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Elkins Grove | Wedding & Event venue

Charming Barn Venue

Welcome to ELKINS GROVE, a working farm that hosts a brand new, secluded event venue, complete with everything you need for the most simple to the most extravagant social occasion.

Nestled among the rolling hills of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, this is the barn venue perfect for your next event. Whether you’re planning a barn wedding, a family or class reunion, a shower or any other party, Elkins Grove offers an idyllic setting with all-inclusive amenities & decor options.

What we offer

When you reserve the barn at Elkins Grove, you secure the cozy & quaint space for hosting your event, as well as a selection of all-inclusive necessities to make your day complete. That’s right, no hidden fees.

Our tables & chairs, complete with linens, as well as many other amenities, tech options, decorations & photo props are all included in your rental fee.

For most events, you will have access & use of the property for the entire week before your special day.

Additional specialty items, such as a horse & carriage, are available to rent for your big day!

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Venue Amenities

  • tables, chairs & linens
  • fire pit
  • s’mores bar
  • open kitchen & appliances
  • dance floor
  • golf cart
  • serving tables including a barn wood cake or gift table
  • cocktail tables
  • handicap accessible
  • indoor restrooms
  • patio heaters
  • 10x20 canopy tent
  • pond with sprinkler

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  • outdoor barn wood ceremony benches
  • pergola with chandelier & decor
  • full sized whiskey barrels
  • antique couch & chair
  • wood table slabs
  • chalkboards & easels
  • wedding signs

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  • sound system includes indoor & outdoor speakers
  • cordless & lapel mics
  • wall projector for DVD
  • Gobo projector for dance floor

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Additional Specialty Items

  • horse & carriage
  • wedding cottage for getting ready; includes a man cave for the guys
  • wedding planning & coordination services

Meet the Elkins

Miranda Elkins lives with her family on the Elkins Grove farm. The story of Elkins Grove, the barn venue, all started with a 6th grade dance she hosted in a tool shed. This initial event sparked Miranda’s interest in owning and running her very own event venue. She finds immense satisfaction in seeing an event through from start to finish, taking pride in the end result.

Miranda’s main goal is to help her clients have an amazing experience that enables them to have the wedding they always dreamed of. Miranda will give as much or as little wedding planning assistance as her clients are seeking. She has relationships with several other wedding vendors and can help you find the right fit.

The Elkins family

Miranda & Chad Elkins
Chase & Kelsey
Nick & Alex

Feel free to call with questions & to set up your consultation!

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My son, Nick, & daughter-in-law, Shannon, were so blessed to cross paths with Miranda Elkins for their big day. Elkins Grove is both picture perfect and beautiful. Miranda goes above & beyond to assist you in your every need, even pulling out a needle and thread or superglue at the zero hour if needed! We had both our rehearsal dinner & wedding at this gorgeous venue. I can’t say enough about how wonderful the place is! We highly recommend it as the go to place for your next special event. Thanks so much Miranda & Chad!

—Candace - mother of the groom
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Elkins Grove left me speechless. Everything was perfect from our rehearsal to the big day! They have everything you could possibly need and more. The outside area with the benches and the pergola were so beautifully set up for our nighttime April wedding… It was absolutely breathtaking! Thank you, Miranda & Chad for helping make our day everything we dreamed of and more! Hands down the best venue around!!

—Jordan & Dakota
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Our daughter and son-in-law were very happy to get married at Elkins Grove. Very beautiful venue, very reasonable price. I got it all week and the next day, I finished cleaning up. Her boys helped me out, transportation and clean-up also. Miranda & Chad let the girls & the guys use the house. I love Elkins Grove, highly recommend this venue for any events. Miranda goes over the top for any of your needs. So glad we found this venue. Had wedding & rehearsal dinner there also.

—James & Gloria - parents of the bride

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Some new work from Collin Lyons, who was fantastic to work with; high energy and buzzing enthusiasm. He even made me halloumi salad for lunch before we started, despite my train getting in late. Collin had this enormous piece of sheer fabric, so we played on my apparent freak-ability to throw fabric wildly in the air then pose serenely within the same split-second while it fell in front of my skin. We did this over and over again, fascinated by the range of shots we were getting on the back of camera; each time the fabric did something completely different, depending how I threw it and how it felt like floating, and at what point Collin caught its fall with the click.

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Hi everyone. I’m back from a hugely productive trip to the incredibly visually eye-mazing country that is Switzerland (images and video to come!), and raring to update this little portion of the internet.

As part of my trip to Scotland last month, I worked with GDelargy Photography. The plan was that he would pick me up at a point in the Highlands where I’d just finished shooting and drop me off at my accommodation in Glasgow that evening, shooting along the way! What a clever idea, making the best possible use of travel time between locations by shooting at all the beauty hotspots along the way! Scotland, of course, has more than its fair share of picturesque scenes…

…Unfortunately, the amazing weather I’d experienced at the beginning of the trip took a little turn for the worse, and we were quite limited in what we could do, even with my newly-bought pink polka dot wellies from a Highland cornershop.

Still, it was a wonderful drive. G was great company. Glen Coe was beautiful despite pouring rain. We stopped at one location for a possible shoot but the wind was so severe it just wasn’t going to happen. Fortunately, G had a couple more places up his sleeve. One was an area of the most exquisite, fiery orange-coloured heather. (I’m calling it heather; it might have been something else.) I squelched my way across the boggy ground, found the most colourful part and lay down in it.

Later, we politely ignored the ‘danger, slippery rocks!’ signs to get these shots at the Falls of Orchy. I love the strong levels of contrast in these images (I’ve got such a thing for rich blacks), and my pale skin really pings out of them. Several quick poses here, but I think the first is my favourite. We got to Glasgow late after a quick stop for pizza at Dominoes. I suppose I don’t eat there often as I apparently broke normal pizza-buying ettiquette by enquiring about the herbs (i.e. do they count as one of the toppings, since they are listed? What are they?). I started requesting basil and oregano, and was met with a baffled look. Apparently, herbs are just herbs. All the herbs in the world ever go on the pizza, maybe. Fine. It tasted good.

I’d like to get on with arranging a second trip to Scotland for this year as there were a few people whose dates I couldn’t match up with, and am considering another (briefer) visit, but am left pondering my diary heavily, wishing I could insert a month or two between August and September. Wouldn’t that be amazing?

Happy Monday!

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  1. So glad you had a fun journey and were able to take some photographs in spite of the weather…the first shot is my fave, as well; what a splendid perspective and colour range. Also, if you do find a way to alter the space-time continuum and create another month between two consecutive ones, might I be able to borrow said formula for a wee bit? Unlike some of those mad scientist movies of yore, I won't try and take over the world, I promise. 🙂

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Genesis ARS: “These Kids Are Our Future”

K1TH morse demo at Plymouth LibraryPhil Bradway, KB2HQ wrote:

“Following last year’s successful presentation at the Plymouth Library, the Genesis Amateur Radio Society (GARS) was asked to do a repeat performance this year. On July 17, we set up a couple of radios and an antenna for 20 meters to give the kids something to hear and do a bit of talking. Unfortunately, band conditions were poor.

However, Tom Hurley, K1TH, had a world prefix map and many QSL cards to show geography, ham radio style. Tom did his famous CW demo, using one of the rigs as a code practice oscillator. Each participant sent his/her name in code.

The kids really get a kick out of this! These kids are our future, so we tried to make it interesting.”

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This IDC Market Perspective provides highlights from the Vodafone Analyst Summit that took place on February 12 and 13, 2020, in London. During the event, Vodafone's executives provided a comprehensive overview of the business year to date and laid out the service provider's vision, strategic priorities, and positioning toward 2025.

"Vodafone will continue to build out investments in 5G, mobile private networks, and virtualization to extend its core connectivity business to adjacent areas such as IoT, mobile edge computing, SD-WAN, and network-as-a-platform services," said Melissa Fremeijer, senior research analyst, European Enterprise Communication Services. "With the required technology capabilities in place, the organizational and go-to-market transformations Vodafone presented clearly indicate the company is moving in the right direction to expand its services portfolio beyond pure connectivity."

