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Fortenova Group cooperates with University of Cambridge06/26/2019
Fortenova Group's values include leadership in the implementation of new technology and cooperation with the top educational institutions worldwide. As part of that orientation the team of MBA consultants from the University of Cambridge presented to operating companies management teams selected Artificial Intelligence and automation solutions and companies with high potential to partner with Fortenova Group.
Today AI and automation are used in 40 percent of large retail and consumer good companies and their share is expected to grow to 80 percent by 2021. As these solutions have significant impact both on the revenue and cost side of the businesses, their application is inevitable for every company that aims to be competitive and market leader. Hence, Fortenova Group management team started collaboration with the University of Cambridge to identify the most high-potential AI and Automation solutions.
The collaboration of Fortenova Group management team and the team of Cambridge MBA consultants resulted in systematic overview of international Artificial Intelligence and Automation ecosystem, short-list of potential solution and, after yesterday's meeting with the management teams of operating companies, in identification of solutions with the highest potential to be implemented in Fortenova Group's companies in the near future. The preferred solutions are in the area of image recognition driven shelf and SKU management, customer flow based in-store layout optimization, advanced customer analytics focused on personalized approach and micro segmentation, comprehensive market & consumer insights and optimization of inventory management. As the next step, the team will develop business cases for the selected solutions which will be followed by the pilot project.
Dragan Mrkajic, Director of Strategy in Fortenova Group has pointed out on that occasion: "This cooperation builds on the Fortenova Group's values of being the new technology implementation leader and on the extensive cooperation with the educational institutions in Croatia and all around the world. We are privileged, as the leaders in our business, to have the opportunity to cooperate with the Cambridge MBA students, as worldwide educational leaders. I found this cooperation to be extremely productive and beneficial for our company, since it will definitely bring additional value in the way we sell our products and service our customers, as well as in the supply chain."
Ivan Babic, Director of the Turnaround stated his content with the selected solutions: "The quality of the finally selected solutions depended very much upon the comprehensive understanding of the Fortenova Group's business by the Cambridge MBA students/consultants. This was critical for the project's success, and it included organizational structure, business objectives and operations as well as product portfolio. This project brought important benefits to both sides in understanding key global trends, players and case studies where AI improved business performance in Retail and Food industry. "
Antonija Kožul, Senior Project Manager in Fortenova Group emphasized the following: "Gathering the best talents and most advanced technologies, together with the enthusiasm of the operating companies to adopt them, comprise the fundamental values of our Group. This project is exactly about that and therefore it is my privilege to be leading it."
Chayanika Ranasinghe, Cambridge MBA consultant described the cooperation in the following statement: "I was keen to be a part of this unprecedented transformation embarked on by the Fortenova Group, working with a highly motivated and dynamic team. It is inspiring that the project carried out by the Cambridge MBA Consultants focusing on innovation and automation could have a real impact on improving Fortenova Group's business operations in food and retail, as the group further leverages its brand and position in the CEE region."
Shuntaro Horiuchi, Cambridge MBA consultant stated on the occasion: "The project by Fortenova Group is the effort to bring new value in established and sophisticated business based on cutting edge technologies. I am excited about participating in this ambitious project between Fortenova Group and Cambridge MBA, and expect this opportunity to be a catalyst for further value enhancement to customers provided by a player who has excellent presence in CEE region."
Slaven Štekovic, Cambridge MBA consultant also emphasized the regional impact of the project: "Fortenova Group's focus on introduction of state-of-the-art technologies to their operations in order to improve value provided to their customers was crucial for me to join this dynamic and intellectually motivating environment. With experience in roles in the center of some leading high-tech and innovation-focused projects, I recognize the enormous value in working with such an influential player in building a showcase for the whole CEE and SEE region."
This project is just the beginning of the cooperation between Fortenova Group and University of Cambridge,that will continue in the future through the transmission of knowledge, experience and best business practices as well as through the internship and employment opportunities for the MBA students. In addition, this builds on Fortenova Group's dedication to partnerships with all other educational institutions in Croatia and worldwide.
About University of Cambridge
Founded in 1209, the mission of the University of Cambridge is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. To date, more than 100 affiliates of the University have won the Nobel Prize.
The University comprises 31 autonomous Colleges, which admit undergraduates and provide small-group tuition, and 150 Departments, Faculties and institutions. It is a global university: its 19,000 student body includes 3,700 international students from 120 countries. Cambridge researchers collaborate with colleagues worldwide, and the University has established larger-scale partnerships in Asia, Africa and America.
The University sits at the heart of one of the world's largest technology clusters, one which has created 1,500 hi-tech companies, 14 of them valued at over US$1 billion and two at over US$10 billion. Cambridge promotes the interface between academia and business, and has a global reputation for innovation. For more detailed information, including a history of Cambridge University and how the University works, visit our About the University page.
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Warracknabeal, in the heart of the Wimmera
As the main regional centre in Yarriambiack Shire there is plenty to see and do in Warracknabeal. Underpinned by a rich and diverse agricultural industry. Warracknabeal is also rich in history with its main street retaining many historical buildings including The Creekside Hotel. Just up the road to see the Brim or Sheep Hills Silos and check out the Silo Art Trail.
One of the town's key features is the Yarriambiack Creek, hence its popular with locals and visitors alike for walking, picnics and water skiing. These water views are a key feature of The Creekside Hotel which has a beautifully-appointed outdoor dining and entertainment space.
So for more information about Warracknabeal's history and key attractions please visit the Yarrimabiack Shire website.
Good move to Warracknabeal
The Creekside Hotel is also proud to be part of and support a range of community events and organisations, and highlight that establishing a business in regional Victoria is a 'Good Move'. We are part of a regional community effort to promote our town and the broader Wimmera across Australia and around the world, through our attendance at many regional events and the Victorian Regional Living Expo in Melbourne, Victoria, where we can share the great lifestyle we have with people who are looking for a 'tree change'.
Finally watch this short film about why moving here in regional Victoria has been a Good Move for The Creekside

