Linemap Draw Available in Revised and Extended Version

LineMap Draw is a program for creating line network plans. The finished plans can be scaled and printed or saved. LineMap Draw is available in several versions. The new version simplifies the user-friendly creation of line network plans.

Buxtehude, Niedersachsen, Germany., August 25, 2021 -- A line map (route network plan, also known as a web spider), is used to schematically depict public transport networks. Different colors are used to distinguish individual lines. Normally, topographical accuracy is not required in order to achieve a clear and space-saving design, and the lines run only horizontally, vertically or diagonally at an angle of 45°.

With LineMap Draw, the time-consuming and thus cost-intensive creation of line maps can be carried out using LineMap Draw by yourself. LineMap Draw is an efficient alternative to image processing or vector graphics programs.

With LineMap Draw, the existing stations and lines are first entered and assigned accordingly. Afterwards, various maps can be created, for example, for the overall network, the high-speed rail network or the night network. To create a line map, first define the map settings. This includes, for example, image size, colors, background image, fonts, text spacing and alignment, as well as the properties of station symbols. Then the lines are drawn, and the stations are positioned.

For the output, the line map can be scaled to the desired size. Since the line map is completely redrawn on resize, the loss of quality - for example fuzzy edges - can be avoided.

The line network plans can also serve as the basis for printed plans, which are then supplemented with additional graphics and design elements. Of course, the plans can also be pasted directly into other applications such as word processing or image editing.

In the new version 1.2 of LineMap Draw it is now possible to delete single line segments. Furthermore it is possible to enlarge or reduce the size of single line segments. Line segments can now also be moved. Stations positioned on the line segments are preserved as far as possible.

LineMap Draw is available in five editions (Home, S, M, L and XL) which differ in the supported image resolution. While the smallest version "LineMap Draw Home" is suitable for internet projects in the leisure/hobby sector, the largest version "LineMap Draw XL" can even create line network plans in A0 or larger format. Since the viewing distance usually increases with increasing size, the resulting line map can even be used for large-format posters.

LineMap Draw requires one of the current Windows versions 7,8 and 10. Prices range from 29 Euro for the home version to 249 Euro for the XL version.

Further information and a free demo version can be found at www.en.ptraffic.net.

About Jörg Siebrands:
Jörg Siebrands is a businessman from germany. One Project of Jörg Siebrands is PublicSQL - an Open-Source SQL Version which runs with Javacript. Another interesting Project is PTraffic - a timetable software for platform-independent timetable applications.

Podcast on Vitiligo with Recouleur® Vitiligo Vitamin Creator Audrey VanStockum

The podcast entitled “The Journey with Vitiligo with Audrey VanStockum,” will air August 31, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. CST and can be heard live as well as recorded after the show on Blog Talk Radio. VanStockum will discuss treatments she tried, and how she created Recouleur.

Prospect Heights, IL, August 31, 2021 -- Today, Supernatural Health, Inc., a Chicago-based company, announced its founder Audrey VanStockum and Recouleur® Vitiligo Vitamin creator will be the featured guest on Vitfriends podcast. Vitfriends is a patient advocacy group that encourages people with vitiligo – the skin condition that produces bright white patches on the skin.

The podcast entitled “The Journey with Vitiligo with Audrey VanStockum,” will air August 31, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. CST and can be heard live as well as recorded after the show on Blog Talk Radio.

The interviewer is Valarie Molyneaux who has vitiligo herself and founded Vitfriends. VanStockum commented, “There is a need for information to be shared with people who have vitiligo.” VanStockum has had vitiligo over 20 years and has tried a host of vitiligo treatments.

Recouleur® is the flagship brand of a line of products developed by best-selling author and vitiligo sufferer Audrey VanStockum. The brand is inspired by the desire of VanStockum to offer fellow sufferers of vitiligo, white spots, white patches, leukoderma, and leukoderma, natural and healthy treatment alternatives.

In addition to bringing vitiligo treatment products to market, Ms. VanStockum continues to write books, articles, and frequently speaks at vitiligo conferences. Her articles have been published by the American Vitiligo Research Foundation, the National Vitiligo Foundation, and the Vitiligo Society of the United Kingdom. Currently, her two books The Use of Vitamin Therapy for the Treatment of Vitiligo and Vitiligo Vitamin and Nutritional Therapy ebook have been well received among vitiligo patients seeking a natural approach or wanting to complement a doctor prescribed vitiligo treatment.

Available from Recouleur.

For more information, email or visit their website.

Quiet Thunder Publishing Releases Armenian Historical Fiction "Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear"

Quiet Thunder Publishing releases a new historical fiction. Horrific, but true. Sad, but inspiring. These few words describe noted non-fiction author Cathy Burnham Martin's first novel, "Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear." Linking past and present, this painfully poignant, true story tells the story of the author's Armenian ancestors' harrowing struggle to survive extraordinary chaos in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, eerily paralleling rising violence and intolerance around the world today.

