Nkuringo is a community located in the southern sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, in the present day Kisoro district, south western Uganda. Nkuringo is a gorilla tracking point not far away from the Rushaga sector. The gorillas in Nkuringo have gone through the habituation process and are open for tracking.
Tourists can enter Bwindi national park to see the gorilla via the Nkuringo station of Uganda Wildlife Authority. Unlike Rushaga which is about 35kms from Kisoro town, Nkururingo is much further from Kisoro, with a few kilometres north of northwest of Rushaga. Contact Bamboo Ecotours if interested in obtaining a gorilla trekking permit for Nkuringo.


Belmont University announced today that Professor Jeffrey Kinsler will serve as the founding dean for the new College of Law. Currently a professor of law and senior scholar with Elon University School of Law in North Carolina, Kinsler previously served as dean of Appalachian School of Law, which he led to full American Bar Association (ABA) approval during his tenure. Kinsler already knows Belmont well, serving as a consultant in the plans for opening the new college. He will begin his tenure at Belmont in early 2010.
Kinsler graduated first in his class from Valparaiso University School of Law ('89) and obtained a master of laws degree (LL.M., '96) from Yale Law School, where he served as senior editor of the Yale Journal of International Law. The winner of nine teaching awards, Kinsler has taught at several law schools in the United States and Australia. He also has served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Queensland in Australia. Kinsler was a partner with Katten, Muchin & Zavis in Chicago, "of counsel" at Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago and, more recently, "of counsel" at the Kingsport, Tennessee law firm of Hunter, Smith & Davis. A member of the Tennessee, Virginia, Illinois and Wisconsin bars, he has co-authored ten books and has published numerous law review articles in journals at law schools such as the University of North Carolina, Northwestern University, and Vanderbilt University. In 2006, he was named a "Virginia Leader in the Law" by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. In September, Kinsler was elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law. Election to the ALI is limited to one third of one percent of lawyers in the country and is considered by many to be the most prestigious legal organization in America.
Belmont announced Oct. 7, 2009 that the university is opening a College of Law, the first new law school in Middle Tennessee in nearly 100 years. Belmont's College of Law represents the university's seventh college and fourth doctoral program. The College will begin classes in fall 2011, and when at full capacity, it will enroll approximately 350 students.
Belmont's College of Law provides a natural extension of the university's mission and vision, which emphasize challenging academics, a service-minded approach, real-world experience and community leadership. Belmont law graduates will be practice-ready attorneys, empowered by their education and co-curricular experiences to provide legal counsel in a variety of settings, with commitment to high standards of expertise and ethics. The College of Law will be housed on campus in a new building that will include a state-of-the-art law library. For more information on the College of Law, visit www.belmont.edu/law.


Sharing food is one of the most basic and powerful ways to help people. Considering that 1 in 6 people in America face hunger, there needs to be more of us feeding those who are struggling. Cooking for 100 people is easier than you might think!
Every Saturday in Downtown Shreveport a group of people gathers in an empty lot, just before 5:00pm. They set up folding tables and serve a meal for 50 to 100 people and then clean up, break down, and vanish leaving no traces that they were ever there, all within a single hour.
This past Saturday it was my turn to cook. Because it is near the end of the month, I was told to expect a lot of people – as many as 100. Normally I cook for three people so this undertaking seemed like a big task. It really wasn't.
Cooking for a large group is not difficult at all; it just requires some planning and forethought, plus a little extra equipment. If (when?) you decide to do something like this, be sure to tell all of your friends and family what you are planning. My mother-in-law happily donated her 3-gallon (12 quart) and 4.5 gallon (18 quart) stock pots to the cause, along with two pounds of frozen meat. A coworker donated a bag of chicken, which meant I didn't have to purchase any meat at all. We picked up two 4-gallon (16 quart) stockpots at a discount store for $12.00 each. As long as you're making stews and foods with a lot of liquid and keep the heat fairly low, the cheap stockpots will do just fine.
I only spent about an hour researching "Cooking for 100 people" before I had a good understanding of how much food I needed to make. It takes about 6.5 gallons to serve one cup of food to 100 people, so I decided to make 8 gallons of stew and 10 lbs of rice to serve with it. The last thing in the world I wanted was to run out of food before everyone got to eat. I have included my recipe below, including all of the day-before preparations and some advice to help you avoid my mistakes.
In the past I have been against posting photos of good deeds, but I've since discovered that this is an EXCELLENT way to let friends and coworkers know what I'm doing – and hopefully – inspire them to pitch in and help! After sharing this around a little bit, I already have several people lined up to help me next month. It is hard to argue with what works.
15 lbs of dry beans, any kind.
I used a mix of kidney, pinto, black, navy.
Rinse and soak beans for a minimum of 8 hours.
Boil and shred the meat.
Get started first thing in the morning! Drain the beans and add them evenly to each of the two cooking pots. Add the all of the broth and add enough fresh water to go about 2″ above the beans. Heat until a hard boil and cook the beans for 10 minutes. Turn down to medium and add a mountain of chopped onion and celery. Add the meat, garlic and seasonings. Stir well, then reduce heat to low and cook for 3 hours. Stir every half hour.
I cooked 10 lbs of rice but 6 or 7 lbs would have been plenty. The best way to cook large quantities of rice is in steam table pans in the oven, but if you don't have those just cook it in several smaller batches. I used a large stockpot which produced very mushy rice. It wasn't a big deal this time since the rice was being mixed with stew.
The pots stayed very hot wrapped in blankets, and laundry baskets made it all easy to carry. We didn't have to worry about spilling in the car.


A time capsule dedicated by the Rotary Club of Cloncurry in celebration of the air expedition commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
The time capsule is to be opened on the 100th anniversary of the RAAF in 2021.
The Australia Flying Corps (AFC) was formed as a Militia unit, with staff and students to be selected from the Citizen Forces. After an abortive deployment to German New Guinea at the end of 1914 as part of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, it earned a most creditable reputation in both Palestine and France during World War 1 as a part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
The Australian Flying Corps remained part of the Australian Army until 1919, when it was disbanded along with the AIF. Although the Central Flying School continued to operate at Point Cook, military flying virtually ceased until 1920, when the Australian Air Corps was formed. The Australian Air Force was formed on 31 March 1921. King George V approved the prefix "Royal" in June 1921 and it became effective on 31 August 1921. The RAAF then became the second Royal air arm to be formed in the British Commonwealth, following the British Royal Air Force.
IN CELEBRATION OF THE AIR EXPEDITION COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAAF (9/8/96) THE ROTARY CLUB OF CLONCURRY HAS DONATED A TIME CAPSULE TO BE OPENED ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAAF (9/8/21). CONTENTS TO BE DONATED TO THE CLONCURRY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.


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Pangrazio ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Andrea Pangrazio (1909–2005), italienischer Geistlicher, Erzbischof von Görz und Porto-Santa Rufina
 Osvaldo Pangrazio (* 1957), paraguayischer Fußballspieler, Chirurg und Traumatologe

Siehe auch:
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El Zastava Master FLG es un subfusil de 9 mm desarrollado por Zastava Arms en Yugoslavia en la década de 1990. El FLG fue diseñado pensando en su empleo por la policía y las fuerzas especiales, siendo construido de plástico y acero.

Detalles de diseño
El FLG es un subfusil accionado por los gases del disparo y basado en el diseño del M70, pero también incorpora algunas características de diseño encontradas en el HK MP5. Se ha prestado especial atención a la seguridad y a los detalles ergonómicos, para impedir disparos accidentales cuando el arma se cae o se golpea. El arma tiene un cerrojo rotativo y dispara a cerrojo cerrado. Una palanca interna bloquea el mecanismo de gatillo si el cerrojo no está completamente cerrado.

Todos las operaciones principales pueden ser ejecutadas sin mover el dedo del guardamonte. El arma cuenta con retén de cargador superior (ambidiestro) e inferior.

