ERP Systems, Automation, And The Future Of Jobs | Encompass Solutions, Inc.
The common misconception about automation is that in the long term it will cost more jobs than it creates. The fact of the matter is that this is simply not true. Automation, working alongside effective ERP systems, provides workforces the freedom to become more specialized and efficient. Automation works in tandem with ERP to conserve resources and take the mundane and repetitive tasks out of the picture.
As a result, the human component of businesses can take on more logical, critical thinking-oriented tasks. This adds value to the business by strengthening the quality of care customers receive and nurtures the satisfaction employees receive when they occupy more critical and appreciated roles in their careers.
While the technology and machinery associated with automation and ERP systems assume easy roles it the workplace, the more agile and adaptable human is still required to run and maintain them.
A Specialized Worker Ensures That The Factory's Automation Equipment Runs At Peak Performance.
Cotton mills are a prominent example of how technology replaced human labor in the textile industry. While unskilled labor, such as cotton picking was replaced by the cotton gin, the process of refining the picked cotton still required a human touch. Loom operators found their jobs replaced with automated machinery, but those machines too needed to be run and maintained by skilled labor. A loom couldn't craft a shirt on its own but made the process infinitely more simple and the results were less cost prohibitive for the consumer. This translated into higher demand for cotton goods and more weavers were required to address the demand.
Over the past 150 years, the labor force has thrived alongside the implementation of automation technology, rather than having been hindered by it. The article Automation Technology and Anxiety, featured in Economist, focused on the example of cotton and detailed how the textile became easier by a factor of 50 to produce following the advent of automation technology in the industry. As a result, the cost of cotton plummeted, making goods derived from the textile easier to afford. This increased consumer demand led to a demand for more skilled labor. The article states, "In America during the 19th century the amount of coarse cloth a single weaver could produce in an hour increased by a factor of 50, and the amount of labor required per yard of cloth fell by 98%. This made cloth cheaper and increased demand for it, which in turn created more jobs for weavers: their numbers quadrupled between 1830 and 1900. In other words, technology gradually changed the nature of the weaver's job, and the skills required to do it, rather than replacing it altogether." The main takeaway from the passage should be that while the production of coarse cotton became radically easier to produce, job growth in the sector grew by 400 percent in a 70-year period as a result.
A more modern example can be found in Amazon's headcount statistics. While the company's fleet of robots has doubled over the last two years, the labor force has only increased over the same period.
ERP Systems functions much in the same way, working alongside automated systems in manufacturing. In terms of data management, ERP systems take over repetitive processes and assume these otherwise mundane roles associated with enterprise data to reduce waste and free labor to take on more mission-critical tasks. These streamlined processes end up saving businesses substantial costs in the long term and facilitate growth that scales alongside the pace of Industry.
Automation Takes The Form Of Machine And Digital Processes.
The independent workforce is another segment of global labor that shows increasing promise in the face of automation, with highly-skilled, highly-educated, and experienced professionals increasingly being sought after by companies that have adopted automation to a high degree. Software engineering, product management, and application development professionals are among the most sought-after independents. Automation plays together with the independent workforce as companies look to supplement their automated systems with independent workers to fulfill highly-specialized roles. Factories may not need the workers they once did thanks to robots and automated assembly, but the gaps in operations, maintenance, and planning leave more than enough room for a more specialized workforce to step in.
While it's true the application of automation upsets work roles and employment demographics within the industries where they are applied, the real pains are felt in the short-term transition process. Bhagwan Chowdhry, professor of finance at the University of California, Los Angeles, details what he sees as a necessary shift in paradigm between learning and working to maintain a qualified workforce as automation assumes what has been traditionally referred to as blue-collar jobs.
Modern Automation And Processes Require The Transition Of Workforces from Un-Skilled or Low-Skilled to Highly-skilled.
In an interview with the BBC last year, he offered his thoughts on how to address the need for more specialized labor in the face of automation, "The distinction between work and learning might need to become more amorphous. We currently have a dichotomy where those who work not learn, and those who learn do not work. We need to think about getting away from the traditional five-day working week to one where I spend 60% of my time doing my job and 40% learning on a regular basis." In short, automation and robots, particularly collaborative robots, are increasingly filling a complementary role alongside workers, rather than one of replacement. The safest route, in terms of ensuring humans have a future in the workforce, is to scale skillsets alongside the technology that enables them the increased time to learn about most technical concepts and roles.


As HR Generalist at Segment, John Pichay manages many different HR functions, including the organization's immigration program. He took some time to sit down with us and tell us his story and how the immigration program at Segment has evolved from a slow trudge to a growth powerhouse.
Read the case study to learn how Envoy helped Ipsos solve their immigration challenges.


The main difference between OEM and ODM is that, the former is designed by the client to design the product, regardless of who completed the overall design, and the client shall not provide the product with the design to the third party. The latter is completed by the manufacturer itself from design to production, after the product is formed, the label will buy it. Whether the manufacturer can produce the same products for a third party depends on whether the label is buying the design scheme. OEM products are made for brand manufacturers, and only the name of the brand can be used after production, which can not be produced by the manufacturer's own name. ODM depends on whether the brand company buys the copyright of the product. If not, manufacturers have the right to organize their own production, as long as there is no corporate design identification. Said simply, OEM and OEM difference, the core is the product who enjoys intellectual property rights, if clients enjoy the product of the intellectual property rights, it is OEM, also known as the "contract"; If it is the overall design of the producer, it is the ODM, commonly known as "sticker".
As far as we are concerned, as plastic bottle Chinese manufacturer, we also provide OEM production, or ODM production. We have been exposed to foreign customers for so many years, Many customers have their original ideas about the plastic bottles they need, and then we'll talk about it over and over again, constantly improving the bottle shape, in order to better adapt to their product market, his type of plastic bottle is done by our factory and our customers. If the end customer doesn't buy the intellectual property of the product, then we can produce this bottle freely, except for their logo, which is the ODM. By contrast, some customers has its own plastic bottle design, clearly know they which material, which capacity, as well as some bottle details, we just according to their design to produce, this is the OEM.
Personally, I think plastic bottles because of the universality and practicability, it is impossible to produce too much strange unique shape, such as a very common drink bottles, usually cylindrical or square, but it can't be produced in waves. So beverage companies usually have their own brand of bottle. The recent hot news, and the typical case, It's the Fanta's new carbonated beverage bottle, a very unique spiral shape, a bottle that is different from other bottles reflects their innovation and brand uniqueness.


James recently wrote two short stories about "Bob the Builder" and wanted to send it to the writers of the show.
The first one he wrote so it ended up being much shorter than what he originally intended. He told me this wonderful long story and then when we told him to write it down, lost half of it because he can't think and write at the same time. Father has the same problem. I end up taking lots of dictation for business letters, etc. but that is another story.
"Bob the Builder, the snake and the Giant Spider!
One Halloween night I was returning home to the yard. Bob the builder, Wendy and the can do crew were waiting for me. I had just rebuilt the wooden railroad bridge. Just then a giant spider arrived. I was so surprised I ran back to the yard and told everyone. Just then Packer came by. He caught the giant spider, packed it up, and took it home to the Wild West. Then a giant snake came along. Jackaroo came along just in time. He swung it around and around and threw it into the Wild West with the giant spider.
He wanted to send it to Hit Entertainment but they don't accept stories ideas if you don't have an agent. So, I found the address for the creator of "Bob" and we sent him copies of the stories, plus a letter.
I wrote a nice cover letter and sent them off. We received this yesterday.
Thank you for your letter and your stories. I think you are going to be a great writer when you grow up. Or maybe a builder like me. A Halloween show would be a very good idea. Instead of a pumpkin, perhaps we could use Spud instead. Bye for now.
James was quite happy, Father was quite impressed and we will be framing the picture.
My littlest guy just awoke from his nap, came in and saw Bob, looked at me and said "You're watching Bob when I'm SLEEPING?!"
How cool!! It is certainly nice when people in the media industry care about kids. Great stories, James. Keep up the good work.


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Steven Adams calls Warriors guards 'monkeys,' apologizes
By Dan FeldmanMay 17, 2016, 9:36 AM EDT
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Steven Adams chooses the wrong words to describe the Warriors' guards. "They're quick little monkeys," he says. pic.twitter.com/ss5DbHilqD
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) May 17, 2016
After the Thunder's Game 1 win over the Warriors last night, Oklahoma City center Steven Adams described the challenge of covering Golden State's guards (via Kenny Ducey of Sports Illustrated):
They're quick little, quick little monkeys, those guys.
Adams, via Sam Amick of USA Today:
"It was just a poor choice of words, mate," Adams told USA TODAY Sports. "I wasn't thinking straight. I didn't know it was going to upset anyone, but I'm truly sorry. It was just a poor choice of words. I was just trying to express how difficult it was chasing those guys around."
