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In October 2016, the Rotterdam-based architectural practice MVRDV and Zhubo Architecture Design, were announced as the winners of the design competition for the Xili Sports and Cultural Centre in Shenzhen, China.
Located in a residential area along the Dasha Green Corridor in Shenzhen, China’s first special economic zone, the centre will be a hub for sports, leisure and culture. It will establish a more human-centric approach to sports venues, in response to the high-density development that has typified Chinese urban design in recent decades.
Open zones, where different sports and social activities can take place, are emphasised over interaction within singular spaces.
The design will strengthen community relations by encouraging locals and visitors to interact in the multi-functional spaces that allow flexible use at different times, and cross 'boundaries' between sports and culture.
15,000 sq. m basketball/badminton arena.
10,000 sq. m multi-functional arena.
6,000 sq. m swimming pool.
An elevated running track which connects the spaces.
The four main buildings have simple volumes with a recognisable identity, and each has an activated roof, making them useable all-year round.
MVDRV founding partner Jacob van Rijs said: “There are many of these types of buildings being built in Shenzhen in a short time, which is an amazing phenomenon in itself, so the idea was to make a collection of atmospheres in this centre so that they can be distinguished from each other.
Xili Sports and Cultural Centre will be MVRDV's first project under construction in Shenzhen, starting in 2017.
Images and content courtesy of MVRDV.

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Kiran Shankar More pronunciation (help·info) (born 4 September 1962) is a former Indian cricketer and wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team from 1984 to 1993. He also took up the position Chairman of the Selection Committee of the BCCI till Dilip Vengsarkar took over the job in 2006.
More played for the India Under-19 team in the late 1970s. He played for Tata Sports Club in the Times Shield in Bombay and for Barrow in the North Lancashire League in 1982. He toured West Indies as the understudy to Syed Kirmani in 1982–83 without playing in a Test.
More played two major innings for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy in 1983–84 – 153* against Maharashtra and 181* against Uttar Pradesh. On the latter occasion, he added 145 for the last wicket with Vasudev Patel which stood as a Ranji record for nearly a decade. Baroda qualified for the semifinal before losing to Delhi. More appeared in two One Day Internationals against England in 1984–85.
More toured Australia with the Indian team in 1985–86. When an injury in an early match of the World Series Cup virtually ended the international career of Kirmani, More played in the remaining matches of the tournament. This tour starting in late 1985 is not to be confused with the famous winning tour for the World Championship of Cricket in early 1985, also in Australia. From then till 1993, More was the first choice as the wicket keeper for India in Tests. In one day matches, he often lost the place to wicket keepers who were better batsmen.
More's first Test series, against England in 1986, was his most successful. He took 16 catches in three Tests – an Indian record against England – and came second in the batting averages. More was a small, busy batsman who often played important innings when the regular batsmen failed. He scored 50 at Barbados against West Indies in 1988–89 when India lost the first six wickets for 63, and 58* against Pakistan at Karachi when India were struggling to save the follow-on. More considered the Karachi innings the best of his career. Against West Indies at Madras in 1988–89, he stumped six batsmen, five of them in the second innings, both of which remain as Test records.
More was selected as Mohammad Azharuddin's vice captain in the team that toured New Zealand in 1989–90. In the second Test at Napier he scored his highest score of 73. He lost the vice captaincy to Ravi Shastri later that year in England. In the Lord's Test, More dropped the English opener Graham Gooch when he was 36, who went on to score 333 runs. In the 1992 World Cup More was involved in a minor controversy when his constant appealing led Javed Miandad to mockingly leap up and down, apparently imitating More.
By early 1994, he lost his place in the Indian team to his Baroda teammate Nayan Mongia. More played purely as a batsman for the state side when both were available. He captained Baroda till 1998.
More started the Kiran More-Alembic cricket academy in 1997. He was the Chairman of selectors for the Indian team from 2002–2006.
During his tenure as the Chairman of the Selection Committee he vowed to encourage and promote young cricketers by creating room for them in the Indian Cricket team by removing old and experienced players.

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The piece “2015 Malawi Investment Forum: Mutharika Pledges Stable Environment” featured below was initially published in Malawi’s Mining Review Issue Number 27 2015 that is circulating this July 2015.
Malawi President, His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, has assured investors in the mining industry and other key economic sectors that government will provide “a stable, enabling as well as secure environment for businesses both fiscally and physically”.
Mutharika was speaking when he presided over the official launch of a two-day Malawi Investment Forum at the Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe, which attracted over 400 potential investors from 31 countries.
Mutharika reiterated his government’s belief in private sector as a vehicle that can drive economic development in Malawi to the envisaged levels.
it could transform the economy of Malawi from predominately importing and consuming to being predominately exporting and producing.
Mutharika noted that through multi-sector reforms that his government has initiated and is implementing, doing or establishing business in the country would now be much easier.
He, among other interventions, mentioned the establishment of a One-Stop Service Centre at Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (MITC) which will assist investors with registration of companies, land for investment identification, employment permits and issuing of business licences.
The centre will also provide information and advice to prospective investors on available investment opportunities.
Tackling the issue of security, the Malawi leader assured foreign investors of a secure environment both on fiscal and physical fronts further promising government’s flexibility when it comes to repatriation of profits.
He said the local currency, the kwacha, has been stable over a year due to the liberalisation of the exchange rate policy and promised to uphold the status quo for a foreseeable future, as a way of maintaining a stable environment for running of businesses.
Mutharika also said the Government of Malawi has already embarked on projects that would result in the provision of reliable electricity supply, accessible road network, among other necessary developments that would make business operations in mining and other key economic sectors easily manageable.
He cited the upgraded electricity generation capacity and the introduction of demand-stride management measures, which, he said, have resulted in the country’s electricity supply becoming increasingly reliable, with the generation capacity exceeding demand during off-peak hours.
The President announced that Malawi will soon be embarking on the construction of the long awaited electricity interconnector with neighbouring Mozambique and the upgrading of national transmission network – projects which will assist the mining sector that requires reliable and adequate supply of energy for smooth and productive operations.
Mutharika also observed that the upgrading of Nacala Transport Corridor, which includes construction of a railway line from Tete to Nacala cutting through Malawi, will provide fast access to the Indian Ocean in the same vein cutting transport costs for imports and exports.
The President then announced that Malawi will recently become a citizen of a Tripartite Free Trade Area, a treaty which brings together 26 African countries and is aimed at boosting inter-regional trade, eventually leading to the opening up of previously unavailable investment opportunities.
In his closing remarks, Mutharika took time to encourage partnership agreements between foreign and domestic investors as a way of allowing Malawians to participate in the economic development of their country.
Available information indicates that Malawi is endowed with rich deposits of various valuable mineral resources that remain untapped.
Among the proven mineral deposits include that of Uranium, Heavy Mineral Sands, Rare Earth, Bauxite, Niobium, Coal, Titanium, Zinc, Phosphates, Gypsum, Vermiculite, Limestone, Dimension Stone, Silica Sand, Sulphides, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones.
The country has also potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons and sizeable quantities of high value minerals including gold, platinum group metals and diamonds.
The forum included a conference on mining investment where Paladin Africa General Manager Gregory Walker and Globe Metals of Mining’s Neville Huxham made presentations on a private sector perspective.
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The ESG welcomes the release today by the SDGG regarding the end of a mass release of balloons on National Day. We have campaigned for some years for this ban alongside the GONHS and many individuals. The recent visit and efforts by Lewis Pugh is also recognised.
It is a great relief to hear that the impact from this annual balloon release on the environment has finally been acknowledged and we thank all those involved, both locally and internationally, in helping arrive at this decision.