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Don't you just love a royal family, especially one with elaborate, language-spanning names?
Few family trees are as satisfying than as Grimaldis, originally from Genoa, but most closely associated with the tiny, unbelievably prosperous principality of Monaco.
Their roots trace to the twelfth century, and the family intermarried with royals from all across the continent – and Hollywood, too.
This list is far from exhaustive, and there's no particular criteria used to determine which make the list and which were left behind. Scanning the family tree over the years, these are simply the names that seem most interesting, from the very wearable in English to the not-so-much.
Anastasia – Thanks to Russian imperial grand duchess, there's an air of tragedy surrounding Anastasia. But she's been reclaimed in recent decades.
Anna Hippolyte – Hippolyte was an Amazon queen in Greek myth. Too bad that she reads "hippo light" in phonetic English – though the correct pronunciation is closer to heh PAHL eh tee.
Antoinette Ghislaine – Two gorgeous French names for girls, together.
Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne – Is it me, or is Alberte far more elegant than Alberta?
Aurelia – Golden.
Charlotte Marie Pomeline – The name that started it all, the elusive Pomeline.
Christine Alix – More proof that Alix had history aplenty as a girls' name before the 1990s.
Claudine – All of the Claud- names are out of favor, but this one could be genius in the middle spot.
Elisabetta Charlotte – While most of the Monegasque royals wear French names, here's a good example of Italian influence.
Florestine – A nineteenth century rarity probably inspired by dad's name – Florestan.
Ghislaine Marie Françoise
Ippolita – Hippolyte made it onto the family tree via the even more obscure Italian Ippolita.
Louise Félicité Victoire – Felicity is an American girl, but Félicité is a mademoiselle.
Louise Hippolyte
Marguerite Camille – French + French = serious style.
Maria Devota – Remember the story of Sophia, a word misunderstood as a given name? Devota is the same story. An early martyr named Julia was described as Deo Devota – devoted to God. She's known as Saint Devota, the patron saint of Monaco.
Maria Paolina – More attractive Italian influence.
Marie Hippolyte
Pauline Grace – A modern member of the family, Pauline Ducruet is Princess Stephanie's daughter. Her middle name honors her legendary grandmother, Grace Kelly. Stephanie has another daughter named Camille Marie Kelly.
Pomellina – The original form of Pomeline, as imported from Genoa by marriage.
Tedise – This names takes us back to the 1300s. The bride of a younger brother, Tedise is barely a blip in historical records. Is she a misprint, a fleeting rarity, a once-common name now forgotten? I'm not certain, but she's definitely intriguing.
Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre – The name of the current reigning prince, known as Albert II.
Andrea Albert Pierre – Princess Caroline's son, and the likely heir to the throne should Albert II die childless. He's also a handy reminder that elsewhere in the world, Andrea is a boys' name.
Augustine – This serious, saintly name gets a boost in the 21st century thanks to potential nickname Gus.
Catalan – A masculine form of Catherine? A reference to Spain? Or something else? The fifteenth century name seems surprisingly wearable, those perhaps a smidge more likely to be understood as a variation of Caitlin.
Charles Honoré – The tiny principality embraced Honoré for their sons' names.
Florestan – Possibly related to the Roman name Florus – flower.
Gaspard, Gaspare – The -d ending is French; the -e, Italian. Either way this makes for an exotic spin on Jasper.
Girolamo – Find Jerome a smidge too ordinary? Put his Italian equivalent on the birth certificate.
Hercule, Ercole – Okay, it might be tough to live up to the name of legendary strongman Hercules. It is tough to hear the French Hercule and not add "Poirot" automatically. As for the Italian Ercole? Reminds me of Family Matters' Steve Urkel. Still, this is one that surfaces on the Grimaldi family tree, and could be great in the middle.
Honoré – Like Hippolyte, this name has been more than one royal, even if it is rare outside of Monaco.
Lucien – One of the more wearable masculine monikers on this list, your Lucien can answer to Luke if he wants to blend in.
Rainier – A common name for Monegasque men, and once fairly common throughout Medieval Europe.
Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand – My favorite formal name combination featuring Rainier, worn by the late Rainier III, husband of Princess Grace. Maxence is a favorite of mine, an obscure saint's name and possible alternative to Maxwell.
Ruffo – Another rarity, possibly related to Rufus.
Tancrède Florestan Roger Louis – A Germanic name found in Spain as Tancredo, Italy as Tancredi, England as Tancred and France as Tancrède, this is one of those once-common names that has simply faded from use without explanation.
* While every name on this list belongs to a member of the extended Grimaldi family, not all of them were technically styled Prince or Princess.
What do you think of the names? Are you attracted to royal family trees, or do the Monegasque names strike you as too extravagant?


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The Practice Evolution Conference is designed for the forward thinking accountant in practice. This year's conference will focus on the issues faced by the accountant in practice.
ICPA's Practice Evolution Conference's will be taking place in London on Friday 9th October 2020.
The Practice Evolution Conference is a great way to get the very latest in our profession from some of the best speakers around. With our Speakers imparting expert knowledge, you will go back to work feeling inspired. We also have a total of 13 Exhibitors for you to talk to all offering products and services that are designed to make your life easier and more profitable. There will be plenty of time to network with like-minded Accountants over a good Lunch and numerous coffee and tea breaks. How better to earn 8 hours CPD/CPE.
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Today is a big day for The Remarkables Group, as we announce a new partner in the business, following our change of direction in late 2016.
Natalie Giddings has joined as a Director in the business. Most recently, Natalie was Managing Director of Society Social in Melbourne – part of the IPG Mediabrands stable of agencies, a role she held for 2.5 years.
Prior to Society Social, she ran her own digital consultancy business, Pollen. She has run digital and content campaigns for some of Australia's leading brands, including: Coles, Kmart, Bunnings, Target, John West, Birds Eye, Leggos, SpecSavers, HostPlus, Industry Super and CSR.
In October 2016, we announced our departure from our previous model of influencer representation to instead focus on providing independent, unbiased strategic advice to brands, and as of the 1st January 2017, we have been operating in the new model. We are thrilled to announce Westpac and BIC amongst our new client wins.
Lorraine Murphy, Founder and Managing Director of The Remarkables Group said: "The recent months have been the most challenging, and also exciting, of the business's five year lifespan. There is a lot of great work being done in the influencer space in Australia and globally. However – as with any rapidly-commoditised industry – it is also rife with problems. Our new model is specifically designed to address those problems and the response from brands has been very positive.
Having Natalie come onboard at this point in the business's trajectory is incredibly exciting, and she brings influencer expertise alongside a broader perspective of the social and media landscape – which is already adding remarkable value to our clients. On a personal level, it's wonderful to have a fellow captain of the ship, having led the business solo since it began."
Natalie Giddings, Director of The Remarkables Group said: "The timing of this opportunity couldn't be more exciting for me, as The Remarkables Group pioneers in the influencer marketing space yet again. Influencer strategy has played a key role in the strategies I have worked with past clients on, and I'm looking forward to being part of a more specialised offer."
Natalie will continue to be based in Melbourne and visit the Sydney team fortnightly.
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While we are waiting for That Wedding to be published, I thought I'd share a few fun things from the book. The first is the Princess Martini, which is the specialty cocktail that is planned for Jadyn and Phillip's wedding. If you haven't read That Boy yet, be sure to soon! It is now only ... READ the POST


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Summer internship application deadlines are fast approaching. Check out our list of Bham area opportunities.
Across the country in cities like Birmingham, business leaders are concerned with how to attract millennial and then how to keep them. Internships are one way to snag great young workers.
At the same time many college degree programs require an internship. Summer is often the time students participate in these, but applications deadlines are fast approaching.
An internship isn't just a temporary summer job. Often it is paid position but sometimes it's not. A good internship can be a bridge to your life's career or calling. It can be an opportunity to experiment in an industry that interests you.
Birmingham area internships
Businesses in Birmingham advertise for interns on various web sites (Indeed, Monster, LinkedIn, even Craigslist) and they definitely utilize the services of the local university and college career development departments.
Here are several Bham area internships that might just fit the bill!
- Birmingham Museum of Art, Marketing & Communications Internship (Deadline for Summer 2018 is March 31)
- The Alabama Economic Development Internship 2018 Summer Program is seeking two motivated, detail-oriented individuals to work with one of the two following economic development organizations in Birmingham, AL: Economic Development Partnership of Alabama and Alabama Power Company
- IPACC • Birmingham, AL, Marketing Intern-Bilingual
- Enterprise Holdings, Management Trainee Summer Intern Job ID 225942
- Sinclair Broadcasting, News Intern (Summer 2018), Tracking Code 10223
- Johnson Controls Company, Jr. Program Manager Summer Intern
- Piedmont Plastics, Sales Support Specialist (Summer Intern)
- American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Intern – Human Resources (Summer 2018)
- Ebsco Industries, Inc. Supply Chain Management Intern – Birmingham
- Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon, Inc. Internship – Architecture
- GH Phipps Construction Companies Project/Field Engineering Intern
- Encompass Health, Clinical Excellence / Clinical Education Intern (Summer 2018
- Regions Bank, Technology Intern, Hoover, AL
- Student Nurse Intern – Central Pool / St Vincent's East, JOB ID: 242280
- Time Inc. Summer Internship Program, Meredith Corp. multiple locations
- Transport America, Operations Intern
Mercedes, Daimler, #2000 Internship in Development Liaison Department
UAB 2018 Summer Research SCAHIP Opportunity, PAID.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama, Student Intern – Health Management


