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Q: Imagetk.PhotoImage crashes on Python 3.5 + Tk/Tcl 8.6 I'm trying to display an image in Tkinter using Pillow but I get a weird error: "Process finished with exit code -1073741819 (0xC0000005)" and the Tkinter window never appears.
Here's the code (simplified to the max):
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
from tkinter import Tk

t = Tk()
i = Image.open('data/pic.jpg') # small picture (29kb, 100x100px)
i_tk = ImageTk.PhotoImage(i) # The problem disappears when this line is commented out.
t.mainloop()

I'm using Python 3.5, Tcl/Tk 8.6, Pillow 3.0.0 on Windows 10 (all in 64bit)
That same script (replacing tkinter by Tkinter) runs perfectly on the same machine with Python 2.7.9, Tcl/Tk 8.5 and Pillow 2.9.0 (the Tk window appears and the exit code is 0 when I close the Tk window).
Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT: Per user5510752's suggestion, I changed i_tk = ImageTk.PhotoImage(i) to i_tk = tkinter.PhotoImage(i). The problem has now shifted from where I was making the PhotoImage to where I'm inserting it in the canvas.
Here's the new code:
from PIL import Image
from tkinter import Tk, PhotoImage, Canvas

t = Tk()
c = Canvas(t, bg="blue")
c.grid(sticky="news")

c.i = Image.open("data/pic.jpg")
c.p = PhotoImage(c.i)
c.create_image(0, 0, image=c.p) # errors out here

t.mainloop()

This gives this error TypeError: __str__ returned non-string (type JpegImageFile).
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:/Workspace/PythonProjects/Puzzle 3.5/main.py", line 29, in <module>
    c.create_image(0, 0, image=c.p)
  File "C:\Python 3.5\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 2328, in create_image
    return self._create('image', args, kw)
  File "C:\Python 3.5\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 2319, in _create
    *(args + self._options(cnf, kw))))
TypeError: __str__ returned non-string (type JpegImageFile)

I looked into a different signature for this function for Python 3, but I couldn't find anything. This line works on Python 2.7 though (with ImageTk.PhotoImage). What's weirder is that if I try to load c.i into the canvas instead of c.p, the code doesn't error out and I get an empty canvas.
[EDIT2]
As per R4PH43L's suggestion I tried :
from tkinter import Tk, PhotoImage, Canvas

t = Tk()
c = Canvas(t, bg="blue")
c.grid(sticky="news")

c.p=PhotoImage(file="data/pic.jpg")
c.create_image(0, 0, image=c.p) # errors out here

t.mainloop()

This gave a new error :
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:/Workspace/PythonProjects/Puzzle 3.5/main.py", line 28, in <module>
    c.p=PhotoImage(file="data/pic.jpg")
  File "C:\Python 3.5\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 3393, in __init__
    Image.__init__(self, 'photo', name, cnf, master, **kw)
  File "C:\Python 3.5\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 3349, in __init__
    self.tk.call(('image', 'create', imgtype, name,) + options)
_tkinter.TclError: couldn't recognize data in image file "data/pic.jpg"

I've tried each time with different JPEGs to no avail. This time I also tried with a GIF and it worked (but I need to open JPEGs, so...). It's worth noting that libjpeg is installed on my machine and Pillow doesn't seem to have any trouble using it (except when I pass the pic to ImageTk, then we're back to my original error).
PS : If someone managed to show a jpg file in a tkinter canvas in python 3.5, please just post the version of Tcl/Tk, libjpeg and Pillow you're using. I suspect this may just be down to two modules being incompatible in my current Python 3 config.

A: Your original code should work perfectly, but it seems there is something
wrong with Pillow or Tk.
Anyway you cannot load jpg without ImageTk.PhotoImage() so there is no way to work it out with Pillow and Tk until someone will understand what is causing crash.
And i have the same issue with pillow 3.0 wheel, but it wasn't really critical to me...
JFYI callstack:
https://gist.github.com/DoumanAsh/6dba8411a109fbc68197
P.s. i have the same setup as you're. And i suspect that python 3.5 on Win platform should use only Tk 8.6 because windows bundle was updated with Tcl 8.6.3 and that introduced Tcl's support for Win10
UPD:
The issue is fixed https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1553
I assume 3.0.1 version will contain this fix

A: Most of the tkinter functions have changed for python 3, your variable, i_tk, must be like this:
i_tk = tkinter.PhotoImage(i)

A: Have a look at this question.
Try creating your image as c.p=tkinter.PhotoImage(file="data/pic.jpg").
as you can see in your stacktrace, the error occurs at place off the mapping of arguments and keyword arguments (*args, **kwargs). as you do just pass the image without keyword, it tries to parse your Image.open([...]) as a positional argument. This fails as positional arguments are read as strings over here. This is what your stacktrace tells us.
One look at the documentation:

