This Master Subscription and Services Agreement ("Agreement") is made on the date set forth in the Order Form (the "Effective Date")or in the absence of an Order Form on the date you submitted a Registration Form for a pilot, trial or paid subscription to the servicesby and between AversafePteLtd., a Singaporecorporation, headquartered at 28C Stanley Street, 068737, Singaporeon behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates (collectively, "Aversafe"), and the entity identified in the Order Formor Registration Form("Customer") or , individually a "Party" and collectively the "Parties".
THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUES A BINDING CONTRACT ON YOU AND GOVERNS USE OF AND ACCESS TO THE SERVICES BY THE CUSTOMER WHETHER IN CONNECTION WITH A PILOT, TRIAL OR PAID SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SERVICES.
Capitalized terms shall have the meanings provided in this section or as specified in the body of the Agreement.
"Agreement" means this Master Subscription and Services Agreement, and unless the context requires otherwise, includes all Order Forms, and any addendums, exhibits or attachments to any of the foregoing.
"Affiliate" means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the subject entity. "Control," for purposes of this definition, means direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the voting interests of the subject entity. Affiliates of Aversafe Ltd. Include any of its corporate Affiliates which may be specified or otherwise assigned rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Order Form, addendum, exhibit, attachment or amendment.
"Customer Data" means all electronic data or information submitted by Customer to the SaaS Platform.
"Documentation" means any proprietary information or documentation made available to Customer by Aversafe for use with the SaaS Platform, including any documentation available online through the SaaS Platform dashboard or otherwise.
"Order Form" means each Aversafe ordering document signed by duly authorized representatives of both Parties which references this Agreement, identifies the Services ordered by the Customer from Aversafe, sets forth the prices for the Services, and contains other applicable information terms and conditions.
"Professional Services" means configuration, training and such other services as may be described in an Order Form.
"SaaS Platform" means, collectively, the online, web-based applications and platform provided by Aversafe and ordered by Customer pursuant to this Agreement and as specified in one or more Order Form(s).
"Services" means, collectively, the provision of the SaaS Platform and the Professional Services specified in one or more Order Form(s).
"SLA" means Aversafe's Service Level Agreement attached to this Agreement or the Order Form.
"Term" means the time period for the provision of the Services, as specified in an Order Form. This Agreement will terminate as specified below.
"User" means an individual who is authorized by Customer to use the SaaS Platform in accordance with the Agreement. The rights of any User to use the SaaS Platform cannot be shared or used by more than one individual (unless such right is reassigned in its entirety to another authorized User).
2.1 Provision of Services. Aversafe will provide to Customer the Services pursuant to this Agreement and the relevant Order Form during the applicable Term. Services will be provided pursuant to this Agreement and the specifications set forth in the applicable Order Form, and substantially in accordance with the specifications set forth in the SLA.
2.2 Third Party Applications. Aversafe may offer Customer the ability to use third-party applications in combination with the SaaS Platform. Any such third-party application will be subject to acceptance by the Customer. In connection with any such third-party application agreed to by Customer, Customer acknowledges and agrees that Aversafe may allow the third-party providers access to Customer Data as required for the interoperation of such third-party application with the SaaS Platform. The use of a third-party application with the SaaS Platform may also require Customer to agree to a separate agreement or terms and conditions with the provider of that third-party application, which will govern Customer's use of such third-party application.
3.1 Aversafe Responsibilities. Aversafe will provide the SaaS Platform to Customer during the Term in accordance with this Agreement.
3.2 Customer Responsibilities. Customer is responsible for all activity that occurs under Customer's accounts by or on behalf of Customer. Customer agrees to (a) be solely responsible for all User activity, which must be in accordance with this Agreement and the Documentation, (b) be solely responsible for Customer Data (other than with respect to the Aversafe obligations set forth in the Agreement) (c) obtain and maintain during the Term all necessary consents, agreements and approvals from individuals or any third parties for all actual or intended uses of information, data or other content Customer will use in connection with the Services, (d) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to, or use of, the Services and notify Aversafe promptly of any known unauthorized access or use, and (e) use the Services only in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
3.3 Restrictions. Customer will not (a) use, or permit use of, the Services except as expressly authorized under this Agreement or the Documentation, (b) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the SaaS Platform or any third-party application or third-party data or content contained therein, or (c) disrupt, disable, translate, decompile or reverse engineer the Services, or (d) take any other action with respect to the Services not expressly permitted under this Agreement or the Documentation.
3.4 Privacy and Data Protection. In the event Customer or any Customer Data is sourced from the European Union ("EU") or the Services otherwise involve special privacy or data protection provisions (whether applicable in the EU or otherwise), the parties may agree to a Data Processing Addendum with additional provisions relating to privacy and data protection, which shall be attached to this Agreement or Order Form and become a part of this Agreement.
4.1 Fees. Customer shall pay all fees specified in all Order Forms hereunder ("Fees") for the Services. Customer shall also reimburse Aversafe for all reasonable travel and living expenses incurred in the performance of Professional Services, provided that any material expenses shall be subject to approval in advance by Customer. Except as otherwise specified herein or in an Order Form, (a) Fees will be quoted and paid in United States dollars and (b) payment obligations are non-cancelable and Fees paid are non-refundable.
4.2 Invoicing and Payment. If a purchase order is required by Customer, Customer will provide Aversafe with a valid purchase order within five (5) days from the execution of the applicable Order Form. Any terms and conditions on any purchase order shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement or otherwise binding on Aversafe. Aversafe will invoice Customer in accordance with the relevant Order Form. Unless otherwise stated in the Order Form, Fees are due net thirty (30) days from the Customer's receipt of the invoice. Customer is responsible for providing Aversafe with complete, accurate and up to date billing and contact information.
4.3 Overdue Fees. If any Fees are not received from Customer by the due date, then at Aversafe's discretion, such Fees may accrue late interest at the rate of 1.5% of the outstanding balance per month, or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is lower, from the date such payment was due until the date paid.
4.4 Suspension of Services. Except with respect to any Fees disputed in good faith by Customer, if any Fees for the SaaS Platform or Professional Services are thirty (30) or more days overdue, Aversafe may, without limiting Aversafe's other rights and remedies, suspend Professional Services and Customer's use of the SaaS Platform until such amounts are paid in full.
4.5 Payment Disputes. If an invoiced amount Is disputed in good faith by Customer, Customer must notify Aversafe in writing and provide sufficiently detailed support of any invoice dispute within ten (10) business days of Customer's receipt of invoice. If Customer fails to do so, Customer is deemed to have waived its rights to dispute that invoice and the invoice will be deemed accurate and valid. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to waive Customer's obligation to pay any undisputed amounts in accordance with Section 5.2 (Invoicing and Payment).
4.6 Taxes. The Fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, duties or similar governmental assessments of any nature (collectively, "Taxes"). Customer is responsible for paying all Taxes associated with Customer purchases hereunder except for those based on Aversafe's net income, property, or employee withholdings. Taxes shall not be deducted from the payments to Aversafe, except as required by law, in which case the amount payable shall be increased as necessary, so that after make all required deductions and withholdings, Aversafe receives and retains (free from any Tax liability) an amount equal to the amount it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made.
4.7 Audit Rights. Aversafe shall have the right to audit Customer's compliance with this Agreement at any time during the Term. Customer shall cooperate following any reasonable request by Aversafe in connection with such audit. If Aversafe determines that Customer has allowed access to the Services other than as permitted under this Agreement or any Order Form or has otherwise violated any applicable terms hereof or thereof, and as a result additional Fees are owed to Aversafe, Aversafe shall invoice Customer for such discrepancies and such Fees shall be payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The results of any audit shall not limit any other rights or remedies of Aversafe.
5.1 Aversafe Ownership. Subject to any rights expressly granted to Customer in the Agreement, Aversafe and its licensors, as applicable, reserve all right, title and interest in and to the Services, including information presented in any form and intellectual property rights ("Aversafe Intellectual Property").
5.2 Customer Ownership and Licenses. As between Aversafe and Customer, Customer owns all rights, title and interest in and to (a) all Customer Data and (b) any information supplied by Customer to Aversafe as may be specified in any Order Form (collectively, "Customer Materials"). Customer grants Aversafe a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty free, non-sublicenseable (except as needed for the provision of Services as set forth herein) worldwide right to access and use Customer Materials solely to provide the Services to Customer at Customer's request. No other rights or implied licenses in Customer Materials are granted to Aversafe other than as expressly set forth herein.
5.3 Feedback and Derivative Works. Customer is not required to provide (a) any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations or other feedback ("Feedback") or (b) any ideas, technology, developments, derivative works or other intellectual property ("Derivative Works") related to the Services or any test features, services or products to which Customer is given access. If Customer does so, Customer grants Aversafe a royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicenseable, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, or incorporate into any of its services, any Feedback or Derivative Works relating to the Services or any test features, services or products to which Customer is given access, with prior written consent from Aversafe.
6.1 Definition of Confidential Information. As used herein, "Confidential Information" means all confidential information disclosed by a Party ("Discloser") to the other Party ("Recipient"), whether orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure. Customer Confidential Information will include, but is not limited to, Customer Data; Aversafe Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, the SaaS Platform, information or technology used in connection with the Services, this Agreement and all Order Forms; and Confidential Information of each Dislcoser includes Discloser's non-public business and marketing plans, technology and technical information, product plans and designs, and business processes. Confidential Information does not include any information that (a) is or becomes generally known to the public without breach of any obligation owed to Discloser, (b) was known to Recipient prior to its disclosure by Discloser without breach of any obligation owed to Discloser, (c) is received from a third party without any obligation of confidentiality, or (d) was independently developed by Recipient without reference to or use of Discloser's Confidential Information.
6.2 Protection of Confidential Information. Except as otherwise permitted in writing by Discloser, Recipient will (a) use the same degree of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own Confidential Information of like kind (but in no event less than reasonable care) and use Discloser's Confidential Information only for the purposes of this Agreement, and (b) Recipient will limit access to Confidential Information of Discloser to those of its employees, contractors and agents who need such access for purposes consistent with this Agreement and who have agreed to confidential obligations with Recipient that are no less stringent than those herein. In addition to the foregoing, Recipient may disclose Confidential Information in any due diligence of Recipient in connection with any corporate transaction, provided that such disclosure is made under a binding obligation of confidentiality with terms similar to those herein.
6.3 Protection of Customer Data. Without limiting the above, Aversafe will maintain commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards designed to protect the security and confidentiality of Customer Data. Except (a) in order to provide the Services, (b) to prevent or address service or technical problems in connection with support matters, or (c) as expressly permitted in writing by Customer, Aversafe will not modify Customer Data or disclose Customer Data (unless compelled by law in accordance with Section 7.4 (Compelled Disclosure).
6.4 Compelled Disclosure. Recipient may disclose Confidential Information of Discloser to the extent required or compelled by law to do so, provided Recipient gives Discloser prior notice of such compelled disclosure (unless notice is prohibited by law) and reasonable assistance, at Discloser's cost, if Discloser wishes to contest the disclosure. If Recipient is compelled by law to disclose Discloser's Confidential Information as part of a civil proceeding, and Discloser is not contesting the disclosure, Discloser will reimburse Recipient for its reasonable cost of compiling and providing secure access to such Confidential Information.