Variantes
Master FLG versión básica

Master FLG P versión con silenciador integral M.91-4

Master FLG K versión de cañón corto con empuñadura delantera vertical

Véase también
 Zastava Armas
 Vityaz-SN
 PP-19 Bizon
 PP-90M1

Notas

Armas de fuego de 9 mm Parabellum
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It's our very first present, our very first comfort and protector. Inspired by our childhood heroes, here is a piece on our very favourite teddy bear madness.
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The Ogun state police command has on Thursday, August 10, paraded a 35-year-old man, identified as Bakare Olalekan, who allegedly bought three human heart for N10,000.
Upon interrogation, Olalekan admitted to have committed the crime. He confessed that he bought the human hearts for N10,000, just to prepare good luck charm for himself.
He confessed to have bought the hearts from one Oye who he claimed is a very good friend of his.
Olalekan revealed that his friend, Oye said the human hearts are the major ingredients for preparing the charm.
In his word, Olalekan said; "He (Oye) later sold three human hearts to me and he used one of them to prepare the charm for me.
Confirming crimes committed by the suspects, the Police Commissioner, Ahmed Illiyasu, disclosed that Olalekan was part of a four-man gang that was arrested for killing a 16-year-old girl, Olayinka Adebayo, in August 2016.
Crimes ranging from kidnapping, robbery, among others have continued t top the news during the week.
While Olalekan was paraded on Thursday, another kidnapper's den was the same day uncovered at the Ile-zink area of Ikeja, along the Lgos-Abeokuta expressway.
The Ile-zink's den was uncovered just in few days after the outburst of one den in the Obadeyi area, in Ijaiye road in Lagos.
Upon the outburst of the den, mob in the area had already lunched two of the suspected kidnappers in the den.
Security operatives had since apprehended some of the suspects and rescued some from being lynched by the angry mob.


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Finally! After a great deal of work, we have just re-released my book on corporations and asset protection in the Rich Dad's Advisor series. For those of you who have been waiting, here is the link.
The new and wonderfully updated version is now called "Start Your Own Corporation." If you remember the previous book, "Own Your Own Corporation," you may be asking why the change?
Well here is why. We have decided to expand "Own Your Own Corporation" into two volumes, "Start Your Own Corporation" and "Run Your Own Corporation." "Start Your Own Corporation" deals with start up issues while "Run Your Own Corporation" deals with how to maintain and properly run your entity once it is formed.
For now, please enjoy the revised and updated "Start Your Own Corporation." Once again, you can buy it from Amazon here.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and China: The Elephant That Wasn't in the Room
The trade deal will have huge implications for the region, and for U.S.-China competition.
The U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a very big deal. After five years of negotiations between 12 countries that represent 40 percent of global trade, the TPP was finally signed on October 5. The deal is now being hailed as the most significant step toward trade liberalization since the WTO Uruguay round in 1995 – the largest trade negotiation ever. Indeed, the TPP's significance extends well beyond the 12 signatory countries, which include the U.S., Canada, Japan, Chile, Peru, New Zealand, Australia, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore. The deal will expedite economic integration in Asia, but it will also intensify the competition between the U.S. and China. This is because TPP is as much about political and economic dominance in Asia as it is about reducing trade barriers.
Negotiating the deal, which reduces tariffs across most goods and services and aims to establish a "gold standard" on labor and environmental practices, has been a fraught process. Sticking points have included market access for dairy products, terms for the auto sector, preferential treatment for state-owned enterprise, environmental regulations as well as intellectual property rights. But the impetus to seal the deal came, in all likelihood, from Tokyo and Washington following the creation of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Western countries' appetite to join it. The AIIB suddenly symbolized Beijing's growing influence and ability to shape the rules of the investment game in Asia.
In this respect, the TPP's conclusion marks a diplomatic victory for Washington and Tokyo: Not only have they created a substantial economic bloc that counters China's dominance in Asia, but the deal that they have championed also establishes new rules of trade engagement that will extend well beyond Asia. And as a pillar of Washington's "pivot" to Asia, it is a testament to America's staying power in the region.
To be sure, the TPP deal signed last week may not be the "golden standard" that Washington had initially intended it to be. Moreover, ratification will be a slow and politically messy process: The TPP could get caught up in the upcoming elections in Canada, and if Prime Minister Stephen Harper isn't re-elected, a very real possibility, the TPP's ratification will become highly uncertain. In the U.S., too, ratification could fall prey to electoral politics. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who had backed the trade agreement during her time at the State Department, is now cautioning against it. Foot dragging because of domestic politics could delay ratification in Japan until late 2016, and in the U.S. until as late as 2017.
On balance, though, the deal is likely to overcome these political hurdles, not least because the negotiating countries are all set to benefit from it. The fine print of the deal has not yet been published, but preliminary studies – conducted for example by the Peterson Institute – expect the TPP to enlarge the participating economies by $285 billion by 2025. The study also estimates that of the Asian signatories, Vietnam, Malaysia and New Zealand will see the biggest increases to their GDP growth, while Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam are expected to see the largest gains in terms of increased exports. The TPP is also set to boost the production and export of electrical equipment, textiles, construction and machinery in Vietnam and Malaysia as well as transport equipment in Japan.
But the impact of the TPP extends beyond the 12 signatory countries. Already, fear of potential economic losses has prompted South Korea to express interest in joining. South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been visiting the U.S. this year, together with 166 ROK business leaders. Even China, the elephant that wasn't in the room, is sounding a little less hostile toward the trade deal. In response to the news that the TPP was signed, China's Commerce Ministry's spokesperson said that China "always keeps an open mind toward the construction of systems that are in accordance with World Trade Organization rules and are helpful for promoting economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region."
Beyond these sanguine words, the response in Beijing has been mixed: On the one hand, a trade bloc in Asia promoted by the U.S. that excludes China smacks of containment. At the same time, reformers in China are using the TPP to argue for accelerating efforts to liberalize the domestic economy: promoting better protection of intellectual property rights, moving forward with state-owned enterprise reform, and cutting red tape for investments, among other initiatives.
Moreover, during the years of TPP negotiations, Beijing hasn't been sitting idly by. Concerned at the potential losses stemming for being excluded from regional mega trade deals such as the TPP and its EU-US cousin, the TTIP, Beijing has been pursuing its own trade architectures in Asia. These include the less ambitious Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which will exclude the U.S. but include ASEAN, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. China's foreign minister had expressed hope of wrapping up RCEP talks by the end of the year, since this should help mitigate some of TPP's negative impact on the Chinese economy, estimated at anywhere from $47 billion to $89 billion in lost income. China will also emphasize its One Belt, One Road initiative, since it counters the TPP by placing China at the heart of Asian and Eurasian manufacturing links. The scheme will have a more immediate impact in Asia than the TPP will, as it will generate economic activity in Asia and Eurasia well before the TPP comes into effect.
Even as the final details of the TPP emerge, it is clear that it is a big deal: It will benefit Asian growth and trade, and as such it will also bolster global growth and trade integration. But the TPP also highlights that there is a deeper competition now at play between the U.S. and China: The quest for defining the rules of engagement in the 21st century. And that remains an open, deeply contested question.
Michal Meidan is an Associate Fellow of the Asia Programme at Chatham House.
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Poll: Taiwanese distance themselves from Chinese identity
May 12, 2020 GMT
In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, supporters of the Nationalist or KMT party cheer with the Taiwanese flag during the presidential election in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. About two-thirds of Taiwanese don't identify as Chinese, according to a survey released Tuesday, highlighting the challenge China faces to bringing the self-governing island under its control. The U.S.-based Pew Research Center found that 66 percent view themselves as Taiwanese, 28 percent as both Taiwanese and Chinese and 4 percent as just Chinese. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — About two-thirds of Taiwanese don't identify as Chinese, according to a survey released Tuesday that highlights the challenge China would face in bringing the self-governing island under its control.
The U.S.-based Pew Research Center found that 66% view themselves as Taiwanese, 28% as both Taiwanese and Chinese and 4% as just Chinese. The telephone poll of 1,562 people, conducted last fall, has a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points.
The results are consistent with other polls showing that people in Taiwan increasingly identify only as Taiwanese, Pew said.
Today's Taiwan was born of a civil war in China that brought Mao Zedong's Communists to power on the mainland in 1949. The rival Nationalists, led by Chiang Kai-shek, fled to Taiwan, an island about 160 kilometers (100 miles) off China's east coast.
A survey has found that two-thirds of Taiwanese don't identify as Chinese, highlighting the challenge Beijing would face to bring the self-governing island under its control. Most Taiwanese have an unfavorable view of China and a favorable view of the U.S. https://t.co/01cjqxyJqf pic.twitter.com/tf73AE4iOc
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 13, 2020
Seventy years later, younger generations in particular have developed a distinct identity, with 83% of respondents under 30 saying they don't consider themselves Chinese.
Alexander Huang, a professor at Tamkang University in Taiwan, said it is a question of politics, not ethnic background. Younger Taiwanese grew up in a democracy, while China is a one-party state. Another factor, Huang said, is the diplomatic pressure that China puts on Taiwan and the military exercises it conducts in Taiwan's vicinity.
"We are ethnic Chinese for sure. But politically, I think that's the big difference," he said. "It is quite understandable that people don't want to be identified as Chinese."
In addition, about 2.3% of Taiwan's people are members of indigenous groups who are not ethnically Chinese.
Taiwan has never declared independence, though in many ways it acts like a nation, with its own foreign ministry and military. China still considers the island of 23.6 million people part of its territory and bristles at any talk of independence. It favors peaceful unification but pointedly does not rule out the use of force, if necessary.
The Pew survey found that about 60% of Taiwanese have an unfavorable view of China. While 52% support closer economic ties with China, only 36% favor closer political ties.
Conversely, more than two-thirds have a favorable view of the U.S., with 79% supporting closer political ties. The U.S. cut formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1979 to recognize Beijing as the government of China, but it continues to sell fighter jets and other arms to Taiwan. A U.S. law requires that Washington ensure that Taiwan has the means to defend itself.