The PhotoImage class can read GIF and PGM/PPM images from files


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Coffee, Helicopters, and Inventory Management
By Sean Elliffe March 7, 2018 by Sean Elliffe
A Day in the Life of an Off-Shore Materials Coordinator
Todd Jenkins arrived at the Pearcy Shore Base outside Aberdeen at around 5:30 am. Fifty minutes earlier, having downed the last of his Java deep roast coffee, he said goodbye to his wife of 22 years, Janet. Both were now accustomed to the 28-day rotation of a Senior Material Coordinator on the Phoenix Oil Platform in the North Sea. A senior employee, Todd had an allocated parking bay where he left his 97 Mercury before pulling his gear from the trunk. He took a moment to breathe in the cool morning air before heading for the Helicopter waiting to take him on the 40-minute flight to the rig.
He boarded the chopper with 15 colleagues, also returning to the platform as part of the Tuesday switch out, and immediately sought out a window seat. He listened to the ever-increasing whistle of the rotors as the engines throttled to full power, and they were airborne. Todd sat thinking of what he needed to discuss with Jack Williams who he was replaced as part of the shift change. It was critical that he ensure a smooth transition in terms of the workload he would have to take up for this next rotation.
Top priority needed to be the level 5 strategic repair jobs that would need parts for which he was now responsible. He thought of the last time he ran into a confrontation with the Platform Lead Maintenance Engineer Mark O'Leary, a fiery Irishman who had little to no patience for missing parts. A no-nonsense but fair man, Mark was a stickler for on-time delivery and meeting the promise. "Don't tell me you will have the parts in 2 weeks and then become apologetic a few days before a deadline when they don't arrive!", this was the blasting he had received the last time there was a problem. Todd had worked out a solid communications protocol driven by the daily exception monitoring process which enabled him to have an early warning that potential problems were on the horizon. O'Leary was grateful for the effort and Todd's genuine concern to communicate early if supply constraints arose.
His thoughts were interrupted by their arrival at the Platform. The pilot skillfully landed Chopper 7 on the deck amid howling winds and a light drizzle. That seemed all too easy, Todd thought, as he made his way down the jet bridge to the staff quarters where he would bunk down in room #25. The male quarters were simple but comfortable, given the limited space available on a platform the size of the Phoenix.
Once settled Todd moved quickly to the conference room for the 6:30 am a daily briefing and the follow up he wanted to have with Williams. O'Leary was already at the pulpit, as they called it, ready to greet and talk the team through the plan for the week. The briefing was incident-free, and Todd soon found himself deeply engaged with Jack Williams in a discussion on critical parts, potential shortages and the action plans that were already in play to address the backlogs/shortages. Together they then joined the off-shore planners and signed in to the Skype meeting on exception monitoring that was scheduled for an hour at 7:30 am.
The On-Shore Team
The on-shore team included Procurement Specialists, On-shore Planners, MRP Controllers, and Inventory Specialists, that were assembled under the leadership of Peggy Moss. She was a seasonal all-round Senior Supply Chain Manager with experience in Demand Planning, Purchasing and Inventory Analysis. Peggy greeted the off-shore members and began the session looking into the results from the last MRP run. It quickly became apparent that there were many demand issues that had come into the system with unrealistic requirement dates. This placed pressure on the buyers for parts supply that was inside the known lead times. Peggy challenged Ron Cotterill, the on-shore Demand Planner, to review the required by dates based on a realistic view of lead times. In this case, she argued, it's not the supply team missing demand dates but the planning team putting an unrealistic demand on the system. It would transpire later that there were also many cases where supply was late and under pressure to expedite materials in. All were keenly aware that O'Leary would soon be beating the drum if his execution plans were delayed.
Todd left the meeting and reflected on what had been a successful one. They had 5 "fix it now" items resolved, 4 "fix by the end of the day" items taken away by the MRP Controllers and Buyers to resolve and 2 "Action Tracker" items, that is those requiring more time and resources to resolve, captured in the Action Tracker tool. It was decided that the bigger of the two, a policy adjustment to reduce, not eliminate, direct purchasing in favor of material mastered purchases are driven through MRP, would be escalated to the next Integration meeting for further executive direction. Peggy had long argued the need to better control what and how much could be purchased by way of direct purchase. This was because numerous items were being purchased directly when they already existed in the material master and were in fact, many were already on the shelf in the warehouse. The result was extra expenditure when those items were already available. In the first three months of the year, Peggy had driven a cost avoidance program of $5.8M which provided the facts to justify the argument and take the policy change decision to executive management.
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It can be claimed that there is a small borderline between the need of cultural exchange and the risk of homogenization of cultures in contact: arts overcome this risk. To some extent, arts have a significant function in educating people to understand the others, to cope with cultural encounters, to consider all aspects of personal identity. This multiplicity of functions of arts is quite explicit in the so-called "intercultural theatre". There are several artistic occasions where the theatrical experiences might be delivered as the intercultural exchange especially in festivals, workshops and exhibitions. Therefore, it is important to encourage arts and creativity as tools to enhance awareness of culture diversity, further more we should consider the extent to which EU plays a very significant rule in the policy of culture enhancing the cultural exchange: art and theatre are stages where the intercultural dialogue can really happen.


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The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of a timeshare reselling scheme with bilking at least $15 million dollars from timeshare property owners by imposing hefty up-front fees based on false promises that they would sell or rent their properties.
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With the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series stop in Seattle, the West Coast 250SX riders are back on the track. Adam Cianciarulo(92), the points leader, picked up right where he left off winning his heat with ease. Dylan Ferrandis(34) was the fastest qualifier. But, after a poor start in Heat 2, Ferrandis could only fight back to the 2nd position as Colt Nichols(39) took the heat win.
The Last Chance Qualifier was marred by carnage with rider collisions. A red flag forced a complete restart. Robbie Wageman(141) captured the race win. Chris Howell(122) earned the final qualifying spot as 4th place finisher Mathias Jorgensen(221) was penalized for not returning to the course soon enough after being bumped off.
Colt Nichols grabbed the holeshot and lead early after Adam Cianciarulo bobbled in the first turn. Nichols looked strong but on Lap 3 he over jumped the first triple of the rhythm section. This left him short and he crashed over the bars and out of the race. Ferrandis assumed the lead. Cianciarulo battled his way to 2nd and caught Ferrandis but could not make the pass. Ferrandis rode a great race, more consistent in the quad rhythm and he held strong in the whoops. This was the first career win for Dylan Ferrandis.
Two notable finishers in the race. Chris Blose(111), a full privateer, finished 5th and Michigan's own Mitchell Harrison(35) took the 7th spot, his best finish of the year.
The points battle is down to these two riders. With the win, Ferrandis moves to within 12 points of Cianciarulo for the top spot. Third place Shane McElarath(12) trails Adam by 40 points.
Blake Baggett(4) led early in Heat 1 until Ken Roczen(94) passed him on Lap 3. Roczen held off last week's winner Marvin Musquin(25) to capture the Heat win.
In Heat 2, Cooper Webb(2) and Eli Tomac(3) staged a classic battle all race long. Webb managed to hold off Tomac as he led all 10 laps. Despite Tomac pressuring him wheel to wheel in several spots on the track.
Zach Osborne(16) earned the holeshot but surrendered the lead to Marvin Musquin(25) on the opening lap. Musquin made it two wins in a row by leading all 27 laps of the event. However, the win was not without controversy.
On Lap 1 there was a big pile up in the first straight away that included, Chad Reed(22), Justin Brayton(10), Kyle Chisholm(11) and Ryan Breece(86). As Musquin came back around the riders were still down and the Red Cross flags were displayed. Inexplicably Musquin doubled the section which is strictly against the rules. Riders may not jump any obstacles in the section of the track where the Red Cross flags are out.
Ken Roczen(94) took second and Eli Tomac made the podium finishing 3rd. Cooper Webb(2), the series points leader, fought hard for a 4th place finish. Uncharacteristic for the guy who has looked dominant all year long. After race officials conferred Musquin was allowed to keep the event win. He was penalized 6 points for the Red Cross Flag infraction.
The 6-point penalty proved costly for Musquin. Despite Webb's 4th place finish, Musquin gained nothing on the points leader. The championship race is still tight with only 14 points separating the top 2 riders. Tomac sits in 3rd, five points back of Musquin, Roczen is 4th, four points behind Tomac.
Chad Reed suffered eight broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a collapsed lung as a result of his crash. Season-ending injuries for the Dade City, FL rider. Next week the Series moves to Houston, TX for Round 13 of 17. Just a few more opportunities for someone to make a big move among the points leaders.


