![]() ![]() I would love to say that in this case, the little guy prevailed change came. The cost and effort to scale up in the distribution business proved too much for Night Shift to bear.īut not so: Last month, Night Shift announced it would fold its distributing company into one of the largest craft beer wholesalers in the country. So Night Shift struck a deal with Sheehan Family Companies, a wholesaler with one of the largest distribution networks in the country, to purchase the brewery’s distribution company and acquire the distribution rights to its portfolio in Massachusetts and Connecticut, beginning this week. Sheehan, worth more than a billion dollars, operates 17 different distributers across 12 states and the District of Columbia. It's hard to describe both how thankful we are for them, and how terrible we feel now about what they're facing.And it recently acquired the Massachusetts distribution rights to Framingham brewer Jack’s Abby. It was an awful, terrible conversation to have with a really wonderful group of people, many of whom have been with us since the beginning. We will do our best to find roles internally or externally for anyone whose job has been cut because of this situation. ![]() After October 1, those employees who no longer have jobs here will be given a severance package that accounts for both their seniority and tenure with the business. We have guaranteed that everyone on our production team will get paid through October 1, regardless of whether there's work here or no work because we have no CO2. Everett brewing will continue, but more as an R&D facility with a smaller crew. What we shared is that, come October 1, we won't likely have jobs for many of this team. Yesterday, we met with our production team of twelve people and shared the news and the implications. This is a situation both very personal to us and our team, and likely impacting the industry at large in very threatening ways. There are a ton of emotions flying around here today. On the flip side, what this all means is ultimately one of the most heartbreaking circumstances to ever face our business. We're incredibly thankful for these relationships and the support these businesses are showing. ![]() Given both the immediate and long-term issues at Everett, we've made the decision to move the majority of our beer production to Jack's Abby and IBG. we might not be able to finish canning today). Our plan had been to continue problem solving, but this latest CO2 issue has basically thrown a huge wrench into any of those plans - threatening even immediate production (e.g. Despite all the various ways we've tried to problem solve it, production in Everett has remained more inefficient than our business can sustain. Since then, we made enormous investments in our Everett facility to try and make it more efficient. Our plan was to build a larger facility in Philly, but then COVID-19 hit, and we had to abandon it. For a brewery of our size, the space poses many challenges and limitations, including limited storage capacity, short ceiling heights, awkward layouts, and lack of proper loading bays. However, there are some other factors at play, and we'll zoom out for a second to explain the full situation we're currently facing.Ī few years ago, it became clear to us that we'd outgrown our Everett production facility. Seems like this will be an issue that impacts a lot of local breweries, so we're probably one of many breweries facing this new threat to our business.įortunately, we have contract brewing relationships set up with and who have both now offered to brew beer for us and help fill our immediate production gaps. Breweries depend on CO2 to make beer, so this was pretty awful news to get. Last week, we learned that our CO2 supply has been cut for the foreseeable future, possibly more than a year until we get more. This is a huge threat to our business, but the business itself is not dissolving.Long-term, assuming we have CO2, we will continue to brew beer in Everett, just at a smaller scale.Anyone who ultimately does lose their job will also be given a severance package. Everyone has jobs through at least October 1, some potentially longer. Nobody on our production team has been fired.These decisions do not impact the jobs of any employees or departments at our company besides production, who are in a terribly unfortunate position given the situation at hand.We don't expect any negative impacts to the quality or experience of our beer.We don't expect any major disruptions to our beer supply, thanks to our relationships with Jack's Abby and IBG.We are not closing any of our Taprooms or beer gardens.We just shared some more details on social media here. Appears there is lots of misinformation floating out there. ![]()
