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The City of Burbank was incorporated in 1911, with a population of 500. The first record of any volunteer Fire Chief, Chief O.L. Bashford, was found in an article in the Burbank Review dated February 23, 1912 and the first paid Fire Chief was Homer Davis in 1923. Authorization from the City Council for 14 additional paid firemen on May 31, 1927 brought BFD from a partly paid, mostly volunteer to a paid Fire Department with a holdover of some volunteers. The last record of a volunteer responding to a fire was in June 1928. BFD reached a milestone in its early history with an almost entirely paid Department, three new stations, and two new pieces of apparatus.
In addition to its rich fire service history, BFD has been an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provider for over 40 years. BFD's paramedic program began on August 19, 1974, when nine firefighters entered a five month paramedic training program. On January 20, 1975, Squad 4 was placed into service followed by Paramedic Engine 4 on March 29, 1976. BFD's Advanced Life Support (ALS) capabilities were further enhanced on February 1, 1978 when Squad 5 was put into service. BFD assumed full control of ALS delivery in 1979 by taking over the transportation component, converting both Squads into rescue ambulances (RA). The third RA, RA 11, was placed into service on September 15, 1999. In 1993 Burbank Fire Paramedics piloted field treatment protocols, setting the standard for efficient, clinically effective field care for Los Angeles County's EMS practice. The EMS program delivered by BFD is recognized as one of the best in the State of California.
The Verdugo Fire Communications Center (VFCC) was established on August 1, 1979 by the founding cities of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena. The purpose of VFCC was to allow the three cities to make optimum use of fire service resources and increase the overall effectiveness of the fire defense system of the joint cities. The agreement also included a "no borders" clause – the closest fire engine responded to calls regardless of jurisdiction. VFCC continues to be jointly owned by the Tri-Cities and provides fire, EMS and rescue dispatch services on a contract basis to the Hollywood Burbank Airport and nine other cities in the region: Alhambra, Arcadia, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra Madre, and South Pasadena.
Today, BFD is a full service fire agency, providing a variety of services to the community including fire suppression, EMS, fire prevention, emergency preparedness, residential and commercial inspections, and public education. BFD has also become an Internationally Accredited Agency by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI)/Center for Public Safety Excellence and has received a Class 1 Public Protection Classification rating from the Insurance Services Office.
BFD consists of seven divisions: Fire Prevention Bureau, Fire Suppression (which includes the Hazardous Materials [HazMat] and Urban Search and Rescue [USAR] Programs), Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Management, Fire Apparatus & Equipment, Training & Safety and Administration. The Office of the Fire Chief is within the Administration Division and the Fire Corps, our volunteer program, is administered by the Emergency Management Division.
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#Review: Earth's Imagined Corners -Tamara Linse
Sara Moore's life has never been easy. Her father is a cruel and angry man, always intent on getting his way. When he decides that she must marry, he makes it clear that nothing else will do. Either she does exactly as he tells her, or she will suffer the consequences.
Determined to live life her own way, Sara does the only thing she can do. She decides to elope with her beloved James. Though they don't have much to their name, she knows that they'll make do. Granted, things will be difficult at best, but she's determined to see things through, no matter the cost.
Through thick and thin, the two have seen things they can only imagine. Sara refuses to give in to her melancholy and will do everything she can to make sure she and those she loves survives. Deep inside, she knows that things will never be the way she wants them to be. Despite that fact, she'll make sure to give her all to the family she's made with her beloved James by her side.
A bittersweet tale of love and survival, Earth's Imagined Corners takes us back to a time when life was quite different from how it is today. Back then, decisions were made for the women and they were expected to do as they were told. Races were segregated, and suspicions were at an all-time high.
Tamara has captured that time period in such a way that you can truly envision what life was like back then. The emotions and feelings of her characters come through each page, making you feel everything they feel as you continue reading. This story has captured my interest, making me want to read what has yet to come. So can't wait!
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In 1885 Iowa, Sara Moore is a dutiful daughter, but when her father tries to force her to marry his younger partner, she must choose between the partner—a man who treats her like property—and James Youngblood—a kind man she hardly knows who has a troubled past.
When she confronts her father, he beats her and turns her out of the house, breaking all ties, so she decides to elope with James to Kansas City with hardly a penny to their names.
In the tradition of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Earth's Imagined Corners is a novel that comprehends the great kindnesses and violences we do to each other.
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Anamosa, Iowa, 1885
Sara Moore should have nothing to fear this week. She had been meticulous in her entering into the ledger the amounts that Minnie the cook requested she spend on groceries. She had remembered, just, to include her brother Ed's purchase of materials to mend sister Maisie's doll house and to subtract the pickling salt that she had purchased for sister Esther but for which Esther's husband Gerald had reimbursed her. She stood at her father's shoulder as he went over the weekly household accounts, and even though her father owned Moore Grocer & Sundries from which she ordered the family's groceries, he still insisted she account for the full price in the ledger. "No daughter of mine," he often said, though sometimes he would finish the thought and sometimes his neatly trimmed eyebrows would merely bristle.
Despite the buttressing of her corset, Sara hunched forward, somewhat reducing her tall frame. She intertwined her fingers so that she would not fiddle with the gathers of soft navy wool in her overskirt, and she tried not to breathe too loudly, so as not to bother him, nor to breathe too deeply, in order to take in little of the cigar smoke curling up from his elephant-ivory ashtray on the hulking plantation desk.
As always, the heavy brocade curtains armored Colonel Moore's study against the Iowa day, so the coal oil lamps flickered in their brackets. Per instructions, Sipsy the maid lit them early every morning, snuffed them when he left for the grocery, lit them again in anticipation of his return at seven, and then snuffed them again after he retired. It was an expense, surely, but one that Sara knew better than to question. The walls of the study were lined with volumes of military history and maps of Virginia and Georgia covered in lines, symbols, and labels carefully inked in Colonel Moore's hand. In its glass case on the bureau rested Colonel Moore's 1851, an intricately engraved pistol awarded to him during the War of Northern Aggression. Sipsy dusted daily, under stern directive that not a speck should gather upon any surface in the room.
Sara's father let out a sound between an outlet of breath and a groan. This was not good. He was not pleased. Sara straightened her shoulders and took a breath and held it but let her shoulders slump forward once more.
"My dear," he said, his drawl at a minimum, "your figures, once again, are disproportionate top to bottom. And there is too much slant, as always, in their curvatures. I urge you to practice your penmanship." His tone was one of indulgence.
Inaudibly, Sara let out her breath. If he was criticizing her chirography, then he had found nothing amiss in the numbers. The accounts were sound for another week. Later, when he checked the numbers against the accounts at the grocery, there was less of a chance that she had missed something.
He closed the ledger, turned his chair, and with both hands held the ledger out to her. She received it palms up and said, "I will do better, Father."
"You would not want to disappoint to your mother." His drawl was more pronounced.
So he had regretted his indulgence and was not satisfied to let her go unchecked. His wife, Sara's mother, had been dead these five years, and since then Sara had grown to take her place, running the household, directing the servants, and caring for six year-old Maisie. Ed needed little looking after, as he was older than Sara, though unmarried, and Esther, the oldest, was married with two daughters and farm of her own.
Sara straightened her shoulders again and hugged the ledger to her chest. "Yes, Father," she said and turned and left the room, trying to keep her pace tranquil and unhurried. She went to the kitchen, where Minnie had a cup of coffee doused with cream and sugar awaiting her. Minnie gave her an encouraging smile, and though Sara did not acknowledge what went unsaid between them—one must shun familiarity with the servants—she lifted her shoulders slightly and said, "Thank you, Minnie." Minnie, with the round figure and dark eyes of a Bohemian, understood English well, though she still talked with a pronounced accent, and Sara had only heard her speak the round vowels and chipped consonants of her native tongue once, when a delivery man indigenous to her country of origin walked into the kitchen with mud on his boots. Sara tucked the ledger in its place on a high shelf and then allowed herself five minutes of sipping coffee amid the wonderful smells of Minnie's pompion tart. Then she rose, rinsed her cup, and applied herself to her day.
The driver had Father's horse and gig waiting, as always, at twenty minutes to nine. As Father stretched his fingers into his gloves, pulling them tight by the wrist leather, he told Sara, "When you come at noon, I have something unusual to show you."
"Yes, Father," she said.
It seemed odd that he would concern her with anything to do with business. He left her to the household. He had long tried to coerce Ed into the business, but Ed's abilities trended more toward the physical. He was a skilled carpenter, though Father kept a close rein on where he took jobs and whom he worked for. All talk of renaming the business Moore & Son had been dropped when Father had recently promoted the young man who was his assistant, Chester O'Hanlin, to partner. Mr. O'Hanlin had droopy red muttonchops and a body so long and thin he looked a hand-span taller than he really was, which was actually a bit shorter than Sara. Mr. O'Hanlin didn't talk much, either, and he seemed always to be listening. He held himself oddly, cocking his head to one side, first one way and then the other, his small dark eyes focusing off to the left or right of the speaker. His nose, long and wedge-shaped, seemed to take up half his face. "Chester, the Chinaman," Maisie called him outside of his presence because of the way he stooped and bobbed whenever their father entered the room.
About the Author:
Tamara Linse jokes that she was raised in the 1880s, and so it was natural for her to set a book there. She is the author of the short story collection How to Be a Man and the novel Deep Down Things and earned her master's in English from the University of Wyoming, where she taught writing. Her work appears in the Georgetown Review, South Dakota Review, and Talking River, among others, and she was a finalist for an Arts & Letters and Glimmer Train contests, as well as the Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prize for a book of short stories. She works as an editor for a foundation and a freelancer.
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Each year as the hustle of the holidays draws closer, I tend to notice women (myself included) draw closer to the lies this world likes to tell us this time of year.
The shopping, the decorating, the cooking, the baking, the hosting, the parties, the EXPECTATIONS.
The world puts so much pressure on us to "do the holidays right."
We strive and shop and rise early and stay up late to make sure all of the details are sorted and perfect.
We don't want to disappoint our kids, so we overspend.
We don't want to disappoint our neighbors so we decorate every inch of the front yard.
We don't want to disappoint our husbands so we make all three pies.
We don't want to disappoint our friends so we RSVP yes…to everything.
We don't want to disappoint our moms, so we put out the creepy naked cherubim China from Grandma.
We don't want to disappoint our in-laws, so we….nevermind. I'm not going there. 😂
So much time, energy, and thought is put into this time of year. The food, the gifts, the decorations…all fun and festive…all temporary.
The Lord put the story of Mary and Martha on my heart after making a Target trip on Friday. I was already able to see the holiday tension begin to bubble in the one hour I spent there:
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"
41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[a] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
Luke 10:38-42 (NIV)
Martha. Sweet, sweet Martha. I mean, I get it. The SAVIOR OF THE WORLD WAS THERE FOR DINNER. If that's me, I'm shining the silver, butchering the cow, and hand-sewing placemats from the fanciest silk worms in all the land. I don't know how to sew, but for my Jesus, I'd learn.
But every single time I read this story, I am cut to the core of how very intimate and secure Jesus desires our relationship with Him to be.
Put down the silver. He doesn't care about the silkworms. Simplify the meal. He doesn't need anything fancy.
He looks at you, His child.
Give me TIME. Give me YOU.
Sisters, as the roar of the hustle and bustle begins to turn up, please don't miss this. Don't miss that the most precious and meaningful relationship we are called to foster is the one that requires absolutely nothing of you.
This world wants to take everything from you.
Your Jesus has already given everything to you.
This holiday season, please, enjoy the celebration. Remember that Thanksgiving is not about what we've done but what has already been done on our behalf. Remember that Christmas is not what we give but what we've been given by our Father.
Enjoy. Celebrate. Gather. (Go to the Gala–it is amazing!)
But remember to also BE STILL.
Come out of the kitchen. Remember everything we need to have a joyful season has already been given to us. Take the time to sit down with Jesus.
And just be with Him. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Blessings on this season, sisters.


