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Binaural Audio: Music for Increased Concentration and Relaxation
Written by Phil White
Tags: Focus Mindset
– Binaural audio is sound that travels at two different frequencies. The difference between them stimulates brainwaves that can have powerful effects on your mood and cognition.
– Binaural beats have been shown to help enhance focus and cognitive thinking, as well as promote relaxation and sleep.
– Binaural beats that provoke a 40 Hz response in the brain stimulate gamma brainwaves, which help concentration.
– Fast music (140 beats per minute) is best for increasing focus.
– Music that produces brainwaves of 8 to 13 Hz helps you relax.
– Binaural beats are available on apps and from online stores.
Music is the Swiss Army knife of sound. It can amp you up, chill you out, entertain, educate, and even change whole cultures ("You say you want a revolution…"). Listening to the right kind of music might even help you learn faster, accomplish more, and sleep better, too.
Music that's recorded in binaural audio shows promise for enhancing focus, productivity, and relaxation, so—believe it or not—it may be a better choice to play in the background when you're trying to work than Master of Puppets (relax, we said, "may be…") We put some on, and then wrote this article.
What Is Binaural Audio?
Binaural audio, sometimes called binaural beats, refers to sounds that travel at two different frequencies—one for each ear. Binaural audio is recorded with the intention of duplicating the way the ears hear sound as closely as possible, so the effect can be very powerful and immersive. In fact, one of the ways binaural recordings are made is with the use of a dummy head that has microphones positioned in the ears, simulating a human listener.
Listening to a binaural audio track is like being in the middle of whatever you're hearing—a rainforest, symphony concert, temple filled with OM-ing yogis, etc. It's a prime way to listen to ASMR tracks (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)—recordings that evoke relaxation or pleasure, like soft whispers, tapping, brushing, or Mr. Rogers talking. However, because binaural recordings are meant to pick up sound the way your ears do, you need to listen to them with headphones or earbuds to get the full effect, as opposed to a set of speakers.
The two different sound frequencies create a vibrational speed called a beat. When you listen to them, your brain wants to make up the difference between the tones, and in doing so tunes into the frequency of the beat. This activates certain brainwaves—electrical pulses associated with different brain functions—that change your arousal level.
According to research in the journal Anaesthesia, there are five main kinds of brainwaves.
Gamma (25 to 100 Hz): Associated with high levels of concentration, elevated cognitive function, and emotions like compassion.
Beta (14 to 100 Hz): Supports increased focus, alertness, arousal, and, in higher frequencies, can prompt anxiousness.
Alpha (8 to 13 Hz): Helps you unwind and chill out.
Theta (4 to 8 Hz): The sweet spot for upping your creativity, going into a meditative state, or getting better REM sleep.
Delta: (0.1 to 4 Hz): Promotes dreamless, deep sleep.
While the brain is always producing all five types of waves to some degree, different kinds of stimulation can change up the balance and make one more prevalent than the others.
Cory Allen, an Austin-based audio engineer who creates his own binaural beats, and the host of The Astral Hustle podcast (cory-allen.com), says, "When you're in a flow state [times that you feel you're "in the zone" and focused], your brainwaves are firing at high speeds. And when you're asleep or in a deep meditation, they're much slower. Binaural beats can help entrain brainwaves to match our desired state." That is, you can play them to conjure up the exact brainwaves you want for a particular time or goal—be it working, meditating, or going to sleep.
How Can Binaural Beats Help Me?
Binaural audio has been shown to promote better thinking, ease anxiety, and encourage relaxation and better sleep. A study in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience found that binaural beats of all frequencies improved listeners' divergent thinking (creative thinking that involves connecting seemingly disparate ideas). Meanwhile, a trial in the Journal of Neurophysiology concluded that low-frequency, theta wave-inducing audio helped synchronize activity in the cerebral cortex, where high-order cognitive processes take place.
Canadian researchers looked at binaural audio's effect on anxiety. Fifteen "mildly anxious" people were asked to listen to music that produced brainwaves in the delta and theta range at least five times weekly for four weeks. After a month of listening to the tracks for approximately 30 minutes per session, the subjects reported feeling significantly-reduced anxiety levels.
"I get messages almost every day saying how my music is helping people relax at night," Allen says. "We've all got so much going on that it can be hard to get our minds to slow down when we get into bed. Meditation can help, but sometimes you're too worn out to concentrate on it. Listening to binaural beats allows you to create a calming ritual in which you're just a receiver. Many people tell me this helps them fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer."
Apart from the beats that Allen sells for just a few dollars on his website, you can get brainwave-altering tunes from grammy-nominated composer BT and DJ FreQ Nasty, from apps such as Binaural (β) and Binaural Beats if you're an Apple user, or, if you use an Android device, Binaural Beats Therapy.
Can Music Really Help with Concentration, Focus, and Relaxation?
Don't take our word for it. A study in Physiology & Behavior showed that subjects who listened to beats that produced beta brainwaves scored higher on a vigilance task—a test that measures the speed at which you respond to visual stimuli—than the control group, and also reported having a more positive mood. The same frequency range helped people in a 2019 trial to improve their recall and recognition of words. Furthermore, an observational study of students with attention deficit disorder found that binaural beats that stimulated alpha and beta brainwaves improved concentration levels.
Binaural audio may also help you chill out after a tough workout. Research published in Frontiers in Psychology discovered that, when participants listened to theta-inducing beats after exercise, they experienced an increase in parasympathetic activity compared to when they listened to a consistent musical tone. Parasympathetic activity indicates the "rest and digest" state, in which the body recovers from exercise.
Allen recently contributed two types of binaural audio to a multi-university study in Australia. The first track featured audio that makes the music listenable and enjoyable, but without the functional elements he usually includes to stimulate the brainwaves. The second one had both components. While the study is ongoing, Allen says, "So far, the researchers are finding that the [second] full binaural track is having psychotherapeutic benefits for participants who are dealing with trauma."
What's the Best Music for Concentration?
For times that you need to get shit done, you want something that gets your gamma waves going. In his book Astonishing Hypothesis, Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA and a Nobel Laureate, suggested that the most typical gamma frequency found in the human brain—40 Hz—is optimal for the synchronization of brain activity.
A 2017 study noted that when people listened to binaural beats at 40 Hz, they improved performance on a memory-related visual task, suggesting that gamma waves can also enhance learning.
Of course, binaural audio isn't the only kind that can affect your thinking. While the so-called "Mozart effect" (the theory that listening to Mozart music can improve mental performance) is the source of much controversy in the research realm, a review by researchers at Western Michigan University suggests that listening to classical music can indeed heighten certain kinds of cognition. Subjects saw improvements on the analytical portion of the GRE exam after listening to a Mozart piano sonata—but similar results were also recorded by a group that listened to traffic sounds instead. Therefore, it seems that there may be benefit to your ability to concentrate whether you choose binaural beats, classical music, or noise that helps you tune out the rest of the word.
What's the Best Music for Focus?
When you're trying to find optimal focus, you want to stimulate beta brainwaves. University of Wisconsin-Madison research found that listening to fast music was best for increasing brainwave speeds, so put on a playlist that's heavy on high-tempo EDM (with the optimal beats per minute being around 140). Want to remove the guesswork? Then visit Focus at Will's website, select one of four profiles (creative thinker, entrepreneur, student, or logical thinker), and you'll get playlists specifically tuned for the kind of focus you're trying to find.
What's the Best Music for Relaxation?
If you find it hard to chill out, binaural beats might be the prescription. "The pacing of our brainwaves mirrors the world around us," says Allen, "and they get increasingly chaotic as our attention gets pulled in different directions. This contributes to anxiety, chronic stress, and depression. You can listen to binaural beats to slow your brain down and reclaim your mental sovereignty."
If you're looking to get your relaxation on, then you need binaural beats in a frequency range between 8 and 13 Hz to stimulate alpha waves in your brain. A team from Roanoke College concluded that, unlike other kinds of brain oscillations, alpha waves are unaffected by musical tempo. "Preference, rather than the mental relaxation of the participant produced by the music, has a greater effect on alpha wave activity," the researchers wrote. In other words, just listen to anything that feels relaxing to you—even if that's Master of Puppets! If you want a little more guidance, DJ/producer Tom Middleton created an album—Sleep Better —that hits the sonic bullseye for alpha-wave relaxation with disc two, while disc one (big shocker) promotes improved slumber.
If you're still struggling to wind down in the evening, Allen recommends stacking meditation with binaural beats to amplify the relaxing effects of both disciplines. "Combining binaural beats with meditation will help you become more centered and slow your brain down," he says. "This kind of music is the perfect complement when you're trying to access the lower brainwave states."
Nine to Nirvana: 9 Exercises for Mastering the Mind
Alpha Brain Clinical Study Results Published in Scientific Journal
The Ultimate Morning Meditation Routine for Relaxation
Phil White is the Emmy-nominated co-author of The 17 Hour Fast with Dr. Frank Merritt, Waterman 2.0 with Kelly Starrett, and Unplugged with Andy Galpin and Brian Mackenzie. Learn more about his work at www.philwhitebooks.com.
More articles by Phil White