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Editor's opinion: Tell me what you want Norfolk and Norwich to be like in 2040
PUBLISHED: 12:22 27 November 2018
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Imagine for a moment being asked to think about where you'd like your life to be in 2040 - and more importantly what you need to do to make sure you get there.
It's hard isn't it?
Well imagine again trying to do the same for an entire city - now that's even more difficult!
But that's exactly the challenge which has been set by Norwich City Council to a large working group made up of people from all walks of life in the city - as well as all ages.
I just so happen to be one of them and last week those people met for the second annual Norwich 2040 City Vision conference.
The overall aim of the group is to take a look at what we want our city to be like in 22 years time and how we can make sure we get it there.
Topics include what should Norwich be famous for, how we can ensure it keeps up with the modern world (without losing some of the more established elements we love about it) and how we should best tackle the problems it faces, now and in future?
There will be some who might question why our council is asking others to do the work they should be doing?
However, I feel very differently about the project. In these cash-strapped times, with funding pots massively shrunk, we all have a civic duty to do our best for the place where we live and what better than to be actively tasked with the job.
That is especially true given that by 2040 I personally hope to still be living here (and editor of this newspaper and its website of course).
The almost impossible element of the challenge is to accurately picture Norwich in 22 years, given we've no real idea what advances in technology there might be and how much of an impact they might have on our lives.
Could you have imagines two decades ago some of the things we take for granted now?
But that shouldn't deter us from giving it a good try and the conference was a real success in particular in helping us identify several shorter term goals and action points that should hopefully improve the city as well as help to eradicate some of its biggest problems. All of them strides to getting us where we want to end up.
A big theme of the session was the fact that everyone can play a part in shaping Norwich (and Norfolk for that matter) we just need to work out what our role is.
For instance, as proud editor of two daily newspapers, it's my job to encourage and facilitate debate, highlight the issues and ways we can tackle them and then celebrate the successes we have.
So my starting point is to do just that. Please tell me what you think Norwich and Norfolk should be like in 2040 and how we can get there? I'd love to hear your views via email at email@example.com
* A major theme of the 2040 conference - and something that comes up in so many events I attend - was the view that Norfolk, and Norwich in particular, has become something of a tale of two cities.
This was highlighted leaving the conference when news broke that there had been a fifth stabbing in the city in just two weeks. That prompted an Evening News front page, the headline for which was simply 'The tale of two cities'.
It's those ongoing problems, such as deprivation, homelessness and families living on the breadline, that have prompted us to chose Surviving Winter as our campaign to takes us out of 2018 and into the new year.
The aim is to raise £150,000 for a fighting fund to support people from all sorts of walks of life who are living on the edge this winter.
If it's a success, I think it can save lives. There are people out there, many of them elderly, deciding whether to eat or heat their homes - we hope this campaign means they can do both.
Please do support it if you can.
For more information search for Surviving Winter on our website.
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The unrivaled improvement in the web, portable, just as the product application progression scene at the same time has created a great deal of expert potential outcomes in the item development field. New companies and furthermore created multi-nationals the same require skilled web developers. Software engineers start from various surges of the specialized topic, Web Design London for example, front-end, back-end, versatile application, database, screening, etc. Anyway unequivocally what happens when an individual chooses to go through, discover just as wind up being rather than an expert in the majority of the floods of development? That is the point at which a full-stack software engineer is conceived. Joining web improvement courses can enable you to make a full stack designer.
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Dan Stevens says sorry for Downton death on Christmas Day
The star, who played Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama, has apologised to fans for dying during the Christmas special, saying it "was not my doing"
Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens has apologised for his character's death during the Christmas special, saying: "I am sorry about that!"
Speaking to Radio Times, the 30-year-old star went on to say: "I think what emerged is that it's an unwritten rule that you're not supposed to die on British television on Christmas Day, and that, specifically, was not my doing."
Stevens' character, Matthew Crawley, was killed in a car crash after visiting his wife Mary and their newborn baby in hospital. The untimely demise of such a main character, in the last few minutes of the two-hour festive episode, came as a shock to viewers expecting a more uplifting instalment of the hit ITV period drama.
Apologising to the viewers who felt Matthew's fate dampened their festive cheer, Stevens added: "I didn't have any say in the manner in which he went. Ultimately, it was in the hands of Julian [Fellowes] and the producers."
The British actor did concede that his demise was better than breaking up Matthew and Mary – the couple who spent two series getting together – by other means. "It was right that he didn't run off and have an affair with somebody," he said. "I don't think that would have been right for Matthew as a character."
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Combination Tug & Dive Support for Peruvian Navy
Cummins Vessel Reference
The Peruvian Navy has recently taken delivery of a well-equipped dive support vessel (DSV) from the shipyard Servicios Industriales de la Marina S.A. (SIMA). Designed in-house by the shipyard, the new 4400 HP vessel has significant towing capabilities and can act as a salvage tug.
style="padding-left: 90px;">The 32 by 12-meter vessel has a molded depth of 4.5 meters on a finely-shaped, double chined hull. A four point anchoring system as well as a launch and recovery system for deploying an open diving bell are among the effective salvage and dive-support deck equipmet. Accommodation is provided for a crew of 20 with additional space for up to 13 divers.
Propulsion for the powerful tugs is provided by a pair of Cummins QSK60 MCRS main engines each developing 2200 HP at 1800 RPM. The engines turn into a ZF W11200 maine gears with 7.286:1 reduction. These turn 91.25-inch, four-blade Kaplan type propellers in nozzles mounted on 8.5-inch diameter shafts. This combination gives the tug a hefty 52-ton bollard pull as well as a free running speed of 12 knots.
Tankage includes 50,000 gallons of fuel and 17,000 gallons of potable water. Delivered by the shipyard in December of 2016, the combined tug, salvage and diving support vessel, named BAP Moralesm is a welcome addition to the Salvage Group of the Peruvian Navy.
Photos courtesy of the Owners and Cummins Perú.
For further information:
Servicios Industriales de la Marina S.A. (SIMA)–
Av. Contralmirante Mora 1102,
Callao, Perú.
Phone: +511 413-1100
Carlo Mondoñedo Decena
Application Engineer
Distribuidora Cummins Perú
Teléfono: (511) 614-7979 Anexo 3109
Mobile: +51 989 064 875
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.cumminsperu.pe
Hugo V. Huayanca
Engine Division Manager
Distribuidora Cummins Perú S.A.C.
Av. Argentina N°4453 – Callao, Perú
Mobile: 51 997 547 811
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cumminsperu.pe
Marcelo F. Suarez
HHP Regional Manager
Cummins Engine Business – Marine, Oil&Gas and Rail
Ruta Panamericana Km. 32,5
El Talar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mobile: 54 911 5597 3388
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cumminsengines.com


