8/10/2023 0 Comments Dessert stands with vintage plates![]() ![]() Made of heavy-duty white plastic, it has a rubber nonslip grip top that keeps the cake from sliding around. The High and Low cake turntable is the best rotating cake stand for beginners or home bakers who want a budget turntable or rotating cake stand for decorating their cakes. The Wilton Company gets it right again with this hardworking, adaptable revolving cake stand. Plastic can absorb dyes, smells, and flavors Nonslip rubber ring edge is difficult to clean The stand also scored extra points for its durable thick glass, which makes it sturdy and not prone to chips or breaking, as well as the reasonable price. The generous-sized cake plate and the tall, straight-sided cake dome allowed us to store larger cakes or heavily decorated ones, as well as big batches of other baked goods-all enticingly on display. We found that the Libbey’s cake stand was slightly taller than other models, with an elegant but sturdy base. Plus, leaving this stand out on your countertop also means you won't have to find a good storage spot. Having baked goods out on display also makes every kitchen seem like home, where you can grab a quick muffin before heading out to school or work. It’s the perfect place for items like muffins, donuts, or cookies, where the cake dome helps keep them from going stale. The Libbey cake stand is the ideal example of a completely clear glass cake stand that should be a basic necessity in everyone’s kitchen. However, the tall stature is what helps gives it elegance and beauty, so that may not be a downside to some. ![]() The only downside we found during testing was the height of the stand, which may make storage difficult. But even without it, cakes and desserts look fantastic perched on top, ready to be served. You can purchase a cake dome separately if you’d like. But the cake stand comes in numerous colors, including vibrant translucent red, soft Georgia blue, and classic jadeite green. ![]() ![]() The milk glass white version is a classic standard color. During testing, we found the lip still prevents any crumbs or spills from glazes from falling off the top of the stand. This allows you to manipulate the frosting on the sides of the cake without getting in the way. Frosting cakes is easy because the top of the cake stand has a low-profile lip. But the original version, hand-molded in Ohio, is timeless, with a solid base that makes this tall and elegant cake stand surprisingly stable. The Mosser glass cake plate has been imitated and knocked off countless times. Whether you're looking for a basic turntable stand or an heirloom for generations, we found that the best cake stands blend design, performance, durability, and overall value. Then, we tested our list of cake stands by frosting cakes and serving them up to see if the cake stands stood up to real-life use. We searched for the most popular brands and asked pastry chefs, bakers, and food writers if they had a favorite cake stand in their homes. Others just look poorly manufactured or lack aesthetics. Some are unstable and will fall over if you barely touch them. Not all cake stands are made the same, however. Plus, when they aren’t functioning as a display for your home baking, you can use them as a centerpiece or display piece by swapping cake for a bowl of fruit, candles, or other knickknacks. And they’re not just for cakes-nearly any dessert or baked good, whether cookies, brownies, cupcakes, muffins, or even loaves of bread, will look more elegant and potentially dramatic if presented on a cake stand. It’s the sort of thing that literally (and figuratively) elevates a cake from good to great and from great to magnificent. Every home baker needs a great cake stand in their kitchen. ![]()
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8/10/2023 0 Comments Weather chicago illinois![]() ![]() Highest Pressure 1037.Least Humid 0.8% Monroe County Airport, TN.Most precipitation falling will be 10.60 mm / 0.42 inch on Sun 25. Min temperature will be 16°c / 61°f on Tue 27. Chicago, United States of America weather forecasted for the next 10 days will have maximum temperature of 34°c / 94°f on Thu 29. Most Humid 134.3% Norman / Max Westheimer, OK Chicago, IL Daily Weather AccuWeather Air Quality Alert June 24 - August 7 Sat 6/24 84 /68 6 Partly sunny alerts Air Quality Alert 12:25 PM Tuesday - 12:00 AM Sunday RealFeel Sun 88. Chicago, United States of America Weather This Week.Click here to see school closings, moves. (Weather station: Chicago Midway Airport, USA). Wettest (Last Hour) 0.3in Albion Municipal Airport, NE CHICAGO (WLS) - A winter storm warning has prompted Governor JB Pritzker to issue a disaster declaration for the state ahead of the arrival of the snow.Windiest 30mph Queen Beatrix International Airport, PR.Wind: Northeast at 18 mph / 30 km/h Humidity: 38 Pressure: 30 inches / 1016 mb Sunrise: 5. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. News Headlines Drought conditions worsening across the area Additional Headlines Hazardous Weather Conditions Air Quality Alert En Espaol Current conditions at Chicago, Chicago-O'Hare International Airport (KORD) Lat: 41.98N Lon: 87.9W Elev: 666ft. Coldest 35.5 ☏ Barrow, Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, AK Current Conditions in Chicago Scattered clouds. Light and variable wind becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the morning.Recorded at Chicago, Chicago Midway Airport Updated 2 hours 39 mins ago (9 miles away) Get an account to remove ads View More Real-Time Extremes Nation State County 4.7mph W Speed and Direction Strength Light Trend Decreasing ![]() 8/10/2023 0 Comments Truckers strike 2020![]() ![]() (FDX), the US Postal Service and Amazon’s own delivery service, none of them have the capacity to handle more than a small fraction of the 21.5 million US packages that UPS moves daily. While there are competing services at FedEx And that’s growing fast - the company has added some 72,000 Teamster-represented jobs since the start of the pandemic. Beyond the company’s home deliveries, it also delivers many of the goods found in stores, factories and offices.Ībout 350,000 Teamsters work at UPS as drivers and package sorters out of a global workforce of 534,000 permanent employees. The explosive growth of online retail has made the company and its drivers more crucial than ever to the nation’s struggling supply chain. An estimated 6% of the nation’s gross domestic product is moved in UPS trucks every year. If that happens, a strike at UPS would affect nearly every household in the country. ![]() ![]() Even if they’re very close, the rank and file will be hungry to take on the company.” “The union’s president ran and won on taking a more militant approach. “The question is how long it will be,” said Todd Vachon, professor of Labor Relations at Rutgers. Already, before the talks have even started, labor experts are predicting that the drivers and package handlers will go on strike. But less well-known is a looming high-stakes clash between one of America’s oldest unions and the world’s biggest package courier.Ĭontract negotiations are set to begin in the spring between UPS and the Teamsters Union ahead of their current contract’s expiration at the end of July, 2023. Over the past year, the nascent labor movements at mighty corporations like Starbucks and Amazon have grabbed national attention. ![]() 8/10/2023 0 Comments Marked 2 syllables![]() ![]() Timothy Steele’s “Sapphics Against Anger” uses anaphora in the repetition of the phrase “May I.”Īpproximate rhyme: Assonance and half rhyme (or slant rhyme). Anacrusis is used to change a rising meter to falling and vice versa to alter the reader’s emotional response to the subject.Īnapest: A foot in which two unstressed syllables are associated with one stressed syllable, as in the line, “Wi∪th th∪e si′ ft/ed∪, ha∪rmo′n/i∪ou∪s pau′se.” The anapestic foot is one of the three most common in English poetry and is used to create a highly rhythmical, usually emotional, line.Īnaphora: The use of the same word or words to begin successive phrases or lines. For example, anacrusis occurs in the line: “the∪ir sho′ul/der∪s he′ld th∪e s′ky/su∪spe′nde∪d.” This line is described as iambic tetrameter with terminal anacrusis. Without recognizing the allusion and understanding the biblical reference to Noah and the surrounding associations of hate and desire, the reader cannot fully appreciate the poem.Īnacrusis: The addition of an extra unstressed syllable to the beginning or end of a line the opposite of truncation. “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost, for example, alludes to the biblical account of the flood and the prophecy that the next destruction will come by fire, not water. Because a reader cannot easily skim over an alliterative line, it is conspicuous and demands emphasis.Īllusion: A reference to a historical or literary event whose story or outcome adds dimension to the poem. The allegorical mode may dominate the entire work, in which case the encoded message is the work’s primary excuse for being, or it may be an element in a work otherwise interesting and meaningful for its surface story alone.