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Rooie Dop Double Oatmeal Stout was een Nederlands bier van hoge gisting.

Het bier werd gebrouwen voor Brouwerij Rooie Dop in Brouwerij De Molen te Bodegraven.
Het was een zwart bier, type Imperial stout met een alcoholpercentage van 9,6%.

Het eerste brouwsel dateert van 2012.
Zoals alle bieren van de brouwerij droegen de flesjes een rode kroonkurk, vandaar ook de naam "Rooie Dop". "Oatmeal" betekent havermout en verwijst naar een belangrijk ingrediënt van het bier.
Ook bestond er een variant die op Bourbon-vaten is gerijpt.
Het bier was internationaal verkrijgbaar.

Eind 2015 gingen Brouwerij Rooie Dop en Brouwerij Ruig samen verder onder de naam Oproer Brouwerij.

Zie ook
 Bier in Nederland
 Lijst van Nederlandse bieren
 Lijst van Nederlandse brouwerijen

Externe links
Website brouwerij Rooie Dop
Proefnotities

Nederlandse stout


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Simply put: Lean Six Sigma is the marriage of two distinct philosophies: Lean and Six Sigma, which together create a common sense approach to continuous improvement. Here's how Lean and Six Sigma work together.
*Jargon Alert*
Before we go any further, let's get one thing out of the way. Jargon. Lean Six Sigma has earned some well-deserved criticism (in my opinion) for its "jargony" language: yellow belts, black belts, 5S, Poka Yoke, muda. Some would argue that the term "Lean Six Sigma," itself, is jargon. Jargon can be very off-putting, yet at the same time it serves a purpose. Jargon is sort of like slang. It's a short-hand way for practitioners in particular profession to express frequently discussed ideas. I'm not defending jargon, but as the French philosopher Condillac observed in the late 18th Century, "Every science requires a special language because every science has its own ideas."
The Curse of Knowledge
The problem with jargon is that once you understand it, you can't remember what it was like not to understand it. Can you remember not understanding terms like "interrogatories" or "ex parte" or "service of process" or "pro se" or "res judicata" or "motion in limine" or "the rule against perpetuities"? OK, that last one wasn't a fair question. But you get my drift. The Curse of Knowledge says: Once you know something, it's impossible to remember what it was like not to know it. We all suffer from the curse of knowledge at some level. (I first learned about The Curse of Knowledge in the book Made to Stick, by Chip & Dan Heath.)
You would never have abandoned the study of law because it forced you to learn a new language. Like the practice of law, Lean Six Sigma brings with it its own language. Don't let the language of Lean Six Sigma dissuade you from learning more about it. That being said, I promise to use as little jargon as possible in these Lean Six Sigma Essentials blog posts, and I'll explain every jargony term in plain English.
Back to: What is Lean Six Sigma?
Lean focuses on:
• Understanding exactly what the customer values.
• Understanding the process of how work gets done and identifying which steps in the process add value for the customer and which don't. Those steps that don't add value are waste. ("Waste" is jargon, but bear with me. There is a lot of waste in your law firm. More about waste in an upcoming post.)
• Eliminating waste and consistently adding value for the customer.
Lean is all about improving speed and efficiency. Think in terms of dramatically shortening the time it takes your office to turn around a contract or create an estate plan or analyze discovery. By eliminating waste, you can increase your speed and efficiency. Moreover, eliminating waste means, less cost and more profit. Faster turn-around at a lower cost also means happier clients.
Six Sigma focuses on improving quality and measuring the improvement. It uses a very specific approach called "DMAIC" (pronounced deh-may-ic) which is simply an acronym for: Define, Measure, Analyze Improve, and Control. The DMAIC approach provides a systematic approach to improvement. While Lean is focused on improving speed, Six Sigma is focused on improving quality. Lean Six Sigma combines both strategies in a common sense approach to continuous improvement.
Why Should You Care?
The practice of law is not what it was ten years ago or five years ago or even three years ago. Pressures from an uncertain economy, the demands of clients, the phenomenal pace of technology and the never-ending search for more balance and more profits are creating the need for radical changes in how law firms are run. Law firms that want to do more than merely survive in the years ahead should think seriously about how they operate.
But don't take my word for it.
There is strong evidence that unprecedented changes in practice are producing a restructuring in the way legal services are delivered. These changes include widespread access to legal information, the routinization of many legal tasks, demands by clients for more control of legal service delivery, and the emergence of an increasingly competitive marketplace. This restructuring in the way legal services are delivered affects all law firms—regardless of size, geographic location, and substantive practice area—although it may impact different firms in different ways. Clients are seeking more efficient services, predictable fees, and increased responsiveness to their needs, and they are willing to replace their lawyers if they are not satisfied with the services they receive.
New York State Bar Association: Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession, February 2011
You can reinvent your law firm for the 21st Century. Lean Six Sigma can provide the tools you need.
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A doula is a personal assistant for women and their partners during pregnancy and childbirth. These knowledgeable caregivers use their wisdom about birth and labor support measures to provide a childbirth experience that is on the mother's terms. Expectant parents that hire doulas report feeling more satisfied with their birth experience.
Unlike the clean, quick and often comedic births that appear in movies and on television, real childbirth takes a long time, often spanning multiple meals and sleep cycles. Doulas help expectant parents get through this time, making sure to provide important bathroom breaks, food and naps in a comfortable, supportive environment.
Doula care helps to reduce anxiety for mothers, empowering clients, and helping them after the birth with breastfeeding and other newborn tasks. These professionals work adaptively with clients, maintaining nonjudgmental support and keeping their clients informed of their options at all times. Unlike medical providers, doulas do not perform medical tasks; they are wholly focused on getting their clients through the birth process, often helping to decrease the risk of cesarean and preterm birth.
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What is the most interesting thing the Mars rovers could find?
Almost a year since that white-knuckle airdrop landing inside Gale Crater, the Curiosity rover is embarking on its biggest Martian road trip yet. It's driving toward the base of Mount Sharp, a conical mound taller than any peak in the continental 48 states, where it'll study past Martian environments. Curiosity already found evidence that its new home once held water, probably a lot of it, and that the landing area known as Yellowknife Bay could have been habitable for Martian microbes. But what else could it find out?
It's really an open question, according to scientists working on the Curiosity team. The rover is in the middle of a two-year initial mission, and while the team has several specific questions, Curiosity is all about discovery.
"There's an aspect of this that is unknowable," Joy Crisp, deputy project scientist for the rover mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told DVICE. "We always get surprised."
As someone once said, there are "known unknowns" and there are "unknown unknowns." Curiosity's science team can guess about the former, but not really the latter. For instance, a known unknown is a question like, "was the water on Mars acidic?" Scientists are aware they don't know the answer, and they can devise more detailed questions to find out. But an unknown unknown would be a question we can't even conceive of.
Curiosity's main goal is to characterize the environment inside Gale Crater, and find out whether it could have (at some point) been a home for life. The rover is also trying to understand how water may have changed the surface of Mars over time, and in doing that, uncover the planet's history. Mount Sharp may turn out to be like a Grand Canyon for Mars, with multiple layers of exposed rock that each tell a different tale


