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I used the following packages for this data venture.
The link to the data is shown below at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“M13” is the annual data: this figure is mixed with the monthly.
The data includes a linear model using ggplot.
Using a Linear Model, predict for years 2017, 2018, & 2019.
Somehow the prediction shows a dip from 2017 levelling through 2019.
As per above there is trend downward in the prediction. Yet current data is showing that the economy is reaching full employment.
Also, the error of this model is that date is in integer form which I assume is an error affecting the model. Per the summary of the prediction model, it shows a really bad r2 number so the prediction is probably not reliable.
I should have used a time series model, but for my first RMarkdown this is just learning.
I saw it, I said to myself. I am here. After being held up in Louisville due to mechanical issues and missing my flight in DC, I finally was here.
The afternoon I left for Europe, it was an easy-going day: I talked with Greg and the team before leaving at roughly noon. The talk was nice and it was about the lighter things.
I arrived at the airport early like a good traveler. The shuttle plane arrived late. The delay in Louisville caused me to miss my flight to Zurich. I was able to get to Washington DC a bit later in eventuality. In DC, I was booked on a flight, which I thought was to Frankfurt, but when I arrived at the gate, the flight was bound for Munich. How strange the situation it was.
I was already off target for my plans in Cologne.
Having survived my first trans-Atlantic, I arrived in the City of Monks (Munich). The old city’s airport gave me a glimpse of German industriousness with their sleek modern design exhibiting every surface of their airport. Everything smelled, felt, showed, and softly whispered: Europe. Or Germany in this case.
Though it was the only airport I was already getting acquainted with German ways. The workers at the airport shops were some quite different. They immediately spoke German, but were rather quick to change to a number of languages. Very stern and direct in their approach I felt a lesson on my shoulder creeping into me. The woman at the register barely looked at me and not a hint of a smile she asked me for a euro and a half. After a split second of hesitation to respond, she re-instructed in English. I poured out a bill of some amount of euros from my hand and wallet. The change came swift.
The flight to Cologne was quick but not quick enough. My anxiety was now becoming somewhat apparent. We touched down and all passengers shuffled down to the baggage claim. Cologne-Bonn Airport was a rather small airport no bigger than Louisville’s. It had a rustic nature to it, but charming with a less refined nature to it. At one time this airport must have been on the map for being the capital airport as Bonn was the former capital of the Federal Republic. Yet it was not as polished as Munich in its stature. It had a lot of charm and grit to it.
I followed everyone through the customs gate and came out looking for the train. I found it. I went down trying not to look as confused as the foreigner I was. There were many others using the set of automated ticket dispensers. Fathoming the instructions in English was difficult and my German was just not up to par to get through the instructions. I finally succeeded in figuring the fare out with sweat on my brow and a little embarrassment, which I self-contained.
The platform was down a long escalator from the airport terminal. It was a like a bunker hidden beneath the airport as if there was some need for it to be protected. The concrete channel was rather intimating and it gave me a feeling of claustrophobia. I looked around at other people, and then turned my attention to the signs. Some in English with no meaning that I can find and most in German with no more meaning than anything I knew thus far.
A man I assumed that was probably from Africa was along the platform trying to understand how to get somewhere by asking in a rather attention seeking manner. I looked around for reactions, but there were not many at all. Many looked like they had not noticed. A few people helped to explain to this man, but the man’s somewhat attention-seeking method may have been giving the locals some ire. I think he eventually got an explanation. Of course, I would have liked to help him but I was not in troubleshooting mood after the long and confusing travel I experienced.
I boarded the train. Hasty and a little awkward I found a spot near the door and nestled in.
I felt strange in the train. I was looking around and watching all the scenes pass me by. The first thing I noticed was the graffiti on many of the flat vertical surfaces. Even on the somewhat old walls and structures there was hardly a surface not kissed by the artificial colors of a spray can. Rather different than in the US where we find that only these art forms on inner city areas abandoned and left for no one else to see. The art was in full view of everyone and it was in the most obvious places.
Then, the train came to slow and began a slow stride with a jerk. I had a qualm come across me that I had not felt in a while. Something climatic was about to happen: we crossed the Rhine.
The bridge showed the historic rust of brown and rouge with the addition of the graffiti. I saw the locks of lovers hung along the pedestrian walkway’s fence on the bridge as I had read somewhere one would see this. The water beyond all this was blue with a little tainting from modernity of brown. It was a river, but not a strong or weak one: I felt like it was saying something. If I imagined what it would say, I think she would say: “I am here, and so are you. You are not the first nor the last to cross me.” I crossed the Rhine with the least amount of attention, but there was something special here now in me.
Rivers and large bodies of water affected me somehow. The Ohio River seemed so magical every time I crossed it. Crossing the Pacific Ocean had a similar effect, but not since traversing the Shikoku inlet to Osaka on the ferry had I felt this way before. The ferry ride on the Himawari (or Sunflower) was epic every time: the bridges and the lights along the channel were amazing on a giant ferry. Seeing the fishing boats and other vessels traversing next to the giant machine was belittling with the wind and spray off the ocean. This strange feeling was the reminder of how small I am compared to the world and the universe. The World was moving and its machinations were constant and not receptive to the small trivial humans within it.
The Rhine is an old river and the history of her had been pivotal for European civilization. Why, of course, had Cologne existed at all without her? The Rhine has its place in history along with the Danube. The Western Civilization can find itself here. Perhaps this was part of my journey here and why I was pulled to come here. Germany (Deuschland in its people) has contributed – as well as continues – to world civilization. Weber, Freud, Kant, Marx, Hilbert, Wagoner, Nietzsche, Goethe and the others of Germanic descent gave things I think the world might not never had without those hard thinkers.
The platform of the Cologne Central Station was old but updated. Some photos I have seen from the older times still guide to the station’s originality. So down the tunnel of people I walked. I was confused; I went down a lesser-used exit. I found an exit and walked out to, a Starbucks. Then I walked further and before I could to search for it, the Dom (Cathedral) appeared before me.
Like seeing a dragon rising before me I saw 500 years of awe and antiquity before my eyes. I got goose bumps trying to fathom what was in my eyes. The towers were so high from my point of view that it was bewildering how humans could have possibly made this structure happen. The dark grey coloring on the walls spoke the time and its occurrence on this area. I stood and stared at this structure straining my neck just to see all of it. The thought reminded of seeing the giant wooden temple in Nara, Japan where the giant golden Buddha is held. The intricate designs and just the size does not allow words to explain properly.
The Dom was so distinctly large from what I had seen before that it took me back to the castles and dragons I remember fantasizing about when I was a child. The people around the area awing as I was, made the scale apparent: it was beyond large. I was accustomed to large, but this was different in its appearance and nature like seeing a dragon for the first time. For instance if a dragon was real, it would shock reality into anyone. Football stadiums and skyscrapers did not have the same effect on me.
People were everywhere in the square. They sat before the Cathedral on the steps from the train station. The variety of people standing and watching was stark: Muslims, Chinese, Caucasians, darker skinned people, and fairer skinned people. I had not quite the same feeling as I did when I was in college when I saw many different in a Japanese setting. Yet it caused me to pause and consider where I was: Europe. This was the Europe and nothing of it could prepare someone who had been living in small town outside a big city. I was treading waters that I had never felt before. Canada, nor California, nor Kansai were like this.
I decided to use Facebook to check-in. I did it passively; I did it to milestone this point in time. That did not matter so much I thought though.
I stood there thinking about being in the moment for a while before getting through my next task: finding the apartment I was to stay for the next two nights. I smoked my cigarette looking at the main entrance and all around. I remember watching Tageschau a few months previously and I watched a report on a sexual assaults (by immigrants and refugees of Middle Eastern origin) in the very area I was standing. This was winter when that happened, and now it is May. I was watching that newscast replay in my mind and listening without much understanding of sexual assault victims. I think those events were unfortunate and repulsive. Yet I find myself feeling like I was standing in a battle after all the blood was washed away. I kept those thoughts as well as the feeling of exhaustion and gladness for having arrived.
But I am here. That mattered to me in the moment.
Tomorrow I have an appointment with the unemployment office. I assume it is to interview that I am actually searching for work and I am not just sucking the resources of the state while I do nothing. I think the wording in the actual email was slightly different but that was the feeling I am coming away with.
The holidays make this especially hard to search for a job. So for a week I had the luxury of not having people call asking me to apply for jobs that I am either not interested or are far out of my location that it would be a difficult move to make.
I am placing a lot of my hopes on a certain job mainly because it is fresh company to the area with a young company culture and exciting product lines. They are European, which is a new market I would like to explore.
I have experience in the Tier 2 level of American automakers in addition to my experience with Toyota as Tier 1 supplier. But Europe is a new idea and I do not much about European automakers and their quality. Perhaps that is a good thing in that I do not know that they have much knowledge on their quality except for the Volkswagen emissions fraud. Other than that, I do not know anyone who has a German car except for my relatives and friends in Europe.
Other than that, I have limited prospects. Other opportunities are in places I would not go even only driving through on the way to some other destination. One job prospect is in the middle of Tennessee. Others are in Michigan and northern Indiana.
I just hope that this opportunity pans out and I can get back to earning a living rather than living off unemployment insurance. I would rather have fill from my hard work than a hand-out. While I take the hand-out graciously, I feel that it is not deserved. I never wanted to leave my job and I am still confused as to why I had to. Perhaps that is another post for another day.
So yesterday I was at my favorite cafe doing my thing: learning German, reading my book, and just people watching like the person.
I had to sit at the bar, which is a three-seat section near the barista station where all the drinks are distributed. The cafe was somewhat crowded and I was forced to choose this area since all the areas were either barely filled by other people.
So I sat at the end of this row of three watching the baristas make and hand-out drinks. I placed my bag on the chair next to me as I sat myself. These were bar-stools: they were high enough that placing my bag on the floor would be cumbersome to get off the ground. I thought to myself that this would not be an issue since if the cafe had become so full I would just place my bag on the floor to sit in the remaining two stools.
I watched for people in need of both chairs: a woman who sat while she waited for her drink at the end stool. Another person hovered around the stool later but never sat.
Then a couple floated to the area with some food bought from the cafe and appeared to wait for their drink. The woman of this couple sat in the stool at the end while a man hovered around while looking at his phone. I tried to make eye contact with them, but I was confused whether they were going to stay or leave. The woman was walking here and there, and the man just seemed like he didn’t know what she was going to do next. The man’s body language was communicating to me that he was disaffected by the environment.
After a minute or so, I looked up again to find that they were still there and the woman now sat in the chair. The man not facing me or the woman not paying attention to my attempts at eye contact showed now that they were staying. I looked at them again to see if I could get any communication on their intentions, but could not in the end. Seeing that the effort was not worth anymore at this point than just placing my bag on the floor, I removed my bag from the stool and lowered it lightly to the floor to the corner next to me.
I went back to my task at hand.
Surprisingly, in the next moment I heard and saw the stool moving away from my side as I had kept it close since my bag had previously been keeping it. The man pulled the chair and sat facing away from me toward his female companion. His shoulders were a wide expanse like the Wall of Jericho while his head hunched down to his phone. I heard murmurs from beyond the wall, but nothing toward me. I was not at all within their thoughts.
I did not receive any gesture of acknowledgement of my actions. Not that I wanted it, but regular politeness would have afforded me something. I am not upset by this, but it got me wondering about these things of politeness and in other ways, moral obligation. This is supposed to be upsetting to a degree, but in a way I feel that this all but common and useless to ponder. Yet to some extent I feel that this could be how the real world and how to improve it.
How can we communicate when we cannot communicate? It is a timeless conundrum, and I felt I did the best I could to create some trust.
I see it from this man and woman’s side of the equation where it was a public establishment and because there was an opportunity I should not be wasting them the opportunity to be seated. On the other hand, from my point of view, I had allowed them opportunity with effort: I could have ignored them and just assumed they were intending on staying.
I felt like I knew that man (and woman) somehow in their thinking that perhaps there is a sense of entitlement. There is some of them in me when I think about it, and despite whether I am right or wrong I would like to improve the world.
Because Waterfront Wednesday is an event I look forward to, I timed the rain end to my departure from my apartment correctly. It was storming with thunder, lightning and gusts of wind that it seemed to be a bad idea to leave the safety of my home, but I already decided that life is too short.
The awkwardness of the meeting at the flagpole under the walk-bridge was not as bad as I had thought it to be. There was David and another and another guy. Another guy and another guy were too shy to say ‘hi’ or make eye contact with me.
