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More than 25% of runners will experience symptoms of patellofemoral pain syndrome [PFPS]. The cause of this knee pain can be due to multiple factors; getting medical advice is important to address this situation.
The patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) includes a complex set of symptoms resulting from a problem between the thigh bone ( femur) and the kneecap (mobile bone in front of the knee). This pathology is very common, accounting for 25 to 40% of diagnoses made by doctors during consultations for knee pain. However, the same treatment is not adequate for everyone. It has long been thought that PFPS was related to weakness of the internal muscle of the thigh (large internal quadriceps). However, the most recent clinical studies show that the causes are much more complex and that dynamic assessment (in motion) is needed to customize the treatment plan.
We can first associate the onset of symptoms with a high training volume or the failure to follow an adequate progression of workout intensity (10% of + / week). In addition, running routes with many hills accentuates the problem, because it places additional stress on the patellofemoral joint. In addition to these training-related factors, poor knee joint mechanics is major cause of PFPS knee pain.
3D movements of the knee are influenced by both the muscles surrounding the joint and the mechanics of the foot and hip. Muscle tension or weaknesses in these joints affects the proper alignment of the patella, thereby increasing stress and causing knee pain. The main biomechanical problems identified in PFPS patients during walking or running are: sagging/displacement of the knee inwards during support, inclination/obliquity of the pelvis and significant internal rotation of the thigh. Since it is difficult to self-identify these deficits, it is recommended to consult a specialist for a thorough and global evaluation (muscular, control of the movements, articular mechanics). KneeKG knee technology enables real-time 3D analysis of knee function in a dynamic and responsive manner to target the causes of symptoms.
Using biofeedback such as running next to a mirror or using video are examples of actions to correct the biomechanics of running, thus avoiding the biomechanical risk factors described above. Other studies suggest increasing the pace (aiming for 180 steps/minute) will help to avoid elongated strides as they complicate the task of the gluteal muscles to control the alignment of the lower limb during absorption of the impact and the support. The latest scientific research has demonstrated the importance of muscle strengthening of the glutes and quadriceps (both in terms of strength and endurance) in order to limit the sagging of the knee inwards and the inclination of the pelvis, thus promoting proper alignment of the kneecap during running. Keep in mind that other exercises such as stretching the hamstrings and the ilio-tibial band, strengthening the abdominal belt, patellar taping or plantar orthotics can also be beneficial depending on your case.


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Tips for Choosing a House Painter
Few things can be more refreshing than a home with a nice new layer of paint. A paint job can actually transform your home in an instant! Certainly, if you want the best results, you should hire a professional to do it. Painting may look like a simple job, but it's not. If you live in a home built before 1978, it may still be covered in lead-based paint, and that is something that must be taken care of by an expert.
If you're ready to hire a professional house painter, let the following tips help you:
Written Estimate
Ask your prospective painter for an estimate of the paint job you need. Clearly, he needs to come and personally check out your home while you tell him your expectations. Be very particular when it comes to colors and if possible, show paint samples. If you need help choosing, ask the painter.
License and Insurance
As soon as you've found a few prospects, ask each if they are licensed (if required by the state where you live in) and insured. A license is no assurance that your project will be successful, but it does increase the odds. Of course, insurance keeps you from being liable when someone injures themselves on the job.
Previous Jobs and Client References
Researching painters online will likely lead you to lots of pictures of their past projects. But don't rely on these images. Instead, ask the painter to show you at least two jobs that are similar to yours, which they did three years ago or earlier. You need to see how the materials and colors survived the elements over the time.
Checking references is an essential part on finding a good house painter. You'll want to know how competent and professional your prospect is based on the experiences of his past clients. If a painter refuses to give references, that's a sign that you need to find another prospect. Remember to read online reviews as well, especially if you found the painter without anyone's recommendation.
The contract you have with a house painter should to be very detailed. All the pertinent information should be included, including the project's start and end dates, materials to be used and a cost breakdown, and the schedule of payments. Even the paint manufacturer's name, color, grade, etc. should be mentioned, along with where the paints will be applied and how many coats should be applied. The application of a primer must be specified in the contract too. Lastly, it should be stated in the document that the painter is responsible for cleaning up.
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Could the traits that make someone chronically late also make them a more successful entrepreneur? If you find yourself constantly running behind, there could be evidence that you're destined for success.
Fortune 500 consultant and Author ofNever Be Late Again: 7 Cures for the Punctually Challenged, Diana Delonzer says chronically late people have certain traits that can actually help them thrive in business. As you can guess, Host Mary McCarthy and Co-Host Sharon DeLay have a lot to say about this topic!
Delonzer says if you are a chronically late person, you possess these share qualities:
- You're an optimist (You believe you can squeeze more into your day)
- Everything intrigues you (You are a bright and creative multitasker)
- You can hop in and find a solution fast (You can think on your feet)
"Being an optimist, we have a tendency to throw a lot of things in our day." ~ Mary McCarthy
"Yes we do. As an entrepreneur, we have a tendency to throw a lot of things in our day. So again, it's the chicken and the egg." ~ Sharon DeLay
What You Will Learn In This 15-Minute Podcast:
- How chronically late people may have a lot of the same characteristics of an entrepreneur
- What causes an entrepreneur to be chronically late?
- Is a Chronically Late Entrepreneur more successful?
- Solutions for the Chronically Late Entrepreneur
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"Now I've got someone waiting for me, who has given their time specifically for me, and they've lost that time, they don't get it back. I now have less time with them. I have to rush through what it is I'm trying to do with them, so that they can stay on track. Or, they give me the full time, but now they are late for other people. And it's just a domino effect." ~ Host Mary McCarthy
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Understanding Your CalPERS Retirement Benefits WorkshopsPublished: August 3, 2009
Benefits Services will be conducting on-going workshops on "Understanding Your CalPERS Retirement Benefits" for CSULB CalPERS members. The workshops are two hours in length and are presented by members of the Benefits Services office.
Scheduled dates are:
Tuesday, July 21, 2-4 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 18, 2-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2-4 p.m.
Subjects to be covered include the following:
— Introduction: A brief overview of the CalPERS program and an introduction to information available on their Web site.
— Understanding CalPERS: Participants will be guided through the navigation of the CalPERS website and assisted in accessing the CalPERS online retirement calculator
— Service Credit Purchase information and the annual member statement.
Information also will be provided on benefits at retirement and the CalPERS retirement application process.
The workshops will be presented in a computer lab setting for hands-on learning. Due to limited seating, reservations are required and are on a first-come first-served basis.
To register please contact Benefits Services at 562/985-2381. All of the monthly workshops will be held in the Information Technology Services' lab in Brotman Hall Room 180, located on the first floor.


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Hmm, the social networking aspect of this honestly had not occurred to me at all. And yeah, I hate that sort of thing and have really negative reactions to it, too. Some of my family were really into Gardens of Time, and while I'm glad they enjoyed it the social stuff was a real turnoff for me (aside from the fact that the game is not my sort of thing at all).
For some reason it reminds me of those multiplayer Tetris games but backwards. When you make a good move more blocks hit the other player and such but what if it wasn't always backwards and there was an option to play it exactly like that? What I mean is instead of co-op I think a competitive mode in this style would be really, really cool since I fall in to the category of: not liking co-op multiplayer due to not having friends who like the same games as myself, but liking competitive multiplayer because competition makes the game more interesting and appealing to me. A game like League of Legends makes me furious because I'll leave a match with 20 kills and no deaths that still results in a loss because I got matched with a bad team but if I lose a game in Swarm Arena or Total Annihilation or any FPS 1v1 or in a pub setting where my score takes priority over match win/loss count such as CS Source I can laugh it off and say I need more practice, I feel a drive to become better.


