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i-cube Co., Ltd. was selected as one of the "2017th SME / 300 small businesses" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Agency.
Every year, the agency selects 300 SMEs that is active in various fields such as innovation, development, service creation and contributing to the society while also strengthening their international competitiveness through aggressive marketing development abroad. By publicizing this widely, selected business operators receive additional social recognition and motivation of workers.
In 2015 we established our first overseas school「IZUMIJUKU」in the TPP participating country Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. We started by teaching the abacus, one of our popular courses in Japan. We are increasing the number of available courses we offer, such as Japanese etc. while also aiming to expand in other Asian countries. In addition, we were also evaluated in accordance with the global expansion of society, efforts such as starting classes conducted in English for elementary and junior high school students, and aiming to change the company's official language to English.
On March 23rd, a ceremony was held at the main building of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, where our President & CEO Yazaki Hayato received a certificate and a supplementary prize.
"I will continue to expand the possibilities of our children in the world through many challenges and changes."
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Xian Janssen Announces Plans to Build State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Site in China
Strategic investment designed to help accelerate growth in China and in broader Pan- Asia region
XI'AN, CHINA, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 – Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. (XJP), one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, and the Xi'an High-Tech Industries Development Zone announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding to build a large state-of-the art manufacturing facility to serve China and the broader Pan-Asia region.
The new site, which will be built in the rapidly developing Xi'an High-Tech Industries Development Zone, will feature world-class manufacturing technologies, advanced quality systems, and significantly greater capacity than its current Xi'an-based facilities.
The new 267,000-square-meter site will replace XJP's existing site in Xi'an with the objective of becoming the company's supply-chain hub for innovation in Asia, serving the rapidly expanding needs of China and other markets in the region.
This announcement is another example of XJP's and Johnson & Johnson's strong commitment to invest in innovation to grow its business in Asia. Construction of the new site will start in 2014.
At a signing ceremony held in Xi'an today, Jesse Wu, Chairman, Johnson & Johnson China, said: "For 28 years, XJP's Xi'an site has delivered high-quality products to patients around the country. It has won many national and industrial awards and recognition for its leading manufacturing capabilities. This next-generation, hi-tech facility will greatly increase our ability to deliver our innovative products to patients."
Mr. Wu added: "Providing the people of China with high-quality products that meet their unique needs is our most important objective. By working closely with our local strategic partners, we are committed to meeting the increasing demand for healthcare services in the country."
The construction of the new plant represents the extension of XJP's longstanding strategic partnership with the Shaanxi Provincial and Xi'an Municipal Governments and is aligned with their efforts to make the High-Tech Industries Development Zone a world-leading hi-tech zone. It is also in line with Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical's long-term strategy of implementing high-quality manufacturing, meeting all environmental, health, safety and sustainability standards.
"Xian Janssen has been making significant contributions to the development of Shaanxi Province since its establishment in 1985," said Jinzhu Li, Vice Governor of Shaanxi Province. "Dr. Paul Janssen, the founder of Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical, was a pioneer both in enhancing Chinese healthcare and protecting our historical heritage through his commitment to preserving the Terracotta Warriors. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the company in the future."
Other notable guests attending the signing ceremony were Minzhou Wei, Secretary of Xi'an Committee of the CPC; Jun Dong, Mayor of Xi'an; Hongzhuan Zhao, Head of Xi'an High-Tech Industries Development Zone's Administrative Committee from Shaanxi Province; Cliff Holland, Corporate Vice President of Johnson & Johnson; Thad Huston, President of Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd; and Paul McKenzie, Vice President, Manufacturing & Technical Operations, Janssen Supply Chain.
"Xian Janssen is the first multinational healthcare company to enter the Zone," said Xi'an High-Tech Industries Development Zone's Hongzhuan Zhao. "We appreciate its contributions to China and Xi'an in past decades, and welcome its arrival in the High-tech Zone. With this move, we expect to further enhance our standards and improve the diversity within the Zone."
"The new Xian Janssen site will play a key role as a source of innovation in our global network," said Janssen's Mr. McKenzie. "It is an opportunity to increase our ability to best serve the people of China and the region."
About Xian Janssen
Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. is one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. It is one of China's largest pharmaceutical companies and among the earliest multinational pharmaceutical companies to enter China simultaneous with the opening up of China's economy.
Since its establishment in 1985, Xian Janssen has been committed to providing Chinese patients with high-quality, innovative products that fulfill unmet medical needs in psychiatry, neurology, oncology, immunology, and gastrointestinal and fungal diseases.
Based on the company's Credo and spirit of caring, Xian Janssen has been an active corporate citizen, conducting over 50 cooperative projects in the areas of medicine, public health, medical R&D, and corporate social responsibility.
(This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections of Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd., any of the other Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies and/or Johnson & Johnson. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; economic factors, such as interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approvals; challenges to patents; impact of business combinations; changes in behavior and spending patterns or financial distress of purchasers of health care products and services; changes to governmental laws and regulations and domestic and foreign health care reforms; trends toward health care cost containment; and increased scrutiny of the health care industry by government agencies. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Exhibit 99 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012. Copies of this Form 10-K, as well as subsequent filings, are available online at www.sec.gov, www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. None of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies nor Johnson & Johnson undertake to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments.)
Maggie Sun Yan
Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd.
Cell: 18618146560