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Lucy Dawe: Drugs are illegal because they are dangerous, not dangerous because they are illegal
By Lucy Dawe
Earlier this week the Uruguayan President urged the world to back his cannabis revolution. It seems he already has several supporters in the UK – Dr Chris Ford and Baroness Molly Meacher amongst them. Dr Ford complains to the Lancet that what is needed is a global health focused policy. Baroness Meacher in Prospect Magazine writes that tax revenues will pay for it. Their arguments are equally disingenuous.
There is one thing I do agree with them on – it is that alcohol causes untold harms. But there any agreement ends. Why? Because the great and the good of the drugs legalising lobby – even doctors – never think the logic of this comparison through.
Legal alcohol has proved a disaster for children. Despite a legal age of purchase of 18, children of all ages drink. Parents provide it. Older brothers, sisters, friends and acquaintances buy it for them. Teenagers "borrow" and falsify identification to buy alcohol.Websites are dedicated to providing this false documentation.
Why would this be any different in the case of cannabis? And as with alcohol legalisation would normalise use.
The legalisation of marijuana in Colorado tells exactly this story. Tax returns will never be sufficient to mop up the collateral damage of increased marijuana consumption as already tracked by the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
A cat chasing its own tail is a metaphor that springs to mind. A few statistics make the point.
Between 2006 – 2008 there were between 1,000 and 4,800 medical marijuana cardholders and no known dispensaries operating in Colorado. From 2009 –2012, after Colorado legalised medical marijuana, there were over 108,000 cardholders and 532 licensed dispensaries operating.
In 2011, when the US national average for youth (12 to 17) "current" marijuana users was 7.64 per cent the Colorado average for that age group was 10.72 per cent.
In the academic school years 2008 –2010, an average of 20.75 per cent of (Adams County, in Colorado) high school students surveyed indicated they were current marijuana users (at least once in the last 30 days). That number increased 39 per cent during academic years 2010 –2012 to 28.85 per cent – the period following medical marijuana legalisation. For middle school children the increase was 50 per cent.
The report also details significant rises in adult use and Hospital Emergency Room marihuana admissions and a114 per cent increase in driving fatalities involving drivers testing positive for marijuana.
The implications are obvious; more cannabis addicts to treat (research tells us that one in ten people will become addicted); more mental illness and a very real generation brain drain – all costing the country billions of pounds.
For the Dunedin study has demonstrated emphatically that the younger the child starts, the greater the damage caused to their brains. We also know from The Household Survey in the United States (2002) that a grade D student is 4 times more likely than a Grade A student to have used cannabis.
If on top of easily accessible 'purchased' cannabis growing it at home were to be allowed, it would become nigh on impossible to protect children. How could we then possibly ensure their safety? How many plants would be sanctioned and how on earth could it be monitored? What strength of THC (the psycho-active ingredient) would be allowed or checked for? Today's skunk (80 per cent of the UK market now) has average THC content 16 per cent compared with old herbal cannabis with one to two percent and that is what the demand is for.
Are we to accept the smoking of cannabis in public too? Is this the environment parents want for their children? Even with the prohibition of tobacco smoking in public buildings still nearly 20 per cent of the adult population smoke. Four fifths of adults drink.
By contrast the much maligned 'prohibition' of drugs deters some 60 per cent of children from even trying them. It has restricted regular drug use to just 2.8 per cent of 16 to 59s in the UK – only 2.65 per cent are regular users of cannabis according to the 2013 British Crime Survey – a minority of the population. Why on earth would we risk that number rising with all the attendant problems in its wake?
For once the genie is out of the bottle it would be almost impossible to put it back! We have enough misery and tragedy caused by our two legal drugs – tobacco and alcohol, why add another? It simply doesn't make sense.
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Liberian man drowns while trying to retrieve $20 note he mistakenly dropped in river
A man has drowned after jumping from a bridge into a river in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, to retrieve a $20 note that he had dropped, police spokesman Moses Carter has said.
Tamba Lamine from Liberia was walking with a friend on the bridge when the $20 note fell into the river, police spokesman Moses Carter told BBC
Lamine, a street hawker, reportedly dived into the river and retrieved the money. He showed the money to onlookers after finding it, but unfortunately drowned as he was trying to swim out.
The Liberian man felt pressured to get the cash back because he needed to give his friend his $5 "share" of some merchandise they jointly sold , according to the report.
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Explaining the shocking story, Mr Carter said onlookers who saw Lamine dive thought he was safe after he emerged from the water to show them the note, but he then disappeared and did not resurface.
He drowned in the Mesuradu River, which runs between mainland Monrovia and the industrial district of Bushrod Island.
Mesurado River, also known locally as Du-River, is a major river in Liberia that flows through Monrovia, the Capital of the west African country into the Atlantic Ocean. It is crossed by the Gabriel Tucker Bridge formerly the People's Bridge that was built in the 1970s.
Gabriel Tucker Bridge pictured
The beginning of the river is measured to be some 30 meters (98 feet) above the sea, and it has a total length of about 25 kilometers (16 miles).
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The United States dollar is a stronger currency than Liberia's own dollar – $20 equates to around 3,900 Liberian dollar as at the time of this post.
Police say Lamine's body has not yet been found.
Liberia is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire.
Liberia has some interesting places to visit. While the country is now recovering from the conflict, it has not yet redeveloped the necessary infrastructure to sustain a large increase in tourism.
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A blog chronicling the trials and tribulations of the Philadelphia Phillies and other moderately interesting musings.
Maikel Franco has found his stroke.
At the All-Star Break, the Phillies have played to a 42-48 record through 90 games. That performance is borderline remarkable considering several factors. First of which would be that the Phillies were picked to win 66.5 games. In fact they were picked to be the second worst team in all of the Major Leagues. That projected win total would be a .410 winning percentage and their current standing has them winning at a .467 clip and on pace to win about 76 games. Vegas is generally not off on these kind of predictions by that many games so these young Phillies are certainly over performing through more than half the season.
Another noteworthy factor to the Phils' pleasantly surprising season is the Jekyll and Hyde play of the ball club. Despite one of the worst run differentials in the Majors (runs scored vs runs allowed) this team came out of the gate winning at an unsustainable clip. On May 18th the Phils hit their high water mark of the season at 24-17 and they were right behind the Nationals for the division lead at the time. At one point, each of their prior 12 wins had come by a 1 run margin. This could not last, and it did not.
After that brilliant first month and a half the Phils stingy pitching fell apart and their bats fell even more silent than they had been. In the next 32 games the Phils went 6-26 and looked every bit the worst team in the league that we all kind of expected them to be. Aaron Nola fell apart. Vince Velasquez got hurt. The solid bullpen became a sieve and the bats are the bats, not very good. In those 32 games, which included 7 and 9 game losing streaks, the Phils were outscored 180-100 in total or 5.6 to 3.1 on average every night. The runs scored for the Phils were bolstered by some outlier games, they scored 8 twice and 10 once (in a game they lost!) so in the 32 games they scored 3 or less 21 times and 2 or less 17 times. Yikes.
But then something seemed to happen to cause a spark in Minnesota. After dropping the first two games in the Twin Cities to fall to 30-43 on the season, the Phils finally found their offensive groove. I picture Pete Mackanin having a conversation with Ryan Howard like the one in this clip, Howard is in the role of Crash Davis. If he did, then it seemed to work. They won the getaway game in Minnesota and headed to San Francisco for the weekend where the Giants and their best record in the Majors awaited. The Giants may have taken two of three in that series but the two losses the Phils absorbed were hard fought including an 8-7 extra inning loss on Sunday that saw the Phightin's make several comebacks and show real signs of life on offense for the first time all season really.
