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2012年2月26日 星期日

It’s a man’s world

Considering that Indx Condos will be the first purely residential tower built in the Financial District, its developers didn’t have to spend too long determining the project’s target market.

Indx, a 54-storey glass tower to be built at 70 Temperance St., will cater directly to Bay Street’s young bucks — 20- and 30-something go-getters who work long hours at their bank/law firm/consulting firm/accounting firm and want to stay tapped into what’s happening downtown.

“We see the buyer being someone who works hard, plays hard and views his career as being very important,” explains Andrew Hoffman, president of CentreCourt Developments, which is building the project in partnership with Lifetime Developments. “So there’s tangible value to living at a central address that’s within a five-minute walk to the office.”

Indx will have suites that range from 356-square-foot studios up to 820-square-foot three-bedroom units. Condos start in the mid $200,000s.

The Indx tower — designed by Page & Steele IBI Group Architects — will feature a variety of glass treatments and cut-outs. The top of the building will have stone work that echoes its four-storey limestone base. The podium will house the condo’s amenities and 1,500 square feet of street-level retail space.Silicone moldmaking Rubber, Plans call for Indx to eventually be tied into the PATH network.Information on useful yeasts and moulds,

Suites at Indx will have nine-foot ceilings, engineered wood floors and open-concept layouts. The units, designed by Cecconi Simone, are decidedly bachelor-friendly spaces, with black countertops and cabinetry, warm earth tones and clean lines. Some suites will have balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows, depending on the plan.

To further woo the man-about-town, Indx’s pads can be upgraded to include a custom closet with double hanging space to accommodate suits, racks for ties and belts and a drawer for cufflinks and watches.

Kitchens come with a 35-bottle wine fridge, granite countertops and open-glass shelving with accent lighting.

All units have an Energy Star appliance package: a cabinet-covered refrigerator and dishwasher, black electric cook-top, 24-inch stainless steel oven and hood fan and a stainless steel microwave oven.

Units also come with a front-loading stacked washer/dryer.

Given that the target market for Indx is guys who don’t have much time to cook, though, suites can be upgraded to a “low-maintenance” kitchen, with the full-sized oven/dishwasher swapped out for a single-rack oven and high-speed dishwasher,We are professional plasticmould,metal parts mould manufacturers and factory freeing up space.

Bathrooms come with a choice of natural stone or quartz countertop, porcelain tile flooring and a five-inch soaker tub.

The amenities include a party room with full-length bar, cocktail lounges and fireplace. The party room opens out to a terrace equipped with barbecues, banquettes/lounges and a 12-foot water wall.

There’ll be a poker room with two full-size tables, a billiards room with sports lounge and bar, and a golf room with putting green and simulator. Indx will also have a cigar lounge and movie theatre.

With this many alpha males in one building, the gym had better be big — and it will be; a 3,000-square-foot area with free weights, cardio machines, circuit machines, a spinning room, yoga room and separate change rooms for men and women.

For the downtown man on the move, Indx will offer concierge services including drop-off and pickup of dry cleaning or laundry and full-sized fridges for storage of delivered groceries or wine. There’s also a shoeshine station in the lobby.

The Indx site is tucked behind the historic Graphic Arts Building on Richmond St. near Bay St.

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Indx’s four-storey limestone base, which matches the cornice lines of the Graphic Arts Building, will have Chicago windows and a canopy at street level, Hoffman notes.Thank you for visiting our newly improved DIY chickencoop website! “It’s a classic base that really ties in with the classic architecture of the Graphic Arts Building and the Bell building to the south.”

Marketing guru Robert Galletta, whose team at Blackjet Inc. developed the advertising strategy for Indx, says they’ve come up with a male-oriented campaign that a “distinct Bay Street buyer” can identify with.

“It’s targeting that person who lives to work,” he explains. “They’ve been out of school for a while and are looking to climb the corporate ladder, and it’s all about work — they never shut off, there’s always connected. Even when they’re not at work they’re working. If it’s going out at night for drinks, they’re going out and networking and looking to ladder climb.”

The Indx campaign was inspired by the TV character Barney Stinson, the cad played by Neil Patrick Harris on the show How I Met Your Mother.

“When he opens his closet he’s got 90 different shades of grey suit,” Galletta says. “And his apartment is meticulous, very modernist; he’s probably never cooked a meal in his kitchen before. He eats out a lot.

“We really wanted to translate those ideas into the Indx campaign.”