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CHINO – Don Lugo High Schools students on Wednesday received a special history lesson from more than 30 military veterans who shared first-hand accounts of life during wartime.
Hundreds of the students sat one-on-one with veterans who served in wars from World War II in the 1940s to present day battles in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Students took notes on the veterans' stories so they could write up a narrative for submission as a historical record in the Library of Congress.
The Wednesday meeting was part of the school's oral history project that provides students a more personal glimpse into United States history as well as a way to honor the veterans, according to Don Lugo High history teachers.
"Some of these guys aren't going to be around much longer, so it's a good way for them to get out an oral history," said Chuck Pope, a Don Lugo High teacher and Vietnam War veteran. "The students are going to write an narrative about this, and it's also a way for us to show our appreciation to the vets. That's a big thing."
Pope coordinated the event with fellow history teacher Tara Ragsdale.
Don Lugo High sophomore Mariana Lomeli said she was excited to listen to Navy veteran Richard Higgins share his story about surviving Pearl Harbor in 1941.
"It's just very interesting, and I thought only boys would be interested in this," Lomeli said. "Now I want to learn even more after his experience."
Fred Whitaker, who served as an Army corporal in Europe during WWII, shared stories about his time fighting the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge from December 1944 to January 1945.
"This event is very important because the younger generation needs to know what it was to fight a war," Whitaker said. "Every generation has met the challenge of their time, and we're very confident about the current generation. They are the healthiest, the best-educated generation we've ever had. If our country calls them to serve, they will respond."
During the program, Whitaker set up a display of various war-time souvenirs, including his tin mess kit, green Army-issue winter cap, guide book, two German daggers and a German bayonet.
Some veterans dressed in fatigues and others came in their full uniform.
Iraq war veteran Randall Werner, 26, showed a stack of paper currency bills from Iraq.
"A lot of kids today just need to understand that veterans are still around. They live next to you. They deliver your mail," he said. "You can see here today how many people served in Vietnam and WWII."
Ragsdale and Pope said they would like to see the program, which was called "Don Lugo Remembers Day" become an annual event at the high school.
"I saw a lot of engaged, smiling kids," Pope said. "Some of the vets cried a little today as they shared their stories. I think the vets really appreciate how respectful the kids were and enjoyed being here. One Vietnam vet who had never done this before said he didn't want to stop doing it."


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Have I told you lately, that I love you?
That's it. I'm in love with Starbucks new signature 'salted caramel hot cocoa.'
I've gotta figure out a recipe for this stuff....
Wait!...someone already has....here you go
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Starbucks....true love...
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6 comments:
- mysteryhistorymom said...
Oh my goodness, Val! They are decadent and wonderful, are they not?? Makes me appreciate the cold weather.:) Thanks for sharing! Lori
- January 13, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Jen Sue Wild said...
Yes it Rocks! and it's very addicting.
- January 13, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Shawnee said...
yummm, thanks for the delicious link!
- January 13, 2009 at 10:09 AM
- Zoë said...
I will not try them or I will not be able to stop. But I do love Starbucks!
- January 13, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- Elaine said...
I've enjoyed many cups of the Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate this Winter. It is too good!
- January 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM
thanks for linking to my recipe. :)
- January 21, 2009 at 4:02 PM
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THAT DIFFICULT DISCUSSION: Friends who love food, and love to food it up together, can have many a vocal, semi-colorful disagreement. A light beer or something IPA, when ordering a pitcher? Do you okay the bread basket on the table, or send it away? If you're going to share nachos, do you go guacamole or straight-up mole or a little bit of both? And do you take your chili neat, a la bare, with just the hearty stew gracing the cup, or do you load on the extras, which are so very plentiful for this palate-hot icon? You can still remain tight with your food bud, we bet, if she goes plain and you ask for a scoop of sour cream and a sprinkling of green onions, because the base matter is clear: You're both devoted to chili, as so many people are, and any festoonry, or lack of it, is not cause for a quibble. And how would even dare quibble while standing on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, on a nippy Saturday, enjoying that most autumnal of tummy-warmers? You'll be there on Oct. 25, we'll guess, if you're a chili-head, because that's the day when the boardwalk summons some of the region's most gifted chilians for a day of cups, spoons, beans, meat, tomato pastes, and dashes of secret spices and hot sauces. It's the 5th annual Chili Cook-Off, and even lookie-loos can get a taste.
OR SEVERAL: There's a delightful thing called a Tasting Kit floating about at the cook-off, and it costs nine bucks, and it scores you five taste tickets (plus a spoon and cup). Plus? You'll get to vote on your would-eat-again. (Shouldn't that be how every food item is judged in a contest, to some extent? The "yeah, I'd eat it again" vote?) The Haven of Hope Homes is the day's beneficiary.
IT'S NOT CLAM CHOWDER TIME YET... on the boardwalk, but bet your creamy-loving ways that that popular eat-up is very much on the way.