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Feral Interactive today announced that action RPG Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ is coming to macOS on December 12th, augmented with Metal 2, Apple’s latest graphics API. Developed by Eidos® Montréal and published by Square Enix® on consoles and Windows PC, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is the latest instalment in the renowned cyberpunk Deus Ex® series.
Players will will tailor Jensen's augmentations to suit their individual play style as they forge their own routes through meticulously designed missions, constantly choosing between a variety of tactical options: hacking, stealth, social skills, and brute force.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided features superbly realised environments with wildly imaginative science-fiction elements. The game’s main hub, a vast and breathtakingly detailed re-imagining of Prague, infuses the city's historic architecture with futuristic art, technology and interior design.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will be available from the Feral Store and Steam for $59.99/£39.99/€49.99. The Desperate Measures in-game mission and the Covert Agent pack, which includes various weapons and items, will be available for free.
A minisite dedicated to the game is now available.
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Feral Interactive is a leading publisher of games for the macOS, Linux and iOS platforms, founded in 1996 and based in London, England. It is responsible for such hits as GRID™ Autosport ROME: Total War™ for iPad, DiRT: Rally®, F1™ 2017, HITMAN™, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, Total War: WARHAMMER, Life is Strange™, XCOM® 2, GRID Autosport™, Tomb Raider®, Alien: Isolation™- The Collection, Company of Heroes™ 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor™ GOTY, XCOM®: Enemy Unknown and Empire: Total War™ for macOS and Linux, F1™ 2016, Sleeping Dogs®: Definitive Edition, LEGO® Marvel’s Avengers, Thief™ and LEGO® Jurassic World™ for macOS and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ for Linux. Visit the Feral Interactive website and find us on Twitter or Facebook.
Since its creation in 2007, Eidos-Montréal has embraced the philosophy to always pursue excellence in game development, aiming to create immersive and captivating experiences for players. In 2011, the studio made its mark with the critically acclaimed Deus Ex: Human Revolution®. Its sequel, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™, was released in 2016 on consoles and Windows PC. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ features the studios newly developed Dawn Engine™, designed to support Eidos Montréal’s creative vision for both current and future game development. The studio also provides technical support for other Square Enix teams ranging from R&D, QA, and playtesting. Eidos-Montréal is part of the Square Enix group of companies. For more information on the studio, please visit https://eidosmontreal.com/, their Twitter account, or their LinkedIn page.
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Why Do I Experience a Long Delay During the "Configuring Networking" Phase while Booting?
When booting a system running Cumulus Linux, Cumulus RMP or Cumulus VX, when the system reaches the "Configuring Networking" phase, I experience a very long delay.
Because they are all Linux distributions, Cumulus Linux, Cumulus RMP and Cumulus VX leverage the normal Linux initialization scripts, including the standard one for configuring network interfaces. During this phase of the system boot, the script reads the /etc/network/interfaces file and attempts to apply the network configuration that is defined there. One of the supported methods for doing so is to set an interface to attempt to get its IPv4 address via DHCP. By default, the eth0 interface is set to be a DHCP client, as it's often the default in other Linux distributions.
This setting an interface to be a DHCP client can lead to a long delay in processing of this boot phase. When an interface is set to be a DHCP client, the client will wait the full timeout period before continuing on to the next interface. Anything that might cause the DHCP process to fail to complete, such as a link down, the DHCP server being offline or network reachability to the DHCP server being impacted, will result in the script waiting for this full timeout.
Once the DHCP client timeout has been reached, the system will proceed to the next interface on the list. If it too is set to be a DHCP client, a similar delay may also be the result if it too cannot obtain an IPv4 address from the DHCP server.
For interfaces that are not going to be active, remove the DHCP client configuration option. This is especially important for the eth0 interface.
By removing inet dhcp from each configuration stanza, the interface reverts to the default of inet static, which stops the DHCP client from starting on the given interface.
For interfaces that are intended to be DHCP clients, anything that may impact the ability of the system to get an IPv4 address via DHCP should be made resilient so as to not impact the system configuration time.

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The highly anticipated new novel in the New York Times bestselling The Search for WondLa series.
Before the end of The Search for WondLa, Eva Nine had never seen another human, but after a human boy named Hailey rescues her along with her companions, she couldn’t be happier. Eva thinks she has everything she’s ever dreamed of, especially when Hailey brings her and her friends to the colony of New Attica, where humans of all shapes and sizes live in apparent peace and harmony.
But all is not idyllic in New Attica, and Eva Nine soon realizes that something sinister is going on—and if she doesn’t stop it, it could mean the end of everything and everyone on planet Orbona.
Introducing a host of remarkable characters that reinforce the importance of friendship, A Hero for WondLa has all the hallmarks of a classic book—of the future.

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Eh... where has it all gone???
Last year, when 146 Cider started, I made 800 litres or so of a single blend of cider. It lasted through to about October, with orders for a couple of festivals that enabled me to supply through to the New Year.
For this year, to make my life easier, I thought I would make 2500 litres of three blends. Surely it would last longer, ensure a more continual supply to those regular outlets that buy my cider. Pah. What-a-mistaka-to-make-a!!
I am sorry to say that orders for the 2010 cider are done. There is no more available I am afraid. Hampshire Heritage sold out recently, with the Great British Beer Festival taking 70 odd litres. And now, with a couple of final orders for Wild West, that has gone too.
Its not all glum though, as I have got orders for cider going right the way through to next March. I will make sure that the events calander is up to scratch, and there are a number of festivals in there. In fact, if you look in the cider garage, there is still 3-400 litres of cider. Its just that it is all committed.
Next year, there are plans afoot to produce 5000 litres plus. But more on that closer to the pressing season.