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Let's talk about mental health as much as we talk about football
Imagine if we talked about mental health as much as we talk about football. It's our national game – passionately followed and wholeheartedly loved by millions in the UK and billions around the world. Many of us won't go a day without talking about it.
That's why Heads Together partnered with The FA to start Heads Up, a campaign that used football to normalise the conversation around mental health. Through Heads Up, we worked on a season long campaign, building up to The Heads Up FA Cup Final, to help people feel as comfortable talking about mental health as they are talking football.
A Season-Long Campaign
Launched in May 2019, Heads Up was a campaign run in partnership between The FA and The Royal Foundation's Heads Up campaign, designed to harness the influence and popularity of football to kick off a conversation about mental health among supporters, players, friends and families.
Through a season unlike any other, the campaign helped show the nation that we all have mental health and it is just as important as physical health.
Heads Up worked closely with its charity partners – Mind, CALM, Sporting Chance and Heads Together – to signpost fans to tips and resources around mental health and wellbeing. As The FA's nominated charity, the organisation worked closely with Heads Up charity partners to raise vital funds for mental health initiatives and support.
Take a Minute
We all have mental health – just as we all have physical health, we all have ups and downs which will affect it. It's time we start taking our mental fitness as seriously as we do our physical fitness – and there are always steps we can take to stay on top of our mental wellbeing.
That's why Heads Up partnered with Every Mind Matters in January 2020 to delay all matches in the Emirates FA Cup Third Round by 60 seconds, encouraging fans to 'Take a Minute' to start looking after their own mental health.
The collaboration saw 87,417 people get their own personalised 'Mind Plan' from Every Mind Matters over the Third Round Weekend – more people than attended last season's sold out Emirates FA Cup Final. Each of these fans is now better equipped to look after their mental health.
The Heads Up Weekends
Across two weekends in February 2020, every football team from across the Premier League, English Football League, The National League, The Barclays Women's Super League, The FA Women's Championship and The FA Women's National League dedicated their matches to Heads Up, highlighting the power of conversation in looking after your mental health.
The weekends saw the football family come together to kick off the biggest ever conversation around mental health through football, highlighting the power of talking as a way to support one another and normalising what can often be thought of as a difficult subject.
Showing the Sound of Support
As part of the Heads Up campaign, we produced six films in our #SoundOfSupport series, pairing some of the biggest names in the football world and beyond to have candid conversations about their mental health and the importance of supporting each other. Through these honest conversations, the series helped football fans, and men in particular, feel more comfortable and confident in reaching out for support if they need it, and in showing support for their mates.
The Duke of Cambridge and England manager Gareth Southgate discussed how Gareth dealt with career setbacks and the impact that they had on his mental health. They reflected on the effects of the pandemic on the nation's mental wellbeing, and the role football can play in encouraging more people to seek support.
Mentally Healthy Football
As a legacy of the Heads Up campaign, the football family came together to sign the 'Mentally Healthy Football' declaration, committing to building a mentally healthy culture at all levels of the game, now and for future generations.
Signatories representing clubs, leagues, and organisations across the whole of the UK football family have signed the Mentally Healthy Football declaration which sees football recognising that mental health is just as important as physical health. Football is a team game, and for the first time there is a collective 'game plan' to ensure the mental health of players, staff, managers, coaches, and officials is prioritised across the sport.
The Heads Up FA Cup Final
The season-long Heads Up campaign culminated at the Heads Up FA Cup Final – marking an historic moment in football, as for the first time ever, the world's oldest domestic cup competition – the FA Cup – dedicated its final to changing the conversation on health.
The circumstances surrounding this poignant fixture are unprecedented – this was the first FA Cup Final to be held behind-closed-doors – and so, in recognition of the stadium being silent, and fans supporting from home, the theme of the game was the #SoundOfSupport.
Wembley Stadium was silent, but the conversation around mental health was louder than ever. Fans were urged to show the 'sound of support' – and to make sure it was heard by those who need it.
"We are here today to take a big step in shattering this silence. We are going to use one of the most powerful, unifying forces in our society – football – to start the biggest ever conversation on mental health."


Hugh & Crye pocket squares are true conversation starters. We're incredibly proud to introduce a limited run, of Made in the USA pocket squares in a variety of unique fabrics with gold thread. Wear them in the breast pocket of your favorite blazer, or set them in the back pocket of your favorite pair of denim.


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West Liberty, Ohio
West Liberty is a small community in Logan County, Ohio.
Prior to the arrival of white settlers, the Shawnee Indians principally inhabited the area that now includes West Liberty. Whites drove most of the Shawnee and other Indian groups from the region during the War of 1812, and in 1817, whites founded West Liberty along the Mad River. Residents formally incorporated the village in 1834.
West Liberty grew slowly. By 1880, only 715 people resided in the village. Most residents either earned their livings as farmers or by providing services to farmers. In this same year, West Liberty had one newspaper, one bank, and four churches. On May 13, 1880, a fire struck West Liberty, destroying practically the entire downtown. Today, to commemorate this horrific event, the village holds "The Annual Fire Sale," a community-wide garage and sidewalk sale.
During the twentieth century, West Liberty continued to remain a small community with the exception of during the Spanish-American War and World War I. During these two conflicts, the population skyrocketed as Camp West Liberty, a training ground for soldiers, opened just east of town. Today, most of the village's nearly 1,800 residents find employment in the nearby cities of Dayton, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, Bellefontaine, Ohio, or Lima, Ohio. Other West Liberty residents operate antique stores, art galleries, or gift shops in the village's restored downtown.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
[The Smiling Valley]
Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cincinnati, OH: C.J. Krehbiel & Co., Printers and Binders, 1902.
"The Smiling Valley." http://www.westliberty.com/HTML/history.htm.
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Dagenham educators win London Teacher of the Year Awards
Schools in Barking & Dagenham are celebrating after being named winners at the inaugural London Teacher of the Year Awards. The awards were announced at a ceremony held at the Mayfair headquarters of the Royal Aeronautical Society on Friday (June 14).
The evening proved particularly successful for Ann Armstrong of All Saints Catholic School in Dagenham, who was one of the winners of the 10 London-wide awards.
Ann was named well-being champion of the year for both London as a whole and the combined district of Barking & Dagenham and Greenwich.
Dagenham Civic Centre Saved
After 18 months of campaigning, which included a survey to all 30,000 households in Dagenham, over 4,000 petition signatures, 33 video testimonies from members of the public, and a candle lit vigil which attracted over 400 local residents – the future of the iconic Dagenham Civic Centre is one step from being secured.
Volunteer Success Story
Back in 2011/12 local resident Dean Haxell was made redundant due to the closure of the Remploy factory in Barking which offered employment to workers with disabilities. The closure of the factory had a huge impact locally and Jon Cruddas MP fought the closures at the time.
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BEGINNINGS: It was back in 1945, when Split saw the first basketball game of the Fiscultural society Hajduk and since then the club was known under several different names – Hajduk, Split, Jugoplastika, Pop 84, Slobodna Dalmacija and Croatia osiguranje. Due to its famous heritage, the club has written itself with golden letters into the history books and perhaps the most famous were the times when it was competing under the name Jugoplastika.
GLORY DAYS: The club has undergone many successful periods and its trophy cupboards are filled with numerous honours but perhaps the two peaks that could be pointed out were midways through the 70's, when the club has won the European Radivoj Korać Cup twice in a row (1976 and 1977) and between 1989 and 1991, when they were three times the winners of the European Champions Cup. Besides the times, spent on top of Europe, it's worth mentioning that Split's pride was the champion of Yugoslavia 6 times and also 5 times Yugoslav Cup Winner. They won Croatian National Championship once and Croatian National Cup 5 times as well.