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Virtex: Is it possible to remove Vccint while applying Vcco?
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Q: How to update customer TIN Number in Opencart Am new in OpenCart MVC, I have page called my_account.tpl. In this page am displaying customer name and tin_number.
If customers want to change their tin_number just fill the TIN Number field and click save, it will update oc_customer tabel.
I tried but data's not update.
Following view, model, and controller codes
View: my_account.tpl
<form action="<?php echo $action;?>" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="form-horizontal">

                <?php foreach($customerData as $customer) { ?>

                    Name:
                    <input type="text" style="display: none" placeholder="ID" name="id" value="<?php echo $result['tin_number'];?>">
                    <input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo $customer['name']; ?>" placeholder="Name" class="form-control" disabled>

                    TIN Number:
                    <input type="text" name="tin_number" value="<?php echo $customer['tin_number']; ?>" placeholder="TIN Number" class="form-control">

                <?php } ?>

                    <input type="submit" name="save" value="<?php echo 'Save'; ?>" class="btn btn-primary">

        </form>

Controller: my_account.php
public function edit() {

        /*form edit my_account*/
         if(isset($_GET['tin_number']))
        {
            $tin_number=$_GET['tin_number'];
        }
        $this->load->model('account/customer');
        $data['delivery_point']=$this->model_account_customer->getcustomerId($tin_number);
        $data['action'] = $this->url->link('account/my_account', '', 'SSL');

        if ($this->request->server['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')
        {
            $this->model_account_customer->editCustomerTin($this->request->post);
            $this->response->redirect($this->url->link('account/home', '', 'SSL'));
            echo "";
        }
        /*form edit my_account*/

}

Model: my_account.php
public function editCustomerTin($data)
    {
         $query = $this->db->query("UPDATE " . DB_PREFIX . "customer set tin_number='".$data['tin_number']."' where customer_id=".$data['id']);
    }

A: I got the answer it working in another function see below the coding
controller my_account.php
 public function index() {

        $this->load->language('account/account');
        $this->document->setTitle($this->language->get('heading_title'));

        $data['breadcrumbs'] = array();

        $data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
            'text' => $this->language->get('Home'),
            'href' => $this->url->link('common/home')
        );

        $data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
            'text' => $this->language->get('Previous'),
            'href' => $this->url->link('common/home', '', 'SSL')
        );

        if (isset($this->session->data['success'])) {
            $data['success'] = $this->session->data['success'];

            unset($this->session->data['success']);
        } else {
            $data['success'] = '';
        }

        $data['heading_title'] = $this->language->get('heading_title');
        $url = '';

        $this->load->model('account/customer');

        //$data['customerData']=array();
        $results=$this->model_account_customer->getCustomerByTin();

        foreach($results as $result)
        {

        $query1 = $this->db->query("SELECT concat(firstname,' ',lastname) as name,tin_number,invoice_no_overwrite FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "customer where customer_id='".$_COOKIE['customerId']."'");
        $customer_name= $query1->row['name'];
        $tin_number= $query1->row['tin_number'];
        $invoice_no_overwrite= $query1->row['invoice_no_overwrite'];

            $data['customerData'][0] = array(
                'name'      => $customer_name,
                'invoice_no_overwrite'=> $invoice_no_overwrite,
                'tin_number'=>$tin_number
                );
        }

        //var_dump($data['CustomerData']);

        /*form edit my_account*/
        if ($this->request->server['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')
        {
           $this->model_account_customer->editCustomerTin($this->request->post);
            $this->response->redirect($this->url->link('account/my_account', '', 'SSL'));
        }

        /*form edit my_account*/

        $data['column_left'] = $this->load->controller('common/column_left');
        $data['column_right'] = $this->load->controller('common/column_right');
        $data['content_top'] = $this->load->controller('common/content_top');
        $data['content_bottom'] = $this->load->controller('common/content_bottom');
        $data['footer'] = $this->load->controller('common/footer');
        $data['header'] = $this->load->controller('common/header');

        if (file_exists(DIR_TEMPLATE . $this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/account/my_account.tpl')) {
            $this->response->setOutput($this->load->view($this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/account/my_account.tpl', $data));
        } else {
            $this->response->setOutput($this->load->view('default/template/account/my_account.tpl', $data));
        }