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President Trump unveiled his budget on Thursday, an outline of federal spending that puts heavy emphasis on defense and calls for major cutbacks virtually everywhere else.
It, um, didn't go over so well in West Virginia.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail is the largest newspaper in West Virginia. So when the front page of the biggest newspaper in the state goes with “Trump's budget slams West Virginia” as its lead headline, it should raise some eyebrows in the White House.
Still, headlines such as this shouldn't be ignored. Remember that Trump won — in large part — because he represented change at a time when that's what people really, really wanted. But “change” means very different things to different people. The central question for Trump as president is whether the change he delivers is the sort of change people want.
Headlines such as this one raise questions about whether Trump's vision of change will gibe with the change that people — even in states that went heavily for him — actually crave. Change is a hell of a powerful campaign message. But it's much trickier as a governing principle. Just ask Barack Obama.

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From Friday, November 24 thru Monday, November 27 be sure to visit the shop and book marketing, design, and/or coaching services with yours truly for 30% less than standard pricing.
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FORT LEE, Va. – All military commissaries would be operational in the event of a government shutdown, the Defense Commissary Agency announced late today. DeCA’s announcement that its stores would continue to serve military members and their families if a government shutdown were to occur, affects 249 commissaries in 12 countries and two U.S. territories worldwide. During a potential shutdown, commissary customers would be able to access the DeCA website, www.commissaries.com. However, that site would not be updated during the shutdown. Customers would be able to access the Department of Defense website, http://www.defense.gov/ for any breaking news that affects service members and government civilians.
However, during my latest visit to the commissary (which was, again, disappointing in it's lack of excitement) a customer service agent told me that while they will for sure be open tomorrow, they may not be open any day thereafter.
So the confusion continues -- at least a little bit.
Department of Defense Education Activity – DODEA – Schools will remain open.
Commissaries will remain open world-wide.
Exchanges will remain open world-wide.
Child Development Centers will remain open with priority given to service members and DoD civilians supporting mission-essential operations.
Family Support Center staffing will be determined by installation commanders.
Military OneSource’s website and call center will remain fully operational.
Military Family Life Counselors are available and will telework if access to offices is prohibited.
Family Advocacy Program Each Service will determine staffing at each installation.
MWR – Morale Welfare and Recreation programs will close. However, installation lodges will remain open.
Education Centers for Family Members and Service Members will be closed. This includes counseling services, testing centers, learning centers and computer labs. Tuition assistance will not be authorized or granted.
MyCAA – Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts will remain available and are unaffected by the furlough.
You can find the rest of that release here.
With commissaries around the world (except, maybe, in Japan and Korea) closing their doors tomorrow morning under the government shutdown, I headed out today to witness the grocery panic here on Fort Benning first hand. If people are going to throw punches over milk and bread, I want to be there to see it. I even had my video camera. (Maybe this makes me an ambulance chaser -- but I know you are counting on me for this stuff).
What I found was a little disappointing -- or maybe it was encouraging. Not only were there no fruit battles in the produce section, but it altogether seemed like just a normal Friday in the store. No one was rushing the canned goods. No one was stockpiling frozen pizzas.
The rest of this base has the same feel. There are a few comments on Benning’s MWR page asking about what may be closed starting tomorrow -- but other than that, nada.
What this major lack of panic tells me is this: most people don’t yet know what’s going on or how it impacts them. The real drama, I suspect, will be tomorrow morning when customers hit the commissary only to find the doors locked.
As it stands here, the commissary will likely begin marking down perishable foods later this evening, a manger told me earlier. That means if you want to score cheap produce and meat, it might be a good idea to check-in with your commissary an hour or two before closing tonight to see if they, too, have marked stuff down. We might as well make the best of the situation.
As far as other base services such as the gym are concerned, it sounds like what’s left open will vary by installation. I'm told here on Fort Benning only one gym will remain open and the library will be closed -- but that doesn’t mean everyone else will be doing the same thing. For example, SpouseBUZZ contributor John told me earlier that the only thing he’s been told that will close on his Navy base in Sasebo, Japan, is the library.
After reports that the commissaries wouldn’t be closed, then reports that they would, there are now (again) reports that they will not be.
UPDATE: As of Friday at 3:50, commissaries may be impacted in the event of a government shutdown. At this time, all overseas stores will be operational if a shutdown occurs. This includes stores in Puerto Rico and Guam. A decision on stateside commissaries will be forthcoming later this afternoon or in the early evening.
This, of course, does not jive with what I was told by a local manager here and reported above -- that they would be closing.
Thanks to reader Claudia for the tip!
And, as always, keep checking back for more updates. Previous Shutdown Blog Posts: How a Government Shutdown Could Affect Military Families But What About Pay?


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Department of Chemistry, School of Science, F.C.E. Pankshin, Plateau State, Nigeria.
The kinetics and mechanisms of the oxidation k3[Fe(C2O4)3].3H2O by permanganate ion in acid solution has been studied. The data are consistent with the rate law: d[Fe(C2O4)3-]/dt (a + b [H+])[Fe2(C2O4)3[MnO4] with a = 0.12 s-1 and b = 1.35 dm6 mol2 s-1, at T = 27.0±1.0°C,[H+] = 0.2 mol dm-3, I= 0.2 mol dm-3 (NaCl), and ëmax = 420 nm. There is evidence for the formation of an intermediate complex of significant stability and free radicals are important in the reaction. The reaction is rationalised in terms of an inner-sphere mechanism.
Key words: Kinetics, mechanism, rate constants.

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DAVAO CITYâ€”More than 2,000 police and military personnel are now deployed to secure the week-long 6th Scout Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Boy Scout Jamboree on Nov. 27-Dec. 2 at the Energy Park, Apokon, Tagum city, Davao del Norte.
Police will strictly implement the security measures for the international event, said Police Supt. Julius Borja, the deputy provincial director for operations, during Wednesdayâ€™s AFP-PNP press conference held at Royal Mandaya Hotel.
â€œToday an accounting of personnel who will be involved on deployment are already done and tomorrow is the kick off ceremony on soft deployment on different areas of Tagum city,â€ Supt. Borja said.
About 29,000 delegates have already pledged to attend, including the scout masters and international teams, from 16 countries in Asia, the Boyscouts of the Philippines said.
Borja said government will implement a unified security effort together with the military, airforce, navy, aviation security group and Maritime police.


