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The Small Cap Discount Deepens
Small Caps typically underperform during a bull market's final phase, and our findings with respect to the Output Gap aid our understanding of that phenomenon.
Be Wary Of The "E" In P/E
U.S. equity valuations remain considerably higher than those of any major foreign market, but there's no denying they've improved from the cyclical peak made in January 2018. That's true across the capitalization spectrum, and on the basis of both normalized and non-normalized fundamentals.
Think Halloween Is Behind Us? Beware, Zombie Alert!
"Zombie" companies are being kept alive by low interest rates and generous credit conditions, and the number of them, worldwide, has risen significantly over the past few years.
P/E Crash!!
While this year's liquidity squeeze has yet to exact the toll we ultimately expect on the U.S. stock mar-ket, it has certainly contributed to a sharp compression in P/E multiples.
Revisiting The Y2K Highs
Bobby Knight thought coaching would be perfect "if it weren't for those damned games."
Dialing In On Downside Risks
Question: Your "Estimating The Downside" section shows the S&P 500 would lose 26% if it reverts to its 1957-to-date median valuation level. The downside estimate for the S&P Industrials Index, however, is almost -40%. Why such a huge difference?
Today Versus The Tech Bubble Peak
We've generally spoken of the market's "broad participation" as a good thing. And from a purely technical point of view, it is.
How To (Almost) Double Your Money In Under Ten Years
Buying the S&P 500 on one of the worst possible days in history ultimately yielded a total return of +87.4% (+6.8% annualized) through the end of April 2017...darn, sounds like an advert for Vanguard!
A Semi-Annual Checkup!
Call off the mortician, and bring on the pediatrician for the bull market's 7 1/2-year checkup this month.
Same Ponds, Different Fish?
The impact of atypically-high current valuations has become a challenge for style-box investing. High quality, mature dividend payers have habitually resided in the Value and Blend boxes, but investors have bid up those valuations as they look for alternatives to low bond yields.
No Sector On Sale...
While cap-weighted U.S. indexes remain far below their 2000 valuation highs, in some ways today's market presents an even more difficult hurdle for value managers.
Low Vol Divergence, Episode 3
The divergence between S&P 500 Low Volatility and High Beta Indexes has emerged for the 3rd time in a year. The 3-month performance spread is even more extreme than it had been on the eve of either the August or December stock market air pockets.
Small Cap Premium Finally Shrinks—But Remains Historically Extreme
July's Russell 2000 -6% rout finally deflated some of the Small Cap valuation premium we've been grousing about in recent years.
Small Cap Valuation Check
Small Caps have staged a nice rebound in the last several weeks. On July 3rd, the Russell 2000 rose to within a fraction of an index point of its March 4th all-time high. But on a relative strength basis, the bounce has been pretty muted.


Employing personnel is beginning of forming a strong workforce. The next step, you have to take is how to retain them. Hiring the right staffs and keeping the right team matters a lot, especially as you have to strive for the best talent in the industry.
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It's been two years since Gary Hustwit dropped by O+A to interview Primo for his film "Workplace", an incisive documentary about how design transforms work and what an office contributes to the well-being of its users. "Workplace" debuted at the 2016 Architecture Biennale in Venice and is still making the rounds of film festivals and architectural forums. It will be a featured attraction again at the Architecture and Design Film Festival in LA, Athens and New Orleans.
Exploring the give-and-take of creating new space, "Workplace" offers fascinating glimpses of the reality of design. Sir Norman Foster lifts his hands above his head and explains to the client Bob Greenberg his concept of video screens floating in the air. Sir Norman is pitching an idea for the New York office of Greenberg's ad agency R/GA, the project at the center of Hustwit's film, "I got carried away with the idea of a space above a door," he says. His thought is that floating screens will offer a continuously shifting feed of digitized information, light and graphics that captures the many facets of R/GA's work.
Like all of Gary Hustwit's movies, "Workplace" is a clear, concise delineation of process. Interweaving commentary on the history of workplace design with the example of this singular project, Hustwit shows how minds change spaces and spaces change minds. Bob Greenberg starts by observing that in terms of interior space he "doesn't see any difference between an architect's firm and a law firm"—and that troubles him. He wants R/GA to be something new. We see him sitting Sphinx-like through presentation meetings and grappling for his bearings with a big Oculus VR hood on his head—("Do you want to sit down, Bob?" an aide asks. "No!" he barks.)—but like others on his team, he appears to be surprised by the finished office, surprised by how thoroughly and creatively his people put it to use, surprised perhaps by his own enthusiasm for it. "Making simplicity happen is always a big deal," he says.


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But scientific evidence gathered from at least two bomb craters in Khiam and At-Tiri, the scene of fierce fighting between Hizbollah guerrillas and Israeli troops last July and August, suggests that uranium-based munitions may now also be included in Israel's weapons inventory – and were used against targets in Lebanon. According to Dr Chris Busby, the British Scientific Secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk, two soil samples thrown up by Israeli heavy or guided bombs showed "elevated radiation signatures". Both have been forwarded for further examination to the Harwell laboratory in Oxfordshire for mass spectrometry – used by the Ministry of Defence – which has confirmed the concentration of uranium isotopes in the samples.
Israel has a poor reputation for telling the truth about its use of weapons in Lebanon. In 1982, it denied using phosphorous munitions on civilian areas – until journalists discovered dying and dead civilians whose wounds caught fire when exposed to air.
I saw two dead babies who, when taken from a mortuary drawer in West Beirut during the Israeli siege of the city, suddenly burst back into flames. Israel officially denied using phosphorous again in Lebanon during the summer – except for "marking" targets – even after civilians were photographed in Lebanese hospitals with burn wounds consistent with phosphorous munitions.
Then on Sunday, Israel suddenly admitted that it had not been telling the truth. Jacob Edery, the Israeli minister in charge of government-parliament relations, confirmed that phosphorous shells were used in direct attacks against Hizbollah, adding that "according to international law, the use of phosphorous munitions is authorised and the (Israeli) army keeps to the rules of international norms".
Asked by The Independent if the Israeli army had been using uranium-based munitions in Lebanon this summer, Mark Regev, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, said: "Israel does not use any weaponry which is not authorised by international law or international conventions." This, however, begs more questions than it answers. Much international law does not cover modern uranium weapons because they were not invented when humanitarian rules such as the Geneva Conventions were drawn up and because Western governments still refuse to believe that their use can cause long-term damage to the health of thousands of civilians living in the area of the explosions.
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Just a small nitpick: I don't think teens are part of the Millennial generation. They are currently called Gen-Z, but that's probably a placeholder until they get older and a more apt name sticks.
DC Super Hero Girls will be what brings in the next generation of Writers and Artists. I wonder what that generation will create in 20 years. More Manga style comics like younger comic creators today or more positive and less involved superheroine books.