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The US rock trio Junk release their début EP Double Soundtrack on the 5th of January 2018.

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The first track of the four tracks on the EP – Pop Rock Genocide – which is available on bandcamp, signposts a collection of tracks of good ol’ rock’n’roll – time to blow the dust out of the speakers.

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Too often, commercial refrigeration operators decide not to upgrade the condensing units used on their walk-in coolers or freezers. The condensing units they’ve been using for years (or decades) are getting the job done, and the initial cost of upgrading equipment seems like an unsafe investment. Often, operators ask themselves: “Will I really see a return on this investment, and how long will it take before it starts to make money for me?” Both are valid questions.

The good news is that condensing unit technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace. And, with these advancements, ROI is achievable sooner than most operators can imagine. The Copeland Scroll™ Outdoor Condensing Unit (XJ Series) for commercial refrigeration is a perfect example. It combines the latest Copeland Scroll compressor technology, variable speed fan motor control, large condenser coils, and a high-efficiency fan blade to deliver up to 40 percent higher annual energy efficiency when compared to standard industry offerings. In fact, customers can typically expect an upgrade payback of less than one year based on energy savings alone.

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The number of international graduate students applying to study in the UK has grown steadily, new figures show.

The latest UCAS figures show that the number of applications British universities received from applicants based outside of the EU increased by 8 per cent this year to 65,440 – the highest ever received.

Meanwhile, EU students are not being put off studying in the UK by Brexit. The figures show that UCAS had received 46,040 applications from EU applicants by the 24th March deadline. This was 2 per cent than it had received by the same date in 2017.

However, overall applications to UK universities has fallen this year – mainly due to a sharp decline in the number of older UK-based students applying to study.

According to the UCAS analysis, the overall number of people who have applied to UK higher education courses for 2018 has now reached 590,270 – around 11,000 down on last year.

Chief executive of UCAS Clare Marchant said the figures demonstrate “the desirability of UK higher education to students from around the world.”

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The City of Emmett Public Library provides library services by connecting you to the joy of reading and information for lifelong learning. The Library has been serving the community for 91 years now and continues to provide useful services. Please join the Library in celebrating a newly remodeled conference room which provides space for many people in the public to meet.

The Library is looking forward to using their newly remodeled conference room. It is the final room in the library to be updated. The room needed to be modernized to stay relevant and up-to-date for the community. With added technology and resources, the conference room has a more professional atmosphere to better accommodate those who utilize it. Their goal is to increase library usage by meeting the community’s needs.

At their celebratory ribbon cutting, the Library unveiled a new collection:  cake pans, games, craft stamps and puzzles, which are now available for patron checkout. They also revealed a piece of artwork called “Sophie’s Seasons” which was created by Sophie Poundstone as a senior project to specifically be displayed in the Emmett Public Library. The piece reflects Gem County and the four seasons. The Library also has an annual survey being gathered for program development.

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Black Sage (Mugwort) Smudge Stick

Mugwort is considered a sacred herb of Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity. Because of this the plant is also associated with the Moon and young women. So when you want to cleanse the atmosphere of your space and need something super-heavy-duty, beyond normal white sage smudging, Mugwort is perfect. Black Sage, a variety of sage known as Salvia mellifera, is the most common sage in California and can reach up to 6 feet in height. It is used to encourage dreams and visions and can be used for protection during astral travel or divination.

Clean your house, declutter and then light the smudge stick and waft it about, as if cleansing the air. It is instantly effective. Mugwort is associated with psychic powers in general, and is often burned before crystal ball gazing and other forms of divination, and used for astral projection. Mugwort Smudge is also used for protection, by hanging the plant over doorways either in whole branches or crushing the leaves and flowers to put in a sachet, often along with other herbs. Mugwort Smudge Bundles can also be used to repel insects by hanging the plant around the home. Place sachets of mugwort leaves in closets or bureau drawers to keeps moths away from your clothes.

In many ancient cultures, including Native American traditions, herbs were burned in the ritual cleansing of a physical space, objects or individuals. The idea is they by burning certain herbs in a space, the smoke generated attaches itself to the negative energy and as the smoke dissipates, so does the negative energy. This burning of herbs can also be used for individual cleansing, after a particularly energetically depleting day or experience, for example or on crystals or personal objects used in ritual to ensure that they are not holding any negative energy.

People often cleanse themselves and their space after difficult events, when communication problems seem to be arising, when their feeling down or depressed, during times of meditation or other ritual. Deliberately clearing space of negative energy is a custom as old as time. To some, this is spring cleaning, a house warming party, or merely the creation of order our of chaos. Some associate this cleansing with ritual on a deeper spiritual level. Smudging is also excellent to practice prior to a gathering or ritual or as people arrive and before commencing a ritual or celebration. This leads to open minds and hearts and the eradication of any lingering negativity. Clearing space also renews old and stagnant energy in a space or person and replaces it with a lively vibrancy.

There are several herbs used commonly in “smudge sticks” or “smudge wands.” In such a stick or wand, the herbs are bundled together and often tied with string. In ancient native American traditions, special smudge bowls were used but now, most smudging herbs come in wants or sticks that are easy to use. Common smudging herbs include:
Sagebrush (confusingly, the “sage” used in most smudge sticks, is not culinary sage but sagebrush): transforms energy and brings change.
Sage (the culinary herb): brings wisdom and is calming and healing.
Sweetgrass: attracts positive energy.
Lavender: restores balance and creates a peaceful atmosphere. Lavender also attracts loving energy and spirits.
Cedar: deeply purifying, especially for clearing negative emotions and for healing and as a way to attract positive energy. Also used to bless a home before taking residence there, a tradition dating back to the Northwest and Western Canadian Native Americans, and believed to aid clairvoyance, revive the tired mind, body, and spirit, and stimulate contact with other worlds.
Mugwort: stimulates psychic awareness and prophetic dreams. It also banishes evil spirits.
Juniper: used to purify and create a safe and sacred space.
Yerba Santa: used to purify and to set and protect boundaries.
Rosemary: a powerful healer that brings clarity to problems.
How to Smudge

Firstly, any cleansing ritual must start with a clear and simple intention. Focusing on clearing out the negative energy and pushing it out of your space and mind is of paramount importance. Space clearing is most successful when your intention is clear. Open every door and window in your house, and turn on fans if you have them.

Once you have your intention clearly in your mind, light the herb wand and then blow out the flame which allows the herbs to smolder and smoke without actively burning. Using a candle is recommended rather than a match or other lighter. I often find that I have to re-light my sage bundle a few times during the ritual process. If you are burning loose leaf sage, the best method is to use a charcoal burning disk inside of a censor or small cauldron.

If you are cleansing a space, walk around the room or rooms slowly and focus on cleansing and clearing negative energy. You should focus on corners, behind doors and make sure you also smudge closets.

If you are cleansing an individual, fan the smoke around yourself or the other person and ask them to focus on pushing the negative energy down through their feet and into the earth. Make sure to fan the smoke from head down to the feet to aid in the process of moving the negative energy out. The other option is to have them focus on pushing the negative energy into the air and into the smoke.

If you are working with a particular chakra or energetic location, make sure to focus some of the smoke in that area while you are working. Healers often use smudge before working with reiki or other healing techniques. Healers can use feathers to fan smudge smoke to ensure and even distribution and to work towards creating balance in the body.

Some people also find it helpful to speak an incantation, a thought or to chant during cleansing but you can also be silent and simply focus on your intention and inner voice.

If you wish to cleanse an object, including a crystal or wand, hold the crystal or object in the smoke or fan the smoke around the item. Also, if you are cleansing an object before a specific ritual, focus on your intentions around that ritual as well as on the cleansing of the object to imbue the object prior to your work.