    }

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Good home jewelry safes have been designed to keep your valuable possessions out of sight and out of mind under lock and key. A well-made sage is the one which provides full proof protection through modern locking mechanism. Here are some additional features that you need to keep on top of your shopping list before you buy a safe.
It doesn't need any mention that security is the primary qualification when it comes to home jewelry safe since it's obviously what it has been engineered to do. However, what does the security actually boil down to? It is a combination of several things which includes the lock, the way in which it has been fixed into the wall or the ground, and the hinges which holds the door in place. It is necessary to account for each one of these factors while you browse for the jewelry safes.
The caliber that the safe is equipped with has much to do with the likelihood of being broken into. Electronic has turned out to be standard among safes in the industry because of the entry code system and flexible programing. Some of the codes enable the installation of time delay for limiting the total number of times this can be opened throughout the course of the day and as an additional deterrent against theft. There are two types of high-tech lock systems which come equipped on several home several safes. These are digital and fingerprint locks.
When you look for the jewelry safes that are available for purchase, you might wonder what should be its size. Make sure that you balance the act when you decide on this factor as you want it to be small enough so that it doesn't draw attention and need to have some weight. This way the burglars will not be able to grab it and go.
Many safe buyers tend to neglect the interior shelving of the jewelry safes. In case you are planning on keeping delicate things in the safe, it is important to have shelves that will not damage your belongings. One of the best ways to avoid this to buy a safe that has carpeted shelving. If you cannot find a safe with carpeted interior shelving then it might a trick of the trade. You need to buy felt material from either home supply store or craft and it use it for covering the interior shelving. This way your gems are going to be protected and your budget is also be intact.
You need to keep the above mentioned components in mind when you look for jewelry safes in the market. You need to make an inventory of everything that you would like to put inside the safe. Make sure that you pay attention to the size and the value of the contents. Once you are done with this, you will be able to narrow down the options on the basis of the valuables limit and the space that is available.


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I have successfully installed my drivers and can detect wlan0 using the b43-firmware.
if I use wicd or network manager, Opera freezes, ifconfig doesn't work and the system cannot reboot(and I cant use wireless), if I use rfkill to disable wlan0, wicd/network manager work just fine till i reenable wlan0.
ifconfig wlan0 up yields the same result.
[ 7.926155] brcmsmac: brcms_bcma_probe: brcms_attach failed!
iwconfig requires wext compiled into the kernel... what driver did you get working?


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	"time"

	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
	"github.com/minodisk/resizer/options"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"
)

type Logger struct{}

func (l Logger) Print(values ...interface{}) {
	log.Println(values...)
}

type Storage struct {
	*gorm.DB
}

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	var db *gorm.DB
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		var err error
		db, err = gorm.Open("mysql", o.DataSourceName)
		if err == nil {
			break
		}
		log.Println(errors.Wrap(err, "wait for connection"))
		time.Sleep(time.Second)
	}
	db.LogMode(false)
	// db.LogMode(true)
	// db.SetLogger(&Logger{})
	if os.Getenv("ENVIRONMENT") == "development" {
		db.DropTable(&Image{})
	}
	db.CreateTable(&Image{})
	db.AutoMigrate(&Image{})

	for {
		err := db.DB().Ping()
		if err == nil {
			break
		}
		log.Println(errors.Wrap(err, "wait for communication"))
		time.Sleep(time.Second)
	}

	return &Storage{db}, nil
}

func (self *Storage) Close() error {
	return self.DB.DB().Close()
}

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Dewalt's DG5121 Heavy-Duty Impact Driver Holster is angled for better balance, has a safety strap with hook-and-loop closure, and two pockets for bits. It is designed to be used with belts up to 2-3/4 in. wide.
Added pockets and elastic loops to hold bits, drivers, etc.


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BitGo Integrates With Stacks To Bring Bitcoin Rewards To Institutional Investors
BitGo, the digital asset custodian, has integrated with Stacks to bring Bitcoin (BTC) rewards to institutional investors, a move that could strengthen the already-heightened institutional demand for crypto during the next leg of the bull market.
It has been reported that BitGo will offer institutional token holders the ability to earn Bitcoin rewards through the Stacks token, which is also known as STX. Through a process known as Stacking, STX token holders can earn BTC rewards directly in their wallets.
However, unlike other yield-earning services, BTC rewards generated through Stacking are not based on a lending auction, which means STX token holders do not need to lend their funds. Rather, Stacks claims that the yield is derived directly from its staking mechanism, which is connected to the Bitcoin blockchain.
The report said that as part of the integration, STX token holders will also have access to BitGo's insurance, asset protection, and portfolio management solutions. BitGo recently expanded its crypto-insurance program by $600 million, bringing the total value of assets covered to over $700 million.
Likewise, Stacks is an open-source network for building smart-contract and DeFi bridges to Bitcoin. The platform launched its mainnet in January of this year and has secured several high-profile partnerships, including Foundry Digital and Blockdaemon, among others.
Mike Belshe, the co-founder and CEO of BitGo, said that his company integrated Stacks because financial institutions have been looking for a secure access point to the DeFi market.
"By onboarding support for Stacks and STX, we are giving our clients what they want [...] without the need for expensive infrastructure investments."
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The recently approved ProShares Bitcoin Strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF) debuted last week with the highest-ever "natural" volume, signaling a readiness on the part of institutional investors to dabble in digital assets.
Thus, a second futures-based ETF from Valkyrie was also approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission last week.

