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ow the West Creek Conservancy is ensuring green space access in Northeast Ohio
Derek Schafer: On paper, our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in Northeast Ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region’s lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to experience nature and discover our great outdoors.To get more latest news about westcreek, you can visit shine news official website.
It is quite a loaded mission statement, but it boils down to protect, restore and connect. Protecting land and water resources or other assets within the community; restoring ecological integrity or functionality; and the connection can be a social connection to the land and water, or a physical connection, linking trails and greenways.
Derek: Our land and water resources are our infrastructure; they are the thread in which our community operates and is held together. Land conservation is the underpinning of our region and is the natural corridor that filters our air, treats our water, provides recreation opportunities and allows us all to connect to the natural world
Land and water conservation is also imperative to a sustainable and thriving region. You cannot have spaces that are only accessible from cars; you need spaces that can be equitably accessed. We are a part of that ecosystem and we should not be an adverse impact to it – it should be rather symbiotic. You can absolutely put grey infrastructure and green infrastructure together; there shouldn’t be a reason why we separate these things.
Derek: The Irishtown Bend in downtown Cleveland. We were brought in as a partner to help acquire real estate between West 25th & Columbus Road, Detroit Avenue, and the river. Our purpose was to assemble the land in a way that the Port Authority could initiate the stabilization of the hillside. We were also concerned with how to properly assemble the land so that the other partners can do their part as well. It was a real synergy of how partnerships could work together.
Another project that I am very anticipatory about is a little outside of Cleveland, in Rootstown, Ohio. We’re formalizing the acquisition of a Tamarack bog, which was the last place in Ohio where the plant Labrador Tea was found. For decades, multiple agencies, entities and nonprofits, have tried to acquire this 170-acre piece along Breakneck Creek. With the help of the expertise within this organization, we were able to get this piece under contract and leverage the funding to acquire it. In addition to this land, we have reached out to Holden Arboretum and Klyn Nurseries, who we believe to have the last cuttings of Labrador Tea. Our goal with this is to bring it full circle and reintroduce an endangered species to a site that was up for private development.
In addition to these two tasks, at the end of 2020, we also closed and acquired the last two remaining parcels of land that make the western and eastern connection to the West Creek Reservation and Greenway Trail System. These are properties that we have been trying to acquire since around 2005. These 25 acres of land may not sound like a lot, but when you have 20,000 residents who live within one mile, that is a big deal.
Derek: The best way to describe the funding from the Cleveland Foundation is to say it has served as a catalyst for us to leverage millions of dollars, expand partnerships, and internal capacity, which overwhelmingly has helped us provide a niche service throughout NEO. More specifically, we were able to solidify the support from the Ohio EPA directly to the Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative because we were able to show that our distribution of work was equitably dispersed throughout a dozen different groups covering hundreds of square miles. In essence, this funding was catalytic to a perpetual generational impact.
Derek: I would like for us to be a sustainable organization, fulfilling a niche set of services throughout Northeast Ohio. Our impact cannot be measured by acreage, nor can it be measured by the number of staff members. It can be measured by the lands we protect, how we are protecting them, and for whom are we making such efforts.
I would also want for us to continue to be a catalyst in Northeast Ohio for land and water conservation and a tool for partners and stakeholders throughout the region so we can more sustainably protect, restore and activate these spaces that are accessible throughout our region.
Yelp puts trust and safety in the spotlight
Yelp released its very first trust and safety report this week, with the goal of explaining the work that it does to crack down on fraudulent and otherwise inaccurate or unhelpful content.To get more yelp latest news, you can visit shine news official website.
With its focus on local business reviews and information, you might think Yelp would be relatively free of the misinformation that other social media platforms struggle with. But of course, Yelp reviews are high stakes in their own way, since they can have a big impact on a business’ bottom line.