Adams, who came to America to attend the University of Pittsburgh in 2012, said differences in dialect were, in part, to blame.
"It's just different, mate," he said. "Different words, different expressions, and stuff like that. But they obviously can be taken differently, depending on which country you're in. I'm assimilating, mate, still trying to figure out the boundaries. But I definitely overstepped them tonight."
Without context, there's nothing inherently wrong about comparing players to monkeys – quick, jumpy animals. If Adams had called them cheetahs or jaguars, nobody would've batted an eye.
But context matters – even if Adams is unaware of it.
There is a troubling history of comparing black people to monkeys or apes. This was done to justify treating black people as less than human, whether that meant slavery, Jim Crow laws or any other form of discrimination.
Calling a black person a monkey fosters those damaging attitudes, intentionally or not.
Adams gave a good apology. His background, while an explanation for his error, does not let him off the hook. He owned that he said something inappropriate and said he was sorry.
The only other thing you can ask is that he – and all of us – learn from this and why it matters.
Tom Jacobs of Pacific Standard:
Study five, conducted at Penn State University, took a different approach. A group of white male students were primed with words associated with either apes or big cats. They then watched a tape of a policeman beating a man, a la Rodney King. Half were told the man (whose image was unclear on the film) was white; the other half were told he was black.
The students who were primed with cat words considered the beating unjustified. So did those who were primed with ape words but were told the victim was white. But those who were primed with the ape words and told the victim was black were far more ambivalent in their reaction. "The association between black and ape left our white respondents more open to the possibility that police violence might in fact be justified," Goff said.
Goff considers the sixth and final study the most distressing of all. "We looked at 183 cases over a 20-year span where a defendant was found guilty of a crime and was eligible for the death penalty," he said. "We looked at any article from the Philadelphia Inquirer that mentioned the incident, up until the sentencing. We coded them for words like 'ape,' 'beast,' 'brute' or 'jungle' — ape-specific words.
"It turned out African Americans had significantly more ape-related images ascribed to them than did whites. And among African Americans, the more ape-related images you had in your press coverage, the more likely you were to be put to death."

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Q: microsoft graph api which endpoint to use Net or Com i have used the application available at https://github.com/OfficeDev/O365-WebApp-MultiTenant and made it as multi-tenant,
using the access token generated in this application i could list down and access the children on one drive for business, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/root/children.
This application uses graph end point as https://graph.microsoft.net/ but i noticed that it doesn't work, then i started using https://graph.microsoft.com/
and it started working.
my question which is correct endpoint,https://graph.microsoft.net/ or https://graph.microsoft.com/

A: https://graph.microsoft.com/ is the correct endpoint.
Please see docs at http://graph.microsoft.io, including graph explorer which lets you explore and try out the API

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Experiencing Seneca
A CVL involves a licensed insolvency practitioner calling a meeting of members and a meeting of creditors, which usually follows straight after the meeting of members. These meetings will be chaired by a director of the company. At the meeting of members the company will be placed into Liquidation and a Liquidator will be appointed. The creditors meeting affords the creditors the opportunity to ask questions of the director, form a creditors committee, confirm the appointment of the Liquidator, or appoint a different Liquidator and agree the basis of the Liquidators fees, if no creditors committee has been appointed
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We are experienced independent specialists in business recovery and insolvency. We are here to assist businesses and individuals when they are experiencing financial difficulties. Regardless of the nature, type and size of your business, it is crucial to take professional advice at an early stage to ensure that a solution to the problem can be found before it is too late.
We offer a wide range of solutions for companies, businesses and individuals.
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Solution – The group engaged Seneca IP to close down the ailing subsidiary. Seneca met with the staff prior to the liquidation to explain the unfortunate position and allow them the opportunity to seek alternative employment. A meeting of creditors was called and the company entered in to liquidation shortly thereon afterwards with many of the staff being able to walk in to alternative employment with local competitors.
Result – The group had reduced its overheads by bringing all operations under one roof, could concentrate on the viable business and its customers were not affected by the process. The Liquidator was also successful in obtaining a tax refund from HMRC which will see a dividend paid to creditors thus mitigating their losses.
"We could not see any way in which we could save more than 75% of our workforce. We approached Seneca IP who assisted us in the process of Liquidation but also dealt with our staff empathically and in a most professional manner."
Plastics form products – North of England – Creditors Voluntary Liquidation
Problem – The company had suffered as a result of progressively slowing sales and several substantial bad debts which led to them falling in to arrears with creditors. The Directors had supported the business throughout but made the decision at a key time to act.
Solution – The company contacted Seneca IP who quickly advised them to enter in to Administration with a view to maximising and preserving the value in the business and preserving employment in the local area. The company was actively marketed throughout the UK and eventually sold back to a restructured form of the previous board. The brand name of the company was preserved along with the company's employees.
Outcome – the company continues to trade to date and continues to employ staff in what is considered an employment blackspot. The company had faced the hostile appointment of an Administrator by their financier which would have entailed a shutdown of the business resulting in a loss of jobs and cost to both the local economy and National Insurance Fund. The fact that the board acted as they did and that Seneca IP were on hand to guide the business through the process and bring the financier on board was the key factor in preserving what had been built up whilst still delivering the best possible return to creditors.
"We could not trust the advice we had received elsewhere and were introduced to Seneca IP. Within minutes of meeting with Mr Hedger we were satisfied that we were in capable, professional hands. The entire team at Seneca saw us through what was admittedly a very tough time, their knowledge and professionalism was second to none and I do not hesitate to recommend them to anyone who finds themselves in the unenviable position we did."
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Upon completion of this course you will be entitled to the use of these Designatory letters after your name: Dip.Interviewskills which will be printed upon your final Diploma Certificate under your name.
This programme is suitable for both interviewers and candidates.
Everyone has to prepare for an interview at some time in their life. You only get one chance to make the right impression.
Interviewing people is a skill that is learnt. This course will teach you that skill.
First and foremost, this subject is ideally suited to interviewers interviewing candidates for positions of employment. It is also ideally suited to candidates wishing to learn more on how to be the best you can be in an interview leading to your success in landing that job or work role.
Whether you're an interviewer or candidate waiting to be interviewed, this programme will serve well for both by helping you see and understand both sides and perspectives around the interview desk.
One of the most important things upon first meeting and first sight is good body language and that includes how you hold yourself, confidence and eye contact along with a good strong posture with a warm natural inviting smile.
Good all round non verbal communication is essential and that includes keeping still without fidgeting or face touches and lip licking. Irrespective of the job you"re going for, you must dress immaculately as this shows effort in your presentation and attention to detail even if some people think you may be overdressed for the job.
If you are the interviewer and your applicant came through the door immaculately dressed, irrespective of the job they're applying for, would you think they were unsuitable because they have dressed to well? Or would you think they have made their best effort, even if they are overdressed? Always dress well.
Dressing well is essential. Common sense is also essential and knowing when to wear a suit or just dress casually is down to the job you are applying for.
Don't talk too much. Make comfortable eye contact and nod and agree to what is being said, this is important.
Bear in mind good respectful body language including pacing and leading or mirroring but be careful not to make it unnatural.
Sitting and moving in harmony naturally is the best route to take and don't be moving your hand when they move theirs or cross your leg when the cross theirs or it will become obvious and then just weird or creepy. Just a relaxed similar posture and pace of energy is good.
Don't be too friendly or it will be fake because you are NOT friends, you are the employee and he or she is the BOSS who is in charge of you and will tell you what to do and when to do it. How wrong is that?
Use good Idiom. Speaking in good language and avoiding all street language or slang and especially swear words.
Be professional, silently strong and modest, charged with confidence giving a sense that you're a powerful and strong person just enough for the interviewer to pick up on it.
Ensure that each question is taken seriously and ask good questions back to the interviewer.
This course is suitable for managers and recruitment people for interviewing positions of employment in all walks of life.
Teaches you how to successfully interview and recruit candidates suitable for the position they're applying for.
This content is based upon proven successful techniques showing you, not only how to put yourself at ease but how to put your candidate at ease enabling you to dig deeper into their suitability for the position.
Helps you to identify tricksters and liars along with creating tests to help you measure your candidate's suitability for positions or the abilities needed for the role at hand.
Suitable for small businesses to managing directors and up to large corporations.
Upon completion of this study you would be far better equipped at handling interviewers and the difficult questions that are thrown at you. You will also be better equipped as an interviewer on how to actually carry out interviews successfully.
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How to Recognize the Plastics That are Hazardous to You
Published on April 11, 2013,	by Health JYDC Admin in Health Informations.
Article Source: Health And Fitness Journal
Look around your home and take note of just how many plastic items are around you. From food containers and utensils to bags, water bottles, shower curtains and children's toys, plastic has become a permanent fixture in our everyday lives – but it's one that comes with serious consequences.