7.1 Aversafe Warranties. Aversafe warrants that (a) the SaaS Platform will perform substantially in accordance with the Documentation made available to Customer and (b) the Professional Services will be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner. For any breach of the foregoing warranties, Customer's exclusive remedy will be as provided in Section 11.3 (Termination for Cause) and Section 11.5 (Refund or Payment upon Termination). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Order Form has a Term of more than twelve (12) months, in the event Aversafe or any of its licensors determine to materially change or cease offering any material element of the Services, Aversafe may effect such change or cessation following reasonable notice thereof to Customer and the relevant Order Form shall be amended to reflect such change.
7.2 Mutual Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants that (a) it has the legal power to enter into this Agreement, (b) it will use commercially reasonable efforts through the use of anti-virus protection not to transmit to the other Party any Disabling Code, and (c) it will comply with all applicable laws with respect to its rights and obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
7.3 Disclaimers. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, AVERSAFE MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN ADDITION, CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SERVICE FEATURES THAT INTEROPERATE WITH THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS DEPEND ON THE CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF THOSE THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS' API AND PROGRAM FOR USE WITH THE SAAS PLATFORM. SERVICES MAY BE IMPACTED, INTERRUPTED OR MAY CEASE IF ANY THIRD PARTY APPLICATION CEASES TO MAKE ITS API OR PROGRAM AVAILABLE AT ALL OR ON REASONABLE TERMS OR IF ANY THIRD PARTY APPLICATION EXPERIENCES AN OUTAGE, ANY MALFUNCTIONS OR ANY CHANGE IN THEIR SERVICES, PRACTICES OR FUNCTIONALITY.
8.1 Indemnification by Aversafe. Aversafe will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Customer against any claim, demand, suit, or proceeding ("Claim") made or brought against Customer by a third party alleging that the provision of the Services as permitted hereunder infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of a third party; provided that Customer (a) promptly gives Aversafe written notice of the Claim; (b) gives Aversafe sole control of the defense and settlement of the Claim (provided that Aversafe may not settle any Claim without customer's written approval, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless the settlement unconditionally releases Customer of all liability); and (c) provides to Aversafe all reasonable assistance, at Aversafe's expense. Aversafe has no obligation to indemnify a Claim if it arises from: (i) Customer Data or Customer Materials; or (ii) unauthorized modification or use of the Services; or otherwise relating to Customer's acts or omissions not in accordance with, or in breach of, the terms of this Agreement.
8.2 Indemnification by Customer. Customer will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Aversafe against any Claim made or brought against Aversafe by a third party (a) relating to or arising from Customer's use of the Services in violation of this Agreement, or (b) relating to or arising from Aversafe's permitted use of Customer Data, Customer Materials, or Customer's breach of any Third Party Application TOS or any other terms and conditions of a third party agreed to by Customer in connection with, or relating to, the Services; provided that Aversafe (i) promptly gives Customer written notice of the Claim; (ii) gives Customer sole control of the defense and settlement of the Claim (provided that Customer may not settle any Claim without Aversafe's written approval, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless the settlement unconditionally releases Aversafe of all liability); and (iii) provides to Customer all reasonable assistance, at Customer's expense.
8.3 Exclusive Remedy. This Section 9 (Indemnification) states the indemnifying Party's sole liability to, and the indemnified Party's exclusive remedy against, the other Party for any type of Claim described in this Section.
9.1 Limitation of Liability. EXCEPT FOR (A) DAMAGES ARISING FROM A BREACH OF A PARTY'S CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS OR (B) A PARTY'S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER HEREUNDER IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE INCIDENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING WILL NOT LIMIT CUSTOMER'S PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
9.2 Exclusion of Consequential and Related Damages. IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING WILL NOT APPLY (A) TO A VIOLATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS OR (B) TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
10.1 Term of Agreement. This Agreement commences on the Effective Date and will remain in effect until the earlier of (a) the expiration or termination of all Order Forms under this Agreement or (b) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Section. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, all rights and subscriptions granted to Customer including all Order Forms will immediately terminate and Customer will cease using the Services. For avoidance of doubt, upon termination of any Order Form, the Services provided pursuant to such Order Form shall cease and Customer shall stop using such Services.
10.2 Automatic Renewal. Subscriptions for the SaaS Platform commence on the Order Date specified in the applicable Order Form and continue for the subscription Term specified therein, unless otherwise terminated. Except as otherwise specified herein or in the applicable Order Form, all subscriptions will automatically renew for additional periods of one year (each a "Renewal Term") at the list price in effect at the time of the renewal unless either Party gives the other Party written notice of non-renewal at least 60 days prior to the end of the applicable Term or Renewal Term.
10.3 Termination for Cause. A Party may terminate this Agreement or any applicable Order Form for cause: (a) upon 30 days' written notice to the other Party of a material breach (including details sufficient to identify the material breach) if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period, (b) immediately for material violations of confidentiality obligations, or (c) if the other Party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors.
10.4 Survival. Any provision of this Agreement that expressly or by implication is intended to survive termination, regardless of the date, cause or manner of such termination, and including but not limited to rights of action accruing prior to termination and payment obligations, will survive such termination and will continue in full force and effect.
10.5 Refund or Payment upon Termination. Upon any termination for cause by Customer, Aversafe will refund Customer a pro-rata portion of any prepaid SaaS Platform Fees that cover the remainder of the Term after the effective date of termination and pro-rata portion of any prepaid Professional Services Fees that cover Professional Services that have not been delivered as of the effective date of termination. Upon any termination for cause by Aversafe, Customer will pay any unpaid Fees covering the remainder of the Term of all subscriptions under the applicable Order Forms after the effective date of termination and for any Professional Services provided up to the date of termination. In no event will any termination relieve Customer of the obligation to pay any Fees payable to Aversafe for the period prior to the effective date of termination.
10.6 Downloading of Customer Data. During any Term under an Order Form, on a rolling 24-month basis (unless otherwise provided in any Order Form) and for the period 30 days after termination or expiration of the Agreement or the applicable Order Form, Customer may download Customer Data used in connection with such Order Form, in comma separated value (.csv) format, using the tools of the SaaS Platform. After expiration of the applicable rolling 24 month or 30-day period, Aversafe will have no obligation to maintain or make available the applicable Customer Data and will thereafter, unless legally prohibited, delete or make permanently unreadable all Customer Data in Aversafe systems or otherwise in Aversafe possession or under Aversafe control.
11.1 Availability of Customer Resources. Customer will make available to Aversafe certain Customer personnel, business information and other relevant information as reasonably required by Aversafe in the performance of any Professional Services hereunder or as specified in any applicable Order Form. Customer will ensure that competent personnel are available during normal working hours to provide information and other support to Aversafe while providing Professional Services. Customer acknowledges that the timeliness or provision of such Professional Services may be dependent on such Customer's personnel availability and cooperation.
11.2 Compliance with Customer or Aversafe Rules. If applicable, while on the premises of the other Party for training or other services, each Party will take reasonable measures to have its personnel comply with the other Party's reasonable rules and policies regarding safety, security and conduct made known to such Party, and will at Customer's request promptly remove from the project any of its personnel not following such rules and regulations.
12.1 Dispute Resolution, Governing Law. The Parties will use reasonable efforts to resolve any dispute between them in good faith prior to initiating legal action. Any claim or cause of action under or relating to this Agreement will be brought in the state or federal courts located in British Virgin Islands and the Parties agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such courts. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the British Virgin Islands, excluding choice of law principles.
12.2 Manner of Giving Notice. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, all notices, permissions and approvals hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have been given upon: (a) delivery by traceable courier, (b) upon delivery via mailing (confirmed receipt signature/return receipt requested), or (c) the second business day after sending by confirmed facsimile. Notices to Aversafe will be addressed to the CFO with a copy to the CEO at 16 Raffles Quay, #33-03, Hong Leong Building, Singapore, 048581, or in the case of Customer, sent to the address and contact set forth on the Order Form, or as designated from time to time in writing by the Parties. Billing-related notices will be addressed to the relevant billing contact designated by the Customer on the Order Form.
12.3 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each Party hereby waives any right to jury trial in connection with any action or litigation in any way arising out of or related to this Agreement.
13.1 No Dependence on Future Functionality. Customer agrees that Customer is not entering into this Agreement or any Order Form contingent on the provision of any future functionality relating in any way to the Services unless expressly provided in any Order Form and no statement or other information made or provided orally or otherwise shall be binding unless specifically set forth in an Order Form.
13.2 Export Compliance. Each Party represents that it is not named on any U.S. government list of persons or entities prohibited from receiving exports or otherwise restricted from doing business with any U.S company, and Customer will not access or use the Services in violation of any U.S. or international export embargo, prohibition or restriction.
13.3 Force Majeure. Neither Party will be in default for failing to perform any obligation hereunder, if such failure is caused solely by supervening conditions beyond the failing Party's reasonable control, including without limitation acts of God, civil commotion, strikes, terrorism, failure of third-party networks or services or the public Internet, power outages, labor disputes or governmental demands or restrictions.
13.4 Relationship of the Parties. The Parties are independent contractors. This Agreement does not create a partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, fiduciary or employment relationship between the Parties.
13.5 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. There are not third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement, unless expressly stated otherwise.
13.6 Waiver and Cumulative Remedies. No failure or delay by either Party in exercising any right under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of that right. Other than as expressly stated herein, the remedies provided herein are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other remedies of a Party at law or in equity.
13.7 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the provision will be modified by the court and interpreted so as best to accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in effect.
13.8 Assignment. Neither Party may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other Party (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this Agreement in its entirety (including all Order Forms), without consent of the other Party, to its Affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. This Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
13.9 General. This Agreement, including all exhibits and addenda hereto and all Order Forms, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, proposals or representations, written or oral, concerning its subject matter. No modification, amendment, or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Order Form will be effective unless in writing and signed by each Party. However, to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions in the body of this Agreement and any exhibit or addendum hereto or any Order Form, the terms of such exhibit, addendum or Order Form will prevail. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary therein, no terms or conditions stated in a Customer purchase order or other order documentation (excluding Order Forms) will be incorporated into or form any part of this Agreement, and all such terms or conditions will be null and void. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered (including by electronic transmission), shall be deemed an original, and both of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. The Parties agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement by their signature on the Order Form.