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When it comes to all your makeup products, you can never go wrong with the classic smokey eye. “Yesterday’s eyeliner, today’s smokey eye.” “I’m late mostly because of my eyeliner.” All you need is a good eye makeup kit, and a creative mind, and you’re good to go. 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The hybrid system has a bit more lag off the start than I’d expect, but you can feel the torque roll in nearly instantly. The electric motor kicks in 48 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. ![]() Overall, this powertrain gets you 437 horsepower and 583 pound-feet of torque, which is a lot for a half-ton full-size pickup. The idea was to create the torquey feel of a diesel truck in a much more environmentally friendly way. This is a parallel hybrid system, or one-motor hybrid system, specifically chosen to optimize low-end and continuous torque. The all-new hybrid system on the 2022 Tundra features a 3.5L twin-turbo V6 engine, derived from the Lexus LS sedan, and an electric motor/generator located between the engine and the 10-speed automatic transmission. Read more… 2022 Tundra TRD Pro Review i-Force Max Hybrid Specs 3.5L twin-turbo V6 i-Force Max hybrid powertrain (photo/Bryon Dorr) The nation’s top-selling midsize truck has some serious shortcomings. I Bought My 'Dream' Tacoma and Hated It: Here's How I Fixed It Let’s dive into what this new hybrid powertrain and Tundra TRD Pro is all about, both on paper and from the driver’s seat. You get a small lift, Fox shocks, skid plate, selectable rear locker, integrated light bar, all kinds of cool sporty looks inside and out, and more. However, the Tundra model you’ll want for real adventures on and off-road, though, is the TRD Pro. Think 22-inch chrome wheels, power-retractable running boards, interior accent lights, heads-up display, and acoustic glass as standard equipment. The Capstone model sets a new bar for luxury and bling on a factory-outfitted Toyota truck. 2022 Toyota Tundra Capstone (photo/Bryon Dorr) The top luxury spec Capstone and off-road-oriented TRD Pro are both only available with the hybrid powertrain, part-time 4×4, and as a CrewMax short bed (5.5 feet).Īll i-Force Max hybrid Tundras will have CrewMax cabs, but there is also a longer 6.5-foot bed option and 4×2 models available. I was lucky enough to recently spend time behind the wheel of a few of the 2022 Tundra trucks with the new i-Force Max hybrid powertrain. He drove the new truck on- and off-road, and was overall very impressed. ![]() Our motors editor Bryon Dorr got behind the wheel of the all-new 2022 Toyota Tundra i-Force Max hybrid recently at the media drive event in California. ![]() ![]() I know many people that have added things like, spoilers, fins, racing stripes, and spinners to their cars in a rather pathetic attempt to simply land them more status and make them appear cooler. It seems to me like racing stripes simply seem like a way for someone to make their car appear to be faster, as people that take a lot of pride in what they drive see speed as a major way to identify who has the better car. I really do not understand this and I am really wondering if someone could shed some light on why it has taken off the way it has. ![]() I never really understood this phenomenon, but I am guessing that its origin comes from the rise of auto racing as a whole and just the fact people began to judge status more in card as opposed to other possessions. I feel like this is a cry for acceptance or possibly just something someone may do as a joke as they simply have a car that is not supposed to have something like a racing stripe on it, so they add it anyway. I teach high school and I have noticed that many students will get racing stripes on their cars, and it will usually be something like a Buick or car that is not associated with being fast, that they add it to and it just looks silly. I am guessing that common sense avoids them or they are simply looking to be accepted into a particular clique. To be honest I really see this as just a fad that I think will someday leave, but then again with people having access to cheaper sports cars nowadays I will not be surprised if it continues for a long long time.Īpril 4, - To be totally honest I am not entirely sure why someone would want to do something like that. I know the guy that bought it, wanted it for the stripes and the fact it ran simply because he thought the stripes looked neat and did not care that the truck looked ridiculous with them. After having absolutely no one interested in it for a very long time, no matter how low the price was, I took some vinyl and just added racing stripes to it and I sold it in a week for 250 dollars, despite the fact I had it down to 50 dollars without the stripes! I once had a truck I was trying to sell that was a real beat up, old clunker. ![]() ![]() ![]() I guess it is a matter of what one is looking for, but I really think that the matter of racing stripes is more than just a seeking of status, it can also be something that just came with the care in order to get someone to buy it and the owner does not really care about - Well to be totally and completely honest, I think that for the most part it is just a way people try too look cool or as you said, and I emphasize in rare cases, to be done as a joke. I will admit if I added racing stripes to my car it would look ridiculous, but I really would not care if I had them because it would run the same way and that is what I am concerned about in a car. That is why I feel like some people do not judge the car they buy with the racing stripes simply because they are thinking of the car itself and how it runs and not really what it looks like. I