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Our commitment to education is growing stronger every day. A clear example of this trend is the partnership between Total Austral and the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA). The initiatives underway are designed to promote technical training in Argentina and encourage students to meet the energy sector's career development challenges.
Educating and developing engineering and technology professionals
Since it was established as a private university in 1959, the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires has been recognized for its commitment to innovation, technology and academic excellence. Since 2004, Total Austral has provided financial support to the Petroleum Engineering degree course taught at ITBA, in order to develop special studies and acquire specific equipment.
A commitment to the future
In 2013, a cooperation agreement was signed between Total Professeurs Associés (TPA), Total Austral and ITBA, under which respected experts from Total are teaching courses on specific subjects at this university. In addition, in 2013, ITBA launched a double degree agreement between its Oil and Natural Gas Production program and the Resevoir Geoscience and Engineering program at the IFP School in France. Under the agreement, ITBA students who opt to take the double degree will spend two semesters at the IFP School.
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Total Austral, in conjunction with the Foundation Center for Infectious Disease Studies (FUNCEI, for its Spanish acronym) chaired by Dr. Daniel Stamboulian, has been supporting initiatives aimed at public health improvement for several years.
Hospital-acquired infection monitoring in Tierra del Fuego
Total Austral and FUNCEI signed a cooperation agreement to implement a program to improve hospital-acquired disease management, surveillance and control, as well as to enhance laboratory, sterilization and cleaning services at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in Tierra del Fuego by providing assistance to create an Infection Control Committee and conveying knowledge to local healthcare professionals.
Institutional stakeholders involved in the program are Rio Grande Regional Hospital, the Tierra del Fuego Department of Health and Rio Grande Municipality. This program was declared to be of provincial interest by the Tierra del Fuego Department of Health.
Direct beneficiaries of the program amount to 900 people (Hospital healthcare professionals and Tierra del Fuego physicians attending the seminars open to the community that form part of the program), whereas indirect beneficiaries are over 70,000 people (Rio Grande and Tolhuin population that is treated in Rio Grande Regional Hospital, which is the nearest highly specialized health care facility)
Strengthening of the operation of the Hospital Infection Control Committee.
Reinforcement of the professional team of the Committee with the recruitment of a pediatric infectious disease specialist and an infection control nurse.
Definition and implementation of indicators to ensure proper epidemiological surveillance of hospital-acquired infections.
Remarkable reduction of infections after cesarean section.
Optimization of the rational use of antibiotics in hospitalized patients.
By optimizing hospital care, the quality of life of the whole community is improved and the length of hospital stay is reduced, thus preventing complications that would lead to longer hospital stays and higher mortality, morbidity and health care costs.
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A combined commitment
An innovative approach to ecological restoration is being effectively deployed thanks to the joint contribution of stakeholders from 1) the academic world, represented by a multidisciplinary team from the Universidad Nacional del Comahue, which is transferring the knowledge needed to take the project forward and conduct research in this area; 2) the local community, which is gaining employment opportunities in places requiring greater economic diversity; and 3) Total Austral, which has a stake in both environmental protection and capacity building for local businesses.
One result of the ecological restoration project run jointly by the three participants was the development of a nursery for plants native to Añelo and San Roque in the Neuquén region of Argentina. Many of these plants are periodically used for ecological restoration projects. The project also includes an ongoing series of presentations to conferences and the publication of related papers by the Universidad Nacional del Comahue.
GRUPO PSA - Total Especialidades Argentina: Reference partners
Grupo PSA and Total extended their association agreements for five more years (2017-2021).
Total thus renews its agreement as a reference partner of the brands Peugeot (since 1995), Citroën (since 1968) and DS (since its creation in 2015). This agreement contains provisions related to research and development, product supply for the first filling, the exclusive post sale recommendation of the three brands and sports sponsorships with Peugeot Sport, Citroën Racing and DS Performance.
Under this agreement, Total lubricants are recommended and made available to customers at Peugeot, Citroën y DS stores. In addition, Total will remain the technical and sports reference partner of PSA Motorsport for the next challenges to be faced by Citroën in WRC, Peugeot Sport in WRX and Rally-Raid; and DS Performance in Formula E.
Once again, Grupo PSA and Total confirm their shared values: performance, expertise, quality, innovation and a sense of service.
Fundación Leer - Total Austral: Promoting reading skills among youths
Leading youths to autonomy, education and employment is one of Total Austral priorities in the area of social responsibility.
In such line, we have been committed since 2004 to improving the future of children together with Fundación Leer, an Argentine non-profit organization which seeks to transform the lives of millions of children by fostering reading and writing skills as a tool for their growth and personal development and full insertion in society.
We continue growing together
In 2017, Total Austral entered into an agreement with Fundación Leer to join in the "Leer 20-20" challenge in primary schools in Añelo, province of Neuquén, and in Río Grande, province of Tierra del Fuego. In its first year of implementation, about 900 children joined the program which is intended to promote book reading in children as an initial step in their way to knowledge.
Total Austral and Fundación Leer are thus committed to promoting joint work between companies and educational institutions with a view to generating more reading spaces leading to an early literacy process.
Institut Français D'Argentine (IFA) - Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (MiCyT) - Total Austral: Supporting scientific and technologic innovation in the country
Total Austral, the French Institute of Argentina, The French Embassy in Argentina and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of Argentina work jointly to promote innovation and to spread knowhow and technology transfer processes between Argentina and France.
Thus, the interaction among these institutions strengthens the scientific relation between Argentina and France in areas considered a priority for both and, at the same time, strengthens the relation between research centers and Argentine and French universities.
A Sustainable Commitment
The French-Argentine Innovation Award is annually given at a contest held as part of the French-Argentine scientific and technologic cooperation program aimed at recognizing and rewarding innovating initiatives which promote cooperation between France and Argentina.
Last year, the projects receiving the award were oriented to innovation in renewable energies, water treatment and purification technologies, key pillars of the scientific and technologic strengthening of both communities.
In 2018, projects oriented to energies and innovation, water technologies and air quality will be rewarded.
TECHO - Total Austral: Strategic partners to promote access to energy
To achieve greater inclusion is a long term challenge that requires the continued efforts and alignment of various key players to become a fact.
TECHO and Total Austral work together to build a more integrated community where the possibility of development is within reach of everyone.
Responsibility and accessibility at the service of the community
TECHO is a NGO that works actively in more than 19 countries to help overcome poverty through different programs promoting community development. One of them is building houses together with low income families that will live in them. Total Austral through the Awango by Total Program offers photovoltaic sun solutions to ensure access to energy to remote communities away from conventional electric energy distribution networks.
Inspiring bonds
Total Austral and TECHO entered into an agreement for the installation of AWANGO solar kits in houses and in a community building to be built as part of the "Una ciudad para todos" program in the province of Neuquén during 2018.
The challenge is double-fold: to ensure access to decent housing and to satisfy the energy needs of the most vulnerable communities ensuring access to energy.
IAPG - Total Austral: An "Unconventional" Approach
The Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y del Gas (IAPG) is a leading source of technical information in the energy industry in general, and the oil and gas industry in particular. Total Austral formed a strategic alliance with IAPG to make key technical information concerning the exploration and production of unconventional resources more readily available to the wider community.
Since the beginning of its activities in 2014, the Task Force for the Communication of the Non-Conventional Resources has carried out more than 180 presentations with more than 10.000 attendees (civil society, NGO, journalists, governments, unions, religious institutions, universities, etc).
The materials distributed included The ABC's of Oil and Gas in Unconventional Reservoirs (4 editions), a short publication on shale gas, shale oil and tight gas. It is designed to offer sound, authoritative information in response to the main questions about unconventional resources, while debunking misconceptions. The www.shaleenargentina.org.ar website was also created, which features a Shale Expert who answers questions about the industry. Several videos explain the main issues related to the exploitation of unconventional resources in a visual way (e.g. video on hydraulic fracturing). The strategy also includes other documents and interviews.
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Chinese company, Omani petroleum firm cooperate to launch 1st polymer factory in Salalah
(MENAFN) On Monday, a Chinese company launched the first polymer production factory in Oman in corporation with an Omani petroleum company.
The factory covers an area of 33,000 square meters in Raysut industrial area in Salalah Province, nearly 1,000 km south of the capital Muscat, built by Chinese company ZL EOR Chemicals and Oman Development petroleum firm.
The factory needed USD20 million to be built and ready.
According to a press release, the output capacity of the plant during the first phase will be around 15,000 tons yearly, and will increasingly rise to 70,000 tons per year at later phases.
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Q: NHibernate ISession specific event listener I'm creating a multi-tenant ASP.NET application using NHibernate (shared schema). I had intended to use NHibernates Event Listeners to inspect/modify entities prior to saving to ensure that the current tenants ID was being saved against the entity.
The authentication token containing the tenant ID is managed higher up and passed down into the data layer.
My problem is that Event Listeners are configured against an NHibernate Configuration rather than a specific ISession. This means that there's no way to pass in any identifiers for it to use, although I can access the ISession that caused the event to fire.
How can I go about passing ISession specific data into the Event Listener?