Approximately 200 billion pounds (that's 100 million tons) of plastic are produced every year. Some now say we have entered the "Age of Plastics."1 But all of these plastic chemicals are now finding their way into your body and the environment, where they are accumulating over time with potentially catastrophic biological consequences.
Why You Should Check the Resin Identification Code
It is possible to seriously cut back on the amount of plastic in your life, which I strongly recommend and give tips for below. However, for the plastics you do use it's important to be aware of the risks they pose.
This can be determined through a classification system called the Resin Identification Code, which is the number printed on the bottom of most plastic bottles and food containers. It describes what kind of plastic resin the product is made out of.
The featured article2 compiled a breakdown of what each Resin Identification Code means, which you can use to help you make informed decisions on your plastic usage. As you'll read below, you should generally avoid plastics labeled #7, #3 or #6, while those that may be somewhat safer include #1, #2, #4 and #5.
Getting to Know Your Plastics: What the 7 Numbers Mean
Plastic #1: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
Typically used to make bottles for soft drinks, water, juice, mouthwash, sports drinks and containers for condiments like ketchup, salad dressing, jelly and jam, PET is considered safe, but it can actually leach the toxic metal antimony, which is used during its manufacture.
One study that looked at 63 brands of bottled water produced in Europe and Canada found concentrations of antimony that were more than 100 times the typical level found in clean groundwater (2 parts per trillion).3
It also found that the longer a bottle of water sits on a shelf — in a grocery store or your refrigerator — the greater the dose of antimony present. It is believed that the amount of antimony leeching from these PET bottles differs based on exposure to sunlight, higher temperatures, and varying pH levels.
Brominated compounds have also been found to leach into PET bottles.4 Bromine is known to act as a central nervous system depressant, and can trigger a number of psychological symptoms such as acute paranoia and other psychotic symptoms.
Plastic #2: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
HDPE, which is considered a low-hazard plastic, is often used for milk, water and juice bottles, as well as bottles for cleaning supplies and shampoo. It's also used to make grocery bags and cereal box liners. HDPE (like most plastics) has been found to release estrogenic chemicals.
In one study, 95 percent of all plastic products tested were positive for estrogenic activity, meaning they can potentially disrupt your hormones and even alter the structure of human cells, posing risks to infants and children.5 In this particular study, even products that claimed to be free of the common plastic toxicant bisphenol-A (BPA) still tested positive for other estrogenic chemicals.
Plastic #3: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
PVC plastic can be rigid or flexible, and is commonly found in bags for bedding, shrink wrap, deli and meat wrap, plastic toys, table cloths and blister packs used to store medications.
PVC contains toxic chemicals including DEHP, a type of phthalate used as a plastics softener. Phthalates are one of the groups of "gender-bending" chemicals causing males of many species to become more female. These chemicals have disrupted the endocrine systems of wildlife, causing testicular cancer, genital deformations, low sperm counts and infertility in a number of species, including polar bears, deer, whales and otters, just to name a few.
Scientists believe phthalates are responsible for a similar pattern of adverse effects in humans as well. If your home contains soft, flexible plastic flooring, such as vinyl or those padded play-mat floors for kids (often used in day cares and kindergartens, too), there's a good chance it is also made from toxic PVC. PVC flooring has been linked to chronic diseases including allergies, asthma and autism.
Plastic #4: Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
Another plastic that is considered a low hazard, LDPE is used in bags for bread, newspapers, fresh produce, household garbage and frozen foods, as well as in paper milk cartons and hot and cold beverage cups. While LDPE does not contain BPA, it may pose risks of leaching estrogenic chemicals, similar to HDPE.
Plastic #5: Polypropylene (PP)
PP plastic is used to make containers for yogurt, deli foods, medications and takeout meals. While polypropylene is said to have a high heat tolerance making it unlikely to leach chemicals, at least one study found that PP plastic ware used for laboratory studies did leach at least two chemicals.6
Plastic #6: Polystyrene (PS)
Polystyrene, also known as Styrofoam, is used to make cups, plates, bowls, take-out containers, meat trays and more. Polystyrene is known to leach styrene,7 which can damage your nervous system and is linked to cancer, into your food. Temperature has been found to play a role in how much styrene leaches from polystyrene containers, which means using them for hot foods and beverages (such as hot coffee in a polystyrene cup) may be worst of all.
Plastic #7: Other
This is a catch-all designation used to describe products made from other plastic resins not described above, or those made from a combination of plastics. It's difficult to know for sure what types of toxins may be in #7 plastics, but there's a good chance it often contains BPA or the new, equally concerning chemical on the block in the bisphenol class known as Bisphenol-S (BPS).
BPA and BPS are endocrine disrupters, which means they mimic or interfere with your body's hormones and "disrupts" your endocrine system. The glands of your endocrine system and the hormones they release are instrumental in regulating mood, growth and development, tissue function, metabolism, as well as sexual function and reproductive processes.
Some of the greatest concern surrounds early-life, in utero exposure to bisphenol compounds, which can lead to chromosomal errors in your developing fetus, causing spontaneous miscarriages and genetic damage. But evidence is also very strong showing these chemicals are influencing adults and children, too, and leading to decreased sperm quality, early puberty, stimulation of mammary gland development, disrupted reproductive cycles and ovarian dysfunction, cancer and heart disease, among numerous other health problems.
For instance, research has found that "higher BPA exposure is associated with general and central obesity in the general adult population of the United States,"8 while another study found that BPA is associated not only with generalized and abdominal obesity, but also with insulin resistance, which is an underlying factor in many chronic diseases.9
Plastics Pose a Great Risk to the Environment, Too
Plastics are not only an issue in products while they're being used but also when they're disposed of. While approximately 50 percent of plastic waste goes to landfills (where it will sit for hundreds of years due to limited oxygen and lack of microorganisms to break it down) the remaining 45 plus percent "disappears" into the environment where it ultimately washes out to sea, damaging marine ecosystems and entering the food chain.
Plastic particles are like "sponges" for waterborne contaminants such as PCBs, pesticides like DDT, herbicides, PAHs, and other persistent organic pollutants. This phenomenon makes plastics far from benign, and scientists have yet to determine the full extent of the dangers posed by their consumption or the effects higher up the food chain.
One of the biggest environmental assaults is the massive accumulation of plastic trash in each of the world's five major oceanic gyres. Gyres are large, slowly rotating oceanic whirlpools, driven by global winds and ocean currents.10 Garbage and debris is funneled into the center of these gyres, in a kind of toilet bowl effect or vortex.
One of these gyres, the North Pacific Gyre, is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean about a thousand miles from the Western coast. In its midst is a huge mass of trash (90 percent plastics), which floats in a soup of smaller pieces that have been broken apart by wave action.
Some call it the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" and others the "Pacific Trash Vortex," but regardless of its name, it's the largest "landfill" in the world. In it you will find everything from plastic netting to bottles and bags and buckets, paint rollers, hula-hoops and medical equipment. Most of the garbage patch, however, is not made up of large items but rather microplastics you can't see with the naked eye, forming a sort of plastic soup where pure seawater used to be. Filter-feeding marine animals ingest these plastic particles, and the toxins they contain, and subsequently pass them up through the food chain, and eventually to humans.
Tips for Cutting Down on Your Plastic Use
If at all possible, seek to purchase products that are not made from or packaged in plastic. Here are a few ideas for doing so:
Use reusable shopping bags for groceries Bring your own mug for coffee Bring drinking water from home in glass water bottles, instead of buying bottled water
Store foods in the freezer in glass mason jars as opposed to plastic bags Take your own non-plastic container to restaurants for leftovers Request no plastic wrap on your newspaper and dry cleaning
Avoid disposable utensils Buy foods in bulk when you can Replace your plastic kitchenware with glass or ceramic alternatives
Use stainless steel or high-heat-resistant nylon for utensils in lieu of plastics
Since plastic is found widely in processed food packaging (this includes canned foods and beverages, which typically have a plastic lining), modifying your diet to include primarily fresh, whole foods that you purchase at a farmer's market or food co-op will have the added benefit of helping you cut down on exposure to plastic chemicals that are common in the food packages sold at most supermarkets.
Other Related Health Posts:
Even 'BPA-Free' Plastics Leach Endrocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
Inside the Garbage of the World
How Clothes and Personal Care Products Destroy the Environment and Circulate Plastic Back Into the Food Supply
Some Manicures Can Cause Nerve Damage
Fit Family Challenge 2013: Ten Tips For Fast, Healthy, And Affordable Meals
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Rooted in prehistoric petroglyphs from over 6000 years ago, the letter "A" (Ayp) is representative of early man's endeavor to create a written language. It is not just the first letter of the Armenian alphabet; it's a symbolic representation of how language was cultivated in one of the oldest recorded civilizations on Earth. This design pays homage, both literally and figuratively, to the letter A's form and functionality.