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Q: Understanding what is API wrapper around existing library How to write a python helper API to wrap existing python library.
I have never written anything like this or may be written but not realized it. Can someone tell me what exactly it is and how to do it ?

A: A wrapper over a library combines functionality in that library (and other libraries) in a way that makes that library more useful for whatever you're doing.
For example, here's a set of procedures that might make up one library:

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*add(x, y) # returns x + y

*subtract(x, y) # returns x - y

Here's a procedure that "wraps" those procedures:
def multiply(x, y):
    product = 0
    for i in xrange(x):
        product = add(product, y)
    return product

...and similarly, maybe a divide() procedure.

A: The process is mostly like this:
1) You write a new library (the wrapper)
2) This library depends on the existing library (the one you are going to wrap)
3) The wrapper will call the underlying library, offering a different API than the orignal library
Usually you want to do this because the orignal library has not developer friendly APIs in the first place.
Howver you do not say why you are supposed to undergo such task. Whoever gave you the task should also be able to give you the rationale for the work. The person giving you the task can exactly tell you what is wantd and how do it. Because there is no details in your question it is impossible to give better answer.

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Café Sevilla is best known for combining three distinct environments under one roof: an authentic Tapas Bar, a casually elegant restaurant featuring award-winning Spanish and coastal cuisine and a nightclub that offers live music and dancing throughout the week.
San Diego's own stylish Spanish restaurant is both festive and chic, making the perfect stomping grounds for your next private party or event. Treat guests to an unparalleled experience as Flamenco music howls, tray-passed tapas swing by and the spirited energy of Spain is embraced during your special occasion.
Café Sevilla offers three separate venues to host your event. The Mezzanine can comfortably seat 70 guests or 85 in a reception-fashion; the Tapas Bar + Mezzanine combo can hold 130 seated guests or 350 for a reception; the Showroom can hold 100 seated guests or 250 reception style.
What truly sets Sevilla apart from other Gaslamp restaurants is its concept of dining with live music. Give guests an unforgettable night with live entertainment options of Flamenco or Gypsy Fusion Shows, live Flamenco guitarists, the Joeff Full Flamenco Rumba Band, a DJ to rock the night or Salsa Dance Lessons.
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There is an assortment of seated dinner menus named after Spanish regions to choose from, available at varying price-points. For example, the Barcelona Dinner Menu at $40 per person offers a platter of three tapas, House Salad Sevillana, a choice of Paella Valenciana, Catalan Chicken & Salmon a la Plancha Duet, or Braised Short Rib and a Duet of Andalusian Apple Tart Bread Pudding Xerez for dessert.
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The following are recent restaurant inspections in Lebanon County. Inspected Aug. 26 DUTCH-WAY NO. 3, 215 N.
The following are recent restaurant inspections in Lebanon County.
• In the deli department, refrigerated, ready-to-eat TSC (time temperature control for safety food) prepared by a food processing plant found not marked, at the time the original container was opened and held more than 24 hours at the retail food facility.
• In the deli department, meat and non-exempt date marked cheeses (refrigerated, ready to eat time temperature control for safety food) was date-marked by the facility, but was beyond the seven-day use or sell by date and requires discarding.
• Multiple TCS foods (sliced tomatoes, cheese, deli meat, sausage patties, milk, cut lettuce, prepared salads) were held at 57-59 degrees Fahrenheit, in the restaurant baine marie and snack bar slide-door refrigerator for an unknown period of time.
• Observed dust accumulation on the fan guards and units inside most walk-in coolers.
• Observed several food employees (having short hair styles) wearing visors as a hair restraint that is not designed to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food; clean equipment and linens; and unwrapped single-use articles.
• Loose/torn door gaskets observed on the Bev air refrigerator near the drive-thru window.
• Observed grease accumulation and food on the floor under the grill and fryers.
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• TCS foods (tuna salad, deli turkey, deli ham, cheese, cut tomatoes, shredded lettuce) were held 58-63°Fahrenheit, in the baine marie unit, rather than 41°F.
• Observed a non-food grade brush being used as a pastry brush.
• Observed dried food particles and residue on the slicer and was not clean to sight and touch.
• Non-food contact surfaces floor around the stored flour/chest freezer and mixer, shelves at dough prep counter) not cleaned at a frequency to preclude accumulation of dirt and soil.
• Walk-in cooler, observed dust accumulation on walls, ceiling and shelves.
• The food facility does not have the original certificate for the certified food employee posted in public view.