The e-books of the conference are available here.
The XXVII FIDE Congress to be held in Budapest, Hungary in 2016 is an important event considering both the number of invited participants who will hopefully attend the conference from all over Europe and the broad diversity of topics that will be discussed over only a few days.
I am firmly convinced that the main topics that have been chosen through careful consideration, namely topic no. 1, entitled "European Banking Union", topic no. 2, entitled "Private enforcement and collective redress in European competition law" and topic no. 3, entitled "Division of competences and regulatory powers between the European Union and the Member States", will be of great interest and relevance for a wide range of legal practitioners, as well as for judges, prosecutors, notaries, public servants, the members of various EU institutions and organisations and the representatives of the academia.
During the conference the participants will have an excellent opportunity to engage in a comprehensive and in‑depth debate over the above topics, enabling them to approach the arising issues from the unique perspectives of the invited stakeholders.
The representatives of the various generations, including young researchers, are strongly encouraged to present and share their views and valuable expertise, thus contributing to the success of this event that will take place in the lively capital city of Hungary, an ideal location for both business and pleasure.
I am looking forward to welcoming you at the XXVII FIDE Congress in Budapest.
The registration for the XXVII. FIDE Congress is closed and please note that there will be no opportunity to register on site.
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Kinsta WordPress Hosting Review
This post is based off WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks (2014).
Kinsta is yet another new comer in our testing with something to prove. Kinsta easily shot to the top of our performance charts. Kinsta's plans have changed quite a bit since we tested them. When our testing was done they offered a $27/month plan. However, they've gone up-market and their cheapest plan is now $157/month. It seems they're targeting people who want serious performance.
All testing was done on a shared account, which is no longer available. This plan tested had 1 WordPress site, 1GB SSD disk space, 50GB bandwidth and costs $27/month.
The first performance test was done with LoadStorm. Kinsta made it to the final round of testing where 2000 concurrent users were logging into WordPress and browsing the test site. The test was designed to test non-cached performance by logging users into WordPress. It caused many hosting setups to crumble. You can see Kinsta's result in this graph (click on it to play with the interactive results):
Kinsta aced the LoadStorm test. It had zero errors and one of the fastest average response times at 316ms. Kinsta also had the absolute lowest peak response time at 942ms. That's an astonishing feat, that over 30 minutes Kinsta served nearly 250,000 requests and not a single one took over a second to be delivered. Amazing.
The second load test that was run on Kinsta was Blitz. Blitz was used to test cached performance. It simply requested the home page from 1-2000 times per second.
I can't draw lines this straight. The response time was flat. As you would expect from a company that aced the cache busting test, they didn't struggle in the slightest. Full Blitz Results (PDF)
Two third-party uptime monitoring services (StatusCake and UptimeRobot) tracked the test site for a month. The results for Kinsta were perfect. 100% uptime according to both sources.
"WebPagetest is an open source project that is primarily being developed and supported by Google as part of our efforts to make the web faster." WebPageTest grades performance and allows you to run tests from multiple locations simulating real users. Kinsta was tested from Dulles, VA, Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and Los Angeles, CA.
Kinsta 0.759 0.752 0.947 0.592 0.7625
Kinsta had the second fastest average response time of all the companies we tested. No issues with this test in the slightest.
Kinsta, a new-comer to our testing, jumped straight to the top of the performance tiers. Kinsta's performance was amazing in the Load Storm 2000 logged in user test. They had the lowest peak response time and zero errors over a 30 minute test. They didn't struggle with any tests whatsoever and showed zero downtime. Kinsta's performance was undoubtedly top tier.
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This entry was posted in Web Hosting and tagged blitz, kinsta, loadstorm, performance, reviews, wordpress on March 20, 2015 by Kevin Ohashi.
WebSynthesis WordPress Hosting Review
WebSynthesis [Reviews] had an extremely strong showing in our first round of testing once I got by a security issue. They managed to defend their status as a top tier WordPress web host.
All testing was done on a VPS account. The plan tested had 2 GB ram, 40 GB disk space, 650 GB bandwidth, 20,000 visitors/day and costs $97/month.
The first performance test was done with LoadStorm. WebSynthesis made it to the final round of testing where 2000 concurrent users were logging into WordPress and browsing the test site. The test was designed to test non-cached performance by logging users into WordPress. It caused many hosting setups to crumble. You can see WebSynthesis's result in this graph (click on it to play with the interactive results):
WebSynthesis stayed under the threshold of 0.5% error rate, but it was close. This grueling 2000 user test really put a strain on the server as you can see from the spikes but it held for 30 minutes without failing.
The second load test that was run on WebSynthesis was Blitz. Blitz was used to test cached performance. It simply requested the home page from 1-2000 times per second.
WebSynthesis was better than flat. There is a slight downward trend in response time. WebSynthesis led the pack, again, delivering 57,776 hits in one minute with a single error. The best results of anyone on this test. Full Blitz Results (PDF)
Two third-party uptime monitoring services (StatusCake and UptimeRobot) tracked the test site for a month. The results for WebSynthesis were 100% uptime according to both sources, again.
"WebPagetest is an open source project that is primarily being developed and supported by Google as part of our efforts to make the web faster." WebPageTest grades performance and allows you to run tests from multiple locations simulating real users. WebSynthesis was tested from Dulles, VA, Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and Los Angeles, CA.
WebSynthesis 0.407 0.835 0.982 1.024 0.7812
WebSynthesis handled this test fine. In fact, they had the single fastest average page load from a single location of any company at 0.407 seconds from Dulles, VA.
WebSynthesis [Reviews] was teetering on the Load Storm test of having too many errors (0.5%), but they were under it and handled the test quite well. They also had no weird security issues this time around, and WebSynthesis led the pack on Blitz testing. They went from 871 hits/second last time to 963 hits/second this time; leading every provider on the Blitz tests with a whopping 1 error to boot. Sprinkle in some perfect up time numbers and it's clear WebSynthesis is still a top tier provider and is continuing to get better.
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This entry was posted in Web Hosting and tagged blitz, loadstorm, performance, reviews, websynthesis, wordpress on March 13, 2015 by Kevin Ohashi.
Pagely WordPress Hosting Review
Pagely came in with a title to defend. Pagely was one of the top tier web hosts in our first round of testing and didn't show any signs of struggling. My biggest complaint was SFTP was an addon, which they now include with every account. Performance-wise Pagely was back at it again with another top tier performance.
All testing was done on a shared account, the Personal / Business plan. This plan allows for 1 WordPress site, 5GB disk space, 10GB bandwidth and costs $24/month.
The first performance test was done with LoadStorm. Pagely made it to the final round of testing where 2000 concurrent users were logging into WordPress and browsing the test site. The test was designed to test non-cached performance by logging users into WordPress. It caused many hosting setups to crumble. You can see Pagely's result in this graph (click on it to play with the interactive results):
Pagely did well on this test. There was one error total which caused a response time spike (blue line in the graph). Other than a single error, the performance was impeccable.
The second load test that was run on Pagely was Blitz. Blitz was used to test cached performance. It simply requested the home page from 1-2000 times per second.
Pagely's Blitz result was exemplary. There were 43 timeouts and errors combined. There was a near flat response time which means it had no issues at all. Pagely didn't blink at this test, as expected based on their performance last time on this test. Full Blitz Results (PDF)
Two third-party uptime monitoring services (StatusCake and UptimeRobot) tracked the test site for a month. The results for Pagely were 99.95% and 100% uptime. It's hard to complain about those numbers or find any issue with Pagely's uptime.
"WebPagetest is an open source project that is primarily being developed and supported by Google as part of our efforts to make the web faster." WebPageTest grades performance and allows you to run tests from multiple locations simulating real users. Pagely was tested from Dulles, VA, Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and Los Angeles, CA.
Pagely 6.831 0.86 0.913 0.709 2.32825
Pagely was the only company that had any issue with the WebPageTest component of our testing. The test from Dulles had bizarrely high load times for no explicable reason. The other locations were all sub one second, so I dismissed it as a real issue because it's likely some fluke networking issue. But there was a weird networking issue.
Pagely easily defended its title as one of the top tier WordPress hosts. They handled the Load Storm test with 1 error. Blitz results stayed similar to the last run. They handled more hits, but had a few more errors+timeouts (1 last time, 43 this time). If performance is the name of the game, Pagely continues to be at the forefront.
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This entry was posted in Web Hosting and tagged blitz, loadstorm, pagely, performance, reviews, wordpress on March 13, 2015 by Kevin Ohashi.
LightningBase WordPress Hosting Review
LightningBase was a new comer to our WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks. Lightning Base's founder, Chris Piepho, was incredibly helpful giving feedback on how the testing in Round 1 was done. His feedback played a bit part in the differences you see in Round 2, namely, cache busting. So it's without a large surprise that someone that cares so deeply about performance that their own service did remarkably well in our testing.
All testing was done on a shared account, the Personal plan. The personal plan allows for 1 WordPress site, 10,000 visits/month, 1GB SSD disk space, 10GB bandwidth, 20GB CDN and costs $9.95/month.
The first performance test was done with LoadStorm. LightningBase made it to the final round of testing where 2000 concurrent users were logging into WordPress and browsing the test site. The test was designed to test non-cached performance by logging users into WordPress. It caused many hosting setups to crumble. You can see LightningBase's result in this graph (click on it to play with the interactive results):