With the confidence boost from playing the Giants tough, they rolled in to Arizona and returned the favor of a sweep to the Diamondbacks. From there they took two of three at home from the defending World Champ Kansas City Royals and followed that with a sweep of the hapless Braves.
So how did they turn around a season that looked dead in the water? It's simple really. They started hitting and they started hitting home runs. In the 17 games since the rough patch, Mackanin's bunch has gone 12-5 and mashed 23 home runs. For perspective, the Phillies managed 66 home runs in their first 73 games. They are hitting nearly half a home run more per game during this latest stretch.
Peter Bourjos has enjoyed some fairly unexpected success.
The Phils have done it with a collective of contributions. Most surprisingly, outfielder Peter Bourjos has caught fire after not doing much of anything at the plate through the first two months of the season. In the last 30 days, Bourjos is tied for 2nd in the NL with a .397 batting average. The man he's tied with? Cesar Hernandez. While Cesar and Bourjos have been doing it with a high average, Maikel Franco and Cameron Rupp have been doing it with power. Franco leads the team with 18 home runs, just a homer shy of top 10 in the NL and 3 shy of the top 5. Meanwhile, Rupp has come in to his own as the every day catcher replacing Carlos Ruiz. Rupp is hitting a stellar .287, has 9 home runs (5 in the last month) and is second among catchers in doubles (17) and third in slugging (.507).
Maikel Franco has done a nice job of righting his ship after really looking helpless at the plate during the Phils' June swoon. The 23 year old Dominican third baseman reached a season low .235 average during that series in Minnesota and has been on the same tear his team has been on since. He's raised his average 24 points in that time to .269 and has been red hot in July while riding a still active 10 game hitting streak that has him with a ridiculous slash line of .450/.476/.875 for the month of July.
Too much of this look from Aaron Nola.
As for the Phillies most important pitcher, that's another story. Aaron Nola has been the definition of awful for over a month now. After lowering his ERA to 2.65 with 6 shut out innings in Milwaukee on June 5th, Nola failed to finish the 4th inning for four straight starts. This hurts. Nola was looking like every bit the ace we're hoping he can become through his first 12 starts of the season, but he has lost the pinpoint accuracy he is generally able pitch with and he was/is in danger of being sent down to the minors. In his last start before the break he gave up 5 runs in the second inning to the Royals and it looked like another very short outing was in store for the struggling 23 year old. He was able to pull it together and finish 5 innings without giving up another run and the hope is that an extended break, Mackanin skipped his start during the last series in Colorado, will clear his head and allow him to regain his All-Star caliber play from the first two months of the season.
With Nola struggling the staff has two pleasant surprises on it in Jerad Eichoff and Vince Velasquez. As noted before, Eichoff was acquired in the Cole Hamels deal and Velasquez in the Ken Giles transaction. Eichoff has been the most consistent starter on the staff and had his ERA down to 3.30 after winning 5 of 6 decisions before struggling in the thin air at Coors Field and giving up a by far season high 8 earned runs in Denver. Velasquez has returned from a brief stint on the DL and essentially picked up where he left off. In his three most recent starts he's allowed the following run totals: 0, 2, 2 and has picked up the win in all three games. His record stands at 8-2 and his ERA is an impressive 3.32, leading all Phils starters. The most seasoned starter on the staff, Jeremy Hellickson, has been a solid calming presence and given himself some trade value with dependable start after dependable start through the first half of the season.
I'd me remiss if I did not mention the play of the Phils' lone All-Star Odubel Herrera. Odoobs is the new Shane Victorino (unfortunately without the arm). He is the guy on the team that other fans definitely do not like. He's flashy and cocky. He is starting to hit for more power and already has 10 home runs this year after hitting only 8 all of last season. His average has finally dipped below .300 and sits at .294 after a rough weekend in Colorado for him. He will make bonehead mistakes in the field and on the bases but the 24 year old "El Torito" from Venezuela clearly plays with a youthful exuberance that has been missing from the stagnant Phillies for too long. He may lead the NL in bat flips as he likes to celebrate the home runs he hits.
Ryan Howard is literally and statistically the worst player in Major League Baseball. It's sad and depressing but that's all I can say about that for now. At least he is not playing much at all these days as he provides negative value whenever he does. He is second on the team in homers with 12. That's all he can do at even close to a Major League level.
My prediction for the rest of the season is that the Phils continue their Jekyll and Hyde ways. They don't have the talent to sustain the offensive success but they have some arms and some bats that should make them a competitive squad when things are falling right. It'd be hard to imagine the offense of the past three weeks continuing but if it falls back just some it would still be much better than the lack of anything during the 6-26 stretch. I believe the Phillies will finish the season with 74 wins and Maikel Franco will hit 33 home runs.
It should be fun to watch this group continue to grow and even more fun when the talent in the minor leagues joins the big league club.
Cole Hamels - Cole was an All-Star for the first place Rangers and is their staff ace. His ERA was down to 2.60 but he's had two straight rough outings and he is now at 9-2 with a 3.21 ERA with 109 strikeouts in 112 innings.
Chase Utley - Leading off and playing 2nd everyday for the Wild Card leading Dodgers. Chase had 6 hits in a 14 inning game two weeks ago. 6 hits! He's hitting .263 with 5 homers and 27 RBI.
Jayson Werth - Werth bats second and plays left for the first place Nats. The Bearded One came on in June after a slow start and is hitting .252 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI.
Jimmy Rollins - Designated for Assignment by the White Sox, no longer in the Major Leagues.
Future looks bright lets gooo boys!
I didn't waste my time reading the blog, but can I get your thoughts on the Phillies being 11.5 games out of the worst record in baseball? Do they have a shot!?
I'm glad you felt leaving a comment was not wasting time, Anonymous. While the Phils may be 10.5 out of the worst record in baseball, they are 12.5 out of first and only 8 out of a wild card spot.
Considering they were the worst team by a decent margin last year you have to be happy with the progress and potential the gang is showing this year.
Great outing for Aaron Nola last night!
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GLEN MORAY LAUNCHES 120TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION BOTTLING
The Glen Moray Distillery, has announced the launch of special limited-edition bottling, to commemorate its 120th Anniversary.
Glen Moray Mastery (52.3% ABV) is a marriage of five different vintages, which were hand selected by Master Distiller, Graham Coull.
Glen Moray Mastery
Three of the five vintages used were laid down by Graham's Glen Moray forefathers, Robert Brown (manager from 1959-1987) and Edwin Dodson (manager from 1987-2005). Two of Graham's own vintages are in there too, as well as evidence of techniques first employed by Glen Moray's original pioneers, James Haddow (manager from 1913-1927) and his son, Alexander Haddow (manager from 1927 -1959).
With great skill and finesse, Graham experimented to find the ultimate composition, using whisky matured in different fortified wine casks (sherry, madeira and port) to form the backbone of the 120th Anniversary release.
By using the sweetness of port to bring out the best in the heavier flavours emanating from the sherry and Madeira, Graham has added his own 'twist' to the Glen Moray classic taste profile, bringing sublime smoothness and balance to the masterpiece.
Commenting on the launch, Graham Coull said: "The Madeira casks that we've chosen to form the heart of the whisky relate back to the genuine traditions of Glen Moray experimenting with different, innovative techniques in maturation. It's me putting a twist on the spirit that was made by previous generations of master distillers."
He went onto say: "I wanted to bring in something from 1978, some of the oldest whisky in the warehouses, that represented whisky made by Robert Brown, the 3rd generation of Master Distiller, who was at the helm of Glen Moray from 1959 until 1987 as well as casks filled in the 80's and 90's by my predecessor, Ed Dodson. We've intertwined these with whisky that has spent its full term in first-fill sherry casks and also a proportion that has been finished in port, to develop the layers of complexity in the overall bottling. The port finished whisky brings a little lightness, which we felt perfectly balances the more robust flavours of the sherry and madeira casks in the blend."
Limited to 1000 individually numbered decanters, Glen Moray Mastery, will be available later this month from specially selected retailers, for a RRP of £800.00.