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  • pool, free wifi, Beachside
  • Hotel Type: Beach, Romantic, 4 star, Quiet, Family
  • Hotel size (number of rooms): 53
  • Check-in: 15:00 - 00:00 o'clock | Check-out: 07:00 - 11:00 o'clock
  • Spoken languages in the hotel: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian

  • Stunning panoramic views
  • Idyllic grounds
  • Beautiful pool

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  • The location is remote
  • Use of the beach is charged
  • It’s a windy drive with switchbacks to the nearby attractions

wheelchair access
wireless LAN
wireless LAN in lobby
wireless LAN in rooms
24 hour internet access
air conditioning
in all rooms
guarded parking, parking space 10 € per day
mountain views, sea views, nature views
garden / outside area
restaurant La Torre d´Argento
24 hour reception
airport shuttle
tour and excursion bookings
events service
room service
roof terrace
mountain views, sea views, nature views

Via della Cala, Cala Piccola
58019 Porto Santo Stefano
Tuscany, Italy
hotel on cliff 100 m
near the beach 800 m
pebble beach
beach use 27,00 per day
beach chairs
18 km (ss 1 via Aurelia)
train station
20 km (Orbetello FS)
150 km (Leonardo da Vinci Roma Fiumicino (RM))
8 km (Porto Santo Stefano)
public transport stop
8 km (Porto santo Stefano)
nearest city
54 km (Grosseto)
nightlife district
16 km (Orbetello)
swimming bay
0,800 km (Cala Piccola Beach Club)
boat dock
8 km (Porto Santo Stefano)
16 km (Orbetello)
golf course
13 km (Porto ercole)
historic district
8 km (Porto Santo Stefano)
tourist sights
8 km
cable car
8 km (Porto Santo Stefano)
8 km (Porto Santo Stefano)
10 km (Feniglia natural Park)
winter sports resort
104 km (Monte Amiata)

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This charming boutique hotel in the Tuscan Maremma offers a relaxing beach vacation that stands head and shoulders above the rest - both literally and figuratively! It has a lofty location on rocky clifftops with spectacular views and an idyllic Mediterranean garden. A restaurant, a bar, a wellness area and exclusive access to the private beach club “Cala Piccola” with discounted rates at the foot of the cliffs rounds off the exclusive holiday experience. The undisputed favorite spot to chill out is beside the beautiful pool with panoramic sea views.
Beach hotel: Magical rocky cove
The Torre Di Cala Piccola is built directly into the rock face and overlooks the rocky cove beach, which is open only to hotel guests and direct neighbors. The beach can be reached either via a steep trail that runs down the hillside, by private car or using a minibus service. It is not a sandy beach, but a rocky cove with plenty of flat sunbathing surfaces both up the hillside and by the water’s edge, shallow crystal-clear waters and magnificent scenery. Beach umbrellas and deck chairs are provided, hotel guests have access to the exclusive beach club at discounted rates.
Romantic hotel: Old tower & fabulous views
For a romantic break, both the location and the hotel grounds with its ancient tower are ideal. On request, guests can also visit the tower. The views from the raised hotel garden are unforgettable, as are the fantastic sunsets!
Food & drink: Mediterranean Restaurant & two bars
The hotel provides a hearty breakfast buffet as well as a restaurant that’s open during the day and evening for Mediterranean cuisine and a wide selection of wines. In the dining room with its panoramic views, a large range of fish and meat dishes are served. There is a bar service both in the garden and by the pool.
Leisure & sport: Relaxation, nature & culture
You’ll find it hard to tear yourself away from the panorama sea views that can be enjoyed from a deck chair by the infinity pool. If you can though, take advantage of a discounted rate at a nearby diving school. The hotel itself offers a range of massages and beauty treatments run by profession staff in a wellness center. Don’t leave without visiting the Etruscan archaeological site that’s really close by. For a day trip, the Maremma National Park is ideal.
Location: High above the sea
The Torre Di Cala Piccola is situated 6km south of Porto Santo Stefano in a secluded location at the edge of a cliff. In the immediate surroundings you’ll find only a few private villas, so a car is necessary for reaching the hotel and for exploring the area.

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The following parking options are available: guarded parking lot

There is free Wi-Fi in all rooms.

The following pools are available onsite: outdoor pool

The hotel has the following restaurants: La Torre d´Argento

The nearest beach is 800 m away.

The hotel has 53 rooms in total.

Check-in: 15:00 - 00:00 o'clock | Check-out: 07:00 - 11:00 o'clock

Yes, breakfast is offered: breakfast buffet

The hotel is suitable for the whole family and also offers activities for children. These include, for example: restaurante adecuado para niños

All rooms come equipped with air conditioning.

The airport Leonardo da Vinci Roma Fiumicino (RM) is 150 km away.

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en.hangzhou.com.cn　　2019/08/27 16:07　　China Daily

E-commerce giant pump primes Juhuasuan to cash in on abundant opportunities

Times are changing fast at e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. While store-openings from a range of global brands like Burberry to Ferragamo were the norm earlier, they have since been replaced by deals, bargains and growth in lower-tier cities.

Against flattened economic growth and brutally aggressive competition, Alibaba is now giving unprecedented priority to Juhuasuan, its group-buying and flash-sale platform, repositioning it as the top destination for consumers from smaller cities and townships.

The internet giant said recently that it will host a Super Bargain Day from Sept 1, halving prices for 1 million merchandise and giving out cash dividends, coupons and other perks. Unlike the more reputable Nov 11 annual sales event, the 10-day event is targeted at good-quality budget items.

"We see massive growth in lower-tier cities this year via the Juhuasuan platform. This is the engine fueling future growth and a bluesea market-meaning opportunities abound for each and every industry player to take a share," said Liu Bo, general manager of Juhuasuan.

Media publications and industry analysts often categorize Chinese cities into tiers, defining them based on population, gross domestic product and other criteria. Tier-one cities normally refer to super metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai.

Alibaba's strategy to penetrate into lower-tier markets has reaped some early gains. In the quarter ending June 30, over 70 percent of increased annual active consumers came from less developed markets. The company attributed the achievement to initiatives to cater to a broader user base, such as "using simpler interfaces for first-time or less-frequent users".

Realizing the potential, Juhuasuan has announced a slew of plans to rev up services. On the supply side, the platform aims to help manufacturers digitize their factories through consumer analytics and the internet of things technology. Liu said he hopes such efforts will foster 100,000 brands, create 1 million sought-after items and nurture 10,000 digital plants.

Another goal is to incubate more than 1,000 industry clusters worldwide. To this end, Juhuasuan plans to establish a new supply center, bridging upstream farmers and manufacturers with e-commerce merchants, while designing promotional campaigns to help them sell to consumers.

For instance, data and analytics helped tweak designs for Belle, whose 12,000 pairs of macaron-colored lace-up leather shoes, a co-creation with Alibaba, were snapped up in days during a midyear sales event.

"Over half of the buyers purchasing a pair came from third-tier cities and below," said Li Liang, executive managing director at Belle International. "Data-backed customization helps revamp the entire product cycle from design to manufacturing, whereas new marketing activities like livestreaming helped better reach out to customers."

To glue users to its platforms, Alibaba pledged to devote more resources to social media platforms, from popular microblogging service Weibo to short-video app Douyin and Kuaishou, as digital avenues for product launches and recommendations.

"We are seeing this powerful, secular force driving Alibaba revenue and shares, especially the population from lower-tier cities, which are just opening up," said Hari Srinivasan, senior research analyst at Neuberger Berman. "This can grow double digit for the next decade, so there is a lot of demand to go around."

Incentives for product sharing among family and friends will also be put in place, while no details were disclosed yet. This is a clear take on highflying archrival Pinduoduo, which leverages the bulk of 1 billion users of WeChat-the country's dominant messaging app-for group-buying value-formoney products.

"To deepen its penetration to lower-tier markets, Alibaba's unique strengths are its brand value as well as its army of well-established sub-platforms, and an entire ecosystem from logistics to financial services," said Cao Lei, research director of China E-Commerce Research Center.

In a 2018 report, Morgan Stanley wrote it expects consumption in China's lower-tier cities to triple to $6.9 trillion by 2030. The investment bank also found that consumers in smaller cities are catching up with tier-one and tier-two markets in valuing quality over price.

"In this context, even as social network seems to be the missing piece of the puzzle for Alibaba, the vast consumer market is not necessarily a zero-sum game," Cao said, adding that various players can expand the pie together using respective growth strategies.