LightningBase handled the test with minimal errors (23) and showed minimal signs of struggling with the load. There appears to be a bit of delay every so often that looks like a cache update. Other than that minor detail it looks excellent.
The second load test that was run on LightningBase was Blitz. Blitz was used to test cached performance. It simply requested the home page from 1-2000 times per second.
LightningBase's Blitz result looks textbook. There were no errors and no timeouts. There was a near flat response time which means it had no issues at all. LightningBase aced our Blitz testing. Full Blitz Results (PDF)
Two third-party uptime monitoring services (StatusCake and UptimeRobot) tracked the test site for a month. The results for LightningBase in both cases was perfect uptime. In the uptime department, LightningBase had a flawless performance.
"WebPagetest is an open source project that is primarily being developed and supported by Google as part of our efforts to make the web faster." WebPageTest grades performance and allows you to run tests from multiple locations simulating real users. LightningBase was tested from Dulles, VA, Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and Los Angeles, CA.
LightningBase 0.584 0.787 0.936 0.675 0.7455
There was absolutely no issues with their WebPageTest results. LightningBase had the fastest average load time of every host compared in our testing.
LightningBase is another new-comer that jumped straight to the top. One of the cheapest too starting at under $10 per month. LightningBase aced the Blitz testing and did excellent on Load Storm tests. There was zero downtime monitored. LightningBase belongs in the top tier of WordPress hosting companies and is delivering amazing value on top of their stellar performance benchmarks.
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This entry was posted in Web Hosting and tagged blitz, lightningbase, loadstorm, performance, reviews, wordpress on March 12, 2015 by Kevin Ohashi.
Media Temple WordPress Hosting Review
This post is based off WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks, where you can read the full details of how Media Temple performed against the competition.
MediaTemple [Reviews] is a new entrant into the managed WordPress hosting space along with its parent brand GoDaddy. It was acquired by GoDaddy in 2013 and both have jumped head first into the WordPress space sharing a lot of technology. Media Temple has a generally more positive reputation than its parent company and targets developers and designers with a premium offering. MT wasn't in our first round of testing but they did very well in our second round of testing. Media Temple also recently changed their plans and pricing structure, offering plans that scale much higher than the one size fits all plan originally offered. The plan used during our testing was more expensive and had a slightly fewer features. So it seems new customers would get slightly better value and the ability to scale.
All testing was done on Media Temple's WordPress hosting package. The plan had 20GB of SSD disk space, unlimited bandwidth usage, allowed 3 sites and had Git and Staging technology. The cost was $29/month.
The first performance test was done with LoadStorm. Media Temple made it to the final round of testing where 2000 concurrent users were logging into WordPress and browsing the test site. The test was designed to test non-cached performance by logging users into WordPress. It caused many hosting setups to crumble. You can see MT's result in this graph (click on it to play with the interactive results):
Media Temple handled this test barely showing signs of struggle. A staggering low error count of 9 (out of more than 249,000 requests) one of the lowest peak response times at under 1.5 seconds.
The second load test that was run on Media Temple was Blitz. Blitz was used to test cached performance. It simply requested the home page from 1-2000 times per second.
Media Temple's Blitz results were near textbook. Flat response times while users scaled to 2000 and a <0.1% error+timeout rate. Full Blitz Results (PDF)
Two third-party uptime monitoring services (StatusCake and UptimeRobot) tracked the test site for a month. The results for Media Temple showed 99.81% and 100% uptime respectively.
"WebPagetest is an open source project that is primarily being developed and supported by Google as part of our efforts to make the web faster." WebPageTest grades performance and allows you to run tests from multiple locations simulating real users. MT was tested from Dulles, VA, Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and Los Angeles, CA.
Media Temple 1.516 0.983 0.955 0.555 1.00225
There was absolutely no issues with their WebPageTest results, it loaded very quickly with a great average speed of one second.
MediaTemple [Reviews] is interesting because I was told it was running the same technology as GoDaddy (GoDaddy bought Media Temple a year ago). They have a few more premium features like Git and a staging environment. Media Temple's performance was superb. It actually beat GoDaddy's performance in just about every measure by a marginal amount on both Load Storm and Blitz's load testing. If GoDaddy's WordPress Hosting has top tier performance, Media Temple certainly does as well.
This entry was posted in Web Hosting and tagged blitz, loadstorm, media temple, performance, reviews, wordpress on March 2, 2015 by Kevin Ohashi.
Pantheon WordPress Hosting Review
Pantheon is one of the new comers into the managed WordPress space. They came over from the Drupal world where they focused on developers and enterprise. They've taken their developer tools and brought them to the WordPress space and made quite a splash leaping into our top tier of managed WordPress hosting companies.
All testing was done on the Professional plan (shared) and using the WordPress stack. The plan had 20GB of space and allowed 100,000 visitors per month. The price was $100/month.
The first performance test was done with LoadStorm. Pantheon made it to the final round of testing where 2000 concurrent users were logging into WordPress and browsing the test site. The test was designed to test non-cached performance by logging users into WordPress. It caused many hosting setups to crumble. You can see Pantheon's result in this graph (click on it to play with the interactive results):
Pantheon had a whopping zero errors and scaled without issue. LoadStorm independently analyzed my testing and named Pantheon as performing the best of any WordPress company tested.
The second load test that was run on Pantheon was Blitz. Blitz was used to test cached performance. It simply requested the home page from 1-2000 times per second.
Pantheon's result looks like it was from a textbook. It maintained roughly the same response time from one to two thousand concurrent users. Full Blitz Results (PDF)
Two third-party uptime monitoring services (StatusCake and UptimeRobot) tracked the test site for a month. The results for Pantheon in both cases was perfect uptime. There's nothing more to say than that.
"WebPagetest is an open source project that is primarily being developed and supported by Google as part of our efforts to make the web faster." WebPageTest grades performance and allows you to run tests from multiple locations simulating real users. Pantheon was tested from Dulles, VA, Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and Los Angeles, CA.
Pantheon 0.654 0.828 0.923 0.954 0.83975
There was absolutely no issues with their WebPageTest results, it loaded very quickly with a great average speed of under one second.
Pantheon specialized in Drupal hosting, so I was wondering how well it would translate to WordPress. The short answer is, it converted over really well. They had a flawless run on the LoadStorm test - zero errors and not even any spikes in response time over 30 minutes. Pantheon is one of the more expensive options on the market, but they make a very strong case for it. Perfect uptime and near flawless load testing sent them easily into the top tier.
This entry was posted in Web Hosting and tagged blitz, loadstorm, pantheon, performance, reviews, wordpress on January 20, 2015 by Kevin Ohashi.
A Small Orange WordPress Hosting Review
A Small Orange [Reviews] has won numerous awards from Review Signal including Best Overall Web Host 2012, Best Shared Hosting Provider 2013 and Best Managed VPS Provider 2013. They've been consistently near the top of our rankings since the beginning. They stumbled a bit during our first round of WordPress testing.
But what differentiates a good hosting company from an average one? Accepting there was a short-coming and improving. A Small Orange did exactly that in our second round of testing.
All testing was done on a Cloud VPS running ASO's WordPress LEMP stack. The VPS had 1 GB Ram, 15 GB SSD disk space, 600 GB of bandwidth and cost $25/month.
The first performance test was done with LoadStorm. A Small Orange made it to the final round of testing where 2000 concurrent users were logging into WordPress and browsing the test site. The test was designed to test non-cached performance by logging users into WordPress. It caused many hosting setups to crumble. You can see ASO's result in this graph (click on it to play with the interactive results):
A Small Orange handled the test without a single error and showed no signs of struggling with the load. There isn't much more so say than ASO handled LoadStorm with grace and ease.
The second load test that was run on A Small Orange was Blitz. Blitz was used to test cached performance. It simply requested the home page from 1-2000 times per second.
A Small Orange's Blitz results were pretty expected based on the previous test. It showed minimal signs of load around ~1800 users where the response times spiked a bit but were still under 150ms which is barely noticeable. Overall, it was a fantastic performance. Full Blitz Results (PDF)
Two third-party uptime monitoring services (StatusCake and UptimeRobot) tracked the test site for a month. The results for A Small Orange in both cases was perfect uptime. StatusCake also had a blazingly fast average response time of 23ms, which led the pack by a wide margin. In the uptime department, ASO had a flawless performance.
"WebPagetest is an open source project that is primarily being developed and supported by Google as part of our efforts to make the web faster." WebPageTest grades performance and allows you to run tests from multiple locations simulating real users. ASO was tested from Dulles, VA, Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and Los Angeles, CA.
A Small Orange 1.443 0.801 0.836 0.64 0.93
A Small Orange [Reviews] is one of the top tier WordPress hosting providers when looking at performance. ASO improved their LEMP stack since the last time I tested. They never buckled in any test. Their staff was incredibly friendly (special thank you to Ryan MacDonald) and they've stepped up their performance game. The one thing that isn't quite there yet is the documentation/user experience, there are a lot of improvements they could make to make their LEMP stack more accessible to the less tech savvy. All in all, the experience was in-line with what I would expect from a company that has one of the highest support ratings on our site.
Visit A Small Orange and use the coupon code 'orangelover' for 15% off.
This entry was posted in Web Hosting and tagged a small orange, blitz, loadstorm, performance, reviews, wordpress on December 17, 2014 by Kevin Ohashi.