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If you're thinking that The Phoenix Lights would make the perfect subject matter for a found footage film, then you would be correct. So much so, that two found footage films were created on The Phoenix Lights in as many years.
In 2015, the found footage genre was graced with the sci-fi horror film, Phoenix Incident (2015). Two years later, a second found footage treatment of The Phoenix Lights is set for an April 21, 2017 theatrical release called Phoenix Forgotten (2017). The film is directed by Justin Barber, written by T.S. Nowlin, and stars Luke Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews, and Florance Hartigan.
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In the spring of 1997, several residents of Phoenix, Arizona claimed to witness mysterious lights in the sky. This phenomenon, which became known as "The Phoenix Lights," remains the most famous UFO sighting in American history. On July 23, 1997, three high school student filmmakers went missing while camping in the desert outside Phoenix. The purpose of their trip was to document their investigation into the Phoenix Lights. They were never seen again. Twenty years later, Sarah Bishop, a documentary filmmaker and younger sibling of one of the missing, returns to Phoenix to delve into their disappearances and the emotional trauma left on those that knew them. Nothing can prepare her for the shocking discovery of a tape from the night her brother and his friends disappeared.
Thursday March 13th, 1997 marks the date of the Phoenix Lights, the largest mass UFO sighting in US History. The night of the incident, four Phoenix residents vanished in the Estrella Mountain National Park, south of Phoenix. Glenn Lauder (28), Mitch Adams (29), Ryan Stone (27), and Jacob Reynolds (28) were reported missing to the Maricopa County Sheriff's office. The infamous "Lauder Case" has become the longest unresolved missing person's case in Arizona history.