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I'm trying to take a sample row of pixels from the top of my video monitor and repeating the sample coming up from the bottom of a separate display screen. When I started the project and it was sampling a vertical row of pixels and repeating the sample left to right, the colors were there. As soon as I switched from vertical to horizontal, the colors on the display went to black and white.
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can you put the code that is working and the one that is not, as well as some screenshots with the results please.
Also, please, when posting code, in the text editor, select it all and press the </> button that is in the tool bar above.
It will be a lot easier to read.
Here are the images of my screen. They're sideways because of the sizing of the images. The displayed image on the left is really on the top of my screen, and the display with the red is on the bottom of my screen. Ideally, the program will take a line of pixels from the top row of the top screen (which is my video camera monitor) and output them on the bottom screen from bottom to top.
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Category: Essays and Paragraphs On December 1, 2013 By Ankita Mitra
Cricket is a national sports of England. Today Cricket is a very popular game in some countries. But it is not played everywhere in the world.
How cricket is played? The game of Cricket is played between two sides, each having eleven players. The cricket ball is rather small and very hard. On the wicket at each end there are three sticks with bails on them. One batsman stands at each end while a bowler throws the ball to hit the sticks on stumps. The batsman stands before the stumps to hit the ball before it hits the stumps. While one side fields and bowls, the other side bats. Two umpires conduct the game.
The bowler directs his ball by his arm. The batsman on the other side stops it or drives it into the field. When the batsmen score runs the scorer keeps the record.
Importance of Cricket: It is one of the healthiest of sports. All the parts and muscles of the body are fully moved and exercised while playing cricket. It teaches the players to cultivate the virtue of cooperation, patience and perseverance and while making the players sharp and prompt. It helps to give them a healthy recreation.
Popularity in India: Cricket is a very interesting game. It is a very popular sports in India. Indian cricket team is a powerful side in all three major cricket formats, viz. Test cricket (first class cricket), 50 over One-day cricket, and Twenty-20 (limited to 20 overs each) cricket.
Cricket is very popular in India, England, Australia and West Indies.
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1 Feb 2021 $756.08 $537.50 $1,293.58 $299,243.92
2 Mar 2021 $757.43 $536.15 $1,293.58 $298,486.49
3 Apr 2021 $758.79 $534.79 $1,293.58 $297,727.70
4 May 2021 $760.15 $533.43 $1,293.58 $296,967.55
5 Jun 2021 $761.51 $532.07 $1,293.58 $296,206.04
6 Jul 2021 $762.88 $530.70 $1,293.58 $295,443.16
7 Aug 2021 $764.24 $529.34 $1,293.58 $294,678.92
8 Sep 2021 $765.61 $527.97 $1,293.58 $293,913.31
9 Oct 2021 $766.99 $526.59 $1,293.58 $293,146.32
10 Nov 2021 $768.36 $525.22 $1,293.58 $292,377.96
11 Dec 2021 $769.74 $523.84 $1,293.58 $291,608.22
2021 Total $8,391.78 $5,837.6 $14,229.38
12 Jan 2022 $771.12 $522.46 $1,293.58 $290,837.10
13 Feb 2022 $772.50 $521.08 $1,293.58 $290,064.60
14 Mar 2022 $773.88 $519.70 $1,293.58 $289,290.72
15 Apr 2022 $775.27 $518.31 $1,293.58 $288,515.45
16 May 2022 $776.66 $516.92 $1,293.58 $287,738.79
17 Jun 2022 $778.05 $515.53 $1,293.58 $286,960.74
18 Jul 2022 $779.44 $514.14 $1,293.58 $286,181.30
19 Aug 2022 $780.84 $512.74 $1,293.58 $285,400.46
20 Sep 2022 $782.24 $511.34 $1,293.58 $284,618.22
21 Oct 2022 $783.64 $509.94 $1,293.58 $283,834.58
2022 Total $9,345.13 $6,177.83 $15,522.96
2026 Total $10,183.6 $5,339.36 $15,522.96
2027 Total $10,404.71 $5,118.25 $15,522.96
100 May 2029 $902.68 $390.90 $1,293.58 $217,276.37
101 Jun 2029 $904.29 $389.29 $1,293.58 $216,372.08
102 Jul 2029 $905.91 $387.67 $1,293.58 $215,466.17
103 Aug 2029 $907.54 $386.04 $1,293.58 $214,558.63
104 Sep 2029 $909.16 $384.42 $1,293.58 $213,649.47
105 Oct 2029 $910.79 $382.79 $1,293.58 $212,738.68
106 Nov 2029 $912.42 $381.16 $1,293.58 $211,826.26
107 Dec 2029 $914.06 $379.52 $1,293.58 $210,912.20
108 Jan 2030 $915.70 $377.88 $1,293.58 $209,996.50
109 Feb 2030 $917.34 $376.24 $1,293.58 $209,079.16
110 Mar 2030 $918.98 $374.60 $1,293.58 $208,160.18
111 Apr 2030 $920.63 $372.95 $1,293.58 $207,239.55
2033 Total $11,835.96 $3,687 $15,522.96
158 Mar 2034 $1,001.43 $292.15 $1,293.58 $162,057.37
159 Apr 2034 $1,003.23 $290.35 $1,293.58 $161,054.14
160 May 2034 $1,005.02 $288.56 $1,293.58 $160,049.12
161 Jun 2034 $1,006.83 $286.75 $1,293.58 $159,042.29
162 Jul 2034 $1,008.63 $284.95 $1,293.58 $158,033.66
163 Aug 2034 $1,010.44 $283.14 $1,293.58 $157,023.22
164 Sep 2034 $1,012.25 $281.33 $1,293.58 $156,010.97
165 Oct 2034 $1,014.06 $279.52 $1,293.58 $154,996.91
166 Nov 2034 $1,015.88 $277.70 $1,293.58 $153,981.03
167 Dec 2034 $1,017.70 $275.88 $1,293.58 $152,963.33
168 Jan 2035 $1,019.52 $274.06 $1,293.58 $151,943.81
169 Feb 2035 $1,021.35 $272.23 $1,293.58 $150,922.46
217 Feb 2039 $1,112.99 $180.59 $1,293.58 $99,684.12
218 Mar 2039 $1,114.98 $178.60 $1,293.58 $98,569.14
219 Apr 2039 $1,116.98 $176.60 $1,293.58 $97,452.16
220 May 2039 $1,118.98 $174.60 $1,293.58 $96,333.18
221 Jun 2039 $1,120.98 $172.60 $1,293.58 $95,212.20
222 Jul 2039 $1,122.99 $170.59 $1,293.58 $94,089.21
223 Aug 2039 $1,125.00 $168.58 $1,293.58 $92,964.21
224 Sep 2039 $1,127.02 $166.56 $1,293.58 $91,837.19
225 Oct 2039 $1,129.04 $164.54 $1,293.58 $90,708.15
226 Nov 2039 $1,131.06 $162.52 $1,293.58 $89,577.09
227 Dec 2039 $1,133.09 $160.49 $1,293.58 $88,444.00
228 Jan 2040 $1,135.12 $158.46 $1,293.58 $87,308.88
257 Jun 2042 $1,195.60 $97.98 $1,293.58 $53,490.82
258 Jul 2042 $1,197.74 $95.84 $1,293.58 $52,293.08
259 Aug 2042 $1,199.89 $93.69 $1,293.58 $51,093.19
260 Sep 2042 $1,202.04 $91.54 $1,293.58 $49,891.15
261 Oct 2042 $1,204.19 $89.39 $1,293.58 $48,686.96
262 Nov 2042 $1,206.35 $87.23 $1,293.58 $47,480.61
263 Dec 2042 $1,208.51 $85.07 $1,293.58 $46,272.10
264 Jan 2043 $1,210.68 $82.90 $1,293.58 $45,061.42
265 Feb 2043 $1,212.84 $80.74 $1,293.58 $43,848.58
266 Mar 2043 $1,215.02 $78.56 $1,293.58 $42,633.56
267 Apr 2043 $1,217.19 $76.39 $1,293.58 $41,416.37
268 May 2043 $1,219.38 $74.20 $1,293.58 $40,196.99
2043 Total $14,672.13 $850.83 $15,522.96
293 Jun 2045 $1,275.18 $18.40 $1,293.58 $8,992.31
294 Jul 2045 $1,277.47 $16.11 $1,293.58 $7,714.84
295 Aug 2045 $1,279.76 $13.82 $1,293.58 $6,435.08
296 Sep 2045 $1,282.05 $11.53 $1,293.58 $5,153.03
297 Oct 2045 $1,284.35 $9.23 $1,293.58 $3,868.68
298 Nov 2045 $1,286.65 $6.93 $1,293.58 $2,582.03
299 Dec 2045 $1,288.95 $4.63 $1,293.58 $1,293.08
2045 Total $15,316.2 $206.76 $15,522.96
300 Jan 2046 $1,291.26 $2.32 $1,293.58 $1.82
2045 Total $1,291.26 $2.32 $1,293.58
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Alyssa Michelle Stephens, known professionally as Latto or Big Latto, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. She first appeared on the reality television series The Rap Game in 2016, where she was known as Miss Mulatto and won the show's first season.Latto's mainstream breakthrough occurred with her 2019 single, "Bitch from da Souf", and soon afterwards signing with RCA Records. In August 2020, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 95. After releasing a remix of the song with rappers Saweetie and Trina, Latto released the follow up single, "Muwop" featuring Gucci Mane, in 2020. Both songs were included on Latto's debut album Queen of Da So… read more
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The newly-revealed Ant Games has arrived on the UK game publishing scene, with Stewart Bell, former managing director of Microprose, heading up the Oxford company.
The publisher's first deals include a UK distribution agreement with Icarus Studios' Fallen Earth: Blood Sports and a four-title agreement with Thriller New Media Partners' Warbirds: Dogfights. The first games from Ant will release in June this year.
Bell, who serves as operations director at Ant Games, said that the publisher will release a few "surprising" licenses in the future, and will publisher and distribute them through retail and digital channels.
"The global games industry is experiencing an interesting and unique transitional phase which is throwing up some exciting opportunities for us," he said in a statement.
Icarus Studios' Fallen Earth is a post-apocalyptic MMO that originally released in September 2009 in the U.S. Blood Sports is the name of a content patch that delivered PvP to the game, and at retail, Fallen Earth: Blood Sports includes the original content and the patch content.
Warbirds: Dogfights comes from Thriller New Media parent iEntertainment, formerly known as Interactive Magic. iEntertainment's CEO is JW "Wild Bill" Stealey, who co-founded Microprose with Sid Meier in 1982.