Like other online platforms, Yelp relies on a mix of software and human curation. On the software side, one of the main tasks is sorting reviews into recommended and not recommended. Group Product Manager for Trust and Safety Sudheer Someshwara told me that a review might not be recommended because it appears to be written by someone with a conflict of interest, or it might be solicited by the business, or it might come from a user who hasn’t posted many reviews before and “we just don’t know enough information about the user to recommend those reviews to our community.”“We take fairness and integrity very seriously,” Someshwara said. “No employee at Yelp has the ability to override decisions the software has made. That even includes the engineers.”
So the company says that last year, users posted more than 18.1 million reviews, of which 4.6 million (about 25%) were not recommended by the software. Someshwara noted that even when a review is not recommended, it’s not removed entirely — users just have to seek it out in a separate section.
Removals do happen, but that’s one of the places where the user operations team comes in. As Vice President of Legal, Trust & Safety Aaron Schur explained, “We do make it easy for businesses as well as consumers to flag reviews. Every piece of content that’s flagged in that way does get reviewed by a live human to decide whether it should should be removed for violating our guidelines.”
Yelp says that last year, about 710,000 reviews (4%) were removed entirely for violating the company’s policies. Of those, more than 5,200 were removed for violating the platform’s COVID-19 guidelines (among other things, they prohibit reviewers from claiming they contracted COVID from a business, or from complaining about mask requirements or criticizing a business had to close due to safety regulations). Another 13,300 were removed between May 25 and the end of the year for threats, lewdness, hate speech or other harmful content.
“Any current event that takes place will find its way onto Yelp,” acknowledged Vice President of User Operations Noorie Malik. “People turn to Yelp and other social media platforms to have a voice.”But expressing political beliefs can conflict with what Malik said is Yelp’s “guiding principle,” namely “genuine, first-hand experience.” So Yelp has built software to detect unusual activity on a page and will also add a Consumer Alert when it believes there are “egregious attempts to manipulate ratings and reviews.” For example, it says there was a 206% increase in media-fueled incidents year over year.
It’s not that you can’t express political opinions in your reviews, but the review has to come from firsthand experience, rather than being prompted by reading a negative article or an angry tweet about the business. Sometimes, Malik added, that means the team is “removing content with a point of view that we agree with.”
One example that illustrates this distinction: Yelp will take down reviews that seem driven by media coverage suggesting that a business owner or employee behaved in a racist manner, but at the same time, it also labeled two businesses in December 2020 with a “Business Accused of Racism” alert reflecting “resounding evidence of egregious, racist actions from a business owner or employee.”
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Think you’re too old for necklaces like these? Think again. Sure, they may have been more popular back in middle school when stating your best friend was more of a “status,” but it’s always appropriate to acknowledge the people you love. Plus, they’re no longer just available at Claire’s. (To be fair, they’ll always be the top destination when it comes to fun mall jewelry.)
If you’re looking for a good set of best friend necklaces to let your bestie know how you feel — or maybe your kiddo wants to share the love with their fave friend — here are some of the best, in every style imaginable. Because when it comes to your best friend, you don’t want to disappoint. Happen to have more than one best friend? Well, luckily jewelers are prepped for that possibility, as well; we found sets for groups of 3 and 4 friends, too.
If you like simple jewelry, this may be your taste. While they don’t look identical, that doesn’t matter — your best friend will know what it means when it’s given. Amazon Reviewer Chloe R likes the fact that this necklace can be worn any day of the week, even at work. “They can be worn independently, but they obviously look so cute when you’re both wearing them,” she wrote. “I also love pairing mine with other necklaces for a layered look.”
Are flowers more your BFF’s thing? Then this necklace is a lovely way to say “you’re special.” We like that you can customize them by getting letter charms of your initials (you can even wear each others’.) This BFF necklace style is also less obvious than traditional designs, in case your friend isn’t a fan of the typical “be/fri” and “st/ends” models.