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Interview: Lisa Manterfield, Author
July 22, 2017 by Michael, 0 Comments, in Books, Interviews, Writing
This is our view. This is probably not your view. © Michael Raymond
R esearch and preparation are everything, and by the time Lisa Manterfield rolls up onto the terrace in Laguna Beach, there is an iced gin and tonic already waiting for her. When I ask Lisa if she had any trouble finding the terrace bar, she tells me it was pretty straightforward: just follow the smell of the sea and the magnetic pull of cocktails. It's hard to argue with logic like that.
A short while after Lisa settles into the over-sized white wicker chair opposite me, a bubbly young woman appears and introduces herself as Mandy-and-I'll-be-taking-care-of-you-tonight-have-you-dined-with-us-before. I get in a request for the Laphroaig Quarter Cask before the appetizer upsell starts. Seeing Lisa is already halfway into her G&T, Mandy offers to produce a sequel. Lisa assents and Mandy bounds away to make liquor magic happen.
"Mandy's an actress," I say. "She's waiting on three callbacks. I learned this within three minutes of sitting down."
Lisa laughs. "Welcome to LA."
© MuseumNext (Gin and tonic) via Wikimedia Commons
Once the drinks are safely delivered, I produce a red-covered Moleskine, Lisa kicks off her Mephistos, and we clink glasses. The breeze is coming off the ocean; emerald palm fronds ripple against a lapis lazuli sky. We're too high up to hear the breakers over the clinking of plates and silverware, but that's just as well. Less temptation to chuck it all and surf.
Michael Raymond: So first off, congratulations on The Smallest Thing. It's a wonderful book. I finished somewhere over Flagstaff and realized I'd been reading non-stop since leaving Washington. That's commendable.
So let's jump right in. Death plays a central role in both your first novel, A Strange Companion, and The Smallest Thing. Death is common in novels, of course, but it seems to take center stage in both of your books. Can you talk about that?
Lisa Manterfield: Joan Didion said, "I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking" and I think that's been true for me. Like many of us, I have a lot of questions about death, and I end up exploring those questions in my writing. In both books, I set out to write stories about love, but death—or loss—is inextricably tied up with love. One of the bravest things we can do as humans is to love someone or something without reservation and risk the grief of loss. Ugh, that sounds so morbid, doesn't it? I think—I hope—my stories are hopeful, rather than morbid.
MR: Neither of your novels are morbid, although one could say that Kat (A Strange Companion) certainly has a fascination with death. And death seems to literally stalk Em in The Smallest Thing. In both books you weave death into the very fabric of the stories. Death is never just a thing that happens, or a plot device that forces a character into action or reveals a character's mettle or lack thereof. It's like a fog that permeates the novels and seeps into nooks and crannies, sometimes silently and sometimes with force.
LM: Death is that way, though, isn't it? It's always around, but most of the time, thankfully, it doesn't touch us directly. When it does, though, it forces so much change, which of course makes for great drama in fiction. But I don't enjoy killing off characters. During the process of writing The Smallest Thing, one of my trusted beta readers noted that I was being too easy on Em and that I needed to up the stakes and really make the reader fear for her. He referenced a particular supporting character, one of my favorites, actually. I don't want to drop any spoilers, so let's call that character Fred, shall we? He said. "You know what you have to do, don't you?" I said, "Fred. Must. Die." I really didn't enjoy killing off Fred, but it added depth to the story and brought everything closer to home for Em. And Fred's death helped Em to really understand the lesson she needed to learn in this story. From a story standpoint, Fred did not die in vain.
Celtic cross, Eyam churchyard.
© Dave Dunford via Wikimedia Commons
MR: I liked Fred. I was sad when Fred died. Fred still owed me money.
Having said that, I'm fortunate to have my loved ones still above ground and kicking, so death has not been a pervasive presence in my life. When reading The Smallest Thing, I can imagine that readers who have had loved ones or close friends pass might feel like they're in the presence of a familiar ghost. With your target audience being younger adults, do you think your stories may help readers navigate some of those difficult events? Because even with death continually lurking about, there is also this sense of community in your novel that offers strength and support.
LM: A Strange Companion was really a story about a young woman navigating grief and trying to figure it all out. There isn't a good user manual for grief and it's different for everyone. I, unfortunately, have brushed up against this several times. I lost my dad when I was 15 and I was massively unprepared to deal with that. I don't think anyone can ever be equipped to deal with that sort of loss or predict how they'll react. Kat behaves pretty badly in that book, and while I don't want to condone or excuse her behavior, I do think that grief makes you do and think strange things. And the thing I only learned later is that none of those things are actually weird. You talk to others who've experience loss and you quickly learn that they had similar feelings. So, yes, I hope that will be somewhat reassuring to people who find themselves dealing with loss.
As for Em, her loss, at least at first, is different. It's a loss of freedom and the loss of the life she had planned for herself. She feels very trapped in her claustrophobic little village, and then suddenly she's truly trapped. Even though her prison is physical, there are a million ways to feel trapped in your life, whether as a teen striving for independence or an older adult regretting missed opportunities. So even though the premise of the book might not be relatable to most of us—thankfully—the themes are.
MR: How are you doing on gin? Care for a refill? My scotch could use topping up.
LM: I think I'll nurse this one for a while. Don't want to get carried away and say something I'll regret. But please, go ahead.
Mandy the Actress has mad server-ESP skills. No sooner do I touch my empty glass to the tabletop than she's sidling up as if someone uncorked her bottle and summoned her forth. We chat briefly, Mandy disappears, and a few moments later she reappears bearing the sacred scotch. Everything is saved. The interview can continue.
MR: Em might feel trapped, but she has this tightly-knit community around her. To a lesser extent, so does Kat. To what extent does community help with the grieving process? Or does mourning put us each alone on our little islands, part of, but still separate from the whole?
LM: Great question, and I think the answer is: Both. Based on my own experience of loss, it's very isolating. I remember feeling as if I was the only person this had ever happened to. I remember going back to school after my dad passed away and just feeling as if I didn't fit in there anymore, as if I was suddenly different. I didn't want to talk to my family about it, as they were dealing with their own grief, and I couldn't talk to my friends, because they didn't know how to deal with me any more than I knew how to deal with myself. So in that respect, I really dealt with my grief alone for a long time. On the other hand, my mum had this incredible community of friends, most of whom—being older—did have experience with loss. They really rallied around her and she will say now that she got through her loss because of them. Through other experiences of loss, I've come to understand the importance of community. It's comforting to know that others out there have had similar experiences and it makes such a difference in dealing with grief when you can find someone who can say, "Me too."
MR: But you were missing that "me too" when you were fifteen? How do you think your experience would have been different had you found someone your age or in your circle who could have said to you, "I get it. It's terrible. I'm here." It might be a sad commentary, but it's true that we sometimes need that shared experience with our peers much more than we need it with our family.
LM: I'm not sure I was emotionally mature enough to have that conversation with someone else. I really didn't want to talk about it at all for a long time. In fact, I couldn't talk about it for many years. I had the added factor of the British stiff upper lip. People just didn't talk about their feelings and I learned to "grin and bear it." This was 30 years ago and thankfully much has changed. There are a lot more resources for young people dealing with grief now. There are counsellors in schools, and groups especially for children. A friend was telling me recently about a camp for kids grieving the loss of a close relative. It's a little terrifying to think of my 15-year-old self going to grief camp, but had I had access to that kind of safe environment, I don't think I'd still have been working through my grief two or three decades later.
MR: Wow, grief camp. So the stiff British upper lip is a real thing? Not an cultural anachronism? I thought that went away after WWII when everyone got to eat jam again?
LM: Ha. Old habits die hard. The culture is definitely changing, but I think Western society as a whole isn't good at the whole mourning thing. A bit of clothes ripping and wailing would do us all a world of good. Let it all out.
MR: I don't know if there is a way to say this delicately or without the misperception of unintended bigotry, but "non-Western" countries seem to handle the process of grief far better than we do. It's terrible and tragic, of course, but when I see images of women throwing themselves over the bodies of the dead and not holding back their grief I have to wonder if that's not a healthier, more fully-realized catharsis of mourning and emotion than what we typically experience in "the West."
LM: I think Western-style funerals are hugely unhealthy. You sit dabbing your nose quietly and then smile and thank everyone for coming. You really have to hold it all in for the benefit of others. And we put a timeline on grief. We allow a few days of family leave and we deliver casseroles and are helpful for a while, but then we expect people to pull it together and get on with it. In reality, just around the time everyone expects you to move on with your life is about the time the wave of really deep grief hits.
MR: Since we're talking about internalization, let's talk a bit about the internal lives of Kat and Em. One of the strengths of your novels is how you escort the reader through the thoughts and perceptions of each young woman with unflinching honesty as she tries to make sense of the chaos around her. It's very much like having Kat or Em offering her hand and saying to the reader "Come walk with me for a while. I'll show you some things." Can you talk a little bit about how you achieve that?
LM: Thank you. That's quite a compliment. I wrote both books in first person, which plops the reader right in the character's head. I enjoy writing that way. I keep trying to write more in third person, but I like the intimacy of telling a story through one character's eyes. I also think intimacy comes from really understanding what the story is about for the character. Kat's story isn't really about reincarnation; it's about having to face your grief and let go of something beloved. Em's story isn't about a virus; it's about blooming where you're planted and harnessing the power of community in times of need. Of course, in the beginning of a book, the character has no clue what her story is about. She's just going along on her track, often somewhat selfishly. Part of the fun of writing in first person is being able to interpret the world through the character's eyes when the wily audience can see what's really going on and how misguided her view is.
MR: Where you as the author let the reader in on the joke, so to speak, and we can all watch the characters go through their agonies. We writers are actually sadists, aren't we?
