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When starting a business, you need a way to distinguish your goods or services from that of your competitors. That's where trademarks come in. A trademark is a word, name, symbol, or any combination of those used to identify the source of a good or service. Think: the Apple logo or the Nike Swoosh. There is an entire body of law dedicated to the enforceability of trademarks. Before spending money on unprotectable intellectual property, read this article to help you choose a strong mark for your business.
Avoid Names That Are Generic or Descriptive
The purpose of a trademark is to ensure consumers know the source of a good or service. Customers expect a certain level of quality when they purchase a pair of shoes from Nike, and the Swoosh is a way for buyers to identify the manufacturer of those shoes. The enforceability of trademarks hinges on distinctiveness: is there any way that a consumer could be confused about the source of a good or service? Distinctiveness exists on a spectrum. On the "unenforceable" end, we have terms that are simply "generic." For example, a company that sold kitchen utensils would have a hard time trademarking the name "forks and knives." Similarly, trademarks that are merely "descriptive" are also unenforceable. Take, for example, a company that sells hand soap. In all likelihood, the company would be unable to trademark the name "lemon-scented hand soap."
What are strong trademarks?
On the other end of the "distinctiveness" spectrum are trademarks that are "suggestive," "arbitrary," or "fanciful." Generally speaking, trademarks that fall into one of these categories are afforded at least some level of intellectual property protection.
1. Suggestive
"Suggestive" trademarks do just that: they suggest a quality or characteristic of a product or service. Importantly, marks of this variety require some level of imagination on the part of the consumer to connect the trademark to the product or service, so they are afforded more protection than descriptive marks. A popular example of a suggestive trademark is "Netflix." If we divide the mark into two parts, we get "net" (indicating an internet service) and "flix" (a play on "flicks," suggesting a service related to movies). Taken together, the name "Netflix" suggests an internet-based streaming service.
2. Arbitrary
An arbitrary trademark is a word or image that already exists, but has nothing to do with the business that uses it. Examples of "arbitrary" mark are "Apple" as applied to personal computers and "Domino" as applied to pizza.
3. Fanciful
Finally, the most distinctive trademarks are those that are "fanciful." Marks that fall into this category are inherently distinctive because they are completely made-up. Popular examples include "Exxon" and "Google." These types of trademarks are afforded the broadest scope of intellectual property protection.
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"Enriching lives" is a statement that goes beyond providing our communities with food and supplies. It means spending time to help improve our communities when and where we are able.
A group of Farr West team members demonstrated this when they helped to install a new kind of park, called Born Learning Trail, in Ogden and in conjunction with the United Way. What makes this park unique is the various learning activities that are placed strategically as you wander the trail.

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Avers TV reported Volyn regional state administration put obstacles in their work
Avers TV channel in Lutsk reported that unknown men obstructed the channel's film crew in the Volyn Regional State Administration. Avers aired this story on May 8 on Youtube channel.
Nataliya Polishchuk, journalist with Avers, came to the Volyn Regional State Administration to ask Oleksandr Trokhanenko, one of the deputy heads of the Volyn Regional State Administration, about the declared funds and property.
She managed to talk to him for some time, but then unknown men prevented the cameraman from following the journalist and the official. Some minutes later, when the journalist was following the official, an unknown man also blocked her way.
The story goes on to say that the official managed to avoid further conversation, so the TV crew arrived at the regional state administration in the afternoon for the second time. Speaking to the journalist, Oleksander Trokhanenko remarked that he would not talk to her about personal matters and accused her of sponsored journalism.
Oksana Prokopchuk-Movyak, aid of the patronage service of the Volyn Regional State Administration, said in a comment to the IMI representative that no one had interfered with the journalists' activities in the premises of the Regional State Administration.
According to her, according to the ruling n°144 of March 16, as it has been published on the website of the regional state administration and posted at the entrance to the administrative building, several restrictions have been imposed as to access of citizens during lockdown period. As part of this order, the press service is working with journalists by phone, the comments recorded either outside or in the lobby.
"That is why we meet all media representatives at the entrance. The film crew of "Avers" did not want to wait until they went down to them, they decided to get into the room, getting in under the turnstiles. The way it was on, I watched from the video cameras from the tokens of the National Guards, who were on duty at the entrance. There was no one else in the video except the military, two cameramen and a journalist. Nobody made obstacles to them, " Oksana Prokopchuk-Movyak said.
The IMI representative in Volyn region also asked about men who, according to Avers, did not allow the cameraman to enter the regional state administration. She commented on the situation as follows:
"As for the footage, where one of the heads of the regional state administration unit communicated with the Avers operator Myroslav, who asked about the ethical norms of journalists' work, this was a false report, which misleads the audience," she said.
Oksana Prokopchuk-Movyak also noted that at the end of the story the author called the lawyer and IT specialist with the Volyn Regional State Administration, whom they filmed at about 7 pm, "unknown young men heavily build, who were on duty near the institution and accompanied the new team on trips."
An official of PR division of Main Directorate of the National Police in Volyn region commented on to the IMI representative:
"As journalists voiced their comlaint to the police in the story itself, the law enforcement officers registered this fact properly. The information was sent to be verified, as it was voiced in the story, according to the Office of Strategic Investigations of the National Police, as these it was question of officials of public administration bodies.
IMI lawyer Ali Safarov noted that it was impossible to conclude it unequivocally from this video that unknown men made obstruction to legal activity of journalism, because it was not clear what kind of people they were and whether the cameraman recommended himself to them as a journalist.
"At the same time, their lack of uniforms or other signs of belonging to law enforcement agencies suggests that they had no authority to detain anyone and not to allow anyone anywhere," the lawyer said.
Ali Safarov advised that the best thing in such situations was to present one's press card and explain the purpose of the visit, and then ask the interlocutors to present their documents in response and to explain the reasons for their demands, while recording all happening on camera.
"If the journalists are denied to get access furtherly, you have to call the police, and it is also desirable to record it on camera with recording the time of facts. Let me remind you that calling the police is not in itself a filing of a complaint about the delict, so in case the patrol group does not arrive or the patrol team does not accept the complaint about the delict, such a statement can be filed separately through the police control room, joining a copy of video footage of obstruction, "the lawyer said.
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ECMS teacher uses kites to teach class
Published 10:05 am Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Learning doesn't have to be hard or boring. In fact, some teachers have come up with some unusual solutions to keep the interest of their students.
Bobbi Evans, sixth grade math teacher at Escambia County Middle School decided to teach her students a little geometry and allow them to have fun at the same time.
"This is a good way for the students to learn measurements and content of simple things that they will need later in life," Evans said. "We think this is a good way to prepare them for the 'real world' after they finish school. These are life-skills that they will always need, and they learn them while having some fun at the same time."
The class has been working with principles of geometry and using what they have learned to build kites. With simple straws, string and tissue paper, students used triangles, with equal sides and grouped together to form a kite.
Evans said the students have worked really hard to get the kites built and then, of course, they needed a day when the wind would be blowing to fly them.
That time came last Wednesday morning. The weather was perfect and there was a little bit of a wind. Some of the students had some trouble getting them off the ground, but once they got the idea, they were off and running across the school campus. They got assistance from Evans and those who were helping and everyone seemed to have a really good time. Resource teacher Sandra Quimby proved to be a very good kite flyer and she taught the students how to get their kites off the ground and into the air.
Evans pointed out that although the students are finishing up with the SAT-10 tests, the students are still learning. She said the students have learned about shapes and symmetries and the elements needed to make the kite fly.
A couple of the students who were having fun were Tyranie Henderson and Cadarius Smith.
"We have learned to work by ourselves, but also how to work together on the kites," Henderson said. It was hard to begin with, but it got easier. Mrs. Evans helped us and now it's a lot of fun."
Smith agreed as he pointed out the fact that parallel lines never meet.
"No matter how long they are, they will never meet if they are parallel," Smith said.