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The Water and Sanitation Division (WSD) of the Department of Engineering Services (DES) under the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS) in partnership with local NGO SNV have developed a programme for Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All (SSH4A) in small towns in Bhutan. After successful pilot interventions in towns in Chukha District, the programme was scaled up to three more towns in Samtse District.
As part of its Wastewater Management Plan (WWMP), the project studied different wastewater treatment technologies such as sequencing batch reactor (SBR), member bed reactor (MBR), decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and fluidised aerated bed reactor. These different technologies were compared on energy consumption, capital and recurring expenditure, reliability of the plant, consistency of treated sewage, and the ability to withstand variations in organic and hydraulic loads.
Amongst all the above technologies, DEWATS was recommended as the most suitable low-cost wastewater treatment technology. The WWMP also recommended sanitary landfill and a faecal sludge management facility.
The main objective of the work in Samtse is to design low-cost wastewater treatment technology (DEWATS) for Samtse College of Education and a sanitary landfill and faecal sludge treatment plant (FSTP) for Samtse Town. The facilities will be replicated to other towns, bringing them affordable and sustainable sanitation facilities. Capacity-building to support the operation and maintenance of the facilities is done through the training facility Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS) in India.
The project was led by the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS) in collaboration with the Royal Government of Bhutan and SNV. The FSTP designed by BORDA has a treatment capacity of 3m3/day, treats faecal matter in a natural, cost-effective and energy-efficient way, and has minimal operation and maintenance requirements.
BORDA designed and technically supported Bhutan's first FSTP for the town of Samtse in collaboration with Bhutan's Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS), the Royal Government of Bhutan and CDD Society.
Like many towns and cities in Bhutan, Samtse (pop. 6,600) does not have an underground drainage (UGD) system. Most households depend on onsite septic tanks.
The total area within the municipal boundary is about 3.65 km2 and is divided into eight main clusters for administration. Samtse Town has great potential at regional level for future development due to its location along the border with India and its close proximity to the vast markets of the sub-continent. Samtse Town is the seat of Samtse Dzongkhag (District).