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Home » From Western France to the World
From Western France to the World
Lactalis's expanded UHT plant produces 1.5 million liters a day, with a portion of it bound for foreign lands.
Vitré, France-There's a remarkably preserved medieval castle in this town of 25,000 about two hours west of Paris. The bastion is one of several in a latitudinal line which once formed a perimeter defense for the state of Bretagne in the heart of what is now one of France's most important agricultural and food processing regions.
This is the home of Camembert, the LeMans race course, and, in Vitré, one of the largest fluid milk plants in the country. The Groupe Lactalis facility not only produces more than 1.5 million liters of milk, baby formula, and juice daily, but it offers a bit of a history lesson as well, for anyone interested in the dairy industry.
"The very first Tetra Pak machine in France was installed in this plant in Vitré," says Plant Director Christophe Coquel, as he leads Dairy Foods on a plant visit. There are six Tetra Pak lines each producing up to 6,000 liters per hour. The historic Tetra Pak machine now makes its home in the company's Lactopôle Museum in neighboring Laval (see sidebar on page 106).
The six Tetra Pak lines are complemented by four aseptic plastic lines featuring Stork blow molding equipment and Serac fillers with double clean rooms. The fourth of these lines is housed in an expanded footprint of the plant and it came on line in mid-April.
Groupe Lactalis, is the second largest dairy company in France, and the country's number one exporter of dairy products. With more than $7 billion in annual revenue, it is one of the largest dairy processors in the world.
Six Tetra Pak lines at the Vitré plant help produce more than 1.5 million liters of packaged products daily.
The company's most prevalent segment is cheese which accounts for nearly half its business. Founded in Laval, a stone's throw from the Vitré plant, the company's cheese portfolio is primarily Camembert and Brie, but it also does a good deal of business in genuine Roquefort, which is aged in the caves on France's eastern edge.
But Lactalis also sells a great deal of milk and cream, industrial dairy products and a very small amount of milk-fed veal.
At the Vitré plant, the product mix is milk, baby formula, organic milk, and small amounts of goats milk and juice.
Focused on Fluid
"When this plant was built in 1968 all French dairy plants were required to produce a full line of products," Coquel says. "But in the 1980s we began to specialize, and the Vitré plant began to focus on fluid milk products."
Lactalis employs its own fleet of tanker trucks for raw milk collection.
The fourth plastic-bottle filling line was installed at a cost of more than EUR16 million or approximately $19 million. Other improvements are ongoing, including an expansion to the plant's finished product storage facilities.
About 80% of European milk is sold in aseptic, shelf stable packaging. Vitré is 100% UHT aseptic.
"We receive about 17 truck loads of milk per day, or about 1 million liters," Coquel says. "We run round the clock between six and seven days a week and we receive milk every day."
The milk is homogenized, and fat levels are set, then it is pasteurized, and sent for storage in one of nine silos until it is needed, generally for a maximum of 24 to 36 hours. For most products the fat level is set to 1.5%, the European standard of "semi-skim."
When the stored milk is needed for filling it is then UHT treated with a Stork serpentine helicolodial system before being sent to fillers.
Let there be light, or not
The Vitré facility has another feature that's rare in US dairy plants-natural light. Many rooms feature frosted glass skylights that let in a soft, diffused natural light that works in conjunction with the plant lighting. In the newest room, large plate glass windows in the walls provide a view of the French countryside while helping to provide a bright, well-lit work environment.
Two new Stork blow molders are among ten that produce bottles for the four aseptic bottle filling lines.
"Many studies have shown that employees are more productive when they have windows and natural light," Coquel says.
The individual lines are designed to execute uninterrupted runs of 36 to 48 hours, Coquel says. "Afterward we shut down and do a shift of clean-in-place and maintenance."
The Tetra Pak lines are configured for one-liter baseline bricks and one-liter square top cartons. Liter packages are typically bundled in six packs, or in three packs. Depending on the products, spout fitments may be applied to cartons and handles can be incorporated in the registered photo-printed overwrap used for bundling the multipacks.
On the Serac/Stork side of the Vitré plant, bottles are blown in three or six layers with a base material of white opaque HDPE. Bottles are filled in a variety of sizes ranging from quarter liter to one-liter.
While dairy employees may perform better in a well-lighted facility, dairy products, of course, prefer to be kept in the dark. While UHT milk needs no refrigeration, it may be even more important to protect it from light during its long shelf life. For this reason, a middle layer of carbon black is included as a light barrier in all plastic packages. Some products require protection from oxygen penetration, in which case an additional layer of ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) is used in conjunction with an adhesion layer on either side of it.
For the new line, bottles are blowmolded on two machines, each sporting 14 heads. Each machine can produce 7,000 bottles per hour. All tolled, the plant has 10 blowmolding machines.
With shelf stable products, the integrity of the package is extremely important. Blowmolded bottles are tested for leaks in a vacuum chamber before a Posimat uscrambler directs them into a pneumatic conveying system. Plant personnel also do random sampling for structural integrity and wall thickness.
The four Serac fillers are housed in aseptic chambers within four separate clean rooms. Each has three levels of asepsis, beginning with the outer clean room then an inner chamber and then the filler itself. The clean rooms are fitted with a set of filters which remove progressively smaller particles from the air. Each chamber represents a 10-fold reduction over the previous. The chambers are pressurized with treated air. The most exacting is dioctyl phthalate (DOP) filter that removes any particles of 0.5 microns or larger.
Operators don sterile work clothes before entering the clean rooms.
The Serac fillers are rotary machines with either 24 or 30 heads depending on the line. Each is able to reach a speed of 12,000 to 18,000 bottles per hour.
A foil seal is applied with a pressure/thermal system that heats the top to 220°C for around four seconds. As the bottles leave the filler, they are sent to a sleever and heat tunnel for the application of full shrink sleeves, and then a resealable outer cap is applied.
For the Eveil baby formula line, some of the smallest bottles are fitted with a ready-to-use nipple fitment, for sale as a convenience, on-the-go item.
Warehouse and distribution
As with the paperboard packages, most product configurations are bundled into four or six pack multi-packs and a film outer wrap applied. Some products are put into corrugated cases, but many are sent directly to robotic palletizers which are capable of building case-less pallets. Ten separate palletizers are used.
The expansion at Vitré includes an additional filler line, this secondary packaging area, and additional product storage.
With the expansion completed, the Vitré plant will include three storage rooms with enough space to store 20,000 pallets. Sliding pallet racks allow easy inventory maintenance, and, as all product is aseptic, the warehouse utilizes simple climate control, and no refrigeration is needed.
Product is quarantined for a short period while batch samples are tested.
Baby formula products receive the most scrutiny and are held the longest.
From this warehouse space, UHT milk is sent to more than 50 countries around the world. About 20% of the milk and other fluid products packaged in Vitré are destined for export markets. While the Lactel brand is synonymous with milk in France, Lactalis's President brand is used for most of the products sold internationally. In France, President is reserved for cheese products.
In France, products are distributed to a variety of retail outlet types by a Lactalis fleet.
The Vitré plant has been certified to produce pure organic milk since 1995. Raw milk for the Bio Lactel brand, is stored in dedicated silos and processed and packaged on a dedicated line. The plant also utilizes a HACCP plan, and in order to avoid cross contamination, the product flow throughout the plant is configured so that there is no doubling back or crossover.
This article originally appeared in the October 2004 issue of Dairy Foods.
Plant Facts
Location: Vitré, France
Recent expansion: Spring 2004
Current Size: 85,000 sq. feet
Number of lines: 10
Daily production: 1.5 million liters
Annual milk production: 350 million packages
Employees: 260
Products: 350
Product types: milk, baby formula, organic milk, goats milk, juice
Lactalis Facts
Headquarters: Laval, France
Ownership: Privately held by the Besnier family
Chief Executive: Michel Léonard
2003 sales: $7.2 billion
Plants: 65 in France, 15 elsewhere
Distribution: About 60% in France, exports to 140 countries
Employees: 16,500
Subsidiary: Sorrento Lactalis, US
Chief Brands: President, Lactel, Bridel, Société, Sorrento
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6 Ways To Master The Data-Driven Enterprise
Data-driven companies share characteristics that enable them to achieve more with their data than others in their industries. We reveal what separates the masters from the wannabes.
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Big data is changing the way companies and industries operate. Although virtually all businesses acknowledge the trend, not all of them are equally prepared to meet the challenge. The companies in the best position to compete have transformed themselves into "data-driven" organizations.
Data-driven organizations routinely use data to inform strategy and decision-making. Although other businesses share the same goal, many of them are still struggling to build the necessary technological capabilities, or otherwise their culture is interfering with their ability to use data, or both.
Becoming a data-driven organization isn't easy, however. In fact, it's very difficult. While all organizations have a glut of data, their abilities to collect it, cleanse it, integrate it, manage it, access it, secure it, govern it, and analyze it vary significantly from company to company. Even though each of these factors helps ensure that data can be used with higher levels of confidence, it's difficult for a business to realize the value of its data if its corporate culture lags behind its technological capabilities.
Data-driven organizations have extended the use of data across everyday business functions, from the C-suite to the front lines. Rather than hoping that executives, managers, and employees will use business intelligence (BI) and other analytical tools, companies that are serious about the use of data are training employees, making the systems easier to use, making it mandatory to use the systems, and monitoring the use of the systems. Because their ability to compete effectively depends on their ability to leverage data, such data-driven organizations make a point of aligning their values, goals, and strategies with their ability to execute.
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Turning to pastoral ministry, he accepted pastorates in Mississippi and Texas. In 1964, at only the age of 29, the leadership of his denomination appointed him State Overseer (Administrative Bishop) to Montana/Wyoming, where he remained for two terms; then to Arizona for two terms and West Virginia for one term. During this period, he earned an undergraduate degree from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana; a Masters degree at Arizona State University; and a Doctorate of Ministry at Hamma School of Theology (Trinity University).
Dr. White's focus on education led to his appointment as his denominations first Director of General Education. But, after only two years, his vision for world evangelism led to his appointment as Director of World Missions. For the many years following, Dr. White fulfilled many roles within the church, including President of the denomination's seminary, State Overseer of Alabama (one of the largest memberships within the church), and ten years as a member of the five-member General Executive Committee (the last two of those years as the General Overseer, or Presiding Bishop, the highest executive position in the church). He also served on the Church's Executive Council for sixteen years. He currently serves as International Evangelist.
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Q: How to use Upper/Lower case Hey So I had a code like this
const answer = "HA"