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Q: SELECT min date for a varchar column The date column of my table is VARCHAR not datetime.
Eg
entry
'03/01/2011'
'03/22/2011'
'05/22/2010'

when I do a
SELECT min(entry) FROM table

I will get '03/01/2011' as it is the min in alphabetical order.  I want to retrieve '05/22/2010' instead which is the min date.  How do I convert the column to datetime and get the min.
Thanks

A: Assuming all entries are 'castable' as datetime:
SELECT MIN(CAST(entry as datetime))
FROM table

Assuming there might be some cases where entry isnt a datetime:
SELECT MIN(CAST(ISNULL(NULLIF(ISDATE([entry]),0),'31/12/9999') as datetime))
FROM table

If all records are a date column, as @Steve Wellens recommended, I would change the datetype to a datetime field to save future problems

A: I would fix your database schema.  Change the column type to a datetime.  Otherwise you'll have problems forever.

A: Make your varchar a date (or datetime) by using CAST or CONVERT of course.

A: Try CASTing it.
SELECT min(CAST(entry AS DATETIME)) FROM table

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Rondo, efter franskans rondeau 'något återkommande, något som går runt', är en lyrisk och musikalisk form där stycket består av ett återkommande grundtema eller ritornell, interfolierat av partier med annat material - episoder. Formen rondo har rötter i medeltida folk- och dansmusik, användes ofta av barockens kompositörer och har sedan följt med under framför allt den tonala eran (klassisk och romantik). Ritornellerna varieras ibland när de dyker upp på nytt; episoderna kan också ibland innehålla variationer - av varandra eller av material från ritornellerna. Ofta avrundas stycket av en coda.Formen kan finnas var som helst, men har sin klassiska plats som final - sista sats - i en sonat.

Exempel på formscheman (A betecknar ritornell, övriga bokstäver olika episoder):
ABACADAEA... (en gammal och gärna folklig variant; episoderna kan vara improviserade)
ABACABA+Coda (en vanligtvis nyare och mera konstmusikalisk)

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Pianosonat op. 13 ("Pathétique"), sista satsen (Beethoven)
Pianosonat i A-dur K 331, sista satsen Rondo Alla Turca (Mozart)
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\section{Introduction}

The idea that neutron stars (NSs) might be useful in determining the
equation of state (EOS) of dense matter~\cite{Cameron59ns} precedes
the discovery of the first NS in 1967~\cite{Hewish68oo} by almost a
decade. Until recently, the strongest observational constraints on the
EOS came from NS mass measurements. These mass measurements all lay in
a narrow range around $1.4~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$~\cite{Thorsett99ns}
until the last decade, when NSs with masses near
$2.0~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ were discovered~\cite{Barziv01tm, Demorest10,
  vanKerkwijk11ef, Antoniadis13, Cromartie20rs}. Measurements of NS
radii, on the other hand, have been plagued with various systematic
uncertainties~\cite{Lattimer07}. The past decade has seen an
increasing number of observations which constrain both the NS mass and
radius with better-controlled systematic uncertainties, providing
stronger EOS constraints. Quiescent low-mass X-ray
binaries~\cite{Heinke06} (``QLMXBs''), NSs which exhibit photospheric
radius expansion X-ray bursts~\cite{Ozel09} (``PREs''), and nearby
isolated NSs~\cite{Pons02,Ho09} all have been used to provide mass and
radius measurements (see e.g. Refs.~\cite{Lattimer12,Ozel16} for
recent reviews). Importantly, these measurements rely on data from
various different instruments and connect the radius to the actual
observables using different theoretical assumptions. These in turn all
yield different underlying systematics. Finally, the recent
observations of gravitational waves (GW) from binary NS mergers
(GW170817 and GW190425)~\cite{Abbott17go, Abbott18mo, Abbott:2020uma}
by the LIGO Scientific- and Virgo collaborations (LVC) or X-ray
observations of J0030+0451 by the NICER
collaboration~\cite{Riley2019,Miller19} provide additional information
on the EOS.

There are several recent works which analyze the data from GW170817
and/or GW190425 as well as NICER and its implication on the NS
EOS~\cite{Annala18, Fattoyev18, BKumar19, Coughlin:2018miv,
  Coughlin:2018fis, Tews:2018iwm, Raithel19co, De18, Radice2019, Capano20,
  Baillot2019, Dietrich:2020lps, Landry20, Essick:2020flb, Jiang20,
  Lattimer2019, Ayrian18, Raaijmakers:2019dks}, but very few (e.g.,
Ref.~\cite{Baillot2019,Raithel20os}) directly combine the GW data with
constraints on NS radii from QLMXBs and PREs. However, these
additional observational sources add valuable information.
Ref.~\cite{Steiner15un} used QLMXBs and PREs observations to
{\em{predict}} the NS tidal deformability which would be inferred from
GW observations. They predicted the dimensionless tidal deformability
of a $1.4~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ NS, $\Lambda_{M=1.4}$, was between $130$
and $460$ to 95\% confidence. The recent analysis of GW
170817~\cite{Abbott18mo} by the LVC found
$\Lambda_{M=1.4}\in[70,580]$, to 90\% confidence, matching the
prediction to within errors.