Dopo tredici ore di negoziato al Palazzo di vetro, il Consiglio di sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite ha reso pubblico un comunicato in cui vengono "condannati gli atti che hanno avuto come esito la perdita di vite di civili nell'incidente con la flottiglia al largo di Gaza", mentre non c'è - come chiesto dagli Stati Uniti - alcuna esplicita condanna di Israele.
Il Consiglio di sicurezza ha chiesto anche l'avvio di un'inchiesta che sia "rapida. Imparziale, trasparente e credibile" e "l'immediato rilascio delle navi e dei civili" fermati da Israele. Preoccupazione anche affinché «l'incidente» avvenuto in prossimità dei colloqui di pace, non porti a prese di posizione unilaterali che pregiudichino il buon esito dei colloqui.
Questo il testo integrale in inglese: «The Security Council deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries resulting from the use of force during the Israeli military operation in international waters against the convoy sailing to Gaza. The Council, in this context, condemns those acts which resulted in the loss of at least ten civilians and many wounded, and expresses its condolences to their families. The Security Council requests the immediate release of the ships as well as the civilians held by Israel. The Council urges Israel to permit full consular access, to allow the countries concerned to retrieve their deceased and wounded immediately, and to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance from the convoy to its destination. The Security Council takes note of the statement of the UN Secretary-General on the need to have a full investigation into the matter and it calls for a prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation conforming to international standards. The Security Council stresses that the situation in Gaza is not sustainable. The Council re-emphasizes the importance of the full implementation of Resolutions 1850 and 1860. In that context, it reiterates its grave concern at the humanitarian situation in Gaza and stresses the need for sustained and regular flow of goods and people to Gaza as well as unimpeded provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza. The Security Council underscores that the only viable solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an agreement negotiated between the parties and re-emphasizes that only a two-State solution, with an independent and viable Palestinian State living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its other neighbors, could bring peace to the region. The Security Council expresses support for the proximity talks and voices concern that this incident took place while the proximity talks are underway and urges the parties to act with restraint, avoiding any unilateral and provocative actions, and all international partners to promote an atmosphere of cooperation between the parties and throughout the region».


