are not alone.
Ten of the remaining 41 states have expressed an interest in joining. The alliance is being helped at the city level by 187 mayors of major cities like Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and Chicago, who call themselves the Climate Mayors.
In addition, the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, who is currently the UN secretary-general's special envoy for cities and climate change, said on June 2 that US states, cities and businesses will work without Washington, forming a group called America's Pledge, which includes mayors, governors, more than 80 university presidents, and more than a hundred businesses.
His charity, Bloomberg Philanthropies, also committed up to $15 million to meet American financial obligations under the agreement. In a statement, the former mayor said, "Americans will honor and fulfill the Paris Agreement by leading from the bottom up–and there isn't anything Washington can do to stop us."
There is reason to believe these rogue agents could succeed. About 70-80% of environmental regulation occurs at the state and local level. California led national efforts to reduce vehicle emissions (paywall) when the federal government was unwilling, for example. Bloomberg told the New York Times (paywall) that, with a concerted effort, this fledgling coalition could meet or even exceed former president Barack Obama's pledge to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by 26% from 2005 levels by 2025.


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New Mom Shares a Raw Photo of Her C-section Scar to Silence People From Saying That It's "Not Really Giving Birth"
"Despite what our birth plans might say, sometimes we don't get a choice"
It seems like moms will argue about just about anything these days. Whether it's how you feed your child, how you and your child sleep, or whether you use a carrier, the conversation often devolves into judgement and hurt feelings.
Even how you give birth to your child isn't safe. Women who have given birth via c-section are often made to feel like the way they gave birth isn't the "right" way, or that they took the "easy way out." However, as The Mirror points out, women who have had to go under the knife usually don't have much choice in the matter.
One mother bravely shared a raw photo of her belly with a not-yet-healed c-section scar to silence everyone who insists that the giving birth via cesarian isn't really "giving birth".
C-section scar: "But whether you believe this or not, I gave birth to my baby"
"I've decided to post this picture to see if it may make people understand that despite what our birth plans might say, sometimes we don't get a choice. I didn't get a choice," wrote Jodie Shaw in the Birth Without Fear Facebook page.
Shaw went on to say that she had a fibroid "the size of a melon" on her cervix. A fibroid is a non-cancerous growth in the uterus made of muscle and tissue. That and her low-lying placenta meant that she was left with "no ordinary c-section scar".
"But whether you believe this or not, I gave birth to my baby," she continued.
"Think about the fact that given the choice, they probably wouldn't have chosen this but had no choice"
The procedure kept her from losing a "life-threatening amount of blood" and ensured that her baby would come out "healthy and unharmed."
"So next time you judge someone for not doing what you consider to be 'giving birth' please take a minute to think about why they may have had to deliver that way," Shaw wrote. "Think about the fact that given the choice, they probably wouldn't have chosen this but had no choice. Why would you choose a major operation and 6 weeks of recovery?"
Several women came forward in the comments to show their support for Shaw, sharing their stories as well.
To Shaw and to other C-Section moms: don't let anyone make you feel less because you didn't give birth in the traditional way. What matters most is that you and your baby are healthy.
Be sure to check out theAsianparent Community for more insightful stories, questions, and answers from parents and experts alike. If you have any insights, questions or comments regarding the topic, please share them in our Comment box below.
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Kia Motors surprised its home-base today with the revelation of an all-electric concept vehicle, the Naimo, at the Seoul Motor Show.
The Naimo, pronounced as Ne-mo and means "square-shaped" in English, is an electric crossover vehicle with an uncomplicated overall design accentuated by key details like the wraparound windscreen, asymmetric sunroof design and front and rear dot-style LED headlamps and turn signal lights.
Kia's international design team aimed at combining "Korean heritage with innovative modern features" to come up with the Naimo. Asian influences may be seen in the overall design's Asian-style pottery, the jade color of the exterior, the oak trim on the interior door panels, and the Han-ji, or traditional handmade Korean paper, used for the head lining.
Modern touches are evident on the vehicle's use of high-intensity air jet at the base of the windscreen which serves as an "air wiper" in place of the traditional wiper blade and the replacement of conventional door mirrors with miniature cameras installed in the A-pillars.
The Kia Naimo is powered by an electric permanent magnet synchronous motor that has a maximum power output equivalent to 107hp and a maximum torque of 280Nm. The vehicle's top speed is pegged at 150kph.
The Naimo's twin-pack 27kWh lithium-ion polymer battery gives it a driving range of 200 kilometers on a single charge. The Naimo's battery may be recharged to 80 percent of its capacity within 25 minutes with a quick charging system. Under a normal cycle, 100-percent power is attained in five and a half hours.
"Naimo is a perfect balance of innovation, high-tech and Korean tradition," Kia Motors chief design officer Peter Schreyer said. "It was heavily inspired by the purity and grace of traditional Korean arts and crafts, but combines this with cutting edge technologies to deliver a truly premium experience."