In this letter, we present a Bayesian inference of the
NS structure data, including both GW data as well as data from
electromagnetic observation of QLMXBs and PREs, using less restrictive
assumptions than made in previous works.

We build upon the method first described in
Ref.~\cite{Steiner10te,Steiner12cn} (see also Ref.~\cite{Read09co}),
reviewed in Ref.~\cite{Lattimer14co}, and detailed in the Supplemental
Material. Ref.~\cite{Steiner13tn} first demonstrated that the choice
of EOS parameterization has a significant impact on both the posterior
mass-radius relation and the EOS, see also Ref.~\cite{Greif:2018njt}.
To estimate the impact of that choice, here as in
Ref.~\cite{Steiner18ct}, our prior distribution is built on two EOS
parameterizations: (a) one which uses three polytropes (referred to as
``3P'') and (b) one which uses four line segments in the space of
pressure vs. energy density (referred to as ``4L''). The latter
parametrization has a stronger preference for strong phase transitions
(regions where the pressure is nearly independent of the energy
density).

At each point in our EOS parameter spaces, we solve the
Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov (TOV)
equations~\cite{Tolman:1939jz,Oppenheimer:1939ne}, compute the moment
of inertia as a function of the central pressure, and use the
Yagi-Yunes (YY) correlation~\cite{Yagi13} (as formulated in
Ref.~\cite{Steiner16ns}) to compute the tidal deformability as a
function of central pressure. This method of computing the tidal
deformability is much faster than a direct computation, and while
deviations from the exact result of up to 10\% are
possible~\cite{Han19td,Carson:2019rjx}, the correlation is accurate to
within a few percent for the typical EOS in our prior and posterior
distributions. We construct the conditional probability for QLMXBs as
in Ref.~\cite{Steiner18ct} and generalize it to include 3 PRE X-ray
bursting sources~\cite{Nattila16eo,Nattila17ns}. We also include the
LIGO constraints on $\tilde{\Lambda}$ from GW170817, using the
SEOBNRv4T model for binary NS inspiral assuming low compact object
spins~\cite{Abbott19}. GW observations are incorporated by tabulating
and interpolating a marginal likelihood versus the masses for each
object and the combined tidal deformability. Marginalization is
performed via RIFT~\cite{RIFT} over all extrinsic parameters and our
fiducial low-spin prior assumptions. Finally, we also include mass and
radius constraints on J0030+0451 from the NICER
instrument~\cite{Riley2019,Miller19}. We reject all EOSs which are
acausal or imply a maximum NS mass less than $2~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$.
The mass cutoff does have a small uncertainty, but this uncertainty
does not qualitatively impact our results. Also, we could have chosen
to replace one of the high-density EOS parameters with
$M_{\mathrm{max}}$, but since neither the high-density part of the EOS
nor the maximum mass is well-known, this prior choice is not
necessarily better (or worse) than ours.

While it is often helpful to directly model systematic uncertainties,
as was partially done in earlier
works~\cite{Nattila16eo,Nattila17ns,Steiner18ct}, these estimations
require detailed models for the uncertainties which may not be
perfect. Systematic uncertainties may result in intrinsic scattering
(IS) which we model by convolving the probability distribution ${\cal
  D}(R,M)$ for each star with a Gaussian kernel. This addition of an
extra uncertainty to the observations allows us to {\em{quantify}} the
possible level of systematic bias present in each measurement: the
value of each IS parameter is expected to increase until the full
dataset used in the inference is self-consistent. We emphasize that
there is no reason to believe that a Gaussian is necessarily the
{\em{correct}} distribution for additional unknown systematics, but we
believe it is a reasonable first guess. The details of this procedure
and the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method are given in the Supplemental
Material.

We argue that neither of the two EOS parameterizations are more or
less motivated by quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and thus we assign
them equal prior probability. We present the posteriors for these two
EOS parameterizations, 3P and 4L, separately to make the impact of a
different EOS parameterization clear. We also present four different
data sets: (i) GW170817 only (GW), (ii) GW170817$+$QLMXBs$+$PREs
(GW, QLMXB, PRE), (iii) GW170817$+$QLMXBs$+$PREs$+$NICER (all), and
(iv) GW170817$+$QLMXBs$+$PREs+NICER with an additional intrinsic
scattering parameter added to each of the QLMXBs, PREs and NICER  (all+IS). We
thus performed 8 different sets of simulations.

Posteriors for the radius of a 1.4 solar mass NS, $R_{1.4}$, are
summarized in Figure~\ref{fig:model_radii}. As might be expected, the
limits for the GW data alone [(a) and (b)] are the least
constraining. The 95\% credible intervals are 11.3$-$13.9 km (3P) and
10.7$-$13.1 km (4L). Choosing a line segment-based EOS prior decreases
the lower (upper) radius limit by 0.5 (1) km. The next four bar plots
in the figure [(c) - (f)] show that the range shrinks significantly when adding
the EM observations without IS. In addition, once the EM observations
are added, these constraints are less sensitive to the EOS prior than
the QLMXB observations alone~\cite{Steiner18ct}. Including the IS
contribution [(g) and (h)] slightly broadens
the constraints coming from the EM data.

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[width=0.99\linewidth]{models_comp.pdf}

  \caption{{\label{fig:model_radii}} Radius measured for a
    $1.4~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ NS in different models. Blue crosses
    indicate the median points, while the purple and orange bars
    represent the $68\%$ and $95\%$ credible intervals.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[width=0.99\linewidth]{mvsr_all.pdf}
  \caption{\label{fig:mvsr}Posterior distributions for the NS radius
    as a function of the gravitational mass. Left panels are
    constructed with the ``3P'' EOS and right panels with the ``4L''
    EOS. Different rows refer to different data selections.}
\end{figure}

Figure~\ref{fig:mvsr} shows the posterior distributions for the NS
radius as a function of the gravitational mass. The shape of the M-R
curve is more sensitive to the EOS prior than the radius of a 1.4
solar mass NS alone. The 4L EOS prior, because of the potential for
phase transitions to modify the EOS at low densities, produces smaller
radii for low-mass stars and larger radii for high-mass stars. This
distinction may be particularly important in light of a possible 2.6
$\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ NS in GW190814~\cite{Abbott:2020khf,
  Essick:2020ghc, Tews:2020ylw}.