Lance showed up out of nowhere in particular, or Jasper, Indiana. He was a lanky forty-one year old that could barely look me in the eye, but his eyes were blue and had a lot of nervous energy. Lance talked with pauses that showed how he gathered his thoughts as if trying excessively to pick good words from his mind. His disjointed speech was rather tiresome as you can almost expect the next words to come out of his mouth. There was some naivety mixed with partial self-confidence about Lance, like a book smart child trying to explain her idealism about the real world. He felt like a mix of Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstedder from the “Big Bang Theory”.
After meeting Lance and David, it felt that I had gone into the “alpha-male” trance: every time I feel bored with other males around I feel the need to take the reigns and be decisive and become the leader.
The third act was in mid-set. Coco and Ming left. A bunch of other guys were left, but I didn’t feel the need to talk to them and it felt mutual. Ivan finished eating all the food. Kim disappeared without much of a trace.
Lance wanted to walk down to the river and take a look around. Ivan and I thought it might be nice to check it out. The short walk through a sea of people was a journey though it felt like the sea parted a bit. Many kids and other adults were at the water’s edge hanging out and some were drinking.
We were talking a bit and looking around. I noticed out of the corner of my eye a person approaching a breach of our personal space. It was dark so I could not distinguish much about her other than she was thin, wearing a blouse of dark color, and perhaps brunette or blonde. This girl had a cup in her hand. Her movement indicated inebriation. She made some greeting and began small-talk. When she seemed nervous, so I called her out on it and asked, “Are you talking to us on a dare?” Immediately she began targeting Lance, and by targeting, I mean that something was not right at all by this situation in that she was asking him to do something. She picked off Lance to where Ivan or I could not hear what she was saying to him.
The gist of it was that she wanted Lance to talk to an older lady who was probably closer in age to him than Ivan or me. The reason was not clear, and I am not so sure about the justification for her request. Lance was all too quick to do this for this girl and immediately struck up a conversation with the older lady. I heard them talking as it was rather inaudible as the music continued nearby. But the conversation ended rather abruptly and quickly. Ivan and I turned around and found this lady storming off like she had been offended by either someone’s words or an odor.
I didn’t see much of the older lady Lance approached, but my instincts implied to me that she was in her forty’s, single and never-married, and had extremely low self-confidence.
The girl that approached Lance scurried off back to her friends. I found it rather unnerving so the alpha-male, or more likely, the avenger in me sent out the “What the Hell?!” body posture of throwing up my arms beaming in their direction. Four girls about 20 – 30 years old lumbered over and made awkward impressions. They were pretty as far as I could tell, but rather immature. These four were drinking and they were a bit weird in their presentation to us. I could not get straight answers when I asked them questions. I couldn’t fathom their motives so I began to phase away the conversation.
Lance however seemed intrigued by these four even though the flags were all red. Somehow, Lance decided to ask the girl who had approached us initially for her phone number, but I couldn’t believe that it was going to be a legitimate number or whether these girls were virtuous enough to give a response.
I pulled out and began being facetious with one of the girls I was able to talk to. All instincts were point toward that someone, Lance, was going to be heartbroken. These girls appeared to be having fun at someone’s else expense.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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What is the basic common denominator of all music styles? Why do we like some types of music and not others?
Since about twenty years, these questions guide me toward a fundamental research in music. The subject is not new and Pythagoras already determined that the most harmonious intervals were related to simple mathematical ratios (for instance, a perfect fifth is formed by a ratio of 3 vibrations to 2).
If the structure of the harmonics of a sound and the scale intervals are explained in almost every music theory or harmony course under the sun, these mathematical considerations are quickly forgotten by the student for the rest of his curriculum.
But would these concepts of relative proportions have something else to unveil? I strongly believe so. There must be a small number of basic natural laws that could explain and unite the various elements found in harmony, counterpoint, rhythm and orchestration for any music style, whether tonal, atonal, micro-tonal, ethnic, techno or acousmatic.
Such a theory must provide a more subtle and finer analysis of music than is possible today and bring a much better understanding of the musical phenomenon. I called it unitary music theory.
It is one of my goals in life. Even if I am still far from the final results, I have accumulated some interesting elements and I would like to share them with you. I am also open to – and even searching for – any collaboration in this vast and exciting field of research.
The ultimate goal is a practical theory, not a pure academic knowledge. It happens in the frame of the development of a music composition software that would be really intuitive, where the user would not need to be enclosed in a notation system or learn elaborate music theories when his only purpose was to express himself/herself as an artist. Too many theoretical barriers still exist today and musical creativity should be available to anyone.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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The diversity of the kinds of interactions between principals in distributed computing systems, especially critical infrastructures, has expanded rapidly in recent years. However, the state of the art in trust management is not yet sufficient to support this diversity of interactions. This paper presents a rationale and design for much richer trust management than is possible today. It presents a set of requirements for more generalized trust management and an analysis of their necessity. A new trust management framework is presented that supports dynamic and composable trust.
This research has been supported in part by grants CNS 05-24695 and CCR-0326006 from the US National Science Foundation.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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J Alzheimers Dis. 2001 Aug;3(4):401-407.
Ginkgo biloba neuroprotection: Therapeutic implications in Alzheimer's disease.
An extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves, EGb761, is becoming one of the most popular dietary supplements in the United States to enhance memory. In Europe it is a commonly prescribed drug for treatment of age-related deterioration, including degenerative dementias of the Alzheimer type (AD). Substantial experimental evidence indicates that EGb761 has neuroprotective potency under conditions such as ischemia, seizures and peripheral nerve damage. However, the mechanisms of such neuroprotective effects remain unknown, partially because of the complex chemical composition of EGb761 and the resulting so-called "polyvalent" action. This review focuses on cellular and molecular approaches towards understanding the polyvalent action of EGb761 neuroprotective effect. Two potential mechanisms of action, reducing oxidative damage and stimulating cell survival machinery, are discussed. Better understanding of the neuroprotective mechanisms of EGb761 will provide impetus for possible combination therapies and for the design of rational, "mechanism-based" strategies that target age-related neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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A Project Manager is needed at Mixta Africa. Candidate reports to Project Director – MAHCS, Country MD.
KEY INTERACTIONS – include Senior Construction Associate, Senior Procurement and Contracting Associate, Senior Design Associate, Site Construction Associate.
OVERVIEW – Oversee the construction and execution phases of all in-country projects.
To lead on all construction aspects of the company’s projects, providing strategic and professional guidance to the construction team.
Ensure an optimised process for contracting and project approval.
Reporting to the Company on matters in relation to the performance of projects against contract requirements.
Oversee the development of designs to ensure they are high quality, in-line with company strategy and delivered on time.
Coordinate with design and construction standards to resolve any design issue arising during construction.
Ensure compliance with design for all projects on construction site.
Responsible for ensuring that project managers.
Manage the project team including architects, engineers, workplace consultants, construction managers and administrative support.
Develop schedules and budgets for assigned projects.
Prepare detailed construction cost estimates and documentation (e.g. PFR, PAR) for project.
Track contract and construction performance from start till completion.
Participate in or oversee the pre-qualification and bid evaluation process for consultants, contractors, and other outside vendors and selects vendors.
Ensure all technical work is carried out within the approved budgets.
Assist at all times in maintaining a safe working environment within Company workplaces, and applying the Company Health & Safety Policy for their own, their colleagues, third parties and the public’s benefit.
Cost-effectiveness of projects Proportion of projects at high that were achieved value for money than expected (20%).
Savings generated- Measured as a % unit cost reduction as compared to budget (20%).
Issues causing contract disputes, termination and liquidity before due date-% of contracts with issues arising, disputes, termination and liquidity before due date against procurement’s total signed contracts each year (15%).
Lead time from Request for Quote to contract award- Shows the lead time from RFQ to award of contract (15%).
Timeliness of deliverables (reports and projects) – percentage of deliverables that are delivered to the target audience as per the agreed deadlines (5%).
Quality of deliverables – percentage of deliverables that meet or exceed expectation (5%).
Quality of coordination with relevant departments (5%).
Feedback – The annual average rating from 360-degree surveys launched (15%).
Excellent understanding of the construction industry.
Ability to manage several large scale projects at the same time.
nowledge of key processes and phases in construction (Structure, M&E, Finishing).
Deep understanding of corporate functions like procurement and contracting, budget and planning, and de-bottlenecking other corporate processes.
Proficient in creating and understanding a planning schedule and work break down structure.
Gathers information nationally and internationally about what could be; visualises the future and assesses what needs to change; thinks strategically, considers wider effects thoroughly, including customers, shareholders and people; promotes and builds enthusiasm for the vision.
Balances the needs of the stakeholder triangle; assimilates and analyses relevant information; identifies core principles, and applies them consistently to decisions; identifies and mitigates risks; creative in providing solutions; owns decisions.
Exceptional negotiation, problem-solving and analytical skills.Outstanding people leadership and management skills.
Ability to drive change management across the organization.Superior communication skills, both verbal and oral.
Sets milestones and timeframes to achieve objectives and operational requirements; determines priorities and allocates responsibilities and manages workflow; establishes measures and monitoring systems; monitors unit and individual performance, putting (joint) action plans in place to address areas of non-compliance; anticipates hurdles and has contingency plans to get around them.
Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in an engineering field (structural, electrical, mechanical).
An advanced degree in engineering or a related field is also strongly preferred.
Experience in managing large scale projects within the real estate sector.
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industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2019 – Rawson, an ERIKS company, was recognized as an outstanding supporting company by the International Society of Automation (ISA) Houston Section for 2017 and 2018. The Houston Section serves its members by providing continuous education through their monthly meetings, instruction lead training classes, facilitating a PE Study Group, hosting networking events and furnishing student scholarships for those who are studying to join the automation industry.
Rawson was presented with an award for their leadership efforts in supporting the ISA Houston Section by hosting several technical training sessions, including the Technical Training Camp in June 2017. Rawson provided an excellent facility with top-notch support with food, audio visual, and a focused environment for the students. Rawson actively participates in ISA events like trade shows, cook-offs, and golf tournaments to support the scholarship program.
Since 1954 vast market knowledge, in combination with strong customer service relationships, keeps us on the forefront of our customers’ needs. With an experienced and diverse technical staff, Rawson can aid in product selection as well as product development. Our goal is to partner with our customers to help them develop innovative and sustainable solutions, and cut costs through technology, operations excellence and strong customer focus. We customize to the needs of our customers and vendors through strong, long-term relationships and close collaboration. These long-term relationships help us to establish formalized processes for each customer that lead to documented cost savings. Our value is also evident in the safety programs we offer to our customers. We don’t just respond to emergencies, we create systems to anticipate and eliminate them. For more information, please visit www.RawsonLP.com.
ERIKS (www.ERIKS.com) has been a leading international industrial service provider since 1940. ERIKS North America offers a wide range of innovative, high-quality mechanical engineering components and associated technical and logistical services from 140 locations across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We provide the highest quality product standards in the industry, along with the peace of mind knowing that our products and fabrication are consistent, location-to-location, across our extensive footprint. From agriculture to power generation and from oil and gas to food and beverage, ERIKS North America provides a local presence and infinite possibilities, backed by ERIKS’ worldwide network of resources and know-how with over 300 locations in 20 countries. For more information, please visit www.ERIKSNA.com.
The Houston Section is the largest ISA section in the world with approximately 1,100 members. Chartered on March 16th, 1948, we are also one of the oldest! The Houston Section has been the Host Section for many ISA annual events and participates closely with our subsections, ISA Houston Analysis and ISA Pipeline, to provide ongoing education and information to anyone interested in the Automation Industry.
International Society of Automation is the leading nonprofit global organization that is setting the standard for automation by helping its over 30,000 worldwide members and other professionals solve difficult technical problems while enhancing their leadership and personal career capabilities.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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It’s worked for them! Parents from the U.S.A. and around the world share their Triple P stories.
Summer Saldivar, Sonoma County, U.S.A.
Summer feared being judged if she did a parenting program. She wasn't. And she's glad she found Triple P. See why.
Jennifer Bock, Santa Clara, U.S.A.