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14 New IS Ratings
During the 2018 IS Awards Gala dinner, ISCA presented fourteen projects or assets with IS Rating certificates. IS Rating certificates are awarded to projects which have demonstrated a strong commitment to sustainability through their lifecycle. This is the largest amount of IS Ratings awarded at a single event and is testament to the acceleration of sustainability in the infrastructure sector. There were also two IS firsts:
An Operations Rating to Metro Trains Melbourne, and
A Program Rating to Sydney Metro.
ISCA evaluate projects using the Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) rating industry developed, owned and operated tool. Launched in 2012, the IS scheme rates all phases of project's life cycle in terms of sustainability (including environmental, social, economic and governance aspects) of infrastructure and assets.
Projects can be awarded rating levels of Commended (25-49 points), Excellent (50-74 points) and Leading (75-100 points)
The IS Awards are an opportunity to celebrate our industry, the projects demonstrating leadership and most importantly, the hard work of the project teams and the impact of the IS Rating Scheme. Congratulations to our latest IS Rating certifies;
Canberra Metro Light Rail (Design, Excellent)
The first stage of a new light rail in Australia's Capital connecting Gungahlin and the City, consisting of 12km of light rail track, 13 stops, light rail vehicles, and a depot to be operated and maintained by Canberra Metro for 20 years.
This project, which registered for an IS Rating under John Holland and CPB Contractor's leadership, achieved an 'Excellent' Design v1.2 IS Rating.
Transport Canberra & City Services Director General Emma Thomas says, "This is a great achievement for the Light Rail project and confirms that light rail is being developed as a sustainable infrastructure project."
"Independent evaluation gives the project creditability."
Ms Thomas said the process has also created a number of connections and strong relationships across the industry nationwide.
"The IS Rating process has been extremely beneficial for the Light Rail and Transport Canberra. It has provided insight into to national best practice and a benchmarking opportunity against other national infrastructure projects.
"The rigours of undertaking the rating process has highlighted the project's alignment on a number of key aspects of the Territory's sustainability agenda.
"It also provides validation of the project's direction and a rationale for some modification within the project's life cycle," said Ms Thomas.
There were several rating highlights, including:
Innovation Reducing water usage with the application of a polymer as a soil bonding agent and dust suppression has been recognised as an Australian first.
Energy Development of an energy strategy that optimises energy efficiency in operations, solar panels were installed on the Mitchell depot roof and the operation of the light rail achieves zero net carbon emissions supported by the ACT Government reaching its Renewable Energy Target of 100% by 2020.
Climate Change Risk Assessment was used to inform the design, incorporating adaptation measures to mitigate the impacts and improve resilience to extreme climatic events.
Community and Health: Partnership with Canberra Business Chamber for the development of small local Canberra businesses.
Citylink Tulla Widening (As Built, Excellent)
The CityLink Tulla Widening Project – Bulla Road to Power Street (CTW) involves the upgrade and widening of 16km of the western link portion of CityLink, increasing the road's capacity, boosting performance and improving safety. It will also cater for future transport needs of growth areas in Melbourne's west and north. The scope of works extends along CityLink from the Tullamarine/Calder Freeway Interchange to the West Gate Freeway, and along the West Gate Freeway from Graham Street to Power Street in Melbourne.
This project, registered by CPB Contractors, achieved an Excellent As Built v1.2 IS Rating.
Rating highlights include:
Material impacts – A 43% reduction in material impact was achieved through:
Substituting reinforced concrete pipe with green pipe. Green pipe is made from 100% recycled plastic (high density polyethylene) including a minimum of 95% food grade containers and has 0.2 MJ/kg less embodied emissions than reinforced concrete pipe.
Using recycled crushed concrete/masonry as a substitute to virgin crushed rock.
Reducing the amount of sub-pavement layers, pavement layers, and concrete structures.
Waste – An estimated 86% of the total value of materials used on the project can be reused or recycled.
Innovation - Two innovations obtained Australian firsts:
Hanging gantry demolition platform – A bespoke 49m long hanging gantry was used in demolition works instead of a more traditional ground level elevated work platform, providing significant safety, environmental and community benefits.
Temporary noise walls – Five-metre high temporary noise walls were used during construction to meet freeway noise limits and provide noise attenuation for the surrounding community. Placed in the emergency lane of an existing live freeway and adjacent to freeway traffic, the temporary walls avoided the need for excavation/piling for footings and associated geotechnical investigations, along with potential service strikes and additional energy use. The concrete barriers/footings are readily recycled (high value) and the metal posts and panels can be reused or on sold.
Level Crossing Removal Project: Western Program Alliance - Kororoit Creek and Abbotts Road (Design, Excellent)
Kororoit Creek Road is used by 22,000 vehicles each day and is part of VicRoads' Principal Freight Network. It is a key transport corridor that connects the Williamstown North industrial precinct, nearby ports, and residential areas to the Princes Freeway.
Abbotts Road is a major road that services Dandenong's industrial precincts and also a major access point to the South Gippsland Highway. It often suffers long delays with the boom gates halting the many trucks and motorists who use this route. This level crossing has also been the site of tragedy, with two people killed at the crossing in the past seven years.
Removing the boom gates will create better freight connections, improve traffic flow, remove the risk of incidents between passenger trains and road vehicles including large freight vehicles and provide safer passage for pedestrians and cyclists.
This project achieved an 'Excellent' v1.2 Design IS Rating.
Water The water reduction compared to the base case is calculated at 15%, achieved through reductions in dust suppression water requirements and a high efficiency project office. Additionally, over 70% potable water substitution was achieved, through rain water harvesting and treatment of ground water for construction use.
Knowledge Sharing The site has worked collaboratively with wider industry and actively communicated various initiatives and innovations to increase the speed with which sustainability outcomes can be achieved on major infrastructure projects.
Innovations An Australian first innovation was awarded for the U-Trough bridge design (an alternative to a Tee Beam design), Victorian firsts were awarded for
a plastic multi-duct troughing system,
solar pedestrian traffic light,
Woody Meadows landscape design from the University of Melbourne and
recycled glass sand bedding material for use in the rail corridor.
Level Crossing Removal Project: Mernda Rail Extension (Design, Excellent)
Melbourne's north is one of Victoria's fastest growing areas. To meet the need for more local transport services, eight kilometres of rail line is being built from South Morang Station to the future Mernda Town Centre.
Three new stations are expected to cater for up to 8,000 commuters a day, helping to ease congestion along Plenty Road. The three stations will allow for about 2,000 car parking spaces, as well as bicycle storage and bus facilities. A new shared walking and cycling path will connect the stations and provide alternative transport options.
The Mernda rail extension project means around 1,200 construction jobs and more than 1,800 jobs in other businesses and industries in the area.
The Mernda Rail Extension project achieved an Excellent Design v1.2 IS Rating.
Energy and Carbon An energy reduction of 22% and a GHG reduction of 28% was achieved through initiatives such as efficient LED lighting design, rail alignment, and excavation.
Materials A 21% reduction in GHG emissions was achieved through intelligent product sourcing, rail alignment optimization and high SCM content in cement mixes.
Heritage The project has had a key focus on heritage. This included the Bridge Inn Archaeological Dig, aimed at identifying and promoting local heritage values. The project furthered local knowledge of and appreciation for heritage, community open days were held for the site including school visits and displays of artefacts. Following this project the City of Whittlesea hosted the National Archaeology Week 2018. Events held included lectures, public displays and an exhibition.
The project is now complete with trains operational and is in the process of completing its As Built submission.
Level Crossing Removal Project: Hurstbridge Rail Line Upgrade (Design, Excellent)
The North East Project Alliance (NEPA) was established to remove four level crossings.
The program alliance is an innovative approach to alliance contracting developed by LXRA to expedite the removal of 50 level crossings in metropolitan Melbourne over an eight year period.
NEPA will remove the level crossings at:
Grange Road, Alphington
Lower Plenty Road, Rosanna
Bell Street, Coburg
High Street, Reservoir
NEPA will also duplicate the track between Heidelberg and Rosanna, including:
A new rail bridge over Burgundy Street; and
Duplication of the rail tunnel under the Darebin Street/Hawdon Street intersection
This project by the Level Crossing Removal Authority has achieved an 'Excellent' Design v1.1 IS Rating.
Key highlights include:
Water A 92% reduction in water use is estimated for the project's 60-year lifecycle. Water use reduction initiatives include the installation of a 15kL rain water tank, water-efficient features, and the elimination of a long-term irrigation system for landscaping.
Community health, wellbeing and safety Priority community issues addressed were:
Enhance connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists in particular.
Retain or create new areas of open space
Concerned about construction impacts such as noise, road disruptions and dust.
A safe and accessible railway station
Foster an environment that ensures our local business succeed – from large industries to microbusinesses and freelancers
Stimulate business, employment and investment opportunities
Heritage Several opportunities to enhance local heritage values have been implemented:
Preservation and reuse of the existing abutments of Burgundy Street bridge pays homage to the European history of the local area
The design of the station precinct, forecourt and landscaping celebrates and enhances the Modernist architectural history of the area
Indigenous employment was a feature of the alliance's hiring and talent management process
Indigenous cultural training was held for the project team
Recognition of both Reconciliation and NAIDOC week in 2017: including staff morning teas where Elders and other representatives from the Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation Cultural Heritage Council were invited to open the events with a Welcome to Country
A video was produced for NAIDOC week to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements. In this video an Indigenous staff member shared her personal story
Stakeholder engagement The community was invited to provide feedback on the colour of pedestrian and bicycle bridges, landscaping, and the use of open space.
Level Crossing Removal Project: Bayswater Alliance (As Built, Leading)
The Bayswater Level Crossing Removal Project was an Alliance consisting of Laing O'Rourke, Fulton Hogan, AECOM, the Level Crossing Removal Authority, VicRoads, Public Transport Victoria and Metro Trains Melbourne. In addition to the grade separations at Mountain Highway and Scoresby Road, the project re-built the Bayswater Train Station, the bus interchange, the train station car park, constructed a new grade-separated shared-use path and modified the streetscape along Mountain Highway.
The Project achieved a 'Leading' As Built IS v1.1 Rating and 4 Star Green Star Rating for Bayswater Train Station. The Project won the 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award for As Built, having also won the same award in 2016 for the design of the project.
In terms of rating highlights:
Climate Change Adaptation (Level 3 for Cli-1 and Cli-2 credits) - A comprehensive climate change risk and adaptation assessment was undertaken with input from the external stakeholders.
Energy & Carbon - The Project achieved a 44% reduction in energy use (equivalent to 107,462 GJ reduction from the baseline) and a 53% reduction in carbon emissions (equivalent to 23,433 tCO2-e reduction from the baseline) over total project life – construction and operation phases.
Initiatives implemented to achieve the reductions include:
Purchase of 50% GreenPower for the site compound
Use of biodiesel generators for the site compound
Altered railway corridor design
Use of LED lights for arterial road lighting
Use of solar PVs for bus shelter advertising
Use of LED lighting for the train station precinct and roads
Materials A 31% reduction in materials impacts was achieved through initiative, examples include:
Changing the design of the track alignment to significantly reduce bulk excavations and associated material quantities for rail infrastructure i.e. track, ballast, imported fill and sub-structures.
Change in the train station platform slab layout reducing pre-cast concrete components.
Reducing the length and grade of the cut for the station and underpasses reducing spoil quantities and imported construction materials.
27% SCM average for all concrete used in the Train Station e.g. sub-structure, slabs, platforms, pre-cast ramp, stairs and landings.
36% supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) in the concrete mix used for piles along the rail corridor and bridges.
40% SCM in the concrete mix used for portions of the Shared Use Path which required no colour additive and for sections of kerb, gutter and islands within the car park.
HDPE piping used instead of conventional concrete pipes, PVC or polypropylene pipes.
Heritage The project coordinated the development of an Indigenous Mural developed by three local tribes from the Kulin Nation and students from Bayswater Secondary College. The students shot a video of themselves working on the mural and talking about their experience. Each tribe had a representative artist and each created one of the concepts in the mural. The three artists were Mandy Nicholson (Wurundjeri), Adam Magennis (Bunurong), and Gheran Steel (Boon Wurrung).
Stakeholder Participation Comprehensive stakeholder engagement was initially undertaken by the local council. The project team reviewed all the previous stakeholder engagement and developed a stakeholder strategy that would facilitate the project outcomes and council requirements. This included stakeholder input into the engagement strategy. This included workshops, presentations, and meetings to obtain feedback from stakeholders that can be used as part of the design development, enabling innovative and integrated thinking - providing better definition of the project from a design, construction and cost perspective, as well as crafting an innovative solution that improves on a number of key results areas. The team also used Digital Engineering, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality as a community and stakeholder consultation tool.
Metro Tunnel Early Works (Design, Leading)
The $324 million Early Works Package for the Metro Tunnel Project is the first major expansion of Melbourne's underground rail network since the City Loop was constructed 30 years ago. The overall project connects the Sunbury and Cranbourne/Pakenham lines via nine kilometres of new tunnels and five new underground stations. The Early Works Package is to prepare critical work sites and help facilitate timely delivery of the project. The major works for the Early Works component commenced in early 2017 following planning approval for the Early Works Plan from the Minister for Planning.
Another winner at the IS 2018 Awards, The Metro Tunnel Early Works package includes:
The relocation of power, drainage, gas, water, sewer and telecommunications services to clear the alignment prior to the Main Works commencing in 2018.
The construction of two access shafts in Franklin Street and A'Beckett Street to enable future construction of the stations.
Major site preparation works including land clearing, property demolition, temporary relocation of monuments and tree protection and removal across all precincts.
The completion of the Metro Tunnel Project by 2026 will create space for more trains to run more often across Melbourne's rail network. This will create capacity for 39,000 more passengers during each peak period, reduce road congestion and pave the way for future expansion of Melbourne's public transport network.
Project highlights include:
Community Health and wellbeing: The project successfully embarked on various social procurement and workforce strategies.
Over 30% female staff and 50% of the leadership team are women, including the Project Director, breaking the mould of a typical construction project, and creating a culture of respect for women in the industry.
Through a focus on employment of priority jobseekers the project has achieved to date 2.74% Aboriginal participation and 132,274 hours by cadets, apprentices and trainees.
An industry night held at Melbourne Town Hall attracted an audience of over 150 potential tendering companies. A key theme of the night was introduction to project sustainability requirements, commitments and expectations, particularly around workforce diversity.
This was followed up with the Workforce Initiative Event, at which project contractors were introduced to support group training organisations, networked with job-ready apprentices and heard lessons learnt from a peer contractor regarding their initiatives.
The project has contributed positively to people's health and wellbeing.
Initiatives were designed to generate positive social outcomes for the wider community including temporary creative aspects embedded into construction elements such as hoarding to turn 'disruption into delight', purchasing through social enterprises and employment of priority jobseekers.
An innovative upgrade of two roundabouts uses a Victorian first design that gives pedestrians and cyclists right of way through raised 'wombat' crossings, providing increased visibility and slowing traffic on their approach.