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All-Time Highest Temperature Ever Tied in Salt Lake City, UT Yesterday
SnowBrains | June 16, 2021
107°F. That was the temperature recorded at the Salt Lake City International Airport yesterday, June 15, 2021.
Only twice in the past 147 years of record-keeping in Salt Lake City has the Utah capital witnessed a temperature so high. Once in July of 1960 and again in July of 2002.
For now, the record remains tied at 107ºF. But will the record be broken? And if so—when?
Related: Salt Lake City, UT Breaks Daily Maximum Temperature Record
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According to CNN Global Warming is the new Covid.
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Man made climate change was first mentioned in the scientific community in the 1800's and has been mainstream science for 50 years
According to the scientific community temperatures have been changing throughout Earth's history and life has somehow managed to adapt and survive. Despite this multimillion year track record it has now become an "Emergency" for the sake of TV ratings and political expediency. Despite the alleged "Emergency" it is on the Western World to fix everyone's problems while major polluters like India and China are giving free passes continue their practices because they are "Emerging" economies and need a chance to catch up to the rest of the world with their economic prowess. Yes it all makes sense. Its all very scientific, equitable and follows common sense. Cheer to you smart sir. You have all the answers.
Yeah no shit it's fluctuated Boomer, but normally over the course of many, many, many years, not a single human lifetime like it is now.
I know I make you sad. You'd be really sad to find out I'm a millennial. Actually a very educated, well read and financially very successful millennial. I have a Masters in Science of Finance and Economics, an undergraduate degree in History and a couple million in net worth. My future and my children's future is extremely bright.
I do feel sad for sheeple like you. Ones that browse social media and think they are woke or well read. You are a member of a lost population. You have no context in your place in history. Depending on your intelligence level you will one day look back on yourself and realize how ignorant and gullible you were as a youngster.
Lol yeah, you seem totally happy and not insecure at all.
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I've been spending more time lately reading other people's amazing contributions to the Internet than I have contributing anything to it myself. Isn't it incredible how much information is available? My children already know that if they have a question we can look it up on the Internet. I'd rarely even touched a computer at the age of my oldest child (10), and there was no Internet access available on the ones I did see, I assure you!
Our times often bring to mind that passage in the book of Daniel: "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase" (12:4). What a fascinating verse. But I digress.
I'd like to share what I hope to read today (though you never know what might happen to my plans, ha). I'm linking to some blogs of mothers of large families, who also happen to homeschool. I don't know any of them personally, but I've read some of what they've written and enjoyed it.
The reason I'm posting them here, though, is that they've gotten together to do a series called, "4 Moms, 35 Kids" in which they discuss various aspects of having a large family. A large, homeschooling family, in particular. I think these ladies are all Bible believers as well.
I am literally take notes on this, because having five children now places our family squarely in the "large family" category in most people's eyes, including my own. And I come from a small family. And I don't even know an abundance of families with five or more children. Or an abundance of homeschooling families. And large families that also homeschool? Even fewer. So, yeah. I'm learning from this and loving it. I thought some of you readers might enjoy it too.
They've been doing this on Thursdays. They talked about schedules, then live-blogged their days, and last week talked about outings with lots of little ones. Today they are discussing food budgeting. I'm looking forward to reading it. I'm putting links to all the articles here in one place for my own convenience.
You might also want to read the brief biographies provided, which are found at each site but with different introductory material, so I'll link to each below as well.
They plan to post more on future Thursdays, too! Hope you enjoy.
Thank you for linking to us. It has been a lot of fun working with and learning from these amazing women.