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The contract is signed. You’ve had the new client celebration within your agency. Everyone is ready to get to work.
It’s the beginning of a new -- and profitable -- relationship. But you’ve done this before, and you know that this feeling of excitement and accomplishment can quickly mutate into resentment and stress. The client is unreachable for weeks, or he expects something that wasn’t included in the contract. The relationship becomes confusing and frustrating before you’ve even sent out the first invoice.
According to the Marketing Agency Growth Report 2018, 16% of agencies face client retention problems, with 23% failing to meet client goals and expectations. A good project kickoff meeting has the client determining reasonable expectations, so your agency can keep them satisfied and the clients will be more likely to stay.
The first 90 days will set the tone for your relationship, and if you hope to retain this client, then you need to prepare and develop an onboarding process that proves you are the right agency.
This document will be the basis of your work for at least the next three months.
One of the most important steps in client onboarding is the kickoff meeting. A kickoff meeting or call is a conversation with the major stakeholders in the hopes of getting everyone on the same page. It should help you create a marketing plan, define a list of priorities, and reaffirm the goals uncovered and agreed to during the sales process.
Give everyone on the call a chance to introduce themselves and explain what his or her role is. The project team includes both your agency’s staff and the client’s team, so you better get to know one another. This should also give you insight into each person’s expertise, which will come in handy when creating content. The ultimate goal is to build rapport with the group and establish a relationship of collaboration.
Specific: Determine the type of goal and get specific. Increasing traffic is not a goal — increasing organic traffic is.
Measurable: Establish how you will track the goals. The client might want to increase brand affinity, but you need to develop a process for measuring and reporting the success -- or failure -- of a specific goal.
Attainable: Find out the client’s previous efforts. Try to benchmark what has been done before so that you can showcase growth.
Realistic: Set expectations. The client may want to see 5,000 leads per month generated, but if his retainer only covers two blog posts per month and he has never had a lead come through his website, then this goal might not be in the realm of possibility.
Timebound: Establish a deadline for achieving these goals. Discuss the amount of time it will take to create and deploy marketing activities and how long it will take to see the benefits of those activities.
Based on the goals you’ve established, you can then begin to work out what the tactics for accomplishing those goals will include.
You shouldn’t develop a concrete and exhaustive plan during the call, but you can start to outline some tactics that will help the client reach his highest priority goal as soon as possible.
The challenges section of the call will simply be a starting point of a task list. If you need to increase organic traffic, then you need to develop a keyword strategy. If you want to capture leads from existing assets or offers the client has, then you need to create landing pages and thank you pages. You will refine and hone this list during your post-meeting reporting. Using this information, develop a chart that outlines the findings and insights from your conversation with the client. Use this when developing your inbound strategy.
Based on the challenges and goals, you will want to identify high priority items that your team can begin to implement immediately. If the client had a large list of leads, but doesn’t know how to qualify them, then the first step might be to set up an email nurturing campaign.
You will also want to discuss if the client has any company-wide goals it needs to meet. If he has quarterly reporting, then you will want to adjust the pace of your projects to reflect this. You need a clear understanding of the results the client wants to see and when he wants to see them.
From here, you will want to understand the client’s previous marketing efforts.
Discuss what marketing efforts the company has tried in the past and what successes or failures he saw. Understand both the traditional and inbound marketing tactics the client has tried, the challenges faced when executing on these, and any return on investment.
You will also want to briefly discuss the company’s target customer. A longer discussion to establish or refine the client’s buyer personas will be necessary. The main objective is to understand if the client’s customers fall into one group, two groups, or many unrelated groups. If his customers fall into more than one group, you will want to add profiling questions to any existing or new forms to begin to segment the client’s audience and better understand his buyers.
This is a partnership, which means that there are certain things your agency needs to deliver on and there are also some responsibilities on the client end. Who is approving work? Who should your agency contact if there is a problem with billing?
Who will create content and how frequently? Get to know the internal structure and processes the client has in place and determine where your agency’s work fits in. And don’t be afraid to set expectations for the client. You need to show results, which means you will need information, support, and approval from his team.


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This feature enables you to export your data in the form of a compressed folder with all of your tasks (including comments), task lists, conversations, notes, links to your files, and workspaces. Please note that only organization admin can perform this action.
Click on your profile and select Manage my organization. Navigate to the chosen organization and click Export from the left menu.
The .Zip file will download to your computer and contains many .JSON files. These contain the tasks, conversations, task lists, etc.


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Our 5,000 miles of coastline offer one beautiful harbor after another with countless breathtaking views of Maine’s many islands and of the open ocean beyond. Inland, the natural beauty continues with pine and birch forests, rivers and lakes, winding country roads and numerous state parks.
Camden, located right on Maine’s gorgeous coast, is halfway between Portland and Bar Harbor/Acadia National Park. It is an ideal location from which to plan a trip that includes time to explore the local attractions and to also take some wonderful day trips. Stay for a few days, unpack your bags once, and experience much that Maine has to offer.
Enjoy all the Maine classics: fried clams, lobster rolls, ice cream, fresh haddock, cole slaw, and sandwiches! Get local seafood specialities fast and easy.
The innkeeper's personal favorite. Homemade daily baked goods, French-style sandwiches, salads, and seafood. Coffee and various drinks, wine, French bread, and other goodies! Just a short drive from Camden to Lincolnville.
From The Waterfront Website: "The Waterfront balances the basics with the innovative styles of cooking, bringing goodness to your table. We buy from area fishermen and farmers, and hire the local kids." Bread and desserts are homemade every day! Photos above taken by Waterfront.
Located right on Main Street, Camden Deli has the tastiest soups, sandwiches, and desserts, served with an even more beautiful view of the harbor!
A pub feel restaurant perfect for drinks after a long day exploring Maine. "A new take on all that is best from Scotland, Ireland, and the British Isles."
Very fresh and creamy ice cream, with tons of flavors and combinations to choose from! A perfect way to end the day while watching the sunset on the harbor.
Visit Trip Advisor for more places to dine during your stay, or ask us anytime!
A store full of colors, Jo Ellen Designs is a great place to stop for special home goods, books, furniture, and custom-designed rugs! Don't forget those easy-to-pack and well made knick-knacks and other goodies.
A gorgeous collection of home furnishings, blankets, nautical items/gifts, shoes, jewelry, and many other beautiful treasures!
High quality leather pockets from the tiniest wallets to the most exquisite coats and shoes. The smell tells all: genuine leather!
A beautiful store with various types of bags made from recycled sails.
If you're in need of a vacation read, stop by Sherman's for a wide variety of novels for all ages.
A National Historic Landmark, the public library has a wonderful view of the ocean and a wide selection of books.
Great name-brand outdoor clothing and gear for men and women. Stock up here before your next adventure!
For all those fellow antique lovers out there, make sure to check this spot out!
One of our favorites to stop in to, Glendarragh Farm has a beautiful assortment of leather bags, lavendar goodies, and amazing blankets.
Ask us for more recommendations during your stay! We'd love to answer your questions.