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More details have emerged about the demise of Nigeria's first female combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna State on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old was said to have been hit by a car driven by a former classmate who wanted to greet her.
The unnamed ex-classmate was reportedly reversing the car when it hit Arotile who fell and hit her head on the tarmac.
She subsequently died while receiving treatment at the hospital where she was taken to.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Com. Ibikunle Daramola revealed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.
It stated:
"Flying Officer Arotile died on July 14, 2020 at the age of 24, when she was inadvertently hit by the reversing vehicle of an excited former Air Force Secondary School classmate while trying to greet her.
"Before her untimely death, Flying Officer Arotile made significant and outstanding contributions to the war against terrorism, armed banditry and other forms of criminality in the country, flying several combat missions."
Daramola explained that Arotile joined the Nigerian Air Force out of passion for the job.
Born on December 13, 1995, to the family of Mr and Mrs Akintunde Arotile in Kaduna, Arotile hailed from Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
She attended Air Force Primary School, Kaduna from 2000 – 2005 and Air Force Secondary School, Kaduna from 2006 – 2011 before she later gained admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna as a member of 64 Regular Course on September 22, 2012.
Arotile was commissioned into the Nigerian Air Force as a Pilot Officer on September 16, 2017, and held a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Nigerian Defence Academy.
She was winged as the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force on October 15, 2019, after completing her training in South Africa.
She possessed a commercial pilot license and also underwent tactical flying training on the Agusta 109 Power Attack Helicopter in Italy.
"Incidentally, she introduced the newly acquired Agusta 109 Power Attack Helicopter to the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, during the induction ceremony at Eagle Square in Abuja on February 6, 2020," the statement noted.
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, while condoling with her family and Nigeria, said Arotile would be missed


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State Transition Dynamic Models
State Models and Kalman Filters
The Kalman filter model assumes the true state at time
k is evolved from the state at (k − 1) according to
xk = Fkxk-1 + Bkuk +
wk ... [1]
Well sure. You were just about to assume that weren't you.
Have you ever wondered why any sane person would "out of the blue" jump into assumptions of that sort? There are reasons behind the assumptions, however, even if nobody bothers to discuss why. Until now.
We have described qualitatively the requirements and complications of modeling a discrete dynamic system using a state model. Now we need to fill in some details about what that model is, and why things get assumed as they do, as notations become more mathematical and explicit.
State dynamics produce a sequence
Because the system is dynamic, the internal state variables representing
its behavior will change over time. In discrete variable models, the
state variables are considered to assume values at a sequence of time intervals,
indexed by integer variable
k. The actual changes might be
happening continuously in the small intervals along the way, but especially
in the case of computer automation, the observations are only available
at discrete times. Since we will be considering linear systems, we won't
need a superscript notation to indicate variable raised to
a power, so we will borrow that notation to indicate the advance
of time.
Subscript notations are reserved for indexing the terms from a numerical state vector with several terms.
State depends on state
We'll use the notation
x to represent the vector
containing the numerical values of the current model state.
The most useful state transition models represent the dynamic progress of the system over very small time intervals, so that changes are "seen" at a relatively high resolution before any big changes can occur. Since we are looking for a linear model, we can express the linear relationship using matrix notations, where the matrix term contains all of the constant multiplier parameters.
Since state
x does not change very much in one time
increment, this means that the state transition matrix
will not be very much different from an identity matrix.
Terms along the main diagonal will be reasonably close to 1.0 in value,
and off-diagonal terms will be small.
State depends on inputs
Inputs also affect the next state. Over one time increment, the
state changes driven by the inputs should be quite small. The terms of
input coupling matrix
B indicate the degree to
which each input variable in the input list
u, represented
as a vector, will effect changes in each of the state variables
during one time interval. We are again looking for a linear relationship,
so it can be represented in matrix form something like the following.
In non-pathological models, we expect both state dependent and input dependent changes in state. Because of the additive property of linearity, we know that the combination of the two effects is their sum.
Outputs depends on state
The outputs that happen right now depend on the state as it
exists right now. That is a little different from the state transition
equations, which show what state values will be at the next step. The
linear relationship between the state variables and the observable outputs
can be represented using an output observation matrix
We generally preclude any effects of current inputs
u that
couple directly and immediately to the outputs
y. That sort
of thing is allowable, but direct and instant connections from the system
inputs to the system outputs, before the system dynamics can see them,
can produce some anomalous behavior. Seek to avoid
this complication.[2]
Some useful special cases for observation matrix
If the output is a single variable, the
Cmatrix has a single row.
In the special case that all of the state variables are easy to observe directly, the
Cmatrix turns into an identity matrix the same size as the state transition matrix.
If a subset of the state variables can be observed directly, the C matrix consists of selected rows from an identity matrix.
Outputs can consist of a combination of multiple internal state variables, so an output does not necessarily correspond to one single state variable.
As an example, for the following observation matrix
there are two output variables. The first output is a direct observation of the current value of the first state variable. The second output is proportional to the difference between the last two state variables. Neither the second nor the third state variable can be observed directly in isolation.
Putting it together
Summarizing, the discrete time state model used by Kalman filters [3] consists of two parts, a state transition equation to predict what the next state will be, and an output observation equation to expose what the current observable model outputs are.
The problem of obtaining a suitable system model Kalman
filtering is to determine the parameter values in the
B, and
C matrices such that the state trajectories
indicated by the state transition equation result in output values
y that are consistent with the behavior of the actual system.
Shaking it apart
We will reserve some notations for random influences. Detailing what these are all about must wait for later. The following kinds of random disturbances are included:
Random disturbances that are introduced into the system along with each new input, and that disrupt the next state variables directly, are indicated by random vector
Random disturbances that disrupt the observations of the output variables are indicated by random vector
A notation
pis reserved for the random variations that accumulate and propagate in the state variables as a result of the random noise.
System equations augmented with the additional noise input vectors will be:
We have no way to predict what the random variables will do, so the best we can hope for is quantifying the statistics of the random effects. Randomness will interfere with the process of fitting a good state transition model.
What's next
Sometimes it isn't possible to operate the system in a pristine and isolated manner suggested by the dynamic model equations. Next time, we will consider how stabilization affects the model.
[1] The Wikipedia article on Kalman Filter.
[2] An example of this sort of bad idea is the impulsive response to setpoint changes from the "D term" in a simplistic PID controller implementation. The "tracking error" is the difference between the current input level and the current output level, so any change in the reference input level is perceived as an instantaneous step-change, causing an artificial and severe jolt in the produced feedback signal.
[3] This particular dynamic model form was the "regulator problem" and already well established in "the literature" when Kalman published his famous papers; Kalman's papers reference it. Kalman's contribution was related to establishing the connection to optimal Wiener filtering, to determine the theoretical conditions for optimality.