These are also very cute and don’t necessarily scream “best friends necklaces.” It’s a great way to showcase trust and loyalty. Plus, it’s a cute design altogether. If you and your best friend go way back and were friends since childhood, this set would be perfect.
These tiny little elephants may bring both of you closer together. Elephants often symbolize loyalty, so they’re a meaningful charm for your matching friendship necklace. “The charms are tiny and beautifully detailed,” said Amazon Reviewer Lampus, who got the unicorn set that’s also offered (there are lots of other designs, too). “Shipping was lightning fast and they came in adorable kraft envelopes with a heart closure. This is an incredible buy!”
If your BFF is the wind beneath your wings (or maybe you just watched Game of Thrones together), then this matching best friend’s necklace is was practically made for you. When joined together, the wings form a heart. When not together, they look like simple necklaces on their own. This pair comes with one silver and one black wing, and out of all the necklaces on this list, these may be the most whimsical.
Sometimes, all you need is the infinity sign to show how much you’re devoted to your friend. If you truly think your friendship with last throughout your entire life, this is a sweet way to showcase your feelings. These necklaces are 16k gold plated — one white gold, one yellow gold.
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As per the researcher statistics, the Global Personalized Gifts Market is anticipated to exhibit a CAGR of 5.6% to surpass a significant revenue of USD 34,305.8 Million during the review period. Personalized gifts are available in various styles, colors including clothing, accessories, diaries and desk accessories, photo frames and wall decoration, and chocolates. The increasing demand for unisex personalized gifts has increased its popularity across the globe because of high volume sales of unisex personalized gifts such as photo frames, chocolates and chocolate platters, and diaries and desk accessories are expected to drive the largest market during the forecast period.
Global Personalized Gifts Market is anticipated to witness a healthy market expansion during the forecast period owing to the growing demand for 3D printed personalized gifts. Moreover, the Personalization of gifts is trending nowadays which is evaluated to enhance the market growth during the forecast period. Additionally, the growing awareness of eco-friendly gifts is anticipated to create lucrative growth opportunities for the vendors operating in the global personalized gifts market. However, increased prices of personalized gifts as compared to generalized gifts are expected to restrain the surge of the global personalization gifts market during the review.
The global market is fairly competitive and features regional and global companies that have created a strong market competition. These companies are expected to significantly bolster market growth with their strategic collaborations, new product launches, and technological innovations.
Global Personalized Gifts Market has been categorized Based on Product Type, end-use, and distribution channel.
In terms of distribution channels, the global market has been classified into Personalized Clothing, Personalized Chocolates and Chocolate Platters, Personalized Accessories, Personalized Gifts for Kids, Personalized Diaries and Desk Accessories, Personalized Photo Frames and Wall Decoration, and Others. Global Personalized Gifts Market in terms of End User has been divided into Women, Unisex, Kids, and Men.
Based on Distribution Channel the market has been bifurcated into Store-Based and non-store-based segments. The store-based type is further segmented as Supermarkets and Hypermarkets, Convenience Stores, Specialty Stores, and Others. Non- Store Based type is further segmented into Direct and Indirect types.Europe is expected to contribute the largest market share during the forecast period owing to the largest share of 37.10% in 2019. The regional market growth is attributed to the presence of global producers and providers of personalized gifts and the huge fashion industry.
Muted Markets
Asian stocks look set for a muted start to the week as investors prepare for a key Federal Reserve meeting. Futures were little changed in Japan. Trading volumes are expected to be light with a number of holidays in the region including in Australia, China and Hong Kong. U.S. futures were steady after stocks staged a late rally Friday, closing at another record after a choppy day of trading. Ten-year Treasury yields inched up to around 1.45% after hitting three-month lows on Thursday, but still notched their biggest weekly slide since December
Putting the Chip Shortage in Context
While the chip shortage is no doubt tied to economic shocks related to COVID-19, it has revealed vulnerabilities that long pre-date the pandemic. We recently explored how government and industry are adjusting, and where to look for innovation as the semiconductor status quo is re-written.