As such, the ads and social media promotions for Indx will be based on what Blackjet has dubbed the “Condo Code” — “a guide to living big” for high rollers in training.

Increasing numbers of artisan cheesemakers in Asheville area

Standing in the center of her Looking Glass Creamery aging room, Jennifer Perkins jumps from one cheese fact to another.

Here’s a mold-ripened cheese. There’s a brine-washed variety. See the pure whiteness of a goat cheese versus the yellow-tinged cheese made from cow’s milk?

“There’s so much to bring people in and educate them about,” Perkins said.

“If you let them see what the difference is between a cheese made right here and the ones bought off the shelf, you get people connected to food in a different way,” she said.

Perkins revels in connecting consumers with the creamy delight she produces in a stark white barn in rustic Fairview, just a few minutes east of downtown Asheville. And although the Looking Glass Creamery isn’t open for public tours, it could be.

That’s one reason Perkins is helping lead an effort to bring together licensed cheese-makers in Western North Carolina to explore the benefits of working together. She’s invited owners of the region’s licensed farmstead and artisanal cheese-makers, as well as other officials, to come together Wednesday to start talking.

By banding together, a group can raise awareness, increase sales and create special events, all with a focus on local cheese, Perkins said. One goal could be to create a “cheese trail” modeled after the Vermont Cheese Trail,Argo Mold limited specialize in Plastic injectionmould manufacture, a successful marketing effort that includes a map for tourists.

“I think the real point of this meeting is supporting local dairy,” Perkins said.

Cheese-making has been on the rise in North Carolina, which boasts 40 cheese-making operations inspected by state officials, according to Matt Lange, executive director of N.C.China professional plasticmoulds, Dairy Advantage, a nonprofit created by the state’s dairy producers to support their industry. Of that number about 30-35 are what Lange describes as artisanal cheese-makers — producers who own goats or cows and process milk and cheese on a farm, or operations that source local milk to make cheese. The state also ranks near the top in the number of dairy goats. In fact,Ideal for the manufacture of largescalemolds; the American Dairy Goat Association is headquartered in North Carolina.

“We’re a leader in the Southeast by a long shot,” Lange said. “We’ve definitely carved out a niche.”

In the mountains, the interest in cheese-making is a result of the overall resurgent attraction to locally produced foods, Lange said, as well as a drive on the part of dairy producers to diversify.Full color plasticcard printing and manufacturing services. Pummeled in recent years by low commodity prices, dairy farmers for the past decade have sought “a business plan that allows them to manage a farm and manage a finished product, do it very well and make money at it,” he said.

That has led to higher visibility. Raleigh will host the American Cheese Society’s annual conference in August for the first time. Next year, the American Dairy Goat Association will hold its annual convention in Asheville. And this year will mark the second annual Southern Cheese Festival in Nashville, which is tentatively set for October.

Festival founder Kathleen Cotter, the owner of the Bloomy Rind cheese shop in Nashville, Tenn., sells regional cheeses inside the Porter Road Butcher Shop. She said she started her event to “help build awareness of the Southern cheese movement. It’s not just Vermont and Wisconsin. I wanted to shine a light on that.”

Any effort to organize regional cheese-makers would have a positive affect on the industry, Cotter said.

“A cheese trail? I think that’s fantastic. In a lot of areas, you don’t have the density that they do in Vermont,Ultimate magiccube gives you the opportunity to make your own 3D twisty puzzles. for example,” she said. “But as long as there’s information available about who has days they’re open to visitors, someone visiting or making a road trip can plan and make a stop.”

2012年2月21日 星期二

More Minnesota factories having trouble finding skilled workers

A metal fabricating company in Stacy last summer posted a job on MinnesotaWorks, the state-run website, for a laser operator. Despite a salary of $40,000 and a full array of benefits, there were no takers.

"We did not have one person apply for our job for two months," said Lori Tapani, co-president of Wyoming Machine. The company eventually turned to a staffing company to help fill that job and others.

Finding qualified workers has become a bigger worry for Minnesota manufacturers, despite some 170,000 Minnesotans without jobs. An annual poll of manufacturing execs from across the state released today shows that 31 percent listed finding skilled workers as a major concern, more than double last year's 14 percent.

"There's a perception sometimes that working in a manufacturing plant isn't a good place to be," said Tapani, whose 55-employee shop about 35 miles north of St. Paul makes metal parts used in a diverse array of products, from computers to tractors to food-packaging equipment.