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The playbook is already written. For the second time in 3 seasons, Leon Hall is attempting to rehab a torn achilles to get back into playing shape in time for the next NFL season.
Hall and trainer Nick Cosgray have done this before. Geoff Hobson talks about the musical themes the pair use on rehab days to get through the process. Cosgray and Hall have the luxury of checking the files from the 2012 rehab to see that they are on pace for the same kind of return on the same time table.
"He's right where he was a couple of years ago; right on schedule," says Cosgray, "If you look back at the notes I have on him, he's exactly where he was two years ago."
This puts him on track for a training camp opening day return. The Bengals hope that he stays on that time table and has the same type of season after his last injury. The optimism is guarded though. Hall is a little older this time and the true test of his rehab won't show its ugly face until Hall is on the turf running drills in three months.
They say that no two injuries are the same, but they also say that a second major injury usually carries a smaller rehab time. Guys that have torn their ACL a second time comment that the second rehab is much faster than the first.
Nick Cosgray has his hands full for sure. Handling the Bengals top corner, as well as rehabbing the Bengals top defensive lineman in Geno Atkins puts a lot of pressure on the guy to get these men healthy. But, as Hobson points out, there is a lot of trust between the players and Cosgray. This is not necessarily how it was in the past with the Bengals organization.
The Bengals carried the top defense in the AFC last season without the services of the two of the top defenders on the roster. Getting both back while adding talent in the draft or free agency makes this squad an even better one in 2014. All that relies on getting healthy and as of now, the time tables look good.


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Are Teachers To Blame For Economic Illiteracy?
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Teachers, administrators, and other inquiring minds will be interested in an email from a California Teacher written in response to Why Is California Broke? and Mayor of LA Says "Bankruptcy is Not an Option".
"California Teacher" Writes:
MishEverything Is Relative (But It All Matters)
I teach special education and make $52K a year. That doesn't sound bad, but factor in the cost to buy a house here and you realize that $52K is a low salary for living in San Diego.
Everything is relative Mish, I know for a fact that NJ and NY teachers have higher salaries than CA, at least San Diego Unified. Teacher salaries are all public info you can look up, it really depends upon the district that you work in.
Larger districts tend to pay less than smaller more wealthy districts like Del Mar Unified. I wish I was living so high on the hog as you always infer that teachers do.
"California Teacher"
Dear "California Teacher"
The whole defined benefit scheme in general is broke. Cities will go bankrupt unless something is done. That is a simple mathematical statement of fact.
Yes, relatively speaking, teacher salaries are not as problematic as police or firefighter salaries, but is that a sound reason to avoid fixing a fundamental problem with teacher pensions and union rules that protect the worst employees?
I am infuriated with police and firefighters retiring at age 50 with 90% of top salary. However, just because something is less of a problem does not mean it is not a problem.
Teachers email me saying they are underpaid, police and firefighters email me telling me that their life is on the line, bureaucrats of all sorts email me saying what they do is important. To top it off, warmongers email me in support of defense spending because they have a job at a defense contractor.
In short, everyone wants an exception for their group and everyone thinks what they do is necessary. Unions spread fear if they do not get what they want. The teachers' unions, along with police and firefighters, are the most adept at spreading fear. Politicians are afraid to take on unions, and exempt themselves from the mess by increasing their own pay and benefits as well.
The only sensible thing to do is reduce benefits. Taxing the already overburdened private sector, which does not get such benefits, cannot and will not work.
It's Not How Much One Makes, It's How Much The Dollar Buys
The plight you face is not insufficient wages, but rather with how far the dollar goes.
Inflation benefits those with first access to money, the banks and the wealthy. Moreover, the Fed is purposely attempting to reinflate the credit bubble, now. We all face this problem. There is no particular reason unions should be exempt from problems the private sector faces.
One reason the cost of housing is high, is that people who could not afford houses bought them anyway. Why did people buy houses they cannot afford?
There are multiple answers to that question
- Monetary policies at the Fed and ridiculously low interest rates encouraged speculation
- Tax policies encouraged it
- Bush and Greenspan embraced the "Ownership Society"
- Originators were able to pass the trash (poor quality loans)to speculators
- Uneducated people have no idea about money and interest rates
Raising property taxes (or taxes in general) for the select benefit of union workers, just because property valuations are still in la-la land is both unwise and demographically untenable.
Moreover, we are wasting $trillions on war. Reduce military spending by 67% and the US will still be safe, probably safer as we will make less enemies. Military spending is another reason for the falling dollar.
It is important to talk about all of these things because the only way to bring about change is through education. People need to understand what is happening and why.
Question for Teachers and Administrators
I have a simple question for teachers and administrators.
Why is it that one can go through 12 years of schooling without taking a single class on what money is, how money is created, credit cards and other traps, interest rates, the role of the Fed, etc., when the one thing everyone absolutely needs to understand the moment they are tossed into the real world is money?
How is it that we have an education system that leaves students so ill prepared for the real world in regards to things they need to know about stocks, bonds, interest rates, credit cards, and the time value of money?
Yes, I know that administrators, not teachers set the curriculum. However, the end result is what matters: high school graduates are economically illiterate.
I am wondering: How many teachers would complain if we threw music, art, and Latin class out the window and required 4 years of economics instead?
How many parents and teachers would complain if we threw sports out the window?
Regardless of who is to blame, the bottom line is what matters, and the bottom line is our education system churns out economic illiterates, ill prepared for the real world. Sadly, I believe it is safe to say that most teachers are economic illiterates as well. Of course the same applies to Congress, and even the Fed, the latter being "over-educated" to the point of placing complete faith in academic gibberish instead of real world practically.
Pray tell, why is this?
Bankrupt Education System
Not only do we have bankrupt nation, our education system is bankrupt, leaving students ill prepared for the real world. On the bright side, I suppose we could be thankful for that. If educators were given a chance, they might poison young minds with Keynesian claptrap while singing the praises of unions. In this regard, ignorance may indeed be bliss, at least compared to outright economic brainwashing that might otherwise occur.
For the record, I am sure most teachers are hardworking and very devoted. However, class sizes continue to shrink while benefits for teachers and administrators expand.
We need to balance the results with the cost of education. We also must balance the cost of education with what taxpayers can afford, not pay scales that teachers think they deserve! Obviously similar statements apply to police and firefighters, except even more so.
Pray tell, what are taxpayers getting for their money? The sad answer to that question defines the problem at hand.
1. The education system is geared to benefit the system, not the kids.
2. As bad as things are through grade 12, the cost of college education is much worse.
Union salaries combined with shrinking class sizes and untenable pension plan benefits are an unsustainable brew. That is a simple mathematical statement of fact. Arguably, any teacher who cannot figure that out probably should not be teaching.
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Hometown Hockey is a no-go in Campbell River.
The celebration is being cancelled because of concerns over the coronavirus.
The decision is based on advice to limit large gatherings.
That has prompted Rogers Sports & Media to cancel all Hometown Hockey Tour stops this season, including the one in Campbell River on March 21st and 22nd.
The City of Campbell River has also cancelled related events leading up to the weekend festival including Pop-Up Hockey, and the events on March 20.
"We know a lot of people were looking forward to this event and will be disappointed about the cancellation, but public health is the most important factor in a situation like this," deputy city manager Ron Neufeld said. "The City has been monitoring the situation closely and taken steps to do our part locally to help limit the spread of the virus. Given how popular this event would have been, and the potential for concern around large gatherings, we understand that, unfortunately, it's necessary to cancel."
The city along with the Strathcona Regional District have also decided to scrap locally-organized events such as pop-up hockey, the Friday afternoon events at Spirits Square and the free swim and skate at Strathcona Gardens.
Sportsnet's national broadcast of Rogers Hometown Hockey featuring the Winnipeg Jets vs. Dallas Stars on Sunday, March 22nd will now be produced from the NHL on Sportsnet studio and will continue to profile local hockey stories from Campbell River.
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- Maintain social distance (consider stopping handshaking and hugging);
- Stay home if you feel sick;
- Self-isolate and contact the B.C. Nurse Line at 8-1-1 if you're worried that you might have been exposed to or contracted the coronavirus.
- Seek immediate medical attention if you have a fever, cough or difficulty breathing.