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Deviant of the Day #39 - Jeff 'Rhino' Neumann
Jeff, or Rhino (as many people call him), Neumann has dedicated much of his life to his love for music. Whether playing in a band, working for a band, or building custom drum sets for other musicians, he has managed to find a way to keep himself extremely submerged within his passions.
My first memory of Rhino falls sometime within 1994-1995 at The Abyss, a punk/grunge/metal club that used to exist on Washington Ave. within the vicinity of downtown Houston. In those days, for my friends and I, it was either "how in the hell do we get to Fitzgerald's to see 30FootFall?" or "how in the hell do we get to the Abyss to see Latch Key Kids?" Rhino was onstage as the guitar player for Latch Key Kids, an H-Town punk gem in our eyes. Well, later that year, we also found him working at the Bagel Express in our innocent little suburb town outside of Houston. As you can imagine, our bagel connection became supreme. We took hundreds…of old & stale bagels out of the back door dumpster...which we then used to fulfill some dumbass act of vandalism. Anyway, those days are long gone, but over the last 15 years I have seen Rhino sporadically, working hard on stage, as I would cross paths with his gigs during my days of shooting live music. I decided to get in touch and recently met up with him at Playstation Theater in NYC while he was rolling through with the Descendents as their tour manager. I asked him how he got himself wrapped up in this whole tour manager thing.
"I got a call from Damon from Fenix TX in 1998 to go out on tour, it wasn't for anything in particular. I just started doing work because they weren't doing anything. They were out on tour with Blink 182, Unwritten Law and Assorted Jellybeans. When we were in Las Vegas at the Joint. Mark Hoppus from Blink 182, who at the time was Fenix Tx's manager, called me in to the dressing room and handed me a bunch of contracts and said 'you're the new tour manager.' That was 18yrs ago. I still have the pass from that day November 28th 1998."
Since, he has worked with tons of bands...Sparta, Alkaline Trio, NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise, and now as I've already mentioned, Descendents.
Rhino is also the co-founder of Custom Drum Concepts (a Houston based custom drum company) and the backline manager of Soundcheck Houston, who provide musical instrumentation to touring acts that go through Houston. They also do the backline for Lollapalooza, ACL, SXSW and other festivals. Rhino is definitely a busy, busy man...but as he says, "Work hard, do the best you can and don't let anyone hold you back." I happen to agree.
Favorite quote: "The show must go on. There are no sick days on tour."
Hometown: H-Town (Houston, TX)
Instagram: @descendentscrew
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10 Major Causes of Migration
The causes of migration may be numerous and these may range from natural calamities, climatic change, epidemics, and drought to social, economic, cultural and political.
The overpopulation and heavy pressure on resources may be the cause of permanent or temporary, and long distance or short distance migration. Many a time the differences between groups in levels of technology and economic opportunities also cause large-scale migration.
(1) Technology:
People with more sophisticated technology may invade and conquer new areas. Contrary to this, less advanced groups may be attracted to the greater opportunities provided by a more developed society.
For example, ancient Romans conquered vast areas in Europe, North Africa and South-West Asia. During this period, many people migrated to Rome which provided better economic and employment opportunities.
During the medieval period, the Arabs were quite advanced in education and technology. With this, they conquered large territories in Central Asia, Northern Africa, Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and eastern parts of Europe.
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In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Europeans had better navigation ships and they discovered America, Australia and numerous unknown islands of the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. They colonized and exploited more populated territories of Asia and Africa.
After the Industrial Revolution in 1779, the Europeans emigrated to North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America.
The large-scale emigration from European countries continued up to the first part of the 20th century and the main reason was to colonize the underdeveloped countries and to exploit their resources.
(2) Economic Causes:
One of the prime motives of emigration seems to be economic. Man's need to have virgin land to till has inspired him to migrate to distant areas.
It was because of this reason that the slaves (African Negroes) were transported to the plantations in tropical America.
These Negroes subsequently got settled in the United States of America, Latin America and the West Indies. Lust for virgin land also motivated the Europeans to emigrate from UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Belgium and Denmark and to settle into the Praries of USA and Canada.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, about 20 to 40 hectares of land 152 Migration was used to be given free of cost to the emigrants in USA who owned nothing in their homeland. The temptation to have land became a great magnetic force for the Europeans to settle in America.
Heavy pressure on the land resources in the motherland also forced the people to out migrate and to settle in areas where economic benefits may be achieved.
The pastoral people and nomads of Central Asia invaded the territories of the sedentary people. The Mongols, Tatars, Uzbeks, Yakuts and Kurds migrated in the medieval period and got settled in the fertile valleys of Farghana, Panjsheer (Afghanistan), Volga, Armenia and Caucasus mountains.
Non-availability of proper jobs and unemployment are also the economic reasons which compel the youths to leave their home for the places, areas, regions and countries where employment may be found.
It was the main cause of the migration of the Scotch-Irish in the 17th and 18th centuries after the decline of the woolen industry and the slump in linen in consequence of the rise of cotton textile industry in Britain.
The invention of spinning machine and the establishment of large-scale cotton factories made many of the weavers of the subcontinent of India (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) unemployed. In 1930, the slump and economic depression resulted into an exodus of British workers to Canada and USA in spite of efforts to stop them.
The agricultural labourers, if unemployed, also leave their native places. In every age, the labourers immigrated to neighbouring or distant fertile tracts.
For example, in about 2000 B.C., Abraham migrated from Ur (Mesopotamia) to Cannan the Greeks migrated to Scythia, the Jews migrated to Nile Valley and Mesopotamia, and the Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan labourers migrated to West Indies and South-East Asia.
At present, labourers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are migrating to Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
Thus, the economic poverty, unemployment and attraction for better economic opportunities always motivated and forced the peoples to emigrate from their native places.
For example, poverty of agricultural labourers in West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar resulted into the emigration waves towards the metropolitan cities and the productive plains and agriculturally developed parts of the country.
The regions and districts of marginal farmers and small farmers also emigrate with the agricultural labourers, as the tiny size of their holdings is unable to provide them adequate sustenance.
(3) Overpopulation:
An excess of population in an area in relation to resources and available technology is known as overpopulation.
Overpopulation may exist at local, regional and national levels. At present, it is most frequently seen in underdeveloped rural areas where the outstripping of resources by population growth may be evident in undernourishment or underemployment.
Throughout the human history, migration took place because of the overpopulation in a community or region. In such a case, emigration may affect all social classes.
At present, overpopulation is the most important cause of emigration in the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The people of these countries are emigrating to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, UAE, Canada, Greece, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
The emigrants include domestic servants, agricultural labourers, unskilled workers, technicians, engineers, doctors and academicians. Each year, from India alone, about 3 lakh skilled and semi-skilled people out migrate.
(4) Social and Religious Causes:
The human desire to stay, work and enjoy life with the people of his ethnic, social and religious groups is also an important cause of migration.
In every period of human history social factors led to large-scale emigration. In the middle ages, there was the emigration of Balkan peoples owing to the dominance of Muslim Turks.
In the 20th century, there has been expulsion of Jews from Germany, Spain and Russia (erstwhile USSR). There is large-scale outmigration of Muslims from Bosnia and Serbia (erstwhile Yugoslavia). Muslims are moving out from Myanmar (Burma) to Bangladesh.
The feeling of insecurity is compelling many of the Kashmiri Pandits and Punjabi Hindus to out migrate from Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab respectively, while the Muslims prefer to migrate from the Hindu dominated areas to Muslim localities and vice versa, irrespective of the social amenities.
Many of the well-off Muslims are moving towards the Muslim slum localities in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Meerut, Allahabad, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, etc., because of social and religious persecutions and same is the case of Hindus as they are out migrating from the Muslim dominated areas to Hindu dominated areas. Health, climate, education and other social amenities are also responsible for migration at the regional, national and international levels.
(5) Political Causes:
One of the important causes of migration, especially after the Second World War, is the political one. A political refugee is a worldwide phenomenon today. One can list numerous examples of political migration.
These included, Turkish, Armenians, and white Russians early in the 20th century; European Jews after the Second World War, Palestinians, Chinese, Hungarian (freedom fighters), Cubans, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis,
Kashmir's, Tamils, Vietnamese, Afghans, Iranians, Somalians, Kurds, Serbians, Bosnians, Kosovos and Albanians all these are the examples of forced migrations induced by political factors.
Another form of involuntary migration is the expulsion or exchange of minorities by nations. For example, the Sudeten Germans repatriated from Czechoslovakia after the Second World War, and the Muslims and Hindus exchanged when India and Pakistan were created by the partition of the subcontinent in 1947.
The forced and compulsory migration is always bound up with tragic highlights in human history. During the medieval period, Negroes used to be sold in the urban markets of Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.
These slaves (Negroes) were exported to USA from the western coast of Africa, from the Senegal to the Gold Coast and Congo. The settling of the New World (after 1492) opened up new markets, but it was Spain which needed them in the Americas.
(6) Demographic Causes:
A number of demographic factors also play a vital role in the migration Pattern. For example, age has been recognized as one of the important demographic factors controlling the degree of desire to move among the Potential migrants. It is not surprising that adults are more migratory than other age groups.
It is the rate of growth of population that determines the extent of population pressure in an area. The great historic movement of the Europeans across the Atlantic Ocean was an expression of increasing pressure of population on the resource base of Europe.
Similarly, in India, the large-scale outmigration from the densely populated parts of Orissa, West Bengal, Kerala, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh is largely due to a poor population-resource ratio in these areas.
(7) Diffusion of Information:
The availability of information through education, cultural contacts and spatial interaction also increase the chances of population migration.
The communities that are ruled by orthodoxy, conservatives', traditions, customs and strong communal ties are less mobile than those which are socially more awakened, progressive and have more contacts and exposure with the outside world.
The information network and cultural contact increase the horizons of job opportunities. Thus, migration generates more migration, which signifies the role of information network in the stimulation of migration. In India, the Sikhs are the most adventurous and well-informed people, who migrate even to the less developed and less attractive areas like Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, etc.
(8) General Rise in the Level of Aspiration:
With the advancement in science and technology, new items of comfort and luxury appear in the market and the level of aspiration of the educated and uneducated people goes up. Everybody is tempted to enjoy a better standard of living.
In India and Pakistan as well as in all the developing countries, the young men who were better-off than their fathers were nonetheless dissatisfied, and many sought to better themselves overseas.
It is mainly because of this reasons that Indian engineers and doctors are emigrating to USA, Canada and in large number unskilled and semi-skilled labour in migrating towards Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries.
(9) Wars:
Wars have been one of the important causes of human migration. Wars have always involved upheavals, particularly in the regions where these have been fought.
The First World War (1914-1919 A.D.) involved the displacement of about 6 million people, and the Second World War (1939-1945 A.D.) involved the involuntary displacement of about 60 million people.
Some people were forced to move to avoid political and religious persecution even long before the war. Millions were moved in the forced transference of ethnic minorities, millions more in evacuation and flight from the battle fronts.
Forced labour movements and deportation accounted for several millions, and subsequent resettlement involved still further movement.
Nearly a million Poles and Jews were deported "by Germany during the war, another million by Russia, who also moved a large number of Germans from the Volga to the far eastern parts of Siberia.
The population of Europe was in constant flux during the war, from the Volga to Paris, and the end of the war led to the movement of refugees. All these migrations resulted into the changes of human resources, in land use, customs, traditions and human values.
After the Turko-Greek war of 1921, about 0.35 million Turks were moved to Turkey from Greece and about 1.2 million Greeks went to their own country from Turkey.
As stated above, transfer on a much greater scale followed the partition of India, where approximately six million Hindus left Pakistan and an equal number of Muslims left India for Pakistan, though large minorities remained in both countries.
In the summer of 1999, millions of Muslims from Kosovo were forced to migrate to Albania and Macedonia. After the attack of USA on Afghanistan in October 2001, and Iraq in 2004, millions of refugees migrated to Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Tajakistan and Uzbekistan.
(10) Government Policy:
The government policy of a particular country also favourably or adversely affected the pattern of population migration.
The British, French, German, Russian, USA, New Zealand, Canadian, UK and South African governments have specific population policies and most of them discourage immigrants. In the early fifties, a large number of people moved out from the countryside to the urban areas as a result of collectivization of farms.
Similarly, the political totalitarianism in Russia resulted in the migration of people from their homeland at the time of Bolshevik Revolution, also known as the Great October Revolution, 1917.
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One factor that often impedes organizational progress toward safety excellence is when leaders oversimplify the issues. Such leaders can be identified quickly by asking them for their definition of safety. When they start with the trite platitudes like "thinking before you act" or "paying attention" then you suspect they have an overly-simplistic view. Likewise, when they throw up their hands and admit they don't know how to improve safety, it is an indicator that they either misunderstand or overly simplify the problem. Such leaders tend to practice and promote four approaches that almost guarantee limited safety improvement.
Over-Simplified Definition — The thinking of organizational leaders is often reflected in their communication to associates. Good followers listen carefully to their leaders to discern priorities and preferred practices. Leaders who oversimplify safety tend to influence others to do likewise. When a whole organization thinks they are already doing what is required in safety, progress becomes problematic. There is no clear path forward and workers tend to feel safety improvement is beyond their control. This mindset is often reinforced by safety metrics that don't reflect any improvement. Frustration often follows because trying harder doesn't produce better results. At this point, many organizations develop a "more is better" mentality. If this level of effort is not producing improvement, we must not be doing enough. This can lead to adopting the latest program of the month or following industry trends rather than accurately defining the site-specific problems and solutions. This leads to and is complicated by the next issue, a lack of an overarching safety strategy.
Lack of Strategy — If safety is viewed as simply thinking and paying attention, there is no need to develop a strategy for doing so. Leaders can just command workers to do so and it will happen. The problem is, it either does not happen or it fails to improve safety. The lack of strategy most often manifests itself in the tendency mentioned earlier: to adopt the program of the month. Programmatic thinking is the diametric opposite of strategic thinking. Throwing a group of often unrelated programs at a problem is not a strategy. Almost all organizations have strategies for some aspects of their mission. For-profit organizations often include elaborate marketing strategies to compete in the marketplace. These strategies often include market analysis to determine who their customers are and what those customers want or need. Unfortunately, few organizations apply this strategic thinking to safety. They fail to recognize their workers are the customers of safety, not the problem to be controlled. Once workers are recognized as internal customers, excellent safety becomes an application of the same strategic thinking: find out what the customers want and need, and develop a strategy to provide it to them. Strategy is how to win. In safety, strategy is winning the war against accidental injuries. An overly simplistic view of how accidents happen can make such victory difficult or impossible.
Managing with Lagging Indicators — In his book, Transforming Performance Measurement, Dean Spitzer boldly states that most organizations don't get what they want precisely because they don't measure "what they want." What almost all organizations measure in safety is what they don't want. They measure accidents, quantity and severity. They calculate the ratio of accidents to hours worked. They measure lost time and both direct and indirect costs of accidents. They do not measure the factors that prevent accidents. Even if you think safety is as simple as thinking before you act, why not measure how many times workers think first and how many times they don't? Lagging indicators are measures of failure. That is why most organizations are not really trying to succeed in safety; they are simply trying to fail less than they did previously. With no accurate definition of what safety is, how do you develop a vision of what success looks like? Without such a vision, how do you strive to succeed? Without a success metric, how do you know if you are improving or not? Most organizations simply look at failure metrics and consider reduction as success. The problem with that thinking is that lagging indicators can respond to luck and normal variation as well as effective improvement efforts. When lagging indicators move, it can be difficult to tell with any degree of certainty what made them move. Individual workers are even more removed from these metrics. They almost all fail to see how their efforts impact the numbers.
Delegation — Leaders tend to delegate all or most of the business functions in which they do not have specific training or expertise. Leaders to whom safety is simple or mysterious tend to hand off the whole effort to a safety specialist. Too few organizations have a leader at the C-suite level dedicated to safety. This is another direct result of underestimating the importance and complexity of safety. If safety is a simple matter, hand it off to a lower-level person to make it happen. Lower-level personnel tend to manage rather than lead. They think tactically rather than strategically. This often results in safety efforts being focused on basic compliance rather than on true excellence. Lower-level safety personnel are, unfortunately, often used as scapegoats when safety results are unsatisfactory. This is a further indication of leaders who oversimplify safety and think that a good safety cop is all that is needed.
These four practices are ones that organizations have allowed to rob them of their shot at safety excellence all too often. In almost every case, they grew out of the influence of organizational leaders who did not fully grasp what safety excellence is or how to achieve it. Some leaders recognize their own knowledge deficits and are wonderfully open to suggestions. Others hold on stubbornly to their over-simplified thinking and pursue their existing practices with predictable results. All progress begins with thinking differently. Leaders open to new thoughts are the ones who create progress.