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challenges, manufacturers generally indicated that they continue to grow. The State of Manufacturing, an annual poll, in January tapped the opinions of 400 executives at Minnesota companies. Despite an overall contraction in manufacturing in Minnesota since the late '90s, the industry remains one of the most important in the state, employing close to 300,000 workers or about 11 percent of the state's workforce.

After a period of widespread wage freezes, the skills gap may be pushing wages up. Close to half of the manufacturing firms surveyed say their wages have increased over the year, while a majority of executives expect their firm's wages will increase in the next few years.Monz werkzeugbau und Formenbau.

Delkor Systems in Circle Pines is hiring to meet rising demand for its newly developed packaging equipment from food and consumer products companies and from new fast-growth markets overseas. The company has added 40 employees in the past six months and now has a workforce of 130.

But Delkor is looking for more. With projected sales of $55 million this year, the company is hiring another 20 workers in the next three months. "We're putting a lot of emphasis into hiring," said Dale Andersen, the company's chief executive.

Delkor hires engineers and graduates of automation and robotics programs to help build and test new machines. There's a shortage of skilled applicants in the company's internal metal fabricating shop. A typical CNC (computer numerical control) machinist makes between $23 and $26 per hour, Andersen said. Such workers need technical knowledge to program the machines that cut the metal parts used on the packaging equipment.

"There's a very significant shortage" of people with that knowledge,Specialized of injection mold, plasticmoulds, Andersen said. "There's a general feeling out there that these types of jobs are a dying breed in America. If you interview high school graduates or even their parents, there's not a really good appreciation, first, of how highly compensated those jobs are now and the amount of technology there is with these jobs compared with years ago."

Despite the shortage, Andersen is determined to find workers to keep up with demand. The company has 15 machinists now with plans to add five by summer.

2012年2月8日 星期三

Fidelis Security Platform Combines SSL Inspector

Fidelis Security Systems, a specialist in network visibility, analysis and control solutions, announced a cloud-security solution designed to provide visibility and control to decrease risks associated with using software as a service (SaaS). The solution is deployed at the enterprise network edge where traffic between the enterprise and SaaS provider can be monitored.

With Fidelis’ Cloud Security Solution that combines SSL Inspector and XPS Direct sensor, enterprises can help ensure that only authorized services and service providers are being used, only authorized information is being transferred to or through these providers and that users aren’t downloading malicious content that might be the basis for an attack on the enterprise network itself. Enterprises can also ensure that their users aren’t the victims of a man-in-the-middle attack when connecting to their SaaS providers.

“It’s easy for people within an organization to adopt SaaS applications on their own initiative without consulting security personnel,” said Hardik Modi, senior product manager at Fidelis Security Systems. “Applications with roots in the consumer market end up being adopted for business purposes,Dear sirs, we are one of manufacturers and exporters of plasticinjectionmold, and organizations don’t have control over the kind of information hosted there.And not just the usual suspects,Customized imprinted and promotionalusbonsale flash drives. Many SaaS providers have suffered public security breaches that expose them and their customers to the loss of sensitive business information. We are addressing this concern with our new Fidelis XPS Cloud Security Solution.”

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“Security and a perceived loss of data control continue to slow cloud adoption across multiple industries that could benefit greatly from the freeing of IT resources and capital,” said Wendy Nather,Ultimate magiccube gives you the opportunity to make your own 3D twisty puzzles. research director of enterprise security practice at 451 Research. “Many organizations are fearful that putting data out into the cloud with little-to-zero visibility will either compromise data integrity or potentially open a portal into their network creating a security risk. Tools such as Fidelis’ Cloud Solution should help to alleviate some of these concerns and expedite cloud adoption in some areas.”

The company recently announced the SSL Decoder within Fidelis XPS, which provides the ability to assess the authenticity of an SSL certificate. Fidelis also introduced the SSL Inspector 10G, which enables the XPS Deep Session Inspection architecture to detect threats in SSL-encrypted content on 10G Ethernet networks. The combination of these rules and implementing this action at the network edge is designed to provide a measure of ease of use for large enterprises that would otherwise have to rely on application vendors retroactively providing patches following publicized breaches at SSL Certificate Authorities and users applying these patches correctly.

2012年2月1日 星期三

Mohnton youth's rooster a big winner at Farm Show

Will Kitsch, a sixth grader at Governor Mifflin Intermediate School, didn’t grow up on a farm, but when his preschool class visited one, he says he was the only one who wanted to go into the chicken coop to collect the eggs.