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Hydrophobicity-boosting maintenance shampoo for quartz coatings. Buy online and earn loyalty points as you shop.
Very few car care products ever stop us in our tracks and make us laugh out loud, but Gyeon Q²M Bathe+ did the first time we used it; the beading it imparts is quite frankly ridiculous! Whereas wash and wax shampoos rarely work well, Gyeon have absolutely nailed what is effectively their synthetic equivalent. As a result of being fortified with SiO2-rich polymers, Gyeon Q²M Bathe+ not only does everything that Gyeon Q²M Bathe does, but also lays down a temporary hydrophobic coating that enhances surface gloss and strongly repels water and grime for up to several weeks at a time. This self-cleaning behaviour is noticeable all year round, but is particularly welcome during the winter months when road salt and grime make a mess of our roads.
Gyeon Q²M Bathe+ is an innovative pH neutral shampoo fortified with SiO2. By depositing a very slick layer of SiO2-rich polymers, Gyeon Q²M Bathe+ not only cleans gently and rinses freely, but also enhances surface gloss and hydrophobicity. The latter effect is the most pronounced, not only in terms of the sudden dramatic improvement in water beading it causes, but also it terms of the self-cleaning properties it imparts (by actively repelling rainfall and road spray, more dirt and grime is carried away instead of being allowed to accumulate in situ). Consequently, Gyeon Q²M Bathe+ makes routine maintenance much quicker and easier, as the interval between washes can be comfortably extended, and the need for quick detailing is eliminated.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