The MTEW team took pride in its project values of Care, Generosity and Fun, raising over $13,500 for various charities through events such as Around the Bay, Movember, clothing drives and raffles. Mental health was also a priority of the team assisted through mental health first aid training and multiple campaigns amongst the team workforce.
Heritage - The project is located in Melbourne CBD, much European and Indigenous heritage was identified as well as the intangible heritage of the city. As a part of a wider program the project was responsible for managing heritage through the course of their works and where relevant ensuring that any heritage items are handed over to the relevant other packages of work in the program for interpretation and monitoring.
Key initiatives include:
Extensive survey and monitoring of heritage buildings including the use of drones, tiltmeters, crack meters and other monitoring devices.
Archival recording of heritage sites prior to demolition and lodgement of the records with the State Library of Victoria.
Archaeological digs and lodgement of new archaeological sites with Heritage Victoria.
Incorporation of heritage elements into artwork established on site hoardings.
RPV and the project had to undertake a substantial amount of stakeholder engagement to ensure that heritage concerns were met.
Stakeholder Participation (full marks) - Given that this is package of works is part of the biggest infrastructure project happening within Melbourne to date a substantial amount of stakeholder consultation has been undertaken by RPV and the project to ensure that stakeholder concerns and outcomes are met.
Rail Network Operations (Operations, Commended)
An exciting feat for ISCA, and the IS Community, as this is the first IS Asset to receive an operations rating!
Metro Trains Melbourne operates a metropolitan rail system spanning 16 lines, 219 stations and more than 800km of track. The company delivers over 14,000 services every week, with a train departing every 30 seconds in the peak. It also maintains all assets across the network including tracks, signals, electrical overhead, rolling stock, buildings and structures.
Metro Trains Melbourne has made significant advances in its management systems, ecology strategy, wellbeing and safety, accessibility, corporate social responsibility and procurement practices. The company has also written clear sustainability objectives into its new rail franchise contract with Public Transport Victoria to 2024.
Rating highlights:
Management Systems - MTM has a comprehensive management system that is being improved to incorporate sustainability requirements. The new franchise agreement (MR4) includes commitments to restore and enhance environmental and social aspects of operations and aligns with the UN SDGs.
Procurement and Purchasing - MTM's Procurement Policy requires suppliers to be Green-flagged in the prequalification system, in which suppliers are required to enter detailed information about their Sustainability Policies. In MR4, MTM have made a commitment to include broad ranging sustainability considerations directly into their procurement policy.
Community Health and Wellbeing -
Metro's Accessibility Reference Group is comprised of independent disability advocates who are helping to make the railway more accessible through multiple initiatives.
Raised Boarding Platforms and Platform Gap Fillers have been introduced to enable wheelchairs and other mobility aids to seamlessly board trains at key locations around the network.
Red button assistance at unstaffed stations in consultation with Vision Australia and Guide Dogs Victoria.
Equipping of frontline staff with electronic devices and apps approved by Scope.
New mechanical pushers for staff, so they can safely assist wheelchair users at designated stations.
Major inner city stations are being fitted with upgraded facilities for assistance animals.
Trauma management: Trauma Management Steering Committee implemented initiatives to prevent suicides on the railway network. MTM is committed to going beyond Transport Safety Victoria's recommendation to install fencing at suicide hot spots, with the fencing initiative to sit within a broader suicide prevention strategy. For example, MTM is displaying digital Lifeline posters and will roll out posters in suicide hot spots and conduct suicide awareness training.
MTM has made commitments under MR4 that have informed the Corporate Responsibility Plan and Strategy. This includes launching a disadvantaged worker program for priority job seekers (auto workers, indigenous employees and people experiencing long term unemployment).
Ecology - MTM has a comprehensive draft Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) and Biodiversity Procedure that outlines specific and targeted programs to effectively manage the protected species contained within biosites across the metro network.
Port Drive Upgrade (As Built, Excellent)
Seymour Whyte, on behalf of Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL), has delivered the $110m Port Drive Upgrade between the end of the Port of Brisbane Motorway to Whimbrel Street at Fisherman's Island, Queensland. The upgrade which was brought ahead of capacity demand, delivers safer and more efficient port roads, and will help ensure that the Port of Brisbane continues to meet the needs of industry and customers as trade grows.
The Port Drive Upgrade was the largest road project ever undertaken by PBPL and has delivered significant safety improvements.
In achieving an Excellent rating for both Design and As Built, Port Drive Upgrade exceeded in:
The key measures identified in the Climate Change Risk Assessment report were in relation to detailed design requirements for the road alignment, flood modelling and drainage resilience.
Water - The project achieved a total water use reduction of 29% across its lifecycle.
Innovation - The upgrade also incorporated innovative design and working methods that will improve efficiency of the road network within the port precinct.
Lucinda Drive Bridge
At Lucinda Drive, an innovative Super I girder was used to build the new bridge over Port Drive and the railway line. The original design required a 5-span bridge to be built. The innovation in the new design allowed for a 3-span bridge to be built using special Super I girders.
The design allowed bigger spans; and eliminated the need to have a pier positioned within the railway line corridor.
The Super I girder has now been approved by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Road for use across Queensland.
Road surfacing
EME2 sustainably-sourced asphalt reduced the need for asphalt thicknesses for heavy duty pavements; and lowered the construction and maintenance costs. The project laid 51,346 tonnes of EME-2 asphalt.
The Port Drive upgrade was one of the first major projects to use this technology in Australia.
Offsite stormwater treatment
PBPL elected to use the offsite stormwater treatment initiative as part of the project's stormwater management requirements. Offsite stormwater treatment complements the onsite treatments for the project such as grass swales, trash racks and good site management.
Nearly 1km of Laidley Creek's eroding banks was repaired with a view to reduce future sediment pollution from bank erosion and improve the quality of the Brisbane River at the Port. When combined with effective onsite treatments, this approach will deliver the best stormwater management outcomes for the project.
Sydney Metro Program (Design, Leading)
Another exciting first for ISCA – the first program of works to receive an IS Rating, and a Leading ISCA IS rating.
Sydney Metro Northwest is the first stage of the Sydney Metro railway network, Australia's biggest public transport project, being delivered by the NSW Government.
The $8.3 billion Sydney Metro Northwest runs from Rouse Hill to Chatswood and will be Australia's first fully automated metro rail system. The project is delivering 36 kilometres of new metro rail and a reliable public transport service to a region with the highest car ownership levels per household in Australia.
Sydney Metro Northwest is being delivered through three major construction contracts, all of which have been required through contractual documentation to obtain an Excellence or higher ISCA Design and As-Built rating. To date all contracts have achieved a Leading Design rating, and the two completed contracts have also achieved a Leading As-Built rating. The three contracts are:
Tunnels Stations and Civils
Surface, Viaduct and Civils
Operations and Construction
These three contracts packages form the Sydney Metro Northwest program Design IS rating, an ISCA first. Sydney Metro Northwest received a Leading ISCA IS Design rating.
The construction of Sydney Metro Northwest is meeting and exceeding its sustainability targets – leading Australia in best practice sustainability. Sustainability has been core to the Sydney Metro Northwest project from the beginning. A sustainability strategy for the project was developed early on and initiatives identified were made contractual requirements. Working hand-in-hand with delivery partners Sydney Metro was able to achieve exceptional achievements and outcomes in the sustainability space.
"As such a large program of works, we recognise our ability to influence industry and set new benchmarks and standards in environmental and socio-economic spheres."
Tom Gellibrand Former A/Program Director and Chief Executive of Sydney Metro, Sustainability Report 2017
The tunnels, stations and civils contract package for Sydney Metro Northwest also holds the highest ever As-Built ISCA IS rating, a score of 92.5 (Leading).
Energy & carbon – 100 per cent offset of operational energy through a new build renewable energy project in rural NSW, and a 1.1 MW solar array on top of the Sydney Metro Trains Facility.
Climate resilience – climate change mitigation and adaptation has been a key focus for the project from day one, this is reflected in the design of stations and tunnels.
Waste & spoil – 96 per cent recycling rate of construction material, and 100 per cent clean spoil has been beneficially reused.
Whole of life – 95 per cent of a Sydney Metro train is recyclable at end of life, and life cycle cost analysis has been integrated into design and key decision making to ensure lowest impact from the commencement of the project in 2011.
Green infrastructure - Nearly one million native and drought resistant vegetation planted along the Sydney Metro Northwest alignment.
Workforce - Over 1300 new sustainable jobs created during tunnels, viaduct and operations works on the Northwest project (more than 40 per cent of these jobs are from Greater Western Sydney).
Skills & Jobs - The establishment of the NSW Infrastructure Skills Centre, the first integrated infrastructure skills and employment centre in Australia and the Sydney Metro Industry Curriculum was introduced to address skills gaps.
Sydney Metro Northwest - Surface and Viaduct Civils (As Built, Leading)
The Surface and Viaduct Civils package for Sydney Metro Northwest involved the construction of an elevated four kilometer skytrain viaduct (including associated civils works) between Bella Vista and Cudgegong Road, Rouse Hill.
The skytrain viaduct is at a height of between 10 metres and 13 metres above ground level and is supported with 130 concrete piers, spaced approximately 39 metres apart. The two new railway stations on the viaduct, Kellyville and Rouse Hill, are elevated and the platforms are above ground.
A landmark 270-metre long cable-stayed railway bridge over Windsor Road at Rouse Hill also forms part of the viaduct. This is similar in design to Sydney's Anzac Bridge.
The viaduct has been developed, in response to community consultation, to help reduce construction impacts of Sydney Metro Northwest on motorists and the community. The design also means that any future upgrade of the Windsor and Schofields Road intersection will not be impacted by the operation. It also minimises impacts on local flood plains.
The viaduct will be used only by passenger trains,. The viaduct is a critical part of the Sydney Metro Northwest, improving access to jobs and services for existing communities and new growth areas in the north west of Sydney.
The single span bridge is an Australian first. It is the first single span curved railway bridge. This new railway bridge was awarded the Global Best Project Award for design and construction by Engineering News-Record.
WestConnex M4 East (Design, Leading)
The M4 East is the first underground section of WestConnex and will extend the existing M4 Motorway with two new 5.5 kilometre tunnels, three lanes in each direction, from Homebush to Haberfield. The extension will reduce the bottleneck at the end of the M4, saving travel time for motorists and removing cars from local streets. It will provide a bypass of Parramatta Road and a connection to the City West Link.
This project achieved a Leading Design IS Rating. Here's how they did it:
Full marks for Heritage – The following are some of the interpretation content proposed for the locations at Concord Interchange, Concord Oval Car Park and Wattle Street Interchange at Haberfield:
Interpretive Landscaping – incorporating text into the fabric of the cycleway aligned along the west side of the park
An interpretation sign to be located in Concord Interchange park
Salvaged bricks and sandstone to be re-used as landscape elements within the park
To include information and images associated with the early development of the area as well as the importance of Concord Road and the Main North Line in opening the area up to urbanisation and industry
Full marks for Procurement - The publicly available WestConnex Sustainability Strategy details sustainability objectives and requirements and these were embedded in the project contract through the SWTC and were captured in the Project's Delivery Phase Sustainability Plan.
All potential suppliers are issued the standard subcontractor pack for pre-qualification. Pre-award meetings are also held to discuss possible sustainability / innovation in the supply of goods and services.
Discharges - The flood assessment has shown that there would be no adverse flood impacts to adjoining properties or increase in flood hazard as a result of the increased peak flows across the project in events up to and including the 100 year ARI.
The project's ventilation facilities located at Underwood Rd, Cintra Park, and Parramatta Road, have been designed with acoustic attenuators on both the environment side and tunnel side of the fans to mitigate noise from the air path.
The project is striving for full compliance and minimal pollutant contribution. Achieving zero exceedances for operational pollutant concentrations will be challenging due to the nature of Sydney's ambient air quality. Actual results will be presented in the As Built submission.
As required by AS1158, the Upward Light Ratio for the projects public roads will be less than 3%.
Energy and Carbon - The Project has modelled a 26% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across the project lifecycle. The following are the energy initiatives:
Improved efficiency and flow design on ventilation fans (27%)
Improved efficiency in tunnel lighting (31%)
Use of light coloured road surface to reduce lighting demand to illuminate tunnel (30%)
Reduce contrast effect at portal to minimise transition lighting (15%)
Use of Greenpower in construction electricity (6%)
WestConnex Stage 1a: M4 Widening (As Built, Excellent)
The M4 Widening is Stage 1a of the WestConnex Project. WestConnex has upgraded and linked the M4 at Parramatta with the central business district, airport and port precincts and the M5 at Beverly Hills. The M4 Widening has upgraded the M4 to four lanes in each direction between Church Street, Parramatta and Homebush Bay Drive, Homebush. Key features of the Project include:
Widening of the motorway in the existing corridor between Junction Street, Silverwater and Homebush Bay Drive, Homebush.
New access from Hill Road, Sydney Olympic Park to the M4 eastbound.
A new access ramp for southbound Homebush Bay Drive motorists to access the M4 westbound, helping alleviate congestion and removing the need for a right hand turn at traffic lights.
A new elevated road on the southern side of the M4 between Church Street, Parramatta and Wentworth Street, Granville
A new bridge between Wentworth Street, Granville and Junction Street, Silverwater.
The Rizzani de Eccher Australia Pty Ltd / CPB Contractors Pty Ltd Joint Venture (RCPBJV) were awarded the contract to design and construct the M4 Widening Project in December 2014 and construction commenced in May 2015.
This project achieved an Excellent As Built IS Rating. Rating highlights included:
Stakeholder Participation - This is a fairly media intensive project along with the other Westconnex projects and the outcomes of the stakeholder surveys showed that the project team has done a lot of work with the community and stakeholders.
Ecology - It was identified that most of the ecology within the alignment of the project had a low biodiversity value due to the urban context. Therefore, the Biobanking scheme has been used to offset the biodiversity of the project. Areas of threatened or high value ecology were managed by the project to maintain the value in these areas.
Wickham Transport Interchange (As Built, Commended)
Laing O'Rourke was engaged to construct a new fully-accessible transport interchange at Wickham as part of an integrated transport solution to help drive urban renewal in the Newcastle city centre. The new interchange will enable customers to easily connect with trains, light rail, regional buses, taxis and cars. Key features include:
New intermodal fully accessible interchange
Taxi spaces and a kiss-and-ride facility
New platforms and concourse
Fully accessible pedestrian bridge over the rail corridor
New crew and staff facilities
New power system, communication and lighting systems
Modifications to existing roads and overbridges
Rail infrastructure and stabling yard
Provision for future Light Rail (light rail to be constructed by others)
Rating highlights include Heritage - Significant consultation and community engagement was undertaken in relation to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage. Thousands of Aboriginal Artefacts were uncovered on site in a salvage excavation, and impacts on nearby non-Indigenous heritage were also managed including the Hamilton Railway Station Group. Signage was also installed at Wickham Transport Interchange to interpret both Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage.
Waste was managed well on the project with a range of measures being implemented to minimise waste during construction and operation, and which resulted in landfill diversion rates of:
81% of spoil
98% of inert and non-hazardous waste
41% of office waste