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package io.github.zh.cn.trio.aop.function.enhance.adapter;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import io.github.zh.cn.trio.aop.croe.adapter.RunTimeAdapter;
import io.github.zh.cn.trio.aop.croe.context.RunTimeConfig;
import io.github.zh.cn.trio.aop.croe.context.RunTimeContext;
import io.github.zh.cn.trio.aop.function.enhance.config.EnhanceConfig;
import io.github.zh.cn.trio.aop.function.enhance.face.EnhanceFace;

public class EnhanceAdapter  implements RunTimeAdapter {

	private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());

	private EnhanceFace enhanceFace;

	public EnhanceFace getEnhanceFace() {
		return enhanceFace;
	}

	public void setEnhanceFace(EnhanceFace enhanceFace) {
		this.enhanceFace = enhanceFace;
	}

	@Override
	public void adapterTo(RunTimeContext runTimeContext, RunTimeConfig runTimeConfig, String targetTime) {
		if (runTimeConfig instanceof EnhanceConfig) {
			EnhanceConfig enhanceConfig = (EnhanceConfig) runTimeConfig;
			enhanceFace.enhaceTarget(runTimeContext,enhanceConfig);
		} else {
			logger.warn(runTimeConfig + "is not LoggerConfig");
		}
	}
}


We tested countless license plate frame designs to come up with the StreamlineJK Ultimate License Plate Frame. We put the product through extensive focus group testing and after many revisions arrived at what you see today. Furthermore, we also put the frames through a blind test with a group of design professionals to see how it stacked up against other frame and holder designs offered by our competition. We were very happy to receive resounding approval from this group that the Ultimate License Plate Frame from StreamlineJK was found to be the most appealing design in terms of enhancing a car's natural lines.
StreamlineJK only sells license plate frames that are guaranteed to not rust or corrode while also being durable. For this simple reason we sell only Type 304 Stainless Steel and Carbon Fiber frames. For more information on the Material Science behind the products we sell please click here.
One of the key principles we founded the Company on was to give our customers the best value we could in every product while making it easy to purchase and easy to use. In keeping with this principal, we coupled our outstanding product design with a plain, straightforward and easy to navigate website.
In the end the most significant value we bring to our customers is we provide two license plate frames in every package at a price which is typically better than our competitions price for one! On top of this we have included a FREE 101 piece accessory kit which others sell separately.
A core aspect of our design mandate was to provide a universal fit for the StreamlineJK Ultimate License Plate Frame to work on all vehicles, in all states and provinces and not cover any of the government issued registration decals and stickers. Furthermore, we wanted to keep the state or province plate design visible and clear with minimal coverage of the plate itself.
The main problem we needed to solve was that all government issued license plates come with four holes to attach it to the car yet a large percentage of cars only have two holes to connect to. This leaves the car owner to decide if they go with a frame design that covers two holes or just to leave them empty and whether or not the design they choose covers the government decals which would violate the law where they reside. And government decal locations vary depending on where you live. It all leads to a decision that seems to us to be more involved than it should be an inevitably ends in a compromise.
To solve this no win situation for the car owner we came up with a design which satisfies all combinations of license plate holders and decal placements. The Ultimate License Plate Frame can be used on cars with either two hole or four hole license plate holders as it comes with the all the needed accessories. If your car only has two holder holes, the StreamlineJK license plate frame can easily be configured to appear as if it has all four holder holes attached giving a completely symmetrical appearance.
To ensure the Universal Fit and to make it easy for our customers to replace their old frames with our frames we decided to include everything we could think of that the customer would need to attach the new frame to their car. Our 101 piece accessory kit may be a bit of overkill as I'm sure there will inevitably be a few extra parts left over but it will provide you with piece of mind that the Ultimate License Plate Frame will work on your car or truck. Plus, the extra parts can be saved in case you switch cars in the future. The lifetime warranty means you can take the frame with you and enjoy it for years to come on your new vehicle as well. Just don't let the car dealer install their advertising plates first!