The modern Table-A is destined to become a conversation piece. This custom metal and glass table features a laser-cut Armenian letter "A", machine formed extruded body, and hand welded stainless steel base with a stunning, reflective hand polished mirror finish. The tabletop is composed of Starphire Glass with smooth, rounded edges, giving it ultra-contemporary edge.


It seems awfully short-sighted to me, but I shouldn't be surprised. The rumors have been swirling for months. I do hope Condé Nast keeps the website up, since it's become a great repository of cool images and home tours, and I love the My Deco Book function.
A real entry will follow soon. About food. And decorating, maybe–I'm helping a neighbor redo his place!
This doesn't have much to do with food.
I'm not one for resolutions; my attention span is far shorter than a year, and Back to School always feels more fresh-startish than January, to me. But I feel like I slipped into a bit of a funk as the year wrapped up, and I am at a bit of a crossroads in terms of work and health and so forth, so I do want to take the New Year as a chance to re-set and try harder.
For the blog: I did much better in December, but during the fall I really let the blog slide, and only posted a handful of times per month. I want to try putting myself on a schedule (I'm a journalist; without deadlines I can procrastinate until the cows come home), posting on Tuesdays and Fridays at a bare minimum. We'll see how it goes, but it's worth the effort, right?
I also want to work on the quality of the photography… Enough with letting the terrible kitchen lighting serve as an excuse, I have little studio lights and a lightbox/diffuser thingy, and I just need to be more consistent about taking stuff into the pantry and shooting it. Not sure what can be done about things I'm actively cooking, but I'll get there. One day.
Finally, I want to be more specific with recipes. I'm lazy and tend to just say "eh, an onion or so, some olive oil, blah blah blah," but when I think about the blogs I find most useful, they isolate the recipe so it's easy to follow, in addition to writing about the process.
For me, I mostly want to figure out if I can freelance full-time for a while, or if I need to go back to an office job. I like working from home, but obviously it's not the most stable thing. If I stay home, I need to make a major effort to, um, leave the house. For exercise, for socialization, for fresh air.
During the fall I took a drawing class at the MFA's museum school. It was rigorous and challenging and I learned a ton, but I can't justify doing something like that right now, so I want to make sure I also keep drawing, get back to painting, treat photography more seriously, etc. I am also hoping to help a few people with some interior design advice. Finally, while I write for a living I'd also like to write something different, for pleasure. Fiction, maybe? I doubt it but I'll try, perhaps.
The greatest lesson I learned in my drawing class was how to relax. At the beginning of the semester all my drawings were in pencil, mostly of interiors, very literal, very precise, not very dynamic or interesting. I never expected to enjoy figure-drawing and I never thought about charcoal one way or the other, but those two things brought me tremendous joy. Charcoal is messy and it didn't let me stick to my precise lines. I couldn't really use a ruler. And drawing the figure made me want to explore movement. I want 2009 to be like that. I'm feeling closed in and limited in a few ways, and I want to break out and try things I hadn't considered, even if it means I have charcoal-stained fingernails.
Or hands that smell like garlic. I've never minded that!
Oh, for shame, Kate! I swore to myself that I would do some posting while I was home in Oregon (for a very, very lovely wedding, in which I was participating and at which I gave a toast–eep–and ate wonderful food and danced a lot and my feet hurt), but I was too too busy and didn't. Very briefly, here is the final result of the magnetic blackboard saga. I painted 5 or 6 coats of the magnetic primer, one coat of white primer and one coat (plus touch-ups) of homemade blackboard paint, from Martha Stewart Living per Germi's tip. The chalkboard works, but not that well–the wall is just too textured to get a smooth line from the chalk. I love the idea, though, and will definitely use the recipe for future projects–it is super easy and I bet it works great if you have a smooth surface and, um, use matte paint instead of eggshell heavily doctored with regular acrylics. Ahem.
This before picture doesn't show the blank wall very well–the blank wall where the board went, anyway. But it does show the messy office and how badly I needed to hang art.
Closer look at the board–I had no idea I was on a citrus and orange-colored-things kick until I put up a pile of things I'd been saving in one place. The power of the inspiration board!
In addition to not writing very well on the bumpy surface, the chalk is not well served by my horrible handwriting–I need penmanship classes. There is a girl in my office with the most astonishing handwriting, and I always think back to my friend Margaret's gorgeous perfect cursive with longing… I am too impatient!
Funny synergy thing: I just caught up on my bloglines from the last 5 days and saw that Mrs. Limestone just did a magnetic blackboard, too. And then I saw blackboard walls all over at The Kitchn today. Odd.
I find the first two things totally overwhelming, but the third I can handle. Looking at the kitchen photos with the new shelf really made me aware of how bare the wall above the sink is, so I want to make that a priority. I have a whole pile of amazing prints and posters I've been buying from people like Keep Calm (the tea print), Amy Ross, Renee Garner of Wolfieandthesneak and Kate Bingaman-Burt. It's an embarrassment of riches and I can't seem to fit any of it in normal-sized frame (except the Amy Ross Manshroom, which is just languishing in my office waiting to be hung up).
I got the Kate Bingman-Burt and Renee Garner stuff just this week and both ladies sent along lovely little surprises with my purchases. I thought I'd post some photos since I was charmed.
From Kate I bought four of her "Obsessive Consumption" drawings, of things we like to eat. (The bananas are for Ben only. Yuck.) She is moving to Portland, OR as we speak and was having a moving sale in her Etsy shop. She included two issues of her Zine, which chronicles a purchase every day, each month. The zines are tiny and so fun and charming, I really enjoyed them.
For now I've propped the wrapped drawings on the kitchen shelf–once I frame them they may still live in the same place! Or I might try to hang them low under the shelf; not quite sure.
Renee really surpassed herself with darling packaging. I was a doofus and ordered the posters seperately, just far enough apart that she had to send them in two tubes (I'm sorry!). The first poster was the Fungi one I've been wanting since before Christmas. She sent it with a magnifying glass!! Plus a "No Plastic is Fantastic" fact card.
I can't express how much I love Etsy; once I get around to framing everything (sigh) my house will be packed with art by people I've gotten to interact with, instead of random impersonal stuff. I was on the phone with my brother when I opened the new poster, and he said, "Etsy is sort of the CSA of art, isn't it?" I think he hit the nail on the head!


At our youth summit, we'll bring more than 200 students together for a full day conference where they'll learn to speak out for healthier food in schools, walkable communities, urban farms and gardens and more. KC Healthy Kids is in need of volunteers to assist with the coordination of our Youth Summit.
There are two shifts available for interested volunteers.
1. Morning volunteers would need to arrive at the conference center at 7:45 AM for job assignments and brief training and stay until 12:00 PM.
2. Afternoon volunteers would need to arrive at the conference center at 11:30 AM for job assignments and brief training and plan to stay until 3:00 PM.
Please note: All volunteers will be provided lunch.
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3. If you would like to volunteer all day, please register for one morning and one afternoon volunteer duty.


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Virtual Obsession (1998)
directed by Mick Garris
featuring Peter Gallagher, Mimi Rogers, Bridgette Wilson, Jake Lloyd, Andy Comeau
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"It makes Fatal Attraction seem like a walk in the park." Thus did ABC herald the three-hour TV movie Virtual Obsession when it first aired on February 26, 1998. Set in Salt Lake City sometime in the future, the story, based on a novel by Peter James, concerns a scientist named Joe Messenger (Peter Gallagher), who has created a super-computer in charge of all the city's power. In the course of his research, Joe has also developed a "post-biological" man in the form of Albert (Tom Nibley), the holographic A.I. manifestation ... Read More
"It makes Fatal Attraction seem like a walk in the park." Thus did ABC herald the three-hour TV movie Virtual Obsession when it first aired on February 26, 1998. Set in Salt Lake City sometime in the future, the story, based on a novel by Peter James, concerns a scientist named Joe Messenger (Peter Gallagher), who has created a super-computer in charge of all the city's power. In the course of his research, Joe has also developed a "post-biological" man in the form of Albert (Tom Nibley), the holographic A.I. manifestation of his computer. Enter Juliet Spring (Bridgette Wilson), a beautiful computer tech who becomes Joe's assistant. Incurably ill, Juliet hopes to keep herself alive by downloading her brain and personality into Joe's computer system. To expedite this, Juliet seductively steals Joe away from his long-suffering wife, Karen (Mimi Rogers). Ultimately, Joe breaks off with Juliet and returns to Karen, thereby incurring the terrible wrath of the now-computerized Juliet -- who is not only deadly, but virtually unstoppable. Almost as confusing to watch as it is to describe, Virtual Obsession has been rerun on cable TV under the title Host. Hal Erickson, Rovi Read Less
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It was the summer. Around 2:00 in the morning, I heard the distressing, persistent and hasty tapping at my door. Somehow I realized that something happened. When I opened the door, I saw the foreman of the fire brigade Norkin, who told me that there was a fire accident in the vitamin flour producing plant.