Figure~\ref{fig:pvse} shows the posteriors for the pressure as a
function of the energy density. The combination of the EM and GW data
strongly constrains the pressure until about 400-500
$\mathrm{MeV}/\mathrm{fm}^{3}$. In order to more easily compare the
pressures between different models or data sets,
Figure~\ref{fig:eos_normed} shows an alternate version where, for each
energy density, all 8 panels are rescaled and shifted by the same
linear transformation which ensures that the 95\% credible intervals
for panel (a) lie exactly at 0 and 1. Thus, for panels (b) through
(h), the orange dashed curves show the change in pressure of different
models relative to that in panel (a). For reference, the energy
density at nuclear saturation is $\epsilon_0\approx
150~\mathrm{MeV}/\mathrm{fm}^{3}$. The red dot-dashed curves show the
probability that the central energy density of the maximum mass NS is
smaller than the energy density from the x-axis. Most EOSs suggested
by the data imply the central energy density is between about 900 and
$1200~\mathrm{MeV}/\mathrm{fm}^{3}$. In the 3P model, the EM data
suggests a smaller pressure for small energy densities and almost
unchanged at higher densities. In the 4L model, the effect is more
dramatic: a smaller pressure at low densities is compensated for by an
increase in the pressure at higher densities. For
$\epsilon>1200~\mathrm{MeV}/\mathrm{fm}^{3}$, it is unlikely the data
is strongly constraining the EOS, i.e. the EOS is strongly impacted by
the prior distribution.

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[width=0.99\linewidth]{pvse_all.pdf}
  \caption{\label{fig:eos}Posterior distributions for the
    pressure as a function of the energy density. Left panels are
    constructed with the ``3P'' EOS and right panels with the ``4L''
    EOS. Different rows refer to different data selections.}
  \label{fig:pvse}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[width=0.99\linewidth]{eos_rescale_gw.pdf}

  \caption{{\label{fig:eos_normed}} The 68\% (purple dotted) and 95\% (orange
    dashed) credible intervals for the pressure as a function of the
    energy density. All intervals are modified with the same linear
    transformation to ensure that the upper and lower 95\% intervals
    in panel (a) are always at 0 and 1. The right-hand y axis~(red
    dot-dashed line) shows the posterior probability that the central
    energy density is smaller than the value on the x axis.}
\end{figure}

We compare our results to several other previous works in
Table~\ref{tab:rcomp}. Our results on $R_{1.4}$ with the GW data alone
are consistent with previous works which include only limited
information from NS radius constraints~\cite{Annala18,
  Ayrian18, De18, Radice2019, Raithel19co, BKumar19, Capano20}. The
variation in these results across the various references is consistent
with our finding that these posterior distributions depend on the EOS
prior distribution (as well as on the other details of the analysis).

Other works find, as we do, that the radius constraints are tighter
when the EM data is included. Our results which include IS suggest
(but do not definitively prove) that this result is not due to
systematic uncertainties which are artificially constraining
NS radii.

Gravitational wave observations have suggested other possible more
indirect constraints on the EOS, and we summarize the impact of some
of these constraints have on the radius of a $1.4~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$
NS in Table~\ref{tab:cnst_mr} by applying them to our ``all+IS''
posteriors. Refs.~\cite{Radice17gj,Radice2019} found that GW170817
implied a lower limit on $\tilde{\Lambda}>300$, because EOSs with
smaller values of $\tilde{\Lambda}$ do not create a sufficiently
massive accretion disk to the observed kilonova. This constraint may
be optimistic (e.g. see Ref.~\cite{Bauswein17sd}) (and see also a
different perspective in Ref.~\cite{Kiuchi19rt}), but it has a
relatively low impact. It increases the lower limit on the 95\%
confidence limit for $R_{1.4}$ by about 0.2 km. Ref.~\cite{Ruiz18}
found that $M_{\mathrm{max}} \leq 2.17~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ was
required to ensure that no short-lived hypermassive NS (which was not
observed) was present in GW170817. We find that this constraint has
only a weak impact on our posterior distributions. Finally, GW190814
implied the merger of a $2.6~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ object with a more
massive black hole. Our MCMC simulation for the 3P model generated no
configurations with maximum masses this large. This does not
necessarily mean that 3P parameter sets with large maximum masses do
not exist, but they do appear highly improbable. In the 4L model,
increasing $M_{\mathrm{max}}$ to $2.6~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ increases
the 95\% lower limit for the radius by 0.5 km. For example, in
Table~\ref{tab:cnst_mr}, changing the $M_{\mathrm{max}}$ value in 4L
models increased $R$ lower limit of $95\%$ C.I. from 10.98 km to 11.47
km for a 1.4 $M_{\odot}$ NS.

\begin{table}
  \begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{c | c c c c c }
      \hline
      Model \& constraints & $-2\sigma$ & $-1\sigma$ &
      med. & $+1\sigma$ & $+2\sigma$ \\
      \hline
      3P, all+IS & 11.18 & 11.6 & 11.98 & 12.39 & 12.75 \\
      4L, all+IS & 11.12 & 11.54 & 11.83 & 12.14 & 12.45 \\
      3P, all+IS~($\tilde{\Lambda} > 300$) &
      11.33 & 11.63 & 11.98 & 12.37 & 12.71 \\
      4L, all+IS~($\tilde{\Lambda} > 300$) &
      11.28 & 11.56 & 11.83 & 12.12 & 12.40 \\
      3P, all+IS~($M_{\mathrm{max}} < 2.17~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$) &
      11.15 & 11.54 & 11.98 & 12.31  & 12.72 \\
      4L, all+IS~($M_{\mathrm{max}} < 2.17~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$) &
      10.98 & 11.43 & 11.88 &12.13 & 12.46 \\
      4L, all+IS~($M_{\mathrm{max}} > 2.6~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$) &
      11.47 & 11.76 & 11.98 & 12.19 & 12.42 \\
      \hline
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{\label{tab:cnst_mr} The $1\sigma$ and $2\sigma$
      confidence limits with the median for the radius of $1.4~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ NS
      in km with applied constraints on intrinsic scattering models. }
  \end{center}
\end{table}