Manchester, New Hampshire, United States., August 26, 2021 -- Amidst chaos in Afghanistan, the Syrian refugee crisis, and increasing firefights along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border in Asia, Quiet Thunder Publishing releases a new book highlighting the deeply ingrained fortitude and resolve of the Armenian people, now scattered across the globe. Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear marks the first historical novel from acclaimed nonfiction author Cathy Burnham Martin. Starting in the early 1900s, past and present link within a painfully poignant, true story of an Armenian family struggling to survive extraordinary chaos and violence in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. The haunting, new novel follows the Gulumian family, one of thousands who struggled amidst the first genocide of the 20th Century.

In telling the author’s own family story, the characters breathe life into the realities of political and social upheaval. K.C. Finn, a Readers’ Favorite reviewer says, “Author Cathy Burnham Martin is a master at storytelling, balancing the darker and more disturbing aspects of the story with hope and positivity.”

The unrest at the time eerily parallels modern-day struggles with intolerance, serving up a vital reminder of the importance of remembering even the harshest events in history. The author adds, “I hope my labor of love puts a relatable face on man’s inhumanity to man. No culture should ever forget the painful chapters in history, or we risk repeating them in future generations.”

Indies Today notes, “The elegantly intertwined journey through time periods intersects in ways both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Two stories unified by one spirit, Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear is not simply a story of strife, but it is a beautiful portrayal of faith, inner strength, and dignity.”

A choice read for history buffs, Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear provides a fast read with 276 pages in the paperback. Though some explicit descriptions and a couple of disturbing, though not graphic, violent scenes may be unsuitable for young readers, the retiring Chief Medical Officer of Concord Hospital, Dr. David Green observed the book’s cultural and sociopolitical relevance, stating that this “should be required reading for all American high school students.”

https://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Dreams-Cathy-Burnham-Martin-ebook/dp/B097Q9X5X4
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Logit.io Named as a Performer in Log Management & Data Analytics Award

Leading log management and data analytics platform Logit.io has recently won three awards in Appvizer’s awards ranking the best log management and data analytics tools on their platform.

Denton, Manchester., August 19, 2021 -- Leading log management and data analytics platform Logit.io has recently won three awards in Appvizer’s awards ranking the best log management and data analytics tools on their platform.

In addition to this, Logit.io has also been named as one of their certified partners for 2021.

Appvizer is the leading European media platform that helps digitalise companies by offering software solution comparisons and their fully translated profiles to assist IT leaders based in Germany, Spain, France and Italy in addition to its English language sites.

The B2B applications database covers over five hundred categories including IT solutions, CRM software & accounting services and includes over 10,000 software platforms.

To honour their top vendors, Appvizer has established a selection of award badges to certify not only the quality of the information presented by the vendor about their software but also to highlight the visibility of the software within their chosen category.

Most of their promoted solutions are Software as a Service (SaaS) software that does not require the user to install and host themselves (which also applies to Logit.io).

Appvizer awards its Performer awards to the most visible software on the platform, making Logit.io the most popularly viewed solution for both log management and data analytics.

“Logit.io’s awards for best log management and data analytics tools reflects our commitment to making the best open source technologies for Cloud Observability accessible to as many organisations as possible,” said Kieran Southern, CPO at Logit.io.

“We are delighted to be recognised alongside other leading technology companies for our team’s contributions in this rapidly changing landscape.”

Logit.io offers hosted ELK and managed Open Distro which is often used for fully comprehensive data analytics and log management alongside the following standalone use cases:

- Infrastructure monitoring
- Compliance & auditing
- Container monitoring
- Business analytics
- Uptime monitoring
- Cloud monitoring
- SSL monitoring
- SIEM
- APM

Start your free 14-day of Logit.io today, no credit card required: https://bit.ly/3fC5TRH

As well as Appvizer’s category recognition Logit.io has also been recently named as one of Data Magazine’s top Manchester based big data startups due to exceeding their criteria as an exceptional big data company that employs innovative ideas and has shown exceptional recent growth.

Company Biography: Logit.io is used globally by thousands of users from public & private sector organisations to manage their logs and metrics for complete cloud observability, security and monitoring as well as data analytics and business intelligence.

Logit.io enables IT leaders at leading companies such as Maersk, IBM, Murphy Oil & Nikon to ensure complete observability of their operations and strengthen their security and alerting abilities.

Chicago's Glass Apple Theatre Announces Cast For "Lighthouses in the Desert"

Artistic Director Brian McKnight announces the cast for Glass Apple Theatre's world première new play Lighthouses in the Desert, written by Richard James Zieman.