const answers = answer.toLowerCase();

const theanswer = document.getElementById("WIT").value;

if(theanswer == answers) {
console.log("correct")
}

the thing is if the correct only showed up if I type "ha"
How can i make the correct showed if I type "HA" or "Ha" or "hA" or "ha"

A: To compare the values - convert the value to lowerCase as well - for example - try typing "ha" into the input.
On the first charachrer - "h" - you will log "h: incorrect" and then on the "a" it will log "ha: correct". ay other character s will obviously not match the "HA" and will be incorrect.

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const answers = answer.toLowerCase();

document.querySelector('#WIT').addEventListener('keyup', checkMe)

function checkMe(){
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  } else {
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Zimbabwe's 'biased' judiciary will trigger new street protests: analyst
Zimbabwe is struggling through economic and political crises, as well as a global pandemic. But ultimately, it will be the politically biased judiciary that forces people back out onto the streets, according to Harare-based political analyst Rejoice Ngwenya.
Zimbabwe Human Rights Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, centre, speaks to the media outside the magistrates courts in Harare, 18 August 2020. AP – Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
"This is one of the major crises. The judiciary is no longer independent," says Ngwenya, head of public policy think tank COMALISO.
Freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has been detained since 20 July on incitement to participate in public violence charges, after uncovering alleged fraud carried out by former health minister Obadiah Moyo. He was denied bail for the third time on Tuesday.
Chin'ono was arrested on the same day as opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume, who also remains in jail.
Detaining activists, journalists, writers and opposition members is part of the strategy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, says Ngwenya.
But it is not a mission against individuals, he says. "It's more about using the individuals…as examples to drive citizens that if you ever think about doing something, even if you go to court and ask for bail we can never give you bail."
Guards tried to prevent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa from entering the court on Tuesday, even though she had the proper documentation. A video shared on social media shows her demanding to be let in.
"It simply shows that even the judiciary system itself is not capable of protecting the citizen, and it's totally under the influence of the ruling party," he says.
Zimbabwe's National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO) issued a statement about the lack of confidence in the judiciary, noting that "communities feel that the judiciary institutions have been used as an arm to further repress and deny citizens their constitutionally guaranteed rights".
"That is the new normal," says Ngwenya. "And I am sure that is going to be the trigger of the next conflict in the streets," he adds.
Diplomatic pressure from outside
Civil society had hoped that the regional Southern African Development Community body (SADC) would intervene in the crisis, but a group of envoys were not allowed to meet opposition parties and activists during their visit two weeks ago.
NANGO "remains hopeful that the envoy will return with a refined, people-centred and inclusive strategy," it stated.
Ngwenya believes SADC and the African Union will step up and begin to put pressure on Mnangagwa.
"That might mean this government steps off the accelerator and begins to do things normally," he says, citing an example of magistrates on Monday telling prison officers that cells must be sanitised and prisoners given personal protective equipment to help stem the spread of Covid-19.
Although the main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was not part of the 31 July protest organisation, they have been targeted by the government. After a lull in public statements, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has made statements encouraging people to come out.
"He hasn't said anything about demonstrations. But he has come out and said it's now time for us to begin thinking about it, so that is going to make Mnangagwa more nervous," says Ngwenya.
A number of MDC supporters went to the state courthouse on Monday to protest, a sign that people are becoming braver and returning to activism.
"There's a lot of tectonic structural movement around Zimbabwe itself, with Botswana making the right noises, and in South Africa, members of parliament are accusing the ruling African National Congress party of being co-conspirators. Internally, the judiciary are beginning to shift a bit towards a more sympathetic situation," he says.


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Q: Encrypt/Hide sqlite3 database (Tkinter & Python) I am currently working on a password saving application using tkinter, and I don't want the database to be visible/accesible from the computer's local storage. Is there a way to achieve this with a pre-existing python library, or do I have to pay for a service?

A: You can try encrypting your database. I'm fairly sure sqlite doesn't offer encryption by default, you might need an extension like SQLCipher.

A: If you are looking for a password verification system, you could use one-way hashes like Sha256 or a salted algorithm. If you need a password manager, you could use PyCryptoDomex to encrypt the user's password with a "master key" that the user has to remember. Then when you want to fetch a passcode, ask them for the master key again and use it to decrypt the password.