feel like a car's paint job is like a house, if you do not like it you can change it, or you can live with what color it is. 23 hours - I agree with the fact it will last for awhile and to be honest i do not have much of a problem with it, simply because I do not think that it is a big deal in the first place and is just another paint job on a car. ![]() ![]() ![]() Between 28 and 36 per cent of the species' distribution was impacted by the fires. In July 2021, an Australian Department of the Environment and Energy spokesperson stated the population has declined by approximately 69% in the last three generations, or 21 years and in addition to this decline, the species has suffered direct mortality and habitat loss during the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season. Habitat is defined to include "an area periodically or occasionally occupied by a species". Damage is defined to include "damage caused by removing any part of the habitat". This protection status as a threatened species makes it a Tier 1 criminal offence for a person or corporation to knowingly damage the bird's habitat. It is protected as a vulnerable species under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW). As a result, the gang-gang is now listed as vulnerable in New South Wales. Loss of older, hollow trees and loss of feeding habitat across south-eastern Australia through land clearing has led to a significant reduction in the numbers of this cockatoo in recent years. Also, they breed in the canopy of most trees. Unlike most other cockatoos, gang-gangs nest in young, solid trees, the females using their strong beaks to excavate nesting cavities. They must migrate back to denser forests to breed, as they need tall trees in order to build nests. The birds migrate short distances during winter into more open habitats. The gang-gang prefers forests and woodlands in the mountains with dense shrub understories. They are an introduced species on Kangaroo Island. They used to inhabit King Island off of Tasmania, but they have since gone extinct locally. The gang-gang is endemic to coastal regions of south-eastern Australia. ![]() Gang-gangs are very social birds, but not overly noisy. The birds are not easily mistaken for other cockatoos, but while in flight may resemble the Galah. Juvenile males can be distinguished by their brighter crowns and shorter crests, but otherwise look similar to the adult female. The edges of feathers on upperarts are slightly paler grey than the rest of the feather, which makes the bird look somewhat barred. The edges of feathers in underparts have edges of yellow or pink. The head and crest is bright red in males, but dark grey in females. However, more recent molecular phylogenetic analysis places it in the Cacatuinae clade, not the Calyptorhynchinae, and having diverged from the palm cockatoo ( Probosciger aterrimus). The gang-gang cockatoo was thought to be a distinctive early offshoot of the Calyptorhynchinae (black) cockatoos. The classification of the gang-gang cockatoo has always been controversial due to the unusual appearance and coloration of the bird, especially its sexual dichromatism. ![]() The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek kallos meaning "beauty" and kephalē meaning "head". The specific epithet is from Latin fimbriata meaning "fringed". The type locality is the Bass River in the state of Victoria. The gang-gang cockatoo is now the only species placed in the genus Callocephalon that was introduced in 1837 by the French naturalist René Lesson. ![]() Grant coined the binomial name Psittacus fimbriatus. In 1803 the British Royal Navy officer James Grant included an illustration of the gang-gang cockatoo in his book describing a voyage to the colony of New South Wales in Australia. The name gang-gang comes from a New South Wales Aboriginal language, probably from one of the coastal languages, although possibly from Wiradjuri. It is easily identified by its distinctive call, which is described as resembling a creaky gate, or the sound of a cork being pulled from a wine bottle. The gang-gang cockatoo is the faunal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory. It ranges throughout south-eastern Australia. Mostly mild grey in colour with some lighter scalloping (more pronounced and buffy in females), the male has a red head and crest, while the female has a small fluffy grey crest. It is the only species placed in the genus Callocephalon. The gang-gang cockatoo ( Callocephalon fimbriatum) is a parrot found in the cooler and wetter forests and woodlands of Australia, particularly alpine bushland. ![]() ![]() Selfishly, I don’t install Dropbox on my Mac anymore at all. ICloud Drive is available on the web through, but there’s no concept of sharing files with a URL like there is with Dropbox. His file goes to Dropbox, he sends me a URL, I download the file, then he eventually deletes it. This is how Benjamin sends me his local audio recording for the Happy Hour podcast every week. That person can download the file even if they don’t use Dropbox. Simply upload your file to your Dropbox storage, then share a URL with someone else. You can email someone a large attachment and rely on iCloud Drive for delivery, but Dropbox is more straightforward