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caulker — noun see caulk I … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Minco's advanced probe technology and manufacturing capabilities support high quality and innovative solutions for aerospace, medical and industrial applications. Our selection of custom and standard probe sensors is available in a variety of configurations to meet specific application requirements for installation, performance, and reliability.
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A sensor's construction has a large impact on its thermal time response, resistance to corrosive media and other key performance characteristics. By manufacturing the bare elements all the way through final assembly, Minco has the flexibility to design high performing temperature sensors, unique to each application. Temperature probes come in all shapes, sizes, and configurations. Below are a few options:
From Aerospace to Nuclear Power, Minco tackles the most critical and demanding product requirements. Minco's diverse experience enables design optimization by integrating the fast responding and high reliability features from medical diagnostics equipment with the extreme vibration and temperature stability requirements of aerospace engine temperature sensors. For more about our sensors, please visit our online catalog.
Minco's assembly capabilities enable a streamlined sourcing partner for customized, value-add products. From industry standard configurations used in industrial oil and gas applications to custom plug-n-play temperature harnesses used in aerospace hydraulics, Minco engineering has the expertise to develop the ideal solution. In addition, Minco offers an extensive portfolio of hazardous area certified assemblies (IECEx, ATEX, FM, CSA) where additional safety is required in potentially dangerous environments. For more about our products, please visit our online catalog.
Minco's sanitary sensors are authorized to carry 3-A symbol for sanitary applications, including food, beverage, and pharmaceutical processing. These sensors come in three main styles, including probe, connection head assembly, and thermowell assembly.
Cases, made of polished 316 stainless steel, are free of cracks and crevices that might shelter bacteria. External cables will withstand wash-down and offer an optional stainless steel armor to prevent abrasion wear. Epoxy coated aluminum connection heads available for terminating leads to external wiring and housing a temperature transmitter. The fast-response thermowell assembly lets you remove the RTD probe without breaking into the process lines. Flanges are designed to install with the Tri-Clamp sanitary cap fittings. For more about our products, please visit our online catalog.
Small, rugged temperature sensors withstand rough handling and harsh environments. Designed for easy installation, these sensors can be mounted directly on machines, against process pipes, or embedded directly into a machined part. Miniature sensors are ideal for process control measurements, test and verification of existing systems, and retrofitting existing machines.
- Embedment sensors are no larger than many bare ceramic elements. These sensors have a metal case and insulated leads to withstand rough handling and harsh environments. They are easy to install in drilled holes for applications ranging from bearing shoe temperature monitoring in industrial rotating equipment to heat-sink temperature of PCR equipment in clinical laboratories.
- Bolt-on and economy sensors have the widest variety of designs and features. The highly customized profiles and fast time response capability makes these sensors ideal for applications ranging from semi-conductor chip temperature detection to temperature profiling of medical DNA sequencing equipment.
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Materials: Minco utilizes advanced CAD/CAM machining for economic production of cases, fittings and assemblies. We have expertise working with a variety of materials, including: Stainless steel in various grades, Brass, Copper, Monel, Hastelloy, Titanium, Rubber, PTFE, and plastics.
Surface plating with nickel, gold, and other metals enables the use of high-conductivity sheaths with the added resistance to corrosion for superior performing temperature sensors.
Element Type: Minco can supply sensors to work with nearly any type of instrument option.
- Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTDs)
- Platinum RTDs with wide range of TCRs
- Range from 0.00375 to 0.003927
- 0.00385 (Minco element "PD") is most popular
- Nickel, copper, and nickel-iron RTD elements
- Non-standard resistance-temperature curves
- Base resistances up to thousands of ohms
- Thin film or wire wound constructions
- Platinum RTDs with wide range of TCRs
- Thermistor temperature sensors
- Thermocouple temperature sensors
- Integrated Circuit temperature sensors
Resistance temperature detectors (RTDs): An RTD sensing element consists of a wire coil or deposited film of pure metal. The element's resistance increases with temperature in a known and repeatable manner. RTDs exhibit excellent accuracy over a wide temperature range and represent the fastest growing segment among industrial temperature sensors. Their advantages include:
- Temperature ranges from -260 to 650°C (-436 to 1202°F).
- Repeatability and stability: The platinum resistance thermometer is the primary interpolation instrument used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology from -260 to 962°C. Ordinary industrial RTDs typically drift less than 0.1°C/year.
- Sensitivity: The voltage drop across an RTD provides a much larger output than a thermocouple.
- Linearity: Platinum and copper RTDs produce a more linear response than thermocouples or thermistors. RTD non-linearity can be corrected through proper design of resistive bridge networks.
- Low system cost: RTDs use ordinary copper extension leads and require no cold junction compensation.
- Standardization: Manufacturers offer RTDs to industry standard curves, most commonly 100 Ω platinum to EN60751 (Minco element code PD or PE).
For more about our products, please visit our online catalog.
Thermocouples: A thermocouple consists of two wires of dissimilar metals welded together into a junction. At the other end of the signal wires, usually as part of the input instrument, is another junction called the reference junction, which is electronically compensated for its ambient temperature.
Heating the sensing junction generates a thermoelectric potential (emf) proportional to the temperature difference between the two junctions. This millivolt-level emf, when compensated for the known temperature of the reference junction, indicates the temperature at the sensing tip.
Thermocouples are simple and familiar. Designing them into systems, however, is complicated by the need for special extension wires and reference junction compensation. Thermocouple advantages include:
- Extremely high temperature capability: Thermocouples with precious metal junctions may be rated as high as 1800°C (3272°F).
- Ruggedness: The inherent simplicity of thermocouples makes them resistant to shock and vibration.
- Small size/fast response: A fine-wire thermocouple junction takes up little space and has low mass, making it suitable for point sensing and fast response. Note, however, that many Minco RTDs have time constants faster than equivalent thermocouples.
For more about our products, please visit our online catalog.
Thermistors: A thermistor is a resistive device composed of metal oxides formed into a bead and encapsulated in epoxy or glass. A typical thermistor shows a large negative temperature coefficient. Resistance drops dramatically and non-linearly with temperature. Sensitivity is many times that of RTDs but useful temperature range is limited. Although rare, thermistors are also available with positive temperature coefficients. Linearized models are also available.
There are wide variations of performance and price between thermistors from different sources. Typical benefits are:
- Low sensor cost: Basic thermistors are quite inexpensive. However, models with tighter interchangeability or extended temperature ranges often cost more than RTDs.
- High sensitivity: A thermistor may change resistance by tens of ohms per degree temperature change, versus a fraction of an ohm for RTDs.
- Point sensing: A thermistor bead can be made the size of a pin head for small area sensing.
For more about our products, please visit our online catalog.
Integrated Circuits (IC): An IC chip is a silicon-based temperature sensor that produces an output current proportional to absolute temperature. Due to the reduced temperature range, when compared to RTDs and Thermocouples, IC sensors are traditionally used on circuit boards and other electronics. These sensors offer analog or digital outputs with modest accuracy at a low cost.
Applications: Minco can supply sensors to work with nearly any type of instrument option.
Minco provides and extensive array of standard catalog products for industrial applications including probes, probe assemblies, miniature sensors, Thermal-Ribbons™, stator temperature sensors, transmitters and controllers. Moreover, Minco customizes these standard products to meet specific customer needs.
Minco routinely provides temperature sensors for medical applications. Common applications include sensors for OEM In Vivo and In Vitro diagnostic devices. The sensors are commonly custom, although standard products are also used for medical sensing needs. The most common sensors in these applications are bolt-on temperature sensors or Thermal Ribbon™ sensors.
Minco's product-level certifications for sensors & instruments products include:
- Temperature Sensor Assemblies: ATEX and IECEx Ex ia, d, e; or FM and CSA XP, DIP, Ex d
- Miniature Temperature Sensors: ATEX and IECEx Ex ia, e, nA; plus SIL2 and TR CU versions
- Cable Seal Fittings and Unions: ATEX, IECEx Ex e, d
- Flexible Thermal-Ribbon Sensors: ATEX and IECEx e approval,
- Stator Slot Temperature Sensors: ATEX and IECEx Ex e, ia; as well as CSA Ex e certification,
- Probe Temperature Sensors: ATEX and IECEx Ex e, ia
- Temperature Transmitters: ATEX and IECEx ia along with FM IS options
- All of Minco's product specific certifications can be found in the resource library under Certifications.
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Knight Frank has been appointed the leasing agent for the AVIAPARK shopping centre. AVIA is a highly modern, easily accessible centre with an impressive variety of shopping, entertainment and leisure facilities.
The large 390,000 sqm GBA scheme (230,000 sqm GLA) is located in the prestigious and continually evolving district of Khodynskoe Pole and offers customers a brand-new level of shopping and entertainment experiences to suit every taste. AMMA Development is the scheme's developer and the main shareholders are Mikhail Zayts and Igor Rotenberg.
More than 225 stores have already opened their doors at AVIAPARK. The anchor tenants are grocery hypermarket Auchan, furniture store Hoff, electronics and appliances store Media Markt, DIY hypermarket OBI, 17-screen cinema KARO. Sporting retailers such as Decathlon, Sportmaster and plenty of mono and multi-brand sportswear shops form the largest sporting goods zone in Moscow as a part of shopping centre. Among soon-to-open facilities there will also be a fitness centre (BIONIC Fitness & Sport), Debenhams department store and KidZania, a kid's entertainment and education park, which will be the first of its kind in Russia.
Julia Sokolova, Shopping Mall Leasing Director, Knight Frank, commented: "The location of AVIAPARK in the area of a large residential area allows to attract retailers of different price level. Therefore a gallery of middle-up level brands is presented today on the first trading floor, the second floor will be occupied by youth and middle-level brands, and Trend Island is to rent premises on the third floor. In the current situation the strengthening of leasing team of AVIAPARK will allow to fill vacant areas in optimal times."