text: Abstract Banking competition may enhance or hinder the financing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Using a survey on the financing of China’s SMEs combined with detailed bank branch information, we investigate how concentration in the local banking market affects the availability of credit. It is found that lower market concentration alleviates financing constraints. The unconcentrated presence of joint stock banks has a larger effect on alleviating credit constraints, while the presence of state-owned banks has a smaller effect, than the presence of city commercial banks.


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Ricardo Esteves Gomes is a Brazilian graphic designer. He graduated in 2005 and since that year his work is focused on type design.
He currently lives in Rio de Janeiro where he works as type designer, researcher and also takes a course of Master of Science in Design at Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial.
He offers his fonts through his Outras Fontes foundry.


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We Built This City, for the second time this week, delivers a picture of some food that looks so good I want to jump through my computer screen and devour. This time it’s the soba salad at Cha-Ya.
Deeeeelicious. I usually get it when I go to Cha-Ya. Don’t forget the Cha-Ya roll!
It tasted as good as it looked. I love Cha-Ya!
WOW! Talk about veg meals that make me want to go SPOOOooo…!
Oh, I’m sorry… were some of you eating?

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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I kickstarted 2014 with a new office and the madness called ‘transfer & set up’. I felt like I was restarting i2cook but with a bit more experience and help. Couple of months have been busy with birthdays and family time too! I seem to have finally settled into my new space and hoping this year to be a super duper one and promise to bring you more recipes!
I maybe a little late at sharing the ginger bread recipe adapted from 101 Cookbooks. But this cake has become my all time favourite cake to bake any time of the year.
Baking a cake has its own positive energy! I like to use only unrefined ingredients. I avoid using maida in my baking and use wheat flour or gluten-free flours. If you are not comfortable using 100% whole wheat flour, I suggest you change the proportion to 50-50 mixed with multi-purpose flour (maida). We are going to use three types of sweeteners in this cake. Remember my post about natural sweeteners… We are using raw sugar, molasses and honey. Molasses does a perfect job at giving that nice flavour which can get you addicted.
This cake is good for any occasion. You could add some walnuts to it and have it as a tea cake or just have it plain. I served this cake for my brother’s birthday with some cream cheese flavoured with coffee and garnished it with some caramelized walnuts; his reaction was a silent smile. You could also make a trifle and gift it to your friends. This cake is versatile and with a little creativity with flavours can get your guests asking for more!
Measure and mix the dry mixture along with grated ginger. Mix well and set aside.
Measure all the wet ingredients like butter, sweeteners and water in a non reactive pan. Heat on a stove top until the sugar and butter has melted. Keep aside to cool.
Add eggs one at a time to the wet mixture while it is warm. Add milk and mix well.
Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and mix well.
Pour them in the desired pans and bake in a pre heated oven at 160 degree centigrade for 45-50 minutes or depending on your oven settings.
Once baked, allow it to cool for about 30 minutes before removing it from the pan. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Gingerbread cake is good for any occasion – topped with coffee flavoured cream cheese and caramelized walnuts.


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Marilyn Weinstein | Vivo, Inc.
Two words: Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae). But if the Dab died, I would not cry.
What do you think in the best quality you bring to Vivo?
My sunny disposition is the definite value add that I bring to Vivo.
My most memorable travel experience has got to be the time I was paged at Oakland Airport, and not allowed to board my plane until I spoke to airport security. It turned out that somehow my infant’s Pack ‘n Play (portable crib/playpen) had caught fire on the tarmac. Security was drilling me about whether I had had matches in the Pack n’ Play (I did not). After telling me that they were confiscating the crib, they allowed me to board my plane, baby in arms.
Random facts: I have never eaten Taco Bell, watched an entire TV series on Netflix, or eaten Chef Boyardee. I know all 50 state capitals and cannot hold a tune, even with a gun to my head.
Marilyn Weinstein is Vivo’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, responsible for overall strategy and business growth and development.
Prior to starting iTalent Solutions in 2006—the successful effort which paved the way for Vivo’s launch in 2009—Marilyn was Vice President and General Counsel for AlphaSoft Services Corp., where she served on the company’s Executive Team for over seven years. She helped AlphaSoft grow from a start up to a $50 million per year, multi-office success story.
Marilyn’s background also includes advisement and counsel service to mid and enterprise-level organizations. As an employment law expert, Marilyn focused her pre-IT experience in the areas of organizational development and corporate compliance. As a mother to three young boys, and a lawyer by trade, Marilyn claims all she really needed to learn about business she learned during her years as a bartender.