Īlliteration: The repetition of consonants at the beginning of syllables for example, “Large mannered motions of his mythy mind.” Alliteration is used when the poet wishes to focus on the details of a sequence of words and to show relationships between words within a line. In the first line of William Shakespeare’s sonnet 130, “My∪ mi′stre∪ss’ e′yes ar∪e no′thin∪g li∪ke th∪e su′n,” there is a pattern of alternating unstressed with stressed syllables, although there is a substitution of an unstressed syllable for a stressed syllable at the word “like.” In the accentual-syllabic system, stressed and unstressed syllables are grouped together into feet.Īllegory: A literary mode in which a second level of meaning-wherein characters, events, and settings represent abstractions-is encoded within the surface narrative. It is the most common base meter for English poetry. An example from modern poetry is “Blue Moles” by Sylvia Plath, the first line of which scans: “The′y’re ou′t of the dar′k′s ra′gbag, these tw′o.” Because there are five stressed syllables in this accentually based poem, the reader can expect that many of the other lines will also contain five stresses.Īccentual-syllabic meter: A base meter that measures the pattern of stressed syllables relative to the unstressed ones. It is one of four base meters used in English (accentual, accentual-syllabic, syllabic, and quantitative). By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on SeptemĪccentual meter: A base meter in which the occurrence of a syllable marked by a stress determines the basic unit, regardless of the number of unstressed syllables. ![]() 8/10/2023 0 Comments Adguard adblock for android![]() ![]() Or you can also use BLAH DNS which is an alternative. So if you are concerned about your privacy, then you should definitely read their privacy policies. ![]() Note that all the queries will be redirected or served under Adguard DNS. How to setup Adguard Private DNS over TLS () on Android 11, 10, 9 Pie? Generally, in order to block ads on Android, your device either need to be rooted or use a VPN like Blockada to But we all know how VPN sometimes be memory hogging and a battery drainer. Meaning, you cannot choose the URLS you want to block. Meaning, once you setup, all you apps and browsers will be clean from ads and be served under adblockers. Unfortunately, you cannot change hosts files. The biggest advantage of using a this feature is that you get rootless systemwide ad-blocking on your Android devices. Anything that is related to advertisement is blocked. This is similar to how Adblock browser extensions work. Here in this tutorial, we will show you how to make use of Adguard DNS to keep your device safe from malicious ads, popups, and more. So once you setup, all your queries will be sent to the particular DNS and it will filter out any or all the ads and popups from the source. It is available for Windows, Android, Linux, and more. How does Adguard DNS work? Adguard is a popular AdBlocking tool that is available across platforms. Just like we used Cloudflare DNS in our previous tutorial for privacy, here we will use the Adguard DNS to block ads and popups on your Android devices natively. With DNS over TLS, you can basically change or connect to a different DNS on your Android phones easily. However, there is one particular feature, called Private DNS a.k.a DNS over TLS, we believe is one of the most underrated features of Android 9 Pie. This includes adaptive battery, adaptive brightness, app actions, dark or night mode, revamped material design, navigation gestures, home pill, and much more. ![]() Google introduced many new features with Android 9 Pie. Included is a a tutorial on how to whitelist apps while using Adguard DNS. Updated: The tutorial also works on Android 11, 10, and 9 Pie. How to setup Adblocking DNS at WiFi router level? We'd appreciate it if you try the new version and send us some feedback! Jump to the article for the exhaustive information on the update. It's been significantly enhanced: for example, either app's update won't ruin the integration as before. Control the apps' access to the Internet: mobile data and Wi-Fi use, data access with screen off, and so on. ![]() See which companies send the most requests, which apps leak data, and much more. We added more control elements to the home screen and made everything look cleaner. We've been working on this version for over two years - imagine how many changes are waiting for you! Here's a brief