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Riders unite: a wave of struggles in the gig economy

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We are witnessing increasingly how businesses like Uber, Deliveroo and Amazon Turk are avoiding labour protections and pushing company risks onto the backs of workers through the use of freelance,  “gig economy”, platform and crowd work.

Food delivery couriers working for Deliveroo, Foodora and Uber Eats are at the frontlines of the fight against the spread of precarious work in the gig economy. Over the last two years their campaign for better working conditions has spread internationally across continents.

With irregular hours, a fragmented workforce, high turnover and the threat of dismissal these riders are organising under particularly difficult conditions. But in the face of these challenges they have found new and innovative ways to advance their campaign, through direct actions, petitions, picket lines in front of restaurants as well as wildcat strikes. Some of these actions have achieved significant results.

The Deliveroo organising campaign first exploded in the media in August 2016 when around 200 riders in London began a 7 day long wildcat strike with the support of the independent IWGB union, after it was announced that their pay would be dropped from an hourly rate to a per drop payment system. The strike forced the company to listen to the riders and go back to an hourly pay system plus £1 per drop. This was an example of how self employed riders with no employment protections can force the hand of their employer when they take collective action, and was an inspiration to riders in other cities to follow their example.

We make their profits

After the campaign in London, Deliveroo riders mobilised in Brighton, organising several strikes and diverse actions, including collecting signatures from restaurants to support their campaign “Deliver a living wage”, as seen in the following video. Many of them are organised in the IWGB union, but non-member riders joined the fight as well.

All we want is to be paid fairly

The riders in Brighton were calling for a raise from £4 to £5 per drop, and a freeze on new rider recruitment as there were too few orders. They managed to get a recruitment freeze in February 2017 but their other demands were not fulfilled. In November 2017, they organised a wildcat strike seperately from the union and managed to disrupt the service, preventing deliveries from taking place for several hours. In Bristol and Leeds riders were also organising with the IWW,  and a regular news bulletin called “rebel roo” was started with the solidarity group Plan C.

In Germany, riders from both Deliveroo and Foodora have been struggling for better working conditions since 2016, with actions of over 100 riders taking place in Berlin as part of the Deliverunion campaign with the FAU union. Foodora riders, who are paid by the hour but who still have to pay for all of their equipment,  have organised log-outs and numerous direct actions. In January 2018, they organised a rally in front of Foodora’s parent company Delivery Hero to protest against having to pay for their own repair costs. One day before the demonstration, Foodora announced a new repair plan for their riders: they would receive an extra 25 ct per hour worked. This would translate to 5 ct per km at most, and amounts to a maximum of 42 € per month for full time workers, which is by far not enough to pay for new parts, let alone the costs of actual repairs. The FAU union is demanding 0,35 ct per km, which is seven times more than what Foodora offered.

Some of you could throw your whole bicycle onto this pile: They are so worn down.

In 2018 Deliveroo riders in Berlin started a petition with four demands:

  • - pay for the waiting time (4€ for every half an hour without an order)
  • - cover the compulsory statutory accident insurance
  • - reimburse bike parts expenses (0,35€/km)
  • - progressively raises riders’ pay (an additional 0,50€ after 3, 6 and 12 months of working for Deliveroo)

They managed to get more than 150 riders' signatures and in April 2017, they delivered the petition to the Deliveroo office… in a pizza box! Management ignored the demands and simply sent an email to all riders, inviting them to express their concerns in an individual basis, refusing to listen to what they called “third parties”. The day after the petition was delivered, security guards were added to the office doors to “increase the security [riders] deserve” (as was worded in their email). To protest against this, riders organised a “log-out” in a central Berlin zone at the end of April, which managed to disturb the service. They have created a blog to announce further log-outs.

On an international level, apart from strikes and actions, riders have also tried to challenge the legality of their working conditions by taking the company to court, particularly in cases where riders were fired because of their organising activities. In Bologna, at the first national assembly of organised riders in Italy, riders received with dismay the decision of the court in Turin which ruled that Foodora riders are to be considered self-employed.

It's clear that the juridical path is not the only one. The proof is this assembly.

However, attempts to challenge delivery companies in the courts have proved successful in some cases. In Belgium, in March 2018, the Administrative Commission for the Governance of the Employment Relationship decided that Deliveroo riders qualify as employees under Belgian Law. Similarly, in June 2018, the Labour inspectorates of Valencia and Madrid held that workers of Deliveroo and Glovo, another delivery platform, were in a subordinate relationship to the platform company and were therefore to be considered as employees.

Currently, in the UK, a group of riders, backed by the IWGB union, are taking Deliveroo to the High Court in London in an attempt to overturn a ruling by the Central Arbitration Committee which classified the riders as ‘self-employed’. The union has launched a crowdfunder to raise money for the legal fees. At the end of June 2018, 50 Deliveroo riders shared a six figure settlement pay out from Deliveroo, because the company knew they would probably lose the employment tribunal case.

Some dismissed workers have also looked at the possibility of creating their own company to continue working as riders but under fairer working conditions. For example, riders in Spain are on the verge of launching their own cooperative version of the Deliveroo app in Barcelona, and others are looking into using the “coop-cycle” app in Belgium and Germany. These co-owned delivery platforms could offer a meaningful alternative to Foodora, Deliveroo, Uber Eats and co where the profits of the company go to those who are actually “driving” it, and where workers can enjoy better working conditions, safe contracts, sick pay, holidays and above all, respect. Co-ownership wouldn’t just mean sharing the profits, it would also mean workers being democratically involved in the running of the app and having more autonomy over their day to day working lives.

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Excelsior, or wood wool

Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs. It is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers, for erosion control mats, and as a raw material for the production of other products such as bonded wood wool boards. In the past it was used to fill stuffed toys. It is also sometimes used by taxidermists to construct the armatures of taxidermy mounts.

In the United States the term wood wool is reserved for finer grades of excelsior.[1][2] The US Forest Service stated in 1948 and 1961 that, "In this country the product has no other general name, but in most other countries all grades of excelsior are known as wood wool. In the United States the name wood wool is reserved for only a small proportion of the output consisting of certain special grades of extra thin and narrow stock."[3]

The US Standard Industrial Classification Index SIC is 2429 for the product "Wood wool (excelsior)".[4] The same term is used by the United States for the external trade number under which wood wool is monitored: HTS Number: 4405.00.00 Description: Wood wool (excelsior); wood flour.

The number 4405.00 is applied to wood wool by the World Customs Organization in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).[5]

Grades and classifications[edit]

The 1973 US Federal Government procurement specification PPP-E-911, cancelled in 1991, categorized "wood excelsior" products according to the following table of terms and dimensions:[6]

Table I. Strand size for type I class A and B excelsior
Grade Nomenclature Thickness of strand, Inch Width of strand, Inch
1 Superfine wood wool 0.006 0.020
2 Wood wool 0.012 0.020
3 Extra fine 0.015 0.031
4 Fine 0.018 0.031
5 Medium 0.021 0.041
6 Coarse or ribbon 0.015 0.167

Excelsior has many applications, examples include:

  • a packaging material for cushioning.
  • a stuffing for plush toys or for real animals in taxidermy. It was traditionally used in stuffing Teddy bears and still is for the muzzles of some collectible bears.[7]
  • cooling pads in home evaporative cooler systems known as "swamp coolers."[8]
  • bedding for animals and their cages.[9] Wood wool serves to cushion the animals while providing some warmth and absorbing waste. For example, it is found in dairies, in hutches and in cardboard boxes when shipping day-old poultry within the United States.[citation needed]
  • when dyed green, the material can be used as an artificial grass in Easter egg baskets.[10] This was popular before the prevalence of plastics.
  • mats and blankets for erosion control.[11]
  • a material used in the production of cement-bonded wood wool boards.[12][13]
  • when banded into a bale form, it is used as an archery backstop, comparable to how a straw bale would be used for the same purpose. If protected from the elements, an excelsior archery backstop can last for many years. If sections of it wear down because of repeated targeting, the bale can be soaked liberally since it then expands and holds water, just like a dry sponge.[14]
  • garden mulches and as a growing medium for hydroponic gardens.[15]

Wood wool fibers can be compressed and when the pressure is removed they resume their initial volume. This is a useful property for minimizing their volume when shipping. Due to its high volume and large surface area, wood wool can be used for applications where water or moisture retention is necessary. The width of wood wool fibers varies from 1.5 to 20 mm, while their length is usually around 500 mm (depending on the production process).