LM: More like sado-masochists. I often wonder who in their right minds would write a book. The answer is no-one—no-one in their right minds, at least. Don't get me wrong, I love that I get to make up stories every day, but, as you know, there are also periods of intense frustration, when a story just won't work, or you put words on a page and they're utter nonsense, or you get notes back from a beta reader and you realize your "finished" book has to be completely rewritten from page one—and yes, that has happened to me. But then there are those days when it all comes together, your fingers fly over the keyboard, and you come up with a gem of genius. Then it's utter bliss.
MR: I recently had the whiplash experience of writing twenty pages I liked, loading them onto the Kindle, reading them in bed, then wanting to vomit, cry, and throw myself off the roof. I finally gave up and fell asleep contemplating a life as an illiterate hobo. The next morning, I read it again and thought it wasn't so bad after all. Ask not for whom the bell tolls…
LM: We writers can be our own worst critics. Still, I think that's far less dangerous than believing you're a literary genius and that anyone who says otherwise is an idiot. A happy medium of confidence and willingness to take critique is the sweet spot, but it's not an easy balance to achieve.
MR: Let's talk about voice for a moment. Do you find that Em and Kat are your voice breathing and expressing itself through them as characters and vehicles? Or do you find that they have their own voices distinct from yours? I'm not saying that one is better than the other, but I'm curious to know how someone such as you, who so effectively captures and relates the inner rooms of her characters, approaches or resolves this matter of voice.
LM: There is a little of me in both Em and Kat. I've been a 17-year-old girl feeling trapped and a young woman trying to dig herself out from under grief, and I grew up where my stories are set, so I know those young women intimately. But at the same time I had to be careful not to slip into my own voice and my own middle-aged point-of-view. It's something I want to keep working at, maybe challenge myself to write a character who isn't at all like me.
I recently took a workshop that taught acting skills to writers. It was very physical, quite literally acting out the roles we were writing. It was incredibly valuable to learn how characters move, how they speak, to feel them physically and how they navigate their world, and then to write them. It was quite a revelation.
MR: Can you elaborate on how the workshop taught that? What did you take away from it? How will you able to infuse it into your new work?
LM: We did a lot of exercises with movement, expressing emotion without speaking, infusing characters with animal tendencies to discover new ways for them to move. We also played around with language and the vocabulary a character uses. Out of these exercises came a character, Dora, who stepped off the page with distinct characteristics and a strong voice that definitely wasn't my voice. She started with a bit part in a story idea I was working through, but she is such a force that I think I'm going to have to rework the story to make it hers.
MR: Writers are a bit like cultural anthropologists. I think of those musicologists who hunt down rare recordings of early jazz and blues musicians on wax cylinders, working feverishly to preserve those voices and stories before they vanish forever. I think writers do the same thing, except we create our own jazz and blues in our heads, which doesn't in itself makes anything less valid. It's still part of the weave of humanity—universal, and worthy of being recorded.
LM: Absolutely. And my friend Dora has a story to tell. It perhaps wasn't the story I set out to tell, but I think she's going to be quite forceful about making sure her voice is recorded and listened to!
MR: I'll look forward to meeting her. Ok, last question and then we can relax and enjoy this gorgeous sea breeze. Mother-daughter relationships. Both Kat and Em struggle with them. Is that something you write about because you're writing to younger adults? Or is Joan Didion exerting herself again?
LM: Ha! Here's the funny thing: My mum and I have a wonderful relationship, some friends have even called it enviable. But I do tend to write these hostile mother-daughter relationships. My poor mother has read my books and asked me if the mother characters are based on her. They're not. I tend to explore "what might have been" in my stories, and I think this is true with my mother-daughter relationships. My mum and I had the usual blow-outs during the hormone-fueled teen years. There were many tears and much door-slamming on my part. But losing my dad changed our relationship. My older brothers were both married and out of the house by that time, so it was just Mum and me trying to figure it out. I think that brought us closer and made us allies, rather than adversaries. Maybe I feel I missed out on some mother-daughter friction and so I explore that in my writing instead. I think people often assume fiction is masked memoir, so I'm sure people assume I have a terrible mother, when in fact I couldn't have custom-ordered a better one. I should send her flowers.
MR: I worried I was walking on fragile ice with that question. I'm glad the ice turned out to be three feet thick. And yes, send mom flowers. I should do that too.
Before we wrap up, anything else you'd like to chat about? Something you wish we'd discussed? Any topic you could never imagine writing? Beatles vs. Stones? DC vs. Marvel? Brooding vampires vs. Glittery vampires?
LM: Yeah, I'm lucky to have the mum I have. She's a keeper. So, Beatles vs. Stones? Hmm. Beatles. I once returned a faulty Duran Duran album (vinyl, so this was a while ago) and exchanged it for The Beatles Greatest Hits. That was a big turning point in my musical evolution. If I had to choose, then Marvel, but honestly, I'm a bit superheroed out at the moment. And aren't all vampires brooding? I've never fallen for one, but they seem so high-maintenance. But if I did, I'd go for the added bonus of the glitter. I mean, why not?
MR: Lisa, it's been a real pleasure. Thank you so very much for taking the time to talk. I wish you nothing but glittering success and outrageous sales and good fortune in your writing career. Let's do this again soon.
LM: We really must. Thank you for being such a gracious host. I'll buy next time.
Lisa Manterfield's second novel, The Smallest Thing, can be ordered in paperback and digital format here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07144H7PJ.
Lisa's debut novel, A Strange Companion is also now available in both paperback and digital formats: http://bit.ly/2nXgDxz.
More information about Lisa Manterfield and her work can be found at her website: http://lisamanterfield.com. You can also join Lisa's blog tour at the dates and locales listed below.
July 18: Interview with Rebecca Lacko
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July 24: Review by Mixed Bag Mama
July 25: Guest Post at History in the Margins with Pamela Toler
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For you to lead a healthy life, pure filtered drinking water should be part of your daily routine. This is because water is essential for the general functioning of the human body. Contaminated water has been known to with tamper the normal functioning of the body systems and can lead to ailment in the long term.
Most people think that water from the taps is safe but may contain some minerals and unnoticeable impurities which are harmful to the body. It's better to be cautious and avoid getting sick by using the filtering faucets to filter out impurities from your water. However, I know it might be a little hard to decide the best faucet filters to choose for water filtrering because there is a whole lot of reputable brands in the market.
In that case, this article will be a guideline that will highlight the top five faucet filters in the market. This will give you an easy time the next time you go shopping for your faucet filter. You can even to give water for dogs from these faucet.
Culligan is a company based in America which has been known to provide the best solutions to water to a number of households, industries as well as commercial places ever since 1936. With the passing years, it has improved its products range in terms of design and technology in order to meet the increasing demands from their consumers.
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But if you use the water for drinking and washing purposes only, you could use it for up to 8 months. This however depends so much on your average water usage. The warranty of this faucet water filter comes with a two-year warranty from the manufacturers.
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Basically most of the companies which provide commercial purification of water aim at eliminating bacteria by adding chlorine which leaves an unpleasant odour to the water. Besides that, there is a risk of leaving behind toxic chemicals which may have a negative effect to the functioning of the body. This means that such water can never be safe for drinking.
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The New wave ensures that your drinking water does not have the cancerous properties of chlorine compounds. The water will be odour free and have an appealing taste instead. You'll never have to worry about pesticides, herbicides, bacteria, lead or sulphides in your drinking water.
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The water filter has the capacity to filter about two hundred gallons of water and you will have to change the cartridge afterwards. It comes in white, nickel and chrome finish hence giving you a variety of options to choose from.
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This is one of the best in the business. If you are looking for a faucet that will not only serve you right, but also look stylish in your home, then look no further. The Pur filtration system uses Maxion tech. which is an improvement to some of the other technologies used before. The system uses carbon to filter water which enhances the filtration process thereby removing over seventy different water contaminants.
With this water filter, you are sure that the water coming out is almost 100% free of lead, pesticides and mercury. This enhances the safety of the water you drink directly from your faucet. Additionally, it also offers protection against herbicides, pharmaceutical products and any other industrial pollutants that may find their way to your water system.
Moreover, this faucet comes with a CleanSensor monitor that keeps you informed of the status of the filter compartment. Whenever the monitor lights green, this means the water is clear for drinking. The colour of the monitor keeps on changing depending on the condition of the filter. You can use any lithium battery to keep the monitor working properly. The battery of this faucet is changed automatically together with the filter to ensure uttermost efficiency of the filtration system.
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It is a compact design hence can fit in any system. This additionally helps to save extra space in your kitchen sink. It can also turn 360o therefore, it doesn't matter which side you install it. The installation of this faucet is very easy and you won't need any extra equipment to install it. The filter can safely filter about 100 gallons of water therefore you will need to replace it soon after.
Well, this is definitely the addition you need to compete that classy look in your home and at the same time be sure of the safety of your family. The Brita water Faucet comes with the standard look of every faucet but with more efficiency. Additionally, it has a compact size hence it won't take up much of your Kitchen space. It comes in both white and chrome finish therefore you can choose which one will complete the elegant look in your home.
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The water cleared out from this system is safe for infants and pregnant mothers too. It can also safely filter about a hundred gallons of water without the need to change the filter.
In conclusion, in case you are considering to but a faucet water filter you should know that there are a few things that you should pay attention to. In addition to that, it is always important to go through the customer reviews to get a more defined picture of what to expect from the product.