Netanyahu‘s Fall From Power
Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year run as prime minister ended as Israel‘s parliament voted 60 to 59, with one abstention, to replace him with Jewish nationalist Naftali Bennett. For the indicted Netanyahu, the vote marks a brutal fall from power that leaves him even more legally imperiled. He’s at trial on corruption charges, which he denies. Out of office, he no longer has the option of seeking to pass legislation shielding a sitting leader from prosecution.
Elon Whipsaws Bitcoin
Bitcoin is on the move again, this time jumping above $39,000 Sunday afternoon in New York after Elon Musk said Tesla would resume transactions using the cryptocurrency when it's greener. In a tweet, he mentioned a threshold of “confirmation of reasonable (~50
clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend.” Musk also
reiterated the electric-car maker had sold about 10% of its Bitcoin
holdings to demonstrate the tokens liquidity.Apple's Post-Mask Future
Apple plans to drop its mask requirement for vaccinated customers at many U.S. stores beginning next week, sources say. Retail workers will still need to wear masks, and they‘ve been told they won’t have to ask customers for vaccine verification. The requirement for face coverings will also be dropped at some of Apples corporate offices in the U.S., according to a memo.
The ability to recognize and trade off these patterns is invaluable for any successful Forex trader because they hint at the probable top, or the probable bottom, of a trend and signal that traders should start looking for the most optimal exit or entry points.
The hammer pattern emerges when a currency price drop substantially lower than the opening price of the day, but then the buyers step in and drive the price back to the level near the day‘s open, thus forming the one-candlestick pattern with a large lower wick (shadow), a relatively small real body at the absence, or a very small, upper wick. The color of the real body doesn’t bear much significance - it can be red (black) at the bottom of the downtrend or green (white) at the top of an uptrend. Certainly, a green body of a candlestick that flags the possible trend reversal might look more reassuring, but in reality, there have been many strong uptrends that stemmed from the hammer with the red body.
It‘s important to know that the proper hammer pattern should have the lower wick at least twice as large as the candle’s real body; otherwise, that Forex candlestick pattern must be deemed as neutral. Also, remember that the real body of either a hammer or a hanging man must stay close or be within the upper (lower) price range.
When this formation appears, traders say that the market is hammering out, and the reversal could be in the making. But the real essence of this candlestick pattern is best described by its Japanese name, “takuri”, which can be roughly translated as “testing the depth of the water by trying to reach for the bottom with a leg,” which makes a lot of sense when you look at its structure.
The rule of thumb for using both these patterns is quite simple: the strength, or the reliability, of a hammer or a hanging man depends on the length of the lower wick, the size of the real body, and the presence of the absence of an upper wick and its size. The most meaningful patterns have a very long lower wick, small bodies, up to the point where they look like a dragonfly doji, and a very little or no upper wick.
There is another hint regarding this pattern that we‘d like to share with you: when the hanging man appears at the presumed top of the uptrend, don’t rush into selling your position because the market is still running on the bullish steam, especially if the price movement is supported by the increasing volume, and there is a good chance that it would eat up the hanging man and continue pushing northward. Instead, wait for the next session to see whether the Forex market opens lower than the previous day‘s close. If that’s the case and the price drops with a considerable gap, the viability of the hanging man increases dramatically, and you can consider going short on that particular Forex pair.
Shooting star and inverted hammer point at the exit/entry points
A shooting star and an inverted hammer are basically a hanging man and a hammer turned upside down that also act as the reversal patterns that emerge at the probable finale of a strong trending movement. The pattern is formed when the price of the particular Forex pair opens slightly above the close of the previous day, rallies strongly at first, but then gets pressurized by the sellers almost to the open of the trading session, thus forming the pattern with a long upper shadow, a small body, and little to no lower shadow. Please remember that the shooting star pattern can be considered as tradable only in trending markets, especially during powerful rallies, or at the top of the congestion zone. A shooting star and an inverted hammer in the ranging market has little to no significance with regard to forecasting the upcoming price movement.