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How much is Juan Gabriel?
Alberto Aguilera Valadez or better known as Juan Gabriel, was born in Parácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico January 5th of 1950 and he passed away in Santa Monica, California United States. He was a song writer, Actor, Compositor, musician, producer and philanthropist, he was also known as “el Divo de Juarez”. He make great contribution to the American popular music like ballad, ranchera, bolero, pop, northern music, flamenco rumba, huapango, Chicano music, salsa, mariachi, sinaloense band, disco, big band and even lullabies. He consolidates as an artist by 50 years or more in Mexican music. He is the artist with more music registered in the SACM (Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico) and the artist that more financial resources generated by royalties to this association.
Juan Gabriel Net Worth is around 30 million Dollars with his more than 1800 songs which have been translated to many languages like Turkish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Tagalog, Greek, Papiamento, Portuguese and English. His song have been interpreted by many artist more than 1500 arround the world. He sold 150 million of discs, however these are joined the 75 million of discs as a musical producer and the 45 million of discs in participation with the Spanish Rocio Durcal.

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I consider my artwork to be very spiritual. I was raised in a traditional, Conservative Jewish upbringing, filled with weekly trips to the Synagogue, Matzoh ball soup on Passover and potato Latkes on Hanukkah. As I grew older and was exposed to a variety of other spiritual ideas and traditions, which became an influence in both my life and my artwork. The spiritual and philosophical idea that had the greatest influence was Zen Buddhism. I felt very connected to the ideas of meditation, mindful acceptance of the present moment, spontaneous action, and letting go of self-conscious and judgmental thinking. I saw a lot of similarities, and a lot of differences, between Judaism and Zen Buddhism, but also saw that they did not interfere with the teachings of one another, so I was able to reconcile my beliefs in Zen Buddhism along with my Jewish upbringing. Zen Judaism, as some people have called it.
Spontaneous action is probably the most important aspect of Zen Buddhism that I bring to my artwork. I have travelled around the world, from Australia to Thailand to Israel, and all over Europe, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. I create my artwork from memories of the places I have been that have inspired me. These memories come to me like a spark, igniting the quick burning fire of my brush. My brush flies around the canvas in a whirl, spontaneously flicking and flickering colors from my memory. The landscape around me inspires me the most to paint, like the landscape inspired the Buddha to become one with nature.
Time is one of the major challenges in my life. There is never enough. Spontaneity is a neccessity.
Alec Grossman was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, and has been drawing and painting since his youth.
Alec attended Carnegie Mellon University where he studied Industrial Design for a year before a tragic motorcycle accident nearly left him crippled. After recovering from the accident, Alec felt a change was necessary and decided to complete his education at the Savannah College of Art & Design where he attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting.
After college, the adventurous young Grossman decided to travel the world in search of adventure, excitement and inspiration. He followed Jules Verne’s model and went around the world in eighty days. After visiting the exotic Orient and the turbulent Middle East, he settled into an extended stay in Europe, visiting museums and soaking in the culture.
Upon returning from his adventure, Alec settled into a more mundane existence. This, however, did not quench his artistic thirst. He used the inspiration of his travels in the work he did after his return and continues to draw inspiration from his surroundings.
Alec continues to live a double life, working a normal, nine-to-five job during the day and furiously painting the night away. His rapid brushstrokes demonstrate his constant battle with the constraints of time. The fleeting sunrise and sunset flicker away before the paint even begins to dry. Only the impression is left on the canvas.
© 2019 Alec Grossman. All Rights Reserved.


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TEAC America Inc. is shipping a dye-sublimation thermal disc printer for 12-cm CDs and DVDs, which can print a disc in 80 to 120 seconds.
The P-55-C is a four-colour CMYK printer with True Black. Using thermal re-transfer technology, it can print 60 discs in photo mode, 68 discs in colour mode, 60 in VersaMax mode and 112 in Black mode.
Designed for jobs requiring vibrant colours and photo quality labelling, the P-55-C has 400 dpi resolution and includes both USB 2.0 and parallel port interfaces. It has drivers for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Red Hat Linux 7.2.
It measures 11.875 by 9.5 by 16 inches and weighs 48.5 pounds.


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PETERSBURG - "My parents chronicled the lives of my siblings and me in photography from birth on ... everything we did and everywhere we went as a family," photographer Tish Underwood said.
"Photography seemed a natural fit for me as a means to capture the important people, places and events in my life. I bought a Polaroid camera with money from my first job in high school."
Underwood has owned various cameras and has been using a digital camera since 2003.
Underwood served as a federal government civilian employee, which gave her opportunities to photograph areas of the United States and other nations that she would not otherwise have seen.
She retired in January 2008, and she and her husband vowed to continue to travel. This caused her to upgrade to a digital single-lens reflex camera, a Pentax K200D, and re-educate herself about photography.
Underwood took every digital photography and Photoshop class that was available at the Visual Arts Center in Richmond and the Museum of Fine Arts Studio School. She also, attended several seminars in the area.
"I attended seminars with monitoring professional photographers and I'm enrolled in several more classes in the next few months. My preferred reading these days is anything and everything related to photography. I grab every opportunity to practice what I learn. I also upgraded to a full-framed Nikon DSLR. Every day is a new learning experience for my photography."
Underwood has her works displayed monthly at the Petersburg Regional Arts Center and at the Art Works Gallery in Richmond.
"I had 26 landscape/nature images on display in the Mezzanine Gallery at PRAC from Nov.12, 2010, through Jan. 8, 2011. I will display more of my work in Richmond in the Art Works Center Gallery West beginning Feb. 23, 2011 until March 20, 2011."
Underwood has won several awards. These include: honorable mention in April 2009 in the Undiscovered Photographer exhibit at the Weinstein Jewish Community Center in Richmond, and honorable mention for two of her pieces of work in the February 2010 all media show at PRAC.
One of her photos was made while attending a Popular Photography Mentor Series Trek to Puerto Rico were selected in December, and was selected by the magazine editors as a finalist in their "Best of 2010" contest - the top 32 images from all the magazine's treks in 2010. Additionally, five of her images from Puerto Rico were selected for the top 20 "Best of Puerto Rico Trek" gallery. Both winning galleries were posted to www.popphoto.com.
To her gratification, Underwood heard a viewer express that he felt peace and freedom by looking at her landscapes.
"That's exactly what I felt when I captured the image," she said.
"My show at the Arts Works in February will be somewhat different departure from my normal landscape views. It will be interesting to see and hear the reaction of viewers in these pieces."
In future, Underwood plans to continue to submit works to PRAC and Art Works in Richmond. She plans to partner with an equally passionate photography friend in the area to help individuals and families to capture the emotions of special events in their lives - the same types of family chronicles that formed the foundation of her life and love for photography.
Underwood is a member of the Cockade Camera Club, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and the Professional Photographers of America.
"I photograph what I 'see' from sweeping landscapes to quiet still life subjects or the play of light and shadow, families, couples, individual models and more recent subjects," she said.
Underwood's work may be seen at her Flickr site, www..flcikr.com/photos/bytrish.