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Conference studies population growth
The 300 million population mark is fast approaching. In fact, you can see for yourself by visiting the U.S. Census population clock. One new person every 11 seconds! That's around 7,800 people every day. Let's see...that means we'll hit 300 million in about four days!
On Wednesday, October 11, UVA's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service hosted a conference to study the meaning of the milestone, and more specifically its effect on Virginia.
For instance, did you know that folks coming from other states and countries account for 53 percent of Virginia's population grown since 2000? Or that out-of-staters who moved here are younger, better educated, and earn more than locals?
Workplace and housing data was also discussed. Not surprisingly, the median price of a home has skyrocketed throughout Virginia, increasing as much as 150 percent in places like Fairfax and Prince William County. What's worse, household incomes have remained stagnant. While the median household income in Virginia increased by 15 percent since 2000, from $47,125 to $54, 240, a 12.8 percent increase in inflation pretty much negates the gain. And Virginia is doing better than the country as a whole. In the last five years, the national median houshold income went from $41,994 to $46,242. That's a 10 percent gain, but with inflation at 12.8 percent...well, you do the math.
Real poverty is a problem too. According to recent data, 15 percent of children under 5 in Virginia live in poverty, as well as roughly 40 percent of female-led households.
On a political note, Larry Sabato, one of the panelists at the conference, suggested that the fast-growing Latino population could be a threat to the Republicans' chance to win the White House in the future, as they usually only get 32 percent of the Latino vote. Hmmm"Š.perhaps Sabato forgot about Jeb Bush's son, George P. Bush who spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention and whose mother, Columba Bush, is Mexican.


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The North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis is a 350-acre research center located just north of Charlotte, NC. Corporations, universities and healthcare organizations
have forged a public-private partnership that is transforming science at the intersection of
human health, nutrition and agriculture. The plans for this $1.5 billion scientific and economic revitalization project were announced in September 2005 and the groundbreaking for the first building, the David H. Murdock Core Laboratory, was held in February 2006. The campus is still in the expansion process, as new services and projects are being added continually.


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So what is difference between Holland and the Netherlands? Simple. The west side of the Netherlands is called Holland and is most known because it was the strongest of all provinces. Not anymore, because they split it in two to have more equality among the provinces. But the name Holland and Netherlands means the same LOW lands. Like Belgium too, which is the Latin version of low lands.
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I'm going to step out a little this week. I'm going try some adaptations on for size. Starting with some video games (Dragon Age, God of War) and moving on to some feature films (Terminator) I'm going to see how well these tales translate. FrankenCastle continues his stitched and stilted march, there's a new hope that's not a Star Wars reference, oh, and Sinestro takes his new ring for a spin.
Blackest Night #8
I think we're all ready for Blackest Night to wrap up. As good as the Green Lantern titles have been in the last year many of them have amounted to filler. Good filler, but filler. At this point all we're waiting on to find out is who will strike the killing blow against Nekron and the Black Lanterns. Signs are pointing to Sinestro and his new White Lantern ring but preview cover images for upcoming titles already have him back in his traditional yellow. That would be too bad. White Lantern Sinestro was the most interesting thing to come out of cast-of-thousands production.
Terminator: Revolution #1
Way back in Techland's infancy we talked with Zack Whedon about this title. I didn't really get excited about it until I heard that it's about Kyle Reese. I'm hoping that this book, which details the weeks leading up to Kyle's time travel date with the past, will give me what the last Terminator film didn't. That being a better look into what it is like being part of the resistance.
Dragon Age #1
I'm sure by now you've watched Will Wheaton's keynote at PAX East? Surely. He talks with passion about the story of Dragon Age: Origins and this month BioWare and IDW collaborate to bring us Dragon Age #1. The story surrounds two of the more interesting factions within Fereldon, the templars and the mages of the circle tower. Orson Scott Card is associated with the book and despite Speaker for the Dead and his ridiculous political views I'm excited by this.
Punisher #15
I didn't know until I saw the solits for this issue but I've been waiting my entire life for a Punisher Frankenstien monster to take on zombie Nazi's. Who hasn't? It's the reason we buy comics. This might even be better than the admittedly stellar PunisherMAX series that is also out right now. Great time to be a Castle fan.
X-Men Second Coming #1
"Many will be wounded. Several will die." This is the opening line for the solit on this title. And despite that horrendous, horrendous, opening line I'm going to pick this up as this weeks Issue Number 1. I was always a big fan of mutants being wiped out in House of M. My thinking was that if the dozen or so kids in the X-Men could stir up so much crap how was the world getting by with millions of mutants out there. But that's where I lost the story. Any time Cable and time travel is involved I struggle to keep up with the X universe. This looks like a good jumping on point, though so here I am. Jumping on.


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Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi (Matthias Schoenaerts), a high-flying gangster, and Bibi (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.
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Tipp City is proud of its strong sense of community, its extensive parks & recreational facilities (with direct access to the Great Miami River Bikeway), and its great school system, which is rated "Excellent" by the State of Ohio. Atomic wanted to create a site that would not only drive people in to see their online presence but also inform people enough that they may even want to come visit Tipp City itself. The site tells you all about what the town has to offer and the history of the town. With this site, we have given plenty of information and imagery in an easy to navigate layout that is pleasing to view, even if only to get directions.
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- Web design or Graphic design? What's the difference?September 27, 2017 - 6:20 pm
When you think about web design what do you think of? Perhaps functionality comes to mind. You want something that works. You want a site that will give your views the right information to drive them to become a consumer. With web design the way a website functions and the information shown is so important. […]


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The government mapped out a restructuring plan to give financial and tax support to self-restructuring companies without the artificial merger and abolition of shipbuilding, steel and petrochemical companies. With an eye towards inducing R&D and M&A, the government is planning to make good use of the Korea Development Bank's financial power.
"Although the date is subject to change, we will announce a plan to reinforce their industrial competitiveness around September 30," said a high-ranking government official. "We focused on inducing facility reduction and M&A for self-regulating market reorganization and giving R&D support to create more industrial added value."
The government will announce an additional plan to enhance the competitiveness of the shipping industry of which restructuring was considerably implemented next month.
The government and industries asked McKinsey (shipbuilding), the Boston Consulting Group (steel) and Bain & Company (petrochemicals) to analyze mid- to long-term strategies. This plan was made based on the results of consulting on the industries at home and abroad. Its direction was set not to choose artificial restructuring.
The government is planning to let the Korea Development Bank utilize a business reorganization fund amounting to 2.5 trillion won (US$2.23 billion) raised for the Corporate Vitality Improvement Special Act to help companies to restructure themselves on their own. That is to say, if companies reduce facilities in their poorly performing business sectors and implement self-regulating business reorganization, the government will loan them for facility expansion, R&D and M&A at a low interest rate.
The government gave an outline of a plan to elevate the competitiveness of the three industries as well. It is forecast that the government will lead the steel industry to cut down on facilities to produce steel plates whose demand has plunged due to a slump in the shipbuilding industry. Instead, the government will give financial support to the steel industry so that steel companies will be able to focus on the R&D of high value added steel products such as titanium whose demand is on the rise not only at industrial sites but also in the bio health product market.
On top of that, the government will give support to the hydrogen reduction iron and steel making method which can drastically slash CO2 emissions during the steel production process and the R&D of steel replacement aluminum.
With regard to the petrochemical industry, the government decided to induce the retrenchment of facilities to produce terephthalic acid (TPA) and polystyrene (PS) hit hard by serious gluts. Besides, the government will give financial aid to petrochemical companies to lead them to develop products to respond to environmental regulations such as high value added products, for example, engineering plastics, eco-friendly dying materials and advanced rubber materials.
Korea's three biggest shipbuilders (Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering) will be maintained according to the government plan. This is because the government judged that the Korean shipbuilding industry's competiveness was still world class although the three shipbuilders incurred trillions of Korean won in loss.
But the government decided to further strengthen the overall base for the shipbuilding industry by making them cut production facilities and nurturing small and mid-sized shipbuilding material firms since the global economic slump prompted a decrease in new ship orders.