In the UK there are specifications for dimensions, pH, moisture content and freedom from dust and small pieces, set by British Standard BS 2548 for wood wool for general packaging purposes.[16] This standard was originally issued in 1954 and subsequently re-issued in 1986.[17]

When these fibers are bonded with cement or magnesite, bonded wood wool boards are produced. Slabs of bonded wood wool are considered environmentally friendly construction and insulation materials because they do not contain organic binders.[18][19]

Excelsior is cut from "bolts" (round, halved, quartered, or otherwise split logs[3]) of poplar[20] (for example aspen[21]), pine, spruce or eucalyptus.[22] For evaporative cooler pads, the dominant source is the aspen.[23]

Wood wool can be produced in either horizontal[24] or vertical shredding machines.[25]

A possible further processing option is washing, which removes dust.[26] Wood-wool processing may involve drying to reduce moisture[27] in compliance with local requirements, as in the UK.[17]

Finally, wood wool can be dyed to produce a variety of colored products.[28]

A different product was once known as "wood wool," as well as "pine needle-wool," or "pine wood-wool."[29] According to E. Littell,[30] it was produced in Breslau, Silesia (today Wrocław, Poland) by von Pannewich, who mentioned that in 1842 five hundred counterpanes made of it were purchased for a hospital in Vienna. The process was chemical and made use of the leaves (needles) of Scots Pine.

In England, yet another product known as wood wool was produced by the chemical breakdown of wood strips by means of sulphurous acid, for use in such applications as absorbent material in surgical dressings.[31] Another application of this product was use in sanitary towels, as shown in advertisements from 1885–1892 in Britain[32][33] for "wood wool diapers" or "sanitary wood wool sheets". European "wood wool" was known in America in the late nineteenth century as being distinctly different from excelsior.[34]

The wood wool that is the topic of this article is what has traditionally been known as excelsior in the United States. Fifteen US patents related to "slivering machines" for producing the small wood shreds "known as excelsior" were listed in 1876.[35] The earliest, a machine for "Manufacturing wood to be used as a substitute for curled hair in stuffing beds" was patented in the US in 1842;[36] however, the product had no specific name when the process was first patented.

The 1868 patent, "Improved capillary material for filling gas and air carburettors,"[37] was for a new use for "fibres torn from the wood by suitable machinery" to be "sold and used as filling for mattresses, its commercial name being 'excelsior'." This is the earliest description of the material by this name cited by the Oxford English Dictionary, though the term "excelsior mattress" had appeared in print as early as 1856.[38]

In 1906, the now-common use of excelsior in the cooling pads of evaporative coolers appeared in a patent that stated, "I have found that excelsior makes a very cheap and good material for this purpose."[39]

In the beginning of the 20th century wood wool was used as a raw material for producing wood wool panels in Europe, especially in Austria. By 1930, wood wool cement boards were being widely produced. [40]

In the 21st century, excelsior appears in numerous patents for erosion control and sediment control methods and devices; for example, the 2006 "Sediment control device and system."[41] A few late-twentieth-century patents on these uses refer to "excelsior/wood wool."[42]

  1. ^ Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919). Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use. J. Wiley. p. 425. ISBN 1-145-47804-2. wood-wool excelsior europe called.
  2. ^ W. F Gericke (2007). Soilless Gardening. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4067-7064-3.
  3. ^ a b Forest Products Laboratory (1948). Excelsior manufacture — Original report dated May 1948 — Reviewed and reaffirmed 1961 (PDF). U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service.
  4. ^ U.S. Standard Industrial Classification Index SIC 2429 for "Wood wool (excelsior)"
  5. ^ Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS), page 2, 4405.00 wood wool
  6. ^ "Federal Specification: Excelsior, Wood, Fabricated Pads and Bulk Form". September 28, 1973.
  7. ^ "The Tradition of the excelsior stuffing". HERMANN-Spielwaren GmbH. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
  8. ^ E. F. Lindsley (July 1984). "Solar air conditioners — the hotter it gets, the better they work". Popular Science. Times Mirror Magazines: 64–66. ISSN 0161-7370.
  9. ^ Wood wool applications
  10. ^ David Daniel (2005). The Marble Kite. Macmillan. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-312-32351-6.
  11. ^ Market Analysis of Erosion control Mats United States Department of Agriculture
  12. ^ Wood wool Cement Boards, Production and use, page 284 in "The Ecology of Building Materials", Bjørn Berge, Filip Henley, Howard Liddell, Architectural Press, 2001, ISBN 0-7506-5450-3, ISBN 978-0-7506-5450-0 [1]
  13. ^ Jim L. Bowyer; Rubin Shmulsky; John G. Haygreen (2007). Forest Products and Wood Science. Blackwell Publishing. p. 412. ISBN 978-0-8138-2036-1.
  14. ^ Larry Wise (1992). Bow and Arrow: The Comprehensive Guide to Equipment, Technique, and Competition. Stackpole Books. p. 912. ISBN 978-0-8117-2411-1.
  15. ^ Gericke, William F. (1940). The Complete Guide to Soilless Gardening (1st ed.). London: Putnam. pp. 38& 84. ISBN 9781163140499.
  16. ^ BS 2548 Specification for wood wool for general packaging purposes (British Standard)
  17. ^ a b BS 2548 BSI British Standards
  18. ^ Wood Based Panels International, Friday, March 1 1996
  19. ^ European Commission Research - Industrial Technologies, 15/09/2005
  20. ^ The Black Poplar
  21. ^ Roger E. Simmons (1912). Wood-using Industries of New Hampshire. I. C. Evans co. p. 53.
  22. ^ The suitability of Eucalyptus grandis and two provenances of Pinus kesiya for wood wool-cement slab manufacture by A J Hawkes; A P Robinson; Publisher: London : Tropical Products Institute, 1978. ISBN 0-85954-086-3, ISBN 978-0-85954-086-5 OCLC 16562818
  23. ^ Gert Jan Bom; et al. (1999). Evaporative Air-conditioning: Applications for Environmentally Friendly Cooling. World Bank Publications. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-8213-4334-0.
  24. ^ ISO 9567:1989 Woodworking machines — Horizontal shredding machines for wood wool production, quadruple effect — Nomenclature
  25. ^ ISO 9615:1989 Woodworking machines — Vertical shredding machines for wood wool production, with hydraulic clamping — Nomenclature
  26. ^ "Our wood wool is washed and cleaned to remove as much dust as possible"
  27. ^ Kiln dried wood wool
  28. ^ Colored Excelsior
  29. ^ Peter Lund Simmonds (1858). The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a Definition of the Moneys, Weights, and Measures of All Countries. G. Routledge. p. 288.
  30. ^ E. Littell (1852). Living Age. Boston: Littell & Co.
  31. ^ Bertram Blount; Arthur George Bloxam (1905). Chemistry for Engineers and Manufacturers. C. Griffin and Company, Limited. p. 281. wood wool 1860-1905.
  32. ^ Wood wool diapers, 1885-1895 advertisements
  33. ^ Advertisement for "sanitary wood wool sheets", 1895
  34. ^ H. A. Hare and Edward Martin (editors) (1897). Therapeutic Gazette Series III Volume XIII. Detroit: William M. Warren. p. 242.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  35. ^ Edward Henry Knight (1876). Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments, Machines, Processes, and Engineering; History of Inventions; General Technological Vocabulary; and Digest of Mechanical Appliances in Science and the Arts. 3. Hurd and Houghton. p. 2214.
  36. ^ Wm. Baker (1842). "Machine for manufacturing wood so as to be used as a substitute for curled hair in stuffing beds". U.S. patent 2654.
  37. ^ John A. Bassett (1868). "Improved capillary material for filling gas and air carburettors". U.S. patent 60670.
  38. ^ Michigan State Agricultural Society (1856). Transactions of the State Agricultural Society of Michigan: With Reports of County Agricultural Societies, for the Year 1849-59, vol. 7 (1855). p. 139.
  39. ^ John Zellweger (1906). "Air filter and cooler". U.S. patent 838602.
  40. ^ New strands to the wood wool story Botting, Mike in Wood Based Panels International, June 1, 1997
  41. ^ Peter S. Sanguinetti (2006). "Sediment control device and system". U.S. patent 7021869.
  42. ^ Erosion control blanket and method of, U.S. Patent 5786281, Jul 28, 1998


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VANCOUVER — A group of British Columbia First Nations says it will appeal a decision on the the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Coldwater Band say they have fought and challenged the project through every federal court, and now want to take it to the next step.