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Mary Culliton
Facilitator, Dental Complaints Resolution Service.
The Dental Complaints Resolution Service (DCRS) launched its Annual Report at the start of August. The Report covers both 2020 and 2021, and is the first presented by new Facilitator Mary Culliton. The DCRS has continued its important role in dentistry in Ireland, providing an efficient resolution process for dentists and patients who find themselves in disagreement.
In her foreword to the Report, IDA President Dr Caroline Robins notes that the DCRS is ten years in operation this year, and that in that time "the Service has earned the praise of many other professions here in Ireland and among dental communities across the world.
In fact, we know of no other equivalent service, and are justly proud of the huge contribution the Service has made to bolstering confidence in dentistry, saving dentists and patients thousands of hours, which would otherwise have been spent seeking resolution in the courts or elsewhere".
Over the ten years the DCRS has been operational, the IDA estimates that it has received over 15,000 letters, calls and emails, handled over 1,000 complaints, and resolved more than 600 of those. The Dental Council and Dental Protection both continued their praise of the DCRS with statements of their own in the Report. In her Facilitator's report, Mary Culliton speaks about the things that she has learned in her first couple of years dealing with dental complaints. She says that the first thing patients want is to be heard, and that they deserve this even if they are not right in their complaint. Mary also says: "Equally, the dentist needs to be heard. Receiving a complaint can be frightening, particularly for an inexperienced dentist or indeed an experienced dentist for whom it is a first complaint. As Facilitator, I aim to be a source of help to both parties". In 2020, there were a total of 334 complaints/queries, which resulted in 154 accepted complaints (Table 1). In 2021, there was a slight increase with 357 complaints/queries, and 163 accepted complaints (Table 2). For the first time, the Report includes two memoranda of service, one for patients and one for dentists, which explain what the DCRS does and how it works in both parties' circumstances.
To download/read the DCRS Annual Report, go to www.dentalcomplaints.ie or www.dentist.ie.
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Q: Deployd: How to implement dpd-passport and securely authenticate Let me start by saying I really like Deployd. I want to use it in production, but I want to incorporate OAuth and social logins, so I installed the dpd-passport module. It works great, except for two little (big) problems:

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*When a user signs in via an OAuth provider (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Github) a new user record is created...but if the same user clears their cookies or uses a different browser to log in, a new user record is created.

*If I do something clever (read: hacky) and assign users with social logins an ID based on the socialAccount and socialAccountId (something unique but constant for each social account), someone could use the standard method of user creation to spoof a user by making a POST request to the /users endpoint if they knew that user's socialAccount and socialAccountId.

My question is: How can I A) prevent #1 from occurring, or B) disable the standard method of user creation without also preventing OAuth user creation?
Has anyone ever successfully used Deployd and dpd-passport in production? If so, I want to speak with you...
Thanks in advance!

A: First of all, I think you haven't added the custom fields per the docs.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/dpd-passport#requirements
I hadn't either, and observed the new user feature (because it couldn't lookup the response from the auth service to find the user from before).  Adding these fields fixed it.
Also, there is a google group here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/deployd-users
Hope that helps.

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Realizing that it's time for replacement windows can bring about a variety of thoughts for any Danville homeowner. Everything from "Where do I start?" to "What type of windows should I buy?" and a variety of other questions can arise. Of course, you may even have the fight of which window material to buy, but when it comes down to it, you want something that will meet your budget and the style and reliability needs you expect from replacement windows.
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Photography is a medium to capture memories, when memory grows into sublime, photography becomes art.
What Photography means to me: I believe in doubt as an essential tool for an effective search of that which, if it may not be called truth, of truth may be a fair approximation. A search that brings about a continuous change of perspective and that transforms the moment, by nature weak and fragile, into an extraordinary building element of a conscious existence. The change and the revolution of thought, of the basic view of life, its continuous refinement, its incessant updating and growth in values, are indelebly fixed in a photographic image. A fragile, almost intangible, support, which shyly confronts the power of the flow of time, representing for all time that which shall never be for all time: the moment.
A revolutionary technique of expression because it relates to time in an absolutely special way; the image, with its multiple meanings, can only be found if it exists in the phographer before it is fixed on film and must then be reconquered when it becomes an image to look at. A search within a search, a continuous collection of moments for the moment which in the photographic moment will be fixed forever.


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5 BIER Publications Supporting the Advancement of Environmental Sustainability in the Beverage Sector for 2022
by BIER | Feb 25, 2022 | News
February 25, 2022 | BIER
As the world hastens its speed in the race against climate change, members of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) have been acting as the model of industry collaboration for over 15 years collectively driving sector actions and alignment, stakeholder engagement and advocacy, and corporate leadership on business-relevant environmental dimensions including water, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), climate change and adaptation, circularity and recycling, and sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
Now, as 2022 unfolds, with increasing consumer scrutiny of corporate environmental commitments, and as investors, activists, and other concerned stakeholders create greater expectations and demands for more forward movement on a variety of environmental, social, and governance issues, relevant and trusted guidance is more critical than ever before. As such, BIER's research and publications have continuously advanced the development of sustainable solutions through beverage industry-specific data collection, methodologies, standard-setting, best practice sharing, and thought leadership. Following are five BIER publications to help navigate the path towards decarbonization and improved water stewardship in the year ahead.
2021 Water and Energy Use Benchmarking Study
In the 2021 benchmarking study, BIER evaluated 16 years of industry performance for nearly 2,000 facilities worldwide. The final results represent a comprehensive set of production, water, energy, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions metrics which are normalized, categorized, and analyzed by facility and beverage type. The 2021 benchmarking study includes facility-level data for 2015, 2017, and 2020 from 14 BIER members and 3 partner contributors and showcases that the beverage industry is taking a proactive approach to improving business performance while mitigating environmental impacts worldwide. The complete 2021 benchmarking results report can be downloaded here.
Facility Decarbonization and Context-Based Decision Guide for Water
In 2020 BIER published two work products: The Facility Decarbonization Playbook, which is relevant to any sector as we all must collectively accelerate our efforts to decarbonize, and the Context-based Decision Guide for Water Reuse and Recycling, which is intended to accelerate internal conversations and decisions at the regional and facility level with regards to investments in advancing water stewardship.
Decarbonization Playbook for Small and Medium Suppliers
Building upon the Facility Decarbonization Playbook published by BIER in December 2020, the Decarbonization Playbook for Small and Medium Suppliers aims to demystify decarbonization to support small/medium suppliers on their journey and provide straightforward short-term climate actions that can make a significant impact. This playbook has been specifically developed to support small/medium suppliers who are critical to achieving decarbonization across the beverage sector and beyond.
The Water Circularity Metrics Tool
Developed in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Water Circularity Metrics Tool is a scenario-based tool providing a practical methodology for businesses to adopt a common metric for water circularity at a facility and enterprise level. The step-by-step process supports more informed decisions to evaluate a specific facility's water needs, water source options and determining post-use and discharge options allowing for a transition from linear to more circular and less demanding on the local watershed.
In keeping with the collaborative spirit of BIER, we recognize that alone, one company cannot solve the world's challenges and as a collective group, we can't solve it either. As noted, there is an immediate need for industry, organizations, and governments to work together and collaboratively focus on a sustainable future for us all. As such, all of BIER's guidance and tools are publicly available and offered complimentary to assist organizations and companies to easily navigate the complexities of the sustainability journey, avoiding complications and maximizing positive impact.
You are invited to keep current with BIER, its members, and publications by reading our 2022 Spotlight Series and connecting with BIER on Twitter and LinkedIn.