A: you can use Sqlite3En package or SQLCipher
Sqlite3En doc:
https://github.com/yous1010/Sqlite3En_python/tree/master
SQLCipher  :
https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/
A simple example for sqlite3En :
To Encript db :
from Sqlite3En import Sqlite3En
Sqlite3En.Encrypt_existing_DB_By_Password('DBfile1\\' , 'DBName.db' ,'Table_Name' , password = 'password' ) #DBfile1\\ is DB path folder

To open and connect Encrypted DB :
Memory_conn = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
Sqlite3En.Open_Encrypted_DB_By_Password ('DBfile1\\','DBName.db','Table_Name',Memory_conn , password = 'password' )

now you can use sqlite db as usual
to select  data :
Memory_conn.execute("SELECT * FROM Table_Name)

To insert new value in DB:
Memory_conn.execute("INSERT INTO Table_Name (ID,NAME,AGE) VALUES (1, 'sam', 35)");
Memory_conn.commit()
Sqlite3En.Save_Change_On_EnDB_By_Password(Memory_conn,'DBName.db','Table_Name','DBfile1\\',password = 'password' )


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#Playlist – My Kinda Jazz
13/01/2017 10/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Music, Opinion
I consider myself eclectic in taste when it comes to music but I will say that Jazz holds a very special place in this little heart of mine. Especially the amplified sounds of Acid Jazz, Jazzfunk, Jazz Fusion and Ghoema (I am, after all, a child of the Cape). One could probably say that my heart beats Jazz.
Growing up we used to record our music from the radio – rewind, record then pause before the dj speaks. My friends only did R&B, you see. There was the odd one who was into the likes of Skunk Anansie and another was West Side one day and East Side the next. I just loved them all. I was like one who was in Dire Straits for Bread feeling the Earth, Wind and Fire – just me, Kool and the Gang looking at the Bloodstone wrung out by The Carpenters. We were all about the latest club hits. Yet, in our home, we listened to anything from classic 70's and 80's hard rock to just plain classic. Ain't no shame in my Tchaikovsky game.
Thinking back now there was one song that threw me into Jazz Music – Jonathan Butler's 7th Avenue. To this day it remains one of my favourites and is just one of those songs that has a permanent spot on my playlist. It's not just that the song is great but, man, what a story!
I come from a family who LOVES music. Our homes are rarely silent. Because of this I have two uncles who influenced my intense love for music greatly. Some of my earliest memories are of them playing Lisa Stansfield from one room and Sade from the other right next door. And a cousin pumping Michael Jackson. All this in one house. These two uncles introduced me to Acid Jazz. I fell instantly in love with Incognito. That yellow and black album – aptly named "Positivity" – had me hooked from the first note. In my opinion they are one of the greatest exports from the UK. Maysa Leak is a such a classy vocalist (she's since gone off on her own). Whether it's vocal or instrumental, they're simply awesome.
But I think there is a band that stands out above all the rest. The tightest band ever (in my humble opinion). There is no other band that keeps it together like Casiopea. If one considers that Casio is a timepiece manufacturer and the name is derivative of time and space (constellation of stars Cassiopeia) then their name suits their style and ability perfectly. I can listen to their distinct sound for hours. It's also so much fun watching their videos because they clearly enjoyed making music for the masses. I don't think Japan has produced another band quite like them since. True class. Here is the video for Asayake and Fightman below that. Enjoy.
Well. that is my mouthful about music that takes me through my paces emotionally and, somehow, intellectually (I work better with a bit of jazz and 90's alternative rock in the background).
What is your genre of choice? I'd like to know. Perhaps you know of some bands I could check out? I'm always up for new music (even though everything I listed here is now considered old school). Let me know your thoughts.
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Carla (greyscale) says:
Jacob Collier, Gretchen Parlato, Lianne La Havas
Great! I'll check out the latter two ???. Thanks!
Love discovering new music and artists too! (I use music everyday, as I teach dance) Check out some of the following: Snarky puppy, Robert Glasper, Cory Henry, Esperanza Spalding. Happy listening! ?
Hey Carla. I know them all and love them. A bit of a collector. I've decided to use Fridays for new discovery so feel free to share what find ?


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Q: Get file path from list recent files using Microsoft graph API I'm new to Microsoft graph API where I query:

GET /me/drive/recent

List recent files
But I have just one problem with the JSON response. The attribute: "webDavUrl"
returns an encoded string with the file path.
Example of the attribute "webDavUrl" with the encoded value:
 "webUrl": sitename/Documents/Microsoft%20Teams%20Chat%20Files/Inla%CC%88mningsuppgift%20-%20test%20test.pdf",

Is it possible to return a file path in the list of recent files without the encoding in Microsoft graph API or do I need to decode the string myself?

A: Graph API returns only encoded url and you have to decode it by yourself.
In JS it should be simple by calling decodeURI() function.
const encodedUrl = 'sitename/Documents/Microsoft%20Teams%20Chat%20Files/Inla%CC%88mningsuppgift%20-%20test%20test.pdf';

// decode complete URL
const url = decodeURI(encodedUrl);


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Q: При смене языка в приложении загружать соответствующую таблицу из БД В приложении имеется values/en, values/ru и values/tr при смене языка в системе андроид на один из трех упомянутых меняется язык и в приложении. Но у меня есть база данных в приложении, каким образом нужно правильно реализовать, чтобы при смене языка срабатывала определенная таблица? Например когда values/ru чтобы загружались данные из таблицы TABLE_RU? Или это делается как-то иначе?

A: Можно записать имена таблиц в стринг-ресурс как и обычные строки.
И метод getString(R.string.table_name) автоматически вернёт имя соответствующее нужной локали


