Sienna Bucu '22 has been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to take on an ambitious art installation project in the public schools of her hometown “We Are Here: Engaging in Art for Resilience and Reclamation of Space” is being designed for students with behavioral and academic setbacks students in need of extra social emotional support and students interested in art across the district to create site-specific murals and installations “The plan is to create a working environment where students can foster creativity the process of creating is just as important “The act of seeing each other and themselves making a lasting impression on the walls is an act of radical self and community care.” Bucu, a studio art major with minors in philosophy and art history will look to identify six to ten students per school to collaborate on the project and also work closely with teachers in the district and its board of education The resulting artwork will amplify students' voices and draw attention to mental health initiatives Murals will be produced for Union High School and the district’s two middle schools The district’s seven elementary schools will each be the subject of smaller drawing projects “This project intends to be a marker of place – students who may go unseen and unheard will now have a permanent display of their presence made by their own hands,” Bucu said “The impressions on the walls signify that they will not be forgotten or dismissed Categories: Alumni, Arts, Student Life You must be logged in to post a comment City Council approved the rezoning of 548 S Perry Street in Westwood as part of a bigger redevelopment project with Elevation Community Land Trust and the Business and Cultural District (BuCu) West Development Association The project has been in the works since 2022 It also involves nearby properties and businesses at 3915 through 3939 Morrison Road The plan is to bring affordable condominiums to the corner of Morrison Road and S while preserving the local businesses along the strip In 2022, ECLT was given a $1,800,000 loan through the Department of Housing Stability to purchase five residential spaces and six commercial units on the corner of Morrison Road and S. Perry St. Through the HOST loan agreement, ECLT is required to provide a minimum of 36 bedrooms in the final redevelopment plans. Unit sizes are still being determined, but HOST is also requiring that none of the units be studios. Once things are completed, ELCT would retain ownership of the residential units while BuCu West would transition ownership of the commercial portion to tenants and local legacy businesses at affordable rates in perpetuity. The rezoning changes the property from single-resident to mixed-used with a building height allowance of five stories. ELCT is only planning on three stories, which Councilmember Jamie Torres noted aligned with the neighborhood landscape. During the council meeting on Monday, City Planning said they received one letter of support from BuCu West on the rezoning plans and one letter of opposition that claimed bringing a mixed-use complex closer to the residential homes on Perry Street could cause parking issues and noise complaints. Now, ELCT and BuCu West will begin engaging with community members on what type of units they’d like to see at the complex. Construction on a jointly-agreed upon project would begin in 2026. Desiree Mathurin was Denverite's neighborhood reporter from 2021 to 2024. You power Denverite!If you love what we do, donate today to support our essential and delightful local news. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Why the food hub plans on keeping its Saturday market running during the coronavirus pandemic In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has suspended operations of all Michigan restaurants and bars for dine-in service. Most other businesses and institutions in Detroit have closed indefinitely is keeping its traditional Saturday market open president of the Eastern Market Partnership (EMP) “We’ve been Detroit’s pantry and grocer since 1891 We have a role to fulfill and we intend to fulfill it.” Grocers are one of the few types of businesses more or less universally allowed to operate. Even in Italy, which has suffered the second most cases of COVID-19 worldwide causing nearly the entire country to shutter, food stores have remained open keeping the market open is even more important,” Carmody says Last Saturday, as public spaces across the city were closing, Eastern Market made the difficult decision to stay open. The previous day, March 13, Whitmer banned all public gatherings of 250 or more people That particular restriction wasn’t an issue on Saturday Carmody estimates there were 20 percent fewer customers than you’d find on a normal market day in March on top of an already slow time of the year EMP took added precautions by prohibiting food samples leaving shed doors open to avoid unnecessary contact and distributing signs urging customers not to touch produce It’s also cancelling all classes and allowing only food and wellness businesses to sell which often rely on Saturday sales to stay in business a multi-generational hog farm that makes specialty pork products has been selling at Eastern Market since the 1980s almost all of its business comes from Saturdays at the market “We wouldn’t have a business without Eastern Market,” says Dan Bucu Bucu said that while foot traffic was light individual sales increased by an average of 30 percent as people stocked up Bucu Farms staff also wore gloves that they regularly replaced