Chicago, IL., August 24, 2021 -- Artistic Director Brian McKnight announces the cast for Glass Apple Theatre's world première new play Lighthouses in the Desert, written by Richard James Zieman. The production will be directed by acclaimed Chicago director Cheryl Snodgrass.

In Zieman's new play, Gail is convinced that the explosive story she has pieced together through news clippings and eyewitness tales will make her neighbor Toni an overnight millionaire if she publishes the story, rescuing Toni from her life as a sex worker. But all is not as it seems, and the imminent destruction of their squalid apartment building means the elderly Gail is quickly running out of time before everything in her life is demolished beyond repair.

Bringing GAIL from the page to the stage is Ellen Shaw. Ellen is delighted to be making her Chicago debut with Glass Apple Theater. Her credits include Carrie Watts in The Trip To Bountiful, Fonsia Dorsey in The Gin Game, Melissa in Love Letters, Lady Bird Johnson in Tea for Three and Martha Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace.

Kristin Doty is playing THE GIRL. Chicago credits include Talley's Folly (Oil Lamp Theater) and Testosterone (The International Voices Project). Regional credits include A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, and Cabaret (Playhouse on the Square); Little Women and Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook (The Circuit Playhouse); and The Marvelous Wonderettes (Top Hat Productions).

Rounding out the three-character drama is Fawn Johnstin as TONI. Fawn made her theatre debut at Steppenwolf Theater, as one of the original cast members of August: Osage County, playing the daughter, Jean. She is a graduate from The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in NYC, where she continued to reside and work on various projects for the last ten years. She was a proud member of F.A.B. (for, about, by) Women Theater Company, which is affiliated with The Barrow Group.

Performances will be at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark, Chicago, IL, 60660 between November 12 – December 19, 2021.

Glendale crowned Grounds Maintenance Company of the year 2021

Glendale is delighted to announce that they have been crowned Grounds Maintenance Company of the year.

Lancashire, August 6, 2021 -- Glendale is delighted to announce that they have been crowned Grounds Maintenance Company of the year at a prestigious Pro Landscaper Business Awards event held at East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf on Friday 30 July 2021

Glendale had also been shortlisted in the ‘Arboriculture Company of the Year’ category, totalling 2 out of a total of 15 categories up for grabs for many of the country’s greatest landscaping companies.

The Pro Landscaper Business Awards returned to London for the fourth successive year and once again brought the landscaping community together for an afternoon to acknowledge the excellent standards set within the landscape industry. Over 400 industry professionals were at the event for an afternoon of networking, great food, and celebration of the best that UK landscaping can deliver. Glendale had to demonstrate professionalism in everything that they do. The judges were looking for the unsung heroes of the industry who consistently undertake the crucial everyday maintenance tasks, which many take for granted, with the upmost precision and pride.

They commended Glendale for their 30+ year history and for being a well-established and reputable business in the sector. Glendale’s collaboration with local communities providing over 52,000 hours of social value initiatives and the recognition that its staff are intrinsic to the success of operations were similarly commended. Glendale commits a minimum of 0.5% of total turnover to staff and technology development initiatives. A key component of staff development is its apprenticeship programme - a member of the 5% club, apprentices made up 8% of its workforce in Feb 2021. Glendale delivers on mental health training to all contract managers, how to spot symptoms and how to provide help. Driving forward continual improvement Glendale has committed to achieving net carbon neutrality by 2027 with hopes it will inspire the rest of the industry to make similar goals.­­

Pro Landscaper’s Jim Wilkinson, said: “Our industry is exceptional at celebrating the visual excellence of landscaping with industry awards and RHS shows that highlight how phenomenal landscapes can look, but with the Pro Landscaper Business Awards, we chose to highlight how well businesses operate their processes, staff training, health and safety records and consistently positive customer feedback.”

Kate Anscombe Sales and Development Director said; “Glendale winning the Grounds Maintenance Company award, coincides with a period of exciting new contract wins and contract extensions for us. Across a period that has highlighted more than ever the importance of team work and collaboration and the impact working for a reputable company to provide incredible outdoor green space has to the health and wellbeing of our teams and customers.”

Glendale offers an all-encompassing green space management and maintenance service at a national and local level. They are skilled designers, suppliers and distributors of grounds maintenance, tree management, landscaping, landscape architectural services, winter weather and arboriculture activities, tackling these, and various other green space management tasks, for public and private sector clients across the UK. Glendale is a national company with a local feel, led by a team who care deeply about their people and the industry, and they are dedicated to delivering the best possible service for clients across the UK.