The feed track blocked the water supplying hose, making it impossible to extinguish the fire. We had to go there right away. I put my clothes on quickly, and we went there. It turned out that the main power supplying switch was turned off.
I had to find the electrician, who lived in the tent nearby. After waking him up, we turned the main switch on and moved the tray of the feed track that blocked the water supplying hose. The fire brigade started to extinguish the fire. I was really lucky that one day before the events I managed to add water to the firewater tank. After the hard work from 2 till 6 AM, the firefighters extinguished the fire, and it was a big victory! Such spontaneous inflammation was allowable, yet not really critical.
At 6 in the morning, we realized that the damage was minimal, and we had no reasons to be worried. The investigator and the health and safety officer arrived at 8 in the morning, filling all the protocols and other documents in accordance with the rules.
One day after the events, all the participants of the suppression of fire received material compensation for the participation in the spontaneous inflammation extinguishing in the hazardous location.
All our worries were left in the past, and we had to work because our life is truly unpredictable. One can't foresee everything, but if you manage to predict the key factor, you will have the control over the situation. One has to remember this rule throughout the life.
At that time Lena and I were walking to one of the districts of the village that was humorously called Shanghai by the locals. Shanghai was located in around two kilometers from our home. We were walking along the road, and tall bushes on the side of it were slowly transforming into the dense forest. We could see the impenetrable forest far away.
We walked near the horse stable and went in the direction of the local shop. We could even see its obsolete walls in the distance. One could buy some bread and other products there.
Suddenly, we heard that something started to growl and grunt behind us. We looked back and saw an unconcerned pig that was slowly walking there. Furthermore, it wasn't just a regular pig, but a giant one! It was carelessly looking around, and one could easily think that it was our pig.
We entered the shop, and closed the doors right in front of its snout, having a hope that the pig would simply go away. However, it used all the power of the snout to pry the doors up, and the doors fell down on the ground together with the hinges and the door-case.
The incredible smell of fresh bread attracted the pig, and we had to buy three loaves, giving two of them to the pig, and running away from the impudent follower. The piggie liked the bread, and we were saved.
One day I asked a homeless person about the reasons to avoid work, and he told me that one won't be able to return to the normal life after trying being homeless. Later we discovered that the pig was wild, and nobody knew anything about its life. Once we heard that it lived in the waste dump, and the wild boars liked to visit that place at night.
While giving the food to the dogs, and letting them go into the wild, I asked myself if the freedom was stronger than compulsion! It was because the dogs were running away forgetting about everything else!
At the time, when I was a student, I was sent for the practice to one of the factories in Moscow. While working in the mechanical-repair department, we had to study and learn new things, working in the foundry, building and renovating workshops, and repairing equipment.
Our team included people of unequal degrees, from the experienced battle-front veteran, who participated in the World War 2 from the beginning till the end, to regular workers and highly-qualified specialists. We called each other by name; however, few people had nicknames, even though we had workers as of 18 years, as well as 60 years old.
I worked under the strict and detailed supervision of friendly Grigoriy for several months. He was more than 40 years old, and he taught me how to make the electric arc welding, showing how to create and control the welding joint.
Vitya was my other mentor, and he was 50 years old at that time. He passed through the war, and he told me many things about being there and trying to survive in the siege.
The life in the factory was passing by, and we had to study, work, and study again. All the skills obtained in the factory were incredibly useful in our lives. Our relations were unbending, easy and friendly. We always had a bit of humor; otherwise, our lives would be totally different. On Monday, one of the students, who had Ryzhiy (Redhead) nickname, was drunk because he participated in the wedding of his friend.
While walking outside of the workshop, he met the chief, stumbled, and fell down on the floor. He continued crawling, trying to welcome the chief in the most polite way. We called the chief of the workshop "Slepoy" (Blind), and he was a wise and patient person. He sent Ryzhiy home, and the subject was closed.
The kind approach and kindness, as well as the mutual respect and supportiveness, are one of the most useful qualities, which we gained during the practice. One has to know how to support other people while giving them options without forcing them into the corner.
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The Best Hotels in Long Island, New York
Mason Kaho, Leaf Group
Long Island is home to a number of good hotels, providing easy access to New York City (Photo: new york image by Gerhard Führing from Fotolia.com )
Hotels in the Vicinity of New York City
Hotels on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C.
Hotels Near Seaford, New York
Cheap Hotels Near Uniondale, New York
There are a number of nice hotels on Long Island from which visitors can choose. Long Island is just to the east of Manhattan, and is a popular destination for those looking to visit New York City. In addition, it has beaches on both its north and south shores, and is home to the popular summer destinaton, the Hamptons.
The Inn At Fox Hollow
The Inn At Fox Hollow is 27 miles from the Empire State Building and sits near the Long Island Expressway. Rooms here feature goose-down comforters, HD TV's, complimentary wireless Internet access, and complete kitchens with refrigerators, microwaves, stove-top ranges, dishwashers and utensils. The hotel features a complimentary full breakfast and complimentary dinner buffet every Sunday to Thursday, a fitness center, a heated pool, a hot tub, and same-day dry-cleaning. The hotel is 65 miles from the Hamptons and 25 miles from Long Beach on the south shore. Nearby restaurants include Butera's, Laguna Grille, Scotto Brothers and Gabby's Gourmet Bagels.
7755 Jericho Tpke.
Woodbury, NY 11797
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The Garden City Hotel
The Garden City Hotel is 25 miles from New York's Theater District and has been voted the number one hotel on Long Island by the Long Island Business News. Rooms here offer complimentary morning newspapers, velour bathrobes and wireless Internet access. The hotel has a business center, a fitness center and a beauty salon. There are guest suites and penthouses available. The hotel is five miles from Old Westbury Gardens, three miles to Nassau Coliseum and 10 miles to Bethpage State Park and the famous "Black Course" golf course. Restaurants within close proximity of the hotel include Seventh Street Café, Novita, Orchid, Rein Bar and Bistro and Waterzooi Belgian Bistro
45 7th St.
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The Andrew Hotel
The Andrew Hotel offers luxury accommodations on the north part of the island, located 13 miles from LaGuardia airport. Rooms here feature cherry oak furniture, plush bathrobes, writing desks, complimentary morning papers, and dry-cleaning and laundry services. The hotel offers a complimentary continental breakfast, complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access, 24-hour concierge service and an on-site restaurant. The hotel is just over one mile from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 10 miles from Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall and eight miles from Belmont Racetrack. Restaurants within .2 miles of the hotel are Matsuya Japanese Restaurant, Turquoise Seafood Restaurant, Ethos Restaurant and Pancho's Border Grill.
75 N. Station Plaza
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Garden City voted Long Island's #1 hotel
Mason Kaho has been writing for over 15 years, since he was an editor for his school newspaper and worked in his university's office of communications. He has a master's degree in public policy and has published many online items for science-based organizations.
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Vidya
by Sarika Tyagi
(Noida, India)
I remember Vidya like I met her yesterday. She was short, about 5 feet with wheatish complexion and black curly hair cropped short. She always wore kurtas and trousers to office. Only the first day when she joined in my team she wore a chudidaar. She did not seem very friendly and my entire team, including me, took an instant dislike towards her. Nobody seemed to like her and this fact did not seem to bother her much. She just went about her work in a very mechanical way. She was what we termed a low risk taker. She would not argue with anybody even if the other person was obviously wrong. She was just not assertive enough. She had no friends and as a result always ate alone. She always used to bring a small lunch box, probably her son's. Nobody knew much about her as she hardly ever mixed with anybody and had no friends. All that we knew about her was that she too far from our office. Nobody was interested much in her life and we didn't bother about her. Her repeated reminders for work to be completed only managed to irritate us more by the day and distanced her, alienating her completely.
Being her neighbour in office, and we also shared the telephone extension, I knew that was constantly worrying over her kid. She would get calls during office hours and then she would excuse herself and run home to take care of something urgent. Slowly I began noticing that sometimes she would take leave from work only to appear with a collar around her neck or a supportive waist belt or some bruises on her arms. I casually asked her what happened after one such episode when she returned to work after two days' leave with a waist belt. She told me she fell down the stairs and was hurt in the process. She went to great lengths criticising herself and making fun of her for being so silly. The following week she wore a neck collar and told me she had spondylitis. We always accepted her explanations readily because nobody was interested enough to invest time in knowing her and her life. Nobody was bothered!
Then one day she came to office extremely happy because she had bought a flat of her own in Mumbai (her parents were there) and was planning to move there at the earliest with her family. Only too happy to get rid of her, we all enjoyed the little party she threw for us. She resigned and moved out and we quickly forgot about her. I think we had already forgotten about her while she was working with us.