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 23, 2010) - Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR)(NYSE Amex:AXU) ("Alexco" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the bought deal equity financing announced December 7, 2010 (the "Offering"). The Company has issued 5,000,000 common shares at a price of CAD$8.20 per common share for gross proceeds of CAD$41,000,000.
The Offering was led a syndicate of underwriters (the "Underwriters"). The Underwriters received a cash commission of 6% of the gross proceeds raised through the Offering and warrants ("Broker Warrants") equal in number to 4% of the number of common shares issued through the Offering. Each Broker Warrant shall be exercisable to acquire one common share of the Company at an exercise price of CAD$8.50 for a period of 12 months from closing.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund project development and ongoing exploration activities, and for general working capital.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of the Common Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Common Shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirements.
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information concerning the Company's intended use of proceeds, anticipated results and developments in the Company's operations in future periods, planned exploration and development of its properties, plans related to its business or financings and other matters that may occur in the future, made as of the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future remediation and reclamation activities, future mineral exploration, the estimation of mineral reserves and mineral resources, the realization of mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates, the timing of activities and the amount of estimated revenues and expenses, the success of exploration activities, permitting time lines, requirements for additional capital and sources and uses of funds. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks related to actual results of remediation and reclamation activities; actual results of exploration activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold, silver and other commodities; possible variations in ore bodies, grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; and delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development activities.