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The commentary below is a overview. Each company/policy will have its own particular conditions so do read policies carefully before purchasing coverage.
The base-policy is for fire. Some policies exclude damage due to "brush fire" so read carefully. If you live in a rural area where brush-fires may indeed be the prime fire-risk you face, find a policy that covers this potentiality.
Additional riders add coverage for "All Perils". "All Perils" riders cover a wide variety of potential events:Flood, windstorm, hurricane, earthquake, burst pipes, vehicular impact, airplane parts falling from the sky, malicious acts, earthquake, volcanic activity.
Deductibles will vary by occurrence. The coverage is clearly stated in the policy.Deductibles also vary by company. Read and understand this part of any policy you are considering. It's at the heart of what you are buying.
Rates vary depending on location and method of construction.
Seaside properties will have higher rates for hurricane coverage than properties located inland.
Wooden buildings have higher rates than concrete.
"Mixed construction" has another set of rates. Mixed construction refers to a combination of concrete and wood. The classification refers to the materials used for the construction of exterior walls. Example - a first floor of concrete and a second floor of wood will be classified as "mixed construction".
Rates as of this writing run from 1% for seaside concrete construction up to 3% or more for wooden seaside construction.
Interior contents can be covered. If you are buying building insurance as outlined above, the interior contents will be added to the base policy.
If you rent an apartment or home, you can purchase insurance on contents as a stand-alone policy.
Be sure to make an inventory of items covered and to submit it to your insurance company. It is further recommended that you take photos of the goods themselves in situ to verify your inventory. Burn the photos and written inventory to a CD and send it along to your agent.
Coverage should reflect the "value today" of the goods, not the cost to buy them new.
Piers can be covered, and carry rates parallel to "wood seaside" construction. They cannot be insured on a stand-alone policy. Pier coverage must be attached to a building/structure policy.
Contractors insurance is available. All perils contractors policies cover the same range of items as those noted for completed buildings. The rates and length of time of the coverage are different than those for completed structures. Details should be discussed with the insurance agency you are considering.
Your coverage should be for full replacement value. Under-insuring has very stiff financial penalties if you file for a claim.
Experience with filing claims - good companies give excellent and prompt service. The coverage is really extensive, and unlike the unfortunate victims of Katrina you will not be sitting around splitting hairs over whether water damage was considered to be from rain or flood. The coverage is written to INCLUDE the most threatening events, not to catch you up in a labyrinth of fine print. DO read your policy carefully and DO comply with the provisions in it, Do check the financial strength of the company you are considering before buying. DO document your property. DO prepare it properly for an impending storm - if you are putting up shutters, take photos. If you are pulling your boat take a picture of it up on the land.
Enjoy your property in Belize, knowing that you have excellent options for insuring your property, and that in the unlikely event of filing a claim that you will be treated well and fairly !
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Q: C# - Read json to subclass fields I'm trying to make a Config.cs class to use on my project.
Structure is supposed to consist of categories of settings. For example, Config.LogOnDetails should hold the values for MySQL login.
Here is my current structure.
public class Config
    {
        public string pPath;
        public string configPath;
        public string configFilePath;

        public class LogOnDetails
        {
            public string MySQLDatabaseName { get; set; }
            public string MySQLUser { get; set; }
            public string MySQLPassword { get; set; }
            public string MySQLAddress { get; set; }
        }

        public Config()
        {
            pPath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
            configPath = Path.Combine(pPath, @"/config");
            configFilePath = Path.Combine(configPath, "/config.json");
            //If it doesn't exist, create a directory for the configuration to be stored in
            if (!Directory.Exists(configPath))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory("config");
            }
            if (!File.Exists(configFilePath))
            {
                string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this);
                File.WriteAllText(configFilePath, json);
                Console.WriteLine("Created a new blank config file!");
            }
        }
    }

Here is how I'm trying to load the config to the class.
 //Initialize configuration
 Config.LogOnDetails logOnDetails = new Config.LogOnDetails();

 //Load config from json
 config.LogOnDetails = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Config.LogOnDetails>(config.configFilePath);

But this doesn't seem to work and looks like I don't understand subclasses properly. How can I organize my class so it will work?
json example:
{
    "pPath": null,
    "configPath": null,
    "configFilePath": null,
    "MySQLDatabaseName": null,
    "MySQLUser": null,
    "MySQLPassword": null,
    "MySQLAddress": null
}

A: First off, I'm going to start with a general point. The Config class should know nothing about how it is stored, or where it is stored. That is a completely separate "concern". See Separation of concerns

Start off with the definition of what you want to store. That seems to be your MySql info, and some other info. These should all be individual classes (To be clear, you can nest them, but there is no need to and complicates the answer a little):
 public class LogOnDetails
 {
        public string MySQLDatabaseName { get; set; }
        public string MySQLUser { get; set; }
        public string MySQLPassword { get; set; }
        public string MySQLAddress { get; set; }
 }

You can have another one:
public class Settings
{
     public string Locale { get; set; }
}

And you can compose these into a master config object
public class Config
{
     public string SomeTopLevelProp {get; set; }
     public LogOnDetails LogOnDetails { get; set; }
     public Settings Settings  { get; set; }
}

The way to serialize and deserialize this is fairly straightforward
var config = new Config()
{
   SomeTopLevelProp = "ABCDEF",
   LogOnDetails = new LogOnDetails()
   {
       MySqlDatabaseName = "Foo"  ,
       MySQLUser = "MyUser"
       // snip the rest of the props
   },
    Settings = new Settings
    {
        Locale = "en-GB"
    }
}
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(config );

var mySettingDeserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Config>(json);

I have purposely left out the writing to a file part - you seem to know how to do that - but keep it outside of the Config class. For example a separate classes, perhaps just with 2 static methods which knows how/where to store the config
public static class ConfigLoader
{
     public static void StoreConfig(Config config, string location) {... }
     public static Config LoadConfig(string location) {... }
}

A note on security - storing your database password as plain text in a json config file is generally a bad idea. You might consider encrypting it, and storing that and decrypting it when using the value.