Then a month after she had gone, we heard she had been killed in a freak accident at 5 in the morning while jogging. We felt sad but soon forgot about her again. And then suddenly one day a policeman came to our office. He wanted to interview us about Vidya. Why? We wondered. And then he told us. For the first time we came to know who Vidya was.
Hers was a love marriage. She was an engineer who had married a marketing manager. She was not working at the time and they both had been happy. Soon her son had come along and the expenses shot up considerably. She decided to make use of her qualification
to support her family. Initially her husband had welcomed the monetary relief that she provided, but soon it became unbearable for him that she had started earning much more than him. She worked at the office and went home to take her responsibilities as the wife and mother without any complaints, but that only seemed to make matters worse. He had become extremely irritable and started lashing out at her for the smallest things. She took it all silently hoping for things to improve, but they never did. Instead it became worse and he started hitting both Vidya and their son. She feared for her son's safety and that was the reason she used to rush out during the office hours. He used to come home for lunch sometimes and she had to be there to ensure he does not harm the child in any way! And we thought she used to go home to enjoy some sleep! She never fell from anywhere. She wore the belts and collars because she was beaten up badly by her husband. And she lied to hide her embarrassment. She never told anyone about her suffering and never chose to do anything about it either. She suffered in silence. And one day in Mumbai, in a fit of rage, her husband strangled her. In the tender age of 5, her son witnessed his father strangling his mother. And then he cremated her after buying a fake certificate from a doctor who signed that she had been killed in a road accident. But when her parents arrived for her funeral, her son had cried his heart out to his maternal grandparents and told them everything he had witnessed. Her parents had filed the case and the child had lost both his parents with his mother dead and father locked up behind bars!!
After the inspector left, we sat discussing about Vidya and what had happened to her. We sat there analyzing what she did wrong and what she should have done. Some of us pitied her while some thought that she called for it herself by staying quiet about it and not taking help from friends/relatives or police. Some painted her as a victim while some called her a fool who had not only ended up dead herself, but also had "ruined" her son's life!
I sat there quietly listening to all the discussion. I felt sad for Vidya. I felt I had failed as a friend and a team member. If only we had taken genuine interest in her, if only someone had cared to ask her, maybe she would have shared. Maybe all she needed was someone who cared about her, who did not judge her, who did not find faults in what she had done or was doing. Someone who would just provide her with the listening she craved for. I don't know whether she did wrong or right, simply because I have not lived her life. I can sit here today and say that things could have been done differently. That she could have taken help and resolved her problems. That she could be alive and well and happy today. But deep inside I know I failed Vidya miserably. And for that I have no excuses. She suffered her fate because I chose to be indifferent towards her. The hands that strangled her were mine too. I am also her culprit.
Comments for Vidya
by: poonam
I think 90 of 100 working womens are never given any importance or well wishes by either in laws or husbands
by: nuggehallipankaja
Very pathetic! Man's ego is something terrible!
by: vimala ramu
Could be a real story. To be isolated at your work is the worst social interaction for a human being.
by: Kiran Jhamb
We should all be more alert in picking up the distress signals.
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She didn't even bother finishing the song.
Christina Aguilera nailed the lyrics to the National Anthem while rehearsing Saturday, TMZ.com footage shows (watch above).
She was so confident, she didn't even finish the song.
On Sunday at the Super Bowl, she infamously flubbed the lyrics (below).


Radiography is an important tool in nondestructive evaluation. The method offers a number of advantages over other NDE methods, but one of its disadvantages is the health risk associated with the radiation. Health effects can occur due to either long-term low level exposure or short-term high level exposure.
The primary risk from occupational radiation exposure is an increased risk of cancer. The amount of risk depends on the amount of radiation dose received, the time over which the dose is received, and the body parts exposed. Although scientists assume low-level radiation exposure increases one's risk of cancer, medical studies have not demonstrated adverse health effects in individuals exposed to small chronic radiation doses (i.e., up to 10,000 mrem above background). The increased risk of cancer from occupational radiation exposure is small when compared to the normal cancer rate in today's society. The current lifetime risk of dying from all types of cancer in the United States is approximately 20 percent (see Figure). If a person received a radiation dose of 10 rem to the entire body (above background), his or her risk of dying from cancer would increase by one percent.
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Precautions or procedures to minimize exposure to radiation.
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The permit conditions and the applicable portions of the Radiation Safety Manual.
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Praised for his work with Zinfandel and Rhône style wines, Jeff Cohn Cellars founder and winemaker, Jeff Cohn channels his deep appreciate and passion for French winemaking philosophy into wines that express the uniqueness and diversity of California's terroir. He produces a dynamic mix of blends and single varietal wines that have received countless accolades from some of the most respected critics and publications in the wine industry.
Originally from the east coast, Jeff moved to California in 1993 to pursue a career in wine. He earned his master's degree in enology from California State University in 1996 and started working at Rosenblum Cellars as an enologist shortly after that.
Jeff accomplished a lot over the 10 years he worked at Rosenblum Cellars. While there, he produced the first Zinfandel ever to make Wine Spectator's Top 10 Wines of the Year list and also created his own label, JC Cellars, producing 75 cases of Rhodes Vineyard Zinfandel in 1996. At one point, Jeff was producing a staggering 70 wines annually across both Rosenblum Cellars and JC Cellars. In 2006, Jeff left Rosenblum Cellars to dedicate himself full-time to JC Cellars.
Today, Jeff Cohn Cellars produces 5,000 cases annually and remains a family winery focused on high-quality, premium wines. Jeff limits himself to about two dozen wines a year and oversees all aspects of the grape selection and winemaking processes while his wife and business partner, Alexandra Cohn, an accountant by trade and former CFO, manages all other aspects of the business.
Thanks to Alexandra, I had the privilege of interviewing Jeff and learning more about his successful 20+ year career in wine, some of the challenges he encountered along the way, and his vision for the future of Jeff Cohn Cellars.
Nelson: What was it that motivated you to take the leap of faith and move to California in 1993 to pursue a career in wine?
Jeff: I had worked in the hospitality industry from the age of 16. I attended Johnson and Wales in Providence, RI for Culinary arts and then Florida International University for Hospitality Management, where I graduated in 1984. I have worked all aspects of the industry. In fact, my last job was with Windjammer Barefoot Cruises in the Caribbean as the Food and Beverage Director. I had been exposed to wine working in the industry and really felt that I had a passion for and a desire to learn more, by tasting, reading and actual production. In 1991 I started working for a small winery in Maryland called Boordy Vineyards, where I worked in every aspect of the winery and vineyard. I knew if I still loved this work after a harvest, it would be a life changing decision. Thus, putting my best foot forward, I took my pre-reqs in Maryland for two years and moved to Fresno, California for three years to get my Masters in Ag-Chem with an emphasis in Enology and graduated in 1996.
Nelson:What would you say was the biggest challenge in establishing JC Cellars?
Jeff: What direction I wanted to go wine wise. I have always loved the Rhone but was also passionate about Zinfandel (We started JC Cellars the first year while working at Rosenblum Cellars). In the end I chose both. Also, finding the time to spend on both jobs.
Nelson: What sparked your love affair with Rhône varietals?
Jeff: I would say it was 1982 I was taking a wine and Beverage class and was exposed to both Chateauneuf du Pape and Zinfandel in the first class by my Professor. He felt that there were similarities between Grenache and Zinfandel. It would take me many more years to totally agree. He had vision. Then a few years later I had my first experience with a Clape Cornas. Deep dark and rustic. It was totally different then anything I had ever tried before. So, between the Southern Rhone and the Northern Rhone my mind had really opened up to Anything but Cabernet and Chardonnay.
Nelson:From a GSM Rosé to single varietal Zin, you produce an extensive range of wines that are highly praised by the press – How do you manage to stay so hands on and successfully manage it all, especially during Harvest?
Jeff: The answer is easy and slightly complex. I am the first to come into the winery and stay until the end of the day especially during harvest. I spend a great amount of time visiting vineyards. In the end, hiring a great Asst. Winemaker and training is the only way. During harvest my day starts at 4 A.M. and ends whenever it ends!
Nelson:How would you describe your winemaking style in 5 words or less?
Nelson:What do you enjoy most about making wine in Sonoma County?
Jeff: Each A.V.A is so different and within each A.V.A there are micro climates and so many soil differences that allow me to make wines of so many different influences.
Nelson:What are your hopes for the future of Jeff Cohn Cellars?
Nelson: What advice would you give the younger Jeff just embarking on his career in wine?
Jeff: Build your brand organically. Take chances early on. Explore as many winemaking regions as possible. Always stay humble. Keep your eyes and ears open!
Smoke & Mirrors is an entry into Jeff's Rhône style winemaking philosophy. Like all of Jeff's wines, the grapes for this Côtes du Rhône inspired wine were handpicked and hand sorted. Jeff uses are large percentage of whole cluster fermentation and ages this wine in large format vessels. The results is a magical wine that drinks above its price point and goes down incredibly easily.