The JULIE, Inc. Board of Directors is responsible for the issuance of procedural directives and guides for the membership as they relate to the operation of the corporation.
Requiring JULIE Customers to Provide Geographic "Place" Information required Under the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act.
JULIE shall immediately discontinue the practice of assisting callers who are not able to provide dig site "place" information as required by Illinois state law. Customers with incomplete information will have their request suspended and will be encouraged to research their dig site location and call back to JULIE within the same day.
Approving JULIE's Participation in the State of Illinois Department of Central Management Services' Joint Purchasing Program.
JULIE, Inc. staff shall complete all required registration and membership documents of the Illinois Department of Management Services to become an active participant in the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Program.
Relating to the Sunset Date for the OCARS WRTE Program.
The sunset date for the OCARS WRTE program shall be set for June 30, 2008. JULIE shall discontinue and deactivate the use of the OCARS WRTE program on that date.
Establishing Period of Time for JULIE Call Center Operators to Make Progress on Mapping a Locate Request.
When using the mapping tool of Newtin, JULIE Call Center operators who have not been able to quickly identify the work site based upon the caller provided information shall assess their progress after two minutes. If significant progress has been made, the operator shall remain in mapping for a short period until the work site is identified. If it is clear after using the mapping functionality for two minutes, that the determination of the work site is not imminent, the JULIE Call Center operator shall abandon the map and complete the locate request without the further assistance of the map tool.
Relating to Mandatory Requirement of Member Companies and Their Subcontractors to Provide Section/Quarter Section Information OR Sufficient Dig Site Information to Allow for the Drawing of a Dig Site Polygon on Utility Locate Requests.
All JULIE Members, and their subcontractors when they are performing excavation work on behalf of JULIE members, shall provide either 1) appropriate section and quarter section grid information; 2) sufficient address or descriptive information to allow the establishment or drawing of a dig site polygon; 3) sufficient address, street and cross-street information to allow for the determination of the appropriate section and quarter section grid(s) or 4) GPS coordinates for simple, single-site work areas for determination of a dig site polygon or appropriate section/quarter section during their locate request process through JULIE. Requests from these groups that do not include this required information shall not be processed until appropriate information is provided.
Relating to Increases in the JULIE Message Rate in Fiscal Year 2007.
JULIE message prices to members will be increased by fifteen cents on January 1, 2007 to compensate for forecasted reduction in outbound message volume and revenue as a result of the implementation of polygon mapping.
Amending the JULIE Membership Agreement to Include Townships and Counties in the Definition of Municipality.
For purposes of the JULIE Membership Agreement, and when applicable, the term "municipal member" shall include a "county" or a "township" that is a member.
Establishing the Default Jobsite Buffer Zone on Newtin System.
The default, minimal buffer applied to points and street segments identified by JULIE operators and WebTe users who are entering locate requests using Newtin call taking system is to be initially set to 300 feet in all directions from that point or street segment. The board further resolves to authorize the JULIE Computer Committee to reduce this default buffer in selected counties known to have a high degree of street centerline accuracy should this possibility become available in the future.
Approving JULIE Inc.'s Participation in the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Program.
Pursuant to the rules promulgated by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services ("Department") in furtherance of the Joint Purchasing Act, that JULIE, Inc. does hereby agree on a voluntary basis to participate in the Joint Purchasing Program administered by the Department from the date of this resolution until such time as the Department is given written notice this resolution is revoked.
Be it further resolved that Mark Frost, Executive Director and Karen Tunney, Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of JULIE, Inc. all necessary forms, applications, requisitions and other documents related to this program.
Amending JULIE Inc.'s Design Stage Request Policies and Procedures.
The JULIE, Inc. design stage process be amended as outlined in the study group's recommendation report. Further, the Governmental Affairs Committee is requested to consider adding amendatory language to a future JULIE law revision bill to recognize the process and provide for penalties to be levied for non-compliance.
Effective: TBD (as implementation and technology issues are resolved).
Authorizing a Cooperative Agreement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Illinois Commerce Commission.
JULIE, Inc., OSHA and the ICC will work together to form a voluntary cooperative relationship (Alliance agreement) for purposes such as training and education, outreach and communication and promoting national dialogue on workplace safety and health, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to underground utility hazards and related issues.
Authorizing Staff to Provide a New Address Generation Report Service to Members.
Staff at JULIE, Inc. will provide an address generation report service solely to JULIE members. Members will be charged $50 each for reports that contain 1,000 addresses or fewer. Members will be charged $100 each for reports that contain over 1,000 addresses. To assist the Date Department in planning and the Accounting Department with invoicing, the pre-payment plan form will be amended to include a pre-order and payment option for this service.
Members of the JULIE, Inc. management team will implement the attached IVR model, develop a separate IVR path toward 1-866-772-1568 and establish an implementation period, from January 2-31, 2006, for telecommunications members to direct 811 calls. Staff will also work closely with the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) to develop an education and awareness program.
Authorizing Requirement for Employees to Utilize any Type of Paid Leave Concurrently with FMLA Leave.
Effective January 1, 2006 and as authorized by the Family and Medical Leave Act, JULIE, Inc. will require all employees taking FMLA leave to utilize all available paid leave at the onset of their FMLA leave. The use of paid leave will be required any time an employee remains on FMLA until the employee's paid leave is exhausted. Employees should note that FMLA leave is limited to twelve (12) weeks during the applicable time period, whether the leave is paid or unpaid.
Authorizing the Addition of a Utility Contract Locator Vice President Seat on the JULIE Board of Directors.
An eleventh non-voting board vice president category and seat be added to the JULIE Board of Directors to recognize the contributions of the contract locating industry to further utility damage prevention in the state of Illinois.
The fixed asset threshold be increased from $250 to $1,000 and that the useful life of computer software be allocated over 3 years.
Authorizing Contract for Services with the U. S. Navy.
In lieu of requiring an executed JULIE membership agreement, the JULIE staff is authorized to enter into a contractual vendor agreement with the U. S. Navy to provide excavation notification services to the federal naval reserve located in northeastern Illinois. JULIE's corporate counsel shall be required to review all contract documents prior to execution by JULIE staff.
Rescinding the Practice of Accepting Insufficient Notices.
Non-emergency, routine utility locate requests, including those from homeowners, will only be accepted through JULIE with a legal start date and time, as defined in the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Further, excavators who insist that they will be digging prior to the two (2) working day notice will be encouraged to follow the state law and reminded of the potential dangers to life, personal property and the environment if they dig without utility notification.
In Support of Adding 28-Day Ticket Life Language to the JULIE Law.
The JULIE Board of Directors supports the concept of a 28-day ticket life for utility locate requests processed through JULIE and directs the staff to work with the authors of HB2839 and other appropriate officials to create language to amend the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act to achieve this.
Relating to the Mandatory Requirement of Small Drainage Districts to Participate as Members of JULIE, Inc.
The JULIE Board of Directors supports the concept that small Drainage Districts in Illinois will be encouraged, but not required, to be mandatory members of the Illinois One-Call System. The issue will be reviewed on an annual basis.
Relating to JULIE Member's Database Responsibilities.
The JULIE Board of Directors formally recognizes that the responsibility for the accuracy of the Member database, any/all revisions and additions, and the authorized signature rests with the Member.
Relating to the Creation of a Non-member Excavator Vice President Position.
A non-voting vice president position for non-member excavators be created on the JULIE Board of Directors to provide greater input and a smoother transition when a board vacancy in the position occurs.
Relating to Increases in the JULIE Message Rate in Fiscal Years 2003 and 2004.
FY 2003 message rates, for all categories, will be increased by .10 (ten cents) on April 1, 2003. Further, FY 2004 message rates, for all categories, will be increased by an additional .05 (five cents) on January 1, 2004.
Relating to the Recommendation for Member Companies of Board Members and Their Subcontractors to Increase Their Use of Web Remote Ticket Entry for Utility Locate Requests.
All JULIE Board Members and their subcontractors, when they are performing excavation work on behalf of JULIE members, are strongly encouraged to use Web Remote Ticket Entry, when feasible, during their locate request process through JULIE.
Relating to the Mandatory Requirement of Member Companies and Their Subcontractors to Provide Free Locating and Marking of Underground Facilities on Utility Locate Requests.
All JULIE members and their subcontractors, when they are performing locating and marking of the approximate location of their underground facilities for excavation work, shall provide this service at no cost to the excavator. Members may continue to charge a fee for any services involved with the Design Stage Request only.
Relating to Mandatory Requirement of Member Companies and Their Subcontractors to Provide Section/Quarter Section Information on Utility Locate Requests.
All JULIE Members, and their subcontractors when they are performing excavation work on behalf of JULIE members, shall provide appropriate section and quarter section information during their locate request process through JULIE. Requests from these groups that do not include this required information shall not be processed.
Relating to Mandatory Requirement of Member Companies with 300 or Fewer Messages a Year to Participate in a Prepayment Plan.
That JULIE, Inc. members who incur 300 or fewer messages per calendar year will be required to participate in a prepayment method of payment for services effective July 1, 2002. JULIE, Inc. will provide a summary of the previous twelve months of activity every six months (each January and July). Prepayments will be due 30 calendar days from the end of each quarter and minimum quarterly payments will equal at least 25% of the most current summary of activity.