They’re holding a news conference today to discuss the appeal, and say they’re challenging the adequacy of Indigenous consultation leading up to the second approval of the oil pipeline project in June 2019.

Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada decided not to hear five challenges from environment and Indigenous groups from British Columbia, which included the Tsleil-Waututh and the Squamish First Nations.

Some of those groups were challenging a Federal Court of Appeal decision in February not to hear their request to consider whether there had been sufficient consultation.

The Federal Court of Appeal had overturned cabinet’s first approval of the pipeline expansion in 2018, citing insufficient consultation with Indigenous Peoples and a failure to take the impacts on marine animals into account, but after another round of consultations and a second look at marine impacts, cabinet gave a second green light.

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CALGARY, Alberta, April 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NXT Energy Solutions Inc. (“NXT” or the “Company”) (TSX: SFD; OTC QB: NSFDF) today announced the Company’s financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2019.  All dollar amounts herein are in Canadian Dollars unless otherwise identified.

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  • In September 2019, the Company completed its Nigerian SFD® survey for approximately US$8.9 Million with PE Energy Limited (“PE”), a Nigerian oil and gas service company.  PE had a contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (“NNPC”), to provide 5,000-line kilometers of SFD® surveys in Nigeria.
  • The Company has received a total of US$8.4 million in payments from PE for the SFD® survey in Nigeria, including US$1.9 million in the Q4-19 and an additional US$0.47 million in the first quarter of 2020.  The final payment for contracted holdbacks amounting to approximately $0.5 million USD is expected to be paid to the Company upon the conclusion of negotiations for additional work under the current contract framework.
  • Related to the completed Nigerian SFD® survey, the Department of Petroleum Resources (the “DPR”), a department under the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Ministry of Petroleum Resources responsible for the sustainable development of Nigeria’s oil and gas resources, provided written confirmation of their recommendation in favour of NXT’s SFD® technology based on the recent survey results.  They noted specifically: “in line with federal government aspiration to increase its Oil and Gas reserves base at a considerable reduced cost, risk and optimize exploration cycle, the SFD® technology is hereby adopted and recommended to be deployed as an independent data exploration tool for hydrocarbon exploration to identify and rank prospect-level leads to focus exploration efforts in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry”.
  • NXT received confirmation of a patent granted from the European Patent Office. This brings the total number of countries granting the patent to 44.  The final step is for the validation process of the SFD® technology patent in select European countries.
  • In December 2019, the Company completed a C$1,250,000 targeted issuer bid, repurchasing and retiring 4,166,667 common shares in the capital of the Company representing approximately 6.08% of the total outstanding Common Shares as of November 14, 2019, at a price of C$0.30 per Common.
  • Common share purchase warrants held by Alberta Green Ventures Limited Partnership (“AGV”) have expired as of October 31, 2019.
  • In February 2019, NXT entered into a Co-operative Agreement with AGV, for AGV to propose up to three SFD® surveys for cooperation with the Company within two years.  The Co-operative Agreement is based on a cost-plus formula and a gross overriding royalty interest in oil and gas production arising on lands subject to the surveys.  The Company received a US$100,000 non-refundable deposit for this Co-operative Agreement in Q2-19 and at least one of the three SFD® surveys must be completed by June 30, 2020.
  • In Q3-2019, the Company advanced US$250,000 (the “Principal Amount”) to AGV for the purpose of furthering the shared objectives of NXT and AGV under the Co-operation Agreement.  On April 13, 2020, NXT elected to receive and directed AGV to deliver US$250,000 as repayment of the Principal Amount.
  • Cash and short-term investments at December 31, 2019 were $6.64 million.
  • There was $11.98 million of survey revenues recorded in YE-19.
  • Operating activities provided $4.08 million of cash during YE-19 and net cash used for financing activities was $1.39 million.
  • Net income of $3.77 million was recorded for YE-19, including amortization expense of $1.78 million.
  • Net income per common share for YE-19 was $0.06 basic and $0.06 diluted.
  • General and administrative costs for YE-19 as compared to YE-18 have been reduced by $0.50 million or 13% mostly due to a reduction in business development costs, lower headcount and costs and certain expenditures being recognized as direct survey costs, offset by higher professional fees and information technology costs.
  • Operating activities provided $1.29 million of cash during Q4-19 and net cash used for financing activities was $1.35 million.
  • A net loss of $1.78 million was recorded for Q4-19, including amortization expense of $0.49 million.
  • Net loss per common share for Q4-19 was ($0.03) basic and (0.03) diluted.
  • General and administrative costs for Q4-19 as compared to Q4-18 have increased by $0.05 million or 6%, mostly due to an increase in business development offset by a reduction in headcount.

Message to Shareholders

George Liszicasz, President, and CEO of NXT, commented, “I am pleased to report to our shareholders that the Company was profitable and had positive cash flow from operations in 2019.

Last week we reported on the successful drilling of one of the SFD® recommendations located onshore within Nigeria. We now can report on new findings with respect to our 2017 SFD® Gulf of Mexico survey over the 2.1 bid-round offshore blocks.  A lead area, indicated by SFD® as prospective, has now been drilled by third parties and the results confirm that it is a commercial discovery with early estimates of volumes greater than 200 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE). Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, from a capital expenditure allocation perspective, another seismic prospect, considered non-prospective by NXT, was drilled as part of the same campaign and was declared unsuccessful. The announcements concerning these drilling activities was reported by internationally recognized upstream data providers starting late 2019. The SFD® data for the 2.1 bid-round offshore blocks was submitted to and has been available from the National Hydrocarbon Commission (CNH) of Mexico since mid-2018. These results highlight the value of adding SFD® to an upstream work program and evidences the efficacy of our geophysical method in recommending prospects with potential for hydrocarbon traps.   Drilling activities over SFD® recommendations are ongoing in numerous countries and NXT shall provide further updates as warranted.

In the first quarter of 2020, NXT finalized the first phase of its survey over the Queen Charlotte Fault (“QCF”) located offshore British Columbia. The purpose of the continuing QCF study is to identify seismically active areas and to differentiate subsurface stress states in deep water settings.  The Company is in the process of evaluating the acquired SFD® data.

In the month before travel restrictions were brought on by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/COVID-19), my team and I completed a broad scale international market business development effort which included a signed memorandum of understanding with an independent oil company with interests in East-Central Africa.  Though currently there are several challenges facing our world and industry, NXT is focused on minimizing the risks associated with them and continues to advance further discussions for SFD® survey opportunities within Nigeria, East-Central Africa, Mexico, and Asia via video conferences.

On behalf of our Board of Directors and the entire team at NXT, I want to thank all of our shareholders for their continued support in these trying times.”

Summary highlights of NXT’s 2019 full year and fourth quarter financial statements (with comparative figures to 2018) are noted below.  All selected and referenced financial information noted below should be read in conjunction with the Company’s full year 2019 audited consolidated Annual Financial Statements, the related Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) and Annual Information Form.