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NOAA Fisheries' Pacific Islands Region has a webpage designed to educate the public about the negative consequences of swimming with Hawaiian spinner dolphins.
Survey in U.S. East Coast waters is helping scientists and fishery resource managers to monitor shark populations and their role in marine ecosystems.
NOAA scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) lab in Narragansett, R.I., recently conducted their ninth coastal shark survey from Florida to Delaware.
A group of scientists found the size of this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be smaller than forecasted, but deeper.
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is the second largest hypoxic zone worldwide.
Study published in "Science" shows ways to successfully manage fisheries to stop over-exploitation of fish stocks allowing for continuous sustainable fishing.
University Roundup: The latest news from Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.


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Agrypon interstitiale är en stekelart som beskrevs av Ludwig Schnee 1989. Agrypon interstitiale ingår i släktet Agrypon och familjen brokparasitsteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Kelly is Ronald Philip Griffiths and Senior Research Fellow at Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia. She is a registered clinical neuropsychologist, having completed her postgraduate degree at Monash University in 2007.
Kelly has been working in the youth mental health field since 2010. Her research focuses on understanding the role of cognition in youth mental illnesses and developing interventions for addressing cognition and improving functional outcomes in this population. She is passionate about interventions that are engaging and meaningfully address the needs and interests of youth with mental ill health.


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Shape of You è un singolo del cantautore britannico Ed Sheeran, pubblicato il 6 gennaio 2017 come secondo estratto dal quinto album in studio ÷.

Nel 2018 il singolo ha vinto il Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione pop solista. Considerato il numero di riproduzioni in streaming, è il terzo singolo più venduto di sempre nel Regno Unito con oltre 2 milioni e mezzo di copie vendute.

Descrizione
Pubblicato in contemporanea a Castle on the Hill, il brano è stato composto da Sheeran insieme a Johnny McDaid e Steve Mac e presenta influenze tropical house, dancehall e R&B. Secondo quanto dichiarato dal cantautore in un'intervista concessa a BBC Radio 1, il brano era stato pensato in origine per la cantante Rihanna.

Il cantante britannico in un secondo momento ha aggiunto nei crediti ufficiali del brano depositati presso l'ASCAP Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle e Kevin Briggs, autori di No Scrubs del gruppo TLC, dopo che diversi utenti di Internet avevano riscontrato somiglianze tra No Scrubs e Shape of You, specialmente nel pre-ritornello di quest'ultimo.

Video musicale
Il 5 gennaio 2017 Sheeran ha presentato il lyric video del singolo, uscito in contemporanea con quello di Castle on the Hill.

Il video musicale vero e proprio, diretto da Jason Koenig, è stato pubblicato il 30 gennaio dello stesso anno e ha come protagonista la ballerina statunitense Jennie Pegouskie e l'ex lottatore di sumo giapponese Yamamotoyama Ryūta. Il video ha ottenuto un enorme successo, divenendo a inizio 2019 il secondo più visto in assoluto nella storia di YouTube, con oltre quattro miliardi di visualizzazioni sulla piattaforma.

Tracce
Testi e musiche di Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid e Steve Mac.
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Download digitale – Acoustic

Download digitale – Galantis Remix

Download digitale – Major Lazer Remix

Download digitale – Stormzy Remix

CD singolo (Europa)

Download digitale – Latin Remix Remix

Download digitale – Yxng Bane Remix

Download digitale – NOTD Remix

Formazione
Musicisti
 Ed Sheeran – voce, chitarra, percussioni, cori
 Steve Mac – tastiera
 Chris Laws – batteria
 Wayne Hernandez – cori
 Travis Cole – cori
 Geo Gabriel – cori

Produzione
 Steve Mac – produzione
 Ed Sheeran – coproduzione
 Dann Pursey – ingegneria del suono
 Chris Laws – ingegneria del suono
 Joe Rubel – ingegneria del suono
 Mark "Spike" Stent – missaggio
 Geoff Swan – assistenza al missaggio
 Michael Freeman – assistenza al missaggio
 Stuart Hawkins – mastering

Successo commerciale
Shape of You ha debuttato al primo posto della Official Singles Chart il 13 gennaio 2017, vendendo  copie durante la prima settimana di messa in commercio. Contemporaneamente Sheeran ha debuttato al secondo posto con il singolo Castle on the Hill, diventando l'unico artista nella storia del Regno Unito ad aver debuttato con due diversi brani nelle prime due posizioni in classifica durante la medesima settimana. Shape of You ha mantenuto il primo posto per 13 settimane consecutive, più un'ulteriore settimana inframezzata dal primo posto di Sign of Times di Harry Styles. Nel luglio 2017 il singolo ha raggiunto quota 184 milioni di streaming, diventando il brano più riprodotto di sempre su Spotify nella storia del Regno Unito. È stato il brano più venduto e riprodotto dell'anno con oltre  copie vendute e 248 milioni di streaming durante il 2017.

Negli Stati Uniti d'America il singolo ha debuttato in vetta alla Billboard Hot 100, il primo nella carriera del cantautore; contemporaneamente Castle on the Hill ha debuttato al sesto posto, rendendo Sheeran il primo artista nella storia della classifica a far debuttare due brani nella top 10 durante la medesima settimana. Shape of You ha mantenuto il primo posto per 12 settimane non consecutive. Il 28 agosto 2017 il brano ha stabilito il record di 33 settimane consecutive nella top 10, rompendo un primato che durava da quasi vent'anni con le 32 settimane di permanenza registrate da How Do I Live di LeAnn Rimes nel 1998. Tale record è stato poi a sua volta superato da Circles di Post Malone nel 2020. All'agosto 2017 Shape of You aveva venduto 2,3 milioni di copie e registrato 799,7 milioni di streaming negli Stati Uniti.

Globalmente, Shape of You ha raggiunto oltre un miliardo di streaming su Spotify nel giugno 2017. Pochi mesi dopo è diventato il brano più riprodotto di sempre nella storia della piattaforma, superando One Dance di Drake.

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Collegamenti esterni

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Singoli al numero uno in Belgio
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Singoli al numero uno in Repubblica Ceca
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Singoli al numero uno in Svezia
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - September 14, 2010) - Mondo Studios, the creator of engaging multi-platform brand integrated games, today announced that it is bringing an update of its wildly popular online game Route-Rageous!, which it developed exclusively for Progressive Insurance, to the iPhone/iPod Touch and Facebook.
With millions of games of Route-Rageous! already played across online releases to Yahoo! Games, Wild Tangent, MSN and Facebook, Mondo Studios and Progressive Insurance are truly hitting the road and going mobile. Now iPhone and iPod Touch owners can also enjoy the outrageous fun of the updated version of Route-Rageous! for FREE download from the App Store. The updated version of Route-Rageous has also just been released on Facebook.
"We chose to work with Mondo Studios on this strategic branded entertainment campaign because their work demonstrated they were the one-stop shop for custom game design," said Chris Scott Emerging Media Manager for Progressive Insurance. "They were the best choice to come up with a creative idea, develop a game that people would play and re-play, and they know how to work with us to deploy the game across multiple platforms to best reach our target customers."
Whether as a Facebook game or an iPhone game, Route-Rageous! is a whimsical brain teaser that's sure to test your mental moxie as you guide your car through twists and turns to reach the checkered flag. But watch out, dangerous hazards can trash your car and send you back to the drawing board!
Designed to promote smart driving, Route-Rageous! uses Facebook Connect to let players log in to their Facebook accounts from their desktop or mobile phone and challenge friends to beat their score.
"In developing Route-Rageous! we knew that one key to the integrated brand messaging was to ensure multiple contacts with the brand to keep Progressive Insurance top of mind," offered Phill Simon, Executive Creative Director at Mondo Studios. "What we needed, and then developed, was a casual gaming experience that would be played multiple times, and could grow from a first deployment online to many key platforms, thus reaching the right people wherever they happen to play. We worked closely with Progressive throughout the process to ensure that our development as well as rollout mapped right to their brand and we're very excited to now be taking them mobile."
Mondo Studios is the creator of premier cross-platform brand integrated entertainment that communicates key product messages for major brands through highly engaging casual games. Mondo Studios' games reach and delight target audiences online and on mobile devices with distribution through high-traffic web portals like Yahoo, popular social sites such as Facebook and leading mobile platforms including the iPhone. With deep leadership and production experience in TV commercials, film, video games and episodic online entertainment Mondo Studios serves the world's leading brand holders, including Unilever, Progressive Insurance, Purina, Honda and Kellogg's. For more information on how we can work with your brand please visit www.mondostudios.com.