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First off, I want you to know this is about Hubs vasectomy yesterday. Things I wish SOMEONE would have said. Things I think should have at least been included in the post op papers he brought home. Things that would have saved me from calling 911. Nothing too graphic, but maybe more information that some people might want.
So, as we know, Hubs went for his vasectomy yesterday afternoon. As far as I know, it was mostly uneventful. Some freezing, some snipping, some stitching and he was ready to come home. He got home at about 3:40 pm. This is where things start getting interesting.
Before he got home, I was the good wife. I made him juice, made up the couch for him, made sure the ice packs were frozen and started supper. When he got home I went through his post op bag, got him his pain killers and helped him get comfy. Well, wouldn't you know it, he needed to pee.
On his way to the washroom he asked me if I could run upstairs and grab him some pj pants, no problem. He goes into the washroom and I go upstairs. As I am coming down the stairs (I might have been at the bottom of the stairs, I don't remember) I hear three loud bangs coming from the direction of the bathroom. As you can imagine, I panicked. I ran to the bathroom and opened the door to my husband passed out on the bathroom floor shaking. Before my brain could process what I was seeing he came too and asked me where he was… Um What?… If I thought I was panicked before this kicked it up a couple notches. After talking to him for a couple seconds, he knew where he was, although he wasn't sure what had happened.
Our bathroom is really tiny. From the way he was lying on the floor, I assumed he likely hit his head on the sink on his way down (although he was lucky and his head landed on the new bag of toilet paper I hadn't put away yet) While talking to him trying to determine if he needed an ambulance or not, he started complaining about his back hurting and his arms being tingly. Well that sealed it for me. I went and took my phone from Alex who was playing games on it and called 911.
At some point through all this I put Zoey in her highchair to get her out of the way and Alex at the table to play a game… I'm not sure when I did this, but Mommy instincts were there and I didn't want them getting in the way. Nick was still napping at this point. I had been planning on waking him up after I got Hubs settled.
So about 5 minutes after I call 911 (it seemed faster, and slower at the same time, but my call log says it was about 5 minutes) 6 huge guys come barreling into my house to see Hubs. The kids were pretty indifferent to the whole thing, although Alex thought it was neat there was a firetruck and ambulance right outside the house!
Thankfully, Hubs was fine. They didn't make him go into the hospital. Just talked to him for awhile, helped him up and onto the couch and gave us some information that I think should have been included somewhere by his Dr.
So what happened? It turns out, that after a vasectomy, it's going to hurt a bit when you pee. Something with the tubes, and how it all works. You are supposed to sit while you are peeing. Not stand. Well, Hubs wasn't told this. He didn't think anything of it. When he had to go he went the way he normally would. When he started, it hurt so he tried to stop it. Which put more pressure on everything. Which caused him to get dizzy and faint.
For all the people I talked to about a vasectomy, NO ONE mentioned this. Not one single person. After it happened, I talked to a couple people… thinking this is weird, how come this happened to him and no one else? Turns out, a few of the same people I had talked to before, their husbands had complained about being light headed and dizzy when peeing for the first couple days afterwards and had made the decision on their own to sit when using the washroom.
I am glad that Hubs is okay. Everything is fine. And my anxiety and stress levels have gone down. I don't know if this information is going to help anyone but I feel like it needs to be out there.
*** Update: I called the Urologist who did the procedure on hubs, and I was told that this is a common complaint and they are in the process of updating the post op papers that are sent home with patients. I'm not even sure what to make of that right now. ***
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The production of power semiconductor devices strongly relies on the ability to finely tune the electrical properties of semiconductor materials through the process of doping. When doping silicon for the production of semiconductor devices, the level of silicon doping required depends on the specific electronic component which must be produced. This ability to fine tune doped semiconductor materials allows the creation of a wide range of semiconductor devices for use in endless applications.
Typical criteria to be considered when doping silicon include the following:
- Type of Doping (n- or p-type doping)
- Specific Resistance in Ω cm as a measure of the level of the doping required
- Material or element used for doping: for n-type - P, As, Sb; and for p-type - B, Al, Ga
In cases where n-type doping is required, doping silicon rods by a process known as Neutron Transmutation Doping (NTD) is an effective solution.
Doping a silicon rod using the the neutron transmutation doping process
92% of all silicon atoms are made up of 14 protons and 14 neutrons (14Si28 ). However, 3% of silicon atomic nuclei contain 16 neutrons (14Si30). Through the capture of a thermal neutron, this silicon isotope can be changed into 14Si31, which is radioactive, and by converting a neutron into a proton and an electron (β-decay), the silicon isotope can be converted to phosphorus 15P31. The half-life of 14Si31 is 157.3 min.
Since the converted silicon isotope 14Si30 is very evenly distributed in the crystal, the resulting dopant atoms 15P31 are also distributed very evenly.
During the NTD process, a silicon rod with very little doping is put into an atom reactor where thermal neutrons are released until the required amount of doping is achieved. The silicon rod is then left in the reactor for a few weeks in order to rid the silicon of all the radioactive material.
The advantage of using the NTD method is that even at low concentration ("high ohmic" silicon), very homogenous doping can be achieved. The main disadvantage is that only n-type doping can be performed using this method, and the higher the level of doping the more expensive is the doping process due to greater and thus longer lasting radioactivity.
The fluctuations of the specific electrical resistance from the middle to the edge of the wafer are higher in the conventionally doped wafers than in wafers doped using the NTD method (figures 1 and 2). This is mostly important for large surface components.
Figure 1. Radial Resistance in a conventional doped silicon disk
Figure 2. Radial resistance in a silicon disk doped using NTD process
Processing neutron transmutation doped silicon rods
After the neutron transmutation doping precess, the silicon rods are rounded to the desired diameter. The usual diameters are 100 mm(4"), 125mm (5"), 150mm (6"), 200 mm (8"), 300mm (12").
The silicon rod is flattened by grinding. The flats are used for coarse adjustment of the wafer in the process. The crystal orientation is coded depending on the number and position of the flats. Flats are an alternative to notches.
The rods are cut into slices, called disks or wafers. This can be done either with an annular saw or a wire saw. The main goal is to have uniform wafer thickness and minimum waste.
Figure 3. Wire saw for cutting silicon rods
Structuring the neutron transmutation doped silicon disks
The disk edges can be rounded off by grinding in order to avoid edge breakage and to make sure that the wafer does not break as well. The edges of any given wafer are often custom formed to meet a particular customer's need.
Figure 4. Rounding off the edges of the silicon wafers
Surface treatment of transmutation doped wafers
Crystal imperfections occur on the wafer surface due to the use of the saw. These imperfections must be removed prior to the production of most components. This is done by one or two sided etching. Lapping or polishing must be used for fine structures.
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This article is from the Milwaukee Business Journal
Dated February 1, 2018
Retired We Energies executive and community activist Thelma Sias and Gilbane Building and C.G. Schmidt Inc., the general contractors on the construction of the $450 million Northwestern Mutual corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee, are among the winners of the Milwaukee Business Journal's 2018 Business in Diversity Awards.
The annual awards recognize entrepreneurs, individuals and commercial enterprises whose contributions toward growth, expansion and prosperity are making a difference in Milwaukee's central city and others across the region.
Others to be honored include Rolando Rodriguez, chairman and CEO of Marcus Theatres; manufacturing firm HellermannTyton North America; and Elmer Moore, executive director of Scale Up Milwaukee.