This complex blend of eight varieties was created with the goal of bringing together the best of The Rhône and the best of Zinfandel. At first, when the wine was still just a concept, Jeff struggled with the blend. He ended up adding a small percentage of Viognier that brightened up the entire wine and proved to be the missing piece to this compelling blend.
The Imposter is deeply colored and rich in flavor with enough concentration to evolve beautifully with bottle aging but it so delicious and approachable now, why wait?
The fruit from Jeff's 2015 Nun Canyon Zin is sourced from eight-year-old, head-trained vines farmed by famed organic grower, Phil Coturri. The quality of the fruit comes through in this special wine that displays beautiful floral, dark fruit and black pepper aromatics. On the palate it's equally impressive with good balance and a long finish.
The stage Coach Viognier is a collaboration between Jeff and rock star northern Rhône producer, Yves Gangloff. Yves is known for producing unique wines that stand in a class of their own and this wine follows suit. Dramatically different from any Viognier being produced in California, this magical wine will inspire you with its golden color and elegant floral and stone fruit aromatics.
A collaboration with Northern Rhône producer, Yves Cuilleron, this outstanding, full-bodied Syrah displays flavors of black fruit, herbs, cedar and a touch of minerality.
2016 was the fourth vintage Yves and Jeff collaborated on this wine. Yves flies out to California two to three times a year to meet with Jeff and check in on the vineyard and wine. Once in bottle, half the production is put into container and shipped to the Northern Rhone where Yves sells it in his tasting room.
This is a beautifully balanced expression of Syrah sourced from the Martinelli family's Zio Tony Ranch vineyard in the Russian River Valley. On the nose, it keeps on giving with layers and layers of aromas ranging from primary black fruit, herbs, pungent spices to secondary and tertiary notes of oak, cedar and earth.


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Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa review: Amazon Prime anthology is breezy, timely and young
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Amazon Prime Video's latest anthology Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa feels fresh, breezy, and much lighter and grounded than Putham Pudhu Kaali (2020). The purpose of this anthology series is to nudge us to find a silver lining during trying times. The first edition explored the positive side of the pandemic by reminding us that it brought the family closer under one roof, offering an opportunity to start a dialogue and clear emotional barriers caused by a stressful modern lifestyle. The common theme of the five stories was opening up our hearts to fresh perspectives, opportunities, relationships and second chances.
The theme of the second edition is all about coming out (of the closet). It is about removing the masks we wear to live up to society's expectations, acknowledging our own vulnerabilities, forgiving ourselves and others, and thereby claiming one's rightful place in society. While most of the challenges tackled in the first season felt a little hard to connect with, the latest season explores some of the biggest existential problems of our times.
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Balaji Mohan's short film begins with three constables guarding a check-post near a posh residential area, where people still refuse to abide by curbs during the second lockdown. Youngsters want to step out, old people refuse to wear masks because they believe 'corona' won't catch them, and some men — drunk on power and alcohol — drop names and expletives to undermine law and break restrictions. It comes down to three lightweight constables to protect the sanctity of the lockdown. Balaji could have just made a movie about the kinds of people and challenges that these cops deal with in the line of duty, and it would have been far more engaging than this. The sub-plot of a love story and cops circumventing the rules to help a couple elope feels forced and clumsy.
The Loners
Lijomol Jose, who delivered a powerful performance as a tribal woman fighting for justice in Jai Bhim, plays the role of a girl who is struggling to earn an honest living in modern Chennai. She seems to belong to the class of contemporary actors like Vijay Sethupathi, Sai Pallavi and now Guru Somasundaram, who can make any scene work for them, even in a bad film. That doesn't mean The Loners is a bad movie. Director Halitha Shameem keeps it real by mining the wisdom of an outsider in Lijomol's character, who looks down upon people who fail to acknowledge that our reality has changed with the pandemic. She is irked by everything that fuels "toxic positivity" that even robs us of the opportunity to accept the things we have lost, mourn them and move forward in life much wiser. Lijomol especially excels in channelling the nervous energy blended with sheer excitement when she meets her online friend, played by Arjun Das, for the first time.
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Mouname Paarvayaai
Filmmakers like Madhumita understand the freedom that comes with the OTT platforms. Unlike television and movies, it provides a space for ambitious filmmakers to experiment with themes, style and forms. Mouname Paarvayaai stands out for being silent in this ensemble of short films. It is safe to assume that middle-aged husband and wife, played by wonderful actors Nadiya Moidu and Joju George, had a bad fight, which even turned a little violent, driving a huge wedge between them, just before the lockdown. The lockdown, however, forces the couple to stay put in the house and tolerate each other. And the set-up sort of provides a compelling opportunity for Madhumita to stage a film without dialogue. Within 30-minutes, Madhumita shows us the complex relationship between the couple. Nadiya Moidu and Joju George make for a perfect seasoned couple, who seem to hate and love each other in equal measure.
This queer film brings diversity to an already refreshing set of stories. The lockdown has kept a man apart from his love. We know he's been talking to his lover and repeatedly making excuses to bring his lover to his parents. We are sort of hard-wired to think that the lover is a woman. Director Surya Krishna uses this naivety of ours to pull the rug in the most elegant way possible. Yes, it is about the man coming out of the closet and revealing his true self to his parents and the world. And for that to happen, first he has to come to terms with his own sexuality. We also see another key male character in the movie, who is hiding behind his macho-personality, which prevents him from experiencing and expressing his vulnerabilities.
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Richard Anthony's protagonist, played by Aishwarya Lekshmi, is a strong believer in stoicism. Instead of dealing with the difficult task of having a difficult conversation with her loved ones and sorting out her emotional problems, she prefers to bottle up all her feelings and push away people. The film follows her inner journey in the aftermath of her father's sudden demise, which triggers a chain of events and uncorks pent up emotions, eventually allowing herself to make peace with death, life and everything in between. Unlike other movies in this anthology, however, this film needs one to invest more emotionally to understand where the characters are coming from.
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Our San Francisco city map reveals two reasons visitors love to come here – it is nearly surrounded by water and is compact enough to make many top sights easy to get to. San Francisco Bay and the access to the Pacific Ocean made the city an early port for shipping goods in and out of California area. Use the San Francisco city map to find the famous neighborhoods, landmark buildings and bridges.
Views abound – from San Francisco hilltops, bridges, streetcars, cafes. As the crown jewel of the Bay Area, this small peninsula is a sophisticated, diverse city with a European ambiance. The cool, mild climate is notable for the daily fog drama as it enters the Golden Gate from the Pacific Ocean to the San Francisco Bay.
The Bay is stunning – shipping traffic mixes with sailboat and commuter ferries. Two landmark bridges, Golden Gate and Bay Bridges connect the city with the East and North Bay communities. Within the Bay, Angel and Alcatraz Islands attracts visitors year round.
San Francisco has many famous and distinct neighborhoods, including Russian Hill, Haight Ashbury, The Castro, The Mission, Union Square, Chinatown and North Beach. Many city landmarks are icons here – Lombard Street for its outrageous curves, the Cable Cars for their open-air nostalgia, Coit Tower for its Depression murals and views, Golden Gate Park for its collage of environments and attractions.
Most lodging for visitors is near Union Square, Nob Hill or Fisherman's Wharf. Restaurants are legendary here – bad one's rarely survive so it is always worth trying some of the smaller neighborhood ones. Besides downtown, there are many neighborhood shopping districts throughout the city with excellent restaurants (the Mission, the Marina, Union Street, and others).
Parking is not easy or inexpensive so use the cable cars, BART and Muni if you can. Or, rent a bike at Fisherman's Wharf.
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Defendant Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter after Killing a Man at Tulsa's Downtown Bus Station
A Tulsa man was sentenced today in federal court for involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country after killing Barry James Harrell during a brief altercation in downtown Tulsa, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Harlan Frank Hardiman, 51, to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
"Harlan Hardiman punched Barry Harrell in the head and walked away. When Mr. Harrell fell, his head struck the concrete, and he lay unconscious for 15 minutes before being discovered by a Tulsa police officer. He later died as a result of the injuries sustained at the hands of the defendant," said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. "Harlan Hardiman will now spend the next two years in federal prison for his actions. I am thankful for the Tulsa Police Department and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Fletcher who pursued justice for the victim and his family."
At a November plea hearing, Hardiman admitted that on Sept. 3, 2020, he punched Harrell in the head at the downtown Tulsa Transit bus terminal located at 319 S. Denver Ave. As a result of the punch, the victim fell and hit his head on the concrete sidewalk. Harrell subsequently died of a massive head bleed, called a subdural hematoma.