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As with most new technology or new ways of thinking, Cloud adoption often suffers from lack of proper insight or misconceptions of the way things really work. This often leads to false conclusions i.e. "The Cloud is too expensive", "We lose control in the cloud" or "it is too complex, we do not know where to begin."
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Utility bills can make a huge dent in our pockets. When winter approaches, bills increase. There are, however, things that you can do to ensure that your bills are kept to a minimum
You Can Make This DIY Clay Bauble Outline Ornament
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I wonder if there is a fundamental self-aggression in humans or is it fostered over time? January is a particularly distasteful month for all of our self-annihilation, believing we aren't healthy enough, not thin enough, too stressed, etc. But what if we have just been fed a line to make us want, to make us search? What if we have been trained to not be satisfied with what is going on here and now? People can't sell us books, potions, or other snake oil charms if we are satisfied.
I'm reading a book on meditation, The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron and have all kinds of things going through my head tonight. It's part of what happens when you live with chronic pain and meds make you so tired that your days and nights get swapped. It's quiet now so it's hardly a bad thing. I can actually hear the questions I ask myself.
As children do we think we are less than or not good enough or do people tell us that? What makes us believe them? Why do we think anyone else could know how to be us any better?
Meditation seems to be about sitting and accepting what is, in any given moment. So I wonder if this is one of the reasons so many people run from the zafu? Where I spent all my time before I saw a lot of people running around trying to be busy and it seemed like those people were the ones who took things or used things to hide from what was going on, like they used their busy-ness to hide. I wonder if it was this primordial dissatisfaction with ourselves and our world that made them run and run? And is it really any better to sit and sit?


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MONTREAL – The union that represents Air Canada's 6,800 flight attendants accuses Labour Minister Lisa Raitt of misusing the federal labour board to block a planned strike just hours before it was set to begin.
"Minister Raitt's attempt to use the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to circumvent the rights of our members is outrageous," Paul Moist, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said Wednesday.
He issued the statement shortly before Raitt submitted two referrals to the quasi-judicial board at 2 p.m. ET, ending the possibility of a legal strike until the board completes its review.
The flight attendants had planned to strike just after midnight early Thursday morning, a move that would have disrupted travel at Canada's biggest air carrier and affected thousands of travellers across the country and abroad/
CUPE has negotiated two contracts with Montreal-based Air Canada in the last three months but both have been rejected by the flight attendants.
The workers are angry about the airline's plans for a discount carrier that would require lower wages to operate and the company's position on pensions and other work issues.
Raitt has asked the board to consider whether the Air Canada flight attendants should be considered essential workers and prevented from striking.
She also asked the board to consider either imposing a settlement or sending the dispute to binding arbitration.
"Making the referral to the board suspends the right to strike," CIRB executive director Ginette Brazeau said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
"The parties cannot resort to their right to strike or lockout until such time as the board disposes of this particular referral."
Brazeau couldn't say how long it would take the labour board to deal with Raitt's referral but most observers believe it won't happen before the House of Commons resumes sitting on Monday, when back-to-work legislation could be used by the government to prevent a service disruption at Canada's largest airline.
"Our government received a strong mandate to protect the Canadian economy and Canadian jobs, so we have been closely following the negotiations between Air Canada and CUPE," Raitt said in a statement Wednesday.
"I have asked the CIRB to review the situation at Air Canada to ensure that the health and safety of the public will not be impacted, and to determine how best to maintain and secure industrial peace and promote conditions that are favourable to the settlement of industrial disputes."
Raitt noted that Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) and the union have failed twice to produce a suitable collective agreement, despite the assistance of her ministry's mediation and concilliation services.
"Two rounds of collective bargaining resulted in tentative agreements that were recommended by the bargaining committee. In each case, the union membership rejected the agreement," Raitt said.
But Moist, who heads Canada's largest labour union, said Raitt's tactics were "indefensible."
"These disgraceful tactics can be seen as nothing else but an outright attack on the rights of every worker in Canada," Moist said.
He said the union will "explore all avenues to challenge this abuse of ministerial discretion."
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Combat pilots traditionally train in simulators that use large domes where projectors display a simulated external world. These simulators can cost between $10 and $20 million dollars. But despite the high price tag, the resolution and field of view are often limited.
The emergence of virtual and mixed reality technology has raised high hopes for major cost savings and portability with the swap of dome-based visual systems with head-mounted displays (HMDs).
Bohemia Interactive Simulations has evaluated all major HMDs available on the market. Everything changed when they tried out Varjo's headsets, as the difference between Varjo and other devices is like night and day in terms of clarity, the ability to read text, and to see objects at real-world visibility ranges. And with Varjo's XR-1 Developer Edition, Bohemia Interactive Simulations are able to achieve a quality level in mixed reality training that is impossible with any other product.
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On your marks, get set, go ! More amazing obstacles more fun and all for a great cause. The countries finest Charity race of the year returns and everyone, including the goats, can't wait to get stuck in.
The race is taking place on the 23rd March and each of our 7 school pygmy goats, Alan, Ethel, William, Bertie , Angel and Paviilion and Downs (racing together) will be teamed up with 2 student Goatherds and will have to complete an obstacle course against the clock and against each other. The fastest goat wins a trophy and the honour of being crowned SuperGoat. They have all be dreaming of winning the title this year, game on!
Students have to raise money to transfer into carrots & goat treats, to lure their goat around the course.
So we're asking if our friends in the wider world might be able to support our Goat Race and Sport Relief by sponsoring the goat of their choice with whatever contribution they are able to make. You can make a donation by cheque, payable to Varndean School, or by our Just Giving Page here:
Please make sure you mention the goat you'd like to sponsor and your name so we can thank you in our social media coverage. The event is already sparking lots of imagination and media interest.
Here's a run down of the goats to help you decide which one to sponsor:
William - William is the Headteacher's goat but he's not known for his compliance. Described by some as Eeyore on a bad day, our William embodies the handsome detachment of the stubborn mountain goat, with all the charm of a rhino with toothache. He may take part, he may not. Only William will decide. Or he may not decide. We love him regardless.
Alan - named after Alan Turing, Alan the goat is charming, nosy, friendly and he loves human company. The winner of last year's Goat Race, Alan has to be one of the favourites again this year. Alan also sidelines as an agony goat at weekends, having his own slot on a radio phone in show earlier this year, so he understands the pressures of high stakes competition.
Ethel - Glamour Girl Ethel is the sure to be in the spotlight again this year. A bit pushy and a bit brash, Ethel has many hidden talents and has already taken part in an ITV talent show. She's used to the cameras and is a great crowd-pleaser. Hailing from Essex, Ethel will be getting her hair and hooves done especially, but don't underestimate this gorgeous goaty, she likes to win.
Bertie -his namesake, the great Bertrand Russell once said "To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.". Bertie the goat has no fear, and very little wisdom, so he is a fast and fearless choice. Bertie uses his head to get ahead, his actual head. He's the scrum half of the goat world and a force to be reckoned with. You wouldn't want to be between Bertie and his lunch.
Angel- little Angel only joined us a few weeks ago and is still settling in so he's something of an unknown quantity in the racing stakes. He's a bit nervous and a bit skittish, but he's super fast around the quad, and he can fly over hurdles. Angel definitely has a weight advantage over 'some' of our other goats, well OK, all of them. The smart money might well be on this flighty outsider, as long as he can stay the course.
Pavilion & Downs - Pavilion and Downs are a team of two teeny weeny goats who make up one whole goat between them. These two little twins have been together since birth and have captured the hearts of all our goat clubbers. Downs is so tiny that he will have to have his own special mini jumps in the Goat Race but what these two boys lack in stature, they certainly make up for in spirit. Representing our Teaching School Alliance,could teamwork really make the dream work? We'll see.
We do hope you will be able to make a contribution to our Goat Race. Many thanks for your support.