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In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you about the legal basis of our data processing. Unless the legal basis in the data protection declaration is mentioned, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Article 6 (1) lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for the processing for delivering our services and the execution of contractual obligations as well as the response to inquiries is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing in order to fulfil our legal obligations is Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing in order to safeguard our legitimate interests is Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. d GDPR applies as legal basis.
We take appropriate organisational and technical measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, taking into account the current state of technology, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the different likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.
Measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as their access, input, disclosure, availability and separation. We have also set up procedures to ensure data subject rights, data deletion and data vulnerability. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data already in the development, or selection of hardware, software and procedures, according to the principle of data protection through technology design and privacy-friendly default settings (Art. 25 GDPR).
If in the context of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (contract processors or third parties), transmit them to them or otherwise grant access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of a legal permission, you have consented to it, a legal obligation requires it or based on our legitimate interests.
If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or in the context of the use of third-party services or disclosure or transmission of data to third parties, this will only be done if it is to fulfil our (pre) contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or have the data processed in a third country only in the presence of the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR. That the processing is e.g. on the basis of specific guarantees, such as the officially recognised level of data protection (e.g. for the US through the Privacy Shield) or compliance with officially recognised special contractual obligations (so-called "standard contractual clauses").
You have the right, at any time upon request, to obtain information from us about your personal data in the scope of Art. 15 GDPR. For this, you can submit a request to privacy@justetf.com or to the address given above.
You have the right to request immediate correction of your personal data if it is incorrect. For this, please contact the contact address listed above or make changes yourself under the menu item "Settings".
Of course, you have the right to request information about the data stored by justETF on your person. You also have the right to correct incorrect data, blockage and deletion. Please contact us at privacy@justetf.com or by mail to the above-mentioned contact.
You have the right to demand that we restrict processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR. This right exists in particular if the accuracy of the personal data between the user and us is controversial, for the period of time required to verify correctness and in the event that the user requires limited processing in the case of an existing right of deletion instead of deletion; and in the event that the data is no longer required for the purposes we are pursuing, but the user is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, and if the successful exercise of an objection between us and the user is still controversial. To assert your right, please contact the above-mentioned contact.
You have the right to receive from us the personal data relating to you which you have provided to us in a structured, common, machine-readable format in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR. To assert your right, please contact the above-mentioned contact.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority for complaints.
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time in accordance with. Art. 7 (3) GDPR with effect for the future.
You have the right to object against the processing of your personal data on the basis of Art. 21 GDPR at any time, for reasons arising out of your particular situation. This is especially true for personal data processed according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR. We will cease the processing of your personal information unless we can establish compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purpose of enforcing, pursuing or defending legal claims.
"Cookies" are small files that are stored on users' computers. Different information can be stored within the cookies. A cookie is primarily used to store the information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after his visit to an online offer. Temporary cookies, or "session cookies" or "transient cookies", are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online service and closes his browser. In such a cookie, e.g. the contents of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status are saved. The term "permanent" or "persistent" refers to cookies that remain stored even after the browser has been closed. Thus, e.g. the login status will be saved if users visit it after several days. Likewise, in such a cookie the interests of the users can be stored, which are used for measurement of reach or marketing purposes. A "third-party cookie" refers to cookies that are offered by providers other than the person responsible for providing the online offer (otherwise, if only their cookies are called "first-party cookies").
If you do not want cookies stored on your computer, you will be asked to disable the corresponding option in the system settings of your browser. Saved cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional restrictions of our online offering.
These data are stored for purely technical reasons and are never associated with any particular individual.
Users can create a user account. As part of the registration, the required mandatory information is communicated to the users and based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR processed for purposes of providing the user account. The processed data includes, in particular, the login information (name, password, country of origin, investor type and an email address). The data entered during registration will be used for the purpose of using the user account and its purpose.
Users will be informed via email about relevant information regarding their user account, e.g. technical changes, portfolio reports and portfolio alert notifications.
If users have terminated their user account, their data will be deleted with respect to the user account, subject to a statutory retention requirement. It is the responsibility of the users to secure their data upon termination before the end of the contract. We are entitled to irretrievably delete all user data stored during the term of the contract.
In the context of the use of our registration and login process as well as the use of the user account, the IP address and the time of the respective user action will be saved. The storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as the user's protection against misuse and other unauthorised use. A transfer of these data to third parties does not take place unless it is necessary for the prosecution of our claims or there is a legal obligation in accordance with. Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR. The IP addresses will be anonymised or deleted after 7 days at the latest.
In addition, you may voluntarily enter virtual portfolio transaction data (collectively referred to as "portfolio data") and a bank name in your user account. We collect this data in order to provide you with the corresponding functions of our portfolio management on justETF, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
You are not required to provide the above voluntary information. Without this data, however, we will not be able to provide you with the appropriate features of our portfolio management.
The portfolio data you enter will never be disclosed to third parties or otherwise disclosed. They are only used to produce fully anonymous statistics.
We process the data of our customers during the ordering process of paid subscriptions in our online shop to enable them to select and order the selected products and services as well as pay for them and use them.
The processed data includes base data, contact details, communication data, contract data, payment data and persons affected by the processing belong to our customers, prospects and other business partners. The processing is for the purpose of providing contractual services in the context of the operation of an online shop, billing, provision and customer service.
Processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b (execution of order transactions) and c (legally required archiving) GDPR. The information marked as required for the establishment and fulfilment of the contract is required. We disclose the data to third parties only in the context of the provision, payment or within the framework of the legal permissions and obligations to legal advisers and authorities.
All payment processes are processed via the payment service provider BS PAYONE GmbH ("BS PAYONE"), Lyoner Strasse 9, 60528 Frankfurt / Main, Germany, to whom we provide your information communicated during the ordering process in addition to the information about your order pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. The transfer of your data is exclusively for the purpose of payment processing and subscription management with the payment service provider BS PAYONE and only insofar as it is necessary for this purpose.
Amongst the data processed by the payment service provider are base data, e.g. the name and the address, bank data, such as account numbers or credit card numbers. The information is required to complete the transactions. Credit card-related information is only stored and processed by the payment service provider.
We process data in the context of administrative tasks and organisation of our business, financial accounting and compliance with legal obligations, such as archiving. In doing so, we process the same data that we process in the course of rendering our contractual services. The processing principles are Art. 6 (1) lit. c. GDPR, Art. 6 (1) lit. f. GDPR. The processing affects customers, prospects, business partners and website visitors. The purpose and interest in processing lie in administration, financial accounting, office organisation, data archiving, that is, tasks that serve to maintain our business, perform our duties and provide our services. The deletion of the data in terms of contractual performance and contractual communication corresponds to the information provided in these processing activities.
In order to operate our business economically, to recognise market trends, wishes of the contractors and users, we analyse the data available to us for business transactions, contracts, inquiries, etc. We process base data, contact details, communication data, contract data, payment data, usage data, metadata based on the nature of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, whereby the data subjects include contractual partners, interested parties, customers, visitors and users of our online offer.
The analyses are carried out for the purpose of business analysis, marketing and market research. In doing so, we can take advantage of profiles of registered users with information, e.g. take into account their services. The analyses serve us to increase the user-friendliness, the optimisation of our offer and business economics. The analyses are for us alone and will not be disclosed externally unless they are anonymous, aggregated value reports.
If these analyses or profiles are personal, they will be deleted or anonymised upon termination of the users, otherwise after two years from the conclusion of the contract. Incidentally, the overall business analyses and general trend projections are created anonymously if possible.
The hosting services we use are designed to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage and database services, emailing, security and technical maintenance services we use to operate this online offering.
Here we, or our hosting provider, process base data, contact details, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors to this online offering on the basis of our legitimate interests to provide an efficient and secure online offer acc. Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR in combination with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of data processing contract).
With the following information, we inform you about the content of our newsletter as well as the registration, sending and statistical evaluation procedures as well as your right of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to the receipt and the procedures described.
Content of the newsletter: We send newsletters, emails and other electronic notifications with advertising information (hereinafter "newsletter") only with the consent of the recipient or legal permission. Insofar as the content of a newsletter is concretely described, they are authoritative for the consent of the users. Among others, our newsletter contains information about our services and us.
Double opt-in and logging: Registration for our newsletter is done in a so-called double-opt-in procedure. You receive an email asking you to confirm your registration after you registered (e.g. at www.justetf.com/newsletter). This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with external email addresses. The registration for the newsletter will be logged in order to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes saving the registration and confirmation times. Likewise, changes to your data stored with the newsletter service provider will be logged.
Sign-up credentials: To sign up for the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your email address. Optionally, we ask you to give a surname and first name for a personal salutation.
The sending of the newsletter and the associated performance measurement are based on the consent of the recipients acc. Art. 6 (1) lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR in combination with Art. 7 (2) No. 3 UWG (German law against unfair competition) or if consent is not required, based on our legitimate interests in the direct marketing acc. Art. 6 (1) lt. f GDPR in combination with Art. 7 (3) UWG (German law against unfair competition).