Fresh controversy is brewing over the issue of childhood vaccinations, as opposing celebrity camps initiate a string of new public awareness campaigns in the United States.
In June actress and former Playmate Jenny McCarthy led a "Green Our Vaccines" rally through Washington DC (with her boyfriend Jim Carrey). McCarthy, whose five-year-old son is autistic, has been an outspoken critic of childhood immunisation schedules for some years now—saying vaccines contain a number of toxins and that the mandatory national health immunisation schedule forces infants to receive too many vaccines too soon.
In the past three weeks alone McCarthy has hosted a massive fundraiser for autism awareness charity Generation Rescue (an event that garnered even bigger headlines for drawing another celebrity mom—Britney Spears) and partnered wrestling federation WWE to spread the message of the "fight against autism" to capacity crowds during a Saturday "smackdown".
In the past year health agencies in the US and the European Union have reported a rise in the outbreak of measles. In the US (where in 2000 the Centres for Disease Control announced the virus had been "eliminated" from the US) almost all reported cases occurred in children whose parents decided not to have them vaccinated, or were too young to have received the vaccine.
In Ireland, where reported cases of mumps have increased 600% from last year, the Meningitis Research Foundation attributed the spike in both diseases to fewer people opting to get the combined MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine in recent years.
Ten years ago the MMR jab became the subject of intense medical and media speculation after a report was published in medical journal The Lancet linking the combined vaccine with an increased incidence of autism. The controversial study has been largely discredited (it was based on a study of just 12 children and a subsequent review revealed a number of these participants were already involved in legal claims against vaccine companies), to the extent that The Lancet issued a partial retraction in 2004 and 10 of the paper's original 13 authors have retracted their conclusions. Since 1998 several subsequent studies have been published that dismiss any causal link between the MMR vaccine and autism—in one large-scale study conducted in Sweden, incidence of autism was actually found to be higher in the non-vaccinated group.
But the taint of scandal still lingers, resulting in thousands of parents choosing not to immunise. In the Middle East, Asia and Africa religious condemnation of vaccines, coupled with widespread distrust of what is often viewed as "Western" intervention, has seen a number of national immunisation programmes fall short of their targets. In December last year health officials in northern Pakistan admitted they had failed to immunise more than 160 000 children against polio; in an earlier case the suspension of Nigeria's polio immunisation programme in 2003 saw the disease spread to 18 polio-free countries in Africa and Asia.
"It's a big decision," says Dr Vicki Compere, a homeopath and the mother of two small children. "Every parent wants what's best for their child. We know that children will be exposed to diseases; but do I think my child is better off with the vaccine in their body? No.
Compere is not opposed to vaccines in the right circumstances—for example, in "communities where children are not being fed properly and don't have easy access to medical information and treatment". But, she says, in middle-class communities, better socio-economic standards (including better nutrition) and improved knowledge about illness means incidence of disease is naturally lower. In the event of infection, treatment is likely to occur at an earlier stage—before symptoms become life-threatening (measles, diphtheria and tetanus can all be fatal).
She does, however, caution that parents who choose not to vaccinate need to take responsibility for being educated on how to identify and treat such illnesses. "They need to take ownership of the decision," she says.
For parents who are undecided, Compere advises that they delay making any decision until the child is at least six months old (standard immunisation programmes start from six weeks).