with how it handles sharing. I pay for and have the capacity available. It’s sharing large files with other people where I fall back to Dropbox still. Apple could catch up here, but these differences are also minor for me. ICloud storage does integrate with built-in apps and services like Photos and iOS Backup that don’t work with Dropbox, but Dropbox does a better job on iOS at playing back media files by streaming before completely downloading. Web access does mean you can find your files on other platforms, however, and I’m personally fine with iOS integration alone. Dropbox has clients on iOS, macOS, Android, Windows, and the web, but iCloud Drive sticks to iOS, Windows, and the web. I’m not doing the two Mac setup anymore, but I do enjoy having access to files from my Mac Desktop and Documents folders when using my iPhone and iPad.īut iCloud Drive still lacks a few important features that make Dropbox more capable.įirst is cross-platform compatibility. ![]() I have the available iCloud storage to go all in, so I have been since macOS Sierra was released. Apple enabled Documents and Desktop syncing through iCloud Drive between multiple Macs, iPhones, and iPads. The next plan available is 1TB for $9.99 which I gladly pay to continue the experience, and that leaves a lot of free iCloud storage for other purposes.Įnter macOS Sierra last fall. Storing 16,655 images and 1,459 videos takes up 212.78GB of iCloud storage for me so I’m just over the 200GB for $2.99/month plan. ![]() My iCloud Drive usage surged over the last few months for two reasons.įirst, I have a great experience with iCloud Photo Library syncing my photos and videos across my devices. I still interact with Dropbox on the web once a week to produce the 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast, but iCloud Drive could totally replace Dropbox for me with a few additional features… ![]() Buy the premium version now to prevent infection in the first place.Apple’s iCloud Drive feature has matured to the point that several months ago I stopped using Dropbox on my Mac, iPhone, and iPad without having to dramatically change any workflows. 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Are the videos, music, and fonts shown in the preview included in each After Effect Template? ![]() ![]() ![]() “That is a herculean task for any extension officer to do,” said Theophilus Osei-Owusu, director of the Directorate of Extension Services in Ghana. That means they might not make it back to a community for a long time. ![]() Many live down washed out roads and on any given day might be at the market, or tending their fields when an extension agent stops by.Īdditionally, every extension agent in Ghana is responsible for informing nearly 2,500 farmers, according to MoFA. Still, it’s not always easy to reach farmers. They keep farmers up to date on farming techniques and technologies, and advise farmers on any challenges they might be experiencing in their fields. In Ghana, extension agents are employed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, known colloquially as MoFA, to travel to farming communities to advise farmers on the latest agricultural information. ![]() But it’s a challenge both Farm Radio International and the Government of Ghana are working together to solve. Nous souhaitons une longue vie au personnel de la radio pour qu’il puisse nous donner des informations de qualité.Getting good information to farmers can be a challenge at the best of times in Ghana, where extension agents have hundreds of farmers to reach over huge distances. Je peux dire que ces émissions ont fait la promotion de mes produits céréaliers. J’ai reçu plusieurs félicitations des clients pour la qualité de mes interventions. L’aide n’est pas seulement en nature et en argent mais aussi en partageant les connaissances à l’antenne de la radio. Les gens m’appellent à tout moment après vos émissions dans lesquelles j’interviens. À travers ma participation à l’émission, vous m’aidez à faire ma publicité. Je trouve que vous venez en aide aux commerçants comme nous. J’écoute vos émissions sur Sènè yiriwali fèrèw. "Je suis Mohamed Konaté dit Boua, je suis vendeur de céréales - riz, mil, maïs, haricot et fonio - à Sikasso. Mohamed Konaté, l'un des agriculteurs à qui nous avons parlé, nous a fait part de ses commentaires sur l'émission. Récemment, nous nous sommes rendus à Sikasso, au Mali, pour recueillir les réactions des agriculteurs locaux à certaines émissions de radio récentes. We're working with these same broadcasters and other partners to make sure that people who listen to these programs are able to do what everyone around the world hopes they can - provide for their families. And, through online training, we're making sure they can continuously build on their own success. By connecting broadcasters to subject matter experts - in gender, agriculture, health and more - and to each other, we're making sure they have good sources for their radio programs. Though they work tirelessly, and are experts in what they do, these same broadcasters are sometimes left working in challenging conditions - underresourced, unable to access ongoing education, and without access to the information and experts they need to make sure their programs are as useful as they can be to their listeners.