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Networking Products That Will Rock 2017
The emergence of innovative startups in the networking sector promise a seamless "connected" experience
In recent times, the advent of new networking paradigms has led to a slew of networking innovations. Driven by innovation and consolidation, the likes of Cisco, Arista, Cradlepoint and others have come up with new products and solutions. The advent of Unified Communications has been a major propeller for this trend. Interestingly, it is not just the established biggies, but emerging startups too, that have made an impact by introducing breakthrough offerings. Here is our take on the emerging networking trends that will continue this year.
Brocade-Ruckus ICX Switch: Since Brocade Communications acquired Ruckus Wireless last year, the entity has introduced the ICX 7150 switch which is an entry level switch. Designed for specific sectors such as education (campus), hospitality and small and medium businesses, it is available in 12, 24 and 48 port 10/100/1000 Mbps models. It comes equipped with 1 GbE to 10 GbE stacking ports. Easy powering of access points is possible with its inbuilt Power over Ethernet and Power over Ethernet Plus features. It supports OpenFlow and plug and play operations.
Arista Networks 7160 Data Center Switch: This is the Arista 7160 Series, which comprises three models with 25/100 GbE ports. Operated by Arista's Extensible Operating System and CloudVision software, it delivers a high degree of automation efficiency. Another offering is its performance-enhancing Arista AlgoMatch software, which allows better access control and cloud computing.
Cisco's Network Convergence Series: Cisco has added new products to its range of Network Convergence Series. It has introduced a small-form-factor router for data centers, called the NCS 5501/5502. It has also introduced a modular router called the NCS 5516, and the NCS 1001 is a compact, interconnect router.
Cradlepoint's LTE Routers: This new COR IBR900 series of routers is designed for the Internet of Things. Compact and rugged, it can be managed through its NetCloud platform. It comes embedded with a modem for LTE, 802.11ac Wave 2 support, and a quad-core processor for high performance.
Netgear Wi-Fi Business Aps: The WAC510 is the latest networking solution by Netgear, and claims to be the easiest-to-manage wireless Wave 2 access point. Connected to Netgear's Insight application, it is a reliable wireless solution for businesses. The Multi-User MIMO feature allows it to achieve speeds of 1.2 Gbps. It also has two Ethernet ports, one being a PoE 1-GbE port.
Extreme Networks Analytics Solution For Retail, New Aps: Since its acquisition by Zebra Tech, Extreme Networks has announced the launch of its WiNG product portfolio. This includes the Retail Guest Analytics platform, for customer analysis and profiling, enabling retailers to personalize the shopping experience. Other offerings under this banner include the latest 802.11ac access points – ExtremeWireless WiNG AP 7602 and AP 7622 that integrate wired and wireless management under one umbrella.
Alcatel-Lucent's Unified Communication-As-A-Service Platform: The latest in virtualized communications management, the Alcatel-Lucent Rainbow platform is a cloud-based platform for business productivity. The first version is available free of cost and goes by the name of Rainbow Essential. Further follow-ups are expected in 2017.
Big Switch Monitoring 6.0: The California-based company has released Big Monitoring Fabric 6.0, its network packet monitoring solution. It provides a 160G bandwidth service node and comes embedded with NetFlow Generation functionalities. Some of the new cloud-based features are dynamic virtual machine monitoring, container monitoring and public cloud monitoring.
Avaya IP Contact Center 10: The latest version of Avaya's contact center platform, called the Avaya IP Office Contact Center 10, is here. It is a pleasant experience with a simple user interface, better web admin, ready-to-use templates, customer callback functionalities, and configuration wizards. The company claims that these features will reduce customer interaction time by almost 80%, at every stage of the lifecycle.
Buffalo Americas 10-GbE Switches: Buffalo has launched its BS-XP20 series of 10-GbE entry level Layer 2 switches, targeted at small and medium businesses. Easy installation and management, with plug and play features, make them user friendly. Also, they come equipped with Buffalo's Intelligent Power Control to save energy.
These innovations promise to make networking and communication better and faster in the current year.
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Attention all dads! If you are looking for something fun to do with your kids this summer. To spend time with them and to learn some good tools to help you out then this might be the event for you! The Cincinnati Bengals is holding their Annual Pro Dad event. It is a Bengals Father and Kids Experience held on the Paul Brown Stadium field!! It is by far the ultimate event for you and your children!!
Follow this link to learn more details! I will be there with my three kids!!


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Saints Season Review in Black and White 2011
England vs USA, Churchill Cup, Franklin's Gardens, 4 June 2011
Becca Jones' view of England vs USA, Churchill Cup, Franklin's Gardens, 4 June 2011
Leinster vs Northampton, Heineken Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, 21 May 2011
Leicester Tigers vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Welford Road, 14 May 2011
Northampton Saints vs Leeds Carnegie, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 7 May 2011
Northampton Saints vs USAP, Heineken Cup semi-final, stadium:mk, 1 May 2011
London Irish vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Madjeski Stadium, 23 April 2011
Gloucester vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Kingsholm, 19 April 2011
Newcastle Falcons vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Kingston Park, 15 April 2011
Under 8's, Franklin's Gardens, 2 April 2011
Northampton Saints vs Ulster, Heineken Cup Qtr Final, stadium:mk, 10 April 2011
Northampton Saints vs Sale Sharks, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 3 April 2011
Under 9s, Franklin's Gardens, 27 March 2011
Northampton Saints vs London Wasps, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 27 March 2011
Leeds Carnegie vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Headingley, 12 March 2011
Northampton Saints vs Gloucester, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 26 February 2011
Bath Rugby vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Recreation Ground, 19 February 2011
Under 10's, Franklin's Gardens, 12 February 2011
Northampton Saints vs Saracens, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 12 February 2011
Land Rover Cup (under 12s), Franklin's Gardens, 5 February 2011
Northampton Saints vs Leeds Carnegie, LV= Cup, Franklin's Gardens, 5 February 2011
London Irish vs Northampton Saints, LV= Cup, Madjeski Stadium, 30 January 2010
Northampton Saints vs Edinburgh, Heineken Cup, Franklin's Gardens, 14 January 2011
Leicester Tigers vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Welford Road, 8 January 2011
Northampton Saints vs Harlequins, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 1 January 2011
2010-11 season so far in black and white
Cardiff Blues vs Northampton Saints, Heineken Cup, Cardiff City Stadium, 19 December 2010
Northampton Saints vs Cardiff Blues, Heineken Cup, Franklin's Gardens, 11 December 2010
Northampton Saints vs London Irish, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 26 November 2010
Northampton Saints vs Newport Gwent Dragons, LV= Cup, Franklin's Gardens, 12 November 2010
Saracens vs Northampton Saints, LV= Cup, Vicarage Road, 7 November 2010
Northampton Saints vs Newcastle Falcons, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 30 October 2010
Edinburgh vs Northampton Saints, Heineken Cup, Murrayfield, 16 October 2010
Northampton Saints vs Castres Olympique, Heineken Cup, Franklin's Gardens, 8 October 2010
Under 7's, Franklin's Gardens, 2 October 2010
Northampton Saints vs Exeter Chiefs, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 2 October 2010
Saracens vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Vicarage Road, 26 September 2010
Northampton Saints vs Bath, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 17 September 2010
Harlequins vs Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Twickenham Stoop, 11 September 2010
Tigers Development vs Wanderers, Aviva Premiership A League, Welford Road, 6 September 2010
Northampton Saints vs Leicester Tigers, Aviva Premiership, Franklin's Gardens, 5 September 2010
Northampton Saints Academy vs Leinster U19, Franklin's Gardens, 27 August 2010
Northampton Saints vs Aironi Viadana, Pre-season Friendly, Franklin's Gardens, 27 August 2010
Northampton Saints Training at Stowe School, 10 August 2010
Northampton Saints Training & Media Day, Franklin's Gardens, 5 August 2010
JP Morgan Sevens, Franklin's Gardens, 30 July 2010


Payment Trends – What can be inferred?
the 2015 UK Payment Statistics makes particularly interesting reading given the UK already has a well-established Faster Payments platform alongside other payment systems.
Do Payments really need to be Immediate?
How "fast" does an Instant or Immediate payment need to be and is there a compelling Consumer/Corporate need for these given the volume of Timed/Future Dated Payments settled each month?


NEW YORK: Dalton Dorné, regional marketing director for Euro RSCG Asia-Pacific, has been named CMO of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR.
NEW YORK: Dalton Dorné, regional marketing director for Euro RSCG Asia Pacific, has been named CMO for Euro RSCG Worldwide PR.
In her new role, Dorné reports to Lisa Rosenberg, president of the agency, about marketing and business issues in North America. She will also act as chief of staff to CEO Marian Salzman, reporting to her on global business. Dorné is also joining the Euro's US executive committee, which is led by Rosenberg - she will relocate to the Havas-owned agency's New York office at the end of January.
In addition to leading PR efforts and helping expand the agency, Dorné will launch Euro's Marketing Council.
Prior to working at Euro, Dorné served as corporate communications manager for four years at Ogilvy in China.


How to open .82Z file extension?
Specially dedicated programs are responsible for launching a .82z file saved in a specific format (which we can recognize on the basis of the extension of a given file). The most common problems with .82z files downloaded or received via e-mail are: their incorrect association with programs in the registry, or simply the lack of an appropriate program to open them. To solve the problem with the .82z file it is usually sufficient just to download the appropriate software that supports .82z file format, which can be found in the table below. The most common file format with the .82z extension belongs to the category Various Files. is responsible for creating .82z extension file.