\begin{table}
  \begin{tabular}{c|ccl}
    \hline
    Reference & $\mathrm{R_{1.4}}$ & C.I. & Source \\
    \hline
    \cite{Abbott18mo} & [10.5, 13.3] & $90\%$ & GW \\
    \cite{Annala18} & [9.9, 13.6] & $90\%$ & GW \\
    \cite{Fattoyev18} &  $<13.6$ & $90\%$ & GW \\
    \cite{BKumar19} & [9.4, 12.8] & $90\%$ & GW \\
    \cite{Raithel19co} & [9.8, 13.2]\footnote{Radius measurement
      for the primary NS of the merger event} & $90\%$ & GW \\
    \cite{Essick:2020flb} & [10.36, 12.78] & $90\%$ & GW \\
    Model ``a'' & [11.30, 13.95] & $95\%$ & GW \\
    Model ``b'' & [10.65, 13.09] & $95\%$ & GW \\
    \cite{De18} & [8.9, 13.2] & $90\%$ & GW, merger remnant \\
    \cite{Radice2019} & [11.4, 13.2] & $90\%$ & GW, merger remnant \\
    \cite{Capano20} & [10.4, 11.9] & $90\%$ & GW, merger remnant \\
    \citep{Baillot2019} & [11.98, 12.76] & $90\%$ & GW, QLMXB \\
    \cite{Dietrich:2020lps} & [10.94, 12.72] & $90\%$ &
    GWs\footnote{GWs referred to the joint analysis of GW170817
      and GW190425}, NICER \\
    \cite{Landry20} & [10.85, 13.41] & $90\%$ & GWs, NICER \\
    \cite{Essick:2020flb} & [11.91, 13.25] & $90\%$ & GW, NICER \\
    \cite{Jiang20} & [11.3, 13.3] & $90\%$ & GW, NICER \\
    \cite{Raithel20os} & [12, 13] & $90\%$ & GWs, NICER \\
    \cite{Raithel20os} & [10.0, 11.5] & $90\%$ & GWs, QLMXB, PRE \\
    Model ``c'' & [11.21, 12.55] & $95\%$ & GW, QLMXB, PRE \\
    Model ``e'' & [11.28, 12.58] & $95\%$ & GW, QLMXB, PRE, NICER \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{\label{tab:rcomp} A comparison of our posterior
    distributions for the radius of a $1.4~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ NS in
    comparison to other results obtained in the literature.}
\end{table}

\begin{acknowledgments}
  M.A. was supported by NSF grant AST 1909490. A.W.S. was supported by
  NSF grant PHY 1554876, by the U.S. DOE Office of Nuclear Physics,
  Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), and the
  University of Turku. J.L. and R.O.S. were supported by NSF grants
  PHY 1707965 and AST 1909534. I.T. and S.G. were supported by the
  U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear
  Physics, under contract No.~DE-AC52-06NA25396, by the NUCLEI SciDAC
  program, and by the LDRD program at LANL. S.G. was also supported by
  the DOE Early Career research Program. C.H. is supported by NSERC
  Discovery Grant RGPIN-2016-04602, and a Discovery Accelerator
  Supplement. S.H. is supported by the National Science Foundation,
  Grant PHY-1630782, and the Heising-Simons Foundation, Grant
  2017-228. This work used the Extreme Science and Engineering
  Discovery Environment (XSEDE) allocation PHY 170048 and PHY 180052
  supported by NSF grant number ACI-1548562. The open-source code for
  this work~\cite{Steiner14ba} is built upon
  O$_2$scl~\cite{Steiner14oo}, GSL, HDF5, FFTW~\cite{Frigo12}, and
  matplotlib.
\end{acknowledgments}

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A: The SYSV x86_64 calling conventions (used by everyone except Microsoft) allow structures of up to 16 bytes and INTEGER classification to be returned in the RAX/RDX register pair, while those of SSE classification and up to 32 bytes can be returned in the XMM0/XMM1 register pair.
The classification of a struct depends on the types of the fields in the struct, but basically integer and pointer types will be INTEGER while float and double will be SSE.
Larger structs will get MEMORY classification, so will require an extra hidden argument (passed in RDI, so prepended to the existing arguments) specifying a pointer to memory that the return value will be written to.  This pointer will be returned in RAX.
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Not good at waxing lyrical about how best to write a novel. Many blogging novelists and novelists in the making embrace this art in their blogs. They have this covered.
Where do I start with describing my process? Many bloggers out there seem to have this covered too and I'm not sure I can make mine interesting to read. There is an art to writing about writing.
What I can tell you with one hundred percent certainty regarding my writing is that in September I will be attending the York Festival of Writing #FoW17.
Just attending the event, taking part in all the workshops and meeting industry experts and like-minded people is exciting enough but – eek! I will be carrying my MS. I cannot wait and am terribly excited- not to mention downright ruddy nervous.
Booked in April, I have been sitting on this escalating excitement since then and trying to rein in my sheer panic, reassuring myself that I will be ready by then.
Spit and polish are being generously applied. Glances at the calendar and the clock are making me look shifty, though.
Domestics other than the essentials have taken a back seat. Wish they could go to the back of bloody beyond but, the back seat is ok for now.
Being a private gal by nature I'll mention this now and most likely once more but only afterward with a review of this wonderful event. Because if I keep on being reminded about it, I shall probably pass out.
I am putting it about and placing my frilly knickers and nerves out there on the washing line, for all to see. Or indeed, I am opening up a vein to bleed.
I'm upping the ante with bringing along my MS and meeting a couple of agents. No pressure there, then.
I should be shouting about it but this is me. This is my shout about where I'm going in September. Anyone out there who has already, I would love to hear your experiences.