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So many people are worried when booking their own travel, with the potential of making a mistake. Booking your own trip can be a little tricky at first. Here is the pitfalls to be avoided so you to can save more on travel.
Remember that travel agents need to be paid and are profiting from your purchase. This makes the travel price barrier for travel even higher., but also take the joy you can have from reading and building a trip for you. Yes a travel agent can throw in a free dancing festival for midgets but are you really that interested in the value add. Don’t waist time traveling someone else’s itinerary and be part of your trip from start to finish.
Here are the things you need to make sure you get right when leaving the travel agent behind.
This mistake I have personally made, and it was not the best, but it was correctable. A simple letter mistake made my travel partner no longer the same person on their passport. I contacted travelstart.com support and paid a small fee, less then losing the ticket. Of course, spelling your own name is easy enough, focusing on spelling is more important when booking for friends or family, watch out for those tricky middle names. Read it once, twice and get someone to check you before you purchase.
Take time when making a booking to ensure that the days and months are what you think they are. 10/06 and 06/10 looks similar but are very different when it comes to flights. I like to not only know the date month but also the day as it is seldom the 7th is on a Monday in the month you may confuse a date with. If you make this mistake there is an additional fee to correct it. The cheaper the ticket the more focused you need to be in the booking process, it is a money war out there so get a friend to double check your info before pressing purchase.
I like to use online booking sites that have credibility. If I have not used the site before then I google them and read real peoples comments. In general remember everyone knows someone who loves to complain, one complaint is not the end of a website. Look at what the majority are saying. Unless you are the person who loves complaining, then use a travel agent, you will get far more happiness having a person to complain to.
You don’t have to study the T’s & C’s or fine print but, a simple read through or skimming over of the fine print and highlighting the important information will be fine.
I have booked, cancelled and re-booked because I had used the wrong bank card. The benefits are very different with different cards.
I don’t pay for travel with credit, that is not financially savvy. In reality I use the trip as a saving goal. Cut out the work lunches, coffees, expensive gym membership and make sure you save to travel.
You need to commit to be your own travel agent, saving is hard work. Don’t read the propaganda on the hotel’s website. Their business is selling that hotel, the photos will be professionally taken. Any issue will be left off the disclaimer. No one says, ‘Stay with us and our bed bugs in Thailand’ Don’t rely on comments from one travel site. I like to look at both booking.com and trip adviser, for example, before paying. Be careful if there are only a few reviews. The hotel probably wrote all the reviews themselves. I like to have some discretion when reading reviews for personal preferences but if any single review saying bed bugs or rats then the place is removed off the list. Not taking a chance with bed bugs.
When landing at 1am in Sri-Lanka I arranged the hotel transfer. Yes, it may cost more but the spend was worth it. Agents would have done it for you so do it for yourself. Sometimes I book the first night at a place based on their free transfer policy, especially in countries that have less travel infrastructure.
Look at the website address before you put in your credit card details. The S stands for secure. https: means this is a secure site.
Personally half the joy is researching, planning and booking my holiday before I even take off. Yes, I have left a hotel on arrival and found another one from the sidewalk but that is very rare. Also remember travel is a community and if you are reading reviews from others, get involved and be sure to also write about your experience.
Good luck and be brave, relying on your gut instincts and trusting your ability. Have fun and eventually the money you have saved will be enough to pay for your next trip.

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Among the myriad of complex legal standards imposed under the federal Clean Air Act, the New Source Review (NSR) program has achieved the ignominious distinction as the most controversial—and despised— regulatory program, at least from the perspective of regulated industry.

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Today marks 100 days since a West Hampstead mum was taken into custody in Iran - and David Cameron and Theresa May are both facing calls to intervene.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in April while she was visiting her parents in Iran.
Her two-year-old daughter’s passport was confiscated by the Revolutionary Guard, and she is currently being looked after by her grandparents, unable to leave.
Today her husband Richard Ratcliffe, of Fortune Green Road, will deliver letters to the current PM and his successor calling for more action.
He will be joined by Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq.
Reports in Iran state that proceedings against Nazanin, who spent seven weeks in solitary confinement and has not been given access to a lawyer, have begun.
She is accused of ‘sowing unrest’, and has not spoken to her family in the past week.
Monique Villa, chief executive of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which Nazanin works for, said today: “I cannot imagine Nazanin being involved in such activities.
“Nazanin is a young mother dedicated to her family and her work.
“She has been working at the Thomson Reuters Foundation for the past four years as a project coordinator in charge of grants applications and training, and had no dealing with Iran in her professional capacity.
And Ms Villa continued: “Nazanin had travelled to Iran in a personal capacity on a holiday to visit her parents as she had been doing every six months since the birth of her daughter Gabriella.
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Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/Gas Mark 4. Grease and base line a 15cm (6inch) square shallow cake tin with baking parchment.
Place the prunes and xylitol with 3tbsp water in a liquidiser and puree to form a paste.
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You won't run out of places to go to and explore in the Philippines, especially during the summer. Each destination has its own shade of blue sea water, beautiful sunset, charming sights, locals to meet, and food to indulge in.
Love the charm of Cebu—its museums, churches and its food scene? Whichever road you take, there’s bound to be a Cebu lechon joint calling out your name! This type of lechon, which is different from the ones sold in Luzon, is packed with so much flavor that you don’t need to dip it in lechon sauce. Cebu lechon is better with spiced vinegar and lots of fluffy white rice!
If you have ever toured El Nido, Puerto Princesa, Coron, or the less-crowded and touristy Palawan spots like San Vicente and Port Barton, you’ve most likely tasted great seafood dishes with lato seaweed. Besides fresh sea produce, you should also include Baker Hill’s hopia, crocodile sisig, and tamilok (woodworm) to your itinerary.
What’s a Boracay trip without calamansi muffins? These OG muffins have been in Boracay before it became one of the most popular beaches in the country. These calamansi muffins are simple and have just the right balance of sweet and tangy, and it pairs perfectly with coffee.
Know the story of the brave mother-and-daughter duo who kept Real Coffee open through thick and thin.
We all know Davao’s famous suha and the infamous durian. You can easily find these in supermarkets with a Davao label attached to it. But one particular fruit that’s widely available in Davao but uncommon outside this province is the marang. If you compare it to the durian, the marang is smaller and doesn’t have the same strong stench as durian. Plus, this is best eaten when you freeze the meat!
You have to try Davao's famous barbecue, brazo de mercedes, and mangosteen ice cream!
Dumaguete is your gateway to Apo Island, Bais, and the common entry point to the mystical island of Siquijor. If you ever want to get lost in laidback beauty of Dumaguete, make sure you try Sans Rival Cakes And Pastries’ famous Silvanas. It’s a crunchy-chewy buttery dessert that melts in your mouth.
Here's a timeless Filipino dessert recipe you can make with simple ingredients at home.
If there’s a delicacy you shouldn’t miss while you’re vacationing in Bohol, it’s the swaki. This is a sea urchin you commonly can pick up from the seashore during low tide. The way to eat this delicacy is to crack it open, put a little bit of vinegar, scoop it out of the shell like a jelly, and put it in your mouth!
Quezon Province is surrounded by pristine beaches that are accessible for a weekend getaway. They have Real, a lesser known surf spot compared to La Union and Baler. This province is also known for the pristine beaches, like Jomalig and Calaguas. When you’re on your way home from these scenic spots, make sure to drop by pasalubong centers to hoard packs of Lucban longganisa. This is a famous variant of longganisa that is garlicky delicious and pairs perfectly with a serving of garlic rice.
Consider this your Quezon Province itinerary.
Iloilo is home to delicious biscocho and a comforting bowl of molo–not to mention, the entry point to Guimaras where yellow mangoes grow in abundance. If you want to indulge in something a little bit under the radar, you should try Margec Deli’s Cream Horns! These delicate, magical Cream Horns are horn-shaped puff pastries that are filled with a yema-flavored custard filling.
Make sure to feast on satisfying post-surf grub after riding the waves in La Union. Besides El Union’s delicious Dirty Horchata or Flotsam and Jetsam’s popular Makai Bowls, you can also find Ilocos’ dinakdakan in their carinderias and other small eateries around San Fernanda, La Union.
Baguio is known for its cooler climate and its abundance of plump strawberries. Aside from ube jam, there’s also the famous Vizco’s strawberry shortcake to treat yourself to! It’s made with layers of light chiffon cake, whipped cream, and fresh strawberries.
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As the leader of the civil rights movement he was referring to the right to be treated with dignity and the right to equality of opportunity. His words are no less true today and can be applied to the issues and challenges our elderly currently face.
Our population of seniors is expected to grow by over 40 per cent in the next 20 years. These projections have important consequences for our community, and we need to begin to prepare for these aging baby boomers.Recent news stories have raised the alarm dubbing the growing seniors population the “silver tsunami.” BC’s new seniors advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, has said the shift is slow and there is time to prepare.
I don’t agree. I think that the time for action is now. Our transportation systems, affordable housing stock and health care facilities are already stressed and insufficient. We need to act now to expand capacity, build resiliency and add the flexibility needed to accommodate the growing demand for these services. We need to support seniors to be as healthy and independent as possible.
If we want to make certain we have the resources in place that allow us the dignity to live out our lives with the supports we will require. We must adopt a culture of getting involved now. One way of becoming part of the solution is by volunteering to help ourselves and others while we are still able.
• The Age Friendly Community Initiative, a project lead by Nelson CARES Society which aims to create programs,enhance existing services and strengthen the community’s capacity to meet the needs of our growing seniors population. See nelsoncares.ca.
• Nelson and Area Learning in Retirement, a group for those 50-plus who want to “step out of old patterns and habits, try new things by joining a group of companions who have fun in learning.” See selkirk.ca/ce/courses/learning-retirement.
• Tech Support for Seniors at the Learning Place (lower level City Hall). Offered by the Columbia Basin forLiteracy. See cbal.org.
• Seniors Coordinating Society, which helps seniors navigate government programs and filling out forms including income tax returns. They also offer information about home help services such as cleaning, laundry,light cooking, and respite care. See nelsonseniors.ca.
• The West Kootenay seniors transportation coordinator who assists seniors with exploring transportation options such as transit, HandyDart, Rideshare, Carshare, and volunteer driver programs. See kootenayseniors.ca.
I encourage everyone to get busy with the rewarding work of creating the kind of community that you want to grow old in, because time is ticking for all of us.
The World Health Organization describes an Age Friendly Community as an “inclusive and accessible one that allows people to realize their potential for physical, social, and mental well-being throughout their lives, while providing them with adequate protection, security and care when needed.” Working together helping each other we all benefit by being a caring community. Life has a way of coming full circle. This too is part of our shared destiny.
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Question: What is the difference between a good product manager and a great product manager?
Answer from Greg Cohen of 280 Group: Many things break down to the 80/20 rule. This question gets to heart of what is in that remaining 20% that will move a good product manager to great. A product manager must be an expert in many things, including the customer, the product, the market, the competition, the technology, and how engineering develops products. All of this, to use a poker analogy, is the ante. You have to master these areas.
But “what separates the best from the rest” are the soft skills. Most important are leadership and influence. The product manager must sell their vision up down and across the organization including the executive team, their product team, sales and marketing. Selling a vision is never easy; it demands persistence. To have persistence, you have to believe in your vision and this requires passion. Lastly, product managers are pulled in many directions. The great ones maintain focus on the activities that will make an impact on their products success.
To summarize, there are five soft skills that separate good product managers from great: Leadership, influence, persistence, passion, and focus.
It’s from my series How to be a GREAT Product Manager.
I think the main difference is in gaining an understanding of the market. Ordinary product managers rely on experience (accretive learning) and training (transmissive learning). Great product managers are acquisitive and emergent learners. More on this topic in a future entry on my blog.
Good product managers have one or two comfort zones. Great product managers have many comfort zones that allow them to perform at a higher level regardless of what they’re doing.
Vision is the key. One should have a vision for the product, which is derived from the vision that he has for the customer.
The other key factor is optimization. Product manager, as Derek Britton in one of the posts http://ask.goodproductmanager.com/2010/07/29/how-can-i-establish-product-management-within-a-company/ had rightly indicated, has to deliver to different stakeholders – CEO, COO, CFO, Marketing head, customer support, sales head and more. Everyone has their own perspective and a vision as to how do they plan to serve the customer. The key is to manage the expectations of each stakeholder. Not to over deliver nor to under deliver. Balance is the key!