The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our interest lies in the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system, which serves both our business interests and the expectations of the users and also allows us to prove our consent.
Termination / Revocation: You can terminate the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. A link to cancel the newsletter can be found at the end of each newsletter. We may save the email addresses for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before we delete them in order to provide evidence of prior consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defence against claims. An individual request for cancellation is possible at any time, provided that at the same time the former existence of consent is confirmed.
The newsletter service provider may use the data of the recipients in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assignment to a user, to optimise or improve their own services, e.g. for the technical optimisation of sending and the presentation of newsletters or for statistical purposes. However, the shipping service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to address them themselves or to pass the data on to third parties.
The newsletters contain a so-called "web beacon", i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when opening the newsletter or from the server of the newsletter service provider. This request will collect technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval.
This information is used to improve the technical performance of services based on technical data or audience and their reading habits, based on their locations (which can be determined using the IP address) or access times. Statistical surveys also include determining if the newsletters are opened, when they will be opened and which links will be clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to the individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our goal nor that of the newsletter service provider to observe individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognise the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.
When you contact us (for example, by contact form, email, telephone or via social media), we will process the contact request based on the received data in accordance with. Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. User information can be stored in a customer relationship management system ("CRM System") or comparable software.
Within our online offer, we rely on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offering) acc. Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR industry-standard tracking measures, as far as these are necessary for the operation of the affiliate system. Below we give clarification about the technical background.
The services offered by our contractual partners can also be advertised and linked to other websites (so-called affiliate links or after-buy systems, if, for example, links or services of third parties are offered after the conclusion of a contract). The operators of the respective websites receive a commission if users follow the affiliate links and then take advantage of the offers.
In summary, our online offering requires us to be able to keep track of whether users who are interested in products/services advertised in our online offering through affiliate links. For this, the affiliate links are supplemented by certain values that are part of the link or set otherwise, e.g. in a cookie. The values include in particular the source website (referrer), time, an online identifier of the operator of the website on which the affiliate link was located, an online identifier of the respective offer, an online identifier of the user, as well as tracking specific values such as ad ID, affiliate ID, and categorisations.
The user IDs used by us are pseudonymous values. The identifiers themselves do not contain personal data such as names or email addresses. They only help us determine whether the same user who clicked on an affiliate link or was interested in an offer through our online offer, has signed a contract with a contractual partner. However, online identification is personal in so far as the partner company as well as we possess other user data in combination with it. Only then can the partner company tell us whether the user has taken advantage of the offer.
On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR), we are participants in the Amazon EU Affiliate Program, which was designed to provide a medium for websites by means of which the placement of advertisements and links to Amazon.de advertising fee refund can be earned (so-called affiliate system). As an Amazon partner, we earn on qualified purchases.
We are on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) participants of the affiliate program of AWIN AG, Eichhornstrasse 3, 10785 Berlin, Germany, to provide a medium was designed for websites that earn advertising costs by placing advertisements and links to AWIN (so-called affiliate system).
We are based on our legitimate interests (ie interest in the economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) Participants of the affiliate program of financeAds GmbH & Co. KG, Karlstrasse 9, 90403 Nuremberg, Germany, the was designed to provide a medium for websites that can be used to earn advertising costs through the placement of advertisements and links to financeAds (so-called affiliate system).
We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymisation. This means that the IP address of the users will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there.
The IP address submitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other data provided by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; In addition, you may prevent the data collection by Google generated by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
We use the services of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, ("Google") on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online service within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR).
We use Google's online AdWords marketing tool "AdWords" to place ads on the Google advertising network (e.g., in search results, in videos, on websites, etc.) so that they are displayed to users who have a suspected interest in the ads. This allows us to more specifically display ads for and within our online offering so that we only present ads to users that potentially match their interests. "Remarketing" in this regard is targeted advertising of a product to a user in which he has previously shown an interest on a different website.
For this purpose, Google executes a code to set (re)marketing tags (invisible graphics or code also known as "web beacons" on our website or any other website that belongs to the Google Advertising Network.
With their help, the user is provided with an individual cookie, i.e. a small file is saved (instead of cookies, comparable technologies can also be used). In this file is noted which websites the user visited, in which content he is interested and what offers the user has clicked, as well as technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visit time and other information on the use of the online offering.
Furthermore, we receive an individual "conversion cookie". The information obtained through the cookie is used by Google to generate conversion statistics for us. We only receive the anonymous total number of users who clicked on our ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. We do not receive any information that personally identifies users.
The data of the users are pseudonym processed within the Google advertising network. That means, Google does not store and process the name or email address of the users but links the cookie data to pseudonymous user profiles. From the perspective of Google, the ads are not managed and displayed to a specifically identified person, but to the cookie owner, regardless of who that cookie owner is. This does not apply if a user has explicitly allowed Google to process the data without this pseudonymisation. The information collected about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google's servers in the United States.
We maintain an online presence within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with customers, prospects and active users as well as inform them about our services. When calling the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and their data privacy guidelines apply.
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f. GDPR), we make use of content or services offered by third-party providers in order to provide their content and services to our users, such as include videos or fonts (collectively referred to as "content").
This always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of the users since they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the presentation of this content. We endeavour to use only content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content. Third parties may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also referred to as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website.
The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may include, but is not limited to, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring web pages, visit time, and other information regarding the use of our online offering.
We embed YouTube videos offered by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
We use "Google Fonts" offered by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Within our online offering, we incorporate features and content of the Twitter service offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
This could be content such as images, videos, or text and buttons that users use to like or comment on content, subscribe to the content creators, or subscribe to our posts. If the users are members of the platform Twitter, Twitter can match activities to the profiles of the users there.
Twitter is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement, which provides a guarantee to comply with European privacy legislation (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active).
We do not use plugins from social networks on our website such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Xing. Our content sharing buttons are implemented via so-called deep links, which only pass on data to the respective network operators when you use them.
Only when you click on such a button, various data are transmitted to the respective social network. This may include: the date and time of the visit to the site, the URL of the site on which the visitor is located, the URL of the site the visitor previously visited, the browser used, the operating system used and the IP address of the visitor.
If you are logged in parallel to the respective social network (Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Xing) while visiting our page, it is not excluded that the provider assigns the visit to your network account. If you click on a social media button (for example, clicking the "Like" button, submit a comment), this information is also transmitted directly from your browser to the respective social network and stored there if necessary. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the networks can be found in the privacy policies of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Xing.
We process the applicant data only for the purpose and in the context of the application process in accordance with the legal requirements. The processing of the applicant data takes place in order to fulfil our (pre)contractual obligations in the context of the application process within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. b. GDPR Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR applies if the data processing e.g. is required for us in the context of legal proceedings (in Germany, Art. 26 BDSG applies additionally).
Applicants can send us their applications via email or by post. However, please note that emails are generally not sent in encrypted form and that applicants themselves must provide encryption. Therefore, we cannot take any responsibility for the transmission of the application between the sender and the reception on our server and therefore recommend to use the postal shipping.
In the case of a legitimate revocation, the deletion takes place after the expiration of a period of six months, so that we can answer any follow-up questions to the application and fulfil our proof obligations under the Equal Treatment Act. Invoices for any reimbursement of travel expenses are archived in accordance with the tax regulations.
The disclosure of this data is based on our legitimate interest in the fight against abuse, the prosecution of criminal offences and the protection, assertion and enforcement of claims and that your rights and interests in the protection of your personal data do not predominate, Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
Any disclosure of personal data is justified by the fact that we have a legitimate interest in adapting our corporate form as required by economic and legal circumstances and do not outweigh your rights and interests in the protection of your personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
Processing of your personal data for purposes other than those described will only take place if a legal provision allows this or if you have consented to the changed purpose of the data processing. In the event of further processing for purposes other than those for which the data was originally collected, we will inform you of these other purposes before further processing and provide you with all other relevant information.
We will delete or anonymise your personal data as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we collected or used it in accordance with the preceding paragraphs. As a rule, we store your personal data for the duration of the use or contractual relationship via the website.
When you delete your user account, your profile will be completely and permanently deleted.
After the expiration of these periods the data will be deleted, as far as these data are not needed longer because of legal storage periods, for the criminal prosecution or for the protection, assertion or enforcement of legal claims. In this case, they will be locked. The data is then no longer available for further use.