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Current: Barbados: Rediscovery of Purpose
Barbados: Rediscovery of Purpose
Sir Trevor Carmichael QC
"Barbados will need to make giant steps in its economic and financial plans and policies to respect and maintain its legacy of confidence, stability and a strong regulatory ethos," writes Sir Trevor Carmichael, Q.C.
Guernsey: Stable, Innovating,…
Barbados welcomed 2017 having just feted a year- long celebration of fifty years of political independence, and is a jurisdiction still valiantly striving to restate its economic and financial purpose. After eight years of little socio economic advancement, its economy registered moderate growth during the early months of 2017, fueled to some degree by the tourism and international business sectors. The jurisdiction's external current account recorded a deficit from April to December of 2016, going as low as US$250 million, which represented a reduction of approximately US$15 million. Currently, a fiscal deficit of approximately US$332 million is being projected – representing an improvement of US$2.5 million as compared to the previous year. In continuing its focus on a programme of fiscal consolidation, there has been a gradual narrowing of the deficit. The country's financial system therefore remains well capitalised and stable. With weak private sector demand, the banking system continues to be punctuated with high levels of excess liquidity and very low interest rates, with both deposit and lending rates continuing their decline.
Efforts at Resuscitation
Within this scenario of a struggle for sustainability, the jurisdiction is striving to improve certain key elements of its very successful international business sector through an increased focus
on niche areas. The recent launch of the International Securities Market (ISM) of the Barbados Stock Exchange is now a fait accompli and represents one such niche. This market will be a vehicle for the listing and trading of securities of issuers who may or may not be incorporated in Barbados, and who may otherwise have been listed or traded on other exchanges around the world, such as, the second tier markets of Canada, the US and the UK. This is not a new concept, since the Benchmark Exchanges such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the Channel Islands are in the market undertaking precisely this type of business with growing success. The new development will give expanded legal status to the provision of a seat for exempt securities, an accommodation which had first been made as early as 1989 on behalf of a major Canadian enterprise, to allow its local Barbados International Business Company to trade on the Hong Kong exchange without question or recourse.
This recent launch is all encompassing and all pervasive and it seeks to raise the likelihood of attracting new types of international businesses to Barbados - it also encourages the use of our double tax treaties, and allows new types of businesses to be undertaken as with listing sponsors. Its core products will be equities, bonds and other fixed interest securities; as well as mutual funds. The advantages are many. The ISM will magnify the range of products in the Barbados international business sector.
Another area in which Barbados continues to excel is in its use of the Societies with Restricted Liability Legislation (SRL). For it has given, the now old 1982 Companies Legislation, a flexibility of use and application that is particularly attractive for American parents who seek to enjoy the benefits of a flow through subsidiary which may in part be treated as a partnership. It is not replicated in other comparable jurisdictions and continues to give Barbados a strong comparative
advantage, as was evidenced in November and December of 2016 with the advent of extraterritorial anti-hybrid legislation. In so many instances, the recognition and suitability of the Barbados SRL, was shown by the many local incorporations which followed – not to mention the taxation which will accrue in the Barbados treasury this year. This good fortune, like product delivery success, is capable of further replication in Barbados if the quickly drafted, but long awaited Foundation Legislation is properly introduced for use by the many awaiting South American clients. While the existing suite of legislation is a good varietal mix, identified legislative changes should be implemented as soon as possible so as to attract more quality international business.
The case of arbitration is a long discussed dream eagerly awaiting reality. While the present 2009 international arbitration legislation is modern in scope and effective in applicability, efforts must continue to add to the arbitration mix by way of an operating arbitration centre which attracts the settlement of international disputes that impact Barbados and our other Caribbean jurisdictions – as well as those which ultimately impact and engage those jurisdictions outside of the Caribbean.
There are other pieces of new legislation which have been recommended and are under active consideration. The negotiating of co-production treaties with jurisdictions such as Canada, New Zealand, Britain, the United States of America, and many more, will give scope to the nascent local film industry. It is an industry which has great ramifications for transfer of technology and skills, substantial income generation, and the furtherance of youth opportunities for career development.
The Challenge Ahead
Within this scenario of challenge and efforts to respond, certain fundamental imperatives must be recognised and pursued. At the basic regulatory level, attention should be directed to the conclusion reached by three Caribbean economists; Dr. Allan Wright, Dr. Kari Grenade and Dr. Andie Scott-Joseph and the findings in their new research paper "Fiscal Rules: Towards a New Paradigm for Fiscal Sustainability in Small States." In their findings, Wright et al recognise the need for the adoption of fiscal rules as a means to overcome the fiscal and debt challenges faced bythe various Caribbean economies. Both Jamaica in March 2014, and Grenada in January 2016 have legislated such rules, and while the smaller Caribbean jurisdictions in the Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS) have not legislated rules yet, they operate under the rules recommended by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. Last year Barbados indicated in a ministerial statement, an interest in introducing similar legislation, however its continuing absence remains a glaring omission. Barbados therefore still lags in the need for this important requirement, which according to the authors represents "an indicative framework for the design and implementation of fiscal rules, based on specific country nuances."
Given the high import costs associated with fossil fuels and the huge associated drain of foreign currency, it is not surprising that Barbados has committed to the achievement of 100 per cent renewable energy with a target of achieving 65 per cent by the year 2030. In addition to the reduction
of the fuel import bill, this policy is obvious in its environmental protection potential. It is therefore of some concern that the jurisdiction has received funding from the Inter-American Development Bank to the sum of US$34 million for a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project. For while it is recognised that LNG is the most clean of all the fossil fuels,, there is still a cost attached to retrofitting and maintaining generating assets to support LNG. The other option of buying new generators to replace retiring assets is even more costly. It is debatable whether the US$34 million funding may not be better used in a direct investment into local projects presently underway such as solar or wind farm installation, a biomass plant, or some direct application with non-compromised environmental benefits. For although it is impossible to be rid of fossil fuels in one fell swoop, it is nevertheless a smarter use of funding if applied directly to the full solution strategy rather than the half-way house option. Advocates within the renewable energy community are however optimistic that at least part of the funding will be used directly for the incipient renewable energy infrastructure.
Barbados is easily differentiated from other Caribbean financial centres because of its commitment to a low tax jurisdiction philosophy. It focuses on treaties and active businesses as opposed to volume-driven, zero tax international business companies. The Barbados brand is one of transparency and trust, and it has the ability to engender confidence and certainty. This sound reputation has been carefully built on the solid foundation of a substantial business infrastructure. Legislation may sometimes be slow in terms of delivery but it is generally very strong and thorough.
The jurisdiction has, experienced a sluggish prosperity since 2008 but the island is nevertheless buttressed by a stellar reputation and a proven business infrastructure, putting it at the crossroads of challenge and change. It will be necessary to carefully review its business facilitation processes, its decision making structures and its inner self.
Looking beyond fifty years of independence the jurisdiction takes courage in the spirit of its independence leader and national hero, the Rt. Excellent Errol Walton Barrow, who in his "Parting of the Ways" speech, during the January 1966 parliamentary independence debate stressed the importance of the multifaceted nature of independence as a living organic concept:
"The soul of this community has to be laid bare, and there is no better time to do that, than when we are preparing for Independence, so that we know what we are, who we are, and where we are going."
Barbados will need to make giant steps in its economic and financial plans and policies to respect and maintain it legacy of confidence, stability and a strong regulatory ethos.
Sir Trevor Carmichael, KA,LVO,QC. was born in Barbados and educated at Harrison College and the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. After pursuing post graduate studies in the United States, he was called to the United Kingdom Bar as a member of the Middle Temple in London and the Barbados Bar in December of 1977. He is a member of the International Bar Association, the Inter-American Bar Association and a Committee Member of the Inter-American Bar Foundation as well as an associate member of the Canadian Bar Association. He holds membership in the International Tax Planning Association, the International Fiscal Association and was one of the parties responsible for establishing a Barbados Chapter of the International Fiscal Association of which he is Charter President. He is the Barbados Country Chairman of the International Litigation Committee on Business Law of the International Bar Association and a former Deputy Secretary General of the International Bar Association. He is a Life Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies in the United Kingdom, a Life Member of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association and a member of the International Law Association.
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The Lancet, Volume 386, Issue 9993, 8–14 August 2015, Pages 569-624
This article examines surgical and anaesthesia care in low-income and middle-income countries, which has stagnated and regressed. To prevent death and make progress towards goal 3 access to these surgical services must be available, affordable, timely and safe.
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Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
The Lancet, Volume 383, Issue 9925, 12–18 April 2014, Pages 1333–1354
A new Global Investment Framework for Women's and Children's Health demonstrates how investment in women's and children's health will secure high health, social, and economic returns. We costed health systems strengthening and six investment packages for: maternal and newborn health, child health, immunisation, family planning, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. This article directly links to the SDG targets 3.1 and 3.2 to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births, and end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age.
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The political origins of health inequity: Prospects for change
The Lancet Volume 383, Issue 9917, 15–21 February 2014, Pages 630-667
The Lancet–University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health examines health inequity and the conflict between the health sector with other powerful actors, such as protection of national security, safeguarding or sovereignty. This paper contributes to goal 3 and 5.
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Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Second Edition, 2011, Pages 550-558
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Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict, Second Edition, 2008, Pages 859-868
This article advances SDGs 5 and 16 by discussing the influence that gender studies has and can have on thinking about violence, nonviolence, war and peace, and conflict transformation.
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Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict, Second Edition - Women and War
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict, Second Edition, 2008, Pages 2456-2467
This article advances SDGs 5 and 16 by examining the distinct impact that war has on women because of their gender, the various ways that women respond to war and the roles they play, the major debates within this field of study, and, finally, gender inequality as a cause of violence in peacetime and wartime.
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Accommodation and board facilities are available at Munnar, the nearest town, which is connected to Kottayam (148 km.) and Ernakulam (130 km.) by road. There is a motorable road upto Rajamally. Further, travel is on foot, but the trekking is really enjoyable.
The Silent Valley contains India's last substantial stretch of tropical evergreen rain forests and it is perhaps the only vestige of a near virgin forest in the whole of the Western Ghats. Elephants , tigers, wild dog, flying squirrel and lion-tailed macaque are found here. Vehicular traffic is allowed upto Mukkali from Mannarghat. From Mukkali one has to cover at least 24 km on foot to reach the source of river Kuntipuzha, which flows through the valley.
The most renowned destination is the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary at Thekkady, one of India's major sanctuary areas. The drive to Thekkady itself is enchanting as the road winds through tranquil countryside, rich plantations and thick jungles.
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Parambikulam is endowed with luxuriant vegetation. It has one of the largest population of gaur (bison). Sambar, spotted deer, jungle cat, lion-tailed macaque, common otter, sloth bear etc. are also seen. There are also a few tigers and leopards.
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The Ellen Show Recognizes Work Done by KCU Alum
KCU alumnus Dr. Ron Holt is used to traveling the country, mentoring people and speaking with members of the LGBTQ community. But on Jan. 4, he received a call inviting him to Los Angeles to be a special guest at the "Ellen DeGeneres Show."
DeGeneres will celebrate her 60th birthday on her show with two episodes this Thursday and Friday. The audience will be made up of 300 guests hand-picked by the producers for bettering their communities, including Dr. Holt.
"It was an amazing opportunity and experience to meet such outstanding advocates in the audience who are doing great deeds across North America," Holt said.
Holt is a board-certified psychiatrist, motivational speaker and best-selling author of the Amazon e-book, PRIDE: You Can't Heal If You're Hiding from Yourself. He devotes much of his time speaking to groups, including future physicians, about providing the best care for the LGBTQ community.
"A lot of LGBTQ people will avoid or delay seeing a doctor for fear of not being welcomed," Dr. Holt said. LGBTQ youth and adults are at higher risk for mental and physical health disparities due to discrimination, prejudice, victimization and rejection.
"As physicians, it is important to create and demonstrate an inclusive and accepting clinic environment, so the LGBTQ community feels comfortable coming in to receive the care they need and desire." Dr. Holt said.
How did he score the invitation to such a fun celebration? Last year, Holt submitted a synopsis of his community service work to the Ellen show for their "One Million Acts of Good" campaign.
"The energy from the audience before and during the taping was lively, palpable and extremely exciting." Holt added.
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December 28th, 2018 Asymptosis
Economists'/monetarists' use of the term Money "Supply" reveals multiple levels of deep confusion.
1. Supply implies a flow. But they're clearly referring to a "stock" of money: what's tallied in monetary aggregates.
2. Even if you're think of a stock of money: Supply is not a quantity, an amount, a numeric measure. It's a psychological/behavioral concept — willingness to produce and sell — commonly depicted in a curve representing that willingness at different price points. (All economics is behavioral economics.)
But "supply" is necessary to validate the incoherent ideas of the "price of" and "demand for" money — a set of financial instruments like checking deposits whose price never changes (relative to the Unit of Account). That price can't change — by definition, by construction, and by institutional fiat.
Likewise, the aggregate stock or so-called "supply" of fixed-price instruments, money, changes only very slowly via bank net new lending. (That change in lending is determined by myriad economic behaviors and effects.)
If so-called demand for money can't change the (P)rice of money (it can't), or the collective (Q)uantity of money outstanding (it can but not much and very slowly), what exactly are we talking about here in our imagined supply-and-demand diagram toy thought-experiment?
Lending, Velocity, and Aggregate Demand
Specifying "Demand": Nick Rowe Meets Steve Keen on His Own Ground
What's "Scarce" These Days? Borrowers, Spenders, and (Hence) Profitable Investments
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I'm a big lover of a good checklist, so a simple content checklist seemed a natural thing for this blog!
To tick this box you need to know your target audience! What do they like/dislike? What age group are they in? What type of language appeals to them – formal, casual? Once you know this, you need to make sure the content you write is relevant to this audience. Think about this scenario…a shoe company that has funky, colourful sneakers that markets on Instagram. Images of corporate offices and people in suits is never going to work to market these shoes, right?! They need a fun, casual and fresh vibe to appeal to their target audience. It doesn't matter if you are a service or product based business, making sure content is relevant will improve content engagement and ensure it appeals to your target audience.
When we say valuable we don't mean you need to offer a gold coin to anyone that reads your blog, we mean does your content reflect true value to your target client's life? Take this as an example….you own a fashion boutique and sell your clothing online and market via Facebook. Instead of posting content all related to BUY, BUY, BUY this dress or that top, imagine if you posted the top 5 fashion trends for summer or 3 quick ways to style a top that you sell? People will find this information much more useful and valuable than if you just push your product and a quick sell! Writing valuable content also creates an element of trust and being knowledgeable in your industry which is also very important if you own a service based business. Valuable content is second to none for building brand loyalty and engagement, so it is always pays to ask yourself before writing any content…how will this be valuable for my client? Don't forget though, people find value in different things. Your content may just add value to your client's life because you write funny quotes and share hilarious GIF's that make them laugh – that is valuable too. So, biggest tip here is know your target client and write content that will appeal to them so they see true value in it!
We mean consistent in two senses of the word…is the look and feel of your content consistent AND do you post content consistently? The consistency of the look and feel of your content is important for brand awareness and having a regular post schedule shows professionalism and again provides an element of trust for your audience, which is important if you want them to engage your services or buy your product! The best way to ensure consistent posting is to PLAN, PLAN, PLAN! A content calendar with a schedule of what content needs to go out on what channel can help greatly with both planning and posting consistently.
In a sweet little nutshell, that is 3 quick tips to help your business provide appealing and engaging content for your target audience! If you haven't got the time to turn these tips into reality or need a little help in the crazy world of content, we can help! BA Creative dig content creation, so give us a bell and we can organise a chat about your business and how we can help!