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Has anyone used r-tools to recover data on a Asustor NAS, ADM version 2.5? If so, what tool and what process did you use? I found a post from 2015 on forum that indicated Asustor may use XFS and r-tools would support XFS in future but no other information.
Re: Recover/undelete files on Asustor NAS?
It probably is XFS, many NASs are these days. Unfortunately, R-Studio still doesn't support XFS. I've PM'd you with a couple recommendations of some software that does currently work with XFS (don't want to post other software recommendations here publically).
We're all hoping that soon R-TT will add this.


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By Terrie Schmidt-Crosby
Odessa agriculture science teacher HaLee Walter and school superintendent Dan Read applied for and have received a grant for $15,000 from the Washington FFA Foundation. The Foundation provides financial support for programs that recognize excellence in agricultural education and FFA leadership. It had $1.75 million to administer and fund the equipment and technology associated with its Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE).
At its commencement on Saturday, June 9, the 11 students in the Odessa High School graduating class of 2018 received scholarships and awards totaling $240,734.
The Odessa High School reunion of 2018 drew a large crowd to Odessa in June. The 50-year class of 1968 was especially well represented, with only six of the alumni not being able to attend, in addition to the eight (out of the original 38) who had passed away over the years.
The Odessa Athletics Hall of Fame committee, represented by Jon Heimbigner (class of 1966), announced the individuals and teams being inducted, assisted by fellow committee members Terri Weishaar and Myrna (Heimbigner) Wolsborn (both class of 1968). Individual athletes inducted were Keith Cronrath, Marie (Cronrath) Grasso, Dalles Deife, Ellen (Homberg) Holman, Jason Iltz, Jeff Scrupps,Wade Walter, Kurt Wolsborn and TJ Wolsborn. The four teams inducted were the 1989/90 State Tennis Class A/B Boys Team Champions Landon Lobe, Matt Bischoff, Jason Iltz, TJ Wolsborn and Kurt Wolsborn; the 1992/93 State Tennis Class A/B Boys Doubles Team Champions Jeff Scrupps and Kurt Wolsborn; the 1989/90 State Football Class B-8 Champions, which set or tied 16 records in the title game and also won the state academic award and the 1993/94 State Football Class B-8 Champions, which finished the season with a 10-2 record.
Vacation Bible School, offered by the local churches that make up the Odessa Ministerial Association, drew youngsters from all over town and the countryside for a full week of activities, crafts, music and lessons related to the Bible. Approximately 90 children were involved in the preschool through fifth-grade group.
On the Fourth of July, the Odessa Volunteer Fire Department again provided a community picnic lunch at Reiman Park. The firefighters served pulled-pork sandwiches, potato salad, baked beans, watermelon, chips and beverages for $8 for an individual or $15 a couple. All dishes were prepared by the firefighters and their families.
The Odessa Town Council learned that the largely FEMA-funded street repair project in Odessa was said to be moving along nicely and was scheduled to be wrapped up by the end of the week. CenturyWest Engineering applied on the town's behalf for a grant/loan option to develop a sewer system plan, a requirement for applying for financial assistance from government agencies to complete needed repairs and upgrades.
Some Odessa residents appeared to have been unduly inconvenienced by the street work being performed. Some have railed at construction workers or called the town clerk's office to vent their anger. Mayor Bill Crossley reminded citizens that everyone has been equally inconvenienced by the road work, but that the town is also benefiting from it in numerous ways. Repairs to the streets were absolutely necessary, he said, adding that the town was able to take advantage of government programs to have the vast majority of the cost covered. Taking frustration out on people who are simply doing their jobs is unfair and not appreciated, he said.
For the second consecutive council meeting, there was lengthy discussion of a "nuisance ordinance" being developed for the town using a Moses Lake ordinance as a guide. Council members have met in committee to work out language that applies to the smaller municipality of Odessa, yet covers the many different issues that bring complaints to the desks of the mayor and council members.
Fire chief Don Strebeck lamented that yards identified earlier as needing cleanup were dealt with either by the homeowner or by the town but were now back on the cleanup list after rains helped vegetation to grow again. Police chief Tom Clark suggested citing violators after due notification to see if that might bring better compliance. The discussion was tabled.
Odessa High School's Future Business Leaders of America chapter sent 25 members to the 2018 National Leadership Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Over 12,000 students attended, competed in approximately 100 events. Odessa competed in 10 events, made the finals in three and placed in two. With a first-place award and competing against over 100 schools was the Community Service Project team of Kassidy Crossley, Brady Walter, Caitlyn Schuh, Jakob Starkel, Colton Messer and Kaya Curo. They presented the chapter's "Operation LEAN On Us" project which focused on improving the lives of Odessa senior citizens. The group cooked and delivered 553 freezer meals to Odessa seniors, helped organize and reactivate the Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) classes for 20 weeks, provided assistance with household chores, hosted Senior Night Out events and provided $9,000 to help repair the roof of the Old Town Hall, the venue for senior meals and events.
The town council on July 9 heard a presentation by Victor Holton on a potential solar farm installation on town property. Holton told the council he puts together projects for groups of investors in which 50-acre plots of land on which solar farms are installed are either purchased or leased. Power from the panels would be sold to Avista Utilities. Holton was granted permission to access the property to take measurements and investigate its suitability prior to a follow-up meeting.
Grant County reported several large fires that have kept fire crews and other emergency responders busy over the past month. Grant County resident Doris Jasman visited The Record this week to buy an ad thanking firefighters after a combine fire ignited several acres of standing wheat at the Marlin-area farm of Doris and her husband Ed Jasman. During the same time period, things were quieter in Lincoln County, although more and more reports had begun to come in.
With Fest less than two months away, civic groups were planning and preparing their menus. Biergarten chair Lindsy Starkel and vice-chair Trevor Smith gathered a crew to begin repairing tables and benches in the community center. The Oom Pas and Mas announced they would begin practicing for their Fest performances on July 29 on the Biergarten stage.
Laura Estes and Kelly Korpinen of the Chamber's commercial kitchen committee, assisted by volunteers Amy Reeves and Kathy Ashe, performed a deep cleaning of the community commercial kitchen in the community center. Estes reported the kitchen ceiling has been repaired and no longer leaks. The Chamber then could feel comfortable about promoting use of the kitchen by other entities in order to generate revenue.
Detectives with the Grant County Sheriff's Office are investigating two assaults at Saturday's Phish concert at the Gorge Amphitheater near the town of George. Deputies were notified of two assault victims who were brought to the medical tent at the venue, a 46-year-old man from Washington state and a 38-year-old man from Colorado. Each man suffered head injuries, and each was transported to a different regional hospital. One victim remained hospitalized in stable condition, while the other was treated and released. The victims were assaulted at around the same time but at locations far apart from one another. One man was down near the stage, the other high up on the hill above. Both were struck with rocks. Neither could identify his assailant. The victims did not know one other. Detectives asked first-hand witnesses to either of the assaults to contact their office.
Odessa's two nurse practitioners, Rich Ervin and Debbie Fogg, gave notice of their intention to leave their positions at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. Hospital administrator Mo Sheldon said, "We are sorry to say good-bye to Rich and Debbie. It's unfortunate that their resignations are coming so close together, but it's a hard reality that turnover in health care is often unavoidable." Clinic manager Barb Schlimmer was already working to line up temporary practitioners, while the search went on for long-term providers to fill the two positions.
Lincoln County launched a project to update its Hazard Mitigation Plan and to include integration of the existing Lincoln County Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Local agencies and organizations in Lincoln County created a committee to complete the required five-year update of the document as part of FEMA's Pre-Disaster Mitigation program. The project is funded through a FEMA grant. The public was encouraged to participate to express concerns or possible solutions for flood, landslide, earthquake, severe weather, wildland fire and other disasters.
Fires raged all around eastern Washington over the summer, with major blazes near Kennewick and around the areas of Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee and Electric City. Officials determined that lightning was the cause. Odessa firefighters responded to a field fire on Rimrock Road, located about half way between Odessa and Wilbur. It contributed additional air pollution to the pall that had hung over the town since the previous weekend. Monday morning Odessa woke up to a heavy haze of smoke that officials reported was hazardous to anyone out in it. Citizens were advised to stay indoors if possible and not to engage in any strenuous activity outdoors.
Republican state Rep. Matt Manweller, running for re-election to his fourth term as a District 13 state representative, was fired from his position as a tenured professor of political science at Central Washington University after a lengthy investigation into his conduct with female students. A statement released by the university provided no details regarding the findings of the investigation, which was conducted by Trish Murphy of Northwest Workplace Law, whose report was to be publicly released in late August. Manweller had been investigated by the university in 2012 and 2013 after allegations of sexual harassment and of propositioning female students. The accusations were never substantiated, but Manweller was nevertheless reprimanded for using poor judgment. He challenged the reprimand, and the university ultimately paid his attorney fees and promoted him to a full professor. In December 2107, Manweller was placed on leave while the university investigated again after receiving calls and emails from former students following a series of news stories about past allegations against him. Manweller has the right to appeal his termination and told reporters he plans to file a lawsuit against Central Washington University and the investigator.
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Arizona utility claims 'historically low price' for solar-plus-storage project's power
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Business, Market Watch, Technology
Image: Tucson Electric Power.
Arizona utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) claims that the cost-effectiveness of a new large-scale solar-plus-storage facility under construction will allow it to provide "more solar energy to more customers for less money".
TEP said that a 100MW solar PV array coupled with a 30MW/120MWh energy storage system will be completed and connected by the end of 2019. The utility said output from the solar farm would be purchased at a "historically low price". An affiliate of NextEra Energy, which only last month said it will build another 10MW lithium-ion battery energy storage system in Arizona for utility Salt River Project, will construct the system.
According to TEP, the utility will be able to source renewable power for less than three cents per kilowatt-hour from the combined installation for a 20-year period. However, the utility said that the price, which was the only figure quoted in its announcement of the project, excluded the cost of the energy storage system. Nonetheless, TEP said that this was less than half the sum agreed under "similar contracts" in the past few years.
"This new local system combines cost-effective energy production with cutting edge energy storage, helping us provide sustainable, reliable and affordable service to all of our customers for decades to come," TEP senior director for renewable energy and energy supply Carmine Tilghman said.
Announcement feeds into state-wide debate over cost of rooftop solar
While the project announcement appears to be exciting news for Arizona, following on the heels of news of three much smaller utility-scale energy storage systems by TEP, it has a slightly more, potentially, controversial side to it.
Currently there is a dispute over the cost of and compensation for rooftop solar power ongoing in the state. TEP itself has proposed a new rates structure for rooftop solar customers that would cut solar credits and instate time-of-use (ToU) rates earlier this month.
TEP argues that 'community' projects such as the 100MW PV + 120MWh storage system could be a more effective way to increase the utility's share of renewable energy than relying on individual customers choosing to go solar. According to the utility, the plummeting cost of power from large-scale arrays compares unfavourably to rates paid for solar energy added to the grid by rooftop solar customers, which it says have increased in the last few years.
Arizona customers of TEP pay more than four times more for excess rooftop PV power than customers of other utilities, in other jurisdictions, the utility claimed.
"Focusing our resources on the development of cost-effective community scale systems allows us to provide more solar energy to more customers for less money. The best way to help solar grow in our community is by planning and siting systems in an organized, responsible and equitable manner," TEP's Carmine Tilghman said.
NextEra Energy Resources senior vice president of development Mike O'Sullivan said the project would create "good-paying jobs and increased tax revenue for the state and the local community".
arizona, colocation, community storage, net metering, rooftop solar, solar-plus-storage, tep, tucson electric power, us, usa
Energy storage will play an important role in US power systems between now and 2050, offering the opportunity to displace fossil fuels with low-cost renewable energy and balancing supply and demand across multiple regions.
Energy-Storage.news' top 10 blogs and features of the year 2021
While we're waiting to get started up for what looks like being a busier year than ever in 2022, let's look back as we reveal the most-read blogs and features for 2021.
Year in review 2021: ESS technology providers Fluence and Powin Energy
Bringing you the thoughts of leaders from across the industry in our series of end-of-year blogs.
Virtual power plants: Enphase, Sunverge and LG in the US, Project Symphony in Australia
A US$25 million virtual power plant (VPP) programme has been launched in Perth, Western Australia, while in the US, technology providers Enphase, Sunverge and LG have announced their involvement in VPPs in Arizona and California.