The FBI and Tulsa Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Fletcher is prosecuted the case. AUSA Fletcher is a prosecutor from the Northern District of Iowa. He volunteered to assist prosecution efforts here in the Northern District of Oklahoma due to the increased volume of cases since the Supreme Court's ruling which stated the Creek Nation Reservation had never been officially disestablished by Congress. The United States and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation have jurisdiction of all cases that occur on the reservation involving Native American victims or defendants.
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Kim Cattrall, Toby Jones and Andrea Riseborough cast in Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution
Queen of Crime's courtroom drama to be made for BBC1 by the same team who adapted And Then There Were None
Monday, 15th August 2016 at 8:42 am
The BBC has assembled a stellar line up of suspects for its new Agatha Christie drama The Witness for the Prosecution, with Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall playing the part of the murder victim.
Cattrall plays glamorous and rich Emily French in the 1920s-set drama, which is expected to be one of the centrepieces of the BBC's 2016 Christmas schedule.
In the drama, which is mainly set in the courtroom but is expected to include multiple flashbacks, the part of the main suspect Leonard Vole – a chancer who has inherited the victim's fortune – will be performed by Billy Howle (Glue, Cider with Rosie).
His partner, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine, will be played by Andrea Riseborough, the British star of dramas such as the Oscar-winning film Birdman and Netflix drama Bloodline. Tasked with representing Leonard is his solicitor John Mayhew (Toby Jones) and King's Counsel, Sir Charles Carter KC (David Haig).
The drama is being adapted by Sarah Phelps – who scripted the successful Agatha Christie adaptation And Then There Were None last Christmas starring Poldark's Aidan Turner. The new two-part drama is being made by the same production company Mammoth Screen.
The original text is a Christie short story written in 1925 which runs to just 23 pages. It has already been turned into a successful stage play and a much-loved film directed by Billy Wilder.
"With the long terrible shadow of the Great War falling across the rackety, feral 1920s, The Witness For The Prosecution is a compelling story of deceit, desire, murder, money and morality, innocence and guilt, heartbreak and – most painful and dangerous of all – love," said Phelps. "At the centre of this dark and tangled net is the astonishing character of Romaine, a noir heroine for all our times".
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10 Things to Do in Phoenix in a Day - What is Phoenix Most Famous For?
What is Phoenix Most Famous For?
Phoenix, Arizona, boasts year-round warmth and sunshine, earning it the nickname of the Valley of the Sun. The city is a desert metropolis with equal parts cacti, sandstone, historical sights and modern architecture.
Sports fans, history lovers, partygoers and those wanting to be at one with nature will all find something to whet their appetite on a visit to Phoenix. Whether you're heading there soon or planning a trip for the future, you'll want to start thinking about all the best things to do in Phoenix. Luckily, we've done all the hard work for you with these top things to do in a day.
In a prime position right at the start of Main Street in Old Town Scottsdale, the Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza is the ideal place to begin exploring Phoenix. Here, you'll find the Scottdale City Hall, a library, a performing arts centre and an outdoor amphitheatre, among other attractions. Its colourful, well-kept gardens are great to wander round and capture some photos by the fountains and LOVE sculpture. Just bear in mind that you won't be the only people with the same idea!
From here, head out and explore the quirky, southwestern village of Old Town Scottsdale. The area is a popular shopping spot, home to high-end boutiques as well as countless gift and souvenir shops. Art enthusiasts will love it here, too, with impressive sculptures and wonderful galleries lining the Main Street, along with many bars, lounges and restaurants.
Take to the skies in a hot air balloon and be rewarded with breathtaking views of Phoenix and the surrounding Sonoran Desert. What better way is there to see the sights than on an unforgettable ride, soaring high above the city? Float peacefully among the clouds as you pick out landmarks below and soak up the captivating panoramic scenery.
There are plenty of companies offering magical hot air balloon rides from Phoenix, some in the early morning and others just in time for sunset. All you need to do is decide which one is right for you. Many offer return transfers from your hotel and include champagne and hors d'oeuvres after your flight, to make the occasion extra special.
Get up close to some of the world's most fascinating creatures at the largest non-profit zoo in the United States. Priding itself on its conservation work and its efforts to make a difference to the way its visitors take care of the natural world around them, the Phoenix Zoo is a fascinating day out for both kids and adults alike.
Discover Asian elephants, Sumatran tigers, Galapagos tortoises, Komodo dragons, baboons and more as you follow the zoo's winding trails through various habitats. Take a narrated safari train tour, visit the 4D theatre and have a close-up encounter with some graceful giraffes. There are plenty of facilities on site, such as a gift shop and multiple dining options. Just be prepared for certain attractions to carry additional costs.
Housing more than 6,000 different instruments, the incredible Musical Instrument Museum takes you on a musical journey across the world. You'll discover all there is to know about the history of music and all the thousands of varieties of unique and obscure instruments.
The upper floor of the museum is divided into geographical locations, with accompanying videos showing the instruments in action. The lower floor of the museum, however, is perhaps most people's highlight. It contains the instruments, concert footage and even clothing of world-renowned artists, perfectly preserved for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check out John Lennon's 'Imagine' piano. Plan ahead and try and time your visit to be on a day when a live show's taking place at the on-site theatre.
Not your typical botanic garden, the Desert Botanical Garden is located in the Sonoran Desert and showcases thousands of species of cacti, flowers and trees. There are 5 different trails for you to follow, so take the time to walk 1, 2 or maybe all of them. They range from desert trails with stunning mountain backdrops to others featuring beautifully fragranced wildflowers and ones which teach you all about how desert plants have been used for food, medicine and even building materials.
Aside from the trails, there are exhibits and regular events, tours and activities taking place at the gardens, so be sure to check out what's on when you're visiting. It goes without saying, it can get pretty hot here, so make sure you've got plenty of sun cream and water on hand for your visit.
Since opening in 1929, Phoenix's Heard Museum continues to grow in size and has become one of the best showcases of Native American art in the country. Its vast collections and world-class exhibitions offer an unrivalled insight into the history and culture of the American Indian people. The Heard is more than just a museum. The way that the art tells a story gives visitors a 1st-person perspective of what life was really like in American history. It brings the past to life.
When you visit the Heard Museum, you'll get access to 12 exhibition galleries, as well as the outdoor sculpture gardens and a contemporary art gallery. Take advantage of the free guided tours while you're there and make sure you grab a bite to eat at the excellent Courtyard Café.
With Arizona being on the border with Mexico, it's no wonder that Phoenix is home to some of the best Mexican food in the US. The flavoursome and colourful cuisine dominates the city's dining scene, so it can be hard to know where to go to sample the most authentic and tasty dishes.
Whether you're on the hunt for the best breakfast burrito, a succulent Sonoran hot dog or even some Mexican sushi, you'll find some of the best Mexican restaurants gathered around the centre of downtown Phoenix. From the upscale Barrio Cafe Gran Reserva to the no-frills, family-run Carolina's Mexican Food, you'll be spoilt for choice. For a truly unique experience, head out to the Mercado de los Cielos at the Desert Sky Mall in West Phoenix. It's one of the biggest indoor Latino markets in the city, with an authentic Mexican food court.
Step away from the hustle and bustle of city life and enjoy a moment of calm from inside the Hole in the Rock at Papago Park. The red sandstone buttes and desert terrain of Papago Park are easily accessible from Phoenix, as it's just a short distance from downtown. The park is home to the Desert Botanical Garden and the Phoenix Zoo, but its most iconic landmark is the unique Hole in the Rock.
Take the short walk from the car park and climb up to the natural rock formation, creating a cave pass-through in the rock face. Cool off in its shade while taking in the amazing views of the surrounding desert and Downtown Phoenix. Don't forget to carry plenty of water with you, and your camera, of course.
Get into the spirit of America and experience a fast-paced baseball game at the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Even if you've never watched the game before in your life, you can't help but get swept away by the infectious, fun atmosphere at Chase Field and it won't be long before you're joining in with the chants, too.
Despite there being numerous baseball fields across the city, many of which play host to colder cities' teams for spring training, Chase Field is by far the most popular. Famous for being the first stadium in the USA to feature a retractable roof (and who can blame them with the Arizona heat), it also hosts different live events other than baseball, so be sure to check what's on before you go. Even if your visit doesn't coincide with a game day, it's well worth doing one of the regular stadium tours instead.
After an action-packed day exploring all the sights and attractions of Phoenix, there's no better place to keep the mood going strong than the lively area of Tempe. Home to the Arizona State University, Tempe is a thriving student neighbourhood, so the general vibe here is that of good times and positive energy.
With its large student population, it'll come as no surprise that Tempe is where you'll find some of the best bars, clubs and lounges in Phoenix. Head to Eighth Street and sample some freshly-brewed craft beer on tap at Four Peaks Brewery, enjoy some live music at the Yucca Tap Room and end the night at the trendy Devil's Advocate Bar & Grill. Unsure of where else to head? You'll find an endless choice of bars along the iconic Mill Avenue.