and had hand sanitizer available for all employees and customers Eastern Market’s status is an open question Warmer weather traditionally brings throngs of customers to the market on Saturdays making close contact between people inevitable and increasing the likelihood of spreading the virus Carmody says some tough choices will have to be made “We obviously don’t want to put people at risk but we also want them to have access to healthy food.” This fine press edition documents the remaining sixteenth-century village churches in and around Santiago de Guatemala Pen and ink drawings of twenty-two buildings were transferred to metal relief plates printed and hand-colored by Grove Oholendt The accompanying two letterpress books—one in English and one in Spanish—include twenty-two tipped-in photographs by Mitchell Denburg Each volume is covered in traditional Maya hand-woven petate paper weaving and the woodcut endpapers are printed by the Guatemalan artist Guillermo Maldonado “Libros San Cristobal is a fine book press and atelier located in Antigua Our hand-publishing studio produces limited edition fine books and portfolios on Central American subject matter we are the only fine press making [letterpress] books about the region …All publications are made under one roof by a team of three Americans and four Guatemalans We do [letterpress] printing with type [cast] in San Francisco and metal plate impressions made in Guatemala City; we hand craft our boxes hand stamp on imported as well as our own fine amate fig park paper … .” Engr. Angelito A. Silverio, PhD led his colleagues in the Department of Industrial Engineering in presenting award-winning posters and papers in the August 25-26 2021 Second Nagoya City University Contact Points Symposium in Asia which bore the theme “Thinking about SDGs – Designing Healthy Work Environment” Silverio won Second Place for his poster presentation entitled “Development of a Wearable System for Fall Detection and Physiological Signs Monitoring,” which was co-authored with Mhar Ian Estayan AAE won Fourth Place in the same competition this time for his poster entitled “Establishing a Procurement Model in Philippine Barangay Health Centers Using an Integer Linear Programming Model.” Bucu’s co-authors were Glenn Gerald Castañeda Keziah Marella Cueto, Clara Franchesca Mendoza An Industrial Engineering faculty member likewise won Second Place in the Excellent Poster (Audience Choice) competition won the distinction for his poster A Comparative Study on the Human preference and the Nutritional Value between Mung Bean Chips and Common Commercial Snack Food Other posters presented in the same event were entitled “Customer Satisfaction among Private Tertiary Hospitals” by Assoc Ngo likewise presented the poster entitled “Quality Assessment by Users of a Philippine Public Library,” which she co-authored with Alliah Roi Bernardino Lugay likewise presented the poster entitled “A Study on the Effect on Customer Perception Attitudes and Purchase Intention of Food Establishments with Persons with Disabilities as their Employees,” which was co-authored with Rane Eon B The first was co-authored with Alexis Joseph M Cerezo and was entitled “Establishing an Optimal Model on the Total Implementation Cost in Preventing the Occurrence of Dengue Outbreak in the Barangays of Lipa City Batangas using Integer Linear Programming.” The other one was co-authored with Polo Miguel D Taguinod and was entitled “An Integrated Application of Integer Linear Programming and Ergonomic Principles in Re-designing Disaster Go Backpacks for Adult Filipinos.” The University of Santo Tomas is one of the leading private research universities in the Philippines and is consistently ranked among the top 1000 universities in the whole world With academic degrees and research thrusts in the natural the University continuously strives to make a positive impact on the society This year's festival marked its return after it was forced to cancel its 2020 celebration due to COVID-19 Westwood Chile Fest was founded back in 2010 by BuCu West Development Association, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting local businesses and cultural organizations along the Morrison corridor. 2020 Census data shows that 76 percent of Westwood is made up of people who identify as Hispanic or Latinx (down from 80 percent in 2010) a statistic that's reflected in the local businesses and art along the main street local groups work with BuCu West to produce events like Chile Fest Veggie Viernes and Mikailhuitl Festival to celebrate the food culture and art of the people who make up Westwood Morrison Road is a high-traffic street with small sidewalks said that has historically made the street somewhat of a neighborhood divider He said events like Chile Fest represent a larger vision to make Morrison a more pedestrian-friendly main street and help turn it into a unifier within Westwood Esparza said it's "incredibly exciting" to see people walking around at the festival "It was always the intention to close Morrison Road to traffic and bring the community together," Esparza said "We've worked with organizations all around the neighborhood over time It's really just become something to just promote the successes and the partnerships that exist in the neighborhood that make a lot of these community events possible." He said was inspired by La Villita in Chicago a neighborhood known for its Mexican-American food "The idea here was to do a Mexican cultural district based off of just what the neighborhood is and the beauty of the neighborhood," Lopez