NICHE 2019 Best Public High Schools in New Jersey | THE RIDGEWOOD BLOG.
Ridgewood NJ, the website NICHE put together their annual list of New Jersey's best public high schools . Ridgewood High School placed #26, Tenafly High School #20 , Northern Highlands #22Fair Lawn High School #34, Northern Valley Demarest #39 , Northern Valley Old Tappan #40, Mahwah High School #48, Ramapo High School #49 in the rankings.


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Als Großrad wird umgangssprachlich das größere Zahnrad eines Stirnradgetriebes bezeichnet. Besonders verbreitet ist diese Bezeichnung beim Einzelachsantrieb von elektrischen und dieselelektrischen Lokomotiven. Hier ist es direkt oder über einen Koppelmechanismus  mit dem Radsatz verbunden.

Geschichte des Einzelachsantriebs von elektrischen Lokomotiven
Ursprünglich war bei den ersten elektrischen Lokomotiven, die als Einzelachsantrieb schon Tatzlagerantriebe besaßen, das Großrad auf der Antriebsachse aufgeschrumpft. Die Kraftübertragung erfolgte ungefedert auf die Antriebsräder. Das war für den Anlauf der Lokomotive ungünstig, zudem wurden die Stöße vom Oberbau ungefedert auf die Fahrmotoren übertragen. Daher kam es zu den unterschiedlichsten Entwicklungen von Einzelachsantrieben mit unterschiedlichen Lagerungen und Übertragungsarten des Großrades.

Bei Tatzlagerantrieben späterer Entwicklungen wurde die Drehmomentstützen verbessert und die Übertragung vom Großrad auf den Radsatz geschah über gefederte Elemente. Beim Buchli-Antrieb ist das Großrad im Lokomotivrahmen gelagert. Die Übertragung auf den Radsatz geschah über Kuppelstangen und Zahnschwingen, die ungehinderte Relativbewegungen zwischen Großrad und drehzahlstarr verbundenem Radsatz ermöglichten. Beim SLM-Universalantrieb geschah die Übertragung vom im Lokomotivrahmen gelagerten Großrad über eine Verbindungskupplung. Bei allen weiteren Antriebsarten ist das Großrad auf einer Hohlwelle gelagert, die Relativbewegungen zwischen dem im Rahmen gefedert gelagerten Großrad und der ungefederten Achswelle ermöglicht. Die Übertragung des Drehmomentes auf die Räder geschieht über gefederte Elemente. In neuerer Zeit werden Gummielemente verwendet.

Die Ritzel und Großrad waren zu Anfang meist geradverzahnt, später wurden Einzelachsantriebe für einen geräuschärmeren Lauf schräg- oder pfeilverzahnt ausgeführt. Im Betrieb ist das Großrad zusammen mit dem Fahrmotorritzel durch einen Schutzkasten umhüllt, wo gleichzeitig die Schmierung des Stirnradgetriebes realisiert wird. Das Großrad und dar dazugehörende Radsatz der Lokomotive bilden eine Montageeinheit. Bei einem Wechsel dieses Radsatzes, z. B. bei Flachstellen wird demzufolge das Großrad mit gewechselt. Eine Trennung des Großrades von der Achswelle erfordert ein Abpressen mindestens einer Radscheibe und geschieht nur in Ausbesserungswerken mit speziellen Fertigungsmöglichkeiten.

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Interactive Google OAuth2 token negotiation

## Usage

```haskell
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}

module Main (main) where

import Data.Aeson
import Data.Semigroup ((<>))
import Network.Google.OAuth2
import Network.HTTP.Simple
import Network.OAuth.OAuth2
import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)

main :: IO ()
main = do
    OAuth2Token{..} <-
      getAccessToken
        "<CLIENT_ID>"      -- Fill with real ID.
        "<CLIENT_SECRET>"  -- Fill with real code.
        ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive"]
        (Just "path/to/credentials.cache")

    request <- parseRequest "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files"
    response <- httpJSON $ authorize (atoken accessToken) request

    print (getResponseBody response :: Value)
 where
   authorize token = setRequestHeaders
       [ ("Authorization", encodeUtf8 $ "Bearer " <> token)
       ]
```

## Prior Art

This module was inspired by [handa-gdata][] which appears to be abandoned.