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Making your house look the part is essential to setting a strong first impression with potential buyers. However, where should you start and how do you stage a house for sale while living in it?
According to a 2021 report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 23% of buyers' agents said that staging a home increases the offer price by between 1% and 5%. Considering the median cost of staging by the seller's agent was $300 that year, this could mean a worthwhile investment compared to the ultimate value of your home. However, there are plenty of things you can do for free or for cheap. From tidying up, to taking stock of what you already have, here are some tips to consider.
Give your walls a fresh coat of paint in a neutral color.
Decluttering is the first and easiest part of the process. This also gives you the opportunity to trim down your belongings before packing up. Get into the Marie Kondo mindset – if you have excess furniture that no longer brings joy, donate or sell it. Then, contain your messes. Especially if you have a messy office or child's playroom. Naturally, if you are still living in your space, toys will find their way around the home. However, make sure everything gets tucked away when your showing begins.
Another way to help potential buyers see the home as their future home is to remove personal items, such as family photos, etc. off the walls and tables. You want the future buyer to picture themselves in your home, not your family. It also helps keep your family safer.
Don't forget to clear your kitchen of countertop appliances like toasters, blenders, spice racks, etc. Keep your kitchen counters clean and clutter free as much as possible. Keeping the coffee maker out is ok if you use it every day! It may even be useful for an early morning showing!
The same NAR report stated that the most common rooms to get staged are the living room (90%), kitchen (80%), main bedroom (78%) and dining room (69%.) However, staging your home doesn't mean renting new furniture. Take inventory of what you have. First, use what is on hand that is in good shape and in a neutral style, and then review what feels dated or worn. If you have anything that doesn't look the part, consider moving it to your garage or storage. From there, walk through your home and consider furniture placement. Having your rooms furnished with purpose allows buyers to imagine living in the space.
Just as you should remove personal items, toning down your décor preferences is a great move. Choose neutral colors for couches, rugs and bedding. A pop of color is fine but keeping colors bright and clean is always best.
Make your spaces seem larger by avoiding an overcrowded room - consider moving furniture out, take that leaf out of your 10' dining table, use smaller area rugs (if you have them) to make your spaces look bigger.
Add touches of greenery to make your space look refreshed and alive (Amazon has some great greenery finds). Consider your outdoor patio or terrace for example. Having plants and a patio set laid out is much more interesting than leaving the space empty.
Don't forget the basics of your home structure. Has the paint seen better years? Do the faucets look rusty? Now is a good time to give your home a quick facelift. After all, a layer or two of paint can do wonders. The same can be said for bold paint colors or wallpaper. While you may love your floral wallpaper, the average home buyer likely will not. Try a neutral and soothing paint color.
Want to learn more about getting ready to sell? From decoration tips like these, to closing specifics, we've got you covered:
*Originally published 3/1/2021, updated 7/25/2022.


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text: This US rapper first found prominence using the release of 'I'm Back' in 1990, a remedy song to Lisa Stansfield's 'All THROUGHOUT THE World'. Having a solid hook sung with the melody's manufacturer, Dr Freeze, alongside examples of Stansfield's strike, it became a cult item on United kingdom and USA radio. When an record emerged it provided two edges to Crimson Bandit's build, the sensitive fan mode embodied with the name track, along with a 'dance' aspect, the former offering extra accompaniment from Bell Biv DeVoe's Ricky Bell. The dance aspect was much less artistically effective, typically using the over-familiar strains of Freeze's 'Poison' drum theme within an approximation of Euro 'hip-house'. Nevertheless, by 1992 Crimson Bandit had still left Motown Records, shifting instead to Innovative Control (through London Information). He also embarked on a profession in broadcasting because the hip-hop disk jockey on WNWK and WNYE in NY.