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FOOTBALL RESTART UPDATE 6TH JUNE 2020
The FAI statement below was released last night and outlines the very positive steps being taken to restart football in Ireland.
The Football Association of Ireland welcomes the new measures announced by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Ministers Shane Ross and Brendan Griffin today, as we continue to work on a safer return for all football under the jurisdiction of the FAI, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These guidelines will come into effect on Monday, June 8th, and will have a positive impact on the plans for the SSE Airtricity League, the Women's National League, adult amateur and underage football and all other affiliates.
The FAI welcomes the green light from Government for our four European qualified SSE Airtricity League teams – Shamrock Rovers, Derry City, Dundalk and Bohemian FC – to resume collective training on Monday, June 8th
The FAI are working on a return to training protocol for the other SSE Airtricity League clubs and Women's National League clubs, based on the new Government guidelines for group training for sports teams involving up to 15 people.
The FAI's Steering Group are meeting on Saturday morning to draw up protocols for the return to training for adult amateur and underage football under the new Government guidelines and will issue its recommendations as soon as feasible.
To facilitate this vital planning process, and to support clubs with time to put in place the necessary health and safety protocols, no resumption of training under the new Government guidelines is permitted before Monday, June 15th, other than for the four European qualified clubs from the SSE Airtricity League.
The FAI's Steering Group will examine how these new Government guidelines affect all affiliates.
The FAI's Steering Group will now review the cessation of football directive which currently runs until July 20th.
As noted above, our first team will recommence training at Roadstone from Monday. We will have some photographs to share with the lads back on the pitch later on Monday afternoon.
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Newborn Luca Picarella has the usual statistics associated with his birth — time of delivery 8:09 a.m., weight 8 pounds 9 ounces, length 20.75 inches. But there's one more number that will follow him for life: His was the 100,000th delivery at Stony Brook University Hospital.
The hospital is planning a celebration Thursday for Luca's dad and mom, Katie, 31, and his sister, Gianna, 5. Thursday hospital brass will speak about the milestone and present Luca with gifts from community organizations and businesses, including scholarship money. Luca's mom will receive a spa package and Stony Brook swag items.
The first delivery at Stony Brook was in May 1980 and today nearly 4,000 babies are born each year at the hospital — at the rate of about 10 to 20 a day. Even if a multiple birth takes place, it is counted by the hospital as one delivery.
Katie Picarella was originally scheduled for a C-section this Friday because Gianna had been an emergency C-section when she was born at Stony Brook in 2009, Michael said. But the doctors had an opening in the schedule on Monday and at the couple's most recent obstetric appointment they agreed to move up the birth to Monday. "If we never made that switch, none of this would be going on," Mike Picarella said.