īut Farm Radio International is working to change that. They’re the ones who sort fact from fiction to ensure their communities stay up to date. ![]() Where do you go? For millions in sub-Saharan Africa, the answer is radio.īroadcasters speak their language, come from their communities and head to work every day to prep the daily news, current affairs shows, talk radio - and even entertainment. Reliable information is not always easily accessible - especially for someone who doesn't speak a dominant language or who can't read or write. Now imagine that that has always been the case - like it is for millions of people in rural Africa. Where are you going to get your news now that you won’t be able to get it on Google, Facebook or Instagram? Now that there's a dearth of easily findable news in Canada, what does that mean for your ability to figure out what’s going on, immediately, when you need it? Today is International Day for Universal Access to Information. ![]() ![]() ![]() the most deeply human book of the year." -Alex Perez, Washington Examiner " Leave Society introduces the reader to two of the most endearing literary characters in recent memory: Li's parents, simply referred to as Li's mom and Li's dad-and their beloved family dog, Dudu, who serves up a great deal of comic relief." -Zach Ravas, Zyzzyva " Leave Society is a novel not of disappearance but of rebirth and attachment to the things that truly matter. "If Lin's earlier books felt voiced by a human resigned to becoming an automaton, then this one speaks in a voice of resistance." -Adam Wilson, Bookforum "Lin's language is spare but carefully selected, bristling with radiant strangeness." -Will Harrison, The Hudson Review On the second reading, when I was better accustomed to Lin's humor and his delight in multiplicity, seemed to me both metaphorical and literal, playful and quite serious, a brilliant, almost perfect ending." -Lamorna Ash, Los Angeles Review of Books ![]() "Lin introduces a radical shift in outlook, a change from a posture of boredom to one of awe. Though his book will undoubtedly be categorized as autofiction, it is as much a retreat into the imagination as a reflection of lived events." -David Fishkind, The Believer "At a time when so much media is set on dichotomizing, there are no hard lines drawn by Lin. "Li's attempts to midwife the universe through mindfulness give rise to brief sunbursts of poetic exuberance." -Andrea Long Chu, The New Yorker There is something brave in leaving a character so undefended." - Christine Smallwood, The New York Times Book Review "Stylistically, the book is artful, even radical. One of Bookforum 's Best Books of the Year ![]() Illuminating and deeply felt, as it builds toward a stunning, if unexpected, romance, Leave Society is a masterly story about life and art at the end of history. But how to fit these pieces of his life together? Where to begin? Or should he leave society altogether?Įxploring everyday events and scenes-waiting rooms, dog walks, family meals-while investigatively venturing to the edges of society, where culture dissolves into mystery, Lin shows what it is to write a novel in real time. He will incite and temper arguments, uncover secrets about nature and history, and try to understand how to live a meaningful life as an artist and a son. As he flies between these two worlds-year by year, over four years-he will flit in and out of optimism, despair, loneliness, sanity, bouts of chronic pain, and drafts of a new book. He doesn't know it yet, but his life will begin to deepen and complexify on this trip. In 2014, a novelist named Li leaves Manhattan to visit his parents in Taipei for ten weeks. An engrossing, hopeful novel about life, fiction, and where the two blur together. (Aug.From the acclaimed author of Taipei, a bold portrait of a writer working to balance all his lives-artist, son, loner-as he spins the ordinary into something monumental. Lin’s fans might appreciate this, but it doesn’t offer anything new. Much of the action and descriptions are banal, and aside from the romance, this feels a bit too detached and devoid of emotion for a book ostensibly about learning to live. After a friend moves into his Manhattan building, a surprisingly tender romance blossoms between them. When in Taipei, he hopes to improve his health and cultivate artistic inspiration (“living with his parents felt slightly surreal in a way that was satisfying for both his life and his novel”). Back in Manhattan, Li battles intense back pain, writers block, dwindling finances, and loneliness. “The world seemed more complex, terrible, hopeful, meaningful, and magical than he’d previously thought or heard,” Lin writes of Li’s reaction to McKenna’s work. ![]() Shortly after Li’s arrival in Taipei to visit his parents, he reconsiders having surgery on his concave chest, which he’d declined in the past, and becomes increasingly inspired by McKenna’s views on psychedelics. Lin ( Trip) continues his interest in real-life mystic Terence McKenna with the underwhelming story of a Lin-like New York City novelist facing a crossroads as he travels back and forth between New York City and Taipei. ![]() |
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