The Varndean School Goat Leaders
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German Ministers Mutiny As Merkel Struggles To Preserve Ruling Coalition
Shortly after German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz released his plan to complete the European Banking Union via the Financial Times, several reports surfaced claiming that Scholz had inexplicably neglected to inform Chancellor Merkel about the plan, testing Merkel's political authority as she struggles to finish out the rest of what's set to be her final term.
As it turns out, snubs like this one are becoming increasingly common as Merkel appears to have lost control over her government. Two weeks ago, Defense Minister Annegret Kamp-Karrenbauer proposed a peace plan for Northern Syria without clearing it with the chancellor. Though at least during that incident, Merkel was given a heads up about the plan. AKK's ideas were pilloried by the Social Democrats and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, and the whole incident ended up embarrassing the government as it seeks to combat speculation that it's asleep at the wheel.
Both Scholz and AKK are potential contenders to succeed Merkel, but with the resurgent Alternative for Germany party boasting solid gains in recent elections, it's difficult to imagine how things might go in 2021.
Considering the German mood regarding the effects of unfettered immigration, coupled with economic woes, I think that Angela Merkel's party is headed for a real route, come the 2021 elections, unless she can figure how to turn the challenges Germans face from both issues around in time to prevent an absolute shellacking in 2021.


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The Sterling is hands down the currency running away from the FX pack in an upside direction, while the opposite is true about the New Zealand Dollar. The rest of currencies indices, when crosschecking its performance against a basket of G8 FX, are still sandwiched in rather compressed ranges, with the exception of the Aussie, as sellers start to make further strides after the conviction of another rate cut by the RBA in October gets priced into the Oceanic currency. The USD continues to show a benign technical picture in the index, which should bode well for the currency next week as the market readjusts the neutral policy stance by the Fed as the current base case. The EUR is also showing its most combatant side with further demand found in the European session but unable to be sustained through the North American trade. The CAD has been treading water for the past few days with very limited volatility in its index, while both the CHF and JPY exhibit strength after the market perceives the latest policy calls by the SNB and the BOJ as falling short of the easing expectation built ahead of the events. As a result, both currencies were boosted even if the technicals are still rather dubious at this stage.
The indices show the performance of a particular currency vs G8 FX. An educational article about how to build your own currency meter can be found in the Global Prime's Research section.
* The Information is gathered after scanning top publications including the FT, WSJ, Reuters, Bloomberg, ForexLive, Institutional Bank Research reports.
RBA rate cut in the horizon: The market is pricing in a fresh rate cut by the RBA in October with a probability of around 80%. This change of heart comes after the Aus employment change came at a decent +34.7K vs 15K expected, but that was about it. From there, it went downhill with the unemployment rate missing expectations at 5.3% vs 5.2% exp, but even worse, the full time employment change was -15.5K, with part-time taking up the slack with a gain of+50.2K. The participation rate stood at a record high of 66.2%, which was a strong number to offset a bit the negative results.
GBP on a tear fueled by Juncker: The Sterling keeps defying gravity by rising further as EC President Juncker said "we can have a deal. Brexit will happen", Sky News reported. The headline was immediately picked up by algorithm activity, resulting in a sharp appreciation in the British currency. Juncker stressed that a no-deal Brexit would have catastrophic consequences, and that he "is prepared to get rid of the so-called backstop from a withdrawal agreement, so long as all the objectives are met." He has sent documents to Prime Minister Johnson outlining draft ideas for a new Brexit deal, while the UK govement also confirmed written documents sent to the EU on Brexit, which according to the UK govement spokesperson, "are a series of confidential technical non-papers which reflect the ideas the UK has on the Brexit agreement and the backstop."
BoE a familiar non-event: There wasn't much to latch on as part of the Bank of England policy decision, which remains a sideshow. Caey continues to imply that a smooth Brexit will probably lead to rate hikes, while a hard Brexit would not be automatic rate cuts but rather it will require the extend in which the economy is disrupted by this event.
Norges Bank goes for a dovish hike: decided to raise rates 25bp to 1.5% from 1.25%, in a move that should be considered not entirely unexpected even if there was no consensus. The NOK, after the initial spike higher, was unable to accept higher price levels as the Central Bank signaled a prolonged pause from here on out. As James Smith, an Economist at ING notes: "Amid lingering global trade, Brexit and geopolitical/energy uncertainty, the central bank's tightening cycle looks like it has run its course for now."
BoJ preparing the market for more easing? The Bank of Japan left its policy unchanged as widely expected by the market even if it looks as though Goveor Kuroda is starting to prepare the market for further easing tools to be deployed down the line, potentially as soon as October. The admission by BoJ Goveor Kuroda, in the presser, that the Bank is giving a stronger consideration toward easing now compared to its last meeting is a dovish tu, even if that was not manifested by the performance of the Yen, which ends as one of the top performers. The statement read: "Given the slowdowns in overseas economies and their downside risks seem to be increasing, the Bank judges that it is becoming necessary to pay closer attention to the possibility that the momentum toward achieving the price stability target will be lost. Taking this situation into account, the Bank will reexamine economic and price developments at the next MPM, when it updates the outlook for economic activity and prices."
SNB disappoints dovish expectations: The SNB left its policy rate unchanged at -75bps with an adjustment of the basis for calculating negative interest on sight deposits held with the central bank. There is a certain exemption threshold before the negative charges are effective, even if the SNB will apply flexibility in this approach by updating this threshold on a monthly basis. They also downgraded the inflation and growth forecasts but despite that, the CHF strengthened as the market felt it was a disappointment not to see a cut today. Moreover, there wasn't any clear sign that the SNB is ready to step up its intervention rhetoric just yet (CHF positive).
Trump's adviser on China spooks the market: According to the South China Moing Post, Donald Trump is ready to escalate trade war if deal not agreed soon, citing the president's adviser on China, Michael Pillsbury. "Tariffs on Chinese goods could go to 50 per cent or 100 per cent", leading White House adviser said. The headline led to a retracement in the price of equities in the US while exerting further pressure in the likes of the Australian Dollar or the New Zealand Dollar. Note, unless these headlines come from the horse's mouth or another major decision-maker, the markets tends to overreact before a reversal is seen as was the case in stocks rebounding later on.
Iran's defiant stance not a good sign for Oil: Iran's foreign minister Zarif has been stirring up the tensions on a potential bellic conflict after implying via Twitter that allies of the US in the region are trying to deceive President Trump into war. "For their own sake, they should pray that they won't get what they seek." The price of Oil has deflated after Saudi Arabia vowed to have its Oil production capacity at full steam in 1 month, but a second major driver which continues to be priced in as an added risk premium in Oil is the risk of a war between the Saudis and Iran, even if Trump has been hinting that the US does not intend to have an involvement for now. Also interestingly, Saudi Arabia is said to have asked Iraq for 20 mil barrels of crude for domestic use, which implies they are struggling with the supply side.
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The indices show the performance of a particular currency vs G8 FX. An educational article about how to build your own currency meter can be found in the Global Prime's Research section.
The EUR index keeps finding sell-side pressure at the origin of a supply imbalance zone in the daily chart, leading to a retracement of the currency every time is tested. Until the demand is strong enough to consolidate above the resistance line marked in red on a closing basis, the EUR outlook remains rather uncertain even if one must accept that the most recent inertia ever seen the ECB outcome last week has been to apply upward pressure into the resistance area. There is no doubt we are at a critical supply juncture in the index, but one that looks at risk of breaking the more times that it gets tested, with Asian accounts having as I type another go at it. To sum up, one should approach EUR long exposure with extra caution until the resistance clears up.
