USA news on Youtube Oct 3 2018

>>> Superpower your troop year with the Volunteer Toolkit!

Are you a first-time troop leader, a few years in

or a seasoned pro?

No matter where you are on your journey with us,

the Volunteer Toolkit is here to take the guesswork out of Girl Scouting

and put the fun and leadership back in, right where it belongs!

The Volunteer Toolkit is a digital planning tool

designed to help you kick-start your troop and keep it running smoothly all year long!

It offers robust meeting planning and info-tracking resources, and more.

Think of it as your very own digital troop assistant!

And the Volunteer Toolkit is fully customizable, so you can make it work especially for YOU.

With the Volunteer Toolkit there's so much you can accomplish, in less time, with less hassle.

Are you ready to spend more time nurturing the extraordinary

go-getters, innovators, risk-takers, and leaders that will build our future,

and less time on administration and planning?

With the Volunteer Toolkit, you can…

Save planning time with step-by-step meeting instructions…

Print out step-by-step meeting plans for petals, badges, and Journeys…

See your troop roster…

Record troop finances…

Renew girls…

Email parents with one click…

Record meeting attendance…

Record badge/Journey achievements…

Follow links to shop online for badges and awards…

Access brand-new year plans and badges for STEM and Outdoor…

>>> Being a new Leader and not really knowing how the new system works

It really made everything just a lot more streamlined and just made my meetings a lot easier

>>> It's for my new leaders, it's for my experienced leaders

Because they've added a lot more resources for us to use

>>> Are you ready to have your best troop year yet?

Choose "My GS" on your council site

and check out the Volunteer Toolkit today!

For more infomation >> Superpower Your Girl Scout Troop Year with the Volunteer Toolkit - Duration: 2:02.

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Why Should I Partner With the US Government? - Duration: 3:45.

What does it mean to you?

For some it's a statement.

Others a lapel pin.

It's a symbol of unity.

A morale boost

A blanket of honor.

A way to start the day.

It's the marker of where we've been.

And where we're going.

It's an initiation.

The fabric of our country, outside of government buildings, businesses and homes

across the country.

We the people of the United States are the strands that make up the fabric.

And we must stick together in the best of times and the worst.

Between 2008 and 2010 when The Great Recession brought 170,000 business owners to their knees,

when 2.6 million Americans lost their jobs.

We stuck together.

Businesses expecting the typical 5% increase in consumer spending

Instead experienced a near 5% decrease.

The individual strands were stressed, but, the fabric did remain strong.

Government spending toward small business increased by 6.8% during the recession years.

The introduced a stimulus plan to help

the public retain a quality of life and in turn to help businesses stay strong.

The government contractor became like a hero to help.

To rebuild infrastructure, maintain our defense, keep public services strong, recover from

disaster and even to continue to grow and innovate.

If a business was registered in the government's contractor registration system, they could provide.

With programs in place to help small business compete on equal footing with the biggest of the big

nearly 100 billion dollars was awarded every year to small businesses owned

by people of all creeds.

Not only did we get through the recession, but businesses who were set-up to help

as federal contractors…many of them came out stronger.

It is a fact that many businesses closed their doors during this time too.

And if history is any guide, this is going to happen again.

Imagine if you knew in 2007 that the government was going to continue spending while everyone

else cut back.

Imagine if you acted on that fact and your competitor didn't.

Do you want to recession-proof your business?

Sell your products and services to a client who is always buying even in the worst of

economic times?

Government contracting is the life support for our country's strength.

Underappreciated during the good times.

Essential during the bad.

Be ready to be a part of that life-support system.

It will not only help the country be stronger.

But, it will help you be stronger.

The government doesn't require that every business take this path.

But they do require registration once the business has made the decision to do so.

Since 2010, US Federal Contractor Registration processed 100,000 compliant SAM registrations

for businesses, organizations and government agencies.

We helped small business get through the recession before

and we'll be there when it happens again.