(all in Canadian $)
    Twelve months ended December 31,
2019 2018
Operating results:
Survey revenues $ 11,976,149 $   –
Survey expenses 2,611,086 1,103,946
General & administrative expenses 3,497,785 3,999,089
Stock based compensation expense 43,809 386,154
Amortization and other expenses, net 1,781,181 1,790,267
7,933,861 7,279,456
Income (loss) before income taxes 3,772,908   (6,968,511 )
Income tax expense
Comprehensive income (loss) for the period 3,772,908 (6,968,511 )
Loss per common share – basic $ 0.06 $ (0.11 )
Loss per common share – diluted $ 0.06 $ (0.11 )
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period:
Basic 68,156,059 65,455,325
Diluted 68,156,059 65,455,325
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities 4,078,427   (6,043,919 )
Financing activities (1,385,787 ) 9,176,839
Investing activities (173,927 ) (2,960,006 )
Net cash inflow (outflow) 2,518,713 172,914
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period 339,532 166,618
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period 2,858,245  339,532
           Three months ended December 31,
  2019   2018
Operating results:
Survey revenues $   – $   –
Survey expenses 308,374 315,175
General & administrative expenses 926,919 875,705
Stock based compensation expense (28,724 ) (173,367 )
Amortization and other expenses, net 449,015 447,942
1,655,584 1,465,455
Income (loss) before income taxes (1,775,287 ) (1,392,716 )
Income tax expense
Comprehensive loss for the period (1,775,287 ) (1,392,716 )
Loss per common share – basic $ (0.03 ) $ (0.02 )
Loss per common share – diluted $ (0.03 ) $ (0.02 )
Number of common shares outstanding as at end of the period 64,406,891 68,573,558
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period:
Basic 64,406,891 68,573,558
Diluted 64,406,891 68,573,558
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities 1,289,465   (1,162,392 )
Financing activities (1,354,121 ) (12,187 )
Investing activities 257,236 1,100,000
Net cash inflow (outflow) 192,580 (74,579 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period 2,665,665 414,111
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period 2,858,245 339,532
Cash and cash equivalents 2,858,245 339,532
Short-term investments 3,781,512 3,900,000
Total cash and short-term investments 6,639,757 4,239,532
Net working capital balance 7,129,182 3,823,832

NXT’s 2019 full year and fourth quarter financial and operating results have been filed in Canada on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and will soon be available in the USA on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar, as well as on NXT’s website at www.nxtenergy.com.

Details of the conference call are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (2:30 p.m. Mountain Time)
North American Participants Call: (855)-783-0506
Participant Pass Code 5388865

About NXT Energy Solutions Inc.

NXT Energy Solutions Inc. is a Calgary-based technology company whose proprietary SFD® survey system utilizes quantum-scale sensors to detect gravity field perturbations in an airborne survey method which can be used both onshore and offshore to remotely identify traps and reservoirs with exploration potential. The SFD® survey system enables our clients to focus their hydrocarbon exploration decisions concerning land commitments, data acquisition expenditures and prospect prioritization on areas with the greatest potential. SFD® is environmentally friendly and unaffected by ground security issues or difficult terrain and is the registered trademark of NXT Energy Solutions Inc. NXT Energy Solutions Inc. provides its clients with an effective and reliable method to reduce time, costs, and risks related to exploration.

Contact Information

For investor and media inquiries please contact:

Eugene Woychyshyn George Liszicasz
VP Finance & CFO President & CEO
+1-403-206-0805 1-403-206-0800
nxt_info@nxtenergy.com nxt_info@nxtenergy.com
www.nxtenergy.com www.nxtenergy.com

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information provided in this press release may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws.  Forward-looking information typically contains statements with words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “will”, “expect”, “plan”, “schedule”, “intend”, “propose” or similar words suggesting future outcomes or an outlook.  Forward-looking information in this press release includes, but is not limited to, information regarding: the repayment of the Principle Amount; business negotiations and opportunities, including the extent to which the DPR recommendation may further the development thereof; results disclosure and discussions, including the timing thereof; business strategies and objectives, successful completion of the validation of patents in select European countries; and continued research on the QCF study.  Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct.  Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks, including those related to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/COVID-19), and the potentially negative effects thereof on the Company’s workforce, its supply chain or demand for its products. Additional risk factors facing the Company are described in its most recent Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2019, which has been filed electronically by means of the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) located at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company assumes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Measures

This news release contains disclosure respecting non-GAAP performance measures including net working capital which does not have a standardized meaning prescribed by US GAAP and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other entities.  This measure is included to enhance the overall understanding of NXT’s ability to assess liquidity at a point in time.  Readers are urged to review the section entitled “Non-GAAP Measures” in NXT’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2019 which is available under NXT’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, for a further discussion of such non-GAAP measures. The financial information accompanying this news release was prepared in accordance with US GAAP unless otherwise noted. Management’s discussion and analysis of financial results and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2019, are available through the Internet in the Investor Relations section of www.nxtenergy.com or under NXT’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

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Oil Extends Recovery From Selloff But Concern Over Glut Lingers

By Elizabeth Low and Alex Longley

(Bloomberg) Oil extended its recovery from Monday’s plunge below zero, but trading remains volatile with the market under intense pressure from a swelling global glut.

Futures in New York rose as much as 23% to near $17 a barrel. Already inundated with bearish signals, the market shrugged off a warning from one of the world’s top oil traders that a crunch point is fast approaching, where refiners will have nowhere to put their products. An order by President Donald Trump authorizing the Navy to destroy any Iranian gunboats harassing American ships also lent some support.

Prices remain down 73% this year, and more production shut-ins are likely as the value of real oil crashes globally. ICE Futures Europe Ltd. confirmed Tuesday that it had taken steps to prepare for negative Brent pricing, while the Chicago Mercantile Exchange took similar measures earlier in the week. Meanwhile, oil traders are rewriting their risk models to accommodate potentially limitless declines.

WTI extends recovery after unprecedented plunge

The OPEC+ coalition agreed earlier this month to slash daily production by about 10 million barrels a day in an effort to reduce the oversupply. The cuts, due to start in May, are slowly being brought forward, with both Algeria and Kuwait saying they’ll now curb output immediately. In the U.S., operators have started shutting wells and halting drilling, steps that could reduce output there by 20% and leave thousands of workers unemployed.

“The oil market is still running with a solid surplus and inventories are building by the day,” said SEB chief commodities analyst Bjarne Schieldrop. “The market is now trading higher in relief, knowing that it is almost a full month until the WTI June 2020 contract is set to roll off.”

  • West Texas Intermediate for June rose 21% to $16.74 a barrel as of 9:03 a.m. New York time.
  • Brent climbed 9.4% to $22.28 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange.
  • Dated Brent, a reference for almost two-thirds of the world’s physical flows, was assessed at $14.21 a barrel on Wednesday, according to price reporting service S&P Global Platts.

Oil markets are also having to grapple with a wave of volatility spurred by exchange-traded funds. The United States Oil Fund said it may roll more of its WTI contracts forward due to extraordinary market conditions, while the futures division of brokerage INTL FCStone Financial Inc. is limiting the ability of some clients to enter into new trades in the most active oil benchmarks.

Oil’s collapse has also caught out funds from Beijing to Seoul and Mumbai, and caused Chinese banks to suspend new positions on crude products.

Stockpile Gains

U.S. crude stockpiles rose by 15 million barrels last week to 518.6 million, the highest in almost three years, the Energy Information Administration reported. Inventories at the storage hub at Cushing, Oklahoma, swelled by 4.8 million barrels to 59.7 million, taking it closer to its maximum capacity of around 76 million barrels.

There are currently around 34 million barrels of crude in floating storage, with a further 45 million to be loaded onto ships before the end of the month, according to Rahul Kapoor, head of commodity analytics and research at IHS.

Other oil-market news
  • Big oil’s first-quarter earnings are likely to hold clues about a market that’s having the most tumultuous year in recent memory. Equinor ASA on Thursday became the first major oil company to cut its dividend.
  • Canadian oil sands producers no longer have an incentive to send their crude toward the Gulf Coast as a glut grows in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Marex Spectron is restricting customers from taking new positions in some oil futures contracts, the company confirmed.