The GBP index has blown through the 100% proj target as EU Juncker presses the right buttons on what to say regarding Brexit to stimulate algorithm activity. The continuous momentum in the Sterling not respecting as a potential reversal area the anticipated target reveals two things. Firstly, fundamentals overrule anything else to determine a sustained price direction, including these highly accurate targets. Secondly, you are much more likely to get shaken out due to unexpected headlines in the Sterling than any other market due to the nature of Brexit newsflows. Momentum traders keep thriving in this market and it looks like further appreciation ahead after the increase in aggregate tick volume and the high close on Thursday's bull candle.
The USD index has gone through a technical corrective pullback in the context of a bullish environment, with the bounce occurring at a rather predictable level (13d ema – baseline). The index has found acceptance above the baseline for 4 days in a row with the suite of technical indicators in the second window (fisher transform slope + CCI) both positive. Besides, the market structure stays bullish with the latest penetration to regain the upside of the baseline happening on the back of a double bottom in the pricing of the USD. All in all, the USD looks like one of the most attractive long plays in the coming weeks, with technicals and fundamentals (FOMC saw a hawkish rate cut) agreeing with this bullish view.
The CAD index is trading in a very compressed manner with no clarity on the next directional bias as the index is literally sandwiched between support and resistance. If we were to draw a Fibonacci retracement between these two levels, we are at the exact 50%, which implies a market with a high degree of unpredictability and certainly driven by Oil movements near term. It is no coincidence either that the baseline is also stuck at the 50% mid range. Today's direction bias in the currency will also be determined by the Canadian retail sales outcome.
The NZD index has broken into new lows, opening up the doors for an additional 1.5% of losses in the coming weeks based on the calculation of a 100% projection target. What's also important is that the currency has broken the prior low with a spike in sell-side participation as reflected by the spike in aggregate tick volume. The move appears to be mainly driven by the rationale that if the RBA is set to cut rates next month after the poor Aus jobs data, the RBNZ may need to follow the same steps sooner or later, which is why the NZD also trades heavy.
The AUD index is about to hit a wall of bids judging by the macro level of support being tested. The overextended nature of the movement from the prior macro resistance (over -1.3%) has been fast and furious with little demand to counteract the one-way street move, but the index is telling us this may be about to change, with a relaxation of the sell-side pressure eyed. Whenever a currency starts to price in the chances of rate cuts, as in the case of the AUD due to the action expected to take by the RBA, this is hands down the number 1 driver, so do bear that in mind as this critical support is tested under the wrong set of conditions to find major buying support one would think. That said, the technicals alone should provide some temporary respite.
The JPY index, as anticipated by the daily technicals, found sellers at the intersection of the baseline, which was a pristine location to expect a refusal of higher prices given the confluent nature of the area being tested. The index is now encapsulated between the upper resistance area and the macro support area found last Friday. The overall outlook is still bearish as the price remains below the baseline even if the recent price action is not indicative of a major decision made by market participants, unlike what we've seen in the GBP or NZD indices.
The CHF index shows a very similar picture to the Yen, with the valuation of the Swiss currency testing the baseline but unable to break higher by the end of trading in NY. If a resolution were to come above this week's high, then there is room for a 0.3% run to the upside approx. There is also a potential double bottom being carved out if equilibrium is found above the current range, which remember, gets formed when there is a combination of a drop in volatility as the third window (bollinger band) suggests + a double rejection of a level.


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One year after the House of Assembly ground to a halt over allegations of bullying and intimidation, new allegations have ground it to a halt once again.
Speaker Scott Reid agreed with a point of privilege brought forth by Opposition House Leader David Brazil that there is reason to believe Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne acted inappropriately during Thursday's sitting of the House of Assembly.
On Tuesday, the House of Assembly did not debate any legislation. Instead, it began a debate on whether or not Byrne should be asked to withdraw his remarks, apologize to the House of Assembly verbally and in writing to Mount Pearl North MHA Jim Lester and St. John's Centre MHA Jim Dinn, and undergo 20 hours of anti-harassment sensitivity training — a similar reprimand called for Eddie Joyce and Dale Kirby when complaints about their conduct were made last year.
As previously reported, Byrne accused Lester of "not always being on the side of the law himself" and Dinn of "a pattern of behaviour of marginalization of Indigenous" peoples.
Byrne contends that when a clerk of the Salmonid Association of Eastern Newfoundland (SAEN) made a comment about "kowtowing" to Indigenous peoples, Dinn, who was president of the association at the time, did not do enough to condemn the words.
"The removal of a perpetrator only to allow them to resurface in a similar capacity. There is truth to this." — Gerry Byrne
Dinn says the words were retracted and the clerk was dismissed from SAEN shortly thereafter.
Byrne says the individual who made the comments went on to take part in other consultations related to the fishery.
Dinn says the person did not do so on behalf of SAEN.
Byrne says not enough was done to condemn the statement and warn others of his actions.
"The removal of a perpetrator only to allow them to resurface in a similar capacity. There is truth to this. We have found that in the faith community, for example, sometimes there are transgressions that occur," said Byrne.
"Instead of dealing with the transgression directly and openly, the transgressor is simply moved and the transgressor is allowed to continue to operate in a different place with no one expressing any concerns, nobody giving highlights, nobody giving a warning that the person has moved to a different role. They're allowed to continue that."
Byrne withdrew his comments about Lester, but did not withdraw comments made about Dinn.
Earlier on Tuesday, Byrne released audio of the meeting in question. Chief Mi'Sel Joe of the Miawpukek First Nation issued a statement agreeing that the comments made in the meeting were racist.
In his comments on Byrne's behaviour, Dinn questioned why it took Byrne so long to bring forward his concerns about the June 2018 SAEN meeting where the "kowtowing" remarks were made. The initial meeting took place in June 2018. Byrne first referenced the "kowtowing" comment on Nov. 7, 2019.
"It's a year-and-a-half later and it comes up when the minister is responding to some very intense questioning around the die-off of some 2.6 million fish on the south coast, a die-off that the minister had no answers to and that it was very clear that he had no control over," said Dinn.
"Now, to be clear, I'm not questioning, rationalizing, legitimizing, justifying the comments that were made. They were inappropriate, they were unfortunate and they were racist. … No matter how hard the minister tries to associate with me as having said those words, I did not say those words. I did not make that comment."
"No matter how hard the minister tries to associate with me as having said those words, I did not say those words. I did not make that comment." — Jim Dinn
Byrne says he regrets not bringing forward his concerns about SAEN earlier than he did.
Byrne was unclear about when he first thought to bring forward his concerns about the SAEN meeting publicly, but says it goes back to September.
"There was no specific moment. It's an evolving conversation. You learn facts as you learn them," said Byrne.
"This is a conversation that began very early, in mid-September and it's progressed ever since. It has elements of issues around management of regulation of salmon farming, it has issues and relevance to issues around Indigenous engagement and participation and full involvement. It has issues around, you know, is there a systemic or a pattern problem."
The debate over whether Byrne should be reprimanded will continue Wednesday.
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America keeps most of her gold at Fort Knox, a United States Army reservation, about 35 miles south of Louisville in Kentucky. (A large amount of the United States' gold reserves is stored in the vault of the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, one of the institutions under the supervision of the Director of the United States Mint. The remaining gold reserves are held in the Philadelphia Mint, the Denver Mint, the West Point Bullion Depository and the San Francisco Assay Office, also facilities of the United States Mint.)
Covering 110,000 acres, the reservation contains the United States Army Armored Center and the principal United States Bullion Depository. The fort was established in 1918 as Camp Knox and was used as the army's Field Artillery officer training school. In 1932 the name was changed, and the following year the 1st Cavalry Regiment was moved from Texas to Fort Knox, where it was mechanized.
For maximum security, the bullion depository was built at Fort Knox in 1936. By the second half of the 20th Century the gold stocks there were valued at more than 10,000 million dollars. The gold is housed in a solid square bomb proof building constructed of granite, steel and concrete, enclosing a two-level torch-proof steel and concrete vault. Added security is provided by guards, sentries and an encircling steel fence, as well as by electronic protective devices, such as the photo-electric eye.