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Billionaire Drug Executive Who Helped Create Opioid Crisis To Sell Patented Treatment
BY James Kosur	September 7, 2018
Richard Sackler, the billionaire pharma executive who helped fuel the opioid crisis now owns patented a new drug that helps treat opioid addiction.
Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force
The Financial Times reports that the drug is a reformulation of buprenorphine, a "milder opioid that can blunt the symptoms of withdrawal while a person is being weaned off."
Variations of the same drug are already generating $900 million in U.S. sales for Sackler's competitors.
The Sackler family owns Purdue Pharma, the first RX company to develop the highly addicting drug OxyContin. It's this drug that has been largely blamed for the opioid crisis in America.
Purdue Pharma made millions by selling OxyContin and it's now set to profit off the cure for an addiction they manufactured.
Purdue is issuing the new treatment at a time when the company is facing numerous lawsuits by prosecutors in various states, Raw Story reports. The lawsuits largely claim that Purdue was well aware of the risk of addiction and overdose and downplayed the effects of the drugs with doctors.
It's estimated that 12% of patients who are prescribed opioids develop an addiction to the drugs. Six percent of addicts end up trying heroin as a replacement drug, the Raw Story report notes.
Opioids, because of their efficacy in fighting the painful effects of major surgery, are not expected to disappear but lawmakers are fighting to slow the number of prescriptions being handed out by doctors. 115 people per day are now dying of opioid overdoses.
Part of the problem is the massive opioid fraud that is being committed by RX companies. Vox reported that "between 2006 and 2016, out-of-state drug companies shipped nearly 21 million opioid painkillers to two pharmacies in Williamson, West Virginia, population 2,900."
It's definitely a positive that treatments are being made readily available but it leaves a sour taste in the mouth that the company largely responsible for the crisis is now set to profit off the misery they have caused for millions of opioid addicts and their families.