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The Road received a positive critical response. The consensus from critics was that it was an extremely haunting movie that may prove too much for some viewers handle. But it stayed true to the author McCarthy's vision of a post-apocalyptic world and critics felt that this was a wise move by the director.
The performances of the two lead characters in particular were singled out for praise. The depth and realism they brought to the roles was highlighted.
Peter Travels of Rolling Stone praised the film and felt that it depicted America in a haunting, yet somehow beautiful manner. He talks about the performances of lead cast members Mortensen and Smit-McPhee and how their portrayal of a father and son seemingly alone in this world, vying for survival, was artistic and authentic in equal measure.
Esquire magazine also praised The Road to the hilt. They singled out the movie as a necessary film to watch, whether we agree with the subject matter or not. The magazine felt that the film adaptation done justice to the novel on which it was based. They felt so engaged by the movie that despite wanting the protagonists to get to safety, they did not want the movie to end, such was the level of intrigue that the drama provided.
The Guardian, a broadsheet newspaper from the United Kingdom, were equally as complimentary about the movie. They described it as an incredibly powerful movie with Mortensen perfectly cast as the Man.
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The Washington Post took a different view and was quite critical of the movie. This seems strange considering the generally positive reviews received from the majority of mainstream movie critics. They felt that the movie was ultimately a zombie horror that was trying too hard to invoke literary emotions on viewers. Although they did recognize that the film has a certain kind of grim panache to it. They singled out the film as bleak, but in fairness this is pretty much the point of the movie. To show the bleak situations people may face in a world turned on its head by near-extinction.

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A new customs information paper has been released on the subject of the introduction of the Union Customs Code (UCC) legislation and how it affects Temporary Storage (TS).
The UCC is being introduced across the European Union on 1 May 2016. The UCC is part of the modernisation of customs and will serve as the new framework Regulation on the rules and procedures for customs throughout the EU. Under the UCC, there will be a number of changes to how goods cross EU borders and some transitional arrangements will operate until 2020.
Anyone operating from a TS facility must be approved to do so in their own name and under UCC criteria. There are transitional measures in place for existing TS approvals.
1 May 2019 whichever is the earliest.
From 1 May 2016, any new request for a TS approval will be made under UCC criteria including the requirement to exclusively operate the facility.

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Men and women are moving towards baldness as early as in their 20s and experts say that the medicine might be in your diet.
"In the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, our clients were aged between 40 and 60. But now, about 85 percent are aged between 20 and 40, both men and women. There are many causes of hair loss. It can happen due to stress, pollution or lack of sleep or unhealthy diet," Sanket Shah, CEO and managing director, Advanced Hair Studio (India), told IANS.
Advanced Hair Studio have devised a procedure, called Advanced Hair Studio Fitness Programme, a treatment to control hair loss and save existing hair.
As diet plays a major role in heath of hair, the organisation, which also came up with AIR LACE, a breakthrough innovation in Strand by Strand (Cosmetic) hair replacement procedure, and capital-based nutritionist Lovneet Batra came together to bring forth discussion on 'Healthy eating, healthy hair' on Thursday here.
Batra believes what you eat reflects on your skin and hair.
"Food can be the best medicine for healthy hair and skin. Hair loss might be due to various reasons, but nutritional deficiency might be one of them and you need to address that," she said during the discussion.
"People go for sugar free and fat free food items, but they are required by the body. Most people don't want to eat fat to avoid gaining weight. Food items like walnut and fish oil are important. Though olive oil is becoming favourite in many kitchens, it shouldn't be heated. It is just for dressing purpose. Mustard oil or ghee gel with Indian delicacies," added Batra, who stressed on the importance of a proper balance of protein, carbohydrates and micronutrients.
The nutritionist also emphasised on the amount of nutrients to be consumed.
"We know that protein is needed for good hair, but women shouldn't consume more than 55 grams of protein. Men should stick to 65 grams. If you eat that in excess, it will stress out the liver and kidney. Similarly, excess of sugar is also not good. It will lead to dandruff," she said.
Reading ingredients is equally important.
"Food marketing can be misleading. For instance, many assume oat bread is good. But if the top ingredient is refined flour, it means it is mostly flour," she said.
Batra also says using grocery products to make hair packs is useful, but consuming is important too.
"Applying coconut oil is good, but so is drinking coconut water. I know so many people who refuse to drink it as they think they will grow fat. It is rich in potassium, which is good for skin," she said.
So, make right choices to stay fit and feel healthy.