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Just a few years ago, Denmark used more coal per capita than China. So despite the fact that the country leads the world in clean energy production, the government's climate ministry is well aware that Denmark, more than any other country, has to step up its carbon game.
In many ways "all eyes are on Denmark," not just because the country is hosting the COP15 climate talks this December, but because it has committed itself to a path of true carbon neutrality, a path that (hopefully) other countries will follow.
On our blogger tour of Denmark last month, we ran into a TV crew from ABC.net Australia while visiting the carbon neutral island of Samso. They produced a great TV show featuring reporter Marc Corcoran on Denmark's challenges as it makes its way to becoming the first carbon zero country.
Check it out on ABC.net.au. If you stay towards the end you'll see my brief cameo.


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Small Business – Ebbs and Tides
The dreaded question, why should I renew my M&S – What do I get for it?
We all would like our businesses to run like well oiled machines. Software is built, and sold, M&S's renewed, PSG group continues to grow as your name gets out is the dream but the path to the successful software business is paved with sleepless night, crunch times, mental exhaustion and exhilaration of seeing someone using your product and/or services and being so happy to recommend you to everyone you know. I have to say most days I love what I do, I get to work with lots of amazing people and to this day I actively develop tons of production code while growing BITtelligent.
For most of the history of the company we were and continue to be primarily services based. Having a long term relationship with Sage and more specifically the Saleslogix team I got to know and work with them with several of the Saleslogix technologies. I was asked to take over the Dynalink and ERPLink products and more then a year and half a go I acquired the IP rights to continue to move the products forward.
Its been a interesting year to say the least. During this time Saleslogix was acquired by Swiftpage and we have been lucky to be part of the NetSuite integration project and various other. I do really cherish not only the working relationship but the friendships I have made with the teams over the years. We have been moving forward Dynalink and ERPLink in a slow and pragmatic way. I followed this approach as we had yet to identify the market of users and there was no transition plan of current Sage customers over to BITtelligent.
As much as we took a slower approach we had made material investments in tooling (3rd party libraries, equipment, licensing solutions), rebranded the product. Spent hours, days, weeks reworking UI, fixing defects, testing customer scenarios and adding new versions to the compatible list.
When it came to Dynalink we not only changed up the UI but we completely reworked the services engine, updated the scheduler, fixed defects, added custom actions, removed crystal reports so that we no longer had to deal with version conflicts and brought MAS 500 one way sync back in.
ERPLink went a bit differently as it really has a smaller community. The problem with synchronization platforms that are tied to specific endpoints is that your customer pool is much smaller then if you have a generic sync engine. Initially we had build (me specifically) a completely new administrator to remove any requirement on the Saleslogix sales client. To this day it remains about 90% complete but after much deep thought It was difficult to continue on without seeing a growing community. The fact is about the same time I took over ERPLink Sage put MAS 500's future in doubt. I loved the workbench and what it offered but I could not see it providing a ROI even close to break even and had to make the heartbreaking decision to shutter it.
Interestingly not all is lost. We have been on a bit of a journey behind the scenes for the last little while and still have a ways to go to consolidate our applications (Dynalink, ERPLink, + Custom Platforms) into a more common synchronization platform so the initial vision of the workbench and consolidating our efforts will come to light.
That being said back to the initial line (what do I get for my M&S), being that we are hitting anniversaries for our first customers on M&S, the question arose. The standard answer is that for the M&S dollars the company has access to the latest builds of the product and access to submit defects and within a reasonable time obtain a resolution. The more complex answer is that the M&S dollars contribute to ensuring that the product continues to move forward, newer versions are built and compatibility is addresses before it is needed.
The reality is that M&S is rarely enough to cover the yearly costs as we really do not charge that much but it does help a bit.


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COLD FEET is BACK
The COLD FEET gang are returning to our screens after their hugely successful comeback series of last year, starring HERMIONE NORRS, aka Karen Marsden.
It was one of ITV's most successful dramas of the year with average ratings of seven million viewers per episode.
The first episode of Cold Feet's seventh season will air TONIGHT on ITV1 on Friday, at 9pm.


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About - THE salon
THE Salon provides a wide range of grooming services ranging from hair, make-up, eyebrow shaping to nails and Bridal services. We are proud to house some of the most artistic hairstylists, manicurists and make-up artistes in town. United through its passion for hair, our team at THE Salon has received much acclaim for its distinctive styling and beautiful colors, not just on the catwalks but also when it count most - on the streets.
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A Phase 1 Multicentre, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation and Dose-Expansion Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Immunogenicity and Antitumour Activity of MSC-1 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumours
This is a 2-part study to evaluate the safety and antitumour activity of MSC-1. MSC-1 is a
first-in-class, humanized monoclonal antibody (IgG1) which binds to the immunosuppressive
human cytokine Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF), and is intended to treat adult patients with
Advanced Solid Tumours.
In part 1, multiple dose levels of MSC-1 in patients with Advanced Solid Tumours will be
studied to determine the recommended dose for further evaluation of safety and efficacy in
Part 2.
Primary Outcome:
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Business Need: The client was undergoing a cleanup effort meant to eliminate unstructured data, consisting of files sitting in LAN shares, SharePoint sites, public email folders, and so on. The client purchased IBM StoredIQ for this purpose and contracted Integro for its installation, performance tuning, and for training sessions.
"Integro's team is specialized in what they do and offered us exactly what we needed, without trying to sell us anything outside of the scope. Not being pushy in the sales process was refreshing to me."


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Texas Tequila and Margarita Festival @ Moody Gardens
Friday – Saturday
1 Hope (Galveston)
Kick off this awesome two-day festival with Friday's Tour de Tequila, an upscale tasting and sampling session featuring some of the best and most respected brands paired with an array of local eats (7 p.m. to 11 p.m.). On Saturday, enjoy the Casa Sauza Outdoor Festival for live music, margaritas, festival foods, vendors, and a beer garden (noon to 10 p.m.); or hit up the Margarita Grand Tasting, where you can sample margaritas and vote for your favorites as top area chefs and restaurants compete for the title of Best Margarita. That night, Tequila Herradura After Dark is the official after party for the Texas Tequila & Margarita Festival. Weekend passes, individual event tickets, and designated driver tickets are available for purchase.
Father's Day Beer Dinner @ L'Olivier
Saturday, 7 p.m.
240 Westheimer
This Father's Day weekend, L'Olivier has teamed up with Bluebonnet Distributing to bring guests a fantastic four-course Beer Dinner. The night before the big day, treat dad to a meal featuring tropical ceviche, honey goat cheese ravioli, lamb lollipops with beer risotto, and a nutella brownie, all perfectly paired with top-notch suds, of course. To RSVP, contact Jeffrey Welch at 713-360-6313 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
A Meal Fit For Dad @ Houston Restaurants
Celebrate Dad by treating him to what he really wants: a big beefy steak and – hopefully just as importantly – time with his family. From prix fixe meals featuring elegant plates to family-friendly spots serving up morning classics, check out our 2015 Father's Day Dining Guide.
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Bastard's Day @ Flying Saucer Downtown
Sunday, noon to midnight
705 Main
Honor Dad's Day with a bevy of Bastards. Downtown's Flying Saucer will be offering special releases from Founders and Stone Bastard series – including Bourbon Barrel Bastard, Stone Arrogant Bastard, and Vintage Double Bastard – all day long.
Toast to Dad Scotch Tasting @ Reserve 101
Sunday, 5 p.m.
1201 Caroline
Or maybe Dad really just wants some scotch. Treat the special fathes in your life to an exclusive Macallan Scotch Tasting – featuring 12 year, 15 year fine oak, 18 year, and rare cask scotch – for $50 per person. Limited seats are available. RSVP online.