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Many of the world's largest companies are doing a poor job of preparing for the business impact of global warming, a report issued yesterday by investor, environmental and public interest groups said.
Most of the 20 corporate giants discussed, including leaders in the oil, auto and utility industries, are also failing to disclose to investors enough about the financial risks they face from climate change, according to the report, which was prepared by the Investor Responsibility Research Center in Washington.
None of the companies have produced dollar estimates of the potential costs or benefits of climate change, like more extreme weather, or of the financial impact of changing regulations on carbon emissions, the report said. And eight companies, including General Electric, General Motors and Exxon Mobil, made no mention of climate change in filings last year with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
''We are not talking about issues that are 50 years out,'' said Mindy Luber, executive director of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, which commissioned the study. ''We are seeing inadequate board reviews in many, many companies.''
The study rated the companies in 14 categories covering the oversight of climate-change issues by corporate boards and progress in setting performance goals as well as disclosure. Two foreign oil companies, BP and Royal Dutch/Shell, were the only ones credited with activity in all 14 categories. The worst performers, including Exxon, G.E. and TXU, an energy services concern, have reported just four of the practices the report identified as prudent.
The companies discussed were allowed to review the parts of the report describing them before publication, but did not necessarily accept the conclusions. Exxon Mobil, for example, said yesterday that it was ''adequately addressing the potential risks of climate change'' and that its shareholders showed their satisfaction by voting down a resolution at this year's annual meeting requesting a board report on the subject.
Dan Cogan, deputy director for social issues at the investor responsibility center, said, ''We gave credit for minimal action, so the relative rankings are more important than the actual scores.'' The center advises pension funds and others on corporate governance and social issues affecting companies.
With a few notable exceptions, like Alcoa and DuPont, Mr. Cogan said, American companies seem to be discounting the threat of climate change to their businesses more than their overseas competitors.
While better disclosure will help investors, especially those like pension funds with longtime horizons, it could also stimulate companies to move much faster to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change, Mr. Cogan said. Emissions of toxic substances plummeted when companies had to start reporting them publicly to the Environmental Protection Agency, he noted. The report is available at www.ceres.org and www.irrc.org.


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Trilok Gurtu Quintet – live in Ermont, near Paris, November 18, 2010
This was my second encounter with the Trilok Gurtu quintet in 2010, the last being in Glasgow. The band represents a blend of musicians from countries including USA, Finland, Germany, Spain in addition to India. The concert which was in connection with a local jazz festival was very much as expected.
There were the complex meters, e.g. 9/4. There was the trade mark Trilok Gurtu percussion alternating between tablas, drums, bells, gongs utilizing imitated bird effects – as well as submerging percussion items in water. Mr. Gurtu featured his own vocals, even paraphrasing his name as Trilok Touslesjours (Trilok all the time). The other instruments comprised saxophone, keyboards, guitar, bass, flute and electric violin, using delay, similar to that of Jean Luc Ponty. Mr. Gurtu joked a lot speaking a mixture of French and English. The audience seemed to like this. All in all this was a good concert in the category jazzrock/fusion


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To Benjamin Franklin from James Moylan, 15 June 1780
From James Moylan
ALS: American Philosophical Society
L'Orient 15th. June 1780
Honord Sir
Yesterday evening I received intelligence from Lieutenant Dale5 that a certain number of Midshipmen & Sailors belonging to the United States Service and under the immediate command of Cap: J. P. Jones, had engaged with Commodore Gillon of So. Carolina and that he had sent the said Midshipmen & Sailors to some town in Holland, by Land.— Cap: Jones having left written directions with me, (copy of wch. you will find herewith) to prevent such desertion, caused me to apply to the Commandant of this port for his consent to have them made prisoners, wch. he immediately granted and by the lawfull means always used on such occasions in this Country, I had them arrested at Hennebon, about six miles from hence, last night and they were this morning lodged in the prison of this port at about the hour of four.—Commodore Gillon represented to the Commandant & Commissary6 that my proceedings were illegal & totally unjustifiable and claimed these prisoners under the articles of agreement they had enter'd into with him.— On compairing the same with those they had formed prior a long time thereto with Captain Jones, we found that the said Commodore Gillon had absolutely engaged twelve men, (whose names and quality's you will find inclosed) under the discription I had the honor of giving you at the other side, and five others who had been releived by my house with money at the request of Doctor Bancroft for your acct. and who had been daily fed on board the Frigate Alliance since their releasement from the English prisons. The rest, (for you'll please to observe there had been Twenty two men taken at Hennebon,) we cou'd not produce proper papers to justify Cap: Jones's right to, but wch. Mr. Mease tell's me is unfortunately owing to Captain Jones's absence, in whose possession they are, and for the confinement of those last, Commodore Gillon threatens me with the vengeance of this Country, the rigours of the American Law and one of his Officers avows he will make use of personal resentment. You will likewise please to observe, that on a mutual investigation of this affair in presence of the Commandant & Commissary of this port, they advised us to enlarge such of those men from Confinement, as, in behalf of Cap: Jones I cou'd not produce any written engagements for, wch., with the concurrence of Lieutenant Dale I agreed to with a promise from the Commandant & Commissary of not furnishing them any passport untill your & the Ministers decision on the matter shou'd be known.
Under this last class, comes those five men we (Gourlade & Moylan) had advanced money to on your account and the remaining five are those, whose engagements with Cap: Jones we are not acquainted with from the reasons already assign'd.
This, Sir, is a faithfull representation of the transaction; the Commandant, Commissary & Commodore Gillon write to Monsieur De Sartine by this post respecting it,— I doubt not he will communicate such intelligence as he receives from them on the subject, to you by wch. means you will be furnish'd with the necessary information to draw a conclusion and give your directions, wch. I pray may be don with as much dispatch as your convenience will admit of and that the necessity of the case requires.
It is a lamentable consideration to me, that while I think I am thus faithfully obeying my directions & thereby preventing much real injury to America, I shou'd be exposed, not only to Lawfull authority, but to personal resentment and danger. The former I shall ever most cheerfully submit to, & I have too high an opinion of America, (the Country of my adoption since my first knowledge & sight of it) to fear its judgmt. of my conduct on this or any other occasion, and your protection Sir, as it's Minister, I only request, while you think I am worthy of it.— I must now beg leave to remark, that if some effectual measures are not immediately fallen on to prevent it, the number of American seamen now in this place will soon be so much diminish'd as to prevent the vessels intended for the transportation of the supply's of cloathing &c. for the use of the united States of America geting out there in proper season.—
I have the honor to be Hond Sir Your most obt hl svt
James Moylan
The Honble. B. Franklin Esqr. Minister Plenipotentiary from the United Sates of America &c. &c.
Endorsed: 37 / Mr Moylan's Letter relating to Comme Gillon's debauching the Sailors
Notation: 15 June 80
5. The former first lieutenant of the Bonhomme Richard (XXX, 454, 631)
6. Thévenard and Grandville.