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Loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, passed away July 17th 2019.
Born January 27th, 1929 in Eureka, UT, and lived in Salt Lake for most of his life. He married Shirley Cook Gillespie Febuary 4th, 1955, celebrated 57 years of marriage together before Shirley's passing on August 11th, 2012. Previously married to Patricia Sullivan Thatcher. Richard is survived by his daughter Leisa Stevens, son Bradley Gilespie, daughter-in-law Paula Springer; Rick Thatcher, and Kathy Thatcher, 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his son Jeffrey Lynn Gillespie, 6 siblings and parents Robert and Florence Gillespie.
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Connon Nurseries Celebration of a Century
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In today's fiercely competitive market, retail businesses must strive
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|TOP & MIDDLE: In addition to two retail garden centres, Connon Nurseries also operates three wholesale production operations.
BOTTOM: To ensure their success in the industry, Connon Nurseries is always trying to offer their customers the latest in plants, giftware, and
In today's fiercely competitive market, retail businesses must strive to find a niche that will give them an edge to ensure their success in the future, and retail garden centres in Hamilton, Ontario, are no exception. A celebration of a century usually indicates that a company has fabricated itself to withstand a changing world economy, global warfare, political regimes, depressions, recessions, and everything in between. It is a place demanding full recognition and respect as a business woven into the very fabric of the city. This year Connon Nurseries has marked 100 years servicing gardening enthusiasts from their prominent Highway #5 edifice in Waterdown.
The story of Connon Nurseries begins with Major John Connon, a man with a passion and a green thumb who established the Connon Floral Co. Ltd. in Hamilton on October 24th, 1906. The Scotland native had seen a need for the sales and distribution of trees and shrubs for local farms since immigrating to Canada in 1895. In 1912, the company's name was changed to John Connon Company Ltd. From 1916 to 1918, John Connon served overseas in WWI with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, where he earned the rank of Major, which he was known by from that point on. The company moved to several different locations until it was relocated to its Waterdown location in 1931, where it still resides today. Up until his death at the age of 89, Connon continued to be actively involved in the business.
The second chapter of the Connon Nurseries story focuses on Cornelius Vanderkruk. Born in South Holland in 1912, he immigrated to Canada with his wife and seven children in 1952 after serving in WWII. Shortly after arriving in Hamilton, John Connon hired Vanderkruk and four years later they were equal business partners in the company. When Major Connon passed away in 1961, Vanderkruk become the sole business owner. All four of the Vanderkruk boys – Neil, Bill, Art, and Cor – began working in the nursery as early as the 1950s. By the late 1960s, clearer divisions of responsibility started to emerge, depending on the area of strength and interests of each. Cornelius looked after the bookkeeping and overall administration of the company until he retired in 1974. Neil looked after the sales, purchasing and confirmation of orders, Art was responsible for plant production, and Cor developed the retail end of the business and supplied local landscape contractors.
After Cornelius passed away in 1977, Neil, Art, and Cor continued to build on the rich foundation that their father and Major Connon built. In 1986, the three brothers decided to divide the company into three separate businesses (A.V.K. Nursery Holdings Inc., C.B. Vanderkruk Holdings Inc., and Neil Vanderkruk Holdings Inc.).
Today, the secret of Connon Nurseries' successful operation can be directly linked to the company's ability to adapt to changing trends in the industry. The community and surrounding areas have grown and evolved over the years and the values of homes have increased dramatically during the last 10 years, bringing a more upper-end clientele. Consumers are turning to nursery retailers to help them take their garden shopping experience to the next level – in their pursuit of the ultimate garden lifestyle. In response to these changes, Connon's success is the direct result of its forward-thinking approaches to creative merchandising. Tapping into consumers interested in the 'garden experience,' the company has turned its retail businesses into destinations for shoppers seeking inspiration. Integrated displays combine outdoor décor and trendy giftware with greenery to show shoppers how their own gardens can come alive. Statues of toads and gnomes aren't simply grouped together in a single floor display – they encourage browsing customers into their world, peering out from lush tropical plants around them. Colour also plays a key part in Connon's merchandising strategies – inspired, in part, by its close tracking of trends through other leading retailers. Bright pinks, purples, reds, blues, and greens are seen in giftware, home décor items, signage – and of course the flowering plant displays.
Unlike most independent nurseries, Connon spares no expense to turn creative merchandising concepts into inspiring reality. Their extremely successful promotional events, like interactive Reptile Shows, Tots-in-Pots Photo Day, Pets with Santa, free seminars and workshops, demonstrate how the company has embraced the 'destination retailing' philosophy. The greenhouse itself has also become an attraction by offering customers a venue that is fully licensed and catered for weddings, business meetings, and other functions.
Connon Nurseries has built a strong identity – not only to compete with big box stores, but to maintain their established positions within their local markets. They've found their focus and true identity, and they stayed at the top of their customers' list of preferred places to shop, now and in the future.
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US Senate upholds Bush aid to air polluters
Patrick Martin
25 January 2003
In the first policy test for the Bush administration since the US Senate reverted to Republican control, the upper house of Congress voted to implement new air pollution regulations that allow corporations to run coal-burning factories and power plants without installing anti-pollution devices.
The Senate voted by 50-46 against a proposal to delay the Bush administration's regulatory changes for six months while the environmental impact was studied by the National Academy of Sciences. A subsequent 51-45 vote endorsed the regulations. Both measures were introduced as amendments to a $390 billion appropriations bill that provides the funding for a vast array of government programs through September 30.
The Clean Air Act, passed three decades ago, requires new industrial and power plants to have up-to-date pollution controls, such as scrubbers. Older plants, built before 1977, are required to add such controls when they are significantly upgraded. The key to the enforcement of this provision is the determination of when such an upgrade goes beyond routine maintenance, making an old plant a "new source" of pollutants. This is defined by federal regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Less than three weeks after the election, the Bush administration announced that it was revising the EPA regulations to relax the standard for "new sources" of pollution, making it possible for utilities and other large corporate polluters to make extensive upgrades in older plants without the expense of installing anti-pollution equipment.
At least one of the rules actually permits corporations to install equipment that increases the quantity of pollutants released into the air. It is the first time since the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970 that controls on atmospheric emissions have been loosened rather than made tighter.
The decision was hailed by utility and energy industry lobbyists, but challenged by the state attorneys general of nine Northeastern states which, because of their location and weather patterns, receive a disproportionate share of the acid rain, soot and smog from heavy industry in the Midwest. Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine joined in filing a lawsuit against the new EPA rules.
This regional split contributed to the closeness of the vote in the Senate, as five Republican senators from New England backed the plan to delay the EPA rules. Their defection was offset by five southern Democrats, four of them from Arkansas and Louisiana, states dominated by coal, oil and gas interests, who backed the Bush administration's position.
The green light for more corporate smog is only one of a barrage of administrative and regulatory actions announced by the Bush administration since the 2002 election, weakening anti-pollution laws and permitting corporate interests to boost their profits by ravaging the environment.Logging in national forests
Last November, the administration announced it would overturn regulations for managing national forests issued by the Clinton administration late in 2000, in favor of new regulations drafted in consultation with the timber industry. The new rules drastically shorten the process of environmental review before national forests can be opened to logging, drilling or other commercial activities.
The new rules reduce the number of scientific reports required and limit the opportunities for public comment on plans for commercial development. Form letters and preprinted postcards—frequently distributed by environmental groups campaigning to preserve wilderness areas—would be discarded unread. Individual managers of national forests would have greater license to ignore such environmental concerns as the preservation of diverse plant and animal species.