rundown: And with that out of the way, here's the best part: you can try AdGuard v4.0 for Android yourself right now! This is a nightly version - the most “raw” update channel, where you get all the new goodies ahead of schedule, but they come with a higher risk of bugs and unintended behavior. But let's make it clear first: it is NOT the official release yet. - Online reporting tool for missed ads/false positivesĪndroid users, rejoice! After the long wait, finally we have some very tangible news about AdGuard 4.0.Public Telegram chat - a place for live discussion.At all times remember to be polite towards mods and other users.If you need to share a link, create a text post and include the link inside. Before creating a new topic, search within subreddit.If you'd like to become a beta tester, this is the place to go. Here you can ask any questions, leave your commentaries, and find latest AdGuard-related news. This is an official subreddit for AdGuard - ad blocker and online privacy protection tool for various platforms: Windows, Android, Mac, iOS. ![]() 8/10/2023 0 Comments Vox media net worth![]() ![]() ![]() “With revenue growth and margin improvements, in 12–24 months, what is our effective multiple going to be? We push ourselves to be at 5x EBITDA” as a percentage of revenue.”īuyers also focus on how fast a company is growing. “When we think about M&A it’s less about what the business is today and more about what are we going to be able to do with the business,” says Vivek Shah, the CEO of Ziff Davis who has overseen multiple media acquisitions. They want to know not just the current EBITDA as a percentage of revenues, but also what they might do to improve on it.Ĭan they cut expenses from combining back end operations like bookkeeping or human resources? They might look to see what new profits they can add through new revenue streams. Sophisticated strategic buyers look much deeper. Most digital media companies sell for about 8–12x EBITDA. They often have formulae for the multiple they’ll pay over that profit, usually operating profit expressed in terms of its proxy, EBITDA.ĮBITDA, short for “earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization,” measures how much money is left after the “real” expenses - things like salaries and office rent - are paid but before any financial and tax wizardry that can make the reported income, a.k.a. Many buyers demand their acquisition targets be profitable. Should a media company with a predicted $10 million in yearly turnover sell for $30 million (3x revenues) or $70 million (7x)? A number of key factors can push the price to either end.Īs many of the most-hyped tech companies have shown, taking in money doesn’t necessarily mean making any. Looking ahead, prices paid tend fall between 3–7x the predicted forward revenues for the upcoming 12 months. Digital media companies tend to sell for between 2.5 and 5 times (2.5–5x) revenues from the previous, or “trailing,” 12 months.īuyers, not surprisingly, are motivated by how much money they believe the company is going to make. ![]() Read on to learn what we’ve found.Ī lot of discussions around a media company’s valuation start with a multiple of its revenue. There have been rumors that Buzzfeed or Vox could IPO, but until they do go public or get acquired, their reported sky-high valuation numbers are largely theoretical. Surprisingly, there is not one IPO of a major digital-first editorially driven media company, so selling is the only type of liquidity event on which we can base our analysis. We’ve gleaned the ones below from research, our experience and interviews with more than two dozen media buyers, publishers, sellers and financiers. The discussion does have to start somewhere, though, and there are parameters. Yet, arriving at a definitive dollar figure can be a painstaking effort that encompasses a raft of factors which fluctuate based on everything from cash flows to psychology. How much is a digital media company worth? That is a question that a lot of us have been grappling with as lots of these companies have raised anywhere from a few million to hundreds of millions in venture capital.įor publishers, their investors and potential acquirers, the question is crucial, as illustrated by a raft of recent coverage, analysis and “ struggles.”įor even small companies with a handful of employees, fractions of a percentage change in a valuation can mean hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars difference in the ultimate payday. ![]() |
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