Antech deliver Fluid Transfer Trolleys for Rail Application

Antech Hydraulics Limited is proud to announce the completion of a bespoke design and build project utilising Settima screw pumps for rail applications.

Lancashire, August 5, 2021 -- Antech Hydraulics Limited is proud to announce the completion of a bespoke design and build project utilising Settima screw pumps for rail applications.

Antech designed and manufactured three air operated fluid transfer trolleys for use in the rail industry following a request from a leading company working with clients within the rail sector. The three trollies, which are suitable for the transfer of hydraulic oil, engine oil and coolant fluid, have been colour coded to aid clarity of fluid use and to avoid cross contamination.

Following the urgent enquiry, the trollies were designed within 1 week and went straight into production at the manufacturing facility in Lancashire. Despite international supply chain issues and the project coinciding with a national lockdown, manufacturing was completed, and the project delivered after just 12 weeks. This time frame also included shipping the Settima screw pumps from Italy where they are manufactured.

The type of pumps used were the Settima SMT16B that are pumps for industrial use at low and medium pressure (40 bar). SMT16B pumps represent a reliable and low noise component for many industrial applications where long-life pump and low cost are required. The main challenge for Antech was to match the seals and the body materials to the fluid being pumped.

The pump body and the design of the screws avoids any axial load. The functional pressure develops some tolerance between the balancing piston of the main screw and the surrounding body. This creates a balancing hydrodynamic force of the screws and, at the same time, lubricates and cools down the sealing parts.

The units are a low pressure, low noise Settima screw pump producing 12 lpm of flow. Each pump was individually tailored to meet the characteristics of the fluid, so seals, material and tolerances were matched to specific fluid needs. This ensures long life and smooth low pulsation operations. Driven by an air motor, the pumps transfer oil from 50 litre reservoirs into the clients rolling stock in the workshop or at trackside. The hydraulic oil trolley was additionally fitted with 5-micron filtration.

Following the success of this initial project, Antech has also received further sales enquiries from the same customer looking to acquire further trollies with larger reservoirs and utilising two Settima screw pumps per trolly.

Established in 1994, Antech Hydraulics Limited is an independently owned company who specialise in system design and hydraulic components. They offer solutions from industry leading manufacturers such as Settima, Staffa, Kawasaki, B&C, UFI, NTF, Des Case and LJM. They also produce their own bespoke products and engineer solutions to cater for client’s specific projects.

UNDP successfully completed the Acceptance Test of Angstrom’s Solar-to-Hydrogen Micro-grid Project

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) successfully completed the Acceptance Test of Angstrom’s Solar-to-Hydrogen Micro-grid Project.

Stoughton, MA., August 5, 2021 -- In July 2021, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) successfully completed the acceptance test of the hydrogen-based micro-grid project. This project was designed and constructed by the Angstrom team. It established a hydrogen-based renewable energy storage system to break through the bottleneck associated with the utilization of unstable renewable energy (such as solar and wind power) and made a big stride forward to the hydrogen-based community.

Commercialized megawatt-scale containerized water-electrolysis hydrogen generators, skid-mounted hydrogen refueling stations, and big data platforms that are developed by Angstrom are making it feasible for establishing and implementing hydrogen energy communities or hydrogen cities. The success of this project also proves the possibility of “Hydrogen Energy Communities” or “Hydrogen Cities”. In such a scenario, hydrogen would be the critical medium in bringing together renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro, etc.), power, heat and utilities, and the ability for grid peak-shift. Additionally, hydrogen can be used as a backup power source, as well as fuel for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs).

The ultimate goal of the “Hydrogen Energy Communities'' is to take advantage of hydrogen as a clean, zero-emission energy source to achieve sustainable development, as well as carbon neutrality. To date, Angstrom has designed and constructed solar/wind hydrogen-based energy storage micro-grid projects in Massachusetts, USA and Jiangsu, China.

Hydrogen is a very valuable alternative to fossil fuel for distributed energy generation, delivering a high-powered solution with minimal environmental and safety concerns. Green businesses, telecomm providers, governments, and renewable energy advocates can now produce on-demand energy for their assets, at minimal cost and using commercially available equipment.

About Angstrom Renewable:
Angstrom Renewable is a pioneer in Hydrogen Electrolyzer design and manufacture. With over 100 patents for our Hydrogen technology, Angstrom Renewable offers state-of-the-art Hydrogen Electrolyzers - from the largest containerized single stack Electrolyzer to a multi-GW Hydrogen Electrolyzer combination. Over the past two decades, the Angstrom Renewable R & D team has developed many break-through technologies. Besides the patented Hydrogen Electrolyzer, Angstrom Renewable also offers a variety of Hydrogen Refueling Stations from containerized refueling stations, to 3-in-1 cabinet refueling stations, to traditional ground refueling stations.