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China payments market, 2019
China payments market size, players and global reach.
Long story short:
Total retail sales: $5.6 trillion (forecasted 2019)
Ecommerce Sales: $2 trillion (forecasted 2019)
Historical economic growth: +/- 30% Y/Y
Check the details on below slide, prepared by PayPal team :) Great job, great overview, scary for rest of the world! However, in ePayments we have a 2 strong players for the whole country - Alipay and WeChat Pay. I was writing about those 2 in my last article here. Check why they won the market.


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This post is the product of about 48 hours of not being able to work on what I was supposed to be working because I had to deal with build issues in Eclipse.
Hopefully If you follow these steps you will be able to solve some of the issues you may be facing right now with your build.
Some of these issues are:
– Class not found errors, even though your app was built and uploaded to your device.
– R.java not being compiled.
– *.aidl interfaces not generating .java files.
1. Make sure your project's compiler is set (as of the current android release) to be Java 1.6 compliant.
If you work on several java projects outside of Android, you may probably need to work with Java 1.7 compiler specs and by mistake you may have set it as the default for all projects.
This may cause a lot of stuff to break on your Android projects, including the generation of .java files out of .aidl files.
Make sure your Android project is using Java 1.6 (which is sadly all of what Android supports as of this writing)
2. Make sure the .jars you want to export are CHECKED in your Java Build Path > Order and Export settings
After updating my Android SDK tools last friday, I wasted a whole day trying to figure out why on earth my application was giving me runtime Class Not Found errors on classes that exist inside android-support-v4.jar, even though I had all my jars placed on the proper standard "libs/" directory in my project.
The culprit was that the checkboxes along the .jars in my Order and Export tab were not checked.
3. Make sure your source folders are placed in the right order in your Java Build Path > Order and Export settings
That right order for me has been:
1. My source folders at the top.
2. The "gen" folder right after the source folders.
3. My jars and Android dependencies at the the bottom.
4. Make sure "Android Dependencies" and "Android Private Libraries" are all the way at the bottom. I found out having them before the .jars causes issues when you want to attach source code to your .jars, eclipse will try to browse the .class inside the "Android Private Libraries" which does not allow for source code attachments, therefore not letting you see the source code you've attached on the build settings.
3. Make sure the .jar dependencies you need are saved inside the libs/ folder in your project.
That's all I have for you.
Clean and Rebuild.


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Singapore Democrats
We're posting a series called Celebrating Singapore this National Day period where we highlight some of the wishes of our friends and members for our nation. We start here with Bryan Lim, SDP Treasurer and proud father.
Just before I attended my first political rally at the age of 8 (which, by the way, kindled my interest in politics), football was my first love. It still is except that I don't play it as often as I used to.
I was quite good at the Beautiful Game so much so that my primary school head coach called me up for training. But Mum (like a lot of mums) refused to let me attend, afraid that I would neglect my studies.
Behind her back (like a lot of kids), I quietly turned up whenever there was a game. But coach would never give me a game because I didn't train. He had to be fair to other boys. It wasn't long before I handed over my jersey and called it a day.
It turned out that I did rather well for my PSLE and got into the school of my dreams, which was a stone's throw away from my house (it was Mum's dream school too because it meant she could save on my transport).
During the school orientation week, we played football and hockey with our new classmates and I excelled in both sports. My PE teacher pulled me aside and invited me to join the school team selection trials for both games. Here we go again.
Excitedly, I updated my mum and thought that this time around she would let me partake in the trials since I had proven myself academically.
Arms akimbo, she gave me a choice: "One, either you break your leg on the pitch or, two, I will break your leg!" It was a unanimous decision if you know what I mean. No 'ifs' and 'buts'.
And with that went my dream of playing football for school.
Fast forward, I shared this story with my daughter, Sonya, and told her how lucky she is compared to me.
She started ballet at the young age of three and has never looked back. At the same age when I was warming the bench for my primary school, she had already competed in countless dance competitions and had expressed her intention to join SOTA after PSLE.
I told her that I would support her dreams because I don't want her to live with regrets like me.
I understand what my mum wanted for me, it was a different time, a different era. Younger parents nowadays have a different outlook – we want our kids to enjoy what they do and pursue their passion.
Life should be lived that way.
As we move ahead, let's live our passion. Here's to our 53rd Singapore Birthday. Happy National Day, everyone!