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Somme and Ypres Battlefield Tours
The Battle of the Somme and Ypres are the two most famous synonyms that circle the First World War. Heroism, the poppy fields, trenches and poetry follow in suit throughout the discourse of the Great War.
At Rifleman Tours, our Somme and Ypres battlefield tours are ready to take you on an adventure and help you discover the most heart-breaking and amazing elements of the First World War. During a trip with our team at Rifleman Tours, you will be treated to accommodation, travel, trips and tours throughout the weekend.
Choose from our selection of 2018 battlefield trips to the Somme and Ypres that will give you an insight into the tactical battles, the expanse of graveyards across Belgium and France as well as sampling current life – a century after the First World War.
Our tours on the Somme and Ypres include: The Somme: Heroism and Horror, Ypres: The Immortal Salient and From the Ypres Salient to the Crucible of the Somme. These three tours are available across 2018 and will give you the opportunity to find out more about the battles, losses and what civilian life was like as well as paying remembrance.
To find out more about our battlefield tours or to create your own bespoke private tour, speak to our helpful team today.


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Experience The Mark of Kri™ for PS2™ system with 1080p up-rendering and Trophies. Additional enhanced features include Shareplay, Remote Play, Activity Feeds and Second Screen support for game manuals with PS Vita or PS App.
For every evil,
There is a greater good.
For every innocent,
There is a protector.
For every legend,
There is a hero.
Long ago, an evil spell was created that had the power to bridge our world with the one of darkness. Before the spell could be invoked, it was stolen and hidden away, forgotten with time…until now.
Follow Rau, a heroic warrior, as he embarks on an adventure filled with conflict, discovery and magic. Accompanied by his loyal friend, a bird named Kuzo, Rau must battle many enemies across lands near and far to uncover the truth about his family's dark secrets.


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Say it ain't so, Jo!
SPOILER ALERT ! — Well, maybe not.
Author J.K. Rowling has admitted to Emma Watson, the actress who played Hermione in the Harry Potter films, that maybe she shouldn't have matched up Hermione and Ron in the end. Furthermore, she suggested that Hermione should have married Harry. Apparently, Ron and Hermione would have needed marriage counseling at some point.
Well, who doesn't? As long as Hermione gets to be Minister of Magic someday and Ron stays home with the kids, it could work splendidly.
But seriously, Ms. Rowling, don't second-guess your masterpiece. You crafted the Ron and Hermione relationship well. From their first meeting on the Hogwarts Express, it was apparent that there was an Elizabeth Bennet/Mr. Darcy Pride and Prejudice thing going on. Underneath their nearly constant conflict, Ron and Hermione pined for each other, usually at different times. It was clear early on that Hermione and Harry were never going to be a romantic item, regardless of the fans' desires.
And Ginny and Harry's relationship also was destined from the first book, when 10-year-old Ginny was starstruck by Harry the first time he appeared on the Hogwarts Express platform. Like most boys at that age (or any age), Harry was oblivious. But Ginny never gave up. Although Hermione was certainly a gifted witch, Ginny grew into a fabulously talented one, too, with the skill and the heart to match Harry's own gifts.
In real life, many of us make poor romantic choices. And even when we don't, good relationships change over the years and some don't last. The Harry Potter story was never going to be "happily ever after" for every character. Those who lived will grow up and they will live life with the same ups and downs everyone meets.
Leave it alone, Jo.
What if Margaret Mitchell decided later that Scarlett O'Hara should have married Ashley Wilkes after all?
Maybe the aforementioned Elizabeth Bennet should have slapped that sour Mr. Darcy into next week and settled for Mr. Collins.
Did Shakespeare have misgivings about Romeo and Juliet fulfilling their passions? Is there a secret sequel in which it was all a dream, with the pair deciding not to upset the feuding families and Juliet running off with the boy from the balcony next door?
Let it be, Jo.


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This year there are five nominees: Anomalisa, Boy and The World, Inside Out, When Marnie Was There, and Shaun The Sheep, by Aardman Animation in Bristol.
Animation has surely come of age. Just a few years ago there were three nominees in the category, and the category itself is only 15 years old, having been first created in 2001. Prior to that, there were so few animated films every year that it would have been a one-horse race, with Disney winning every time.
|Visiting Aardman in 2015
We'd like to think so, and here at Escape Studios we are rooting for the home team. Aardman are the UK's most successful animation company, consistently producing excellent films with charming characters and delightful stories.
Shaun The Sheep is a funny, clever film, told almost entirely in pantomime but no less entertaining for that.
To read about our recent visit to Aardman, follow this link.
However, Shaun The Sheep has stiff competition this year, and we suspect the smart money may be on Inside Out, a hugely entertaining film and one of Pixar's cleverest and best.
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The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, takes place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
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I'm back from New York City, and from the looks of it most of our viewers are now in their off-season. That's cool though, the true Logers are sticking around. A few house-keeping items before we get into it today. First, the trip to NYC/NJ went pretty smooth, the roughest part was getting up at 5:30am the following morning trying to catch the Orange Line train at Haymarket. Luckily for me, the train was running more late than I was.
Second, Versus sent me a bunch of shirts and posters over the weekend, actually a toooon of posters. The shirts are actually really cool so I'm going to give them away in a competition type format. Everytime I think of something clever I'll post it, and the winner gets a shirt and a poster. If you want just the poster I'm sure I can send it, I have a bunch. Since I was gone this weekend I was not able to do anything for the Wings/Hawks Game 1, but that's fine we'll start it with Game 2. For the Penguins/Hurricanes series, which starts tonight, we'll start it off with this. Which Staal brother will have more POINTS, Jordan or Eric? Here is what you have to do, in the comment section post which Staal brother you think will have more points throughout the series. Here is how the tie-break will work, since we'll have a bunch. The first tie-breaker is giving us the exact number of points the winning brother will have, and the second tie-breaker will be giving us the number of points the losing brother will have. If we're still tied after that, I guess we can give away a few shirts considering we're just starting off. So, in the comments section post your selection, be sure to use your real email address so we can contact the winner. Other viewers cannot contact you because your email address is not visible, but we can see it.
Tonight I'll take a picture of the shirt and poster so you know what you're competing for, please make all selections no later than 7:30 pm Eastern Time.
Bear with us today, it's going to be slow. I'm going to be catching up on a lot of stuff today and I think the other writers are still recovering from their night at the Liberty Hotel. Check back in tonight, and make your pics now for the Staal Brothers Points Competition.
Here are the rules again:
- Pick which Staal Brother, Eric or Jordan, will have the most POINTS in the series. (Goals and Assists combined.) FYI Jordan plays for Pittsburgh, Eric plays for Carolina.
- The winner will get a Versus t-shirt and poster
- Please submit how many points you think each brother will have as that will serve as the tie-breaker
- First tie breaker is guessing the correct amount of points the winning brother will have
- Second tie breaker is guessing the correct amount of points the losing brother will have.
- Post your submission in the comments box, it closes at 7:30 pm EST tonight
- Be sure to use your real email address so we can notify the winner
- You don't need to create a login or password, the comment section is open to everyone
- Duplicate submissions will be deleted along with the original


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The Flight of the Falcon, on cable TV,
Was followed by millions (including, yes, me),
Who watched as the media chased a balloon
And hoped against hope that they'd find the kid soon.
You ask why a knowledge of science is needed?
The info was there, though it wasn't much heeded:
The size of the craft was decidedly small,
And it couldn't have lifted young Falcon at all.
At five feet in thickness, and twenty feet wide,
The saucer held 600 cubed feet inside;
A hundred and fifty (or more) feet too few,
So flying was something the boy could not do.
(I cynically picture some geek on the staff
Who ran through the numbers and had a quick laugh,
Alerted the bosses: "there's nothing to fear!"
"–But the ratings!" they said, "get your ass outta here!)
I realize, just now, at the end of my verse,
I really can't figure which option is worse!
A cynical network, just jerking our chain,
Or science too tough for the news to explain!
Context, in case you live in a cave.