If holds of in a #-generated outer model of which preserves then holds of in an inner model of .
I don't see why it should.
Hugh, the HP is (primarily) a study of maximality criteria of the sort we have been discussing. As I have been trying to explain, it is essential to the programme to formulate, analyse, compare and synthesise different criteria, discovering their mathematical consequences. I referred to my formulation of the as "crude and uncut" as it may have to be modified later as we learn more. Changes in its formulation do not mean a defeat for the programme, but rather progress in our understanding of maximality.
So it makes no sense to assert that if a particular formulation of maximality coming out of the programme contradicts large cardinal existence then the programme is a failure and therefore irrelevant to the resolution of CH. Indeed the first HP criterion, the IMH, did contradict large cardinals, but it was later for compelling reasons synthesised with #-generation into the , which does not. It is not yet clear if the optimal maximality criterion will be compatible with large cardinal existence. It is certainly not the intention of the programme to take a stance on large cardinal existence "in advance" before seeing what maximality criteria are out there.


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De vlag van Geldrop-Mierlo werd op 24 maart 2005 per raadsbesluit door de Noord-Brabantse gemeente Geldrop-Mierlo aangenomen als de gemeentelijke vlag. De vlag is afgeleid van het gemeentewapen dat in 2004 aan de gemeente was toegekend. De beschrijving van de vlag luidt als volgt:

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Geldrop-Mierlo
Geldrop-Mierlo

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Being interviewed about my Alaskan experience has got me thinking about it again. Who knows what might float up and into the studio?
At Exit Glacier with friends, Mary Mears, and Dave Atchison, on snowmobiles, circa 1989.


Many of you may know my Stuart Weitzman over-the-knee boots are my everyday winter go-to's…literally worth every penny. However, the newer version with shearling trim may be my new found love. A necessary neutral and very sophisticated.
Today I have on a borrowed-from-the-boys oversized shirtdress layered under an oversized knit with high side slits. I figured I may as well take advantage of the so called "warmer" weather before winter actually hits us. You can shop this look and similar below. Thanks for stopping by!!
As you can see I am a huge fan of neutral pieces. While digging through my closet I came across these floral print Free People pants (a little bit of a tongue twister) I have had for a while now. They are more of a gray tone finished with a cream colored print. I paired them with a neutral knit and suede booties for a casual look in this awful weather....which hopefully will end ASAP.
I don't know about you guys…but I am hating all of this snow!! I am so glad I got to shoot some new looks before the storm came. Unfortunately most of my look today is sold out but I added some similar items for you to check out as well.Long gone are the days when white jeans are strictly reserved for summer and they are quickly becoming a winter staple of mine. There is something about them that is so much more refreshing than your average denim. Today I paired them with a boyfriend coat and fitted wool sweater that is perfect for layering as much as it takes to keep warm this season. This cashmere infinity scarf adds a cozy, yet on-trend leopard accent to the outfit.
I love boyfriend jeans because they are so easy to glam up or dress down and they give off that vibe that you look put together yet not trying too hard. I usually add a splash color with denim..it always seems to do the trick. These papaye colored edition of Christian Louboutin's 'So Kate' booties are my absolute favorite and they take this neutral outfit from simple and baggy to feminine with their high heel and touch of fiery orange. I added my taupe Sara Battaglia bucket bag because I love the leather tassels…they add such a 'chicness' to this great carryall.