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brite winter is bigger & brighter than ever with 60-band lineup
jacqueline bon | Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Frozen grey January in Cleveland is the season where it's easy to feel like the city has slipped into hibernation. But if you can't change it, then embrace it. That's the mantra of Brite Winter Festival, at least.
Bundle up, hold a beer in your mitten and it's really not so bad. Brite Winter is dedicated to embracing the winter season with 60 bands and a strong focus on local music. The fest will take place on Saturday, Feb. 21st beginning at 4 p.m. on eight stages throughout Ohio City, two of which are outdoors. It will also feature outdoor art installations.
Headliners include Chicago-based Maps & Atlases, Baltimore's Sun Club and Cleveland's Welshy Arms. The diverse lineup also includes acoustic lyricism by Philadelphia's Roses (new project by Matt Scheuermann of American War), dancable Cleveland pop band Sammy Slims, hip hop acts Muamin Collective and Archie Green, indie rock band The Modern Electric, garage rock band Banging Fragiles, and Uno Lady, known for her beautiful and eccentric vocal loops.
"I think we need to give music fans and participants a little bit more credit because most music fans listen to more than one type of music," says Justin Markert, Brite program director.
The focus of this year's lineup was to stay true to the festival's character by highlighting and talent of Cleveland's music community and to expand its musical diversity.
"Obviously there is tons of musical talent in Cleveland and tons of small pockets of talent. It's good to pull together bands that haven't necessarily played together," says Markert.
Markert owns record label/online magazine Cellar Door Cleveland and has a long history of booking bands, promoting and evangelizing local music. Last year's event attracted over 20,000 people and he is excited that the event will also serve as an introduction to the local music community.
"Brite Winter is an escape from the winter blues and it's a free way to take a look at tons and tons of local musicians and artists. You can digest a lot in a small amount of time and truly get an idea of the arts community," says Markert.
Emily Hornack, a speech pathologist for MetroHealth and her friend Jimmy Harris, a biomedical engineer, founded Brite Winter six years ago while attending Case Western for grad school together.
"We had noticed that the time between New Year's and St. Patrick's Day was sort of dead on the cultural calendar. People stay inside and hibernate, barely tolerating our long winter," Hornack says. "We were inspired by the amazing art and music scene in this area, which is alive and well year round, and we were also inspired by other northern cities, who manage to celebrate their four seasons, including winter."
The first year, Brite Winter took place at Hart Crane Memorial Park with three bands and 800 attendees. With the help of previous program manager Thomas Fox, the music lineup expanded to over 60 bands in the years that followed.
Currently, the festival has gained nonprofit status that has allowed more people than ever before to get involved with this year's Brite. The festival has received funding from Art Works, National Endowment For The Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Cuyahoga Arts & Cuture and many others.
"Get a program. Mark down what you like, and check it out online so you can see those artists and musicians another time," Hornack recommends. "Grab a coffee or beer, stand by the bonfire, and talk to random people. Clevelanders are notoriously friendly. We hope that first time attendees come away with a new view of winter, a couple new friends, and an arsenal of bands and artists to enjoy year round."
The schedule will be posted closer to the date of the festival. For more details and exclusive interviews with the bands visit the Brite website.
Read more articles by Jacqueline Bon.
Jacqueline Bon is a freelance writer that has been contributing to Fresh Water Cleveland since 2014. As a journalist by trade and self-taught photographer, she has a lot of curiosity in people and their stories. She is a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and has pursued film and digital photography for a decade. She is likely to be the first person on the dance floor, especially if you put on Prince.
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Lawrence Solomon: How Trump shattered the alliance between environmentalists and Big Labour
Posted on June 10, 2016 by Lawrence Solomon
(June 9, 2016) The stage is set for a knock 'em down, drag 'em out fight with Donald Trump making an unapologetic play for the hardhat vote and Hillary Clinton promising to "put coal miners out of work" and all but eliminate fracking.
A woman holds up a sign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong.
This article, by Lawrence Solomon, was first printed by the National Post
To the dread of environmentalists, the jobs-versus-environment debate is on once again, but with big differences. In past decades, environmentalists were politically weak and sought succor from their powerful fellow travelers on the left — Big Labour. In recent years, environmentalists — President Obama, Silicon Valley and Hollywood in tow — have had the upper hand, and didn't need to court labour, or show it much deference. If anything, the labour movement has been on its back foot, paying lip service to the needs of the environment to avoid being labelled Neanderthals.
In the past, both labour and environmentalists strove to soft-pedal their differences, neither wanting to diss their ostensible allies and lose support among their own constituents for dividing the progressive movement. Now, the gloves are coming off, and polite talk has grown rare. The stage is set for a knock 'em down, drag 'em out fight with a decisive showdown in the November election. In the corner for the environment is Hillary Clinton, who earlier this year announced that she would "put coal miners out of work" and all but eliminate fracking. In the corner for labour — and especially for the blue-collar jobs that have been out of favour — is Donald Trump.
"We have to win the general election. We cannot take Hillary Clinton anymore," Trump told a cheering crowd of 13,000 in West Virginia's coal country, where he kicked off his general election campaign last month after his last Republican rivals conceded defeat. "You can't take it folks. You're gonna have your mines closed, 100 per cent."
Trump's unapologetic play for the hardhat vote — "We're going to get those miners back to work … They are going to be proud again to be miners" — is not only fueling resentments between blue-collar workers and environmentalists, it's also dividing Big Labour.
Last month, Terry O'Sullivan, general president of the 500,000-strong Laborers' International Union of North America wrote to Richard Trumka, president of AFL-CIO, American's largest union federation, "to express our anger and frustration regarding the AFL-CIO's plan to establish a Super PAC with billionaire job-killer and environmental extremist Tom Steyer."
"(Steyer) and his anti-energy, anti-job, anti-growth cronies will be dictating how funds flowing from union coffers are spent … we're not about to hold hands, sing Kumbaya, and support positions that threaten the jobs, livelihoods, and economic health of our dues-paying members, or of our brothers and sisters in the AFL-CIO. Our primary responsibility as union leaders is to our members, and any individual or any organization that has a problem with that is no friend of the labor movement."
Sullivan's spitting-mad letter, written shortly after it became certain Trump would lead the Republicans, boiled over with resentment at the way AFL-CIO — which is now dominated by government employees — decided "to sell out to a billionaire who not only has little or no stake in our movement, our members, or their work; but who has actively fought against our members' interests." Sullivan's letter was co-ordinated with a letter to Trumka from seven presidents of building trade unions also expressing dismay "that the AFL-CIO has now officially become infiltrated by financial and political interests that work in direct conflict to many of our members."
As did Sullivan's letter, the letter from the seven presidents signaled an irreconcilable split. "Compromising our core mission as trade unionists sworn to advocate for the economic well being of our membership as a trade off for a perceived short term political gain is utterly disappointing and and cannot be supported by the undersigned organizations."
Trump's unapologetic play for the hardhat vote is fueling the resentments
Both letters to Trumka expressed outrage over harm to workers in the fossil fuel industries from climate change policies. This is an open sore, one that Trump is expertly working, and is now a central issue in the presidential campaign. Where Clinton and the Democrats have taken an increasingly anti-fossil-fuel stance, promising to bring the weight of government regulations down on the industry, Trump and the Republicans have been unambiguously pro-fossil fuels, promising to scrap regulations, undo the Obama climate change legacy and thwart the horrors that would be yet to come.
"She's declared war on the American worker," Trump said of Clinton. "She will shut down energy production across this country. Millions of jobs, and trillions of dollars of wealth, will be destroyed as a result."
Trump has the blue-collar vote, and likely the vote of their union representatives, for good reason. As the presidential race unfolds, and heated rhetoric further inflames passions, the divide between the greens and blue-collar workers can only intensify.
Ten years ago, environmentalists and unions formed the Blue Green Alliance, on a "common belief that building a clean energy economy will create good jobs, reduce the carbon emissions that cause global warming and make America more energy independent." They should have called it an "oil and water" experiment, having only proved that, when dealing with extremist policies dictated by climate change economics, jobs and the environment don't mix and may, in fact, be explosive.
Lawrence Solomon is executive director of Energy Probe. Email: LawrenceSolomon@nextcity.com.
About Lawrence Solomon
Lawrence Solomon is one of Canada's leading environmentalists. His book, The Conserver Solution (Doubleday) popularized the Conserver Society concept in the late 1970s and became the manual for those interested in incorporating environmental factors into economic life. An advisor to President Jimmy Carter's Task Force on the Global Environment (the Global 2000 Report) in the late 1970's, he has since been at the forefront of movements to reform foreign aid, stop nuclear power expansion and adopt toll roads. Mr. Solomon is a founder and managing director of Energy Probe Research Foundation and the executive director of its Energy Probe and Urban Renaissance Institute divisions. He has been a columnist for The Globe and Mail, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the editor and publisher of the award-winning The Next City magazine, and the author or co-author of seven books, most recently The Deniers, a #1 environmental best-seller in both Canada and the U.S. .
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