text: The thesis presents a fundamental study on some aspects regarding foaming slag. In today's society, the requirements on environmental impact and energy consumption are increasing. It is essential for the steel industry to better understand the fundamentals of their processes to be able to develop both the process but also process control to reach the demands. In this work, the basic BOF furnace is the main focus, even though foaming slag may also occur in some electric arc furnaces. The BOF is a chaotic process with the purpose to decarburize and dephosphorize hot metal from the blast furnace. The foaming slag plays a profound role in the kinetics of the reactions, maintains the temperature in the furnace and protects the lining material of the furnace.The first part of the thesis includes a study of the structure of different foams and some viscosity measurements. Both room temperature and high temperature experiments are conducted. It is shown that the apparent viscosity of a foam is not only depending on the dynamic viscosity of the liquid phase and the gas fraction of the foam, but also the surface tension of the liquid and the bubbles size of the foam. The foam appears to show a shear thinning non-Newtonian behavior with apparent viscosities up to 5 times as high as for the pure liquid. The reason is found in the structure of the foams.The behavior of particles falling through foams generated from different sugar solutions is studied in the second part of the thesis. The particle behavior differs a lot depending on the size and density of the particle, and the viscosity and surface tension of the liquid phase. Some particles get stuck in the foam, some heavy particles fall through the foam crushing the bubbles in its path, and some particles fall slowly in a zick-zack pattern towards the bottom. The residence time is also measured, and a semi-empirical model is developed to describe the apparent velocity of the particles falling in a zick-zack pattern.The decarburization is the source of the foam in the furnace, and is studied in the third part of the thesis. Pig iron is dropped into liquid slag and the reaction rate is studied by quenching of samples at different times. Small droplets are decarburized faster than big droplets, and the incubation time of the reaction is found to play a big role in the decarburization process for different slag compositions.ivThe last part of the thesis is a comparison of lime dissolution in liquid versus foaming BOF slags. The controlling dissolution mechanism in liquid slag is the removal of interfacial layers of calcium silicates. In the foam on the other hand, the contact area between liquid slag and lime seem to be the controlling mechanism. In total, the rate seem to be similar in some liquid and foaming slag compositions while in others, the lime is dissociated into small pieces in the foaming slag due to the chaotic environment in the experiment.


text: Come join other area UUs on March 16! We'll take some time to examine changing demographic trends and what they tell us about who volunteers and why, and look at new ways of recruiting, retaining and appreciating the folks who power our congregations in so many ways. For more info […] Volunteerism: The Struggle is Real! training on March 16February 5, 2019 in Events by Amy Nothelfer


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City welcomes Everton
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"Citizens'' go for a fifth victory this season.Manchester City will host Everton on Saturday in the sixth round match of the Premier League.
Man City are still unbeaten this campaign, recording four straight wins and one draw 2-2 against Fulham last week as a guest.
If you think Everton will inflict a first defeat of the season for City, the rate of this happening is 7.50.
Ratio of Roberto Mancini boys to grab fifth win of the season is 1.44, and for a draw game is 4.33.
Remember that if the game ended 0:0, bet365 will return all losing bets on Correct Score, first half / FT and Scorecast to offer goalless draw - Cancelled Bet.
Mancini has no problems with the new injured players as the only midfielders James Milner and Nigel De Jong remain out of the squad for the match because of injuries. Ancelotti is expected to rely on the same XI that appeared last week against Fulham and despite the incredible debut of Owen Hargreaves earlier this week he will be left on the bench.
Attack of the team will be led by Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko. Aguero has an impressive eight goals in five games this season. You can bet on Argentina striker to score the first goal of the meeting with betting ratio of 4.50.
For David Moyes's team only Victor Anichebe was injured. Moyes is expected for this match to bet in midfield on 17-year-old youngster Ross Barkley, who with his good play has already sparked the interest of teams like Manchester United and Chelsea.
Statistics before this match is for win of the guests. Everton defeated Manchester City in the last seven of eight games between the teams.


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Mumbai, May , 2018: KONE, a leading Elevator & Escalator company in the country, will install 57 elevators at Lodha The Park, a premium high-rise residential tower development in Worli, downtown Mumbai. The four residential towers of the development covered by the deal will rise to heights of some 270 meters to offer amazing views of India's most populous city and the nearby sea.
KONE will equip Lodha The Park residential towers with 48 KONE MiniSpace™ high-rise elevators and 9 machine-room-less KONE MonoSpace® elevators. The KONE MiniSpace™ elevators will travel at speeds of 5 to 6 meters per second. About 3,400 people are expected to use the equipment on a daily basis.
"This is a unique landmark development, and we are proud that our People Flow™solutions will enable residents and visitors to move smoothly, efficiently and safely in and around these towers," said Axel Berkling, Executive Vice President, KONE Asia Pacific.
Mr Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE India further said, "KONE is a premier player in the residential segment in India and we are honoured to be a preferred partner for this prestigious project, further validating our commitment and technological expertise in the sector."
The order also includes the KONE destination control system, which optimizes the elevator performance to minimize waiting times and maximize convenience for building users. Residents will also benefit from the KONE Remote Call™ smartphone application for ordering an elevator. KONE Access, in turn, will integrate the buildings' doors seamlessly with the elevator system for secure and efficient access management.
Lodha The Park is the largest high-rise residential development in India, and the site comprises an extensive range of comforts. These include an outdoor cinema, game courts, children's play area, rock climbing wall, cricket ground, fruit orchard, vegetable garden, and a number of swimming pools. The buildings are expected to be completed by September 2019. The main developer is Lodha Developers Pvt. Ltd. The buildings were designed by WOHA Architects Singapore.
The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2017.
About KONE
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. In 2017, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 8.9 billion, and at the end of the year over 55,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland. For more information, please visit www.kone.com