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How is a separation agreement beneficial?
On behalf of Dannenbaum Law Firm, PLLC on Thursday, September 27, 2018.
There are times when a marriage is over, yet a Virginia couple may be facing a lengthy divorce process and an extended period before the process is final. When divorce could take a while or a couple prefers to live apart first, a legal separation agreement can prove useful. If you think this could be a smart choice for you, you would be wise to seek the necessary guidance to draft a valid separation agreement.
On behalf of Dannenbaum Law Firm, PLLC posted in divorce on Monday, September 24, 2018.
People in Virginia who are 50 and older and who are getting a divorce should take steps to protect their health. Expert say that divorce is one of the most stressful life events for people at any age. The chronic stress and depression can worsen conditions including diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson's disease and high blood pressure.
On behalf of Dannenbaum Law Firm, PLLC posted in prenuptial agreements on Thursday, September 20, 2018.
The recent secret wedding of Justin Bieber and model Hailey Baldwin may not be of interest to all Virginia couples. However, the fact that the pop singer has considerably more wealth than his bride illustrates the importance of planning ahead when a marriage involves noticeable net worth discrepancies. The pair reportedly did not consider a prenuptial agreement, which could result in a big payday for Baldwin in the event of a divorce.
On behalf of Dannenbaum Law Firm, PLLC posted in divorce on Monday, September 10, 2018.
Divorced parents in Virginia can help their children with the transition by planning for the school year ahead. They can start by sitting down with them to talk about academics, relationships, jobs and extracurricular activities. Children may also have certain challenges ahead they can discuss with their parents.
On behalf of Dannenbaum Law Firm, PLLC posted in divorce on Friday, September 7, 2018.
When couples in Virginia decide to get married, one of their first considerations is their wedding date. In many cases, wedding dates are chosen on the basis of family schedules as well as the availability of preferred reception sites. However, some couples decide to schedule their weddings on "special" dates, such as Valentine's Day or a date with a matching series of numbers, such as February 22, 2022 (2/22/22).

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Getting a manipulated pollution under control certificate (PUC) for your vehicles mentioning from next April across the country.
NEW DELHI: Getting a manipulated pollution under control certificate (PUC) for your vehicles mentioning the tweaked emission details will be a thing of the past from next April across the country. PUC centres across India will from next year have to directly upload emission details captured by the testing equipment on to the central Vahan database of vehicles, which can be accessed by enforcement agencies using their hand held devices.
While this has become the norm in Delhi from June this year, the road transport ministry has directed Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to roll out the scheme from the current month. All other states will be covered from April 2019, circular issued by the ministry said.
“There were enough apprehensions that the systems are tweaked at PUC testing centres to get favourable emission data so that vehicles get a PUC. In almost all cases, the enforcement agencies have no option than believing the PUC certificate that the vehicle owner/ driver provides at the vehicle owner/ driver provides at the time of checking. Under the system, the officers with hand-held devices for issuing e-challan can see the actual emission details as captured at the time of the vehicle underwent test. They can take action if they find the details of emission are different on the hard copy of PUC certificate and what is available online,” said an official.
The ministry has issued the guidelines based on a Supreme Court order detailing what all they need to put in place at every PUC centre for seamless uploading of emission details.
While experts in this field have welcomed the government move to put some check on the polluting vehicles, they have flagged concern over the effectiveness of the initiative. What we need is real and random pollution check of vehicles that are on the move. The officers with hand-held device can only check emission details captured during the PUC test and the certificate is valid for six months. There are ample chances that if a vehicle engine is not maintained properly, the emission level will increase. So, you have to carry out real-time tests on the road,” said an official of a state transport department.
Please let us know if you have any information related to transportation domain. We will review and post it on our blog.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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Last night, I was unable to sleep. When I'm having trouble sleeping, I usually read blogs or look through instagram, which actually makes me more awake so I need to stop doing that. I came across an instagram account for the University at Buffalo, where I went to school and earned my BA in English. Their instagram account had re-posted pictures of high school seniors who had gained acceptance to the university. I realized that it has been a decade, this May, since I graduated from UB. Whenever I look at my past I feel like I could have done more, but I think that's the feeling everyone has when looking back. I was just left with the feeling that life has changed so much in just ten years.
I can remember that year so well. So much happened and so much changed based on the decisions I made. Ten years ago I lived in my first apartment (before that, I lived in student housing) with Graziella; she's now is married with two children. I was dating Ian at the beginning of the year and was so enamored with him. I liked him so much and was crushed when he broke up with me and moved to California (this has happened twice, boyfriends leaving me for California in my twenties). Later that year, I met Alex and fell in love. I am so happy so say that I am still friends with these two men (both of whom are happily in relationships and I'm happy for them).
That year I met Colleen, and she has been one of my best friends. I remember someone telling me not to be friends with her because she had dated someone I had dated. Oh, the drama! I'm glad I ignored that because she has been a constant in my life for a decade. She is now married with a newborn son, Hans.
I made the decision to go to graduate school at the University of Vermont ten years ago. I moved away from Buffalo for the first time. Vince and Tom threw me a going away party at their apartment on Ashland. I gave away a bunch of stuff I didn't want to move. I went to a lot of dance parties and on Wednesday nights would go to La Luna for indie music night and stay out until 4am. Peter thew me a 22nd birthday party at his house on Breckenridge. I danced with my friends, listened to Rilo Kiley, Death Cab for Cutie, Neutral Milk Hotel, and The Killers (Peter swinged me around the dance floor when Mr. Brightside came on). I read the Rick Moody book Ian gave me and the Don DeLillo one Ryan lent me.
That was the year I became vegan. It was the year I began forming new ethics and caring more for animals. I became more aware of the food industry. It was the year I met Todd McGowan, my professor at UVM who became a major influence in my academic career and in life and thought. I got my first cat, who now lives with my dad because she's grumpy and just likes to be outside, hunting mice. It was the year I became friends with Leda, Aya, Josh, and Janet. I lived in the most dilapidated, gross, fun, party house. The walls were sinking and shifting and we threw the biggest Halloween parties. Our television screen had a yellow filter because it was so old and broken. Aya, Leda, and I dressed up as the Asian Kill Squad. I wore the shortest duct tape dress to our Anything But Clothes party. Leda and I would cuddle up with bowls of ramen noodles and watch Korean horror movies.
I miss a lot about that year: being so young, feeling like everything is achievable, and not having to worry about being too late for love or career. What I miss most is that that year my health was so good. I had so much energy. I didn't get sick once. I could stay up all night dancing or studying or reading Freud and I ws fine. I walked everywhere. I was resilient.
I'm grateful for that year. I think it's important to relive memories and learn from them. I've learned that I've let ten years age me too much. I think it's time I look at the world new again.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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SEOUL -- Tongki, a 24-year-old male polar bear, died of old age in a zoo at an amusement park a few weeks before his planned relocation to a wildlife park in Britain. He had been the only alive polar bear in South Korea.
Everland, an amusement park in Yongin some 35 kilometers (21 miles) southeast of Seoul, said in a statement that a zookeeper found the bear dead in an enclosed area at around 6:00 p.m. (0900GMT) Wednesday. After an autopsy, a veterinary specialist said the bear has died of old age.
Because of the bear's old age, which was about 70 to 80 years old by human standards, Everland made an arrangement with Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England in June this year to relocate Tongki so that he can spend the rest of his life in an environment similar to the actual habitat of wild polar bears.
Tongki was born in 1995 at a zoo in the southeastern city of Masan and moved to Yongin two years later. It had been living alone since 2015.