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Avid Bioservices Announces Appointment of Jeanne Thoma to Board of Directors
TUSTIN, Calif., Dec. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avid Bioservices, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDMO) (NASDAQ:CDMOP), a dedicated biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) working to improve patient lives by providing high quality development and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, today announced the appointment of Jeanne Thoma as an independent member of the company's board of directors. Ms. Thoma is a seasoned pharmaceutical industry executive with more than 30 years of experience spanning product development and commercialization, as well as operations and supply chain management.
"On behalf of the entire board, I am delighted to welcome Ms. Thoma with her extensive pharmaceutical industry expertise to the Avid board of directors," said Joseph Carleone, Ph.D., Avid's chairman of the board.
"Throughout her 30-year career, which spans tenures with several global leaders in the pharmaceutical and contract manufacturing space, Ms. Thoma has achieved consistent and impressive success in establishing and growing innovative businesses. Her expertise, including her most recent role as president and CEO of a leading pharmaceuticals ingredients company, is particularly relevant to Avid's CDMO business, offering critical value as we work diligently to continue to grow our client base and revenue," said Nicholas Green, president and chief executive officer of Avid Bioservices. "I join our board in welcoming Ms. Thoma, as we all look forward to tapping into her broad skillset and experience to continue to strengthen Avid's business."
Ms. Thoma said, "It is an honor to be joining the accomplished group of professionals on the Avid Board, and the dynamic executives leading the company. It is an exciting time for Avid and I am looking forward to supporting their strategic objectives."
During her 30-year career, Ms. Thoma has successfully built innovative, high-performing businesses that consistently deliver results. She most recently served as president and chief executive officer of SPI Pharma Inc., a global pharmaceuticals ingredients company and an innovative solutions provider of ingredients and drug delivery systems. Prior to SPI, Ms. Thoma held positions of increasing responsibility at Lonza AG, a Switzerland-based biotech company, most recently as president and chief operating officer of the microbial control business sector. Before joining Lonza, she spent 14 years within the pharma solutions business at BASF Corporation, during which time she held various leadership positions in the areas of sales, marketing and operations. Ms. Thoma is a member of the board of advisors for the Drug Chemical and Associated Technologies Association (DCAT) and currently sits on the board of directors of ANI Pharmaceuticals.
About Avid Bioservices, Inc.
Avid Bioservices is a dedicated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on development and CGMP manufacturing of biopharmaceutical drug substances derived from mammalian cell culture. The company provides a comprehensive range of process development, CGMP clinical and commercial manufacturing services for the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries. With 27 years of experience producing monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins, Avid's services include CGMP clinical and commercial drug substance manufacturing, bulk packaging, release and stability testing and regulatory submissions support. For early-stage programs the company provides a variety of process development activities, including upstream and downstream development and optimization, analytical methods development, testing and characterization. The scope of our services ranges from standalone process development projects to full development and manufacturing programs through commercialization. www.avidbio.com.
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Bye-bye, Bybee?
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Upper South Yungas Road
This site offers a good selection of roadside birding. Many a birder has spent a pleasant morning stopping at various spots along the upper portion of South Yungas Road before heading to the lower elevations near Chulumani. The forest is still in good condition, with some excellent patches on the steep hillsides (for example at about 2500 meters). The road itself was constructed by Paraguayan prisoners of war during Chaco war.
Given the proximity to the Cotapata trail, the Cotapata list (see Appendix) is a good proxy for likely species, although the altitude is a bit lower.
former Acero Marka Resort: 5.3 km
Nice roadside forest: 13.7 km
Road uphill to Chuspipata: 16.7 km
El Castillo hotel: 22.7 km
A possible place to stay is El Castillo Hotel, strangely modeled on a French chateau. The hotel was constructed by Tejada Sorzano, a former Bolivian president. He died before moving in and it was boarded up until the 1970s. It is "delightfully shabby" or "unnecessarily rustic" depending on who you talk to. Some say it is haunted. But it has nice gardens that attract hummingbirds and parrots. Appeared to still be open in January 2006, but no one to answer the door.
GPS reading at start of South Yungas Road: S 16 18.588' W 67 54.146'


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Businesses face fierce competition no matter which industry they belong to. There are many others in the industry that offer a similar product or service. Thus, businesses take resort to advertising campaigns for branding and promoting their company and create an edge over others in the competition. In this day and age, you can't survive without promotional activities. It is not enough to offer good product and services; you also need to create a buzz and make more and more people know about your brand.
The world has evolved over a period of time and so have the ways of branding and promotion. One of the popular forms of branding is using promotional products in Australia. The promotional products help in getting more sales and good return on investments. They have proved to be an effective way of advertising your brand. If you are planning an advertising campaign, promotional products should very much be a part of the same.
Here's a look at the benefits of promotional products for any business:
One of the main benefits of investing in promotional products is that it offers an opportunity to boost your brand visibility.
You can market your products and services with little efforts. These items offer daily advertisement to the masses. Some of the common items used as promotional products are t-shirts, bags, pens, caps, pen drives, bottles, diaries, books, etc.
The customers can easily recognize your brand by looking at your company name or logo on the items that people use often. Your brand not only gets recalled by people who are using your promotional product but also by the people around them. Thus, next time when they plan to buy, they are likely to recall your brand.
For fetching loyal customers, you need to offer them much more than good products and services. You need to establish a connection with them. Customers need a reason to buy your products and why they should keep doing business with you.
When you share promotional products with customers, it offers a competitive edge to your brand and increases the chances of customers choosing your brand over others. Whether yours is a new business or established one, promotional products enhance your chances of boosting customer relations. The current customers feel valued and prospective customers feel connected.
Most businesses engage in one or other strategy for lead generation. The promotional items offer an opportunity for generating quality leads which can improve the return on investment. The promotional items can convert your prospective buyers into loyal customers. Many times it is not the size of the product but what value it adds in the daily lives of people.
As compared to other ways of advertising, promotional products are cost-effective. In fact, for start-ups and businesses looking to expand can find other ways of advertising quite expensive as they are low on budget. Promotional products can be a good way of advertising as they carry your logo and brand name everywhere. This simply means that a lot more people will become aware of your products without even spending money on expensive mediums of advertisement like TV, radio, billboards, and newspaper.
The promotional items are a good way of developing strong bonds with your target customers. They are the one who refers your brand to others in their circle, and word of mouth helps in getting more leads. This will not only help you in establishing brand authority but also generate credibility in your market niche. It is one of the sure-shot ways of boosting customer engagement.
People might be sceptical about the authenticity of any brand, especially when it is new in the market. If people witness the popularity of your brand, they can readily associate with your product. This will also boost their confidence and trust in your product or service.
The promotional products are unique as they help you in standing apart from your competitors. It can be a unique strategy to connect with people. Usually, people like promotional gifts as any gift or anything for free always offers a feel-good factor. This way, you can outshine your competitors because of the strong bond you have with them.
Promotional items create a positive image in the mind of customers, and it shapes their opinion over the years. Brand exposure goes beyond the target audience as they are mobile and reaches to even that audience whom you have not marketed directly.
Investing in promotional products Australia can be one of the best decisions for any business as it can not only help in widening its reach but also in fetching loyal customer base.
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Considering the skyrocketing rates of mental illness throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic — plus many more of us struggling with daily stressors and mood swings that may lead us to irrational negative thinking —how often are we asking ourselves, "How will someone with anxiety experience our product/service/feature? How can we make that better?"
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At Randall G. Lynch Middle School in Farmington, math teacher Melissa A. Miller uses hands-on activities, outside resources and cooperative learning groups to spark her students' interest. She developed an integrated math/science program that uses real world applications to make learning relevant and interesting to students. Mrs. Miller and her husband (also a teacher) created a highly popular Math/Science Summer Day Camp with the goal of using high-interest projects to improve students' math and science skills. Mrs. Miller regularly presents district-wide in-service workshops and participates in professional development sessions with her husband each summer. She also works with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute's Teacher Academy Project, examining the effect of microgravity on the human body and the possible implications for long-term space flight.
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Veterinary technicians are hard-working professionals who devote their time to providing basic medical care to animals of many different species.
Each day brings new challenges requiring various types of skills and knowledge. Just as with most other medical-related careers, the career of a vet tech can be quite stressful and heartbreaking at times.
However, this is an occupation that offers many fantastic emotional rewards as well, and it is fortunate that the positive aspects of being a vet tech far outweigh any negative ones.
In fact, described below, you will find the many different ways that veterinary technicians obtain the gratification and fulfillment that they often experience on the job.
Relationships with Clients and Their Pets
Veterinary technicians can form strong and lasting bonds with clients and the animals that they help take care of.
In many cases, these relationships can last for several years and even decades. Additionally, for many vet techs, helping with the recovery of pets when they become sick or injured can be extremely gratifying.
There are simply few things that are more satisfying than helping animals that cannot do anything to help themselves. By helping relieve their pain and discomfort, veterinary technicians can gain a great sense of pride and fulfillment.
Furthermore, when vet techs help cure pets, they make an immensely positive impact on the lives of the pets' owners as well.
Relationships with the Community
Professions in the veterinary medical field are highly respected today by many people all over the country.
Of course, this can make veterinary technicians feel extremely proud of themselves and the work that they do each day. Furthermore, not only do vet techs make positive impacts on their clients' lives, but they can also make positive impacts on their communities.
For example, vet techs who choose to work in research or educational facilities can help their communities in such ways as resolving human health issues, educating the public on transmissible zoonotic diseases and helping develop vaccines that can benefit both animals and humans.
Finally, it is often veterinary technicians who provide basic medical care to service, police, search and rescue, and other working animals.
Impacts on Wildlife and Endangered Species
Working closely alongside veterinarians, veterinary technicians help to provide various types of medical care to wildlife in and outside of their natural habitats. This often includes endangered species. It can be very gratifying for vet techs knowing that they have taken part in saving these animals, especially those that are near extinction.
These are just some of the great emotional rewards you can gain from choosing a vet tech career today. For people who love animals, nothing can compare to helping cure a sick or injured pet and making its human family happy. If you are looking for an animal-related career that will leave you feeling satisfied and fulfilled nearly every day, you may want to consider training to become a veterinary technician.