Why you should book a skin cancer check-up today!
About 30 Australians are diagnosed with skin cancer every day and two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the time they're 70. What's more, Australia has one of the highest incidence of melanoma in the world and it's continuing to rise. Early detection is vital to a better prognosis. Here's why you should book in for a skin cancer check-up today!
In the past, people have assumed that melanomas are dark spots, but approximately 20% of melanomas are pale-coloured lesions. With the new guidelines in place, it's a good idea for you to book in for a skin cancer check-up now.
Make sure you regularly check your skin, and have a loved one or friend check moles or lesions on your back. Familiarise yourself with how they look and if you notice changes, book in with us immediately. You should make a habit of having a skin check-up once a year. Like going to the dentist, a skin check-up is an annual appointment that should be on everyone's calendar.
Prevention is key, so be sure to protect your skin from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. Remember, sun damage builds up over time, so apply sunscreen every day, even if it's overcast. Opt for a broad-spectrum sunscreen that offers UVA and UVB protection, preferably one with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 or higher. Don't forget to reapply every two hours, or more frequently if you are sweating or swimming, and wear protective clothing and sunglasses outdoors. Lastly, limit your sun exposure between the hours of 10am and 4pm, and take note of the UV index (if it's over 10, avoid being outdoors).
We offer comprehensive skin cancer screening and management services, including state-of-the-art digital imaging of your skin. Our team of skin cancer doctors are experts at identifying suspicious moles and lesions, including skin cancers such as melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and solar keratosis.
During your initial 30-minute skin check-up, your doctor will undertake a detailed, full-body examination checking moles and suspicious lesions. We may photograph some spots for future reference. If we find a suspicious skin lesion, we may suggest a biopsy, whereby a small sample of the lesion is extracted and sent away for testing. Biopsies can be done on-site at our clinic. We can also remove moles and lesions at our clinic if needed.
Early detection can make all the difference to a skin cancer patient's prognosis. Please make an appointment to see one of our skin cancer doctors today.
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Widespread damaging and locally destructive winds, including potentially multiple small and fast-moving tornadoes hit South Australia
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Posted by Teo Blašković on July 26, 2021 at 11:03 UTC (5 months ago)
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Widespread damaging and locally destructive winds including potentially multiple small and fast-moving tornadoes battered parts of South Australia, causing significant tree and property damage across Adelaide, particularly the southern suburbs, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reports.
South Australia has again experienced a wet and very windy few days due to the passage of multiple low pressure systems and cold fronts since Thursday, July 22, 2021.
"On Saturday we saw widespread damaging and locally destructive winds, including potentially multiple small and fast-moving tornadoes, causing significant tree and property damage across Adelaide particularly, the southern suburbs," said Tina Donaldson, BOM's Senior Meteorologist.
"At this stage, looking at radar evidence and damage patterns, they indicate there were multiple small and fast-moving tornadoes along a cold front that moved through around midday. The showers and thunderstorms associated with the front produced narrow paths of damaging to destructive winds."
A wet and very windy day for #SouthAustralia today. A fast-moving cold front with showers, thunderstorms and strong winds can be seen on satellite imagery west of Kangaroo Island moving eastwards over the state today. A #SevereWeatherWarning is current https://t.co/5wxFrWeCue pic.twitter.com/1BpqAIIvZQ
— Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia (@BOM_SA) July 23, 2021
"Large amounts of small hail settled on the ground could have been mistaken for snow, particularly in the Adelaide Hills region, however, observations suggest small hail was more likely. Small hail was also reported across the Adelaide metropolitan area," Donaldson said.
"This system also saw showers and rainfall across the state. The highest rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 09:00 LT on Sunday, July 25 were 42 mm (1.6 inches) at Ashton, 40 mm (1.5 inches) at Lenswood, and 33 mm (1.2 inches) at Balhannah.
12 mm (0.47 inches) was observed at Adelaide West Terrace/Ngayirdapira.
Some of the most significant observations:
Gusts of 90 - 100 km/h (56 - 62 mph) were recorded across parts of southern South Australia, including Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges.
The highest gust recorded in the Adelaide area was 95 km/h (59 mph) at Adelaide Airport on Saturday evening.
The highest gust in SA since Thursday was 107 km/h (66 mph) at Cape Borda and 135 km/h (84 mph) at Neptune Island.
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Title : EXCLUSIVE – Trump's High School Transcripts Revealed!
While Donald Trump found himself in more hot water over giving out security clearances to his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka, his former lawyer Michael Cohen spent his fourth day testifying at a House Intelligence Committee hearing. One of the areas of interest in Cohen's testimony was his claim that one of the things Trump ordered him to do was send letters warning Trump's high school, colleges and the College Board not to release his grades or SAT scores. We would bet Trump's grades were bad, but there's only one way to find out. So we reached out to the principal of The New York Military Academy (Fred Willard) where a young Donald Trump went to school, to get some more information.