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Researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy in Molndal, Sweden have published preliminary results of a fracture risk study, which was based on analysis of medical records from 1987 to 2002 covering the entire Swedish population born between 1902 and 1952.
They were able to show that individuals with total knee replacement (TKR) due to primary osteoarthritis had a low risk for hip and vertebral fracture in the decade before surgery. However, after total knee replacement, the risk for hip fracture increased by 4% and the risk for vertebral fracture increased by 19% percent compared to the population without TKR.
A total of 3221 patients had both total knee replacement and hip fracture. The hazard ratio (HR) for patients with knee OA to have sustained a hip fracture during the ten years preceding TKR was 0.58 (0.54-0.63) and during the ten year after the surgery 1.04 (1.00-1.09). The HR for patients with knee OA to have sustained a vertebral fracture during the ten years preceding TKR was 0.55 (0.47-0.65) and during the ten year after the surgery 1.19 (1.09-1.31). The lower risk of hip or vertebral fracture before and the increasing risk of hip or vertebral fracture after TKR remained after adjustment for age, gender, calendar year, and latitude. The HR for mortality the first year after TKR was 0.40 (0.37-0.44) and after 10 years after TKR 1.06 (1.00-1.11).
Lead author C. H. Vala, said, "Studies have shown that osteoarthritis is associated with higher bone mass, and, as well, there may be a decreased physical activity level due to pain. The increasing risk for hip and vertebral fracture in the 10 years after knee replacement may be explained by pain, increase of physical activity due to rehabilitation, and other biomechanical factors. With approximately 13,000 total knee replacements carried out in Sweden annually, further research on the increased fracture risk in this population group is needed."
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It's been three months since the state of New York rolled out its medical marijuana program.
As of this week, according to the New York State Department of Health's website, 526 doctors are registered for the program, and more than 2600 patients are certified by the state to receive it.
Dan Ryszka, who has been advocating for medical marijuana for his kids for the past three years says he's seen a drastic difference in his children, who both suffer from severe seizures and other medical hurdles.
"He's looking around, he's vocalizing, he's doing really well," Ryszka said of his 9-year-old son, Caden who is receiving the medicine.
7 Eyewitness News has been following Ryszka and his family all the while they've been advocating for medical marijuana. Now, he's able to go down the street to Bloomfield Industries in Williamsville each month for a 30 day supply of the drug for his kids.
His children take two doses of a syrup type liquid medication each day.
"Their quality of life is better. They're happy."
Ryszka goes to Bloomfield for his medicine because the company carries the appropriate formula of the drug for Ryszka's kids, but each patient is different.
According to health professionals, each dispensary can carry five different formulas in New York State, but for those patients who don't fit the bill, doctors say that's forcing them to drive to other dispensaries in the state to get the medicine they need.
"It's a problem that will change," said Dr. Laszlo Mechtler, MD., Medical Director at DENT Neurologic Institute. "It will take a little longer for the dispensaries to have the appropriate form of the medical marijuana which they don't have now."
PharmaCannis is one of the two medical marijuana dispensaries here in Western New York. It opened its doors January 7. General Manager Rachel Schepart agrees, there have been some hurdles in the last three months.
"There are some issues with patients getting the medicine they need," she said. "We are working with the health department to start delivery service and opening more dispensaries."
In fact, PharmaCann next week is opening its 185,000 square foot manufacturing plant downstate. Schepart says products will be made quicker and distributed faster.
One thing everyone can agree on, the medicine is life-changing.
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Neither side had given an inch on the battlefield and exhaustion levels were mounting.
Hiraga: "Hff, I'm nearly out of juice."
Haruki: "If we don't stop this thing right now, it's gonna run again."
ONI nodded in acknowledgement and sprang up onto the giant spider's back.
ONI: "I'll make an opening."
He slammed his fists down on the bulbous abdomen and the monster recoiled at the onslaught. ElecArmor followed up with an electrical shock—He summoned up the last vestiges of power in his suit for a final electrical blast. The suit announced that it was completely out of power before going dark.
Haruki: "It's not moving... Now's our chance."
Hiraga: "Miu, can you do it?"
Miu: "I'm gonna give it the beating of a lifetime... A punch to the soul!"
Miu fiddled with the cockpit's touchscreen, preparing one last attack.
Miu: "Here goes the lethal technique! Ultimate Knuckle! ...Kiss my fist."
Hiraga: "You're trying way too hard, Miu."
Trackball unleashed a punch that tore right through the monster tarantula. The arachnid slammed into the ground under the sheer force of the attack, spraying ichor as it thrashed about before eventually falling still.
And so, the Heroes purged the monster that was nesting in Akihabara and saved the day!