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The Killing Ground: A Month's Worth of Philadelphia Murders [Philadelphia magazine]
by Hope Katz
Philadelphia magazine
April 1986
An oldie, but a goodie—this is the first article by Hope published in a "real" magazine. The topic is slightly gruesome, but it helped prepare her for her first job as Bureau Chief at Fairmont office of The Dominion Post. Her beat: courts / cops. Check out this first effort by the new reporter …
by Hope Katz
Philadelphia magazine
April 1886
ACCORDING TO THE HOMICIDE DIVISION of the Philadelphia Police Department, 25 murders were committed in Philadelphia during the month of January 1986. Of the 25 victims, 20 were males, 18 were black, four were white and three were Hispanic. Nineteen of the 25 were 40 years old or younger.
Suspects were arrested in 12 of the 25 cases. Of those suspects, 11 are males, nine are black, two are white and one is Hispanic.
Twenty-five murders are about average for the past few Januarys, but the total number of murders in 1985—274 of them—is far fewer than the 435 slayings in 1975. Police officials say the number of murders is decreasing, in part, because the number of 15-to-35-year-olds—the main age group of both killers and victims—is also dropping as a percentage of Philadelphia's population.
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Description: Rifleman, Sega, 1967. After finishing ten shots for ten cents, it prints out a card that is extracted on the right side of the cabinet. This card is a print of where your shots landed in relation to the bullseye targets. The cards are in roll form.
Get either five or ten shots (depending on your setting) to take aim and shoot at a moving paper target card roll that you see by looking throught the rifle scope. The paper card is pulled through the machine from left to right, while at the same time, an opening/closing door is cycling in front of the card, allowing you to see the card for only a split second before the door closes, again. The door movement is similar to that of swinging bar doors, as pictured on the front of the cabinet. The card has photos of five bottles on it, with bullseyes on the bottles and is labeled with point values from five to ten per bottle. The object is to get five, ten point shots. When you pull the trigger, your shot is recorded on the card with a pin prick to show you where you hit. Then, the card is cut off within the machine and dispensed out the right side of the cabinet. So you have a record of your shots and can count up your total score. Each card is about 5" long and 2-3/8" wide, with the description of Expert, Marksman or Sharpshooter if your total points equal 50, 49 or 48 out of 50.
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19989756. Seigneur Geoffrey ler de Fougères & 19989757. Maud of Porhoët
~1175, Geoffrey born in Fougeres, France, s/o 39979512. Guillaume de Fougeres & 39979513. Agatha du Hommet.
~1185, Maud born in France, d/o 39979514. Eudo II de Porhoet & 39979515. Margaret ?.
6/7/1187, Geoffrey's father died.
6/15/1194, Geoffrey's grandfather died. (S) Magni Rotuli Scacarii, Stapleton, 1844, P.cxcix.
~1200, Geoffrey married to Matilda. The articles of marriage were between his granduncle William de Fougeres, son of Henry, Baron of Fougeres, and Eudo, son of Vicomte Eudo.
1/30/1200, Charter of King John for homage and service granted to William de Fougeres all the land called Le Blois, in the parish of Villechien, to hold to him and his heirs by rendering annually a nias hawk.
10/7/1200, Agreement that William de Fougeres would hold the whole land of Fougeres as Ralph de Fougeres had committed to him from the Nativity of the Lord 1201 for 5 years, at which end of term they would be rendered back to Geoffrey.
1/27/1203, King John ordered the seizure of Hudimesnil with all its appurtenances and chattles belonging to William de Fougeres [who was holding the lands of Geoffrey] who was aligned against King John with Comte Robert of Sees.
4/3/1203 at Rouen, King John of England killed his prisoner Arthur of Brittany, age 16, rightful heir to the throne of England. [Arthur being the s/o Geoffrey, John's older brother.]
7/25/1204, Geffrey and his granduncle William in a treaty of their respective rights.
1208, King Philip of France confirmed the treaty of 1204.
1211, Geoffrey, a Breton, that testified that in his country a husband could give his wife a third part of his inheritance.
12/15/1212, Geoffrey died. "Gaufridus dominus Filgeriarum, filius Willelmi et Agathæ, filiæ Willelmi de Humeto."
(S) Journal of the Brit. Arch. Assoc., V7, 1852, P127ff. (S) Magni Rotuli Scacarii, Stapleton, 1844, P.ccxlviii. (S) The Gentlemen's Mag., 1827, V97, Pt1; V141, P487.
Child of Geoffrey and Maud:
i. Ralph de Fougeres (9994878), born ~1208 in Fougeres, France.
[Raoul, d/o Geoffrey and Matilda, claimed in right of the success to count Eudo and to Eudo his son.]