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Community Portal
From DramaWiki
Archive: 2006 • 2007 • 2008-2009 • latest
Moving wiki server and software upgrade[edit]
After moving the forum server last week both our wikis DramaWiki and FansubWiki will also move to a new server. At the same time we upgrade our software to MediaWiki version 1.20. During the migration the access to our wikis will be restricted. As soon as the move is complete the temporary IP-addresses links to the new server will be announced. You'll have to access the new server though these temporary links until the name servers are updated. --MoerkJ talk 12:41, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
- Migration schedule
|Migration step
|Old server status
|New server status
|0. Upgrade preparations
|12 Nov
|installing MediaWiki on the new server, various tests
|fully accessible
|1. File backup
|16 Nov
|transfer all wiki files (images) to the new server
|readable and editable, file upload disabled
|2. Database backup
|16 Nov
|backup of the wiki database
|read-only access
|3. Database restoration
|16 Nov
|converting & restoring the wiki database
|read-only access
|4. Publishing IP link
|16 Nov
|enabling & announcing new wiki links
|read-only access
|read & edit access through temporary IP link
|5. DNS migration
|?? Nov
|publish new IP to nameservers
|accessible through old address
|6. Cleanup/Fixing
|?? Nov
|minor fixes and optimizations in the wiki and server configuration
|accessible through old address
- Update
The server migration is complete now. There are still a few minor things that need tweaking but editing should work now. The file upload works but is still disabled. At the moment I don't know when DNS is working with the new IP address. --MoerkJ talk 16:58, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
- Update 2
The nameservers should point to the new server now when using wiki.d-addicts.com and fansub.d-addicts.com. The links with the IP address don't work anymore. If your nameservers still point to the old server then you can fix that by adding the following two lines to your hosts file.
126.96.36.199 wiki.d-addicts.com 126.96.36.199 fansub.d-addicts.com
The server response may be a little slower during the next hours due to page caching. And the file upload is enabled again. --MoerkJ talk 02:29, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Updates December 2012/January 2013[edit]
Recently, a few things got added or fixed on DramaWiki:
- The latest MediaWiki patches were added. Our software version is now 1.20.2.
- Page information is a new page action available in the sidebar's toolbox. It displays stats of an article in a human-readable way that were previously hidden inside the source code of the page.
- Because of the last major software upgrade the table sorting for the DramaWiki formatted dates (yyyy-Mmm-dd) got broken. This happened because the sort code moved to the jQuery JavaScript library in MW1.18 which broke our sort patches in the wikibits.js script. With the new fix the dates are now sorted chronological instead of alphabetical again, see KBS TV Novel. The tablesorter works also with cells that contain other text after a date (i.e. date ranges) and you can even force the new sort-type to a column of mixed formats, see example.
- A few templates got added or extended:
- {{multicolumntext}} and {{multicol}} for multi-column text
- {{customTOC}} and {{customTOC2}} for dramas with many sections, examples: Rude Miss Young-Ae and Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Season 2
- the {{airing}} template has now an optional parameter to link to a new season, example: Rude Miss Young-Ae
- from now on new templates can be documented using a documentation system similar to the one Wikipedia uses.
Updates February/March 2013[edit]
Some more template changes:
- update: {{upcoming}} tag: added one optional parameter
- new: {{birth date and age}} template for artist profiles; it's a rather complex template which uses several other date templates
- new: {{rightTOC}} template mostly for complex structured project pages (e.g. style guide) or lists (e.g. 2012 KDrama list)
Updates May/June 2013[edit]
The latest MediaWiki software patches were added. Our software version is now 1.20.5.
New template: added {{credited as}} for use in cast lists (see examples). This should prevent confusion when actors are credited under alternative names in the endtiles and/or on official websites.
Updates July/August 2013[edit]
Applied the security patch 1.20.6 to the MediaWiki software.
Some changes were made to give the new Vector skin the used functionality and to keep our modifications of the MediaWiki software at a minimum:
- activated the bundled Extension:Gadgets and Extension:Vector for better configuration of the Vector skin. Editors may already set it to the default skin in the user preferences. Vector will become the default skin for DramaWiki soon.
- added a syntax highlight extension for better visualization of scripts and source code. Plain scripts files (e.g. MediaWiki:Common.css or gadget scripts) will be auto-colored, source code snippets in articles can be embedded in
<syntaxhighlight>tags to add coloring.
New template: added {{no rating}} (short: {{nr}}) for missing ratings to get rid of those misleading (<x.x%) entries. Hover the mouse over the "n/a" in the template documentation or in the episode ratings section of Who Are You? (MBC) to see a tooltip comment.--MoerkJ talk 01:22, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Software Upgrade November 2014[edit]
There will be major software upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.23. This time we will use a long term support (LTS) release. The end-of-life of this LTS release will be in May 2017. DramaWiki will be read-only until the upgrade is finished. --MoerkJ talk 16:37, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Update
- The software update is complete now. Editing and uploading is enabled again. If you notice any problems related to the upgrade or if you have any ideas for further improvements then please leave a message on the talkpage.
- The most notable change is the interface which uses the Vector skin now by default. Registered users can switch back to the old skin (MonoBook) by changing their preferences. Some gadgets require the new skin.
- With the Vector skin the wikisearch box moved to the top right. The websearch is hidden and can be reached by clicking the little arrow on the right side of the search box. You will reach a separate search page by selecting the magnifying glass in an empty searchbox.
DramaWiki Migration to US Server September 2018[edit]
This week, hopefully, today, we will be migrating to a new server which will be located in the US. It will take some time for the move as we are changing the hosting company as well. DramaWiki will go into "Read-only" mode whenever the process begins.
Plan after the migration:
- Add encryption (https) for secure connections.
- Upgrade DramaWiki to MediaWiki version 1.31.
- Add extention VisualEditor for a better editing experience.


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French Success Stories: Laetitia Gazel Anthoine, Connecthings [fr]
International Women's Day is just around the corner, so get to know Laetitia Gazel Anthoine, a successful French entrepreneur who founded Connecthings in 2007.
Connecthings was founded in 2007 by Laetitia Gazel Anthoine with the vision and intuition that smartphones will connect the physical world with the digital world.
Connecthings operates a global network of beacons (Bluetooth, NFC, QR code, Wi-Fi) in public spaces to transform passive urban points of contact and locations (street furniture, monuments, shopping malls, airports) into smart, connected objects that communicate with the smartphones of citizens and visitors alike. The beacon network powers Connecthings' Internet of Public Things SaaS platform.
Awarded by numerous smart city and innovation international prizes, Connecthings' integrated Internet of Public Things platform contextualizes the beacon network to send the right information at the right time to mobile users – on all or parts of the beacon network, worldwide.
Connecthings' services are up and running in 60 cities in Europe and in Rio de Janeiro, with +130 000 beacons connected in the urban space: this is the largest Internet of Public Things network worldwide.
Connecthings is headquartered in Paris and has offices in New York, Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, Milan and Berlin.


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Apr 4, 2018
"A man is born to achieve great things if he can conquer himself."
When Bruce Lee says "conquer" it is not about subjugating yourself, but instead it is about knowing yourself in order to liberate yourself.
"Each man binds himself – the fetters are ignorance, laziness, preoccupation with self and fear. You must liberate yourself."
Fetters are a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner. In this quote the fetters are our own restrictions of ignorance, laziness, preoccupation with self, and fear. These things hold us prisoner, restraining us from being free to be our most authentic selves.
Bruce Lee was a normal person dealing with his personal chains and traps. Here, he was describing his own fetters, describing what was holding him back and what he needed to work on in order to free himself.
Bruce wrote often about how we have to discover the cause of our ignorance. To accept and know that you do not know is a huge initial step. Then you have to ask "What is it that I am ignorant about?"
Self-work is hard work. It can be draining and take a long time, but it is worth putting in the work.
When we have those feelings of love and joy, it feels good in our bodies and our souls, and we always want to get more of that. We return to our fetters because they are familiar and easy and we fear leaving them behind. We fear looking at our chains too closely.
"To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing."
"Most of us would rather suffer being self-conscious than to realize our blindness and get our eyes again."
We are fearful of looking closely at ourselves because that means that there is a part of you that has to change. You have to let go of some story you might have been holding on to your whole life.
Self-work is such hard work because they way that you grow and change is by going through, working through the hard feelings. You cannot just put aside the hard feelings; they will not go away, they must be dealt with.
If you are numbed to a big part of your feelings, it is hard to know yourself.
"Use the ego as a tool."
We all have an ego. We all have a place in our lives where we do not want to be challenged or told we are wrong.
To use our ego as a tool, we look at the places in our life where we are rigid and do not want to hear that we could be wrong.
Where are you resisting with your set choice patterns?
When Bruce Lee talks about being a flowing entity, capable to flow with whatever comes at you, this means you cannot be in resistance with your ego or your story.
Look at the ego rigidity within you, and ask, "How am I resisting?" Investigate why there is rigidity and as yourself if you really want that.
The first step is being willing to see the ego rigidity.
Have a willingness to listen. In our present culture, there is a push to debate in order to force your point to be heard, but when you do this you are not listening to the other person. Be present. Be willing to listen.
It is important to engage in these conversations even if you do not think the other person will listen to you. Even if someone does not listen to you, you still were able to express yourself. You got to practice being in relationship in conversation with someone and practicing these things helps you grow.
"One should get rid of the obtruding self or ego-consciousness and apply himself to the work to be done."
Fear is a heavy chain. We are often fearful of being hurt so we do not engage. If we are fearful and defensive all of the time, we cut off connection and growth.
Do not put so much energy into guarding against being hurt, especially if the hurt might not even come. It requires so much of your time and personal power to stay defensive against hurt. It is uncomfortable to be anxious and tense, tiptoeing through life out of fear.
"Sensitivity is not possible when you are afraid."
Truly seeing and really listening is not possible when you are coming from a place of fear because you are on guard. Sensitivity is about having mastery of your senses.
"There can be no initiative if one has fear. Fear compels us to cling to traditions and gurus, etc."
If you are fearful, you seek other people or structures to make yourself whole.
If you cling to others for validation then Bruce says, "We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay."
You do not want to get stuck in the esteem of others because then you will not know yourself.
"The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all action."
If you are always self-conscious about how you do something, even if the desire is to do it well, but you want to do it well to receive esteem from others, then you will never achieve flow in that action. That self-consciousness prevents you from truly doing the task the best that you can and expressing yourself.
Striving for perfection will prevent you from starting something or prevent you from finishing something.
"Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make."
If you fear sharing something because you fear the impression that you will make, your projected self is in conflict with your true self. If you can always be your true self then you have freedom to create and share anything.
"Secretiveness plays the same role as boasting – both are engaged in the creation of a disguise. Of the two, secretiveness is the more difficult and effective."
Secretiveness is dishonesty to yourself and those around you. If you're secretive you are engaged in the creation of a disguise because you are not comfortable in your own skin. It is ok to come out and be yourself.
Laziness is heaviness and paralysis. It is a result of not dealing with your fear, ego, or self-consciousness. You feel that you have no energy to do anything productive.
Ask yourself: Where is my energy going? How can I reclaim that energy?
"Use the ego as a tool rather than a possession. Inwardly, psychologically, be a nobody."
Know yourself, look inside yourself, develop yourself to be a better master of yourself.
Use you ego, be in relationship, have sensitivity.
"It is the ego that stands rigidly against things coming in from the outside."
This ego rigidity makes it impossible for us to meet where we are and who we are in every moment. Ego rigidity is the source of losing energy.
"The ego boundary is the differentiation between the self and the otherness. If the ego boundary is fixed, then the character becomes an armor. Inside the ego boundary, there is love and cooperation, and outside the ego boundary, there is suspicion and unfamiliarity."
The boundary should be limitless; you need to dissolve the boundary so that the love and cooperation that is within can flow out.
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written by Chelsey Dollarhide
On April 7, 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an accounting standards update with the intent of simplifying the presentation of debt issuance costs. The new standard on the presentation of debt issuance costs states that debt issuance costs should be recorded as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability. This new treatment is consistent with the current treatment of debt discounts.
The update was deemed necessary because under past reporting standards, different balance sheet presentation requirements existed for debt issuance costs and debt discounts and premiums. The past standard of treating debt issuance costs as deferred charges also created a divergence from the International Financial Reporting Standard's (IFRS) required treatment of debt issuance costs as a deduction from the carrying value of the financial liability and not as a separate asset.
The FASB also stated in the standards update that previous treatment of debt issuance costs conflicted with the guidance provided by FASB Concepts Statement No. 6, Elements of Financial Statements. According to Concepts Statement No. 6, debt issuance costs and debt discounts are similar and should be treated as a reduction of the proceeds from borrowing. This treatment will reduce the effective interest rate for the debt issued.
The new standard takes effect for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 for private companies and not-for-profit organizations. Public companies are required to follow the new standard for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods within those years. Early adoption of the standard is permitted by FASB.
If you have any questions regarding the new accounting standards update, please don't hesitate to call The Whitlock Company at 417-881-0145. Read more info here from the Journal of Accountancy.