Understand the biggest buyer of products and services in the world.

Be ready to sell to them.

Keep the fabric strong.

You owe it to yourself to find out more.

Sign up for our Market Evaluation.

It's free and you'll know if your business is ready to partner with the US Government.

For more infomation >> Why Should I Partner With the US Government? - Duration: 3:45.

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3D Printed Cement‐Based Materials with Bioinspired Design - Duration: 1:19.

- I'm Reza Moini, I'm pursuing my PhD

in civil engineering at Purdue University.

3D printing allows you to incorporate

various design concepts and so therefore it allows you

to fabricate elements with a specific architecture.

However, one weakness is that layer-by-layer

printing process typically involves formation

of internal flaws and non-uniformities

in the micro-structure of the material.

What's novel about our work is that using 3D printing

we incorporate bio-inspired architectures that provide

resilience, flaw-tolerance, and fracture-resistance

to a material that's intrinsically brittle.

We've looked into a variety of design architectures

such as compliant design, honeycomb architecture,

auxetic architecture, trying to specifically

Bouligand architecture.

These architectures can bring in specific

performance characteristics, enhance the properties

without sacrificing the strength compared

to conventionally-cast man-made materials.

Even the direction that the 3D printing technology is taking

I hope that we can learn from these architectures

and look into new ways of designing

the materials and the structures for future.

(low-key percussion music)

For more infomation >> 3D Printed Cement‐Based Materials with Bioinspired Design - Duration: 1:19.

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Beaming Meghan Markle and Prince Harry greeted by crowds in Chichester and Brighton - Duration: 4:02.

 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex viewed a rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence as they toured the county that inspired their royal titles

 Harry and Meghan had a busy day of engagements on their first joint official visit to Sussex on Wednesday

 The couple were greeted by excited crowds when they kicked off their tour in Chichester, the county town of West Sussex

Harry and Meghan visit home of their royal titles for the first time  The duke and the US-born former actress saw a rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence at Edes House

 It is one of only two contemporary handwritten ceremonial manuscript copies. The other is the signed copy at the National Archives in Washington DC

 Meghan was vocal in her interest, saying: "My goodness, wow, what are the chances? That's amazing

"  Before she left, she spoke about the rarity of the document being in Sussex, saying: "I just can't believe it

"  The couple were greeted by the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex, Susan Pyper, and mayor of Chichester Martyn Bell

 But they spent most of their time speaking to crowds, including hordes of schoolchildren

 Both were visibly delighted at meeting several younger children. These Year 4 schoolchildren reveal the advice Prince Harry gave them about playing the video game Fortnite  Harry patted the head of a baby and Meghan greeted a blonde child eating an apple who was held up to the barriers

 Nine-year-old Tilly Palmer, standing outside The Prebendal School, where she is a pupil, said: "Meghan asked me what we were doing today

I said netball, and she said they don't have that in the USA.  "We said: 'Welcome to Sussex', and she shook our hands

She was lovely and very pretty."  While in Brighton Year 4 schoolchildren received some advice from the duke about thepopular video game Fortnite

 The prince allegedly told the children they were a little young for the battle royale game, saying: "What is wrong with Parents? You guys shouldn't be playing Fortnite

"  The couple also visited Bognor Regis, where they officially opened the University of Chichester's Engineering and Digital Technology Park

 The duke and duchess both donned safety goggles to watch an experiment in one of the laboratories

 They listened to the student chamber orchestra play a piece from Vivaldi's Four Seasons while technology students practised filming and recording the performance in the state-of-the-art sound stage

 The couple chatted with cellist Laura Ritchie, who is originally from Chicago, and joked that she has lost her accent

 The 44-year-old, who is professor of learning and teaching in the music department, said it was "fantastic, really wonderful and such a privilege" to meet the royals

 "They joked that I've lost my accent, Americans think I sound British," she added

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