The American Forest and Paper Association (AFPA), a trade group for the forest products industry, hailed the proposed rules, saying they "will restore common sense to the forest management process." The undersecretary of agriculture who supervises the Forest Service, Mark E. Rey, was vice president of the AFPA from 1992 to 1994 and worked for a decade as an industry lobbyist.
The new rules for expediting permits for logging and grazing effectively repeal the 1976 National Forest Management Act, which centralized the process of environmental review and largely removed the power to permit logging from individual forest managers, who were more susceptible to the pressure and blandishments of timber interests. It applies to 192 million acres of public lands in 155 national forests in 44 states.
As with many of its most reactionary policies, the Bush administration sought to depict the plan for ravaging the forests as its opposite—a plan to preserve the forests through careful management. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman blamed environmental restrictions on removing undergrowth for the toll of death and destruction from last summer's forest fires. But the expedited process will apply not only to small trees and brush, but also to logging in such areas as Sequoia National Forest, which has centuries-old trees.Waste runoff in the water supply
On December 16, the EPA issued new rules significantly weakening proposed restrictions on the runoff of livestock waste from factory farms that raise millions of chickens, pigs and cows in metal sheds, producing 220 billion gallons of liquefied manure last year. This runoff is a major source of contamination of drinking water.
The new regulation was only issued because of a court-imposed deadline, and is far looser than the draft prepared under the Clinton administration, cutting in half the number of companies affected and making the whole process self-policed: i.e., allowing agribusiness to decide how massive the level of pollutants flowing into rivers and lakes will be.
The regulation also exempts agribusiness corporations from liability for illegal dumping of pollutants by subcontractors and suppliers. The Bush EPA itself estimates that the livestock and poultry industries will incur only $335 million in annual costs from the new regulations, compared to $980 million in costs imposed by the original Clinton administration proposal. While these industries reap the profit, the health costs will be borne by the American people.
Other anti-environmental measures announced in the last several weeks include:
* Formally withdrawing a Clinton administration rule that required federal oversight of state cleanup efforts at "impaired water bodies," terminology which designates 300,000 miles of rivers and coastlines and 5 million acres of lakes. Big corporate polluters complained that federal involvement would lead to increased cleanup costs.
* Issuing new rules making it easier for states and local governments to build new roads and open up territory to mining and other extractive activity on federal lands, by claiming "rights of way" based on ancient trails and dirt tracks long out of use.
* Allowing the trading of pollution "credits" by companies that must comply with the Clean Water Act, modeled on a similar market-based system that permits companies to buy the right to violate the Clean Air Act.
* Exempting up to 20 percent of US wetlands from the protection of the Clean Water Act, by excluding ponds and wetlands that are restricted to a single state and do not flow into interstate rivers or lakes.
* Opening up to oil gas and drilling nine million acres of the Alaska North Slope, part of the National Petroleum Reserve that is located near, but outside, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The proposal by the Bureau of Land Management is the largest single offering of land for drilling in the history of the American Arctic.


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Spotify Acquires Two Podcasting Companies
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Spotify announced that it's acquiring Gimlet Media, a digital podcast network, and Anchor, a podcasting creation and distribution platform.
The deal looks to help the Spotify offer original and differentiated content to its user base.
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The San Francisco-based company announced that it has raised $310 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, and Fidelity Investments.
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The Dolphins are hoping to improve an offense that finished 26th in points in 2013. (Scott W. Grau/Icon SMI)
The Miami Dolphins offense was an issue in 2013. En route to an 8-8 season, they finished 26th in points scored (19.8), 27th in yardage (312.9), 20th in passing yardage (222.9) and 26th in rushing yardage (90).
To help resolve this major issue, the team went out this offseason and hired Bill Lazor from the Philadelphia Eagles as the new offensive coordinator. Upon his hiring, he was informed by head coach Joe Philbin that he would have total control of his unit, and so far the players on offense in Miami seem very optimistic that there could be a huge turnaround in production this year, similar to what Lazor helped the Eagles orchestrate in 2013.
Actually, one unnamed Dolphins player said it reminds him exactly of the Eagles' offensive scheme.
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"It's reminiscent of Chip Kelly's offense in Philadelphia, with the tempo and style," said one Dolphins player who asked not to be named to the Miami Herald. "There are some West Coast offense concepts ... Some shotgun, some under center. They've discussed having both no huddle and huddle. It's fast tempo."


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Introduction Specify A Cache Validator In Wp Rocket
Don't you Just despise slow sites? Well, you are certainly not alone. Your visitors despise them too– and, to make things worse, so does Google. That's right, if you'd like your website to rank highly in search engines, sell more goods, generate more prospects, bring in more revenue, or simply deliver a more positive user experience, it must load quickly. Specify A Cache Validator In Wp Rocket
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So just how Can you make your WordPress site quicker? Well, if you're still using a generic shared hosting company, one of the best options will, naturally, be to simply change to a higher performance hosting company. But what if you just have not got the time or money to make the change?
Well, Luckily, there is something different you can do that's extremely quick and simple — something which needs next-to-no technical know-how whatsoever! I am speaking, of course, about using a caching plugin.
Today, I'll be taking an in-depth look at one of the primary caching plugins around. WP Rocket. In the following review, I'll show you by exactly how much — and how readily — it could accelerate your website (using real-life evaluations and real data).
What is WordPress Caching?
Caching Involves creating — and storing — a readymade static (i.e. unchanging) version of your website on your own server ready to display to visitors at a moment's notice. This reduces the demand for your site (and/or the consumer's browsers) to communicate back and forth with the server to assemble the behind-the-scenes information that creates your site's web pages.
With less Communication happening between servers, and less information being loaded each time your website is accessed, the time necessary to load your posts and pages is considerably reduced.
WP Rocket Will potentially.
· Cache all of the posts and pages on your own site
· Enable browser caching
· Defer loading of JavaScript documents
· Decrease bandwidth utilization with gzip compression
· optimise Google fonts
· minify and concatenate CSS and JS files
· Defer loading of images.
You might Be wondering what happens if you publish a new blog article on a cached website, because, presumably, an unchanging cached version of your website would not take this recently created data into consideration.
Not so! WP Rocket will regenerate the cached pieces of your site every time you update your content, thereby ensuring that your visitors will always find the most up-to-date variant of your site.
Characteristics of WP Rocket
It's worth Pointing out that, in terms of features alone, WP Rocket compares pretty favourably with its rivals. Granted, you are probably more interested in just how much faster your website will be after installing WP Rocket (and rightfully so), however it's nice to know you are not missing out on any important features.
With WP Rocket, you receive page caching, cache preloading, gzip compression, browser caching, Google Fonts optimization, picture and movie Lazy Load, minification, plus a whole lot more.
The Fundamental SETTINGS
If you do Decide to learn more about the further settings and choices WP Rocket provides, you will see it's a couple of tricks up its sleeve for potentially improving speed much further, such as the option to simply load media files (such as pictures ) when the visitor reaches them onto a webpage (a feature called Lazy Loading).
One of The highlights of WP Rocket is its simple setup procedure, which makes it a pretty much fool proof caching choice for active WordPress webmasters. It's called being'childishly easy to install' — something customers who just want to get the job done and move on will almost certainly appreciate. Specify A Cache Validator In Wp Rocket
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In fact, Once the plugin has been uploaded and activated on your site, the cache will be automatically generated when someone visits the site. Everyone visiting your site then should immediately begin experiencing significantly faster loading times. Simple!
WP Rocket Aims to eliminate all such confusion by being automatically up-and-running right out of the box — without being so rigid that it is not able to deliver great results. After activating WP Rocket, you'll see just a few tabs on the admin panel, each with only a couple of easy-to-understand settings.
You can See the rest of the basic settings display here. While there are a couple more options to utilize, the plugin works just fine without any of them enabled. This truly is plug'n' play caching for WordPress!