An inverted hammer, on the other hand, appears at the potential bottom of a downtrend and indicates that the buyers are seizing the initiative, and the price action might start going in the opposite direction. Both these patterns indicate that the market participants couldnt sustain the rally or the downslide.
Why will the vast majority of traders be kicked out of the forex
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Chasing a surging market
Please dont buy in because of a surging market, dramatic changes in
which are indicative of numerous traps. The rational move for this is to
observe the market, wait for a transient fall, and seize the
opportunity to buy in.
Chaotic logic of trading
The trading mentality and behaviour should be continuous. The fixed
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Hesitation
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tiding over adversity on adding positions when you need to stop losses.
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In my opinion, GOLD is still bullish. Dips have been bought above 1770 and if 1790 breaks we should see 1810 and 1831. At this point, the accumulation is happening and the breakout is imminent. However, if the range persists we could see 1770 again. I am mostly bullish now and expecting a long breakout.
However, as with any other individual Forex candlestick pattern, it is highly advisable to exercise patience and wait until the market reacts during the following trading session, whether it‘s on an hourly or a daily time frame. If the price starts moving in the direction opposite to the trend, preferably with a gap at the session’s open, the probability of a full-fledged reversal increases substantially. Also, when trading the shooting star pattern, you can get the confirmation by means of momentum indicators, such as MACD or RSI, which come very handy when determining when the shift of power takes place within the market. If the shooting star pops up when RSI, for instance, is deep in the overbought area (above 80), consider going for a sell or entering a short position. Moreover, when there is a divergence shown by any of these indicators (a discrepancy between the direction of the price action and the movement of indicators moving averages), the shooting star pattern at the top of the price swing would constitute a mighty strong sell signal.
As for the inverted hammer, it has a similar confirmation scheme: the gap to the upside on the back of the growing bullish momentum and rising price, but here it‘s important to take into account the color of the real body and the time during which the price holds above the hammer’s body and within the upper wick - the shorter it is, the higher is the probability that the reversal will pan out.
A shooting star, the hammers, and a hanging man are the only individual (single) candlestick patterns that matter in Forex trading - there are at least four types of doji patterns: the common, the long-legged, and gravestone, and the dragonfly dojis, but they work only in combination with confirmatory factors. Whereas the best Forex candlestick patterns come in the combination of two or more candlesticks, with engulfing patterns being probably the most easily determinable and arguably the most reliable Forex trading signals, if confirmed by the abnormally high trading volume or the showings of various indicators.
It also advised people to be wary of adverts promising high returns on cryptoasset investments.
Binance said the FCA notice would have no “direct impact” on the services it provides from its website Binance.com.
Binance's existing crypto exchange is not UK-based so despite the FCA ruling, there will be no impact on UK residents who use the website to purchase and sell cryptocurrencies.
The FCA does not regulate cryptocurrencies, but requires exchanges to register with them. Binance has not registered with the FCA and therefore is not allowed to operate an exchange in the UK.
The FCA move comes amid pushback from regulators around the world against cryptocurrency platforms.
Binance.com is an online centralised exchange that offers users a range of financial products and services, including purchasing and trading a wide range of digital currencies, as well as digital wallets, futures, securities, savings accounts and even lending.
Binance Group is currently based in the Cayman Islands, while Binance Markets Limited is an affiliate firm based in London. The firm has multiple entities dotted around the world and Binance Group was previously based in Malta.
The FCA said that Binance Markets Limited (BML), which is owned by Binance Group, is not currently permitted to undertake any regulated activities without the prior written consent of the FCA. It has until Wednesday to comply with the ruling.
The regulator also stressed that no entity in the Binance Group holds any form of authorisation, registration or licence to conduct regulated activity in the UK.
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