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School lessons hijacked to teach Labour's social policy, exam expert says
School lessons have been hijacked by the Government to teach its "faddish and incoherent" social policy, a leading exam expert has said
Belief in climate change tumbles in Germany
Leading German magazine SPIEGEL Online has conducted a representative survey about climate change. The (not so surprising) result is that now only a minority (42%) are afraid of the climate change, compared to 62% in fall 2006.
The same article mentions that the respected German Leibniz research community demands the step-down of IPCC''s Rajendra Pachauri. Leibniz president Ernst Rietschel sees climate research "in a difficult situation" in the light of the recent errors and mistakes of the IPCC. Rietschel says:
"Rajendra Pachauri should take the responsibility for this and step down"
How Close will the U.K. Come to Running Out of Natural Gas in Storage this Spring?
Compared to previous years, this heating season in the U.K. has called for record withdrawals of natural gas from U.K. storage to balance demand. This drawdown will result in increased demand for natural gas for refilling of the U.K. storage facilities this spring/summer.
CIA Officer- Robert Steele stresses the importance of Blogging
Totalitarian Collectivism
In an era of government worship, the supreme social heretic, that threatens the regime, cannot be allowed the utterance of seditious sentiments. How dare any man write such subversion?
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
Hollie tells police she was abused by sheriff
Grampian Police have reinterviewed a disabled woman who claims she was abused as a child by an Aberdeen paedo-phile ring which included a senior police officer and a leading Scottish sheriff.
Hollie Greig, 29, who has Down's Syndrome, claims she was abused for 14 years from the age of six, and has given police the names of some of the men she says assaulted her.
Pfizer to pay $142M for drug fraud
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has been ordered to pay $142 million US in damages for fraudulently marketing gabapentin, an anti-seizure drug marketed under the name Neurontin.
Polish priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance
A report in Reuters and documented on a host of blogs and websites describes the latest tactic employed by priests in keeping their young "charges" in line.
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venture out of your comfort zone with a dark techno mix from abyss x
ft. Cardi B, Lydia Lunch quotes and several nervous breakdowns.
It's Friday, the weekend is fast approaching, you're probably looking for something that'll get you in the mood for an unforgettable night out. Anticipating this exact scenario, we asked Berlin-based Greek musician and performance artist Abyss X to provide us with a mix guaranteed to pull listeners into an experimental sonic adventure.
True to her form of breaking rules and messing up structures, expect a superposition of experimental techno beats and R&B vocals, reminiscent of collage-like video game music. The fact that Evangelia Lachianina aka Abyss X is reluctant to stick with one genre is mirrored in her diverse background across dance, theatre and film. Here's what she warned us to expect from her gritty debut i-D mix:
"I rarely do mixes, so when I do, they tend to be very collage like; a tsunami of different ideas and feelings invade my stream of thoughts and my sonic timeline. In this mix, I feature quotes from early Lydia Lunch interviews, alongside some from Terence McKenna and Martha Graham -- all very enlightened people in their own ways. The mix sounds very cyclothymic in nature, with occasional nervous breakdowns. I treat a mix as a piece of information, with it's own story to tell and its own messages to convey. It's up to the listener to figure it out!"
Hole, Credit In A Straight World intro
Tone Padron, Melania Carry + Headstone Lane, Knuckle Duster + Neri J, New Era
Jack of Jill, Super Sadist
Errorsmith, Airbag + Fatima Al Qadiri, Shaneera
Abyss X, H.TURT
aTelecine, I Came I Sat I Departed
Englesia, Under my Skin
Arti Kodin & Dini W, Psytribe + DJ Kitoko, Justice
DJ Kitoko, Pilli Pilli
Szare, Paried Balls + Cardi B
Hisato Higuchi, Girl Sister
Nic Endo, White Heat
Bl4ckFl4me + Jordan Gamardio
Igor Stravisky, Rite of Spring
Ledef, Purity Bynez
Cyberstruct, A Fork In The Road Between Two Dead Ends + UVB, Head For Head + An Angel Saved My Life
Abyss X, Humility
Kim Young Im, Eongseon Arirang
Nic Endo, Heroines
Thunder Orchestra, Diabolical Gesture + Meredith Monk Scared Song
Abyss X, Lyrical Waxing
This article originally appeared on i-D DE.


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Are you one of the many individuals who loves the Christmas holiday season? If so, there is a good chance that you may be interested in filling your home with Christmas decorations. Although you might not have given it any thought, did you know that you can also decorate your bathroom for Christmas? If you have yet to think about it, you might want to give it some serious thought. There are a number of Christmas decorations that would look great in your bathroom.
If you are looking for a simple, easy, but traditional way to decorate your bathroom for Christmas, you may want to try hanging a Christmas picture in the room. Whether that picture is an elegant framed picture or just one made of cardboard, such as a cardboard cutout of Santa or a Christmas tree, you could easily transform your bathroom with one simple Christmas picture. If you already have pictures in your bathroom, you could leave the pictures up or take them down until Christmas is over. For the ultimate Christmas feel, it may be better to only focus on one bathroom theme at a time.
You can also decorate your bathroom for Christmas with the purchase of Christmas towels and washcloths. Depending on where you shop, you should be able to purchase a Christmas bathroom set, compete with matching towels and washcloths. In your search for Christmas towels or washcloths, you will find that many are designed as if they were for children, with cartoon-like characters. If you are looking for a more elegant Christmas style, you should also be able to find that as well. It is possible to find solid colored towels and washcloths that only have a small amount of Christmas on them, such as a simple snowflake or a small picture of a Santa. Allowing these towels to hang in your bathroom, whether you use them or not, is a great way to bring the Christmas spirit into one of the most used rooms in your home.
In addition to Christmas towels, you can also find a number of other Christmas decorations that are designed for the bathroom. Those items may include soap dishes or soap pumps. It is not uncommon to find a soap dish that has a Christmas design to it. The same can be said for soap or lotion pump containers. It is not uncommon to find some of these containers in the shape of Santa or a Christmas tree. What is nice about these types of Christmas decorations for the bathroom is that they can usually be purchased for a low price. You can usually find a collection of Christmas soap dishes or pumps in your local dollar store or discount store.
If you are really interested in bringing the Christmas spirit into your bathroom, you could even go a step further. It was mentioned above that some bathroom sets come with matching towels and washcloths. It is also possible to purchase bathroom sets that include window curtains, shower curtains, as well as floor mats. Depending on where you are shopping, you may be able to find Christmas bathroom sets. These sets tend to include a shower curtain, floor mat, as well as wall curtains that, in one way or another, relates to Christmas. While it may seem as if a Christmas shower curtain is over the top, it might not necessarily be, especially if you love the holiday or have children in your home.


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Hot New Site: Awkward Family Pet Photos
Remember that recently hot website Awkward Family Photos, onto which people posted their most hilarious, awkward family photos? Well there is a new hot site that is set to rival that one -- Awkward Family Pet Photos. It's basically the same thing, except this one features the family pet. Here is a sampling:


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A suspect wanted in connection with the Saturday night homicide of 37-year-old Joseph Tavares was arrested this evening and will be arraigned in New Bedford District Court tomorrow morning.
Robert A. Rose, Jr., 48, of New Bedford, was charged this evening with murder and misleading police. The arrest occurred at the Dartmouth Police Station after a follow up interview with the defendant.
At around 10:34 p.m. on December 22, Dartmouth Police received a 911 call from the night manager at the Regency Hotel on Faunce Corner Road.
The night manager reported to police that a man was bleeding heavily inside a car in the hotel's rear parking lot.
When first responders arrived minutes later, they found the victim, 37-year-old Joseph Tavares of Fall River, sitting unresponsive in the driver's seat of the vehicle.
Mr. Tavares was suffering from apparent gunshot wounds and was rushed to St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, where he was pronounced dead at 11:07 pm.
The night manager at the hotel told police he was alerted to the vehicle after a hotel guest said they heard loud thuds and breaking glass coming from the rear parking lot.