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Given that Pippa is currently cycling across America, maybe they should have invited her.
But it falls instead to Prince William, Kate, and Prince Harry to wave off the 22 teams competing in this year's Tour de France.
The royal trio will be at the ceremonial start of the race at Harewood House near Leeds on 5 July as the cyclists set off on their 2,272-mile trip, which will head through the UK, Belgium and Spain before finishing in Paris on 27 July.
William, Kate and Harry are all big supports of British cycling. This is a good moment to recall the London Olympics 2012, and the Duke and Duchess enthusiastically embracing each other as they celebrated Sir Chris Hoy and his teammates winning gold at the velodrome.
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Alongside Ali, the film includes Naomie Harris, Awkwafina, Glenn Close and Adam Beach in supporting roles.
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|Bryan Koss
|Edited by
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|Music by
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|Sherborne MediaPaprika FinancingThe Pimienta Film Co.Verdi ProductionsSSS EntertainmentSSS Film Capital
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Fortress (2021) Movie Release Date
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What kinds of bread do you carry at each market?
Check out the Our Breads page for our selection at the farmers' markets.
Where can I find your bread? Are you still at the Greenmarkets? Do you have a retail location?
You can find us at nine GrowNYC Greenmarket stands every week throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. We are at every market (except Domino Park) year-round.
Check out the map on the Where to Find Us page for all of the places where we sell - including greenmarkets, restaurants, and small grocery stores. You will also find our loaves daily at our sister businesses in the Marlow Collective.
What are your Covid-19 protocols?
At the bakery, our team undergoes daily health screenings before beginning work. Fully vaccinated team members are no longer required to wear masks.
At the Greenmarket, each order is handled wearing gloves and packed individually. Fully vaccinated team members and greenmarket customers are no longer required to wear masks per GrowNYC guidelines.
Do you have delivery or pre-order options?
Yes! You can find our bread for pickup at Union Square and delivery within New York City through Fellow Farmer on M/W/F.
We are also working with Farm to People, who offer delivery of our loaves.
Are you doing a starter giveaway anytime soon?
Our starter giveaways are always at our Union Square Greenmarket stand. Come early - we open at 8:00 AM! We'll announce the next one on Instagram and here on our website.
Are you still taking on wholesale customers at this time?
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with wholesale inquiries. At the moment, we have a limited capacity for wholesale.
Do you ship bread?
Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to ship bread at this time.
Best way to stay informed about the bread?
We post on Instagram regularly and will continue to update our website. You can also check out Grow NYC's webpage for updates!
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text: British supermarket group Tesco is opening a supermarket mall in Qingdao, China in December 2009. This will be the largest such development in the city, with an area of 820,000 square feet. The complex will have seven floors and parking space for 600 vehicles. Other tenants include KFC and Pizza Hut. Tesco entered the Chinese market in 2004 and now operates 65 supermarkets and six convenience stores in 29 Chinese cities.


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Marketing over the internet includes selling services and products in the digital world without the buyer viewing them physically. Marketing is never complete without images. Your buyer will always need to have images related to the product to have a better idea.
If it is not a product that you are selling, but a service, you might need infographics to make your readers better comprehend what you are aiming to tell. Moreover, it helps your content appear in the reverse image mechanism, whenever a user uses search by image feature. Now let us view what other reasons may be there to consider images a crucial part of your marketing strategy.
Strengths of visual communication
Many studies and research have revealed that our brain can comprehend visual images a lot faster than textual input. This is the very reason why people can easily understand anything when represented diagrammatically or visually instead of explaining them in long paragraphs.
Your images might contain a specific theme set which may lead to a customer developing an affiliation with your brand when it comes to specific colors. If all your images are consistent, he might develop a sense of theme for your brand name because simple text and content will not lead to anything unique.
Advanced image search
With the advancements in the field of science and technology, image processing and artificial intelligence have also upgraded themselves to an unimaginable extent. Besides other technologies, there is a specific feature of reverse photo lookup that aids in finding the specifications of an image, not only referring to the apparent properties but the background information such as occurrence, source, etc.
Many search engines and platforms are providing this feature such as:
Reverse image search
This platform uses the same search by image technique to make it possible to find the data about any image by entering the image in the input or a URL. This tool uses more input methods such as speech as well, but the best mechanism and advancement is the search by image input feature.
It has enabled the users to find similar images and links related to a particular input implementing reverse image lookup.
Google uses the reverse picture search to facilitate the users to search by image instead of words. This has revolutionized the shopping experience on digital platforms.
Social media usage
Due to the increased usage of social media platforms, the new generation is indulged in visual content. No one is interested in reading textual content anymore. So, people are more interested in viewing your product or service images and infographics instead of reading long descriptions about them.
Also, you may want to share your product on different platforms. This makes it easy for you to grab the client's attention because, on such platforms, your feature image appears with the link so you must put your best effort to coin your customer.
This will increase your traffic and help to make your product pop up when other people search by image using that social media platform, e.g., Pinterest.
Increased credibility
Using images increases your brand's credibility which helps you gain more loyal customers. When people see more images for a single product, it automatically develops a sense of trust in them that the seller is trying his best to communicate the details of the product.
Adding images with real backgrounds and humans in terms of product marketing will boost your business because people tend to order products that include more realistic scenarios. It helps them have a better view of the product and predict how it will appear in real life.
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Hence, it is important not only to use images in your content, but to optimize them to the best possible limit as they will improve your platform's traffic, clicks, and will also improve customer turnover ratio to a large extent due to the invention of search by image feature. Thus, images play a big role in determining the success of your marketing and should be a salient feature in your marketing strategy.


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Mr. Beethoven
By Paul Griffiths
A novel by Paul Griffiths asking: What if Beethoven had visited America?
Monday, 6 July 2020
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Our Low-E glass is made with an invisible thin metallic soft coating that reduces heat flow. Low-E+ glass is made with two thin metallic soft coatings, that offer additional reduction of heat flow.
Low-E and dual Low-E options are available for Blink Blinds + Glass.
As a window, Blink insulated glass with blinds does not qualify by itself for ENERGY STAR®. However, blinds-between-glass play an integral part in determining a window system's seal and thermal performance, enabling the window to meet ENERGY STAR® requirements. ODL offers a full selection of enclosed blinds between glass that can be used in qualified windows to meet ENERGY STAR® requirements.
Acclimation may take up to 24 hours for window blinds. Do not operate the blind until it has acclimated.
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Insulated glass can expand and/or contract when it is subjected to changes in atmospheric pressure. Blink enclosed blinds between glass uses a capillary tube that lets the insulated glass (IG) adjust to variations in air pressure without allowing water vapor to enter the IG. The glass may require up to 24 hours to acclimate to the change, but then it will function normally.
No. Since the operation of the blind requires the IG to adjust to differences in atmospheric pressure, the blinds include a capillary tube that precludes a gas fill.
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