Of Course, it is recommended that you read the online documentation to really determine what this plugin could do and just how much additional performance you can squeeze from it, however, for all those in a rush (or using a zero technical curiosity from the ins-and-outs of caching), it is safe to say that speeding up your website using WP Rocket couldn't be made easier.
FAST AND Effortless SETUP
The main Selling purpose of WP Rocket is how easy it makes allowing caching on your site. Together with many other caching plugins, you're faced with the sometimes daunting task of understanding — and filling out — multiple pages of configurations and options. Based on how you configure them, you could easily wind up inadvertently doing something a bit screwy (and even, in rare cases, inadvertently breaking your site).
WP Rocket Is also compatible with content delivery network (CDN) services. If your website is large enough to warrant distributing its documents to multiple servers across the world for quicker loading times, you will find WP Rocket more than accommodating.
There's In addition, the choice to alter the default cache interval. But, unless you are displaying particularly fast-changing or significant external dynamic content onto your site (such as critical content from societal networking feeds), the default 24-hour lifespan should be fine.
Cache — Basic Cache Options
The Cache tab enables you to control How your page caching works at a basic level? You can. Specify A Cache Validator In Wp Rocket
· Include/exclude mobile users from seeing cached pages.
· Include/exclude logged-in users from seeing cached pages.
· Enable caching on HTTPS pages.
· Decide how long a webpage remains cached before the cache gets cleared (the default is 10 hours).
Most of the timeyou can Leave these as the defaults.
Media — Lazy loading + More
In the Media tab, you can empower Lazy loading for videos or images, in addition to disable WordPress emojis and embeds.
1 feature That's really nice here is your choice to substitute YouTube video iframes using a static preview image. If you embed lots of YouTube videos on your website, this really is a great way to accelerate your website without sacrificing much, if anyusability.
Document Optimization — Minification Along With Concatenation
The File Optimization tab is Where you are able to set up WP Rocket's minification and concatenation functionality.
· Minification — shrinks the size of your website's code by removing unnecessary characters (such as whitespace) without changing any functionality.
· Concatenation — minimizes the amount of documents on your site by combining multiple CSS/JS files into one.
You can also set up some other Settings such as.
· Remove render-blocking CSS/JS (PageSpeed Insights is notorious for yelling at you concerning this issue).
· Combining Google Fonts documents (useful if you use multiple Google Fonts on your site).
· Remove query strings from static resources (this one will not have a major effect, but it can improve your GTmetrix score, even should you really care about that).
I recommend Enabling as a number of these configurations as you can. I say as possible because a number of those configurations for CSS or JS might cause difficulties with your website (this isn't WP Rocket's fault — it's always a possible problem with minification/concatenation).
What I like is that WP Rocket Makes this clear once you go to activate one of these configurations.
Three cheers for good UX Layout!
Preload — Preload Your Own Cache File
Without Preloading, your website only"builds" the cache for a page when someone actually visits the page. That means the very first visitor after the cache lifespan expires doesn't observe the cached version (since the cache has not been constructed yet).
Cache Preloading enables you to guarantee all visitors view the quick-loading cached page by"warming" the cache yourself, rather than waiting for someone to visit the page.
One of those Advantages of all WP Rocket is the fact that it gives you two distinct ways to preload your cache, whereas some caching plugins don't even offer one.
· Sitemap preloading — preloads your cache based on all the pages on your sitemap.xml file. It has low impact, but the disadvantage is that it doesn't cache freshly edited or published posts.
· Preload bot — mechanically crawls URLs after you publish/edit a post to make sure that recently edited/published content is also preloaded. The only disadvantage is that it's a bit more resource intensive, which might cause difficulties on"weak" web servers. Specify A Cache Validator In Wp Rocket
You can choose to use anti virus, One, or both methods to preload your cache, depending upon your requirements.
Database — Clean Up Your Database
As your website ages, your Database will pick up all kinds of"gunk" in the kind of revisions, trashed opinions, transients, etc..
This area helps you clean out All that unnecessary crap from the database with one click.
Personally, I find this to be The least exciting region of WP Rocket since there are loads of free plugins which do a great job cleaning your database. However, I guess the main advantage here is that WP Rocket eliminates the requirement for you to install a separate plugin.
CDN — Integrate With Your CDN
If you use a CDN to accelerate The worldwide delivery of your website, WP Rocket can assist you.
· Rewrite your URLs to use your CDN
· Exclude certain files from the CDN
While you can find complimentary Plugins to perform the first component, the next component, in addition to the fact which you can reserve CNAMEs for particular document types provides you more flexibility than many of these free options.
For example, you may use one CNAME to your images, and yet another for the rest of your files.
If you're using Cloudflare, WP Rocket also includes a committed Cloudflare add-on that can help you to get setup using Cloudflare and control certain facets of this Cloudflare service directly from the WP Rocket interface.
And that pretty much sums up The brand new WP Rocket 3.0 interface!
Through The plugin settings, you could also enable caching for both mobile users and logged-in users — all with a simple click. After moving on to this'advanced' tab, however, things start to get a bit more complex.
To give you greater control over how caching Functions on your site, you're also free to exclude pages in the cache with the addition of their URLS to the'never cache the subsequent pages'
Through The CDN tab, you can configure the plugin to work with your content delivery system of choice, whereas the tools section provides you quick access to the very clear and preload cache programs.
What's More, in the event you get stuck, the FAQ and service tabs make it incredibly easy to access the online documentation, and even open a service ticket from within your WordPress dash — a beautiful touch!
In General, WP Rocket aims to be everything to all people. On the other hand, it's very easy to set up and begin using on your website with default settings which truly produce good results, nevertheless, on the other hand, there is also a much large choice of settings and options to appeal to more advanced users with particular needs, or people who demand more control over how caching works on their site.
By Default, every time you publish a new post or add fresh content to your site, WP Rocket will automatically regenerate that portion of this cache. Furthermore, it will also refresh the associated parts of the cache (including the archive pages( menus, or widgets). Specify A Cache Validator In Wp Rocket
If You need to refresh everything in the cache, however (not just newly updated or altered content), you can force WP Rocket to regenerate it from scratch. Going a step further, you'll also find options to have unrelated parts of your website automatically regenerated when a new post, page, product, remark, or another kind of content has added.
field. (Note. Shopping cart and checkout pages are automatically excluded from the cache as part of the eCommerce support of WP Rocket.)
Documentation And Support
Even though Using WP Rocket out of the box is quite simple, should you get stuck or wish to know more about the intricacies of how it works, there is quite a bit of high tech documentation supplied — including a getting started section, different tutorials, useful FAQs and a handy troubleshooting section.
As long As your license is still active, you may even open tickets with assistance to get whatever WP Rocket-related assistance you need?
My WP Rocket Testing Outcomes
As Mentioned at the peak of this guide, I had great results from using WP Rocket to cache my WordPress site. By testing the speed of my site using GTmetrix — with the default settings of WP Rocket and simply uploading and activating the plugin prior to generating the cache and running the tests — the ordinary page loading times dropped from 2.2 minutes to 0.9.
The Website I tested the plugin on was a WordPress blog with the free Twenty Twelve motif, with about 80 posts and 37 active plugins. The website is hosted on an entry level shared hosting program in HostGator, and does not have any CDN in play.
No two WordPress sites will be the same, however, so that these results may not be typical for all sites. They do, however, show that even a very basic WordPress site on the cheapest hosting will almost certainly have the ability to achieve significantly improved load times together with the plugin.
Additional Ways to Accelerate Your WordPress Website
Whether You decide to use WP Rocket in your website or not, there are a range of other means to accelerate your WordPress website that are worth mentioning, such as.
· Deactivating all redundant plugins (many plugins will considerably slow down your website )
· Assessing and optimising all pictures
· Using a CDN service
· Upgrading to a WordPress-specific high-performance web host, such as WP Engine or Flywheel(if your budget allows).