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Kartal is a district of Istanbul, Turkey located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik. Despite being far from the city centre, Kartal is heavily populated now. (total population of 407,865) (2000 census). Total land area is 147,000 m² which includes some countryside areas inland. Her neighbours are Maltepe the west, Ümraniye and Kadıköy the nortwest (due to Ferhatpaşa quarter passed from Maltepe to Samandıra in 2004), Sultanbeyli the north and Pendik the east.
The centre of Kartal was a fishing village on the Marmara shore during the Byzantine Empire called Kartalimen, and was founded at the beginning of the 6th century. In the 11th century the town was conquered by the ruler of the Seljuks, Suleiman Shah, and then in 1329 Kartal became part of the Ottoman Empire (However the Byzantines re-took this city in 1403 and held it for 17 years).
By 1947, Kartal was an industrial area and with the introduction of commuter trains to Haydarpasa Terminal from Gebze in 1973, Kartal became even more important as an industrial area of Istanbul. There are about 400 large and middle sized factories, 1,300 workshops and over 1,200 shops and offices in central Kartal including the northern part of the district called Samandira. More than 40,000 people are employed.
The current trend is that as more and more housing is built near the coast, factories there are being closed down and moved inland. For example the large cement factory on the shore, which is to be converted into a cultural center, was closed in 2003.
Kartal is on the sea and there are ferries to Adalar (Princes' Islands) and to Yalova. But most people travel by road, it is easy to get from Kartal to both the E5, the main road from Anatolia to the Bosphorus Bridge, and to the TEM, the huge motorway which crosses the Bosphorus via the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. Also the coast road from Tuzla to Bostanci is another important route. And finally Sabiha Gokcen International Airport at Kurtköy, Pendik is 15 minutes away. And finally when the Marmaray project is completed it'll be possible to get to European side of Istanbul by light train. An initial stage, a light train between Kadiköy and Kartal is planned to begin running in 2008.
With all these transport options Kartal is becoming heavily populated despite being far away from the centre of Istanbul. Luxury apartment complexes have been built on the coast, along with much more housing inland and this has attracted more shops and infrastructure. There are a number of well-known private and state schools in the area, including Kartal Anadolu Lisesi, one of the few German-language high schools in Istanbul. And the housing is of good-quality in general making Kartal a nice area to live. If you don't mind a long commute. Building near the coast slowed down after the 1999 earthquake, when people became very aware that a major faultline runs just off this coast. However building on the high ground inland is proceeding apace and Kartal is projected to be a major urban and industrial area by the 2020s.
The people of Kartal are largely working or lower-middle class and in recent years have voted for the Islamic AKP.
The park around Ayazma Fountain in Yakacik is a popular picnic spot for Kartal's people.
Behind the coast the land rises sharply up to Yakacik Hill, "The balcony of Istanbul", and Aydos On these hills the land is fertile and has a mild climate. The coast of Kartal has sandy and clay soils, whereas the northern part of the district is mostly silica. On the Yakacik Hill, there are limestone and quartz deposits.
Waters: The streams of Pasakoy, Kavaklidere and Findikli feed the reservoir behindOmerli Dam.
The name "Kartal" is the Turkish word for "Eagle".


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what mileage should I expect from rear tyres on XKR,had new Michelin fitted about 6 months ago and after 5000 miles they are almost down to legal limits.
That mileage does seem to be not what i would have expected from new tyres. I would be inclined to go back to the garage that supplied and fitted the tyres to seek their opinion.
If it is not the wheelspin start at the traffic lights then it is probably something mechanical. Certainly whoever fitted the tyres should be consulted. Is the wear even across the whole tyre? Any photo of the tyres? A garage may also look at suspension bushes etc which if worn could cause excessive wear. Tyre pressures also.
Just replace them with new set of tires. Make sure they are properly aligned this time.


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But sewage spills have also been problematic in neighborhoods to the west of Riverside Drive, because the entire area is part of two interconnected drainage basins, said Ray Shell, the assistant authority director. Authority records indicate that more than 440,000 gallons of sewage has spilled in the basins since the beginning of 2006.
The biggest spills have been on an easement at the dead end of Lennox Drive. The area is just 150 yards or so from the Ocmuglee River. Paths run along authority easements, where some people walk and jog.
Since identifying Lennox as a “hot spot” in 2007, the authority estimates that almost 350,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Sabbath Creek there.
Two of those spills resulted in fines to the authority of $4,400 from the state last year, Rojas said. More fines are expected for the four spills of more than 30,000 gallons that happened there this year, he said.
Rojas said spills were probably happening in the Lennox area for years, undetected by the authority.
Cheryl Rozier, who has lived at the end of Willowdale Drive for 12 years, said her family had long noticed a foul odor after heavy rains. It turned out to be coming from spills in the woods behind her home.
For the last 18 months she has been complaining to the water authority and the state Environmental Protection Division.
Shell said there are two main problems causing the spills. One is inadequate capacity and poor flow in the main sewer line in the area. The other is storm water infiltrating sewer lines, which can fill them up and cause overflows.
The first problem is with the sewer line that runs between a lift station at Lennox Drive and the next station, called Corbin. Lift stations pump sewage uphill toward a sewage treatment plant.
Shell said the sewer lines in the area were either poorly designed or planned very piecemeal when they were installed 30 years ago. The trunk line between Lennox and Corbin isn’t properly elevated for the sewage to flow downhill, and the line is too narrow for the volume of sewage coming from north Bibb.
To fix this problem, the authority is taking bids on a $4 million project to run a parallel sewer line between the two lift stations. It will take the overflow during times when the original line fills up, Shell said.
In two weeks, the Corbin lift station is scheduled to get new pumps and motors to increase efficiency, Macy said.
“This will fix the Lennox issues but will not cure the (storm-water inflow and infiltration) problems west of the interstate,” Shell said.
To deal with infiltration, authority employees walked along the lines after this spring’s rains and found missing manhole covers and other problems, Macy said.
Although the authority has been using flow monitors to pinpoint leaks in the sewer lines for more than a year, the utility owns only 12 monitors, and they must be moved after each rain in a slow process of elimination, Macy said.
Rojas said the authority usually budgets $1.35 million a year for reducing sewer infiltration, but the authority board voted to cut back to $850,000 this year and next year so the rest could be spend on water system valves.
The authority is applying for $1.2 million in federal stimulus money targeted toward water and sewer infrastructure projects, Shell said. Once local matching funds are added, the authority would spend a total of $3 million to pay contractors to find and fix breaks in the sewer lines of the Sabbath Creek and Corbin basins.

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Religion in its highest form is a belief in a being greater than themselves. There are some people who would deny this: they are called "atheists" and say that God in any shape or form is neither necessary nor possible, and so couldn’t possibly exist.
When the Russians sent a spaceship around the moon for the first time, in order to boost their communist beliefs they broadcast a stupid statement on Moscow Radio on Christmas Day 1960: "Our rocket has bypassed the moon and is nearing the sun, and we have not discovered God." And you know what happened to Communist Russia 25 years later--it collapsed. God always has the last laugh!


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John Lamb – "Good luck for the future, but LAQM in Scotland will miss you!"
March 2017 marked the end of an era for Local Air Quality Management in Scotland, following the departure of John Lamb from SEPA. John has been a leading light in SEPA’s air quality work for more than a decade, combining knowledge with a desire and openness to work with all stakeholders to improve air quality across Scotland. As one of SEPA's LAQM specialists, John supported a large number of local authorities in their air quality duties, providing valuable input to a large number of Air Quality Action Plans and general guidance to authorities on how best to approach air quality work. John also played an important role in Environmental Protection Scotland's Air Quality Advisory Group and was a leading figure in the establishment of the Scottish Transport Emission Partnership (STEP) which is contributing to the development of a number of air quality activities in Scotland, including the Cleaner Air For Scotland Strategy (CAFS).
John's enthusiasm and air quality knowledge will undoubtedly be missed by SEPA and all the agency, authority and consultancy staff who had the pleasure of working with him over the past decade. We wish John all the best for his future endeavours, and thank him for all his hard work in helping to raise awareness of air quality, and improve the quality of the air in Scotland.