That same year his parents, Bill and Christine Kitsch,November, 2011 by injectionmoldes. sent away for about a dozen chicks from a hatchery. Will learned how to take care of them and eventually decided he wanted to join 4-H and begin showing his chickens. Unfortunately, he found out that his chickens were not show quality. After picking out a few breeds that he liked, they found a local breeder – one in Grantville continues to be Will’s mentor – who did offer show-quality chickens.

After that, Will began hatching his own chicks and even raising a few that were destined for his family’s kitchen table. Christine said they had a lot of talks with Will and his siblings about raising chickens for meat. They knew from the start that those chickens were not to be named and that they would have a short life. Today Will has 30-40 chickens in his backyard (just a little over an acre) in Mohnton.

Every morning Will gets up before school to feed and water the chickens. Then after school he goes out and does it all again. On really cold nights he has to bring their water in,Soma cubepuzzle Muscle Tissue Relaxants Before proselytizing any of the plans, so it doesn’t freeze. And, ofcourse, he has to collect the eggs, usually twice a day. Some eggs are set aside for hatching and others are eaten .

Four years ago Will began showing his chickens at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.You can find best china automotiveplasticmoulds manufacturers from here! This year he won his biggest award ever when his two-year-old rooster, Tiger, won Reserve Grand Champion Large Chicken. Will has had Tiger since he was a chick and Tiger’s son, who Will hatched himself, also showed well this year.

To prepare Tiger and the 28 other chickens he took to the show, Will trimmed their toe nails, washed them, and put “stuff” on their combs and feathers to make them glossy. Will says that they needed to be very clean.

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Christine says that raising chickens and ducks has taught the boys responsibility, compassion, and care. She says when you domesticate an animal and put it in a cage,Ultimate magiccube gives you the opportunity to make your own 3D twisty puzzles. it’s completely dependent on you for its care. It never takes a day off or goes on vacation. No matter what the weather, it’s your responsibility to care for the well-being of that living creature.

She says the boys are also learning about financial responsibility. They’ve sold some of their chickens and they’ve sold chicken and duck meat to their friends and family. They’re also learning about where their food comes from, and they’re doing hands-on projects. This year they’re planning on re-doing the front of the coop.

2012年1月30日 星期一

In Harmony with Nature

THE study of behavior and mental processes is not simple and straightforward. Human beings and other animals are complex creatures and psychologists face the difficult task of mapping their behavior, including the brain, psychologists are typically limited to studying special aspect of behavior.

People behave in different ways, the poor and the elite class is far reaching when compared to manners and conduct. Some cannot control their anger,Information on useful yeasts and moulds, some can be temperate, and others are friendly, while others seldom smile. Some people engage in killing, or loathing each other. Some behave tenderly. Others are emotionally disturbed. How can we explain dreams, creativity, falling in love? What motivates us from power, ambition, and reverence for a supreme being? Why look and search for the need for self-acceptance, the search for pleasure, or fear of pain? Do people of one culture perceive a picture differently from other people?

Getting along with people from other places, different walks of life and culture made me realized the peculiarities of people in contrast and similarities that emanates through their behaviors, attitudes, customs and traditions, beliefs and ceremonies, values and practices, language and style. People are divided by their language, race, religion and cultural origins into a complex cultural mosaic.

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The book of personality by Calvin S. Hall, Gradner Lindzey and John B. Campbell, stated that “all human being within a given culture ,Learn all about solarpanel,learn the language of that culture ,and are molded by what happens to them throughout their lives to such a degree that there is no way to determine what human nature would like without such influence, the desire to identify basic human characteristics may be one reason for the prevalence of legends about children being abandoned in the woods and raised by animals, even though there is no such thing or a human being that is free from cultural influence, this has not kept people from speculating about what factors may underlie human nature.”

It is believed that the only thing that keeps any of us from a life of killing, looting and random sexuality is the restraining force of civilization, which molds us and control s us by means of religions, interpersonal pressure, and forces of law and order, those who make this assumptions about humanity suggests that when such constraints are absent or weakened, the result is anarchy. Daily examples of warfare, crime and the like throughout the world are seen as evidence supporting this view of humanity.China Rubber Hose catalog and rubberhose manufacturer directory.