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Head here for a glimpse at the intricate desserts created by Mohegan Sun pastry chef Lynn Mansel.
Construction is underway on the $80 million Mohegan Sun Expo Center in Uncasville, CT. Slated to open in the summer of 2018, the new building is located in close proximity to Mohegan Sun's newest hotel, the 400-room Earth Tower, and will bring the resort's flexible meeting space to over 275,000 square feet.
"This new conference center will help solidify Mohegan Sun as not just the premier conventions destination, but the premier resort in the Northeast region," says Mohegan tribal chairman Kevin Brown. "It will enable us to host some of the largest trade shows in the nation and take back some of the lost conventions that seek bigger venues in Boston and New York."
The Mohegan Sun Expo Center will include 131,000 square feet of meeting space, with a 21,412-square-foot ballroom, divisible into two and featuring over 3,000 square feet of pre-function space; eight meeting rooms ranging from 360 square feet to 675 square feet; a 1,263 square-foot boardroom with 230 square feet of pre-function space and its own outdoor terrace; 3,600 square feet of outdoor space, including a large wrap-around terrace; and a 5,361-square-foot kitchen. The Mohegan Sun Expo Center will be column-free.
Interior finishes will recall the Mohegan tribe's cultural history, with custom carpeting and light fixtures reflecting Native American motifs.
Once completed, Mohegan Sun will offer the largest meetings and convention space between Boston, MA, and New York City.
Mohegan Sun is home to three casinos, 1,600 hotel rooms, two spas, a golf course, and over 80 shops, restaurants and bars, as well as three entertainment venues, including a 10,000-seat arena.


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In 2015, Reverend Dollar asked his followers to dig deep into their pockets, donating $300 each to help him replace his old private jet with a new $65 million Gulfstream G650, according to the Daily Mail. The outlet also reports he lives in a $2.4 million mansion set on a 53-acre estate near Atlanta, Georgia, drives a Rolls-Royce and made a cool $1 million profit from the sell of his Manhattan apartment with a view of Central Park.
Former Lakewood Church pastor John Gray made waves for his lavish lifestyle in December after purchasing his wife, Aventer, a $200,000 Lamborghini Urus as an eight-year wedding anniversary present. His creature comforts have landed him once again in the national headlines.
This time, the spotlight is on his $1.8 million home, 7,247 square-feet, located in the Southampton community of Simpsonville, South Carolina. However, the mansion was reportedly not purchased by Gray. It was bought by Relentless Church leaders in October, who said it was needed to attract a leader of Gray's caliber, reports the Greenville News.
Of note, the cost of the home is more than 10 times the $165,600 median home value in Greenville County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Gray's church-owned mansion shines the spotlight on housing arrangements included as part of the compensation packages for pastors by some churches.
"This is not anything new. This is a practice that is done with every denomination in the nation," chief financial officer of Relentless, Travis Hayes, told the Greenville News. "That's what this is. This is an asset that belongs to the church."
The taxable market value of Relentless-owned home, which would stay with the church if Gray were to leave, the Greenville News reports, is $1.1 million. However, the property is eligible to be exempt from property tax, according to the South Carolina Department of Revenue.
In December, Gray maintained that he used his own money to pay for the luxe Lamborghini sports utility vehicle he bought for his wife. He was widely ridiculed after posting a video of the event to his social media platforms. The grand gesture left many people upset that a preacher would indulge in such opulence.
Gray, who has his multiple sources of income including a show on OWN, plus other television projects, books and endorsements, stood by his decision.
He previously defended preachers who live elaborate lifestyles, telling The Greenville News in 2017, "... if you work hard and pay your taxes, then you should be able to live where you are able to afford."
He also acknowledged that pastors "have a responsibility to be wise with the things that they have."
Gray, a former associate pastor at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, continues to preach at Lakewood on a regular basis, according to the church's website.
As numerous high-profile church leaders continue to land lucrative money-making deals, from public speaking engagements to writing books to TV shows, controversies over how some of the pastors use their income has become more common in recent years.
Some people criticize megachurch leaders who show off their riches, contending that the practice is unbecoming and out of step with the message they preach from the pulpit, while others maintain they can spend their self-earned income however they'd like. From Joel Osteen to T.D. Jakes, click through the photos above to see some pastor-owned luxury items.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly included images and information about a luxury yacht and a Ferrari purportedly owned by Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston.
A spokesperson for Joel Osteen Ministries told Chron.com to he knows with certainty that Osteen owns no planes, yachts or Ferarris.