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Saudi Arabia to sell part of Aramco as part of shift from oil
By AM business editor Peter Ryan
Saudi Arabia has unveiled ambitious plans to eventually end the nation's historic reliance on oil production and exports to the rest of the world.
Deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman - second in line to the Saudi throne - has described the oil reliance as "an addiction" as he announced major plans to overhaul the economy.
Part of the "Vision 2030" blueprint would see just under 5 per cent of the state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco sold through an initial public offering which values the company at more than $US2 trillion.
The action comes as Middle East oil producers, including Saudi Arabia, reel from record low oil prices that would could cut revenues by $US500 billion this year.
"Today, our constitution is based upon the Holy Book and on oil. This is very dangerous. We have a kind of oil addiction in the kingdom," prince Mohammed told his first ever news conference with international journalists in Riyadh.
"We will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets.
"Our ambition is how we develop the economy more than nowadays, and how we can create an attractive and great environment in our country in order to be proud of our nation and to be part of development on economic, environmental, cultural, and intellectual levels."
The International Monetary Fund said oil producing nations in the Middle East lost $US390 billion in oil revenue last year alone.
New shale oil technology 'the end of OPEC'
With US shale oil producers pumping more than ever before and Iran production coming back on line with US sanctions lifted, the planned Saudi reforms underscore the damage from falling revenues.
"There's no question that the Iranian deal has hurt them (Saudi Arabia) more than anyone else. But this is fundamentally about the end of OPEC," Ian Bremmer from the Eurasia Group told CNBC.
"New technology is taking power away from the traditional oil producers who thought they had a grabbed a hold on it since the '70s.
"Well, sorry guys, over the course of literally two years the US has gone from a high-priced producer to a medium-priced producer and you guys don't have a model.
"You've had 40 years to try to figure out what to do. They've wasted that time."
Among the reforms being considered to counter falling oil revenue, prince Mohammed is looking at big structural changes in Saudi Arabia's ultra-conservative economy - dealing with unemployment, creating more infrastructure projects, boosting home ownership and opening up the real estate sector to foreign ownership.
In a bid to boost the Saudi treasury coffers, the prince is also planning to overhaul the Saudi military to prepare for what he is calling "the post oil era".
The prince wants more domestic production of arms, given that much of Saudi Arabia's $US46 billion military hardware budget is spent on deals with foreign arms manufacturers.
Follow Peter Ryan on Twitter @peter_f_ryan and on his Main Street blog.
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Something to entertain you while I'm buried under deadlines for a few more days. The Gaslight Anthem was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, and played "Boxer" from the new album, "American Slang." Great album, but you knew I was going to say that anyway. As a web-only bonus for the show, Gaslight covered Pearl Jam's "State of Love and Trust." Check it out.
This might only be of interest to me, but Jimmy Fallon and my wife went to the same high school a few years apart.


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How to "speck" your website comps for a developer
I wanted to talk about a skill that I haven't seen a lot of resources on, but it's a really important part of the process when working on websites and apps. It goes by many names, but I call it "specking". I've also heard it called "redlines" or "Style guide".
What is Specking?
Specking is marking up a comp or design with all the precise measurements and styles that it takes to build that design. Essentially, it's the blue prints behind your design and it requires a lot of math. It's not my favorite part of the process but it is as equally important as the research and design phases.
This is one of the phases that, if not carried out correctly, may lead to the developers creating something that isn't exactly what you imagined.
Some things you want to speck:
– widths/heights of elements (icons, logos, images, arrows, thumbnails, form fields, etc.)
– spaces between elements (margins, paddings, etc.)
– font specs (font name, size, color, line height)
– colors (backgrounds, rules, borders, etc.)
When you are specking for a website, it's a good idea to also give the number of columns along with the actual pixels. The reason why is that as we all embrace responsive design, nothing is ever fixed. It helps the developer define the site in percentages if they know how many columns.
The last thing I do for websites is to create a typography style guide and a component style guide. This helps developers even further with styling the typography and understanding all the different states of my elements.
Here's an example of a typography style guide:
And here's a part of the components guide for the same site:
As you can see it takes a lot of time to really document a website. It isn't enough just to hand over a psd to a developer and hope that they notice all the minute details that you worked so hard on.
I use speckKing to create fast specks and I test out my mobile comps on either Skala or Live view.
I hope this sheds a little light on how to properly document design specks. If anyone has any other resources or tips, I'd love to hear them. I'm always looking for better and faster ways to carry out this vital step of the process.


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The issue that arose before the High Court was as under:
Whether 'commission' paid to bank on payments received from customers via credit cards could be treated as a commission or brokerage under section 194H so as to attract TDS?
The High Court held in favour of assessee as under:
1)The intention of the legislature behind introducing the provisions of section 194H was to include commission or brokerage within its ambit when a third person interacts between the seller and the buyer as an agent and, thereby, renders services in the course of buying and/or selling of goods
. 2)In the instant case, bank was providing services to its client (i.e., trader) which could not be treated as services rendered by an agent during course of buying or selling of goods as banker does not render any service in nature of agency.
3)Thus, the amount charged by bank was a fee for rendering banking services to its client and same could not be treated as a commission or brokerage under section 194H for the purposes of TDS. - CIT V. JDS APPARELS (P.) LTD. [2015] 53 taxmann.com 139 (Delhi)


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Hey Dreamcasters,
I've been building a website compatible with the Dreamcast browsers during my free time at work. I'm trying to store all kinds of mini-games, DLCs and other stuff. For now the website is in Portuguese because in my country we have a huge Dreamcast community and we don't have any kind of project in our language LoL. But even if you don't speak this language you will be able to access understand what it is about.
The link for the website is http://www.titanide.kinghost.net/
I hope you like it, and if you have any suggestion or find some broken link, please let me know!
Edit: English version!