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The Doctrine of Fair Use was established by the courts to exempt certain activities such as teaching and research from the legal requirements of the copyright law. Before the 1976 Revision of the Copyright Act, only two cases were brought against teachers for copyright infringements. In both cases the teachers lost because their extensive copying was found to impact the copyright owner's market for legally published copies. Although the 1976 Act explicitly recognizes the existence of potentially Fair Uses, the act makes application of the principle highly situational. Classroom Guidelines attached to the Act make application even more murky and constrained. After 1976 photocopy technology and the advent of the coursepack began a trend towards circumscribing situations in which Fair Use may be applied. Potential impact on a new, lucrative market for sale of rights to copy portions of books and journals appears to dominate contemporary case law. Desktop publishing and Internet and web-based teaching, the authors believe, will further erode traditional applications of Fair Use for educational purposes. They argue that instructors and researchers should assume that there is no Fair Use on the Internet. Guidelines are provided for faculty and others considering dissemination of potentially copyrighted materials to students via digital technologies.

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Environmental Photographer of the Year aims to promote and reward excellence in international environmental photography and video, and to enhance the understanding of the causes, consequences and solutions to climate change and social inequality. Before entering, please read the Rules and Guidelines and Digital Specifications & Adjustment Guidelines carefully as all entrants have to acknowledge acceptance of them during the online registration process.

Rules and Guidlines

  • Each entrant may enter up to 10 still photographs or films.
  • All photographs and films entered must have been completed since 1 January 2015.
  • Entries must be submitted as digital files only. For initial entry, all still photography images must be submitted as JPEGs, saved at a high quality level, e.g. 10 in Adobe Photoshop, with a maximum file size of 0.5MB. SEE DIGITAL SPECIFICATIONS SECTION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
  • If shortlisted, still photography entrants must be able to supply images as RAW files or original JPEGs. SEE DIGITAL SPECIFICATIONS BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
  • Entrants must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for all the entries they submit, or they must have obtained permission from the copyright holder to submit the entries on their behalf. The photographer retains the copyright to all their entries into the Environmental Photographer of the Year.
  • Do not add a signature to any entry as judging is done anonymously and entries with overlay signatures will not be accepted.
  • It is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure that all the necessary permissions are obtained from people featured in the entry.
  • All entries, both still photography and film, should be a faithful representation of the original scene and localised adjustments should be used appropriately. Some digital adjustment or editing is allowed, but entrants should understand that the objective is to remain faithful to the original experience, and to never deceive the viewer or misrepresent reality. SEE DIGITAL ADJUSTMENT GUIDELINES SECTION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
  • Each entrant agrees to participate in related publicity and to the use of their name and entry for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity of the competition and exhibition without additional compensation.
  • By entering the Competition, you grant CIWEM a non-exclusive licence to reproduce, publish and communicate your entry to the public by exhibiting your entry through all media throughout the world in relation to the Environmental Photographer of the Year. This includes, but is not limited to: the judging process; the exhibition and tour; inclusion in an Environmental Photographer of the Year Exhibition catalogue or book; online galleries; promotional, press and marketing materials associated with the Environmental Photographer of the Year; and associated merchandising. CIWEM is allowed to pass on any entry to online and print publications to be used either for editorial or image based promotion only in relation to the Environmental Photographer of the Year, with full credit given to the photographer. Other commercial opportunities, such as third-party licensing, may exist for photographers to benefit from the use of any selected entry. Where such a commercial benefit is likely to arise, permission will be sought by the CIWEM in advance.
  • By entering the competition you accept that your entry may be exhibited by CIWEM or other exhibitions organised or attended by CIWEM as part of the Environmental Photographer of the Year. CIWEM reserves the right to reproduce any entry for exhibition purposes.
  • CIWEM cannot accept liability for the misuse of entries and or failure of any third party to comply with the Environmental Photographer of the Year’s credit guidelines.
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  • Judges appointed by CIWEM will choose the exhibition and winners. The judges’ decision on all matters relating to the competition is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • CIWEM reserves the right to cancel this competition at any stage.
  • The competition is open to all international photographers, both amateur and professional, and of all ages.

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The following guidelines explain the required specifications for each category at the different stages of the competition and exhibition. Please ensure that your entries adhere to these guidelines. If any further queries, please check the HELP & FAQs section or contact the exhibition organisers by email.

  • Still Photographs – initial entry: all still photographs must be submitted as JPEGs, saved at a high quality level, e.g. 10 in Adobe Photoshop, with a maximum file size of 0.5MB. Each image file must be named with your surname, first name and brief title e.g. SmithJohn_Title.jpeg. Whilst work titles may be too long to be used as image names, a section of your title would be adequate.
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  • Still Photographs -proof of authenticity: original digital camera RAW files will be required if your image is shortlisted. Digital images captured as JPEG are allowed, providing the original un-retouched JPEG is available for inspection. Any work created from more than one original (e.g. stitched images), must be declared as such, and the original captured images should be available for inspection when requested.
  • Films – exhibition: high-resolution files will be needed if selected for exhibition. Entrants will be required to either upload these file to the competition FTP site, or to send a DVD to the exhibition organisers. These details will be confirmed if selected for exhibition.
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The following digital adjustments are not allowed:

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  • multiple exposures are only allowed if this is a feature of the camera and the result is one single file. Entrants must state in the caption if their image is a multiple exposure.

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Opening up cryoEM: The Rosalind Franklin Institute commits to fund a new detector for low energy cryoEM

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The Rosalind Franklin Institute has committed to developing a multi-million pound technology which enables a more accessible form of electron cryo-microscopy.

The development project is part of a new initiative in collaboration with Nobel prize winner and cryoEM pioneer Dr Richard Henderson and his colleague Dr Chris Russo, both from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB) in Cambridge.

The goal of the project is to develop a detector which can work at a much lower energy, 100 keV, versus the current industry standard 300 keV, to obtain atomic scale images of biological samples.

Crucially, the new detector will produce better data from the lower energy, 100 keV microscope than existing detectors working with higher energy microscopes.

CryoEM currently requires large and expensive technology, which is housed in highly specialist environments. Lowering the energy of the electrons enables the use of a simpler, and cheaper, electron gun. The new detector, named C100, is the critical first step in this democratisation of the method.

The ultimate aim is to encourage faster scientific progress by bringing a quick, simple and reliable cryoEM to medical research laboratories and drug companies around the world, allowing a massive shift in the accessibility of this revolutionary technique.

In the UK, for example, at the national cryoEM facility, there is a six week wait to get any time on a 300 keV microscope, and a very significant amount of preliminary data is required.

Making the technique accessible to more people increases the opportunities for new advances, says Dr Henderson: “Bringing down the barriers to access these microscopes means we can bring cryoEM to many, many more academics around the world so they can look at samples in more detail, try new approaches and improve our understanding of human diseases.”

The development of this new detector builds upon earlier proof-of-principle work at the MRC LMB. Assisted by LMB’s scientific workshop, Dr Russo’s group built a prototype 100 keV microscope that resolved five structures in seven days, but it was clear that an optimised detector was required to fully realise the potential of the new microscope design.

The Detector and Electronics Group at the Science and Technology Facilities Council have been selected as development partners.

The project is supported as a key component of the Structural Biology theme at The Rosalind Franklin Institute, funded through UK Research and Innovation by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The Franklin’s mission is to develop and apply disruptive new technologies in the physical and engineering sciences to transform the UK’s life science research and pharma sector. Creating new drugs has never been slower or more expensive, but the need is growing faster than ever. The use of cryoEM to study biological samples – the development of which won Dr Henderson his Nobel Prize – is a key technology in the process.

Professor James Naismith, Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute says: “When Richard first told me about their idea for a revolution in accessibility of cryoEM I knew this was exactly the kind of problem that The Rosalind Franklin Institute exists to help solve. C100 is a perfect example of paradigm shifting innovation in life sciences.”

LMB Director Jan Löwe commented, "Making cryo-EM better and more accessible will enable it to be used by everyone to understand biological mechanisms and diseases, and to develop drugs more easily, even when the most complex and currently intractable molecules are involved. Decades of development at LMB and collaboration with STFC have helped create this truly unique opportunity. We are very excited for The Rosalind Franklin Institute to join in to take this work to the next level, given the Franklin’s strong focus on the interface of physics and engineering to enhance biomedical sciences."