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NHS trusts are having to pay millions in maintenance bills to tackle pest infestations and leaky sewage pipes and roofs, after funding for repairs was instead raided by ministers to keep the health service running.
An investigation by the Labour Party found virtually all trusts had to use exterminators, with thousands of call outs for infestations of rodents, fleas and other insects each year.
Bills for outstanding fire safety improvements, including the removal of Grenfell-style cladding on some hospitals,are at least £13m based on the response from 96 of 101 NHS trust to a Freedom of Information Act.
Hospital chiefs have said that raids on NHS capital funding, to the tune of £3.8bn in the last four years, have left a growing maintenance backlog which poses significant risks to the public and “stores up problems for the future”.
They added they had reported pest incidents between 2015 and 2017.
Seventy per cent said they had experienced a rodent infestation, while a quarter had dealt with fleas and 29 per cent had cockroaches – though the biggest problem was ants affecting 73 per cent of trusts.
This amounted to more than 12,200 cases in all, with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation trust having the most issues, 777 incidents, closely followed by South London and Maudsley.
Many NHS buildings are in need of replacement or major refurbishments. Around half of trusts (42) that responded to the Labour inquiry gave details of their outstanding repair bills, which topped £17.4m in all.
This includes £4.4m for roof repairs, to address some of the 3,535 leaks reported by trusts.
The trusts said they have a £13m bill for outstanding fire maintenance improvements to extinguishers, escapes and insulating cladding now known to be a fire hazard.
Up to 38 trusts are thought to be a concern, while nine are known to be at high risk because they have the same cladding as that used on Grenfell Tower where 79 people died.
Only three trusts, King’s College Hospitals, Sheffield Children’s Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospitals, have been identified so far.
“In recent years, funding to maintain and develop NHS buildings and equipment has been diverted increasingly into dealing with day to day pressures,” said deputy chief executive at NHS Providers, which represents trusts, Saffron Cordery.
“Not only are we seeing a growing maintenance backlog, but the proportion deemed ‘high’ and ‘significant’ risk has also been rising year by year.
In 2016/17 these raids topped £1.2bn, more than 20 per cent of the entire capital budget that year.
Eight years of chronic underfunding of the NHS by this Conservative Government is having a huge impact on staff and patient safety,” said Labour shadow health minister Justin Madders.
The Department of Health and Social Care was approached for comment.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: Welcome to the first part of our Straight Talk Galaxy Note 3 problems troubleshooting series. We will be catering to all problems reported to us by our readers. Straight Talk has its own support group and we are not trying to compete with them because, apparently, we don’t have access to a lot of things.


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R++: Whats in a name?
After a long while I'm finally trying to get back to blogging again. I decided to mark my return by getting a better name for the page. After brainstorming for several hours and bouncing the idea off many people, I was able to settle with this one.
While C++ is an addition of the C language, similarly R++ is an addition of me in Cyberspace.

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From 29 January to 01 February it will take place Interplastica, the leading trade fair for plastics in Russia and Eastern Europe that is being held at at the Expocentre Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow.
At the stand 21A17, the Piovan Group - represented by Soland, its distributor covering C.I.S. countries - will be presenting the complete range of solutions from Piovan and Aquatech brands, including solutions for material handling and industrial cooling.
By Piovan, on display, Easylink+, the new automatic coupling station which guarantees the absence of cross-material contamination. Moreover, for the first time, it will be presented to the Russian market Easytherm, the new mould temperature control developed by Aquatech, characterized by easy-to-use models, suitable both in injection and blow moulding and extrusion processes.
Come visit us at the stand 21A17 - hall 2.


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If India is computer, Congress is its default programme, says Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. Default programme or faulty programme, it is difficult to decide, but Rahul Gandhi has given the opposition parties much-needed ammunition to make fun of him.
One sincere advice to Rahul baba – you may treat India as a computer but not as your laptop!


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* The Hawks and Vikings will meet again in a tightly contested match up. This will continue to be a great game as the teams are 5-5 against each other in their last 10 meetings. Maintaining the clock and turnovers will be key for both young squads of athletes. While the Vikings were winless in their 2017 campaign, this will be a much different outlook.
* Entering week-6, the Owls will meet Julian Parks and his Turner Golden Bears in a non-conference game. This will be a first for both as well, as the Golden Bears have never played at CBAC stadium before. These two could meet again in the 5A East playoffs down the road depending on where in the bracket they end up after week-8.
* DYK that the Shawnee-Mission Indians faced the Gardner Football team in 1922? Gardner came away with the 8-0 win and the Indians led by A.L. Berry in their first season. It was again a known series a few years later in the mid-1920's but due to poor reporting of scores at the time, many games go unaccounted for throughout the earliest of times in the Kansas City metro-area.
Today, the modern day Trailblazers, and Indians, are no longer, "miles, and miles away" due to local driveway's and byways. Should these two continue to meet down the road, this could build a great series of High School Football from one of the northernmost High Schools to southern most in Johnson County.
* The Falcons lead the series all-time but only by a handful of games as the Firebirds have 7been playing catch up winning in 2016 and 2017. This game will also be their third meeting in a row, as they did not play from 2013 to 2015.
* Since 2013, the Lancers are 6-1 against the Olathe North Eagles. With Chris McCartney now in his fourth year at the helm, taking on Justin Hoover, and a new-look Lancers will hope to return to ODAC and come away with a win, any school in the Sunflower League to get a win on the road at ODAC is a tough accomplishment. This could be a great game, and possibly very high scoring depending on who shows up to come out on top of a great league game.
* In which will be their 11th game all-time, the Cougars, and Ravens will meet at SM North District stadium. the Raven's when on the road at SM North have always played very well. In fact, it is one of the better places they play outside of CBAC and are consistently successful year in and year out. From 2013 to 2015 the Ravens won three straight against the NW Cougars, yet did not see each other in 2016 and 2017.
The Cougars are looking to fire on all cylinders as they bid for a top eight seed in the 6A East bracket.

industry_corpus2: Sports


text: Tamer Hosny (Arabic: تامر حسني; born August 16, 1977) is an Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor, referred to as the King of Generation. He is currently one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in Egypt and the Arab World. He was initially featured on Free Mix mixtapes from FreeMusic, an Egyptian music production company.