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The next big WWII film might be in 3D. Bruce C. McKenna, producer and writer for The Pacific, this week sold a pitch to Warner Bros. for a big-budget 3D film called The Battle of Midway, which (shock!) intends to recreate the decisive air and sea battle that took place June 4-6, 1942.
The Battle of Midway was the first major turning point in the war against Imperial Japan. The Japanese Navy attacked the Midway Atoll, intending to repel US forces from the Pacific theater. But US codebreakers learned of Japan's planned attack, allowing the navy to set up a counter-ambush. In the battle that ensued, four Japanese aircraft carriers and one heavy cruiser were sunk. The Japanese navy never fully recovered from the losses, and while it took some time for the American Navy to dominate the Pacific, this was the first major US victory against Japan.
I love the idea of a large-scale film depicting this battle, especially from one of the key orchestrators of The Pacific. (McKenna wrote the balance of that series.) But a massive 3D film? That adds a lot of extra uncertainty. Look at photos of the battle — this could become a hell of a spectacle with respect to depicting air and naval battles on film. But if the 3D work is lousy, the whole effort is sunk.


Mount Prospect is getting new vehicle stickers after backlash over the current ones that show what some people consider white nationalist imagery.
The Daily Herald reports that the village ordered a redesign of the sticker that just went on sale this month.
It features a police badge over a city-scape, and a flag with blue stripes to represent and honor law enforcement. But similar imagery has been used by white nationalists, so after complaints, the sticker is being replaced.
"The decision to produce a newly designed vehicle sticker addresses those concerns and acknowledges the fact that some residents stated they would feel uncomfortable placing the sticker on their vehicle," the village said in a statement.


Rotary club of Aurangabad presents Rotary Youth Festival.
Its 4 Days event starting from 11th October till 14th October 2012. This event is open for participation to youth between 16 to 25 years age group.
Various competitions will be organised such as Solo singing, solo dance, Antakshari, Extempore speech, solo marathi singing, group dance, solo act, general knowledge, Mr and Miss Elite 2012.
There are cash prizes of 1,25,000 and many Gift Hampers.
The Last day of Entry is 6th October 2012.


I used to be never take an interest in politics. It was only really when I entered university that I began to wake. At first I felt I had more in common with the political left, but when I see people warp and disfigure perfectly good policies just to keep themselves from being called conservative, then I begin to question things.
If people put this ridiculously tiring, dated and restricting notion of political affiliation to rest then maybe we'd actually get somewhere. Instead of people carrying on blindly in this tribal state we'd actually have a cross-network of ideas transcending the pre-/misconceptions based on the colour of your political flag.
Instead of people voting Conservative because of their parents' alignment; perhaps Liberal because of their peers' alignment; maybe BNP because of their newspaper's alignment or Green because of Thom Yorke's alignment then likely they'd wake up and pay more attention to politics - and not just the politics of whose face looks better on a t-shirt.
Also, as many have said before me: there is no reason in generalising.
Oi! No, we are not!
"In 1957 Kerala elected a communist government headed by EMS Namboothiripad, introduced the revolutionary Land Reform Ordinance. The Land reform was implemented by the subsequent government, which had abolished tenancy, benefiting 1.5 million poor households. This achievement was the result of decades of struggle by Kerala's peasant associations. A second communist ministry pushed for the reform again in the late 1967. The land reform initiative abolished tenancy and landlord exploitation; effective public food distribution that provides subsidised rice to low-income households; protective laws for agricultural workers; pensions for retired agricultural laborers; and a high rate of government employment for members of formerly low-caste communities"
Sound like very Communist policies to me.
* To end the old feudal relations by legitimizing the right of real peasents to own the land they cultivate.
* To introduce land ceiling and distribute excess land among the landless agricultural laborers.
* To abolish exploitation and inequalities in the agrarian sector.
* To ensure the consistent progress and transformation of society.
It's definately socialist and progressive, but doesn't change the fact that Kerala IS NOT communist. Are all workers employed by the Kerala government? Are all wages equal? Is all property owned by the Kerala government? Is the economy centrally controlled by the government? Is religion outlawed in Kerala?
I'd say naive rather than stupid.
Right wingers on the whole want the onus to be on the individual to have the responsibility to improve their world.
As you can see having an all encompassing state has done little to eradicate poverty in the past couple of decades.
I'd suggest it has done more than what a small number of people being very rich has done.
Are todays 'rightists' patronising and arrogant? Discuss.
Your views change throughout your life, different experiences makes you view life in different ways. Personally I lean more to the left (yes I'm 17) but that doesn't mean that by saying I'm a leftist, then I'm completely socialist. Like people have been saying, once you get older and experience different things, your views will change.
Some are some aren't. I can't really say much more than that.
I do think it's essential in politics to realise that very, very few people are completely stupid. Yeah, I disagree massively with the majority of right-wingers on the majority of political issues, but that doesn't mean that we can't agree on something. Very few people perfectly embody all the values of the Left or of the Right; most people will be more liberal on some things and more conservative on others. As such, there's usually something in everyone's politics that you can agree with.
'Are left-wingers inherently less intelligent than right-wingers?' or vice-versa would have been fine; 'is it fashionable to be left-wing?' or vice versa would have been fine; and so on. But this doesn't leave you anywhere to go.
I also find it quite amusing that you're all saying it's 'fashionable' to be left-wing. Where do you live? It's definitely not 'fashionable' to be left-wing where I am, and in any case, I believe what I believe because I can think of many reasons why I think it's right, not because of what everyone around me thinks. Or to react to what everyone around me thinks.
Lol you get stupid and smart people in all walks of life. You can hardly tar an entire group of people as stupid. Both right wingers and left wingers can be equally intelligent and equally stupid. The real problem is that the idiots tend to be the ones with the loudest bark.
The younger generation have always been more susceptible to left-wing views. Most grow out of it when they reach adult life.
Give politicians their due. They do try very hard to convince us they act in the public interest.
To be fair, both the government and private company owners are as bad as each other. But at least governments have done some good (NHS, minimum wage, etc etc).
Yes, some rich CEO's give money to charity, but they are by far the minority.
Perhaps that is so, I was merely contending that people are on the left of politics because they wish to help others, and people are on the right for their own gain. I agree that some on the right will be in it just for their own gain, but likewise on the left - and that others on all sides will have the best of intentions and merely contend how to get there and which means justify which ends - and indeed what those ends will be.
I would contest (to some extent) the minimum wage being a force for good but it has been done to death.
CEO's are just as bad, but they are able to sustain such large and potentially damaging corporations due to state intervention and government sponsorship; this argument has also been done to death.
As I just said to WelshBluebird, I'm merely contending that exactly the same thing can be said of those on the left in many cases, and that there will be those on all sides of the spectrum who are in it for their own gain, and those that genuinely believe it will make the world a better place (although, if you're believing that you can make everyone better off, the two don't have to be mutually exclusive). I just think that it's wrong to paint the picture as one side having good intentions and the other bad - when the reality is that both exist on all sides of the spectrum.