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By Gisele Shaw
Friday, April 8, 2016 9:00 am ·  0 Comments
A total of 613 ballots were cast during advance voting for the 2016 Ward 2 by-election. If you didn't cast your ballot, voting day is Monday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eligible voters can vote at any one location in Ward 2 on voting day:
* YMCA of Oakville, 410 Rebecca Street
* Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre, 263 Kerr Street
* Sir John Colborne Centre for Seniors, 1565 Old Lakeshore Road
* St. Joseph Elementary School, 477 Warminster Drive
* The Kensington, 25 Lakeshore Road West
All voting locations are physically accessible. Accessible voting equipment will be available at Oakville Seniors Recreation Centre, 263 Kerr Street.
To check if your name is on the voters list and for more information on voter qualifications, voting locations, and acceptable identification, please visit elections.oakville.ca.
Election Day, Oakville Seniors Centre, Sir John Colborne Recreation Centre for Seniors, St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School, The Kensington, YMCA Oakville


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It's that time of the year when technologists, futurologists, bloggers, and punters reveal their predictions for the next twelve months. I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring, dust off my crystal ball, have a look at the tea leaves, and give you my opinion on likely global tech trends over the next year…
Of course, this time next year we may all be in the middle of a nuclear winter as the USA and North Korea decide that MADness is the way to go after all, but that notwithstanding, the rate of tech change and adoption of new technologies by businesses and consumers means that one thing is for sure: we certainly won't be bored.
Have a lovely Christmas and a happy New Year.
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We have all walked along crowded, ultra-busy city streets…sometimes lengthy straight ones, sometimes through Jackson Pollock drip-lines of mazy corners and densely packed pavements. When you do that you tend to get into a rhythm, plotting the gaps and the best chances of moving forward, changing lanes and revising your direction from moment to moment. On good days it becomes second nature, an easy dodgem-dance involving happy co-ordination of eye, brain, feet and torso.
Sometimes though, you can get out of synch. For whatever reason, perhaps a futile thought-drift into the past or a desire-driven fantasy about the future, you lose that necessary rhythm. You bump into people, you get held up behind slower movers, you get involved in split-second two-steps with oncoming bodies. And that loss of a relaxed, mindful progress can take on a buffeting momentum of its own. You have to work a little at regaining rhythm, or even stop, step aside and go again.
After just such an unforseen loss of rhythm (jangly but interesting) on a long round trip to Calgary and back up to Whitehorse, I now feel back in a conscious, progressive stride. Maintenance is ongoing. No more colliding with coyotes or rubbing spines with porcupines or getting blocked in behind bumbling-bummed bears. Feet, brain, torso and heart are doing joined up motion again.
Q : How many years do you have to live before you stop needing to have learning experiences?
A : Tough as they may be sometimes, learning experiences just keep on a-comin' so get used to them. It's learning how to learn that is the key, and I am still a novice at that.
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Now that the summer solstice is here the Yukon day takes a mere hour or two for a moderately shady break around 1.30 to 3 in the morning. The dipping of the sun below the horizon happens with such reluctance and such yawning angles of light that the skies vary from night to night. There are fish-flesh ripples of orange on the stratospheric clouds, and there are darkly marooned hazes of sullen glow-halos behind the high ridges.
Where snow persists in the topmost corries of the mountains, the geometry of the fading sun gives a neon pink spotlight to the peaks. For half an hour each night the tops become pyramids of fresh bubblegum….not fancier metaphors for hot pinkness, just chiselled pyramids of vibrant, blousy bubblegum.
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One of the compensatory joys of the arduous trek back up to Yukon was the passage through the Northern Rockies, a big area full of characterful beauty and fascination. There was no time to stop on this journey but it did bring waves of exhilarating memories from 3 years ago. There are large tracts of the Northern Rockies that are remote, but where the actual mountains are easier to access. There is a thinner forest defence and you can get onto good solid rock above the tree-line relatively quickly.
There are still creeks and rivers to cross, and a little bushwhacking, but the rewards are immense. You don't have to be a climber, skilled in severe routes on both rock and ice (required for most of the massive, serrated photo op Rockies of the Icefields Parkway). You can contour up many of the Northern Rockies and, in fine weather, use the happy alignments of slopes and ridges and tors to get up into heart-stoppingly beautiful panoramas, with vaulting connections between the tops that allow for miles of energised legwork.
And, unlike with many ranges, there is very little scree, talus and debris to negotiate. The rock is hard, compact and grainy in texture, with huge boilerplate slabs and rounded humps. On a blissful 3 night bivouac wander during that 2007 journey I felt that I was walking across those tops with spring-heels and a light touch, lungs full of pure air by day and head in a crown of stars by night.
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I was very aware, whilst writing about the joys of Kluane in a recent posting, that I tend to avoid using certain words when writing this blog. For example, whatever happened to the fine word "awe"?
"Awe" has a wealth of meaning and impact that has become locked away behind the over-used "awesome" (or "arse-um" in north American usage). Perhaps the corruption of the word was then completed by the US neo-cons and theo-cons as fronted by George Bush…the obscenity of the 'Shock and Awe' bombing tactic that was so awe-inspiring that it kept the Iraq war going through to the present day.
In a similar context I find it uncomfortable to use the word "spiritual". The natural world, in macro breadth and micro detail, allows for experiences of great rapture and insight into all aspects of living. When this is linked to your own heart and mind, and linked to great compassion and mindfulness in people around you, powerful connections and awarenesses evolve. How do we sum up those moments which fuse together to become sustained knowledge?
For those who actively hold to a particular faith it can be easy, maybe all too easy, and the word God is flipped up into the discussion at the jerk of a knee. And "spiritual" has been appropriated by the myriad of New Agey, glossy philosophies and brands (I use that word deliberately as consumerism is a major factor in that whole sector). The word "spiritual" has become like the soup made out of the soup that was made out of the soup that was made out of the original ingredients.
I am interested in the development of the word "humane" or a phrase like "what it means to be a living, awake human". Some formulation that reflects the connections between thought, feeling and action / experience. Faith feels like a superstitious, desperate gesture. "Belief is the wound that knowledge will heal".
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Some Yukon proverbs and sayings that I have collected or simply made up would include:
- When it comes to a forest fire the technical term for even the most beautiful tree is 'fuel' – cease to hug it at that point.
- What's the most confusing event in the calendar in Dawson City? Fathers' Day (substitute your small community name of choice).
- Silence in the mountains makes a great noise.
- Share stories, time and space with the traveller.
- Bears are catholic in their tastes and the Pope shits in the woods.
- People with dogs and no children talk about their dogs more than people with children and no dogs talk about their children (there is a big dog culture in Yukon…and a culture of big dogs, understandably so).
- Neighbourliness and open, welcoming hearts are the order of the day where people don't have to live on top of each other.
- Always wave to the roadside Raven.
- Every glacier has a crevasse with your name on it. That doesn't mean you have to live in it.
- Don't go to Starbucks – go to Baked, The Chocolate Claim, Java Connection, anywhere but Starbucks.
- The wilderness may be driven back by the oil and mineral companies, by the motorised trophy hunters, by the consumers of nature, but the wilderness will return, even if that is in a different form. People compete and destroy each other. The wilderness will wait for that to happen. What you think is wilderness now is not as wild as it was long ago or as wild as it will be again (Vuntut Gwitchin First Nations writer from the Old Crow community).
- Stories are compensation for only having one life.
- Robbing a bank is not as big a crime as founding one.
- Hide with the lynx, run with the wolf, fly with the eagle, find food with the bear…survive with the ground squirrel.
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This time in Yukon has been inspiring and fulfilling. I have a few more days before moving south into BC. Whilst the blog has reflected the place more than the persons, I have simple, honest gratitude towards many people here. You will know who you are. It is relationship to others that completes an inwardly satisfying circle. And there will be much more Yukonnection to come!
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Looking south towards the tip of the Island. the fourth building from the right is the new tower,
now under construction.
Every time there is the slightest break in the rain, I've taken Petey out to "drain his squirt gun!" The city has either removed or turned the trashcans upside down so they'll be less likely to fly around when the storm really hits. Which means that the few available cans are full of poop bags! When Irene starts to blow, the sh*t could really fly - literally!
"Hmmm, how long is she going to expect me to hold it?"
Thank you all for your kind thoughts and words as we face this storm head on. We really appreciate all the goodwill you're sending our way!


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