said He said that back when the plans were still in the works some people wanted to make 32nd or 38th Avenue a "Little Mexico." He said Chile Fest was part of that vision "This is a vision that we had to help activate the street to create something for the community to be a part of local restaurants and just who we really are." Christina Contreras is a BuCu West board member, and has been working with other neighborhood organizations since 2015. On Saturday, she was working a Department of Transportation and Infrastructure table at Chili Fest, surveying Westwood community members about their safety concerns and what improvements they would like to see. "I just love the community. I'm from El Paso originally," she said. "A lot of immigrants from Spanish speaking countries, including Mexico, Central America, come to Denver. And this is a great neighborhood for them to get their bearings and get connected." She said it's been great seeing so many community organizations and residents out at Chile Fest. "Everybody's so friendly, and really grateful," she said. "They take a lot of pride in this event. So it's awesome to be a part of it, and be here and support them." Throughout the day, people gathered in the center of the street to watch break-dancers, Mariachi, Baile Folklorico, Zumba, Salsa dancers, Selena cover band Venus Cruz, celebrated local artists like Wes Watkins, and other live performances, as well as a three-round chile eating contest. Maria Galindo, who grew up in Westwood but now lives in Broomfield, attended the event with her family. It was her first time attending the festival, and she said it's nice to have an event like this in Westwood, a neighborhood she says gets undue negative attention. Saturday was her first time back in Westwood since the pandemic began. She says it's been awesome exploring and checking out the art, and that the event feels reflective of community she grew up in. "Its really cool to have the Chile Festival, and all kinds of art," she said. "It feels like home." Maggie Donahue was the first ever arts and culture news fellow at Denverite and Colorado Public Radio, starting in 2020. She was the arts and culture reporter for Denverite until 2022. You must be logged in to post a comment Print and Features Editor Alex Boscott reports on the ‘Preferendum’ put forward by the Guild of Students this week The University of Birmingham’s (UoB) Guild of Students have this week launched an online vote in order to establish the Guild’s official stance on the possible industrial and strike action by members of Birmingham’s University and College Union (BUCU) – with voting closing at 4pm on Friday 11th December In a statement the Guild told students: ‘The Guild Officer Group […] believe that it is important that – during this difficult time – students have a right to shape the stance of the Guild in regard to the proposed UCU strike action.’ Students have a right to shape the stance of the Guild The Guild also added: ‘Since the vote in January 2020 we believe that circumstances have changed considerably due to COVID-19 that students are facing difficulties that we could not have imagined in January and that during this difficult time it is important that we have a clear view on industrial action.’ Following weeks of dispute between BUCU and UoB members of the Union have commenced an internal vote to decide on whether to move to online-only teaching from the start of Semester 2 in protest against the University’s decision to continue with in-person teaching on campus should members be penalised for moving to solely online teaching is also being proposed as part of BUCU’s ballot – the results of which are expected early in the new year If the official ballot results in a yes vote Speaking to Redbrick about the proposed industrial action BUCU President David Bailey stated: ‘If the official ballot results in a yes vote except where this is impossible – starting from the first day of Semester2.’ Bailey also added that he hopes that ‘there is time for [BUCU] to agree an agreement over teaching provisions and working on-campus’ with UoB Declaring a formal dispute with UoB on 12th October over what BUCU cited as the University’s ‘failure’ to ‘restrict numbers of staff and students on campus to essential-only’ a resolution to the on-going stand-off is yet to emerge with 82% of BUCU members voting for online-only teaching and a further 63% voting for strike action in a consultative ballot on 17th November Since the reopening of campus back in September, 1,420 people have so far tested positive for COVID-19 – 102 of which have been staff members Weekly staff cases peaked on 10th November with 23 positive tests whilst student cases reached a weekly peak of 307 positive tests on 6th October It is disappointing that [BUCU] have taken the decision to ballot members on industrial action UoB told Redbrick that ‘it is disappointing that [BUCU] have taken the decision to ballot members on industrial action’ and stated that they have met with the university trade unions to discuss UoB’s ‘plans on a very regular basis.’ In the Guild ‘Preferendum’, students are now able to submit their preferences regarding the proposed BUCU industrial action by ranking the following options: Option 1: ‘Full support of BUCU’s action including online-only teaching and strike action as necessary.’ Option 2: ‘Support staff who are calling for online-only teaching Option 3: ‘Do not support staff who are calling for online-only teaching or strike action The Guild supports the current model of both face-to-face and online teaching.’ However, included in both Options 2 and 3 is a proposal to remove paragraph 3 from ‘Commitment 38’ of the Guild of Student’s Beliefs and Commitments – just 10 months after it was introduced following UCU industrial action in January Paragraph 3 states that: ‘In the event of legitimate industrial action taken by campus trade unions unless instructed by result of a referendum in accordance with the Guild’s by-laws.’ Removal of such a commitment would mean that the Guild would no longer be required to support future legitimate trade union industrial action by default and would only do so if instructed by a student vote She also added: ‘By including paragraph 3 in the Preferendum if industrial action/strike action does take place and we follow the commitments in paragraph 3 we cannot be in a space with the University working relationship with the University is vital right now so that we can continue to discuss student wellbeing and educational needs during current In a post addressed to students on Fab ‘N Fresh Adeyemi laid out the Guild Officer Team’s stance regarding the proposed industrial action stating that: ‘We believe that Option 2 ensures the continuation of students’ education with minimum disruption whilst also support academics to determine their safety of their working environment We believe that Option 2 ensures the continuation of students’ education with minimum disruption ‘We believe this option will best support students as well as allow us to maintain open conversations with the University about the many challenges presented by COVID-19.’ Results of the online vote are expected in the coming days the disruption caused to University life caused by COVID-19 is set to continue into the new year – despite the rollout of the recently-approved Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to the UK’s most vulnerable this week action in the new year would see many courses switch to exclusively online teaching unless a resolution can be reached between UoB and the Union’s representatives in the coming weeks Birmingham UCU Vote on Move to Online-Only Teaching New Research Project Aiming to Reduce Train Delays Launched at UoB Redbrick’s Exclusive Access to UoB’s New Student Testing Facility News Writer Jessica Tite reports on the proposal made by University of Birmingham scholars to reduce childhood obesity News Writer Cassandra Fong reports on Pope Francis's passing Paris Williams reports on the US government's reaction to Harvard rejecting its demands Music Critic Soliyana Pellicer Alemayehu reviews Bad Bunny's newest album discussing the album's blending of old and new aspects of Puerto Rican culture Music Critic Simran Seera reviews K-pop band Stray Kids' EP discussing the musical variety and reflections on fame and success present Lauv and LANY's voices blend seamlessly together to narrate the story of a one-sided relationship The Department of Industrial Engineering recently inked an agreement with FASTTRACK Solutions in offering laboratory courses using SAP Business One an Enterprise Resource Planning solution used worldwide An orientation was held for third-year students on February 20 The courses included in the integration are: Operating Productive Systems Laboratory, and Information Systems Laboratory. 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All Rights reserved. | Powered by Communications Bureau BURSASGXHome DigitalEdgeBy This article first appeared in Digital Edge The subscription e-commerce market in Malaysia has untapped potential compared with its mature counterparts overseas a subscription-based e-commerce platform that sells a wide range of products He says there are already many local businesses that use the subscription model But until last November (when he started Subplace) there were no subscription-based e-commerce platforms to cater for people’s daily needs which is wholly owned by AbleTech Solutions Sdn Bhd enables customers to purchase items in monthly instalments or receive monthly orders of things such as groceries Mak came up with the idea when he was chief revenue officer at the Malaysian branch of Cuckoo he saw the benefit of subscription services especially for its flagship water purifier Cuckoo Malaysia has served up to one million households and its total revenue last year was more than RM1 billion,” he notes the company could grow quickly and achieve such a large revenue in a relatively short period of time That is why we believe in this business model and are using what we learnt there to build Subplace.” the subscription e-commerce market — which spelled convenience for customers — was thriving But following the movement restrictions that were imposed to contain the Covid-19 outbreak the main reason for the popularity of subscription e-commerce is the convenience it brings especially in terms of automatically replenishing certain goods Market research firm UnivDatos Market Insights predicts that the global subscription e-commerce market will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 68% from 2019 to 2025 subscription e-commerce is expected to reach a market size of US$478.2 billion by 2025 with the highest growth recorded in Asia-Pacific Given the growing number of subscription e-commerce consumers Mak believes that this model benefits businesses that wish to gain brand loyalty and build customer retention brand loyalty is very difficult to achieve because customers have too many choices People can see different prices everywhere even for the same products,” he says. we see that this [subscription model] is the only model that will retain