All of All these are well worth trying if you have not already.
WP Rocket Pricing
With Prices starting at only $39 to be used on one WordPress website, WP Rocket is an affordable option for many. Additionally, there are some other powerful free options available — for example WP Super Cache, also, for the technically minded, W3 Total Cache (to mention but two of many. If you're searching for something that's exceptionally easy to prepare and use, however, and also provides access to a very helpful premium support desk, then WP Rocket is a powerful contender.
The full Pricing options are as follows. Specify A Cache Validator In Wp Rocket
· Personal. $39 (1 sites)
· Company. $99 (3 websites )
· Pro. $199 (unlimited websites )
All Options include one year's access to plugin updates and service. After this period, you may continue using the plugin unsupported or renew your permit to keep access. There's also a 30-day refund available if you are not entirely pleased with the plugin after purchase.
WP Rocket Is really very impressive. Not only is it extremely simple to use, it also provides great results.
Most of The activities you'll be able to execute to optimise the speed of your website take substantial time and effort — if that is optimising media files, reviewing and consolidating your plugins, migrating to a new web host or altering themes. WP Rocket, on the other hand, can be applied to your site in only a few clicks.
What's? More, if you're a WordPress freelancer, whether helping customers with their existing sites or creating sites from scratch, then having something like WP Rocket in your toolkit could be of enormous benefit. In just a few minutes, you'll have the ability to accelerate a customer's site and deliver them tangible results (in the form of'before and after' online speeds tests), and, when the very best way to distinguish yourself from your competition is to provide more value to this client, things like this can really help.
As a Data-backed article over on Moz puts it. "Fast websites have more visitors, who visit more pages for longer periods of time, who come back more frequently, and are generally more inclined to purchase goods or click advertisements."
Thanks to Its quick setup process, speeding up your website using WP Rocket is an easy triumph in the war against slow loading times.
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Global recession may have been a theme of last year, but the luxury market generally doesn't seem to have been seriously dented. Certainly, top-end hotels have continued to thrive, judging by the number of new openings over the past few months – in the UK and abroad.
Few have been as design-friendly as W Hotels Worldwide though,which has stepped outside its North American heartland to launch hotels internationally, each with its own signature style. The group's Vienna-born global brand leader Eva Ziegler has been charged with creating a strategy for launches of W Hotels and for developing the group's Le Méridien brand.
Recent openings by the boutique hotel chain include the W Hotel in Barcelona and the Istanbul hotel. Next month though sees the opening of the UK flagship in London's Leicester Square. Designed by architect Jestico & Whiles, which has previously worked on Malmaison and Anders hotels, the London W Hotel will feature a lighting installation by Jason Bruges Studio, among other features.
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Head of Engineering for our Northampton brewery, Dale Metcalfe, talks 'environment & resources' in this short video.
We strive to minimise our impact on the environment and optimise our use of resources across our operations in an effort to help build a more sustainable future. Sustainable, affordable and accessible resources are essential for our business if the Carlsberg Group is to drive shareholder value and the UK business is to benefit the communities in which we operate. However, we must face the reality of scarce resources, waste and land degradation, all of which have an impact on business and on society in general. We therefore try to reduce waste wherever possible and make optimum use of the available resources, both in our brewery operations and throughout the supply chain.


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How can one pass an On Line Krav Maga test.
At Israeli Krav International (IKI) we understand that not everyone can come to Israel for extensive training, not everyone can host week long training sessions, so we offer options.
Not only do we offer many options for training but we feel that a combination of options is the best.
In the "old days" you came to class, learned a technique and tried to remember it. You might not see that technique again for some time (depending on how structured the lessons are). You did not have a video or a DVD to go back to for reference, or to take another look. Personally I would grab a napkin and make a quick drawing of the new technique. When I came home and pulled out the crumpled napkin or scarp of paper, I was not always sure of what I had drawn.
Thus, DVDs and On Line programs add a great deal even to the regular dojo student who faithfully attends class 3 or more times per week. (In my case it was more like 10 lessons per week). The student can look at the technique, again and again, in slow motion, and make sure they understood it correctly.
We are all different and we learn differently. Some people can do great with only the on line program while others must have a hands-on teacher, personally I feel a combination of the two is best. While a great deal can be learned from a video there are still nuances that can only be picked up in person.
What we offer;,
The first thing is; you must be a member of our on-line training and receive daily video clips.
Once you join the on line distance training program. We also offer detailed, step by step, easy to follow DVDs.
We offer seminars around the world. (contact us if you wish to host a seminar).
We offer our famous Tour and Train Israel Experience program,
We offer our Five Day Training Camp.
We offer private lessons, and weekly group lessons.
If you choose to test on line there are some things you should know. The first is the procedure.
Before you send in any video clips, you need to pay for testing. Viewing the videos members send in is a long and tedious process. I make notes on every video that I see. Often I have to write detailed explanations on corrections to be made.
I will not view any videos until payment for the test has been made.
Where to Pay?
You can pay on line on several pages on our site.
IKI Membership
The payment is non refundable. I.e. if you did not pass on your first try, you cannot get a refund. I have already put in a great deal of time and effort. That payment is gone.
However you need pay only one; Even if you do not succeed at first, you can try again, and again, and again, and you will never have to pay a second time. With most Krav Maga associations if you did not pass the test you need to reapply and pay again. With us you can continue until you pass. You never have to pay twice, no matter how long it takes.
I once watched 89 videos for Orange belt. The person needed to retest. All that time was already "spent".
Submitting Videos
You can send me short video clips via e mail. Or you can send a link to a private you tube page. Your videos are private and will not be shared with anyone without your consent.
The Actual Testing
Here is the key: Watch the video carefully. If you have a teacher, train with him. If you have a teacher only test when he feels you are ready. Once you are ready to film make sure you have a decent camera. Make sure the video is not upside down or sideways (yes this has happened and by the time the test is over my neck really hurts).
When you have completed a video, look back on it. Take out the IKI DVD or video clip that I sent you, watch them side by side and compare.
Do they look the same?
It is a good idea to have someone else take a look as well. Have them watch my video and then your video, ask them, do these two videos look the same. If not, don't send it. Go back and get the technique correct.
Often I receive video clips where I can't even identify the technique. And sometimes I receive clips that are not even IKI techniques.
Don't Mix and Match - I once received a very long DVD from a student who wished to test. When I questioned him about the content he openly admitted that he decided to send me a "Greatest Hits" of everything he had learned from several different Krav Maga instructors.
Don't do this!
I don't want to see techniques from other Krav Maga associations. Make sure you only send me IKI techniques, and make sure they are current. That means you need to be up to date on the recent IKI developments, be a member of the on line program or a student of someone who is. Make sure you have viewed the latest DVDs.
Bottom line: double check everything before sending it in. Value your time and mine. If I view 6 videos and they are all "off", I will stop viewing the rest and simply ask you to train a little longer and send in an entirely new batch of videos.
Watch your video, watch my video, and watch your video again, do they match?
If the answer is yes, send it in.
Good luck.
IKI DVDs, simple, step by step, easy to follow


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1st Male Richard Waldron 55.03
1st Female Jen Elkins 58.27* (11 overall)
63 Sarah Kingston SF 1.03.49
70 Paul Johnson V50 1.04.33
131 Tracey Corker V40 1.08.17
583 Finishers
The Hayling 10 commenced on a cold but dry Sunday morning at the unearthly hour of 9.30am. The conditions were generally favourable though as is usual runners were faced with a headwind albeit not as strong as is usually experienced on the run in.
Rich Waldron and Jen Elkins were comfortable victors in the mens and ladies races respectively. The ladies doubled up with victory in the team event but unfortunately the men fielded an incomplete team.
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