[handa-gdata]: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/handa-gdata

---

[CHANGELOG](./CHANGELOG.md) | [LICENSE](./LICENSE)

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Q: Flutter: How to synchronize synchron static method with asynchron non-static method? When I start the app, it should check if it is possible to use biometric authentication (fingerprint/face id). I have a class that checks this and the login page need the result of it. I have the following code:
class LocalAuthenticationUtil with ChangeNotifier {
  static LocalAuthentication _auth = LocalAuthentication();
  static List<BiometricType> biometricTypes;
  static bool haveBiometrics = true;
  bool _biometricAuthenticated = true;

  static LocalAuthenticationUtil _instance;

  static LocalAuthenticationUtil getInstance() {
    if (_instance == null) {
      _instance = LocalAuthenticationUtil();
      print("GetInstance CanCheckBiometrics before");
      _instance._canCheckBiometrics();
      print("GetInstance CanCheckBiometrics after");
      if (haveBiometrics) {
        _instance.addListener(() {
          _instance.authenticate();
        });
        _instance.authenticate();
      }
    }

    return _instance;
  }

  Future<void> _canCheckBiometrics() async {
    print("CanCheckBiometrics before");
    haveBiometrics = await _auth.canCheckBiometrics;
    print("CanCheckBiometrics after");
    if (haveBiometrics) {
      biometricTypes = await _auth.getAvailableBiometrics();
    }
  }

  set biometricAuthenticated(bool value) {
    if (_biometricAuthenticated != value) {
      _biometricAuthenticated = value;
      notifyListeners();
    }
  }

When the code runs this is the result:
I/flutter (23495): GetInstance CanCheckBiometrics before
I/flutter (23495): CanCheckBiometrics before
I/flutter (23495): GetInstance CanCheckBiometrics after
I/flutter (23495): CanCheckBiometrics after

While the order that I want to happen is:
I/flutter (23495): GetInstance CanCheckBiometrics before
I/flutter (23495): CanCheckBiometrics before
I/flutter (23495): CanCheckBiometrics after
I/flutter (23495): GetInstance CanCheckBiometrics after

A: You're not awaiting _instance._canCheckBiometrics();
Dart executes synchonously until it hits an await, at which point the function immediately returns, but "remembers where it was", so it can continue where it left off when the awaited Future completes:
Here, when you call _instance._canCheckBiometrics(), it immediately runs the first print statement, then hits the await _auth.canCheckBiometrics and immediately returns a Future representing the result of _instance._canCheckBiometrics().
Simply replace _instance._canCheckBiometrics() with await _instance._canCheckBiometrics() and it should work.
BTW, you can create an analysis_options.yaml file to customise your linter warnings for your project. One in particular, called unawaited_futures warns you when you have a Future-returning function in an async context that doesn't have an await. This is usually an error, but you can suppress it manually if you're certain. This rule often helps catch bugs like this.
To use the linter, check out: https://dart.dev/guides/language/analysis-options#enabling-linter-rules

A: cameron1024 is right.
What you need to do is to create a StatefulWidget which will redirect the user once the check is completed.
class AuthWidget extends StatefulWidget {
  AuthWidget({Key key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  _AuthWidgetState createState() => _AuthWidgetState();
}

class _AuthWidgetState extends State<AuthWidget> {
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    checkBiometrics(); // perform the check asynchronously and then use Navigator.of(context).push/replace
  }
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    // Display a loader while checking
    return CircularProgressIndicator();
  }
}

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This expansive estate home on a beautiful 5+ acre lot has much to offer with a sunny artist studio and a separate immaculate woodshop. Blazing red maple trees in the fall, snowy white blooming pear trees in the spring, and expanses of green all summer long keep you inspired. Entertain indoors or out! Deck and patio with built-in planter boxes overlooking level back yard and surrounding fields. Open central great room makes socializing with friends and family easy during parties. Vaulted ceilings put the focus on the stone fireplace on one side of the room and the dramatic octagonal dining room on the other. There is plenty of room for creative cooks to work their magic with a gas cook top, double ovens, great lighting, granite counter tops and a center island with a butcher block counter. The artist~s studio with wet bar, mini fridge, closet for storage and windows everywhere completes this wing of the home. Morning room off the kitchen leads to the deck and the family room on the back of the home with knotty pine walls. A private office is on the front of the home in the hallway that leads to the first-floor master suite. Master has 2 walk-in closets, custom built-in and a large en-suite with argentinian granite, dual vanities, a walk-in shower with bench, and a soaking tub, steam shower, and heated floor. Upstairs is a sunny sitting room outside the shared bath and 2 additional bedrooms. The basement is also great for entertaining of an in-law suite with a built-in entertainment center, wet bar with granite counters, a wine fridge and a full-size fridge. Additional office with storage closets, a full bathroom, an exercise room, storage area and access to the attached 2 car garage. Outside is a separate 2 car garage in addition to the heated and air conditioned 3-car garage currently used as a woodshop (with bath), which was built with ventilation for wood working and other workshop upgrades- no detail forgotten! Full house 30kw permanent generator also conveys. All just minutes from historic downtown charles town for restaurants, pubs, and shopping. Minutes to commuter routes.
For more information or make an appointment to see property ID WVJF134574.