customers for the long term.” But it takes work to convince companies with products especially the more expensive and high-quality ones “We need to help them visualise just how effective the subscription business is with data,” says Mak Subplace also provides end-to-end solutions to help businesses adopt the subscription model it provides help for companies looking to build their online stores by offering features such as custom URLs artificial intelligence chatbots and advertising Businesses would only need to focus on fulfilling every order as scheduled Subplace currently offers two subscription plans — SUB and SUB+ consumers can subscribe to daily necessities such as groceries personal care products and beauty services The SUB+ plan allows users to rent or lease high-end products such as furniture and electrical appliances at an affordable monthly subscription “Malaysia is definitely our starting point It is a stepping stone for us to expand into other regions.” He hopes to develop his own ecosystem within Subplace we are using third-party infrastructure for our last-mile fulfilment we want to build our own warehouse and get our own packing team [on board] to provide subscribers with a good end-to-end experience,” he says the cohost of Jay Taruc’s podcast RidePH happens to own the motorcycle accessories and repair shop Michaelmotoworkz This controversial ‘doble plaka’ law requires all registered motorcycles in the country to have number decals on their front ends “Nakita ko na yang bracket sa isang supplier dati pa Kasi nga wala pang kasiguruhan kung matutuloy ang ‘doble plaka’ law,” says Bucu As of yesterday, Bucu has 21 brackets left from the first batch of 71 pieces he had purchased from a supplier. Each bracket sells for P600, and is a perfect fit for Yamaha’s two top-selling scooters, the NMax and the Aerox But what’s the logic behind buying a bracket when the Land Transportation Office (LTO) will be issuing a sticker-type front number decal measuring 135mm by 85mm Bucu’s customers believe it’s safer to affix the decal onto a small plate that will then be bolted to the bracket The rider must also make sure the alphanumeric characters on that sticker are visible from a distance of up to 15 meters “Kasi kung mabasag yung front windscreen mo not all front fenders of motorbikes can accommodate the number sticker because the design layout varies from one model to another RA 11235 imposes penalties ranging from P20,000 to P100,000 to motorcycle owners who fail to comply with the proper use of number plates or who tamper with these number plates with or without the intention of using the vehicle to commit a crime A practicing lawyer has told us that normally a new law can be implemented a month after its IRR is signed by the agency tasked to formulate it We find that the Land Transportation Office “Ignorance of the law excuses no one.” Riders it would be wise to be prepared for the law’s looming implementation We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on Topgear.com.ph. 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Find out more here A judge handling the drug case of detained former senator Leila De Lima has been recommended by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to be appointed as a magistrate of either the Court of Appeals (CA) or the Sandiganbayan Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Gener Gito is one of candidates that the JBC has recommended to President Ferdinand “Bonbong” Marcos Jr to fill the vacancies of either the CA or the Sandiganbayan The Office of Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has received on Tuesday (July 11) the JBC’s letters that listed the candidates following deliberations held on June 30 Gito was selected to handle the drug case against during a raffle recently held on July 10 following the decisions made this year by fellow Muntinlupa RTC Judges Abraham Alcantara and Romeo Buenaventura to inhibit themselves from hearing the case The JBC recommended 23 candidates for three vacant seats at the CA The JBC also recommended 16 candidates for a vacant seat at the Sandigayan The three seats at the CA were vacated by now Supreme Court (SC) Justice Filomena Singh and retired CA Justices Manuel Barrios and Loida Posada-Kahulugan the person selected for the Sandiganbayan will fill the seat of retired Justice Alex Quiroz who retired Aug Nanghihingi lang ng simpatiya! Palace says Leila de Lima was accorded due process “POLITIKO: Navigating the Pulse of Philippine Politics” encapsulates our commitment to providing comprehensive and dynamic coverage of the ever-evolving political landscape in the Philippines we delve deep into the heart of political matters offering insightful analysis and timely updates that resonate with the pulse of the nation With a foundation built on journalistic integrity since 2014 POLITIKO stands as the compass guiding you through the currents of Philippine politics ensuring you stay informed and engaged every step of the way KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Police called in the President of the Malaysian Basketball Association (Maba) over the incident where a flag with a five-pointed star – supposed to represent Malaysia's – was displayed at the opening ceremony of a basketball tournament at the Maba Stadium Monday (Nov 25) night Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said he had called Maba president Datuk Lua Choon Hann to the Kuala Lumpur Contingent Police Headquarters at 8am Tuesday (Nov 26) to give his statement We would love to keep you posted on the latest promotion