In contrast, human beings can be regarded as basically good and gentle, who are peaceful or a band of timorous deer crunching on leaves in the forest. Those who view humanity in this way may suggest that an uncivilized human being would be a “noble savage’, hones, kin and wise.

From this perspective, cities, cruel parents, unjust laws, poverty and other negative forces that create debauch, may become twisted human beings that cause trouble. If these corrupting factors could be altered or destroyed, all people would be able to develop as unspoiled, as one big community with common aspirations in life, happy creatures in harmony with nature.

2011年6月19日 星期日

Home care elderly's human rights 'not protected'

The human rights of older people receiving care at home are being overlooked, an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found.

The inquiry is investigating how well over-65s who receive homecare visits are looked after in England.

The commission says it has uncovered worrying cases of neglect and examples of lack of respect for older people's privacy and dignity.

Its full report will be published in November.

After looking at the evidence, it says there are "major problems" in the home care system.

The Commission describes cases of people being left in bed for 17 hours, or more, between care visits and a failure to wash people regularly.

It received reports of people being left in filthy nightwear and bedding after a homecare visit, or without a wash or hair wash for several weeks.
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Visits are sometimes so brief, the report says, that people have to choose between having a cooked meal or a wash.

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High staff turnover also has an impact on those being cared for,The same Air purifier, cover removed. the commission finds.

The report said: "People have described the emotional impact of being washed and dressed by a large number of different people, and having to repeatedly disclose personal information every time a new care worker comes to the house."

Some older people describe feeling that their privacy and dignity were not respected when they were undressed by care staff in front of family members or in front of their bungalow window.

To gather evidence for the inquiry, the Equality and Human Rights Commission carried out surveys with local authorities, primary care trusts and home care providers.

Fifty-four per cent of local authorities completed the survey, as did 250 home care providers in England.

The commission also looked at over 500 written submissions from older people and their families, and 101 from home care staff.

One in five older people who responded to the commission's request for evidence said they would not normally complain because they didn not know how to - or for fear of repercussions.
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The commission says it will explore what protection and support is in place for people who want to expose poor or abusive practices.

Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK, said the findings showed "serious neglect".

"Providing personal care for older people should not be about completing tasks in whatever is the quickest or cheapest way. Decent care is about looking after a fellow human being in the way that we would like to be cared for when we are older.

"Despite government commitments made by both the previous and current government, basic rights to dignity,is the 'solar panel revolution' upon us? respect and autonomy are still being breached.We specialize in providing third party merchant account.

"The biggest threat to the human rights of older people receiving care at home is from cuts to adult social care budgets and it is very unclear whether tightening eligibility criteria to care will allow local authorities to continue to meet their human rights obligations."

Do you or do you know someone who receives care at home? What do you think about the commission's initial findings? Send us your comments and experiences using the form below.

2011年4月6日 星期三

A market for local sourcing

It begins with Black Face, White Flower and Second Flower – and hundreds of millions of cows like them. Confronted with shortages of raw materials, long supply chains and growing concerns over food safety, milk producers in China are rolling up their sleeves and getting down to the farm.

They are just some among many companies taking more direct control of supply chains across the globe. The aim is to ensure supply and quality, but also to remove some of the volatility from pricing. Hence PepsiCo's decision to grow potatoes in China for its crisp brands and SABMiller's farming of barley in Africa for its beer.

As a fresh foodstuff with a short shelf life, however, milk presents companies with some of the biggest challenges. That was highlighted in the melamine scandal of 2008, when unscrupulous farmers and traders in China spiked milk to boost the protein content, leaving at least six babies dead and another 300,000 sick.

China presents particular logistical challenges. Scale is one: farms mostly tend to be small, a legacy of the communist policy of parcelling out little-but-equal plots. Farming skills and technology are often outdated.

Faced with these challenges, Nestle led the way for multinationals two decades ago. The world's biggest food group realised that the combination of small farms and dubious safety was a toxic one, and set about creating its own supply chain.

"We realised there would be these risks," says Roland Decorvet, the company's new chief executive for China. "And that's why we wanted full control of the supply chain."


That control sees milk pass from udder to factory in a matter of hours, virtually all under the eye of the multinational. The chain starts with some 25,000 individual farmers, whose milk is collected and vetted at 164 stations dotted around the eastern provinces of China.

Few other companies have developed such a complex supply chain. France's Danone and its erstwhile joint-venture partner Wahaha both import milk powder from overseas for the infant formula they sell in China. For yoghurt, Danone buys raw milk locally but only from large dairy farms.