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Blowing snow that created icy roads may have been the cause of a three-car accident that sent four people to the hospital Monday.
The accident occurred in Oakfield Township, near the intersection of Morgan Mills at about 3:45 p.m., Monday, December 28. According to Sgt. Draves, with the Rockford State Police, a blue 1995 Dodge, driven by Amanda Cooper, 27, of Gowen, was heading westbound on 14 Mile when the car in front of her began to brake. She couldn’t stop in time, and swerved into oncoming traffic, swideswiping an eastbound Pontiac driven by Susan Waller, 30, of Cedar Springs. Cooper’s vehicle then spun and hit an eastbound van driven by Chad Wight, 39, of Rockford. The van then left the roadway and traveled south down an embankment.
Cooper and her 7-year old child, who was restrained in the front passenger seat in a booster seat, were taken to Butterworth Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Wight and his wife Shannon, 40, who was a passenger in the van, were also transported to Butterworth with non-life threatening injuries. What injuries they sustained or what condition they are in was not available at press time. Waller was not injured.
Assisting the MSP at the scene was both Oakfield and Courtland Township Fire and Rescue, Rockford Ambulance, and the Kent County Road Commission.
I am so grateful that Amanda, Katrinia, and the others are safe. M-57 does need to be salted on a regular basis. I drive this road everyday and it is one of the worse roads to travel on in the winter time. Please drive careful!


text: September: Name Homework - I will send home a sheet with your childs name on it on Monday. This is due back on Friday. They should be practicing on having only an uppercase letter at the beginning of their name and all other letters are lowercase. Please emphasis the importance of taking pride in their work by having them take their time to produce a name that is neat and legible. Attached file is a lined sheet of paper in case your child needs extra practice or has lost their homework paper.

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Last week I picked up my NEW glasses that I got in McGrath & McCrystal Opticians, Omagh. I was super excited to get a new pair as it’s about 6 years since I got my last 2 pairs. As you may know from reading my earlier blog on my search for the perfect pair I was on the lookout for some time but could never find a pair I really loved. I am also a contact lens wearer and found over the last while I was wearing them more and more often and I always worry about how they might effect your eyes. Recently I have also seen so many other people with fab fashionable frames and I liked the idea of updating my own so I could also give my eyes a break from my lenses. That said I wanted to get a fashionable pair so when I wore them I would still feel stylish and confident.
Making a final decision on the frame was so hard in the end as McGrath & McCrystal offer so many choices and styles across several designers. In the end I had it narrowed down to a black Gucci Frame and the one I went for from Face A Face Range. The Gucci frame was a favourite when I did a little poll on facebook back some time ago, and this was what I was set on until I went back in to get my eye examination, when this other pair ‘caught my eye’. The thing that swayed me to this pair over the full black frame was the touches of gold on the bridge and sides that made them that little bit different. Its funny, when it comes to décor I also love the gold/black combo.
So this is the frame I went for in the end from Face A Face Range, which is a Parisian brand offering free, bold and colourful styles that have real character. Finding something that was an extension of my personality was important and I think these capture that. A trademark of the range is the unique colours and the gold touches in mine I feel create a little boldness and add to the overall expression.
So I have to say I really love them and they are so comfy to wear, plus I love the fact that they suit lots of different looks, style and colours. I’ve shared a few pics below showing how I have wore them over the last week.
So I’m one happy lady to have found a frame I love and am so grateful to McGrath & McCrystal Opticians’s for all their help in finding a frame for me that helps express my personality and makes me feel stylish and confident.
The new glasses really are fab! I know they have to be exactly right, I’m the same about my glasses!
Those pink & black Marc Jacobs ones you snapped are cute too!


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This bedroom set comes with twin size bedding, a bed frame in chocolate wood color, a fun dresser with funky colors and stars, and a mirror.
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Bully to our December Birthdays!
Happy Birthday to our December birthday boys and girls! Bully for you and don't forget to thank the kitchen staff for your cake!


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It does not cost the contractor any money to join Local 12.
Local 12 has available out-of-work lists of qualified journeypersons and apprentices throughout Southern California and Southern Nevada.
If you become signatory to Local 12, so will your employees who conduct operating engineers covered work and they will be able to continue working and obtain Union Wages and Benefits.
Our Trust Fund will manage all benefits paid on behalf of the member, for health and welfare, pension, the defined contribution plan (annuity), vacation-holiday, etc.
Different rates for various job descriptions for journeypersons and apprentices.
All work MUST be performed by union contractors, including Sub-Contractors.
You will be more competitive in the industry because of our skilled and qualified members.
Union Representatives are there to help everyone follow the contract.
Labor-Management Agreements are established to cover wage rates, fringe benefits, working conditions, travel pay, tool allowance, apprentice training, etc.
California Prevailing Wages are based on Union wages and benefits for journeypersons and apprentices.
If you are interested in becoming signatory, please contact your local Dispatch Office.


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dot certified packaging | Drum It Up!
You are probably already a safe, savvy and compliant business, but sometimes even businesses who follow UN and DOT regulations don’t fully understand them. The shipping and storage industry is heavily regulated — especially when it comes to handling hazardous materials or consumer goods such as pharmaceuticals or food and beverage. All of these rules and regulations have been put in place to protect transportation workers, the environment and the population. But, when you purchase UN certified packaging, what exactly does that mean?
The initial onus for meeting UN standards is on the manufacturer, but once a UN certified package leaves our hands, it is up the filler to maintain compliance.
Users cannot alter or exchange any of these components without it impacting the ability for the drum to perform as tested and certified.
If you were to purchase a UN certified drum with a nut and bolt style closure, but later swap that closure for a Leverlock, this would void the UN certification. At this stage in the container’s lifecycle, it is the fillers responsibility to adhere to UN regulations. If replacement parts are needed, fillers must make sure that they get original components form the original manufacturer that continue to meet the test criteria of that specific drum.
Make sure you always follow Skolnik’s Closure Instructions to verify a proper closure before passing the buck to your shipper.
Once a drum is filled, compliance with the UN certification is the responsibility of the shipper. It is up to the shipper to read the UN code and ensure the container is safely stored or shipped according to its contents.
Remember, no matter where you are in the journey of a container, non-compliance comes with a hefty fine. Fines for non-compliant shipments, of dangerous goods especially, are getting larger and more frequent. For the sake of your employees, facility and community, please keep an eye on evolving regulations and restrictions to ensure your UN certified packaging maintains compliance at every stage.


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Unlike many other aftermarket performance solutions, Pacbrake brake kits, suspension components, filters, and more are built to last. It’s because Pacbrake has been around since 1961. They also employ highly-trained engineers, implement strict CNT manufacturing processes, and use an ISO 9001:2008 quality system to manufacture their aftermarket performance parts.
With offices in Blaine, Washington, and Surrey, British Columbia, Pacbrake’s primary mission is to provide top-notch towing and hauling solutions to performance truck enthusiasts everywhere. The key to improving your truck’s towing and hauling power is to upgrade your brakes, suspension system, filters, and other parts to accommodate the extra strain on your truck.
Many performance truck enthusiasts consider Pacbrake a reputable and trusted brand because of their solid history in aftermarket performance technology. They patented the PRXB exhaust brake, and they have had some of their engine brake parts win awards. Aside from performance vehicles, you can find Pacbrake parts on military vehicles, buses, and motor coaches all around the world.
Check out our large selection of quality Pacbrake products at discounted prices below. If you have any questions about the Pacbrake brand or any of its products offered for sale here, please call or email us. We’ll be more than happy to assist you!


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Eureka Productions has announced its eighteenth volume of the Graphic Classics line will feature adaptations of Lousa May Alcott’s work.
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT features “Little Women”, adapted for comics by Trina Robbins and illustrated by Anne Timmons. Plus lesser-known gothic mysteries and horror stories including “A Whisper in the Dark” by Antonella Caputo and Arnold Arre, “The Rival Prima Donnas” by Rod Lott and Molly Crabapple, and “Lost in a Pyramid” by Alex Burrows and Pedro Lopez. Also two poems and two strange children’s stories, “Buzz” and “The Piggy Girl”, illustrated by Mary Fleener, Shary Flenniken, Toni Pawlowsky and Lisa K. Weber.
Graphic Classics: Louisa May Alcott is available now.
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text: Good article, and indeed, cross pollination i often necessary to solve issues. However, if silo thinking is so bad, why is it the way we organise most human endeavours? If it would be counterproductive, wouldn’t there be more developed countries with horizontal instead of vertical ministries?